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2A Daily News – Friday, July 20, 2012 Community people&events College send-off celebration set Network, College Options is hosting a College Send-Off Celebration 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7 in the downtown Mar- ketplace Promenade in front of the College Options Resource Center, 1407 Market St. in Redding. Local students who are starting at or transferring to a college in the fall and their parents are encouraged to attend this free event. The goal is to provide an opportunity for students from various high schools who are headed to similar colleges to network, ask questions, get and give advice and start building their new community. Alumni and current col- lege students will be present to provide their perspectives and share their personal college and professional stories with the new students. Haley Sparks, a Shasta College student, shared her nia's two major public university systems, local commu- nity colleges, local private colleges and universities, the county offices of education, the California Education Round Table Intersegmental Coordinating Committee (ICC) and The McConnell Foundation of Redding. Pro- viding school- and community-based college awareness and preparation services, College Options is making a difference in the lives of Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity county students and their families. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. helpful," Sparks said. "Hearing others' stories and advice about college helped prepare me before entering the real world. It was a time to connect with others and build a relationship. I know I can ask anyone questions or con- cerns I have and they will do the best to help." Light refreshments will be provided, as well as time for mingling and break-out sessions designed help stu- dents network. There will be a workshop for parents to help with this transition. Registration is not required to attend. For more infor- mation, call Amanda Wigno at 245-5812. College Options is a collaboration between Califor- experience with last year's event. "The College Options social was not only fun but also In partnership with the Far North State College Access noteworthy details. First factoid: Supposedly (I say "supposedly" as I'm not sure of its veracity), the average overweight American needs to shed 38 pounds to level the scales at his correct weight. Obviously, some must lose more, and some less. Yet, should one take the collective poundage our citizenry must remove to be healthy, and divide it by the number of citizens who must drop those pounds; the resulting number would be just shy of 40. Factoid two: That same "average American," upon deciding to rid himself of the above mentioned 38 pounds, usually quits prior to 16 weeks; a shade less than four months. The final datum is that — despite pie-in-the-sky claims made by "miracle weight loss cures" falsely proclaiming one can drop five to ten pounds a week — an "average" healthy, sustainable (two important distinctions) weight loss is between one-half and two pounds per week. Let's split the difference down the middle and declare that number to be one and a quarter pounds every seven days. From these bits of information, we can make a central deduction. If the "average person" desirous of losing the "average amount of weight" sheds the "average amount per week" and quits in the "average number of weeks," he will be approximately half way to his goal when he throws in the towel. (Six- teen weeks multiplied by 1.25 Labeling results determines future results Recently, I stumbled upon some pounds per week = 20 pounds; just the other side of the midway point of 38.) This prompts a quasi- philosophical question: Is one a "success" or "failure" if she drops 20 pounds, when in actuality, her goal is 38? It's one of those "half-empty, half-full" sce- narios. how many pounds one might lose, but how one views how many pounds she has lost. Does she get to be proud because of her successes (even if she has more to go)? Or must she berate herself because she threw up her hands prior to achiev- ing her stated goal? Let's be honest, 20 pounds is 20 pounds. It's the same number no matter how one looks at it. But how one analyzes that number is what makes the dif- ference in whether one perseveres or surrenders. The greater issue is not regains the weight she lost (and probably more), and becomes for- ever stuck in a Sisyphean lose-gain-lose-gain cycle. Scott Q. Marcus More positively, by merely tweaking her internal dialog and focus- ing on the equally true reality that she took con- crete (albeit small) steps to move forward — despite cumbersome obstacles and lifestyle changes — she supplants negativity with a sense of accomplishment and pride. They say, "Nothing breeds success like suc- cess." Equally accurate is that noth- ing breeds failure like failure. Results are what results are. What is so exhilarating is you are the person who chooses how to label them. Should she compare herself to where she "should be," she provides herself yet one more opportunity to beat herself up emotionally. Feeling bad about such shortcomings, she brands herself a "failure." With such a label comes an overbearing feeling of being disheartened, ashamed, and defeated. These three emotions make her disinclined to persevere, the result most likely is she completely "gives up," decides it is a fool's errand and reverts to previous, self-destructive behav- iors. Of course, that means she About the author: Scott "Q" Marcus is the CRP (Chief Recovering Perfectionist) of www.ThisTimeIMeanIt.com, a website to support folks frustrated with making promises and ready to make a change in a supportive environment. Sign up for his free newsletter at the site or at facebook.com/thistimeimeanit. Contact him for coaching, consulting, workshops, and speaking at 707.442.6243 or scottq@scottqmarcus.com. His first six years of these columns are now available on Amazon at http://amzn.to/StrivingBooks. Variety of fun at summer SERRF DAILYNEWS HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 127, NUMBER 179 On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area (800) 479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Fax: (530) 527-5774 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. Box 220 Red Bluff, CA 96080 CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT: subscription rates (All prices include all applicable taxes) Tuesday through Saturday $3.02 per week Business & professional rate $2.19 four weeks, Tuesday-Friday Home delivery By mail: In Tehama County $12.17 four weeks All others $16.09 four weeks (USPS 458-200) Published Tuesday through Saturday except Sunday & Monday, by California Newspaper Partnership. 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Upper graders got to read on Kindles, play golf with a pro, and everyone enjoyed super fun "Fun Fridays." They also got to work on computers and make their own comic More than 100 Red pages. Many grade levels learned a great "hip hop" style dance routine. The fifth- to ninth- graders walked to Vista Middle School every Thursday to work, harvest and learn about growing and taking care of the vegetable garden. A high point of these trips was the harvesting of potatoes, tomatoes and cucumbers. Interns from Chico State Harvest of the Month program let stu- dents taste new dishes, made with items from the Vista garden, such as bruschetta and potato salad. All Summer SERRF students participated in "Reading Never Tasted So Good," a summer reading program sponsored by Baskin Robbins. As you can see Sum- mer SERRF was fun and the staff was enthusiastic. I highly encourage you to attend next summer. Red Bluff Garden Center CONSOLIDATION SALE "Everything outside in the Nursery" ago... 50% OFF July 20th Thru July 26th Harry Andrews Loses Life While Driving Few Cattle Across Sacramento River The unconfirmed report appearing in The News yesterday evening of the drowning of Harry Andrews in the Sacramento river near Tehama was verified an hour after the paper was off the press. The faint hope held by the community that the report was a mistake was dispelled when a number of Red Bluff friends of the unfortunate young man hurried to the scene of the disaster and satisfied themselves of the correctness of the report. — July 20, 1922 All sales are final, limited to stock on hand, not good with other offers. No returns, exchanges or guarantees on sale items. CONSOLIDATION SALE SCHEDULE: July 20-July 26 is 50% Off July 27-Aug. 2 is 60% Off August 2, 4, & 5 is 70% Off Red Bluff Garden Center 766 Antelope Blvd, Red Bluff, CA (530) 527-0886 Open Mon-Sat 8am-5pm Sunday 10am-4pm