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GregStevens,Publisher Chip Thompson, Editor EDITORIALBOARD How to have your say: Letters must be signed and provide the writer's home street address and home phone number. Anonymous letters, open letters to others, pen names and petition-style letters will not be allowed. Letters should be typed and no more than two double-spaced pages or 500words. When several letters address the same issue, a cross section will be published. Email: editor@ redbluffdailynews.com Fax: 530-527-9251 Mail to: P.O. Box 220, 545 Diamond Ave., Red Bluff, CA 96080 Facebook: Leave comments at FACEBOOK.COM/ RBDAILYNEWS Twitter: Follow and send tweets to @REDBLUFFNEWS I don't know about you, but I think the earth has too many people living on it. I have de- cided "hormones running amuck" has to be the biggest challenge on our planet. AfterIpassedmyteenage years, 67 long years ago, I be- gan thinking even then that there were al- ready way too many people oc- cupying earth. That was be- fore I even had an opportunity to personally see the excessive Los Angeles crowd. That was well before earth reached the 6.6 billion people living on it now. Give me good ol' Red Bluff anytime. "Hormones running amuck" must be the reason we are over populated. What other reason could it be? In the oc- casional conversations I have had about our gridlocked ar- eas, I always say; "There are too many people. There should be a law. People should only be allowed to reproduce them- selves." I say that a lot, be- cause I really mean it. As you probably know, it only takes a few wonder- ful intimate moments of lust, or love, between a man and woman to soon create an- other human being. The con- sequences of those wonderful emotions usually last for more than one's lifetime, especially if the reproducers are as re- sponsible as they should be. I think we all have some- where among our personal family and friends, those who place their pleasures before any consequences they might have to suffer because they have concentrated on mostly just enjoying themselves. Hormones cannot be eas- ily regulated or controlled, not even by a thoughtful law. China tried that once for some years by taxing those fami- lies who birth more than a sin- gle child. China is now changing that 1979 tax policy to allow par- ents to have two children, if ei- ther parent is an only child. China now has a whooping 1.4 billion citizens. The law that encouraged just one child has actually stopped 400,000 from being born. California's population is now growing by an almost as- tonishing 350,000 new resi- dents each year. Should there be a test of some kind before one's hormones can be allowed to run rampant? I am jok- ing of course. Controlling hor- mones, as my mother would often say is like "pissing up a rope." Planned Parenthood is the best idea that has been thought of so far, but it appar- ently is not a final solution ei- ther. Planned Parenthood has now gotten caught up in a con- troversy against the pro-lifers. A situation that will probably never be resolved. Many of the global warming believers tell us over and over that human beings are the problem for that too. I know human beings aren't solving the climate change thing, but they talk about it a lot. I have always believed that global warming is what we should start referring to as spring, summer, fall and winter. Let's go back to the good old days. There is a se- rious possibility that we may be looking for a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Mytakeonthemovies This week's movie review is a treat for me to write. I think "The Gift" starring Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall will keep you totally en- gaged for its entire one hour and 49 minutes. Even though you will think something bad is about to happen, I think you will still jump in your seat in- voluntarily. My knees left my chair when the expected did occur. If you like movies that take you away, you will love this one. "The Gift" is a film with a strong, positive message. I think will leave the theater talking about this film. StanStathamserved1976-1994 in the California Assembly and was a television news anchor at KHSL-TV in Chico 1965-1975. He is past president of the California Broadcasters Association and can be reached at StanStatham@ gmail.com. My take The issue of over population I think we all have somewhere among our personal family and friends, those who place their pleasures before any consequences they might have to suffer because they have concentrated on mostly just enjoying themselves. Recipients, volunteers buoyed by donation Editor: Tehama County is known for its many dedicated volunteers, all working for the betterment of our small rural county. Some- times, however, due to so many calls for assistance, we become tired and question the value of our efforts. Just then, however, we experience an ah ha moment, get our tank refilled and go off to fight the next battle. That was my experience last Saturday morning in Gerber at the community outreach event sponsored by Rev. Joan Pearce's Channel of Love Ministries. As one of the recipients of the Food From The Heart Fund Drive, Channel of Love received ap- proximately $500 from the 2014 fund drive which was deposited with the North State Food Bank for their use during the year. With careful shopping, they were able to use those funds for Saturday's event to give the 200 members of their community bags of groceries, new clothing, household items, candy for the kids and even a beautiful new purse for all of the ladies. They even have some items stockpiled for their coming holiday com- munity event. While Rev. Pearce addressed the crowd, with her comments being translated by Maria Salas, smiles of appreciation beamed down the long line of partici- pants. Especially appreciative was Jessie Woods, the founder and champion of the Food From The Heart Fund Drive. I, repre- senting Tehama Together as the sponsoring agency, could not have been more satisfied of our efforts. During the next three weeks, with the sixth annual Food From The Heart Fund Drive un- derway, you will be seeing dec- orated coffee cans on the coun- ters of many of the businesses where you shop. Please help by dropping your change, bills or checks in the cans, knowing you will be assisting the fifteen par- ticipating programs in their vol- unteer efforts to provide food to our neighbors and friends in need. For further information about supporting this program, please contact Jessie Woods at the Gold Exchange at 528-8000. — Orle Jackson, Red Bluff Solar power and racism Editor: Three or four years ago solar was very expensive. Obama and his cohorts did everything they could to promote solar or that's the way it appeared. But now I'm starting to perhaps question what went on and the possibil- ity of it being destined to fail on purpose. Six months ago my sister-in- law who is originally from Ger- many told me they've had so- lar in homes for years there. We never did hear this when solar was being promoted. Maybe solar was expensive by design so it would fail. Large corporations received millions of taxpayer dollars and when this entire industry failed, ex- ecutives received huge bonuses, again, taxpayer money. In the real world, when companies fail, usually the owners walk away broke. Not so in this adminis- tration. Pretty good deal for the big shots I'd say. Probably in Obama's pocket, all snakes to- gether. Feeding on taxpayers as usual. Now we have this race prob- lem, African Americans march- ing in the streets chanting, something about pigs, fry like bacon and where is our poor ex- cuse of a president? On his way to Alaska to rename a moun- tain. I heard today on Fox an Af- rican American sheriff in Mis- souri blaming Obama and his administration for this whole race problem. Thank God for him. He's 100% right. This sheriff also called our new attorney general, Loretta Lynch, asking to speak to her and he received a letter from some underling that her sched- ule wouldn't permit any time for this. So, she's in Obama's pocket too, like Eric Holder. Nothing new there. If this president were white, he'd been impeached years ago. That's a fact. He supports vi- olence against the whites and just keeps on walking like no- body sees it. I told my husband months ago I was more con- cerned about this race problem than terrorism and the Muslims. And it's happening. My only hope is something will right this ridiculous situa- tion and Obama will suffer a hu- miliating defeat in America's eyes. This garbage about whites be- ing racist is a lie. Ben Carson is tied with Trump in Iowa. Ex- plain that to me. I think Iowa is mostly white and extremely im- portant to win if you're running for office. As I said before, it's all a lie with the media promoting it as best they can. I'm reading "Adios America," by Ann Coulter. What a book. I don't plan on deleting it, it's like a history reference book to me. Makes all that's happening now understandable. Frighten- ing too. Thank God Obama's reign will end soon. He will go down in history, no doubt about that. As far as an Obama library, give me a break. — Bernice Cressy, Cottonwood State should pay for new wells Editor: The Democrat legislators have caused land to sink and home wells to run dry from un- limited pumping of groundwa- ter by California farmers. Sink- ing land and excessive ground- water pumping has occurred for decades with the blessings of the Democrat controlled legislature. Homeowners' shallow 80- to 150-foot wells are running dry. Costly deeper re-drilling and pump lowering should be fully paid for by the excess state gas- oline, sales and income tax al- ready taken from rural home- owners for services not received. — Joseph Neff, Corning Your opinions Cartoonist's take The church I have attended since I was six days old (Hardin Chapel Church of Christ in the quaint Tennessee community of Possum Trot) recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. I know there are churches a lot older ("Mama mia, we have Mi- chelangelo's crayon refrigerator drawings on the ceiling"), but I'm still proud of the generations liv- ing and dead who exhibited the faith to achieve the milestone. Our celebration was a time for good food, powerful lessons, re-acquaintances and anecdote- swapping. For instance, in the late '40s, revival preacher Paul Galyan (1917-2000) was deliver- ing an evening sermon with the aid of coal oil lamps and man- aged to swallow one of the bugs attracted by the light. Thinking quickly, he paraphrased a Bible verse as "He was a stranger and I took him in." Churches founded a century or more ago have seen their share of joys and sorrows — weather- ing wars, natural disasters, and a Great Depression. They are ad- mired landmarks for townspeo- ple who have never darkened their doors. They were founded by people who would be stunned by today's transportation, air con- ditioning, paved parking lots, au- dio-visual systems, manners, so- cial problems and casual dress code. ("No, wait — I don't think that's spilled communion wine. I think Troy got so relaxed he was absorbed into the pew.") Such congregations were launched in the days when they probably depended on monthly visits by a self-taught circuit-rid- ing preacher. Now many have a regular, college-educated preacher who uses the internet to prepare sermons — which may explain why the ministers some- times shout, "Have you seen what your favorite child star looks like now?" in the middle of a lesson about the Prodigal Son. Churches achieve such longev- ity in different ways. Some do it by building a reputation for being an unflinching, fire-and-brim- stone, "Gimme that old time reli- gion" beacon of fundamentalism. Of course the extremists in that group infer that Jesus was speak- ing of plant-eating dinosaurs when he said "The meek shall in- herit the earth." On the other side are the con- gregations that keep people com- ing by being the progressive, po- litically correct, "change with the times", "big tent" sort of church. They value hymns such as "Praise God From Whom All Entitle- ments Flow." They also have problems keeping the choir loft sanitary. ("Huh. I guess she took it literally rather than metaphor- ically when I said that the sec- ond door on the left was the bath- room.") Many older churches are still thriving, but others fear for the future, because of the graying of the membership. These con- gregations sing hymns such as "Swing Low To The Handicapped Spot, Sweet Chariot," "I Saw The Li—Say, How Long Does It Take The VA To Schedule A Glaucoma Treatment?" and "The Old Rug- ged Selfie." Hardin Chapel plans to bury a time capsule as part of its on- going centennial celebration, with photos, greetings and other things to let people a century from now know what life was like in 2015 and what we hope the fu- ture will be like. Coincidentally, I found letters that one church buried a hundred years ago. Predictions included "Men will enjoy high-tech, steam- powered hat removers," "The church will have to support poor, out-of-work divorce lawyers" and "That magic medium of radio will be used to broadcast the pub- lic floggings of miscreants who say 'darn' and 'heck.'" Naive, or living before the 500-feet-from-a-beer-joint era? You be the judge. Danny Tyree welcomes email responses at tyreetyrades@aol. com and visits to his Facebook fan page Tyree's Tyrades. Danny Tyree Is your church approaching a milestone? Stan Statham OPINION » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, September 3, 2015 » MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A6