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Tomethere'snothing quite as lovely as soft, sup- ple, beautiful leather. I'll take it in a handbag, shoes, car seats and furniture. I love fine leather. With that in mind, try to imagine this scene that occurred just a few of days ago: me in my comfy chair, my fa- vorite handbag on the floor next to me and a hot cup of coffee on the table to my left. I stood up and somehow — I could never reenact this feat in a million years — turned to the left and launched the entire cup of coffee into the air. It made a flawless landing in my purse. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was like a 100- year flood in my Dooney. The objects inside were bobbing up and down, gasping for air. I credit a conversation with a friend who owns a used car dealership with the fact that my favor- ite leather bag (I've had it for almost 20 years) came out unscathed following my heroic emergency res- cue. He had told me the secret for how his deal- ership cleans, restores, conditions and protects leather car seats and in- teriors to make them look like new. Since then, I'd been treating this bag like the interior of a fine Italian sports car. I had no idea I was also pro- tecting it against the fu- ture tormenting stains of a coffee flood. To the many readers who write and ask me how to clean their dirty, stained, grimy, sticky, dried out leather, here it is: The secret to clean- ing and conditioning any kind of leather — car seats, furniture, hand- bags, shoes, luggage — is KevianClean Leather Cleaner & Conditioner (formerly BooYah Cleaner and Conditioner — more on the name change in a bit). Once my friend spilled the beans, I be- gan using the product on this purse and lots of other leather things, too, including the interiors of our two vehicles. Here's my pithy review: Wow! My friend was right on the money. KevianClean cleans and restores leather like magic. He also told me that the dealership charges hundreds of dol- lars to clean and treat a car interior with Kevian- Clean, a product that costs about $25. KevianClean is fantas- tic, nontoxic and chemical- free. It is made from all natural plant-based ingre- dients. It's not at all oily or greasy or wet or sticky. It has a light scent that makes you think you're on a Polynesian island. KevianClean is easy to use and cleans old stains, ground-in dirt and even that sticky buildup of spills, splatters and what- ever else seems to accu- mulate on the arms and seats of leather chairs, and bags and shoes. While I haven't encountered super extreme stains myself, I've read reports of Kevian- Clean removing ink stains, melted crayons and other such mishaps. I have to admit that when I learned BooYah Cleaner and Conditioner had undergone a name change, I was like whaaat? It's such a cool name. And I wondered what else had changed. This need to know prompted me to contact Laura LaFond, the founder of KevianClean. I learned that she and her husband have two boys, Kevin and Ian. (You're way ahead of me, right?) Bottom line, the family decided that BooYah, though it is a fun name to say, is meaning- less. A combination of the boys' names, "Kevian," is meaningful and memo- rable. And she assures us that only the name has changed. The product re- mains as it always has been — perfect! I have to say, I really like the new name. It's easy to remember, and I love knowing that secret, too. KevianClean is available on Amazon. When you find it, be sure to read the reviews. You're going to learn a lot — mostly that I'm not the only Kevian- Clean fan. Wouldyouliketosend 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. EVERYDAYCHEAPSKATE Stained, grimy, sticky, dried-out leather help The Shasta-Trinity Na- tional Forest will be host- ing two upcoming job fairs Jan. 10 and 11. At both job fairs, advi- sors will be on hand to dis- cuss temporary job oppor- tunities in both fire and non-fire career paths and guide interested applicants through the online applica- tion process. Temporary positions are available in botany, wildlife, fisheries, archaeology, recreation, administration, timber, hy- drology and fire fighting. Duty locations on the Shasta-TrinityNationalFor- est include Redding, Moun- tain Gate, Lakehead, Mt. Shasta, McCloud, Weaver- ville, Big Bar, Burnt Ranch, Junction City, Lewiston, Trinity Center, Hayfork, Platina. Not all positions areavailableatalllocations. The first job fair will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the Shasta Lake Ranger Station, 14225 Holiday Road, Redding. The sec- ond job fair will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at the Weaverville Ranger Sta- tion, 360 Main St., Weaver- ville. Both job fairs will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Interested applicants should bring their résumé, educational transcripts and relevant certificates or have them already loaded into a previously created USAJOBS profile. If need be, staff will be on-hand to help applicants create and build personal USA- JOBS profiles. All applications must be submitted through www. usajobs.gov/ during the specific vacancy period for that position. Applica- tions for fire related po- sitions are accepted Jan. 9-13 and can be submit- ted at the job fairs. Appli- cations for non-fire related positions will be accepted Jan. 17-23. To view full lists of both fire and non-fire positions available, visit www.usda. gov/stnf/. The website will provide contact informa- tion for specific duty loca- tions and positions. SHASTA-TRINITY National Forest to host job fairs this month There's nothing like that first restful night's sleep on a new mattress. But have you ever wondered what happens to your old mat- tress and box spring, the one you so lovingly dis- carded or paid the fur- niture company to haul away? In California alone, 4.2 million mattresses and box springs are landfilled each year, taking up large amounts of space — mat- tresses and box springs are difficult to compact — and creating flammable air pockets and potentially dangerous conditions for landfill workers. If you are a Tehama County resident, chances are your mattress and box spring was recycled not landfilled. The Tehama County Red Bluff Landfill proudly boasts many waste diver- sion programs about which other counties can only dream. Each day, landfill workers divert recyclable materials ranging from common cardboard and plastics to carpet, alka- line batteries, mattresses and box springs from the landfill. With the passage of a new law in California in 2013, a statewide mattress and box spring recycling program was established. Beginning in December 2015 any mattress or box spring purchased in Cal- ifornia included a recy- cling fee to pay for the re- covery of the mattress or box spring at the end of its useful life. The Mattress Recy- cling Council, a nonprofit stewardship organization made up of manufactur- ers and retailers of mat- tresses and box springs, oversees the program. MRC works with retail- ers of mattresses, as well as solid waste facilities, which serve as collection locations for used mat- tresses and box springs. Tehama County's mat- tress and box spring recy- cling program began much earlier, in July of 2009, serving as a pilot program for rural California coun- ties in the North State. Each mattress and box spring recycled by Tehama County eventually ends up in Woodland, where the St. Vincent de Paul Soci- ety, a non-profit organi- zation that employs indi- viduals with employment barriers and donates all proceeds to services for low-income, homeless and at-risk individuals, breaks down the mattresses and box springs into various components. These components, which include cotton, foam, wood and steel, are baled and shipped for ma- terial recycling. On average, about 85 percent of the material in mattresses and box springs is recyclable, but less than 5 percent of mattresses and box springs ever make it to a reuse or recycling fa- cility. The California Depart- ment of Resources Recy- cling and Recovery esti- mates that the reuse and recycling of all 4.2 mil- lion mattresses and box springs currently land- filled in California annu- ally would create a total of 1,000 new California jobs and reduce greenhouse gases. Since the program's im- plementation in 2009 un- til the end of 2015, Tehama County had recycled over 16,000 mattresses and box springs. As a result of an agreement between the landfill and MRC begin- ning January 1, 2016, mat- tresses and box springs are now accepted free of charge. In 2016 alone, over 5,800 mattresses and box springs were brought in to be recycled. That is a huge increase over previous years. The overall result of all this effort: minimizing how much our mountain of trash grows. That is progress every- one in Tehama County can be proud of! If you have any ques- tions regarding this recy- cling program or would like information about other programs, call the Tehama County Solid Waste Management Agency at 528-1103, visit www.tehamacountyland- fill.com or write to te- hamacountyrecycles@ co.tehama.ca.us. RECYCLING New purpose for an old mattress A screening of "The Heart of Nuba" is sched- uled for 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20 at Redding's Cascade Theatre. Directed by Kenneth Carlson, the film tells the story of Dr. Tom Catena, who ministers to the for- gotten people of the Nuba Mountains in Sudan and is the only surgeon within 200 miles. He treats as many as 400 patients each day. Carlson will be present for a question and answer session following the film with his wife, Katrina Carl- son, who wrote the music and will perform. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and stu- dents at the door. CASCADE THEATRE 'The Heart of Nuba' documents Sudan relief work Mary Hunt CONTRIBUTED Mattresses and box springs at the Tehama County Red Bluff Landfill are stacked until landfill workers load them into trailers for transport to an Oakland recycling center. 3Car d Poker, Blackjack, Pai Gow, and now... ULTIMATETEXASHOLD'EM Tryyourhandwithouraddedoptionalbonusesand progressive bets. With more games and bigger prizes, there are so many ways to win! 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