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By Shirley Felder Looking back eleven years ago when I joined the Red Bluff Garden Club, at the urging of my friend who was herself a member, I decided to check out things I have learned. I wasn't then an ex - pert gardener, nor am I now, but one thing I have learned is that there are many more facets to gardening than put - ting plants in the ground. Each meeting has a speaker who gives a talk or demonstration. The speak - ers are many and varied. For instance, How to Make Bat Houses and Why. I didn't know bats were good for the garden, but I do now. They eat up to half their weight in insects daily. They are a great organic pest control. Their waste also makes great fertilizer. We had a speaker from Willows who demonstrated how to make a living wreath out of succulents. Who would have thought. We have had a speaker who demonstrated how to dry and press flow - ers, also, how to create pic- tures and greeting cards with them. So much fun. Then there was the lady who talked about recycling and making compost. Entertain - ing and informative. We have had speakers on the subjects of container planting, water plants, good bugs and bad bugs, such as the necessary and useful honey bee and how they are becoming endangered. We had a speaker from Chico who gave a talk on the handicap nature trail in Chico. This trail has many cork oaks that were har - vested during World War II for inflatable vests to keep a person floating in a verti- cal position with the head out of the water. The entire cork tree is not harvested, merely its bark. The tree continues to live and grow. You can see to this day where the cork was stripped off. I didn't know this, and found it very interesting. We have had speakers who are experts at prun - ing trees and bushes and an- swered our many questions. One of the speakers told us all about the original native plants and wild flowers in our area, and brought exam - ples for us to see and plant. One speaker explained how to put in a drip water sys- tem for the garden that any- one could accomplish. There are master gardeners in our club who can answer all of our gardening questions and identify mystery plants (with their Latin names). Amazing. Then there are the flower de - signers and arrangers who showed us how to make our own beautiful arrangements. This is just a small list of subjects. The garden club, as a group, has a yearly flower show open to the public, has taken care of the horticul - ture entries and building during the Tehama County Fair, made Christmas wreaths and Christmas ar - rangements to raise money for scholarships to go to Te- hama County youths. We have donated work days for community projects. The October luncheon we host each year is much antici - pated and always a great success. We welcome and encour- age new members. So many things to learn and do, but one of the best parts are the friendships made. "Friend - ship is the source of the greatest pleasures and with- out friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious" Saint Thomas Aqui- nas. The Red Bluff Garden Club is affiliated with Cas- cade District Garden Club; California Garden Clubs, Inc.; Pacific Region Garden Clubs and National Garden Clubs, Inc. Garden Club Things I have learned Some 200 entries rep- resenting 14 schools were received from Tehama County students in grades K-12 for the Tehama County Arts Council Student Art Contest. In conjunction with Mis - soula Children's Theatre presentation of The Secret Garden, this year's theme was "My Secret Garden." Entries were judged on originality, creativity of theme and quality of work. Winning entries in each of the four divisions received prizes and the Best of Theme received $50. Both yearly events are sponsored by the Tehama County Arts Council. The judges, members of the Red Bluff Art Asso - ciation, had a difficult task choosing winners for this year's show: division i Grades K-2» 1st Noah Bennett – Me- teer School, 2nd Breanna McNelly – Woodson Ele- mentary School, 3rd Klara Wakeman – Lincoln Street School, Honorable Men- tions Sarah Gracey - Whit- tenberg Country School and Savannah Schmitz – Jackson Heights School division ii Grades 3-5» 1st Hailey Nelson – Met- teer School, 2nd Christian Bennett – Metteer School, 3rd Emma Lemke – Ger- ber School, Honorable Men- tions Alex Nalton – Gerber School and Alex Shirmard – Antelope School division iii Grades 6-8» 1st Savannah Wakeman – Vista Preparatory Acad- emy, 2nd Emilio Fausto - Vista Preparatory Acad- emy, 3rd Ernesto Valdo- vinos – Maywood School, Honorable Mentions Ant- ony Ayala – May wood School and Abigail Bustos – Maywood School division iv Grades 9-12» 1st Taylor Rush - Corn- ing High School, 2nd Ian Haskins – Red Bluff High School, 3rd Amanda Dominguez - Corning High School, Honorable Mentions Amber Uherback - Corning High School and Jennifer Flores - Corning High School Best of Theme went to Hailey Nelson - Metteer School. "Since so many of the en - tries were worthy of being in the exhibit, members of the Tehama County Arts Council scanned the art - work and created a slide show," said Christy Gad- bois-Vail, chairwoman of the contest. The winning entries and slide show will be avail- able for viewing from un- til April 4 at the Tehama County Department of Ed- ucation's Art Gallery, then will be displayed at Tehama County Library in Red Bluff April 7-25. The Tehama County Arts Council thanks Studio 530 Photography and Cus - tom Framing for matting all the winning entries and framing the Best of Theme. To find out more about the Tehama County Arts Council, v isit w w w.Te hamaArts.org art Contest St ud en t artists ea rn awards Co urt es y p ho to te hama C ou nt y A rt s C ou nc il s tu den t A rt c on te st w in ner h ai le y N el so n i s pic tu re d w it h boa rd m em be rs , Ch ri st y V ai l a nd M el is sa M endonca. trap tourney Courtesy photo Nor Cal Jr. Clay Busters' inaugural spring trap tournament will be held sunday, March 30 at the tehama shooters Association range in Manton. Cost is $40 per person, including a barbecue lunch. All proceeds go to support the non-profit youth trap club with its season. sign-ups begin at 8 a.m. The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Te- hama County Sheriff's De- partment, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol logs. Arrests Alejandro Alvarez: 21, Corning was arrested thursday on Liberal Avenue at northbound Interstate 5 for felony possession of a controlled substance for sale and transportation of a controlled substance. Bail was $40,000. Dionicio Cuellar Jr.: 32, Corning was arrested Wednesday on outstanding charges of a felony parole violation and misdemeanor failure to appear. Donald Elliot James Jr.: 39, Cottonwood was ar- rested thursday at south Main street and sutter for felony driving under the influence with priors and misdemeanor driving on a suspended license. Bail was $53,000. Hezekiah Zacchaeus Lowe: 38, red Bluff was arrested thursday on the 1000 block of Jonathon Court as part of post re- lease Community supervi- sion revocation proceedings. Aimee Ramirez: 20, Corn- ing was arrested thursday on the 1000 block of Marin street for felony possession of a controlled substance for sale. Bail was $25,000. Frank Hubert Webb Jr.: 33, Burney was arrested thursday on the 2000 block of Main street for misdemeanor second degree burglary, possession of marijuana and parapherna- lia. Webb has outstanding charges of felony vehicle the and misdemeanor failure to appear. Bail was $171,000. Intruder 5000 block Woodson Avenue: A man reported returning home around 4:50 p.m. thursday and finding an unknown person in his home. the person was de- scribed as a white man with a white hooded sweatshirt, who le the home by going through a nearby orchard. The Houghton Avenue and Te- hama Street: Around 400 feet of welding leads were taken from a pG&e truck. PoliCe loGs In view of the recent trou- ble growing out of the shoot- ing of air guns by small boys, the local officers have given warning that the municipal ordinance prohibiting the firing of weapons of any kind within the city limits will be strictly enforced. 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