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Friday, November 22, 2013 – Daily News 3A Community people&events Quilters to meet Monday The Sun Country Quilters Guild will be holding its monthly meeting 3-9 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, at the Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., Red Bluff. This month's meeting is a Sew-In and Potluck. Bring your sewing machine, sewing supplies, a project to work on, along with a dish to share. If you have a quick project that would be a good holiday gift or decoration, please bring that to share as well with the guild. Just bring a completed project and a few printed instructions. There will be tables set up to display your project. Members will have a short meeting about 7 p.m. and then onto more sewing until 9 p.m. Interested quilters or non-quilters may attend up to three meetings in a year for a fee of $5 per meeting, or join the guild for an annual membership fee of $30. More information is available by contacting Sun Country Quilters, P.O. Box 8266, Red Bluff, or visiting www.suncountryquilters.com. Holiday candlelight memorial The 5th annual Holiday Memorial Candlelight Program, sponsored by the Trustees of the Red Bluff Cemetery District, will be held at historic Oak |Hill Cemetery on Sunday, Dec. 1. Luminary candle bags will be available for $1 donation beginning at 4 p.m., with holiday carols sung by members of the Red Bluff High School choir and a short program beginning at 5 p.m. Hot chocolate will be provided by the Boy Scouts. Stay after the program for refreshments. The program will take place rain or shine. This celebration is in remembrance of those who have gone on before us and gives us the opportunity to share a bit of holiday time with them and with each other. Oak Hill and St. Mary's are full of Red Bluff history. Purchase an extra luminary and place it on one of the pioneer gravesites of your choice, as a remembrance of those people who helped build the town. 90 years A look at Thanksgiving traditions The most common Thanksgiving holiday traditions are: • Giving Thanks • Thanksgiving Day Parade • Football • Breaking the wishbone • Turkey and Trimmings I am unclear how the genealogy section of About.com determined this; yet intuitively it appears correct. Ever curious (and always looking for content for my column), I wondered how these came to be; so I did some research. I share. According to historians, the Pilgrims never observed an annual Thanksgiving banquet in autumn. In the year 1621, they did celebrate a feast following their first harvest, but this ceremony was never repeated. (Oddly, most devoutly religious pilgrims of that time did observe a day of thanksgiving, but they did so by fasting.) George Washington was the first president to declare the holiday, in 1789. In the mid–1800s, many states — but not all — observed a Thanksgiving holiday. During the Civil War, President Lincoln, looking for ways to unite the nation, discussed the subject with poet and editor Sarah J. Hale, who had been lobbying for Thanksgiving to become a national holiday. In 1863 he gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation and declared the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving. Seeking to lengthen the Christmas shopping season, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1939, 1940, and 1941, changed Thanksgiving to the third Thursday in November. Finally, meal, blame or credit that amid controversy, Conto the evolution of our langress passed a joint resoguage. In the 1600s, lution in 1941 and since "turkey" was the generic that time, Thanksgiving name to describe all fowl. remains on the fourth Actually, many historical Thursday of November. accounts of that first feast Of course, giving include references to venithanks remains the son, boiled pumpkin, bedrock of the celebraberries, and, maybe even tion and our country is shellfish. not alone in that tradiAlthough food is defition. Other countries nitely a means by which with an official Thanksgiving holiday include Scott Q. we celebrate good fortune, I must note that nowhere is Argentina, Brazil, Cana"stuffing oneself until sick" da, Japan, Korea, listed as a tradition. Quite Liberia, and Switzerland. the contrary, I would go so As for football, the first intercollegiate football champi- far as to say that uncomfortable, onship was held on Thanksgiving pained, hyper-expanded feeling that Day in 1876. Parades started almost follows so many Thanksgiving cela half-century later when, in 1920, ebrations actually detracts from the Gimbel's Department Store in appreciative sense of gratitude one Philadelphia organized the first one. would hope to experience. Maybe, Many erroneously credit the first that's one tradition we can drop this parade to Macy's, which actually year. Therefore, amid friends and began in 1924, and of course, confamily, let us resolve this year to tinues to this day. I did not realize that the wish- find more reasons to give thanks, bone had such a long history. Get- more occasions to help those less ting the larger section of the wish- fortunate than us, and more ways to bone and making a wish upon it take better care of ourselves, startdates back to the Etruscans (who ing with a wonderful Thanksgivlived in northwestern Italy in the ing. first millennium BC). The Romans Scott "Q" Marcus is the CRP (Chief brought the tradition with them Recovering Perfectionist) of when they conquered England and the English colonists carried the tra- www.ThisTimeIMeanIt.com. He is dition on to America. For those of extremely thankful that this column is us who appreciate the derivation of published in this paper and that you phrases, the term "lucky break," take the time to read it. He can be at 707 442-6243, comes from getting the larger piece. reached or With regards to the choice of scottq@scottqmarcus.com turkey for the main course of the www.facebook.com/ThisTimeIMeanIt. Marcus benefits Family Counseling Center ago... Event great way Mary Stevens, Lariat Certainly one Improvements under way at courthouse Further improvements are under way on the court house grounds where O'Connor Bros., with a crew of eight men are building concrete walks and driveways running in different directions from the county structure. Two of the walks, about 100 feet in length, are being built from the southeast corner of the court house to Washington and Oak streets and from the northeast corner of the structure to Pine and Washington streets. — Nov. 22, 1923 DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 129, NUMBER 1 HOW TO REACH US On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: NEWS Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. News Tip Hotline: 527-2153 FAX: (530) 527-9251 E-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com Daytime: (530) 527-2151 Sports: Ext. 111 Obituaries: Ext. 101 After hours: (530) 527-2153 ______________________ ADVERTISING DEPT. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area (800) 479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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The Hope Chest, Ted and Bowl, Crain Orchards, Willem Van Opijnen DDS, The Buzz Espresso, Cornerstone Community Bank, the Green Barn, Final Touch Nails, the Enjoy Store, the Gold Exchange, Red Bluff Flower Boutique, Westside Flowers and Gifts, Cathy Wysocki, Vicki Stroud, and Tiffany Gunsauls all donated items for the silent auction. Gunsauls, development coordinator for the Family Counseling Center, was excited by the turnout and community response. "We live in such a great place," she said, "When people learn about what we do, they want to give." For more information on the Family Counseling Center, go to fccredbluff.com or call 527-6702. Everyone welcome for Thanksgiving Where do people go who have nowhere else to go for Thanksgiving dinner? For the past 20 years The Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, at 838 Jefferson St., has been serving an annual free Thanksgiving dinner. 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 Mission Committee with a large portion of the food donated by the Presbyterian congregation. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CUSTOMER SERVICE Display: DEPARTMENT: Subscription & delivery Online (530) 527-2151, Ext. 126 to enjoy fall is to sip wine or cider while taking an afternoon hayride around the back roads of Dairyville, the late afternoon sun illuminating the greens and golds of the orchards. This was the experience of guests at the Harvest for Health event put on by the non-profit Family Counseling Center Nov. 2. The event was held at Bianchi Orchards, 10337 State Route 99E. The Bianchi family has renovated an old barn into a rustic country store for local products including walnuts and olive oil. Harvest for Health, held in and around the store, featured wines, appetizers, and the music of "Loosely Strung." Joe Harrop, president of the Family Counseling Cen- Circulation Manager: Kathy Hogan khogan@redbluffdailynews.com Production Manager: Sandy Valdivia sandy@redbluffdailynews.com POSTMASTER SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: PO BOX 220, RED BLUFF CA 96080 The Red Bluff Daily News is an adjudicated daily newspaper of general circulation, County of Tehama, Superior Court Decree 9670, May 25, 1955 © 2012 Daily News Postage Paid Periodicals Police reports The following information is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Damien Dwayne Jones, 24, Red Bluff was arrested on Walnut Street for felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor paraphernalia. Bail was $18,000. • Matthew Christopher Norried aka Termite and TL Rider, 31, Red Bluff was arrested at the Best Western Hotel for felony possession of a dirk or dagger and misdemeanor trespassing. Bail was $18,000. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Need a Physician? Doctors who listen ... Doctors who care. A FREE SERVICE PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE Call toll free 888.628.1948 www.redbluff.mercy.org The Gold Exchange Scam • A woman reported she received a call stating she had won a sweepstakes, but would need to send $500 to get things started. The number that called was 876-507-9926. Theft • Two propane tanks, hoses and regulators were reported stolen from the front of a trailer parked on a driveway on Robert Avenue. • A well pump, casing and tank were reported stolen on the 15000 block 38th Annual 2nd Annual Christmas for A Cause Nov. 16th-Dec. 14th Visit www.ChristmasForACause TehamaCounty.com *For Details and *Wish list* BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION 423 Walnut St., Red Bluff 528-8000 TEA AND BOUTIQUE Fri., Dec. 6th, 2013 9AM to 8PM Sat., Dec. 7th, 2013 10AM to 3PM 25076 Sycamore Avenue, behind La Corona, Los Molinos of Apache Trail. • A stereo and papers from a glove box were reported stolen from a vehicle on Elizabeth Avenue. • A girls teal green 20inch Mongoose bicycle was reported stolen from a yard on Blossom Avenue. Vandalism • A water line to a pump engine was cut on the 25000 block of Moller Avenue. • Rainbow Realty in Corning reported someone kicked in the basement door of the business and broke flower pots. • 1st Choice Realty in Corning reported its crawl space door ripped off and all breakers were switched.