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Thenation'slargestfree volunteer tax assistance and preparation service, AARP/IRS TaxAide Pro- gram, is seeking volun- teers of all ages and back- grounds for the upcoming season. Barbara Vandygriff, lo- cal coordinator for Corn- ing, Everett McDonough, local coordinator for Red Bluff and Tehama County district coordinator, are looking for new individu- als to provide this free tax service to customers lo- cally from Feb. 1 to April 15, 2016. Volunteers should be familiar with a computer and able to commit to 40 plus hours — 3-5 hours per week — of their time dur- ing the 10 weeks of the tax season. No previous expe- rience is required. Volunteers receive spe- cialized training and have the option of serving in a variety of roles, including greeter which does not re- quire the ability to file a tax return. Seasoned counselors and qualified instruc- tors will offer four days of comprehensive training on Jan. 19-22, 2016. Volunteers will learn new skills and be provid- ing a valuable service for Tehama County. According to records supplied by the TaxAide program, these sites pre- pared 789 tax forms for their customers. The sites estimate that they served more than 1,000 individu- als. The total refunds com- ingbacktoTehamaCounty were around $480,000. If you are looking for a way to help your commu- nity, then consider becom- ing a tax volunteer. Call Vandygriff in Corning at 824-2531 or McDonough in Red Bluff at 528-8512. The TaxAide Program is a free tax service offered by the Internal Revenue Service and the American Association of Retired Per- sons. As a bonus, continuing education credits for tax pros, Enrolled Agents and non-credentialed tax re- turn preparers, who can earn credits when volun- teering as a TCE instruc- tor, quality reviewer or tax return preparer. See the IRS fact sheet at http:// tinyurl.com/naq5hxo for more information on Con- tinuing Education Credits. VOLUNTEER 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 High- way Patrol logs. Burglary 600blockofArmstrong Court:Policeareseek- ing a man in an attempted vehicle the about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday in connection with a previously reported burglary at the same resi- dence. The suspect, about 20-30years old, fled the area a er being confronted by the owner of the vehicle. The victim told police she believes the suspect may have gotten the keys to her vehicle during a burglary to the residence that took place on Oct. 18. Officers made an area check and found a BMX bicycle that seemed out of place near a residence. The bicycle did not belong to anyone at the residence. While checking the backyard, officers saw a man hiding. The man fled from the officers and was not apprehended. Officers learned the bicycle was sto- len from another residence on Armstrong Court and it was returned to its owner. Second Street: A burglary was reported Tuesday at the Corning Mini Storage. Disturbance Rio Street: Police were called out about 1:30p.m. Tuesday for reports of a naked woman in the laundry room. Lydia Lillian Tupper was cited and released for trespassing. Fire Interstate 5: Between 2:40and 2:50p.m. Wednes- day a vegetation fire on northbound Interstate 5, just south of South Main Street, that was headed toward the frontage road. The fire was contained at 2:55p.m. at one acre. Scam Fig Lane: Several calls were received Tuesday evening at the Maywood Apartments regarding four people wear- ing yellow vests soliciting people and claiming to be with PG&E. A second caller said the people were in the area of Elizabeth and Houghton in a white Ford van. The vehicle was last seen going west on Eliza- beth toward Toomes. Suspicious Walnut Street: Some- one reported about 11a.m. Tuesday seeing a man in the area of Main and Walnut streets checking cars to see if they were unlocked. The suspect was described as a barefoot man in a black shirt and shorts with a tatoo on his neck. An area check was made, but he was not located. South Main Street: Police were called to Taco Bell about 4:40p.m. Tuesday for a man standing in the doorway who refused to move. Officers were called back about 5p.m. for report of the same man throwing garbage at cars. He was given a warning. Monroe Street, cross of Cedar: A call was received at 5:19p.m. Tuesday of a man checking car doors who then went up to a house and checked its door. Officers lo- cated the man and Anthony Scott Dyer, 26, of Red Bluff was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of disorderly conduct. Threat Almond Street: A Corn- ing woman reported being threatened by her neighbor as she walked past the neighbor's residence. Trespass Solano Street: Someone at Liquor Cabinet #1reported a man with a shopping cart scattering trash all over the parking lot. When asked to stop the man laughed at the reporting party and contin- ued throwing trash around. The man, who had been contacted previously for pushing his cart in the path of a Trax bus, was given a trespassing admonishment. POLICE LOGS COURTESY PHOTO Harley Bennett, Senia Owensby and Barbara Vandygriff, completed an intensive training course at a two-day workshop for Northern California site leaders. TaxAideProgramin Tehama Co. seeks help for upcoming season By Shirley Felder Here is a riddle. What tree can live more than 500 years and still bear fruit. The answer is the mysteri- ous and strange olive tree. In fact it is sometimes re- ferred to as the "immortal tree." In Italy, Greece and the Holy Land some trees are said to live and bear for 2,000 years. Whether that is true or not, it is still the longest living and hardi- est tree. Now that the olive har- vest is winding down in our area, I thought it would be interesting to do a little more research. Well, here is the story that I discovered. They probably originated in the Mediterranean area at least 6,000 years ago. The first recorded planting of an olive tree in California was 1769 at Mission San Diego by the Spanish Franciscans, thus the name "Mission ol- ives" most widely used for olive oil. The other most common olives now are the round Manzanillo, Span- ish for "little apple," used for oil and pickling; the Se- villano, the largest olive with a large clinging stone and low oil content; the As- calono a large olive with a small pit and the Barouni, almost as large as the Sevil- lano. Because of danger of bruising, these olives must be picked by hand. In the last few years olive oil grow- ers have developed new va- rieties used in high density plantings that can be ma- chine harvested. In my research I found out why the olive tree came to this area and why Corn- ing is known as "the ol- ive city." This happened be- cause Warren Woodson in the late 1800s, a former Red Bluff postmaster and Charles Foster, a former Te- hama county sheriff and former California state sen- ator became partners. They purchased 3,750 acres in the Corning area from George Hoag, a large landowner at that time, for a price of $77,675. This became the Maywood Colony. In 1895 they placed ads in the New York Times for "parcels of land at $40 per acre on easy terms for good fruit land." Many people responded. Corning having a long hot growing season happened to be the perfect climate for olive trees to be planted by these newcomers, so that's what they did. California is now the only state to commercially pro- duce olives with Tehama and Glenn counties produc- ing 35 percent of the crop. Ten years ago California had about 40,000 acres in producing olives. Spain has more than 5.6 million acres of olives. Yikes. My husband called out to me from the front room and asked if I was busy. I said "Yes, I am thinking about the olive tree." Silence. Sa- die Belle, our dog who had been lying down beside me, twitched her ear, opened her eyes and looked at me. Now I know dogs can't talk, but I swear she winked. "Of all the gifts of heaven to man, the olive is next to the most precious, if it be not the most precious," said Thomas Jefferson, an early enthusiastic promoter of the olive tree. RedBluffGardenClubisa member of Cascade District, California Garden Clubs, Inc. and Pacific Region, National Garden Clubs, Inc. RED BLUFF GARDEN CLUB AstrangeCaliforniacrop The big rally at the high school last night was as much of a success as the bond election which it cel- ebrated and the immense bonfire prepared by the freshmen of the school fur- nished light and heat for one of the largest open air audiences ever gathered to- gether in Red Bluff. Automobiles were massed three and four deep all around the place prepared for the big cele- bration and hundreds of high school students and Red Bluff residents occu- pied the space in front of the autos. Professor E. E. Biddell touched off the monster bonfire and a few seconds later someone turned in a fire alarm, which brought out both fire engines and the hose cart. — Oct. 22, 1915 100 YEARS AGO... Many hundred attend monster jubilee rally celebrate bond victory The Downtown Red Bluff Business Association and many of its business and merchant members have teamed up to provide a safe and fun Halloween adven- ture for kids 2-5 p.m. Satur- day, Oct. 31. It's easy to join in the fun. Simply wear a costume, dig out your candy bag, snag a parent and get ready to stroll downtown Halloween-style. Several businesses are expected to participate in this year's downtown Treat Street route. Be on the look- out for special posters in the windows of participating businesses. 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