Problem with poison oak:
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Hi Red Phone. On my walk I notice at the corner of Hanna and
Fifth streets, the northwest corner to be specific, there’s some
poison oak beginning to climb up the tree.
Problem with poison oak: “Hi Red Phone. On my walk I notice at the corner of Hanna and Fifth streets, the northwest corner to be specific, there’s some poison oak beginning to climb up the tree. I’m judging by the location and quality of landscaping of the yard and stuff like that, I’m speculating that the people there might be senior citizens and haven’t noticed there’s poison oak crawling up their trees. I was wondering if the city would take an interest in eradicating it before it spreads. Thank you very much Red Phone. Bye.”
Thanks for the heads up caller. Unfortunately, upon contacting Teresa Hernandez with the City of Gilroy, the Red Phone found out that the city won’t take care of such a problem.
“We went out and looked at the tree on the northwest corner of Hanna and Fifth,” Hernandez said. “Yes, there is some poison oak growing up around that tree … the responsibility for maintaining the tree, with regards to things growing up on the tree, it is the property owner’s responsibility. So the city will not come out and remove the poison oak. The property owner needs to do that and they probably should do that before it becomes a really big issue with the poison oak. The person who went out to look at it said it’s not very much right now.”
Hernandez added that this issue is addressed in the city ordinance – that it is the property owner’s responsibility.
Name that horse: “Hey Red Phone, I was wondering if you know the name of the horse outside the Hall’s building. Whenever we drive by, my 4-year-old always asks, ‘What’s that horsie’s name?’ So I was wondering if you or your team could find out. Thanks.”
A Dispatch article titled ‘Taking a step back into Gilroy’s history’ offered information on a walk held by Gilroy Historical Society member Connie Rogers. The walk is designed to inform attendees about Gilroy’s lively past, including the horse and rider on the side of the old Hall’s Western Wear.
The life-sized model of a cowboy is based on Casey Tibbs and his horse ‘War Paint,’ symbols of the Gilroy Gymkhana, a popular annual fiesta celebrating the town’s ranching heritage.
Mountain of news: “Hi, I’d like to know how do you have the Dispatch stop delivery while on vacation? Calling before leaving and giving the date doesn’t work. I came home to our front yard full of newspapers. Thank you.”
The Red Phone forwarded your call to the circulation department for further contact. Unfortunately, every now and then problems arise with computers, inputting information and yes, even human errors occur on occasion. The Red Phone apologizes for such. However, the best way to put a vacation stop on your daily Dispatch is to call the circulation department at 842-2327.
Kudos to the city: “I just wanted to say that nobody has mentioned that the clock at Old City Hall is working and it looks beautiful. Everybody bitched because it wasn’t working but I haven’t read a thing in the paper about the fact that it is working now. Congratulations.”
The Red Phone did tell its readers in a recent column as soon as it was informed by Gilroy Public Information Officer Joe Kline that the clock was back in working order.
Unfortunately, good news doesn’t often get positive comments the way bad news gets complaints. The Red Phone thanks you for taking a moment to call in and offer up your compliment on the newly-working clock.
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