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Winters Express
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Members of
the Yocha DeHe Community Fund (above) present a check for $45,000 to the
Winters Fire Department for the upgrade of extraction tools at the May
1 city council meeting. From left are Director Kristine Stanfill and Fire
Chief Gary Fredericksen of YDCF, Mayor Woody Fridae, Asst.
Winters Fire Chief Ron Karlen and
Chairman Marshall McKay of YDCF.
Photos by Debra DeAngelo
Donations,
promotions
celebrated
By DEBRA DeANGELO
Express editor
Both the Winters Fire and Police Departments had reason to celebrate at
the May 1 city council meeting. Representatives from Yocha Dehe Community
Fund were on hand to present an oversized check for $45,000 to purchase
new extraction equipment, and Winters Police Officers Albert Ramos and
Jeremy Warren were promoted to corporal.
City Manager John Donlevy noted that “extremely generous donation
to the Winters community and greater Winters area” from the Yocha
Dehe Community Fund has “literally saved your life” as he
invited Assistant Winters Fire Chief Ron Karlen to the podium to explain
the significance of the donation.
Karlen explained that a needs assessment was done at the fire department,
and the outdate extrication tools were identified as in need of an upgrade.
The old tools, such as the Jaws of Life, were 10 to 40 years old. He noted
that although the equipment still worked, it wasn’t up to modern
technology and quality standards, and that this equipment is “an
important and critical component of life safety.” The equipment
is used for everything from popping open a door to releasing people trap-ped
inside a vehicle.
Karlen illustrated this point by telling about his experience in arriving
on the scene of a vehicle accident on County Road 89 before emergency
vehicles arrived. Karlen said he didn’t have tools, the car had
rolled over, and a girl was trapped inside. He crawled under to see her,
and discovered that the had roof collapsed on her chest and she could
barely breathe.
“She told me, ‘I think I’m going to die,’”
said Karlen, who couldn’t do anything but comfort her until the
engine got there with extraction tools. But, he admits, he wasn’t
sure the emergency crew could get the car off her in time and save her
life.
“The, tools were old and cumbersome, and it made it difficult to
extricate her. We were able to lift the roof off her and cut her out of
car. At that point, I told myself, ‘We’re going to fix this.
We’re going to find way to change this out so we’ll have more
tools to do our job better.” . . .

Burning up the track
Trevor Wright, at
left, takes an early lead during the varsity boys 110-meter
hurdles at the Gary Burton Invitational track meet in Corning on Friday,
May 4. No stats were available at press time. Winters High used this
meet to get ready for the league championship meet, planned Thursday,
May 10, in
Orland.
Photo by Kimberly Wright
Lady Warriors blank Trojans
Neil throws, one-hit shutout, hits homerun
By ERIC LUCERO
Express sports
Ashlynne Neil threw a one-hit shutout and hit a homerun to help lead
the Winters Lady Warriors to a 9-0 Butte View League victory over the
Orland Trojans on Thursday, May 3.
Winters traveled to Orland for a makeup game that got rained out on
March 27, and took full advantage of improving its rankings for the
playoffs.
Neil threw a complete game, giving up no runs on one hit and struck
out seven batters for the victory. Neil improved her overall record
to 8-4 on the season. Neil also had some backup as the Lady Warrior
defense only had one error during the game. . . .
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