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2A Daily News – Thursday, July 12, 2012 Community people&events Umpqua takes lead Garden Club: My love affair with Clem By MILLIE ZINK Clematis, that is. Way back when I first moved to Red Bluff I was at the nursery and saw a Clema- tis Armandii standing three feet high and in full bloom, with white blos- soms about 1-1/2 inches across cascading down. That was all it took. I was hooked. Courtesy photo With a little more than a week to go, Umpqua Community Bank takes the lead in the friendly competition among local banks to raise funds for the Bank to School Project.Three local banks are competing to see which one can generate the most funds for the Back to School Project's shopping day in August. The winning bank will receive lunch for their branch, provided by Tai's Deli of Red Bluff. The tallies so far are Umpqua- $261, PremierWest-$99.83 and Cornerstone Comunnity-$54.29. Go into your local bank and make a donation today and make a difference in the life of a local child. Pictured, from left, are Jessica Medieros, Chris Dotson and Barbara McIver. Fundraiser set for Saturday A fundraiser is being held from 5-7 p.m. Saturday at the McGlynn Pool in Red Bluff to help with medical costs for McKenna Watts who has Pearsons Syndrome. Cost is $5 each or $10 each with entry into door prize for a HP computer. A silent auction will be held 5-6:30 p.m. For more information, to buy tickets or to make a donation call 529-4986. 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. Armandii is the only one I am familiar with that blooms in the winter in Red Bluff. It is planted at the base of an oak tree with its roots in the shade. It grew up the tree and now it is such a pleasure to come up to the house in February when the weath- er is sort of grizzly and drippy and be able to see all the white blooms show- ing at the top of the tree behind the house. Armandii's blooms aren't the largest, but there are plenty of them. now have are the larger blossomed ones such as Jackmannii (a deep blue) and Nelly Moser (a beauti- ful pink). These are some of the older of the large- Most of the Clematis I blossomed vines. There are new hybrids coming along all the time now, some of them called the Jackmannii Group. There seems to be a Clematis for almost every garden situa- tion. The flowers also vary from very large to smaller ones with a bell-shaped flower. With this much variety you can have color from them all summer. After I was thoroughly enchanted with these plants I bought a book on their origins, history and how to grow them. I do realize it might have been a good idea to buy the book first. What can I say – I'm an impulse buyer. I've never been able to visit a nursery or a book- store and come out empty- handed. The book is titled Clematis; the author is Andrew Mikolajski. It has a lot of helpful informa- tion with regard to soil preference (good with most soils, don't like very acid soils or boggy); where to plant (almost anywhere except full shade); how to plant (likes roots in shade, top growth in sun); different ideas for planting (in pots with a tri- pod for them to grow on); and ideas for combination plantings. According to the book Clematis can be put into three different categories: Group I – climbers and their cultivars that flower from late winter to spring (this includes hybrids of Armandii such as Snow- drift); Group II – hybrids which flower in late spring and early summer, and again from mid to late summer. Flowers are large, some early flowers are double (includes Barbara Dibley, a very bright cerise, and Duchess of Edinburgh, with double white flowers; and Group III – Clematis that flower from midsummer to autumn. This group con- tains large flowered hybrids, texensis types and tulip-like blossoms up to two inches long, and some viticella types. Examples: Allanah, a large red, and Aromatica, a scented non- climber. If you haven't tried Clematis in your garden yet, you have a great expe- rience waiting. There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a solid mass of colorful blos- soms. The Red Bluff Garden Club is affiliated with Cascade District Garden Club, California Garden Clubs, Inc., Pacific Region Garden Clubs and National Garden Clubs. Man very sensitive to mother's words and I have had a poor rela- tionship for years. She is self-absorbed, demanding and consistently hurtful. She seems to find great amusement in upsetting me and takes every opportunity to do so. Dear Annie: My mother "mean'' to her. They expect me to maintain this destruc- tive relationship. How can I explain to them how horribly she treats me? — Frustrated and Alone in Indianapolis, Ind. On one occasion, I was talking to my family about an individual whom I par- ticularly admired, and my mother interrupted me to explain that I only knew about him because "they mentioned him on a television show.'' When I told her how embarrassing that was for me, she retorted, ''It was a joke, and if you were offended, that's your problem.'' DAILYNEWS HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 127, NUMBER 174 On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 8 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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Walnut Street Improvements Going Forward The work of placing shoulders on the newly paved portion of Walnut street west of Monroe is proceeding rapidly, under direction of Tom Gardner, city superintendent of streets, and in the blocks alre3ady completed it presents a fine appearance. — July 12, 1922 Ext. 103 my family berates me for being Ext. 112 The problem is that the rest of comments and behavior. The best way to convince her to treat you bet- ter is to respond differently. Get some counseling and work on this. If you can change the dynamic between you, you will be less resentful and hurt. Dear Annie: My older sister, Dear Indianapolis: We can see that your mother is difficult, but instead of cut- ting her off and being the family black sheep, we rec- ommend finding a better way to deal with her. You seem very sensitive to her "Lilly,'' is always taking my things without permission. She uses my socks, hairdryer and makeup. She does this with everyone in the fami- ly. She even borrows my parents' car without asking. Her latest fixation is my iPod. Sometimes, she doesn't return it until I demand that she give it back. I started hiding it, forcing her to ask before taking it. Frankly, I don't want her to use it at all because I don't trust her to return it. But she makes me feel so guilty that I end up giving it to her anyway. Of course, Lilly has her own iPod, but she doesn't like to spend money on new songs. My parents have addressed it, but nothing changes. Lilly says she A Northeastern California Connect Consortium (NECCC) Regional Broadband meeting is set for July 19 and all interested parties are encouraged to attend. tives in California (CENIC) and the Center for Eco- nomic Development (CED), California State Uni- versity, Chico received regional consortia broad- band planning funds from California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) to facilitate development of The Corporation for Education Network Initia- means to ask permission, but either forgets or we aren't around. Annie, I've had enough. What can I do? — Better To Ask Permission than For- giveness "trained.'' Give her some ground rules. If she returns your iPod in a timely manner, you can trust her to borrow it again. However, if she takes it without permission or won't give it back until you demand it, tell her it is off-limits the next time — and mean it. If you keep falling for the guilt trip, you have no one else to blame. Dear Better: Lilly needs to be tucky,'' whose friend invited her to a wedding in order to baby-sit the kids. When my sister put me at the kids' table for her (third) marriage, saying there "wasn't enough room'' for me to sit with the adult relatives, it was clear where I stood in the family pecking order. Dear Annie: This is for "Ken- "Kentucky'' should either decline the invitation or respond graciously that she would prefer to be with the adults during the event. The bride's response will let her know whether it's a friendship worth keeping. — Kentucky Too Annie's Mailbox is written by Broadband meeting scheduled July 19 countywide broadband plans in the Northeastern California Connect Consortium — Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou and Tehama counties). The meeting will be simulcast live 2 to 4 p.m. July 19 in the county offices of education in Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Siskiyou and Tehama counties. Visit necalbroadband.org/ for location details. For more information or to ask questions, call Cathy Emerson, CED's broadband program manag- er, at 530-898-3862. CENIC and CED/CSU, Chico will present and discuss progress to date. Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailboxcomcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.