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Friday, August 9, 2010 – Daily News – 3A Local Calendar To add an upcoming event in the Local Calendar, submit information well in advance to the Daily News, attention Calendar, P.O. Box 220, Red Bluff, 96080 or e-mail to clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. Include a contact name and telephone number. MONDAY, AUGUST 9 Red Bluff Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jeffer- son and Hickory Cardiac Support Group, 7 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Columba Room, 527-5077 HIRE (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 Red Bluff Community Band Concerts in the Park, 8-9 p.m., Red Bluff River Park, 527-3486 Salvation Army Writing Class, 9:30 to 11 a.m., 940 Walnut St., 527-8530 Spartan Athletic Booster Club, 6:30 p.m. Red Bluff Union High School Media Center/ Library Sun Country Quilters Community Service Group, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Family Resource Cen- ter, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Tehama County Sheriff’s Search and Res- cue, 7 p.m., Stillwell Training Center, Park Ave. near Baker Road. 527-7546 Corning Corning Neighborhood Watch, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 794 Third St. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., 815 First St., 385-1169 or 566-5270. Meetings are everyday through Saturday with an additional meeting at noon on Mondays Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Cen- ter, West and South streets, 824-7670 Spanish Adult Education, 5 p.m., Family Resource Center, corner of West and South streets, 824-7670 Strategies for Success, Life Skill classes, 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Tehama County Mental Health Stakehold- ers meeting, 1 p.m., Rolling Hills Casino, Carli- no’s Event Center Richfield 6:30 p.m., Richfield Neighborhood Watch Program, Richfield Elementary School, 23875 River Road, 824-6260 HELP Continued from page 1A Villaba, seated up front in a fire truck, was closer to his goal of being a firefight- er. Touvell met Corning police who do the kind of work his grandfather, once a Sgt. in the same city, used to do himself. He also rode on a motor- cycle, the “Long Rider,” a behemoth machine MIAP uses to transport cremated remains to and from the Arlington National Ceme- tery. Draped in wolf-and-bear skin and signed by people from across the country, the Long Rider keeps its owner, MIAP member “Indian Dave” Woodcook, aware of his spirit guides, he said. The boys walked away with more than a good time. They were awarded plaques, PlayStation 2s, bicycles, inflatable water play sets, clothing, school supplies and iPods. The families, meanwhile, each received $500 checks and additional contributions from MIAP and the Red Bluff Friday Knights Car Club. Truckers at the event felt the giving went both ways. “I think a lot of the truck drivers here have kind of a SHOW Continued from page 1A throughout the area and will need the wide variety of amenities the area provides. “They should be easy to spot — they will be the ones driving the big silver dog trucks and sitting in the restaurants wearing camou- flage clothing,” Peters said. rough spot in them, and this kind of smooths it out,” John Hunt told the audi- ence. Fellow trucker Tony Ginocchio came close to tears several times as he emphasized the bond he felt about the event, one which he said, again and again, tied himself to the families and vice-versa. “You’re part of my team, and I’m part of yours,” he said. “And it will always be that way.” Cautioning the boys, he advised them to remain optimistic. He told them to keep their eye on the wind- shield and away from the rear-view mirror of life and to keep an eye out for Wal- mart trucks. Maliachi’s father Marcos Villaba, said his son was already doing just that. Nearly in tears, Marcos recounted the time he had been driving around Sacra- mento and saw a Walmart truck. He pointed out the trucker to Maliachi but the boy disagreed with the term his father used. “No, dad,” Maliachi replied. “That’s my broth- er...did you forget?” ——— Geoff Johnson can be reached at 527-2153, extension 114 or gjohnson@redbluffdailyne ws.com. “If you get a chance, ask them how their dogs are run- ning – they will be glad to talk about it.” For more information on the event, visit www.master- national.com or the Lassen Retriever Club website at www.101010masternation- al.com. The MNRC is also on Facebook. Any additional questions may be answered by Jay Phelps at 467-5674. Lotto numbers SACRAMENTO (AP) — The winning num- bers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the Cali- fornia Lottery’s ‘‘SuperLotto Plus’’ game were: 08-09-36-38-45 Mega Ball: 17 Estimated jackpot: $18 million Death Notice Ina. M Farris Ina M. Farris died Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, in Red Bluff. She was 44. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Monday, Aug. 9, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. A surprising risk-free, high-yield, guaranteed investment Now and then, I get this kind of question: "I have $1,000 to invest. Which stocks or mutual funds are risk-free with a guaranteed rate of return?" That makes me laugh because not only is there no such thing but also someone thinks I am an investment adviser. I am not qualified to advise anyone on the stock market. My investment advice is more unconventional. Why do we have such a desire to invest? So we can read prospectuses and attend shareholder meetings? No. We want our money to grow. We want to build wealth. We want to increase our personal net worth. There are two ways you can do that. You can increase your assets or decrease your liabilities. Either will boost your net worth, dollar for dollar. There may be an easier way to grow your net worth than to plunge yourself into the stock market, where the risk could exceed your comfort level. Let's say you receive a $1,000 bonus. With it you buy shares in a highly rated mutual fund. Your net worth increases by $1,000. Next month, when that hot investment takes a nose dive and drops by 50 percent (could happen), your net worth decreases by $500. But you have another choice. You can use that bonus to repay $1,000 of debt. Your net worth still increases by $1,000 because you reduced your liabili- ties without any risk. It's a done deal. There is no chance this "invest- ment" will reverse itself. But wait. There's more. Investing in your debt pays you interest equal to the amount of interest you were paying on the debt. Really. Go back to the $1,000 debt you paid off in the pre- vious example. If it was a credit card balance at 18 percent and you were mak- ing minimum payments, you were paying $15 in interest each month, or $180 annually. Once the debt is paid off, you no longer will pay that $180 in interest. You get to keep it. That is your 18 percent return on the $1,000 you invested in your debt. Do you know of any other investment that Obituary PBR Continued from page 1A “If it saves just one person from making a bad choice, then it is a win-win for every- one,” Gurrola said. The event, which begins at 8 p.m., with gates opening at 6 p.m., has already received commitments from riders including 2008 World Champion Guilherme Marchi, two- time World Champion Chris Shivers and recent world traveler and Amazing Race run- ner-up Cord McCoy. Red Bluff’s own bullfighting duo Joe Baumgartner and Eric Layton will be on hand to protect the bull riders and PBR Entertainer Flint Rassmussen will entertain the crowd. Four Star Rodeo Co. will be getting the BILL Continued from page 1A dren would be monitored for 10 or 20 years after leav- ing prison, depending on the severity of the offense. ‘‘There’s some signifi- cant cost savings just in that. Lifetime parole for a sex offender population, as you can imagine, adds up,’’ said Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco. Leno sits on the Appro- priations Committee and chairs the Public Safety Committee, which negotiat- ed the changes. To save on corrections spending, the bill has been amended to say that most offenders convicted of a repeat petty theft would be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in guarantees an 18 percent return? There are no minimum require- ments to invest in your debt as there are to invest in other ways. If you have an extra dollar, you can apply it directly to your debt, increasing your net worth by $1. It makes so much sense to Mary Hunt Everyday Cheapskate invest in your unsecured debt until it is paid completely. Then what? I suggest you start investing in your secured debts. Every benefit of invest- ing in your unsecured debt holds true for your secured debt. Your "return on invest- ment" will be less because mortgage interest is typically lower than interest charged on credit cards, but it is still an investment approach. Every dollar you invest in your mortgage puts you that much closer to owning your home free and clear. Once paid, it's yours. No one can foreclose on it or take it from you, regardless of what happens to the economy or the stock market. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 18 books. pen of bulls, which will include Don Kish Bucking Bulls and Julio Moreno Bulls, Gur- rola said. Tickets for the sixth annual Rolling Hills Casino PBR Bull Bash are on sale and avail- able at the Tehama District Fair office, Red- Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce, the Loft in Red Bluff and the Boot Barn in Anderson. Tickets are available online at www.tick- etforce.com. Prices are $10 for children 12 and younger, $25 for grandstand and $40 for reserved box seats. VIP tickets, which includes dinner catered by The Palomino Room and beverages throughout the night, are $60. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. county jail. They would have to be convicted of petty theft four times before they could be sent to state prison for a longer sentence. The Department of Cor- rections and Rehabilitation estimated that would have kept more than 940 thieves out of prison over a recent 12-month period, at a cost of $52,363 per inmate per year. The California State Sheriffs’ Association is con- cerned that more thieves will wind up in crowded county jails, spokeswoman Karen Pank said. However, the association supports the rest of Fletcher’s bill. Among other bills being considered in the Legisla- ture this week: — Lawmakers will con- sider delaying an $11.1 bil- lion water bond measure until the 2012 ballot under a bill pending in the Senate. AB1265 would postpone the bond, which is on the November ballot. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who had promoted borrow- ing the money to improve the state’s water storage and delivery system, is seeking the delay because the state faces a $19 billion budget gap. Delaying the bond requires a two-thirds major- ity vote in each chamber. — The autopsy reports of murdered children could be sealed from the media and the public under a bill before the Senate Appropri- ations Committee on Mon- day. The legislation by Sen- ate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Murrieta, was prompted by slayings in Northern California and San Diego County.