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2A Daily News – Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Community people&events Adopt A Senior Golden Umbrella is holding its Adopt A Senior pro- gram and is looking for Tehama County residents. Gifts will be provided by service clubs, organiza- tions and individuals. Donors will be given a Golden Angel ornament with a first name, gender, age and a gift wish. All gifts purchased should be delivered to Owens HealthCare in Red Bluff wrapped in gift bags and ready for delivery Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Gifts may be requested by case managers, social workers, agencies and family members. All recipients must be senior citizens age 60 or older. Disabled individuals younger than 60 must be referred by a Case Manager or Service Agency. Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living residents are not eligible. There is a $30 limit on all gifts requested. If request- ing clothing, be sure to give the proper size. Applications, which must be submitted to Golden Umbrella by Friday, can be mailed to: 1425 Vista Way, Red Bluff, 96080, or faxed to: 242-2596. For more information call 528-4240. Toys for Tots On Saturday, Dec. 3, after the fun run/walk at the Sacra- mento River Discovery Center, the United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots will be accepting new unwrapped gifts and cash donations in front of Walmart. The barrels will be out beginning at 10 a.m. A Marine in Dress Blue uniform will render a profes- sional salute of gratitude to every person making either a toy or cash donation beginning about 10:30 a.m. This salute represents the thanks to this community for their love and generosity towards the children of Tehama County. The Marine hopes to deliver at least 500 salutes, but is prepared to deliver more. The Toys for Tots program in Tehama County is admin- istered by the Marine Corps League, Detachment 1140 with the assistance of Am Vets Post 2002, Corning. For more information, call 366-3700, send an e-mail to toys4tehamatots@att.net or visit http://red-bluff-ca.toysfor- tots.org. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight In the article "Scouts retire flags in ceremony" in Monday's edition, the Boy Scout Greg Espinosa's name was incorrect. The retirement took place at the burn pits of the Red Bluff Recreation Area camp- grounds near the educational center. The Daily News regrets the errors. –––––––– 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. Robert Defonte You Matter My family and I bought a new home. We are moving at the end of the month. Picking all of the features and the style of how things will look has been fun and sometimes challenging. When you put together a new home you rely on the builder to listen to you and have the people skill set to manage your inexperience with the decision making time frames. Our builder is amazing and he has a dream team of sub-contractors who take thoughts and turn them into reality. Every one of the people who have worked on our home has been wonderful, thoughtful and accommodating and a genuine craftsman. Every one of the phas- es of completion have gone well and any modifications or Faydra changisms have been taken in stride. One person in particular really stood out in the building process at our new home. Robert Defonte is the quintessential nicest guy you've ever met. Robert Defonte puts his heart into his work and goes out of his way to make your dream his priority. I have known Robert's wife Lisa since high school. I had never met Robert until we started this home. Early in the process all of Robert's tools were stolen from the house. Years of accumulation was gone in an instant. Some tools were inher- ited and had very special meaning. Robert was hurt and rightfully angry, but he tempered his emotions with a counterbalancing acceptance of what can't be changed. Robert has worn many hats in this process. At a Spartan football game he casual- ly saved the day when he realized my home was about to be painted entirely different colors than I had picked. Anoth- er day he got down and dirty with me picking just the right shade of not-too-green, not-too- cream paint to accent my daughter's wall paper. He has stopped what he was doing to help me pick knobs for drawers and look at decorations that he could probably have cared less about. Robert told me about his kids and how proud he is of his son who received the highest award in Boy Scouts. He talked about his wife and how much she matters to him. He spoke of the pizza oven he hopes to one day build and deservedly bragged about other houses he has helped make into a home. No matter when I see Robert, he is happy and positive. No matter when I come to the house he is willing to stop what he is doing to answer ques- Faydra Rector You Matter tions or just chat. No doubt he often times has things on his mind. No doubt he has had days where things were not as positive as his welcome, but I never know if it is. Be like Robert. Be the best you can be at what you do. Be honest and open and friendly. Be interested in what matters to people around you and share things about yourself too. Be nice, be genuine and care. Robert, you matter because you have made this process delightful for me. You saw my vision and worked as a team mate to see it happen. You matter because you lift your family up with how you speak of them with love. You matter because you have a wonderful outlook on life and you are an example of what simple kindness and consistency can do to rub off on other people. 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 /. Tax volunteers sought for training The nation's largest D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 126, NUMBER 308 On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area 800-479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Fax: (530) 527-5774 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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Department Head Of G. A. R. Coming To Red Bluff Soon W. H. Noll of Los Angeles, department comman- der of the Grand Army of the Republic for California and Nevada, is to pay Red Bluff an official visit in the near future. Announcement was made today that he will arrive here on Friday, Dec. 2 and in the afternoon of that day he is to attend a meeting of the J. Mans- field Post No. 75 of the G. A. R. — Nov. 16, 1921 free volunteer tax assis- tance and preparation ser- vice, AARP/IRS TaxAide Program, is seeking vol- unteers of all ages and backgrounds. Barbara Vandygriff, coordinator for Corning, and Everett McDonough, coordinator for Red Bluff, are looking for new indi- viduals to provide this free tax service to more than 900 customers locally from Feb. 1 to April 15, 2012. Volunteers should be computer familiar and able to commit to 40-plus hours of time during the 10 weeks of the tax sea- son. Seasoned counselors and qualified instructors will offer four days of comprehensive training Jan. 23-27, 2012. As a volunteer, you will learn new skills and be providing a valuable ser- vice to your community. Courtesy photo Pictured are Jackie Cundiff, Kelly Orr and Tom Tranbarger, volunteer tax counselors, with Harley Bennett,Tehama County District coordinator. Please call Vandygriff in Corning at 824-2531, McDonough in Red Bluff at 528-8512 or Harley Sober Grad fundraiser Red Bluff Community Sober Grad Organization will be holding a Bunko Night fundraiser at 6:30 p.m. Fri- day, Nov. 18, at the Riverside Bar and Grill. Tickets are James W. Tysinger, Jr. M.D. Eye Physician & Surgeon Fellow American Academy of Ophthalmology We accept Medical, Medicare & most Insurances Office Hours: Tues-Wed-Thurs 8am-4:30pm Mon & Fri 1pm-4:30pm For Emergencies, After Hours, Week-ends, Call 530-567-5001 345 Hickory St. Red Bluff Tel: (530) 529-4733 Fax: (530) 529-1114 619 Oak St., Red Bluff (530) 528-Book 2665 HOLIDAY HOURS Closed Tues-Wed-Thurs November 22-23-24 Open Friday-Saturday November 25-26 Bennett at 529-1536. The TaxAide Program is a free tax service offered to senior citizens and others by the Internal Revenue Service and the American Association of Retired Persons. COMMUNITY CLIPS $15, there will also be raffle tickets available to pur- chase for a chance to win one of several great gift bas- kets. All proceeds will go towards the Sober Grad party for the Red Bluff Highschool Class of 2012. For more information or to buy tickets, call Holly at 526-0591. BOOK BARN Can drive banks due PATH is calling for all green can banks to be turned in. Businesses and individuals with green can banks should be sure to get them turned in by Nov. 25, in time to count them before the big drawing on Dec. 1. The drawing for five individual $100 gift cards to Walmart will be held at Furniture Depot 235 S. Main St. at noon on Dec. 1. PATH would like to thank the business com- munity and individuals for supporting the bank program this year. You can bring banks to Furniture Depot. Call Pam Klein if you have questions at 527-6439. 36th Annual K W I K K U T S Family Hair Salon TEA AND BOUTIQUE Fri., Dec. 2nd 10AM to 3PM 25076 Sycamore Avenue, behind La Corona, Los Molinos 9AM to 8PM Sat., Dec. 3rd , 2011 , 2011 1064 South Main St., Red Bluff • 529-3540 with coupon $200 REGULAR HAIRCUT off Not good with other offers Reg. $13.95 Expires 11/30/11 MIKE E. WINFIELD as seen on "The Office" David Letterman Comedy Central LIVE STAND UP COMEDY Friday, Nov. 18th 7:30pm at State Theatre discount tickets available @ The Red Bluff Grocery Outlet