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Today RedBluff Adult Carving Class:10 a.m. to noon, Veterans Memorial Hall, corner of Jackson and Oak streets, 527-0768 Al-Anon: noon to 1p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jef- ferson and Hickory Nurturing Parenting dads Program: 10a.m. to noon, 1860Walnut St. #D, Shasta Room, call Keith at 527- 8491, ext. 3012 Nurturing Skills for Teen Parents: 9to 10a.m., 1900 Walnut St., 527-8491, ext. 3012 PAl Martial Arts Women's Self defense: 5:30-6:30 p.m., 1005Vista Way, Ste. C, 840-0345 Penny Bingo: 9:30a.m., Community Center, 1500S. Jackson St. Red Bluff Kiwanis: noon, Elks Lodge Red Bluff derby Girls open tryouts and practice: 6:30 p.m., Tyler Jelly building at Tehama District Fairgrounds Senior dance: 7p.m., Westside Grange, Walnut Street Team Kid: 5:30p.m., First Southern Baptist Church, 585Kimball Road, 527- 5083. TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments: 10a.m. to 2 p.m.., free, by appointment only, Youth Empowerment Services, 1900Walnut St., 527-8491, Ext. 3012 Waterbirth Class: 6:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital Columba Room, 529-8026 Weight Watchers meet- ing: 5:30p.m., 485Ante- lope Blvd., #N, 1-800-651- 6000 Widowed Persons Break- fast: 8a.m., call 384-2471 for location Y-FI Middle and High School Youth Group, 6:30-8p.m., North Valley Baptist Church, 345David Ave., 527-0543 CoRNiNG Corning Rotary: noon, Rolling Hills Casino: Timbers Steak House, 2655Barham Ave., corningrotary.org Nutrition Classes: 12:30-2 p.m., West Street FRC, 824-7670 School Readiness Play Group: 10-11:30a.m., up to 5 years, free, Family Re- source Center, 1480South St.: 824-4111 Spanish Adult education: 5p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Strategies for Success, life Skill classes: 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Cen- ter, West and South streets, 824-7670 VfW Charity Bingo: 6p.m., Veterans Memorial Hall, 1620Solano St., 824-5957 loS MoliNoS Bible Study: 1p.m., Sherwood Manor, 7975 Sherwood Blvd.All wel- come., Pastor Clyde Brant, 347-1330 Chamber of Commerce: 6:30p.m., 7904Highway 99E Take off Pounds Sensibly -ToPS: 8:30a.m., 25160 Josephine St., 385-1068 CoTToNWood Cottonwood library Story Time: 11:30a.m.- 12:30 p.m., Cottonwood Library, 3427Main St., 347-4818 Thursday Red Bluff California HeAT Chorus - Sweet Adelines: 7p.m., Meteer School Room 26, 695Kimball Road, 895- 0139 Childbirth Class: 6:30p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Columba room, Anita 529-8377 fun Senior Aerobics: 8-9 a.m., $1, Community Center, 1500S. Jackson St. 527- 8177 Grief Support Group: 3 p.m., St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital, Coyne Center, Kristin, 528-4207Imagina- tion Train storyhour, 4p.m., Tehama County Library Calendar Haveyou checked the list of ingredients on those bottles of cleaning products under the sink? I can tell you that a product name containing "petro" belongs at the gas station, not used to clean your home. I want to share with you a list of squeaky-clean, toxin-free cleaning tips us - ing the three items likely found in your kitchen at this moment — baking soda, white vinegar and lemons. Clean up the coffee maker by running a cy - cle using white vinegar in place of water. The vine- gar will break up mineral build-up and deodorize the machine at the same time. Be sure to rinse out ev - ery trace of vinegar before brewing up your next pot, by running plain water through it a few times. Vacuum up pet dander and odor. If you have pets, you have no idea what is lurking in your carpeting. We're talking dander and hairballs, and other things not so lovely. Do this: Sprinkle a little baking soda across your carpet and wait 15 minutes while it works its magic. Next, vacuum the areas where you've sprinkled the bak - ing soda. You'll be shocked and amazed at how much more pet dander is pulled out of the carpet and how fresh your home smells af - terward. You'll want to do this vacuuming trick of- ten. Wash out the washing machine. Get rid of the musty smell in your washing ma- chine by using white vinegar to a load of wash. It will pull that stinky smell right out. Vinegar also acts as a won - derful and completely nat- ural fabric softener. Deodorize the disposal. If your stinky disposal is setting off odor alarms in your kitchen, toss a hand - ful or two of ice down the disposal, throw in a couple of lemon wedges and turn it on. The ice chunks will clear out any gunk hang - ing around and the lemon will deodorize and clean. Nuke the microwave. Deodorize and clean your microwave with noth - ing more than two table- spoons of baking soda and a cup of water. Combine the two in a bowl, micro- wave for 3 minutes on full power. Remove the bowl (it will be hot, so be care- ful!) and wipe out the inte- rior. Done. Clean. Clean the toilet. Toss a cup of baking soda into the toilet bowl. Let it soak for an hour. Next add one cup of white vinegar. Wait 10 more minutes. Flush. Toilet clean with - out scrubbing! Use a toi- let brush for an occasional scrub of the spots under the rim. MaryHuntisthefounderof www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website. You can email her at mary@everydaycheap - skate.com, or write to Eve- ryday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. EvEryday ChEapskatE Cheapcleaning products, tips and tricks FundraisEr COuRTESY PHOTO Students from Sacramento River Discovery Charter School wash windows at businesses on Walnut Street to help raise money for a field trip to Monterey. saCraMEntO The Califor- nia Air Resources Board has adopted amendments to its Truck and Bus Regulation that will provide new flex - ible compliance options to owners of aging diesel fleets and recognize owners that have made investments to comply, while also protect - ing air quality. Changes provide addi- tional regulatory flexibil- ity to small fleets, lower use vehicles and fleets in rural areas that have made sub- stantial progress towards cleaner air. Fleets that have invested in cleaner, compli- ant equipment and trucks will be able to use credits longer and any vehicles ret- rofit by 2014 do not have to be replaced until 2023. "We recognize the enor- mous investments that many businesses have al- ready made to ... abide by the terms of the regulation," said ARB Chairman Mary Nich- ols, "but we are also aware, particularly for many rural areas of the state, economic recovery has been painfully slow and funding for im - provements scarce." Nichols said the amend- ments, while potentially de- laying compliance for some, still protect air quality, pre- serving 93 percent of the oxides of nitrogen and die- sel particulate matter bene- fits of the original regulation. Amendments include a longer phase-in period for diesel PM requirements for trucks that operate exclu - sively in certain rural areas with cleaner air; additional time and incentive fund- ing opportunities for small fleets; a new compliance op- tion for owners who cannot currently afford compliance; expansion of the low-use ex- emption and the construc- tion truck extension. air quality Boardadoptschangestotruck,busregulations Trips to the Mission De Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Aquarium will be part of an educational field trip the sixth and seventh grade students from the Sacra - mento River Discovery Charter School will be tak- ing on May 5-9. To raise money for the trip the students offered their cleaning services to businesses. The Gold Exchange took them up on their of - fer and for 1 ½ hours stu- dents worked diligently to do spring cleaning inside and out. They scrubbed, dusted and polished the store until it fairly shined, then swept and did the windows on the entire block. For more information on how you can get your busi - ness spruced up and help out the kids at the same time, call Carly Martinez at 529-1650. Students offer labor to raise money for field trip Mary Hunt PSILoveYouCandlewithMurano Pendant on the bottom, French Perfume, BOMA Fine Jewelry, wearable candle (it is a candle and also a lotion), Perfume Bottle with crystals, Cholidakis Fine Pottery, Women's Clothing, Beaded Bags, Dragon, Buddha, Sage, Incense, Crystal, Rock & Gems. PERFECT GIFTS FOR MOTHER'S DAY! 744MainStreet,RedBluff,CA (AcrossfromClockTower) LIFESTYLES » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, april 30, 2014 MORE AT fACeBooK.CoM/RBdAilYNeWS AND TWiTTeR.CoM/RedBluffNeWS a5