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2A – Daily News – Friday, February 26, 2010 THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 Editor: Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com Sports Editor: Rich Greene sports@redbluffdailynews.com Circulation Manager: Kathy Hogan khogan@redbluffdailynews.com Production Manager: Sandy Valdivia sandy@redbluffdailynews.com 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 Fax: (530) 527-5774 ______________________ CUSTOMER SERVICE: Subscription & delivery Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (530) 527-2151 Ext. 125 Home delivery 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. NEWS News Tip Hotline: 527-2153 FAX: (530) 527-9251 E-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com Daytime: (530) 527-2151 Sports: Ext. 111 Obituaries: Ext. 103 Tours: Ext. 112 After hours: (530) 527-2153 ______________________ ADVERTISING Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Display: 527-2151 Ext. 122 Classified: 527-2151 Ext. 103 Online (530) 527-2151 Ext. 133 FAX: (530) 527-5774 E-mail: advertise@redbluffdailynews.com VOLUME 125, NUMBER 83 A MediaNews Group Newspaper The Red Bluff Daily News is an adjudicated daily newspaper of general circulation, County of Tehama, Superior Court Decree 9670, May 25, 1955 © 2010 Daily News N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY SPECIAL PAGES ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS Mondays: Kids Corner Tuesdays: Employment Wednesdays: Business Thursdays: Entertainment Fridays: Select TV Saturdays: Farm, Religion HOW TO REACH US Publisher & Advertising Director: Greg Stevens gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com ADVANCED HYDROPONICS Indoor Lighting 1417 SOLANO ST., CORNING 824-1100 & Gardening No substitutions, not good on to go orders LUNCH SPECIALS 11:30 am - 2 pm Served with 1 menu item 5 Chestnut Ave.,Red Bluff • 527-3161 Comfortably Casual Dining GREEN BARN STEAKHOUSE $ 6 99 Tuesday Barn Burger Wednesday Corned Beef Ruben Thursday Prime Rib French Dip Friday Steak Sandwich Andrea's Therapeutic Massage Andrea Strege C.M.T. Deep Tissue • Relaxation Pain & Stress Relief Now Offering 1 Hour massage Only $ 45.00 15 minutes $15.00 30 minutes $25.00 Red Bluff Health & Fitness walk-ins welcome 530-776-8201 GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE Community people & events River Up to 23 Feet River Up to 23 Feet Highest This Season Highest This Season There was a big raise in the river on Fri- day due to the warm rains of the two days before. The gauge showed 23 feet, the high- est for the winter ... It would be wise for farmers to look after stock in the low lands should threatening weather come again. – Daily News, Feb. 26, 1910 100 100 years years ago... ago... Setting it straight An article in Wednesday's edition about staff cuts at the elementary level misnamed the district, which is Red Bluff Union Elementary School District. An article in Thursday's edition regarding Red Bluff Union High School District layoffs inaccurate- ly characterized a statement by Superintendent Dan Curry. The statement Curry made is that, while the district had been frugal in spending, state cuts are so deep that staff cuts are necessary to keep the district solvent. 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. From the firehouse: High visibility By DAVE CARR Red Bluff Fire Dept. You may have seen a lot more fire engines and fire apparatus around town lately. We've had a busy start to the year and ongoing training includ- ing developing prospec- tive new hires. Recently I have been asked about all the fire engines driving around town and people wonder- ing about the increase in activity. First and fore- most we respond to emer- gencies. Our next priority is training and we get out every shift to practice our craft. We are assigned mandatory training topics each month and have to achieve 20 hours of train- ing on those topics. For instance, for Feb- ruary the required train- ing topics are: "Self Con- tained Breathing Appara- tus, Squad 1 – drive and pump water, wildland firefighting, multi-casual- ty incidents (traffic colli- sions or chemical spills where many people need treatment), Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and our responses to infant emer- gencies and skills evolu- tion #2 (above ground firefighting operations including multiple floor occupancies). Also, daily fitness training is encour- aged. These are just the required training evolu- tions for February and each month another set of training is assigned. There are additional training opportunities that we seek aside from our required training. Some want to pursue Fire Prevention or special res- cue skills and do addi- tional training on top of required training. Several of our members are tak- ing outside classes right now. One is taking a Fire Prevention class and two others are taking a Haz- ardous Materials class. This gets us up to speed on new technolo- gies as we continually strive to stay ahead of the changes in the fire service and is another reason you see us around town. In addition, we have several firefighters wish- ing to promote to the next level. Firefighter is our entry level position and in the Red Bluff Fire Department the next level is Engineer (drives and operates the apparatus and pumps water). This is a whole new level of training for our firefight- ers and in order to pro- mote up the ranks requires hydraulics, pump theory, DMV test- ing and many hours of practice to be able to drive and operate the equipment that the tax- payers have entrusted us with. Red Bluff Fire Department hires new full time e m p l o y e e s from within. We have a "built in" per- sonnel pool in our Reserve Firefighters. Our reserve firefighters may work 1000 per year and make an hourly wage with no benefits and when the opportunity arises to get hired as a full time Engi- neer these reserves com- pete for that spot which means they have to get out and practice. Capt. Vern Raglin recently retired and we tested six candidates for his position. Engineer John Campbell competed for Captain and was just promoted (Congratula- tions John!). We are now getting ready to test to fill the vacant Engineers position. This has prospective Engineers out flowing water and driving our fire engines around town practicing their skills. This is why you may see us flowing water up on the north end of Main Street or on Reeds Avenue, both good places to practice. Red Bluff Fire Dept. promotes training and that gets us out in the public eye meeting peo- ple and this also gives you the chance to see what your fire depart- ment is capa- ble of. It is also good for the candidates and elevates the department's skill level as a whole! When we are out train- ing or perhaps just stop- ping by the store to pick up groceries for lunch and dinner (we live, work and eat at the firehouse 24/7) we would love to meet you and give you a tour of the engine. Feel free to stop by and chat with us as we are often out there practicing ways to keep you safe! RBFD responses for Feb. 18-23: 31 emergency medical calls, 1 public service calls, 1 traffic col- lision, 1 false alarm, 1 alarm sounding call. From the Firehouse runs on Fridays. Dave Carr is an Engineer with the Red Bluff Fire Department. He can be contacted at dcarr@rbfd.org or by calling the station at 527- 1126. Birth Courtesy photo Jessie Ocampo and Dino Vargas of Red Bluff, a daughter, Lillianna Diane Vargas- Ocampo, 7 pounds, 8 ounces, born Jan. 12, 2010, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. Welcoming baby are grandparents Josie Alvarez and Tracy Eleck, both of Red Bluff. Friends of Corning Library to hold book sale Courtesy photo Carol Mueller and her grandson Sean Robert Mueller bring books to the Corning Library for the Friends of the Library Book Sale, which will be 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 5 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on March 6, at the Corning Library, next to the police station. The Corning Friends of the Library will have many excellent choices at its March Book Sale. There will be old books and some virtually ones. There are mysteries, westerns, romances, science fiction and gener- al fiction, plus history, biography, travel, cooking, crafts and more, including children and young adult books. There will also be videos, DVDs and audio cassettes. Most will be sold for 10 cents to 50 cents each. A special section of collectible and antique books will be available for purchase. These are books that are priced from a few dollars to $70 at online sources such as Alibris. The Corning Friends will be sell- ing them for no more than half the online prices. You may even find that special book your family will prize. The sale runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fri- day, March 5 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6 at the Corning Library, 740 Third St., next to the police station. Corning High School presents its 18th Annual Fine Arts Festival Wednesday, March 10. Art viewing in the cafeteria starts at 5:30 p.m. with the show at 7 p.m.Tickets are $5 general seating and $7 reserved and are available March 1 at the Cardinal Nest at the school. Call 824-8004 for more information. Fine Arts Festival to be held Special needs fishing trip Thirteen openings remained for special needs children who would like to try their luck with rod and reel and at the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area on Saturday, April 17. The event is being sponsored by the Catch a Special Thrill Foundation and some Gridley area businesses. Those interested must register by March 5. Special needs children can fish free with the help of a volunteer from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. If you know a special child who would enjoy this outing, you can get more information by calling 301-5254 or 846-2778 or visit Cast- forkidsgridley.bbnow.org.