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2A – Daily News – Saturday, May 22, 2010 Community people&events Senior Menu Recent weather is hot and cold The Senior Nutrition Program serves meals Monday through Friday at the Red bluff com- munity/Senior Center, the Corning Senior Cen- ter and the Los Molinos Senior Center. The suggested donation for seniors 60 and older is $2.50. For those guests under the age of 60, the guest charge is $6. 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 May 24 through May 28 Monday Swedish meatballs, buttered noodles, broccoli, bread stick, fruit juice, plums. Tuesday Hot roast beef sandwich, mashed potatoes, peas, cranberry juice, pears. Wednesday Salmon with morney sauce, rice pilaf, California blend vegetables, cantaloupe, peach cobbler. Thursday Barbecue chicken, garlic roasted potatoes, raisin carrot salad, wheat bread, tropical fruit cup, oatmeal cookie. Friday Ham and cheese frittatta, capri vegetables, colorful coleslaw, applesauce. 1980 Class Reunion The Red Bluff High School Class of 1980 is look- ing for classmates for the 30 Year Reunion. For infor- mation contact committee members at 246-1857 or check out the website at http://www.rbuhs1980.myevent.com/. 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. By CAROLYN BARBER "Peas Porridge hot, Peas Por- ridge cold, Peas Porridge in the pot nine days old, Some like it cold, some like it hot, Some like it in the pot, nine days old." How many of us have recited that old nursery rhyme during our growing up years and never under- stood what porridge was? The meaning wasn’t really important to the child, the chanting rhythm of the rhyme, was the important factor, whether used as a jump rope rhyme or as a teasing comment to another child. I person- ally did not know what porridge was except in the context of Goldilocks and the three bears. It was clear to me that the bear family left some kind of breakfast to cool and the little blond girl invaded their house and tasted the stuff. I guessed that the bear breakfast might be like my own breakfast oat- meal.. It was the adventure in the story that caught and held my inter- est, especially since I was not a risk taking child and the most adventure I opted for was eating my own oat- meal when it was a little too hot. I put the word porridge into the file away pot and forgot about it until I met and married my hus- band. The first morning after our honeymoon, back in our little, first home cottage, my husband asked me if we would have "por- ridge" for breakfast. PORRIDGE? Oh, oh, what is porridge? I was not totally confi- dent in my household skills yet and since I had already made a couple of culinary errors, I decided I had to ask him what it was. I asked. He went to the cupboard and brought out the oatmeal box. Was I ever relieved, though I couldn’t figure out what connection peas had with this porridge/oatmeal thing, I managed to cook up a pot of hot oatmeal. It was before the days of microwave so the consis- tency varied from thick liq- uid to paste. Hubby was kind and patient and ate it however I presented it. Through the years I came to a working under- standing of porridge as I noticed that most of the members of my husband’s family called it porridge. We have kept the oat companies in pocket change buying thousands of boxes of oatmeal, the old fash- ioned kind. Recently a coffee klatch buddy brought up that word again, por- ridge, and caused a great and wise discussion of the meaning of the word. He did some searching and found the definition. I share it in this column so that the young brides of today will have an enriched understanding of the meaning just in case they marry into a porridge family. Porridge: A soft food made by boiling oatmeal or another meal in water or milk. Also called pottage porray vegetable soup from middle English porreie, from old French poree Leek soup, from por, leek from Latin Porrum. Having imparted this bit of wis- dom to the Tehama county commu- nity, I feel relieved of the guilt I have carried with me these long years in not really researching the background of breakfast gruel and miscellaneous soup pottage. As it turns out, the medical community advises that oatmeal is a pretty good way to start the day, avoiding all that bad fat stuff in eggs, sausage etc. Carolyn Barber Oatmeal is said to stick to your ribs (that probably varies with the consistency) it provides what the system needs to keep cleaned out. I won- der just how much of that porridge Goldilocks ate, maybe that is why she ran away so abruptly when baby bear found her? The month of November hosts a few special designations such as Native American Heritage month and National Good Nutrition month along with the celebration of Thanskgiving. There has been a lot of specula- tion about the kind of food that was served at the first American Thanksgiving celebrated by the Pil- grims and the Native Americans in 1691 at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Some say it was turkey, Some say it was not, some say it was por- ridge, Nine days in the pot. At any rate, it does seem to me that porridge is best on the cool days of winter; the month of May is rarely cold. This has been a strange one day hot, one day cold month. 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. Courtesy photo Pictured, from left, are Los Molinos High School Home Economics Related Occupations Students Carlos Vera, Jessi D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 125, NUMBER 156 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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Branch Library Is Removed To Home The Dairyville branch of the Tehama County Library has been removed from the W.T. Ruby grocery store to the home of Mrs. Harriet Carnahan and en entirely new set of books installed. Mrs. Carna- han has consented to take charge of the library for the summer. – Daily News, May 22, 1920 Los Molinos HERO wins superior chapter award Six members of the Los Molinos High School FHA-HERO chapter attended the state association’s meeting in Fresno April 24-27. FHA-HERO is a career technical organization for students enrolled in home economics and technology classes. The organization functions as part of the home economics careers and technology curriculum and assists stu- dents in developing leadership, citizenship and career skills. Students participated in Competitive Recognition Events in Culinary Arts and Nutrition Education. They attended career and leadership workshops and participat- ed in the business meeting of the state association. Keynote Speaker Grant Baldwin told students how they could become difference-makers in their schools and communities. The awards ceremony, during which Los Molinos won the State Superior Chapter Award with a sil- ver citation, was a highlight of the conference. The six students who attended the conference were Carlos Vera, Jessi Southworth, Amanda Jones, Griselda Loroña, Andrew Ruiz and Alondra Araiza. 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 Gayle’s 100% Cotton Summer Sleep Wear at 649 Main Street Downtown Red Bluff Community Clips Candidate Meet Dave Hencratt, Candidate for Sheriff at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 24, at the Rancho Tehama Associa- tion Recreation Hall. Road Closure • Tehama County Public Works Department sent out a notice that Wilder Road Bridge will be closed for repair from 7 a.m. on Monday, May 24, to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1. Two Great Events in June at Tehama Family Fitness Center TFFC Womathalon June 5th Women of all ages are encouraged to participate in this 10 event test of strength, agility, and endurance. The Womathalon is a true test of fitness. Just finishing this contest is a great accomplishment. Tehama Pump & Run June 19th Tehama Pump and Run is a bench press and 5k race competition. Competitors first bench press their body weight or a percentage of it based on divi- sion. Each completed repetition on the bench press will reduce competitors 5k time by 30 seconds. Troy at 528-8656 or at Troy@tehamafamilyfitness.com Tehama Family Fitness Center To learn more about these events contact 2498 South Main St • Red Bluff 528-8656 • www.tehamafamilyfitness.com Southw or th, Amanda Jones, Griselda Loroña, Andrew Ruiz and Alondra Araiza.