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Monday, December 19, 2011 – Daily News 3A Local Calendar Submit calendar items to P.O.Box 220, Red Bluff, 96080 or clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. MONDAY,DECEMBER 19 Red Bluff Back to School project brainstorming session, 6-8:30 p.m., Cozy Diner, 527-0947 English as a Second Language class, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednes- day and 9 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Thursdays, free child- carefrom 9 a..m. to 12:20 p.m. classes in Richlieu Hall, 900 Johnson St. Gastric Bypass Support Group, 6 p.m., St. Eliza- beth Community Hospital, Columba room, 529-3066 Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St. Eliz- abeth 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. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Masterworks Chorale Rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-4203 Red Bluff Community Band reharsal, 7-9 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 727- 8744 Retired and Active Federal Employees, 11:30 a.m., Veteran's Memorial Hall, 735 Oak St., call Karen at 585-2494 Salvation Army Writing Class, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 940 Walnut St., 527-8530 Santa's Workshop Children's Camp, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 527-8177, $13 per day, through Dec. 22 Sun Country Quilters Community Service Group, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 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 Tehama County Military Family Support Group, 6 p.m., Countryside Cafe, 638 Washington St., 529- 2416 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 Bingo, 5:15 p.m. early bird, 6:30 p.m. regular games, Maywood Grange, Highway 99W just past Lib- eral Avenue, 833-5343 Dance with Juana, noon to 1 p.m., Family Resource Center, 1488 South St., 824-7670 Kirkwood School Board, 5 p.m., 2049 Kirkwood Road Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., 820 Marin St., 824- 1114 or 586-0245, daily through Saturday, noon Mon- days, no meeting the third Wednesday Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Spanish Adult Education, 5 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Strategies for Success, Life Skill classes, 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Cottonwood Cottonwood Garden Club, 10 a.m., 20595 Gas Point Road, potluck lunch to follow, 347-1281 or 347- 3852 Gerber Gerber Union Elementary School Board, 6 p.m., 23014 Chard Ave. Flournoy Flournoy Elementary School Board, 6 p.m., 16850 Paskenta Road TUESDAY,DECEMBER 20 Red Bluff Bend School Board, 4:30 p.m., 22270 Bend Ferry Road Book Club,6 p.m., Tehama County Library City Council, 7 p.m. City Hall, 555 Washington St. Cribbage Club, 6:30 p.m., Rio Vista Mobile Estates, 527-6402 Diabetic Education, 12:30 p.m. St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital, Columba Room, 529-8031 Fun Senior Aerobics with Linda, 8-9 a.m., $1 per class, Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 South Jack- son Street 527-8177 PAL Kickboxing, 6 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529- 8716 or 200-3950 P.E.T.S. (Providing Essentials for Tehama Shel- ter), 6 p.m., Cozy Diner, S. Main St., 527-8702 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30-3:30 p.m., 1500 S. Jackson St., free, 527-8177 Lotto numbers SACRAMENTO (AP) — The winning num- bers drawn Saturday night in the California Lottery's ''SuperLotto Plus'' game were: 17 - 23 - 29 - 37 - 46 Mega Number : 17 ly. gifts. son. • Realistic expectations about • An evenly paced holiday sea- • Reliable family traditions. Today, I have a recommendation for you -- a way that you and your family can accomplish all four things, even at this late date. Read a book. A very special book: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever." If you don't have this title already, get it. A thin paperback, this classic is available at book- stores everywhere. Never mind that the publisher calls this a children's story. It isn't. Although children and grandchildren will want to hear this one year after year. It's hilarious, deeply touching and a profound in its innocence. Here's a quick overview: The Herdmans are absolutely and with- out question the worst kids "in the history of the world." They lie, curse and have a propensity to set things on fire. One time, they acci- dentally set fire to a building, and when the firemen came, the Herd- The best Christmas book ever In the crush of holiday wish lists, gadgets, toys and media hype, it's easy to overlook the four things studies tell us that children really want for Christmas: • Relaxed time with fami- mans stole their doughnuts. The Herdmans are so bad, their teachers won't hold them back a year in school. They are guilty of every unmentionable childhood crime and have come up with more than a few originals on their own. When the Herdmans hear about the refresh- ments at church, the seven of them show up and hijack the annual Christmas program (although none of them has ever attended church, much less heard the Christmas story before). And that's when the first Christmas becomes new and real in some pretty surprising ways. The idea of grace -- that the "glad tidings of great joy that shall be to all people" includes the likes of the awfuller-than-awful Herdmans -- is humorously and poignantly conveyed by the narra- tor, a classmate of one of the older Herdmans. Once you've read this book, you will never look at the Christmas story again in the same way. So, whether there are few or many in your home this holiday season, curl up in your warmest flannel with cozy blankets to go around, and read this one aloud. Stock up on copies for Christmas gifts for teachers and friends. This is one of the few books that makes you cry and laugh at the same time. Read it, and let it touch your funny bone and your heart. Give it to a friend who complains that Christmas has become too commercial, to the harried mother of her own lively brood or to someone who dreads the holidays. Make sure you pack this Mary Hunt Everyday Cheapskate book away with the holi- day decorations, to be brought out and enjoyed year after year. It's almost more fun each time you read it. "Hey! Unto you a child is born!" "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," by Barbara Robin- son, HarperTrophy (1972; 1988); $5.99. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 19 books, including her January 2012 release, "7 Money Rules for Life." You can email her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. Volcanic Legacy plan released The Volcanic Legacy Community Partnership (VLCP) announces the release of the 90 percent working draft of the Inter- pretive Plan for the Vol- canic Legacy Scenic Byway All-American Road (called the Byway). The plan will guide the development of interpre- tive sites and messages along the California por- tion of the Byway. The 60 percent working draft was released for public com- ment in March 2010. This draft includes revisions based on public com- ments received last spring and is now at the 90 per- cent draft stage for a final public review. The 500-mile Byway celebrates the scenery of the volcanic landscapes between Crater Lake, Oregon, and Lake Almanor in California. Interpretive plans for most of the Byway were completed between 1990 and 2007. This draft Inter- pretive Plan completes planning for remaining portions of the Byway from Lake Almanor, Susanville to Burney as well as the Highway 161 section from Dorris to the Tule Lake area. The draft plan identi- fies specific sites, guide- lines and media recom- mendations for guiding visitor experiences for portions of the Byway tra- versing through Lassen National Forest, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Klamath Falls Lower Refuge, Tule Lake and Lava Beds National Mon- ument and World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. There are numerous recreation and interpretive opportunities along the Byway, which are show- cased in the draft Interpre- tive Plan. The VLCP invites public comment on these suggested inter- pretive sites and their pro- posed messages. There are three parts to the draft plan including the Inter- pretive Plan and the Inter- pretive Site Inventory and descriptions. To review the draft plan and interpretive sites, visit www.volcaniclega- cybyway.org/Interpretive- PlanPublicReview4.html. Most people will want to look at the proposed interpretive site descrip- tions for their Byway area. This is especially important to ensure the proposed sites are accept- able, other sites have not been missed, and the interpretive messages convey the information local communities would like Byway travelers to have. Public comments are requested by Jan. 13, 2012 and can be e-mailed to: info@volcaniclegacy- byway.org and mailed to: VlCP, P.O. Box 832, Mt. Shasta, CA 96067. For more information, call Elizabeth Norton at 530 251-7368. UC wildlife research team seeks single socks Special to the DN A University of Cali- fornia wildlife research team working in the Sierra Nevada is asking the public to donate clean, gently used socks for research on a rare weasel called the Pacific fisher. The team is part of the Sierra Nevada Adaptive Management Project (SNAMP), which is examining the effects of forest thinning, as cur- rently done by the U.S. Forest Service, on the health of local wildlife, the forest and water resources. The U.S. For- est Service implements these thinning treat- ments out of concern for excessive fire risk. But what kind of research could go through hundreds of socks a month? After years of experimenta- tion, the research team has determined that socks are the ideal recep- tacle for hanging fisher bait in trees. The baited socks are hung in trees in view of motion-activated cameras. As the animal moves, climbing the tree and chewing on the sock, the camera takes photos that allow the scientists to identify the species. The researchers are going through 250 pairs a month, at a consider- able cost, to create the BOOK BARN 619 Oak St., Red Bluff (530) 528-Book 2665 HOLIDAY HOURS Open: Tuesday thru Saturday Dec. 27th to 31st Closed: January 3rd-Jan 7th Courtesy photo A Pacific fisher, captured by researchers with a motion-detecting camera, grabs at "chicken in a sock." "chicken in a sock" bait stations to survey the distribution of Pacific fishers in a 500-square- mile area of forest near Bass Lake. Besides the cost, Rick Sweitzer, UC Berkeley wildlife biologist and project leader. is spend- ing time in the Wal-Mart checkout line with a cart full of socks when he could be doing research. The scientists don't need new socks; they would prefer old, unmatched, non-holey ones, some- thing everyone has clut- tering up their sock FINDERS KEEPERS Thrift & Antiques 10% OFF Glassware & Jewelry excluding consignment items All baby items, In the Frontier Village Shopping Center Tue-Sat: 10am-5pm 645 Antelope Blvd. 530 527-7798 drawers. In an effort to reduce, reuse and recycle, the SNAMP wildlife research team is putting out a call for lost and lonely socks. Socks may be delivered or mailed to 40799 Elliott Dr., Oakhurst CA 93644. The Pacific fisher is a small, nocturnal carni- vore that perches and dens in large, old-growth pine and oak trees. Once widespread across the high elevation forests of the Sierra Nevada and in the coastal mountains of northwestern California, Tehama District Jr. Livestock DECEMBER 21st 6:00 to 8:00 PM 1-877-71-SANTA (Toll Free) Sponsored by Red Bluff Kiwanis fishers are now only found in two small iso- lated populations. One group lives near the Cal- ifornia-Oregon border. The others are in the southern Sierra Nevada. Data being collected by UC scientists about the movements, habitat preferences and survival of fishers in the southern Sierra Nevada will be used to aid the multiple agencies, academic insti- tutions, environmental groups, and mountain residents who are work- ing together to ensure that long-term wildland management promotes forest health, wildfire control and wildlife con- servation. For more information, contact Anne Lombardo at amlombardo@ucdavis.e du. To read more about the research project visit the SNAMP website at http://snamp.cnr.berke- ley.edu. SANTA AT THE CALL NORTH POLE Annual Meeting Wed., Jan 11th 6pm held in the Tehama Room @ Tehama District Fairgrounds