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FRIDAY, APRIL 20 Red Bluff Al-Anon, 6-7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jefferson and Hickory Celebrate Recovery, 7 p.m., Bethel Assembly of God, 625 Luther Road, 527-0445 or 366-6298 Knit for Kids, 9:15 to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372 Reeds Creek School Board, 1:30 p.m., 18335 Johnson Road, library Red Bluff Round-Up Rodeo Family Day, 7 p.m., Tehama District Fairground, 527-1000 Round-Up Downtown Carnival, 3-10 p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 21 Red Bluff BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $10 Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, 7-10 a.m., Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, $5 Red Bluff Round-Up Rodeo, 2:30 p.m., Tehama District Fairground, 527-1000 Round-Up Downtown Carnival, 9:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Round-Up Parade, 10 a.m., downtown Sears Tractor Rodeo, noon-3 p.m., Sears parking lot Tehama County Wildflowers Trail Run/Walk, 8 a.m., Sacramento River Bend Recreation Area Tracy Lawrence Concert, 8 p.m., Tehama District Fairground, 527-8700 Weight Watchers meeting, 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., weigh-in starts half-hour before meeting. 485 Antelope Blvd.#N, next to Bud's Jolly Kone, 1-800-651-6000 Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Senior Center, Josephine Street, 384-2100 Los Molinos Tehama Tehama County Museum, 1-4 p.m weekends, weekday group tours by appointment, donation, 275 C St., group tours 384-2595 SUNDAY, APRIL 22 Red Bluff Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St., 527-2449 Cowboy Church Services, 10 a.m., Tehama Dis- trict Fairground Red Bluff Round-Up Rodeo Tough Enough to Wear Pink, 1:30 p.m., Tehama District Fairground, 527-1000 Round-Up Downtown Carnival, 10 a.m.to 5 p.m. WHEEPicnic and Prayer Circle, 4:20 p.m., 22116 Riverside Ave. Evangelist services, 7 p.m., Family Bible Church, 609 Marin St., 824-9989 Corning Tehama Tehama County Museum, 1-4 p.m weekends, weekday group tours by appointment, donation, 275 C St., group tours 384-2595 MONDAY, APRIL 23 Red Bluff English as a Second Language class, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednes- day and 9 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Thursdays, free child- carefrom 9 a..m. to 12:20 p.m. classes in Richlieu Hall, 900 Johnson St. Gastric Bypass Support Group, 6 p.m., St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital, Columba room, 529-3066 Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St. Eliz- abeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Rusty, 529- 2059 Key to Life, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Masterworks Chorale rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-4203 PAL Martial Arts, age 5 - 18, 3-5 p.m., 529-7920, www.tehamaso.org. Red Bluff Community Band rehearsal, 7-9 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 727- 8744 Retired and Active Federal Employees, 11:30 a.m., Veteran's Memorial Hall, 735 Oak St., call Karen at 585-2494 Salvation Army Writing Class, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 940 Walnut St., 527-8530 Sun Country Quilters Community Service Group, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free, by appointment only, Youth Empowerment Services, 1900 Walnut St., 527-8491, Ext. 3012 Tehama County Military Family Support Group, 6 p.m., Countryside Cafe, 638 Washington St., 529- 2416 US citizenship preparation class, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday Venture Crew 1914 meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., Moose Lodge on 99W, co-ed ages 14-20 welcome Friday, April 20, 2012 – Daily News 3A Greed is never good When Gordon Gekko, the main antagonist in the 1987 film "Wall Street," declared in no uncertain terms that "greed is good!" people flocked to the theaters. And cheered. But it was just a movie. Please don't base your belief system on a movie line that might have been memorable and enter- taining, but dead wrong. Greed is like a cancer that when left untreat- ed can destroy individuals, families, businesses, governments and economies. Greed makes financially igno- rant people putty in the hands of the consumer credit industry. My igno- rance about credit and debt, plus my skewed logic that somehow I could have all that I wanted now and it would somehow work out in the end, set me up to be greed's dream client. Credit was my accomplice. And choosing that course in my life landed me in a pit of financial despair. It took me 12 years to ruin my life and 13 years to come back. That's 25 years just to get back to square one! I shudder to think of all the opportunities that were forever lost in my life at the hand of that monster, greed. I'm a lot wiser now, as a result of the hard lessons that experi- ence has taught me. If you don't have 25 years to learn these lessons on your own, save yourself the cost and the trou- ble by learning from my mistakes. Dump your greed now. How? Here are four simple steps: Develop personal compassion. Putting the situations of others' ahead of ourselves takes our eyes off of our selfish desires. It softens our heart and fills us with compassion for the needs of others. Develop generosity. A wants. Take some of your wants and find someone who has a real need. Take the money you would have spent on those wants, and give it to the need instead. Repeat. Make giving part of your personal money management pro- gram. Mary Hunt heart filled with gratitude expresses itself with gen- erosity. Generosity kills greed. As you acknowledge all that you have in light of the needs of those around you, you'll find your- self feeling genuinely grateful in ways you may have not experienced before. Generosity will become the natural outflowing of your grateful heart. Put others' needs ahead of your Can you imagine what could happen in our neigh- borhoods if every person reading this were to give some of what they have -- money, time and talents -- to meet the needs of oth- ers? We would start a revo- lution. Everyday Cheapskate an environment that is void of greed. It can hap- pen, I know, because I have experienced it. I've seen gratitude in operation in my own community, and I cannot describe the joy and contentment this brings. Just imagine living in Here's what I'm asking you to do, right now. Think of five friends you can share this column with. Then do it. Now. Driving greed from your life will change your heart, and it just might do the same in theirs. Monday, April 16, as Taxpayer Hero of 2011 by the Family Action PAC, an organization focusing on uphold- ing conservative values and supporting candidates. "Private property rights and freedom are insepara- ble. You cannot have private property rights without freedom and you can't have freedom without private Police reports The following infor- mation is compiled from Red Bluff Police Depart- ment, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Depart- ment and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Red Bluff Police requested deputies assist in locating a suspect just before 5 a.m. Wednesday in a hit and run on Raw- son Road. The suspect vehicle, a black 1996 Chevrolet Blazer, was found in the 10900 block of Cody Drive. No further information was avail- able. • William Randall Ren- strom, 31, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday at Food Maxx. An employee of the store ini- tially called to report a physical fight outside the store at about 10:40 a.m. A second caller said it was actually employees trying to stop a shoplifter. Renstrom was charged with second degree rob- bery and violation of parole. Bail was set at $50,000. ment. He was charged with inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and violation of probation. Bail was set at $65,000. • Xavier Alexander Assemblyman Jim Nielsen receives taxpayer award Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) was honored property rights," said Nielsen. "It seems that private property rights are always at risk at the hands of a too- powerful government." Nielsen is the founding president of the California Alliance to protect private property rights, the foremost private property rights advocacy organization in Cali- fornia. Kerestesy, 36, of Salem, Ore., was booked Tues- day at the Tehama County Jail. He was charged on arrest warrants for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 and special allegations involving pen- etration with an unknown object and a minor. Bail was set at $150,000. • Jerry Deloy Wilson, 39, of Red Bluff was arrested Tuesday in the 300 block of South Main Street. Wilson, also known as Michael E. Dearmore, was charged with second degree bur- glary and violation of pro- bation. Bail was set at $100,000. treated Wednesday for choking issues when staff at St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital noticed unusual bruising. Deputies were called in to investigate. • Some 20 light poles were reported stolen Wednesday at Tehama Auto Center. The poles were taken during the night. Theft • Scrap metal was reported stolen Tuesday from a property in the 24100 block of Bosque Avenue in Corning. About two tons of scrap metal, valued at about $500, was taken between April 7 and 13. • About 12 hours after the Renstrom arrest, another man was arrested in the Food Maxx parking lot. Joe Landecho Lopez, 31, of Gerber was arrested Wednesday evening dur- ing a traffic stop of a red 1997 Ford, which he was driving. Deputies searched the vehicle with K-9 Booker on the out- side of the vehicle, which lead to a search inside the vehicle. During the search, deputies saw Lopez trying to hide a controlled substance on himself. He was detained, and deputies found methamphetamine and numerous prescription medications throughout the vehicle. Lopez was charged with possession of narcotics and con- trolled substances, trans- portation of controlled substance and posting an insufficient fund check. Bail was set at $70,000. • William John Carlton Jr., 24, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday at the Red Bluff Police Depart- Your tax experts 32 Years Plus Experience "Enrolled to practice before the IRS" Open Year-Round New Clients Welcome www.lassentax.com Enrolled Agents: Rose Hablitzel, EA Rex Cerro, EA (530) 527-8225 208 Elm St., Red Bluff All major Credit Cards accepted • Saulo Daniel Eduar- do, 23, of Astoria, Ore., was arrested Tuesday at the Tehama County Jail. He was charged on a bench warrant for second degree robbery and is being held without bail. • Johnny Carmen Her- nandez, 18, of Los Molinos was arrested Tuesday evening in the 200 block of Washington Street. He was charged with felony vandal- ism and exhibiting a deadly weapon other than a gun. Bail was set at $16,000. • Daniel Coleman Cahalan, 27, of Los Moli- nos was arrested late Tuesday at Gilmore Ranch Road at Hoy Road. He was charged on bench warrants for violation of probation, obstructing a public officer, driving on a suspended license and violation of a condition of post release community supervision. Bail was set at $5,000. Vandalism • A possible road rage incident left one man with damage to his vehicle. A caller reported Wednes- day that a man in his 30s in a white sedan got angry when the victim passed him on Main Street. The suspect threw something at his car. When the vic- tim tried to contact the suspect, he got out of the sedan in the area of Reeds Avenue and South Jack- son Street and kicked the side of his car, causing $200 damage. The sus- pect left the area before officers arrived. Goats • A 45-year-old woman reported Wednesday that goats damaged her white 1999 Ford Crown Victoria while she was parked at a residence in the 18900 block of Ridge Road. Deputies later reclassified the incident as a civil issue between neighbors. • Christopher Michael Nelson, 29, of Corning was arrested Tuesday in the 200 block of Marty Court in Corning. He was charged on a bench war- rant for possession of a controlled substance for sale. Bail was set at $100,000. Child Abuse • An 8-month-old child was reportedly being COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES All makes and models. We perform dealer Smog Check starting at$ Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. (most cars and pick-ups) 2595 + cert. lean-to. 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The boy was driving a 2005 Harley Davidson north on Wilder Road, just south of Reeds Creek Road, at an unknown speed when he approached the rear of a Ford F-250 pickup. He tried to pass it in the southbound lane as the driver, Jason Northern, 38, of Red Bluff, Collision •A 16-year-old Red making a left turn into a driveway and the two vehicles collided. North- ern was uninjured. Both vehicles had minor dam- age. Crash Tehama woman received minor injuries in a crash at 7:50 p.m. Wednesday on South Avenue, just west of Wisconsin Avenue. Jennifer Brooks was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Her passenger, Steven Zimmerman, 26, of Corn- ing, was uninjured. Brooks was driving west on South Avenue at 55 mph, preparing to make a right onto Wisconsin when she applied her brakes and the wheels locked up Her 1991 Toy- ota Tercell, which had moderate damage, slid across Wisconsin Avenue, running off the northwest corner of the road and becoming stuck in a drainage ditch. • A 29-year-old began