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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. Theft •Musical instruments, a flat screen TV and portable stereo were reported stolen Wednes- day afternoon from the First Church of God. •Daniel Earl Yokum reported the theft of a check Wednesday evening from a Palmero Avenue residence. •Ernest August San- ford reported an identity theft Wednesday morning from Sanford Street. •A White 1998 Dodge Durango was reported stolen Wednesday morn- ing from South Jackson Street and was recovered later that day, although it had been heavily dam- aged in the process. •A pair of wheels were reported stolen Wednes- day morning from Les Schwab. The fence sur- rounding the wheels had been cut. Vandalism Tires were reportedly found slashed Wednesday morning on Mina Avenue and Wednesday evening on Main Street. Odd Four girls, all about 10, reportedly laid down a dummy in the street Wednesday evening on Olive Street as part of prank. The girls were admonished. Friday, January 8, 2010 – Daily News – 3A Tehama Family Fitness Center 2498 South Main St • Red Bluff 528-8656 www.tehamafamilyfitness.com Fitness Fair Special Saturday, January 9, 2010 9am - 1pm New members pay no enrollment, get the rest of January free, and lock in your low monthly rate at $39.00 per month! Free 5-K Run 8:30 am Classes, Health Food GEO GROWNEY MOTORS 1160 Main St., Red Bluff 527-1034 We buy late model used cars and pick-ups, paid for or not! Local Calendar FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 Red Bluff Adult Wood Carving Class, 10 a.m. to noon, Transportation Center, Solano St., 824-5669 Al-Anon, 6 to 7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jeffer- son and Hickory Celebrate Recovery, 6:15 p.m., Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St. 527-2449 Corning PAL Youth Carving Class, 3 to 4:30 p.m., Trans- portation Center, Solano St., free, 824-5669. Spanish Adult Education, 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Corning Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Cottonwood Cottonwood Creek Watershed Farmer's Market, 3-7 p.m.., 3308 Main St., 347-6637 SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 Red Bluff Decorative Brushes of No. California, 10 a.m., Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. Red Bluff Little League Sign-ups, for boys and girls 5-15, Red Bluff High School gymnasium, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 736-5822 Tehama County Cattlemens Association annual dinner, 6 p.m., Tehama District Fairground Tehama Together potluck meeting, 4 p.m., Tehama Together Office in Business Connections, 332 Pine St., 585-2190 MONDAY, JANUARY 11 Red Bluff Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jefferson and Hickory Cardiac Support Group, 7 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Columba Room, 527-5077 HIRE (Head Injury Recreational Entity), 10 a.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, 529- 2059 Key to Life, 6 p.m., Red Bluff Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Suite 101, 528-8066 Red Bluff Community Band, 6:45-8:45 p.m., Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., 527-3486 RBHS Adult Education, Intro to Computers 4-5:25 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m.. Room 205, RBHS main campus, 200-2661 or 529-8757 Spartan Athletic Booster Club, 6:30 p.m. Red Bluff Union High School Media Center/ Library Sun Country Quilters Community Service Group, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Red Bluff Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Suite 101, 528-8066 Tehama County Sheriff's Search and Rescue, 7 p.m., Stillwell Training Center, Park Ave. near Baker Road. 527-7546 Corning Corning Neighborhood Watch, 5:30 p.m., city council chamber, City Hall, 794 Third St. Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m., 815 First St., 385- 1169 or 566-5270, every day through Saturday and noon on Mondays Sewing group, 9 a.m., Corning Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Spanish Adult Education, 5 p.m., Corning Family Resource Center, corner of West and South streets, 824-7670 Strategies for Success, Life Skill classes, 1:30 p.m., Corning Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Tehama County Mental Health Stakeholders meeting, 1 p.m., Rolling Hills Casino, Carlino's Event Center Gerber Chamber of Commerce, 6 p.m., 430 San Benito Ave., Gerber Community Hall, 385-1691 Richfield Richfield Neighborhood Watch meeting, 6 p.m. Richfield Elementary School, 824-6260 or 824-1434 TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 Red Bluff Antelope School Board, 5:30 p.m., Berrendos School Library, 401 Chestnut Ave. Bend School Board, 6:30 p.m., 22270 Bend Ferry Road Community BLS/CPR class, 6 p.m., St. Elizabeth Community Hospital, Columba Room, 529-8031 International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, 6:45 P.M., Masonic Hall 822 Main St. 527-6715 Photo club, 6 p.m., Red Bluff Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Suite 101, 528-8066 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 9:30 a.m., Red Bluff Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Suite 101, 528-8066 Red Bluff Rotary, noon, Elks Lodge Red Bluff Union Elementary School District board meeting, 6 p.m., 1755 Airport Blvd. Spanish speaking support group for special needs families, 9:30 a.m. Metteer Elementary School, 695 Kimball Road. 876-832. Childcare is provided Tehama County Board of Supervisors, 10 a.m., board chamber, 727 Oak St. The Electric Man For all your electrical needs • New Outlets / 220 • Fans / Fixtures • Pools / Spas • Code Corrections • Troubleshooting • Panel Upgrade • Telephone Wiring 347-4441 $10.00 Customer Discount FREE Estimates License# 826543 Police reports You're facing lazy days ahead after the holidays when most busi- nesses slow to a crawl and the left- overs are growing stale. What a per- fect time to accomplish a few things that are best done now for the new year. Here are three tasks for three days: Organizing: Now is the time of year to organize your financial records in time for tax season. In April, you'll be running around trying to find all your tax- related papers and receipts. Instead, do it now. You don't need a fancy system. Just take some large baggies and a shoebox if you don't want to buy one of those plastic file boxes and dividers. Here's what you need to do: • Put all those deductible receipts in separate baggies — taxi receipts, dues and subscriptions, unreim- bursed business expense receipts, and the letters you'll receive certify- ing your charitable donations. • If you're banking online, print out your check register. Or down- load the year's banking into a Quicken file. Take all your monthly statements, put an elastic band around them, and throw them in the shoebox as well. If you're still using a paper check register, ask your bank for a new one to start 2010. Put the old one in the shoebox. • Prepare a file for your year-end investment statements, which will start arriving in January. The ones from your 40l(k) or IRA won't have an impact on your taxes, but it's nice to keep them all together. That's also where you'll stash your W-2 from work, and any 1099 forms that arrive in January, show- ing interest or dividends or capital gains. Getting your files organized is a project you can do in minutes. If you clean out your desk drawers and briefcase now, you'll have the bonus benefit of starting the New Year well organized and in control of your money for the year ahead. Get Year-End Financial Help: Perhaps I should have put this task first. If you read the paragraphs above and thought that your finan- cial life is too much of a mess to organize in a box, that your debts outweigh any possibility of paying future bills now to get deductions, then this next task is designed for you. It's time to get the big picture — the honest pic- ture — of your personal finances. And it's time to get help you can trust. • Start by piling up all the bills. • Then take a sheet of paper and make a list of the balance due on all your credit cards. • Next to that huge number, write the current minimum monthly payment and the interest rate. If you used the card this past month and haven't yet received your bill, check the bal- ance online or make a good estimate. This task doesn't take a comput- er or any math skills. Just stack the bills on the kitchen table and go to work. At the same time, make an hon- est list of what you must spend every month — rent or mortgage, utilities, food, gas, insurance. Try to divide annual expenses such as homeowners or renters or auto insurance by 12 months, to get a real estimate of how much money you need every month. Then stop. You don't have to do another thing. Just pick up the phone and call Consumer Credit Counseling Services — (800) 388- 2227. That will connect you to the nearest local office, where you can get honest, professional help from this national, nonprofit agency. Make an appointment. They'll offer a range of solutions, depending on your situation. If you're just behind a bit every month, they may help you reorga- nize — or show you that if you could get a weekend job you could catch up. Or they can contact your creditors and help you work out a repayment plan. They might even advise bankruptcy and direct you to an attorney who can help. Just talking to a counselor at CCCS does not go on your credit report. So it's worth a try — and this is the perfect time to start. The tasks above will give you every- thing you need to set up a successful meeting with your counselor. Update Medicare Part D: And here's a reminder to seniors — and their adult children, or teenage grand- children, who could be their best helpers in this project. Every senior who is not covered by private or VA insurance for prescrip- tion drugs must sign up for Medicare Part D — even if they're not currently taking prescription drugs. Many plans changed the prices for their prescrip- tions or dropped coverage for some drugs. That's why you should line up all your pre- scription bottles with the names and dosages of each medicine. Then go to www.Medicare.gov and follow instructions to the "plan finder" tool. That will automatically com- pare the plans available in your locale. Or call 800-Medicare, and they'll help you over the phone. Either way, you can connect directly to the plans you choose, so you can go through the required telephone interview and get signed up before year's end. Get started today. This is the way to roll into a better financial year ahead. And that's the Savage Truth. Terry Savage is a registered investment adviser and is on the board of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. She can be reached at www.terrysavage.com. She is the author of the new book, "The New Savage Number: How Much Money Do You Really Need to Retire?" Terry Savage The Savage Truth on Money Three tasks for three days Lassen input period closes soon Lassen Volcanic National Park Superin- tendent Darlene M. Koontz said the com- ment period for the Lassen Peak Trail Reha- bilitation Environmental Assessment will close Jan. 11. The EA can be can be viewed or down- loaded from www.nps.gov/lavo/park- mgmt/index.htm and comments entered directly on http://parkplanning.nps.gov/lavo. Paper copies of this environmental assessment are available at park headquar- ters, the visitor center and local public libraries. The EA includes three action alterna- tives. The park is proposing to rehabilitate the trail by rebuilding the entire trail in all action alternatives, but the trail width and the amenities offered along the trail vary among alternatives. Alternatives C and D propose creating 5.5 miles of new trail through wilderness to link the Lassen Peak Trail to the Manzanita Lake area. • Alternative A - No Action, would con- tinue existing management, including ongoing maintenance and occasional small- scale repair projects along the trail. There would be no new trails or other new ameni- ties. • Alternative B - Minor Changes, would rehabilitate the entire trail and return the Lassen Peak Trail to its original width. There would be no new trails, interpretive turnouts or restrooms. • Alternative C - Modest Improvements in Lassen Peak Trail Visitor Experience, is the preferred alternative and would rehabil- itate the entire trail at about the current width and add interpretive turnouts. It would create new trails within the crater, to the true summit and a connector trail to Manzanita Lake. A bathroom would be re- established where there used to be a pit toi- let. • Alternative D - Visitor Use Accommo- dation, would rehabilitate the trail to accom- modate more hikers. The trail would become wider, and interpretive turnouts and two restrooms would be added. New for- mal trails would lead into the crater and to the true summit. A 5.5 mile connector trail to Manzanita Lake would be established. All comments must be postmarked or sent by e-mail no later than Jan. 11. Written comments may be submitted by letter to the Superintendent, Lassen Volcanic National Park, P.O. Box 100, Mineral, CA 96063 or sent by e-mail to lavo_planning@nps.gov. For more information, call 595-4444, extensions 5176 or 5170. Boat launch to close temporarily The boat launch and parking area at Whiskey Creek in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will be closed to the public through Sunday. The closure is to allow the local Redding based California Army National Guard to train at this loca- tion with bridge bay and bridge erection boats and support equipment. "This element of our National Guard needs an appropriate location to train with their unique set of equipment and personnel in support of missions that may be assigned to the National Guard," said Chief Ranger Jim Richardson. Those who regularly use Whiskey Creek are asked to use launch areas at Oak Bot- tom or Brandy Creek Mari- na during this closure.