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Thursday, May 20, 2010 – Daily News – 3A Local Calendar THURSDAY, MAY 20 Red Bluff California HEAT chorus, 7 p.m., Metteer School, 695 Kimball Road, 527-8001 Childbirth Class, 5 p.m., St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital, Columba room, Anita 529-8377 Community Action Agency, 3 p.m. Board of Supervisors chambers Democratic Central Committee of Tehama County, 5:30 p.m., M&M Ranch House, 736-5200 Grief Support Group, 3 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Kristin, 528- 4207 Ishi Archers 16 target 3-D Summer League, 5 p.m., 527-4200 Live country music, with dinner at the Veter- ans Hall, 5-7 p.m. Painting session, Red Bluff Art Association, 10 a.m., Snug Harbor recreation room, 600 Rio Vista Ave., 527-4810 PAL Kickboxing, 4 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529-8716 or 200-3950 Passages caregiver support group, 12:30 p.m., Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., 229-0878 or 800 995-0878 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 9:30 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528- 8066 Red Bluff Exchange Club, noon, M&M Ranch House, 645 Antelope Blvd. #1 Red Bluff Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees, 5:30 p.m., 1525 Douglas St. Red Bluff Lions Club, 6 p.m., Veterans Memo- rial, 527-8452 Sacramento River Discovery Center Thurs- day Evening Program, 7 p.m., 1000 Sale Lane, 527-1196 Spring Concert, 7 p.m. Vista Middle School, 1770 S. Jackson St. Sunrise Speakers Toastmasters, noon, Fami- ly Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Support group for pet loss, 2 p.m., Family Service Agency, 1347 Grant St., 527-6782 Swinging Squares Square Dance Club, 7 p.m., Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 S. Jack- son St. For beginner or review classes, call 529- 1615 Tehama County Health Planning Council, noon, Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road Tehama County Planning Commission, 9 a.m., board chambers, 745 Oak St. Corning Corning High School Board, 7 p.m., 643 Blackburn Ave. Corning Patriots, 6 p.m., Senior Center, 824- 2332 Diabetes Education Classes, 6:30 p.m. St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 820 Marin St., 527- 5205, free Dual Diagnosis Group, 1:30-3 p.m., 1600 Solano St. in Corning, 527-8491, ext. 3309. Improved Order of Red Men, 7 p.m. Indepen- dent Grange Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Cen- ter, West and South streets, 824-7670 Women’s Support Group, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824- 7670 Los Molinos Free ESL Class, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Los Molinos Elementary, 7700 Stanford Ave., 384-7833 Los Molinos Unified School Board, 7 p.m., Los Molinos High School cafeteria Gerber Gerber-Las Flores Community Service Dis- trict, 6:30 p.m. 331 San Benito Ave. Mineral Mineral School Board, 5 p.m., 38355 Scenic Ave. Manton Manton Joint Union School Board, 6:30 p.m. Lotto numbers SACRAMENTO (AP) — The winning num- bers drawn Wednesday night in the California Lottery’s ‘‘SuperLotto Plus’’ game were: 4-8-32-34-43 Meganumber: 14 In credit scores and horseshoes, close is good enough Dear Mary: My husband and I paid off our home mortgage and bought a lake cabin. We have no outstanding debt. We share one major credit card and a store credit card. We never carry balances on those accounts. However, when we completed the paper- work to apply for a loan for the cabin, we were given a credit score of 813 out of a possible 950 with a note about outstanding balances on open accounts. We do NOT have any outstanding balances on loans or credit cards. Can you help explain the meaning of this factor in our credit score? -- R & B, e-mail Dear R & B: Your credit score is so great it's ridiculous! I'm sure you qualified for the best rate your lender has to offer, so you can relax. As for that explanation you got for why your scores are not perfect, credit scoring doesn't care that you pay your balances in full during the grace period each month. Credit- scoring computers constantly are taking snapshots of how much cred- it you are using at any given time. If you charge a $5,000 diamond ring to an account today and pay it off in full before the grace period is over, you might think you don't have an outstanding balance, but the credit- scoring machine sees an outstand- ing balance the moment you make the charge. The people at FICO, the company that started all this credit scoring business in the first place, say that to maintain an excellent score, you never should be using more than 30 percent of your available credit on an individual account or 30 percent of your col- lective available credit, even if you pay the bal- ance to $0 within your grace period. Dear Mary: I once used a simple cleaner for burned-on food on my stainless steel griddle. It was a solution that you recommended some time ago, and it had the best results. Now I can't find it. Do you by any chance have the remedy for it? -- Rita, e-mail Dear Rita: You are taxing my or a stovetop pan, fill the vessel with hot water and drop in a dryer sheet. If you leave it overnight, all of the gunk will release and slide out in the morning. As for your griddle, I Mary Hunt Everyday Cheapskate memory, for sure. I have several remedies, depending on the severity of the situation, so I don't know which you used before. For a really icky burned-on mess in a casserole would use original blue Dawn full-strength dish- washing liquid on a sponge plus a sprinkling of borax (or baking soda, for a less severe situation). Add a lit- tle elbow grease and that stainless steel will be as shiny and clean as it was when it was new. You'll be happy to know that you can download "Cheapskate Solutions," a booklet filled with more than 200 recipes to make your own household clean- ing supplies, as well as health and beauty potions. The download edition is only $1.99 right now, avail- able at http://www.DebtProofLiv- ing.com. Do you have a question for Mary? E-mail her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. Pumping plant meeting tonight The Sacramento River Discovery Center, 1000 Sale Lane, is hosting a talk with those in charge of the con- struction of the new pumping plant for the Tehama Colusa Canal Authority, at 7 p.m. tonight. The project engineer and represen- tatives from the Bureau of Reclamation will give details of the pumping station that is being constructed near the con- fluence of Red Bank Creek and the Sacramento River. The Bureau of Reclamation is charged with the responsibility to pro- vide water to 150,000 acres of agricul- tural lands on the west side of the river, beginning, hopefully, in 2012. The cen- ter is interested in the construction as it is being built directly across river from the Mendocino National Forest’s Red Bluff Recreation Area. The Thursday evening program is sponsored in part by Dutch Brothers, provider of coffee and refreshments, which will be served during the question and answer period following the presentation. The center is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For infor- mation call 527-1196 or e-mail Car- lene Cramer at ccramer@tehama.k12.ca.us or visit the website at www.srdc.tehama.k12.ca.us. Butte College now offering registration for summer session and fall semester Registration for summer ses- sion and fall 2010 semester class- es at Butte College is now being offered. From accounting to welding, Butte College offers a wide variety of career and certificate programs, associate degree programs, and general education and transferable classes to a CSU or UC. The Summer Session, June 7 through July 29, offers classes at the main campus and Chico Cen- ter. Most of these classes are three units and meet daily for four hours giving students the perfect oppor- tunity to squeeze in some units between semesters. The 2010 Fall Semester begins Aug. 23 and offers online, day, Police reports The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff’s Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Jose Manuel Rivas, 39, Red Bluff, was arrested Tuesday morning at Grover Ranch in Cottonwood by the DA’s office on suspicion of using false citizenship documents and perjury. Bail was set at $20,000. • Brynn Clark Simmons, 19, Oroville, was arrested Tuesday night at the Holi- day Market on Antelope Boulevard by the RBPD on suspicion of attempted bur- glary and being a minor in BOOK BARN Used Books Tues-Fri 10-5 Sat 10-2 Serving Tehama County since 1994 619 Oak St., Red Bluff (530) 528-2665 and evening classes on the main campus, Chico Center, and Glenn County Center for convenient scheduling. The new 77,000 square-foot Art Center offers 42 different types of instructional areas including those designed for music, fine art, ceramics, photography, digital art, graphic design, sculpting and the- ater among others. Students have the opportunity to learn in this state-of-the-art equipped facility. Butte College offers a quality education at an affordable price for the entire community-- for both first time and returning stu- dents. The cost of a unit is $26, making a quality education in these economically challenging possession of alcohol. Bail was set at $10,170. • Anthony Scott Dyer, 20, Red Bluff, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at Baskin Robins by the DA’s office on suspicion of possessing ille- gal weaponry. Bail was set at $10,000. • Edwardo Guzman Lemus, 46, Los Molinos, was arrested Tuesday after- noon at the TCSD on suspi- cion of illegally entering the country. Bail was not set. Violence A 17-year-old girl was reportedly battered by her mother Tuesday afternoon on Sherwood Boulevard before being taken into Child Protective Custody. Theft Day’s Mini Storage STORAGE RENTALS Get Them While They Last 8160 Highway 99 E, Los Molinos 530-384-2751 $25.00 5 X 10 50 sq ft $40.00 10 X 10 100 sq ft $50.00 10 X 15 150 sq ft $60.00 10 X 20 200 sq ft BLOWOUT MINI times possible. This is especially true for students seeking to earn a four-year degree at a state college or university. The cost of earning general education units at Butte College is thousands of dollars less than earning the same units at a CSU or UC. Both summer session and fall 2010 semester class schedules are available online at www.butte.edu. New students can apply online today. Early registration is recom- mended for best class selection. Students can also take the bus to college. A bus schedule is avail- able at www.butte.edu/bus. For more information or to schedule a tour contact Butte Col- lege at 895-2511. • Crain Orchards report- ed the theft of a green Honda ATV Tuesday from Blatchley Road. The thief reportedly used a tractor at the business to pry open a metal storage container sometime between Monday evening and Tuesday morn- ing before taking the ATV inside. The loss is $3200, including $200 in damage to the container. • Sheds were reportedly broken into Tuesday after- noon at Bethel Temple. • A house was reportedly broken into Tuesday on Elm Street. • A break-in was reported Tuesday afternoon into a vehicle on Franzel Road. Vandalism A car was reported van- dalized Tuesday afternoon on Gamay Court. Fire • CalFire responded at 2:19 p.m. Tuesday to a veg- etation fire on Highway 36E in the area of Manton Road. The spot fire, which was burnt along the side of the road, was contained at 2:32 p.m. CalFire cleared the scene at 3:04 p.m. The cause is under investigation. 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