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2A Daily News – Saturday, February 9, 2013 Community people&events 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 11-15 Monday Swedish Meatballs, Steamed Rice, Butternut Squash, Strawberries Tuesday Ham, Sweet Potatoes, Baby Lima Beans, Rye Bread, Pineapple Orange Juice, Cherry Parfait Wednesday ETHNIC/VEGETARIAN MENU Chili Rellenos Casserole, Green Salad, Orange Juice, Flour Tortilla, Cinnamon Churro Thursday Clam Chowder, Sourdough Bread, Marinated Veg Salad, Fresh Orange Wedges Friday Meatloaf, Zucchini & Cauliflower, Orange Beet Salad, Applesauce, Wheat Bread Neighborhood watch Richfield Neighborhood Watch is holding a meeting at 6 p.m. on Feb. 11 at Richfield Elementary School. Sgt. Andy Houghtby will be our guest speaker with some personal awareness training. Join us to get your residence on the new official county map & our mass e-mail alerts. We are making huge strides in the fight against crime. Any questions, call Melissa Grootveld at 824-6260. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight An article on Friday's front page "Week to honor girls in sports" contained the wrong dates for two events. The Bowling Bash at Lariat Bowl is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 12. The Pink Out Red Bluff Lady Spartans basketball games are scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 14. The Daily News regrets the errors. –––––––– 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. Mountain skunks adventure The following adventure took place in our mountain home a number of years ago. Spring cleaning had a whole new meaning during one particular year. The storms had taken a severe toll. Many house repairs and tree and limb removal. Our Mineral house had a visit from a skunk. It wasn't his first visit, but it was the one that really made an impression on us. Apparently this little member of the weasel family disliked the winter weather and chose to hole up in our cabin. On the occasion of this creature's previous visit, it sneaked through a hole in the fireplace and terrorized both the cat and me by running from bed room to living room with my husband in hot pursuit. This tiny, but powerful animal ran into the pump organ. I climbed on a chair, praying and screaming simultaneously that my spouse would not aggravate "Flower" into spraying. Finally the critter scampered back down the hole next to the fireplace. We promptly filled the opening with rocks, the cat and I, were both suffering from nervous exhaustion, we took a nap on the sofa. It seems that one skunk adventure would be enough for any mountain family, not so—again during the year, a member of this Generally skunks are docile anispecies sought out our comfy cabin. That time the war was on--- mals, reluctant to use their powerful spray. Warnings are "Flower," chewed through given, if you can remain the fiber board in the closet calm enough to observe and let loose. He/she them: "arching of the sprayed! We sought advice back, stamping the front about how to discourage feet, clicking the teeth, skunks. We tried several shuffling backwards, methods, one involved raising the tail, and putting moth balls under snarling softly." I believe the house and in the walls our skunk did all of the the effect was dramatic! above, we just didn't recEverything and everyone ognize them as precursmelled of moth balls! The Carolyn sors to the "big spray." skunk left and so did we! As a last resort, they jet a Yes, spring time had ten foot stream of sulfurentered the mountains, we containing alcohol, were very busy airing out the house and disposing of clothing which can cause intense pain and even temporary blindness. The that had been sprayed. The skunk encounter did what it moral of this adventure must be, to usually does for me, it made me build stronger closet walls and curious. I found some interesting never, never misread a skunk's sigfacts about that particular kind of nals! As the months go by, it may be a skunk. It was a Western Spotted Skunk; the white in the fur was dis- very important task to check the tributed in stripes and spots over the mountain homes surrounded by head, back and tail, instead of the snow in case these wild skunks may straight white stripe which denotes have figured out how to keep themthe "Striped Skunk." The Western selves cozy inside or under the Skunk is usually from thirteen inch- cabin. es to in twenty three inches in Carolyn Barber has been writing length. They live in grasslands, brushy areas and woodlands. The her column in the Daily News since diet they prefer is other small mam- 1992. It appears on Saturdays. She mals, insects, and bird eggs, some can be contacted by e-mail at hurcar@yahoo.com. fruits and even some ripe corn. Barber COMMUNITY CLIPS Meat goat auction Red Bluff High School FFA chapter is holding a meat goat auction at the Red Bluff High School Farm, Spartan Ranch Road off of Baker Road, at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Freshman agriculture students have raised 16 market ready meat goats who will be sold and proceeds will be used to pur- chase more livestock for the hands-on learning in the agriculture department. For more information contact Lauren Stroud at 1stroud@rbuhsd.k12.ca. us or call 529-8822. Gleaners Gleaners will distribute food as follows in February: • Corning, 8 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Feb. 20, Corning Senior Center, 1015 Fourth Ave. DAILY NEWS TEHAMA COUNTY Mailbox Business & professional rate $2.19 four weeks, Tuesday-Friday By mail: In Tehama County $12.17 four weeks All others $16.09 four weeks (USPS 458-200) Published Tuesday through Saturday except Sunday & Monday, by California Newspaper Partnership. 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Only one card will be issued per household. Mother hires a 'maid' to teach kids a lesson Dear Annie: This is in love it. Here's more: From Louisiana: My response to ''Tired in Rural Oregon,'' whose psychologist said, ''You kids are slobs and whose teach people how to treat husband doesn't care. I you.'' This starts when your children are told my kids if born. A parent has they didn't pick THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 to tolerate poor up their messes, I VOLUME 128, NUMBER 57 behavior from the would hire a beginning, or their ''maid.'' One HOW TO REACH US children would not day, they came expect to get away home to a clean, On the Web: with such organized house. www.redbluffdailynews.com deplorable actions. I said the ''maid'' MAIN OFFICE: NEWS Illinois: Naghad come. When Annie's Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. ging is not part of a News Tip Hotline: 527-2153 I handed out my Main Phone (530) 527-2151 FAX: (530) 527-9251 parent's job. 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''Tired'' should Home delivery E-mail: advertise@redbluffdailynews.com hire the ''maid'' again. — count the days until the subscription rates kids are 18, and if they Honolulu Housewife (All prices include all applicable taxes) CLASSIFIED: Dear Honolulu: We don't shape up, invite Tuesday through Saturday $3.02 per week 1-855-667-2255 RED BLUFF • Red Bluff, 8 a.m. to noon, Wednesday, Feb. 20, Food Bank, 20699 Walnut St. • Rancho Tehama, noon to 2 p.m., Monday, Feb. 18, Recreation Center. • Los Molinos, 9 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, Feb. 19, Masonic Hall, 25020 Tehama Vina Road. All other sites in the county will be at the usual times and places. Applications for food 90 years ago... Convention Hall Planned For Red Bluf f A civic auditorium or convention hall for meetings of all kinds, including Chatauquas, teachers conventions, Sunday school affairs, revivals, county wide gatherings and municipal meetings, is proposed for Red Bluff. To that end tentative plans already have been drawn by Isaac Edwall, veteran architect of this city who designed the Orpheum theater and many other buildings in California. — Feb. 9, 1923 them to move out. Georgia: We got our teens to help with chores by making sure their chores were done as a condition for getting to use the car on the weekend. Missouri: When our children reached the age of 10, they were told to pick up their clothes, make their beds, put their dishes in the dishwasher, help set the table and do other tasks. There was no nagging. If my son didn't put his dirty clothes in the hamper, I simply picked them up, folded them and put them back in his drawers. His breakfast was served on the same dishes he had not placed in the dishwasher the night before. If he didn't put his towels in the laundry, they were used until they could walk on their own. Wyoming: I agree that my kids' bedrooms were their responsibility, but I would no longer allow them to trash the common areas. If they left dirty dishes in the living room, I assumed they still wanted them, so I would take the dishes to their rooms. If they left toys or clothes in the common areas, I assumed they didn't care about them and threw them out. I had some INCOME TAX PREPARATION Fast, Friendly, Reasonable Fees Fee for Short or Long form includes all the tax credits and E-filing with direct Deposit. Also Bookkeeping, Payroll and Financial Services available P RALPH CAMPBELL, EA Enrolled Agent 855 Walnut St. #2 530-529-9540 major backlash, but it worked. It was a joy to see them scrambling around in the morning cleaning up their stuff before they left for the day. Florida: You were right on when you said to close the kids' bedroom doors and teach them how to do laundry. And enforce the rule that anything left in a common area when you go to bed will be confiscated. They can earn it back by doing chores. New York: Your advice to close the door to a teenager's messy room is totally wrong. I finally had to move out of my home because of my sloppy 22-year-old stepdaughter's disrespect and her dad's lack of responsibility. He would ask her to please wash her dishes with hot soapy water, but she would use the stale water left in the basin from the night before, and I would have to rewash them. The only way I knew things were clean was if I washed them. Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailboxcomcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. 2 Bud's BBQ ★THURSDAY SPECIAL★ MUST CALL IN WED. PRIOR RACK OF RIBS for $20 $ w/BEANS & SALAD 25 CALL 530-528-0799 1ST COME 1ST SERVED 22825 Antelope Blvd • Red Bluff OR RESERVE