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Tuesday, February 22, 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. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Red Bluff Alzheimer’s and dementia support group, 6 p.m., Lassen House, 705 Luther Road, 529-2900 First Five Tehama, 3-5 p.m. Tehama County Department of Education, 1135 Lincoln St. 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 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., 1500 So. Jackson St., Free, 527-8177 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 9:30 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Suite 101, 528- 8066 Red Bluff Rotary, noon, Elks Lodge Senior Fitness, 8-9 a.m., 1500 S.Jackson St., free, 527-8177 Take Off Pounds Sensibly — TOPS,10 a.m., First United Methodist Church, 525 David Ave., 824-0556 or 529-1414 Tehama County Board of Supervisors, 10 a.m., board chamber, 727 Oak St. Tehama County Patriots,6 p.m., Grange Hall, 20794 Walnut St. Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1932, 7 p.m.Vet- erans Building, Oak St. Weight Watchers meeting, 6 p.m., Weigh-in starts half-hour before meetings, 485 Antelope Blvd., #N, next to Bud’s Jolly Kone, 1-800-651-6000. Corning City Council, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 794 Third St. Disabled American Vets, 7 p.m., Veterans Memo- rial Hall, 1620 Solano St. Jewelry beading class, 9:30 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 ESL class, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Tehama Cemetery District, 4 p.m., cemetery Native plants group plans March events office, 7772 Woodland Ave. Gerber Los Molinos Free ESL Class, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Los Molinos Ele- mentary, 7700 Stanford Ave., 384-7833 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Red Bluff Adult Wood Carving Class, 10 a.m.-noon, Veter- ans Hall, 824-5669 Al-Anon, noon to 1 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jef- ferson and Hickory BMX practice races, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $3 Elks duplicate bridge, noon, Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, 528-9418 Ishi Archery Club Indoor Shoot, 6 p.m., Tehama District Fairground $5 members, $6 guests, 527-4200 PAL Youth Carving Class, 3-4:30 p.m., Communi- ty Center, 824-5669 Red Bluff Kiwanis, noon, Palomino Room Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Westside Grange, Walnut Street Soroptimist International of Red Bluff meeting , 5:30 p.m., Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson, siredbluffclub@yahoo.com TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., free by appointment only, Youth Empow- erment Services, 1900 Walnut St., 527-8491, Ext. 3012 Tehama Coffee Party Loyalists, 5:30 p.m., Jack The Ribber, 1150 Monroe St. Tehama Coffee Party Loyalists, 6 p.m., Cozy Diner 259 Main St. Tehama County Elder Services Coordinating Council, 3 p.m., St.Peter’s Episcopal Church, 510 Jef- ferson St. Widowed persons breakfast, 8 a.m., Tremont Cafe & Creamery, 731 Main St., men and women wel- come, 384-2471 Corning Corning in the Morning, 8 a.m.hosted by Corning Friends of the Library, 740 Third St. Corning Rotary, noon, Rolling Hills Casino: Tim- bers Steak House, 2655 Barham Avenue, corningro- tary.org Latina Leadership 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 Los Molinos Chamber of Commerce, 6:30 p.m., 7904 Highway 99E School Readiness Play Group, 10-11:30 a.m., children 4 and younger, free, First Steps Family Resource Center, 7700 Stanford Ave., 384-7833 Take Off Pounds Sensibly — TOPS, 8:30 a.m., 25160 Josephine St., 385-1068 Here are the upcoming activities for the Mount Lassen Chapter of California Native Plant Society: General Meeting, Wednesday, March 2, 7:30 pm, Butte County Library, Chico Jenny Marr, Botanist and Con- servation Biologist with the Cali- fornia Department of Fish and Game, will talk about how best to conserve and protect Butte County meadowfoam. This endangered species occurs in 21 distinct loca- tions within Butte County and no where else, Old State Board of Forestry Tree Plantation, Sunday, March 6 Meet at Chico Creek Nature Center (1968 E. 8th St.) at 10 am for a 2-hour stroll through the old (1895-1904) experimental plantings by the State Board of Forestry and UC Berkeley. John Bidwell gave these 29 acres to the state to set up an experimental station to test trees from around the world for their use- fulness in medicine, horticulture, and industry. See more than 65 species from that period, such as 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. Thefts • Red Bluff Police officers were asked to be on the lookout for a blue and white farm tractor that was reportedly stolen from the Shasta County area. The 2008 Ford, lic. no. UH29706., with a front loader that had its keys in it, was taken sometime between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Satur- day. Burglary • A residential bur- glary was reported Fri- day in the 600 block of Givens Road in Red Bluff. A suspect entered the backyard through a side gate and broke a window to get inside the house sometime between 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 7 p.m. Friday, while the resident was away. The suspect used the resident’s hand truck to remove a floor safe, and left with both items, $20,000 worth of jewel- ry and some credit cards Virginia persimmon, Italian cypress, cork oak, western catalpa and French pitch pine. Leaders: Wes 530-342-2293 and Gerry 530- 893-5123. Upper Bidwell Park, Saturday, March 12 Meet at Horseshoe Lake parking area E at 9:30 am with lunch, water, and hiking shoes. We will drive on up to Diversion Dam if the gate is open and climb up to the north ridge for marvelous views and early spring flowers. Leaders Wes 530- 342-2293 and Gerry 530-893-5123. Nomlaki Trail, Mendocino National Forest, Sunday, March 20 Meet at Chico Park and Ride west parking lot at 9 am. The hike area is located about 27 miles northwest of the town of Corning CA. The Nomlaki Trail from Forest Road M4 to Mud Flat is rich with scarlet fritillary, fawn lily and Indi- an warrior. Bring lunch, water, insect/sun protection, money for ride sharing and sturdy shoes for a 2-4 mile walk. Call for secondary meeting place. Leaders Marjorie and bank checks belong- ing to the resident. The investigation is 530-343-2397 and Gerry 530-693- 5123. Maidu Plants for Medicine, Crafts and Food, Upper Bidwell Park, Saturday, March 26 Meet at Horseshoe Lake in Upper Bidwell Park parking area E at 9 am for a 1 1/2 mile hike to see about 30 plants the local Native Americans used, such as soap plant, gray pine, elderberry and more. Bring lunch, water and hiking shoes. Leader Wes 530-342-2293. Spotted Fawn Lilies and McNab Cypress, Sunday, March 27 Meeting at Chico Park & Ride west parking lot at 9am with lunch, water and hiking shoes for a 1 1/2 mile hike down a rough trail to the head dam at a charming spot on the West Branch of the Feather River. This serpentine slope offers a most spectacular display of yellow and white fawn lilies among the old McNab cypresses. Bring money for ride sharing. Call for direction to secondary meeting place in Magalia. Leader Gerry 530-893- 5123. ongoing and anyone with information regard- ing the crime should contact the Red Bluff Police Department at 527-3131. Kindergarten Pre-Registration Reeds Creek School Date: March 16, 2011 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 PM Place: Room 1 Children must be five years old on or before December 2, 2011 to be eligible for enrollment. Please bring proof of residency, birth certificate and immunization. If you have any questions please call Reeds Creek School at 527-6006 Boomerang kids. Pretty descrip- tive, isn't it? The term describes the whopping 85 percent of college seniors who moved back home with their parents after gradua- tion last May, according to a poll by Twentysomething Inc., a marketing and research firm in Philadelphia. Unemployment has hit this age group hard. Without jobs, there's nowhere for these kids to go but back into their old bed- rooms. When you send out your young adults to get married, to go to col- lege or to live independently, you don't plan that they'll come back to live at home again. Whether your kid returns home due to tough eco- nomic times, a failed marriage or just to get his or her bearings after college, it can be very stressful unless everyone understands and shares the same expectations. You need a whole new set of house rules for when life throws you a boomerang. 1. Payment. Insist that they pay rent or make some other form of financial contribution. You might need to haul out the old chores chart to create some kind of bartering arrangement, so that at the very least they are buying groceries, pay- ing utilities or paying a third of the rent. 2. Harmony. The boomerang has to respect the mother and her rules. Period. This isn't about power plays or defiance. It's about civility and basic subordination. 3. Temporary. This should be a onetime event with both a start and an end date, and not subject to renewal. 4. Laundry. As diffi- cult as it may be, resist all temptation to do the boomerang's laundry. Remember you are not agreeing to this living arrangement to create a life of ease for your boomerang. Things need responsibility for all bills, even if that requires a menial job or two. 6. Transportation. Living privi- Mary Hunt to be generally austere, or you may find yourself dealing with the temp- tation to do his or her laundry for years beyond what might be consid- ered reasonable. 5. Bills. Boomerangs will undoubtedly arrive with bills. Do not pay these. Do not even think about it. Boomerangs must take full ny will host a SmartMeter Educa- tional Center on Thursday, Feb. 24 at PG&E’s Red Bluff customer ser- vice office. Customers with questions about PG&E's SmartMeter program can Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program of recov- ery from compulsive eating and compulsive food behav- iors, will meet 10-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26, at St. John's Episcopal Church come to PG&E’s office at 515 Luther Road. PG&E will have a SmartMeter expert available for customers to speak with individual- ly. Customers can drop in anytime during the educational center hours, 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 Everyday Cheapskate leges should not extend to your car. Nor should you drive said boomerang around the way you did many years ago. Boomerangs are on their own to get around. 7. Parking. Make it very clear what the parking arrangements are. Boomerangs, by all rights, should park on the street, not occupy the primo garage or driveway space if that requires you or your spouse to park on the street. 8. Food. Come up with a plan that is acceptable to all parties. Do not leave this matter undiscussed. 9. Chores. Boomerangs need to be involved in the house. Chores should be spelled out in writing. Err on the side of being too detailed and specific. Remember, this is the same kid who was the master at finding loopholes not so many years ago. 10. Contract. Transfer your house rules to a simple contract that everyone signs. SmartMeter information available in Red Bluff Pacific Gas and Electric Compa- to 2 p.m., to ask questions one-on- one. For information about PG&E’s SmartMeter program, visit www.pge.com/smartmeter or call PG&E’s 24-hour SmartMeter Hot- line at 1-866-743-0263. Overeaters Anonymous to meet in Chico Fellowship Hall, 2341 Flo- ral Ave., in Chico. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. The session will spot- light an overview of the OA 12 step program, stories from people in recovery from eating disorders and a question and answer period. The session is open to the public, OA members and their guests or anyone who wants to learn more about the Overeaters Anonymous program. For more information, call Leanne at 342-3174. For information on Overeaters Anonymous meetings in this area www.norig.oar2.org. House rules for kids moving back home