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4B Daily News – Friday, January 25, 2013 FEATURES Convert runs into problems with friends If you attend services at a Dear Annie: I am in the synagogue, see whether they process of converting to have a social group for those Judaism. Among other in your age bracket. You are things, this involves eating more likely to make new only kosher food. Initially, friends and find support it was difficult, but I know there. that doing this brings me Dear Annie: Some years closer to understanding ago, my wife and I met a more of my new religion. My problem is that most Annie's lovely couple while on a trip in Germany. We had such a of my friends, including good time together that we some Jewish friends, have an issue with my eating by Kathy Mitchell made arrangements for the habits. They say eating and Marcy Sugar four of us to take other trips. We kept in contact with kosher is ''outdated,'' or they imply that I think I'm better cards, phone calls and emails. On than they are. They actively dis- the occasions where we traveled to courage my efforts. This confuses their city, we had lunch with them. We hadn't heard from them in a me because I don't scold my friends for eating cheeseburgers or pork, while, so I sent a card that came and I never insist on any special back stamped ''Deceased.'' We don't read the obituaries from their treatment. Conversion is not an easy city, so we have no idea whether process, and I'd like the support of both of them died or one died and my friends, but it's hard to keep my the other moved, or what happened. This couple had several children head up sometimes, especially during meals together. How do I who may have known of our friendapproach this? Do I need new ship, although I never learned the friends? — Questioning in Califor- children's names. It surely would be nice if their survivors would browse nia Dear Questioning: Maybe. through the couple's address book Your friends think conversion will and let the contacts know of their change who you are and the rela- passing. — Miss Them in Minnesotionship they have with you. They ta Dear Minnesota: This is a situafeel marginalized by your new religious interest and are trying to tion that comes up whenever someundermine your convictions. This is one dies. The survivors do not all about them and their needs. If always think of going through the you are truly committed to conver- deceased's address book — written sion, you should not be so easily or electronic — and sending notes derailed. Please talk to your rabbi. to those listed. But it would be a Mailbox kindness to do so and something the deceased surely would have wanted. You can look online for your friends' obituaries and any other information that might indicate how to contact one of their children. We hope you find out what happened and have the opportunity to express your condolences. Dear Annie: I read the letter from ''Too Many Leftovers'' about people who don't RSVP to invitations. It encouraged me to share my experience. Our two daughters were married in the same year. The first wedding brought the same issue of the lack of receiving RSVPs. When it came to the second wedding, I had our new son-in-law use his calligraphy skills to make a nice sign that read ''For those who did not RSVP.'' I placed the sign on the gift table next to a jar of peanut butter, a knife and some soda crackers. I don't know why my wife and the mother of the groom didn't see the humor. I have shared this with several people, and the men always think it's hilarious. — Father of the Brides Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailboxcomcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. Herbarium offers winter workshops Upcoming 2013 Winter Workshops for the Chico State Herbarium: The Wild Dessert: Preparing Food From Native Plants. Saturday, Feb. 9. Learn how to prepare unforgettable desserts made from backyard edibles such as Manzanita berries, acorns, and California bay. Taste California bay ice cream and oak nut bliss bars and discover how to turn acorns into a nutritious, glutenfree flour. The instructor, Alicia Goldberg Funk, recently co-authored, "Living Wild: Gardening, Cooking and Healing with Native Plants of the Sierra Nevada." This workshop will meet from 9 a.m. to noon at 129 Holt Hall. The registration is $45. Please register in advance. Introduction to Lichen Identification by Tom Carlberg. Saturday, March 9. For most people lichens are only colorful blotches on rocks or just moss-like stuff on tree branches. But lichens are a unique association between a fungus and an algae. This workshop will explore the basics of lichens in the lab in Holt Hall and also in the field from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Holt 129 at CSU Chico. Registration is $100 personal, $125 business, and $90 for members. Please register in advance. For more information about registration please contact the CSU, Chico Biology office at (530) 898-5356 or jbraden@csuchico.edu Detailed workshop descriptions and sign up forms are available on www.csuchico.edu/biol/H erb/Events.html. Caltrans upgrades trip planning site SACRAMENTO – Caltrans has upgraded its website to give California motorists access to planned lane closures on highways statewide so they can make more informed route decisions and reduce travel times. 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