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Whattypeof people do you spend your time with? Who are your friends? Which family members do you spend most of your time with? Are these quality people who hold you to a higher standard and pump you up to be all you can be or are they as drain- ing as an emotional vam- pire? Sometimes people aren't reaching their goals because of who they asso- ciate with. Sometimes the attitudes, judgments and actions of the people clos- est to us are the only thing keeping us from a bet- ter life. If you have lived in the same town all of your life you have people who have known you forever. These people may have charac- teristics that you have out- grown and the fact that you are still in an every day relationship with them keeps you from growing. Sometimes when some- one says "you've changed" it may mean you have ma- tured and they haven't. It may mean that you have tried to make better deci- sions for yourself and they aren't as ready to let you mature as you are. Sometimes if you have battled weight issues, it is hard for the people around you to let go of who they summed you up to be. That can sabotage you from making lasting change. Maybe you have tried to stop gossiping, but every time you see peo- ple socially, they draw you in with their information about who is doing what to whom. Maybe you want to be better with your money and you can't get out of the trap of buying the items that make you fit in with every one else. The trouble with trying to change a negative habit is that not everyone is on the same road to change that you are on. Some- times you have to assess whom you socialize with the most and see if it is a wise investment of your time and energy. Just be- cause someone has always been a part of your equa- tion does not mean that they should remain an ev- eryday part of your life. Sometimes the people we are clos- est to are the vary ones who want you to stay broken be- cause it makes them feel whole. It is scary to love yourself enough to cut out bad people from your life. It is hard to know for sure that the in- kling you have that this person isn't good for you is true. Sometimes toxic people are better man- aged when they are where you can see them and if you cut them out you run the risk of opening a new can of worms. True, when you cut toxic people out of your life, they will not go quietly. They will ru- mor about you, they will glare at you as you pass on the street or in the grocery isle, but there is a freedom that is born from know- ing you no longer have to worry about everything you say and do in relation to them. A lot of people are just one or two negative asso- ciations away from being thinner, friendlier, wealth- ier and happier. Assess your relationships and see which people add to your life and which detract. Be- lieve it or not, someone who makes you feel worse about yourself when they leave your company is not really a friend. If you re- sent the things your friend or family member says to you or you feel tired and worn out after spending time together it is a sign that you may have out- grown their association. Someone who has the emotional stability to let you shine and allows you to be who you are without constantly imposing his or her opinions is some- one worth spending your time with. FaydraRector,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 faydraandcompany. blogspot.com/ and allaboutdivorce.blogspot. com/. FAYDRARECTOR Whatpeopleare worth your time? Faydra Rector When a baby arrives at St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital in Red Bluff, it is almost immediately wrapped with love, in the form of blankets made by volunteers like Dolly Mor- ris. Since 2007, Morris has been making and donating an average of 80-100 new- born baby blankets a year to both the hospital and the Care Net Pregnancy Center. When she moved to Red Bluff with her husband, Dave, it was something for her to do since she was new to the area and didn't know anyone, Morris said. What started as some- thing she did out of neces- sity — first creating engine covers for her father's small plane — grew into a labor of love. Morris started making blankets first for her old- est of eight children, who will be 40 this year, when he was in kindergarten or first grade. From there, she became involved in a project at church sending humanitar- ian aid kits to third world countries in 1994. After hearing that in some countries newborns were wrapped in newspaper to be sent home, she started making blankets out of dia- per flannel. "I've been sewing for- ever," Morris said. "I enjoy it. It's very therapeutic and it only takes about 20 min- utes (per blanket) so it's a nice, short project." Every year she makes a trek to the store on Black Friday to get the best deals on fabric, sometimes marked down to $1.39 a yard. At that price she can get 10-12 bolts of a good va- riety of fabrics to sew on throughout the year, she said. "I got my Bernina 838 in 1975," Morris said. "It should be worn out, but it never skips a stitch." DONATION BLANKETSFORNEWBORNS WRAP BABIES WITH LOVE COURTESYPHOTO Volunteer Dolly Morris shows off one of the 80-100baby blankets she donates each year to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. The court spend just thirty minutes yesterday morning in securing a jury to try A. H. Stewart for of- fering to accept a bribe, and this same jury spent three minutes in the after- noon in returning a verdict of guilty as charged. De- spite the fact that the erst- while detective has been in the limelight for several weeks, parading under sev- eral and sundry guises, it required about four hours of uninteresting testimony and argument to yank him from the stage and end his career of masquerading for a period to be determined next Thursday morning. Judge Ellison will sentence him tomorrow morning. A. H. Stewart was tried for offering to accept a bribe from Albert Preusser. The defendant had been op- erating in the community for some time as a detec- tive, and had secured some evidence that Preusser was blindpigging. The evidence was turned over to the dis- trict attorney together with evidence secured against certain Chinamen. But the evidence disappeared. Stewart knew where it was kept and it developed at his preliminary hearing that he took it from the office of the district attorney. The evidence being destroyed it appears that Stewart be- gan a flirtation with Pre- usser and the Chinese to get what money he could from them, having already bled the district attorney and others in Red Bluff in- terested in the enforcement of local option law. There was nothing new in the story told the jury yesterday, save perhaps the one that Stewart him- self told. Undaunted with the mass of evidence piled up against him the detec- tive boldly asserted that he was trying to trap Pre- usser for bribery, and that the plans laid to catch him- self were really his own schemes to catch Preusser. After admitting that he got $50 from Preusser the wit- ness didn't seem to realize that his story was as full of holes as a sieve, but left the stand with an air of confi- dence that was lost on one of the best juries that has ever tried a case in this court. Attorney Cheatham, ap- pointed by the court to de- fend Stewart, made as good a fight for him as was pos- sible. District Attorney Gernon realizing the abso- lute guilt of Stewart spared no pains in his prosecution. — May 5, 1915 100 YEARS AGO... Ju ry t ak es th re e mi nut es to fi nd S te wa rt g ui lt y The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment, Corning Police De- partment, Corning Fire, Cal Fire and California High- way Patrol logs. Arrests DavidA.Ramirez: 25, of Red Bluff was arrested Sunday in the 800block of Olive Avenue. He was booked into Tehama County Jail on the felony charge of inflicting corporal injury on spouse/cohabitant. Bail was $50,000. A woman called to report Ramirez had hit her in the face and locked her out of the residence with a youth inside. Alfredo S. Villanueva: 43, of Gerber was arrested Saturday in the 9600block of First Street in Gerber. He was booked into jail on the felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Bail was $60,000. A 38-year- old woman reported Vil- lanueva threatened to hit her with a hammer, but her son got in between them and Villanueva le in a red or maroon Honda Accord. Connie Jean Johnson: 54, of Red Bluff was arrested Saturday in the 1000block of Monroe Street. She was booked into jail on the felony charge of inflicting corporal injury on a spouse/cohabi- tant. Bail was $50,000. Justin D. Rich: 31, of Chico was arrested Sunday in the 200block of Toomes Avene on the felony charge of vandalism: $5,000and over. Bail was $15,000. Crash Walnut Street, cross of Madison Street: Emilio Pallares, Jr., 19, was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital for medical clear- ance following a crash at 5:43a.m. Sunday when his westbound vehicle ran off the road at Walnut Street and hit a light pole. Pallares was found to be under the influence and arrested and booked on the charge of DUI: blood alcohol over 0.08 percent Bail was $5,000. Fires Howell Avenue, cross of Antelope Boulevard: Red Bluff Fire and CalFire responded to a small spot fire caused by a man using a propane torch to burn weeds along a fence line. Southbound Interstate 5, south of Sunset Hills: CalFire responded at 3:55 p.m. Saturday to a one-acre vegetation fire. The fire was contained at 4:13p.m. The cause is under investigation. Jellys Ferry, cross of Shangrila Way: A debris fire reported at 10:27p.m. Friday burned one acre before it was contained and the scene cleared at 12:34 a.m. Saturday. Woodland Avenue, cross of Gyle Road: The cause of a half-acre vegetation fire reported at 12:12p.m. Sun- day is still under investiga- tion. The fire was contained at 12:30p.m. Suspicious Byron Avenue: An anony- mous person reported four boys, ages 13, 15, 16and 18, in a white Cadillac smoking marijuana. Officers arrived on scene, destroyed the drugs and contacted the parents with three boys be- ing picked up by parents and a fourth given a ride to the 200block of White Road. Threat Hospital: Two reports were received within an hour Sunday evening regarding a patient threatening some- one at St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital. The patient reportedly said he would be in the parking lot waiting for the doctor to get off work. POLICE LOGS Take15%offyourmeal with this ad dineinonly 723 Main St. 527.5470 www. palominoroom .com PrimeRibonFridaysnights Open Tues-Sat (530) 529-1220 100 Jackson St.,Red Bluff 2 FREE Tanning Sessions withanynew membership in the month of April Valid:4-1-2015to4-30-2015 STOVEJUNCTION The TheNorthState'spremiersupplierofstoves 22825 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff 530-528-2221 • Fax 530-528-2229 www.thestovejunction.com Over 25 years of experience Tues-Sat9am-5pm• ClosedSun&Mon Now Carrying! 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