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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 5B i COMMUNITY GREEN PAMELA NOEL I take a walk most morn- ings between 6 and 7 a.m. Putting on my sweats I hit the streets and trails of Quincy. • Not only do I accomplish my morning "constitutional," walking the sleep out of my system, but I see all kinds of Today, official gleaning things I would never notice if programs exist around the I were driving, country. Church and other As I wander by the mill volunteer projects abound, pond I usually observe its in- contacting local farmers to habitants coming and going, sweep through their fields Depending on the amount ofafter the main harvest is water in the pond i see geese, taken. Many of these fruits sandhill cranes, ducks, bob- and vegetables are dried and cats, deer and an occasional distributed to food pantries kingfisher, and other charitable sites. This time of year, what Here in Quincy we have attracts my attention is the the potential for gleaning amount of fruit hanging from our community fruit heavily from fruit tree trees. This idea was hatched branches. I see apples every- by one of the Feather River where, pears on Lawrence College environmental Street, plums in the neigh- studies classes, as they brain- borhoods up behind the stormed how they could courthouse, cherry plums, assist the sustainability chokecherries and black- effort in the area. It is now berries. Most mornings I becoming a reality with an can graze around town dur-inaugural gleaning project ing my hour-long meander, on our horizon. my fruit hunger satisfied for On Oct. 22 the JOLT project the day. will occur on the Plumas I have been a "gleaner" all Unified School District lawn, my life. I think it is a natural where the farmers market response for many when they happens during the summer see low-hanging fruit to months. JOLT is an acronym reach up and pick a piece,for Juice 'em Or Lose Them. When I was a child our The community is invited to family spent our summers scour Quincy for apples and on Tomales Bay in Marin bring them to the PUSD lawn. County. There we would Hale and hearty volunteers wait for July, when the black- will help to crush and berries would "come on." In squeeze the apples into juice. August apples, pears and my Bring clean bottles also, in favorite, huckleberries, which you can carry home would make their presence the finished juice to enjoy. known. This is when I The hours are between noon learned to bake, as my and dusk. If you would like to ' mother could never keep upbring your own press, please with all our bounty, as well feel free to add your energy to as requests for pies, cobblers, the fun. event is co-sponsored by Workshop, Friday, Oct. 7, 9 register online at Sustainable tarts, cakes and jams that There are many apple trees Transition Quincy and a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the fair- AgWorkshop.com. required this fruit, that are not harvested each Quincy Natural Foods. QNF's grounds in Quincy. Topics Coming to the Town Hall I would also dine on sour year. Instead of letting them customer appreciation daywill include food safety for Theatre Wednesday, Oct. 12, grass, purslane, amaranth, go to waste, knock on thewill be occurring at the same market farms, the businessat 7 p.m., is the documentary dandelion greens, water nearest door to enquire if time, with tastings, samples of poultry and egg farming, "Green Fire," the life story cress, miner's lettuce and the owner would like you to and information about thewinter food storage: root of Aldo Leopold, a conserva- wild onions, a habit I con- harvest the forgotten fruit, co-op. Take in both events, cellars and alternatives, tionist, whose vision of com- tinue now. Picking up sticks Perhaps bring them back aenjoying some of the best of mountain fruit production,munity that cares for both and pine cones, I would take quart of juice in return,our community during thisbeekeeping, table displayspeople and land continues to them home for kindling This is another fun way fall season, and more. inspire projects around the wood. I made necklaces out of that we can look at our Other events to enjoy Contact Feather River world. The film is free to the acorns and Christmas tree bounty -- both in the way of include: Land Trust for registration community with a donation decorations out of oak balls, fruit and community. ThisSustainable Agriculture information at 283-5758, or suggested. If there was a possible use for something I would drag it home. Plumas Fire S Council m The Plum /s County Fire from establishing or main- removed before igniting the The Plumas County Fire Safe Council's regularly taining their defensible pile. Covering a pile ensures Safe Council is a coalition scheduled monthly meeting space, it is dry and consequentlyof citizens, businesses and will be held Thursday, Oct. Unlike other counties, open will burn faster and hotter representatives from local, 13, at the Plumas County burning is still permitted in and consume more of the state and federal government Planning and Building most of Plumas County. Fire material, as wet wood takes agencies that share a com- Services officeat 555 Main St. Safe Council members wantlonger to burn, requires mon interest in preventing in Quincy. The meeting will to encourage county resi-additional chunking and pro- loss of life and minimizing be from 9 to 11 a.m. dents to burn safely in the duces more smoke, loss of property from wild- At the October meeting the coming beautiful fall days, to' Burning during periods of land fires. The mission of council will discuss progress help reduce smoke impacts in wet weather will als0 lessen the Fire Safe Council is: "To toward current wildfire miti- communities, the risk of an escape and the reduce the loss of natural and gation projects and imple- One of the best ways to distance smoke travels, manmade resources caused mentation of the Community create less smoke is to burn The worst thing residents by wildfire through Firewise Wildfire Protection Plan. only dry, cured, fuels. It is can do is to wait until itCommunity programs and Many Plumas County resi- best to cover piles that have rains and then try to burnpre-fireactivities." dents anxiously wait to begin cured all summer with a wet uncovered piles, or For more information on their annual ritual of open waterproof material before worse, rake up wet needlesthe council and Plumas burning in the fail, when the the rains occur so that the and leaves and try to County's Community Wild- burn ban is lifted. 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