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2A – Daily News – Thursday, November 25, 2010 Community people&events Bonham honored Blue soup surprise By SHARON KESSEY The wealth of vegeta- bles available at harvest time inspired me to start a lovely mostly-vegetable soup, melding the colors and flavors of farmers' market carrots, onions and squash with other vegetables and a few shrimp. Courtesy photo Red Bluff Elementary School District honored Frances Bonham for 30 years of service to the district. A reception was held for family, friends and colleagues with a ceremonial portrait hanging. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight There was an error in Wednesday’s page 2A story “Salvation Army needs help filling 500 boxes.” The correct telephone number is 527-8530. The Daily News regrets the error. –––––––– 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. I sautéed some chopped celery and red onion in a stainless pot, added some water, poured in some fish sauce, and let all that heat up while I chopped and added car- rots, zucchini, and some dark red cabbage, then stirred in the shrimp. Looked good. It was about that time that the mixture started to darken. It looked like it was turning black. I won- dered what was going on. It reminded me of the ink we used to put into foun- tain pens. It did not look appetizing. However, it tasted good, and when I ladled it into our white bowls it lightened to a rather pret- but when the pH of the petals is analyzed, the pink ones are more acidic than the blue. Huh? Sometimes results are ty, diluted-blue-ink color. So we ate it with some crackers, and then I put the leftovers (there was plenty left over) into a jar and into the refrigerator. When I eyed the con- coction the next day, with the bluish liquid above the settled vegetables, I puz- zled over what had hap- pened. How did combin- ing red onion, green and white zucchini, green cel- ery, red cabbage, orange carrots and pink shrimp produce a blue soup? Most likely it was the anthocyanins (plant pig- ments that produce reds, blues and purples) in the cell sap of the red onion and cabbage. When heat- ed, the cells released the pigments into the water. And because antho- cyanins are sensitive to pH levels, turning pink or red when acidic, and blue or purple when alkaline, the overall chemistry of my soup probably was alkaline, causing the pig- ments to turn the soup blue. It reminded me of try- ing to affect the color of Hydrangeas by changing the pH of their soil. How- ever, it turns out that Hydrangeas need alu- minum to turn blue, and to absorb the aluminum their soil must be acidic. So to get blue flowers we add sulfur or aluminum sulfate to the soil; and to get pink or red flowers we add lime or superphos- phate. It seems opposite, unexpected. With a plant we've fertilized or a gar- den-produce soup we're concocting, there's always potential for surprise. That’s one reason garden- ing is unendingly interest- ing. If you enjoy pondering plant puzzles, perhaps you’ll appreciate the pro- grams at the Red Bluff Garden Club’s monthly meetings, at 1 p.m. on the last Tuesday of each month (except Dec. and July) at 12889 Baker Road, near Walnut. The November topic is Water Gardens, and everyone is welcome. Red Bluff Garden Club is affiliated with the Cascade District Garden Clubs; California Garden Clubs, Inc; Pacific Region Garden Clubs; and National Garden Clubs, Inc. Corning Exchange Club Students of the Month The Corning Exchange Club Students of the Month for November are as follows: Left, Maddy Caputo of Maywood Middle School, center, with teacher Lynda Robinet, left, and mother, Mary Caputo, right. Center, Angelina Kilmer of Corning Union High School, center, with teacher Mendy Beardsley, left, and mother Chrystal Wooten, right. Right, Tanner Smith of Centennial High School, left, with teacher Jesse Beardsley. D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 126, NUMBER 04 On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 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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Mrs. N.M. Ljungstrom Is Turning 90 Today Mrs. N.M. Ljungstrom today celebrat- ed the ninetieth anniversary of her birth. ... Mr. and Mrs. Ljungstrom have made Red Bluff their home for the past twenty- six years, coming here from Nebraska. They reside on Jefferson street. – Daily News, Nov. 25, 1920 Courtesy photo Left, friends Nash Riberal-Norton and Jakob Fregoso show off their pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Day at Sacred Heart School in Red Bluff. Right, Emilia Gray and Abigail Zang help WTP Recycling employee, Anthony Reyes unload e-waste recycling collected by Sacred Heart School's Ecology Club. Emilia and Abigail, who are cousins, prove that being "green" can be a family thing. Volunteer opportunities • PAWS is seeking volunteers at the county animal shelter to work with animals, adoption outreach, cleri- cal help and spay/neuter and educational outreach. Information is available at 528-8018. • The Hope Chest thrift store needs volunteers to work at least once a month for three hours at the corner of Grant and Breckenridge streets. Money raised by the non-profit organization go to the Family Service Agency. Unique Holiday Gifts Nature Photography by Cuco Oropeza Prints 11x14 - $20 16x20 - $30 Gold Exchange 530 528-8000 423 Walnut St. Red Bluff COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES Smog Check starting at $ (most cars and pick-ups) 2595 + cert. Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. Sacred Heart students take up good causes