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2A – Daily News – Friday, August 27, 2010 Community people&events Hodge-Knight to wed From the Firehouse: What should you do? By MICHAEL BRUNETTA Red Bluff Fire Department You’re in your vehicle on South Courtesy photo Jim and Dianna Knight of Red Bluff announce the engagement of their son Ryan Knight of Arcata to Ashley Hodge of Arcata. The bride- elect is the daughter of Mik and Leslie Hodge of Turlock. The prospective groom is a 2004 graduate of Red Bluff Union High School and a 2008 graduate of Humboldt State University. He is employed by Western EGI as a forester. The bride-elect is a 2006 graduate of Turlock High School and will graduate from Humboldt State University in 2011. The couple is planning a July 9, 2011 wedding at Union Hill Inn in Columbia. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. 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. Main. You need to pick up dinner and return a movie. The day has been uneventful until now. You are at an intersection waiting for the green light and you hear in the dis- tance a siren. Progressively it gets louder. You check your rearview but see nothing. You look to the left and to the right and nothing. Then from around the corner you see it. A large, white, 39,000 pound fire engine approaching, air horn blaring as your light turns green. What should you do? When driving our personal vehi- cles we are taught to pull to the right side of the road and stop. Any emergency vehicle response whether it be an ambulance, police, or fire… pull to the right side of the road and let them pass. Simple enough; less than simple if you are committed to a lane in which pulling to the right isn’t an option. What should you do? In the fire service we are taught that most traffic collisions involv- ing fire apparatus take place at intersections. That being the case, it is in our best interest to educate the public on what it’s like to be in the driver’s seat of that engine, run- ning code three to save a life. We need your help. Standard operating procedures dictate that we drive no faster than ten mph over the designated speed limit in any emergency. We call it code three driving. Hopefully knowing this dispels any myth that we are allowed to drive as fast as we want to an emergency. For example, if the speed limit is 35 mph we will be traveling at 45 mph max. Most often we travel slower than the plus ten allotted, as speed is amended according to condi- tions. We can’t mitigate an emer- gency if we don’t get to that emer- gency. We are very careful not to become part of the emergency by being involved in an accident while responding. We must apologize for the air- horn, but it is a necessary tool. You will not hear that obnoxious blast unless we are approaching an intersection or there is an unusual hazard in our path. We most often use our air horn to cross inter- sections safely. We approach, enter and then exit them slow- ly, horn blaring. Don’t get excited. We are not yelling at you to move. We use the horn to tell everyone at the intersection that we are here and would like to get by. If you are leaving a parking lot, stay where you are, chances are we’re not behind you. If you’re in a left turn lane, stay where you are, chances are we don’t want you to move. If you are in a left turn lane you should not proceed. If you do, you may be looking at us driving at you head-on once you complete the turn. We often utilize sections of the entire roadway through the use of oncoming lanes, but rarely if ever pass on the right. If you hear a siren combined with an air horn and you are at an intersection, most often, the best thing to do is remain calm and stay put. Red light, green light, yellow light… stay where you are and let us pass. If you are not at an intersection pull safely to the right and stop. This includes both sides of the road we are using. We’ve seen opposing traffic continue when they see an engine responding code three. Rea- son being, “the approaching engine is headed in the opposite direction and they don’t need my lanes to continue.” We often need every lane to respond safely. Please, if you see an engine coming your way, even from the opposite direc- tion, pull to the right safely and stop until it passes. We may need your lanes to continue. The entrances to businesses, nursing homes, and care facilities may be the destination of our response. If you hear a siren, pull safely to the right side of the road and stop. Please, do your best not to block any entrances to parking areas and facilities. We may need to use that entrance. In that approaching engine there are two fire fighters with their heads on a swivel communicating traffic conditions to one another at they proceed. We attempt to make eye contact with the drivers around us to assure the engine is, “clear right and left.” We’ve occasionally seen the puzzled looks. Hopefully this will give you a better under- standing of what it is we are doing when we respond. We need your help. Remember, when seconds count, something as simple as knowing what you should do when you see or hear us coming helps save lives. RBFD responses for August 20 – August 26, 2010: 33 Medical Emergencies, 3 Traffic Collisions, 2 Fires, 4 Public Service Calls, 2 False Alarms: total of 44 incidents. From the Firehouse runs on Fridays. Michael Brunetta is a firefighter with the Red Bluff Fire Department Chief. He can be contacted at mbrunetta@rbfd.org or by calling the station at 527- 1126. Ben Crain takes first Young bird races have started for members of the Red Bluff Pigeon Club. The first young bird race for the Red Bluff Pigeon D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 125, NUMBER 239 On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area 800-479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Fax: (530) 527-5774 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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Respected Pioneer Woman Passed Away During The Night Mary E. Roberts, one of the county’s esteemed pioneer women, passed away at the Sister’s hos- pital at 6 o’clock. Mrs. Roberts, the aunt of Mrs. E.E. Selzer of this city and G.T. Burgess of Proberta, had been prominent in affairs of Tehama county and Red Bluff for a number of years. – Daily News, Aug. 27, 1920 Club began on Saturday, Aug. 14, where Ben Crain of Los Molinos took first place in the junior division. His blue bar hen AU 2010 POP 371, flew 134.7 miles at a speed of 47.5 miles per hour against 368 club pigeons from the California and Oregon border. On Saturday, Aug. 21, Ben took first place again with the same blue bar hen POP 371 flying from south of Klamath Falls, Ore. Flying against 295 pigeons she flew 135 miles at a speed of 42 miles per hour against a south wind of 10-15 mph. Ben is a student in the seventh grade at Lassen View School this year and has been flying with the Club for seven years. The last two years he has taken several first place positions with his birds. He placed 215th in the nation out of 2,500 participants on the American Racing Pigeon Union database. We will be flying 10 total races this year so look forward to hearing about a junior winner each week. COMMUNITY CLIPS Calico Faire Sacred Heart Parish School will hold its annual Cal- ico Faire from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Oct. 9 at the Tehama County Fairgrounds in conjunction with the Saint Eliz- abeth Community Hospital Health Spree and the Tehama County Children’s Autumn Art Contest. The Calico Faire will feature a Children’s Costume Contest, Entertainment, Pony Rides, Children’s Game Booths, Authentic Mexican Food, Barbeque, Car Show, Pumpkin Patch and many Art and Craft Vendors to name just a few of the attractions. Booths are being reserved now for all persons interested in exhibiting. The registration fee for each 10 X 10 booth is $35. For more information call the school at 527-6727. In the Military Civilian Alexandra E. Brown, a 2010 graduate of Red Bluff High School, Red Bluff, Calif., has enlisted in the United States Navy under the Delayed Entry Pro- gram at Navy Recruiting District, Portland, Ore. The program allows recruits to enter the Navy and take up to one year to complete prior commitments such as high school. Using recruiters as mentors, this program helps recruits ease into the transition from civilian to military life. Brown will report for active duty to under- go basic training at the Navy's Recruit Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill. GREEN BARN STEAKHOUSE ★ 4 pm - Close ★ 1/4 Rack Baby Back Ribs 4oz. Chicken Breast Served with 2 menu choices $ ★ 51st ★ Anniversary Special ★ 1299 Steak Sandwich Served with french fries or salad $ 551 ★ Happy Hour Special ★ Mon.-Fri. 5-6pm Camarena Silver Tequila Margarita & Fish Tacos $ 699 Not good on take out - no substitutions. 5 Chestnut Ave.,Red Bluff • 527-3161