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Tuesday, October 19, 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. TUESDAY,OCTOBER 19 Red Bluff City Council, 7 p.m. City Hall, 555 Washington St. Farm Day for fourth-graders, Tehama District Fairground Diabetic Education, 12:30 p.m. St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Columba Room, 529-8031 Line Dancing for Beginners, 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., 1500 South Jackson St., $1, 527-8177 PAL Kickboxing, 4 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529-8716 or 200-3950 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., 1500 So. Jackson St., Free, 527-8177 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 9:30 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528- 8066 Red Bluff Rotary, noon, Elks Lodge Take Off Pounds Sensibly — TOPS, 10 a.m., First United Methodist Church, 525 David Ave., 824-0556 or 529-1414 Tehama County Board of Supervisors, 10 a.m., board chamber, 727 Oak St. Tehama County Health Partnership, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., 1135 Lincoln St. 527-6824 Tehama County Patriots, 6 p.m., Trinity Landmark Missionary Church, 20920 Hampton Rhodes Drive Tehama County Resource Conservation Dis- trict, 8 a.m., USDA Service Center, 2 Sutter St., Suite D Tehama County Society for Crippled Children and Adults Annual Meeting, 1 p.m., Elks Lodge on Gilmore Road Tehama District Fair board, 1 p.m., Tehama Room, Tehama District Fairground, 650 Antelope Blvd. Corning Planning Commission, 6:30 p.m., city hall, 794 Third St. Spanish Adult Education, 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824- 7670 Cottonwood Cottonwood Community Library Readers Club, 4 p.m., 347-4818 Los Molinos Bingo, doors open at 4:30 p.m., dinner, Early Bird round at 6:15 p.m., regular session 6:30 p.m., Los Molinos Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 7900 Sherwood Blvd., 384-2738 Free ESL Class, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Los Molinos Elementary, 7700 Stanford Ave., 384-7833 Paskenta Elkins School Board, 5:15 p.m., 2960 Elkins Road WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20 Red Bluff AARP Driver Safety Program, 10 a.m.. to 3 p.m., $12 for AARP members and $14 for non- members, Sycamore Center, 220 Sycamore St., 528-1728. Adult Wood Carving Class, 10 a.m.-noon, Vet- erans Hall, 824-5669 Al-Anon, noon to 1 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jefferson and Hickory BMX practice races, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $3 Downtown Farmers Market,5-8 p.m., Washington Street between Oak and Pine streets Elks duplicate bridge, noon, Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, 528-9418 Lupus/Fibromyalgia Support Group, 6 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Columba room, Jackie, 529-3029 Marine Corps League, 6:30 p.m., Red Bluff Veteran’s Memorial Hall, corner of Oak and Jack- son streets., Roy Fansler 384-2134 PAL Youth Carving Class, 3-4:30 p.m., Com- munity Center, 824-5669 Red Bluff Community Blood Drive, 2 to 6 p.m., sponsored by Emblem club, at Red Bluff Vet- erans Memorial building, Oak and Jackson streets. Red Bluff Joint Union High School Board, 5:30 p.m., 1525 Douglass St. Red Bluff Kiwanis, noon, Palomino Room Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Westside Grange, Wal- nut St. TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.., FREE but by appointment only, Youth Empowerment Services, 1900 Walnut st., 527-8491 ext. 3012 If you've been following this col- umn for a long time, you know that I am not a fan of gift cards: 1) Most gift cards are good in only one store. 2) That store could go bankrupt, making that gift card useless. 3) It is impos- sible to spend a gift card to the penny; you either leave a bit on the card to be lost forever or you go over and have to dig into your own pocket. 4) Those gift cards that are good in any store come with big fees on the front end. 5) No matter how you cut it, the card will self-eliminate over time. I know what you're thinking: But, New gift card rules and the upcoming holidays • New limits on inactivity fees. Inac- tivity, or dormancy, fees only can kick in after a card has been unused for 12 months, and only one such fee is allowed per month. The issuer must provide the cardholder with clearly stated informa- tion on what those fees are and how they may be trig- gered. Mary, don't you know about the new law that fixes all the problems with gift cards? Not so fast, Bucko. That's the hype in the media, but let's take a look at the facts. Yes, the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 does address gift cards, but not in the ways you might imagine. Basically, gift cards are still a rip-off. What the new law requires is that you must be informed about how you and your recipient are going to get ripped off. Here are the highlights of the new rules issued on gift cards by the Fed in the Credit CARD Act: California State University, Chico will hold its 4th annual Campus Sus- tainability Day. This nationwide event is an opportunity to showcase the sus- tainable practices being implemented that have helped gain recognition for Chico State as a “green campus.” The Campus Sustainability Day information fair will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20, on the University’s Trinity Commons lawn, formerly known as the Free Speech Area. The event provides individuals with a chance to learn more about how to contribute to the sustainability efforts. Participating organizations include the following: • Wildcat Recreation Center – Dis- playing the new electricity-generating elliptical machines that can be found in the WREC gym. Participants can try out the elliptical and find out how much energy is generated by these machines. • Chico State Organic Dairy – Showcasing sample products, videos and promotional materials. • CLIC – Promoting the “Right-to- Police reports Arrests • Chance Nathaniel Aaron Wright, 31, of Corn- ing was arrested Friday in the area of Sixth Avenue and Marin Street. He was booked into Tehama County Jail on charges of inflicting corporal injury. Bail was $20,000. • Armando Acosta Cruz, 44, of Sylmar, Pedro Valen- cia Cardenas, 40, and Juan Luis Cornejo, 30, both of Palo Alto, were arrested Fri- day on forest road M-2 and Kelly Road. All three were booked into jail on the charges of possession for sale and transportation of marijuana or hashish. Bail was $50,000 each. • Diane Kathleen Rotter, 52, of Los Molinos, also known as Billie Rae Stevie was arrested Saturday on Tehama Vina Road at Sher- wood Boulevard. Rotter was booked into jail on the charges of cruelty to an elder or dependent, vandalism and battery. Bail was $15,000. • Danielle Christine Mazzei, 38, of Concord was arrested Saturday at the Crystal Motel. She was booked into jail on the charges of receiving known stolen property, possession of a controlled substance and possession of a con- trolled narcotic. Bail was $80,000. • Patrick James Arm- strong, 49, of Red Bluff was arrested Saturday in Red Bluff River Park. He was booked into jail on the charges of transporting or selling a controlled sub- stance. Bail was $25,000. •Anthony William Dou- COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES Smog Check starting at $ (most cars and pick-ups) 2595 + cert. Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. JOIN 4-H Call the 4-H office for information November 23, 2010 527-3101 Last day to join The Electric Man For all your electrical needs • New Outlets / 220 • Fans / Fixtures • Pools / Spas • Code Corrections • Troubleshooting • Panel Upgrade • Telephone Wiring $10.00 Customer Discount FREE Estimates License# 826543 347-4441 CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES ARRIVING DAILY! • Clearly marked expira- tion dates. Gift cards pur- chased after Aug. 22, 2010, must have the expiration dates clearly printed on the plastic itself. A gift card may not expire for a mini- mum of five years after the original issue or the last time funds were loaded onto the account. One last thing: Never Mary Hunt • Clear and conspicuous terms. The issuer must pro- vide all other information pertinent to the gift card in clear, easy- to-understand terms. See what I mean? There's nothing new that is going to make gift cards a foolproof proposition. Many recipients still will toss them aside because they Recycle” campaign with interactive games. • Associated Students Bookstore – Featuring eco-friendly products and services, as well as an exciting, atten- tion-grabbing game. • Net Impact – Showcasing the Free-Re-Cycle item swap. Drop off whatever you want and take whatever you want. Past items included clothes, plates, cooking utensils, books, school supplies, wallets, prom dresses and pic- ture frames. • Associated Students Sustainability – Displaying a representation of the average students’ carbon footprint, water usage, CO2 emissions and how many earths it would take if everyone lived this way. The booth will have a laptop so students can calculate their own footprint. • Take Back the Tap – Displaying how much oil it takes to manufacture plastic bottles. Other events related to Campus Sustainability Day include CSU, Chico’s office of Regional and Contin- uing Education nationwide webcast steaming live 10–11:30 a.m. and David glas, 18, of Red Bluff was arrested Saturday on Dumosa Drive in Red Bluff. He was booked into jail on the charges of receiving known stolen property and public intoxication. Bail was $10,250. • Jason Edward Dalton, 26, of Corning was arrested Friday on the 1000 block of Second Street. He was booked into jail on the charge of inflicting corporal injury. Bail was set at $30,000. Collisions • Two people, Carolyn Steffan, 72, of Tehama and a 12-year-old Los Molinos girl, received minor injuries in a collision at 11:10 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Cavalier Street, south of C Street, in Tehama. Kevin McDonel, 45, of Los Moli- nos was driving east on C Street, approaching Cavalier when the vehicle in front of him slowed. McDonel swerved right to avoid a col- lision and hit Steffan’s vehi- cle. Steffan, whose vehicle had moderate damage, drove herself to St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital. The girl, a passenger in McDonel’s vehicle, was taken to St. Elizabeth by ambulance. McDonel’s vehicle had major damage. Crashes • Rodrigo Chaverro, 58, of Chico was uninjured in a rollover crash at 3:10 a.m. Saturday on Decker Avenue, south of LeClaire Avenue in the Dairyville area. Chaverro was driving his semi, with two trailers attached, west on LeClaire, and approaching a left hand curve where the road turns Everyday Cheapskate throw away a used-up gift card. In the event of a return, the depleted gift card will be necessary to obtain a refund for items purchased. This is not a new provision with the Credit CARD Act but one that few people know about. There's a way to take care of all these problems. CASH. It always fits, never gets tossed out with the gift wrap and does not come with an expiration date. Best of all: No fees! Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 18 books, including her latest, "Can I Pay My Credit Card Bill With a Credit Card?" You can e-mail her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. CSU, Chico gears up for campus sustainability day Gershon, author of the best-seller “Low Carbon Diet: A 30 Day Program to Lose 5,000 Pounds,” will share proven strategies and tools for carbon reduction. This webcast will be shown on the CSU, Chico campus in the Center for Continuing Education building, room 107. Faculty are encouraged to bring their classes, and the general public is also welcome to attend. For more information about the webcast, visit http://www.scup.org/page/profdev/we bcast/2010/csd8/content. The Wildcat Recreation Center will host a special event featuring the newly retrofitted ReRev elliptical exercise machines. Over the summer, 25 ellipti- cal machines were retrofitted with technology that captures the kinetic energy generated during a user’s work- out and feeds that energy back into the electrical grid. The “ReRev ReMix” event seeks to raise awareness of this student-driven project and will feature a live DJ on the cardio floor from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the evening of Oct. 20. For more information contact call 530-898-6677. into Decker Avenue. He tried to take the curve too fast and ran off the road, rolling the semi. His semi had major damage. • Ericka Hency, 28, of Los Molinos received minor injuries in a crash at 3:25 p.m. Saturday on Reeds Creek Road, west of Pine Creek Road. Hency was dri- ving east on Reeds Creek Road, veered off the road and hit a fence. She was released to the hospital for treatment. Her vehicle had minor damage. An investi- gation is on-going. Fires • Red Bluff Fire respond- ed at 4:28 p.m. Saturday to the 1800 block of Walnut Street for reports of a cook- ing fire. The residents were not home at the time and had left a chicken on the stove, which filled the apart- ment with smoke. Red Bluff Fire cleared at 5:05 p.m. • CalFire responded at 11:24 a.m. Monday to a one-acre vegetation fire on Cody Road near Rawson Road. The last unit cleared at 1:06 p.m. The cause was mechanical and the fire did $200 damage. • CalFire responded to a debris fire that did $300 damage to a fence with a $1,000 save at 12:31 p.m. Monday on Scenic Avenue in Mineral. The fire was contained by locals upon arrival. Hit and run • A hit and run involving a roll over took place at 6:02 a.m. Sunday on Highway 99E, north of Eighth Avenue. An unknown driver in a 2002 GMC Yukon was driving north on 99E when for unknown reasons the dri- ver allowed the vehicle to run off the west road edge where it hit seven mailbox- es. The vehicle came back onto the road where it rolled over. Sydney Petyo, 30, of Chico was driving north on 99E at the time and was unable to avoid sideswiping the rolled over vehicle, caus- ing minor damage to her vehicle. No one was injured. Odd • A large bag filled with marijuana was found Friday afternoon outside of Los Molinos High School. It was collected and marked for destruction. Thefts • A man reportedly took a bottle of vodka, Sunday, from the CVS store on Belle Mill. According to reports in Red Bluff Police logs it was the second day in a row he had stolen alcohol. • A green 1996 Ford Taurus, license 5927CDP, was reported at 10:15 a.m. Sunday as missing from the 400 block of Jefferson Street.The following infor- mation is compiled from Red Bluff Police Depart- ment, Tehama County Sher- iff’s Department, Corning Police Department and Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol. Dinner Special 5pm - Close 4 Breaded Jumbo Prawn Dinner $999 No Substitutions. Not good on take out. 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