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Monday, November 22, 2010 – Daily News – 3A Local Calendar MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Red Bluff Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jeffer- son and Hickory (additional meetings noon and 6 p.m.Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Fridays) 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. Suite 101, 528-8066 Line Dancing for Beginners, 9:15 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., 1500 South Jackson St., Free, 527- 8177 Masterworks Chorale Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jeffer- son St., 527-4203 Red Bluff Community Band, 6:45-8:45 p.m., Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St. ,527-3486 Red Bluff Recreation Line Dance Practice, 9:15 to 10:30 a.m.,1500 S. Jackson St. , 527-8177. 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. TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free, by appointment only, Youth Empowerment Services, 1900 Walnut St., 527-8491, Ext. 3012 Corning Healthcare District, 6 p.m., district office build- ing, 145 Solano St., conference room Narcotics Anonymous, and 7 p.m., 815 First St., 824-114 or 586-0245. Meetings daily through Saturday, additional meeting noon 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, 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, NOVEMBER 23 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 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. Suite 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 Patriots,6 p.m., Trinity Landmark Missionary Church, 20920 Hampton Rhodes Drive Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1932, 7 p.m. Veterans Building, Oak St. Corning City Council, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 794 Third St. Jewelry beading class, 9:30 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824- 7670 Soccer training, 4 to 6 p.m., except for holidays and rain, Woodson School Soccer Field, 150 N Toomes, 824-7680. Spanish Adult Education, 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824- 7670 Gerber Tehama Cemetery District, 4 p.m., cemetery office, 7772 Woodland Ave. Los Molinos Free ESL Class, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Los Molinos Elementary, 7700 Stanford Ave., 384-7833 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Red Bluff 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 Lotto numbers SACRAMENTO (AP) — The winning num- bers drawn Saturday night in the California Lottery’s ‘‘SuperLotto Plus’’ game were: 11-30-35-46-47 Meganumber: 15 The 7 deadly categories of spending If you consistently are spending all of your money, leaving you broke and just barely hang- ing on until payday, you need to do something about that. And soon. To get con- trol of your spending, you need to understand the seven basic reasons you spend money: 1) Need Purchases. These are items you need to maintain life or to prevent physical misery. Included are basic food, shelter, medical care, basic clothing and taxes nec- essary to sustain life. 2) Investment Purchases. Includ- ed in this category are savings, checking accounts, stocks, bonds, 401(k) retirement accounts and other vehicles available for storing your funds. 3) Pleasure Purchases. Goods or services that will bring pleasure, fun, excitement, happiness and intellectual stimulation into your life. 4) Convenience Purchases. Goods and services to make life easier or to save you time and has- sle. These can be household appli- ances, dry cleaning services, cell phones, computers and so on. 5) Ego Purchases. This category is really an evil spinoff of the Plea- sure Purchases category. Ego pur- chases are status symbols and are made solely for the sake of showing off, e.g., oversize homes, expensive sports cars, giant plasma TVs -- things that come with big monthly payments that quickly suck away the pleasure. 6) Tradition Purchases. This is a sickening category that includes any purchase made without rational thought, simply to be "normal." These are expenditures made so you'll "fit in" at work or home, items you almost never use, such as the "good" china. 7) Guilt Purchases. This category is similar to Tradition Purchases, but the irrational motive here is guilt. Gifts given because you believe you must -- because it is expected to meet others' expectations -- are guilt purchases. In past columns, I have challenged you to take control of your finances by tracking how you spend your money. That means keeping a simple written record, day in and day out, of what you spend. Recorded on something such as an index card (one card per day), a daily spending record shows you exactly where your money goes. It requires two entries for each pur- chase, what and how much. Now you need to add a third entry: cate- gory. Of the seven purchase cate- gories, the first two (Need Purchas- es and Investment Purchases) are almost always winners. The second two (Pleasure and Convenience) are neither winners nor losers, and the last three (Ego, Tradition and Guilt) are the debt-makers. Take a few minutes to Mary Hunt Everyday Cheapskate have a heart-to-heart talk with yourself. Think about the purchases you've made in the past that had nega- tive impacts on your finan- cial health. Funny, isn't it, how the purchases we regret the most are deeper in the purchase category chain (categories 5, 6 and 7 -- Ego, Tradition and Guilt)? As you begin to become aware of your purchasing by category, something wonderful is going to hap- pen. You'll change the way you spend your money, making it possi- ble to take back control of your life! Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 18 books, including her best-selling classic "Debt-Proof Living." You can e-mail her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. Community College leaders to call for increased college completions Community college leaders from across Cal- ifornia established a bold goal of increasing the number of students earning a degree or cer- tificate by 1 million by 2020. The goal, which also calls for the elimination of the achievement gap for black and Latino students, is included in a new report A 2020 Vision for Student Suc- cess, released by the Community College League of California’s Commission on the Future. The goal is meant to meet national goals to increase college attain- ment to 60 percent of adults by 2025. To achieve the goal, the 112 community colleges would need to annually triple the number of associate’s degrees and certificates by 2020. Currently, about 128,000 students com- plete a degree or certifi- cate, and many transfer to four-year universities without completing the associate’s degree. "The goal is particu- larly remarkable con- sidering the cuts the system has taken over the last three years," said John Hendrickson, chancellor of the West Valley-Mission Com- munity College District in Silicon Valley, and a member of the commis- sion. "Nevertheless, we must boldly state what we need to achieve to K W I K K U T S Family Hair Salon 1064 South Main St., Red Bluff • 529-3540 with coupon Not good with other offers $300 facts & REGULAR HAIRCUT off Reg. $13.95 Expires 11/30/10 meet California’s eco- nomic and social needs over the next ten years." "For the Central Val- ley, it is essential that we eliminate the achievement gap for Latino and black stu- dents," said Ben Duran, Superintendent/Presi- dent of Merced Com- munity College and co- chair of the commis- sion. "Only by increas- ing college attainment will we attract the jobs that will bring down the unemployment rate and bring economic promise to all of our communi- ties." California’s commu- nity colleges serve 2.7 million students each year, but the commis- sion found that too many are arriving at community college underprepared and many leave before com- pleting a degree or cer- tificate. The report provides seventeen recommenda- tions for policy and practice changes that the commission believes will enable the system to meet the goals. The recommen- dations include increased attention of college leaders to com- pletion and the use of disaggregated student data, changes in the community college funding formula, and course scheduling prac- tices. 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CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE for Red Bluff Garden Club SCHOLARSHIP Tehama County High Schools 216 Pine St. Red Bluff Victorian House, corner of Rio & Pine ALL FRESH WREATHS, ARRANGEMENTS AND MORE that it recognizes the difficult financial times of the state, but identi- fies specific strategies that many of our col- leges are using for increasing success even during austere times," said Barbara Dun- sheath, a trustee at the North Orange County Community College District and history pro- fessor at East Los Angeles College, who co-chaired the commis- sion. "Our goal is to see the best practices spread to all of our colleges and students." Eloy Ortiz Oakley, Superintendent/Presi- dent of Long Beach City College and a member of the commis- sion, added "Communi- ty colleges have often followed the path of least resistance while failing to recognize that the student body has changed. Simply put, the way we deliver instruction and student services must change to meet the needs of the twenty-first century stu- dent." In addition to releas- ing the report, the com- mission launched a website today, CCCVi- sion2020.org, which will assist community colleges in sharing information about how they are increasing completion rates and tracking the progress toward the goal. "I am thrilled with the work of the commis- sion, the bold goals it has established, and the vision it has charted for the League in our work serving California’s 112 community colleges," said Scott Lay, Presi- dent/CEO of the League. "The release of this report is simply a starting point." The League is a not- for-profit association whose mission is to pro- mote student access and success by strengthen- ing colleges through leadership development, advocacy, policy devel- opment, and district ser- vices. Copies of the report and more information on promising models for strengthening com- munity colleges are available at www.cccvi- sion2020.org. P.A.W.S. (Partners for Animal Welfare & Safety) A Volunteer Program Dedicated to the Prevention of Litters, Not the Destruction of Unwanted animals. HOW CAN YOU HELP? CALL US! 528-8018 Please leave your number we WILL call you back P.O. Box 8908, Red Bluff CA 96080 DOG DAYZ THANK YOU!! Thank you so much “We Shoot Ya” Photography owners Danny and Dianne Rabalais for hosting ‘Dog Dayz’ Dog Food Drive. The owners ‘fee’ for the professional photo of their dog provided by We Shoot Ya, was large bag of dog/cat food which the Rabalais’ then donated to PAWS to distribute to needy families and their pets. There were 31 bags donated. Thanks to all participants! Thank you also Daily News for the generous space we have enjoyed in your Kids and Family section. Our weekly publish will still be on Mondays so we can keep you informed. 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