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Ifyouhaveeverpol- ished off an entire bag of those little tiny crunchy cookies in peace, you do not have small children. Or made a quick detour through you-know- which- drive-thru-I'm-talking- about to indulge in your very own large-size hot french fries, making sure you're miles away from the nearest kid. Because I can promise you — and I know this from personal expe- rience — kids can smell a treat from miles away, and they want in on it. I don't know where kids get this sixth sense. It must be in- born. Lucky for you, chil- dren haven't figured out the value of fun and useful time- and money-saving tips, so consider this your lucky day. You can have these treats all to yourself. PAY WITH CASH AT AMAZON. I use cash to purchase an Amazon gift card at my supermarket. Then I use it to do my on- line shopping. This way, my identity is safe, I am not shopping on credit and I can't over shop because the gift card is limiting to the exact amount that re- mains on it after each pur- chase. This guarantees I'm creating no new debt. That means happy and safer shopping. — Lysa D. CUBBIES FOR ALL. Need to tidy up your mud- room or entry closet? Get a fabric shoe bag with large openings to hang in the closet or over the closet door. But instead of put- ting shoes in there, use those little cubbies for mit- tens, hats, scarves, gloves and so forth. Give each person a cubby for his or her stuff. If things start to overflow, there are usu- ally enough cubbies to give some people more than one. Or, the rule can be that if your cubby over- flows, it is time to retire something. This takes up minimal closet space, no shelf space, and the fab- ric breathes so damp items will dry if they aren't crammed in too tightly. — Julie R. COOL PAINTING TRICK. Here's a tip for home painters. When you have rolled your first coat, or are ready for a pro- longed break, seal up the paint-soaked roller by roll- ing it across a square of aluminum foil and tuck- ing in the edges. You can then set it down anywhere that's clean and it will be ready to go the next day — or even in a couple of days. The same holds true for paintbrushes. Need a break? Just wrap the end of the brush in foil and fold the extended end over, squeezing it tightly to re- duce air contact. If you are careful, you can use the same piece of foil sev- eral times for a brush. — Dave M. FIVE-BUCK LIFE EX- TENDER. I was pleased to see your recent col- umn on shoe repair. I am rather fussy about buy- ing comfortable shoes. And they can be pricey. So, as soon as I buy shoes, I take them to my cobbler to have neoprene taps ap- plied at the outer corners of the heels. This is the place that would normally get worn down, and it ex- tends the shoes' useful life. When the taps wear out, I have them replaced again. My cobbler does this for $5. Incidentally, I was the third of four children, and in that day, kids wore leather shoes. My mother regularly had metal caps applied to the toes of our shoes, the part that kids would wear out by scuffing their toes in the dirt when playing on the swing. I didn't get new shoes very often; they were handed down through all of us children. — Lois M. DISAPPEARING ACT. You can also remove dust from artificial flowers by spraying them with Lysol- type disinfectant. Not sure where the dust goes, but it just disappears. Thanks for all you do for us. — Dick I., PhD FREEBIES GALORE. I just wanted to let you and your readers know that the magnetic contain- ers you referred to in your column about the orga- nized garage can actually be gotten for free. There is a great store called Har- bor Freight Tools that reg- ularly sends out discount coupons for 20 percent off along with free items just for coming in the store. The coupons are for such items as tarps, small flash- lights, work gloves, mag- netic dishes, goggles and on and on. A customer can get one free item per day per purchase. If a couple goes in together, they can get two freebies as long as they buy two items. The catch is to ring the items separately. Anyone can sign up online to get on the mailing list. You will start getting the news- paper flyer in your mail. Happy organizing. — Joann S. EmailMaryatmary@eve- rydaycheapskate.com. EVERYDAYCHEAPSKATE Caringissharing,buthandsoffmyfries Mary Hunt SACRAMENTO TheBureau of Reclamation announced this week an additional ex- tension of the comment period for the Draft Envi- ronmental Impact State- ment for the Central Val- ley Project Municipal and Industrial Water Shortage Policy to Friday, March 13. The extension will al- low the public more time to review and to make ad- ditional comments on the document. The public com- ment period was most re- cently scheduled to end on Jan. 30. Reclamation initially released the Draft EIS on Nov. 19, 2014 and four public meetings were held in Sacramento, Willows, Fresno and Oakland to solicit comments on the topics addressed in the Draft EIS. The purposes of the policy are to: (1) de- fine water shortage terms and conditions applicable to all CVP M&I contrac- tors, as appropriate; (2) establish CVP water sup- ply levels that, together with the M&I contractors' drought water conserva- tion measures and other water supplies, (a) would sustain urban areas dur- ing droughts, and (b) dur- ing severe or continuing droughts would assist the M&I contractors in their efforts to protect pub- lic health and safety; and (3) provide information to M&I contractors for de- velopment of drought con- tingency plans. The Draft EIS was prepared in accor- dance with the National Environmental Policy Act and is available online at http://www.usbr.gov/ mp/nepa/nepa_projde- tails.cfm?Project_ID=1717. For additional informa- tion, please visit Reclama- tion's M&I WSP website at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/ cvp/mandi/. If you encoun- ter problems accessing the document online, please call 916-978-5100 (TTY 800-877-8339) or email mppublicaffairs@usbr.gov. Hard copies of the docu- ments are available for re- view at Reclamation's Mid- Pacific Regional Office Li- brary, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825; please call 916-978-5593 to request an appointment. The document may also be viewed and at these main libraries: Sacramento, Wil- lows, Fresno, Oakland and Washington, D.C. Written comments are due by close of business March 13, and should be sent to Tim Rust, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cot- tage Way, MP-410, Sac- ramento, CA 95825, or emailed to trust@usbr.gov, or faxed to 916-978-5290. For additional informa- tion or to request a copy of the Draft EIS, please contact Rust using the in- formation provided above or call 916-978-5516 (TTY 800-877-8339); or contact Michael Inthavong at 559- 487-5295 (TTY 800-735- 2929); or minthavong@ usbr.gov. WATER Central Valley Project comment deadline extended Lincoln Street School students are exhibiting their photographs at the Tehama Country Visitor Center at 250 Antelope Blvd. The Lincoln Street School Photography Club was established four years ago with the purchase of 10 digital cameras. Mandi Owens, the in- structor, who was work- ing for the SERRF after school program, was hired by Lincoln Street to teach the students photo taking techniques. The first year, the stu- dents met at Tehama County Department of Ed- ucation for an eight-week session, with each session lasting two hours. After each session, stu- dents were given an index print of all their photo- graphs. They would then pick their favorite, and it would be printed to an 8 x 10 to keep in their photo binder. At the end of the ses- sion, students were able to choose one photo to be matted and hung in the Tehama County Depart- ment of Education Gallery. The second year found the students using the community as their class- room. An editing compo- nent was added the third year. This year they went back to the basic tech- niques of photo taking. Many of the students continue to use these tech- niques at home, or in the community, taking pho- tos. The students are al- ways looking through the lens. Their work will be on display now through Feb- ruary at the center. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. week- days, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call 529-0133. Photo club exhibits at visitor center LINCOLN STREET SCHOOL COURTESYPHOTO Photographs from the Lincoln Street School Photography Club are on display at the Tehama Country Visitor Center on Antelope Boulevard. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 ST DoorsOpen@4PM·MainCard@7PM·Mustbe21toAttend No Host Bar · Drink Specials Complimentary Nacho Bar during Main Card GAMING•DINING•LODGING GOLF•EVENTCENTER•EQUESTRIAN LIFESTYLES » redbluffdailynews.com Wednesday, January 14, 2015 MORE ATFACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A5