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6A Daily News – Friday, September 6, 2013 Opinion DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U NTY S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Greg Stevens, Publisher gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com Chip Thompson, Editor editor@redbluffdailynews.com Editorial policy The Daily News opinion is expressed in the editorial. The opinions expressed in columns, letters and cartoons are those of the authors and artists. Letter policy The Daily News welcomes letters from its readers on timely topics of public interest. All letters must be signed and provide the writer's home street address and home phone number. Anonymous letters, open letters to others, pen names and petition-style letters will not be allowed. Letters should be typed and cannot exceed two double-spaced pages or 500 words. When several letters address the same issue, a cross section of those submitted will be considered for publication. Letters will be edited. Letters are published at the discretion of the editor. 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For years I've endured my neighbors' chronic dog barking, guinea fowl screeching, rooster crowing and stereo blasting. In desperation for relief, I've devoted hundreds of hours complaining to Tehama County and Rancho Tehama officials and to the offenders themselves. Perhaps they justify their inaction for it's only being a minority of individuals that are bothered by the noise. Even if they're right, that doesn't make it excusable. The Rancho Tehama Association alone has admitted it gets nearly 30 complaints about dog barking every month from its 600 members. Moreover, court television programs and the Internet reveal dog barking is one of the most pervasive forms of civil injury nationwide. The underlying cause of the animal noise epidemic lies not just with dog owners that don't care how their negligence affects others, it's with government. Just as with inconsiderate animal owners, it seems government would rather allow innocents to suffer than perform their lawful obligation to preclude them from further injury. Nathan Esplanade, Rancho Tehama ers and distributors of cannabis much like the LCBO in Ontario Canada. Then the grows could be designed and irrigated properly to reduce Your environmental damage. I haven't one single call for an activated carbon adsorber to filter out pesticide contaminants from run off water from these grows. I don't think the growers could care less about the Editor: environment anymore. I just watched aerial photograAlso a license to grow should phy of the "medical marijuana" be implemented. Standards for fields in Shasta County. The containment and irrigation and environmental damage is signifi- treatment of run off waters must cant. be mandatory. A course in waterIsn't it interesting that the Cal- shed protection and soil intrusion ifornia hippie movement that to lakes and streams in Northern endorses pot use and worships California should be part of the mother nature are now destroying requirement to get a license to the environment to grow pot. This grow. is where the government of CaliHa, I just solved the whole fornia made their mistake. They problem. should have instituted a Cannabis Laurence D'Alberti, License Control Board of CaliforRed Bluff nia and been the sole manufactur- Marijuana fields damaging environment Turn Your officials STATE ASSEMBLYMAN — Dan Logue, 1550 Humboldt Road, Ste. 4, Chico, CA 95928, 530-895-4217 STATE SENATOR — Jim Nielsen, 2635 Forest Ave., Ste. 110, Chico, CA 95928, (530) 879-7424, senator.nielsen@senate.ca.gov GOVERNOR — Jerry Brown, State Capitol Bldg., Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 445-2841; Fax (916) 5583160; E-mail: governor@governor.ca.gov. U.S. REPRESENTATIVE — Doug LaMalfa 506 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515, 202-2253076. U.S. SENATORS — Dianne Feinstein (D), One Post Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94104; (415) 393-0707. Fax (415) 3930710. Barbara Boxer (D), 1700 Montgomery St., Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94111; (510) 286-8537. Fax (202) 224-0454. Commentary The burro quest We traveled to the high desert country north and east of Susanville to select a burro from the Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Facility operated under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. We had purchase 3 of the little fellows in the past, two had died of old age over the years, and we were now looking for a companion for Jacki, our now 3-year-old jenny. She has been doing OK after the demise of her aunt Joanie a couple of months ago, but we could tell she wanted someone of her own size and disposition to bunk with at night. Jacki appeared contented during the day in our sunlit pasture, but seemed small and lonely in her stall as compared to the five horses in theirs. In any event, it was time to get her a companion. In the past, the Wild Horse people had trucked their herds for sale to fairgrounds here in the Sacramento Valley, but they weren't scheduled to do so for several months, so we went to them. They maintain several large corrals plus hay barns and other out buildings, and do their "adoption" business from a manufactured office. I say "adoption" because that is the name of the game. A would be buyer fills out an application and describes where they plan to keep a wild horse or burro…and then the agency decides if the animal's new home will be adequate for their survival. A buyer gets clear title to the animal after a year of ownership and usually an inspection by the agency. It is a good practice and one of the few federal projects that appears to do what it sets out to do: the safeguard of unique wild creatures with domesticity in their future. We will take photos of the new arrival…she is only 9 months old, and perhaps the DN will publish a photo of the little long eared girl. Unlike President Obama, no decision was required by Congress for this peaceful transaction. *** I read a recent police report to Murray Clyde regarding a woman north of town who came home to find her door ajar. She reported that she found nothing missing, and attributes this to her cat. She surmised her cat scared the intruder away. The big dog scoffed at this information. "You scoff," I kidded him. comic/actor Robin Williams and counters "Yes, I scoff," he replied. "Why is that? You don't believe the with he has a friend that has played golf with Tom Hanks' mother. I shall woman's story?" increase the pot and raise "No way. A cat is no with "At our old meat substitute for a watch dog." plant, I personally sold a "It was apparently a leg of lamb to Bing Crosby watch cat," I corrected him. and Phil Harris." Your Murray Clyde sighed. move Jack. "Cats are not designed to *** watch after someone's Last week's quiz was belongings. They are indifanswered by several readferent to the needs of their ers but A. Eaton was first in owners." knowing that the Presi"Where did you get that dent's with first name and idea?," I queried. Robert last name beginning with "I've known a few cats the same letter were J. in my day…and they don't Adams and J. Adams, J. call them 'Pussy' for nothMadison and J. Monroe, A. ing." Jackson and A. John"That's uncharitable. son…and the Bush boys, They can be loving, couraand that the Presidents whose last name geous and caring pets." "If you say so. Must be nearly dinner become common words when not capitalized are ford, pierce, grant and bush. time… is it?" This week's quiz: Name the 3 Presidents The big fellow obviously did not buy the "watch cat" assertion. If the cat owner who died on the 4th of July and the one who involved would drop us a line, perhaps we was born on that date. *** could put the matter to rest. Some stuff sent over the Internet by *** Great grandson Jacob Duckham is stand- well-meaning friends is, as Sam Goldwyn ing in line with his mother Natalie at a might have put it, not worth the paper it is Sacramento Walmart. He is 4 going on 5 and printed on. On the other hand, some is counts things. He tugs at his mother's skirt worth repeating. An anonymous female and asks, "Why do the check out stands have writes, "In my next life I would like to numbers?" She replies that is their way of come back as a bear. I would have to hiberdoing business…they can direct their cus- nate and sleep for 6 months. I could do tomers to other lines if one line has people that. Before you hibernate, a bear is supwaiting to be checked out. Jacob says, posed to stuff herself stupid. I could deal "They can't direct them to aisle 7 because with that. As a girl bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) there isn't any." Natalie looks about and says, "You're while you are sleeping and wake up with right…no number 7." She asks a clerk and partially grown cuddly kids. I definitely he looks about and confesses he had never dig that. And, if you are a bear, your mate noticed before there was no aisle 7. By this expects you to wake up growling… and time other customers have taken up the hunt not surprised to find you with hairy legs and excess body fat. Yep, I'm definitely for #7, but it is not to be found. They look admiringly at little Jacob. His going to be a bear!" mother takes it all in stride. When quesRobert Minch is a lifelong resident of tioned about his preciosity she says "HapRed Bluff, former columnist for the Corning pens all the time. He is a curious child." Daily Observer and Meat Industry *** Letter to the editor writer J. Martin chides magazine and author of the "The Knocking me for claiming 15 minutes of fame by hav- Pen." He can be reached at ing a daughter who is on friendly terms with rminchandmurray@hotmail.com. Minch I Say