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Thursday, October 20, 2011 – Daily News 3A Submit calendar items to P.O. Box 220, Red Bluff, 96080 or clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. Local Calendar THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20 Red Bluff California HEAT Chorus - Sweet Adelines, 7 p.m., Meteer School Room 26, 695 Kimball Road, 895-0139 Car show and barbecue, 5-7 p.m., Cornerstone Community Bank parking Lot, 237 S. Main St., 529- 1222, free Childbirth Class, 6:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital, Columba room, Anita 529-8377 Community Action Agency, 3 p.m. Board of Supervisors chambers Democratic Central Committee of Tehama County, 5:30 p.m., M&M Ranch House, 736-5200 Fun Senior Aerobics with Linda, 8-9 a.m., $1 per class, Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 South Jackson Street 527-8177 Grief Support Group, 3 p.m., St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital, Coyne Center, Kristin, 528-4207 Live country music, with dinner at the Veterans Hall, 5-7 p.m. Painting session, Red Bluff Art Association, 10 a.m., Snug Harbor recreation room, 600 Rio Vista Ave., 527-4810 PAL Kickboxing, 6 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529- 8716 or 200-3950 Passages caregiver support group, 12:30 p.m., Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., 229-0878 or 800 995-0878 Phoenix Comunity Support Group for those getting over chemical dependency, 11:30 a.m., Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 945-2349 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30-3:30 p.m., 1500 S. Jackson St., Free, 527-8177 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 9:30 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528- 8066 Red Bluff Exchange Club, noon, M&M Ranch House, 645 Antelope Blvd. #1 Red Bluff Lions Club, 6 p.m., Veterans Memorial, 527-8452 Red Cross Disaster Volunteers Meeting, 6-7:30 p.m., CalFire headquarters, 604 Antelope Blvd., north side of Antelope, 934-5344 Sacramento River Discovery Center Thursday Evening Program, 7 p.m., 1000 Sale Lane, 1196 527- SERRF Lights On After School Community Family Night, 3:30- 5:30 p.m., All SERRF After School Program Locations, 528-7381 or http://www.tehamaschools.org Sunrise Speakers Toastmasters, noon, Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste.101, 529- 1841 Support group for pet loss, 2 p.m., Family Ser- vice Agency, 1347 Grant St., 527-6782 Swinging Squares Square Dance Club, 7 p.m., Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 S.Jackson St.For beginner or review classes, call 529-1615 Tehama County Health Planning Council, noon, Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road Tehama County Planning Commission, 9 a.m., board chambers, 745 Oak St. TOPS Club (take off pounds Sensibly), 9:30 a.m., First Christian Church, 926 Madison Ave., 547- 7541 or Nanc347-6120, visit www.tops.org Widowed Persons Dinner, 6 p.m., call 384-2471 for location Corning Cal-Fresh and Healthy Family Appointments,1- 3 p.m., Corning Family Resource Center, 1488 South St., 824-7670 Celebrate Recovery, 6:15-9 p.m., Believers Church of God, 783 Solano St., dinner with $3 dona- tion Third St. burn Ave. Corning Friends of the Library, 2:30 p.m., 740 Corning High School Board, 7 p.m., 643 Black- Corning High School Second Annual Bonfire Rally, 7:30 p.m. Cardinal Stadium, 643 Blackburn Ave., 824-8000 Corning Patriots, 6 p.m., Senior Center, 824- 2332 Corning Skateboard and Bike Association meeting, 6 p.m., City Hall Council Chambers, 794 Third St. Domestic Violence Information and Support Group, 1-3 p.m., Olive Room at the Corning Health- care District, 275 Solano St. 528-0226 Dual Diagnosis Group, 1:30-3 p.m., 1600 Solano St., 527-8491, Ext. 3309 Improved Order of Red Men, 7 p.m. Independent Grange 470, 20945 Corning Road, 824-1114 Soccer training, 4-6 p.m., except for holidays and rain, Woodson School Soccer Field, 150 N Toomes, 824-7680 Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Women's Support Group, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Los Molinos Los Molinos Unified School Board, 7 p.m., Los Molinos High School cafeteria Gerber Gerber-Las Flores Community Service District, 6:30 p.m. 331 San Benito Ave. Mineral School Board, 5 p.m., 38355 Scenic Ave. Mineral Manton Manton Joint Union School Board, 6:30 p.m. So you want to be a stay-at-home mom Dear Mary: I am eager to be a stay-at-home mom to my 2- year-old. We are paying down the bills. Are there other things we need to be aware of in order to achieve this goal? What are some of the common mistakes working moms make when changing their lifestyles and wallets to be at home with the kids? -- N.R., email Dear N.: Your No. 1 priority is to create an emergency fund. At Debt- Proof Living we call that a "Contin- gency Fund," and it is a pool of money you have stashed away that will bail you out in the event of a financial crisis -- like unemploy- ment, a medical situation or even a busted refrigerator. When living on a single income, it is even more important to not put yourselves into a position where you are forced to run to a credit card when something goes wrong. Things will go wrong, so you have to plan on it. I believe you need at least six months of income in that fund (12 is better in this economy) that you keep in a liquid savings account. The biggest mistake women in your situation make when leaving the workplace to be at home is for- getting that they need to change their lifestyle to match their new single-paycheck status. You can't leave the expenses status quo while you lose a good por- tion of the household income. I suggest you start practicing now, and do many of the chores you are pay- ing others to do, like mowing the lawn, clean- ing the pool or the house, and any other services. Get passionate about cooking at home. Learn the tricks of slashing your grocery bill. If your income will be cut by half, you'll need to have that be your goal for your expenses, as well. Good luck! And welcome home. Mary Hunt Dear Mary: My hus- band and I want to cancel various department store credit cards that we do not need or use. Is there any harm in doing this? -- Donna, email Dear Donna: I checked with Liz Pulliam Weston, money columnist at MSN and author of "Your Credit Score" (FT Press, 2009). "We used to tell people to close accounts they weren't using. Now the word from Fair Isaac & Co., one of the leading Everyday Cheapskate credit scorers, is that closing accounts can never help your score, and it can often hurt it." How frustrating for those of us who just want to simplify our lives! Liz goes on to say that shutting down credit accounts lowers the total credit available to you and makes any balances you have loom larger in credit score calculations. Of course, if you have no outstanding unsecured debt, having too much available credit is also damaging. If you don't use your cards much and your score is already high, the damage caused by shutting down depart- ment store cards will be minimal. I would do that gradually, over a period of time. Perhaps no more than three accounts spread evenly over a year. Do you have a question for Mary? Email her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website. Antelope Creek study results A public meeting is being hosted by the Tehama County Resource Conservation District to present the results of a study, conducted by the TCRCD for the US Fish & Wildlife Service, of channel conditions on lower Antelope Creek. All Tehama County resi- dents are welcome to attend, especially resi- dents living near Antelope Creek. The meeting will be 6 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, in the Tehama Room at the Tehama Dis- trict Fairground. Tehama County RCD partnered with Stillwater Sciences and Dr. Matt Kondolf, Associate Pro- fessor of Environmental Planning, UC Berkeley, to conduct the study. The study took place from October 2009 through October 2010. A public meeting was held before the study was conducted to obtain vital input from landowners about histori- cal stream conditions, important issues, and areas of concern. Salmon and steelhead found in the eastside streams are an important natural resource for county resi- dents. Police reports The following infor- mation is compiled from Red Bluff Police Depart- ment, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Depart- ment and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Martin Ortega Perez, 41, of Yuba City was arrested Tuesday at the Tehama County Jail. He was charged on a warrant for transportation of a controlled substance and failure to appear on a felony charge. Bail was set at $70,000. • Michael Wayne Collins, 54, of Red Bluff was booked into the jail Tuesday. He was charged on a warrant for posses- sion of a controlled sub- stance and is being held without bail. • Doni Michelle Davidson, 29, of Cotton- wood was booked into the jail Tuesday. She was charged on warrants for food stamp program vio- lation and two counts of perjury. No bail was set. • Eric Glenn Stevens, 47, of Corning was arrest- ed Tuesday on Hoag Street at Kaufman Avenue in Corning. He was charged on warrants for evading a police officer with disregard to safety, possession of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance and hit and run with prop- erty damage. He was also arrested on new charges Courtesy photo Tehama County RCD will present study results of channel conditions on lower Antelope Creek on Thursday, Oct. 27. Pictured, a Stillwater Sciences employee conducts studies. The purpose of the project was threefold. It was to help determine existing channel condi- tions, to discover the loca- tion and causes of fish passage barriers in the Antelope Creek system, and to identify opportuni- ties to improve fish pas- sage along Antelope Creek. For the purposes of this effort, New Creek, Craig Creek, Little Ante- lope Creek and Butler for possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a controlled substance and transportation of a controlled substance. Bail was set at $95,000. Odd • Sheriff's deputies and Red Bluff police officers responded to the 800 block of Lakeside Drive late Tuesday when there was a report of four shots fired. However, every- thing was quiet when they arrived. • Extra patrols were requested Tuesday in an orchard off Simpson and Blatchley roads in Corn- ing during the night. Employees suspected thefts of walnuts have been occurring. Animals • A landlord trying to assess the damage done to her rental property in the 21900 block of Moran Road in Corning found her tenants had 12 dogs Tuesday. The dog owners were given 25 days to reduce the number of dogs down to five. October Specials Ask about October Punch Cards! Haircut and 15 foils $ Glossing service and Deep conditioning $ 40 10% off color services Headquarters For Hair Leanne Stewart Hrs flexible for earlier/later appt, if needed. 527-8484 40 Chestnut Ave. Hrs: 10-5 Mon-Fri 30 Slough are all considered part of the Antelope Creek system. A special district of the state of California, TCRCD is committed to working with landowners and agencies to maintain, or improve, county water- sheds as healthy and func- tional ecosystems for fish, wildlife and humans. TCRCD is governed by a board of five volunteer landowners: Ernest White, Theft • A 56-year-old woman reported Tuesday that five of her medical marijuana plants were stolen during the night in the 19700 block of Little Lane in Cottonwood. It was listed as a $5 loss. • A 56-year-old man reported Tuesday that four green panels had been stolen from his prop- erty in April at Highway 36 and Bowman Road. The panels were worth $50 each. Collision • A Cottonwood man was sent to Mercy Med- ical Center in Redding with minor injuries after his motorcycle collided with a fire truck on Bon- nyview Road in Red- ding. Scott F. Frank, 34, Jack Bramhall, Anne Read, Walt Williams, and Ryan Sale. Funding for TCRCD activities is from grants, contracts and fundraising activities. Please join TCRCD for this presentation of results from the Antelope Creek Study, and to learn more about our local water- sheds. To RSVP, or for more information, call TCRCD at 527-3013 ext. 5. was riding east on Bon- nyview Road in the slow lane and was stopped for a light. Russell D. Miller, 68, of Redding was exiting the parking lot of Red- ding Fire Station #4 on the south side of Bon- nyview Road. As Miller exited the parking lot about 3-5 mph and entering east- bound Bonnyview Road to make a U-turn, the light at the intersection with Eastside Road turned green and Frank accelerated, going east. Frank reached a speed of 40-50 mph and moved to the fast lane as the fire truck was still perpen- dicular to Bonnyview Road, blocking the fast lane. Frank braked aggres- sively, sliding into the left rear of the fire truck. Lotto numbers SACRAMENTO (AP) — The winning num- bers drawn Wednesday night in the California Lottery's ''SuperLotto Plus'' game were: 13-29-33-37-40 Meganumber: 9 Computer Problems? Frustrated? Need Help? PC & APPLE SPECIALIST FREE Optimize Service with Virus/Spyware Removal Service ($79 value. Must mention this ad.) 528-1688 Xtreme PC Solutions www.xtremepcsolutions.com 345 Hickory St., # 1, Red Bluff The North State's premier supplier of stoves STOVE JUNCTION The Over 25 years of experience NOW OPEN! Sales • Service • Installation *Wood Stoves * Pellet Stoves * Gas Stoves Tues-Sat 9am-5pm Closed Sunday & Monday 22825 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff www.thestovejunction.com 530-528-2221 Fax 530-528-2229