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FRIDAY, JUNE 22 Cottonwood Al-Anon, 6-7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jefferson and Hickory Celebrate Recovery, 7 p.m., Bethel Assembly of God, 625 Luther Road, 527-0445 or 366-6298 Knit for Kids, 9:15 to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372 Singles Praise Social, 7-8:30 p.m., Assembly of Good Church, 20404 Gas Point Road, ages 30-70, 347-0403 Corning Corning Farmers Market, 6-8 p.m., Corning Library parking lot, 824-5550 Cottonwood Singles Praise Social, 7-8:30 p.m., at Assembly of God Church, 20404 Gas Point Road, for unmarried adults ages late-30s to early-60s, 347-0403 SATURDAY, JUNE 23 Red Bluff BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, Tehama District Fairground, $10 Farmers Market, 7:30 a.m. to noon, River Park, EBT accepted Tehama County Young Marine Drills, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 1005 Vista Way, Ste.C. 366-0813 Weight Watchers meeting, 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., 485 Antelope Blvd. #N, 1-800-651-6000 Los Molinos Senior Dance, 7 p.m., Senior Center, Josephine Street, 384-2100 SUNDAY, JUNE 24 Red Bluff Celebrate Recovery, 6-8 p.m., Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St., 527-2449 Corning Evangelist services, 7 p.m., Family Bible Church, 609 Marin St., 824-9989 MONDAY, JUNE 25 Red Bluff English as a Second Language class, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308 Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St. Eliz- abeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, Rusty, 529- 2059 Key to Life, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Suite 101, 528-8066 Masterworks Chorale rehearsal, 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m., Red Bluff Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-4203 PAL Martial Arts, age 5 - 18, 3-5 p.m., 529-7920, www.tehamaso.org. Red Bluff Community Band Concert in the Park, 8 p.m., Red Bluff River Park., 727-8744 Salvation Army Writing Class, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 940 Walnut St., 527-8530 Sun Country Quilters Community Service Group, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Suite 101, 528-1126 Sun Country Quilters Guild Meeting, 7 p.m., Westside Room, Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. 528-1126 TeenScreen Mental Health Appointments, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., free, by appointment only, Youth Empowerment Services, 1900 Walnut St., 527-8491, Ext. 3012 US citizenship preparation class, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Red Bluff High School Adult Ed building, 1295 Red Bud, 736-3308, same time Tuesday and Wednesday Venture Crew 1914 meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., Moose Lodge on 99W, co-ed ages 14-20 welcome Corning Alcoholics Anonymous, noon Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. Thursday, 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, 783 Solano St., behind the church Bingo, 5:15 p.m. early bird, 6:30 p.m. regular games, Maywood Grange, Highway 99W just past Lib- eral Avenue, 833-5343 Narcotics Anonymous, and 7 p.m., 820 Marin St., 824-114 or 586-0245, meetings daily through Satur- day, additional meeting noon Mondays Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Spanish Adult Education, 5 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Strategies for Success, Life Skill classes, 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Gerber Gerber Union Elementary School Board, 6 p.m., 23014 Chard Ave. TUESDAY, JUNE 26 Red Bluff Alzheimer's and dementia support group, 6 p.m., Lassen House, 705 Luther Road, 529-2900 Cribbage Club, 6 p.m., Cozy Diner, 259 So. Main St., 527-6402 COMPLETE AUTO REPAIR recommened 30K, 60K, 90K SERVICES AT LOWER PRICES All makes and models. We perform dealer Smog Check starting at$ Pass or FREE retest 527-9841 • 195 S. Main St. (most cars and pick-ups) 2595 + cert. Friday, June 22, 2012 – Daily News 3A About this word, cheapskate ... We need to talk about this word "cheapskate." It was in the orig- inal name of my newsletter, Cheapskate Monthly, and for the past eight years it's appeared at the top of this column. Yet what the word means to me has come up only a couple of times, in the early days of the newsletter and in the very first column. So, I can't really blame the reader who sent me a letter accusing me of being a hypocrite. I'm the one who took the bold move to redefine the word, a little something I may have failed to mention to her and to you. It all goes back to my life as a credit-card junkie. My house of cards finally collapsed after 12 years of outrageous spending. It wasn't a pretty picture: over $100,000 of unsecured debt (and those were 1985 dollars). In the years that followed, I made a dramatic change. I taught myself to be frugal. By 1992, we'd paid back nearly all of my horrific debt, and I got a wild hare to create a subscrip- tion newsletter. I needed a title. Since my husband had already begun teasing me about becoming a cheapskate, it took only seconds for me to come up with Cheapskate Monthly. I liked it. I found it endearing because, to me, it defined the person I'd become: someone who gives gener- money she doesn't have. I didn't care what the dic- tionary said. ously, saves consis- tently and doesn't spend In the 20 years since, the monthly newsletter has been in continuous publication, has under- gone a name change to Debt-Proof Living several years ago and changed formats from print to dig- ital last year. Mary Hunt Around here, being a cheapskate is all about doing whatever you must to give, save and live below your means. For some, that's a more difficult proposition than it is for others. Everyday Cheapskate The letter I received really took me to task over a recipe that called for boneless, skinless chicken breasts. Yep, you read that right. Chicken. Being a cheapskate is not about whether we buy chicken already boned and skinned, or buy the whole bird and do that ourselves. It's about what we need to do to live below our means. That's where it becomes very per- sonal. What you must do to live below your means is different from what your friends, relatives and neigh- bors do. There is no one- size-fits-all shopping list. Being a cheapskate is about managing your per- sonal finances in such a way that you are able to give back, save for the future and not be dependent on credit, even during times of finan- cial emergency. If you can do that while loading up your grocery cart with boneless, skinless chicken breasts, God bless you. Or, if you really catch the cheapskate bug, you'll wait patiently until the luxury version of chicken is so cheap you buy enough to last until the next time it goes on sale. That's my definition of a cheap- skate. Seminar on organic production offered Organic Production in Northern California, will be presented 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12 at Sierra Nevada Brew- ing Co, The Big Room, 1075 20th St. in Chico. Subjects to be covered include Regulations, Certification, IPM, Dis- ease Control, Weed Con- trol, Acceptable Fertiliz- An all day seminar, ers, Pasture and Orchard Management, Soil Man- agement, Organic Beer Production and a grower panel discussing fertility and pest management organic production chal- lenges. Charlie Hoppin, Chairman, State Water Resources Control Board will address water quali- ty challenges. Also exhibits by firms provid- Roughly $5 million in conservation grants is available to organizations working with ranchers and farmers in the Sierra Nevada region, the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) announced Monday. ing products acceptable for certified organic pro- duction. Certified Crop Advisers (7.5 hours) and licensed Pest Control Advisers (4.0 hours). CEUs are offered for The seminar will be presented by the Nor Cal California Association of Pest Control Advisers and Organic Fertilizer Associ- consistent with the purposes of the SNC, and eligible tribal organizations. This offering from the SNC is more The grants, funded by Proposition 84, are for projects on "working land- scapes" and must provide a public benefit. narrowly focused on ranches and agri- cultural lands. Examples of possible projects to be considered for funding must meet the following criteria: • Reduce erosion, restore riparian "Ranching and farming have a rich and important place in the heritage of the Sierra, so preserving that heritage is critical to our future," said SNC Executive "Cattle graze the Sierra in the spring and summer, and farmers work their fields many months of the year. If ranchers and farmers need assistance with projects or plans that help con- serve or restore land and water resources, we invite them to work with eligible organizations to apply." Eligible applicants include public agencies, qualifying nonprofit organi- zations whose charitable purposes are Officer Jim Branham. Police reports The following infor- mation is compiled from Red Bluff Police Depart- ment, Tehama County Sheriff's Department, Corning Police Depart- ment and California Highway Patrol. Arrests • Lauretha Dawn Starnes, 39, Red Bluff was arrested on Washing- ton Street for forgery and second degree burglary. Bail was $30,000. sister's house was bur- glarized and took antiques on Corning Road. Burglary • Someone reported his Theft •A $100 GPS unit, an $80 camera and $25 cash was taken from an unlocked vehicle on the 1600 block of Walbridge. •A $20 bicycle light, a $60 radio and $30 in mis- cellaneous tools were taken from someone's camp at Dog Island Park. • An employee at The Home Depot reported someone walked out the back door with a pair of call Steven Beckley at (916)539-4107 or send an email to sbeckley@aol.com. Pro- gram is available at https://capcaed.com/con- tinuing-ed- seminars/organic-produc- tion/. ation of California. Underwritten by Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. For more information, $5 million available for conservation projects tural management practices that improve overall habitat conditions for habitat or stream connectivity for fish and wildlife species across working landscapes; and integrity, restore meadows or provide for natural stream flow and stream structure; • Manage grazing along riparian corridors or meadows, including fenc- ing or new water storage, for the pur- pose of reducing erosion, improving habitat function, and/or improving water quality; • Water conservation projects to reduce agriculturally induced surface water and groundwater contamination; • Protect ranches and agricultural lands and associated watershed resources (streams, meadows, wet- lands) through the use of conservation easements; • Grazing management or agricul- boxes around 5 p.m. Wednesday. • Someone ransacked a pair of unlocked vehicles on the 1500 block of Lun- ing. A wallet containing credit cards was taken. Property loss was valued at $20. • Someone reported he was chasing a pair of teens who had left his cab without paying. •A blue and black Mongoose trick bike was reported taken on the 7800 block of Highway 99E. Vandalism • Someone spray paint- ed the side of the Methodist Church on Josephine Street and broke five light bulbs. Damage was estimated at $35. Bluff girl received minor injuries, but will seek her own aid in a rollover crash at 8 p.m. Wednesday on Jellys Ferry Road, west of Penner Road. The girl was driving a 1998 Honda Accord west on Jellys Ferry when the right wheels went off the pave- Crashes •A 16-year-old Red Applications that are solely for the purpose of acquiring equipment or title to real property are not eligible for funding. • Pre-project administrative work such as permits, and environmental protection documents. SNC staff will be available to work with applicants during the first phase of the process, which ends July 16. An informational Webinar explain- ing the purpose of the grant and the process for applying will be held today starting at 10:30 a.m. To RSVP, e-mail ahutchings@sierranevada.ca.gov, or call (209) 742-0840 by 9 a.m. For complete information on eligi- ble project types and the paramaters of the program, look under Grants and Other Assistance on www.sierraneva- da.ca.gov. ment while negotiating a left-hand curve. The girl overcorrected, lost control and went off the south road edge where the Honda rolled over. The Honda had major damage. •A 50-year-old Mad River man was flown to Mercy Medical Center in Redding following a crash at 6 a.m. Wednesday on Highway 36W, east of Stewart Ranch Road. Clifford Bushman was driving a 1999 Ford van east on 36W when he lost control and ran off the north road edge, hitting a fence and a tree. Bushman left the scene, driving to a nearby fire station where he was arrested on suspi- cion of DUI and released to the hospital for treat- ment. The van had major damage. ture fire reported at 8:45 a.m. Thursday on Hall Road, cross of Merril Fires • The cause of a struc- Road in the Corning area is under investigation. Initial reports indicated fire in the garage with light smoke coming from the attic when the first units arrived at 8:57 a.m. The fire was contained at 9:02 a.m. •A structure fire caused by cooking was reported at 10:44 a.m. Thursday in the area of Orange Street and Josephine Street in Los Molinos. The fire was contained at 10:55 a.m. Damage was $200 with a $75,000 save. Over 25 years of experience The North State's premier supplier of stoves STOVE JUNCTION Wood Burning Stoves Did you know? We've Got Exempt From No Burn Days! Serving Butte, Glenn & Tehama Counties Tues-Sat 9am-5pm • Closed Sun & Mon 22825 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff 530-528-2221 • Fax 530-528-2229 www.thestovejunction.com The