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Notallcompaniesare starved for business these days. In fact, some are set- ting records for increased business. Re- pair busi- nesses and thrift stores are doing great during these turbu- lent financial times. It makes sense. After all, you don't need a Mensa membership to know that it's almost always cheaper to repair than re- place. You can clean silver with a commercial clean- ing product for a fraction of the brand-new price tag. Which leads me to today's first column of a fun collec- tion of random tips. WINDSHIELD REPAIR. Call your insurance agent to report a small crack in your car windshield. Many insurance companies will fix cracks or for free (pro- vided they're smaller than the size of a quarter) in order to prevent larger claims in the future. Some companies will even send a repair person to your home to make it conve- nient for you. CORD CORRAL. To cor- ral a group of cords under your desk or behind a TV, buy a plastic shower rod cover. Cut it to your desired length. Then spread it open and enclose the cords. You can even match it to your carpet color to make the cords less visible. COUPONS FOR KIDS. Turn grocery shopping into a game for kids. Pick out which coupons you plan to use and give them to the kids. Let them try to match the items on the coupons to the items on the shelf. At checkout, let their reward be the money that you saved from using the coupons. FRESH SCENT. Scented candle stubs from used candles will keep your car smelling fresh. Put the wax pieces in a can or a small container and leave them in your car. On a warm day, the wax will melt and fill the car with a nice fragrance. FIRE STATION FUN. Throw an affordable chil- dren's birthday party at your local fire station. Some stations allow their facili- ties, including the kitchen, to be used for parties for only a small donation to a local charity. Parties are su- pervised by firefighters and may include a tour and a chance to sit in a firetruck. MAGAZINE CO-OP. Get your neighbors or a group of friends together and share magazine subscrip- tions. Set up a workable rotation so everyone gets to read their favorite. REUSE MOUSE PADS. If you have more mouse pads than you know what to do with, use them for other things around the house. They are great fur- niture protectors for in- door clay flowerpots. Just cut the pad to fit the size of the pot. SILVER CLEANER. To clean tarnished silver flat- ware, line the bottom of a large dish with aluminum foil. Sprinkle a heaping ta- blespoon of baking soda on the foil, and pour about an inch of boiling water into the dish. Place the silver pieces on the foil under the water. The tarnish will dis- appear as long as the flat- ware is touching the foil. SQUEAKY CLEAN. Clean the inside of your dishwasher with two pack- ets of unsweetened lemon Kool-Aid. Pour the pack- ets of Kool-Aid into each of the dishwasher's deter- gent cups and run it empty on the longest and hot- test cycle. Lemon Kool-Aid is loaded with citric acid, which is just what you need to remove the soap residue and hard water minerals that collect in- side the dishwasher. EVERYDAYCHEAPSKATE Don'treplace,repair COURTESYPHOTO Branch 114of the Nor Cal Antique Tractor & Engine Club President Steve Zane of Paynes Creek. The Spring Gas Up for Branch114oftheNorCalAn- tique Tractor & Engine Club is scheduled for noon to 4 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.SaturdayattheTehama District Fairground, 650 An- telope Blvd. in Red Bluff. The show will feature a broad display of antique tractors and engines, trac- tor pulls on Saturday, a pa- rade of tractors Saturday afternoon and fun for all ages. The show is free to the public. For more information, call 527-3650 or 736-7723 and visit www.edgeta.com/ branch114.htm. Tractorandengine show starts Friday SPRING GAS UP Mary Hunt REDDING Simpson Uni- versity's Outdoor Leader- ship program will host a free screening of "Love Thy Nature," an award-winning film narrated by Liam Nee- son, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 22, in celebration of Earth Day. The event, which is open to the public, will be in La- Baume-Rudat Hall, room 204, on campus at 2211 College View Drive in Red- ding. "Love Thy Nature" is a 75-minute documentary described as a cinematic journey through the beauty and intimacy of our rela- tionship with the natural world. The screening, which will include an introduc- tion by Outdoor Leader- ship professor Amy Small- wood and a student-pro- duced short film called "The Book of the Begin- ning," helps kick off Earth Day events in Redding that weekend, including the 10th annual Whole Earth and Watershed Fes- tival at Redding City Hall and Sculpture Park on April 23. "The Outdoor Leader- ship program at Simpson is passionate about the in- trinsic value of the natu- ral world," Smallwood said. "The film highlights this and helps us to rec- ognize our responsibility to appreciate and value our planet and not just use its resources for our convenience. We are ex- cited to be able to join in and contribute to the Red- ding community's Earth Day celebrations by host- ing this screening." Learn more about Simp- son University's Outdoor Leadership program at simpsonu.edu/outdoor- leadership. SIMPSON UNIVERSITY Group to host Earth Day film The Opportunity Insti- tute, a non-profit organiza- tion that promotes social mobility and equity by im- proving outcomes through education,announcedthere- cipients of grants to provide high-quality college courses tocurrentlyandformerlyin- carcerated students in order to transform their lives. The grants are part of the Renewing Communi- ties Initiative that is based on research conducted by the Stanford Criminal Jus- tice Center and the Warren Institute at Berkeley Law. Shasta College, which be- gan its STEP UP (Shasta Technical Education Pro- gram — Unified Partner- ship) program three years ago, received a grant to ex- pand its services and pro- vide additional support for 50 students annually. The grant will provide more than $200,000 a year for up to three years, pend- ing renewal approval, and will be used to hire person- nel at Shasta College and the Probation's Office to oversee the program, and also support the needs of students as they pursue cer- tificates and degrees. Part- ners in the grant include Sheriff's Department, Pro- bation, Good News Rescue Mission and California Her- itage YouthBuild Academy. More than 50,000 people will be released from Cali- fornia's prisons in the next two years and many will return to custody without intervention. Shasta Col- lege is committed to en- suring that formerly in- carcerated students who are motivated to receive an education and enter the workforce receive that op- portunity and the support to succeed. "STEPUPprovidesasup- port system that many indi- viduals being released from incarceration have never had, and it truly makes a difference in their ability to build a secure future they can be proud of," said Eva Jimenez, dean of Economic and Workforce Develop- ment at Shasta College. "When they participate in STEP UP, they have many people from faculty to staff toadministratorsdedicated to helping them succeed at Shasta College. With the new grant, more of these individuals will have access to the same tools and sup- port system that will allow them to become productive members of society and be- gin rewarding careers." Both Superintendent and President Dr. Joe Wyse and Vice President of In- struction Meridith Ran- dall have supported STEP UP from the start, and look forward to strengthening the program. "Community colleges ex- ist to serve the entire com- munity, including those who have encountered dif- ficulties," said Randall. "We believe helping this population will allow them to improve their quality of life, and will in turn create a stronger and safer com- munity for everyone." AccordingtoJimenez,the college will move quickly to identifyaninterimprogram coordinator by late April. The next cohort of STEP UP students will begin at Shasta College in summer. A consortium of nine foundations are funding the Renewing Commu- nities initiative, includ- ing The California En- dowment, The California Wellness Foundation, Roy & Patricia Disney Family Foundation, ECMC Foun- dation, the Ford Founda- tion, the Heising-Simons Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Founda- tion, The Andrew W. Mel- lon Foundation and the Rosenberg Foundation. SHASTA COLLEGE Gr an ts t o tr an si ti on e x- off en de rs t o em pl oy men t The grant will provide more than $200,000 a year for up to three years, pending renewal approval. C o n e C o m m u - nity United Methodist Church will be holding its annual Good Stuff sale on two weekends 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 29 and 30 and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, May 6 and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 7 at the church, a half- mile south of Dairyville at 11220 State Route 99E. Items include a wide selection of quilting fabric, clothing for chil- dren, men and women, a wide variety of home goods from appliances to utensils to bedding to dinner ware, furni- ture, workout equip- ment, yard equipment from rototiller to weed whacker, books, books on tape, live vegetable and flower plants, baked goods and lunch. Proceeds help the church serve the local community. FUNDRAISER 'Good Stuff' sale slated TheTehamaCountyArborDay Committee would like to thank the following individuals, businesses and organizations for their support of the 2016 Arbor Day Program in Tehama County Schools: TheADman Calif. Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection Corning Lumber Crane Mills DM-Tech The Forest Foundation Jim & Diana Froome Les Schwab Tires Sierra Pacific Foundation Sierra Pacific Industries Wagenfuhr Timber Falling Wheelabrator-Shasta Energy John Wheeler Logging Thank you HASASANI-CLORIS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! SAFE Don't Miss Our Customer Appreciation BBQ April 22 11 am - 2 pm HASASani-Clor Shocks & Sanitizes All in One Pour! HASA Sani-Clor! Availableat: We'veMOVED! TuscanPoolSupply Sunplay Pool Services, Inc. 40 Chestnut Ave., Red Bluff, CA 96080 (530) 527-3262 Contractors license 944446 By using HASA Sani-Clor in the returnable 4/1 gallon deposit case over 95 million pounds of plastic have been saved from going into our landfills! 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