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Staffreports Gregory Sims is Dignity Health's 2015 Values in Ac- tion award honoree. This award is the com- pany's highest recognition and is bestowed upon in- dividuals and teams for outstanding contributions to the health care minis- try. While everyone asso- ciated with the company works toward fulfilling its mission, the efforts of some present an outstanding ex- ample of commitment to values and mission, and they are recognized and honored. Sims is a clinical labora- tory scientist at St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital. Sims has been recog- nized by his peers for his ex- ceptional professional qual- ity, remaining a person of high integrity and further- ing the healing ministry of Dignity Health. Other nominees for the 2015 award included Sarah Binstadt, RN, health nurse; Jenny Brown, RN, emer- gency room services; Rox- ann Higgins, RN, emer- gency room services; Ricky Guinn, IT technical services and Eileen Smith, Human Resources coordinator. RECOGNITION SimsnamedValues in Action honoree COURTESYPHOTO Gregory Sims selected to be Dignity Health's 2015Values in Action award honoree. Watts! Kilowatts! and What's! The town trustees four strong, Messrs. Beal, Ham- mer, Brown and Brans- ford, ground out the reg- ular monthly grist in good old fashioned way last eve- ning while Mayor Feeley is taking his vacation in the high Sierras. Besides the regular allowance of the monthly bills the all im- portant topic last evening was lights, and the board was given more light upon the subject by L. J. Brown, a representative of the General Electric Company. — Oct. 9, 1915 100 YEARS AGO... City trustees decide to make plans for new street lighting system The Tehama County Local Child Care Plan- ning Council will hold its next meeting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20. The council meets at the Tehama County De- partment of Education, 1135 Lincoln St. in Red Bluff. For more information, call 528-7325. MEETING Child care planning meeting announced Dance demonstrations by the Redding Interna- tional Couples Performing Dancers, accordion music performed by Brooke Kin- ner and a street dance ac- companied by the band Flashback will be featured at the 6th annual Oktober- fest 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. The dancers will dem- onstrate authentic folk and Germandancesat5:45p.m. and 6:30 p.m. The dancers have performed for more than 20 years, specializing in German dances. While German dance demonstra- tions are most in demand, the group also offers dem- onstrations of Scandi- navian, Israeli and Ital- ian folk dances, as well as WaltzandQuadrilleperfor- mances. Local musician Brooke Kinner will play the accor- dion, serenading visitors throughout the evening with German style polka music. Live music by the band Flashback will accompany a street dance later in the evening.Flashbackhasper- formed at the Wednesday night farmers market over the past five years, playing a variety of musical genres including rock, funk, coun- try and rhythm and blues. Songs performed range from the '70s to current hits. Flashback band mem- bers include Mike Patrick on key board, Ryan Patrick on drums and vocal, Fred Reynolds on guitar and vo- cal and Jim Wallingford on bass. While at Oktober- fest enjoy a selection of draft beer, wines and soft drinks in the beer gar- den, along with authentic German food including bratwurst, German po- tato salad, cabbage salad, spiced apples and Black Forest cake. Oktoberfest tickets include the meal. Alcohol is not included in the ticket price. Ticketscanbepurchased pre-sale for $10 each or $12 each at the door. A reduced price of $5 for ages 6-12 and free to children 5 and younger is offered. For tickets, call the church at 527-5205. The church office is open 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday at 510 Jef- ferson St., on the corner of Jefferson and Elm, in Red Bluff. Visit saintpe- tersepiscopal.org. OKTOBERFEST German folk dancers to perform Saturday Today's column is un- usual; it's interactive. You'll need to do more than read; involvement is suggested. (You'll have to make your own participa- tion ribbon however.) In order to get the most out of to- day's exercise, you'll need a few simple tools: 1) Index cards (or small slips of paper if you don't have any index cards) 2) Writing implement. Go get them. I'll wait. I'm in no hurry. (Great! See how easy that was.) Now, let's define our terms. 1) The first is "Noun." To make sure we're all on the same page, a "noun" — according to the dic- tionary — is "a word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things; referred to as a 'common noun,' or to name a particular one of these, which is a 'proper noun.'" Therefore "man" is a noun, "Scott 'Q' Mar- cus" is a proper noun (although anyone ac- quainted with me will at- test that "proper" is cer- tainly not a description equated with me). 2) Next up, let's define, "adjective." Back to the dictionary: "Adjectives are words that describe or modify other words." Therefore, "woman" is a noun. It connotes an image of the female of our species but nothing more. If we toss some ad- jectives into the mix, we create a stronger depic- tion: "She is a middle- aged, graying, healthy, energetic woman." See the difference? (Of course you do; you're the smart- est kid in class! Always have been.) Now, it's your turn. Take out several index cards. On each card write one (non-proper) noun describing you. There are many, yet they are all accurate. For example, you might be: Woman (or man), Human Being, American, Artist, Reader, Parent, Survivor, Student, Teacher, Child of aging parents Pull out a few more in- dex cards and, on them, write one adjective per card that describes you, now or recently. Let's prime the pump: Over- whelmed, Excited, Spiri- tual, Loving, Supportive, Determined, Devoted, Happy, Sad, Creative, Stressed, Bored Here comes the fun part. Put the index card noun and index card ad- jective together that best describes who you are in this moment. Maybe it's, "spiritual human" or "lov- ing parent," or you could get real fancy and com- bine more cards: "de- voted dedicated spouse." You might be "con- fused reader" in this mo- ment, wondering why this even matters. Here's the thing; let me be "enlightening teacher." Our behaviors, and there- fore our lives, are based on the formula: Adjective + Noun = Action. In other words, altering adjectives or nouns causes different choices. As illustration, "over- whelmed woman" acts in a certain fashion as surely as "determined woman" behaves differ- ently. Changing the ad- jective (and sometimes the noun) produces dif- ferent actions. Therefore, it stands to reason that if I am not happy with cer- tain facets of my life, and I can understand which adjective/noun combina- tion drove them; I can choose others to change the path. Let's take it deeper. If I eat too much, the com- bination motivating that might be "bored man" or "stressed parent." Since I am of multiple nouns and adjectives, I can then reach into my per- sonal bag of word salad and determine which permutation would be more beneficial and let it take center stage for a while. Yes, I might in- deed be "stressed child of aging parent," but now accepting of this life-changing formula, I can choose to let "deter- mined student" run the show. Both are equally accurate descriptions of you are, but notice the difference in how you feel — and resultant ac- tions — when swapped. Should you find your- self in a situation not of your liking, examine your nouns and adjectives. Ask of yourself, "Who is driv- ing right now?" Then build a different combi- nation that will better get you to your destination. I know you can do it. It's in the cards. Scott "Q" Marcus is a nationally known weight loss expert for baby boomers and the CRP — Chief Recovering Perfectionist — of www. ThisTimeIMeanIt.com. Check out his new series of free weight loss videos and other inspirational material at www. FourMonthsToGoal.com. 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