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2A – Daily News – Friday, April 8, 2011 Community people&events Birth — Houston Call 811 before you dig By JON BENNETT Courtesy photo James and Amber Houston proudly announce the arrival of Jaquelyn Jade, 7 pounds, 2 ounces and 20 inches long, born Thursday, March 31, 2011, in Quincy. Welcoming baby Houston are grandparents: Kim Kinzer of Red Bluff, Steve and Cindy Houston of Gerber and Mark and Traci Downey of Quincy and Vicky Downey of Idaho; Great Grandparents: JR and Lynn McCollister of Red Bluff and Joanne Downey of Quincy and Mike and Betty Kinzer of Weipp, Idaho along with the rest of her extended family. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight There was an error in Tuesday’s front page story “Idaho man thrown off motorcycle, injured.” The article should have stated Ned Hodges was not wear- ing his helmet. An item in Wednesday’s edition about a memori- al service for Wanda Pridemore contained an error. Organizers ask that guests not bring food to the event. The Daily News regrets the error. –––––––– 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. Red Bluff Fire Department Know what’s below, call before you dig. It is easy and it is free! April is National Safe Digging Month. Yes, there seems to be a day, week or month set aside for every special cause or event you can think of. So why designate an “official month” to promote safe digging practices? I’ll tell you why. Every year we hear of emergen- cies created by someone acciden- tally digging up gas or other utility lines, sometimes with deadly results. Here in Red Bluff your Fire Department responds each year to incidents where gas lines are ruptured by a backhoe, post- hole digger, or shovel. We have already had this year’s first natural gas leak of the season caused by heavy equipment. Luckily it was minor. But even these minor leaks have potential to cause fire or injury. Gas leaks also tie up our limited fire fighting resources, sometimes for hours, until the util- ity company can arrive with adequate resources to shut down the gas flow to the area of the leak. Spring is here, and along with spring comes home improve- ment projects. Building a deck? Planting a tree? Putting in sprinklers? A national survey revealed that about half of Americans are “active diggers” who have done (or are planning to do) some type of digging project at home. Yet only one third of those diggers will call to get their utili- ties marked. And if problems arise from ruptured utility lines, the dig- ger may be held liable if they did not call USA North in advance. Whether you are a do-it-your- selfer or a professional contractor, call 811 at least two days before doing any digging. 811 is a new federally mandated FCC des- ignated toll-free num- ber that people can call to have utility companies come out and mark their under- ground lines on your property for free. So call 811 or you may be calling 911. Then after your util- ities are marked, go ahead with those spring projects you have been putting off all winter. From the Firehouse runs on Fridays. Jon Bennett is the Red Bluff Fire Department Operations and Training Division Chief. He can be contacted at jbennett@rbfd.org or by calling the station at 527- 1126. Young Marines assist during Goldie’s Dinner Courtesy photo D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 126, NUMBER 118 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. Box 220 Red Bluff, CA 96080 Subscription & delivery Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (530) 527-2151, Ext. 1 subscription rates (All prices include all applicable taxes) Monday through Saturday $9.59 four weeks Rural Rate $10.69 four weeks Business & professional rate $2.21 four weeks, Monday-Friday By mail: In Tehama County $12.29 four weeks All others $16.23 four weeks (USPS 458-200) Published Monday through Saturday except Sunday, by California Newspaper Partnership. 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Local Happenings A daughter was born in Red Bluff April 6 to Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Nelson of Corning. ... Leave your order Saturday morning with Ruth Garrett, Marcelia Murdock, Thelma McKenzie or Virginia Norvell, who will drive you to the lilac tea, Saturday afternoon at Mrs. L.L. Beals. —Daily News, April 8, 1921 • MEN • WOMEN • CHILDREN AFFORDABLE • CONVENIENT $1000 $1000 With coupon, Regularly $12 (Expires 5/30/11) FREE HELIUM BALLOONS 530-529-5766 855 So. Main St. (Walmart Shopping Center) Bike run Relay for Life Motor- cycle Run has been scheduled for May 1 in Red Bluff. The cost is $20 single and $25 for double riders. Paying the day of Young Marines LCpl Vance Nolta, LCpl Manuel Mills, Battalion First Sgt. Mary Hurton, PFC Erica Downey, Cpl John Bookout, Sgt. Reina Coley, SSgt Mikayla Erickson helped serve and clean up at the annual fundraising event for the Community Center's Auxiliary known as Goldie's Dinner, named for the woman who was the driving force behind getting our Community Center in Red Bluff. The Tehama County Young Marines of the Marine Corps League Detachment 1140 and AmVETS 2002 are proud to have been serving this organization at this event for the past several years. For information on how your young person can be a part of the Young Marines, go to www.tehamacountyyoungmarines.com. COMMUNITY CLIPS the ride will be $25 for single and $30 for double. The first 200 registered riders will receive a pin. Registration is from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Red Bluff Wal-Mart Store parking lot. Kick stands will be up at 11 a.m. Return to the store after the ride for hamburgers and soda. Don’t forget to stay for the participant drawing of gifts! For more information contact Roxane, Amber, or Kathy at 529-8490. Pasture workshop A free Irrigated Pasture Workshop is being held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat- urday by the Western Shasta Resource Conser- vation District. The workshop starts at 9 a.m. at the Western Shasta Resource Conser- vation District, 6270 Par- allel Road, in Anderson, where it will be until 11:30 a.m. Topics include irrigat- ed lands regulatory pro- gram; AWEP project updates; Pasture response to irrigation timing, grass species selection and grazin management; Pas- ture fertility and poiso- nous plants and a discus- sion and questions time. At 11:30 a.m., the group will depart for the Vaca Creek Ranch, 7330 Silver Bridge Road, in Palo Cedro, where lunch will be served at 12:15 p.m. Lunch is sponsored by the Anderson-Cotton- wood Irrigation District. Topics for the after- noon include Overview of ranch operations; Irriga- tion Water Management; Mobile Irrigation Lab- evaluating Efficiency and a Rotary Wiper Herbicide Demo. Registration is required by today. For more information or to register call 365-7332. No meeting The Richfield Neigh- borhood Watch meeting for April has been canceled. The next meeting will be at 6 p.m. on May 9 at the Richfield Elementary School, 23875 River Road. There will be a com- munity rally in April. Details will be available soon. For more informa- tion call 824-6260.