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2A Daily News – Saturday, April 7, 2012 Community people&events Senior menu The Senior Nutrition Program serves meals Mon- day through Friday at the Red Bluff Community- Senior Center, the Corning Senior Center and the Los Molinos Veterans Hall. The suggested donation for seniors 60 and older is $2.75. For those guests under the age of 60, the guest charge is $6. A donation is not a requirement for you to receive a meal if you qualify for the pro- gram. Reservations must be made a minimum of one day in advance by calling 527-2414. Two percent milk is served with each meal. Menu is subject to change. Week of April 9-13 Monday Crab Cake, Green Beans, Oriental Coleslaw, Wheat Roll, Apricots Tuesday ETHNIC DAY Cabbage Roll Casserole, Mixed Vegetables, Marinated Tomatoes, Marble Rye Bread, Apple Strudel Friday Turkey/Cheese Deli on Wheat, Lettuce/Tomato/Red Onion, Pea Salad, Apple Juice, Strawberries Thursday Taco Salad /Tomatoes, Tortilla Chips, Grape Juice, Chilled Mango, Cinnamon Churro Wednesday Chicken Cacciatore, Steamed Rice, Wheat Roll, Corn, Beet & Mandarin Salad, Fruit Cocktail HEALTHY HEART DAY Branding meeting The Parks and Recreation Commission meeting will host Kris Behrens as a guest speaker at their monthly meeting. Behrens will discuss "Branding Your Business." The commission meets the second Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. in the Red Bluff City Council Cham- bers, 555 Washington St. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight The driver of a Toyota Corolla involved in an Interstate 5 accident in Cottonwood Tuesday was incorrectly identified as a boy. The 16-year-old dri- ver was female. The Daily News regrets the error. –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. Bryant's Song of Easter My column deadline approached luminous and exacting. My mind was cluttered with a pile of have to do's and not want to do's. Needles to say I was frustrated and actually not too pleasant to have around. My office abounded (again) with clutter not unlike Andy Rooney's (of TV fame) former office. I noticed that his working area had succumbed often to the hands of a hired office organizer. That means that I can no longer justify my piled down office with the comment that it is not as "bad" as A. R's. When I am in a total creative mode, nothing matters but the cre- ative project. When I emerge from the creative pursuit reality hits my eyes and I wonder how did all this stuff get piled everywhere? Now that I have made this true confes- sion of slovenly office keeping to my readers I will get on with this week's creative pursuit. Easter weekend is on its way and I really don't want to admit that even a smidgeon of writer's draught has hit me. I uttered a fervent prayer of deliverance from my doldrums and guidance in choosing a subject that would be somewhat palatable to a few Tehama County readers. No sooner had I uttered the above petition, I was drawn to the glassed in bookcase in the corner of my living room. Before I could utter writer's block, my hands were caressing a volume titled, "The Poems of William Cullen Bryant." I could not believe I had found a long misplaced book. I was joyous to say the least. William Cullen Bryant is somewhere in the long ago family tree on my paternal grandmother, Garnet Barker Hacker's side of the family. It seemed that everyone, young and old alike should know a little about this spectacular man. Bryant was born in 1794 in Cummington, Massachusetts. His father was a physician; he was descended from Mayflower stock. Bryant's father therapeutically plunged his son Bryant every morning into a spring of icy water. Wow. William learned to read at sixteen months of age; at ten years of age he composed a poem which was printed in the Hampshire Gazette. Though totally interested in the volumes of books his father owned, William led a vigorous out- door life. He wrote an auto- biographical book, "The Boys of My Boyhood," which described him swinging on a ridge-pole to help at sugaring-off in maple syrup time. Bryant practiced many more phys- ical activities. He entered Williams College in 1810 at the age of 15 he was determined to continue on to Yale. ily finances he was compelled to study law in the town of Worthing- ton from age seventeen to twenty. He brooded over his failure to finish his education, it was at this time that he composed the well-known, "Thanatopsis." After many years of practicing law which was dissatis- fying to Bryant, at age twenty- seven he published a booklet of poems. When he was thirty he visit- ed New York and ultimately joined the New York Evening Post as assistant editor, in 1829, at 35 years of age he became editor-in-chief, a post he held for fifty years, until the very end of his life. William Cullen Bryant had many more interesting facets of his life and lived to be a hearty 84 years old. On a late day in May he made an address in Central Park at the unveiling of a stature to the Italian patriot Mazzini. Bryant stood with his head uncovered in the intense sun. After the ceremonies, as he was ascending the steps of General Wilson's house, he became dizzy and fell, a concussion of the brain followed and after several weeks in a coma he died June 12, 1878. This long ago member of a branch of the Adams family tree was described as "young at heart" at age seventy and when he presided over a lecture given by Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln said, " it was worth the journey to see such a man as Bryant." When the famous author, Dickens visited America His first question on landing was, Due to a decline in fam- "Where is Bryant?" Carolyn Barber It has been my intent to whet the reader's curiosity about this writer/poet. In celebra- tion of this Easter season and the resurrection of Christ, I share one of Bryant's most meaning- ful Hymns for every gen- eration. Bryant, who also composed numerous hymns, has been referred to as "The Father of American Song." All praise to Him of Nazareth, The Holy One who came, For love of man, to die a death Of agony and shame. lay "This Do in Remem- brance of Me" Dark was the grave; but since he day Within its dreary cell, The beams of heaven's eternal Upon its threshold dwell. view, He grasped the iron veil, he drew Its gloomy folds aside, And opened, to his followers' The glorious world they hide. In tender memory of his grave The mystic bread we take And muse upon the life he gave So freely for our sake. mankind; find A boundless love he bore Oh, may at least a part Of that strong love descend and A place in every heart. By William Cullen Bryant Wishing you the joy of Easter this Sunday! Carolyn Barber has been writing her column in the Daily News since 1992. It appears on Saturdays. She can be contacted by e-mail at hurcar@yahoo.com. Webb Memorial Softball Tournament is back on track for April 14 and 15 at Frey and Tosh fields in Red Bluff. All proceeds from the tournament benefit the Blues Softball tourney After having to cancel due to rain, the 2012 Kay DAILYNEWS HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 127, NUMBER 106 On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area (800) 479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Fax: (530) 527-5774 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. Box 220 Red Bluff, CA 96080 CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT: subscription rates (All prices include all applicable taxes) Tuesday through Saturday $3.02 per week Business & professional rate $2.19 four weeks, Tuesday-Friday Home delivery By mail: In Tehama County $12.17 four weeks All others $16.09 four weeks (USPS 458-200) Published Tuesday through Saturday except Sunday & Monday, by California Newspaper Partnership. 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Red Bluff Business Men Opposed To Agitators On Board Directors Before the citizens of Red Bluff go to the polls next Monday to vote on city trustees, somebody should raise their voice in protest against the false and malicious reports that have been peddled about the streets concern- ing the Business Men's Association. At least one candi- date for trustee seems to be obsessed with the impression that his success as a candidate depends on his success in maligning and discrediting the business men of Red Bluff. —April 7, 1922 NorCal Junior Clay Busters, a sport clays and trap shooting club for local youth, has opened its 2012 season. Membership has grown this year to 15, and the first three shoots at the Manton range have been well attended. The next shoot is at 9 a.m. April 29 at Clear Creek Sports Club in Corn- ing. For information, call 529-2343. Courtesy photo Your tax experts 32 Years Plus Experience "Enrolled to practice before the IRS" Open Year-Round New Clients Welcome www.lassentax.com Enrolled Agents: Rose Hablitzel, EA Rex Cerro, EA (530) 527-8225 208 Elm St., Red Bluff All major Credit Cards accepted A Full Service Nail Salon Tips N Toes Debi Stuhr Owner/Operator Antelope Blvd Suite "F" • Red Bluff Shop tipsandtoesnailsalon@clearwire.net http://www.tipsandtoesnailsalon.webs.com Cell For the Pool, an organization raising funds for the McGlynn Swimming Pool to operate this summer. The tournament offers men's, women's and co-ed divisions, with a four-team minumum per division. Trophies and T-shirts will be given for first place. There will also be a Home Run Derby. Registration is required by Wednesday, April 11. For more information, contact Debbi Morisch at 366-6425. Garden club The Cottonwood Garden Club will meet at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 16, at the Cottonwood Community Center, 20595 Gas Point Rd. The presentation wil be "Different Kind of Roses" by Kathy Bramhall. Potluck to follow meeting. Visitors are welcome. For more information, please call 347- 1281 or 347-3656 The Cottonwood Garden Club Seventeenth Annual Garden Tour will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. Enjoy free refreshments at all four beautiful gar- dens! Plants will also be for sale at various gardens. Come to be inspired for your own garden! Tickets are $10 and will be available at the following locations: Wintour Gardens, CastleMountain Nursery, RedBluff Garden Center and Cindy Lu Service on Main Street in Cottonwood. For more information call 347-3852 or 347-1281. Spring into shape and bronze that bod at TFFC! • 1 month unlimited tanning Free with new membership. EFT • 1 month unlimited tanning only $25 • 3 month unlimited tanning only $60 • No enrolment fee on new EFT memberships Tanning specials limited to one per person Must be at least 18 years to tan Tehama Family Fitness Center www.tehamafamilyfitness.com 2498 South Main St Red Bluff 528-8656