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CHALLENGE
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come here I feel like I don’t have to do it on my own,” said Reese. “Some- thing was missing in my life, I turned to drinking for the answer and it got me into the trouble I am currently in with the law, I have multiple DUI’s that’s the extent of my criminal record is drunk driving, this would be my fifth DUI.”
Goetz said it’s mem- bers like Jonathan the program looks to help.
“To be honest, being here has been a blessing to me I was really just on a road to nowhere, I wasn’t really living any- more I was just surviv-
ing, I was just breath- ing,” said Reese.
“Coming here has given me a new out- look on life, I have hope again, I was hopeless be- fore, but now I feel like I have some direction, I have purpose.”
Goetz said there are several phases each member must go through before graduat- ing from Teen Challenge. Some members do well and come back to be- come advisors.
“Each of our advi- sors have a case load of guys that get assigned to them,” said Goetz.
“They’ve been through Teen Challenge, and they’re the guys who counsel them and watch
over them and if they get in trouble help them through that.”
Quinn Carlson is cur- rently an advisor at the program and said he feels he can help Teen Challenge members be- cause he understands their struggles.
“Heroin, meth, alco- hol, cigarettes, pretty much since I was 21, I came to the program when I was 34,” he said.
“I’ll be hitting seven years this month of so- briety, but before com- ing in I had resigned to the fact that I would die of a heroin overdose.”
For more information on Teen Challenge, visit teenchallenge.org or call (559) 387-5132.
REEDLEY & DINUBA
18th Annual Christmas Cookie
Contest*
*Has to be considered a cookie, excludes any type of bars.
Mid-Valley Publishing’s annual cookie contest is near! Interested contestants should bring a dozen of their home- made Christmas cookies and the recipe to The Exponent of ce (1130 G Street) and Dinuba Sentinel of ce (145 S. L Street) by 3 p.m. on Thursday, December 13, 2018.
So...get out those measuring cups and let’s get started!
The newspaper staff will judge the entries and select the three winning entries.
1st Place ................................ $75 2nd Place............................... $50 3rd Place................................ $25
The winning recipes will be published in Mid Valley Times December 2019
Gift certi cates will be awarded
by a local grocer.
DEADLINE IS 3 P.M. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2019
Contributed
The Garden Check- list is filled with tips and tricks for local garden- ers who wish to keep their greenery, flowers, and herbs looking beau- tiful all year long.
A devoted gardener would rather give or re- ceive tools, plants or a unique garden treasure than gold, diamonds or pearls.
Tasks for this time of year include moni- toring ground moisture, especially in beds under eaves and patios.
Store unused fertil- izers and pesticides in a dry place and remem- ber to dig and divide overcrowded dahlia tu- bers and store in a cool, dry place. Replant in late February.
Pruning for this month also include re- moving dead foliage and
stems from dormant pe- rennials.
Don't forget to prune junipers during cool weather to prevent sunburn as well as trel- lis cane berries.
When it comes to fer- tilizing, remember to feed cool weather plants and vegetables.
Planting, the time for fall planting is coming to an end.
Order bare-root ros- es and perennials from catalogs.
Fruits and vegeta- bles: Lettuce, peas, ed- ible pod peas, plant from seed or six packs.
Trees, shrubs, vines: fig, walnut (Juglans), crabapple (Malus).
Annuals: larkspur (Consolida), flowering kale.
Enjoy now, annuals and perennials: cycla- men, dianthus.
Bulbs, corms, tubers:
paperwhite (Narcissus). Trees, shrubs, vines:
barberry (Berberis). Fruits and vegeta- bles: cauliflower, comice
pears.
Things to ponder, en-
joy the quiet of the win- ter garden.
At the end of the month, apply dormant oil spray to deciduous fruit with copper fungi- cides to control shot hole disease on twigs.
Avoid overhead ir- rigation if frost is ex- pected.
Source: Adapted from “A Gardener’s Companion for the Cen- tral San Joaquin Valley,” 3rd edition, currently available from Fresno County Master Garden- ers for $30. Gardening Questions answered at (559) 241-7534.
Prepared by Judy Parker, Fresno County Master Gardener.
In the garden
Garden Checklist: Fall planting is coming to an end
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