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2A Daily News – Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Community people&events Yellow-billed Cuckoos along Sacramento River Altacal Audubon Program & Field Trip activ- ities for September include — Monday, Sept. 19, 6:30 p.m., Chico Creek Nature Center. Yellow- billed Cuckoos along the Sacramento River: Rare and Elusive with Mark Dettling. The Yellow-billed Cuckoo is a State Endan- gered species and the western population is a candidate for federal protection. Once fairly common in riparian forests in California, it is now restricted to only a few breeding locations in the state, including the Sacramento River. The cuckoo is legendary in its secretive nature, more often heard than seen. The rush of catching a glimpse of one of these beautiful birds is something one won't easily forget. During the summer of 2010, PRBO Con- servation Science (founded as the Point Reyes Bird Observatory) biologists and partners con- ducted an extensive survey of the river to esti- mate the population size. The presentation will cover the natural history of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, as well as the survey methods and results. Mark Dettling is a Terrestrial Ecologist with PRBO Conservation Science, a non-profit orga- nization dedicated to conserving birds, other wildlife, and their ecosystems through innova- tive scientific research and outreach. To learn more, go to www.prbo.org. Over the past four years he has worked throughout the Central Valley monitoring ripari- an songbird populations. Prior to that he worked as an intern at PRBO's Palomarin Field Station and earned his Master's degree in Natural Resources from Cornell Uni- versity. All programs and activities are free of cost unless otherwise indicated and are open to the public. If you have any questions or want further information about specific activities please call Wayland Augur at 530-519-4724 or email wba@acm.org. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. Hey, I've been there, too I used to think that my colorful life was something that made me different than a lot of people. Dif- ferent in that shameful, don't talk about, pretend it never happened, secretive way. I never quite under- stood why I went through so many things that I certainly didn't want to go through-child abuse, divorce, bankruptcy and other not-so-fun experiences. I thought I was cursed, weird or just perpetually stupid. As my career developed, I began to see how my life experiences were beneficial to what I was doing and who I was helping. My experiences helped while working with people who came from abuse, both abusers and abused-I had perspective I could offer. At Child Protective Ser- vices, I was given cases where seri- ous abuse had ruined the lives of children and I was able to make a difference for the family because I had been there. As a Life Coach I have worked with people from all walks of life and they benefit because I have been there. In writ- ing this column I have received emails from people who say they benefit from my honesty and can- dor about every day subjects and they felt less alone in their situa- tions. I've been there. I realize that sometimes God allows us to wade through life rather than be miraculously released from trials. I see why. I am better for it. I have an ability to feel what you feel. To know what you know when you have lived what I have lived. I know without a doubt l that I am here on Earth to share the news that someone has been there and is here to help. What have you been through? I personally know people who have been through things I haven't; Illness, death, fire, savage attack. They are here to help. They want to support the up and coming who experience similar tragedies. What have you been through? Who can you help? Come out of the shadows of shame and fear. It is easy to believe that people revel in your pain; that your loss equates inadequacy; that you should be ashamed of yourself. There will always be someone there to tell you that you are wrong, too loud, to awkward, too full of your- self, too uneducated, too opinionat- ed, too whatever they have decided Faydra Rector You Matter you are. That is true for them. They believe what they believe because it justifies who they believe you are. I also know that if you have been through something and can help someone else feel like they are not alone, not worthless and that there is hope, it is worth every ounce of collateral criti- cism that you must face. How have you been there? Are you in recov- ery, are you blazing a trail or creating change in your life? Share your story. Come out of the shadows. There are haters to be sure, but there are also many others who hunger to feel accepted and healed. You owe it to them to share your stories. Faydra Rector, MA is a mental health administrator, author, public speaker, educator and life coach who lives in Red Bluff. She can be reached at lifecoach@shasta.com or view her blogs at http://faydraandcompany.blogspot. com/ and http://allaboutdivorce.blogspot.com /. Local teen's bird takes two first place wins The Red Bluff Pigeon Club and Countywide Junior members started the 2011 young bird races on Saturday, Aug. 20. Thunder Shaffer took first in the junior division with his blue check hen #186 flying 47 miles per hour for 119 miles. He competed against 314 birds and 21 members to take first place. On Saturday, Aug. 27, the same blue check hen # 186 won over all other birds in a repeat of the same station, Hornbrook, flying 51 miles per hour against 291 birds and 21 members. 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Tamales Conceal Bottles Cleverly Guised For Booze The ingenuity of bootleggers to screen their oper- ations from too close scrutiny of the officers has been directed along new and unexpected channels, this time in the form of a bottle skillfully covered with excelsior and corn husks to resemble a real hot tamale. The rather clever device was uncovered yes- terday when some dove hunters were scouting over the country a few miles west of Red Bluff. —September 14, 1921 275 C St. / Tehama Shaffer said when noti- fied that he had won first place over all senior and junior members. "I have not won in a long time" The Red Bluff Pigeon Club would like to thank to all the people who donated time and dona- Courtesy photo Thunder Shaffer and his blue check hen #186. tions to help all the young flyers with the shipping cost: Tractor Supply, Great American Buffalo Co., the people at the Happy Valley Strawberry Festi- val, Richfield Feed and Supply, Rainbow Paint- ing Co. and Marvin Car- men a long-time pigeon fanicier. Shaffer has been a club member since 2004 and is a sophomore at Red Bluff High School. He is hop- ing to have a good flying season this year. Corning girl enrolled in NY college Clarissa Henry of Corning enrolled in the Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, the nation's first and largest technological college for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. Henry is a graduate of Red Bluff Union High School. She is the daughter of Larry and Nancy Moore. Rochester Institute of Technology is internationally recognized for academic leadership in computing, Thank You for Supporting the engineering, imaging technology, sustainability and fine and applied arts, in addition to support services for more than 1,300 students who are deaf or hard of hear- ing. The school enrolls 17,000 full- and part-time stu- dents in more than 200 career-oriented and profession- al programs, and its cooperative education program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation. National Technical Institute for the Deaf, one of nine colleges at the school, was established by Congress in 1965 to provide college opportunities for deaf and hard-of-hearing students who were underemployed in technical fields. For more information about the school visit www.rit.edu/NTID.