Our first Red Phone call came from a local man who asked the
Crimson Crusader to find out more about Five Star Catering, the
company that has been hired to provide food during the 2007
motorcycle rally.
Our first Red Phone call came from a local man who asked the Crimson Crusader to find out more about Five Star Catering, the company that has been hired to provide food during the 2007 motorcycle rally.
The Crimson Crusader called up rally organizer Seth Doulton of Horse Power Promotions to find out more about the company. Doulton said Five Star Catering was chosen to oversee the food service at the rally and would also be the party responsible for obtaining the master health permit. Doulton said the company came highly recommended and has a lot of experience catering large events.
The Crimson Crusader also called Five Star Catering executive Don Delahoyde to find out more about the business. Delahoyde has been in the catering business for 34 years. His Ukiah-based company caters more than 40 county fairs and other events, including weddings and conferences, each year. Delahoyde said his company will oversee food service at the rally, but will subcontract a lot of the work out to other companies.
Traffic Lights Working Properly, Caltrans Says
Our next Red Phone matter came from Caltrans. The Crimson Crusader, after being inundated with complaints about the timing of traffic lights in downtown Hollister, called Caltrans in an attempt to get an explanation about the signals. Caltrans electrical supervisor Dan Ryan called our hero this week after inspecting the timing of the traffic lights on San Benito Street at the intersections of Third, Fourth and Fifth Street. Red Phone callers had complained about the timing at all three intersections.
Ryan said all three traffic lights are working as designed. The lights, he said, operate on an interconnected system. That means each of the three lights is “communicating” with the others on a continual basis to keep traffic moving.
“The lights are working as they were designed to work,” Ryan said. “They were designed to prevent congestion.”
As for our many readers who called to complain about the lights, Ryan urged patience in the busy downtown area.
Somebody Loves the Crimson Crusader
Our next Red Phone caller of the week, a Hollister man with a deep voice, indicated he was so happy with the job the Crimson Crusader was doing that he wanted to marry our hero. While the marriage proposal is flattering, the Crimson Crusader must decline. Thanks, but no thanks, dearest caller.
Red Phone On Hold:
Dangling Tree Limbs
Last week the Crimson Crusader was asked to get something done about dead branches hanging from three large eucalyptus trees over Lone Tree Road about a half-mile from Fairview Road in San Benito County. Our hero called the San Benito County Public Works Department on Feb. 17 to report the problem after a Red Phone caller said that he was worried that the dead branches were going to fall on passing motorists.
Pete Corn at the San Benito County Public Works Department called the Crimson Crusader this week to give readers an update on what the county was doing to solve the problem. Corn said he had inspected the eucalyptus trees on Lone Tree Road, but was unable to remove the branches. Corn said the dead branches are suspended about 75 feet above the roadway. The county, he explained, does not have the proper equipment to cut down a branch at such a height. Cutting down the entire tree, Corn said, was also out of the question as it was planted on private property.
That being said, Corn promised he would get in touch with county code enforcement officials and see what could be done as far as working with property owner to remove the branch. Corn said he wasn’t giving up on the problem and would continue working to see what could be done. Until then, this problem remains on hold, seven days and counting.
