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Monday, July 4, 2011 – Daily News 3A Local Calendar MONDAY, JULY 4 HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! TUESDAY, JULY 5 Red Bluff St. City Council, 7 p.m. City Hall, 555 Washington Cribbage Club, 6:30 p.m., Rio Vista Mobile Estates. Call Jerold 527-6402 for more informa- tion. MOMS (Making Our Mothering Significant) , 9-11 a.m., North Valley Baptist Church, 345 David Ave., 527-0543. PAL Kickboxing, 6 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529-8716 or 200-3950 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30 p.m. to 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 Take Off Pounds Sensibly — TOPS, 10 a.m., First United Methodist Church, 525 David Ave., 824-0556 or 529-1414 Tehama County and Red Bluff Landfill Man- agement Agency, 8 a.m., board meeting, 727 Oak St. 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 Corning Community meeting, 7 p.m., May- wood Middle School, 1666 Marguerite Ave. Corning Recreation Commission, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 794 Third St. Domestic Violence Information and Support Group (Spanish language), 10 a.m. to Noon, Olive Room at the Corning Healthcare District, 275 Solano St. 528-0226. ESL, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Soccer training, 4 to 6 p.m., except for holidays and rain, Woodson School Soccer Field, 150 N Toomes, 824-7680. Cottonwood Bowman 4-H, 7 p.m., Evergreen Elementary School Gym, 527-3101 Los Molinos Los Molinos Cemetery District, 8:30 a.m., 25096 Taft St., 384-1864 Bingo, 4:30 p.m. dinner, early birds 6:15 p.m., regular session 6:30 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 7900 Sherwood Blvd., 384-2738 Free ESL Class 3:30-4:30 p.m., Los Molinos Elementary, 7700 Stanford Ave., 384-7833 WEDNESDAY, JULY 6 Red Bluff and Hickory Al-Anon, noon, Presbyterian Church, Jefferson BMX practice races, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $3 Elks duplicate bridge, noon, Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, 528-9418 NEXT Tehama: Young Professionals Gather- ing, 5:30 p.m. Red Bluff Kiwanis, noon, Palomino Room Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Westside Grange, Wal- nut Street TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free by appointment only, Youth Empowerment 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 Commit- tee, 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 Lotto numbers SACRAMENTO (AP) — The winning num- bers drawn Wednesday night in the California Lottery’s ‘‘SuperLotto Plus’’ game were: 4-6-15-35-41 Meganumber: 19 Several months ago, I was honored to address the students at a presti- gious university in the Mid- west. My goal was to challenge the student body to debt-proof their lives, even now in their youth and as they face the high cost of higher education. For many, the idea of working while going to school seemed oddly foreign. Because the school is located in an area where there are many jobs available to college students, I found it somewhat disturbing that so few students were interested in disrupting their college experience with having to go to work. A few weeks later, I received a note from one of the young men I met on my visit, asking me to donate to a mis- sion trip he wanted to take this sum- mer. He'd created a website with a plea for his friends and relatives to help him raise the thousands he needed to travel and live in Southeast Asia for four weeks this summer. There was nothing wrong with the mission. In fact, his heart was overflowing with passion for the need. With only three weeks to go, he was panicked about raising the money. In part, this was my response: Raising funds for a summer mission trip Dear Jake, "Of all the things I've learned over the years, nothing is more important than this: Where God guides, God provides. If God is truly leading you to accomplish this mission over the summer, he will provide the funds. God uses money to direct us. He uses the lack of money and also the abundance of money to open and close doors. It is not difficult for God to raise the $3,300 you need for this trip, if this is the way he wants you to go. And it will not be difficult for him to close the doors and prevent those funds, if this is not what he has for you. "I'll be honest; I don't four weeks that come right in the mid- dle of your summer. I know how won- derful this opportunity appears, but this hurdle of raising the funds is a major benchmark for whether you are to go or not. Mary Hunt know your overall financial situation. Are you racking up student debt each semester? Or, are you paying as you go? What is your job situation during the school year? Will you be working this summer? All of these things, in my opinion, go together to help point the way for these Everyday Cheapskate "God is still in the business of doing miracles. If this is what you are to do with your summer, God will make it very clear by raising the funds you need to make the trip. His riches are beyond compare, and I am confident that he will use money to direct you in the way he wants you to go. "I am praying for you, that you will have clarity of thought and peace of mind as you face the coming weeks." Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 18 books, including her best-selling classic "Debt-Proof Living." You can email her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. California Outdoors Q&As Culling Diseased Trout in Zero- kill Streams? Question: We were fishing Hot Creek in Mono County last week- end, and my friend caught a rainbow trout that looked unhealthy. We thought it might have Whirling Dis- ease. (See photo at http://califor- niaoutdoors.files.wordpress.com/20 11/06/rainbow-whirling- disease.jpg) Based on the picture, is this a likely case of whirling disease? Have fish with this disease been found in Hot Creek before? Assum- ing this was a case of whirling dis- ease, what should we have done? We never keep fish and Hot Creek has zero-kill regulations, but it would seem wise to remove a whirling-dis- eased fish from the stream to give to the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) for examination. Since we were unsure, we released it. In the future, what would be the best prac- tice for maintaining the health of the fisheries in the watershed if we knew this was a diseased fish? Could we have collected this fish to turn over to the DFG for evaluation? (Ray F.) Answer: This may be a case of whirling disease (WD), but it’s impossible to make that determina- tion based on the photo alone. Whirling disease afflicts juvenile fish causing neurological damage and skeletal deformation. Afflicted fish may not be able to swim in a normal manner. When startled, they “whirl” rather than darting away as a normal fish would. Survival rates for infected fingerlings are low (~10 percent), and those that do survive have difficulty feeding and become easy prey for predators. Humans cannot be afflicted with the disease. According to DFG Senior Fish Health Coordinator Dr. Mark A. Adkison, whirling disease has a tro- pism for the cranial cartilage (e.g., the cranium appears turned or twist- ed). The disease is carried by the aquatic oligochaete Tubifex tubifex (a segmented worm) wherein spores (actinospores) develop and are released into the environment. These spores infect fish through the skin. The parasite develops in the skin for a few days and then travels through the nerves and spinal cord, eventual- ly emerging from the nerves into the cranial cartilage where it grows and develops into its final spore stage (myxospores). As part of the development process in young fish, the parasite consumes and deforms the cartilage. This causes the cranial deformities such as a sloped head, crooked jaw and shortened operculum so com- monly seen in WD-infected fish. Since the fish in the photo does not have the characteristic cranial defor- mities that typically accompany such severe spinal deformities, the deformities may be due to some other cause. Other possibilities include nutri- tional deficiencies or coldwater dis- ease (CWD) which can also cause spinal deformities like the ones seen in the fish in the photo. Flavobacteri- um psychrophilum is a bacteria pre- sent in most, if not all trout waters of the state and is the causative agent of CWD. This disease is not a problem in the wild. It is a disease of concern in our hatcheries and it’s fairly easy to control by reducing fish densities and antibiotic treatment. Mortalities are typically acute. Whirling disease is probably pre- sent in Hot Creek since it flows into the upper Owens River, and the upper Owens River is positive for WD. Therefore, it is likely that Hot Creek is positive for WD. The only way to tell for sure if a fish has WD is to test the fish for the presence of the WD parasite (myxospores) itself. The test is a terminal one though and not something you could do visually or perform stream side. DFG Associate Fish Pathologist Dr. Garry O. Kelley adds that once Myxobolus cerebralis (which causes WD) is established in a natural sys- tem, it’s there for good. There’s strong evidence that suggest WD prevalence in the wild may be reduced by eliminating susceptible or infected salmonids and by reduc- ing habitats for the other host, the aquatic oligochaete. Reducing WD prevalence will help recruitment efforts since the parasite prefers the young of the year. If the regulations allow bag limits, then removing any deformed fish would be welcomed. Just keep in mind that a fish that grossly appears WD-positive may actually be negative, even in WD-positive waters. Specifically, the deformities could be genetic, an injury or some other pathogen (e.g., cold water dis- ease). As far as what to do with a dis- eased fish, from a biological point of view, if the fish was infected with WD to the point where it had severe deformities, it would probably be good to remove it from the creek to decrease the WD spore load in the environment. However, from the enforcement side, if it's a no kill zone then it's up to enforcement as to whether they would cite the fisher- man for not returning the fish to the stream. 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. Please contact her at CalOutdoors@dfg.ca.gov. Local retailers comply with tobacco laws Congratulations to the tobacco retailers of Tehama County and thanks from a grateful community. As of June 3, the majority of stores in Tehama County that sell tobacco products are in compliance with all of the State Tobacco Laws. These Tehama County retailers are complying with proper display of their tobacco license, no tobacco product or tobacco para- phernalia within reach of customers, and each cash register having a sign posted to let the public know what number to call to report an unlawful tobacco sale. None of these retailers are selling flavored ciga- rettes which were banned in 2009 by the Food and Drug Administration. Clerks have been observed asking for identification and refusing to sell tobacco products to Nicole Richardson Salon Bella Dona Full Service Salon July Special 30% OFF Located next to any service. Bud’s Jolly Cone Call for appt. 527-4843 (exp. July 31, 2011) COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR All makes and models. We perform dealer recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES Smog Check starting at $ (most cars and pick-ups) 2595 + cert. Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. underage customers. A special Thank You to the following retailers who make a difference by keep- ing tobacco out of the hands of our youth: Cottonwood/Red Bluff River Bend Store, USA Mini Mart, Walgreens, Star Mart Texaco, Red Bluff Shell, USA Shell, Little County Store, Holiday #53, Raleys #233, Arco AM/PM (N. Main), CVS Pharmacy, Walmart, More 4 Less, Los Amigos Mkt., Valero, One Stop, Circle K, Food Maxx, Jills Fresh Start, Main St. Chevron, Sunnyside, 76 Station, Arco, Subculture, Circle 7/Days, Red Bluff Gas, Antelope Liquors, Liquor & food, Gas For Less, Antelope Valero, Sun- shine Food&Gas, Antelope Chevron Los Molinos/Vina Crosslands, FastRak, I Like It A lot Bargains & Tattoos, Los Molinos Market, Vina Market, More for Less, Riverside Market Rich- field/Corning/Rancho Tehama/Gerber/Tehama School House Market, Rite Aide #6188, Woodson Bridge Mart, Petro’s, Har- vey’s Market, Liquor Cabi- net #1, Safeway # 2295, TA Center, Shell Station, Liquor Cabinet #2, Tower Gas & Food, Flournoy Country Store, Corning Chevron, Rolling Hills Chevron, 99 Cent + Gro- cery, La Fortuna, 7-11, 76 Station, Spirit Gas, G&K Country Store, Gerber Mar- ket, Sav More, Paskenta Store We all know that using tobacco (cigarettes or smokeless) can cause can- cer, heart disease, strokes and other serious health problems. Keeping our Peacock Tue-SUN 9am-6pm Now Open Around the World Gifts from Emporium Unique Gifts/Jewelry/Spices Mother of Pearl Jewelry/Puzzle Boxes Black Tahitian Pearls Casual Wear, Shoes, Accessories, Antiques & More! FREE Hawaiian Crystal Pendant or $10 Gift Card with $25 purchase Look for Second Hand Rose inside store 20639 Walnut St., Red Bluff 530-527-3738 • Tues-Sun 9am-6pm Representing all of Tehama County - Bankruptcy - Real Estate - Litigation - Wills/Trusts (530) 727-8850 www.jesranilaw.com young people from using tobacco will improve not only their health but the health and prosperity of our entire community. Tehama County is a great place to live – beautiful, natural and healthful – and by protect- ing the next generation from the negative effects of tobacco, our local retailers are making Tehama County an even better place to be. Thank You! The staff at the Tehama County Health Services Agency, Public Health Division, Tobacco Educa- tion Program is proud of and grateful to our local retailers. Make sure that you add your thanks to ours the next time you shop. For information about tobacco laws or help in stopping smoking, call the Tobacco Education Program at (530) 527-6824.