MIDDLETOWN -- The Middletown Area Merchants Association in conjunction with the U.C. Master Gardeners are planning a corrective maintenance tree pruning demonstration and workday Feb. 23. It will take place in downtown Middletown. Volunteers are needed. Anyone who wishes to volunteer should meet at the empty lot at the corner of highways 29 and 175 at 10 a.m. For more information, call Tanya at Star Gardens Nursery at 987-0998.