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Friday, February 25, 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, FEBRUARY 25 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 Knit for Kids, 9:15 to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372 Corning Corning Wine, Beer, Food and Art 4-10 p.m., Rolling Hills Casino, $10 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 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Red Bluff BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $10 Weight Watchers meeting, 8:30 a.m., Weigh-in starts half-hour before meetings, 485 Antelope Blvd., #N, next to Bud’s Jolly Kone Corning Corning Wine, Beer, Food and Art 4-10 p.m., Rolling Hills Casino, $10 Los Molinos Senior Dance,7 p.m., Los Molinos Sr. Social Club, Senior Center, Josephine St. Redding Safe Haven Horse Rescue of Cottonwood Whin- ny and Wine Benefit, 6-9 p.m., Win River Casino in Redding, 347-4941 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27 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, FEBRUARY 28 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 South Jackson St., Free, 527-8177 Masterworks Chorale Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., Red Bluff 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 Salvation Army Writing Class, 9:30 to 11:30 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 Corning Alcoholics Anonymous, noon Monday through Friday, 5 p.m.Thursday, 7 p.m. Monday, Tues- day and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, 783 Solano St., behind the Church. 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 Rancho Tehama School Readiness Play Group, 3-4 p.m., children 4 and younger, free, Rancho Tehama Elementary School, 384-7833 TUESDAY,MARCH 1 Red Bluff City Council, 7 p.m. City Hall, 555 Washington St. MOMS (Making Our Mothering Significant) ,9-11 a.m., North Valley Baptist Church, 345 David Ave., 527-0543. 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 "I’ve read quite a few of your columns and have always won- dered when or if you would address how financially poor people could save money as well as you are able to. To me, people who make $20,000 are doing pretty well. People making $50,000 on up are practically rich. Your column comes across as a joke to me. It’s apparently only for rich people who can get to a computer to be able to print coupons. I would love to see rich people go without their com- puters and cell phones for a month or two. You’re discriminating [against] those who are not able to afford a computer." Answer: It’s never my intent to discrimi- nate against anyone. The reason I initially became a Super-Coupon- ing shopper was to help our fami- ly’s budget when our third child was on the way. I began sharing my methods via live Super-Couponing workshops and this column because I realized how many people’s lives changed when they learned to use coupons effectively. To address your concerns, you do not need to own a computer to be a coupon shopper. Most of the coupons I use each week come directly from newspaper coupon inserts, not from the computer. That said, computers and Inter- net access have forever changed the way people shop with coupons. Websites devoted to couponing abound. There are printable coupons, digital coupons that can be loaded to a shopper’s grocery store savings card and mobile coupons that can be loaded to smart phones. The information age has made coupon shopping easier than ever, with websites that provide shopping lists of the best bargains, matching newspa- per coupons to the best sales and telling shoppers pre- cisely when to use a par- ticular coupon. Coupon forums and blogs, like mine at www.jillcataldo.com, buzz with shoppers sharing news of deals in real-time. As a coupon columnist and instructor, I would be remiss not to discuss the tools available to shoppers online. According to the Census Bureau, 77.3 per- cent of households in the U.S. have Internet access. Add in the number of peo- ple who access the web at work and the number grows. It’s true that Internet access dra- matically reduces the time one needs to easily plan shopping trips to achieve maximum savings. And, as I’ve previously acknowledged, I do realize that not everyone has a computer at home. I know several coupon shoppers who cannot afford Internet access, but they take an hour a week to visit their public libraries, where access is free. There, they visit coupon websites to plan their shopping trips based on the current week’s sales and coupons they’ve printed. Yes, it takes longer than planning a shop- ping trip from the comfort of home, but they still swear by the time they save versus matching up coupons to sales on their own, without the help of the Internet. Jill Cataldo Coupon Queen I understand that hearing about all of the great coupon tools online would frustrate someone without Internet access. But the reality is that manufacturers and stores are ramping up coupon delivery over the Internet. Digital coupons continue to surge in popularity. Stores offer both print- able and electronic coupons with increasing frequency, too. One major supermarket in my area offers a free product nearly every week (a 2- liter of soda, a cake mix, free produce items) but you must visit the store’s website to load each week’s electronic coupon to your shopper’s card. Without a computer or Internet access, you can still effec- tively cut your grocery bill by matching coupons to sales, but it’s much more time-consuming. Instead of accessing websites that alert shoppers to the best time to buy, you’ll need to become a pro at learning and knowing the best prices for the products you buy throughout a store’s pricing cycle, then matching your newspaper coupons to them manually. I’ll dis- cuss some of these methods in next week’s column. 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. Free electronic waste collection event The Tehama County Sanitary Landfill Agency will conduct a Free Electronic Waste Collection Event from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the following locations: • Red Bluff - Tehama County Department of Social Services at 310 South Main St. • Corning - Park and Ride Commuter Parking Lot, northeast corner of Third and Solano Streets Televisions, computer monitors and equipment, microwaves, DVD/VCR players, cell phones, and other small electronic waste (e-waste) will be accepted free A shooting range along Iron Mountain Road west of Redding will be temporarily closed to shooting on Saturday, March 5, when up to 600 Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and their families participate in a one-day tree planting project on public land in the area. 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. Vandalism • Three tires were slashed between 3 and 8 a.m. Wednesday on a sil- ver 2001 Ford Taurus in the 800 block of Kimball Road. Damages were esti- mated at $500. • Gang-type graffiti was reported Wednesday on a fence near Moss Lumber & Hardware Co. near the intersection of Mill Street and Reeds Avenue. The graffiti appeared sometime between 3 p.m. Feb. 13 and noon Feb. 14. Dam- ages were estimated at $50. • The windshield and driver’s side window were broken and tires were slashed on a red 1995 Ford F-150 sometime around 1:50 a.m. Wednes- day while it was parked on Sacramento Avenue near Delphinium Street. Damages were estimated at $590. Thefts • Some $200 was reported stolen Wednes- EXPERTISE IS STANDING BY. MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, TODAY. ©2010 HRB Tax Group, Inc. 1315 Solano St, Corning, CA 96021 530-824-7999 120 Bell Mill Road, Red Bluff, CA 96080 530-527-7515 Mon-Fri 9 am to 7 pm of charge during the event. There is no quantity limit on e-waste accepted. Don't miss this great opportunity to safely dispose of your old electronics! E-waste is of concern largely due to toxicity (lead, mercury and cadmium) of some of the substances if processed improperly. E-waste collected will be recycled. Recycling such items saves landfill space and protects our environment. For details about the acceptance of electronic waste please call the Tehama County Landfill at 528-1103 or visit the land- fill’s website at www.tehamacountylandfill.com. Shooting area to close temporarily for tree planting Scouting for Trees, an annual pro- ject coordinated by the Shasta Trinity National Forest, will take place on Bureau of Land Management-admin- istered areas east of the shooting area, which will be used as a staging area. The scouts will plant up to 6,000 ponderosa pine seedlings as part of a day from a cash box at Animal Rescue Mission Support at 30 Mulberry Ave. Animals • Several sheep were reportedly killed Wednes- day by neighbors’ dogs in the 15500 block of West Wallen Road. Collision • A non-injury colli- sion was reported Wednesday in the parking lot of Red Bluff Outdoor Power between a 2000 Chrysler and a 2001 Dodge. Arrests • Antone Marty Durrer, 35, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday at the Glenn County Jail. He was charged with failure to appear after a written promise, driving on a sus- pended license, two counts of probation viola- tions with a rearrest or revocation, carrying a concealed dirk or dagger, driving on a suspended license while under the influence and having pro- hibited ammunition or related items. Bail was set at $5,500. • Douglas Eugene Rus- sell, 55, of Tehama was arrested Wednesday in the 300 block of B Street in Tehama. He was charged 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 LAST DAYS PRICE DROP 10% A DAY ENDS 2-27 623 Main St. long term effort to restore a pine-oak forest that was heavily impacted by historic copper smelting activities. For information on alternate shooting areas during the temporary closure, contact BLM Forester Bren- nan Garrelts at the Redding Field Office, 224-2100. with felony grand theft and probation violation. No bail amount was assigned. • Howard Roy King Jr., 45, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday in the 22800 block of Antelope Boulevard. He was charged with felony viola- tion of parole. No bail amount was assigned. • John Ernest Frasher, 47, of Cottonwood was arrested Wednesday in the 18000 block of Shelter Haven Court in Cotton- wood. He was charged with felony parole viola- tion. No bail amount was set. • Deborah Mae Martin, 48, of Corning was arrest- ed Wednesday near the intersection of Kaufman Avenue and Hoag Street in Corning. Martin, also known as Deborah Mae Baker, was charged with possession of a controlled narcotic and possession of paraphernalia for a con- trolled substance. Bail was set at $12,500. Update • A burglary in the 2900 block of Barham Avenue in Corning reported Tuesday result- ed in an $1,800 loss. Items stolen from the res- ident’s garage included a red generator, valued at $1,000, and a white 10- gallon propane tank, a green and blue gas-pow- ered Ryobi chainsaw and a grey electric scooter, valued together at $800. The theft occurred some- time between 8 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tues- day. Bicycle • A 14-year-old Corn- ing girl received minor injuries in a bicycle ver- sus vehicle collision at 7:55 a.m. Tuesday on River Road, east of Mon- terey Road, but will seek her own aid. The girl was going west on the south side- walk of River Road, approaching the cross walk at the entrance of Richfield Elementary School parking lot. Fran- cisco Avelar, 62, of Corn- ing was driving east on River Road, preparing to turn into the parking lot. Avelar told the Cali- fornia Highway Patrol that he did not see the girl because of the sun in his eyes and the fact that his windshield was fogged up. Avelar began to make his turn in front of the girl and she drove into the left front of his vehi- cle. The girl’s bicycle had moderate damage and Avelar’s vehicle had minor damage. Reader gripe: ‘Couponing favors the rich’