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A third gathering of the fledgling Tehama History Cooperative met at the Kelly-Griggs House Mu- seum recently to discuss and share ideas on recruit- ment, promotion, market- ing, fundraising, partner- ships and coordination of events for area historic ed- ucational venues. Representatives from Te- hama County Museum, Ide Adobe State Park Interpre- tive Center and the Kelly- Griggs House Museum at- tended and encourage any other history venues in- terested in joining future meetings to contact any of the participating asso- ciates. The Kelly-Griggs House Museum will be holding a Victorian Docent Work- shop at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27. Anyone interested in becoming a museum volunteer is encouraged to attend this hands-on workshop. For more in- formation, call Bev at 527- 1129. Guided tours are con- ducted 1-3 p.m. Sundays and Thursdays at the mu- seum, 311 Washington St. in Red Bluff. For more in- formation, visit kellygriggs- museum.org. KELLY-GRIGGS COURTESYPHOTO Pictured are Pam Britting, executive director, Darrell Mullins, curator and Chris Bauer, president of the Tehama County Museum; Debbie Chakarun, former interpreter and Jennifer Pooley, interpreter at Ide Adobe State Park; Bev Hartshorn, curator, Maggie McCornack, director, Betty Brown, president and Eric Frey, director of the Kelly-Griggs House Museum The entire Sweet Ade- line International organi- zation is participating in global open houses during the month of January and Red Bluff's award winning Sweet Adeline Chorus, Cal- ifornia Heat, is holding its open house at 1 p.m. Sat- urday, Jan, 23 at Metteer School. California Heat sup- ports many Red Bluff orga- nizations during the year free of charge, including the Back to School Pro- gram, Tehama County Mu- seum, Art Walk, State The- atre for the Arts and Alter- natives to Violence. Organizers are hoping to add to the group's mem- bership through the open house. "Need to find some fun in the doldrums of win- ter and love to sing," said Geri Riedel. "Come join the California Heat chapter of Sweet Adelines Interna- tional for our open house. January is the Sweet Ade- lines' official month for open houses in chapters all around the world." The group rehearses at 7 p.m. each Thursday at Metteer School multipur- pose room, 695 Kimball Road in Red Bluff. "We always welcome visitors and prospective members to join us at any Thursday evening re- hearsal, but we set aside this particular afternoon for a party," Susan Ram- age said. "All ladies from age 14 on up are invited, so mark your calendars for 1 p.m. Jan. 23, Metteer School." CALIFORNIA HEAT Sweet Adeline group to h ol d op en ho us e Dear Mary: I need your help to figure out how we can reduce our home heating bill. It's killing us to pay so much to keep our house warm in the win- ter. We have a gas fur- nace, and where I live the cost of gas has gone up more than 10 percent, while at the same time the cost of electricity has gone down slightly. Our home is two story with a basement. Our kids are grown so it's just the two of us. My husband travels for his work, so I'm the only one here most of the time. Thanks in advance for your help! — Jeanine Dear Jeanine: The most efficient and easiest way to reduce your home heating cost is to heat only the rooms that are occupied, while keeping your furnace set very low, to say 55 or 60 F. Then use space heaters to make occupied rooms comfort- able while they are occu- pied. You can rely on this method during the day as well as at night. You could easily see your heating bill drop 35 percent or more by simply keeping the main source of heat set very low, sup- plementing with electric space heaters. It's such a simple way to make a huge difference in your home heating costs. Just as I received your letter, I was in the throes of figuring this out for my own situation here in Colorado. The office, where the hubs and I work at least 60 hours a week, is on the lower level of our three level home. In order to get the office at a comfort- able 68 to 70, the rest of the house becomes much warmer — especially the upper level where it gets downright hot. That's to- tally unacceptable in my book. So here's what we do: We keep the thermo- stat at 60 F during the day from about 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Then we rely on our new space heater in the office, which is pro- grammed via an appli- ance timer to come on in time to make the office warm and comfortable at about 68 F during work hours. In the evenings, we use space heaters in the rooms we occupy most. At night the thermostat goes down to 55 F, set- ting the space heater in our bedroom to 65 F. Not all space heat- ers are alike. And I'll ad- mit that there are some things about space heat- ers that I don't like, so finding the right heater that would work for us took some research. And we nailed it. Seriously, we are so happy with the Bion- aire Silent Whole Room Heater (we have three of them now). I don't like to hear a heater switch on and off. This one is com- pletely silent. Remark- ably so. This Bionaire space heater creates immediate warmth — the nice gentle kind of heat, not a blast of hot air and it is a con- stant source of warmth — not a constant warming up to hot then shutting off with a blast of cold. It doesn't get so hot to the touch to be dangerous for pets or children. All of these features make a Bionaire Silent Whole Room Heater (which looks remarkably like a modern version of an old radiator heater like the one you see in the picture above) an ideal heater for any space from a guest room to a playroom to an office. We've already recouped the $100 purchase price of our first Bonaire in re- duced heating bills. You know hat makes me very happy. Hope that helps. 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 Best inexpensive way to reduce heating bill Trees are an essential part of California's climate and are vital to improving air quality and conserving water. To help educate Cali- fornians on the value that trees provide to building successful, healthy cities and neighborhoods, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protec- tion and California ReLeaf are announcing the an- nual statewide Arbor Week poster contest for students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. Rules and details can be found online here. In addi- tion, this year CAL FIRE and California ReLeaf are also holding a new video contest for students in 6th, 7th and 8th grade. Rules and details for the video contest can be found at http://arborweek.org/wp- content/uploads/2016Poste rContestRules3rd4th5thGr ade.pdf. For each contest, stu- dents are asked to create original artwork or video based on the theme "Trees & Water: Sources of Life." Also new for 2016 are re- vitalized lesson plans that align with Common Core Standards. Submissions are due to California ReLeaf by Feb. 12. Winners will be featured at the State Fair, displayed on the California ReLeaf and Cal Fire websites, and awarded cash prizes pro- vided by Cal Fire, the Cal- ifornia Community Forests Foundation and California ReLeaf. Cal Fire and California ReLeaf are partnering to encourage cities, nature groups, schools and youth organizations to celebrate California Arbor Week by planting trees in their com- munities. California ReLeaf works statewide to promote alliances among commu- nity-based groups, individ- uals, industry, and govern- ment agencies working to protect the environment by planting and caring for trees and the state's urban and community forests. "Trees offer so many more benefits than what we see," said Cal Fire Deputy Director Helge Eng. "Their importance to the environ- ment, climate, economy and the overall well-being of hu- manity is critical. This is es- pecially true during times of challenging drought con- ditions." The goals of Arbor Week include educating Califor- nians about trees, encour- aging tree planting, teach- ing elementary school chil- dren the environmental, social, and economic bene- fits of trees, and protecting the state's valuable natural resources. "Arbor Week is a cele- bration of the coming of spring, honoring the im- portance of trees for Cali- fornians," said Cindy Blain, executive director of Cali- fornia ReLeaf. "As we face drought and other extreme weather events, trees play a vital role in making our cities and towns more cli- mate resilient. Trees se- quester carbon, cool the air to reduce urban heat island effect, and capture rain water to replenish our aquifers. Planting trees is an incredibly simple and effective way to offset the impacts of climate change. We must keep planting trees — especially as we deal with drought." Contest rules and the new educational materi- als can be downloaded at http://arborweek.org/for- educators/. California Arbor Week runs March 7-14 every year to mark famed horticultur- ist Luther Burbank's birth- day and to raise awareness of the benefits of trees in communities. In 2011, leg- islation was passed to de- fine California Arbor Week in statute. Visit www.arbor- week.org for more informa- tion. CAL FIRE Importance of trees highlighted by contest Mary Hunt Museum hosts Tehama History Cooperative meeting Thank you! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. 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