Linden weather—chance of showers Twenty percent chance of rain for part of the next 7 days in Linden and the surrounding area. Other- wise sunny with some overcast days. High tem- peratures daytime in the high 50s, high 30s at night. Patchy morning fog til 10 am. THE POWER OF POSITIVE PEOPLE Linden SERVING THE CENTRAL VALLEY SINCE 1959 Linden forecast, high/low, sunrise/sunset (National Weather Service) Latitude 38.0213 N • Longitude 121.0838 W • 92’ elevation Sunrise/set Thursday (1/7) 56/46-fog til 10 am, mostly cloudy, 20% rain 7:20 am 5:01pm Friday 59/40-partly sunny, 20% rain after 10 pm 7:20 5:02 Each week since 1959 • 62nd year • Issue 3,224 • Jan. 7-13, 2021 • Ph: 209-772-8854 Herald Saturday 56/38-fog til 10 am, mostly sunny 7:20 5:03 Post Office Box 929 • Linden CA 95236-0929 Sunday 57/42-fog til 10 am, mostly cloudy 7:20 5:04 A legal newspaper of general circulation • San Joaquin County’s only locally-owned newspaper Monday 58/40-patchy fog am, mostly cloudy 7:19 5:06 Tuesday 59/42-partly sunny 7:19 5:06 email: [email protected] www.lindenherald.com 50¢ Wednesday 56/42 7:19 5:07 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED Stay home—says county MD Hello from someone who San Joaquin County rent patient hospitaliza- “We know there is ex- become official “vaccina- Board of Supervisors tions treme COVID fatigue tors” so that as vaccines misses Linden receive COVID-19 up- • 106 COVID-19 adult among the community. are delivered to the By Pam Fish dates and take actions cases in ICU with 76 pa- Despite the warnings County in mass quanti- Editor’s note: tients on ventilators - the and the surge in hospi- ties that there will be an Pam Fish (photo County intensive care highest since the pan- talizations and deaths, adequate number of pro- right) is a former unit capacity at 175 demic began people continue to fessionals to administer resident of Linden percent; regional • ICU total patient ca- gather understanding the vaccine to the public who moved with stay- at-home order pacity is at 175 percent the consequences. That in the shortest amount of her husband, to remain in effect • COVID-19 patients is why we now need to time. Stan, to Idaho. currently occupy 61 per- shift our focus to vacci- Dr. Park updated the I love reading Dr. Maggie Park, San cent of total ICU hospi- nations. They are the Board about the plans to The Linden Joaquin County Public tal beds. Testing positiv- best hope to reduce our further reopen schools. Herald, I feel Health Officer, told the ity countywide is at 17 COVID cases and hospi- Through the “California connected to Board of Supervisors percent talizations and finally get Safe School for All” plan, those we miss. this week that the county • The county’s case the State to allow us to the State will be provid- Being asked to remains under State rate is at 64.7 cases per reopen businesses, ing $2 billion dollars to create, and print mandated COVID-19 re- day per 100,000 popula- schools and everyday schools to support safe the Linden Com- strictions that likely will tion activities,” said Dr. Park. reopenings including munity Garden stay in effect indefinitely Dr. Park informed the Dr. Park also gave the testing, PPE, vaccines Club’s yearbook again this year gave me a sense or until intensive care Board that the California Board an update on the and contract tracing as of being there again. It was a bright spot in this unit capacity improves. Department of Public County’s vaccination ef- well as hands-on over- time of pandemic restrictions in our life. Until this The Regional Stay-At- Health recently distrib- fort. To date, 19,450 sight and assistance to spring we had been very active in the Fiddlers of Home Order went into uted the “California Cri- Pfizer and Moderna vac- help schools reopen. Idaho. We would hold an annual State Champion- effect on December 6. sis Care Continuum cines have been deliv- Schools that are open in- ship Fiddle Contest that was 90 percent young- These protective mea- Guidelines: Implement- ered to the County by the person can remain open sters. It was thrilling to see such talented players, sures are prompted ing During the Surge of State. Over 8,000 Pfizer to in-person instruction young and old. The contest was cancelled for when available intensive COVID-19” which will vaccines and 1,600 and will need to post up- safety under Covid restrictions. Our only contacts care unit apacity drops require hospitals to pro- Moderna vaccines have dated safety plans. are my 93 year old Dad, and his wife. Like so lower than 15 percent. vide their crisis care been given to health care Schools that have not many seniors we are well aware of the risks if we As of early this week, the plans to the County and workers, long-term care opened in-person yet are contract Covid. We must go out in public for food, San Joaquin region had State based on space, facilities and those in the encouraged to bring and building supplies. We always wear our masks, zero percent ICU capac- staff, supplies and level Tier I phase. Dr. Park back younger students and sanitize, sanitize, sanitize. So many Idahoians ity. of care. The plans were said that the State has by spring, but they can- refuse to wear masks as a demonstration of their San Joaquin County due Wednesday (Jan. 6). approved hospitals, not re-open in counties freedom. We want to stay well, to see the end of COVID-19 latest statis- Dr. Park noted while hos- county clinics and Com- with case rates above 28 this pandemic. tics as of January 5: pitals and staff are feel- munity Medical Centers per 100,000. San How are we doing? You got two people in their • 49,306 total con- ing the heavy burden of to officially administer Joaquin County’s seventies building a three thousand square foot firmed COVID-19 cases working at capacity, they vaccines. Dr. Park said COVID-19 case rate is home. It’s slow going so far two years. Stan, and I to date are currently operating she would encourage currently at 64.7 per are both hands on, do-it-yourselfers, but there are • 672 total COVID-19 at the contingency level physicians and other 100,000. some things we have not attempted before. You deaths to date and have not reached health care providers to “We need to do every- may recall we opted for radiant heating in the • 340 COVID-19 cur- crisis stage. (See page 4 COVID-19) apply with the State to concrete floors throughout the three thousand square foot shop, and same size living quarters. The system is a wonder, a complex combination of Good deeds from 4-Hers tanks, pellet boiler, manifolds, and miles of pex tubing. We are ready to fire it up. We have done experimental runs using the hot water heater, but we need a professional to put the pellet burner stack together, and run it through the roof. We will not go up on the roof - EVER. We lost an elderly uncle who was just cleaning out the gutters from on top of the roof. Unlike many cities during this economic downturn Twin Falls, Idaho is experiencing a building boom. All the heating contractors are booked. We are on schedule, we just don’t know exactly when. We completed all the framing this summer, and passed inspection with compliments from the inspector. I don’t know how the professionals deal with the poor quality framing studs available. We did everything possible to keep them from warp- ing, and looking like propellers, It took longer, but with the aid of clamps, and screws we prevailed. It was very exciting to actually see the rooms as we had designed them. Each step when completed is thrilling. I admit I get antsy, and want to be living in our new home now. Then I think back to the day we bought 15 The Linden-Peters 4-H Community Service Club acres of cattle grazing land. No well, no power, no septic system, no building. We have accomplished By Cambel Dunn bers walked around Lin- non-perishable items. food. so much which inspires us each day to get busy The Linden-Peters 4-H den to drop off the bags The donations were de- The 4-H Community on the next step. Having a goal like this is helping Club had a canned food with fliers. The fliers ex- livered to the Linden Un- Service Club thought us through this pandemic. We make more effort to drive for the first time plained the donation ited Methodist Church the canned food drive communicate with friends, and family all over the this year. The canned process and asked the where they would be dis- was a success and country. I miss the hugs, I am really a hugger. The food drive was organized community members to tributed to people in would like to thank the future, our friends, our family, our home. These by the 4-H Community “share what they could.” need. The generosity of community for all of the are the things that keep my spirits up when I Service Club in order to In December the club the Linden Community donations that were begin to feel sad.