Humboldt Republican Women Welcome Eureka Mayor Frank Jäger
The murder of Father Eric Freed has only added to the problems facing Eureka today. Meth issues and rising crime rates call out for stronger reinforcement. So, what's being done? What's ahead for the city of Eureka?
Eureka Mayor Frank Jäger has seen it all. He's served as Eureka's dogcatcher, was a police officer for seventeen years, became a crime scene evidence technician, and DA investigator. In 1992, he ran for City Council and won, serving two terms, then became County Coroner, serving for eleven years. He retired in 2008, and ran - successfully - for City Council again. In 2010, he was elected Mayor of Eureka.
Google Frank's name, and you get the full spectrum, from the Prayer Breakfast controversy to Boy Scouts to this tidbit: A North Coast Journal interview reveals: "What really consumed Jäger's young adulthood, however, was mountaineering. For years, he and a buddy traveled all over the place, climbing peaks.
We climbed everything: Mt. Rainier, Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, Smith Rock State Park, Yosemite. I lived in Yosemite for five or six months. Sierras. Trinity Alps, man, we would go into the Trinity Alps every chance we got. It was just exhilarating, really fun. We did some first ascents -- a couple in Yosemite, and a couple in Smith Rocks, and one of the climbs we did in the Trinity Alps was written up in the American Alpine Club Journal -- "Stonehouse Pinnacle" -- in 1969. And we wrote a climbing guide to Patrick's Point."
Join us - and Eureka Mayor Frank Jäger - for what promises to be an interesting lunch!
Your choice: Full Lunch: $15 Beverage only: $4 (Tax & tip included)
Make checks payable to HRWF.
11:30 a.m. Lunch/Socializing: Meeting 12:00 -1:00 p.m.
The meeting is at ◼ 445 Herrick Avenue, Eureka near the golf course. CALL JANE (707) 845-6599 if you need directions.
