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Friday, August 26, 2011 – Daily News 3A Local Calendar To add an upcoming event in the Local Calendar, submit information well in advance to the Daily News, attention Calendar, P.O. Box 220, Red Bluff, 96080 or e-mail to clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. Include a contact name and telephone number. FRIDAY,AUGUST 26 Red Bluff and Hickory Al-Anon, 6-7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jefferson Celebrate Recovery, 6:15 p.m., Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St. 527-2449 Hospice Second Hand Store half price sale, all day, Riverside Shopping Center, with barbecue Knit for Kids, 9:15 to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372 Widowed Persons "Friday Night Out" Dinner, 6 p.m., Palomino Room, 723 Main St., 384-2471 Corning Car Show, 6-9 p.m., Bartels Giant Burger, 22355 Corning Road Farmers Market, 6-8:30 p.m. in front of the library, 824-5550 Olive Festival Parade, 6 p.m., Solano Street, "Corning Does It Bedder"bed races to follow, 824-5550 On-Site Veterans Service Officer, 8 a.m. to noon, Will help Veterans and answer questions about bene- fits, Veterans Memorial Hall, 1620 Solano St., 824- 5957 Tehama District Fairground, $10 Cruzin' Car Show, 5 to 8 p.m.., cars and owners show and shine at Hal's Eat 'Em Up, 158 Main St., Free, 366-3668 Red Bluff Farmers Market, 7 a.m.-noon, River City Park Weight Watchers meeting, 8:30 a.m., Weigh-in starts half-hour before meetings, 485 Antelope Blvd., #N, next to Bud's Jolly Kone, 1-800-651-6000 Corning Olive Festival, 7 a.m.to 3 p.m., Woodson City Park, 824-5550 Los Molinos Senior Dance,7 p.m., Los Molinos Sr. Social Club, Senior Center, Josephine St. Tehama Tehama County Museum, 1-4 p.m, 275 C St., group tours 384-2595 SUNDAY,AUGUST 28 Red Bluff Kelly-Griggs Summer Social, 12:30-4:30 p.m., 311 Washington St. WHEEPicnic and Prayer Circle, 4:20 p.m., 22116 Riverside Avenue Corning Evangelist services, 7 p.m., Family Bible Church, 609 Marin St., 824-9989 Tehama Tehama County Museum, 1-4 p.m, 275 C St., group tours 384-2595 MONDAY,AUGUST 29 Red Bluff 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 Wednes- day and 9 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Thursdays, free child- carefrom 9 a..m. to 12:20 p.m. classes in Richlieu Hall, 900 Johnson St. Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St. Eliz- abeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, 529-2059 High school diploma prep class for adults, 3:30- 5:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday and 3:30-6:30 p.m.Thursdays Key to Life, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Masterworks Chorale Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-4203 Red Bluff Community Band Summer Concerts in the Park,8 p.m., Red Bluff River Park, last concert of the season, 727-8744 Salvation Army Writing Class, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 940 Walnut St., 527-8530 Sun Country Quilters Community Service Group, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 US citizenship preparation class, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday Corning Alcoholics Anonymous, noon Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. Thursday, 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, 783 Solano St., behind the Church Narcotics Anonymous, and 7 p.m., 820 Marin St., 824-1114 or 586-0245.Meetings are everyday through Saturday with an additional meeting at noon on Mon- days Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Counseling Center Giving Families Hope! Did you think we were just for children? • Individual & Family Counseling • Couple/Relationship Issues • Anger • Depression • Anxiety • Emotional Trauma • Family Relationships • Parenting Call our office for more info. 529-9454 Red Bluff 590 Antelope Blvd. Suite B-30 Corning Counseling Center 275 Solano Street #2 Prayer Rally Sunday August 28th 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM @RBUHS Stadium Field Sponsored by the Red Bluff Ministerial Association BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, September events at RB Family Resource Center • Child Abuse Prevention Council, 8:45-9:45 a.m., third SATURDAY,AUGUST 27 Red Bluff The Red Bluff Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St., Suite 101, will hold the following events in September: Mondays • Quilting Classes, UFO Sewing Group, 9-3:30 p.m., second Monday of the month • Samplers Sewing Group, 1-3:30 p.m., third Monday of the month • Friendship Quilters 10am-3 p.m. fourth Monday • Support Group for Youth: Key to Life, 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays • Playtime Pals, 9:30-11 a.m. Playgroup for 0-5 yrs. • Fiber Arts, 5-8 p.m. second Tuesday of the month • Photo Club, 5-8 p.m., second Tuesday of the month Wednesdays • Mother's Love (pregnant women and mothers), 10 a.m.- noon first Wednesday of the month • Community Parent Education Workshop, 4-5:30 p.m., second and fourth Wednesdays Police reports The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Michael Jon Turley, 26, of Corning was arrested Wednesday in the 1900 block of Elizabeth Avenue in Corning. He was charged with possession of stolen property worth more than $400. Bail was set at $15,000. • Louis William Buelna Jr., 21, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday in the 1200 block of Jackson Street. He was arrested on warrants charging him with failure to appear after a writ- ten promise, driving under the influence, driving on a suspended license, proba- tion violation, second degree robbery, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant, grand theft from a person and domestic violence with prior offense. Bail was set at $65,000. Theft • A stuffed animal crane machine was reported stolen Wednesday from Denny's restaurant. • Several children's items were reported stolen Wednesday from the front yard of a residence in the 1100 block of Franklin Street. Three baby strollers and a razor scooter, valued at about $100, were taken sometime between 8 a.m. and 8:22 p.m. Wednesday. • Parts were reported stolen Wednesday off of an antique tractor in the 19500 block of Executive Drive in Corning. Sometime between 5 p.m. Monday and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, culprits removed the front grill and other miscella- neous parts, valued at $300, from a 1940 John Deere unstyled B tractor. • A roping saddle was reported stolen Wednesday in the 7200 block of Truck- ee Avenue in Gerber. The saddle, worth $450, was taken from an arena area sometime between noon Wednesday of the Month • AARP Driving School, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., third Wednesday of the month Thursdays • Playtime Pals, 9:30-11 a.m., Playgroup for 0-5 yrs. • Latino Outreach, noon-1 p.m., first Thursday of the month • Fiber Arts, 5-8 p.m., first Thursday of the month • Sunrise Speakers, noon-1 p.m., second, third, fourth and fifth Thursdays Special Events • Quilt Show, 6-9 p.m., Sept.7 • Umpqua Bank Class "Checking Accounts", 2-4 p.m. Sept. 6 • Umpqua Bank Class "Keeping Track of Your Money", 2-4 p.m., Sept. 13 For more information call 528-8066. and 3 p.m. on Aug. 18. Vandalism • Graffiti was reported Wednesday on a building near the Red Bluff Chamber of Commerce and along the walking trail at City Park. Fires • A vegetation fire reported at 5:22 p.m. Wednesday on Bickers Way, cross of Starr Road in the Bowman area, was caused by equipment. The fire, which burned a third of an acre, was contained at 5:42 p.m. CalFire and Tehama County Fire responded. Collision • A Red Bluff woman was injured in a construc- Farmers Market "Buy fresh, Buy local" at Red Bluff Farmers Market SATURDAY MORNINGS 7:00am-11:00am Red Bluff City River Park • • • • • • Sponsored by RB/TC Chamber of Commerce tion zone collision at 4:40 p.m. Wednesday on High- way 99E. Natalie Archuleta, 21, received minor injuries in the collision, but said she would seek her own aid. Archuleta was driving north on 99E, south of Pat- terson Road, behind Ken- neth Lopossa, 30, of Los Molinos. Lopossa saw the flag person flip their sign from slow to stop and began to slow to 35 mph or less. Archuleta was momentari- ly distracted and when she looked back to the road saw Lopossa had slowed and applied her brakes, but was unable to avoid a colli- sion. Lopossa was unin- jured, but both vehicles had moderate damage. A dead-end script for cursive (MCT) — It is a relief to know that my bad handwriting does not bear sole responsibility for killing cursive. In my home state of Indiana, the Department of Education has decided to finish it off. Cursive is no longer a required subject. Shed a tear if you will, but please, not on fresh ink. Really, it's like asking which came first — the computer keyboard or the demise of longhand? It was bound to happen. I know, I know, some of you are purists packing up your Montblanc fountain pens and the last remaining boxes of Crane stationery with talk about heading to the hills. Oh, you may be fine for a while, but you'll turn on each other eventually, arguing about whether to resurrect the Palmer Method and whether it is acceptable to make lefties lose their slant. Come to grips with it now — the days of cur- sive are over. Man does not live by longhand alone. If you'd just think rationally for a moment, I think you will shake those BIC pens out of your satchel, relin- quish your beloved uni-ball with the fat grip and agree to stay close to your keyboard. In today's times, cursive is limiting. It slows us down, it gets in the way of expediency. Case in point, you can't Facebook in cursive. You can't tweet. You can't even organize a flash mob in cursive. Well you could, but you'd need a day to address the invitations, three to five days to make sure they had arrived and two additional days because cur- sive holdouts are also the sort that also like to RSVP. You have now killed the spirit of the flash mob. Feeling badly about that, aren't you? Like a lowercase "m" drooping beneath the base line. Another point: Cursive wastes energy. Cursive requires using an entire hand, whereas you can text using only two thumbs. I know, you're thinking Lori keyboarding robs communi- cation of that personal touch, that spe- cial warmth and intimacy. It may to a degree, but we are adaptable creatures, we can retrain ourselves. You'll know you've met the challenge of change when you hear yourself saying: "Oh, look — a birth announcement in Marge's distinctive Times New Roman." "Children, gather 'round! It's an email from your father in his saucy 10 pt. Arial." "Is this our second evite to a wed- ding this month? And they were both in Palatino. What a coincidence!" What about signatures, you say? A Borgman signature is a source of pride, a signa- ture reflects a person's attitude and character, you claim. Well, so does an X. You're thinking it will be a pity when people can no longer read longhand, let alone write longhand — historic letters, journals and diaries, even our founding documents will be indecipherable. Not to worry, no doubt someone is writing code right now for an app that will scan longhand documents, con- vert them into digital and send the contents to your phone in a more modern, updated version: "We the ppl, of the Untd Sts n ordr 2 form a mor prfct union ..." I'm sure you can see the advan- tages already. There's no use fighting it. When handwritten essays were introduced on the SAT exams for the class of 2006, just 15 percent of 1.5 million students wrote their answers in cursive. The rest printed in block letters. The handwriting is on the wall — and it is not cursive. Lori Borgman is a columnist, author and speaker. Contact her at lori@loriborgman.com. STOREWIDE SALE Sept. 1st - 17th www.redbluffgoldexchange.com Gold Exchange 413 Walnut St. Join community leaders, school administrators, teachers, students and parents as we pray for a safe and successful 2011-2012 Academic School Year for all our area schools. See you on the field at 6:00 PM