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"Ihadaroughweek," she said as she ap- proached the scale. "It's not going to be pretty. Please be kind." "You know me. There's no judgment. But, what happened?" She paused before stepping on the platform, putting her purse on the desk and slipping out of her shoes. "Well," she began, "I knew it was going to be a rough week because we were going to Las Ve- gas. However, I thought, 'Okay, I'll pack some healthy snacks, remem- ber to drink lots of water, and stay away from fatty foods.'" She stood on the scale, grimacing at the four- pound weight gain. "Oh well, makes sense." "It sounds like you had a good plan; what went wrong?" While she collected per belongings, she contin- ued. "Well, nothing actu- ally 'went wrong' per se. Things went too right. When we got to the ho- tel, while we were wait- ing in line to check in, my husband took a sil- ver dollar and put in the slot machine and we won $25,000! It was amaz- ing! The machine started dinging and lights were flashing and people started cheering. It was noisy as hell." "Wow! That's fantastic! How cool!" "Someone from the ho- tel staff came over and helped make sure we got everything. They were congratulating us and taking pictures. It was nuts." "What happened next?" "As you can guess, it's kind of difficult to carry around $25,000 in silver dollars." "I imagine — or at least I'd like to." I joked, "Tough job, but someone has to do it." She laughed. "No, but really. It's heavy, and we were really nervous hav- ing that much money. Af- ter all, everyone in the hotel knew what hap- pened." "So what did you do?" "The hotel said they'd give us a check for $20,000, which we put away — so we wouldn't spend it of course. And we decided to have a great time with the $5,000." "So, I assume you cele- brated with food?" "Sure, a little. A cou- ple glasses, um, er, bot- tles of champagne." She smiled sheepishly. "But for the most part, no, I stayed in control and ate well. The next two days were a blur. Lots of peo- ple were congratulating us. Then, the night before we were going to leave, we decided that we'd just go crazy with what was left. After all, we still had $20,000, and we never ex- pected the $5,000 any- way. But we're really not big gamblers and it was hard to spend all that, so we asked the hotel to con- vert the remainder of our five K back into silver dol- lars." "How much did you have left?" "Oh, I don't know; probably a grand or two. There we are, sitting at the same slot machine as before feeding it, and guess what?" "You won another $25,000?" "No, we're down to our last few bucks and — we won another $100,000!" My mouth practically hit the floor. "You're kid- ding!" "Hand to God," she gestured. "If you think $25,000 is a big deal, you should see what they do when you win a hun- dred grand. The manager of the hotel rushes over. Photos. Videos. Cheering. Screaming. They even call the press." "I can see why they'd do that. It's good P.R. for the hotel." "Yep, that's what we thought. They even comped the rooms for us — and gave us an ex- tra night — including free access to the buffet." She glanced downward. "THAT'S when I went nuts." "Well we have a rule here. Anytime you win $125,000 in a weekend, you're allowed to go nuts. Congratulations." She laughed again. "What are you going to do with your winnings?" "Hire a personal trainer to help get this weight off." Scott"Q"Marcusis a nationally known weight loss expert for baby boomers and the CRP — Chief Recovering Perfectionist — of www. ThisTimeIMeanIt.com. Check out his new series of free weight loss videos and other inspirational material at www. FourMonthsToGoal.com. SCOTTMARCUS NotlosinginLasVegas Scott Marcus Thefollowinginformation is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Department, Corning Fire, Cal Fire and California Highway Patrol logs. Burglary SouthMainStreet: Radio Shack was burglarized twice within two days. Both instances took place in the early morning hours with someone entering the busi- ness by throwing a large rock through the window. An Apple iPhone, $300 value, and an Apple tablet, $500, were taken. Musick Street: A burglary at Alcholics Anonymous was reported. Trevino Court: At 12:09 a.m. Wednesday a house was reported broken into three times within a week. Collision South Street: At least one person was injured in a multiple car collision about 6:30p.m. Wednesday in the area of Neighborhood Full Gospel Church. A vehicle driven by Scott Alan Dar- row, 59, of Corning report- edly hit two other vehicles. Darrow, who was possibly under the influence and was injured, was arrested and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of driving under the influence. Disturbance Barham Avenue: A Corning woman reported about 8:30 p.m. her brother-in-law was outside the residence, armed with a knife and rock, making threats to kill her and her husband. The husband was outside trying to calm his brother down. Fire 31000block Barber Road: A barn fire was reported at 3:44a.m. Wednesday in the Vina area. The fire was con- tained at 8:45a.m. There were no injuries reported. The cause is under investi- gation. Missing Red Bluff: A 32-year-old transient woman is miss- ing from the Red Bluff area. Julia McCutchen was last seen Dec. 27. McCutchen is 5'9", 120pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call Red Bluff Police at (530) 527-3131. Rolling Hills Clinic: Police searched for a 78-year-old man with dementia who was last seen heading out the south exit. Edward Davis was reported miss- ing late Tuesday or early Wednesday. He is 5'7", 160 pounds with gray hair and was wearing a black jacket with blue jeans and brown boots. Nothing further was available. Stolen Monroe Street: A blue 1997GMC Sierra 1500 Pickup was reported stolen about 11:45p.m. Wednes- day. It was unknown if the keys were stolen at the same time. Adobe Road: Sometime between Friday and Sat- urday a new white Dodge Ram four-door pickup with no license plates was stolen from Red Bluff Dodge. Suspicious Antelope Boulevard: About 10p.m. Wednesday a man with a bicycle, trailer and a dog was reportedly shaking a spray can just before fresh black paint was discovered on an electri- cal box. The man was seen crossing Antelope and Chestnut and was near Dol- lar General Market. The s Walnut Street: Tehama County Drug and Alcohol reported two separate the s of gas from a county van adding up to a full tank of gas, value $250, being taken. The first incident occurred Jan. 15and the second took place Tuesday. POLICE LOGS Miss Margaret Mer- riam, music teacher in the Red Bluff grammar schools, was the surprised guest of honor last night at a party at the Nixon res- idence on North Lincoln street where Miss Mer- riam is making her home this winter. About forty of the older grammar school pupils arranged a surprise party for Miss Merriam and ex- ecuted it without a hitch. The teacher was com- pletely surprised but rose to the occasion with much enthusiasm and enjoyed an evening spent playing games, with music and other entertainment. Light refreshments were served. — Jan. 22, 1916 100 YEARS AGO... Grammar school pupils surprise music teacher Thankyou! PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. This week's most wanted subject is Christian Alexan- der Macedo, 21, from Corn- ing. Macedo has a $1,515,000 felony warrant for his arrest forattemptedmurder.Mace- do's physi- cal descrip- tion is a His- panic man, 5 feet,7inches, 130 pounds, black hair, brown eyes with a tattoo on the left side of his neck. Macedo should be consid- ered dangerous and anyone with information regarding Macedo's whereabouts can allanylocallawenforcement agencyatanytime,orduring business hours can call the Tehama County District At- torney's Bureau of Investiga- tions Office at 530-529-3590. All callers will remain confi- dential. TEHAMA COUNTY Most wanted: Christian Alexander Macedo Macedo MILESTONE OTTEN CELEBRATES CENTENNIAL PLUS ONE COURTESY PHOTOS MabelOtten,aresidentofRobin'sNestinLosMolinos,iscelebratingher101stbirthdayJan.22.Ottenandhus- band Adrian, who passed away in 1999, moved to Capay in 1959 and later came to Tehama Couty. Otten has five children, Linda, James, Mike, Joy and Bill. 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