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Saturday, February 11, 2012 – Daily News 3A Local Calendar Submit calendar items to P.O.Box 220, Red Bluff, 96080 or clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Red Bluff Airplane Display Days, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Red Bluff Airport, 1760 Airport Blvd., 527-6547 BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $10 Decorative Brushes of No. California, 10 a.m., Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S.Jack- son St., 527-7449 or decorativepainters.org Red Bluff Outlaws Karts Points Race 12, 10 a.m. gates, 1 p.m. qualifying, Tehama District Fairground, 527-2477, 567-5286, www.rboutlaws.com Tehama County Young Marine Drills, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 1005 Vista Way, Ste.C. 366-0813 Weight Watchers meeting, 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., weigh-in starts half-hour before meetings, 485 Antelope Blvd., #N, next to Bud's Jolly Kone, 1-800- 651-6000 Los Molinos Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Senior Center, Josephine Street, 384-2100 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Red Bluff Airplane Display Days, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Red Bluff Airport, 1760 Airport Blvd., 527-6547 Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St., 527-2449 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Red Bluff 3101 Antelope 4-H, 6:30 p.m., Antelope School, 527- Cardiac Support Group, 7 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Columba Room, 527-5077 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. Line Dancing, beginners at 9 a.m.; intermediate at 10 a.m.; Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 S. Jack- son St. Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St. Eliz- abeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Rusty, 529- 2059 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 PAL Martial Arts, age 5 - 18, 3-5 p.m., 529-7920, www.tehamaso.org. Red Bluff Community Band rehearsal, 7-9 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 727- 8744 Salvation Army Writing Class, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 940 Walnut St., 527-8530 Spartan Athletic Booster Club, 6:30 p.m. Red Bluff Union High School Library 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 Sheriff's Search and Rescue, 7 p.m., Stillwell Training Center, Park Avenue near Baker Road, 527-7546 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 Corning 4-H, 7 p.m., Woodson Elementary School, 527-3101 Corning Neighborhood Watch, 5:30 p.m., City Hall, 794 Third St. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., 820 Marin St., 385- 1169 or 566-5270, meetings are every day through Saturday with an additional meeting at noon Mondays Olive 4-H, 6:30 p.m., Maywood School, 527-3101 Beautiful Flowers Clark's Drug Store Clarks Floral inside 824-3971 2126 Solano St. Corning The care in the care package Do you know someone in the military or attending college away from home? Do you remember a time when you were away in a sim- ilar situation? While it can be a busy and exciting time, it can also be lonely, overwhelming and expensive - three good reasons to consider sending someone a care package. Research shows that thirty percent of college and university students drop out after their first year, and about half of all college students never graduate. There are many reasons for this including homesickness, lack of financial support, family commitments, being overwhelmed by rigorous college classes and more. Accord- ing to a 2009 Public Agenda Report for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the number one reason students give for leaving school is that they had to work and go to school at the same time and the stress of trying to do both even- tually took its toll. When I left for the dorms many years ago, I started college recov- ering from a serious illness. I rarely participated in dorm activi- ties and failed to connect with other students. I called home near- ly every day and considered leav- ing at the holiday break. I had so looked forward to this college experience, but my loneliness was getting the better of me. Just in time, my resident advisor realized I was discouraged and encouraged me to talk about the situation. I began to regain my energy and connect- ed with just enough students to stay. I remember a lot about that first year in the dorm. Getting to know my room- mate Tressa (who we sometimes called Stressa); dancing in the halls late at night to Yaz and Depeche Mode; discovering bagels and cream cheese; loving psychology and Italian classes and having great conversa- tions with so many amazing peers. But I also remember the care pack- ages and checks my Aunt June sent every so often. A huge advocate for education, she loved that I was in college and would write long letters encouraging me and sharing about her travels. The money she sent was always desperately need- ed at just that time. How did she know? A check would come just before Christmas, or when the work in the U.S. phone bill was due, or when I had miscalculated the money in my account. I was so thankful for her support. Kathy Garcia My coworkers just sent a care package to the daughter of one of our own. She loved the randomness of the con- tents: chapstick, tea bags, note cards, candy, gift cards, money, all symbols of encourage- ment in a big box just for her. Whether it's a check, a gift card, food, or a cd, it reminds the recipient that you care; that they might be gone, but not forgotten; that others are cheering for them from the side- lines. Leaving home takes courage. Reach out and support our own away from home. Share your care package ideas with Expect More Tehama on Facebook. We'd love to read about them. Kathy Garcia is Business Services and Marketing manager for the Job Training Center and on the Leadership Team for Expect More Tehama. Farm leader calls for immigration solutions Focusing on the lack of a workable, effective program to allow immigrant workers to earn legal authorization to work on U.S. farms and ranches, the president of the California Farm Bureau Federation told Congress Thursday that with- out such a program, passage of a proposed employment- verification rule would severely disrupt harvests of locally produced food. California Farm Bureau President Paul Wenger testified in Washington, D.C., at a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. Congress has been considering a proposal to require all employers to check employees' work status with a database known as the E-Verify system. Farmers rely on an immigrant work force and say many of their employees might not qualify to work under E-Ver- ify, even though the employees have worked in this country and become part of their communities. "E-Verify without a workable, economical way to ensure a legal agricultural work force will be a disaster for Ameri- can agriculture," Wenger told the committee. "There is no realistic prospect of a domestic work force for agriculture, even with current high unemployment rates." As the U.S. labor force has grown older, more urban and focused on year-round jobs with predictable work hours, Wenger said, "our native-born seek other jobs outside the agriculture sector." That means that farms and ranches rely on hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers—and experts estimate many do not have legal authorization to Police reports The following infor- mation is compiled from Red Bluff Police Depart- ment, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Depart- ment and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Merry Barbara Alexandria Bills, 30, of Red Bluff was arrested Thursday at Williams and Karel avenues. A caller reported Thursday morn- ing that a blond haired woman without shoes was walking with a small child who also had no shoes on the road. A green truck was following them. Deputies found the woman and child about 15 minutes later and arrested the woman on charges of being under the influence of a con- trolled substance. Child Protective Services took custody of the 3-year-old boy until his grandmother came to take him. Bills was charged with child endangerment, being under the influence of a controlled substance and obstructing a public offi- cer. Bail was set at $56,000. • Lorraine Margaret Delrosario, 48, of Orland was arrested by Fish and Game officers Thursday at Irwin Road and Black Butte Lake. She was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $18,000. • Daniel David Price, 27, of Red Bluff was arrested Thursday after- noon in the 700 block of Vista Way. He was charged with inflicting corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant. Bail was set at $50,000. • Gary Eldon Myers, 35, of Gerber was arrested Wednesday evening on northbound Interstate 5 at Flores Avenue. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance, driving under the influ- ence, being under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Bail was set at $24,000. • Kalia Rose Crawford, 22, of Cottonwood was booked Thursday after- noon at the Tehama County Jail. She was booked on charges of committing sex with a minor younger than 16 years old, possession of obscene material with a minor younger than age 14 in a sex act, and con- tact with a minor for a sexual offense. An arrest warrant was issued for her Treat Your Special Valentine to our Valentine for your Complementary Champaign (21yrs or older) $ Sunday February 12th 11.00 adults • $8.00 Free 5-under 355 Gilmore Road, Red Bluff • 527-3421 Red Bluff Elks Open to Public. Please Join Us • 10am-2pm 6-16 years "The daunting reality is that a true solution must be capa- ble of converting or replacing these workers with legally authorized workers," Wenger said, noting that the existing immigration program for agriculture, known as H-2A, has proven inadequate. Less than 5 percent of the current agri- cultural work force is employed through H-2A. "We support improving the H-2A program, but that can- not be the only solution," Wenger said. "The closer a new program comes to replicating the way the farm labor force needs to move among employers and crops based on sea- sons and the weather, the more likely it will be able to meet the needs of farmers and farm employees." While a workable agricultural immigration program must succeed for farmers who grow perishable crops, he said, it must also benefit dairy farms, livestock ranches, nurseries and other employers with year-round needs, and must accommodate the large, experienced work force already employed on farms and ranches. "Any solution must be practical and allow current work- ers to step out of the shadows to do the work that is so important to feeding our nation and the world," Wenger said, especially long-tenured and highly skilled employees and those with close family members who are U.S. citizens. A workable agricultural immigration program, he said, must recognize that "many of our work force want and need the ability to come to the U.S., work on our farms and ranches, and return to their home country." in December. Bail was set at $40,000. Violence • A caller reported see- ing a man assault two boys just before 3 p.m. Thursday on Reeds Avenue at South Jackson Street. The suspect was involved with a white 1990 Pontiac Trans Am. The reported victims refused any help from the person reporting the inci- dent. Officers caught up with the disturbance a few minutes later. A 14- year-old boy was arrested on a warrant. He was booked into the Juvenile Justice Center. One other person was cited at the scene. • A caller reported a woman being chased by a man with a knife Thurs- day evening at the Red Bluff Apartments on Sale Lane. No further informa- tion was available. • Deputies assisted with a man covered in blood Thursday morning at Houghton and Eliza- beth avenues in Corning. Medical personnel and Corning Police also responded. No further information was avail- able. Vandalism • The registration sticker was stolen and the rear driver's side window was broken, causing $200 damage on a 2003 Honda Thursday evening outside the Riverside Bar and Grill. Burglary • Items were reported stolen Thursday from inside a garage in the 9200 block of San Benito Avenue in Gerber. Tracks • Union Pacific Rail- road reported at noon Thursday there had been an 18-year-old woman sitting on the tracks who appeared to be crying and looking despondent at Hooker Creek and McCoy roads in Cotton- wood. Train traffic was stopped until deputies contacted the woman. She was found to be able to care for herself and was admonished for being on the tracks. Hope for the End Bible Prophecy Seminars Tuesday-Wednesday-Friday-Saturday Sunday Evenings 7:00-8:00pm Saturday's Topic "The Mark of the Beast" Sunday's Topic "The 144,000" Please Join Us Seventh-day Adventist Church 720 South Jackson St., Red Bluff Showing Live Via Satellite