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COURTESYPHOTO SeanMorton,a16-year-oldRedBluffHighSchoolstudent,withhisdogTess,a 22-month-old English setter, recently won the title of 2016 Youth Champion at the U.S. Bird Dog Nationals held in Dayton, Nevada. Morton is active locally with the Junior Claybusters group and during the week of Round-Up won the youth team title at the Tehama Shooters' 3-Gun Tournamnent in Manton with partner Jake Patterson. BIRDDOG YOUTH CHAMPION Thebooktitle"Once- a-Month Cooking" made me laugh. Cook once a month? I didn't need a book to do that. I needed the motivation to cook the other 29 days of the month! Years after reading this book I met up with co-author Mary Beth Lagerborg and learned that once-a-month cooking is a method of preparing a month's (or two weeks') worth of dinner entrees in one mega-cooking session and then freezing them for later use throughout the month. While Lagerborg and her co-author Mimi Wilson have developed a specific and thorough plan for preparing many meals at one time. In fact, any effort you put into preparing meals in advance has decided benefits: • Convenience. Having entrees in the freezer provides the convenience of takeout with the aroma, appeal and taste of home cooking. • Simplification. Nothing unravels the seams of family time faster than having nothing on hand for dinner. Knowing dinner's ready to go promotes household calmness and peace. • Flexibility. Having your freezer stocked with entrees means you can welcome last-minute guests without feeling embarrassed, ticked off or stressed out. A meal- stocked freezer also allows a family to carry on even if someone in the family is traveling, has surgery or has a new baby, and when the holidays approach. • Less Expensive. Take- out food is expensive, and so are trips to the market at 5 p.m. A quick stop for milk can result in a basket filled with impulse items. Contrary to what many believe, not all frozen entrees are high in carbohydrates and fat. The authors of Once- a-Month Cooking were careful to develop recipes that freeze well and are nutritious. They've even addressed the challenge of freezer space, insisting that by following specific instructions, a month's worth of meals for a family of big eaters can fit into a typical freezer. Trying to go from barely cooking to cooking for an entire month in one session may be an unreasonable leap. But you can work up to it. Start small. When you make meatloaf for one night's dinner, make two. Before baking, wrap one of them tightly, label it and pop it into the freezer. There! You're on your way. You've made a dinner meal for another day. Do the same thing tomorrow and the next day. Soon you'll be ready to advance to the next level of meal preparation: preparing a week's worth of entrees at one time. After you've mastered that, move to two weeks and perhaps eventually an entire month's worth of meals. You might even consider turning your efforts into a social event by cooking with a friend and sharing the results. If this meal planning appeals to you, I highly recommend that you pick up both of Mary Beth and Mimi's books, which are just terrific: "Once- A-Month Cooking" and "Once-A-Month Cooking Family Favorites." They've done all the hard work for you so you and your friends can just relax and have fun. Trust me, they know their stuff. In the nearly 30 years since they first formulated their ingenious method, they've done more than prove this is a system that's here to stay. Would you like to send a tip to Mary? You can email her at mary@ everydaycheapskate. com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Ste. B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE Cookforaday,eatforamonth Mary Hunt Balloon bouquets may be popular gifts, but Pa- cific Gas and Electric Com- pany (PG&E) reminds cus- tomers that metallic bal- loons can cause power outages and pose a public safety risk. Last year, metallic bal- loons striking electric lines caused 370 power outages in PG&E's service area alone, disrupting elec- tric service to more than 198,000 homes and busi- nesses. That's why PG&E is sup- porting California Assem- bly Bill 2709 – legislation that aims to drastically reduce power outages and enhance public safety by banning the sale or distri- bution of balloons made of electrically conductive ma- terial. "Electric outages caused by metallic balloons have steadily increased in the last decade, despite pub- lic service announcements and awareness campaigns. Public safety is PG&E's top priority and we want to help ensure that balloons are enjoyed responsibly," said Jason Regan, director, PG&E Emergency Manage- ment. In addition to disrupt- ing electric service, me- tallic balloons contact- ing power lines can cre- ate a public safety risk. Last year, a metallic bal- loon striking a power line sparked the Webb Fire which burned 75 acres in eastern Butte County. In 2013, a bouquet of metallic balloons came into contact with electric transmission lines in Tehama County and started the Deer Fire, which burned 11,429 acres, lasting days. AB 2709, introduced by Assemblymember Bill Quirk (D-Hayward), is under consideration by the Assembly Commit- tee on Appropriations. If passed, the balloon ban would go into effect Jan. 1, 2018. California Munic- ipal Utilities Association, California Fire Chiefs As- sociation, City of Glendale Water and Power Depart- ment, Fire Districts As- sociation of California, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Southern Cali- fornia Edison and South- ern California Public Power Authority also sup- port the bill. PG&E urges families celebrating with balloons to follow these important safety tips: • "Look Up and Live!" Use caution and avoid cel- ebrating with metallic bal- loons near overhead elec- tric lines. • Make sure helium- filled metallic balloons are securely tied to a weight that is heavy enough to prevent them from float- ing away. Never remove the weight. • Keep metallic bal- loons indoors, when possi- ble. For everyone's safety, never permit metallic bal- loons to be released out- side. • Do not bundle metallic balloons together. • Never attempt to re- trieve any type of bal- loon, kite or toy that be- comes caught in a power line. Leave it alone, and immediately call PG&E at 1-800-743-5000 to report the problem. • Never go near a power line that has fallen to the ground or is dangling in the air. Always assume downed electric lines are energized and extremely dangerous. Stay far away, keep others away and im- mediately call 911 to alert the police and fire depart- ments. SAFETY PG &E s up po rt s me ta ll ic balloon safety legislation CHICO Help to cap- ture and learn to identify moths, the "butterflies of the night," during Moth Night at the Big Chico Creek Ecological reserve 7-10 p.m. Sunday, May 15. Join Chico State Ento- mologist Dr. Don Miller for an exciting evening of moth baiting, observing, identifying and collect- ing. Participants will assist with the set-up of moth-at- tracting lights on the 3,950 acre Big Chico Creek Eco- logical Reserve. Moths are generally more active at night and are therefore less well- known to us than their daytime counterparts the butterflies. As the evening darkens and moths are lured to the lights, we will discuss diagnostic field marks of each and keep a list of species and numbers observed. Moth Night is part of a national effort to develop an annual moth survey throughout the country. Families with well-super- vised children encouraged; not appropriate for chil- dren under 6. This free outing is lim- ited to 20 participants. For more information, or to re- serve a spot, write to Jon Aull at jaull@csuchico.edu. For more information about the Reserve, visit www.csuchico.edu/bccer/. CHICO STATE Moth night scheduled at reserve Lassen Volcanic Na- tional Park plans to initi- ate a 50-acre prescribed fire project in the Mineral Headquarters area in late May/early June pending weather conditions. Igni- tion is expected to occur over a cumulative 3-5 day period with residual burn down predicted to take place up to 1 week after final ignition operations. The fire will be regularly staffed and monitored un- til declared out. The project is located at the western edge of the community of Mineral, CA along State Highway 36 and encompasses the Lassen Volcanic National Park administrative head- quarters. It lies amongst and di- rectly adjacent to park ad- ministrative and residen- tial buildings. In addition, perimeter project bound- aries lie adjacent to private residences and CalTrans operational facilities. The planned treatment area has been segmented into 7 individual units averag- ing 5 acres in size to help facilitate management of smoke production and fire behavior. The project will be accessed by multi- ple agency and community road systems, which will further facilitate contain- ment of project activities. Approximately 95% of the project area has re- ceived manual thinning in recent years to help pro- duce more fire resistant and resilient fuel profiles in the area. The project's goal is to break up the continuity of the fuels which have un- naturally accumulated due to the absence of fire as a natural disturbance process. Historically, fires would regularly burn in this veg- etation community every 5-20 years, thus shaping and maintaining this nat- ural environment. Reintro- duction of fire and subse- quent maintenance treat- ments will help mimic historic and natural fire activity to preserve the his- toric vegetation commu- nity. This in turn will help protect park resources (i.e. historic structures, grave site, split rail fences, ri- parian areas and cultural landscapes) and commu- nity infrastructure from undesired wildland fire events. The Fire Management Program at Lassen Vol- canic National Park uses prescribed fire, where ap- propriate, for the restora- tion of fire-dependent eco- systems and for resource management goals. Pre- scribed fire projects are conducted in a manner consistent with park and prescribed fire plans. For more information, please contact the park at (530) 595-4480 or visit the park website at www.nps.gov/ lavo. 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