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2A Daily News – Thursday, February 23, 2012 Community people&events CattleWomen to select Beef Ambassadors The public is invited to attend the Tehama Coun- ty CattleWomen's Beef Ambassador Contest on Sat- urday, Feb. 25. Both a Junior and a Senior Beef Ambassador will be selected for 2012. The event will be held at the Tehama County Farm Bureau office, 275 Sale Lane, Red Bluff. The public part of the contest begins at 5:30 p.m. with each contestant answering consumer questions about beef products and the cattle industry. Follow- ing the presentations, appetizers will be served to those in attendance. There is no charge for the event. Prior to the public meeting, the contestants will meet with judges for a personal interview and to write a response to a current beef industry issue. Carrie Rohr, chairman of the Beef Ambassador Contest, says that the contest provides a great way for the contestants to learn public speaking skills while promoting beef in a positive way. Assisting Rohr with the contest is Lynsie Birt Seeking the 2010 Senior Beef Ambassador title are 18-year-old Dorinda Walker from Corning, 16- year-old Katie Gaubatz, also from Corning and 16- year-old Red Bluff resident. Bailey Brownfield. Try- ing out to represent the beef industry as Junior Ambassador is 15-year-old Taylor Collins of Red Bluff. The winning ambassadors will receive training to represent the beef industry. During their term as ambassador, they will address issues about the cattle business in schools, workplaces, and in the commu- nity. The Beef Ambassadors will also represent the cattle industry at Farm Day, Education Day, the Cat- tleWomens annual luncheon and fashion show and the Cattlemen's winter dinner. Stacy Stroing is Senior Beef Ambassador. Junior Beef Ambassador is Bailey Brownfield. They are both from Red Bluff. Both the 2012 senior and junior Beef Ambas- sador will receive scholarships at the end of the term. The winners of the local contest will travel to Chico on April 28, where they will compete for the California Beef Ambassador titles. 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. Geraniums versus pelargonium By KATHY BRAMHALL Adapted from the California Garden Club's website. All my geraniums, or to be accu- rate, pelargoniums are frozen back. If you are confused by the geranium versus pelargonium issue, here is some information from an article by Bob & Hoberley Schuler. The plant most people know as geranium is, botanically, Pelargoni- um. Both are in the Geraniaceae family. True geraniums are mostly hardy plants that bloom over a long period of time, but are not as showy as the Pelargoniums. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere. Their small blossoms can be singu- lar, in clusters, or double with five overlapping petals that look alike. After flowering, a beaklike fruit appears which is why the common name is Cranesbill. Some are weed- like and some are important in our gardens. Pelargoniums flowers have five petals, two emerge from one direc- tion and the other three from the opposite. Most have large—3 to 5 inches—flowers and leaves. Many cultivars have attractive blotches/markings on flower and/or leaves. Outside pelargoniums grow best in zones 17 and 24, but can handle our zones 8 & 9 if shaded from the afternoon sun. They can take only light frost—no freezing tempera- tures—hence my frozen pelargoni- ums this year. In the past I've found if I clean off the dead stuff they will come back. Pelargoniums are a woody-based perennial (most from South Africa). The "Martha Washington" type of geranium Pelargonium x domes- ticum is readily available as well as the Pelargonium x hortorum, referred to as fancy-leafed or color- leafed. Pelargonium peltatum is known as ivy geranium. The scented geraniums names are often based on their aromatic fragrance, i.e. rose, lemon, nutmeg, etc. Plant your geraniums/pelargoni- ums in a fast draining soil adding some peat if the soil is alkaline. Water when the soil dries out to one inch below the surface. Fertilize 2-3 time during the active growing sea- son. Deadhead plants regularly to keep them blooming. Keep plants "pruned" by pinching tips, rather than an occasional hard pruning. They bloom best if somewhat pot bound. Pelargoniums are very attractive in containers, but these will require more water, more often. Hanging Baskets with scented varieties and ivy geraniums over the side can be beautiful in semi-shaded areas. Pelargoniums and geraniums are easily propagated from tip cuttings and do not require a rooting hor- mone. Place cuttings in sand or sterile potting soil. One more bene- fit—the flowers are edible and beautiful in summer salads, if they haven't been sprayed with chemi- cals. Enjoy! The Red Bluff Garden Club meets the last Tuesday of the month at 12889 Baker Road, just off West Walnut Street. Social begins at 12:30 p.m., program and meeting start at 1 p.m., and visitors are welcome to attend Feb. 28 program, presented by Fran Galantine, is how to have "An Award Winning Design for a Flower Show." Public invited to honor Bonham Saturday For the last 40 years, Cheryl Bonham has kept Red Bluff flowing like a good time piece. She has helped businesses grow, like Sprouse Ritz, Jasco, Gazebo Flowers, Chevron, Hallmark and Crosby's Jewelry. 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Stunt Flier Well Known In Red Bluff "Jinx" Jenkins, noted stunt flier, who was killed at San Jose yesterday while dropping from an airplane with a para- chute that failed to open was well known in Red Bluff, having given exhi- bitions here on different occasions. — Feb. 23, 1922 When The Gold Exchange bought Cros- by's in 2001, Bonham brought her invaluable expertise in watch repair and jewelry knowledge. She was promoted to store manager in 2006 and played an active role in launching the Angels Among Us jewelry line. For the last 23 years, Bonham has been the go to person for your jewelry needs. Her customer ser- vice was impeccable, she always called you by name and remembered every purchase you made and for whom. Bonham specialized in engagement rings and wedding sets. She loved helping young couples Networking today and was known as "Grandma" to their chil- dren. The Gold Exchange will be honoring Bonham with a retirement party Saturday and all are wel- come to attend. Good Morning Red Bluff will be held at 7:50 a.m. today at the Red Bluff branch of the Tehama County Library, 645 Madison Street. Tehama County Friends of the Library will be the hosts. For more information call 527-0604. Blood drive A Community Blood Drive will be held 2-7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, at the Red Bluff Walmart. Blood donors must be at least 17, or 16 with signed parent or guardian permission, and in good health. Donors must present a photo ID at time of donation. To make an appointment online or for more infor- mation visit www.bloodheroes.com, sponsor code: Walmart Red Bluff or call 722-3043. Democrats dinner The Tehama County Democratic Central Committee will encore last year's successful "Salute to the Ameri- can Worker" with a dinner March 31. The event will open at 5:15 p.m. at the Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. The keynote speaker is scheduled for 6 p.m., fol- lowed by a tri-tip dinner, drawings and auction for $25. Reservations are being taken by Sue Gallagher, COMMUNITY CLIPS Native plants 384-2945, suedan@saber.net and Keen Green, 347- 4097, sonnie_q@yahoo.com. The following activities are scheduled for March for the Mt. Lassen Chapter of the California Native Plants Society. For additional information, visit mountlassen.cnps.org. General Meeting, Wednesday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m., Butte County Library Chico Anna Stephens and Calli-Jane Burch of Butte County Fire Safe Council will present information about "Homes, Native Plants, and Fire." Upper Yahi Trail, Upper Bidwell Park, Saturday, March 3 at 9:30 a.m. Meet at Horseshoe Lake Parking Lot E with lunch, water and hiking shoes. We will drive up to Diversion Dam and climb up to the north ridge for marvelous views and early spring flowers. Leaders: Wes (530-342-2292) and Gerry (530-893-5123). Campus Tree Tours, Fridays, March 9 and March 23 at 10 a.m. 125th Anniversary Special. We will show you many trees that were on the campus and Bidwell Mansion grounds that date from the founding. Meet at Bidwell Man- sion for a 90 minute tour. Leaders: Wes (530-342-2292) and Gerry (530-893-5123). Upper Butte Creek BLM Trail, Sunday, March 18 at 9 a.m. Meet at the west lot of Chico Park & Ride with lunch, drink and hiking gear. Leaders: Wes (530-342-2292) and Gerry (530-893-5123). Spotted Fawn Lilies and McNab Cypress, Sunday, March 25 at 9 a.m. Meet at the west lot of Chico Park & Ride with lunch, drink and hiking gear for a 1-1/2 mile hike down a rough trail to the head dam on the West Branch of the Feather River. Call for directions to alternate meeting place. Lead- ers: Wes (530-342-2292) and Gerry (530-893-5123). 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 2/29/12