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Daily Triplicate - 'My heart is in Crescent City'
March 16, 2011
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Efforts to clean up the Crescent City Harbor continued Tuesday as local elected officials worked to get a federal emergency declaration for Del Norte County.

Emergency meetings were held by the City Council, Del Norte County Board of Supervisors and Harbor District to officially declare the county a disaster area.

Issues:Energy & Environment
The Times-Standard - Wading through the wreckage: Crescent City begins cleanup process after tsunami decimates harbor
March 13, 2011
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Elected officials inspected the remnants of Crescent City's harbor Saturday afternoon, while much of the community got its first glimpse of the destruction left behind by a tsunami triggered by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan.

Chunks of concrete-encased styrofoam floated in the water, covered in a thin film of oil from the wreckage of sunken boats that now reside at the bottom

Issues:Energy & Environment
Tsunami E-Newsletter
March 11, 2011
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Dear Friend,

As I'm sure you know, coastal Northern California is under a tsunami warning following a massive earthquake that struck off northeastern Japan. Varying current changes and wave conditions could pose a danger to coastal community residents and beach goers.
Lake County News - 'South Lake County Fire receives large Homeland Security grant to help with staffing'
March 11, 2011
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The South Lake County Fire Protection District got a piece of good news this week when it was informed that it had won a large federal grant that will enable it to hire more firefighters.

On Thursday Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St. Helena) announced that the district will receive $724,909 in grant funding to help hire firefighters.

Issues:Jobs & Economy
Lake County Record-Bee - Congressman to assess damage caused by tsunami
March 11, 2011
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CRESCENT CITY -- Congressman Mike Thompson (D-St.
Issues:Energy & Environment
Rep. Mike Thompson Issues Statement on Ongoing Tsunami Threat
March 11, 2011
Press Release
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today issued the following statement regarding the ongoing tsunami threat to North Coast families:

“I have been in constant communication with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration regarding the tsunami threat in Northern California.

Rep. Mike Thompson Announces Over $720,000 in Grant Funding for Lake County Fire Department
March 10, 2011
Press Release
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1) today announced that the South Lake County Fire Protection District in Middletown will receive $724,909 in grant funding to help hire firefighters.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
Rep. Mike Thompson, Ways & Means Democrats Introduce Building American Jobs Act of 2011
March 10, 2011
Press Release
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), a senior member of the House Committee on Ways & Means, today joined other committee Democrats to introduce H.R. 992, the Building American Jobs Act of 2011. The Building American Jobs Act would extend eight bond, tax credit, and loan guarantee programs for states and municipalities, including the extremely successful Build America Bonds program.
Issues:Jobs & Economy
Rep. Mike Thompson to Speaker Boehner: 'Let WWI Vet Lie in Honor'
March 9, 2011
Press Release
Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-1), Co-Chair of the Military Veterans Caucus, today sent a bipartisan letter urging House Speaker John Boehner to allow Frank Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World War I, to lie in honor in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol.
Issues:Veterans
Times-Standard - Thompson urges Boehner to honor World War I veteran
March 9, 2011
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North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, went to bat for a fellow veteran Wednesday.

Thompson, co-chair of the Military Veterans Caucus and a veteran of the Vietnam War, sent a bipartisan letter Wednesday urging House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to allow the last surviving American veteran of World War I to lie in honor in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

Issues:Veterans