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2A Daily News – Thursday, July 21, 2011 Community people&events Get the word out for your events Find out how the Tehama County Arts Council web- site can help publicize your event. Please join Tehama Arts Council and Zoomaru for a free workshop at 5:30 p.m. Monday, July 25. Come see the new Tehama County Arts Council website and all it's features, enjoy some refreshments, be introduced to the Zoomaru Collaborative Marketing and Online Audience Development Tools, see how Zoomaru achieves a wide reach through collaboration, determine which level of participation is best for your organization or yourself, including valuable free tools, review techniques to enhance your event listings to the fullest and measure the effectiveness and reach of your listing with Zoomaru statistics. Bring a computer with wireless capability for hands- on practice during the workshop. Have digital photos and information for your events? Please bring those too The workshop will be at the Tehama County Depart- ment of Education, 1135 Lincoln St., Red Bluff. To RSVP, send an email to contact@tehamaarts.org. The Back to School Project will be hosting "Cuts for Kids" 2-6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14, in the Red Bluff River Park. Cuts for kids The Back to School Project creates an outdoor hair-salon complete with hydraulic chairs and licensed hairstylists who donate their time to provide any school-age child with a free haircut in preparation for the upcoming school year. After the children have received a free haircut, they have the opportunity to receive 1- 5x7 and 4-wallet size professional photographs, free of charge, generously provided by We Shoot Ya Photography. The event will also include live music, children’s games, information booths and free food provided by Cornerstone Community Bank and Iglesia Nueva Vida. More licensed hairstylists are still needed and are asked to call Liz at 736-1818 or Back to School Project at 529- 4074. The public is invited. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight –––––––– 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. The double life of ferns By SHARON KESSEY Our usual view of ferns is the large leafy fronds that add a lacy look to a garden corner or a beauti- ful bouquet of flowers. That’s the form known as a sporophyte – an asexual plant (phyte) that produces spores. But that is only one of two alternating generations of a fern’s life. When the spores on the sporo- phyte are mature and dry, the spore cases they are in (usually brown spots on the underside of the frond) break open and throw the spores away from the parent plant. A spore that lands in a suitable spot devel- ops into a small green heart shaped "gametophyte" that grows horizon- tally on the soil surface and is only about _ inch across. The cells on the underside of the tiny plant first form a few roots to hold it in place, then some cells divide into female (egg) and male (sperm) cells on separate structures. When the sexual cells are mature, and conditions are right, the sperms swim to the eggs and fertilize them. One of the fertilized eggs develops into a zygote, with combined chromosomes from the male and female cells. The zygote is the beginning of the sporophyte phase and gradually divides and grows into the familiar fern fronds that produce spores. Each type of fern will develop spores in specific cluster shapes (round, rectangular, linear) and positions on the frond (along the veins or edges, in lines between veins, etc.). These varied shapes and patterns are important charac- teristics of each fern and can help in identifying what kind it is. With patience a fern can be prop- agated from its spores. This is a way to reproduce the fern without digging up the parent plant. Pick part of a spore-bearing frond that has ripe or nearly ripe spores. Put the frond into a plastic bag and allow the spores to drop. Prepare a covered container with a layer of fine gravel covered with a layer of sandy leaf mulch. Sterilize the con- tainer and contents in a hot over for about _ an hour and cool. Sprinkle the spores over the surface. Add water to cover the gravel layer. Then cover the container and leave in a shady-to-dark humid place. And wait. After about three weeks the small green heart-shaped gameto- phyte will be seen on the soil sur- face, and eventually (after the egg and sperm cells have developed and united) a young sporophyte will develop from the notch in the heart shape. After the gametophyte tissue has deteriorated, the sporophyte can be transplanted to a pot or other location where it can grow into the large fern with multiple leaves, stems, and roots, and form new spores for continuing the fern’s two-phase double life. The Red Bluff Garden Club is affiliated with the Cascade District Garden Clubs, California Garden Clubs, Inc.; Pacific Garden Clubs and National Garden Clubs, Inc. Series to highlight benefits of collaboration On July 28 North State economic developers will have the opportunity to join 1,000 likeminded profes- sionals as part of a statewide effort to collaborate and work creatively in generating economic growth. Building Momentum with Lean Resources is the theme of the first of three collaborative economic devel- opment summits, to be kicked off in Sacramento. It will be simulcast to other locations around North- ern California, including Chico, and feature localized discussions on ways to create economic opportunity in the area. The summits will be hosted by California Small Busi- ness Development Centers (SBDC) in partnership with the California Association for Local Economic Develop- ment (CALED) as part of the series goal to reach 1,000 economic developers across the state over summer 2011. The event will showcase out-of-the-box initiatives and ideas already proven successful in economic recov- ery efforts around the country through collaboration and pooled resources. “These events are a great way to get attendees think- ing about unique solutions to addressing local issues they may be dealing with,” said Gurbax Sahota, chief operating officer for CALED. “Our expert speakers will provide tools, resources and motivation to get people collaborating.” Keynote speaker Nancy Lublin, founder of Dress for D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 126, NUMBER 207 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 ______________________ Fax: (530) 527-5774 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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Grass Ablaze Near Well Of Oil Company With a force of several men who had been hur- riedly recruited on the streets here, Andy Schafer, deputy state fire warden, left late yesterday for the scene of what was reported to be a bad grass fire on the Grant Wilcox range, about 7 miles north of Red Bluff. ... The grass fire was burning only a short dis- tance from where the Tuscan Oil Company is drilling a well. The firefighters worked hard until about mid- night last night, when they succeeded in getting the flames under control. — Daily News, July 21, 1921 Happy Birthday Love Your Wife Medicare workshops for Boomers Free workshops to intro- duce Medicare benefits to people reaching the age of 65 will be held in Red Bluff Lordy Lordy Look Who’s 40 to acquaint boomers with Medicare. Passages Health Insur- ance Counseling & Advo- cacy Program, or HICAP, will be presenting informa- tive workshop which are meant to remove the confu- sion associated with enter- ing into Medicare. There will be two “Wel- come to Medicare” work- shops: Success and CEO of DoSomething.org will speak on how economic development professionals can leverage existing creativity and pool resources by taking lessons from each other. Lublin, the author of Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business, speaks throughout the country to entrepreneurs about how to grow businesses and organi- zations while spending zilch. “What makes this summit series so exciting is that the program will reach more than 18 communities through broadband streaming and never impact city and county travel budgets,” said California SBDC Chair Kristin Johnson. “Rural and metropolitan economic developers and partners don’t typically have many opportunities to work together or share ideas, and the California SBDC is proud to facilitate the interaction.” Representatives from the Governor's Office of Eco- nomic Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce will take part in a panel discussion on regionalized best prac- tices to generate economic growth using minimal avail- able resources. This free event will be held July 28 at CSU, Chico, Colusa Hall, Room 110, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with check-in beginning at 8 a.m. Space is limited and registration is required. To learn more or to register, go to http://californiasbdc.org/collaborative/chico or call (707) 826-3922. COMMUNITY CLIPS son St. The second is to be held 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, July 26 at the Tehama County Library, Red Bluff branch. The workshops will The first will be 2-4 p.m. today at the Red Bluff Senior Center, 1500 S. Jack- K W I K K U T S Family Hair Salon $200 REGULAR HAIRCUT off with coupon Not good with other offers 1064 South Main St., Red Bluff • 529-3540 Reg. $13.95 Expires 7/31/11 explain what Medicare is, if new enrollees really need a Medicare Part D prescrip- tion plan, what a Medi-Gap policy is, where your cur- rent employer group health plan fits in and what hap- pens when someone misses his or her Medicare enroll- ment period. Also, hear about programs that may lower Medicare health and prescription costs. Registration is required by calling 1-800-434-0222 or 898-6716. PATH meeting Path will hold a meet- ing at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 26, at the Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., in Red Bluff. Volunteers The Tehama County Senior Nutrition Program is looking for vilunteers to help at the new site in Los Molinos. Volunteers would need to be available from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. to help with the set-up and clean-up of the dining area at the Vet- erans Memorial Hall. Those interested in help- ing seniors can call Gaylen Norman for more informa- tion at 527-2414. Submit items Community news may be submitted to the Daily News at clerk@redbluff- dailynews.com. Include a name and phone number. Digital pictures should be attached as .jpg files. Photos from a film cam- era can be brought in as original prints or nega- tives.