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Today REDBLUFF Al-Anon:noonto1p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jef- ferson and Hickory Downtown Farmers Market: 5-8p.m., Wash- ington Street between Pine and Oak streets 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 10 a.m., 1900Walnut St., 527-8491, ext. 3012 PAL Martial Arts Women's Self Defense: 5:30-6:30p.m., 1005 Vista Way, Ste. C, 840- 0345 Penny Bingo: 9:30a.m., Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. Red Bluff Kiwanis: noon, Elks Lodge Red Bluff Derby Girls open tryouts and practice: 6:30p.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 2p.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: 9a.m., Hampton Inn, 1-800-651-6000 Widowed Persons Breakfast: 8a.m., call 384-2471for location Y-FI Middle and High School Youth Group, 6:30-8p.m., North Val- ley Baptist Church, 345 David Ave., 527-0543 CORNING Corning Rotary: noon, Rolling Hills Casino: Tim- bers Steak House, 2655 Barham Ave., corningro- tary.org School Readiness Play Group: 10-11:30a.m., up to 5 years, free, Family Resource Center, 1480 South St.: 824-4111 Spanish Adult Educa- tion: 5p.m., Family Re- source 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 VFW Charity Bingo: 6 p.m., Veterans Memo- rial Hall, 1620Solano St., 824-5957 LOS MOLINOS Bible Study: 1p.m., Sherwood Manor, 7975 Sherwood Blvd. All welcome., Pastor Clyde Brant, 347-1330 Chamber of Commerce: 6:30p.m., 7904State Route 99E Narcotics Anonymous: 7-8p.m., 25204Jose- phine Ave, Wednesday and Friday Take Off Pounds Sen- sibly -TOPS: 8:30a.m., 25160Josephine St., 385-1068 COTTONWOOD Cottonwood Library Story Time: 11:30a.m. to 12:30p.m., Cottonwood Library, 3427Main St., 347-4818 CALENDAR COURTESY PHOTO BY ROSS PALUBESKI Red Bluff Fire, CalFire and Tehama County Fire Department were dispatched around 6p.m. Monday to a reported residential structure fire into the vegetation on Walnut Street near Moonlight Road in west Red Bluff. The first unit at scene reported a fully involved structure with about five acres of grass spreading towards Minch Road. The fire was halted in about 15minutes before crossing the road. FIRE Firedestroysstructure The Altacal Audubon Society has the following programs and field trips planned for August. All pro- grams and activities are free of cost unless otherwise in- dicated and are open to the public. AUG. 17 Chico Oxidation Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary. We will get a personal and upclose view of the Fall shorebird migration at the Oxidation Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary at the Waste Wa- ter Treatment Plant, west of Chico. It will be great to see what shows up next. The walk is under 2 miles and about 3 hours. For shorter, you can walk out to the view- ing blind. The walk is flat and pretty easy going. Meet at the Oxidation Pond parking area at 3 p.m. Afternoon keeps the sun at our back. We should be back to the lot by 6 p.m. To get to the Oxidation Ponds, go west on West 5th Street from State Route 32 in Chico. Fol- low West 5th Street, which becomes Chico River Road, for 3.9 miles. The wildlife viewing parking area is 300 yardspast themain entrance to the water treatment plant, on the left. Bring binoculars, spotting scopes, water, walk- ing shoes and proper cloth- ing for the expected weather conditions. There is a chem- ical toilet on the way out to the viewing area. Rain can- cels. Contact: Matthew For- ster: findforster@yahoo.com AUG. 24 Monterey Seabird Trip. We will be joining John Sterling and Todd Easterla out of Monterey to try our luck on a Monterey Seabird trip. They have far-and-away the best boat captain in the region, Richard Ternullo, an amazing naturalist with a degree in biology and sev- eral decades of experience in Monterey Bay. His knack for getting the boat aligned in the water to allow the best looks at birds and ma- rine mammals is legendary. All trips feature excellent, knowledgeable, highly-ex- perienced and friendly lead- ers (no Annie Auklets on our boat — if you've seen The Big Year movie, you know what I'm talking about). Read about their trip leaders at montereyseabirds.com/Sea- birdTripLeaders.htm. We will be driving down on Saturday and will be camping so make sure to bring appropriate attire and gear. We will be returning Sunday, after the trip is completed. The price is $130 per person and goes from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. This trip is limited, so if interested, contact immediately. Matt Forster, findforster@yahoo. com, 619-347-2269. TO DO Al ta ca l Audubon ou ti ng s fo r August Sharing readers' tips with you reminds me just how much we can teach each other. Just when I think I couldn't possibly learn any- thing new, here comes an- other charming way to save time or money every day from readers just like you. You make open- ing my mail so much fun. SPICE CO-OP. My wife often ends up with spices she uses only once or twice before they go stale and she has to throw them out. Her solution? She formed a spice co-op with a close friend. Now whenever either of them buys a new bottle of spice they share half of the bottle. Both save money and end up with a great spice collection. They also have discovered that ex- changing spices is a great excuse to get together for a gab session. — Gil N., Texas BULB NUTRITION. This fall, resist the urge to re- move the foliage after your bulbs have finished bloom- ing. Let the leaves wither naturally so that the bulb has lots of time to manufac- ture nutrients and fatten up for the next year's blossom- ing. Now your bulbs will perform as true perennials. — Wilton M. MOTH CRYSTALS. If chipmunks and rodents are dining on your newly planted bulbs, discour- age them by sprinkling a pinch of moth crystals over each bulb as you plant it. The crystals will last long enough to deter hungry ro- dents and then evaporate into the soil. By winter, the soil will have compacted around the bulbs so rodents won't dig for them. By the way, did you know that go- phers will not touch daffo- dils? — Sylvia R. SPLATTER GUARD. Place a sheet of plastic wrap over the top of your food processor's bowl before ap- plying the lid. When you re- move it all of the splatters will be confined to the bowl and the lid with be spotless. — Cherie H. FREEZER FREER. If you do not have a frost-free freezer, do this the next time you defrost: Dry the in- terior walls well and then spray them with a light coating of non- stick cooking spray. This will not prevent frost building up, but it will make it a lot easier to defrost be- cause the ice and frost will slide off effortlessly. — Penny P. ORGANIZED FREEZER. If you freeze foods in plastic bags, you may have a freezer filled with odd-shaped lumps of food that are dif- ficult to organize. From now on, slip a zipped bag of food into an empty cereal box placing the whole thing into the freezer. Now the food item will freeze into a neat shape and, once frozen, slide it out of the box. Stack your freezer's contents like bricks. You'll know what you have because you'll be able to see everything, plus your freezer will be more efficient with less air space. — Ar- nold P. COOL AND DRY. The worst place for a medicine cabinet is in the bathroom. They keep much better in a cool, dry place like a linen closet, on a high shelf that is out of the reach of children. — Margie B. Wouldyouliketosendatip to Mary? You can email her at mary@everydaycheap- skate.com, or write to Eve- ryday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. 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