Home Front Home Front (December 03, 2004)

CAN THEY REBLOOM? . . . A class on Basic Care and Reblooming of Orchids will be held Saturday, Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. at McLellan Botanicals, 159 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. The class is free, but reservations are required and space is limited to 20 people. For information, call (800) 4-ORCHID or visit www.orchidexperts.com.
GOT GUNK? . . . The last Household Hazardous Waste Day for 2004 is planned for tomorrow from 9 a.m. to noon at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant, 2501 Embarcadero Way, Palo Alto. Palo Alto residents (with proof of residency) can drop off photo chemicals, batteries, paints, solvents, pool chemicals, household cleaners and drain openers, pesticides and old hypodermic needles. No explosives, radioactive or infectious waste, gas cylinders or containers larger than 5 gallons (except aerosol and camp stove cylinders). For information, call the hotline at (650) 496-6980.
BE PREPARED . . . The City of Palo Alto recently included advice from the Office of Emergency Services about how to prepare for a major storm. Key pieces were: 1) Keep insurance policies and important documents in a safe-deposit box; 2) Discuss emergency plans with your family; 3) Store supplies -- first-aid kit, foods for special diets, dried or canned foods, can opener, cash, portable radio with extra batteries and drinking water -- at work, home or in the car; 4) Keep leaves out of streets, gutters and catch basins. For more information on storm preparation, or on joining Palo Alto's Community Emergency Response Team training, call (650) 617-3197.

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