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Bingo Los Molinos High School Boosters and Los Molinos Veterans of Foreign Wars will be hosting Bingo every 1st and 3rd Tuesday starting March 2 at the Los Molinos VFW Hall, 7980 Sherwood Blvd. Doors open at 4:30 p.m., and after dinner, the first game is at 6:15 p.m., regularat 6:30 p.m. More information is available by calling 384-2738. Meeting Sons-in-Retirement will hold its monthly meetings for retired men at 11:30 a.m. the first Monday of each month at the Elks Lodge. For information, call Bill Blunt 529-5700. Closure Gyle Road, west of Rawson Road, was closed at 3:30 p.m. Friday due to flooding and will be closed until further notice. 2A – Daily News – Saturday, February 27, 2010 THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 Editor: Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com Sports Editor: Rich Greene sports@redbluffdailynews.com Circulation Manager: Kathy Hogan khogan@redbluffdailynews.com Production Manager: Sandy Valdivia sandy@redbluffdailynews.com On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area 800-479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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NEWS News Tip Hotline: 527-2153 FAX: (530) 527-9251 E-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com Daytime: (530) 527-2151 Sports: Ext. 111 Obituaries: Ext. 103 Tours: Ext. 112 After hours: (530) 527-2153 ______________________ ADVERTISING Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Display: 527-2151 Ext. 122 Classified: 527-2151 Ext. 103 Online (530) 527-2151 Ext. 133 FAX: (530) 527-5774 E-mail: advertise@redbluffdailynews.com VOLUME 125, NUMBER 84 A MediaNews Group Newspaper The Red Bluff Daily News is an adjudicated daily newspaper of general circulation, County of Tehama, Superior Court Decree 9670, May 25, 1955 © 2010 Daily News N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY SPECIAL PAGES ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS Mondays: Kids Corner Tuesdays: Employment Wednesdays: Business Thursdays: Entertainment Fridays: Select TV Saturdays: Farm, Religion HOW TO REACH US Publisher & Advertising Director: Greg Stevens gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com at 649 Main Street Downtown Red Bluff Planning aWedding? Come to Gayle's Tuxedo Rentals Best Selection Best Service Best Prices Beautiful Hair & Nails Welcomes: Anneliese Peterson For appts or directions Call: 200-Hair Providing: Cuts, Colors, Styles and smiles for the whole family Open Mon.-Fri. Located on the corner of Lincoln & Walnut Smog Check starting at $ 29 95 (most cars and pick-ups) Pass or FREE retest COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR + cert. All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. $ Money $ 2 Lend Cash 4 Notes McKinley Mortgage Co. CA DRE # 01773837 Call 530-241-0977 800-909-1977 Community people & events Midnight Blaze In Midnight Blaze In New Fortier Building New Fortier Building At midnight Saturday fire broke out in the new Fortier building at the corner of Walnut and Jeffer- son streets and although quickly put out by the fire lads did considerable damage. It is most unfortu- nate for Mr. Fortier who had just finished the build- ing. ... The loss to Mr. Fortier will be several hun- dred dollars. — Daily News, Feb. 27, 1910 100 100 years years ago... ago... Setting it straight –––––––– 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. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. No leap year this year This month of February has sped by so very fast. So fast that the last day is Sunday, Feb. 28! I know that is the ending date of the month until the fourth year. The fourth year is referred to as Leap Year. There is a bit of folk- lore around the world that has to do with the Leap Year date of Feb. 29. Many societies believed that the date was a day for conceiving or birthing babies, proposing mar- riage, or getting married. In the British Isles, February 29 is the day when women no longer have to wait for men to propose marriage. The women can ask the men to marry them on the Leap Year date. It is said that any man who turned down a woman on Feb- ruary 29 would be fined. A tradition from Scotland says that the Scots Parliament passed a law that if a man wouldn't marry the lassie who proposed to him, he had to make amends by giving her a silk gown or some money. A third tradition says the right of women to ask the question is according to English common law. It was common for Celtic women to ask for the man's hand in marriage and they did not wait until leap year. In these days and time frames it is not consid- ered unusual for women to ask men to marry them. All this "missing day" stuff was first introduced by King Ptolemy III of Egypt in 238 BC. In ancient times, it was cus- tomary to have lunar (moon) calendars, with 12 and/or 13 months every year. To align the calendar with the seasons, the 13th month was inserted as a "leap month" every two or three years. Many countries, especially in Asia still use such calendars. Many other calendars have been and still are used throughout the world. The Gregorian calendar was first adopted in Italy, Poland, Por- tugal and Spain in 1582. This was done by dropping 10 days in October of that year. In Great Britain (and America), the Grego- rian calendar would not come until much later, in September 1752; 11 days were dropped. Leap years are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the earth's revolutions around the sun. No calendars used today are per- fect; they are off by seconds, min- utes, hours or days every year. To make a calendar more accurate, new leap year rules have to be intro- duced every year. New leap year rules have to be introduced to the Gregorian calendar, complicating the calculation of the calendar even more. It will however, need some modifications in a few thousand years. As for the tropical year, it is approximately 365.242199 days, but varies from year to year because of the influence of other planets. Leap years that share the same day of the week for each date repeat only every 28 years between the years 1904 and 2096. Enough of this Leap Year lesson, why am I so inspired to write about it, some readers have proba- bly guessed that I have someone in my family who entered the world on February 29th. No Leap Year for him this year, the next Leap Year birthday is 2012. We have come to call the in between years the "un-birthday" years. Happy Un-Birthday Hurley we will have some cake and ice cream anyway. Carolyn Barber has been writing her column in the Daily News since 1992. It appears on Saturdays. She can be contacted by e-mail at hur- car@yahoo.com. The Senior Nutrition Program serves meals Monday through Friday at the Red Bluff Community Center, the Corning Senior Center and Los Molinos. Meals are a $2.50 suggested donation and $6 for those younger than 60. Reservations for all locations are available one day in advance at 527-2414. Two percent milk is served with each meal. Menu is subject to change. Week of March 1 through March 5 Monday Pulled pork on wheat bun, baked bean medley, corn, pineapple coleslaw, baked apple slices. Tuesday Ham, sweet potatoes, baby lima beans, rye bread, pineapple orange juice, cherry dump cake. Wednesday Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, zucchini and cauliflower, wheat bread, pears. Thursday Hungarian goulash and noodles, butternut squash, apple juice, wheat roll, strawberries. Friday Vegetarian Menu Chilli rellenos casserole, spanish rice, mexicali corn, grape juice, chilled mango. Senior Menu Carolyn Barber Folders containing photos submitted to the Daily News are almost at capacity and staff will soon be getting rid of unclaimed photos. If you think you may have submitted a photo for an item on this page and want it back, please pick it up during busi- ness hours. Thank you for helping us keep Tehama County covered. Photos to be tossed Courtesy photos Friday, Feb. 12, students at Bidwell SERRF celebrated Character Counts Leadership Day by honoring all of their teachers, staff, principals and administration. Some students honored one of their teachers, top, while others made a banner to celebrate the day. Bidwell Serrf Community Clips Navy Seaman Recruit Christopher R. Pigmon, son of Nancy K. and Tim- othy V. Pigmon of Corn- ing, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Com- mand, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Pigmon com- pleted a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction on naval cus- toms, first aid, firefight- ing, water safety and sur- vival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. It also place an emphasis on physical fitness. The cap- stone event of boot camp is Battle Stations, which gives recruits skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet. It is designed to galva- nize the basic warrior attributes of sacrifice, dedication, teamwork and endurance in each recruit through the practical application of basic Navy skills and the core values of honor, courage and commitment. Its distinctly Navy fla- vor was designed to take into account what it means to be a Sailor. Pigmon is a 2007 grad- uate of Corning Union High School. In The Military