Page 48 - Sonoma County Gazette Janaury 2019

Holiday Tree Disposal
BBFPD also wishes a HEART FELT thank you to comedian and all-around great person Vicki Barbolak whose Comedy for a Cause was a great success; held on December 14 at the Bodega Harbour Yacht Club. Vicki brought with her comedians Sue Alfieri and Oliver Graves a.k.a. Hex of Spades, as well as musician Lou Brockman.
Thirty seconds is all it takes for a dry Christmas tree to be consumed by fire. Many people will leave their trees up through the New Year—but fire doesn’t take a holiday. The Sonoma County Fire Prevention Officers Association urges everyone to dispose of their trees as soon as possible, once it begins to show signs of drying out. According to the National Fire Prevention Association (NFPA), one-third of all Christmas tree fires occur in January. The first rule of tree disposal: Never put the tree or branches in a fireplace or wood burning stove! Sonoma County Waste Management has made it easy to recycle with four options:
We also wish to thank the following who also made this event possible and a great success: Ed Cohen, BBACC, Bodega Harbour, Arunav Sinha, Eva McComb, Becky Sumner, Pris Nelson, Lira Filippini, Patty Ginochio, Shona Wier, Kamma Dunning, and Pat Engman.
1. There is no charge for county residents to put trees in your yard waste container and place at the curb on your regular yard waste collection day.
BBFPD is grateful to the following who donated raffle prizes: Healing Heart Apothecary in Bodega Bay, Business Services in Bodega Bay, Hand-made in Bodega Bay by Lira Filippini, The Comedy Cellar—Wine Country Comedy Shows, Hand-made Items by Diane Evans, Mary Kay Body Care Set donated by Cyndi Madden, Vibrant Life in Sebastopol, and Nelson Cohen Global Consulting.
The tree MUST BE CUT TO FIT inside the container as trees sticking out of the container can interfere with the lifting arm on the truck. Cloverdale, Cotati, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Windsor
and unincorporated Sonoma County have whole tree collection. Visit recyclenow.org/recycling/tree.asp or call 800-243-0291 to confirm the week of pick-up. Place your un-flocked tree beside your yard waste container on your regular collection day.
BBFPD is even more grateful to the following who donated
items for the live auction: Comedy for a Cause event poster matted, farmed and autographed by Vicki Barbolak, Sunday Brunch with the Bodega Bay Firefighters, One night at the Bodega Bay Lodge-Bodega Bay Lodge, Golf for two w/golf cart and golf balls-Links at Bodega Harbour, Social Media Optimization-Transformation Digital Marketing, Tasting & Tour for 6 people + two magnums “The Tillerman” 2016 cabernet Blend signed by Jason DeLoach- Hook and Ladder Winery, Hand loomed wrap by Indigenous Designs Fair Trade Fashions, Date with the Hex of Spades-Oliver Graves, CSI NY signed script-Mike Ryan, Ravioli Cooking Class for up to 6 people-Ginochio’s Kitchen.
2. Call (707) 565-3333 for an appointment to have a non-profit pickup your tree. Call ahead to schedule a pickup. The suggested donation for this service is $7 for trees less than 6 feet and $10 for larger trees.
We hope it was a safe and wonderful Holiday Season for all of you.
3. Special whole tree collection for Rohnert Park multifamily complexes. Managers of multifamily complexes in Rohnert Park can arrange to have their tenant’s trees picked up by special arrangement. Contact (707) 586-
Russian River Fire Now that we are in the middle of the rainy season, we would like to remind everyone to drive safely with the wet roads. Use caution when there is standing water on the roadway, and do not cross flooded roadways.
Bodega Bay Fire announced our annual awards: Lifetime Achievement Award went to FF/EMT Ray Hill
Firefighter of the Year Award went to Captain Louis Stoerzinger Community Member of the Year Award went to Sharon Corbett
The Goulash Award (Culinary delight or failure) was awarded to Jackie & Antonio Barros for their “Paella Palooza” a delight.
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4. Free drop-off locations throughout the County. There are many locations,
dates, & times throughout the County; please confirm before dropping off your tree. Residents may take up to two trees to any of the drop-off locations at no charge.
The longer Christmas trees are in the home, the more they dry out and
The firefighters and staff of the Russian River Fire District would like to thank our incredible residents for the support throughout the year at our various fundraisers and events. Without support from you, we could not provide the service we do.
increasingly become fire hazards. Removing the tree from your home and properly disposing of it as soon as possible will minimize the risk of a treasured holiday season becoming a tragic one.
The next meeting of the Board of Directors will be on January 9th, 2019 at 6pm at the fire station. We hope you’ll consider attending.
Graton Fire Christmas Tree Farm Thank you to everyone who came to our fire station to get a Christmas tree and support our volunteer firefighters! For the eighth year, we also brought in Noble, Nordman, Grand, and Douglas Fir trees from a sustainable farm in Oregon... They were so popular, we sold out, brought in more, and sold out again! In addition, hundreds of people cut down their own trees across our seven acres. Kids enjoyed searching the 5,000+ seedlings now planted throughout the farm
Visit us on line at russianriverfire.org.
to find their names from prior years. A big “Thank You” to our tree farm manager, Heather O’Dell, her team, and all the volunteer firefighters for helping the tree farm be such a successful fundraiser. Most importantly, we appreciate your support to keep our tree farm sustainable. We look forward to seeing you next season!
Forestville Fire This is a month full of congratulations from the Forestville Fire Department. We would like to start by announcing that Daniel Frazee was awarded 2018 Firefighter of the Year by his peers at the Department. Daniel started with us in 2016, he became an Emergency Medical Technician in 2017 and completed his Firefighter 1 certification in 2018. Daniel has served the Forestville community tirelessly and responded as a volunteer to over 30 percent of our calls, he has also attended over 70 percent of our weekly drills since starting with the Department. Thank you Daniel and congratulations!
Toy Drive... Another Success The 2018 Toy Drive was a fantastic success, thank you! Graton Fire was able to deliver presents to over 40 children, brightening their holidays. We wish everyone could experience the joy we
see when the fire engine pulls up and delivers your presents... once again, thank you. A tremendous thank you also needs to go out to Andy’s Produce, Graton Community Club, Graton Post Office, Bridgeway Gas, and Sebastopol Hardware for being toy collection points in addition to cash donations from a number of residents to our toy drive.
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We would also like to offer congratulations to the following: volunteer Firefighters Michael Montgomery and Michael Pierson on successfully completing the 24 th SRJC Paramedic Program, Dante Martinelli who just completed the 94 th SRJC Firefighter 1 Program, and to Ryan Franceschi, who has been a volunteer Firefighter since 2010 and just completed a grueling 20 week Intensive Basic Police Academy at the SRJC. Ryan graduated with the number 1 overall score in his class and will start his career with the Santa Rosa Police Department. Great work and congratulations to all of you! We are so proud to witness how hard our volunteers and paid staff continue to train hard to benefit our community.
We will be hosting the 13 th Annual Bucket Brigade Blood Drive Challenge on Friday January 18th, 2019 from 1– 6 PM. The Bloodmobile will be at
the Forestville Fire Department at 6554 Mirabel Rd, Forestville. To make
an appointment visit www.vitalant.org and click donate. Please use your unique sponsor code: Forestville. Don’t forget to drink plenty of water before donating and bring a photo ID. As a special thank you all donors will receive a limited-edition Bucket Brigade T-shirt. For more information or to schedule an appointment please call 877-258-4825.
ALL SoCo Fire Departments are WELCOME to JOIN this Column. EM: vesta@sonic.net