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BY CHRISTINE GRONTKOWSKICommunity contributor
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can stop peoplefrom moving.The limitations caused bythe disease can even stop people fromcompleting what some may considercommon household tasks or home
improvement projects. But help is coming to KernCounty. Thanks in part to grants from Chevron andGranite Construction, the National MS Society,Southern California & Nevada Chapter, is able tooffer its third annual MS Service Day on Saturday,March 17.
Volunteers will travel to the homes of people liv-ing with MS, completing projects indoors and out-doors. Two such projects which were completed on arecent Saturday provide a glimpse at what is comingup the next MS Service Day.
Recently, 17 volunteers, mostly from KaiserPermanente, replaced carpet with wood laminate
flooring to make a home more accessible for awoman with MS who uses a wheelchair. They alsoinstalled a ceiling lift at another home to help awoman get her husband, who lives with MS, out ofhis bed. Volunteers also helped paint and completeother general home maintenance that the familycannot do on their own.
Right now, the National MS Society is acceptingapplications from those living with MS who need ahelping hand around the house. Volunteers are alsoneeded. Call 321-9512 or email [email protected] for more information or to request anapplication.
“It is difficult to convey how very much this MSService Day means to both the households dealingwith this disease that affects both mobility and cog-nition, and the volunteers who have an opportunityto meet the person with MS and their families andgive back,” explained Kim Kotrla, Director for theSan Joaquin Valley region. “It is truly a day thatmakes a huge difference in the lives of many.”
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This year has been a little unusual with thewarm temperatures — and not much rain.One thing for sure, the weather is makingme want to get out there and get my yard all“spruced up.”
Here are a few tips to get you started if you havethe same “bug:”
First of all, get your flower beds cleaned out.Rake and clean out the weeds. Lightly prune outdead wood and tip back wild growth from yourshrubs. Don’t, however, prune early springbloomers because you might eliminate your flowersbefore they open. I guess, what I’m saying is: justbe careful and think about what you are cutting.After all, we don't want to eliminate that springbloom before it comes. (Note: You can still pruneyour roses if that task has eluded you until now —they bloom later and can take it).
Once the cleanup has been done, the next step isget down some pre emergent in the flower beds soyou won't have to spend so much time weedinglater. Seed control every three months is the sched-ule you should try to keep. After taking care of theweeds, you can go ahead and apply a nice layer ofmulch. I like forest humus or small bark to top offthe flower beds and give a nice uniform look. Keepthe mulch away from the trunks of your plants.Mulching too deep, right around the base, cansmother them. The mulch will also help with mois-
ture retention.Speaking of moisture, you need to increase the
amount of water to yourplants. Without much rain,plants are really thirsty andneed good moisture to helpthem push good strong springgrowth and flowers. Manyvarieties require more waterright now than they will afterthe weather gets hot. Afterall, plants have a lot of workto do right now! Make surethe ground dries out betweenwaterings — but water longand deep when you water.
With the temperaturewarming up and you are giv-ing the yard more water, youcan count on the spring
growth popping out all over — this means you needto fertilize. As the garden begins to wake up, a goodorganic fertilizer with trace minerals will do won-ders. After all, you want the new growth to comeout nice and healthy with good color. From nowthrough the fall, the routine is once a month feed-ing and, mix the fertilizers up. A good plan is gran-ular organic fertilizer one month — and a liquidfertilizer, like Grow Vite, the next. Every once in a
while I will put on ahigh bloom food inaddition to the otherfertilizers.Remember, lightapplications often aremuch better thanheavy all at once.
As you can see,one task leads toanother. There is areal order to success-ful gardening — andI think this is why itis so soothing. A nat-ural progression withsome great results!
Next, as the gardenstarts to wake up youcan start looking forcritters — and youneed to get to thenursery to add somenew and different
plants and color. And, and, and ... I could go on butwill wait until the next column! After all, SPRINGis just around the corner, not already here!
I'm so excited — I just simply can't wait! Springis on its way!
Y O U R G A R D E N
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TravelBallSelect.com started its annual seriesthat spotlights the top “players to watch”across the country in 2012. The athletes whoare chosen are top players who have provento be elite game changing athletes. This is a
great honor for Ethan because Travel Ball Select is abig organization which ranks travel teams in theUnited States.
Ethan currently plays for the Santa Ynez Titans(sytitans.com), a team made up of some of the bestbaseball ball players in the central coast.
The Titans are currently ranked sixth in the coun-
try. In July, Ethan will be playing in Atlanta wherethe top 16 ranked travel teams come together andcompete in a tournament.
This tournament will be televised on Dish Network& Comcast. They will also be playing in Orlando atthe Disney Wide World of sports for the Elite 32tournament in August.
Ethan began playing baseball at the age of threeand started Travel baseball at the age of seven.Ethan truly loves every minute of it — and trainsreally hard to be the best he can be. For him to berecognized is truly amazing.
Ethan Cloyd hasbeen chosen byTravel Ball Select asan “11u player towatch in 2012.”
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FROM LEFT: Guadalupe Flores, Brittany Robles, Anissa Rodrigues, Angelica Llanes, Kassandra Castruita, andIris Contreras recently participated in the two-day CIF Girls Southern Regional wrestling tournament.
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Volunteers from Kaiser Permanente and others spent a recent Saturday installing wood flooring for a MSpatient who uses a wheelchair. The local MS Society is looking for volunteers to help with similar projectsduring its annual MS Service Day, Saturday, March 17.
Y O U R S P O R T S
Ethan Cloyd chosen as a ‘player to watch’
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Kern County sent seven girls to the CIF girlssouthern regional tournament recently. Itwas a grinding two-day wrestling tourna-ment consisting of the best female wrestlersin Southern California.
The schools represented were Arvin, CesarChavez, and Ridgeview High Schools. Four of the
seven qualified for the state meet in Lemoore, Calif. The girls that qualified were: Anissa Rodriguez(
Cesar Chavez) who took second at the SouthernRegional; Angelica Llanes (Arvin) also took second;Kassandra Castruita (Arvin) took fifth place; and,Iris Contreras (Arvin) took 12th place at the tourna-ment.
Four Kern County girls qualify for state wrestling tournament
Volunteers come together to make adifference in a day for MS patients
BY CATHERINE ANSPACH Community contributor
The Stockdale Moose Lodge is pleased to bringthe Ninth annual "Cruisin' for a Wish" classicCar & Motorcylce show back to Kern Countyon Saturday, March 10, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.at the Kern County Fairgrounds.
Sign-ups for participants and vendors are going onnow. Registration is $40.
All proceeds from this event go towards helpinggrant wishes to the Make-A-Wish Foundation whosemission is to grant the wishes of local children who
are challenged with a life-threatening medical condi-tion.
Featured events at the car show this year willinclude a trophy presentation, a poker walk, 50/50drawing and a gourmet BBQ steak dinner.
Admission is free to all attendees.For more information and to obtain an entry form,
please visit: www.stockdalecarshow.org or call DonPerry at: 399-8406
Catherine Anspach is the Kern County CommunityDirector/Make-A-Wish Foundation of CentralCalifornia.
Cruise on over to car & motorcycle show Saturday
KATHYROBINSONGarden columnist
Up coming events atRobby's Nursery &Calico GardensMarch 10
Grand Re-Opening ofRobby's Country GardenLive Remote8 to 10 a.m. Citrus Care & FruitTasting1 p.m.
April 14
Container Gardening Make beautiful pots,moss baskets & LivingWalls10 a.m
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Spring flowers, daffodils and tulips, will brighten any flowerbed.
Spring’s approaching arrival says farewell to winter weeds, rubbish
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