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The State Theater wishes to thank the Ma- rine Corps League, Detach- ment 1140 Color Guard for opening "Letters Aloud" and Tiffany Armstrong for singing the national an- them on Sunday, Nov. 8. The Muppet Christmas Show, with Santa Claus making a special appear- ance, is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at the the- ater. The State Theater 2016 calendar will include look- ing for movies and other performance sponsors for next year's Veterans Day events and plans are begin- ning for program develop- ment. Ideas will be greatly appreciated because Te- hama County wants the opportunity to honor vet- erans. Members of the Detach- ment 1140 Color Guard in- clude Gil Arellano, Roy Fansler and John Minton. VETERANS COURTESYPHOTO Pictured, from le , are Detachment 1140Color Guard members Gil Arellano, Roy Fansler and John Minton, Tiffany Armstrong of Prime Lending and Joe Vine, State Theatre Board President. Color guard opens State Theatre event As far as gifting sea- sons go, the biggest one of all is just around the cor- ner. The lon- ger you wait to make or buy gifts, the fewer op- tions you'll have. Last minute shop- ping is a surefire way to run up mountains of unintentional debt. Been there, done that. Gifts for grandparents don't always require a trip down memory lane. To- day's grandparent is more likely to be tapping out e-mail on a tablet than pounding away on a type- writer. So with that in mind, and to help you get going, here are four of my favorite gift ideas for grandparents, ranging in price from about $75 to $150, that are sure to de- light Nanas and Papas ev- erywhere — even those who are hard to buy for. All of the following can be easily located at amazon (the prices mentioned re- flect the amazon price at time of writing) or possi- bly a local retailer in your area. DIGITAL CAMERA The ver- satile entry-level Canon PowerShot SX400 digital camera is one of best cam- eras out there for qual- ity, functionality and price — and several notches higher than the typical phone camera. Despite its size, this gem is packed with most of the same fea- tures and manual con- trols found on larger more expensive models. Com- plete with 30x zoom, it takes fantastic pictures. It is simple to use, too. Cost: about $150. PORTABLE PHOTO PRINTER Just the other day a friend of mine lamented the fact that all of her grandkids' pictures are on her phone. "I wish I had prints, but I'm stuck with them on this tiny screen!" What she needs is a simple photo printer. I showed her the Canon SELPHY CP910 portable wireless com- pact photo color printer and you should have seen her face. She was like a kid on Christmas morning just knowing that some- thing like this even ex- ists. I'm hopeful that soon she'll be printing postcard and wallet-size photos di- rectly from her compatible smartphone, tablet or cam- era in full color on photo paper. Cost: about $85. KINDLE PAPERWHITE One of the best things grand- parents can do is vigor- ously exercise their brains. Ongoing mental stimula- tion is a proven method to sharpen mental acu- ity into one's senior years. And what better way to stay sharp than to read vigorously? Kindles allow easy, instant access to a li- brary of millions of titles. The Kindle Paperwhite is particularly well-suited for the following reasons: 1) It's easy to hold 2) it has ridiculously long battery life 3) the fonts scale eas- ily to make reading sim- ple 4) the visual technol- ogy makes reading from the screen easy on the eyes and 5) it has massive storage to hold thousands of books in memory. Cost: about $120. WEBCAM If there are many miles between kids and grandparents, Skype is their new best friend. Give grandparents the op- portunity to see your kids regularly on their com- puter with this Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 wi- descreen video calling and recording computer cam- era. It's foolproof and easy to install (seriously, just plug it in). For the money, the quality of this com- puter camera can't be beat. Cost: about $75. I have posted a dozen more grandparent gift ideas for you at www.ev- erydaycheapskate.com/ grandparentgifts — and some cost as little as just $9. It's true that when giv- ing a gift, it's the thought that counts. This year put some extra thought into your gifts for grandpar- ents. It will come back to bless you many times over. 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 Someofthebestholidaygi sforgrandparents Mary Hunt Thanksgiving is the larg- est meal many cooks pre- pare every year. Its center- piece — the turkey — is the largest dish most cooks ever encounter,andmanyarenot experienced at roasting one. USDA wants consumers to know that a range of re- sources, from smartphone apps to its 30-year Meat and Poultry Hotline, exist to help consumers through any food preparation co- nundrums this holiday sea- son, wherever and whenever they may arise. "Unsafe handling and undercooking of your tur- key can lead to serious food- borne illness," said Al Al- manza, USDA deputy under secretary for Food Safety. "USDA's Food Safety and In- spection Service has a vari- ety of food safety resources to help with any questions relatedtopreparingThanks- giving dinner, including our Meat and Poultry Hotline that will be staffed will help- ful experts on Thanksgiving Day." Cookingturkey This Thanksgiving more than 46 million turkeys will be eaten. Cooking the Thanksgiving turkey can be tricky, and trying to figure out when the turkey is done is often the hardest task. But,itdoesn'thavetobe.Im- press your family by using a food thermometer to cook like a PRO: Place the ther- mometer, Read the temper- ature, Out of the oven. Place the thermometer in the innermost part of the thigh, the innermost part of the wing, and the thickest part of the breast. Read the temperature to make sure that the bird has reachedaminimuminternal temperature of 165 degrees. Take the turkey out of the oven, and serve it to your family without worry. Planningahead For big Thanksgiving dinners, planning ahead is very important. You can as- sess your pantry, refrigera- tor and freezer to plan out your meals and your shop- ping list. When you are try- ing to figure out if you can use something you already haveathome,keeptheFood- Keeper application handy. The FoodKeeper is a mo- bile application created by FSIS in partnership with The Food Marketing Insti- tute and Cornell University. The FoodKeeper offers stor- ageadviceonmorethan400 different food and beverage items and can help you de- cide what you can keep and what you should throw out. Italsooffershandyguidance on leftovers, which you'll probably have a lot of after the big meal. Download the FoodKeeper today on your Android or iOS device. Wheretogethelp If you have questions about your Thanksgiving dinner, you can call the USDA Meat & Poultry Hot- line at 1-888-MPHotline (1- 888-674-6854) to talk to a food safety expert. The Hot- line has been around for 30 years. Last November it re- ceived more than 3,000 calls mostly about Thanksgiving dinner. You can chat live with a food safety expert at Ask- Karen.gov, available from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday in English and Spanish. If you need help on Thanksgiving Day, the Meat & Poultry Hotline phone line is available from 5-11 a.m. Consumers with more food safety questions can visit FoodSafety.gov to learn more. USDA Food safety resources for Thanksgiving cooking WithBlackFridayandCy- ber Monday fast approach- ing, Attorney General Ka- mala Harris has issued con- sumer tips for safe shopping this holiday season. The holidays are a festive time of the year that un- fortunately leave consum- ers vulnerable to monetary scams and online hackers. Tips for safe shopping Review your bank and credit card statements fre- quently for unusual trans- actions. Call your bank or credit card company to im- mediately report any suspi- cious activity. In the event of a secu- rity breach involving your debit or credit card, mon- itor your account and con- tact your bank promptly if you see any suspicious transactions. If you have been breached, you are also entitled to place a free ini- tial fraud alert with one of the three national credit reporting companies — Ex- perian, TransUnion and Equifax — the reporting company must then notify the other credit reporting companies of the potential fraud. If the security breach in- volves your debit card, the best way to protect yourself is to immediately cancel the card and get a replacement card with a different num- ber. If you receive a call from your credit card company that requests you to verify your account information for security reasons, ask to call the credit card com- pany back and then call the telephone number listed on your credit card. Shipping e-mail scams are becoming increas- ingly common. Be wary of e-mails that appear to be from shipping compa- nies that contain an at- tached file; this is a good indication that you have re- ceived a fraudulent e-mail that contains a virus. Also, during the holiday season, theft of packages becomes more common. If you do not have a secure area for delivery companies to leave a package, consider requir- ing a signature for pack- ages or having packages held for pickup at a nearby shipping center. Parents and grandpar- ents should be wary of scam artists who pretend to be a child or friend of a child who has encountered a medical or legal emer- gency and needs money immediately. Scammers are able to get personal in- formation from social me- dia to make the calls sound legitimate. A good way to avoid this situation is to have a secret word the child would use in an emergency situation. Scammers can use hand- held scanners and counter- feit credit cards to use gift cards that they do not ac- tually have. Only buy gift cards that are kept behind the store's customer ser- vice counter or activated upon checkout. Before buy- ing the card ask for it to be scanned to show that it is fully valued. Online safety basics Shop only on secure web- sites. One indicator of a se- cure website is the presence of a yellow padlock icon in the browser bar. Another in- dicator is "https" (as com- pared to "http" with no "s" at the end) in the web ad- dress. 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