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Bill and Mary Shelley of Gerber celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 17. Bill, from Oakland, and Mary, from Hayward, were introduced by mutual friends. They were mar- ried in Oakland on July 17, 1965. In the 50 years from that day they have shared the joys and challenges that life brings, with love, patience and understand- ing. They have lived in var- ious cities throughout northern California. They reside in Gerber, where they have been for the past 20 years. Bill formerly worked as a purchasing agent for the Bechtel Cor- poration in San Francisco and Mary taught first and second grades at schools in Castro Valley and Union City. Later they started their own business in the Bay Area selling and renting party supplies. They own and operate Dracula's Closet, a seasonal Hallow- een costume shop in Chico. They are blessed with two children and their spouses: Teri (Shelley) Morales and her husband, Anthony; along with Brad Shelley and his wife, Gina. Both couples reside in Fre- mont. Bill and Mary's great- est treasures are their 5 grandchildren: Marisa, Amanda, Rebecca, Sierra and Brendan, ages 6 to 17. The couple enjoyed a weekend celebration with their children and grand- children culminating with a special dinner in the Timber's Restaurant at Rolling Hills. A week-long vacation with the family at a vaca- tion rental home in Fall- brook will take place near the end of this year. ANNIVERSARY REDDING Haven Hu- mane Society will be par- ticipating in the inaugural Homes for Dogs National Pet Adoption weekend Sat- urday. Adoptions will be avail- able 11 a.m to 5 p.m. at the Morgan Adoption Center, 7449 Eastside Road in Red- ding. All dog and cat adop- tion fees will be discounted to $50 during the event. The nationwide event is sponsored by Coldwell Banker Real Estate and Adopt-a-Pet.com, with the goal of finding homes for 20,000 adoptable dogs this year. For more information about this event or Haven Humane Society's other services and programs, call 241-1653 or visit www. havenhumane.org. HUMANE SOCIETY Pet adoption event scheduled Saturday H. F. Dent of Los Moli- nos is trying a new exper- iment in tomato growing that promises to increase the yield per acre many times. His plan is to trellis up the plants similar to the manner of trellising hop vines. By this method he is able to set his plants only a food apart in the row and the rows three feet apart, thus getting nearly 15,000 plants in the acre, whereas only about 3,000 to the acre can be planted where the plants are allowed to grow naturally and spread. Dent claims that his trellised plants, which grow to a height of six or eight feet, will pro- duce as many tomatoes as the plant that spreads over the ground, and that none of his tomatoes will be spoiled by lying on the ground or getting whet in irrigating. The area of per- haps one-tenth of an acre on which he has trellised plants seems to bear out his claims, as every plant is loaded with large, per- fect tomatoes. — July 31, 1915 100 YEARS AGO... Quadrupling the tomato crop Los Molinos grower has scheme to greatly increase yield per acre 2015 1965 Shelleys celebrate 50 years You wouldn't know it by the number of fake phone calls I get, but I am on the "Do Not Call" list. In the course of a day, I average a dozen bogus solicitations from ne'er- do-wells of every stripe; credit card flim-flam men to fake IRS agents. Be- cause of caller ID, I usu- ally avoid the interac- tions. Usually, but not al- ways… A heavily accented voice came through the speaker, "Hello, this is tech support. We're call- ing about problems we have noticed on your com- puter." I knew where this was headed but was suffer- ing from writer's block and needed a distraction. Plus, I figured if they were going to waste my time, turnabout is fair play. He continued, "Is this the owner of the computer we have on file?" "I don't know," replied I, "Where would I find your records so I can tell you if I am that person?" "You don't have them. We do." "Oh, so how would I know if I'm the owner of the computer you have on file?" Sighing, "Um, never mind. We are calling from vendor." I got that he was say- ing "vendor" but his ac- cent was so thick, it came across as "vindoer," plus he omitted the word "the," giving me my opening. "Is Vindoer in Europe?" "It's not a country," he said, and repeated the sentence slowly, as if speaking with some- one who couldn't under- stand basic concepts. "I'm calling (pause) on behalf of (pause) vendor," overly emphasizing the last word, making it sound like two words. "Oh, my mistake. Who is Ven Doer? And why would he call me?" His annoyance went from simmer to boil. "It's not a person! It's vendor who make your computer. Are you daft?" "My computer was made by Apple, not Ven Doer." "Arrrgh! Let me get su- pervisor." I stifled a laugh while the voices changed. "Hello, sir," said the — air quotes — supervi- sor. "We detected that your computer is affect- ing the Internet and by international law must be corrected. Do you under- stand?" I feigned naive concern, "Oh dear! I don't want that. Is Mister Doer going to help fix it?" "Who's Mister Doer?" "That's who the other man said he was calling for." "He didn't say 'Ven Doer,' he said, 'vendor,' like manufacturer. Why does it take you so long to understand a simple con- cept? Are you slow?" "Sometimes, if I hurt myself, I don't move quickly. Would that affect my computer?" I'm sure if we were skyping, I would see him pounding his forehead with his palm. I'm confi- dent I could hear it. "No! Forget that! Do you see Windows key?" "Yes." "Do you see the key next to it?" "The house key or car key?" "What are you talking about?!" "You asked if I see a key next to the Windows key? Yes, next to my key- board are my house and car keys. Which should I use?" "House key?! Car key?! What the hell is wrong with you?!" "Well, I woke up with a stiff neck this morn- ing and now I find out I'm hurting the Internet. Aside from that, I'm OK." Here's where it jumps the rails. He gets vein- poppingly angry at me. Raising his voice, he roars, "Who do you think I am; an idiot? I can tell you're wasting my time playing these stupid games with me!" To which I reply, "You've got to be kid- ding! You call to scam me, lying about being from tech support — and you get bent out of shape because I'm wasting your time?! The way I look at it, I prevented you from stealing from someone else and even got a few chuckles as a bonus." I hung up feeling in- credibly satisfied. My small blow against the evil empire had been ac- complished for the day, allowing me to return to my mild-mannered persona with the added benefit of something to write about. Funny how the uni- verse works isn't it? Sometimes what you don't expect is exactly what you need. Scott"Q"Marcusis 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. Check out his new series of free weight loss videos and other inspirational material at www.FourMonthsToGoal. com. SCOTT MARCUS Annoyingthosepeskyscamartistswithoutreallytrying Scott Marcus 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 Highway Patrol logs. Fires ShastaCounty: Several fire personnel from local depart- ments have been deployed on strike teams in response to fires in Shasta County, where multiple fires had burned at least 200acres as of Thurs- day a ernoon. Red Bluff Fire sent an engine with a team of two engineers and a firefight- er along with the fire chief to the fire in the Happy Valley area, southwest of Redding. Two fires, the Happy Fire and China Gulch Fire, were burn- ing in that complex totaling 150acres with 60percent containment. The Corning Volunteer Fire Department was also deployed to the China Fire and sent an engine with three firefighters. Suspicious First Street: A man re- ported he believed he had been a victim of a scam and that he might have rented a home from someone who was not the owner. Gilmore and Mina: Some- one reported about 10p.m. Wednesday seeing a suspi- cious man who was wearing all black with gloves and carrying a hammer walking south on Gilmore Road. The man was not located. Rio Vista Mobile Home Estates: A man found another man in a blue tank top trying to break into his residence. The suspect was last seen heading toward Kaer Avenue with a yellow dog. A search was made of the area and nothing appeared to be missing or tampered with. The s South Main Street: Cali- fornia Haircuts reported a possible burglary as there was money missing from the cash register. Luther Road: Red Bluff Police were sent to the 1500block about 6p.m. Wednesday for report of a residential burglary while the residents were gone. Someone entered their home. Nearby officers lo- cated computers and some coins that had been stolen from inside. There were no suspects Thursday. Walmart: Someone reported about 8:15p.m. Wednesday the the of a spare tire and a jack from a 1993Chevy Blazer. Sherman Drive: A man reported the the Tuesday evening of two keys to a kayak rack on his vehicle, which was in an unsecured garage. He requested extra patrol as time allows. Vandalism Antelope Boulevard: Someone reported a broken window at the Valero Gas Station. 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