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Thursday, January 13, 2011 – Daily News – 3A To add an upcoming event in the Local Calendar, submit Local Calendar 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. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 Red Bluff Business After Hours Mixer, 5:30-7 p.m., Duran- go RV Park, 100 Lake Ave., Main Lodge, 527-6220 California HEAT chorus, 7 p.m., Metteer School Room 26, 695 Kimball Road, 895-0139 Childbirth Class, 5 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Columba room, Anita 529-8377 Grief Support Group, 3 p.m., St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital, Coyne Center, 528-4207 La Leche League, 11 a.m., Sunrise Bible Fellow- ship, 956 Jackson St., 347-0562 or 527-6818, or email hurton@sbcglobal.net Live country music, with dinner, 5-7 p.m., Veterans Hall Painting session, Red Bluff Art Association, 10 a.m., Snug Harbor recreation room, 600 Rio Vista Ave., 527-4810 PAL Kickboxing, 6 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529- 8716 or 200-3950 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30-3:30 p.m., 1500 S. Jackson St., Free, 527-8177 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 9:30 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528- 8066 Red Bluff Exchange Club, noon, M&M Ranch House, 645 Antelope Blvd. #1 Red Bluff Lions Club, 6 p.m., Veterans Memorial, 527-8452 Reeds Creek School District Board of Trustees, 4:40 p.m. Sunrise Speakers Toastmasters, noon, Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528- 8066 Swinging Squares Square Dance Club, 7 p.m., Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., beginner or review classes, 529-1615 Tehama County Planning Commission Work- shop, 9 a.m., 727 Oak St., 527-2200 TOPS Club (take off pounds Sensibly), 9:30 a.m., First Christian Church, 926 Madison Ave., 547-7541 or Nanc347-6120, visit www.tops.org Widowed Persons Dinner, 5 p.m., call 384-2471 for location Corning Celebrate Recovery,6:15-9 p.m., Believers Church of God, 783 Solano St., dinner $3 donation Degree of Pocahontas Silver Cloud Council # 168, 7 p.m. Independent Grange 470, 20945 Corning Road, Bernie 824-1114 or Kathy 586-1065 Dual Diagnosis Group, 1:30-3 p.m., 1600 Solano St., 527-8491, ext. 3309 Soccer training, 4-6 p.m., except holidays and rain, Woodson School Soccer Field, 150 N Toomes Ave., 824-7680 Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Tehama County Farm Bureau 93rd Annual Meeting, 5:30 p.m. social hour, 6:30 p.m buffett dinner, Corning Veterans Memorial Hall, 1600 Solano St., $20 in advance, $25 at the door, 527-7882 Cottonwood Cottonwood Creek Watershed Board of Direc- tors, 5:30 p.m., 3645 Main St., 347-6637 Los Molinos Free ESL Class, 3:30-4:30 p.m., free child care, Los Molinos Elementary, 7700 Stanford Ave., 384- 7833 SECOND FRIDAY Red Bluff and Hickory Al-Anon, 6-7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jeferson Celebrate Recovery, 6:15 p.m., Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St. 527-2449 Knit for Kids, 9:15 to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372 Westside Grange Spaghetti Feed, 4-7 p.m., dance will follow, 20974 W.Walnut St., $6 adult, $3 chil- dren 12 and younger, 527-3747 Corning Bingo, 6 p.m. early birds, 6:30 p.m. regular, Inde- pendent Grange Hall, 20945 Corning Road 824-1114 or 586-1065 On-Site Veterans Service Officer, 8 a.m. to noon, Will help Veterans and answer questions about bene- fits, Corning Veterans Memorial Hall, 1620 Solano St., 824-5957 Spanish Adult Education, 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 SECOND SATURDAY Red Bluff Korean Youth Choir, 11 a.m., First Southern Baptist Church, 585 Kimball Road Lotto numbers SACRAMENTO (AP) — The winning num- bers drawn Wednesday night in the California Lottery’s ‘‘SuperLotto Plus’’ game were: 11-21-26-27-44 Meganumber: 21 Savings account interest rates are pathetic Dear Mary: I have a question about our emergency fund. My husband keeps com- plaining that I should put the money in an account that makes more interest. I think we should leave it in savings in case we need it. Our house is paid for; we pay off our credit cards each month; and our auto loan will be paid off in February. Do you have any advice for us? -- R.M., e-mail Dear R.M.: Your emergency fund needs to be safe and avail- able to you. That would preclude investing it, because it would be at risk and you would not have access to it if you really needed it. Finding a place to park that money where it can earn the most interest possible is a challenge but worth the search. Most banks and even credit unions are paying a paltry amount of 1 percent or less. Your best bet may be an online savings bank, such as ING Direct (1.75 percent annual percentage yield currently) or, better yet, SmartyPig (also 1.75 percent APY). Don't let that name fool you. SmartyPig and ING Direct are both FDIC-insured, so your money would be both safe and available. If your husband knows of a safe account earning higher interest, go for it. Then be sure to let me know about it, too! Dear Mary: Is it true that you can claim all sales taxes paid on anything, including clothes, din- ing out, personal care items, etc.? -- Brenda, Nebraska Dear Brenda: As I write, the president has just signed the tax relief legislation extending the Bush-era individual and capital gains/divi- dends tax cuts for all taxpayers for two years. Included in this pack- age is the deductibility of sales tax, which would have ceased with the 2010 tax year had this legislation not been passed. So that's a good thing as far as I am con- cerned. I am not a tax profes- sional, so you will want to check with someone who is. However, the way I understand it, people can choose between two methods of calculating their sales tax deduc- tions. Method 1. Actual Sales Tax Expenses. Keep all your receipts, and add up the total amount of sales tax you actually paid out during the year. This method requires a tremendous amount of record keeping but could result in a higher deduction. Method 2. Optional Sales Tax Tables. Use the amount provided in the sales tax calculator provid- ed by the Internal Revenue Ser- vice, plus sales taxes paid on the purchase or lease of a vehicle, on the purchase of a boat or aircraft, or on the purchase or a substantial renovation of a home. Dear Mary: It's been Mary Hunt Everyday Cheapskate two years since my hus- band died. There are a number of old documents on which his Social Secu- rity number is listed. Can his identity be stolen even though he is deceased? Some say I'm going to too much trouble to shred those documents. What do you think? -- Sue, e-mail Dear Sue: People who steal identities often look for someone who is deceased. So yes, his Social Security number could be stolen and used fraudulently. I don't know how that would affect you, if at all, but why take the chance? I say go ahead and shred those documents. Do you have a question for Mary? E-mail her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 18 books, including "Can I Pay My Credit Card Bill With a Credit Card?" $5M available for land conservation Private landowners interested in protecting their grassland or farm- land with this year's fund- ing are encouraged to get their applications in soon. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Cali- fornia has set Feb. 15 as the deadline for 2011 funding consideration for both the Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) and Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP). “These programs pro- vide landowners an opportunity to protect farm and ranch lands in a way that keeps working land in production, pre- serves open space, and provides great benefit to our state’s natural resources and wildlife,” said Ed Burton NRCS Slate Conservationist in California. The Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Pro- gram (FRPP) is a volun- tary easement program that helps farmers and ranchers keep their land in agricultural produc- tion. The program pro- vides matching funds to state. Tribal, or local governments and non- governmental organiza- tions with existing farm- land protection programs to purchase conservation easements. These perma- nent easements protect agricultural land, and important farmland soils, by prohibiting conver- sion to non-agricultural uses. The Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) is a vol- untary easement program that helps ranchers protect the agricultural viability of grazing landscapes and their associated environ- mental benefits. Working cooperatively with NRCS, GRP participants implement grazing plans that benefit natural resources such as wildlife habitat, water quality plant diversity, forage productivity and soil quality which collectively influence watershed health. GRP targets grass- lands of high biological value that are vulnerable to conversion to urban uses, cropland or other non-grazing uses and con- serves them through per- petual easements, or 10-, 15-, or 20-year rental agreements. While NRCS accepts both FRPP and GRP applications throughout the year, the agency plans to make 2011 funding decisions from the pool of applications received by Feb. 15. Applications for these programs will be ranked at the same time as applications for the Wet- lands Reserve Program (WRP), the third conser- along California’s central coast say they’ve received no reports of seri- ous damage or injury following a magnitude-4.5 earthquake that struck overnight. The temblor jolted Monterey and San Benito counties at 12:51 a.m. Wednesday. It was centered near Police reports The following infor- mation is compiled from Red Bluff Police Depart- ment, Tehama County Sheriff’s Department, Corning Police Depart- ment and California Highway Patrol. Fire Red Bluff Fire Depart- ment responded to an engine fire in a 1994 Ford Ranger just before 11 a.m. Tuesday in front of True Value Hardware, 328 Main St. A passer-by put out the fire with a dry chemical extinguisher. Arrests • John Raymond Har- ris, 42, of Red Bluff was arrested Tuesday and booked into Tehama County Jail on charges of false imprisonment and inflicting bodily injury on a spouse/cohabitant. Bail was set at $10,000. • Don Richard Hart Jr., 51, of Ravendale, also known as Rick Hart, “Slick Rick,” or Donald, was arrested Tuesday at the jail. He was booked and charged with two counts of driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs, two counts of driving under the influ- ence with .08 percent or higher, two counts of fail- the city of San Juan Bautista and about 45 miles south of San Jose. The U.S. Geological Survey reported a number of aftershocks, including one that measured a mag- nitude-3.4. The shaking was felt within a 90- mile radius, as far north as San Francisco and as far south as Paso ure to appear, two counts of driving on a suspended license, failure to appear while out on a misde- meanor, failure to appear while out on a felony and felony enhancements. Bail was set at $187,500. Theft • A 45-year-old woman in the 11700 block of Paskenta Road reported Tuesday that a computer, jewelry and possibly other unknown items were stolen from her resi- dence. She returned home to find her front door open and the items missing. • Red Bluff Police assisted Tehama County Sheriff’s deputies with a vehicle theft in progress at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 700 block of Center Street. The vehicle stolen was listed as a white 2001 Pontiac Grand Am, license no. 4SUP891. • Two ladders, a A Clean, Reliable, Trustworthy, Chimney Company... Possible? ”Their tarps are always clean and my home is always clean afterward. What I like best is their reliability and quality.” “I can trust them!” Dr. Evan Reasor Flue Season 527 3331 THE Chimney Professionals vation easement program authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill, and managed by NRCS. As with all NRCS easements, the landowner retains the title to the land, and the right to control access and recreational use. The land remains on the tax rolls. Since 1996, FRPP has provided $37 million on 70 farms across the state and NRCS has leveraged an additional $58 million from landowners and partners for a total invest- ment of $95 million. Since 2003, GRP has pro- vided $8.1 million to con- serve nearly 45,000 acres on 34 ranches using con- servation leases and ease- ments. For more information on NRCS’s easement pro- grams, landowners can contact their local NRCS Service Center or visit www.ca.nrcs.usda.gov/pr ograms. Light quake jolts Calif central coast overnight SAN JOSE (AP) — Authorities Robles. Residents described it as a jolting motion that lasted just a few seconds. USGS geophysicist Don Blake- man says the quake was on the San Andreas fault system and does not appear to be related to a magnitude- 4.1 quake that hit San Jose last week. Craftsman lawn mower, a Homelite leaf blower, gas cans and several other yardwork-related tools were reported stolen Tuesday from a yard and open well shed in the 15800 block of El Dorado Drive in Corning. The incident occurred within the last week and loss was estimated at $300. Odd • Sheriff’s deputies were called in to assist the California Highway Patrol in Redding, which reported getting a number of 911 calls from a very young child who said no one is home. They responded to a residence in the 11700 block of Tyler Road, but the resi- dent said he’d lived there for years and was not aware of anyone in the area with young children. 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