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2A Daily News – Tuesday, June 25, 2013 Community people&events Expungement workshop Starting Over Strong is a non-profit organization that provides people access to information, forms, and resources that address financial, social, and legal barriers that discourage academic and professional success. The group will be offering an expungement workshop 3-5 p.m. today at Chico State Bell Memorial Student Union (BMU), room 304, at the corner of West 2nd Street and Chestnut Street in Chico. The workshop will assist in reading and interpreting your criminal record, how to correct mistakes on your criminal record, letter writing and the criminal record expungement process. For more information, call 530 867-3296 or send an email to StartingOverStudents@gmail.com. July 4th Barbecue fundraiser The Maywood Woman's Club is holding a 4th of July Barbecue and Bake Sale as a fundraiser for the club's Scholarship Fund. A donation of $5 will include a hamburger or hot dog meal, salads, beans, dessert and drink. Tickets are available for the event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 4 at the Corning Senior Center, 1015 Fourth Ave., in Corning, from members or at the Corning Senior Center before 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Tickets can be reserved for at the door, mailed or delivered to a person's home. For those living in Corning, meal delivery will be available. For more information, call 824-2225 or on the day of 824-4727. PAL Martial Arts on vacation The volunteers at the Tehama County PAL Martial Arts Center for Excellence will be on vacation from Monday, July 1, through Monday, Aug. 5, except for the women's self defense and empowerment training. Women's self defense and empowerment training is held each Wednesday, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the dojo, 1005 Vista Way, Suite C, next to the Red Bluff Airport. This class is on-going for anyone who feels vulnerable to violence. All PAL programs are free. For more information on PAL programs call 529-7950 or visit www.tehamaso.org. 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. 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I am aware that nepotism, good ol' boy systems and glad handing exist. I am also a fan of new blood and reinvention. Having said that, things that are dangerous about being less controversial, is becoming avoidant of confrontation, rocking the boat and especially apathy. I am less likely to call things out, because I realize I am not privy to all of the facts. I have no desire to criticize others for what they are doing because I have not walked in their shoes and I have a sense of respect for processes now that I am older and have seen what jumping the gun can do. Misinformed people, making assumptions about things they don't know about can cause trauma, unnecessary polarization and the focus to be lost. What I am comfortable with is sharing my concern. Shedding a light on the thoughts that are generated from witnessing things I don't understand, but seem confusing. Putting forth my worries and fears in hopes that I can be educated beyond my concerns and find an intellectual understanding to things that just aren't making sense. So in the spirit of humbly raising my hand from the back of the class, can some one help me understand what is happening on the Red Bluff high school campus? My son is the third of three children that have been through the high school. Each child was a different type of learner and each child has taken a unique path to graduation. My oldest was engrossed in foreign languages, drama programs Email: dispatch@redbluffdailynews.com Online FAX: (530) 527-2151 (530) 527-5774 be a witness to why and and editor of the Bluffer. how things are changing. My middle daughter was What I feel compelled to sports oriented and used express to the board, who her athletic skill sets and are local and to the academics to achieved a Superintendent and Prinfull scholarship to a CSU cipal who are not, that for track. My son, who will your actions leave me be a junior, is a blue collar scared. The lack of inforkind of kid who thrives in mation and the respectful shop classes. Three kids, reasoning as to why we three different perspecare no longer providing tives, three different tracks educational opportunito get prepared for this Faydra ties to all types of learnthing called life. me. The When I met with my Rector ers scares my son may thought that sons counselor to map out his Junior and Senior years, You Matter be forced into learning modalities that meet the sense of impending state standards, but not doom was palpable. The offerings for my son were simply his legitimate needs, scares me. vanishing. The classes that would Being scared makes me distrustful. prepare him in a manner that he Learning of changes in educational absorbed information were being and other high school policies by discontinued for classes that I know rumor, happenstance or social will disenfranchise him and leave media scares me. As one parent voice of a student him in a lower percentile of his class and render him with a self who is half way through his career esteem issue that could potentially at the high school and has been withaunt him as an adult. To put it ness to the rapid decline in moral, plainly, it seems my son will be cohesiveness, alternative classes forced to take classes that his brain and parent satisfaction, I just want is not designed to master. I'm wor- to say with all humility, your actions leave me confused, scared ried my son is being set up to fail. It doesn't take above average and distrusting. If there is anything intelligence to read between the you can do to help me explain to my lines that the staff and middle man- child why he no longer has meanagement are not happy about how ingful opportunities to get his eduthings are changing. I have no cation, outside of purely academic doubt that time will tell if the core classes, I would be forever sweeping changes are beneficial, grateful. but my son doesn't have the luxury Faydra Rector, MA is a mental of time. He is half way there. He has a fifty/fifty chance of leaving health administrator, author, public the high school with memories and speaker, educator and life coach experiences that empower him or who lives in Red Bluff. She can be reached at lifecoach@shasta.com scar him. view her blogs at I don't know enough about why or things are happening to make judg- http://faydraandcompany.blogspot. and ments. I do know that attending com/ board meetings is a step any of us http://allaboutdivorce.blogspot.com can take to be better educated and /. Chief speaks to Exchange Club Fire Chief Martin Spannaus was the Corning Exchange Club's guest speaker in May. Spannaus updated club members on the number of medical emergency and fire calls during the past year and explained that he and the dispatchers are the only paid employees of the city fire department. Spannaus made it clear that the volunteers are the backbone of the department and pointed out that they donate countless hours of time in training activities and in responding to emergency calls. Exchange Club members agreed with the Chief's analysis of his department's dispatchers and volunteers, and asked him to relay our thanks and appreciation through- Now Serving Beer & Wine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Prime Rib every Fri. & Sat. Best Homemade Pies in Town • Ice Cream Orders to go Obituaries: (530) 527-2151 Ext 101 731 Main St., 530.529.4012 open 7 days 5:30am-9pm Courtesy photo Corning Volunteer Fire Department Chief Martin Spannaus, introduced by Board Member Bucky Bowen, served as speaker at a May Corning Exchange Club meeting. out his department. Exchange Club members commended Chief Spannaus for leading a department that the residents of Corning respect Tuesdays: Wednesdays: Business Thursdays: Entertainment Fridays: Education Saturdays: Farm, Religion, TV Circulation Manager: Kathy Hogan khogan@redbluffdailynews.com Production Manager: Sandy Valdivia sandy@redbluffdailynews.com POSTMASTER SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: PO BOX 220, RED BLUFF CA 96080 The Red Bluff Daily News is an adjudicated daily newspaper of general circulation, County of Tehama, Superior Court Decree 9670, May 25, 1955 © 2013 Daily News Postage Paid Periodicals and are rightfully proud of. "In my opinion the fire department, along with the police department, the Dave Demo Solano Street flag project and the Senior Citizen Center all deserve commendation and top honors as community assets,"Club President Dean Cofer said. Nurturing Families course SPECIAL PAGES ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS Publisher & Advertising Director: Greg Stevens gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com Editor: Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com Sports Editor: Andre Byik sports@redbluffdailynews.com Scared about what I don't understand 90 years ago... 300 Become K. C. Members At Big Meet In Red Bluf f Three hundred candidates from various places in central and northern California came to Red Bluff Sunday for first, second and third degree work in the Knights of Columbus, local council No. 2249 being host of the occasion. — June 25, 1923 Nurturing parenting classes will be offered for parents and children ages 5-12 3-5 p.m. Thursdays starting July 11. An orientation session is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, June 30 at North Valley Baptist Church, 345 David Ave. in Red Bluff. Classes are sponsored by Tehama County Health Services Agency, Mental Health Services Act and Prevention and Early Intervention Services. For more information, call Keith Barnett at 5278491 Ext. 3012 or send an email to barnettk@tcha.net. K-8 Bend Elementary School Now part of Evergreen Union School District • Standards-Based Instruction/Curriculum • Grades K-8 • Transitional Kindergartners Welcome • Small Class Sizes • Safe Rural Setting with Access to Large School Resources • Focus on Developing the Whole Child with High Academics & Behavioral Expectations • Support for ALL Learners • After School SERRF Program INTERDISTRICTS WELCOME Enroll Now 530-527-4648 Bend Elementary - 22270 Bend Ferry Rd. Red Bluff, CA. www.bend.evergreenusd.com