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The California Fish and Game Commission has adopted the following changes to sport fishing regulations. All take effect and will be enforced starting March 1. Display of Sport Fish- ing License is Not Required Anglers will no longer have to display their sport fishing license on their outer clothing above the waist, but their sport fish- ing license must still be in their possession while fishing. Sturgeon Fishing Clo- sure on Upper Sacramen- to River There will a year- round closure to sturgeon fishing on the Sacramento River from the Keswick Dam (Shasta County, west of Redding) to the Hwy 162 Bridge (near Butte City). The use of wire leaders or any type of shrimp or lamprey bait is also prohibited in this area. Spiny Lobster Spiny lobster must be kept in a whole, measur- able condition until it is being prepared for con- sumption. See Section 29.90(e). Increased Bag and Possession Limits for Hatchery Trout and Steel- head. The statewide bag and possession limits were raised to two fish per day and four fish in possession. These increased limits will be in place for all rivers and streams where the take of hatchery trout or steel- head is presently allowed except for the Feather, Klamath and Mokelumne rivers. Refer to the Section 7.50 of the regulations for each individual reach. New Rules for the Smith River Only barbless hooks will be allowed in all reaches of the Smith River. The "Klamath- Trinity Salmon Report Card" has been renamed "North Coast Salmon Report Card" and will now be required on the Smith River also. The annual bag limit for wild trout or steelhead was reduced to zero and no more than five wild Chi- nook may be kept per year. Sunfish and Crappie Combined Bag Limit and Separate Tilapia Limit The daily bag limit for sunfish is reduced to 25 fish and incorporated into a combined bag limit of 25 sunfish and crappie of all species, except as noted in Section 5.82. Tilapia are moved out of the sunfish bag limit and continue to have no limit on take. Splittail and Lam- prey Changes Sacramento splittail may be taken only by angling, with a bag limit of two fish. The bag limit for lamprey is reduced to five and the use of traps is no longer allowed. There are other changes to the sturgeon and steelhead report cards and general district regu- lations, so please review all of the 2010 regulations pertaining to the species you intend to pursue. Regulations are available on the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Web site at www.dfg.ca.gov/about/fis hing. Friday, February 26, 2010 – Daily News – 5A Largest Selection In Tri-County • Herbal Medicines • Edibles (Foods) • Clones 1317 Solano St. (530) 824-4811 www.tehamaherbalcollective.vpweb.com Corning Calif. 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She won't admit that her cheating and drink- ing drove her husband away, and she has my parents snowed into thinking it was all his fault. She swindled her ex and my parents out of enough money to net her a nice income, yet she twists everything so that she comes out the victim. I do not allow my teenagers to baby-sit for her or get in her car because she allows strange men in her home and drives drunk. She only calls when she wants some- thing, and if I don't drop every- thing (I work full time), she screams at me. My parents believe I am a horri- ble person because I don't buy in to Hettie's lies or give her money. I've tried to help in the past, and it brought nothing but trouble. She is a mean, lying drunk. My parents say I need to look past this because she is ''family.'' I cannot deal with the drama anymore. I am cordial to Hettie, but won't make her our charity poster child like my parents do. I have done my best, but I am still the ''disappoint- ing daughter.'' Last year, their intense disapproval sent me into the hospital with a major anxiety attack. Talking to them doesn't help. This is breaking my heart. — Refuse to be an Enabler Dear Refuse: Your par- ents have blinders on when it comes to Hettie. Accept- ing that she is a ''mean, lying drunk'' makes them fear it's their fault, and that is why they blame you instead. You cannot change the way they think, but you can change how you deal with it. If you need help, get some counseling to learn better coping skills. Dear Annie: I have repeatedly told my daughter to remove her things from my home because we no longer have room for them, but it does no good. We plan on mov- ing soon and cannot take along 10 boxes of our daughter's books and clothes. She lives out of the coun- try and visits two or three times a year. Each time she visits, she buys more than she can possibly take back and leaves the rest here. It is prohibitively expensive to ship boxes of books to her. What do we do? - Out-of-Space Mom Dear Mom: Notify your daugh- ter that you will pack up her things and put them in a storage facility for six months or until her next visit, whichever comes first. After that, you will stop paying storage fees. She can then decide whether she wants to keep paying the fees herself, ship the items to her cur- rent location, sell them or make other arrangements that don't involve you. The important thing is that you stick to your guns. Dear Annie: ''Might As Well Be Single'' said her husband couldn't hold on to a job. Thank you for mentioning the possibility that he is suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder. The fact that he has had many jobs could mean he is making an effort to be employed. I am 70 years old. I had job and school problems all my life and only recently discovered that I have ADD. I always managed to make a decent living, but might have done a lot better had I known earlier what I was up against. And my wife would have had a happier life. — Wish I'd Known Dear Wish: ADD was not a realistic diagnosis when you were younger, but we're glad you know now. To our Baha'i Readers: Happy Ayyam-i-Ha. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailboxcomcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700, Los Angeles, CA 90045. Not snowed by my lying, drunk sister Annie's Mailbox by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar FEATURES DEAR DR. GOTT: I am a 56-year-old male who has suffered from tinnitus for the past 15 years. Within the last year, I have noticed a lot of eye floaters, which seem to be worsening. My doctor says that my eyes are healthy. I don't wear glasses. I live a healthful lifestyle. I don't smoke or drink. I have changed my eating habits and consume very little sugar and red meat. I do eat a lot of chicken, fish, juice and vegetables. Is there anything I can do to get rid of the eye floaters? What can I do to prevent more from occurring? Is there a dietary change I can make? DEAR READER: Floaters are small spots that occur around the field of vision. They typically appear as dots or cobwebs and drift when the eye moves. Floaters are caused by the shadows of debris floating freely within the vitreous of the eye. As we age, the normally gel-like vitreous begins to liquefy, causing the center to become watery. As bits of undissolved vitreous float around in the fluid, they can cross into the range of vision, causing the eye to see the shadow. Floaters are common and are generally harm- less, but annoying. If, however, you see a "shower" of floaters, which may be accompa- nied by flashes of light, you should see an oph- thalmologist immediate- ly. These symptoms are often a sign that the vit- reous is pulling away from the retina or that the retina itself is detaching from the back of the eye. If this occurs, an eye surgeon must work quickly to repair to reattach the retina to prevent permanent vision loss. The only treatment available is surgical removal of the vitreous, which is usually replaced with saline solution. Eye doctors consider this drastic treatment only when floaters severely hamper vision. If your floaters con- tinue to worsen, see an ophthalmologist. If everything checks out OK, you will just have to adjust to them unless the physi- cian agrees that your vision is o b s t r u c t e d severely. DEAR DR. GOTT: I have an e m b a r r a s s i n g problem and hope you can offer some advice. I seem to have a social anxiety that causes me to basi- cally have an irrational fear of speaking to peo- ple out in public. The worst part is that my face turns red in many situations. I am 40 years old and have no other health problems. I eat well and exercise regularly. I don't want to be on med- ication. Is there any vit- amin supplement I can try first? DEAR READER: Based on your statement of "fear of speaking to people out in public," I take this to mean fear of one-on-one or small- group conversations. I must admit that this is a first for me, with fear of speaking in front of audiences being much more common. There are several anti-anxiety nutrients that might be of assis- tance, including kava kava, valerian, St. John's wort in low doses and ashwagandha. I commend you for con- sidering alternative remedies, but I do not feel qualified enough to recommend any of the possibilities and recom- mend you speak with your primary-care physician to determine which one might be appropriate for you with the fewest side effects. To provide related information, I am send- ing you a copy of my Health Report "Herbs and Healing Fads." Other readers who would like a copy should send a self- addressed stamped No. 10 envelope and a $2 check or money order to Newsletter, P.O. Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to men- tion the title. Dr. Peter Gott is a retired physician and the author of the book "Dr. Gott's No Flour, No Sugar Diet," available at most chain and i n d e p e n d e n t bookstores, and the recently published "Dr. Gott's No Flour, No Sugar Cookbook." Floaters annoying but are harmless Dr. Peter Gott New fishing rules take effect Monday Writers' forum moves for next meeting Writers forum has moved to a new location for its meeting at 10:30 a.m. on March 13. Meetings will be held in the Memorial Hall of All Saints Episcopal Church, 2150 Benton Drive, Redding. The church is at the corner of Benton Drive and Quartz Hill Road. The March 13 meeting is poemcrazy: freeing your life with words, a talk and workshop with Susan Wooldridge. Bring scratch paper, pens and a few books of poems. Woolridge will talk about her journals and her own writ- ing process. Then participants will create a group word- pool and begin to write about who we are, where we come from and where we are going. In a safe, free set- ting, poems or prose snippets will emerge that surprise and delight authors. Sharing work is optional. Wooldridge teaches creativity and writing workshops throughout the country. This is the seventh year of her series of Northern California rural library workshops sponsored by Poets and Writers Organization and the California Center for the Book. Her book, poemcrazy: freeing your life with words, is in a 21st printing. The public is always welcome to attend. Admission is free. Donations are requested only at the refreshment table. For further details or directions to the new loca- tion, call 547-5303, or visit www.writers-forum.net. Information is available on Woolridge at www.susan- wooldridge.com. Writers Forum, a nonprofit organization founded in 1983, is dedicated to promoting writing as an art and as a profession and to supporting and inspiring writers from all over far Northern California.