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2A – Daily News – Saturday, September 18, 2010 Community people&events Senior Menu The Senior Nutrition Program serves meals Monday through Friday at the Red bluff community/Senior Center, the Corning Senior Center and the Los Molinos Senior Center. The suggested donation for seniors 60 and older is $2.75. For those guests under the age of 60, the guest charge is $6. A donation is not a requirement for you to receive a meal if you qualify for the program. Reservations must be made a minimum of one day in advance by calling 527-2414. Two percent milk is served with each meal. Menu is subject to change. Week of Sept. 20 through Sept. 24 Monday Baked ham, sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, rye bread, pineapple pudding. Tuesday Taco salad with tomatoes, melon medley, grape juice, tortilla chips, cinammon churro. Wednesday Hungarian goulash, buttered noodles, butternut squash, fruit juice, wheat roll, strawberries. Thursday Tuna salad on lettuce, marinated vegetable salad, orange juice, wheat crackers, apple crisp. Friday Barbecue chicken, baked bean medley, cranberry juice, cornbread, watermelon. Birth- Puckett Ryan and Kristi Puckett of Suisun City, a son, James Ryan Puckett, 8 pounds, 9 ounces, and 21 inches long, born Aug. 13, 2010, at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Vallejo. Welcoming baby are Carmen Feger and Nick Farmer of Red Bluff, Frank and Susan Cooney, Rodger and Ladonna Puckett of Hebron, Indiana; Great-grand- parents Mary P. Feger, Fred. P Feger, Pete and Ruth Norcia, and Elmer and Maybelle Puckett. Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. Alittle bit of this and that Okay now let’s start with a little bit of conversation about wild ani- mals in the vicinity of home owners, park visitors and trail walkers. Recent reports of Mountain Lions visiting numerous places near and in Red Bluff have been reported and made known to the D.N. readers. Numerous sightings have been reported to local authorities. These sightings have been in close proxim- ity to schools and city parks. Authorities have expressed that they have not seen them and that they are not documented as being dangerous. Having scene wild animals in close proximity of the homes of people, I have to say that they can- not always be judged to not harm people. Several years ago, one of our daughters sited a mountain lion adjacent to the Sacred Heart School. She was on the playground with preschool children when the lion appeared. Since said daughter had experience in seeing such wild animals in close proximity to the home we lived in the mountains she knew exactly what mountain lines look like. The mountain lion visit was reported to the authorities who did not take the whole thing very seriously. Fortunately the animal was not sited again as being close to the school. Teachers and parents were very cautious and watched the perimeter of the grounds carefully. The recent sightings of the mountain lions seem to have a repeating habit of visiting where lions have been reported. Several people have noted that the lions appear to follow creek or rivers when they make their visits. There is reason to be cautious in regard to these animal visitors; they are obvi- ously looking for food and water. While living in the mountains we observed mountain lion tracks in the snow on the entry lane to our property, also marks in the snow where a lion had dropped into the snow below a tree branch. Such tracks are a message of possible dan- ger to the humans in close proximity. In addition to mountain lions in Red Bluff, while living in Mineral, we had visits from skunks and from a medium sized brown bear that walked onto our porch, right by me and down the steps. This bear had been visit- ing many cabins and breaking into them and other storage buildings and taking food. At one point the bear Climbed up the stairs of a mountain home and enter a loft where young people were sleeping. Fortunately the bear turned around and left without harming anyone. There are those who would say the bear was not dangerous. We humans cannot make that judgment. If they are extremely hungry or simply have a dangerous personality, then humans are in danger. Even wild ani- mals in captivity have shown their ability to harm or kill their trainers. The recent letter to the Editor written by Paula Holden should be taken seriously. Animals who are hungry and/ or taking care of cubs should be taken seriously when they come into close proximity to human beings and particularly to children who may playing in a park close to a creek or river. Just as humans strive to protect their children when they are in dan- ger, animals will not hesitate to attack humans who might come anywhere near the animal offspring. During my many, many years of living in Red Bluff, I have sited sev- eral animals following the creek beds of Red Bluff. Having lived for a number of years with the back of a previously owned house facing the creek behind Bidwell School, I Carolyn Barber personally cited both deer and yes, bear ambling along the edge of the school playground which was on the creek. The bear was definitely the most dangerous; however deer can become quite danger- ous when protecting their fawns. Watching beautiful ani- mals is rewarding, howev- er subjecting our children to wild animals can be extremely dangerous. Reporting animals in prox- imity to schools, parks and creeks is the right thing to do. When we were living in the moun- tains we remained always alert to the surrounding wildlife and yes we did have to report the locally marauding bear to the Fish and Game. They responded and were able to capture the bear and take to him to much higher mountains away from the populace in our Tehama County mountain homes. Living in the Forward Addition area I am concerned about the For- ward Park area. Many animals have followed the creek in the park. Children should be carefully observed there and those who like me walk the area must be very aware of the possibility of wild ani- mals. I suggest readers look up some mountain lion information at http://www.openspace.org/pre- serves/highlight_mountain_lions.as p . Mountain lions became special protected Mammal" in 1990, the above noted sight will give infor- mation on the caution needed by humans who may encounter these very powerful animals. 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