Red Phone’s back on the attack today
– saving the world one call at a time or at least answering
questions puzzling local residents. Don’t forget the Red Phone runs
every Wednesday and Saturday in the Hollister Free Lance. Got a
question, need an answer, call the Red Phone – always waiting,
always online, always at 635-9219.
Red Phone’s back on the attack today – saving the world one call at a time or at least answering questions puzzling local residents. Don’t forget the Red Phone runs every Wednesday and Saturday in the Hollister Free Lance. Got a question, need an answer, call the Red Phone – always waiting, always online, always at 635-9219.
Where’s the Community Pantry?
A caller dialed up the Crimson Crusader curious about where the Community Pantry distributes food.
“I was wondering if you can me tell if the Community Pantry is still out at the church on Sunnyslope Road once a month? I was out there yesterday and nobody was there. Can you let me know if it is still there or where it can be found?”
The Crimson Crusader tracked down Community Pantry Executive Director Tom Larkin – or Red Phone should say – Larkin tracked down Red Phone because some phone problems at the Pantry made him difficult to contact. Regardless of the details, Larkin said the Community Pantry no longer distributes food from the church on Sunnyslope Road since it installed new flooring. The food distribution always caused a large mess so the Pantry moved the location to the Veterans’ Memorial Park. Larkin said the distribution occurs on the second Monday of every month and the next event will be held next week.
He said the caller was likely asking about the USDA food distribution, a federal program ran by the state out of Sacramento and managed locally by Community Pantry.
The Community Pantry is available at 637-0340.
I think that I will never see the cars approaching through the trees
With apologies to poet Joyce Kylmer, Red Phone was alerted to another local traffic hazard. Red phone takes such calls particularly seriously, considering the potential consequences. Maybe you’ve been through the same intersection recently:
“The intersection of Santa Ana and Fairview Road is obstructed by overgrown trees on the property near the mobile home park and going around the corner. Crossing towards McCloskey Road is dangerous as the drivers must creep up in Fairview Road in order to get a clear view of oncoming traffic. Who is responsible for trimming these trees which are an obvious road hazard?”
Red Phone spoke with a very helpful person at San Benito County Public Works who promised to send someone out tout de suite to check out the arboreous obstruction. “I will put in a work order, and if the trees are hanging over the right of way we can trim them,” said our cheerful civil servant, who wins hands-down a can-do attitude award.
The catch is: If the offending trees are on private land, not public, the county is powerless. But Red Phone is on the case! The county promised to call us back and let us know if they were able to do the work or not. If the trees are on private land, Red Phone will do its best to follow up, before there is any further risk to life and, ahem, limb.
