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After bidding in all of the property of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Schoenfeld, pio- neer residents of Red Bluff whose ranch four miles south of Red Bluff, busi- ness block on Main street and residence on Rio street were sold at the court- house Friday, L. L. McCoy, another pioneer of this city, turned around and made the couple a pres- ent of the home they have occupied so many years. McCoy did not leave the courthouse before he filed a deed to the residence, re- conveying to Mr. and Mrs. Schoenfeld this property free of all incumbrance. — Oct. 10, 1924 90YEARSAGO... M'Coy deeds back home to Schoenfeld's Clerk and Recorder Beverly Ross and the Te- hama County Elections Department would like to remind voters that they can drop off their Vote-By-Mail ballot at the Vote-By-Mail drop box at the end of Pine Street near the Tehama County Library, 645 Madison St. This box is maintained by the Elections Depart- ment and allows vot- ers to drive up and drop their ballot in the secure drop box without finding a parking space, paying for postage or visiting a polling location on elec- tion day. In addition to the drop box, we would like to re- mind voters that you can check the status of your returned Vote-By-Mail ballot by logging on to the Tehama County website at www.co.tehama.ca.us and click on the Elections Department then click on the Vote-By-Mail Status link. There you will need to enter your date of birth and either the last four digits of your driver's li- cense number or your So- cial Security number. As always you can still return your Vote-By-Mail ballot the following ways. By mail. Simply af- fix the correct amount of postage 49 cents to the envelope and drop it in the mail no later than Oct. 28 to ensure it makes it to the office no later than 8 p.m. on elec- tion day. Post marks will not count. Drop off. Bring it in to the Elections office at 444 Oak St., Room C. You may drop off your ballot from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday until Nov. 4. Election day. You may either bring your ballot in from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. to the Elections office or drop it off from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at any available poll- ing place throughout Te- hama County. All ballots must be turned in by 8 p.m. on election day or they will not count. Postmarks are not accepted. For more information, call the Tehama County Elections Department at (530) 527-8190, toll free at (886) 289-5307 or send an email to elections@ co.tehama.ca.us. ELECTION Tehama County issues Vote-By-Mail reminders COURTESYPHOTO More than 1,300elementary students from Antelope, Bend, Bidwell, Gerber, Evergreen, Flournoy, Jackson Heights, Lassen View, Los Molinos, Metteer, Reeds Creek and Vina Schools attended free concerts by classical pianist Alpin Hong at the State Theatre Thursday. Sponsored by Chico Performances with support from the Tehama County Arts Council and State Theatre for the Arts in partnership with the True North Alliance of Arts Councils, the concerts taught how music creates emotion and is an important part of the experience of the students' favorite movies and video games. Hong will perform a concert for the community at 7:30p.m. Friday at the State Theatre, 333Oak St. Children will receive free admission with paid adult tickets. Tickets are $15and available at the door. STATE THEATRE CLASSICAL PERFORMANCE A column in a regular magazine has prompted me to think — always a dangerous practice. The piece, was enti- tled "Posi- tively Down- beat," and the basic thesis was that posi- tive thinking was actually making us all more mis- erable, rather than hap- pier. As evidence, the au- thor sites a study from the General Social Survey by economists Betsey Ste- venson and Justin Wolfers of Wharton. They found, that despite three decades of economic growth in America (current tumul- tuous financial climate ex- cepted), men and women are no happier now than they were in the seventies. To further hit home the point, the study found that women in 1972 were, on the average, actually more content than they are now. Being a devotee of "pos- itive thinking," I was per- plexed. How could it be that lighting a candle rather than cursing the darkness would make us more miserable? Intui- tively, it made no more sense to me than a study that came out a few years ago, finding that low-cal- orie foods caused obesity. As in that report, some- thing was obviously askew. Ms. Baird, the author, references another au- thor, Barbara Ehrenreich, who in her book, "Bright- Sided: How Relentless Pro- motion of Positive Think- ing Has Undermined Amer- ica," calls positive thinking a "mass delusion." Among other ideas, Ms. Ehrenreich argues that the foundation of positive thinking is the belief that you can will any- thing you like into happen- ing: recovering from can- cer, getting a promotion, be- coming a millionaire. It is in that statement that I found a foothold; be- lieve as you wish, one must also accept that the uni- verse will not change its rules to accommodate our whims, fantasies, or desires. Positive thinking is not blind, naive, magical wish- ing. I cannot rub a crys- tal ball, site solemnly my affirmations, and assume that all will go exactly as I foresee. After all, I might fancy Sandra Bullock and myself alone on a tropical, romantic, desert island, while at the same time, her thoughts are, "not in my lifetime buster." I can posit positive until the furrows in my brow are canals, and still move no closer to Ms. Bullock than the video I stream from Netflix. Positive thinking does not materialize nirvana for me. What it does is gives me a stake in my own out- comes; so my life becomes mine, for better or worse. Once I accept that I have the wherewithal to direct my actions, I am empow- ered, not anointed. With the assumption that I am a (mostly) capable sentient being with talents, ideas, and skills; also comes the responsibility of utilizing those gifts to the best of my ability. An optimistic outlook will not guarantee a life of luxury or ease, it is sim- ply a tool that allows us to deal with events bet- ter when they appear dif- ficult and allow us to fur- ther enjoy them when they do not. Positive thinking transfers the impetus of ac- tion from "out there" to "in here." But if "in here" con- tinually seeks its happiness "out there," it is a void that will never be filled. Scott"Q"Marcusisana- tionally known weight loss expert for baby boom- ers and the CRP (Chief Re- covering Perfectionist) of www.ThisTimeIMeanIt. com Get his free ebook of motivational quotations and one year of his highly- popular Monday Motiva- tional Memos at no charge by visiting his website. He is also available for coach- ing and speaking at 707 442-6243. SCOTT MARCUS Thedepressingdownsideofthinkingpositively Scott Marcus Thefollowinginformation has been compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Te- hama County Sheriff's De- partment, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol logs. Arrests MichaelKileyWhite: 46, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday in the 800 block of Lucknow Avenue on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabi- tant. Bail was $50,000. Joshua Tyler Pellerin: 31, of Corning was arrested Wednesday on State Route 99W at Blackburn Avenue on suspicion of felony posses- sion of an assault weapon, manufacturing, importing or selling large capacity magazines and misdemeanor having a firearm in a vehicle. Bail was $45,000. Brandon Lyle Lloyd Sphar- ler: 30, of Fortuna was arrested Wednesday on An- telope Boulevard on suspicion of felony possession of nar- cotic controlled substance. Bail was $15,000. Cody Lee Reynolds: 29, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday at Walnut Street and Wilder Road on outstand- ing felony charges trans- portation of marijuana and possession of concentrated cannabis. Bail was $15,000. Brian Lee Hurst: 29, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednes- day at Walnut Street and Wilder Road on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance and controlled substance paraphernalia. Bail was $18,000. Matthew Ryan Salazar: 19, of Red Bluff was ar- rested Tuesday at West Street School on suspi- cion of felony obstruction, misdemeanor contempt, controlled substance paraphernalia, obstruction, being under the influence of a controlled substance, and outstanding misdemeanor charges of failure to appear, petty the and driving without a license. Bail was $55,000. Burglary 400block of Ramsey Avenue: A caller reported Wednesday that a stove and refrigerator were taken from his rental property a er tenants moved out. Shots fired 700block of Waltz Avenue: A caller reported Wednesday that she heard a verbal disturbance and then one shot fired. The source of the shot was un- able to be located. Suspicious 18200block of Hooker Creek Road: A caller reported Wednesday that a man came to his door and yelled, "Hey, are you there." The man le a er the caller answered the door with a firearm. The man was reportedly from out of the area and was lost. 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