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2A – Daily News – Friday, September 10, 2010 Community people&events Birth- Goodman From the Firehouse: Tricky Weather By MICHAEL BACHMEYER Red Bluff Fire Department The cooler weather and spo- radic rain showers have brought a mid summers relief to our area but don’t be fooled, we are still only entering one of the busiest times of our annual fire season. While the recent rains have provided minor relief to the areas high fire danger, that relief may be short lived. Firefighters categorize avail- able fire fuels, which are material available to burn, as live or dead; by type of species like grass, brush, or timber; position of orien- tation like ground fuel, surface fuel, and aerial fuels. Courtesy photo David and Jolee Goodman of Chico, a son, Oliver Wayne Goodman, 7 pounds, 2 ounces, born Aug. 26, 2010, at Feather River Hospital in Paradise. Welcoming baby are brothers Shane, 14, and Ethan, 10, and sister Isabela, 11; Grandparents Wayne and Jacque Brown of Red Bluff, Bonnie Goodman of Victorville; and Great- grandfather Clair Morey of Red Bluff. 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. Courtesy photos D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 125, NUMBER 251 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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Local Man Heads Stock Parade Yesterday at the state fair the $2,000,000 stock parade was staged and carried off with all expectations of success. T.H. Ramsay, local banker, who is a director of the state fair and an authority on livestock, was honored with leading the parade. – Daily News, Sept. 10, 1920 The Antelope Berrendos Booster Club has awarded seven scholarships to 2010 Red Bluff Union High School graduates: Jennifer Stillwell, Christina Ross, Fallon de Braga, Curtis ‘Logan’ Olson, Colin Roth, Brianna Ross and Sara Thomas. Antelope Berrendos Booster Club scholarships The Antelope Berrendos Booster Club has awarded seven scholarships to local Red Bluff Union High School 2010 graduates: Fallon de Braga, Brianna Ross, Christina Ross, Colin Roth, Jennifer Stillwell, Sara Thomas and Curtis ‘Logan’ Olson. Each recipients of the Antelope Community Scholarship received $500 to be used toward their college expenses. Fallon, the daughter of Dusty and Shanna de Braga attends Feather River College in Quincy and plans to major in Chemical Engineering. Brianna and Christine are the daughters of Dawn Stec and Jeffrey Ross. Bri- anna will attend Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo where she will study Business. Christine attends Chico State Uni- versity and is studying Business. Colin, the son of John and Karrie Roth, will attend Cal Poly in San Luis Obis- po where he will study Parks and Recreation and Tourism. Jennifer, the daughter of David and Bobbi Stillwell, is attending Shasta College and plans to study Animal Science. Sara, the daughter of Barney and Bar- bara Thomas, plans to attend UC Davis with a major in Mathematics. Curtis, the son of Kimberly Williamson, attends the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon where he plans to major in architecture. Each of the recipients graduated from Berrendos Middle School and was a student in the Antelope School District for at least 5 years. They were chosen amongst their peers due to their success and hard work throughout high school. The Antelope Berrendos Booster Club supports this scholarship with donations and funds raised within the community at their annual Basket Auction held each spring in conjunction with the district’s Open House. For information on donating to the Antelope Communi- ty Scholarship call Heather Igarta at 529-6748. Path helps Salvation Army To help the Salvation Army fill their food pantry PATH invites the public to the "Walk to Make a Dif- ference" and asks them to bring canned foods to fill the Salvation Army food pantry. Registration is from 9 to 10 a.m. PATH is hosting a Hot Dog Barbecue after the walk, sponsored by Cor- nerstone Bank. Music will be provided by Roy & the Biggins'. Donations for PATH can be made the day of the walk. For information call Pam Klein 527-6439. *RAIDERS TICKETS FOR SALE* Red Bluff Jr. Spartans Football Fundraiser End Zone Tickets 3rd level $ 1st & 2nd 40.00 level $ , 45 Tickets must be ordered 30 days in advance. Contact Jenn Moniz with Red Bluff Jr. Spartans: (530) 524-0110 or jennrbyf@yahoo.com P.O. Box 8027, Red Bluff, CA 96080 Dead fuels present the greatest concern to firefighters because they are completely dependent upon daily weather for moisture. Typically dead fuel moistures reach their lowest, most critical point, as we enter the month of October. This is due to sustained high temperatures and low humidities experienced during the preceding fire season months. Through the use of weather cycles and fuel types, firefighters have the ability to assign a time-lag classification to dead fuel to pre- dict potential for daily fire danger and fire behavior. Dead fuels, such as annual grass, which have a stalk diameter of up to a quarter inch, are classi- fied as “one hour fuels.” brush and branches having a diam- eter of a quarter inch to one inch Small are classified as “10 hour fuels”, larger brush and trees with a diam- eter of one to three inches are classified as “100” hour fuels, logs with a diameter greater than three inches are classified as “1,000 hour fuels.” What does this mean to us? As a resident of the Sacramento Valley you may notice that of the fuel types described above, the most prevalent dead fuels available are annual grasses. Large sprawling fields of grasses are considered standing dead fuel, whose predict- ed fire potential is completely dependent upon ambient air tem- perature and moisture content. That is why on a rainy day we experience a decrease in potential fire danger, but on a hot windy day the fire danger is increased. The theory of the time-lagged fuel classification dictates that while one hour of wetting rain will reduce the predicted fire potential of dead fuels, i.e. annual grasses, it only requires one hour of sus- tained heating to dry those fuels allowing for the burning process. In other words, just because the valley may receive a light rain shower during the morning, it doesn’t mean that the fire danger has been eliminated. Increasing temperatures, wind, and low afternoon humidities will quickly return the burn ability of available dead fuels. Don’t be lulled into a sense of false security by the cooler morning temperatures that we experience in late sum- mer and early fall. In addition, please note that burn bans for the City of Red Bluff and most of Tehama County is still in effect. This ban is typi- cally lifted early November of each year following the official close of fire season. RBFD responses for Sept. 2 – Sept. 8: 39 Medical Emergencies, 4 Traffic Collisions, 3 Fires, 5 Public Service Calls, 5 False Alarms, for a total of 56 incidents. From the Firehouse runs on Fridays. Michael Bachmeyer is the Red Bluff Fire Department Chief. He can be contacted at mbachmeyer@rbfd.org or by calling the station at 527-1126.