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Friday, June 21, 2013 – Daily News 5A FEATURES Girl wants to console friend who lost dad Self-tanning products Dear Annie: My friends Dear Annie: I am in and I received a text mesmiddle school, and a girl on sage from ''Carrie'' inviting my softball team was the us to a birthday party that victim of a terrible incident. she is giving herself and askHer dad was killed in a car ing us to bring a dish. That crash caused by a drunk part was fine. But she added driver. She has been hearta P.S., saying she'd rather broken ever since. have money than presents so I constantly wonder if I can do anything to help her. Annie's she can buy herself a bike. Carrie went into a long I hate it when people are explanation about why she sad. Should I do anything besides comfort her with by Kathy Mitchell wants the bike and that she'd words? Should I give her and Marcy Sugar appreciate our contributions. Some of my friends think some kind of gift? Everyone else seems to be doing just that. this is terrible, and others say she is Or should I just not do anything? — just being honest. What do you think? — Still Carrie's Friend Bewildered Eighth Grader Dear Friend: We are never in Dear Bewildered: You are a kind and sympathetic soul. Please favor of invitations that dictate what don't buy her a gift. It would seem gift people should buy. It removes like some kind of consolation prize all of the incentive to put effort into and would not ease her pain. It's finding something that shows you important not to minimize her grief are thinking of her. Instead, this by trying to prevent her from being party has turned into a fundraiser. It unhappy. She is going to be sad for also means Carrie will know exacta long time, and this is normal. Her ly what you spent on her, which can family also is likely going through be embarrassing. Such a request is in poor taste, although we are cermany adjustments. Just let her know that you are tain some guests will be relieved sorry about her father, and if she that they don't have to search for a wants to talk about anything, you thoughtful gift. Complying is up to will listen. If she confides in you, individual guests. You are not obligit's OK to cry with her. She may ated to contribute. Dear Annie: I am a clinical psybehave differently for a while — she could be sad or angry, or want to chologist and past president of the be alone or surround herself with Connecticut Psychological Associafriends. Try to treat her as normally tion. I believe you missed the call in as possible. You don't want her to regard to the letter from ''Big Sis,'' feel as if people are overly focused who is worried about her underon her grief. In time, she will learn weight 7-year-old niece, ''Andrea.'' The girl's mother claims Andrea is to cope. Mailbox obese and restricts her food. The girl is sick all the time and so fearful of her mother that she is afraid to eat. This could have serious and dangerous implications for Andrea. What is being described here appears to be Munchausen syndrome by proxy. This parent is likely causing Andrea to display the symptoms of an eating disorder in order to gain for herself attention, sympathy and a sense of control and importance. Andrea needs the immediate help of a physician and a licensed mental health professional. Her mother is in serious need of psychotherapy. Please use your column to educate your readers about this potentially fatal syndrome. — Michael Schwarzchild, Ph.D., Danbury, Conn. Dear Dr. Schwarzchild: Thank you for your take on this. MSP involves a parent or caregiver who deliberately exaggerates, lies about or actually creates physical or psychological problems in a child in order to gain attention. It is a form of child abuse, as well as a mental health disorder, although highly controversial. 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. Luke Sheehy – a genuine guy Luke Sheehy could never get enough action. He was active from the start. Whether it was hunting, fishing, dirt biking, motorcycling, snowmobiling, mountain biking, road bikes, logging or general overall fitness, he enjoyed it all. His biggest passion was smokejumping which he started in 2009 for the U.S. Forest Service Smokejumpers based out of Redding, Calif. The 28-year-old firefighter from Susanville died June 10 as a result of injuries received on a wildfire on the Modoc National Forest in northeast California. Sheehy was struck by a falling portion of a tree on the Saddle Back Fire in the South Warner Wilderness about 15 miles southeast of Alturas, Calif. Sheehy excelled in the smokejumper program due to his candor and work ethic, was a key part of rookie training for smokejumpers and was an integral part of the Region 5 program. "His love of life and love for the people around him made him easy to be around," said Josh Mathiesen, fellow smoke- jumper. "These qualities allowed him to excel at whatever adventure he decided to tackle. He was extremely family-oriented and selfless. To sum Luke up in one word, he was: genuine." Sheehy was not one to be boxed in. In addition to his active lifestyle he enjoyed playing numerous musical instruments. "Put me in a box, I will just kick my way out of it," fellow smokejumper Joe Maggio reported Luke saying. "He was genetically designed to be a smokejumper. He was the only guy driving a Cummings diesel with Simon and Garfunkel coming out of the window." In addition to being a smokejumper with the U.S. Forest Service, Sheehy previously worked for the Diamond Mountain Hotshots with the Bureau of Land Management and as a firefighter for CalFire. Luke attended Susanville High School and received a certificate from the Shasta College Fire Academy. He is survived by his parents – Doug and Lynn Sheehy of Susanville. California Native Plant Society activities All events are open to the public. For more information, visit mountlassen.cnps.org Humbug Summit Check-Listing, Saturday, July 13, 8:30 a.m. Meet at west lot of Chico Park and Ride with a hand lens, water, lunch, insect/sun protection and money for ride sharing. Our survey site is just into Plumas County in the mountains east of Jonesville at 6,700 feet. You'll receive a current copy of the local species list, with the goal of adding to it. Having a botanical interest is more important than your skill at keying. While some field keying will be done, having a copy of the flora isn't neces- sary, and we'll pool our knowledge. Return around 5. For further details or an alternate meeting site, contact Cindy at wildflowermaven@comcast.net. Carter Meadow, Lassen National Forest, Sunday, July 14, 8:30 a.m. Meet at west lot of Chico Park and Ride with lunch, water, hiking gear, sun/insect protection and money for ride sharing. We'll drive about 50 miles to the Pacific Crest Trail head. This is an easy 1.5 mile hike and a spectacular overlook of the Mt. Yana caldera with Butt Mountain on its north rim, Lake Almanor to the east and Humboldt Peak to the South. Highest elevation on the hike is 6,660 feet. LOST Large Reward Family Heirloom 586-1984 money for ride sharing. Bring a park pass if you have one. We'll drive 86 miles to the trail head in Lassen Park. The trail climbs 700 feet in elevation over 1.4 miles to reach Paradise Meadows at 7,200 feet. This is one of the best areas in the park for summer wildflowers, including elephant head, gentian, scarlet gilia, columbine and monkshood. Call Gerry at 530-893-5123 for more information or alternate meeting site. FREE CONCERT! - Southern Gospel at it's very best! - Wonderful for entire family - Invite friends and family THE HOPPERS FREE Concert Love Offering will be taken June 25tht, 2013 Tuesday Night 6:30 pm Pancake Breakfast Gold Cross approx 6" x 3" in vicinity of More 4 Less or Denny's Time permitting, we will return to follow Carter Creek through several small meadows to the larger Carter Meadow where wildflowers should be at their peak. Call Woody 530-3426053 for more information or alternate meeting site. Hat Lake to Paradise Meadow, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Saturday, July 27, 8:30 a.m. Meet at west lot of Chico Park and Ride with lunch, water, sturdy shoes, sun/insect protection and Saturday, June 29th 7am-10am $ 00 8 Applebee's Restaurant 220 Antelope Blvd America's #1 Favorite Family of Gospel Music, recently inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Multi-award winning family group have been singing to global audiences all over the world. With their unique blend of harmonies, excitement, and love for Jesus, they have created a legacy of musical excellence. Exciting, inspirational, uplifting, incredible testimonies, upbeat, fabulous music!!!! Featuring TaRanda Greene, incredible gospel singer Opener - Heartsong safe for the short term seven days. After DEAR DOCthey slough off, TOR K: I like to you'll need a reaplook tanned, but plication. I'm fair-skinned Self-tanning is and can't spend generally considtoo much time in ered safe, the sun. Are sunalthough there less tanning have been few lotions and sprays safe? Dr. K safety studies. Allergic reacDEAR READby Anthony L. ER: Looking Komaroff, M.D. tions are rare, but the long-term tanned is attractive, probably because it is effects remain largely equated with health. If unknown. I would say you're tanned, you're the that more research is "picture of health." There needed before DHA can are basically just three be declared safe for ways your skin can be long-term use. Even if you're sporting tanned: (1) exposure to sunlight, (2) exposure to a faux glow, it's important artificial tanning lamps, to practice proper sun proand (3) staining your skin tection. You still need to with a sunless tanning use plenty of sunscreen or sunblock when you're out lotion. But no one should in the sun. Choose sunspend too much time screen with a sun protecsoaking up the sun's tion factor (SPF) of at rays. Exposing your skin least 15. I advise against using to the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) light tanning beds at a salon, increases your risk for spa or gym. These tanners skin cancer and acceler- emit the same ultraviolet waves as the sun, the ates skin aging. Sunless tanning sprays waves that cause skin canand lotions can make your cers and skin aging. skin look tanned without Worse, the self-tanning exposing it to harmful UV industry is largely unregurays. For short-term use at lated. No one has mealeast, sunless tanning sured and reported the products are a good alter- amount of ultraviolet radinative to tanning outdoors ation generated by the or using an indoor tanning machines — and no one will close down the bed. You can buy self-tan- machine if it is generating ning products over the excessive amounts of radicounter and apply them ation. During a spray-on tanyourself, or you can go to a salon that offers spray- ning session, make sure on or airbrush tans. The your eyes, lips, ears, nose active ingredient in all of and mucous membranes these products is dihy- are covered. Hold your droxyacetone (DHA), a breath to avoid inhaling color additive often the product while it's derived from plant being applied. Some self-tanning sources. It's FDAapproved for tanning pur- products are sold as pills containing a color addiposes. The coloring process tive. These pills are not affects only the surface safe when taken in the layers of your skin. So amount recommended for your "tan" lasts only as tanning. Stick with the long as those layers stay stuff you spray or rub onto on your body — five to your skin. Reclamation extends comments on water project SACRAMENTO – The Bureau of Reclamation announces a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the Draft Water Banking Criteria for banking Central Valley Project water outside of a contractor's contract service area. The original comment period was scheduled to end on Friday, June 21, and will now end on Monday, July, 22. Reclamation developed these Draft Criteria to implement water banking as authorized by the Central Valley Project Improvement Act and as allowed by certain Federal contracts. When finalized, the Criteria will apply to water service contractors as well as repayment, water rights settlement, exchange or other applicable contractors requesting to bank CVP water outside of their contract service area. The Criteria sets forth the standards under which Reclamation may approve banking and recovery of CVP water outside of the contractor's contract service area boundary while protecting the integrity of the CVP. Reclamation recognizes groundwater banking as an important water management tool in optimizing the use of CVP water, while addressing groundwater overdraft in certain areas. Written comments on the Draft Criteria must be received by close of business Monday, July 22. Send comments to Sheri Looper, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP-400, Sacramento, CA 95825. Comments may also be faxed to 916-978-5290 or emailed to slooper@usbr.gov. The document is available online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/waterbanking. If you encounter problems accessing the document online, please call 916978-5100 or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov. For additional information, please contact Looper, CVP Water Resource Program Specialist, at 916-978-5556. SCHOOL PHYSICALS ARE YOUR CHILD'S IMMUNIZATIONS UP-TO-DATE? Lassen Medical Is Offering Saturday Walk In Clinics For School and/or Sport Physicals Saturday June 29th • July 20th August 10th 9AM-1PM DON'T FORGET PHYSICAL FORMS AND IMMUNIZATION RECORD Accepting Most Insurances Including M-Cal & CHDP www.lassenmedical.com Bethel Assembly of God 2450 Sister Mary Columba Drive 625 Luther Road, Red Bluff (530) 527-0414