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Friday, January 21, 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. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 Red Bluff and Hickory Al-Anon, 6-7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jefferson Celebrate Recovery, 6:15 p.m., Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St. 527-2449 JP Ranch Rodeo, 4 p.m., Tehama District Fair- ground, 527-5920 Knit for Kids, 9:15 to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372 Reeds Creek School Board, 1:30 p.m., 18335 Johnson Road, library Corning Bingo, 6 p.m. early birds, 6:30 p.m. regular, Inde- pendent Grange Hall, 20945 Corning Road 824-1114 or 586-1065 SATURDAY, JANUARY 22 Red Bluff BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $10 JP Ranch Rodeo, 10 a.m., finals at 6 p.m., Tehama District Fairground, 527-5920 Weight Wachters meeting, 8:30 a.m.., Weigh-in starts half-hour before meetings, 485 Antelope Blvd., #N, next to Bud’s Jolly Kone, 1-800-651-6000 Corning Blind Ambition in Concert, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., Carli- no’s Nightclub, admission free Los Molinos Senior Dance,7 p.m., Los Molinos Sr. Social Club, Senior Center, Josephine St. SUNDAY, JANUARY 23 Red Bluff WHEEPicnic and Prayer Circle, 4:20 p.m., 22116 Riverside Avenue Corning Evangelist services, 7 p.m., Family Bible Church, 609 Marin St., 824-9989 MONDAY, JANUARY 24 Red Bluff Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St. Eliz- abeth 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 S. Jackson St., free, 527-8177 Masterworks Chorale Rehearsal, 6:45-8 p.m., Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-4203 Red Bluff Community Band, 6:45-8:45 p.m., Pres- byterian 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 building, 145 Solano St., conference room Narcotics Anonymous, and 7 p.m., 815 First St., 824-114 or 586-0245. Meetings daily through Satur- day, additional meeting noon Mondays Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, 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, JANUARY 25 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 PAL Kickboxing, 6 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529- 8716 or 200-3950 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30-3:30 p.m., 1500 So. Jackson St., Free, 527-8177 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 9:30 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St., Ste. 101, 528- 8066 Red Bluff Rotary, noon, Elks Lodge Senior Fitness, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., 1500 South Jack- son St., Free, 527-8177 Take Off Pounds Sensibly — TOPS, 10 a.m., First United Methodist Church, 525 David Ave., 824-0556 or 529-1414 Couponing in the clearance aisle Question: "Do you ever check the clearance areas of your store? I haven’t seen this strategy mentioned in your column. I recently had a good value coupon for shampoo that I found signifi- cantly marked down on the clear- ance rack of a large national dis- count store. I got a great deal on an item I need to use and was able to stock up with my multiple coupons. Each store has a different way of noting or locating clearance items, but it’s always worth checking for bargains." Question: "I recently tried to redeem a $1 off purchase of two sandwich spreads. I found one of these items marked down in the store’s ‘scratch and dent’ area and took one off the regular shelf. The scratch and dent item wouldn’t scan, of course, so the clerk entered it manually and scanned the other item. Then the coupon wouldn’t scan because it didn’t register on the clearance item. The store man- ager said that they don’t take coupons on items that are marked down. How should I have handled the situation?" Answer: Does your store have a clearance or "scratch and dent" area? Many stores have a set of shelves near the back, or a portion of an aisle devoted to products that are priced with deep discounts. Some may be nearing the expiration dates, while others may have dam- aged packaging. These aisles are also great places to find bargains on holiday-themed items, such as paper plates, napkins, candy and other seasonal products. But can you use coupons on these items? Usually, yes. A 50- cent coupon for cake mix will work on any cake mix of that brand, even if it’s in a pink box left over from Valentine’s Day. A $1 coupon for paper towels will work on clearance Christmas- themed designs as well as on the regular, everyday variety. And, with many of these products marked half-off or better, they become even better buys when combined with coupons Trouble can arise though when a coupon doesn’t scan on a clearance item. This typically hap- pens for one of two rea- sons: the store has altered the item’s UPC bar code (often by drawing a line through it with a marker to prevent it from being returned) or because the item has been taken out of inventory and its UPC is no longer in the store’s computer sys- tem. Jill Cataldo Coupon Queen manually push it through. The store will still receive reimbursement for the coupon, whether you used it on a clearance item or a regular item. If your store chooses not to accept coupons on clearance items, there isn’t much you can do. Stores are allowed to set their own policies on how to handle clearance items and even though it does- n’t make much sense, they can turn down a coupon. Remember, using coupons at any store is a privilege, not a right. No law states that stores must accept coupons. The good news is that most stores, in my expe- rience, do accept coupons for clearance items and you can defi- nitely find some good If the scanner can’t read the bar code, the cashier must manually enter the price of the item into the register as a general grocery item. At that point, if you present a coupon for the item, the coupon beeps at the register. The register will try to match the coupon to an item previously scanned; with the bar code not present, it’s unable to. At this point, the cashier will again need to intervene. Many stores do allow coupons on clear- ance items (again – a cake mix is a cake mix, even if it’s got Easter eggs on the box) and a cashier can deals this way. A few days after Halloween, boxes of refrigerated cookie dough with pumpkin designs were marked down to just 25 cents at my store. Right in the coupon dispenser over the cook- ies? Coupons good for $1 off two packages! I took home enough free packages to last through Thanksgiving, when pumpkin cookies were still seasonally appropriate. Jill Cataldo, a coupon workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about couponing at her website, www.jillcataldo.com. E-mail your own couponing victories and questions to jill@ctwfeatures.com. Businesses kick off food drive Plans are already well under way for the 2nd Food From the Heart Food Drive. The Downtown Red Bluff Business Association has teamed with many local businesses to support this heartfelt two-week food drive benefiting the Tehama County Food Bank. From Feb. 1-14 commu- nity members may visit any participating downtown Red Bluff area merchant or business to make non-per- ishable food donations. Select businesses will be offering special discounts and other in-store promo- tions in exchange for food donations. All of the contributions collected will benefit the Tehama County Food Bank, which served more than 34,668 individuals in Tehama County in 2010. It is run entirely of volunteers from around the communi- ty. Executive Director Jane Shirley has been with the food bank since 1984. If you would like to volunteer 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. Arrests • Peggy Sue Guice, 32, of Corning was arrested Wednesday in the 100 block of Mobile Drive in Corning. She was charged with felony and misde- meanor possession of a controlled substance, two counts of failure to pay a fine for a vehicle code violation and driving without a license. Bail was set at $14,469. • Maria J. Dismute, 38, of Corning was arrested Wednesday near Houghton and Alger avenues in Corning. Dis- mute, also known as Maria Dismonte, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of paraphrena- lia of a controlled sub- stance and giving a false identification to a specific peace officer. Bail was set at $5,000. • Daryl Burton Rose, 42, of Corning was arrest- ed Wednesday in the 1700 block of Yolo Street in Corning. He was charged with possession of a con- Courtesy photo Jessie Woods from the Gold Exchange, representing the Downtown Red Bluff Business Association, left, hands over donated food to Jane Shirley, executive director of the Tehama County Food Bank. or donate please call Shirley at 529-2264 Food From the Heart trolled substance and pos- session of marijuana/hashish for sale. Bail was set at $35,000. • Alex Camargo, 31, of Beaverton, Ore., was arrested Wednesday at the Fresno County Jail on Tehama County warrants. He was charged with fail- ure to appear on a felony, battery with serious bodi- ly injury, assault with a deadly weapon with great bodily injury likely and additional punishment for great bodily injury. Bail was set at $150,000. Odd • A caller from Corn- ing High School alerted sheriff’s deputies Wednesday afternoon that an elementary school bus driver found two children, ages 5 and 7, wandering in a roadway in the Ran- cho Tehama area. The children reportedly told the driver that they were kicked out of their house. The driver brought the children onto the school bus and met deputies at Rancho Tehama Elemen- tary School. The parents were later found actively looking for the children. No further information was available. • An 11-year-old boy reportedly brought a green substance and lighter to Food Drive was created by the Red Bluff Downtown Business Association in Berrendos Middle School Wednesday, saying that he had marijuana. Sheriff’s deputies contacted school officials who confirmed that the substance was not contraband material, and the school was left to han- dle the issue. Burglary • Tony Ray, 32 of Corning reported Wednesday that a Ryobi weed trimmer and a Goodyear 50-foot garden hose were stolen from a garage in the 500 block of 2010 and is sponsored in part by the Daily News and KBLF Radio. Edith Avenue in Corning. The incident occured between 5 p.m. Tuesday and 4 p.m. Wednesday. The loss was valued at $125. • Vicki Brown, 55, of Gerber reported Wednes- day that someone entered her residence, on Santa Maria Avenue, opened her safe and stole 10 Fen- tanyl patches and 4 ounces of marijuana while she was away between 9 and 10:30 a.m. The loss was valued at $351.