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Thursday, January 16, 2014 – Daily News Myriad of uses for prescription bottles Local Calendar Submit calendar items clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. to P .O. Box 220, Red Bluff, 3B 96080 or THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 Red Bluff Bunco Party sponsored by Emblem club, 5:45 p.m doors, 6:30 p.m. play, Elks Lodge California HEAT Chorus - Sweet Adelines, 7 p.m., Meteer School Room 26, 695 Kimball Road, 895-0139 Childbirth Class, 6:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Columba room, Anita 529-8377 Community Action Agency, 3 p.m. Board of Supervisors chambers Democratic Central Committee of Tehama County, 5:30 p.m., Patio Room, Lariat Bowl, 365 South Main St Fun Senior Aerobics, 8-9 a.m., $1, Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. 527-8177 Grief Support Group, 3 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Kristin, 528-4207 Imagination Train storyhour, 4 p.m., Tehama County Library Kelly-Griggs House Museum, 1-3 p.m., 311 Washington St., group tours by appointment, 527-1129 or 527-5895 Live country music, with dinner at the Veterans Hall, 5-7 p.m. Painting session, Red Bluff Art Association, 10 a.m., Tehama District Fairground, 529-1603 PAL Martial Arts, ages 5-18, 3-5 p.m., 1005 Vista Way, Ste. C, free, 529-7950 Penny Bingo, 10 a.m., Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. Phoenix Community Support Group for those getting over chemical dependency, 11:30 a.m., Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 945-2349 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30-3:30 p.m., 1500 S. Jackson St., free, 527-8177 Red Bluff Exchange Club, noon, M&M Ranch House, 645 Antelope Blvd. #1 Red Bluff Joint Union High School District Board of Trustees, 5:30 p.m., 1525 Douglas St. Red Bluff Lions Club, 6 p.m., Veterans Memorial, 527-8452 Red Cross Disaster Volunteers Meeting, 6-7:30 p.m., CalFire headquarters, 604 Antelope Blvd., north side of Antelope, 934-5344 Reeds Creek School District Board of Trustees, 4:40 p.m. Rock Choir, 4 p.m., 601 Monroe St., free, all welcome Sacramento River Discovery Center Thursday Evening Program, 7 p.m., 1000 Sale Lane, 527-1196 Senior Chair Volleyball, 1 p.m. Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. Sunrise Speakers Toastmasters, noon, Rabobank, 500 Luther Road, 529-3556 Support group for pet loss, 2 p.m., Family Service Agency, 1347 Grant St., 527-6782 Swinging Squares Square Dance Club, 7 p.m., Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., beginner or review classes, 529-1615 Tehama County Health Planning Council, noon, Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road Tehama County Planning Commission, 9 a.m., board chambers, 745 Oak St. Widowed Persons Dinner, 5 p.m., call 384-2471 for location Women's Domestic Violence Information and Support Group, call for group time and location, 528-0226 Corning Cal-Fresh and Healthy Family Appointments,1-3 p.m., Family Resource Center, 1488 South St., 824-7670 Corning High School Board, 7 p.m., 643 Blackburn Ave. Corning Patriots, 6 p.m., Senior Center, 824-2332 Dance with Juana, noon to 1 p.m., Family Resource Center, 1488 South St., 824-7670 Domestic Violence Information and Support Group, call for group time and location, 528-0226 Dual Diagnosis Group, 1:30-3 p.m., 1600 Solano St., 527-8491, Ext. 3309 Improved Order of Red Men, 7 p.m. Independent Grange 470, 20945 Corning Road, 824-1114 Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Soccer training, 4-6 p.m., except for holidays and rain, Woodson School Soccer Field, 150 N Toomes, 824-7680 Women's Support Group, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Los Molinos Diabetes Support Group, 1 p.m., Sherwood Manor Community Room, 7975 Sherwood Blvd. Los Molinos Unified School Board, 7 p.m., Los Molinos High School cafeteria Gerber Gerber-Las Flores Community Service District, 5:30 p.m. 331 San Benito Ave. Mineral Mineral School Board, 5 p.m., 38355 Scenic Ave. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 Red Bluff Celebrate Recovery, 7 p.m., Bethel Assembly of God, 625 Luther Road, 527-0445 or 366-6298 Game Day, 1 p.m., Community Center, various board games, free Red Bluff Rotary Club Sunrise, 7 a.m., M&M Ranch Corning Car Show,5-9 p.m., Bartels Giant Burger, 22355 Corning Road, local car clubs welcome, 824-2788 Dear Mary, Do you know where I can donate empty plastic prescription bottles? It seems such a waste to throw them away. -Susan H., Tenn. Dear Susan, Call your local veterinarian. Most vets are more than happy to receive cleaned prescription bottles with labels removed for dispensing medicines for animals. Humane societies need bottles to send medications home with newly adopted pets, too. Medical missionaries doing outreach work in poor countries can always use prescription bottles to dispense the medications that come in large quantities. Check with your pharmacist or church to locate a collection program in your area. These little plastic bottles are great for storing sewing machine needles, pins and buttons, or small makeup brushes and change for the laundromat and tollbooths. They are the perfect size to hold salad dressing in a packed lunch. They are great for keeping hooks and other items in a tackle box. Prescription bottles are ideal for storing small beads, garden seeds and pushpins, or for carrying aspirin and storing mixed paints for craft and ceramic projects, too. Dear Mary, I learn so much from into the food. Dear Mary, We have a 17-year-old your column. What can you tell me about the safety of cooking set of Encyclopedia Britannica that I bags? I love them and find am desperate to get rid of. But my husthem effective. So, is there any band hates to just throw these books out. We are hoping you can danger of toxicity? advise us. Thanks. -- Rosie -- Janet V., Calif. H., Idaho Dear Janet, Dear Rosie, The SalvaThere's been a lot of tion Army will pick up your inaccurate information encyclopedias. Either call floating around the Internet the number you find in your that microwave cooking in local directory or go to plastic wrap and cooking satruck.com. Some Goodbags poses a health conwill outlets, goodwill.org, cern. But food scientist Dr. will also be happy to have Jean Weese (Alabama your encyclopedias, but you Cooperative Extension) Mary must bring them to a collecsays that information has tion center, as Goodwill been proven to be comonly picks up furniture and pletely untrue. She advises large items. When you that cooking food in itemize your tax return, the microwaves with plastic IRS allows you to deduct wrap, in microwavable the fair market value of plastic containers and in your donations, so be sure cooking bags that have been manufactured for that purpose is to get an IRS-approved tax receipt. extremely safe. Dr. Weese says we The folks who publish Money for should avoid using plastic storage con- Your Used Clothing (available for tainers like margarine tubs, takeout purchase at debtproofliving.com) containers and other one-time use con- tell me your set has a current market tainers because they can melt or warp, value of $2 to $10 depending on the possibly causing chemicals to migrate condition. Hunt Everyday Cheapskate Free passenger tire collection event Saturday The Tehama County Sanitary Landfill Agency will conduct a Passenger Tire Collection Event 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 18, at the following locations: • Manton Transfer Station, Hazen Road • Corning Park and Rid, corner of Third and Solano Streets • Evergreen Middle School, 19500 Learning Way, Cottonwood The Agency encourages Tehama County residents to dispose of your old tires during this event. Tires collected will be recycled into waste tire derived products. This free event will accept passenger tires from Tehama County residents only. There are restrictions to the event: • No more than 9 passenger car tires without exemption per trip • No more than 20 passenger car tires with an exemption per trip • No large truck tires, equipment tires, off-road tires • No tires larger than 17" • No oil, paint, batteries, appliances, or other items • Tires off-the-rim only Televisions, computer monitors and equipment, microwaves, DVD/VCR players, cell phones and other small electronic waste (e-waste) will be accepted free of charge only at the Corning and Cottonwood sites during the tire event. There is no quantity limit on ewaste accepted. For details about the acceptance of passenger tires or electronic waste call the Tehama County Landfill at 528-1103 or visit the landfill's website at www.tehamacountylandfill.com. For information regarding disposal of tires not accepted during this event contact Waste Tire Products at 865-4588. This free passenger tire recycling event is paid for by a grant from the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Getting Medicare information online As 2014 gets under way, ent quality of care measureI wanted to give you a quick ments. For example, you'll find overview of the Medicare information you can now information on how often and quickly each hospital get online. Our website is gives recommended treatMedicare.gov, and it has a ments for certain conditions including heart wealth of informaattack, heart failtion that you may ure, and pneufind helpful. monia. One terrific feaYou can also ture is our "Comlearn how each pare" websites, hospital's readwhich provide mission and quality of care death rates cominformation on pare with the hospitals, nursing national rate, homes, home and how likely health agencies, patients in that and dialysis cenhospital are to ters in your area. David suffer complicaTake Hospital tions. Compare. 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In addition, Medicare.gov lets you see what Medicare covers, including preventive health services. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, co-pays and deductibles were eliminated for many of the tests, screenings, and immunizations that Medicare covers to help you stay healthy. Preventive screenings for cancer, heart disease, and other problems can help detect them in their earliest, most treatable stages. Another helpful new tool is our MyMedicare.gov website, which lets you create a secure, online account for accessing personalized information regarding your Medicare benefits and services. Once you've registered at MyMedicare.gov, you can: · Complete your "Initial Enrollment Questionnaire" so your Medicare claims can get paid correctly; · Manage your personal information (like medical conditions, allergies, and implanted devices); · Manage your personal drug list and pharmacy information; · Search for, add to, and manage a list of your favorite providers and access quality information about them; · Track your Original Medicare claims and your Part B deductible status; · Sign up to get the annual "Medicare & You" handbook electronically. You won't get a printed copy in the mail if you choose to get it electronically. MyMedicare.gov also features our new Blue Button, which allows you to download your Medicare claims data to your computer or mobile phone. And if you don't have computer access, just call 1800-MEDICARE and our customer representatives will help you. David Sayen is Medicare's regional administrator for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific Territories. You can always get answers to your Medicare questions by calling 1-800633-4227. 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