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Today REDBLUFF California HEAT Chorus - Sweet Adelines:7p.m., Meteer School Room 26, 695Kimball Road, 895- 0139 Childbirth Class: 6:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital, Columba room, 529-8377 Fun Senior Aerobics: 8-9a.m., $1, Community Center, 1500S. Jackson St. 527-8177 Grief Support Group: 3 p.m., St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital, Coyne Center, 528-4207 Imagination Train sto- ryhour: 4p.m., Tehama County Library Kelly-Griggs House Mu- seum: 1-3p.m., 311Wash- ington St., group tours by appointment, 527-1129or 527-5895 La Leche League: 11a.m., Sunrise Bible Fellowship, 956Jackson St., 347- 0562or 527-6818 Live country music, with dinner: 5-7p.m., Veterans Hall Painting session, Red Bluff Art Association: 10a.m., Tehama District Fairground, 529-1603 PAL Martial Arts: 3-5 p.m., ages 5-18, 1005Vista Way, Ste. C, free, 529- 7950 Penny Bingo: 9:30a.m., Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. Phoenix Community Support Group: 11:30 a.m., Presbyterian Church, 838Jefferson St., 945- 2349 Pinochle for Seniors: 12:30-3:30p.m., 1500S. Jackson St., free, 527- 8177 Red Bluff Exchange Club: noon, M&M Ranch House, 645Antelope Blvd. #1 Red Bluff Lions Club: 6 p.m., Veterans Memorial, 527-8452 Rock Choir: 4p.m., 601 Monroe St., free, all wel- come Senior Chair Volleyball: 1p.m. Community Center, 1500S. Jackson St. Sunrise Speakers Toastmasters: noon, 220 Sycamore St. Swinging Squares Square Dance Club: 7 p.m., Community Cen- ter, 1500S. Jackson St., beginner or review classes, 529-1615 Tehama County Planning Commission Workshop: 9a.m., 727Oak St., 527- 2200 Widowed Persons Din- ner: 5p.m., call 384-2471 for location Women's Domestic Violence Information and Support Group: call for group time and location, 528-0226 CORNING Cal-Fresh and Healthy Family Appointments: 1-3p.m., Family Resource Center, 1488South St., 824-7670 Corning Friends of the Library: 2p.m., 740Third St. Dance with Juana: noon, Family Resource Center, 1488South St., 824-7670 Degree of Pocahontas Silver Cloud Council #168: 7p.m. Indepen- dent Grange 470, 20945 Corning Road, 824-1114or 586-1065 Domestic Violence Information and Support Group: call for group time and location, 528-0226 Dual Diagnosis Group: 1:30-3p.m., 1600Solano St., 527-8491, Ext. 3309 Sewing group: 9a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Soccer training: 4-6p.m., Woodson School soccer field, 150N Toomes Ave., 824-7680 COTTONWOOD Cottonwood Creek Wa- tershed Board of Direc- tors: 5:30p.m., 3645Main St., 347-6637 Friday RED BLUFF Celebrate Recovery: 7 p.m., Bethel Assembly of God, 625Luther Road, 527-0445or 366-6298 Nutrition Classes: 12:30- 2p.m, Northern Valley Catholic Social Service, 220Sycamore #101, 528- 7947 Red Bluff Rotary Club Sunrise: 7a.m., M&M Ranch CORNING Car Show: 5-9p.m., Bar- tels Giant Burger, 22355 Corning,Road, local car clubs welcome, 824-2788 LOS MOLINOS Good Stuff Sale: 8a.m. to 4p.m., Cone Community United Methodist Church, 11220State Route 99E Saturday RED BLUFF Airplane Display Days: 8a.m. to 1p.m., Red Bluff Airport, 1760Airport Blvd., 527-6547 Decorative Brushes of No. California: 10a.m., Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., 527-7449 Frontier Village Farmers Market: 8a.m. to 1p.m., 645Antelope Blvd. EBT accepted Tehama County Young Marine Drills: 9a.m. to 3 p.m., 1005Vista Way, Ste. C. 366-0813 LOS MOLINOS Good Stuff Sale: 8a.m. to 4p.m., Cone Community United Methodist Church, 11220State Route 99E TEHAMA Tehama County Museum: 1-4p.m., 275C St., groups by appointment, 384- 2595 Sunday RED BLUFF AA Live and Let Live: noon and 8p.m., 785Mu- sick St., meets seven days a week Airplane Display Days: 8a.m. to 1p.m., Red Bluff Airport, 1760Airport Blvd., 527-6547 Al-Anon New Comers At Heart: 7-8p.m., North Valley Baptist Church, 345 David Ave., 690-2034 Kelly-Griggs House Mu- seum: 1-3p.m., 311Wash- ington St., group tours by appointment, 527-1129or 527-5895 TEHAMA Tehama County Museum: 1-4p.m., 275C St., groups by appointment, 384- 2595 Monday RED BLUFF Antelope 4-H: 6:30p.m., Antelope School, 527-3101 Community Band re- hearsal: 7-9p.m., Presby- terian Church on Jefferson Street,527-3486 English as a Second Lan- guage class: 5:30-8:30 p.m., 1295Red Bud, 736- 3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday and 9a.m. to 12:20p.m. Thursdays, free childcare, classes in Richlieu Hall, 900Johnson St. Head Injury Recreational Entity: 10a.m., St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Rusty, 529- 2059 Key to Life: 6p.m., Fam- ily Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Nutrition classes: 10:30 a.m. to noon, 220Syca- more St. #101 Calendar In California alone, 4.2 million mattresses and box springs are landfilled each year, taking up large amounts of space — mat- tresses and box springs are difficult to compact — and creating flammable air pockets and potentially dan- gerous conditions for landfill workers. However, if you are a Tehama County resident, chances are your mattress and box spring was recycled, not landfilled. The Tehama County/Red Bluff Landfill proudly boasts many waste diversion programs about which other counties can only dream. Each day, land- fill workers divert recyclable materials ranging from com- mon cardboard and plastics to carpet, alkaline batteries, mattresses and box springs from the landfill. Tehama County's mat- tress and box spring recy- cling program began in July of 2009, serving as a pilot program for rural Califor- nia counties in the North State. Each mattress and box spring recycled by Tehama County eventually ends up in Oakland, where the St. Vincent de Paul Society, a non-profit organization that employs individuals with employment barriers and donates all proceeds to ser- vices for low-income, home- less and at-risk individuals, breaks down the mattresses and box springs into its vari- ous components. These com- ponents, which include cot- ton, foam, wood and steel, are baled and shipped for material recycling. On average, approxi- mately 85 percent of the ma- terial in mattresses and box springs is recyclable, but less than 5 percent of mattresses and box springs ever make it to a reuse or recycling fa- cility. The California Depart- ment of Resources Recy- cling and Recovery (CalRe- cycle) estimates that the re- use and recycling of all 4.2 million mattresses and box springs currently landfilled in California annually would create a total of 1,000 new California jobs and reduce greenhouse gases. Since the program's im- plementation in 2009, Te- hama County has recycled over 7,600 mattresses and box springs. Due to an increased fo- cus on waste diversion be- ginning March 2014, 543 mattresses and box springs have been recycled in March and April of this year alone, a 149% increase over previous years. The overall result of all this effort is minimizing how much our mountain of trash grows. If you have any questions regarding this recycling pro- gram or would like informa- tion about other programs, please contact the Tehama County Sanitary Landfill Agency at (530) 528-1103, visit their website www.te- hamacountylandfill.com or send them an email tehama- countyrecycles@co.tehama. ca.us. RECYCLED Newusesforoldmattresses RecyclingprograminTehamaCountyturnsdiscardedintousable Mattresses and box springs at the Tehama County/Red Bluff Landfill are stacked until landfill workers load them into trailers for transport to an Oakland recycling center. Every day my email box loads up with messages — many of which con- tain questions from you. Once each week I reach into that file and select questions I believe will have a wide appeal for readers. Dear Mary: What is the best way to dispose of ex- pired medication and old household cleaners? I want to do this in a safe manner. — Chris, Virginia Dear Chris: Call your lo- cal refuse company to in- quire about the disposal of hazardous household items. Or visit search. earth911.com to find con- venient recycling locations by ZIP code for various material types. Most have an accom- modation center where you can drop off cans of paint, cleaners, medica- tions and other such items that should not end up in the regular landfill. A cou- ple of times a year on a Saturday morning, I load up potentially hazard- ous items that have accu- mulated around our home and drive over to our recy- cling center. It's quick and easy, even when there's a long line. You might learn that once a year or so the com- pany will pick up hazardous waste provided you have followed the proper guidelines for setting it out for pickup. The Depart- ment of Toxic Sub- stances Control (www. dtsc.ca.gov) regulates the generation, treatment, storage, transportation, and disposal of hazardous waste. Visit their website for additional information. Dear Mary: I own a four-year-old Lexus that I bought new. The dealer just offered me a four-year extension, and I accepted. Now I'm having second thoughts. I'm retired and drive the car about 10,000 miles a year. The current mileage is 42,000. The new warranty runs through 2018 or 91,000 miles. This will cost $3,000 at $200 a month for 15 months. I'm 62 and on a fixed income. I can pay my bills but I have trouble saving money. Is it wise for me to purchase this warranty? -- Alma, California Dear Alma: Given your circumstances, I would ad- vise against buying this extended warranty. Your Lexus is a well- made automobile. At 10,000 miles a year, your usage is relatively light. Statistically speaking, if you are careful to have the oil changed regularly, you will experience no break- downs or mechanical diffi- culties that would be cov- ered by the extended war- ranty. My advice is to cancel it. Go directly to your bank or credit union and open a savings ac- count. Instruct them to transfer $200 from your regular account into your new savings account once each month. After all, if you can scrape to- gether $200 every month to throw away on this war- ranty, you should be able to do the same, but for your own good. See this as a non-negotiable expense. Once it is an automatic transfer, you won't miss the money so much. If you take my advice, I wager that at the end of 2018 you'll be driving a trouble-free car and you'll have at least $3,000 in savings, too — or $9,600 if you make this $200 a month savings a regular habit. If by some fluke you do need to pay for a car re- pair, you'll have the cash in your savings to cover the bill. Maryinvitesquestionsat Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE Get rid of expired meds safely Starting Wednesday, the BureauofLandManagement implements fire restrictions on public lands managed by the Ukiah Field Office in Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa,Yolo,Colusa,Glennand Solano counties. Restrictions will remain in effect. Field Office Manager Rich Burns said restrictions are needed due to dry fuels and fire danger. "A wildfire under these conditions could pose a seri- ous threat to public land visi- tors and resources, and adja- cent private lands and com- munities," he said. Campfires and barbe- cues are prohibited except within the following devel- oped campgrounds: Cow Mountain (Buckhorn, May- camas, Red Mountain, Shel- don Creek campgrounds); Indian Valley Reservoir (Blue Oak Campground); Knoxville (Lower Hunting Creek Campground). Por- table stoves with gas, jellied petroleum or pressured liq- uid fuel are authorized with a valid California camp- fire permit, but the public is asked to be extremely care- ful and carry a shovel and water at all times. Do not operate tools pow- ered by internal combustion engines off established roads or trails. No smoking, exceptwithin an enclosed vehicle or build- ing, or at designated areas. No motorized vehicles off established roads or trails. No shooting using incen- diary, tracer, steel core or armor piercing ammunition. No fireworks. Homeowners should keep 100 feet of clean, open space around their homes. Call BLM Ukiah Field Of- fice at (707) 468-4000. FIRE PREVENTION BLM fire restrictions announced Mary Hunt Spotlight HighlightingselectedTehamaCountybusinessesfortheircustomerandcommunityservice! 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