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2A Daily News – Thursday, June 20, 2013 Community people&events Flag day noted Courtesy photo Members of Red Bluff Emblem Club #408 assisted Red Bluff Elks Lodge #1250 during the 2013 Flag Day ceremony which was held on Sunday, June 9th at the lodge. Also assisting were Elks member, Judy Martin and Elks widow, Thelia McGregor. Flag bearers pictured from left to right are Cheri Fereira, Judy Martin, Thelia McGregor, Ginger Mohler, Carry Padilla, Karen Magnusson-Moore, Carol Anne Crowley and Donna Hake. Not pictured is Helen Carroll. Emblem Club member, Bonnie Lewis played the piano during the ceremony. Following the Flag Day event, a Student Awards program was held. The gentle giant By SHIRLEY FELDER What flower is able to grow six to ten feet tall, has been around at least 50,000 years, as evidenced by the remains found in the grave of a Neanderthal man, and is said to have curative powers? Give up? Come closer. Here's the answer. Are you ready? The Hollyhock. It is a relative of the marsh mallow and is a native of Turkey and other parts of Asia. The ones we are familiar with probably came from China by way of Palestine being brought by the Crusaders to England. Holy and hoc (which means mallow) were the terms associated with them at that time. Hollyhocks are likely some of the oldest cultivated flowers. They are classified as perennial because they come back every year, but they are also considered biennial, which means they grow leaves and roots the first year they are planted, then flower and produce seeds the second year. Deer dislike them, but hummingbirds love them. They were used by the ancient Greeks and Chinese for medicinal purposes to treat indigestion, earache, coughs, burns, dry skin, wounds, bruises, chewed by babies who were teething and also used to sooth horses heels. Wow! Hollyhocks were one of the earliest imports to America. Colonists brought the old single red hollyhock and the marsh mallow and even gave seeds to the Cherokee Indians soon after they arrived. Thomas Jefferson bred a dark red hollyhock at Monticello. They are an old fashioned favorite. Easy to grow from seeds. Hollyhocks do well in a sunny location that may be too dry or hot for other plants. They can stand hot summers and cold winters. Cut back the stems to the ground after they begin to turn brown, but before they release their seeds and multiply. They will come back beautiful the following year. Because they grow so tall, they will soften a fence line and can be used as a screen or divider to hide a neighbor's yard, telephone pole or utility area. You can even make hollyhock dolls. First snip the stem of an open flower and a tight flower bud. Place opened hollyhock flower on a flat surface, stem up. Put a toothpick through the center. Take the flower bud (doll's head) and push the rounded end down on the toothpick in opened flower (doll's skirt). Peel away green covering on the bud. Stop when you reach the petals. Push a toothpick through the sides for arms. Voila! You have a hollyhock doll. You can also float hollyhock flowers in water and watch them dance. If you have room, you can make a hollyhock house by planting them in a circle or square and leave an opening for access. A great private place for kids to play. Over 10 years ago I planted some hollyhock seeds that a friend gave me. They still keep pushing their stems and flowers to stand taller than the fence. They do not even need staking. They are truly the tough but beautiful workhorse of the garden. Hollyhock, the gentle giant. 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. 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Kersey, a 2006 graduate of Red Bluff Union High School, returned to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after completing a successful six- 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... Sharpshooters and Marksmen Have Medals H. S. Gans, secretary of the Red Bluff Rifle Club, today received from the war department at Washington the bronze medals awarded to those who qualify as sharpshooters at the shoot on the government range near this city April 29. The medals were for Erle Gans, Jack Allen, Guy F. Davis, E. E. Selzer, T. H. Silsbee and L. A. Schorn. — June 20, 1923 month Western Pacific deployment aboard the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Cheyenne (SSN 773). Kersey joined the Navy in July 2006. Kersey along with a crew of about 150 Sailors, Cheyenne visited Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines, Busan, Republic of Korea; Yokosuka, Japan and Guam. This deployment allowed the crew to test the capabilities of the ship, employ the ship tactically and test their ability to conduct sustained forward-deployed operations away from port. Homeported in Pearl Harbor, Cheyenne is one of the most capable fast-attack submarines in the Navy. 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