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suggestionthatincludes many of my plants. The general guid- ance is "cut back woody plants one-third, some say two thirds, of the way back, leaving 2 or 3 nodes on branches from which new growth shoots out". A general rule that helps with many plants. So lavender is woody, right, or is it just mine? I wondered if the gen- eral rule applied. Attest- ing to my lack of prun- ing experience, a few weeks ago I whacked a lavender plant in the front yard; well, it looks pathetic. I don't know if it will survive my foray into pruning. Of course, whacking versus prun- ing may be my problem. Hmmm. Well, for lavendula (lavender), cut back one third, one half or two thirds every year im- mediately after bloom. Choices there. So, my lavender plant has be- come very woody, be- cause I haven't attended to it properly. Since the plant is woody, I need to remove some of the oldest branches now and, maybe, when (if) new growth appears. Of course, I may have killed it already so I may have to replace it. Moving on. I found it interesting that to prune my plumbago, I need to make an angle cut, so the surface of the cut is small and helps the plant to heal up. Obvi- ous to say, cut out the dead or broken branches of plumbago, and cut off the top one third of growth during dormant time. Like many plants, deadhead and shape during the growing pe- riod, Now the jasmine is a bit different. Remove the old tangled stems; cut back the stems shooting out away from the sup- port form. Finally, my hibiscus falls into the general rule. Prune the top one third lightly in late summer, or early fall, leaving 2 or 3 nodes for new growth. Hey, I can do this! My search for answers will enable me to make a competent beginning to prune plants in my gar- den for a healthier, stur- dier, fuller garden in the spring. You can, too. There is always much to do and learn from the garden. "… everything I do comes undone, but that's the blessing of gar- den time: the peren- nial promise of start- ing over," Karen Maize Miller, AARP Magazine October and November 2016. Red Bluff Garden Club meets at 12:30 p.m. for social time and meeting starts at 1 p.m. the last Tuesday of each month at the Red Bluff Com- munity Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. RedBluffGardenClubis affiliated with Cascade District, California Garden Clubs, Inc. Pacific Region, and National Garden Clubs, Inc. Pruning FROMPAGE3 Stolen OrenAvenue:AHonda CRF 50motorcycle was stolen along with recycla- ble cans from an unlocked garage sometime Monday night. Toomes Avenue: A 1998green Honda Civic coupe, California license 5ZAM366, was stolen from a woman's residence. The vehicle has duct tape on the hood, a cracked windshield and a police sticker on the back window and was last seen Monday evening. Toomes Avenue: an old Schwinn bicycle with a banana seat with flowers on it was taken from the Salado Orchard Apart- ments. There was a gold or yellow beach cruiser with no seat and a pink and black child's bicycle taken. El Verano Avenue: A Corn- ing resident's Halloween decorations and lumber were taken from the front yard sometime within the last three weeks. Suspicious Stanford Avenue: Los Molinos Elementary School reported Tuesday that a parent who had been drink- ing had shown up to pick up a child. Police FROM PAGE 3 vertize for the project and it is anticipated that the project will go to the su- pervisors meeting on Nov. 8 to award a contract. The estimated cost of the repairs to the Brick- yard Creek Bridge is $30,000 and to the Reeds Creek Bridge is $38,750, Kampmann said. The project is funded with 90 percent Federal Highway Bridge Program Funds and 10 percent State Transportation Improve- ment Project Funds. The council authorized Parker, with a 4-0 vote in favor with Councilman Suren Patel absent from the meeting, to execute a memorandum of un- derstanding between the county and the city autho- rizing the county to pro- ceed with the project. Bridge FROM PAGE 1 Wieber, who said gymnas- tics is her natural high. "Find your passion, try new things so you can find your natural high," Weiber said. Vista Preparatory Acad- emy Club Live students put on a skit called "The Turn Around." The event was sponsored by the Tehama County Drug Free Communities Coalition and Tobacco Use Education Prevention. For more information, visit http://www.tehama- cohealthservices.net/ DrugAlcohol/directory_ da.htm. Red Ribbon Week con- tinued Wednesday as lo- cal downtown businesses and members of the Te- hama County Health Ser- vices Agency Drug and Al- cohol Division released red balloons in honor of the al- cohol and drug prevention and awareness week. Ribbon FROM PAGE 1 PHOTOS BY HEATHER HOELSCHER — DAILY NEWS Local downtown businesses participate in this year's Red Ribbon Week Balloon release Wednesday. Tehama County Superintendent of Schools, Richard DuVarney and Miss California Heartshine PreTeen Jordyn Armstrong speak at the Red Ribbon Week Kick-off Reception Monday at the Tehama County Department of Adam Zuccato, a Tehama County Health Services Agency Drug and Alcohol Division counselor, speaks of his past struggles with drug addiction at the Tehama County Department of Education Red Ribbon Week Kickoff Reception. bishing akioskforCorning," said Drug and Alcohol Divi- sion Director Phillip Her- nandez said. "Everyone has put effort into this including the Tehama County Land- fill, Tehama County Sher- iff's Department, Tehama County Department of Ed- ucation and Tehama County Drug and Alcohol." Thekioskisbeingpaidfor through the Tehama County Drug Free Coalition. A goal of the kiosk is to protect the environment, specifically the groundwa- ter as sometimes medica- tion is disposed of by send- ing it to the landfill or flush- ing it down the toilet and it ends up in the groundwater, Gehrung said. Prior to the kiosk, Te- hama County law enforce- ment has been hosting one or two days a year as part of a national take back initia- tive sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administra- tion. "We are now excited to provide a safe and secure place for you, our commu- nity members, to drop off medications so as to not have to wait for a special day," Hernandez said. According to a press re- lease issued by Tehama County Drug and Alcohol, studies show medication kept in a home has become the "supply of choice" and more than 50 percent of pre- scription drug abusers have gotten the medication from family and friends. The ki- osk is available on a no- questions asked basis. The sheriff's department and county staff will not come collect medication from a person's home. All medication should be tightly sealed in the zip lock bag. It is asked that liquids, illegal substances, pill bot- tles, needles or other sharps, thermometers, IV bags and bloody or infectious waste material not be placed in the kiosk. To dispose of these items, call Tehama County Solid Waste Management Agency at 528-1103. For questions on the kiosk call 529-7940. Sheriff Dave Hencratt said it is not uncommon to hear of people not knowing what to do with medication, especially when a loved one has died. "We're happy to be able to help provide a place for safe disposal," Hencratt said. The kiosk is available during normal business hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Kiosk FROM PAGE 1 ery programs. About half of those are already involved in boosting listed salmon and steelhead populations. Other hatchery programs areintendedtoproducelarge numbers of fish for anglers. The document released Friday proposes eliminating fiveofthehatcheryprograms from ESA listings, meaning there's a net increase of 18 programs. The 23 proposed pro- grams are mostly in Oregon and Washington, but there are some in Idaho and one in California that involves the Livingston Stone Na- tional Fish Hatchery and its efforts with winter-run chi- nook salmon in the Sacra- mento River. Scientists say the net in- crease of 18 programs is part of a trend among fish- eries managers of using lo- cally adapted fish with the goal of producing fish more able to survive in the wild. "There'sbeenconsiderable research on this and we gen- erallyunderstandthathatch- ery fish do not survive in the wildaswellaswildfish,"said Rob Jones of the National Marine Fisheries Service. "But we have gotten much betteratunderstandinghow to narrow that gap and pro- duce hatchery fish that have a better and better chance at surviving in the wild." Severalwatchdogenviron- mental groups involved with salmon and steelhead and watershed ecosystems de- clined to immediately com- ment, citing the complexity of the federal proposal. But Sara LaBorde, exec- utive vice president of the Wild Salmon Center, gave an initial assessment. "It seems like some of this language is housekeep- ing and some of it may have long term policy implica- tions,"shesaidinastatement to The Associated Press. "At this point, it's important for all of us to read the notice and understand it fully." Conservation groups, in general, are concerned that an overreliance on hatchery fish could cause further de- clines in wild fish runs and additionaldegradationtothe watersheds wild fish need to survive. The watersheds them- selves include dams needed to produce energy, control floods and provide irriga- tion. Other activities such as timber harvest and road construction can also are cause problems for migrat- ing salmon, Jones said, and the hatcheries are intended to mitigate for those losses. Salmon and steelhead runs are a fraction of what theywerebeforemodernset- tlement. Of the salmon and steelhead that now return, experts say, about 70 to 90 percent originated in hatch- eries. Public comments on the federal proposal are being taken through Dec. 20. Salmon FROM PAGE 1 RICK BOWMER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE A Chinook salmon, second from the bottom, swims in the Columbia River with sockeye salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish-counting window near North Bonneville, Wash. Federal authorities want to add more hatchery-raised fish to the 28Pacific Coast salmon and steelhead stocks listed under the Endangered Species Act. JULIE ZEEB — DAILY NEWS A ribbon cutting was held Wednesday a ernoon for the installation of the first permanent medication disposal kiosk installed at the Tehama County Sheriff's Department office. Pictured is Tehama County Drug and Alcohol Division Director Phillip Hernandez, Counselor John Gehrung, Landfill Manager Rachel Ross and Recycling Coordinator Rich Buchanan. My search for answers will enable me to make a competent beginning to prune plants in my garden for a healthier, sturdier, fuller garden in the spring. You can, too. DOLORES"DORIE"VIOLETQUIGLEY May 4, 1955 ~ October 23, 2016 Dorie passed away peacefully in her sleep on October 23, 2016, due to complications of diabetes. Dorie was born in Berkely, CA May 4, 1955 to Walter "Bud" and Delsa "Dee" Quigley. She was the oldest of 3 girls raised in Hayward, CA. Dorie was a gentle loving soul who loved spending time with her family and friends. She was talented in so many crafts as well as playing Bunco, Bingo and Sudoku. She adored her kitties, Daisy and Dude. She will be dearly missed by her 2 daughters Cecila Barnes and Cheryl McDonald, her son Richard Pennington Jr., and grandsons. Survived by her sisters Diane (Kevin) Warren and Patri- cia Bennett, long term companion Robert "Bob" VanLoon and many nieces and nephews. Dorie was preceded in death by her father Bud Quigley. Please join us for Dorie's memorial at Hoyt-Cole Chapel of Flowers, Friday, October 28, 2016 at 1pm (816 Walnut St, Red Bluff). Obituaries R ed Bluff Simple Cremations and Burial Service FD1931 527-1732 Now open longer hours 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016 REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM |NEWS | 5 A