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Wednesday, February 1, 2012 – Daily News 3A Local Calendar WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Red Bluff 11 Days of Round-Up Community Events Planning Meeting, 10 a.m. to noon, Tehama County Farm Bureau, 275 Sale Lane, all interest- ed parties welcome Adult Carving Class, 1o a.m.-noon, Red Bluff Veteran's Memorial Hall, Corner of Jackson and Oak streets, 527-0768 Al-Anon, noon, Presbyterian Church, Jefferson and Hickory BMX practice races, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $3 Community Good News Club, 6-8 p.m., North Valley Baptist Church, 345 David Ave., $10, 527- 0543 Elks duplicate bridge, noon, Elks Lodge, 355 Gilmore Road, 528-9418 NEXT Tehama: Young Professionals Gather- ing, 5:30 p.m. Red Bluff Kiwanis, noon, Elks Lodge Senior Bridge, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., 527-2414 or 527- 8177 Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Westside Grange, Wal- nut Street Team Kid, 5:30 p.m., First Southern Baptist Church, 585 Kimball Road, 527-5083 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 AIDS Consortium, 5 p.m. committee meeting, 5:30 p.m. public meeting, St. Elizabeth Home Health Care, 1425 Vista Way, 527-6824 Tehama County Drug and Alcohol Advisory Board Meeting, noon, 1850 Walnut St., Ste. G, 527-7893 Tehama County Library story time, 9:30 a.m., 645 Madison St. 527-0604 Tehama County Technical Advisory Commit- tee, 9 a.m., courthouse annex, 444 Oak St., Room E Tehama Shooters Association, 6:30 p.m., Wetter Hall, 1740 Walnut St. 527-8727 Widowed persons breakfast, 8 a.m., Tremont Cafe & Creamery, 731 Main St., men and women welcome, 384-2471 Youth Indoor Shoot, 6 p.m., Tehama District Fairground; $5 for all youth, 527-4200 Corning Corning Rotary, noon, Rolling Hills Casino: Timbers Steak House, 2655 Barham Ave., corn- ingrotary.org Dance with Juana, noon to 1 p.m., Family Resource Center, 1488 South St., 824-7670 School Readiness Play Group, Birth-5yrs. 10- 11:30 a.m., Corning. Birth-5yrs. 10-11:30 a.m. Free, Corning Family Resource Center, 1480 South St., 824-4111. 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 VFW Charity Bingo, 6 p.m., Corning Veterans Memorial Hall, 1620 Solano St., 824-5957 Rancho Tehama School Readiness Play Group, Rancho Tehama, Birth-5yrs. 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Rancho Tehama Elementary School, 17357 Stage Coach Road., 824-4111. Los Molinos Take Off Pounds Sensibly — TOPS, 8:30 a.m., 25160 Josephine St., 385-1068 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Red Bluff California HEAT Chorus - Sweet Adelines, 7 p.m., Meteer School Room 26, 695 Kimball Road, 895-0139 Childbirth Class, 6:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital, Columba room, Anita 529-8377 Fun Senior Aerobics with Linda, 8-9 a.m., $1 per class, Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 South Jackson Street 527-8177 Grief Support Group, 3 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Kristin, 528- 4207 Ishi archery shoots, 5-9 p.m., Ron Knight Building Tehama District Fairground, $5 members, $6 guests, 527-4200 Latino Outreach, noon., Family Resource Cen- ter, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Live country music, 5-7 p.m., dinner, Veterans Hall National Alliance on Mental Illness, Tehama County Chapter Meeting, 6 p.m., County Depart- ment of Education, 1445 Vista Way., 527-5631 Painting session, Red Bluff Art Association, 10 a.m., Snug Harbor recreation room, 600 Rio Vista Ave., 527-4810 PAL Kickboxing, 6 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529-8716 or 200-3950 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30-3:30 p.m., 1500 S. Jackson St., Free, 527-8177 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 10 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528- 8066 Clark's Drug Store (530) 824-3502 2126 Solano Street Corning Your tax experts 32 Years Plus Experience "Enrolled to practice before the IRS" Open Year-Round New Clients Welcome www.lassentax.com Enrolled Agents: Rose Hablitzel, EA Rex Cerro, EA (530) 527-8225 208 Elm St., Red Bluff All major Credit Cards accepted Are You Ready for Better Skin? Police reports The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Jonathon Michael Stamper, 27, of Corning was arrested early Tuesday on Hall Road in Corning. Deputies found a "billy club" or wooden baton in his vehicle during a traffic stop just after 1 a.m. The vehicle was searched after deputies found out that Stamper was on active parole. He was charged with possession of a billy club. Bail was set at $15,000. • Officers were called when a man was reportedly intoxicated and wandering around Monday evening in an alley near Walnut and Main streets. Frank Joseph Severs, 32, of Red Bluff was initially going to be arrested at the scene for public intox- ication. However, he was booked on charges of obstructing or resisting an officer and giving false iden- tification to an officer after reportedly being uncoopera- tive and aggressive toward officers. Medical personnel were called to the scene after Severs reportedly chal- lenged officers to fight. Offi- cers tried to subdue Severs with pepper spray, but he ran when sprayed. After he wouldn't stop at officers' commands, Severs was hit with an "impact weapon" and fell to the ground. Sev- ers was medically cleared for a minor injury from being hit before being booked into jail. Bail was set at $6,000. • Tehama Interagency Drug Enforcement task force agents called in the sheriff's K9 unit to help search a vehicle Monday afternoon at the Star Mart Texaco gas station off Bow- man Road in Cottonwood. The K9 unit found drugs inside the vehicle, a white 1999 Ford truck. Joseph Cruz Maultsby, 62, of Anderson was arrested dur- ing the incident. He was charged with selling mari- juana and possession of marijuana for sale. Bail was set at $150,000. • Following a traffic stop Monday of a 1995 Buick at Kimball Road and South Jackson Street, deputies arrested Monty William Griffith, 52, of Red Bluff on an unrelated Mariposa County warrant. He was charged on a bench warrant for theft. Bail was set at $100,000. Crashes •A 60-year-old Red Bluff woman was flown to Enloe Medical Center in Chico with minor injuries following a crash at 12:20 p.m. Monday on Rancho Tehama Road, north of Stagecoach Road. Jeweley Orth was driving south on Rancho Tehama Road when she failed to negotiate a left-hand turn and her 1993 Chevy drifted off the right road edge where it hit a guardrail and fence, overturning onto its right side. Orth was trapped in the Chevy and had to be rescued by emergency per- sonnel. She is being investi- gated on suspicion of DUI. •A 29-year-old Red Bluff woman was uninjured in a rollover crash at 4 p.m. Monday on Rawson road, south of Riverside Avenue. Malissa Houchins was dri- ving her 1998 Mercedes south on Rawson Road, veered off the right side of road and lost control of the vehicle, hitting a powerpole and fence. The Mercedes had moderate damage. Missing • A woman reported her 70-year-old mother as miss- ing Monday morning after Drew Barrymore's Beauty Secret Dermal-Ktm officers couldn't locate the mother at home. The woman, Saeda Waters, 48, said nobody had been able to talk to her mother, Lavelle Waters, for four days. Neighbors said Lavelle Water's gold 2002 Kia was not there either in the 18100 block of Hayes Way in Cot- tonwood. Thefts • A white Madd Gear Pro MGP scooter, valued at $210, was reported stolen Monday from the back yard of a residence in the 1300 block of Jackson Street. The scooter had a skull MGP emblem on the front and a sticker with a blue circle with a boy's face inside "Neff." • A man claimed to be robbed by a friend Monday afternoon at Walmart. He told officers that his friend hit him the face and took his money. A robbery report was taken. • A laptop computer was reported stolen Monday in the 700 block of Diamond Avenue. The computer was taken from a work trailer of the U.S. Bureau of Recla- mation sometime between Saturday and Monday. Now at Clark's Drug Store Free checking accounts still out there Many bank customers have been feeling nickeled-and-dimed by their banks for some time. And as banks scramble to make up for lost revenue, some are demanding even steeper fees. The country's largest banks are charging consumers as much as $50 a month if they do not maintain minimum balances or meet other requirements for certain high-end checking and savings accounts. What lunacy! Why should we pay a cent to have access to our own money? While free bank accounts are dis- appearing, there are still a few out there. You just have to know where to look. Hint: credit unions. While not all credit unions offer free accounts, many still do. In doing research for this col- umn, I have discovered one that's even better than free! Firstmark Credit Union (www.first- markcu.org) has one of the best free checking accounts I have ever seen. Firstmark is located in Texas, but any- one can join regardless of where they live or work. What makes a Firstmark Credit Union checking account even better than free? Customers who use their debit card (unlike your humble colum- nist) earn 10 cents for every signature- based debit-card transaction. You can also earn $25 bonuses by receiving statements online, using their debit card, paying one bill with online bill pay and signing up for direct deposit. Do all four (use promo code GET100) and you can have $100 added to your bal- ance. But there's more: Firstmark's free checking account pays 0.10 percent APY on your balance -- not much, but better than nothing. Firstmark offers 11 local branches in the San Antonio area, but anyone can join online. Go to www.FirstMarkCU.org, and click on "Open a Free Checking Account." On the next page, look for "Become a Member." In that list, select "Other Eli- gible Groups." Use the pulldown menu and select "None of the above." Whew! You're almost there. year. This means you qualify for mem- bership at Firstmark by being a mem- ber of the Friends of the Park Founda- tion. And the best part? Once you are a credit union member, you will enjoy "Once a Member, Always a Member." You'll be able to enjoy the benefits of Firstmark Credit Union for the rest of your life, including free checks, too. Mary Hunt Everyday Cheapskate Ready for another bonus? You can join Firstmark by becoming a member of the Friends of the Park Foundation, a charitable group that supports the San Antonio Parks Foundation. First- mark takes care of your first year's dues, and you're under no obligation to renew your membership for a second • Saturday, Feb. 25 - Cross Country Firstmark is part of the Allpoint network, which pro- vides its members free use of 35,000 ATMs nationwide and 43,000 around the world. All of the ATMs in 7-Eleven, Target, Walgreens and Cost- co, for example, belong to Allpoint. If you're paying even a dime in bank fees, ask your- self this question: Why? Then get busy finding a better alternative that won't cost you. It just might pay you to make the switch, too! Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website. You can email her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. Sierra Club, Yahi Group, announce February events • Saturday, Feb. 4 - Cross Country Ski. We'll go where the snow is good. This is for people who own ski equip- ment. Bring ski gear, lunch, water, appropriate clothing and $$ for drivers. Call leader for meeting time and place. Leader: Larry, 342-7998. • Saturday, Feb. 18 - Cross Country Ski Lessons. This is for beginners and intermediates who want to improve their ski technique and fitness. Call for info on ski rentals, clothing and to make reservations. Leader: Larry, 342- 7998; Asst. Leader: Ken, 693-2134. Ski. We'll go where the snow is good. This is for people who own ski equip- ment. Bring ski gear, lunch, water, appropriate clothing and $$ for drivers. Call leader for meeting time and place. Leader: Larry, 342-7998. • Sunday, Feb. 26 - Feather River Hike, Chinese Temple and Chinese lunch! A pleasant 4-5 mile stroll along the paved, scenic Feather River Park- way in Oroville where Chinese gold miners once panned for gold!, a group lunch at Tong Fong Low's Chinese Restaurant downtown and a visit to the Chinese Temple nearby. Please bring water, comfortable walking shoes, dress in layers, and bring carpool, lunch money. Heavy rain cancels. Meet at Chico Park N Ride at 9:30 or at trail- head in Oroville (Hwy 99 and Mont- gomery St.) at 10 AM. Leader: Alan, 891-8789; Asst leader: Jeanne, 899- 9980. Unless otherwise noted, trips are free and open to the public and begin at the trailhead. For more information call 530-519-4724 or email wba@acm.org.