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Friday, September 10, 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. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 Red Bluff and Hickory Al-Anon, 6-7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jeferson 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 Corning Adult Wood Carving Class, 10 a.m.-noon, Tehama Village Recreation Hall, 6152 Toomes Ave., 824-5669 Spanish Adult Education, 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Manton Lusty Red Release Party, 5-10 p.m., Alger Vine- yards and Winery, 31636 Forward Road, 474-WINE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Red Bluff 9/11 Tribute, 8:30 a.m. Tehama County Court- house, 633 Washington St. BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $10 Decorative Brushes of No. California, 10 a.m., Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., 527-7449 or decorativepainters.org Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon, Red Bluff River Park, 527-6220 Mercy Sports Booster Yard Sale, 8 a.m.to 2 p.m., Mercy High School, 233 Riverside Way, 527-8313 PATH Walk, 9 a.m., Furniture Depot parking lot Red Bluff Junior Roundup, Tehama District Fair- ground Wings and Wheels, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m., Red Bluff Air- port, 1760 Airport Blvd., 527-6547 Corning Chris Gardner in Concert, 9 p.m.to 1 a.m., Rolling Hills Casino, free admission, 528-3500 or rollinghillscasino.com Dairyville Sunshine Sanctuary for Kids and Horses Open House, 9 a.m. to noon, 529-0183 Los Molinos Senior Dance,7 p.m., Los Molinos Sr. Social Club, Senior Center, Josephine St. Tehama Tehama Jubilee, all day, Tehama County Museum, 275 C St., free Cottonwood Eighth Annual Cottonwood Hot Rods and Hogs Car and Bike Show, Registration 7-9 a.m., show 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., downtown Cottonwood, 347-7468 or 347-9178 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 Red Bluff Decorative Brushes of No. California, 10 a.m., Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. WHEE Picnic and Prayer Circle, 4:20 p.m., 22116 Riverside Ave. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Red Bluff Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jefferson 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, 6:45-8:45 p.m., Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., 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 Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Tehama County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue, 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 Mon- days Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Spanish Adult Education, 5 p.m., Family Resource Center, corner of West and South streets, 824-7670 Coupon shoppers by the numbers Each year, I read through the new Nielsen Co. statistics on coupon usage with great interest. It’s a common mis- conception among non- coupon users that coupon shoppers have low incomes, are disadvantaged or are strug- gling financially and need to use coupons to get by. Nothing could be further from the truth! According to Nielsen, the biggest users of coupons are Cau- casian women under the age of 54 with college degrees and average incomes of more than $70,000 per year. Take a moment to re-read that statistic. It contradicts just about every preconceived notion of a coupon shopper! What Nielsen calls "heavy coupon users" are mainly college-educated younger women with higher incomes. Nielsen tracks even more cate- gories of coupon shoppers, too. In the "coupon enthusiast" category, things start to get even more inter- esting. An enthusiast is defined as someone who uses 104 or more coupons in a six-month period, and enthusiasts accounted for 65 per- cent of all coupon use and 18 per- cent of all unit purchases last year! Avid coupon users purchased near- ly 20 percent of everything bought with a coupon last year. Exciting stuff, no doubt. Coupon enthusiasts love coupons and use lots of them regularly. But here’s another surprising statistic from the report. Just 22 percent of shoppers are responsible for 83 percent of all coupons redeemed last year. Aside from enthusiasts and heavy coupon users, the remaining 88 percent of shoppers used just 17 percent of the coupons redeemed. So who’s not using coupons? Often, it’s people who could benefit from coupon savings the most. Of 100 shoppers who make less than $20,000 annu- ally, just 1.6 use coupons to their best advantage. Why lower-income shoppers don’t use coupons much has always puzzled me. Coupons represent free money, and even if you’re not a heavy user or enthu- siast the savings add up. But quoting from Nielsen’s report, "In essence, the better edu- cated and more affluent consumers are much bet- ter at looking for deals, as they recognize the value of money." My experience as a coupon ing here, the library consistently filled its auditorium to capacity. The staff felt there would be great interest in a Spanish coupon class, too. I agreed to translate my work- shop presentation and materials. On the day of the class, 17 people showed up – in a room that held 200. A few months ago, I Jill Cataldo Coupon Queen workshop instructor seems to con- firm the study. My Super-Coupon- ing classes are consistently well attended, drawing a hundred or more people a night, and often have long waiting lists. But I also try to reach specific audiences that I feel might also benefit even more from coupon savings, and attendance at those workshops has surprised me. Once, a library that had hosted Super-Couponing many times asked if I’d consider translating my workshop into Spanish. The library is located in a community with a large Hispanic population where many families struggle financially. Each time I taught Super-Coupon- was asked to speak to a group of residents who live in public assisted housing – people on limit- ed incomes who presum- ably could use ideas for stretching a budget. The coupon class was promot- ed well to hundreds of residents. While I have become accustomed to walking into a room packed to the walls night after night, here I was quite surprised to see just three people in attendance. Does this mean that the Spanish- speaking population or people on assisted living don’t want to use coupons? Not necessarily – and I sincerely hope that the people who did attend these workshops were able to benefit from them. But there are certainly other reasons people don’t use coupons. We’ll discuss these in next week’s column. Jill Cataldo, a coupon workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about couponing at her website, www.supercouponing.com. E-mail your own couponing victories and questions to jill@ctwfeatures.com. 25th anniversary Rose Show set in October Shasta Rose Society presents its 25th Annual Rose Show on Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Recreation Room in Caldwell Park, Redding. This is a judged rose show and many categories are open to the public to exhibit. Roses must be iden- tified and grown by exhibitor. There are horticulture and arrangement categories. For information on exhibiting schedules, contact Carole Schmitz at 242- 1901 The Rose Show is free and will be open for public 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. Theft •Tehama County Sheriff’s Deputies report- edly recovered a stolen marijuana plant Wednes- day morning on Ventura Avenue by following a dirt trail from the victim’s house to the home of a 17-year-old boy on Lun- ing Street. The boy denied taking the mari- juana, claiming he found in his backyard, and the owner only wanted the plant returned and no charges were filed. •A man reportedly barged into a Southridge Drive apartment, grabbed a purse and wallet and ran towards Kimball Road. He dropped the purse while fleeing the scene and was last seen wearing blue jeans and a black hooded sweatshirt and appeared to be about 19 or 20 years old. •James Wesley Boucher reported a bur- glary Wednesday after- noon on Wagon Wheel Road to the house of his deceased parents. • An identity theft was reported Wednesday morning on Beverly Avenue. •A custom-made black powder horn was reported stolen Wednes- day night from the jani- tor’s closet at Metteer Elementary School The horn owner reported a pair of juveniles, ages 13 or 14 with dark hair and dressed in dark sweat- shirts and shorts, were seen lleaving the closet and jumping the school fence into a neighboring parking lot. The loss was $70. Juveniles Two 15-year-old boys and a 13-year-old boy were reportedly admon- ished Wednesday after- noon for stealing Robi- tussin from Highway 99E. Lost An envelope contain- ing receipts and an ATM card was reported lost Wednesday afternoon in downtown Red Bluff. Injury A student at Jackson Heights Elementary School was reportedly bloody, had a scratched ear and told people on Wednesday afternoon that his dad had been pulling on his ear because he had been in trouble. Animals •A cat was reportedly stuck Wednesday after- noon in a woodpile on Christina Drive until ani- mal services employees came by and took it to the Tehama County Animal Shelter. •A cat was reportedly stuck Wednesday after- noon in the drainage at the US Postal Service until someone removed the grating and rescued it. • Someone reported viewing 2-6 p.m. The public’s vote will determine the winner of the “most fragrant rose” contest. There will be fabulous raffle prizes with winners drawn at 6 p.m. The Shasta-Cascade Viticulture Association will have a wine tasting 3-6 p.m. Several wineries will be represented and various wines can be sampled by pur- chasing a $5 wine glass. Douglas Jernberg will be exhibiting and selling framed and unframed rose photographs from his “Pho- tos From the Garden” collection. being bit by a squirrel Wednesday morning in the unincorporated coun- ty. Vandalism •A woman reported about $800 in scratch damage Wednesday night to her vehicle on Kimball Road. •A window was reported broken Thursday morning at Metteer Ele- mentary School. The damage was estimated to be $300. • Bruce Richardson Hale reported white spray paint on the roadway Wednesday afternoon on Grant and Oak streets in Los Molinos. Crash A vehicle reportedly hit a tree Wednesday afternoon at the corner of Paskenta Road and Wal- nut Street. No one was injured. Odd A woman called the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department to report that her cousin in Stockton has been spreading rumors about her. Fires • Two Tehama County vegetation fires were caused by lightning strikes Wednesday. At A Clean, Reliable, Trustworthy, Chimney Company... 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It was contained at 3:30 p.m. CalFire cleared the scene at 5:10 p.m. A second vegetation fire that burned a 10th of an acre off of Highway 36W, nine miles west of Bow- man Road, was reported at 6:49 p.m. It was caused by a lightning strike to a single tree. CalFire cleared at 8:29 p.m. • A vehicle fire at 12:34 p.m. Wednesday on Capay Road in the area of Clark Avenue in the south Corning area was caused by a cigarette. The fire was contained at 12:55 p.m. Tehama County Fire was assisted by Capay Fire Protection District. Damage was $1,000 to a 1971 Chevrolet pickup. • A quarter-acre vege- tation fire, reported at 11:34 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Red Bank Road and Briggs Road, was caused by powerlines. Damage was $100. The fire was contained at 11:44 a.m. and CalFire cleared at 1:06 p.m.