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Plant in the fall for a strong, sturdy spring garden
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n California we are blessed with a great fall season — the problem is, most gardening books and literature tells us to start cleaning up and start putting plants to bed. On the other hand, because of the weather in this part of the world, WE say fall is for planting! I think people are missing the best time to plant all together if you aren’t planting in the fall. At Robby's Nursery, fall is our favorite season. Here are some tips for this glorious time of year: If you plant in the fall, the roots get established before the spring — you then get the full benefit of that spring growth. Plants can nearly double their size with this push of growth when the roots are established. I think people get afraid to plant with tales of frozen ground. Guess what? Although we get some nice frosts, our ground doesn’t freeze. Plants are also more apt to be able to deal with our summer heat with a more established root system. They can get the moisture they need to get through our scorching summers. Giving plants a chance to put out roots slowly during the cooler months will greatly increase your new plants’ survival rate as well. Now, that being said, don’t run out and purchase a bunch of tropical plants and try to put them in this fall — that won't work.
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We are talking about trees, shrubs and bedding plants that do well in our climate with “little fuss.” Fall is a great time to pick and plant trees. You can see the changing leaf color as well as get some great deals on goodsized trees. Although bare root trees (usually available in mid January) are a little cheaper, size and quality are better now. I have noticed a better success rate when planting from containers as well. Remember to mulch the hole really well with a mixture of organic mulch and native soil, your Garden columnist plants will love you for that. Cool season color and veggies go in now, too. No, it’s not too late. Remember, we are in California, fall just started! This is another misconception coming from the literature. In this end of the Central Valley, September is a summer month. We usually get a hint of cooler temperatures about mid October. So this
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gives us a later fall than the Midwest or East coast. All the spring bloomers and cool season veggies can go in now. The yards you will admire in your neighborhood with huge pansies and nice tall snaps are planted now. If you wait to plant, the size and longevity of your color will suffer greatly. So plant in the fall for beautiful spring flowers. Fall is also a great time for that final feeding of plants that are going dormant — again, giving those established plants a reason to burst forth in spring and perform at their top level. Remember though, plants that grow all year (keeping their leaves through winter) need to be fed all year. Fertilize these plants with low nitrogen in the winter but make sure your food has trace minerals. Fall is the best time of year and this fall will stand out even more for us. Robby’s is having its grand opening of its new location. So far we are getting rave reviews on our progress. We have actually remained open during our entire move but will officially open Robby’s Nursery and Calico Gardens this fall. Our Christmas Shop is scheduled to open Nov. 25, the Friday after Thanksgiving. Robby’s new location is west of its former location at Allen and Hageman roads.
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To gear up for fall gardening, make sure you have the right tools to take on the task. From the old location, travel west on Hageman Road, make a quick left onto Hageman Frontage Road and then right on Terracotta Ct. We are at the end of the
culdesac. Come in and celebrate fall with US! Kathy Robinson is the owner of Robbie’s Nursery.
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People smile when tails wag BY RHONDA FRANKHOUSER Community contributor
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hen Optimal Hospice Care was asked to do a presentation highlighting their CarePals Pet Therapy Volunteer program for 50 plus Senior Center members from the First United Methodist Church, they were honored and excited to share. The Optimal Hospice CarePals Pet Therapy program has been such a wonderful success in providing comfort and companionship for their patients — members of the community at large want to learn more. "We are very proud of our CarePals program," said Rhonda Frankhouser, volunteer coordinator. "Currently we offer CarePals visits in about 20 longterm care facilities in the Kern County area, and that number continues to increase as more people learn of the benefits of pet therapy. “Our CarePals teams also visit patients in their own homes, and often participate in our Bereavement programs as well. We love to share the CarePals program with the community." Eleanor Krause, the Senior Center program chairperson at First United, felt that her members would not only enjoy hearing more about the CarePals program but they would love to interact with a few of the pet teams as well. Optimal was happy to oblige. When speaker Karen Budnick, Volunteer Coordinator Assistant for Optimal Hospice, asked who among them had been touched by the love of a pet in their lives, a good 90 percent of the crowd enthusiastically raised their hand. "Visiting with our CarePals pets tend to bring back happy memories for people," shares Budnick, "…which creates a lot of smiles. That's what it's all about." The Optimal CarePals teams who shared their time with the group included Kristie Bret Harte and her beautiful black Labrador, Lily; Gaye Siemon and her perky Cairn Terrier, Bonnie and hospice nurse and wonderful pet therapy volunteer, Bonnie Green and her darling Shih Tzu pet partners, Bernie and Lilly. They took time rounding the room, sharing their story and allowing each person a chance to partake in the wonders of this special kind of unconditional companionship. Tasty paw print cookies were handed out as members of the audience shared their own pet stories. Everyone could easily see how pet therapy could help to create a better quality of life for hospice patients. The
Cenel Castillo, who was severely burned on his face and arms, is a recipient of a special procedure that will leave him with little to no scares. PHOTO PROVIDED
Local boy’s story of pain, courage highlights fire prevention week PHOTO PROVIDED
Optimal Hospice CarePals Pet Therapy members recently shared their time with senior center members of the First United Methodist Church. Pictured here are hospice nurse and pet therapy volunteer, Bonnie Green and her darling Shih Tzu pet partners, Bernie and Lilly, and therapy members Gaye Siemon and her perky Cairn Terrier, Bonnie, and Kristie Bret Harte and her black Labrador, Lily. unconditional love and acceptance food on the ground they exude as well as the warm, • Acclimation to Infirmities soft fur under feeble hands help to • Supervised Separation - Able create a sense of calmness and to behave away from handler peace. • Say Hello - Be sociable It takes more than a nice pet • Reaction to Children and a willing human partner to Once the team is either regismake a good therapy team, howtered or certified through one of ever. The pets must first be well these programs, they must then go behaved with a good, tolerant disthrough Optimal Hospice’s volunposition as well as a true love for teer training to learn how to coorinteracting with people. Dogs dinate the talents and skills they must be a minimum of one year have learned in their pet therapy old. Their human partners must program with the delicate needs be compassionate individuals who of the patients and families under command respect and allegiance hospice care. It takes dedication from their pets. To become qualiand determination to become a fied to provide pet therapy, the member of the CarePals Pet team must be evaluated by a repTherapy program — but the utable pet therapy organization rewards received from appreciasuch as Therapy Dogs tive patients and families make it International (www.tdi-dog.org) all worth the time and effort. or Delta Society (www.deltasociAll in all, the Senior Center ety.org). members from the First United Confidence and control must be Methodist Church as well as the demonstrated in the following Optimal care teams and the hosareas: • Accepting a Friendly Stranger pice families they serve consider themselves blessed to associate • Sitting Politely for Petting with such amazing animals and • Appearance and Grooming the wonderful human partners • Walking on a Loose Leash who accompany them on their • Walking through a Crowd journey of caring. • Sit and Down on If you would like to learn more Command/Staying in Place about the Optimal Hospice • Coming when Called CarePals program or other volun•Reaction to Another Dog teer experiences offered through • Reaction to Distractions Optimal, please call 716-4000 or • Reaction to Medical email: rfrankhouser@optimalEquipment • "Leave-it" - Able to walk past cares.com today.
COURTESY OF SAN JOAQUIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ith a spotlight on National Fire Prevention Week, which was Oct. 9-15, the Grossman Burn Center at San Joaquin Community Hospital (SJCH) wanted to make extra educational efforts in the community it serves. Unfortunately, the burn center can provide many examples for why everyone should pay close attention to the dangers and risks of fires. As the only full treatment burn center in Kern County – which
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opened at SJCH in 2009 as the first facility of its kind between Fresno and Los Angeles – The Grossman Burn Center at SJCH has seen its share of fire accidentrelated injuries. In fact, the hospital is currently documenting the healing journey of a 13-year-old Bakersfield boy who is undergoing a unique procedure to heal the burns on his neck and chin area. In July 2011, Cenel Castillo was severely burned on his face and arms while playing with fire and gasoline at a friend’s house. His incredible story is one of pain, courage, hope and joy.
Because of the nature of Cenel’s burn, he is the first burn patient in Kern County to have a special expander procedure that will leave him with little or no scarring. The Grossman Burn Center at San Joaquin Community Hospital invites you to join us for this incredible journey that will leave you inspired at the strength of the human spirit and amazed by what can happen when indescribable compassion collides with cuttingedge technology. You can learn more about Cenel’s story on CSCH’s website at: www.sjch.us/cenel.
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Concert to showcase talents of CSUB students BY JENNIFER BURGER Community contributor
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he CSUB Music Program is pleased to announce the premier performance of the newly formed 40-piece CSUB Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. in CSUB’s Doré Theatre. Inspired to showcase the talents of CSUB students, the first concert will feature works by Vivaldi, Weber, Grieg, Fauré, and Britten. Admission is $10; non-CSUB Student/Seniors are $5; and CSUB Students and children under 12 are free. The concert opens with Antonio Vivaldi’sa famous Double Concerto in A minor from L’Estro Armonico, featuring student
soloists Jason Gomez and Suzanne Botha. Vivaldi’s rhythmic energy and “bizarria” are clearly evident, but the gorgeous, melodic flow of the second and final movements has made this composition one of the most beloved works for two violin soloists ever written. The restrained elegance of Gabriel Fauré’s Pavane follows. The opening half of the concert concludes with Benjamin Britten’s four-movement Simple Symphony. Written at age 20, this work launched the career of one of the major compositional talents of the twentieth century. The last half of the concert features gifted clarinet soloist Brock Christian in Carl Maria von Weber’s Concertino for Clarinet.
The wide-range of both expressivity and virtuosic display made Weber’s composition a cornerstone of the clarinet’s repertoire from its premiere in 1811. The concert closes with CSUB student Robert Morales conducting Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1. When Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen asked Grieg to write incidental music for a stage version of his verse poem Peer Gynt, it was the beginning of one of the most successful collaborations between a living playwright and composer of all time. Famous melodies and “trollish” fun abound in this Norwegian masterpiece. For more information, call 6543093.
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