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COURTESYPHOTO The Red Bluff FFA chapter at its first field day of the year at Shasta College Oct. 15. FIELDDAY Red Bluff FFA brought a total of 12 competitive teams Oct. 15 to its first field day of this school year. Hosted at Shasta College, students were able to com- pete in the team that inter- ests them the most to see if they would like to continue on that team. By the end of the day, the students were exhausted, but proud of all that they achieved and the awards they brought home. Competing teams con- sisted of; Advanced Horse Judging, Novice Horse Judging, Ag Mechanics, Best Informed Greenhand (BIG), Farm Power, Floral Design, Forestry, Vet Tech, Novice Livestock Judging, Advanced Livestock Judg- ing, Nonscored Livestock Judging and Soils/Land Judging Team. By the end of the day, the team brought home awards for High Individuals in Ad- vanced Horse Judging, Nov- ice Horse Judging, Ag Me- chanics, Soil/Land Judging, Forestry and Farm Power. The school received high team awards for Advanced Horse Judging, Novice Horse Judging, Soil/Land Judging and both Forestry teams. By the end of the awards ceremony, Red Bluff FFA also received awards for most awards received by a chapter and best T-shirts. RedBluffFFAcompetesatShastaCollege Christmas tree per- mits are available from the Mendocino National Forest for the 2015 holi- day season. Permits are available for purchase in person or by mail from Mendocino National Forest offices, as well as at area vendors. Vendors are listed below with contact information for the Forest Service. Permits are $10 per tree at Forest Service offices. Customers are advised to call vendors to verify per- mit price and availability. The permits will be sold at Forest Service offices through Wednesday, De- cember 23. Trees may be cut and removed any day of the week in authorized areas of the Mendocino National Forest. There is a limit of one permit per household, with each permit using a valid name and address. Up to four additional per- mits may be purchased for additional households, using separate names and addresses. Individuals must be 18 or older to pur- chase a permit. All Christ- mas tree permit sales are final, with no refunds. Permittees will receive a tree tag and Forest map. To purchase a permit by mail, send a printed name and mailing address for each permit purchased, a daytime telephone num- ber, and a check or money order made out to "USDA Forest Service" for $10 for each permit to either the Willows, Stonyford, Up- per Lake or Covelo of- fices with "Christmas Tree Permit" written on the outside of the enve- lope. Mail-in requests re- ceived after December 14 will not be filled. A form can be found online at www.fs.usda.gov/main/ mendocino/passes-per- mits/forestproducts un- der "Christmas Tree Per- mits." If you are planning on cutting a Christmas tree for someone who isn't present, a Third Party Au- thorization must be in the possession of the cutter. This form is also available on the Forest website and should be completed prior to leaving for the forest. Permit holders should be aware that federal and state quarantines to pre- vent the spread of sudden oak death (SOD) are in ef- fect for Lake and Men- docino Counties. Any Christmas tree cut in these counties can only be transported into other SOD quarantine coun- ties, including Alameda, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Marin, San Francisco, Monterey, Napa, San Ma- teo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano and Sonoma. All Mendocino Na- tional Forest offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 26 in observance of Thanksgiving. Christmas tree permits can be pur- chased for $10 from the Sacramento River Dis- covery Center, 1000 Sale Lane, Red Bluff, 527-1196, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tues- day-Saturday and the Paskenta Work Station, 13280 Paskenta Road, Paskenta, 833-5544, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 5 and 12 only. Cutting a Christmas tree on the National For- est is a great holiday tra- dition for many families and also helps with haz- ardous fuels reduction by removing smaller trees from the Forest. Follow- ing are some tips to make your experience more en- joyable. Plan your trip – check the weather, bring plenty of warm clothes, wa- ter, emergency food, tire chains, shovel, a saw or axe to cut your tree, and a tarp and rope to bring it home. Make sure you have a full tank of gas when you leave and are pre- pared for changing con- ditions in the mountains! Also, let someone know where you are going and when you plan to be back. Keep vehicles on desig- nated roads and be aware of changing weather and road conditions. Wet dirt roads can quickly turn to mud, making it possible to get stuck and causing damage to road, soil and water resources. If there are puddles in the road, mud flipping off the tires or you can see your ruts in the rearview mirror, consider pulling over and taking a hike to look for a tree, or turning around and finding a different area to cut your tree. Cut your tree early in the season before favor- ite cutting areas can't be reached because of snow. Make sure you are cut- ting a tree in approved ar- eas on the Mendocino Na- tional Forest and not from other federal, state or pri- vate lands. Cut the tree as close as possible to the ground and leave as little of a stump as possible. Attach the permit on the tree where it will be easily visible with the tree packed or tied on your ve- hicle for transport home. To help keep your tree fresh, cut at least one inch off the base when you get home and stand the tree in a container of water in a cool, shaded area, checking the water level daily. For more information, please contact the Men- docino National Forest or visit www.fs.usda.gov/ mendocino. MENDOCINO FOREST Christmas tree permits on sale Ignorance may be bliss in some areas of life, but your money is not one of them. You need to know where your money goes, and then develop a strong will and determi- nation to take control of it. Today I want to show you ten simple changes the typical reader can make to recover more than $500 in this month, as well as every month in the future. CUT OUT NEEDLESS TRIPS. It's the short, spon- taneous, unplanned trips to run errands that suck the gas tank dry. Cutting out five needless trips a week will reduce your gas- oline consumption by five gallons per week ($15) and add up to monthly savings of $60. DOWNGRADE TO BA- SIC. Have you noticed your premium cable package creeping toward $100 a month? If you're not there now, you will be in time. Change your cable pack- age from premium to basic and expect a net per month savings of $60. D.I.Y. LATTES. Instead of handing over $3 every work day for a fancy coffee drink, make your own at home or at your desk. After paying $7 twice a month for a pound of coffee and $3 for a gallon of milk, you'll come to a realization of a net savings of $40. CANCEL THE GYM. Why pay $45 a month to work out when you can get the best workout of all for free. Just grab your walk- ing shoes and get going. Or borrow workout videos from the library and work- out at home. Net monthly savings: $45. EAT THE SALES. As you shop for groceries, stop putting anything in your grocery cart that is not on sale. Got it? Great, because that will net at least $50 savings each month. SWITCH TO TAP WA- TER. Stop spending $1 a day for 1.5 liter bottle of water. Drink it free from the tap. Monthly savings: $30. REPLACE DESSERT. Notice I did not save give up dessert, simply replace a $5 restaurant dessert with a $.75 candy bar. But go easy. Once a week is more than enough and will save you $17 in a month. TRADE DINNER FOR BREAKFAST. Dinner for two in a typical restau- rant now costs about $40. Breakfast for two: $15. Make this switch twice a month and save $50. TRACK YOUR SPEND- ING. By simply writing down how you spend your money, experts say you will recover the 10 percent of your net income that dis- appears through impul- sive purchases. Net savings each month: $200. GIVE IT UP. Vow to give up one vice. Come on, even if it's a challenge see- ing how much you save by not smoking, not drink- ing a 6-pack of beer ev- ery weekend or not getting your nails done every week. Maybe you can try mowing your own lawn or wash- ing the car. Whatever it is, determine to give up one thing and you will net at least $25. There you have it, 10 simple changes that will net you more than $500 each month. You could use the money, right? Well then, what are you wait- ing for? Remember, it's the money you don't spend ev- ery month that ultimately will give you the freedom to live the life you love. That's the subject of my new book, "Live Your Life for Half the Price," avail- able wherever books are sold. Get it. Wouldyouliketosend a tip to Mary? You can email her at mary@ everydaycheapskate. com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Ste. B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE 10 changes to save $500 every month Cal Fire announced re- cently the release of the 2015-2016 State Respon- sibility Area Fire Preven- tion Fund Grant Program. The grants are aimed at re- ducing the threat of large wildfires in and around communities within the State Responsibility Area of California. "After what has already been an extremely busy fire season, we are eager to continue this program and bolster the momentum of fire prevention work on the ground," said Chief Ken Pimlott, Cal Fire director. The grants have a one- time allocation from the California Legislature of $5 million that is intended to address the risk and po- tential impact of wildfire on habitable structures in the SRA. The grants are aimed at local governments, fire dis- tricts and fire safe councils to augment the fire preven- tion projects performed by Cal Fire. This year, the maximum grant amount limit will be $100,000 per project. This will allow for broad distribution of grant funds to organizations through- out the SRA where fire pre- vention fees are paid. The 2015-2016 SRAFPF Grant Applications are due by 3 p.m. Jan. 7, 2016. Cal Fire is encouraging a wide range of applicants throughout the state to ap- ply for this funding. Interested parties can get more information at Cal Fire's grants webpage at http://www.fire.ca.gov/ grants/grants.php. CAL FIRE Ca l Fi re a nn ou nc es fir e pr ev en ti on g ra nt p ro gr am PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. 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