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Tuesday, May 31, 2011 – Daily News 3A Local Calendar TUESDAY,MAY 31 Red Bluff Not Forgotten Flag benefit spaghetti feed, spon- sored by Emblem club, 5-7 p.m., Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, $10, 518-0929 PAL Kickboxing, 6 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529- 8716 or 200-3950 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30-3:30 p.m., 1500 So. Jackson St., Free, 527-8177 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 9:30 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528- 8066 Red Bluff Rotary, noon, Elks Lodge Senior Fitness, 8-9 a.m., 1500 S.Jackson St., free, 527-8177 Take Off Pounds Sensibly — TOPS, 10 a.m., First United Methodist Church, 525 David Ave., 824-0556 or 529-1414 Tehama County Board of Supervisors, 10 a.m., board chamber, 727 Oak St. Tehama County Tea Party Patriots,6 p.m., Grange Hall, 20794 Walnut St. Weight Watchers meeting, 9 a.m., 6 p.m., weigh-in starts half-hour before meetings, 485 Antelope Blvd., #N, next to Bud’s Jolly Kone, 1-800-651-6000 Corning Bingo, 5 p.m., Independent Grange Hall, 20945 Corning Road 824-1114 or 586-1065 Corning Alcoholics Anonymous, noon and 7 p.m., 783 Solano St., behind the Church. Soccer training,4 to 6 p.m., except for holidays and rain, Woodson School Soccer Field, 150 N. Toomes, 824-7680 ESL, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Los Molinos Free ESL Class, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Los Molinos Ele- mentary, 7700 Stanford Ave., 384-7833 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 Red Bluff Adult Carving Class, 10 a.m.-noon, Veterans Memorial Hall, corner of Jackson and Oak streets, 824- 5669 Hickory Al-Anon, noon, Presbyterian Church, Jefferson and BMX practice races, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $3 Daily News Athletes of the Week Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Jack the Ribber, 1150 Monroe St. $12.50 per plate. Elks duplicate bridge, noon, Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, 528-9418 PAL Youth Carving Class, 3-4:30 p.m., Communi- ty Center, 824-5669 Red Bluff Kiwanis, noon, Palomino Room Salisbury High School Graduation, 7 p.m., Red Bluff High School Performing Arts Center Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Westside Grange, Walnut Street TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m.to 2 p.m., free by appointment only, Youth Empow- erment Services, 1900 Walnut St., 527-8491, Ext.3012 Tehama AIDS Consortium, 5 p.m. committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. public meeting, St. Elizabeth Home Health Care, 1425 Vista Way, 527-6824 Tehama County Drug and Alcohol Advisory Board Meeting, noon, 850 Walnut St. 527-7893 Tehama County Library story time, 9:30 a.m., 645 Madison St. 527-0604 Tehama County Technical Advisory Committee, 9 a.m., courthouse annex, 444 Oak St., Room E Tehama Shooters Association, 6:30 p.m., Wetter Hall, 1740 Walnut St. 527-8727 Youth Archery Instruction, 5 p.m., range on Hwy 36 east, free for Ishi club and 4-H members, 527-4200 Widowed persons breakfast, 8 a.m., Tremont Cafe & Creamery, 731 Main St., men and women welcome, 384-2471 Corning Corning Rotary, noon, Rolling Hills Casino: Timbers Steak House, 2655 Barham Avenue, corn- ingrotary.org 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 Los Molinos School Readiness Play Group, 10-11:30 a.m., children 4 and younger, free, First Steps Family Resource Center, 7700 Stanford Ave., 384-7833 Take Off Pounds Sensibly — TOPS, 8:30 a.m., 25160 Josephine St., 385-1068 THURSDAY, JUNE 2 Red Bluff California HEAT chorus, 7 p.m., Metteer School, Room 26, 695 Kimball Road, 895-0139 Childbirth Class, 6:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Com- Ishi Archers 16 target 3-D Summer League, 5 p.m. $5 member, $6 non-member, 527-4200. Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Kristin, 528- 4207 munity Hospital, Columba room, Anita 529-8377 Grief Support Group, 3 p.m., St. Elizabeth Even more ways to cut costs of gluten-free A couple of months ago, I wrote about cutting the costs of a gluten-free diet. Oh boy, did that column get a lot of atten- tion. Who knew that so many Everyday Cheapskate readers would be interested in gluten- free resources, tips and advice. Since then, I've discovered even more great resources and suggestions for this special diet. If you're following a gluten-free diet or providing for someone else, there's no doubt it can become a financial burden. But, it doesn't have to. 1. Stay away from refined, processed gluten-free products that are way overpriced. Instead, focus on foods that are gluten-free by nature: fresh fruits and vegetables that are in season, eggs, dairy products, nuts, seeds, meats, poultry and fish are healthy, delicious and gluten-free. Not sure what is and isn't gluten-free? Use the Internet to research gluten-free foods, or check at your local library or medical facility. 2. Make your own gluten-free breads and snack foods. The Gluten- Free Goddess (GlutenFreeGoddess.blogspot.com) offers hundreds of recipes in every cat- egory imaginable, complete with pho- tos and detailed instructions. All- Recipes.com now offers a gluten-free channel, which includes many reviews by those who've tried the recipes. 3. Buy gluten-free ingredi- ents in bulk. Combine efforts with other friends or families that face the gluten- free challenge, and buy gluten-free foods in multipack cartons (pastas, flours, etc.). At Amazon.com, type in Gluten-Free to find the channel in Grocery and Gourmet Food. You'll find just about every kind of gluten-free item you can imagine. Shipping is free at Amazon.com with an order of $25 or more. Shop Gluten Free Groceries offers the same free ship- ping deal (ShopGluten- FreeGroceries.com). And Bob's Red Mill (BobsRedMill.com) offers gluten-free baking flour as well as other gluten-free products, including tapioca flour and an all purpose gluten-free baking mix. Items are often on sale, so check this website often. 4. Buy on sale, and use coupons whenever possible. Items that work with a gluten-free diet come on sale all the time, and you can find coupons to match those sales, as well. But you're going to have to work at it. Sites like TheGroceryGame.com and Coupon- Mom.com track the sales in supermar- kets across the nation, and help you find and match the coupons you'll need as well. 5. Once a month or so, Mary Hunt Everyday Cheapskate make your own gluten-free convenience mixes for home- made breads, pancakes, waf- fles, cookies and pizza crust. Store in an airtight container. You will find a number of master recipes for gluten-free mixes at GlutenFreeCook- ing.about.com. While you're there, poke around to discov- er the vastness of this site. 6. Join up. Find a support group in your local area or online. You'll learn from oth- ers and offer your own encouragement to others who are facing the same chal- lenges of living with the high cost of a gluten-free diet. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website. You can email her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. California Outdoors Q&As Is a Duck Still a Duck Once it Becomes Sausage? Question: My question is about possession of waterfowl when processed. A friend shot more than 250 ducks in the just-completed waterfowl season, so I asked him if he was breaking the law by having more then 14 ducks in possession. He said no because he had them regularly processed into duck sausage, and once processed they're considered out of your possession. Is this correct? Another friend saves all his ducks throughout the 100- day duck season and then gives them all to a butcher to process into sausage. He contends if you process the meat through a meat grinder, then it’s not considered part of the possession limit anymore because it's now processed. If you smoke your ducks or process them through a meat grinder and put them in your freez- er, are they then out of your posses- sion? A clarification of the “in pos- session” rule would be greatly appreciated. (Mike) Answer: Your friends are mis- taken and could be cited for posses- sions of overlimits. Generally, the daily bag limit is seven ducks, and the possession limit is two daily bag limits. Possession is defined as “fresh, frozen or otherwise pre- served …” (California Code of Regulations Title 14, section 1.17). Making sausage only preserves the birds; they are still in possession until eaten or given away. By the way, not only are your friends in violation for possessing overlimits, but so is the butcher if he accepts more than a possession limit from either of them for pro- cessing. No matter what condition the ducks are in (whole, quartered, ground-up, smoked, processed, etc.), a duck is a duck and all ducks count toward the limit. Ducks, like 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. Fires •A residential struc- all other fish and game, are in some- one’s possession until consumed, regardless of the condition in which they are stored. If the hunter has other family members living in the same home, the hunter can gift their daily limits to other members of the household during the season and hold them for processing. However, none of the family members can ever have more than the possession limit. Removing mussels from rocks with an ab iron? Question: For years I have used an abalone iron for removing mus- sels from the rocks but was just told that I can’t use any tools. Is this true? How can mussels be removed from the rocks without an ab iron or something similar? Please clarify what tools, if any, can be used to take mussels from ocean rocks. (Bill T.), Lafayette) Answer: You may take mussels only by hand without the aid of any tools (CCR, Title 14, section 29.10). Taking mussels by hand one at a time is far less harmful to a mussel bed than prying them off with ab irons, crowbars, screw- drivers, hoes or hammers. When people use tools they have a tenden- cy to pry off large chunks of the mussel clusters and then pick out the desirable ones to eat, wasting the rest. Many people use a tough pair of garden gloves to pry them off. Give those a try. Trout fishing with “dough balls”? Question: While living back east, we used to use “dough balls” for trout. We made them out of corn meal, flour and water or fish meal, flour and water. Is this a legal bait for trout in California? (Mike) Answer: Processed foods may be used in California’s inland ture fire Sunday in the Los Molinos area was caused by improperly installed propane equip- ment. The fire, reported at 4:59 p.m. Sunday on Buena Vista Avenue, across of Tehama Vina Road, was contained at 5:18 p.m. There was $750 dam- age to the water heater waters where bait is legal. Where bait is legal, dough balls would be legal. More on bloodsucking leeches … Regarding last week's question about leeches in northern California lakes, we got some additional inter- esting feedback. DFG environmen- tal scientist Mary Meyer, who has extensively studied the Eagle Lake area in particular, confirms that Eagle Lake supports a variety of unique invertebrates, including freshwater hydra, freshwater sponges ... and abundant leech pop- ulations. "If you wade or stand around in the water, they may attach. If you swim around and don't stay still long, they tend to leave you alone," she says. Eagle Lake also has the parasite that caus- es swimmers' itch and can infest humans, particularly if you are standing or wading in the water. Meyer also guesses that the wormlike creatures in Clear Creek were likely black fly larvae of the Family Simuliidae. Some folks call these black flies “no-see-ums.” The adult females are rather slow-mov- ing and smaller than a house fly. They may bite humans and other mammals and those bites can be itchy for a day or two. The aquatic larvae are black and attach in mass- es to the surface of rocks in swift water, anchored by a silk thread. They are benign at this stage and often confused with leeches simply because they are small, black and wiggly. Carrie Wilson is a marine biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game. While she cannot personally answer everyone’s questions, she will select a few to answer each week. She can be contacted at CalOutdoors@dfg.ca.gov. and water heater closet with a $95,000 save. There were no injuries. Tehama County Fire from the Los Molinos station responded. The last unit cleared the scene at 5:37 p.m. •A vegetation fire reported at 1:10 p.m. Sunday burned a 50-by- 50-foot spot on Her- mosa Avenue and Truc- kee Avenue in the El Camino area. The fire, contained at 1:21 p.m., was caused by a person using a barbecue in dry grass with no clearance. Tehama County Fire responded. The last unit cleared at 2:07 p.m.