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The guest speaker at a meeting of the Corning Ex- change Club on April 21 was Linda Lucas, president of the Tehama County Child Abuse Prevention Council. Brian Heese, executive di- rector of Northern Califor- nia Child Development, Inc., accompanied Lucas and also spoke to the group. Lucas discussed April's Child Abuse Prevention Month, something near and dear to Exchange. Each April the club sup- ports and participates in the distribution of blue rib- bons and child abuse preven- tion information — and the Corning City Council always adopts an Exchange resolu- tion supporting child abuse prevention. Lucas brought the club up to date on on-going child abuse prevention efforts in Tehama County and asked the public to assist by keep- ing an eye out for abuse and notifying authorities if any is observed. She also thanked the club for its donation a few years back of a shaken baby train- ing aid, used by the Child Abuse Prevention Council to demonstrate how little it takes to damage a baby's brain when shaken. Heese explained how the Head Start and early Head Start program is working in Tehama County. Following a question and answer period, President- elect Robert Thayer pre- sented the club's annual donation to the Tehama County Child Abuse Preven- tion Council. CORNINGEXCHANGE Child abuse prevention topic of April meeting Pictured,fromle ,areBrianHeese,executivedirectorofHeadStart,guestspeakerLinda Lucas, president of the Tehama County Child Abuse Prevention Council, and Corning Exchange Club President-elect Robert Thayer. Shirley Felder I confess. I've been hav- ing a love affair for years. Not to worry. My husband knows. In fact, he is an en- abler. My close friends know, and to give them credit, they have never said a word. Who is this love of mine? He is known as spud. Or by his more common name, the potato. I love them any way they can be prepared. French fried, mashed, boiled, scalloped, baked, creamed, fried and po- tato chips. Also in salads, soups, stews, peeled and unpeeled and raw with salt and pepper. In fact I am so enam- ored, we planted some for the first time last year. It was so easy and so much fun, we planted some this year too. We purchased a bag of seed potatoes from the nursery, sliced them in quarters, making sure each piece had only three eyes. We let them sit for a few days so the cut sides heal to discourage rotting and then planted them a week or two before the last frost. We put the pieces about an inch into the soil, then built a small mound of dirt over them. As the stems grow, add to your mound at the base so they are not exposed to the sun. Water on a regular sched- ule and keep weed free. The potatoes are ready to harvest, with six to eight potatoes on a plant, when the vine leaves turn yellow and wither. Dig up and en- joy. So delicious. The Solanum Tuberosm (potato) is a botanical rel- ative of tomato, eggplant, tobacco and peppers, but technically not the sweet potato. Go figure. 85% of the potato plant is edible, but the potato plant leaves can be poisonous. In 1872 Luther Bur- bank found a single muta- tion in his potato garden. He planted it the following season and grew two or three new plants. They be- came the foundation of the Russet Burbank, Ameri- cas most planted potato. 74,000 square miles of the world's farm land is now devoted to the potato. China is becoming the worlds largest potato pro- ducing country. 29% of the potatoes grown in the United States go into French fries. Potatoes are even used to make vodka. It takes 15 pounds of pota- toes to make one bottle of vodka. Here is a riddle. How do you get 300 pounds of po- tatoes in a 50 pound bag? The answer is dehydra- tion. This allows the po- tatoes to turn into flakes and flour, which have nu- merous uses including ice-cream and even jelly beans. Because of its high caloric intake with a small amount of food the dehy- drated potato is desirable for relief organizations in needy countries. I am sure my love affair with the versatile, nutri- tious and delicious potato will continue on and not wane. "Potatoes served at breakfast, at dinner served again; potatoes served at supper, forever and amen," a Pennsylvania prayer. TheRedBluffGardenClub is affiliated with Cascade District Garden Club; Cal- ifornia Garden Clubs, Inc.; Pacific Region Garden Clubs and National Garden Clubs, Inc. GARDEN CLUB Aloveaffair COURTESY PHOTO Rotarians assisted in providing a hot dog lunch box to 650athletes, coaches and helpers during Tuesday's Tehama County Special Olympics at Red Bluff Union High School. Pictured are Bill Cornelius, Jim Howell and Larry Jantzen. Co- chairwomen for the club were Bev Ross and Sylvia Lopez and helpers were Cindy Brown, Charles Allen, Larry Champion and Elizabeth Soder. The club thanks Spartan Fire for all of their help assembling the box lunches. SERVICE ROTARIANS SERVE LUNCH AT SPECIAL OLYMPICS When William H. Mc- Carty, 88, and George Ab- shier, 80, met in Federal Park here yesterday, sat down together on seats pro- vided there and struck up an acquaintance they were not aware they formerly resided in the same town though at different times many years ago. They were talking along in friendly fashion, discussing a vari- ety of topics, when one men- tioned having lived in New- burgh, Warrick county, In- diana. "I have lived there, too," remarked the other, and then they were more inter- ested than ever in the con- versation. — May 8, 1924 90 YEARS AGO... Two elderly men in park strike up happy PLEASERECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thankyou! The following information is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and Califor- nia Highway Patrol logs. Arrests GaryPaulMaloney: 61, Red Bluff was arrested Tuesday at North Center Street and Cone Avenue in Los Molinos on suspicion of felony possession of a firearm by a felon, and pos- session of ammunition or reloaded ammunition. Bail was $40,000. Billy Wayne Carpenter: 30, Los Molinos was ar- rested Tuesday on the 8800 block of State Route 99E on suspicion of felony receiv- ing known stolen property, misdemeanor controlled substance paraphernalia and an outstanding charge of probation violation. Bail was $43,000. Jason William Colston: 32, Red Bluff was arrested Tuesday at Tehama County Jail on an outstanding felony charge of failure to appear. Bail was $15,000. Derreck Scott Lancaster: 24, Red Bluff was arrested Tuesday at Gilmore Road and Sandy Way on out- standing felony charges of failure to appear. Bail was $200,000. Animal 11400block of State Route 99E: A woman reported Tuesday that her neighbor's dog injured her chickens. She said it's been an ongoing problem. 500block of Chipman Av- enue: A man reported Tues- day that he's had a problem with his neighbor's chickens roaming in his yard. Suspicious Marin Street, Corning: A party reported Tuesday that a subject armed with a crowbar was causing a disturbance and attempted to take a vehicle owned by the reporting party. The subject dropped the crowbar prior to arrival of officers. The disturbance was over a civil agreement on the sale of a vehicle. Subjects were unable to reach an agree- ment. POLICE LOGS program,areaclassroomsreceivethe Red Bluff Daily News every day thanks to the generosity of these local businesses & individuals. •CALIFORNIAWALNUTCOMPANY • LEPAGE COMPANY INC. • MODERN CLEANERS • OLIVE CITY QUICK LUBE • WALMART • TEHAMA CO. DEPT. 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