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Saturday, July 20, 2013 – Daily News Local Calendar 3A From the new principal at RBUHS Submit calendar items to P Box 220, Red Bluff, 96080 .O. or clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. SATURDAY, JULY 20 Red Bluff Frontier Village Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 645 Antelope Blvd. EBT accepted Red Bluff Farmers Market, 7:30 a.m. to noon, River Park, EBT accepted Weight Watchers meeting, 8 a.m., 485 Antelope Blvd. #N, 1-800-651-6000 Los Molinos Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Senior Center, Josephine Street, 384-2100 Tehama Tehama County Museum, 1-4 p.m., 275 C St., group tours, call 384-2595 SUNDAY, JULY 21 Red Bluff 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, 527-1129 WHEE Picnic and Prayer Circle, 4:20 p.m., 22116 Riverside Ave. 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, JULY 22 Red Bluff Al-Anon New Comers At Heart, 7-8 p.m., North Valley Baptist Church, 345 David Ave., 690-2034 Computer class, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Northern Valley Catholic Social Service, 220 Sycamore #101, 5287947 English as a Second Language class, 5:30-8:30 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. Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, 529-2059 Key to Life, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Suite 101, 528-8066 Masterworks Chorale rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-4203 Nutrition Classes, 10:30 to noon, Northern Valley Catholic Social Service, 220 Sycamore #101, 5287947 Old fashion band concert, 8-9 p.m., River Park, 527-3486 PAL Martial Arts, age 5 - 18, 3-5 p.m., 530-5297950, www.tehamaso.org 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. Suite 101, 528-1126 Sun Country Quilters Guild Meeting, 7 p.m., Westside Room, Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. 528-1126 TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free, by appointment, Youth Empowerment Services, 1900 Walnut St., 527-8491, Ext. 3012 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 only, call for time and location, 528-0226 Corning Alcoholics Anonymous, noon Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. Thursday, 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, 783 Solano St., behind the church Bingo, 5:15 p.m. early bird, 6:30 p.m. regular games, Maywood Grange, Highway 99W just past Liberal Avenue, 833-5343 Narcotics Anonymous, and 7 p.m., 820 Marin St., 824-114 or 586-0245, meetings daily through Saturday, additional meeting noon Mondays As a newcomer to Red Bluff and RBHS, my family and I want to thank everyone for the warm welcome. My family and I are nearly settled in and I am excited to start the new school year with all the opportunities and challenges that it will bring. Having my own son and daughter at the high school gives me the parent perspective as we move forward with implementing Common Core Standards and the increased focus on ensuring all students are being prepared for life. I have often said that the quality of life in a community depends on the quality of education for all students. I firmly believe that all students have the right to an education that is appropriate to their learning style, that builds skills and prepares them to be productive members of society. Additionally, students should be learning soft skills and life lessons to ensure they are successful in whatever direction they take in life after graduation: university, college, technical training, apprenticeships, military or employment. As the instructional leader, I value and encourage input and feedback from students, parents, staff and community members. By understanding that our world is always changing, I am always working to find ways to improve instruction and learning for all students. As the pendulum of education in California is swinging back to center and to the Common Core Standards, I understand it is imperative that we find ways to better engage students and teach them skills that will prepare them to be successful in a world that will be much different than the one today. My goal is to focus on student success every day in every classroom, in every activity and in every way. My guiding light is to think how decisions will impact students and their ability to get the best education possible. I want to highlight some of the changes that are taking place at Red Bluff High School this school year: We will have a full time Dean for discipline and truancy that will work with those students that are at risk of not engaging in school and possibly not graduating from high school. As a support to this effort, there is an intervention specialist that will work with core subject teachers to focus on the students most at risk in the 9th and 10th grades. For incoming 9th graders we are working to better engage them in high school with a new Freshman Success curriculum that teaches computer skills, college/career planning, study skills, health, budgeting, improves literacy and helps them create a 10 year plan for success after Police reports The following information is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Javier Oropeza Calderon, 27, Cornelius, Ore. and Jose Mendoza Guizar, 42, Yakama, Wash. were arrested on northbound Interstate 5 south of Liberal Avenue for felony possession of a controlled substance, two charges related to the transportation of a controlled substance and using a compartment to conceal a controlled substance. Bail for each was $400,000. • Thomas William Robert Doud, 21, Corning was arrested at 4th and South streets for felony possession of a controlled substance and transportation of a controlled substance. Bail was $40,000. • Bent Kenneth Larson Jr., 30, Red Bluff was arrested at Riverside Plaza on an outstanding felony charge of grand theft and misdemeanors of failure to appear, driving without a license and failure to pay a fine. Bail was $622. • Leroy Chester Melendrez, 43, Red Bluff was arrested at Interstate 5 and Antelope Boulevard for an outstanding felony charge of possession of a con- dents are invited to attend our Spartan high school. Arena on August 6th, where On August 5th-8th, students can pick up their there is the Spartan Jumpschedule, buy PE clothes, pay Start to Graduation profor their parking pass, prepay gram for those incoming for a yearbook, turn in forms 9th graders that may not and update emergency cards feel connected to school or and contacts. This event has have not been previously the seniors scheduled from 9successful in school. These 10 am, juniors from 10-11 students will get to know am, and sophomores from 11 and make a connection to am-12 pm. Please plan to the campus, staff and other attend during the specified students while participattimes since each grade level ing in activities and presenhas specific things that are tations. On Friday August Ron needed. 9th, there will be a Frosh It is hard to turn on the Orientation for all incomnews lately without hearing ing 9th graders from 8:30 about the change in Califorto 11 am. Not all clothes that are sold or that nia to Common Core Standards and students prefer to wear are appropriate assessments. Like with any change, for school. The dress code for school there is apprehension and doubt. Our and school sponsored activities will be staff has been attending training and strictly enforced. I encourage parents doing planning during the summer to to be aware of this because, if students be better prepared for the transition. are not dressed appropriately, the par- Common Core is a different approach ent will be required to come to the to teaching and learning that is school to provide appropriate clothing markedly different than what has been for their student. Clothing depicting happening for the last few years. The drugs, alcohol, offensive/obscene pic- major difference is moving away from tures or language, gang attire or other rote memorization and bubble tests to items that might be deemed inappro- critical thinking, analyzing and synthepriate for a school setting will not be sizing in order to solve real world allowed. Underwear of any kind is not problems. This requires students to to be exposed or worn in place of read and write in all classes not just in clothes. Clothing that is too revealing English. Students will also spend more or does not properly cover the body time exploring and experimenting that will lead to more active learning and will not allowed. With the national focus of improv- problem solving. I realize that change can be chaling nutrition and food quality at school, we are implementing some lenging, but would like to reassure changes that include a self-serve salad everyone that my number one focus is bar, more variety of fruits and vegeta- to do what is best for kids. I want stubles, more multi grain breads and fresh dents to understand that high school is from scratch cooking items. We will not the end, it is a bridge to the rest of be trying potato, taco and chili dog their life, and they need to make sure bars as well as soups and hummus they don't burn their bridge. We are throughout the year. We want to here to support and encourage along encourage students to remain on cam- the way and we welcome support from pus during lunch to minimize tardiness families and the community as we to classes after lunch. Students that are strive to make each day the best and tardy to classes will be assigned cam- most productive for our students and pus beautification projects and can be their future. As the Principal of Red Bluff High assigned lunch detentions. During this school year we will be School I welcome your input and suganalyzing our campus security to see gestions because as we discuss ways to what efforts need to be made to keep improve the quality of education for all students safe. At the end of last students, we make our community a school year law enforcement ran a better place to live and improve the drill on campus, so we are listening to quality of life. Please feel free to contheir suggestions of how to increase tact me so we can discuss all the great student safety. With this in mind, we things going on here and allow me to ask that you check in at the office provide clarification to any issue that when you need to come on campus at you feel stands in the way of all of us any time during the school day and be improving the education for all stucautious when driving on or around dents. campus. Ron Fisher is principal at Red Bluff In order to decrease some of the craziness the first week of school, stu- Union High School. trolled substance, four misdemeanors of failure to appear and three charges of public intoxication. Bail was $16,000. • Brandee Leigh Schiff also known by the last name Jacobson, 38, Red Bluff was arrested for felony inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant. Bail was $50,000. • Randall Eugene Scott, 47, Red Bluff was arrested for felony failure to register as a sex offender. Burglary • A 57-year-old woman reported that someone burglarized her residence on the 22000 block of Dove Avenue in Gerber around noon Thursday. Silver coins, gold and diamond earrings and a gold-plated collectors card were taken. The loss was estimated at $350. Fisher • A burglary was reported on Madison Street. Disturbance Around 12:42 p.m. deputies responded to the 17000 block of Wagon Wheel Road for the report of a man who stated he wanted to harm himself and everyone else at the residence. The man was outside hitting an unoccupied trailer with a golf club. The reporting party called a second time to advise the man no longer had the golf club, but had come inside the residence possibly with a knife in his pocket. At 1:08 p.m. the man was on the roof, and deputies requested additional units and eventually medical as a precautionary measure. At 2:59 p.m. it was reported the man had come off of the roof, but was now trying to break into a trailer and causing a disturbance. At 3:31 p.m. a stun gun was deployed and the man taken into custody for making criminal threats and obstruction. Theft • A number of storage sheds were broken into in the area of Messer and Brearcliff drives. • Someone reported their motorhome parked at McDonald's was broken into Wednesday. A gun, medications and an iPad were taken. Vandalism A room at America's Best Value Inn was vandalized. FIREARMS TRAINING Community Clip? e-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com or Fax: 527-9251 Call for Class details July 27th & 28th Call 530.528.8500 to place your order. C.C.W. 1ST time & renewal class Walt Mansell 527-1154 Early morning & evenings DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY www.redbluffdailynews.com