Well written. Heartbreaking. On the day of her city wide memorial service she was taken by Hearst to yuba county for burial. She passed along Covell in front of our shopping center. I was working with interns at home a few blocks away on a 4th amendment violation claim. I had all of us appear at the sidewalk as she passed by. I asked them to bow their heads as she headed for the 113 on the way to her childhood home and last place of eternal rest. I kneeled and prayed for her. Then reminded my interns that our ability to raise constitutional violations was protected by law enforcement and first responders of which she was a hero. So almost common now. The combination of young angry, mentally disturbed men (almost always these folks) with huge chips on their shoulder wanting to make a last dark statement. Combined with twice as many guns in this country as people with no limits on their type or capacity for mass destruction add social media and violent video games and you have the horrible recipe for what we c now almost daily with no place as this shows us safe.
I'll be there, Cyril. Can't wait for the countdown 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-Blastoff when there will be water, water everywhere and a thousand little bodies screaming in unison.
Lovely commemoration for Natalie. My question is - why has it taken so long to open? It looked almost complete in June. Kids will be back in school before they even get to enjoy it.
This is a real question of mine: how do we explain to young children who Natalie Corona was? As a former instructor of "Communicating and Interacting with Young Children," you'd think I'd have something. But I don't. 😢
As if any random murder makes "sense," this one was among the senseless. And since the perpetrator almost immediately committed suicide, there's nothing to go on.
We have an 11 yr. Old granddaughter. Like our daughter, her mom she is regaled with stories of my criminal defense career and my wife, her grandma in dependency/foster care law. We didn’t sugar coat it and we don’t scare her with it. We present it as fact and urge care but not paranoia. She is fascinated and we c no adverse effects in sharing the truth with her. Kids are smart. Much more so now. They understand this complicated world far better than ourselves or even our kids.
Beautifully written, Bob.🙏🏼
Thanks, Bill
Much appreciated.
In a very short time, Natalie touched a lot of hearts in our town
Very nice column Bob-I teared up just reading it. Natalie was a very special person-thank you.
She was indeed, Shelley.
It's how she lived her life, not how long she lived.
Well written. Heartbreaking. On the day of her city wide memorial service she was taken by Hearst to yuba county for burial. She passed along Covell in front of our shopping center. I was working with interns at home a few blocks away on a 4th amendment violation claim. I had all of us appear at the sidewalk as she passed by. I asked them to bow their heads as she headed for the 113 on the way to her childhood home and last place of eternal rest. I kneeled and prayed for her. Then reminded my interns that our ability to raise constitutional violations was protected by law enforcement and first responders of which she was a hero. So almost common now. The combination of young angry, mentally disturbed men (almost always these folks) with huge chips on their shoulder wanting to make a last dark statement. Combined with twice as many guns in this country as people with no limits on their type or capacity for mass destruction add social media and violent video games and you have the horrible recipe for what we c now almost daily with no place as this shows us safe.
Thank you for the wonderfully written article, Bob. We look forward to attending the Natalie's Corner opening ceremony.
I'll be there, Cyril. Can't wait for the countdown 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-Blastoff when there will be water, water everywhere and a thousand little bodies screaming in unison.
Lovely commemoration for Natalie. My question is - why has it taken so long to open? It looked almost complete in June. Kids will be back in school before they even get to enjoy it.
Just some last minute adjustments so the spray didn't hit folks in Klamath Falls.
This is a real question of mine: how do we explain to young children who Natalie Corona was? As a former instructor of "Communicating and Interacting with Young Children," you'd think I'd have something. But I don't. 😢
That's a very tough question.
As if any random murder makes "sense," this one was among the senseless. And since the perpetrator almost immediately committed suicide, there's nothing to go on.
We have an 11 yr. Old granddaughter. Like our daughter, her mom she is regaled with stories of my criminal defense career and my wife, her grandma in dependency/foster care law. We didn’t sugar coat it and we don’t scare her with it. We present it as fact and urge care but not paranoia. She is fascinated and we c no adverse effects in sharing the truth with her. Kids are smart. Much more so now. They understand this complicated world far better than ourselves or even our kids.
You tell them who she was and what happened to her, and that this beautiful park site is in her honor.
Well said, Beth.
Thank you