Redlands Daily Facts

Jude: Warning Against False Teachers

The professor continues his series on the more obscure and less well-known books of the Bible. This week: the Epistle of Jude. Every pastor has had to deal with the troublemaker who teaches his or her flock things he regards as wrong or heretical.

Sale of Uncommon Plants Coming Oct. 10

REDLANDS - For many years, members of the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society have held propagation programs at their plant yard in Prospect Park. Horticultural Society members work at the plant yard each Wednesday all year long. Not only do they teach interested people how to propagate plants from cuttings, divisions and seeds, they also lovingly raise a great variety of unique plants.

Lettuce Advice and Lemon Tree Tips

Q: I have an 18-year-old gardenia hedge that is 9 feet long by 3 1/2 feet high next to the house. With morning sun and afternoon shade they have done wonderfully all these years until late last summer. The leaves turned brown on the end bush. No one knows of any foreign solution being dumped in the area. The gardenia survived. Now this summer the leaves are starting to turn brown on the top and in the center. I find no bugs, but now the boxwood in the back yard is doing the same thing. We nee...

Garden Symposium at Kimberly Crest

A "Garden Centennial Symposium" is planned for Saturday, Oct. 10, on the grounds of Kimberly Crest and Prospect Park. The event continues the centennial celebration of the Kimberly Crest gardens.

Grants Available for School Gardens

REDLANDS - For more than a decade the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society, through its RHIS Dean Fund Project, has been providing grants to schools in the greater Redlands area for school garden and horticultural projects. The Horticultural Society looks forward to continuing the Dean Fund grants this year.

Stress Is Killing Your Business

Question: I run a small business. In this current business climate, my employees and I are suffering from horrid stress. What do you recommend? Mimi: You can increase productivity, decrease workers' compensation claims, increase employee satisfaction, decrease sick days at little cost to your company with stress control.

'Mr. Lincoln Goes to Hollywood'

REDLANDS - From the beginning of cinema, Abraham Lincoln has been prominently featured on the silver screen. In honor of the Bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, the Lincoln Memorial Shrine and the University of Redlands will host a film symposium Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3, examining the numerous Hollywood depictions of perhaps the most celebrated of all Americans.

Historic Preservation or Trails?

REDLANDS - Preserving historic buildings? Providing trails and greenways? Or both? The Redlands Conservancy wants to know which issue stirs the passions of Redlands residents. So, Redlands residents will get their chance to weigh in and vote with their dollars for the Redlands Conservancy projects they believe are most important for Redlands.

Author, Philanthropist to Speak at Conference

RIVERSIDE - Philanthropist and author Tracy Gary will speak on "Creating the World We Want: New Tools for New Realties" Friday, Oct. 9, at the Zonta International District 9 Conference at the Mission Inn and Spa in Riverside. Members of the Zonta Club of Redlands and of Zonta clubs from five western states and northern Mexico will attend the conference, which runs from Oct. 8 through Oct. 11.

Zonta Club Hosts Footlighters Reception

REDLANDS - Redlands Footlighters Theater and the Zonta Club of Redlands hosted an opening night reception for theater patrons after the Footlighters' Sept. 10 performance of "Funny Money." Footlighters is celebrating 64 years of community theater. This year's lineup of shows includes Agatha Christie's "The Unexpected Guest" and three other shows.