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2A Daily News – Friday, January 25, 2013 Community people&events Literary society eyes You don't know who you're messing with me, to refer myself I conduct a seminar, American humorists Marketing 101, monthly Northern allowed (adjective)todad? as a tives). If you're likemore and I think we're alike "good" for the Jill Wabbel hosted the January meeting for the Fitzhugh Literary Society. This year's theme is American Humorists. Kate Wetmore reported on Andy Rooney, a war correspondent, newspaper columnist, author, television commentator and humorist. Andy was born Jan. 14, 1919 in Albany, NY. He was popular and well thought of my many of his teachers, but his grades were poor. Even so, Andy went on to college where he found his interest in writing. He said, "My marks improved dramatically, not through any genetic transformation, but because I chose courses suited to a deformed intellect." He first met Marguerite Howard when he was 13. They went together off and on all through high school and college. February 1941 they decided, long distance and over a pay phone to get married. They were married for 62 years and had four children. Andy was drafted into the US Army. He came to the conclusion that while he was an objector, he could not honestly claim to be a conscientious one. Shortly after reporting for duty, he was transferred from the 17th Field Artillery unit to The Stars & Stripes in London. He flew with the 8th Air Force on the first American bombing raid over Germany. Andy authored The Story of the Stars and Stripes, Not That You Asked and other books and magazine articles. His freelance career began with CBS writing for Arthur Godfrey, Garry Moore and Victor Borge. In 1962 he began his friendship with Harry Reasoner, writing for him and 60 Minutes. He said, "A great many people do not have a right to their own opinion because they don't know what they're talking about." He gave his last commentary October 2, 2011. One month later, he died at the age of 92. Andy had said, "I do not accept the inevitability of my own death. I secretly think there may be some other way out." During his career, Andy received four Emmy awards, six Writers Guild of America awards, the Peabody award, a Lifetime Achievement Emmy and the Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement award. Andy once said, "I spent 50 years of my life working to become well known as a writer and I've spent the last ten hiding from strangers who recognize me." Today, his children and grandchildren have all followed in his profession. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. 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. 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I am fortunate to have piloted this session for the better part of a decade. One of the relevant factoids I've uncovered over that time is that a satisfied customer will tell five of his friends that he had great service, while his unhappy counterpart will spread forcefully the message of his discontent to 13. The exact numbers might be debated but that would miss the broader point: When someone wrongs us with dreadful service, our first thought is, "You don't know who you just messed with!" Come on, be honest, isn't that the truth? Bad service has happened to you, right? And your reaction is to launch forth — sometimes with quixotic zeal — on a "mission" to bring down the offending business and correct the travesty of this injustice, while informing all you meet to steer clear of that worthless enterprise. I know I've done it. I'm sure you have too. That caused me to ponder why in situations like that, we consider ourselves powerful and important; while in other circumstances, we give away that same influence. It's because of adjectives. (Huh?) We're comfortable with nouns, just not so much with those darned adjectives. They're messy and hard to define, especially when applied to ourselves. For example, I can clearly mark in time the moment I became a "father" (noun), yet when am I If I am a good dad, and I lose my patience, must I relinquish that descriptor? What about if other dads spend more time with their sons than do I? Are they "better" dads than am I? If so, then don't I become a "lesser" dad? See, I'm still the same father, with the same relationship to my sons, the same skills, the Scott same amount of love, but oh how quickly the description changes when I compare myself to others. The implications here go far beyond linguistic and philosophical. Should I consider myself a "bad" dad, I will do whatever is possible to avoid being subjected to the emotions attached to that description. The result is I will further withdraw, becoming some shadowy male-like figure who lurks, Quasimodo-like in the outlying areas of my sons' lives. If I opt instead to focus on my strengths as a father, I find enjoyment in raising my children, which leads to more time and energy expended, and happier, healthier children — and eventually adults — as a result. Unfortunately, our resistance to honor our positives while holding up our shortcomings is derived from our own childhood, being instructed not to be conceited or boastful (more adjec- than different, you're misconstrued that wellmeaning life-lesson to mean "hide your light under a barrel." Each of us — no exception — is respectable, strong, proficient, and talented in many areas. That is not to deny that there are skills, both professional and personal, we have yet Q. to master. However, they are not mutually exclusive; we can accept what must change while still honoring our strengths. Actually, we must do that, for when we focus on what we do well, there is a lighter spring in our step, a fuller laugh, and a stronger desire to extend a hand, further improving the lives of those we touch. After all, only the strong can pull others along. Look in the mirror and remind the person who returns your gaze, "Sometimes you forget whom you are messing with." Marcus Scott "Q" Marcus is the CRP (Chief Recovering Perfectionist) of www.ThisTimeIMeanIt.com. He is available for coaching an speaking at 707.442.6243 or via scottq@scottqmarcus.com. Sign up for his free newsletter at the site or at facebook.com/thistimeimeanit. Enjoy and share his playful TEDx talk, "Finding Happiness as an Imperfect Being" at http://bit.ly/ScottsTEDx Food campaign has success Food For The Hungry experienced a very successful Thanksgiving and Christmas season in 2012. Though the efforts of many businesses, volunteers and donators, 180 families were each given a large food box with not only enough for a holiday dinner but food to last several days. Donated gifts, hygiene supplies and clothing also were included with some boxes. The food outreach is administered by the Los Molinos and Cone Community United Methodist Churches and has grown into a South Central Tehama County Project that also includes some Red Bluff partners. Our canned food drive participants included: our churches — Los Molinos Community United Methodist and Cone United Methodist; our local schools — Los Molinos Elementary and High School, Lassen View Elementary, Gerber Elementary, Vina Elementary and Tehama Head Start Center; our local stores — NuWay Market, Los Molinos Market and Deli, Jill's Fresh Stop, Country Haven, Umpqua Bank; our local organizations — Los Molinos Chamber of Commerce, Central Tehama Kiwanis, North State Barrel Racing Association and our Red Bluff partners — Dr. Strawberry Weber, Psycho Gym and Frontier Village Farmer's Market. Our total was 6,176 donated food items. Los Molinos businesses helped with jars for monetary donations. Those businesses included Jack's Restaurant, Burger Shack Umpqua Bank, Los Molinos Market and Deli, Latimer's Pharmacy, NuWay Market, Los Molinos Hardware, Sys Auto, Country Haven, Jill's Fresh Stop, Roxies and Mill Creek Restaurant. Many monetary donations came from individuals and groups as well as many hundreds of hours of volunteer time and effort from our church members and community group volunteers from Umpqua Bank and Kiwanis. Food For The Hungry works closely with NuWay Market in Los Molinos where our perishable food items as well as some items that we fall short during the year are purchases with our monetary donations. A big thank you to Tom and Brenda at I-5 Tire for the use of their big trailer that we use to pick up food donations from the schools and take our Christmas boxes to the pickup sites. All helped to allow Food For The Hungry to exceed last year's box delivers and permits the food outreach to serve the families in South Central Tehama County areas of Los Molinos, Gerber, Vina and Tehama throughout 2013. During the year, boxes are delivered individually to the families that call the program or families referred to us by Adult Services, local schools and businesses, Head Start and First Step. It is very important to remember that 100 percent of all donations, both food and money, goes to the families we serve. All travel and office work is donated and volunteered. Food For The Hungry thanks the community for its outstanding support of this outreach program. If the public has any questions or wishes to help in this effort, please call coordinator Tom Jones at 228-2662. COMMUNITY CLIPS Manton school board reschedules meeting Feb. 8 -March 8 Abundant Life Fellowship, 21080 Luther Road March 8-April 5, Church of the Nazarene, 900 Johnson St. Due to a lack of quorum, the regular Manton School Board meeting for January has been rescheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 30 at 31345 Forward Road. For more information call 597-2248. Volunteers sought PATH schedule The rotating PATH shelter schedule is as follows: Jan. 11-Feb. 8, North Valley Baptist, 355 David Ave. 90 years ago... Red Bank Farmer Shows Prize Egg From Leghorn Hen James Brown, a farmer of the Red Bank district, believes he owns a leghorn hen that laid a prize egg yesterday as far as size is concerned. He brought the egg to Red Bluff and, with pardonable pride, showed it at the Chamber of Commerce rooms. The egg measured nine inches in length and seven inches in circumference. In other respects it had the appearance of a normal egg. — Jan. 25, 1923 • Alternatives to Violence is in need of volunteers who want to help make a difference in the lives of battered women and children. Information is available from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday at 528-0226. • The Poor and The Homeless Shelter is in need of volunteers. To volunteer for the PATH Shelter, 5 p.m. 8 a.m, 4-hour shifts, call Alice McBride, 366-1075; To volunteer to help with the evening meal served at the shelter, call Ida Pickart, 528-0907. • The Red Bluff Community Center Auxiliary is looking for new board members to help with its two main projects, raising funds for the center and, through its monthly bingos, donations to local charities. Information is available at 527-4589. • The Red Bluff Community Respite Program is looking for volunteers to help with the social day program from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. Information is available from Kim Shaughnessy, program coordinator at Mountain Caregiver Resource Center at 898-5925 or 570-6694. • The Hospice Secondhand Store needs volunteers to operate the cash register. Two shifts are open, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Information is available at 528-9430. • The Tehama County Mentoring Program is seeking volunteers interested in mentoring youth in Tehama County. Opportunities include one-on-one matches, cross-age mentoring for high school students and the Lunch Buddies program for professionals. Materials, training and support are provided. Information is available at 528-7358.