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2A Daily News – Saturday, February 2, 2013 Community people&events Sarcastic frogs Senior menu The Senior Nutrition Program serves meals Monday through Friday at the Red Bluff Community-Senior Center, the Corning Senior Center and the Los Molinos Veterans Hall. The suggested donation for seniors 60 and older is $2.75. For those guests under the age of 60, the guest charge is $7. A donation is not a requirement for you to receive a meal if you qualify for the program. Reservations must be made a minimum of one day in advance by calling 527-2414. Two percent milk is served with each meal. Menu is subject to change. Week of 4-8 Monday Veal Parmesan, Cauliflower, Carrot Raisin Salad, Wheat Roll, Peach Blueberry Compote Tuesday Sloppy Joe w/Cheese, Broccoli Grape Salad, Wheat Bun, Spiced Apples Wednesday BBQ Chicken, Macaroni Salad, Black Bean Salad, Mixed Berries Thursday HEALTHY HEART MENU Minestroni Soup w/Mixed Vegetables, Seasoned Bread Stick. Luau Fruit Cup. Friday Hot Turkey Sandwich, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Orange Juice, Apricots Pawns of Comedy The best of Bay Area stand-up comedy, Pawns of Comedy, will be in Chico Saturday at the Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. Shows are at 8 and 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2. PATH schedule The rotating PATH shelter schedule is as follows: Jan. 11-Feb. 8, North Valley Baptist, 355 David Ave. Feb. 8 -March 8 Abundant Life Fellowship, 21080 Luther Road March 8-April 5, Church of the Nazarene, 900 Johnson St. 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. It has been one of those days when each task I have attempted seems to grow into a stumbling block. I was stumbling along when a friend appeared; he asked me how I was. The stock answer to such a question is usually, "I'm just fine," which is not at all how I was feeling. Deviating from what I am sure he wanted to hear, I answered, "I am not sure how I am, so far today has been a gigantic challenge." I followed the statement with a deep sigh. Friend smiled at me and answered; "Eat the big frog first and the small one won't seem half bad." Now, I had never had anyone suggest I eat frogs before so automatically my countenance changed from the "woe is me mode" to an uncontrollable smile. The vision of me even considering the consumption of a frog amused me. I did sample a fried frog leg one time at the insistence of a girlfriend's father who told me that it tasted just like chicken. Needless to say after one bite I did not agree with him and haven't repeated the eating of frogs of any kind. I have not yet been able to get the vision of eating a big eyed, wiggly frog and so perhaps allegorically, it does give me perspective on how big any problem is. Are any of them worth eating a frog of any size? I am thinking not, unless there is nothing else to eat which would change my whole perspective on just how big any problem can be. Are any problems worth eating a frog of any size? I am thinking not, unless there is nothing else to eat which would change my whole perspective. My day did not get a whole lot better, with the imaginary big frog eaten myriads of little frog problems hopped on until day's end. As I finally fell exhausted into my bed I continued to see my friend's retinue of frogs hopping about with sarcastic grins upon their faces. I actually smiled and drifted off to abode she sewed her own dresses on sleep, awakening the next day to a hand pedaled sewing machine, she cooked her own meals, find that the problem frogs embroidered beautiful were not on that day's items and stitched quilts agenda. as gifts for the family. I am thinking that I can Grandma Great read hunentertain those sarcastic dreds of Western books frogs once in a while withand in later years bought out drowning in the frog herself a television set pond. So many times we with some of her old-age give into the negatives pension money. Many around us that we can't see Tehama County residents the positives even if we may remember seeing her have good eye sight. In the first row of the order to get back on course Carolyn sit in at the State Theatre loges with my usual routine and every Saturday matinee. appease those sarcastic, She often walked the dissmirking frogs I may need tance from what is now to stop and eat a bowl of ice cream which usually brings me Round-up Ave. to the State Theatre. back into a more positive attitude. The usherettes allowed me to go up Okay, okay I am going to stop talk- to say hello to her but children were not allowed to stay in the loges withing about the frogs. While looking through some old out supervision so I would go back papers of an uncle who passed down the stairs and sit with my peers. I believe the memory of my away a number of years ago, I found the obituary of my great, Great Grandmother Lucy has visgrandmother, Lucy J. Hacker. At ited me at just the right time to the time of her death, Dec., 17, make me realize that the frogs in 1963, she was Tehama County's my life are insignificant compared oldest resident, she was 103 years to the trials she faced and overold at the time of her death. Great came. She lost both her husband Grandma Hacker as we called her and a son to death early in her life, encountered a lot of pesky frogs in she had minimal income, did not her life. Born in Mclean County, have the same standards or interIllinois in 1860, she married George ests as her daughter-in-law on W. Hacker, who died in 1927 after whose property she lived. In spite suffering from an accident for many of these life challenges she conyears. Grandma Lucy ran a board- quered the symbolic frogs in her ing house to sustain the family until life in a most gracious and producshe moved to Red Bluff, California tive way. If your week brings a plague of to live with her son, my paternal grandfather, John W. Hacker in frogs, remember my friend's advice, tackle the big one first, the 1943. Lucy Jane Beardsley was only little ones second and soon their able to attend formal schooling for sarcastic faces and hopping bodies six months as there was a scarcity of will only appear in dreams. schools in the area. She taught herself to read and write and was superiCarolyn Barber has been writing or in these skills. While living in her column in the Daily News since Tehama County, she had her son con- 1992. It appears on Saturdays. She struct a small one room cabin for her can be contacted by e-mail at on his property. In that neat as a pin hurcar@yahoo.com. Slacker mother-in-law grating on husband Dear Annie: I am mar- everything because she ried to an absolute angel. never bothered to ask for Unfortunately, her mother help or advice. She has been living with us for believes that God will make a way for the past two years. her. I have no Mom doesn't problem with that, work, doesn't do but God expects much of anything you to be willing around the house, to take the first doesn't cook or step forward. clean, and sleeps THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 We don't want until nearly noon. VOLUME 128, NUMBER 52 her on the street, We have to ask her obviously, and to do things, just HOW TO REACH US as we would a Annie's will continue to let her stay here. But child, and then she On the Web: we have no privaresponds as if www.redbluffdailynews.com we're scolding her. by Kathy Mitchell cy and require Mom is only 54 and Marcy Sugar extended trips just MAIN OFFICE: NEWS to feel normal. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. News Tip Hotline: 527-2153 and has no medical or physical problems How do we encourage her Main Phone (530) 527-2151 FAX: (530) 527-9251 that would keep her from to move on? — Need Outside area (800) 479-6397 E-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com working. 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Insist that she get counseling as a condition of staying, and your wife should ask to go with her for the first session to explain the issues to the counselor. Dear Annie: Two years ago, my wife developed breast cancer. The cancer was removed, and we've been told she will be fine. We have been married for 41 years, and I am hoping for another 41. I love my wife more than words can say. Since her brush with cancer, I have noticed that things that once might have incited a ''discussion'' no longer seem to matter. And I have discovered a number of maladies of my own. I have, for instance, become ''deaf'' to certain things in our marriage. For instance, she used to say ''you know'' a lot. You know? Now I am just thrilled to hear her voice. Blindness has also invaded our house. Neither of us notices the petty annoyances that used to bug us. Our marriage is better now that we don't see so well. We both have lost our ability to talk, as well. Once in a while, certain words — hurtful words — used to be thrown around carelessly. But now, neither one of us has the ability to say such things anymore. And I had no idea that cancer could make a person forgetful. I can no longer recall any of my wife's faults. One thing that has not been affected, though, is my heart. It still races when I see her. It still flutters when I hear her voice. And it still skips a beat when we kiss. Why must we wait until it is almost too late to appreciate what we have — and could have lost? — A Little Wiser Dear Wiser: We love this. Your words should remind all couples of what is truly important. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with our readers. Dear Annie: I have another suggestion for ''Not Anti-Social or Addicted to the Internet.'' A good place to meet folks is at a bowling alley. We have a lot of fun at our local one. They offer bowling, coffee and some prizes. It's not a regular league, just a fun time. He should check it out. It includes folks of all ages, although most range from 50 to 80. — Bowler from Florida ago... Announcing Practice Closure Coldest Day of the Michele Martin, DPM Winter in Red Bluf f Today was the coldest weather so far the present winter in the Red Bluff district, the record showed in the office of H. J. Andree, local observer for the U. S. weather bureau. At 8 a.m. with no wind blowing, the government thermometer on top of the Bank of Tehama County building registered 27 degrees above. This is five degrees warmer than the coldest day last winter when it was 22 above one day in January 1922. — Feb. 2, 1923 Office Closing February 28, 2013 527-2523 Medical Records Request P.O. Box 609 Cottonwood Ca 96022