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LOS MOLINOS A dozen or more teams will begin work Monday morning hauling gravel on Sher- man street, in subdivision 5, south of town, a mile of which is to be graveled. This road is part of the mail route and unless it is put into condition before wet weather people liv- ing along it are in danger of losing the rural mail service. It will require about 350 yards of gravel to cover the mile of road, and this will be hauled for 80 cents a yard. It is fig- ured a teamster can make four trips a day, and prop- erly equipped, can haul a yard and a quarter at a load. —Oct.29,1915 100 YEARS AGO... Willfixroad and maintain a rural route Tehama County Pub- lic Works has announced that Bywood Drive from Alta to Cypress in Cotton- wood will be closed 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 for slurry seal. For more information, call 385-1462. CLOSURE Bywood to be closed Friday RED BLUFF The local Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol of- fice will be holding the next set of Start Smart classes for young drivers with a focus on new driv- ers at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 4 and 18. Within the last three years, Tehama County has had seven fatalities involv- ing drivers ages 19 and younger, said CHP Public Information Officer Troy Somavia. All of these were due to unsafe speed or un- safe turning movements, which are preventable and discussed in the one night class. "The CHP Start Smart program was designed for the new driver, but also targets the parents," So- mavia said. "It's a two- hour, one time strictly ed- ucational program to ed- ucate both the parents and the new teen driver. A lot of times we go out to a traffic stop (with teens) and they say I had no idea I couldn't do this. There's a lot of preconceived notions out there." The class addresses dis- tracted driving, which includes the use of cell phone, and how it in- creases the risk of being involved in an accident by 64 percent, or four times more likely, Somavia said. The class includes safety tips for driving, the impact of distracted driving and what that entails, how to avoid being an aggressive driver as well as a booklet of safety tips for the road. Sign-ups are requested about a week prior to the class. For more informa- tion, call 527-2034. CHP Start Smart classes set in November By Colette Bauer Fall — what a wonder- ful time of year. It has long been my favorite. The vi- brant colors, the cooling weather, the gorgeous flow- ers, and even the hint of rain make my heart sing. Harvest is ending and I can begin pruning back some of my bushes and pe- rennials as well as taking out the weather worn an- nuals. Yes, this is wonder- ful time of the year. Scary music, please. That is, un- til I walk into the kitchen. If you want to see chaos just take a look at my kitchen. The counters are so covered with "projects" I can scarcely set down a cup of coffee. Let's be truthful about this — not only are the kitchen coun- ters covered but also the dining table and the pa- tio and garage are im- pacted. The source of this total chaos — produce. There are buckets of wal- nuts, tomatoes, and per- simmons as well as sev- eral over grown zucchini in the kitchen and din- ing area, and outside on the patio awaits a wheel- barrow, several boxes and buckets full of pomegran- ates while bins of walnuts clutter the garage. What to do? Well, here's where my handy-dandy bee-hive food driers come into use. I have three, all working at full capacity. Right now I am drying persimmons. Just before the persim- mons get soft, I cut them into slices about ¼ of an inch thick, place them on the drying trays and wait a couple of days rotating the trays and turning the fruit several times each day. The persimmons dry to a beautiful shade of or- ange with a "star" design on every slice. These will be included in my Christ- mas gift baskets. Persim- mons that are too soft will be eaten fresh or the pulp will be frozen and used for cookies or cakes. Tomatoes are also sliced ¼ inch thick and placed on the drying trays. I only stack two trays of tomatoes because they mold so eas- ily that they need to dry quickly — the voice of ex- perience. Do not peal the tomatoes or you will have the devil's own time get- ting them off the drying tray. Dried tomatoes take up much less space than canned tomatoes and work well when added to casse- roles or soup. Another idea for your dried tomatoes is to soak them in a nice ol- ive oil and use them with cream cheese for sand- wiches. Now about those "gi- ant" zucchini — I've grated them and packaged them in one cup contain- ers. These will be used in soups and casseroles or if you really get desperate, zucchini bread, which also comes in handy for Christ- mas gift baskets. The walnuts are being oven-dried at 170 degrees, to kill any bugs and keep the nuts from molding. We crack them out and use the nuts as snacks, for cooking — they are great in persim- mon and zucchini bread — and of course in Christmas gift baskets. And last but definitely not least are the pome- granates. My husband is picking more as I write. It's almost impossible to get too many pomegran- ates off three trees. We use an orange squeezer to ren- der the juice. After the squeezing is finished we let the juice sit for 24 hours in the re- frigerator to allow any im- purities to settle out be- fore pouring off the "good stuff" and freezing the pomegranate juice in 3½ cup packages because the pomegranate jelly recipe calls for 3½ cups of juice for a batch of pomegranate jelly which will be included in our Christmas gift bas- kets. It's also the perfect amount to mix with a liter of 7-UP in a two quart con- tainer for a beautiful drink to be served at special oc- casions such as Christmas dinner. As I'm busily cleaning off my kitchen counters I'm also busy getting ready for winter and the Christmas Season. It's never too early to prepare for the Holidays and it's great to kill two birds with one stone. Be- sides, tomorrow I want cof- fee and I need a place to set my cup. RED BLUFF GARDEN CLUB Chaos in the kitchen Persimmons,tomatoesandwalnutsclutterourkitchencounter. The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment, Corning Police De- partment, Corning Fire, Cal Fire and California High- way Patrol logs. Admonished WalnutStreet: The man- ager of the Brickyard Creek Apartments was reportedly headed to a transient camp on the back of the property with a baseball bat and a TASER. The man was con- tacted and admonished. Burglary Monroe Street: The the of a tablet was reported. Confrontation South Jackson Street: A woman reported her daughter had been in a confrontation with another youth at Vista Preparatory Academy. As the woman and her daughter were leav- ing the school, the other child's mother reportedly flipped the woman off and then drove extremely slow in front of her vehicle. Patrol 7700Stanford Avenue: Someone at Los Molinos Elementary School reported about 7p.m. Tuesday seeing two people in baggy cloth- ing throw a Pepsi can at a window and requested extra patrol of the area. An area check was made, but the subjects were not located. Suspicious South Main Street: A man was at a picnic table on the south side of Walmart and was seen by customers passing pills to a man and woman. Extra patrol of the area was requested. Gentry Way, cross of Kemper Avenue: About 3 p.m. Tuesday a woman in pink pants was reportedly opening all the mailboxes in the area and going through them. Britt Lane: A man in dark clothing was reported to be going through trash cans about 10:30p.m. Tues- day. Officers made an area check, but did not locate the man. The s 200block White Road: A woman reported the the of her electric wheelchair char- ger from her property while she was away between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30p.m. Tuesday. Southridge Drive: The the of a laptop from a locked vehicle was reported at Vista Ridge Apartments. Threat Sister Mary Columba Drive: A patient reportedly came into Lassen Medical Group Monday and threat- ened staff. Vandalism South Jackson Street: Graffiti was reported on the Circle K building. POLICE LOGS Top Fueler Wrestling will hold sign ups 6-8 p.m. Mon- day and Wednesday, Nov. 2 and 4 at Round Table Pizza in Red Bluff. The league is for kin- dergarten through eighth grade only. Cost is $40 plus singlet. For more information, call Zeno Blanchard at 736- 5665. 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