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It was a bright and sunny morn- ing, about 8 a.m.; we drove to the DMV, that is, the Department of Mo - tor Vehicles. I was especially anxious to talk with some- one behind the counter. A few other ve- hicles were in the park- ing lot. I went right to the door thinking I would be the first person inside. I noticed that the sign ap - peared to be different than I had noted before. The time; 9 a.m. Jumped out at me. I thought DMV opened each day at 8 a.m.; I was surprised to know that they did not open ev - ery day at the same time. Hubby was with me and he was hungry and not partic- ularly happy at the thought of standing in line for an hour. Knowing that a long wait would not put either of us in a good mood, hus - band suggested we go to McDonald's and have a quick breakfast. Okay said and then remembered that 8 a.m. was the coffee hour gathering of a few friends of Hubby. Breakfast sau - sage, Egg McMuffin and coffee seemed tempting. I have a sneaking suspi- cion that we were joining a men's coffee gathering where men were not pre- pared for a woman joining the crowd. Hmm, I had a feeling I was entering a man talk only group. As it turned out, the men were jolly good fellows and tolerated my diatribe regarding the DMV. We were soon discussing times gone by when we worked at various tasks at a young age. Some worked in the peach orchards, some worked at more compli - cated jobs. We all worked at times when pay checks were not very big. Regardless of the meagemess of income we enjoyed exchanging sto - ries of days gone by. Some of the gentlemen shared their experiences with the actions connected to the DMV which left me feeling that I was not the only one to be picked on. After the quick coffee and breakfast the group seemed to be happily en - joying the regular morn- ing coffee among the men. The ca- maraderie these guys shared with each other was pos- itive and encourag- ing. I am thinking that women'svcoffee gatherings may be a little differ - ent; they may share differ- ent kinds of experiences. Hopefully a women's group has as happy a timwe as the men have. Now I am assuming mat the men's group might have a little more "man" conversation when women are absent. Of course the gathering of the "ladies" does contain some differ - ent conversation as well. As we conversed it was mentioned that some hard times had been experi - enced in bygone days and most of us survived those events. It was mentioned mat hard times are affect - ing a large number of peo- ple who are today looking for jobs or who have mini- mal working positions with minimal wages. Today's hard times are here for many families. By the time our coffee and breakfast was con - sumed, the conversation was interesting and sup- portive. Believe it or not I had forgotten the anger I was feeling toward the Califor - nia DMV. I thought mat I would be at their doors be- fore 9 a.m. in order to clar- ify the fact that I had al- ready taken care of my annual registration. The group of jolly good fellows at me coffee hour had given me the cburage to calm down and be hopeful that the DMV would know that they had been the error. It all turned out great as the local license vendors as - sured me that I was not in trouble and would not have to anti up any additional coins for my yearly license. "I believe it's a fact of life that -what -we have is less important than - what we make out of-what -we have. The same holds true for families: It's not how many people there are in a family that counts, but rather the feelings among the people -who are there." — Fred Rogers Carolyn Barber can be reca - hed at hurcar@yahoo.com. Columnist Coffee with the guys Carolyn Barber For the 16th year in a row, the Dairyville Community Club Inc. is offering thou- sands of dollars in college scholarships to local stu- dents. These scholarships are divided into three catego- ries; lower-division, upper- division and graduate. All students who meet the eli- gibility criteria are encour- aged to apply. A l l g raduati ng h igh school seniors who gradu- ated from Lassen View Ele- mentary School in 2010 are eligible to apply for one of the lower-division scholar- ships. The upper-division and graduate scholarships fo- cus on college students who are pursuing a degree in ag- riculture. To be eligible for one of these scholarships a student must be a past grad- uate of a Tehama County high school; and a college ju- nior, senior or graduate stu- dent at the beginning of the 2014-15 school year. Applications, including instructions, for all of these scholarships are avail- able at the Dairyville Com- munity Club Inc. website www.dairyvillefestival.org. If you know of someone who may qualify for one of these scholarships please share this information with them. Candidates are encour - aged to visit the website and review the application mate- rials at their earliest conve- nience. The application deadlines for all of these scholarships are in March. The Dairyville Commu- nity Club Inc. is honored to have been able to allocate a total of $157,500 in scholar- ships to date. These funds have been made available by the gener- osity of our community vol- unteers, private and busi- ness donations, gifts made directly to the scholarship fund and the great success of the Annual Dairyville Or - chard Festival. Dairyville Scholarships offered for students Online: Applications and instructions for the scholarships are at www.dairyvillefestival. Courtesy photo Kandis Li thurmond, the daughter of John and Cindi Kennon of red Bluff and Jessie thurmond of oregon, married Mathew Lee ebersol, the son of John and Gayle ebersol of Gerber, Feb. 28 at the Cone and Kimball Clock tower in red Bluff. A reception followed at the tremont Cafe. the bride is employed at tremont and the groom at Arby's in red Bluff. WeDDing C o t t o n w o o d G a r d e n Club's a nnua l Sidewa lk Sale is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 5, on Front Street in down - town Cottonwood on Front Street. Items for sale will in- clude plants, baked goods and crafts. There is no charge to at- tend. april 5 Cottonwood sidewalk sale The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Po - lice Department and Cal- ifornia Highway Patrol logs. Arrests edgardo Gavidia Benites: 53, Mendota was arrested Wednesday on northbound Interstate 5at sunset hills for possession of a con- trolled substance for sale and transportation of a controlled substance. Bail was $65,000. James Brian Carpenter: 35, red Bluff was arrested thursday near the sacra- mento river and Interstate 5 overpass on an out- standing felony charge of possession of a controlled substance. amanda Claire Castilione: 23, red Bluff was arrested thursday on the 19000 block of pine Creek road on outstanding felony charges of second degree burglary, false checks and receiving known stolen property. Bail was $45,000. Christa Nicole Cheney: 24, red Bluff was arrested Wednesday on the 1300 block of Walbridge for felony possession of a controlled substance, possession of a narcotic and misdemeanors of driving under the influ- ence of drugs and parapher- nalia. Bail was $36,000. Brandon tyler McKim.: also known by the last name Franklin, 32, red Bluff was arrested Wednesday at Walbridge and third street for felony possession of a narcotic and misdemeanor being under the influence of a controlled substance. Bail was $17,500. david allen Petty: aka Dwayne Anthony Lemos and Davis pelly, 41, red Bluff was arrested thursday on the 19000block of pine Creek road for misdemeanor obstruction. petty has out- standing charges of felony possession of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance and misdemeanors of failure to appear, driving on a sus- pended license and improper vehicle. Bail was $256,000. The white road: A playstation 3was reported stolen from a residence. Mulberry avenue: An an- tique shotgun was reported stolen from an intake area. police starts. They also have the opportunity to improve their scores in their senior year. Josiah Vassey, an 11th- grader, said he's nervous, but confident about the ACT. He's been studying specif - ically for the exam. "It's really important for me," Vassey said. "This is go- ing to affect the rest of my college career and maybe my whole life." Vassey said he still doesn't know what he wants to pur - sue, but is looking for an out- of-state school and believes a high ACT score could make that dream more affordable with the help of scholarship money. Brownfield said the plan - ning process for a day when half of the student body will be busy taking exams has been a large endeavor. Both exams come with certain regulations regard- ing how the tests need to be administered, even down to how they are stored. Barriga said the school will structure the school day Tuesday to resemble the for - mat the school uses for finals testing. While the sophomores and juniors are testing, freshman and seniors will be going to just three class periods. Barriga said the school even gave consideration to what classes those should be and chose the fourth, fifth and sixth periods be - cause of the how many spring student-athletes miss those classes in the coming months. The CAHSEE test will be administered over the course of two days. The ACT test is around four hours. "The test itself can be mentally exhausting," Gam - betta said. The school is encouraging parents to make sure their students get a proper night sleep on Monday and have breakfast. School for all students on Tuesday will end at 12:35 p.m. with buses leaving at 12:40 p.m. Tests From page 1 that would ask voters to ap- prove a .25 percent sales tax increase. City staff believes the tax could raise an additional $600,000 in annual revenue, which would go toward the city's general fund. Council members have said the increased revenue would go toward police and fire staffing, replacing pub - lic safety equipment and enhancing recreation and parks. The money, however, would not be legally bound for those purposes. The du - ration of the tax measure would be six years. The measure would be on the November ballot, and on Tuesday the council is rec - ommended to adopt an ordi- nance to place the measure before voters. The estimated cost to place the measure on the ballot is said to be $5,000. The meeting is at 7 p.m. at 555 Washington St. Dog From page 1 to $21.88 per month. And the rate for a 32-gallon se- nior citizen cart will rise from $10.59 to $10.87. The adjusted rate in- crease accounts for 0.99 percent for CPI and fuel cost adjustments, and 2.36 per- cent for the tipping fee in- crease at the county landfill that went into effect March 1. "Several years ago Corn - ing Disposal requested a special rate increase to cover the unanticipated cost of increased dump fees," according to a staff docu - ment. "The City Council granted that increase, but explained to the Disposal's Management that in the fu- ture, the Council would con- sider County Dump tipping fees to be a normal cost of business, and would not con- sider special rate hikes un- less there was an extraor- dinary increase like the one that had just occurred." Corning Disposal's ser- vice, according to a notice sent out to customers, in- cludes twice monthly res- idential street sweeping, yard waste pickup and re- cycling. Property owners did have the chance to file protests of the increase after being notified of the fee hike, but Mayor Gary Strack said the city received none. If a majority of property owners had protested the rate increase, the increase would not be enacted. Trash From page 1 area agencies that offer services such as drug and alcohol treatment, utility assistance and child care. The system is designed to lessen the burden on service organizations and reduce the number of non- emergency 911 calls. Ca ll er s ar e di re ct ed t o a Sacramento call cen - ter where representatives have access to a database of Tehama County's human services agencies. 211Tehama launched as a collaborative effort be - tween Tehama Together and the United Way of Northern California. C o n t r i b u t i o n s w e r e made by First 5 Tehama, Te h a m a C o u nt y D e p - uty Sheriff's Association, Dignity Health and oth- ers to provide the $30,000 needed to launch the ser- vice. In 2012, according to 2 1 1u s .or g 2 1 1 s er v ice s across the countr y an- swered more than 15.8 mil- lion calls. 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