Ho, ho, ho says the merry old Red Phone on Christmas Eve. Regardless of if you’ve been naughty or nice, the Crimson Crusader is always ready to take your calls at 779-4106 ext. 206 or by e-mail at redphone@morganhill
times.com.
Overblown
Gardeners at Tennant Station have angered at least one local resident by blowing leafs in the street.
“I have a complaint about leaf blowers and gardeners specifically on the corner of Vineyard and Monterey in front of Sizzler. I have noticed numerous gardeners will continuously blow the leaves out in the middle of the street. Later I will drive by and there is a whole big pile of leaves in the middle of the street. I think the gardener should have to blow them toward the curb and pick up the leaves. They shouldn’t blow it out in the middle of the street and never clean it up.”
Red Phone
You’re right, they shouldn’t and they could get in trouble for it according to the city’s Public Works Department who told Red Phone a private company handles the landscaping in Tennant Station.
“It is a form of littering,” said Ron Cermeno, the city’s senior maintenance worker. “They should be getting rid of the leaves and not leaving them in the streets.”
Next time you see someone blowing leaves into the street, call code enforcement officer John Amos at 779-7270 ext. 298.
Slips that pass in type
We goofed and a reader caught it.
“Hi just a comment. I’m looking at the headline of the Morgan Hill Times about ‘Santa Clause’ coming to town and I’m shaking my head because I’ve always thought it was spelled Claus, but somehow the Morgan Hill Times is spelling it clause, which I believe is a part of speech. So maybe you ought to check your spelling before you put it on the front page in red.”
Red Phone
The mistake in Tuesday’s issue was printed in red, but not as red as our faces over the embarrassing error. Jolly Old St. Nick is of course also known as Santa Claus, not clause as indicated in the Times. Though the Times is meticulously examined before each issue goes to press, simple mistakes do sometimes occur. There are several steps taken to ensure our copy is as error free possible. It begins with the editor reading each story and headline and continues with a final check of copy on paper before the paper is sent to press. A computerized spell check is utilized several times during our production process. Unfortunately in this case, clause wouldn’t be noticed by spell check and the word slipped past our editor.
