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REDDING Apublicscoping meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday to assist the National Park Service in the planning of a pro- posed project to under- take landscape restora- tion in the Paige Boulder watershed. The meeting will be held in the Com- munity Room of Redding City Hall. The National Park Ser- vice is preparing a Paige Boulder Watershed Resto- ration Plan and Environ- mental Assessment for re- storing areas disturbed by historic activities such as logging, and restoring streams. The purpose for watershed restoration is to reduce chronic and cat- astrophic sedimentation to lower Clear Creek Criti- cal Habitat for salmon and steelhead. Erosion and sediments from the Paige Boulder watershed nega- tively impacts spawning habitat and restoration ef- forts in lower Clear Creek. Proposed is removing relic logging features and restoring the stream cross- ing along these disturbed areas. Sections of two trails could be impacted from watershed restora- tion including Salt Gulch and Kanaka Peak. The proposed work will signif- icantly reduce future sed- imentation from the most erosive portions of Paige Boulder watershed to lower Clear Creek. The Na- tional Park Service would like to hear your thoughts about the purposed resto- ration activities by attend- ing the meeting and/or commenting on the draft alternatives. The Redding City Hall Community Room is at 777 Cypress Ave. in Redding. All interested individ- uals and agencies are en- couraged to review poten- tial alternatives and pro- vide comments either at this meeting, online at http://parkplanning.nps. gov/PaigeBoulderWater- shedRestoration, or by mail to Whiskeytown Na- tional Recreation Area, Attn: Paige Boulder Water- shed Restoration Plan, P.O. Box 188, Whiskeytown, CA 96095-0188. ENVIRONMENT Input sought on watershed restoration plan There'sjustsomethingsat- isfying about knowing how to make perfectly uniform meatballs, chocolate mousse or baked potatoes in half the time. Today I have a plethora of fun and easy kitchen tips that are sure to raise your kitchen IQ and make you smile at the same time. YOGURT SUBSTITUTE. Have a craving for yogurt? Cottage cheese blended un- til smooth makes an excel- lent cup-for-cup substitute for plain yogurt. WINE COOK-ALIKES. To substitute for white cook- ing wine use 1/3 cup white grape juice plus 1 table- spoon unseasoned rice vine- gar. For red cooking wine: 1 cup grape juice, 1 tablespoon strong tea and 1 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar. GRATE THE BUTTER. When a recipe says to "dot with butter," instead of cut- ting a stick of butter into small pieces, grab the cheese grater and "grate" the cold butter over the large holes right into the casserole, fruit pie or other baked dessert. 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When making a large batch of meatballs, the fast and simple way is to shape the meat mixture into a log and cut off slices. The slices roll easily into balls. Another op- tion is to pat the meat into a large square and cut it into cubes that, again, easily roll into meatballs of uniform size. REPURPOSED PEELS. When peeling potatoes for mashed potatoes, save the peelings. Toss them in a bowl, season with salt, pep- per and a little Italian dress- ing and bake at 400 F for 20 minutes, or until they are crispy. Enjoy a quick and healthy snack. SHORTCUT SPUDS. Pota- toes are best when baked in the oven, but that can take up to an hour, heats up the kitchen and uses lots of en- ergy. To get the speed of the microwave but the wonder- ful crisp skin of oven-baked, microwave the potatoes until almost done (about 10 min- utes in an 1100-watt micro- wave oven), and then trans- fer them to the regular oven set at 400 F for 7 to 10 min- utes to finish. SUPER FAST, SUPER FINE. 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