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Today REDBLUFF California HEAT Chorus - Sweet Adelines:7p.m., Meteer School multipurpose room, 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, 528-4207 Imagination Train story hour: 4p.m., Tehama County Library Kelly-Griggs House Mu- seum: 1-3p.m., 311Wash- ington St., Group Tours by appointment,527-1129or 527-5895. Live country music: 5-7 p.m., with dinner, Veterans Hall Narcotics Anonymous: 7-8:15p.m., 2595Main St., last Thursday of month Painting session: Red Bluff Art Association, 10a.m., Tehama District Fairground, 529-1603 PAL Martial Arts: 3-5p.m., 1005Vista Way, Ste. C, free, 529-7950 Penny Bingo: 9:30a.m., Community Center, 1500S. Jackson St. Phoenix Community Sup- port Group for chemical dependency: 11:30a.m., Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson 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, 527-6616 Rock Choir: 4p.m., 601 Monroe St., free, all wel- come Senior Chair Volleyball: 1p.m. Community Center, 1500S. Jackson St. Sunrise Speakers Toast- masters: noon, 220Syca- more St. Swinging Squares Square Dance Club: 7p.m., Com- munity Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., beginner or review classes: 529-1615 Widowed Persons Dinner: 5p.m., call 384-2471for location CORNING Cal-Fresh and Healthy Family appointments: 1-3p.m., Family Resource Center, 1488South St., 824-7670 Dance with Juana: noon to 1p.m., Family Resource Center, 1488South St., 824-7670 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., except for holidays and rain, Woodson School Soccer Field, 150N Toomes, 824- 7680 Women's Support Group: 6p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Friday RED BLUFF Bingo: doors at 5p.m., early birds at 6p.m. Community and Senior Center, food available Celebrate Recovery: 7 p.m., Bethel Assembly of God, 625Luther Road, 527- 0445or 366-6298 Red Bluff Rotary Club Sunrise: 7a.m., M&M Ranch Corning Car Show: 5-9p.m., Bartels Giant Burger, 22355Corn- ing Road, local car clubs welcome, 824-2788 Nutrition classes: 11:30 a.m. - 1p.m., Family Re- source Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 LOS MOLINOS Los Molinos Grange: 7 p.m., Grange Hall, 68th and Singer avenues, 529-0930 Narcotics Anonymous: 7-8p.m., 25204Josephine Ave, Wednesday and Friday Saturday RED BLUFF Chamber Certified Farm- ers Market: 7:30a.m. to noon, River Park, 527-6220 Frontier Village Farmers Market: 8a.m. to 1p.m., 645Antelope Blvd. TEHAMA Tehama County Museum: 1-4p.m., 275C St., group tours any day by appoint- ment, 384-2595 Sunday RED BLUFF AA Live and Let Live: noon and 5:30p.m., 785Musick St., seven days a week except Thursday meets at 8p.m. Al-Anon New Comers At Heart: 6:30-7:30p.m., Presbyterian Church of Red Bluff, 838Jefferson Road, Room 2, 690-2034 TEHAMA Tehama County Museum: 1-4p.m., 275C St., group tours any day by appoint- ment, 384-2595 Monday RED BLUFF Bend Jelly 4-H: 6 p.m.,Bend School, 527-3101 Community Band Concert: 8p.m., River Park, free Diabetic Support Group: 6-8p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center,Columba Room, Gail Locke 527-5290 English as a Second Language class: 5:30- 8:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Thursdays, free childcare from 9 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. classes in Richlieu Hall, 900 John- son St. Head Injury Recreational Entity: 10a.m.-2p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospi- tal, Coyne Center, Rusty, 529-2059 Key to Life: 6p.m., Fam- ily Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Calendar SUBMITTED BY CAROL BANWARTH Otters are huge at Baum Lake in Cassel. If you would like to submit a photo for consideration, email it to editor@ redbluffdailynews.com with "reader photo" in the subject line or bring it to 545Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff during normal business hours. READER PHOTO OTTER KNOW BETTER DEAR MARY Isure hope you can help me. I'm at the end of my rope with the floor of our fiber- glass shower. It's stained and gross. I've wasted a lot of money on fiberglass cleaners but nothing works. I cannot af- ford to replace the shower, which is in excellent func- tional condition. Any sug- gestions? — Roy M., Utah DEAR ROY Sounds like it's time to bring out the big artillery. Make a trip to the grocery store for Twenty Mule Team Borax (you'll find it in the laun- dry aisle) and on the way home stop at the home improvement store for FINE drywall "sandpaper" (it's not really sandpaper; it looks more like window screening and is some- times called a drywall sponge). Mix 1 cup borax and 3 cups baking soda into a scouring powder. Dampen the floor of the shower, sprinkle on the powder generously, and then scrub the floor with the drywall sandpaper as you would a sponge. Rinse and repeat as necessary. Caution: This is for other- wise hopeless situations and textured fiberglass tub and shower floors, not smooth fiberglass sur- faces. DEAR MARY I learned to- day that I'm losing my job in a few months. I am in a quandary whether to squirrel away every penny I can or pay off my debts now. I have $18,000 in my emergency fund and credit card balances to- taling $3,000. — Ann Ma- rie K. DEAR ANN MARIE If you know for sure you would be paycheck-less for only a week or two, I would ad- vise you to pay off that $3,000 right away. But who knows? One week could turn into months — per- haps many months. So my advice when facing a sea- son of unemployment is to hoard cash. If you get sev- erance pay or other lump sums, don't book a cruise! Sock it away. If you have been paying more than required on your debts, pull back to the minimums for now. Go on a spend- ing diet. The tac- tic here is to make sure you can stay current on all of your obli- gations for that unknown period of time it will take to find your next job. At that point you will be in good shape to embark on an aggressive plan to re- pay your debts quickly. Never underestimate the peace of mind that hav- ing money in the bank can bring during times of un- certainty. That can mean the difference between finding a great job and jumping on the first thing that comes along because you are desperate. DEAR MARY For many yea rs (I am 82), I've been darning socks and hose. I know it must sound old- fashioned to you, but the hose I wear are expensive and I like to make them last a long time. I have a problem. The store where I have purchased darning thread for many years has stopped carrying it. Now I cannot find it anywhere. I sure hope you can help me. — Bertha D. DEAR BERTHA What I know about darning could fit into a thimble with room to spare, but I do know where to find that thread. The Knit Shop in Eugene, Oregon, carries 16 colors of Fortissima Darning Thread, $2.50 per card. You can order from their very nice web- site at knit-shop.com or call 541-434-0430 to or- der by phone. Sure hope that keeps you darning for many more years. MaryHuntisthefounder of www.DebtProofLiving. com, a personal finance member website. You can email her at mary@eve- rydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheap- skate, P.O. Box 2099, Cy- press, CA 90630. EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE Bigartillerytoclean gross shower floor Mary Hunt Columnist Children grow up to do better in all areas of their lives when they are able to maintain meaningful rela- tionships with both parents. Yet, many noncustodial par- ents are minimally engaged with their children. A 2013 U.S. Census Bu- reau study reported that nearly two-thirds of non- custodial parents have lit- tle or no contact with their children. To encourage parents to stay involved, the Califor- nia Department of Child Support Services, in part- nership with the 51 local child support agencies in counties throughout the state, is commemorating this year's Child Support Awareness Month. This outreach effort will include public service an- nouncements, posters and events in numerous loca- tions throughout the state during the month of Au- gust. The mission of the De- partment of Child Support Services is to enhance the well-being of children and the self-sufficiency of fami- lies by providing child sup- port services. Last year, $2.3 billion in child sup- port was distributed on be- half of the 1.4 million chil- dren and families that par- ticipate in the California Child Support Program. During the Tehama County Board of Supervi- sor's Meeting on July 29, Valerie Lucero, Tehama County Health Services Agency executive direc- tor; Gregg Cohen, Tehama County district attorney; Richard Muench, Tehama County Probation chief; and Charlene Reid, Tehama County Social Services di- rector, joined Tonya Moore, director of Tehama County Child Support Services in requesting the adoption of a proclamation recognizing August 2014 as "Child Sup- port Awareness Month" in Tehama County. More than 4,300 cases are managed at the Te- hama County Depart- ment of Child Support Services (DCSS), pater- nity has been established for 2,715 children and collectively parents pay an average of $300,000- 400,000 per month in child support. Parents who have fallen behind in making their child support payments are encouraged to come into the child support office to make a payment and seek modification of their child support order, get their li- cense released, obtain a re- payment plan and find out whether they qualify for a compromise on an overdue balance. For more information contact Tehama DCSS at 1-866-901-3212 or 1005 Vista Way, Ste. A in Red Bluff. Tehama DCSS is open 8 a.m. to noon, and 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. TEHAMA COUNTY August is Child Support Awareness Month Saturday, August 2 nd 6:30 p.m. Bethel Assembly 625 Luther Rd. Call 530-527-0445 for more info Saturday, August 2 nd 6:30 p.m. Bethel Assembly 625 Luther Rd. 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