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Liz Writes Life 5-26-21 Honor our military veterans

 May 26, 2021

Liz Writes Life

Honor our military veterans

Services will be held at four Scott Valley cemeteries on Monday, May 31, 2021 by the American Legion Perry Harris Post #260. For years, Legion members have conducted honor guard services at Callahan, Etna and Fort Jones cemeteries. This year, an additional cemetery has been added. It is the Burcell Cemetery on Star Access just outside of Etna.

Legion Commander Bruce Hurlbut said there is a change in the starting time at the Callahan Cemetery, which will now be at 9 a.m. The next cemetery on the schedule will be the Burcell Cemetery at 10 a.m. Services at the Etna Cemetery will remain the same as in past years at 11 a.m. Fort Jones will follow at noon.

A big “thank you” goes out to cemetery districts, volunteers, friends and family who are busy cleaning-up our local cemeteries. I have asked my grandchildren to help me put colorful “fake” flowers on the graves of family members this weekend. We will have a picnic in the park afterwards.

Memorial Day is certainly a good time to remember our military veterans and all of our family and friends, who have passed. Let’s support our American Legion and other military veteran organizations that provide these services on Memorial Day, Veterans’ Day and for individual funerals.

Thank you Sheriff LaRue

Siskiyou County Sheriff, Jeremy LaRue, posted the following on the Siskiyou Co. Sheriff’s Office facebook page. Wow, this is such good news. So many people, in our community, want to stop the infiltration and expansion of organized crime in our county. I heard there were a significant number of volunteers that showed-up with heavy equipment. This is huge! What a great support for our sheriff. More volunteers are needed. If you are able to help, contact the sheriff’s office at 530-842-8300.

 

From the sheriff’s office facebook page: “During a two-day operation, 143 greenhouses containing 50,861 cannabis plants connected to illegal Commercial Cannabis Activity were demolished.

“If you are interested in assisting in our future operations, contact the Sheriff’s Office. We are looking for additional heavy equipment, such as dozers and excavators, and trained operators to volunteer to assist in ongoing efforts to address the illegal Commercial Cannabis Activity plaguing our county.

“As a reminder, Commercial Cannabis Activity is prohibited in Siskiyou County. State law allows individuals the ability to cultivate up to six cannabis plants. Exceeding six cannabis plants is considered Commercial Cannabis Activity.  If a property has established a commercial cannabis operation, anything directly contributing to it, including greenhouses, is prohibited.

“According to state law, “Commercial Cannabis Activity” (more than six plants) includes the cultivation, possession, manufacture, distribution, processing, storing, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, transportation, delivery, or sale of cannabis and cannabis products.

“People are encouraged to comply with local and state laws.”

Fire danger is high

With this continuing drought, the threat of wildfires is extreme. Yep, most of us are worried.

Kimberly DeVall, public affairs officer for Klamath National Forest sent out a press release last week stating the Klamath National Forest and surrounding areas are entering the 2021 fire season under the effects of a severe drought and that fuels, which would normally still be under snow in May are already dry enough to burn.

DeVall said that the storms from a weekend ago brought numerous lightning strikes to the area and ignited several wildfires. Some precipitation was received with the lightning, but extreme drought conditions has left both live and dead fuels unseasonably dry and ready to burn. There were seven total fires that were reported with the largest “Grouse Fire” growing to eight acres. Luckily, firefighters attacked the fires and held them to small acreages. 

Garden

For three nights I covered the six tomato and 14 zinnia plants to protect from a freeze. It really didn’t get down to 32, but I did see a few burned leaves on the volunteer potatoes and amaranthus. Luckily, the light frost really didn’t hurt anything. There are probably 100 volunteer amaranthus that are less than two-inches tall and I hope to get them thinned down to about 10 in that flowerbed. The prolific purple morning glories are growing there too, so most of them should be pulled this week as well.

Sure hoping this was the last threat of a freeze, so this week I need to re-dig the furrows and watering circles to get the soaker-hoses laid-out and timers set.

On Friday, I thought I noticed that a cantaloupe was up. By Sunday, I realized it was a just hollyhock, cuz there were a lot more coming up (outside the row) that looked the same. A whole bunch of volunteer cosmos are also up in the same spot and will need to be pulled and some transplanted to the flowerbed by the house.

When hand-irrigating Sunday evening, I did spy seven cucumbers that are poking out of the ground. Yay! I planted the cucs and zucchini on May 14th, but the zucs are not up – neither are the giant pumpkins that the grandkids helped me plant on May 11th. Something has eaten about half of two butter crunch lettuces that did finally grow from the April planting. About six others haven’t been munched yet and I will likely harvest them this week before it gets really hot. They are about eight-inches tall.

Finally, I got one rhubarb plant harvested. It was nearly five-feet tall. I probably took more than I should have, but the stems were so big they were falling down. The horse manure really did its job! Gave away about 40 pounds to friends and made several batches of rhubarb strawberry Jell-O jam. Yum!

May peace and calm be with you this week. Smile – just cuz it makes you feel better!

Liz Bowen began writing ranch and farm news, published in newspapers, in 1976. She is a native of Siskiyou County and lives near Callahan. Columns from the past can be found at: lizwriteslife.blogspot.com. Call her at 530-467-3515.

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