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Surprise.Today,instead of sharing tips you've sent to me, I've decided to hog the en- tire column to share some of my own. Sev- eral of these are oldies, but goodies, while oth- ers are re- cent discoveries. I do love great tips. CELLPHONEALARMVOL- UME BOOSTER If you're a heavy sleeper and have trouble hearing your cell- phone alarm, you can boost the alarm volume by placing your phone in an empty drinking glass. The sound reverberates and in- tensifies inside the glass. It may not be the world's most pleasant amplifi- cation technique, but it works great. As an added benefit, to turn the alarm off you have to actually pull the phone out of the drinking glass. This re- quires a bit more effort, but makes it a bit more likely that you'll actu- ally get up instead of roll- ing over and falling back asleep. NEVER LOSE THE REMOTE AGAIN The reason most of us misplace the re- mote controls to our TVs and other electronic de- vices is there's no desig- nated place to put them. They might end up on the coffee table or end table, behind the couch or, as I have experienced, right in the trash can, never to be seen again. One person, whose handiwork I find to be so clever, stuck his re- mote controls to the edge of his coffee table using Velcro. Any fabric store or craft store sells this stuff by the inch or in pack- ages with both the hook and loop sides of the Vel- cro outfitted with self-stick tape. He uses black, sticky- back Velcro. He cuts off the amount he needs for the task at hand, removes the protective paper to ex- pose the sticky sides, and affixes one side to the re- mote and the other to the table. It's true that when a remote control device has a home, it's more likely to stay there regularly. SUPER GLUE TO THE RES- CUE Use super glue to quickly seal cuts and blis- ters. Whether you're hik- ing, barbecuing or just roughhousing outdoors, this is the time of year for cuts and blisters. If you can't find a bandage, a dab of super glue will fix a wound in a pinch. After you've cleaned the wound and stopped any bleeding, apply a very small amount of super glue to the area, and quickly spread it around before it dries. The glue will harden into a mesh that essentially acts as replacement skin until your body heals itself. Su- per glue is nontoxic, but it might cause minor skin irritation. And it takes a long time to come off, so it's probably best to only use this trick for small wounds and if no proper bandages are available. GLEAMING STAINLESS Clean and shine stain- less steel by mixing 1 ta- blespoon cream of tartar with a few drops of water to make a paste. Rub the paste onto the appliance. Scrub it with a sponge, and wipe it clean with a damp paper towel. If you have a lot of stainless steel in your home, don't de- pend on those tiny bottles of cream of tartar in the spice aisle. You can buy it in bulk for cheap online. RICE COOKER AS HUMID- IFIER Instead of buy- ing a humidifier, use what you already have: a rice cooker. Simply fill the pot with water. If you want to create a specific fra- grance in the house, add your choice of herbs, then leave the lid off while it cooks and steams away. The idea is, since most rice cookers have an auto- matic feature that switch them to "Keep Warm" af- ter a period of time, you can fill them, set the set- tings and then forget about them, without fear of them boiling dry any- time soon. And you still have a great rice cooker. 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 Nomoresleeping through the alarm, other favorite tips Mary Hunt Sun Country Quilt Guild Community Service Group recently donated 80 nap size quilts to the Tehama Country Headstart pro- gram. These quilts are used by preschoolers in the pro- gram. The guild has been making quilts for this pro- gram for over 15 years. This year the guild has donated quilts to several nursing homes, Senior Nu- trition program, adult pro- tective services and the sheriff's department, all of which are in Tehama County. Sun Country Quilters meets the fourth Monday of the month at the Red Bluff Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting starting at 7 p.m. The club has 146 members and welcomes new quilters. Guild members are busy getting ready their quilts for the quilt show April 1-2, 2017 at the Tehama District Fairground. They will be showing around 200 quilts that the mem- bers have made. Members of the Commu- nity Service Group include Georgina Tacconi, Janyce Mathis, Pam Allred, Geri Boatman, Carolyn Woods, Kathy Miller, Kate John- son, Fran Smith and Dar- lene Leddy. The Commu- nity Service Group meets every Monday morning year around to work on these quilts. SUN COUNTRY CONTRIBUTED Pictured are Sun Country Quilters co-Chairwomen Georgina Tacconi and Janyce Mathis, Beth James from Headstart and Pam Allred and Geri Boatman. Quilters donate to Headstart and others Simpson University for Seniors is offering two courses in October for adults of any age. The non-credit, no-home- work classes which begin Oct. 3, are taught on Simp- son's campus by university professors and profession- als in their field of exper- tise. Classes meet 10:20- 11:20 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The following courses are being offered: The Minor Prophets. This course is an overview of the last 12 books of the Old Testament, called the Mi- nor Prophets. While these men were called by God to speak to their generations, their words contain time- less messages. Presenter is Glenn Schaefer. Growing up Under the Third Reich. Presenter Horst Christian, who was born in Berlin in the '30s, shares a first-hand account of what it was like to grow up under the Nazi flag and experience World War II as a schoolchild. Two courses are offered each month through April. The cost is $95 per per- son, per course, or $145 for couples registering for the same course. Register on- line with a credit card at simpsonu.edu/seniorschool. For more information, call Glenn Schaefer at 226- 4146 or Dianne Mueller at 226-4758. SIMPSON University accepting seniors for fall classes The stereotype of the lit- tle old lady as scam victim is wrong and Millennials are actually more vulner- able to scams than Baby Boomers. That's the conclusion of new research by the Bet- ter Business Bureau Insti- tute for Marketplace Trust. Marketplace scams affect one in four North Ameri- can households each year at an estimated loss to in- dividuals and families of $50 billion, yet most con- sumers believe they are in- vulnerable. "This research is so vital, not only to stop scammers from hurting consumers, but to help businesses," said Mary E. Power, presi- dent and CEO of the Coun- cil of Better Business Bu- reaus. "That $50 billion underground economy is stealing from the legiti- mate marketplace. Every dollar lost to a scam is a dollar not spent at a law- ful, trustworthy business." The research, Crack- ing the Invulnerability Il- lusion: Stereotypes, Opti- mism Bias, and the Way Forward for Marketplace Scam Education, is based on a survey of more than 2,000 adults in the U.S. and Canada. Participants were asked about their perceived vulnerability to scams, who they think is most likely to be scammed, and about the factors that helped them to avoid being scammed. The participants did not know that BBB was the sponsor of the survey. Download the report at www.bbb.org/truth-about- scams. "We've bought into ste- reotypes about scam vic- tims — they're usually seen as vulnerable and el- derly, or gullible and poorly educated," said the paper's co-author Emma Fletcher, product manager with the BBB Institute, CBBB's foun- dation. "These stereotypes are strongly held… and they are wrong. We are all at risk, but younger and more educated individuals are actually the most likely to be scammed." "Optimism bias — the idea that we all think other people are more vulnera- ble than we are — is asso- ciated with risk-taking and failure to heed precaution- ary advice," said co-au- thor Rubens Pessanha, CBBB director of market- ing research and insights. "Seniors may be the one group that does not suffer from optimism bias when it comes to scams. They've heard, loud and clear, that they are at risk. Seniors may very well be more scam savvy than others. They are also less impul- sive buyers than younger consumers, and less likely to be making purchases on- line where so many scams take place." Of those consumers re- porting scams to BBB Scam Tracker, 89% of se- niors age 65 and up rec- ognized the scam in time, while only 11% reported actually losing money. For those age 18-24, however, more than three times as many failed to recognize the scam — 34% reported losing money. Armed with this information, BBB is calling for a new direction for how society approaches the problem of fraud. The report recommends a three-pronged approach: LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY, CROWDSOURCING AND AL- TRUISM Targets of scams feel empowered when they can take back some control by reporting what has hap- pened to them in order to help warn others. This al- truistic impulse is the num- beronemotivatorforreport- ing scams. As noted in the report, "The voices and sto- riesofothershavethepoten- tial to normalize the prob- lem in a positive way, shed- ding the shame and stigma of victimization with the message that, if it can hap- pen to other people like me, it can happen to me." TAKE AIM AT THE OPTIMISM BIAS Consumer educa- tion must heighten percep- tions of personal risk and provide information that boosts confidence in one's ability to protect oneself. Motivation to take protec- tive action requires both the sense that one is vul- nerable and the tools to do something about it. Effec- tive public education must take a twofold approach; it must confront its audience with messaging that runs counter to stereotypes and perceived invulnerability, while simultaneously pro- viding information that empowers individuals to avoid becoming victims. PROVIDE PREEMPTIVE IN- FORMATION Survey par- ticipants, when asked what might have prevented them from being scammed, said knowing about different scam types and under- standing common methods used by scammers prior to being targeted would have helped. Nearly 80% of re- spondents identified one of these two factors as most protective; only one in five felt doing research af- ter being approached by a scammer was most protec- tive. SCAM ALERT Millennials more likely to get scammed 530-526-9887 645 Antelope Blvd. • Suite 8 Red Bluff, Ca 96080 www.countrycaninedayspa.com info@countrycaninedayspa.com Professional Groomer for 10 years, serving Tehama County and surrounding areas Country Canine Luxury Day Spa We care for the whole dog Welcome to the 96 th Annual Tehama District Fair Country Fair USA September 22 nd -25 th , 2016 Thurs. Sept 22 nd Fri. Sept. 23 rd Sat. Sept. 24 th All tickets purchased for the Red Bluff Monster Truck Spectacular include Fair entry for that day! 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