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Ifyouarecommitted to teaching your kids how the world operates, teach them about money. You can use finan- cial prin- ciples to teach ev- erything from math problems to social issues. That's because money is about values, re- lationships, choices and self-worth. And while teaching your kids important val- ues to guide their lives is of the utmost importance, when all is said and done those values are more likely to be caught than taught. You have to live what you teach. If there is one thing that will ruin your kids' lives, it's greed. Teach them while they're young how to pull the plug on greed, and you will have prepared them in a very important way to not only survive, but to also thrive in the real world. Lesson for Kids: When you give, you defeat your enemy greed The feeling of de- sire, of wanting every- thing you can think of, is called greed. Greed is not a good thing. In fact, it's like a very bad disease. It starts small, and if al- lowed to grow it will take over your life. Greed will make you a very misera- ble person. Greed causes temper tantrums and makes people self-cen- tered and arrogant. And it is very sneaky. You know that twinge of envy you felt when your best friend showed you her cool new phone? Or when another friend said really loud at lunch how her dad is buying her a brand new car for her 16th birthday? Multi- ply that feeling by 10 and you'll have a good idea what full-blown greed feels like. It's not good. The problem with greed is that it drives us to do things that are haz- ardous to our futures. Greed says it's OK to have everything we want now and to figure out how to pay for it later. Greed is something everyone has to deal with, and the sooner you can learn how to defeat that enemy, the better off and happier you will be. The antidote for greed is to be thankful for what you have already. You prove your grati- tude when you are will- ing to give away part of the three T's — your time, your talent and your trea- sure. Everyone, no matter how young or poor, has some of all three. Time. You get 24 hours every day: 10,080 minutes or 604,800 seconds every week. Talent. This is what you can do. Everyone has special talents, things they are good at doing. Treasure. This is what you have — your posses- sions. It's your money, and also your toys, clothes, collections — ev- erything that you own. If you have never been a giver, it may seem quite odd for me to suggest you should just give away any of your time or your stuff. But that is exactly what I mean. If you want to make sure you are never de- feated by greed, learn to be a giver. When you give to oth- ers it helps you to be grateful for what you have. Giving is the way to stop feeling sorry for yourself. Instead of mis- ery, you feel joy. In place of dissatisfaction, you find contentment. Giving away part of your money and other possessions is quite sim- ple. You can give to a homeless shelter, to a family going through difficult times, to your church or other charita- ble organization. The way you give of your time is to volunteer. There are lots of ways kids can volun- teer to make their com- munities better. Here are some ideas: — Help a younger child to read. — Help cook or serve a meal at a homeless cen- ter. — Pack and hand out food at a local food bank. — Visit senior citizens at a nursing home. — Plant flowers in pub- lic areas that could use some color. — Clean up and bring toys you don't play with anymore to a hospital. — Baby sit for free to help a single parent. — Bake cookies and bring them to your local fire or police station. — Become a giver. It will greatly improve your life. Wouldyouliketosend a tip to Mary? You can email her at mary@eve- rydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheap- skate, P.O. Box 2099, Cy- press, CA 90630. EVERYDAYCHEAPSKATE Whatkidsneed to know about thankfulness Mary Hunt COURTESYPHOTO Red Bluff Kiwanis President Lisa Hansen presents honorary Kiwanian Allen Barker with balloons, a certificate and a lapel pin Wednesday a ernoon to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Kiwanis International. Barker turned 100 recently. RED BLUFF Kiwanis In- ternational turned 100 Wednesday and the Red Bluff Kiwanis Club cel- ebrated with cake, bal- loons, noise makers and more than a dozen local students and their fami- lies. To commemorate the milestone, Lassen House resident Allen Barker, who turned 100 just two weeks ago, was made an honor- ary member of the Red Bluff Kiwanis. The club, which meets at noon each Wednes- day at the Elks Lodge, in- vited Student of the Quar- ter nominees from Mercy and Red Bluff high schools and eight third-graders from Lassen View Elemen- tary School to the regular meeting. The focus of Ki- wanis is serving youth. The third-graders are utilizing the Bringing Up Grades, or BUG, program sponsored by the club dur- ing SERRF after school activities. They each spoke about what they are doing to improve their grades in the classroom and shared where they want to attend college and what career they have chosen. Each of the Student of the Quarter nominees delivered a short speech before one student from each school was an- nounced as Student of the Quarter. Following the meet- ing, President Lisa Han- sen went to Lassen House to present Barker with a certificate of membership in the Red Bluff Kiwanis, a bouquet of balloons and a Kiwanis lapel pin. Barker said he had never been part of a ser- vice club before and was grateful for the honor. RED BLUFF Kiwaniscelebrates first 100 years REDDING A free horti- culture workshop, Fruit Trees: Selection and Main- tenance, is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 in the Shasta Col- lege Farm, Building 4000. This workshop will pro- vide information on site and fruit tree variety se- lection for the local area, proper planting and ini- tial training of young trees, dormant season pest and disease management and collecting scion wood to propagate your favorite fruit tree. The second in a series of free horticultural work- shops will be Pruning and Grafting Fruit Trees 1-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15. This workshop will cover dormant season and summer pruning, grating to propagate fruit trees and summer maintenance to increase production, reduce pests and handle drought. Workshop instruc- tors will include Leim- one Waite, Shasta Col- lege Horticulture Depart- ment, Carol Fall, UCCE Master Gardeners of Trin- ity County and Rico Mon- tenegro, certified arborist. You can attend either or both workshops. For more information go to the event calendar at http://ceshasta. ucanr.edu/. Sponsored by Shasta College Horti- culture Department and the Master Gardeners of Shasta County. SHASTA COLLEGE Two free horticulture workshops scheduled By Sue Manning The Associated Press LOSANGELES From brain- devouring zombies in "The Walking Dead" to crime- scene bloodshed on "CSI," special-effects wizard Sam Nicholson has delivered gore galore to television viewers. But he says noth- ing has personally affected him more than the com- mercial he made for Super Bowl Sunday. It's a rare ad urging viewers to spay or neuter their pets and uses elab- orate computer-generated images and live-action shots of cats and dogs in pet-sized football helmets and pads facing off in a stadium full of cheering fans, falling confetti and exploding flashbulbs. It won't air during the New England Patriots-Seattle Seahawks matchup Feb. 1 but on one of the game- day alternatives for animal lovers — the Kitten Bowl. The Hallmark Channel hosts the feline counter- point to the beloved Puppy Bowl. Both are cute con- tests over athletic com- petition, with young pets romping across tiny turf fields, pushing around toy balls and pawing one an- other rather than scoring touchdowns. In between cuddly cats, the commercial will pro- mote sterilization. It's not the most crowd-pleasing cause, but animal welfare agencies say it's an effective way to reduce the number of homeless cats and dogs that are euthanized. "I promised my best peo- ple because it was close to my heart," said Nicholson, owner of Stargate Studios. "I believe in the cause." The ad is the brain- child of Lucy Pet Founda- tion founder Joey Herrick, whose group aims to start up a fleet of spay-and-neu- ter vans to travel wherever dog or cat overpopulation is a problem. H i s f o u n d a t i o n launched a social media campaign in the hope scores of people will see the ad, which pans into a stadium where live-action pets in uniforms face off in a mock championship, barking to hike the foot- ball, catching it in their mouths and getting cheers from real and computer- animated animal fans. Nicholson fused com- puter-generated images with live-action video and as many as 80,000 individ- ual photos of dozens of pets brought in by staff mem- bers or rescued from shel- ters. While the pets in the au- dience got lessons in quick changes, the dogs and cats on the football teams took fast-tracked training on how to be comfortable un- der the weight of shoulder pads and helmets. Nich- olson said he shot all the parts, then pieced them to- gether like a large, layered puzzle. "All the dogs and cats in the stadium are indi- vidually photographed el- ements, dressed in every outfit we could think of," Nicholson said. 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