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The Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard opened and led the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes May 9 at the downtown Redding Mall. Hundreds of supporters participated, including men from all walks of life wear- ing high heels and dresses. This is an annual demon- stration of their support for prevention efforts con- cerning domestic violence. Funds are raised every year to support One Safe Place of Shasta County. Among those attending were Gunnery Sergeant Bill Philen, USMC (ret.), commander of Jack Tol- bert Chapter 2001 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart; Commandant Buddy Male of the Marine Corps League,Tehama/Red Bluff Detachment 1140; Sergeant 1st Class elect Melissa Ross, US Army National Guard, Igo and Detachment 1140 Chaplain John Minton. Ross is also commander elect of the VFW in Red- ding. She encouraged and organized veterans to par- ticipate in the event as Military Sexual Trauma has been and is an ongo- ing problem in the mil- itary. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes and veterans organi- zations support each other through mutual encour- agement and fundraising in these events. Ross has offered to par- ticipate in Tehama County's upcoming efforts this year. Veterans and their re- spective organizations from Northern California are dis- cussing mutual support and encouragement of a num- ber of activities and events concerning veterans issues and support and also events that support their commu- nities. Philen served in WW II, Korea and Vietnam and is the recipient of the Pur- ple Heart. He is involved in numerous organizations throughout Northern Cali- fornia and elsewhere. Detachment 1140 meets on the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hall, 735 Oak St., Red Bluff. American Legion Post 167 meets on the first and third Tuesdays at 7 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Hall. FUNDRAISER Veteransbattledomesticviolence COURTESYPHOTO Pictured are the Veterans of Foreign Wars Color Guard along with members of the American Legion in Shasta and Tehama counties. 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, CalFire & California High- way Patrol logs. Arrests CarolS.Golsh,45,and Trevor C. Carney, 22, both of Red Bluff: were arrested Wednesday morn- ing at the post office on Walnut Street. Carney and Golsh were booked on the felony charge of receiving known stolen property and the misdemeanor charge possession of a controlled substance. Golsh's bail was $18,000. Carney had an additional misdemeanor charge of possession of controlled substance paraphernalia. His bail was $21,000. James L. Bailey: 22, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday in the 800 block of Pine Street. He was booked into jail on the felong charge of false imprisonment and the misdemanor charge of battery:spouse/cohabitant. Bail was $20,000. Crash Interstate 5, south of Antelope Boulevard: A 68-year-old Oregon man was taken to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital with minor injuries following a motorcycle crash at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday. Loren King, of Klamath Falls, was driving north on I-5in the le lane about 70mph when he came upon traffic that had slowed substan- tially due to construc- tion in the area. King lost control of his 200Harley Davidson motorcycle while braking and was thrown off a er it overturned onto the roadway. He was wearing a helmet. Neither alcohol or drugs is a factor in the crash. San Benito Avenue, north of B Street: A 53-year-old Redding man was arrested on sus- picion of driving under the influence following a motorcycle crash at 9:25 p.m. Wednesday. Worthy Stephens was driving north on San Benito when for unknown reasons he allowed his 2005Harley Davidson to fall down with the vehicle going off the road and down a hill. Stephens refused medical treatment. The Hawes Ranch and Farm Supply, 712Ash Street, Red Bluff: officers re- sponded to a burglar alarm that had gone off just before 4a.m. Thursday and found a front door to the business pried open. A er checking the building with an employee, it was discovered nothing was missing. Unbeknownst to officers, the off-site monitoring of the alarm had been disabled by the cutting of the phone cable and the suspect returned to the business. The door was pried open again and a safe contain- ing business receipts and personal items was taken from the office and moved using a hand cart to an open space area near the railroad tracks at Willow Street. The case is under investigation. Suspects are unknown. POLICE LOGS Standing in the glare of a thousand electric lights on Main street last night, and noting the new pave- ment that had just been completed, S. D. Shoen- feld grew reminiscent. "I am the oldest busi- ness man on this street," mused the pioneer. "She looks like a city tonight, but I have seen men stand right here in front of my store with Colt revolv- ers shoot at birds in big oak trees that stood in the middle of the street. I have been in business in this same building since it was completed in Octo- ber 1859. Moved out of the building next door where I had been three years. There were only three brick buildings on this street when I moved into this building. There was a big corral just across the street, and a blacksmith shop near the corner. Most of the town on the street was in this block at that time." —May22,1915 100 YEARS AGO... S. D. Schoenfeld has noted development In college, a good friend of mine introduced him- self to others not with the rote "How are you," but rather, "Hi, I'm Tom. What's your story?" It threw me off, as it al- ways seemed abrasive. I dismissed it as maybe some kind of "raised-in-Brooklyn thing." Yet, I couldn't over- look the responses he re- ceived. After the usually initial reaction of shock, those that did not reply with "Huh?" opened themselves up with a sometimes star- tling level of intimacy, re- vealing not what they did for a living or reciting the social version of name, rank, and serial number; but rather where they had been, how they felt, and what made them tick. Each of us carries with us a story waiting to be told, given the right oppor- tunity. Equally true is that we all ascribe storylines to people we see, which may or may not be accurate. As long as we're into this area of metaphor, it's the coun- terpart of judging a book by its cover. Walking through Old Towne, my eyes take in a weathered man; clothes stained, hair unkempt, walking unsteadily. I cre- ate a story, assigning to him all the attributes, as well as the plot, of a "home- less person." In line at the grocery store, the elderly, bent, white-haired woman wear- ing an out-of-fashion shawl buys only five items, which she places slowly and me- ticulously on the conveyor belt. Upon arriving at the front of the line, reach- ing into a plastic bendable coin container, she removes with bent fingers the ex- act change, coin by coin, and places it slowly on the counter for the cashier. I make assumptions: she lives alone, fixed-income, and isolated. While in the mall, I no- tice the young man with his saggy pants so low be- low his waist that he can barely walk. His back- wards baseball cap, too- macho swagger, and over- sized shirt further mark him as one to avoid. I go so far as to create a backstory about what lousy parenting he must have had to end up like that. None of these judg- ments are fair; they are most likely inaccurate; I'm not proud that I construct them; yet it's second na- ture. We are hard-wired to fill voids. If we don't know what actually is, we make it up, and we will do so blindingly fast. That unto itself is not the problem. Our percep- tions and inner voice are private. However, that pri- vate world leaks out into the manner in which we treat others, therefore af- fecting how they respond to us. After all, they too have their own stories. Is the woman I labeled as "homeless" really without a place to live or does she simply dress and grooms herself in a fashion I find unattractive? And would it — or should it — make any difference in the man- ner in which I treat her? Maybe the elderly lady with coin purse is wealthy be- yond count — and the rea- son she has so much money is because she tracks every penny? If she invited me to her house, would I find it filled with engaged conver- sation and the laughter of grandchildren? (As for the young man with the saggy pants showing off his box- ers, I have to admit, I just can't get past that fashion. I wish it would go away al- ready. Sorry.) Today the phone rang while I was extremely busy. At first I was going to ig- nore it; as the story in my head told me that the caller was a distraction and would provide nothing I needed right now. I was so wrong; it turned out to be a very pleasant distraction, a bright light in my day. As they say, don't be- lieve everything you think. Whether it's the perception of someone you're meeting or the opinion of what mat- ters most in your day. Your internal narrative can al- ways benefit from a well thought-our rewrite. Scott "Q" Marcus is a nationally known weight loss expert for baby boomers and the CRP (Chief Recovering Perfectionist) of www. ThisTimeIMeanIt.com. Get his free ebook of motivational quotations and one year of his highly-popular Monday Motivational Memos at no charge by visiting his website. 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