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Friday, May 17, 2013 – Daily News Local Calendar Submit calendar items to P Box 220, Red Bluff, 96080 .O. or clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. FRIDAY, MARCH 17 Red Bluff Celebrate Recovery, 7 p.m., Bethel Assembly of God, 625 Luther Road, 527-0445 or 366-6298 Reeds Creek School Board, 1:30 p.m., 18335 Johnson Road, library Corning Car Show,5-9 p.m., Bartels Giant Burger, 22355 Corning Road, local car clubs welcome, 824-2788 SATURDAY, MAY 18 Red Bluff Frontier Village Farmers Market,8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 645 Antelope Blvd. EBT accepted Keg, Cork and Fork Festival, 3-9 p.m., Elks Lodge, $20, 530-784-4TIX Weight Watchers meeting, 8 a.m., 485 Antelope Blvd. #N, 1-800-651-6000 Los Molinos Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Josephine Street, 384-2100 Senior Center, Tehama Tehama County Museum, 1-4 p.m., 275 C St., group tours, call 384-2595 3A Overspent and overloaded? You need margin Bill Smith sits down to his most dreaded chore -- paying bills. Every month, it's the same story: Pay the most urgent, and leave the rest. There's never enough money, no matter how hard he works. Jane Miller flies into the school office frazzled and 30 minutes late because she was 20 minutes late getting out of the dentist's office because she was 15 minutes late to her appointment. How will she ever get the kids home, homework started and dinner on the table, and be back out the door in time to chair the PTA meeting that evening? Tom Johnson gets up every morning at 4:30 to make the 5:30 train for his 90-minute commute into the city. He crams during every spare minute for the classes he's taking at night. Getting his degree is no longer something Tom can put off. It's been weeks since Tom's made it home for dinner. But what's he to do? Without a promotion they will never make it on a single salary. His ever-growing student debt will come due whether he graduates or not. Quitting is out of the question. Most days it is all Tom can do to just keep going. Bill's, Jane's and Tom's situations could not be more different. Yet they share the same problem. They are stretched to the limit. Bill is living beyond 120 percent of his income, Jane is presuming al pain is manifested in many differupon more than 120 percent of ent ways, such as increased blood her time, and Tom is requiring pressure, chest pain, arrhythmias, more than 120 percent of his hyperacidity, ulcers, back pain, energy. All are overspent and headaches, fatigue, depression, withdrawal, confusion, worry, overloaded and teeth grinding, jaw-clenchperfect candidates ing, compulsive shopping, for all kinds of hostility, paranoia, insomstress-related malnia, burnout, breakdown, adies. addictions -- need I go on? Richard A. Swenson, The way to build margin M.D., author of the book into our lives is to simplify. "Margin," explains: That means downscaling, "Margin is that space dejunking, reducing between us and our limexpenses and choosing to its. It's something held in say no so we can give ourreserve for contingencies selves the gift of margin. or unanticipated situaMary Life is too short to live tions. As a society, we've stretched beyond the limit. forgotten what margin is. If you yearn for relief from In the push for progress, the pain and pressure of margin has been overload, Swenson suggests devoured. We are a daily dose of margin. The besieged by anxiety, benefits of good health, stress and fatigue. Our financial stability, fulfilling relationships suffer. We have unexplained aches and pains. relationships, peace and joy are what The flood of daily events seems you can expect for your efforts. beyond our control. We are overloaded!" Mary Hunt is the founder of Most people regularly commit to www.DebtProofLiving.com and a 120-percent life. It's rare these days to see a life prescheduled to author of 23 books, including her only 80 percent, leaving a margin for 2012 release, "7 Money Rules for responding to the unexpected, says Life." You can email her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, Swenson. Pain characterizes the marginless or write to Everyday Cheapskate, life. Physical, emotional and spiritu- P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. Hunt Everyday Cheapskate SUNDAY, MAY 19 Red Bluff 39th Annual Red Bluff River Park Car Show, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., 275-8655 AA Live and Let Live, noon and 8 p.m., 785 Musick St., meets seven days a week Kelly-Griggs House Museum, 1-3 p.m., 311 Washington St., group tours by appointment, 5271129 or 527-5895 WHEE Picnic and Prayer Circle, 4:20 p.m., 22116 Riverside Ave. First responders celebrated Corning Evangelist services, 7 p.m., Family Bible Church, 609 Marin St., 824-9989 Tehama Tehama County Museum, 1-4 p.m., 275 C St., group tours, call 384-2595 MONDAY, MAY 20 Red Bluff Al-Anon New Comers At Heart, 7-8 p.m., North Valley Baptist Church, 345 David Ave., 6902034 English as a Second Language class, 5:308:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Thursdays, free childcare from 9 a..m. to 12:20 p.m. classes in Richlieu Hall, 900 Johnson St. Gastric Bypass Support Group, 6 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Columba room, 529-3066 Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Rusty, 529-2059 Key to Life, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Masterworks Chorale rehearsal, 6:45-8 p.m., Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-4203 PAL Martial Arts, 3-5 p.m., ages 5-18, 5297920, www.tehamaso.org Red Bluff Community Band Practice, 7-9 p.m., Presbyterian Church, 527-3486 Retired and Active Federal Employees, 11:45 a.m., Cozy Diner 259 S Main St., call Karen at 5852494 Red Bluff Senior Writing Class, 10: a.m.noon,,Executive Room at Sycamore Center, 220 Sycamore St., 527-5762 Salvation Army Writing Class, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 940 Walnut St., 527-8530 Sun Country Quilters Community Service Group, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-1126 TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free, by appointment only, 1900 Walnut St., 527-8491, Ext. 3012 Tehama County Military Family Support Group, 6 p.m., Countryside Cafe, 638 Washington St., 529-2416 TOPS Club (take off pounds Sensibly), 8:30 a.m., First Christian Church, 926 Madison Ave., 527-7541 or 347-6120, visit www.tops.org US citizenship preparation class, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday Venture Crew 1914 meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., Moose Lodge on 99W, co-ed ages 14-20 welcome Women's Domestic Violence Information and Support Group, Spanish speaking, call for time and location, 528-0226 Daily News photo by Julie Zeeb Red Bluff Fire Captain Dom Catona talks with Audry Douglas, 2, of Red Bluff Thursday at an appreciation day for Tehama County first responders held at Triple A, 151 Sale Lane, in Red Bluff. The company held a San Francisco Giants-themed event with black and orange balloons and other decorations based off its first-quarter theme of celebrating champs, Customer Service Representative Christy Ryant said. Just as the Giants are champions, Tehama County responders are the community's own champions and the company wanted to build a relationship with them, holding the event as a way to say thank you for their service, she said. "With our company being an insurance company, safety is first and we wanted to take a day to say thank you and celebrate our champions," Ryant said. Police reports Information has been provided by the Red Bluff and Corning police departments, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, California Highway Patrol, Red Bluff and Corning fire departments and CalFire. Arrests • Aaron Matthew Perry, 37, Red Bluff was arrested at Red Bluff City Park on a flash Post Release Community Supervision hold. • John Edward Slaughter, 55, Corning was arrested at 403 Rio Vista Court for felony possession of obscene material featuring minors engaged in a sex act. Bail was $1,015,000. Kids • A Corning woman requested Wednesday afternoon to speak with Alcoholics Anonymous, noon Monday an officer regarding an through Friday, 5 p.m. Thursday, 7 p.m. Monday, incident on Toomes Avenue where her chilTuesday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, 783 dren, ages 12 and 13, Solano St., behind the Church were chased into an orchard after being dropped off by the bus Corning after school. Racing • Someone in Corning reported about 8 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Houghton and Viola avenues that a green Mitsubishi and white car with no back window were racing each other and one of the vehicles almost hit her. The vehicles were last seen going toward the over pass from South Avenue. Officers checked the area, but were unable to locate either vehicle. Theft • A green John Deere riding lawnmower was reported stolen from the 19000 block of County Hills Drive. The victim said the mower was about 12 years old, had duck tape on the cover and worth about $800. • A man reported he lost his credit card near Sub Culture. About $200 in charges were then made to the card. Vandalism • Animal Health International reported one of its walls was vandalized. • A vehicle on Elva Avenue was reported vandalized. • Someone at Spring Mountain Apartments on Edith Avenue in Corning reported Wednesday afternoon that her vehicle had been vandalized. Who's there • Someone on Mission Drive in Corning reported Wednesday afternoon that a person had been knocking on their door and the east side of the trailer at all hours of the night and requested extra patrol. • A cell phone was reported stolen at Mill Creek Park. Sun Country Quilters presents "A Garden of Quilts" May 18th & 19th 2013 Tehama District Fairgrounds Over 300 Quilts • Vendors Demos-Food Open Cockpit Biplane rides Historic Barnstormer offering vintage biplane rides in a 1929 New Standard Admission $7 Thur. & Fri: 16th & 17, Corning Airport Sat. & Sun: 18th & 19th, Red Bluff Airport For more information Rides are $75/pp and can carry up to 4 528-8838 (leave message) www.suncountryquilters.com at Contact Mike for more info 760-641-7335 or email at info@nostaglicwarbirdrides.com