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2A – Daily News – Wednesday, December 1, 2010 Community people&events Homes of Hope Be sad, but not defeated The holidays are a time of mixed emotions. On one hand you have the excitement of family and friends coming together to celebrate the season. You have family tradi- tions and the hope that the New Year brings. On the other hand, in this economy with lost homes, lost jobs and lost hopes, it can be difficult to embrace the reason for the season. The season that is supposed to signify joy, peace and all the trap- pings of Christmas becomes scary and depressing trying to make it all happen with limited time and income. Courtesy photo Carol Brandt Homes of Hope for Victims In Domestic Abuse held their third annual dinner on Nov. 12 at the Red Bluff Com- munity and Senior Center. During a tri-tip dinner prepared by John Hake, facts about domestic abuse were read and the silent auction table was open for bidding. Eva DeLaRosa, Job Corp director for California South- ern Baptists, from El Monte, a victim of child abuse herself, was the main speaker. CJ Dewitt and Kimberly Kennedy shared personal stories of overcoming abuse. The purpose of Homes of Hope is to provide long term housing, job training, and mentoring for victims. Clyde and Carol Brandt of Cottonwood took on the endeavor after see- ing a lack of service in this area. “We are working with Alternatives to Violence to pro- vide longer term assistance than they are able provide,” says Brandt. “We now have enough funds to be able to help a family for two years with rent assistance, but our goal is to have permanent housing available.” Homes of Hope for Victims in Domestic Abuse is a non- profit faith based organization that is funded through dona- tions. A support group for victims has recently been formed and meets regularly. For more information call 347-1330 or visit www.homesofhopeforvida.org. Setting it straight –––––––– 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 Len Stohler, Honorary Life Member and 2011 Treasurer; Ric Van Griethuysen, 2011 Little Sir; Bill Blunt, 2010 Big Sir and 2011 Director;Peter Bianco, 2011 Director; Don Krick, 2011 Director; Butch Reichert, 2011 Director. Not shown are: Chip Davis, 2011 Big Sir; Dave Pratt, 2011 Secretary; Ray Peart, 2011 Director. Alan Harvey,Area 26 Governor from Mt. Shasta City swore in the officers and directors for 2011 at the Nov. 1, 2010, meeting of Sons in Retirement, Inc. Branch 139.This group of active retired men enjoy a monthly luncheon meeting at the Riverside Restaurant with timely and entertaining programs. SIR members enjoy branch clubs of golf, dinner, gun, computer and camera. If you are a retired or semi-retired man who would enjoy participating in this great organization on the first Monday of each month, call 527-0762 or 529-4163 for information. D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 126, NUMBER 09 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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Former Red Bluff Woman Married On November, 8, 1920, in the city of Sacra- mento, Mrs. J.M. Frantz, a former Red Bluff woman, was united in marriage with Charles Collingnon of San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Frantz lived in Red Bluff a number of years ago, Mr. Frantz being one of the first weather observers located here. The couple will live in San Francisco. – Daily News, Dec. 1, 1920 COMMUNITY CLIPS Grant The Stiefvater Senior Endowment Grant Program provides incentive grants for establishing and increas- ing endowments to support nonprofit organizations serving older adults in Butte, Colusa, Glenn and Tehama counties. Endowment funds created and aug- mented through the grant program are managed by the North Valley Community Foundation. All documents for this RFP are located at www.nvcf.org. Paper drive Corning Boy Scout Troop 5 will hold a newspaper B 6 Friday, December 3rd Red Bluff BINGO Community Center 1500 S. Jackson St. Doors open @ 5:30 pm FOOD AVAILABLE $100 BLACK OUT $50 minimum Buy-In $10 • Early Birds $5 drive on Saturday, Dec. 4, or in case of rain, Saturday, Dec. 11. Please put your papers, no magazines, on the curb by 9 a.m. Anyone living outside the city limits must take your papers to Specialized Fiber on South Avenue, just west of the railroad tracks. Proceeds will be used to buy shirts and hats for the troop. Questions, call 824-3240. Holiday giving program Far Northern Regional Center (FNRC) is proud to announce its 11th annual Holidays are for Caring pro- gram. This program was designed to provide gifts to select- ed individuals with developmental disabilities during the holiday season. Far Northern’s goal is to choose individuals who may not receive any gifts during this special time of year. Generous donations from through- out our nine-county service area allow us to purchase, wrap and deliver these gifts just before Christmas. If you are interested in contributing to Holidays are for Caring call Kay Cullis at 221-9524 or email kcullis@farnorthernrc.org. Widowed persons invited Widowed men and women of all ages have been invited to a meeting of a Red Bluff Chapter, Widowed Persons Association of California. Meetings are held noon, every third Saturday of the month at St Peters Episcopal church parish hall, 510 Jefferson St. Potlucks are enjoyed by all who attend. Social activities each week include Thursday din- ners held 5 p.m. at a different location each month. Bowling on Fridays at Lariat Bowl is at 11 a.m. Come and join us for breakfast 8 a.m. every Wednesday at the Tremont on Main Street. For information, call President Rose Murphy 384- 2471 or Jerry Williams at 529-1280. of the year. Did you know that the highest rates of suicide are over the holidays? Makes sense, but that doesn’t have to be you. You do not have to take sadness over the edge to defeat. Faydra Rector You Matter I’m going to tell you something that no commercial will tell you, no Hallmark card will express and no one who’s grass seems greener will admit. It is OK to be sad. It is, just don’t become defeated. Sadness is a natural human emo- tion. All people feel sadness from time to time. It is healthy to mourn the loss of your financial stability, your job, your home or your dis- placed family, especially this time Sadness can be a won- derful catalyst to develop important character traits. You can turn sadness into courage. Courage is taking action in spite of fear. You can turn sadness into deter- mination. If you know like you know like you know that you want more than you have, you can make changes in your life. No one can tell you it is over until you concede. You decide when the end is here. If you look, you can find people who will tell you that your dreams are too big, your ability too small. You can find people who will knock you down, laugh at you and never believe in you. You can also find people who dream just as big as you do. People who will help you develop your abilities so you can achieve anything. You can find people with their hands reaching down to help you up and laugh with you instead of at you. Spend your time looking for them. No matter who you are, there are pos- itive people ready, willing and able to meet you where you are: sad, lonely and scared about tomorrow. Many of those people have their own stories of sadness and loss. Their stories will inspire you. Give you hope and a path to follow or help you blaze your own trail. Sadness is an appropriate feeling and an appropriate response to life’s setbacks. A good cry is often the best way to purge out the negativity that has settled in. Get it out, cry, but never become defeated. Remember, everything in life just "is" until you attach meaning to it. Nothing is good or bad until you label it so. 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.co m/. Sons in Retirement, Inc. officers and directors for 2011 65 0 28 I N G 52 B 6 28 I N G 52 65 0