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2A – Daily News – Saturday, September 11, 2010 Community people&events Bonham 50th ‘The Nickle-Stick Man’ I would venture to say that a large number of people have over the years met the "Nickle-Stick Man." When I was a young girl growing up during my early years, I counted the hours when the Nickle- Stick man would come to my neighborhood. I had an uncanny sense of time although I did not have a watch. I lived in Denver, Colorado on Dunkheld Place when I was eight years old, my brother was three. On a warm summer afternoon Courtesy photos Robert and Lorna Bonham celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family members at their home on Saturday, Sept. 4. For the party, Mrs. Bonham created floral decorations using the two needle pine and white spider chrysanthemums that signify long life together and family loyalty and were similar to those used by her mother, Mrs. Grant Merrill to decorate at the 1960 wedding. 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. we would sit down on the cement steps of our house and patiently wait with a nickel in our closed fists. Our mouths watered as we lis- tened carefully for the sound of the bell ringing on the small truck of the "Nickle-Stick Man." Recently a newspaper to the north of us ran a story about a "Nickle-Stick Man." He is not named that but is a conscientious Ice Cream Truck vendor. Apparent- ly a long ago documentation in the Redding, California city archives stated that noisy bells were not allowed to be attached to ice cream trucks. Wow, what a disappoint- ment to mouth watering little chil- dren who have tuned in their ears to the regular arrival of the local Ice Cream Man. It seems that the ordinance was drafted in the 1930’s and was updated in 1976. The ordinance Salisbury honors The following students earned awards in the first session at Salisbury High School: Honor Roll: Jose Alfaro, Ryan Arnel, Samantha Bable, Tyler Bolen, Kyle Elsfelder, Courtney Fulk, Daniel Guardado, Brenda Moen, Sara Moses, Brittney Moss, Jestine Nelson, Stacia Phillips, Trey Samons, Daniel Sanchez, Garrett Smothers, Rylan Weber. Academic Achievement: Ryan Carroll, Cody Cox, Nereida Farias, Virginia Garcia, Betty Kerby, Genevieve Naron, Carlos Partida, Rachael Waltz. Attendance: Samantha Bable, Ashley Eakins, Kyle defines a sound truck as any motor- ized or horse-drawn vehicle fitted with a loudspeaker. The ordinance is silent about speakers mounted on bicy- cles. Perhaps there is a way to by-pass the ordinance. Jiffy’s Ice Cream has now installed sound and ampli- fication equipment on a bike. Since the bike is not a truck or a horse drawn car- riage it may still be able to supply ice cream after 7 p.m. and on Sundays and holidays. The picture of waiting children for the ice cream man brought back memories of all the ice cream trucks in Denver, Colorado, Payette, Idaho and Red Bluff Cali- fornia. think back to the days when chil- dren’s happy faces were the most important thing in their lives. Carolyn Barber I am hoping that a long-ago ordi- nance against sweet ice cream bell noise is not hidden some where in Tehama County archives. Should I research the possibility of such a rule? A part of me shouts, "No!" My ears are already tuning in to the wonderful possibility that an ice cream truck is arriving in our neigh- borhood, happy children are head- ing for the curbs with a few coins in their closed fists for an ice cream delectable. So what if the adults can’t quite hear the news on their TV’s while the ice cream vendor’s bells ring? Hopefully adults will I am composing this on a somewhat cloudy day with the weather reports suggesting rain. Will this keep me from ice cream? Not likely. I long for the sound of ice cream trucks ringing bells or playing music, it brings back the mem- ories of days when I was chronologically a bit younger. Those were the days before adult maturity set in, when suddenly including ice cream money in the budget was some- times a challenge. Even though at times my fist did not have a nick- el enclosed in it, I still waited for the music of the Nickel-Stick Man. Yes, readers you have guessed it, I still scream for ice cream. I try not to disturb the neighbors with my pursuit of that sugary substance. Oh to re-visit the days of the ice cream trucks. Carolyn Barber has been writing her column in the Daily News since 1992. It appears on Saturdays. She can be contacted by e-mail at hurcar@yahoo.com. COMMUNITY CLIPS Elsfelder, Mariela Farias, Alex Garcia, Daniel Guarda- do, Brenda Moen, Brittney Moss, Jestine Nelson, Gar- rett Smothers, Rylan Weber. Richfield watch meeting Richfield Neighborhood Watch will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13, in the Richfield Elementary cafeteria. We welcome new members to join our crime pre- vention team.We work closely with the Tehama Coun- ty Sheriff's Department for our continued training. Emergency preparedness will be on the agenda. Questions, call Melissa at 824-6260. Philanderer’s fling fractures family D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 125, NUMBER 252 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 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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Flournoy’s Warning Again, I call the attention of landowners, stockmen and motorists to the injury being done and greater damage to follow to all kinds of stock and rubber tires unless this terrible pest, the puncture vine, is con- trolled at once. — G.H. Flournoy, County Horticultural Commissioner — Daily News, Sept. 11, 1920 Dear Annie: I had a textbook midlife crisis. In my early 50s, after an affair of six weeks, the guilt became too much and I con- fessed to my lovely and intelligent wife of 31 years that I wasn’t sure I’d ever loved her. The new love of my life was also in her early 50s and had been mar- ried more than 30 years. My wife and three adult children were blindsided. Our marriage seemed per- fect to others. But the relief from my confession was instant and cathartic, and I was anxious to begin my life anew with a woman I *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 645 Main St., Red Bluff • 529-2482 Monday Morning, 8am-noon Wednesday Evenings, 5-9pm Join us for neighborhood Bring your jars & ingredients. CANNING & PRESERVING www.californiakitchencompany.com $1 We’ll help you and provide equipment. a jar Annie’s Mailbox by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar thought I could not live without. It is now eight years later, and I still haven’t put my life back together. I work hard to main- tain a civil relation- ship with my ex- wife, who hasn’t remarried and who graciously invites me to the house for family occasions with the children. However, I have yet to marry the woman of my dreams, who also gave up everything for me. Every time I think I’m prepared to complete what I started, I become paralyzed by guilt and a sense of responsibility to my ex-wife and family. I am now convinced that any new life for me is impossi- ble. Please help me sort this out. No one is getting any younger. — Adrift in NYC Dear Adrift: And apparently no one is getting any wiser, either. You have figured out that guilt has paralyzed you. And your ex-wife is being kind, which makes a new mar- riage feel like a second betrayal. You cannot take back the damage you’ve done, but right now, the only favor you are doing your ex-wife is giving her the satisfaction of knowing you are miserable. Moving forward may be painful, but it also will allow normalcy to eventually re-enter every- one’s lives. If you can’t get beyond this point on your own, please consider coun- seling. Dear Annie: My hus- band passed away after 42 years of marriage. His will stated that he wished to be cremated and interred at the veteran’s cemetery. After the funeral, his sib- lings told me they were not pleased that their brother would not be buried in his church cemetery. To keep the peace, my children and I gave his siblings a portion of the ashes, with the under- standing that there would not be a second headstone. Annie, they proceeded to have another funeral ser- vice, as if ours wasn’t good enough. And last week, three years after his passing, I was sent pictures of the gravesite at the church cemetery, and there is a large granite slab with my husband’s name, the dates of his birth and death, and an inscription. I contacted the family and was told this is a plaque, not a headstone. We are upset that our wishes were not honored. What can we do? — My Heart Is Sad Dear Sad: Nothing that won’t create more heartache and anger. You have fol- lowed your husband’s wish- es. Please allow his siblings to honor him in their own way. 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