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Friday, October 21, 2011 – Daily News 3A Local Calendar FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 Red Bluff Al-Anon, 6-7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jeffer- son and Hickory HICAP Medicare Update presentation, 10 a.m. to noon, Tehama County Library, 645 Madi- son St., reservation required, 898-6715 or 800- 434-0222 Knit for Kids, 9:15 to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372 Reeds Creek School Board, 1:30 p.m., 18335 Johnson Road, library Corning Car Show, 6-9 p.m., Bartels Giant Burger, 22355 Corning Road SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22 Red Bluff BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $10 Cruzin' Car Show, 5-8 p.m., cars and owners show and shine at Hal's Eat 'Em Up, 158 Main St., free, 366-3668 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 Red Bluff Garden Club Holiday Fantasy Flo- ral Design and Luncheon, Rolling Hills Casino, 527-8844 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, OCTOBER 23 Red Bluff Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Vineyard Chris- tian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St., 527-2449 WHEE Picnic 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, OCTOBER 24 Red Bluff English as a Second Language class, 5:30- 8:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed build- ing, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Thurs- days, free childcarefrom 9 a..m. to 12:20 p.m. classes in Richlieu Hall, 900 Johnson St. Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Rusty, 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. Suite 101, 528-8066 Masterworks Chorale Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jeffer- son St., 527-4203 Red Bluff Community Band reharsal, 7-9 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jeffer- son St., 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. Suite 101, 528-8066 Sun Country Quilters Guild Meeting, 7 p.m., Westside Room, Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free, by appointment only, Youth Empowerment Services, 1900 Walnut St., 527-8491, Ext. 3012 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 Dance with Juana, noon to 1 p.m., Family Resource Center, 1488 South St., 824-7670 Healthcare District, 6 p.m., district office build- ing, 145 Solano St., conference room Narcotics Anonymous, and 7 p.m., 820 Marin St., 824-114 or 586-0245, meetings daily through Saturday, additional meeting noon Mondays Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Cen- ter, West and South streets, 824-7670 California Outdoors Q&A All that glitters Question: I have been studying up on different methods of spear fishing while free diving and have read about the use of "glitter" as an attractant for bait fish. I have an idea to sprinkle glitter in the water so that when the bait fish come to investigate, the large game fish will follow and be caught as they attack the bait fish! What are your views and the legal ramifications of this method? I under- stand chumming is not legal for taking game animals in our state, but the use of artificial lures is. With my idea the game fish would not be chummed by this method but instead just attracted by the collection of bait fish. If this method actually works, would it be legal? (Theodore G., Stockton) Answer: You have an innovative idea there. Unfortunately, even if your plan to lure unsuspecting fish to you by sprinkling shiny, sparkling glitter in the water were to work, you could be cited for doing so. Placing glitter in the water is littering and is prohibited under Fish and Game Code, section 5652. The activity you describe would be considered chumming. According to DFG Game Warden Michele Budish, chumming is defined as "placing any material in the water, other than on a hook while angling, for the purpose of attracting fish to a particular area in order that they may be taken" (Cali- fornia Code of Regulations Title 14, section 1.32). Chumming in the ocean is allowed, but chumming in freshwa- ter is permissible only in specific areas and for certain fish species (see California Code of Regulations Title14, sections 2.30 and 2.40). Rare abalone die-off in Sonoma County Question: I was diving in Sonoma County last weekend (Aug. 28) in Fisk Mill Cove. The water was dirty as if there was a plankton bloom and visibility was only four to five feet. On my very first dive to about 12 feet I looked into a cave in the rocks with my light and saw something I've never seen before in 50 years of diving for abalone. There was an abalone laying upside down and clinging to a piece of kelp rather than clinging to a rock like usual. My dive partner told me he picked up two similar abalone on one dive. They were also in a rock cave just laying upside down on the rocks. Later we met two other divers who had been diving at Timber Cove the day before and they too came across a couple of abalone laying upside down on their shells among the rocks. Have you heard or seen this before? Are these abalone dying? Is the plankton bloom doing something to the abs? Are the abs suffocating from the plankton bloom? Are the abalone ok to eat? (T. Yamashita) Answer: What you observed last weekend in Sonoma County is a rare die off event and your observations are similar to many reports we've received from other abalone divers in the area. All of the reports mention abalone observed lying upside down on the bottom and the water a dark brown color with visibility less than a foot. Reports have come from Fort Ross State Park, Russian Gulch, Tim- ber Cove and Salt Point State Park where the abalone are dying. According to DFG Senior Marine Biologist Ian Taniguchi, these abalone deaths coincided with local phyto- plankton blooms (red tide), accumula- tions of drift kelp and calm ocean con- ditions. Similar invertebrate die-offs have occurred along the North Coast in the past, typically inside protected coves and under similar ocean condi- tions. The abalone deaths may be due in part to the large phytoplankton bloom, but the investigation is still ongoing. While we don't know exact- ly what's causing the die-offs, we do know they are not due to Withering Foot Syndrome – a fatal disease found in some Southern California abalone. Withering Foot Syndrome is specific to abalone (in this case, sea stars appear to be dying as well) and caus- es the abalone's body to shrink (also not the case in this instance). Large phytoplankton blooms can make some filter-feeding shellfish like mussels and clams toxic to humans and cause paralytic shellfish poison- ing. Abalone are not filter-feeders, though – they eat kelp and other sea- weeds. At this time, the abalone sea- son is still open and all harvest regula- tions remain in effect. The California Department Public Health (CDPH) is collecting samples of shellfish for analysis from the affected area and advises recreational consumers to be cautious and not con- sume seafood that may have been affected by the bloom. CDPH will post their analysis results as soon as they are available at www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Pages/D DWEM.aspx. Carrie Wilson is a marine biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game. While she cannot personally answer everyone's questions, she will select a few to answer each week. She may be contacted at CalOutdoors@dfg.ca.gov. Applications are now being accept- ed for the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) Warden Academy at Butte College in Oroville. The acade- my will begin in January 2013 and is scheduled to end in September 2013. The application deadline is Nov. 4. An increase in the number of appli- cations received is expected as a result of the first season of "Wild Justice," a reality show that premiered on the National Geographic Channel in November 2010. The popular show chronicles California game wardens' efforts to combat poachers and pol- luters. Warden Academy application deadline A typical day for a California game and responding during natural disas- ters." "'Wild Justice' has given many hopeful candidates a clear picture of the intensive law enforcement nature of a game warden," said DFG recruiter Lt. Jeff Longwell. "Game wardens are charged with ensuring public safety, investigating illegal sales of wildlife and parts thereof, protecting the state from pollution, enforcing habitat pro- tection laws, fighting illegal drug traf- ficking, keeping the homeland secure warden is as diverse as the state's fish and wildlife. Wardens have the oppor- tunity to patrol ocean, desert, mountain and valley environments, as well as California's urban areas. They fre- quently work independently and con- duct full-scale law enforcement investi- gations. Wardens employ everything from all-terrain vehicles to jet skis to snowmobiles while on patrol, and spend much of a typical day making contact with Californians in the great outdoors. DFG has a dive team and uses K-9 partners as well. Environmen- tal crimes and pollution incidents also fall under the purview of game war- dens. Annually, wardens make contact with more than 295,000 people and issue more than 15,000 citations for violations of the law. Successful lateral academy appli- cants will enter a 30-week program, followed by at least three three-week long training assignments where they will work with a seasoned field training officer. DFG's academy at Butte College is Peace Officer Standards and Training certified. Cadets are trained to be police officers with specific emphasis on working as wardens. In California, with 159,000 square miles that offer habitat and wildlife diversity unequaled by any other state, the average warden has a patrol district of more than 600 square miles. The state has more than 1,100 miles of coastline, 30,000 miles of rivers and streams, 4,800 lakes and reservoirs, three desert habitat areas and scores of high mountain peaks. More information and applications are available at www.dfg.ca.gov/enforcement. Appli- cations are now being accepted online and must be postmarked by the due date above. To learn more about game wardens, please view DFG's recruitment videos at www.dfg.ca.gov/enforcement/career. Book fair scheduled at hospital Come enjoy the Books Are Fun book fair held 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 26, and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27 at St. Elizabeth Community Hos- pital in the Ward-McAuley Room. The New Books Are Fun 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. White van • People continue to report white vans seen in the area around Vista Elementary School Wednesday. A white van was reported at about 7 a.m. in the school's park- ing lot, but was gone before officers arrived. Another caller reported that a crossing guard said there had been a white van parked in the area of South Jackson Street and Book Fair in the conve- nience of your workplace. With over 250 great titles at unbelievable prices, you are sure to find something for everyone on your list! Product categories include: Children's Story Books, Cookbooks, General Kimball Road just before 3 p.m. The caller walked to the area reported but the van had left just before that. Later that night, sher- iff's deputies were called just before 11 p.m. about a suspicious white van behind the Tehama County Health Center, at 1850 Walnut St. Deputies were busy on another call so they asked police offi- cers to check it out. It turned out that it was a cleaning crew with a white GMC van working at the site. Stolen Vehicle • Officers were look- ing Thursday for a white 1991 Buick Regal, lic. no. 2XTW987, that was reported stolen at about Dr. Andrew PomazalD.O. Physician & Surgeon General Medicine Saturday Appointments Available • High Blood Pressure • Diabetes • Joint & Muscle Pain • Lung Problems We offer Osteopathic Manipulation 530 528-2066 2050 Main St, Red Bluff Accepting New Patients Interest Books, New York Times Best Sellers, Sta- tionery & Scrapbooking, Music Collections, Gifts for all ages, Early Learning Products, and Children's Educational Products. First run, top quality products from the world's 10 p.m. Wednesday from a Chico address. The vehicle has a dent in the right front door, baby shoes hanging from the rear view mirror and one license plate. Pursuit • Sheriff's deputies were called to assist a parole agent who had a parolee run from the area near the Sportsman Lodge on Antelope Boulevard about 5 p.m. Wednesday. The suspect was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and black shorts with a black base- ball cap. Deputies were unable to find the man after an extensive search of the area. Violence leading publishers: Time Life, Simon & Schuster, Dorling Kinders- ley, Harper-Collins, Pen- guin, Random House, Read- er's Digest, Rodale, Disney, Publication's International, Thomas Nelson, Peachtree Publishing and many more! • A family dispute was reported early Wednes- day in the 21000 block of Dusty Way. The father was reported outside his residence smashing pumpkins and other items just after 3 a.m. He then reportedly came inside and cut the mother with an artificial fish. Medical personnel were requested. 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