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Neighborhood Watch 26 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | SEPTEMBER 2015 The annual Four Seasons Neighborhood Watch celebration of National Night Out is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 5:30 pm in the Lodge Ballroom. All residents are invited to attend this potluck with their neighbors. Sign up sheets are located in the Lodge Lobby. Our speakers will provide updates from local law enforcement and civic leaders. Information: Susan Wilson. August was a very busy and informative month for our Neighborhood Watch- Community Awareness Speaker Series. Since February, our speakers have covered local and community issues including Four Seasons planning and growth, water, the No-Way Gateway project, the San Gorgonio Hospital/ Loma Linda University Medical affiliation, and our California Senator Mike Morrell with state and local issues. These meetings have been very well attended and all residents are invited to these sessions. Our Neighborhood Watch block captains gathering on Aug. 29 brought together veteran block captains with the new neighborhood block captains. Duties of block captains are to contact current and new residents on their streets and record emergency data for those residents. Attending general meetings helps block captains share information and observations with these residents. Neighborhood get-togethers also serve to acquaint neighbors with each other. We need every resident to help make Four Seasons a safe and happy place to live. Support your block captain or reach out to serve as one! Contact Anita Worthen at (951) 595-5396. If you wish to co-sponsor a New Arrival Neighborhood Coffee for your neighbors to get to know each other and learn more about Neighborhood Watch, contact Judy Irving (951) 922-2525. See you at the National Night Out potluck on Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 5:30 pm in the Lodge. Remember: If you see something, say something! ~ Judy Irving In the waning days of summer with the showy garden prima donnas looking sad, it is finally time to pluck the ordinary straw or corn flowers. They are Australian composite plants, Helichrysum Bracteatum, with heads of chaffy yellow, orange, red or white blossoms. Strawflowers need moist but well drained soil. They should be grown in full sun or partial shade and fed monthly with a low phosphorous fertilizer. Strawflowers are great for cut or dried flowers (pinch off the side shoots to encourage larger blooms). For dried flower arrangements, strawflowers should be cut just as they begin to open, then dried head down, hanging by the stem in a dry, shaded area for a couple of weeks. Xerochrysum Bracteatum, commonly known as the golden everlasting or strawflower, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Australia. Described in 1803, it was known as Helichrysum Bracteatum for many years before being transferred to a new genus Xerochrysum in 1990. It grows as a woody or herbaceous perennial or annual shrub up to three feet tall, with green or grey leafy foliage with golden yellow or white flower heads produced from spring to autumn. Their distinctive feature is the papery bracts that resemble petals. The species is widespread, growing in a variety of habitats across the country, from rain forest margins to deserts and subalpine areas. The golden everlasting serves as food for various larvae of butterflies and moths, and adult butterflies, hoverflies, native bees, small beetles, and grasshoppers visit the flower heads. ~ Len Tavernetti Beaumont Blooms Helichrysum Bracteatum bloom in many distinctive colors and make beautiful decorative accents.

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