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2A Daily News – Friday, May 25, 2012 Community people&events Sharps collection kiosks Tehama County residents have been able to safely dis- pose of their home-generated sharps (needles, lancets, or any device that pierces the skin to administer medication) for the past 4 years due to the successful Sharps Collection Program. To protect solid waste employees, it is against the law to place any device that pierces the skin into the trash. The program provides free sharps collection containers with free disposal at various kiosks throughout the county. • Bowman Road Fire Station: 18355 Bowman Road., Cottonwood • St. Elizabeth Hospital Coyne Center: 2550 Sister Mary Columba, Red Bluff • Tehama County Health Services Agency Outpatient Clinic: 1850 Walnut St., Red Bluff • Tehama County/Red Bluff Landfill: 19995 Plymire Rd., Red Bluff Mon – Fri 8:00am – 4:30pm and Sat & Sun 8:00am – 2:30pm • Corning HHW Facility: 3281 Highway 99W, Corning Mon – Fri 8:00am – 5:00pm Every day 7:30am - 5:30pm • Latimer's Pharmacy 7885 Hwy 99E, Los Molinos Mon – Fri 9:00am – 5:30pm • Rancho Tehama Transfer Station: 17715 Rancho • Corning Fire Department: 814 5th Street, Corning By any other name… What we say to ourselves in our quiet spaces gives birth to actions. Life is the consequences of those events. If we wish to alter the course of our existence, to change its path, or to enjoy more the process, we must begin with the thoughts that steer it. For example, let us take the Words matter. Tehama Road, Rancho Tehama Tues - Sat to noon, 12:30pm-4:15pm approved sharps container and then place the full sharps container into the kiosk. Residents may continue to pick up a free medically approved 1.5 quart sharps container at any of the following locations: • Tehama County Health Services Agency Outpatient Clinic • Tehama County/Red Bluff Landfill • St. Elizabeth Hospital (front desk). Available 24hrs • Tehama County Health Services Agency- Corning Residents must place their sharps into a medically In the stark and barren world where one "goes on a diet," it auto- matically implies one must — at some time — go off a diet. All is black and white; there is no gray; only "on" or "off," "good" or "bad," "following the diet" or "cheating." The gradations of in- between, which fill most of life, do not exist as, in that thought process, one cannot be "a little off" anymore than one can be "a little pregnant." overused, beaten down, threadbare expression: "I'm going on a diet." At the point when the peoples of all nations unite in solidarity and appoint me Head Honcho in charge of Global Linguistics, I shall ban the expression; I find its limited options lead to broken promises, loss of joy, low self esteem, and eventual failure. Office: 275 Solano St., Corning Mon - Fri 8:00am to noon and 1-5 p.m. • Latimer's Pharmacy • Rancho Tehama Transfer Station This program is only for Tehama County home-generat- ed sharps users. Business, medical office, or veterinary sharps are not permitted. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight An item on page 4A of Thursday's edition con- tained an error. The Well Being Faire is co-spon- sored by the Downtown Red Bluff Business Associ- ation and the Center for Body, Mind and Spirit. The Daily News regrets the error. –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. mantra of the dieter who has crossed to the dark side: "As long as I blew it, I might as well really blow it! I can start again tomorrow." (or "Monday," or "next year"…) Once I have failed, I might as well get all of the "failing" out of my system, cleaning myself so I will be ready for to be perfect next time (ignoring the fact that it too will end up the same way). heart and mind, crystal clear, straight-line delineation is not pos- sible. We are not rigid robotroids fitting preci- sion machined, pre- ordained molds. One cannot apply a formula to us and expect an exact result. We are too com- plex — and too human — for that. This perfect/awful thinking sup- posedly drives us to be perfect, which is an impossibility, so we inevitably label ourselves as "fail- ures." Those of us who are recover- ing perfectionists know well the Success in anything is rarely cut and dried. Rather the definition varies from one person to the next; sometimes even within oneself, depending on circum- stances. Success is fluid; it requires parsing and nuance. More times than not, it is a two-step forward, one-step backward progression. In the sphere of success, one does not have it one day, lose it the next, regain it the third. She is more suc- cessful than she is not, learns from mistakes, makes adjustments — and therefore moves in a generally successful direction. Successful people have setbacks; the differ- ence is they don't see them as the end of the line. Only in mathematics and sci- ence, can lines can be clearly drawn. Two plus two will always equal four. In matters related of the Scott Q. Marcus choose them wisely. The nice thing about that is if we accept that we will make mistakes, and can find a way to label them not as "fail- ures," but rather "feed- back," we can adjust, change, and even excel. Words do matter; About the author: Scott "Q" Marcus is the CRP (Chief Recovering Perfectionist) of www.ThisTimeIMeanIt.com, a website to support folks frustrated with making promises and ready to make a change in a supportive environment. Sign up for his free newsletter at the site or at facebook.com/thistimeimeanit. Contact him for coaching, consulting, workshops, and speaking at 707.442.6243 or scottq@scottqmarcus.com. His first six years of these columns are now available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/StrivingBooks. Diabetes support group growing Northern Valley Catholic Social Service (NVCSS), in conjunction with Corning Healthcare District, sponsors a Dia- betes Support Group at Sherwood Manor in Los Molinos. Each month an important topic that relates directly to the health of individuals who struggle with this disease is discussed. The most popular topics to date have been diet and nutri- tion. pedometers free of charge to anyone who attends the support group." DAILYNEWS HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 127, NUMBER 140 On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area (800) 479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Fax: (530) 527-5774 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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Pribble of Sacramento, manager of the valley type- writing contests, has written to Robert R Hartsell, principal of Red Bluff High School, tendering hearty congratulations on the work of local students in the recent contest at the cap- ital city. "Congratulations. Your contestants came a long dis- tance, but they made good records for themselves and their school." — May 25, 1922 very important for all of us but for persons with diabetes this is especially important," said Elaine Benwell, support group organizer and Elder Ser- vices Coordinator for NVCSS. "We distributed "Physical activity is Brenda Martin, a sup- port group attendee, was inspired by receiving the gift of the pedometer and created her own routine of walking every day around the parking lot. She start- ed out small, but enjoyed feeling so much better that she slowly began increasing her radius. She now joyfully shares, "I lost 35 pounds since October and feel fabu- lous." "The good news," says Benwell, "is that lifestyle interventions, such as diet, losing weight and increasing physical activi- ty can delay or even pre- vent the development of gave a double donation of red blood cells to complete credits for 10 gallons of donations. 10-gallon club At the Red Bluff Round-Up blood drive, Pat Hurton Type 2 Diabetes by as much as 70 percent among adults aged 60 years and older." The Los Molinos Dia- betes Support Group meets the third Thursday of every month from 1-2 pm at 7975 Sherwood Manor Apartments, Com- munity Room. Diabetes Support Groups are also offered in Corning at the Family Resource Center – for Spanish speakers on the first Tuesday of every month from 1-2 p.m., and in English on the second Tuesday of every month, also from 1-2 p.m. The Corning Family Resource Center is located at 1488 South St., across from the West Street School The Elder Services Program also provides information on a variety of topics relevant to seniors, such as arthritis, Alzheimer's, nutrition, and fall prevention. A community outreach event is planned for June, focusing on personal planning and end of life issues. Featured speakers for the event are experts in their field. Topics to be presented are Long Term Care Insurance, Advance Directives, Hospice, and Burial/Funeral. Refresh- ments will be served. For more information on Family Resource Cen- ter activities or to join any of the Diabetes Support groups, please call Elaine at 530-528-7949. COMMUNITY CLIPS said. club was Drippy, the BloodSource mascot. Volunteers at the drive were from Red Bluff Emblem club, sponsors of the regular Red Bluff Community Blood Drive on the third Wednesday of each month at the Veterans Memorial building. Congratulating him on qualifying for the 10-Gallon Tehama County foster youth, ages 16-20, coordinated senior portraits with the help of the community for a large group of program participants graduating high school this year. Foster youth get grad photos The Independent Living Program, which works with "We had an awesome event Saturday with a lot of com- munity support," said Katie Fintel, the Independent Living Program Coordinator through Northern Valley Catholic Social Service. The 7th annual Foster Youth Senior Photos was set up by members in the community who volunteered their Saturday to make our local foster youth seniors feel amazing, Fintel where they were met with snacks, music and a free photo session for their senior photos. First, the youth had their make up done by volunteer Karen Crockett, a Mary Kay consultant. Then, they got to have thier hair done by hair stylist Susan Williams of Reflections. Danny and Diane Rabalais, owners of We Shoot Ya Pho- tography took many diiferent poses using props the youth brought such as a guitar, skateboard, football, school jack- ets and one young woman wore a nice gown and tiara. The couple is donating a free package of senior photos to all 14 foster youth. The youth met at We Shoot Ya Photography studio The Independent Living Program would like to say a big thank you to the volunteers for thier time, support and treat- ing our local foster youth with such kindness and respect, Fintel said. Naval Academy Rep. Wally Herger (R-CA) announced that four students from the 2nd Congressional District of California have been appointed to the U.S. Service Academies, including Cody Veatch of Cottonwood to the Naval Academy. "I congratulate these Northern Californians on their appointments to our nation's service academies," Herger said. Herger appoints to the Interested young men and women 17 to 22 years of age who are residents of California's Second Congressional District and U.S. citizens are invited to apply for future classes. For nomination application and instructions, visit herg- er.house.gov or contact the Chico district office at (530) 893-8363. Sheet Metal Roofing Residential Commercial • Composition • Shingle • Single Ply Membrane RUNNINGS ROOFING "No Job Too Steep" " No Job Too Flat" Serving Tehama County 530-527-5789 530-209-5367 Owner is on site on every job CA. LIC#829089 No Money Down! ESTIMATES FREE Sponsored by Downtown Red Bluff Business Association Well-Being Faire at participating merchants Street Venders Sidewalk Sale Discounts & Specials & Practitioners at 623 Main Street Saturday, June 2nd 10am-4pm Bring a friend