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Courtesy the Home Depot employees load soil donated to the sacramento river Discovery Center. The Sacramento River Discovery Center has been the beneficiary of a generous donation of potting soil from The Home Depot and visi - tors are seeing the improve- ments in the Discovery Cen- ter Garden and Greenhouse. The greenhouse is already full of melon and vegetable plants ready for the Food Share growing season. The greenhouse is also home to new plants propagated from parent stock in the garden. The population of invasive veatch and hairy bittercress and other unwelcome plant numbers is being reduced on a regular basis thanks to garden volunteers Deb - bie King, Bruce Gray, Larry Ridgel, Malia Hard, Rene Henthorn, Randy Baker, who are here one or two days a week for one hour or more, and the improvements are dramatic. The center is also the beneficiary of the efforts students of Kathy Smith's Red Bluff High Workabil - ity 11 class, who are work- ing with wood chips, do- nated by Davey Tree Ser- vice, to cover areas used for the Food Share garden. The Center has also been helped by high school stu - dents who will be spending their Easter vacation at Yo- semite learning more about the environment thanks to a grant from the Mc Connell Foundation. The center is still look - ing for volunteers to help us revise and reprint the Bird Guide of the Red Bluff Rec- reation Area. Volunteers have the names of the vari- ous species, but need photos and more information about the birds. Volunteers are also seek - ing someone who will do something similar with the new plant species being added to the garden. The Garden Kiosk needs a ma - jor face lift and at least one more panel of photos and in- formation. The Garden Book is 10 years old and a 2014-2015 new addition is in the plans. The immediate goal of the work in the garden will be to have plant species ready for the Watershed Celebration Plant sale 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 17. The center already has California Poppies, Golden Current, Manzanita, Ceano - thus and Columbine bloom- ing in the garden. Visit the garden during daylight hours to see the spring native and drought tolerant plants that are blooming or getting ready to bloom. Call the Center at 527-1196 or stop by between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. most week days. Experienced garden - ers are available to help vol- unteers learn about the Dis- covery Garden, on Tuesday from 10 a.m. until noon at 1000 Sale Lane within the Mendocino National Forest's Red Bluff Recreation Area. Discovery Center garden updates SRDC The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Te- hama County Sheriff's De- partment, Corning Police Department and CHP. Arrests HeatH JoHn CHaffin » 30, Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday on Lucknow Av- enue for a felony parole vio- lation. CoRey Gene PiPeR JR . » 27, Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday at St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital for felony robbery. Bail was $250,000. JoSe Soto Paulino HeRnan- Dez » 22, Corning was ar- rested Wednesday on Edith Avenue for felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor petty theft. Bail was $18,000. Suspicious Man in PiG Pen » A 26-year- old man on the 29000 block of Lassen Road said he was awakened Wednesday morn - ing by noises coming from the area of his pig pen. The man located another man in- side the pen and confronted him. The intruder fled the area in a gray Lincoln sedan on Meridan Road. The resi - dent followed the intruder to another home. Vandalism 25000 bloCk of SoutH ave- nue » A walnut tree was cut down. Police It is the policy of the Daily News to correct all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you be - lieve a factual error has been made in a news story, call 527-2151, Ext. 112. An article in Thursday's edition incorrectly named the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. An article in Wednesday's edition misspelled the name of Curtiss Wetter Hall. The name of financial ad - visor Susie Mustaine was misspelled in Wednesday's edition. The Daily News regrets the errors. Corrections The Tehama County Po- lice Activities League and Friends of the Library will hold a Spring Bunco Bash fundraiser starting at 6:15 p.m. Monday at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge, 355 Gi - more Road. Tickets are $10 each and space is limited to 168 par- ticipants. Tickets are avail- able at the library or by calling 529-7950. The evening will include door prizes and prizes for the most buncos, wins and losses and a 50/50 raffle. Proceeds w ill bene - fit PAL programs and the Summer Reading Pro - gram. funDRaiSeR Library to hold bunco night The Cottonwood Garden Club is scheduled to meet 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, March 17 at the Cotton - wood Community Cen- ter,20595 Gas Point Road. Presentation will be Af- rican Violets by LaSaine Ware with a potluck lunch to follow. Visitors welcome. For more information, call 347-1281 or 347-3656. CottonwooD Garden club to meet March 17 President Carry Padilla presents Acting Librarian sally Ainsworth with a check for $500 from the red Bluff emblem Club. emblem club members work through the library's many projects to help those in need and to aid those dedicated to helping others. Donation Courtesy by Scott Marcus In eons past, when Greek society was the pin- nacle of what we were, no- ble thinkers such as Aris- tolte and Ptloemy stud- ied the velvet curtain with pinprick lights that en- compassed the night sky. They, among others, de- duced that the Earth was the center point of a vast, miraculous arrangement, whereby every star twin - kling at night; the shiny, silent, silvery moon; even Apollo, fiery, blazing god of the sun; all orbited on a vast globe about the our planet. Referred to as geocen - tric theory of the solar system, it held true until the early modern age. In the 1500s, contrary to contemporary opinion, Nicolaus Copernicus pos - tulated the planets, in- cluding Mother Earth, ac- tually cycled about the sun instead of the other way around. This helio- centric explanation of the solar system became the standard bearer of sci- ence until the late 1900s; when, at that point, the baby-boomers reached full power, upturning all convention thought. "What about me?" be - came our catch phrase; and civilization adjusted. Attitudes shifted, mores changed, and eventually we discovered that every - thing revolves around us, giving birth to the cur- rent, Egocentric theory, of the solar system. My prodigious por- tion of the population has pounded a passageway through history, pummel- ing posterity and reshap- ing the social order. In the fifties and sixties, po p culture adjusted to our demands. In the sev - enties, so did education, followed by the work- force. We are accustomed to getting what we want, when we want, and how we want it. It has been the norm. It is what is. It is also no more. Despite our prevalence and power, some things give no sway; the process of growing older is unim - pressed with whom we are. Serious personal de- cisions face us as the im- placable wall of age, looms ever closer on the horizon. My generation, which drives its children two blocks to school in over - sized automobiles, fitted with power windows and seats, must now actually exercise with regularity. From a lifetime of made- on-demand, ordered-and- prepared-immediately, su - per-sized, anyway-you- want-it, open-24-hour, great tasting options; we must curtail our hedonis - tic urges, or face unpleas- ant consequences. I prefer to consider my- self "enlightened," believ- ing that I will opt for the greater good, foregoing personal pleasure in ex- change for what's "right" or "noble." Yet, even I, in my lofty peak find my- self periodically cranky at having to choose low fat, high fiber, or the cold dis- comfort of an early morn- ing walk. While recently deal- ing with such an internal hissy fit, for whatever rea- son, it dawned that some; dare I say, many; simply dream of such options. They do not all live in far flung places with foreign sounding names like Ma - lawi, East Timor, and Ye- men; many reside in shel- ters in cities with names such as Eureka, Sacra- mento, and Newhall. I de- spise sacrifice, my inner child stomps his feet and kicks violently. Comfort and habit are more fun. But in perspective, I am so fortunate that I am even given the option. It's time to get over my - self, get up, and get mov- ing. Scott "Q" Marcus is a na- tionally known weight loss expert for baby boomers and the CRP (Chief Recovering Perfectionist) of www.This - TimeIMeanIt.com Get his free ebook of motivational quotations and one year of his highly-popular Monday Motivational Memos at no charge by visiting his web - site. He is also available for coaching and speaking at 707.442.6243. ColuMn Getting over myself STOVE JUNCTION The The North State's premier supplier of stoves 22825 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff 530-528-2221 • Fax 530-528-2229 www.thestovejunction.com Over 25 years of experience Tues-Sat 9am-5pm • Closed Sun & Mon Now Carrying! 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