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Liz Writes Life 10-13-21 -- Change in dialing local phone numbers, County leaders will speak and Veteran's Parade is Nov. 6

Liz Writes Life

Oct. 13, 2021

Conservatives will meet

The “State of the County” is the theme for Thursday’s meeting by the Siskiyou Conservative Republicans and the three slated speakers will share what has been happening this summer -- on several fronts.

Ray Haupt, chairman of the Siskiyou Co. Board of Supervisors, along with Siskiyou Co. Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue and Siskiyou Co. District Attorney Kirk Andrus will be speaking. Hot-button issues from illegal cannabis grows and wildfires to who has authority over groundwater will be discussed.

The meeting will be held Oct. 14, 2021 at the Montague United Methodist Church at 150 S 12th St. in Montague. Meet and greet is at 11 a.m. with the meeting starting at 11:30 a.m. Lunch of smoked ham, zucchini bake, golden potato cheese medallions, soup, Popeye bread and triple chocolate cake by Jackie is available. To reserve lunch, call Annie at 842-2350. Admission to the meeting is free.

New telephone number additions

Sunday, October 24th is the start date for a change in land-line phone calls or local calls. Residents should have received a large card in the mail explaining that we will now need to dial a “1” and the area code to call local numbers. Yep, it is a pain. The Federal Communications Commission adopted an order that made the change.

Because I had questions, I called Siskiyou Telephone Company and Sarah explained how it will work. Apparently, cell phones will not need to have the numbers changed if those numbers already have the area code in front of the seven-digit number. The “1” will be added automatically or is already added. Whew, that is a relief!

But, any cordless phone that you may have programmed local numbers will need to be reprogrammed with the “1” and the correct area code. This also means reprogramming your fax machine phone numbers.

“Yes, it is a big deal,” Sarah said, knowing that Siskiyou Telephone will likely receive phone calls asking why local phone calls don’t go through, that is – if they know to punch-in all 10 digits to Siskiyou Tel. To test the system, I made a local Etna call on my land-line. I punched-in all 10 numbers and the call went through. So the new 10-digit number system is already in effect.

For us older folks, it will be frustrating because we will now need to dial the extra four numbers on local calls and those within our 530 area code. Yep, things keep changing. I remember, when I was a kid and first allowed to make phone calls, we only had to dial the last four digits to call an Etna number. Fort Jones was long-distance and cost more, so I was rarely allowed to call my friend, Candace Seaver, who lived on Island Road.

Oh, and when I say “dial” I mean dial. Remember the old rotary phones where you put your finger in each numbered-hole and rotated it to the right one at a time?

Veterans Parade

Yay! After a year hiatus because of the pandemic, the Etna Veterans’ Parade is back on. This is the 20th parade and will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, November 6, 2021.

Back in 2001, after the 911 terrorist attack on United States soil, Etna’s Fr. Sergis instigated the parade to honor our service men and women. Karen Wresch stepped-in and organized it for many years. Now, Heather Ford and I are the grass roots volunteers doing the organizing.

A big thank you goes to several entities and individuals, who literally make the parade happen. First, the Etna City Council gave its approval for the parade to be held on its streets and Etna Police Chief, Josh Short, will organize the barricades and traffic. Then, the Rotary of Scott Valley kindly agreed to host the parade under its insurance umbrella and will have three members do the line-up at the Etna High School. And, this week, the American Legion Perry Harris Post #260 will be choosing the grand marshal.

So, now we need veterans and current soldiers to participate in the parade. Family and friends, please encourage your veteran to get in the parade. All other groups and individuals, who like to support our USA military and veterans, are also invited to join in the parade. Let’s make this a great celebration for our U.S. military honoring the service given by so many men and women.

To get signed-up for the parade, call Heather at 1-530-467-3193 or Liz at 1-530-467-3515. Vinnie and Bob McNeil and Prudence Magnuson from the Rotary will give participants a number for the line-up at the Etna High School starting at 9:30 a.m. Duane’s Drain is providing a (free to us) port-a-potty outside the high school that morning.

Anyone who would like to sell items during the parade, should contact the Etna City Hall for approval.   

Garden

We didn’t get much of a rain on Oct. 7, 2021, but it sure feels like fall has arrived. The two tomato plants hadn’t received any irrigation for several weeks, but they continued to pump-out ripe tomatoes. The raccoon has reappeared (well the remnants of eaten-on-red-tomatoes can be seen) to snag some of the final ripe tomatoes. There were a few zuccs growing and I picked them on Friday before the predicted freezes started. So the garden is done! Yay, I am OK with that. It was a long, very hot season and I sure can’t complain.

May peace and calm be with you this week. Smile – just cuz it makes you feel better!

Liz Bowen began writing ranch and farm news, published in newspapers, in 1976. She is a native of Siskiyou County. Columns from the past can be found at: lizwriteslife.blogspot.com. Call her at 530-467-3515.

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