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2A – Daily News – Wednesday, November 24, 2010 Community people&events Salvation Army needs help filling 500 holiday food boxes The Salvation Army of Red Bluff needs help from the public to fill the 500 Holiday Food Boxes they plan to provide to families in need this year. Monetary dona- tions are much needed so the items for the boxes can be purchased. Or, donations of holiday food items can be given and will go directly into the food boxes provided for the registered families. The public is urged to donate any of the following items: Gift cards for the purchase of turkeys or hams or fresh turkeys and hams; canned or fresh green beans, sweet potatoes, cranberries, vegetables, fruit for pies, ; stuffing mix, fresh potatoes, boxed mashed potato mix, fresh rolls, fruit cocktail, pumpkin pie, apple pie, Jello, canned milk, prepared, non-perishable pie crusts. Monetary donations can be sent to: The Salvation Army-Red Bluff Corps, Attn: Holiday Food Boxes, P.O. Box 935, Red Bluff, 96080. Food donations can be dropped off at: The Salvation Army-Red Bluff Corps, 940 Walnut St., Red Bluff, CA 96080. To make a secure donation online, visit: www.salarmyredbluff.org The Salvation Army hopes that with the support of the public they will be able to provide holiday meals with all the fixings to the increasing number of hungry families in the Red Bluff area. For more information contact Major Frank Severs- Corps Officer, Red Bluff Corps at 736-1929 or frank.severs@usw.salvationarmy.org Bingo to benefit others The Red Bluff Community Center Auxiliary will give away five dinner boxes to players at its bingo game Friday, Dec. 3. Doors will open at the Red Bluff Community Center at 5:30 p.m. Early bird games for $5 a packet of four start at 6:30 p.m. Regular games follow. The packets of 16 games are $10 for the first purchase, and $5 for extra ones. Proceeds from the monthly bingo are donated to local charities and for youth and senior benefit. Setting it straight A letter to the editor in Tuesday’s edition by Vickie Darnell, of Corning, contained accusations of abuse of the author that are not substantiated by any supporting evidence provided with the letter. The letter represents the opinion of the author and should not be taken as evidence or factual accounts of abuse. The Daily News regrets the error. –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. Courtesy photo D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 126, NUMBER 03 On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area 800-479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Fax: (530) 527-5774 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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Local Happenings Mildred, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.C. Combs, is slowly recovering from scarlet fever ... The many friends of Miss Georgie Dell McCoy will be pleased to know that she is getting along nicely and expects to be out of quarantine and at home within a few days. ... Mrs. Kate Rowley, mother of Mrs. George Tribune, is slowly improving. She is now at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Rowley broke her leg several weeks ago and that, with other complications, has made her quite seriously sick. – Daily News, Nov. 24, 1920 365 S. Main St., Red Bluff Hey, Let’s go Bowling! After dinner and the football games work off those Turkey Blahs and enjoy some Family Fun! Bowl • Golf • Pool • Arcade! Lariat Bowl will be open 4pm to 10pm Thanksgiving Day Open lanes available all Holiday weekend Call 527-2720 or visit our website @ www.lariatbowl.com On Friday, Nov. 19, Bend School held its annual Thanksgiving Feast for students and their families.The menu included the traditional turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy and wide assortment of desserts. The event was organized by the Bend School Student Council. The food was prepared and donated by family and community members. Bend School Student Council pictured from left: Class Representative Willie DiPero, Secretary Emily Ryan, President Maryn Spangler, Vice President Chance Campbell, Treasurer Kolton King, Class Representative Karli Rodriguez. COMMUNITY CLIPS Thanksgiving dinner The Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., will be serving its 17th Annual Free Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday. This special holiday dinner is for all those in the community who are alone or may not have anywhere else to go. A complete turkey dinner with all the trimmings, including pumpkin pie and good fellowship, will be served between noon and 1 p.m. by church members and community volunteers. The dinner is sponsored by the Stewardship and Mis- sion Committee with a large portion of the food donat- ed by the Presbyterian congregation. Customer Service Representative to help schools obtain money. Work with Principals, PTA’s, Coaches, Music, and Childcares! We train! $17.99-$ 20.00/hr.avg. Call 765-377-4501 TEA AND BOUTIQUE Fri., Dec. 3rd 10AM to 3PM 25076 Sycamore Avenue, behind La Corona, Los Molinos 9AM to 8PM Sat., Dec. 4th , 2010 , 2010 35th Annual Holiday Express Tour Holiday Express – the Christmas tree lights bus tour – is set for Thursday, Dec. 16. The bus tour is co-sponsored by Soroptimist Inter- national of Red Bluff and Mt. Lassen Motor Transit. The proceeds of the bus tour will go to the club’s Cancer Diagnostic Fund which includes mammograms for persons without insurance to cover the costs. Residents in Red Bluff are being asked to alert the committee of their Christmas decorated residences to be included for viewing in the bus tour by calling Mary Alice George at 527-1038. Festivities will commence at 6 p.m. on Dec. 16 with a Christmas program and refreshments to be served at the Cornerstone Community Bank, 237 S. Main St. in Red Bluff through the efforts of J. B. Stacy. The bus tour is one of the fund-raisers for SIRB and has been well received by the townspeople for the past nine years giving the people a chance to view the many Christmas decorated areas without having to drive. The club will be conducting a raffle for dinner for six and other items at the bus tour with proceeds also for the Soroptimist’s Cancer Diagnostic Fund. Co-chairwomen for the event are Nancy Shilts and Mary Alice George and committee members are Jan Miller, Bev Ross, Bobi Hughes, Carol Bosse and Louisa Barber. Tickets may be purchased by contacting any Soroptimist member or calling Mary Alice George at 527-1038. May I ask you a question? I am as far away from being per- fect as the East is from the West. I am someone who struggles, just like you, with judgment, unbecom- ing attitudes and difficulty monitor- ing my caloric intake. In moments of self-absorption I sometimes pur- posefully avoid eye contact with people holding signs asking for help and I have passed by litter on the road when I easily could have picked it up. When negative things would come into my life, I sometimes had difficulty seeing past how the action affected me, to why this action was happening. I put the emphasis of the issue on me and how it affected me and how I was going to deal with what happened to me. It is nat- ural for anyone to analyze their life experiences based on how they are affected. It is human nature and very new millennium to say "what is it about this experience that will affect me?" When our focus is on ourselves and how others affect us, there is one amazing little question that determines how we react to all of life’s scenarios; one question that will define how you look at all the things that happen to you, to your community and to your world as a whole. Based on your answer, you will react one of two ways. There are only two sides to this question coin. Only two possible answers and they are as far apart from each other as the East is from the West. All of our reactions to what happens to us are based on one fundamental question. Do you believe people are inherently good or bad? Simple question with a complex answer. I can hear some of you already saying that it depends on who has done what to you. I beg to differ. Whether you know it or not, you asked yourself that question long ago and have based your reactions to all of life based on your answer, either consciously or subconsciously. Take a look at your personal history and gauge for yourself the answer to this question: When someone does something you do not agree with or appreciate, do you jump to the condemning con- clusion or the forgiving one? What do you attribute the negativ- ity in life to? Do people rob, steal, make war and gossip because they are evil and have a "me only " atti- tude or do you believe that people are essentially good but flawed, and fall into the trap of issues that bring out the not-so- best in them on occa- sion? When you feel a neg- Faydra Rector ative reaction coming on check to see if is because you believe people are bad and out to make your life miser- able. If you do, their actions will upset you and make you reject them. It is entirely pos- sible that the reason you are bothered is because of a deep seated belief. Try instead, to see past the action and look at the person. Even the most incredulous person needs love and even the most love- able person occasionally needs for- giveness. Faydra Rector, MA is a mental health administrator, author, public speaker, educator and life coach who lives in Red Bluff. She can be reached at lifecoach@shasta.com or view her blogs at http://faydraandcompany.blogspot. com/ and http://allaboutdivorce.blogspot.com /. Bend School holds Thanksgiving Feast