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2A Daily News – Thursday, January 24, 2013 Community people&events Frosted friends Barrel Race fundraiser A CHSRA District 1 Barrel Race fundraiser, cosanctioned by NSBRA, will be held at the Inter-district Rodeo on Feb. 15. Awards will be given through fourth place. For more information contact Nina Moore at 3396699. Sign ups and time only will be 4-6 p.m. with a race at 7 p.m. Entry is $50 and should be postmarked no later than Feb. 8 to avoid $5 late fee. Mail entries to Tammy Chrisman, 2205 Hilltop Drive 143, Redding, 96002. Quilters to meet Monday The Sun Country Quilters Guild will be holding its first meeting of the year on at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 28, at the Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., Red Bluff. The theme for this meeting is Friendship Tea. This meeting is free to all who would like to attend. This is a wonderful time to come and see what the guild has to offer, meet new people, and enjoy an evening of friendship. If you would like to participate in our show and tell you can bring a quilt that a friend has made for you, a quilt that you made for a friend or one that you made with a friend. Also bring your favorite teacup so you can enjoy a cup of tea with everyone. Coffee will also be available for those who do not drink tea. Interested quilters may join the guild for an annual membership fee of $30. More information is available by contacting Sun Country Quilters, P.O. Box 8266, Red Bluff or visit www.suncountryquilters.com. How to submit items Community news may be submitted to the Daily News at clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. Include a name and phone number. Digital pictures should be attached as .jpg files. Photos from a film camera can be brought in to the Daily News as original prints or negatives. No photos from a home printer are acceptable. By CATHY WILSON As I look around my landscape after two weeks of hard frosts and freezes, I am grateful for my evergreens. They are the real work horses of the garden, the survivors that become center stage during the winter. They retain their shape and texture and provide interest during a stark season. Evergreen trees, shrubs and plants keep their needles and foliage all year. Combined with deciduous trees and shrubs that provide what is called "bare bones" since they lose their leaves in the fall, the evergreens now become dominant. They are the focus of your landscape. Evergreens are grown in a vast range of varieties, shapes and sizes from huge trees to ground covers. They include conifers, holly, camellias, daphne and boxwood among many others. Currently in my garden the holly tree is full of rich, red berries and the daphne is in bud and the camellias are blooming! Noteworthy groundcovers suited to our valley floor are the dwarf mondo grasses. Mine are in black which complement the soft grays of 'Snow in Summer' and 'Pussy Toes'. This dark color also enhances the yellow 'Angelina' sedum and the green 'Elfin' thyme. My other mondo grass is 'Silver Mist', a white variegated form which blends well with any plant. Both also grow well in pots. Ligularias are technically considered perennials but they act like evergreens in my yard. They are known for their large structural leaves. I have two varieties—one with bluish green deeply ruffled leaves and the other with heart shaped yellow spotted leaves. They tend to grow in spreading clumps and definitely make a statement in a garden bed. When most people think about conifers, they think of large trees such as cedar and spruce. These trees are beautiful but require a large area to grow. When space is an issue there are many varieties of dwarf conifers and they are becoming much more popular and available. Some good examples are a pyramidal dwarf Alberta spruce, golden Eastern arborvitae ( Thuja occidentalis 'Sunkist") and picea orientalis 'Nana' or 'Tom Thumb'. Some afternoon protection might be required. Another must have evergreen is euonymus. I have two in my garden. One is 4 foot shrub with variegated leaves in yellow and green and another variety which is variegated in dark blue green with creamy white edging which I have in a small pot on the patio. They are very hardy in our area and are tolerant of different soils, water needs and exposure. So to sum it up-- despite the hard frosts of winter you, too, can have some great evergreen frosted friends that will not only stand out but provide warmth and interest to your garden. Shop at your local nurseries and you can find these special treasures to take home to your garden. Red Bluff Garden Club January meeting will be held on Tuesday Jan. 29, social begins at 12:30 p.m. and the program at 1 p.m. This month's program presenter is Chris Moats who will speak on Seeds & Veggies. The public is welcome to attend. 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. Superintendent addresses Exchange Club SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 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 RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 128, NUMBER 45 HOW TO REACH US On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: NEWS Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Courtesy photo Corning Union High School Superintendent John Burch speaks at the Jan. 21 Corning Exchange Club meeting. 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SPECIAL PAGES ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS Tuesdays: Kids Corner, Health Wednesdays: Business Thursdays: Entertainment Fridays: Education Saturdays: Select TV, Farm, Religion Publisher & Advertising Director: Greg Stevens gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com Editor: Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com Sports Editor: Andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com 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 © 2012 Daily News Postage Paid Periodicals 90 years He attended Butte College and later graduated from Chico State University in 1982 with a B.A. in Math. Burch spent 18 years in the classroom teaching math at Red Bluff High School before moving into administration as an Associate Principal of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in 2001, serving in that position for 11 years. In June of 2012 Burch was selected to become the Superintendent of the Corning High School District. Burch has been married for 32 years to his ago... O'Connor Brothers Build Warehouse In Rear Of Block In line with their progressive policy for a larger and busier Red Bluff, O'Connor Brothers are building a warehouse in the rear of their block at Walnut and Madison streets. The dimensions are 42x11 feet and the material brick and corrugated iron. The new warehouse is to be used by Geo. L. Strong in his meat business and will greatly facilitate his work. — Jan. 24, 1923 high school sweetheart and 1979 graduate of CUHS, Jenny Culp Burch and they have five children. Superintendent Burch then gave his listeners a very informative and in depth overview of how the Corning High School District is doing. He gave us a lot of good news and some not so good news. Some of the bad news: The district is only receiving 77 cents of each dollar budgeted by law. The State is in effect withholding, i.e. borrowing, the 23 cents with a vague promise to reimburse the district when the economy recovers. In the meantime the school district is forced to make do with less money to operate. The residents of Corning are suffering from the worsening economy and more and more of our citizens are falling into poverty. Superintendent Burch pointed out that in just the last few years the number of students applying for and receiving free or reduced price lunches has went from 24 percent to 80 percent. Fortunately the good news far exceeded the bad news. The recent passage of Proposition 30 while not increasing funding has at least helped by pro- tecting California schools from further budget cuts. In 2015 the high school will be changing its standards for graduation by increasing from three years to four years the number of years English must be taken, and from two to three years each for Math and Science. Currently over 92 percent of students make it all the way through high school and successfully graduate from CUHS. Burch also covered school and student safety. He praised Corning Police Chief Don Atkins for having a Community Services Officer on campus at all times when school is in session. The grant that funds the CSO position runs out at the end of this school year; however the district is applying for another grant and has reasonable expectations that it will be awarded. Students and staff regularly practice lock down drills; and the school administration and teachers are actively looking at ways to better protect and close the campus to intruders. The members of the Corning Exchange Club are pleased that home town boy John is back and at the helm of the Corning High School District.