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To celebrate both Lin- coln's birthday and Black History Month, the Red Bluff High School Drama Department has selected Shakespeare's "Othello" for its winter play, and has set the play during the Civil War. The show is set for 6:30 tonight at the school's Per- forming Arts Center and admission is $3. The play is pertinent to current times, when Amer- ica is again struggling to realize the meaning of the proposition that all men are created equal, showing that the country is an unfin- ished country, showing that the Civil War is an unfin- ished war. The play is about a great general, Othello, who, as a black man in a white soci- ety, marries a white sena- tor's daughter, breaking her prejudiced father's heart. Meanwhile, the villain Iago broods for Othello's having promoted handsome Cassio instead of himself. To get revenge, Iago uses Othello's doubts about him- self — for, minorities get constant negative messages about whether or not they fit into a society — and makes Othello believe falsely that his beautiful wife loves Cas- sio, which is a more "nat- ural" match. The result is one of Shakespeare's mas- terpieces of high tragedy. For the project, Brooke Kinner has built a symbolic plantation house, and do- nated material to the school to make it possible. Oscar Razo has directed student volunteers to help Kinner in this project. Dianne Penner has again helped with the de- tails of stage art; Sherry King, costume coordina- tor, has gotten the Red Bluff chapter of Re-enac- tors of The American Civil War, to lend some uniform jackets. It has truly been a community project. The project is intended to bring the community to discuss what it means to be American, what it means to be dedicated to the proposition that all men and women are cre- ated equal and to real- ize that Shakespeare has much to teach us about who we are, some 400 years after he passed away on April 23, 1616. REDBLUFFHIGH Drama students to stage Shakespeare's 'Othello' Themes of racial identity, equality resonate even today CONTRIBUTEDPHOTO Red Bluff High School students perform a scene from Shakespeare's "Othello." After making a headlong rush the entire length of the hall, with two Olympic play- ers right behind him, mak- ing it impossible to check his progress, Captain Mil- liken of the locals plunged into the spectators at the north end of the hall in last night's game, with the re- sult that Mrs. E. Hook was painfully injured. She be- came hysterical from pain and fright and had to be removed from the hall. Her condition is said not to be serious. To offset the near trag- edy an amusing event oc- curred on the opposite side of the court when Will Winter and an Olym- pic player were very much engrossed over obtaining the ball. The two players were up against the railing in the southeast corner of the hall and a little girl four years old jumped up, reached over the railing and, grabbing a handful of the Olympic hair, pulled for dear life. The expres- sion on her face when she realized what she had done was unequaled save for that in the face of the visiting player, who when he recognized his assail- ant, gave her a re-assur- ing smile, and the game was on. —Feb.26,1916 100 YEARS AGO... Tragedy and comedy in sporting event We've all heard how Sir Issac Newton discov- ered the concept of grav- ity when an apple from the tree un- der which he was sit- ting bon- ked him on the noggin. In a flash, he realized that some force acted upon the fruit to cause it to move from the branch to the ground; the apple didn't just decide to jump to the ground. Minor trivia point: al- though he was resting under an apple tree, the fruit never actually hit him on the head. In real- ity, it fell nearby, but the resulting thought process triggered Newton's real- ization of the three laws of motion, with Number One summed up as, "A body at rest tends to stay at rest, and a body in mo- tion tends to stay in mo- tion, with the same direc- tion and speed." In effect, if nothing is happening to an object, and noth- ing does happen, it will never go anywhere. Your teenage son (or husband) will play World of War- craft without end until he either a) gets hungry, b) can no longer remain awake, or c) there's a power outage. Conversely, we know that if an object is heading in a specific direction, unless some- thing alters its trajectory, it will — without end — stay the course, forever and always. Since my column usu- ally isn't a primer on physics, it's fair to won- der why I broach this subject. Without the lux- ury of falling produce to inspire me, I recently came to a realization that Newton's law pertains not only to spacey bodies, but also to our own bod- ies and actions. As example, if a couple is in a happy, supportive relationship, one can safely assume that shall remain the status quo until such time as acted upon by ex- ternal influences. In effect, it shall continue to be a positive experience forever unless something affects it. Whether that force is a past revelation, future dis- cord, or the eventual loss of one spouse, the happy couple shall continue down the boulevard of contentment without end holding hands and skip- ping. Less fortunately, if a marriage is more armed truce than mutually en- couraging bond, it too will only remain as such until one or both partners opt to do something special; such as seek counseling, change behaviors, or get a divorce. We can apply Sir New- ton's concept to other life- style issues. Should I be a smoker or drink to excess, I will con- tinue to engage in that habit until something changes. If my weight is climbing, (or dropping), it will continue to follow that course until affected. Whether it's metabolism, activity level, or food in- take; it nothing is altered, the trajectory of my weight shall continue unfaltering until death. One can therefore look at lifestyle issues (such as obesity) in the same light as one looks at "progres- sive diseases." They will continue to get "worse" if not addressed. The num- ber on the sale will con- tinue to increase until something interferes with its progression. It will not suddenly level out, and it will certainly not decline, — again — until something changes. I repeat: A body in mo- tion (or at rest) remains unchanged until acted upon by an outside force. Worded elsewise, noth- ing changes if nothing changes. The good news in what might, at first blush, ap- pear discouraging is actu- ally empowering. Unlike asteroids and falling ap- ples, the factors that in- fluence our trajectories are not random. We don't need a planet to strike us upside the head to gener- ate change. Since we set our habits in motion, we have the ability to affect their course by opting to make small, constant ad- justments, which eventu- ally — but surely — will modify their trajectories as indisputably as fruit falls from trees. Scott "Q" Marcus is a nationally known weight loss expert for baby boomers and the CRP — Chief Recovering Perfectionist — of www. ThisTimeIMeanIt.com. SCOTT MARCUS Abodyinmotion… The following informa- tion is compiled from Red Bluff Police Department, Red Bluff Fire, Tehama County Sheriff's Depart- ment, Corning Police De- partment, Corning Fire, Cal Fire and California High- way Patrol logs. Arrests KayliNicoleLynnMcCa- rley: 22, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday on Walnut Street and booked into Tehama County Jail on the charge of inflicting corporal injury on spouse or cohabitant. Bail was $50,000. Lona Louise Gridley: 33, of Red Bluff was arrested Wednesday in the area of Jefferson and Elm streets. She was booked into jail on the charges of possession of controlled substance, possession of a narcotic controlled substance and receiving known stolen property. Bail was set at $9,000. Marvin M. Mercado: 25, of Chico was arrested Wednesday in the 5800 block of Leninger Road. He was booked into jail on the felony charge of burglary. Bail was $50,000. Missing Fig Street: A child was missing briefly from Olive View Elementary School in Corning. Officials con- tacted police about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to ask for help with a student who le campus by climbing over a fence into the back yard of a residence and refused to leave the yard. The child was returned to campus and released to relatives. Ta Avenue: A six-month- old male brindle and brown pit was reported miss- ing from a yard in Corning sometime Tuesday evening. Flournoy: Two German shepherds, a male and fe- male, were reported missing from the Flournoy area. Suspicious South Main Street: A UPS driver called police to come pick up a package a er discovering one believed to contain drugs while picking up packages at Staples. South Avenue, Corning: A man wearing a flower hat, red sweater and blue jeans was acting oddly and reportedly creeping out customers at Love's Truck Stop about 8p.m. Wednes- day. 22700block Antelope Boulevard: An area check was requested about 2a.m. Wednesday for subjects reportedly attempting to drill out vending machines in front of A & R Meats. Antelope Boulevard: A television was reportedly stolen from the Riverbank Inn and replaced with a non- operational television. The s South Jackson Street: A clerk at Circle K advised he was unable to get into the store a er someone report- edly stole his key. 16600block Mallard Lane: Toys, fi h wheel parts and yard art were taken from a yard. Police logs U.S. Citizenship and Im- migration Services will present an Immigration information session 5:30- 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29 at Maywood Middle School's Library, 1666 Marguerite Ave. in Corning. This free information session will be conducted in English and Spanish by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and will include informa- tion on green card require- ments, citizenship require- ments, fees, processing times and the latest immi- gration news and updates. Free informational ma- terials will be handed out while supplies last. For questions, write to Vilaysay "Sai" Chang at Vilaysay.p.chang@uscis. dhs.gov. Childcare will be avail- able in Room #30. Call Mariela Hernández- Torres at 824-7670 or Mi- grant Education at 838- 7280. This meeting is spon- sored by Migrant Education Program and Northern Val- ley Catholic Social Service. CORNING Immigration information session scheduled PLEASE RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER. Thankyou! 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