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2A Daily News – Thursday, August 8, 2013 Community people&events Meet Us At The Fair This Saturday come "Meet Us At The Fair" and help Youth Focus support the Tehama District Fair at the cafeteria and auditorium in the Tehama District Fairground. Enjoy an evening of great food and entertainment featuring a Blue Ribbon Baker Auction and the "Fair Lobby Comedy Hour." Dinner is at 6 p.m. the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 pre-sale, $12 at the door or you can sponsor a table for 8 for $70. Tickets are available at the Corning Chamber of Commerce, the Red Bluff Tehama County Chamber, Tehama District Fairgrounds. Or call Sonja Akers at 530 736-1702. Pastor Appreciation The Pastor Appreciation Committee, a group formed by members of local churches, will present a Pastor Appreciation Dinner in mid-September. This will be the fourth dinner the group has hosted for Tehama County pastors and their spouses. Invitations will be sent out soon, and each congregation is asked to encourage their pastor to attend. The purpose of the meal will be to provide an opportunity for local ministers to meet for a relaxed evening of food and fellowship. The committee is in need of $500 and welcomes contributions of any amount. Financial donations for the dinner can be sent to the First Church of God of Red Bluff, 1005 S. Jackson St. Red Bluff, 96080. For information call Jay Nelson 530-527-0947. Simpson hosts lunch interested volunteers Simpson University will host a free, informational lunch at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 22, for those interested in learning about Friends of Simpson. The Friends of Simpson is a volunteer group that helps with many activities on campus, including greeting visitors, baking cookies, hosting meals, mentoring students and more. To RSVP, or for more information, contact Martha McCoy at mmccoy@simpsonu.edu or call 226-4750. Nature's neon By Diane Cleland When kniphofias burst forth in the garden, it's easy to see how they earned the names torch lily and redhot poker. Across the border, their waxy, tube-shaped blossoms blaze in red, oranges, and gold's on sturdy stems that rise ramrod straight or curve under their own weight. Their flamboyant forms and vibrant colors are hard to miss. In addition to the signature hot tangerines, vermilions, and greens the lineup includes shades such as creamy white, buttery yellow and soft salmon. The spiky flowers are often flushed deeper toward the tip, giving the plants a two-tone color scheme. Kniphofia uvaria Peaches and Cream has a fruity-orange top and an off-white base, while K. Royal Standard is yellow below and red above. K. Toffee Nosed resembles a swirl of soft-serve ice cream dipped in caramel. Flowers beckon birds such as hummingbirds as well as bee's. The flowers of some species of Kniphofia are reportedly used as a food and said to taste like honey; K. parviflora has been reported to have been made into a snake repellent and K. rooperii and K laxiflora are used traditionally as a medicine. An infusion of the roots is used to relieve or treat the symptoms of certain chest disorders. Who knew?? They are stalwart growers and vary in size from less than two feet tall to five feet or more. They sprout from rhizomes and tend to stay in tidy clumps that are two feet wide or less. Once planted, they take about two years to reach maturity, flowering more as the years pass. All feature long, grass-like foliage and fanciful pokers, which can last two months. If you choose a variety of cultivars with different bloom times you can go from spring to fall and always have some flowering. Most are summer bloomers, and some even flower twice if you promptly cut spent bloom stalks to the base. Native mostly to southern Africa, the seventy kniphofia species are close relative of aloes, although they lack aloes' fleshy leaves. First collected in the eighteenth century by a German botanist, who named them for a fel- Courtesy photo Mercy High School has implemented a one-on-one iPad environment in which all students have an iPad and textbooks are digital and downloaded to students' iPads. Students now have access to the most current editions of common core textbooks, interactive videos, tutorials and online university lectures. Wyatt Bronner working on his summer reading assignments with his new iPad. A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. DAILY NEWS TEHAMA COUNTY The Red Bluff Garden Club is affiliated with Cascade District Garden Club; California Garden Clubs, Inc.; Pacific Region Garden Clubs and National Garden Clubs, Inc. Mercy shifts textbooks to iPads SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 RED BLUFF low countryman, Professor Johann Hieronymus Knifphof, they were grown in hothouses until the mid1800s, when enterprising European gardeners discovered they thrive outside. Plant kniphofias in full sun to partial shade with well drained soil. They grow best in rich soil. Water moderately. Give them a good soak whenever surrounding soil is dry to a depth of about 1 1⁄2 inches. Feed them once a year in late winter, with an all-purpose, granular organic fertilizer according to product directions. They should also be fertilized monthly during their active growing period. Shear them in spring, snipping off any damaged leaves. After flowering, cut finished bloom stalks to the ground. Kniphofia resent disturbance and will take a year to settle down after being divided and will not flower well. They should therefore be left undisturbed for many years until their flowers show signs of deterioration through overcrowding. Fashion Barn holds ribbon cutting THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 127, NUMBER 106 HOW TO REACH US On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: NEWS Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. News Tip Hotline: 527-2153 FAX: (530) 527-9251 E-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com Daytime: (530) 527-2151 Sports: Ext. 111 Death Notices: Ext. 115 Tours: Ext. 112 After hours: (530) 527-2153 ______________________ ADVERTISING Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area 800-479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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Email: dispatch@redbluffdailynews.com Email: dispatch@redbluffdailynews.com Online FAX: (530) 527-2151 (530) 527-5774 Fashion Barn, at 650 Main St. in Red Bluff, held a grand opening ribbon cutting SPECIAL PAGES ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS Tuesdays: Wednesdays: Business Thursdays: Entertainment Fridays: Education Saturdays: Farm, Religion, TV Publisher & Advertising Director: Greg Stevens gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com Editor: Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com Sports Editor: Andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com Courtesy photo Circulation Manager: Kathy Hogan khogan@redbluffdailynews.com Production Manager: Sandy Valdivia sandy@redbluffdailynews.com POSTMASTER SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: PO BOX 220, RED BLUFF CA 96080 The Red Bluff Daily News is an adjudicated daily newspaper of general circulation, County of Tehama, Superior Court Decree 9670, May 25, 1955 © 2013 Daily News Postage Paid Periodicals 90 years ago... All Places Of Business Closed Friday It has been definitely arranged that memorial services for the late President Warren G. Harding will be held in Federal park friday morning at 10 o'clock. A committee appointed by Mayor G. G. Stice is at work on a program, and has progressed far enough to announce that speakers and music is being assembled and that the program will occupy about an hour. — Aug. 8, 1923 ceremony Wednesday morning. Pictured, from left, are Kenny Brewer, Chamber Director; Trisha Lund, Fashion Barn; Clay Parker, City Council; Rhonda MeadowsSearcy, First 5 Tehama; Scott Camp, Chamber Director; J. Said, Fashion Barn Owner; Almonzo Benson, Fashion Barn; Unique Said, Fashion Barn (down front); Jazzy Said, Fashion Barn Owner; Lisa Noftz, Chamber Ambassador; Chris Goddard, Chamber Director; Darius Dailey, Fashion Barn; Valerie Shaw, Chamber Ambassador; Chamber Dave Gowan, CEO; Jason Bauer, Chamber; Sarah Hatfield, Plum Crazy; Cheryl Weibling, Chamber Ambassador; Wilma Petrzelka, CrystalArt & Apparel (not shown). Benefit pig roast The Katie Ramsey benefit pig roast is scheduled for 2-8 p.m. Saturday at Bar 99 in Los molenos. Adults plates are $15, kids $8. Price includes pork or chickin, beans, salad, bread and soup. All proceeds go directly to the family.