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Friday, August 20, 2010 – Daily News – 3A To add an upcoming event in the Local Calendar, submit Local Calendar 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. FRIDAY,AUGUST 20 Red Bluff Al-Anon, 6 to 7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jeffer- son and Hickory Celebrate Recovery, 6:15 p.m., Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St. 527-2449 Knit for Kids, 9:15 to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372. Mommy and Me Breastfeeding Class, 10 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Reeds Creek School Board, 1:30 p.m., 18335 Johnson Road, library Weekend Childbirth Class, 5-9 p.m., Columba room, Anita Parker 736-0645 Corning Huntington’s Disease Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Tehama Village Apartments recreation room, 651 Toomes Avenue, 736-0484. Spanish Adult Education, 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 SATURDAY,AUGUST 21 Red Bluff Farmer’s Market, 8 a.m. to noon, Red Bluff River Park, 527-6220 Ide Adobe Days, noon-4 p.m., Ide Adobe State Historic Park, 529-8599 Weekend Childbirth Class, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Columba room, Anita Parker 736-0645 Corning Chris Gardner in Concert, 9 p.m.to 1 a.m., Rolling Hills Casino, free admission, 528-3500 or rollinghillscasino.com Miss Corning Program, 6 p.m., Veterans Memori- al Building SUNDAY,AUGUST 22 Red Bluff Red Bluff Junior Round-Up Queen competition, 9 a.m., Brewers Roping Arena, Los Molinos, and 1 p.m., Tehama District Fairground WHEEPicnic and Prayer Circle, 4:20 p.m., 22116 Riverside Avenue Corning Evangelist services, 7 p.m., Family Bible Church, 609 Marin St., 824-9989 MONDAY,AUGUST 23 Red Bluff Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jefferson and Hickory (additional meetings noon and 6 p.m. Wednesdays, 6 p.m.Fridays) Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St.Eliz- abeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Rusty, 529- 2059 Key to Life, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Suite 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, 9:30-11 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, 528-8066 Sun Country Quilters Guild Meeting, 7 p.m., Westside Room, Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. Corning Healthcare District, 6 p.m., district office building, 145 Solano St., conference room Narcotics Anonymous, and 7 p.m., 815 First St., 385-1169 or 566-5270. Meetings daily through Satur- day, additional meeting noon Mondays Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Spanish Adult Education, 5 p.m., Family Resource Center, 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 TUESDAY,AUGUST 24 Red Bluff Alzheimer’s and dementia support group, 6 p.m., Lassen House, 705 Luther Road, 529-2900 International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, 6:45 P.M., Masonic Hall 822 Main St. 527-6715 BOOK BARN Used Books Tues-Fri 10-5 Sat 10-2 THANK YOU RED BLUFF We are now celebrating our 16th Anniversary 619 Oak St., Red Bluff (530) 528-2665 Coupon craze leads to newspaper theft Q: "I get the newspaper delivered every week. Some weeks the coupons are so good that I head to the store and buy extra copies to get more coupons. Lately I have noticed that the coupon inserts are being stolen out of the paper! I hate getting home only to discover I spent money on extra papers with no coupons in them. You should warn your readers to check the newspapers for coupon inserts before they buy them." A: I’ve heard similar complaints from coupon shoppers and stores in my area, too. Coupon use is on the rise. Sadly, instead of spending an extra dollar or two to buy a newspaper, unscrupulous shoppers simply steal the coupons from the newspaper at the store without buying the paper. Coupon theft hurts many people. The store will likely lose a sale if the customer checks a paper before pur- chasing it and discovers the inserts are gone. The carrier who delivered the paper to the store will not get credit for that unsold paper. And anyone who purchases an incomplete paper will be upset. Since the dollar value of coupons inside a newspaper is so high com- pared to the small cost of the paper itself, I’ve never understood why peo- ple would risk trying to steal the coupon inserts. But, unfortunately, some do. One newspaper in our area seals coupons in a plastic bag along with all store sales flyers for the week. This helps, but occasionally I still see torn bags hanging out of newspapers at the store, where people rip open the bags to steal the coupons. Q: "I work part-time deliv- ering newspapers. Every week after I’m done with my route I have a stack of extra papers that I’m instructed to recycle if they’re not need- ed for deliveries. I take the coupons out and deliver them to our library, which has a coupon trading box. I’m glad these coupons will get used and not just thrown away." A: I agree! Many of my readers have written to say that they’ve made little "deals" with their newspaper carriers or local stores to receive any extra newspa- pers that might otherwise be tossed out or recycled – a great way to get more coupons at no cost. However, depending on where you live and the various newspapers’ policies on unsold papers, it’s important to understand that not all unsold papers are headed straight to the trash. Con- sider the next e-mail note from anoth- er newspaper carrier who must account for all undelivered papers each week. Q: "Not all unsold newspapers get recycled or thrown away. I don’t want people thinking it’s OK to take a bunch of papers as long as it’s at the end of the day, since the unsold news- papers will just be thrown away. Jill Cataldo Coupon Queen Where I work, stores sign a legal con- tract stating that unsold coupon inserts will not be given out in any way. Stores think they can take out the coupons and give back many partial papers, but they do not understand that we have to account for all of these. To get credit, our carriers must turn in unsold, complete papers. Every paper not accounted for is paid for out of the carrier’s pocket. Many car- riers just cannot handle the frustration and the lost money and end up quitting. I have known some who will sit in the parking lot all Sunday hoping to catch who is stealing half of their papers every week." A: Stealing coupon inserts from newspapers is wrong. As this reader says, the carriers working for this newspaper must pay for any incomplete newspapers out of their pockets. I can only imagine how frus- trating this must be. I bet that none of the people stealing the newspapers think about the fact that the cost of that paper comes out of another person’s pocket. Jill Cataldo, a coupon workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about couponing at www.supercouponing.com. E-mail your couponing victories and questions to jill@ctwfeatures.com. Downtown Hawaiian Days winners Courtesy photo Tod Dolling, president of Downtown Red Bluff Business Association, presents a check for $25 to Maria Lourdes Barron and her son, Ricardo, of Sweet Divas Fashions, as the winner of the Hawaiian Days window and planter decorations.The Tremont Cafe came in second with its planter decorations.The drawings were won by Sharon Eglli for the Hawaiian dinner for four donated by California Kitchen & Co., Joan Wanis for the Hawaiian shirt from Heartfelt Designs and Janice Bobnick for the Patagonia bag by Heartfelt Designs. Police reports The following infor- mation is compiled from Red Bluff Police Depart- ment, Tehama County Sheriff’s Department, Corning Police Depart- ment and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Mitchell Scott Allen, 47, Red Bluff, also known as Scott Allen Mitchell, was arrested Monday evening on Center Street by the TCSD on suspicion of commiting arson and giving away, transporting or selling more than 28.5 grams of marijuana. Bail was set at $125,000. • Someone was report- edly arrested after refus- ing to pay the fare on a ride Wednesday afternoon to South Main Street. The log did not indicate whether the ride was by taxi or bus. Toddlers • A one-year-old was reportedly bitten in the face by the family dog Wednesday morning on Grant Street. •A pair of toddlers were reportedly seen wandering around with- out parental supervision Wednesday morning at the corner of Chipman and Jackson streets. Police determined the father, who had worked a graveyard shift, to have been asleep at the time of the incident. •A 2-year-old boy reportedly wandered Wednesday afternoon into a Chimney Rock Drive residence. The boy was returned to his parents, who had contacted the TCSD to report the boy missing. The parents reportedly thought the boy was asleep when he escaped. Juvenile A 14-year-old Cotton- wood Drive boy reported- ly required medical atten- tion Wednesday evening after ingesting some kind of medicine he got at a Red Bluff school. No fur- ther information was available. Lost Karen Sue Kaida reported the loss of a blue “Community Christian” folder Wednesday after- noon on Craig Avenue. The folder, which Kaida suspects she left on top of her car, contained an envelope with $710 in cash and miscellaneous paperwork. The folder may have been lost near Antelope Boulevard. Theft •A man reported the theft of a tractor, genera- tor tools and other items Wednesday night on South Conrad Avenue. •A wallet was reported lost or stolen Wednesday 2390 Athens Ave. Redding CA 96001 530 244 1400 www.avantitravel.com *NO CHARGE FOR OUR CRUISE AND TOUR BOOKINGS Why Use a Travel Agent? *EXPERTISE *SAVINGS * PEACE OF MIND * BEST PRICING Wedding registry and destination weddings Remember without a Travel Agent you are on your own cst# 2007495-40 morning at Walmart. The wallet was last seen Mon- day, around 10 a.m. •A wallet was reported lost Wednesday evening at the corner of Washing- ton and Oak streets. •A cell phone was reported stolen Wednes- day afternoon at Lassen Medical Group. Damage •A man reported his girlfriend friend kicked down his business door Wednesday afternoon on Oak Street. •A man, upset Wednesday afternoon that Antelope Liquor charges a fee for cashing checks, reportedly knocked things off the counter at the busi- ness. Vandalism A car was reported keyed early Friday morn- ing at the Riverside Bar and Grill. Odd • An anonymous citi- zen reported Wednesday morning seeing a Wal- mart employee on Ameri- ca’s Most Wanted. Police, following up on the tip, found no one who works for Walmart who matched the person’s description. •A woman reported Wednesday afternoon on Main Street that the CIA, in collaboration with unknown forces, closed down her bank account. •A male juvenile, dressed in all black, was reportedly admonished by police for arguing with four boys Wednesday evening at Taco Bell. The boys were also admonished. Fires • Red Bluff Fire and CalFire responded at 12:47 p.m. Wednesday to a quarter-acre grass fire on Monroe Street in the area of Sacred Heart School. The fire was con- tained at 12:57 p.m. The cause is under investiga- tion, but is suspicious. • CalFire responded at 4:06 a.m. Thursday to a small spot fire in the median of Interstate 5, south of Liberal Avenue. 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