2010 April | Ewing & Associates

colodnydr Trucks, Tanks and Drills

By: Roger Ewing

Most Old Agoura residents have likely noticed the massive trucks on the already remarkably narrow Colodny Dr. On my way home I noticed the recent addition to our street and went to satisfy my curiosity. Turns out they are drilling a hole 400 feet into the ground to tap a gas line. According to the workers, they are installing electrical terminals called diodes which create an electric field around the gas line. The most common function of a diode is to allow an electric current in one direction, called the diode’s forward direction, while blocking current in the opposite direction. In this case, the electric field acts as an agent to keep the gas line from corroding 400 feet under ground.

The equipment should be gone by the weekend as the project will be complete.

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Hidden Hills Dog Owners Beware miniroastbone

By: Dana Olmes

As a dog owner, I must admit, in my weaker moments, I gave my dogs bones from a leftover meals. Interestingly, WebMD recently published new research stating that it’s not good for dogs to chew bones.

“Some people think it’s safe to give dogs large bones, like those from a ham or a roast,” Carmela Stamper, DVM, a veterinarian in the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, says in an FDA Consumer Update. “Bones are unsafe no matter what their size. Giving your dog a bone may make your pet a candidate for a trip to your veterinarian’s office later, possible emergency surgery, or even death.”

Instead, Stamper suggest that pet owners should throw away bones and make sure dogs can’t sniff out the discarded bones.