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2A Daily News – Tuesday, July 31, 2012 Community people&events Face the Facts ASK FOR THE CORPORATE RATE. OR NOT FACT: The United States has the world's highest corporate tax rate at up to 35 percent. Japan recently lowered its corporate tax rate to 30 percent, and some US companies are mov- ing operations to coun- tries with lower rates such as Ireland, where the corporate tax rate in 12.5 percent. The US collected $204 billion in corporate income tax in 2009 from 5.8 million corporations, down from $228 billion the year before. The company that manages the Daily News, Digital First Media, has partnered with the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs for a non- partisan initiative called Face the Facts USA — www.facethefactsusa.or g. Each day leading up to Election Day, Face the Facts will release one interesting fact affecting our nation. 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. Are you overexposed? make changes in their lives. I speak with people who want to drop bad habits and learn better ways to live their lives. Often times these are peo- ple who are married with children, working a job that they have been at for some time and who pretty much have a routine in life. They eat the same foods, they watch the same tele- vision shows and they hang out with the same people they always have. Usually when someone wants change in their lives it is because there is some aspect of life that is no longer meeting their needs or they have got- ten to a place in life where who they were isn't who they still want to be. Change is a mighty and powerful thing. Just knowing that we are crea- tures who can decide to make a change is thrilling to me. We are not part of a caste system that refuses to allow us to grow. We are not animals who rely on the natural order of things to be, do and have what we want. We can simply make a decision and act on it and the results will be as good as the decision was. I deal with people who want to who want to make change are often times up against a wall when they realize that even though they want to change, many aspects of their lives can't. Hopefully changing won't include divorcing your spouse, turn- ing your back on your kids and quit- ting your job, but it can make change more difficult if many of the factors in your life aren't on board with your decisions. In my coaching practice, people Sometimes when we want to change a part of how we do things, think or feel, we have to limit our expo- sure to things that hinder progress. If you want to stop being so negative, you can't play Bunko with the group that complains about their lives every month. If you want to stop being petty and see the good in others, you can't meet for coffee and talk about everyone behind their backs. If you want to lose weight, you have to stay out of the cookie isle. If you want to be a better parent, you can't let the same buttons get pushed by your kids. Faydra Rector In order to be a success, you have to limit your exposure to the things that make you weak. It isn't that you will always need this hands-off approach, but it will take time to for- tify yourself from being influenced. As you implement change in your life, you will learn new ways to deal with stress, triggers or whatever it is that makes you fall farther from your goal. As you educate yourself about what it is you want, you will be better able to operate around situations that don't support the new you that you want to be. If you want to be, do and have the things in life that matter to you, you will have to change how you do things. If you can control the factors in life that affect how you offered 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 24 and Sept. 28 at the Work First Center, 376 S. Main St. Red Bluff. This workshop was designed for those who are strug- gling to make ends meet, find a safe place to live, hold a job, achieve academic goals and support their children. "Money Talks," a financial empowerment class, is being You Matter think you can learn to live with the factors you can't control. If you are looking to stop being a gossip, consider not attending activities that you know people will be talking about others. If you can, hide people who pro- mote gossip on your Face- book. Become busy with other things that matter more than wasting time on the phone talking about others. If you sit by some- one at a function and they can't be kind, make an excuse to leave the area and visit with someone who is more positive. Make friends who don't have time to think about other people and join clubs or groups that promote well- ness and help others. If you want to make change in your life, you must limit your expo- sure to things that sabotage your suc- cess. Learning to control who and what you expose yourself to is the first step to putting your success front and center. Faydra Rector, MA is a mental health administrator, author, public speaker, educator and life coach who lives in Red Bluff. She can be reached at lifecoach@shasta.com or view her blogs at http://faydraandcompany.blogspot. com/ and http://allaboutdivorce.blogspot.com /. Financial empowerment class to be offered money, rights and responsibilities for landlords and tenants, local resources and how to access them. Participants need to attend both sessions to receive a certificate of completion. For more information, call Alternatives to Violence at 528-0226 or visit www.Alternatives2Violence.org. It will focus on budgeting, how to best manage your Coed conflicted over parents and beau My boyfriend and I informally agreed to move in together once I'm out of col- lege and he is in grad school. Right now, we have Dear Annie: DAILYNEWS HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 127, NUMBER 186 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. 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Texas Buckers To Be Seen At Red Bluff Round-Up The assertion has been made frequently since the close of the big Red Bluff roundup last fall that the second annual meet of the association will eclipse the one last year in every detail. These assertions have come from men on the inside and from men who had a knowledge of what is being done to make the next roundup bigger than the first. — July 31, 1922 Remaining stock Second Hand Rose Peacock Emporium starts Monday, July 23rd ends Friday, July 27th AVE AVE AVE 516 Walnut St., Red Bluff 530-527-3738 & Mon-Sat 10am - 6pm 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. long-distance rela- tionship. Here's the prob- lem. I recently found a two-year MFA program overseas that I've fallen in love with. I told my boyfriend that I'd like to apply, and initially, he seemed happy for me. But whenever I want to discuss the details, he directs the conversation elsewhere. I know this program means more time away from him, and I don't expect either of us to change our plans. But it seems he expected me to move in with him wherever a Annie's Mailbox by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar will claim that I won't be safe and ask me why an American school isn't good enough. I don't want them to yell at me. — Pennsylva- nia he ends up going for his master's. Even if I don't get into the MFA pro- gram, I still want to explore the world before set- tling down with him. He doesn't seem to get it. Also, how do I get my parents to support my deci- sion to go over- seas? I know they Dear Pennsylvania: One of the signs of adult- hood is taking responsibili- ty for your choices and being confident in the face of objections from others. You should listen and take into account those whose opinions you respect (such as your parents and boyfriend), but the final decision is yours, good or bad. Own it. A program abroad is usually an opportunity for growth. A boyfriend who pressures you to behave in ways that benefit him but not you could be a problem in the future. Please acknowledge that these people will miss you and worry about you, but also reassure them that this pro- gram is beneficial for your education and maturity, and you will stay in close con- tact. The yelling and disap- proval is something you will simply have to endure until things settle down. Dear Annie: I recently sent a small check to a friend of mine living in bankruptcy. The explicit "strings attached'' to this gift were that he use it for a specific luxury item that has meaning to him and that he would not otherwise get for himself in his cur- rent financial straits. money instead to pay an everyday bill. I considered my gift to be disrespected and told him so. His response to my disappoint- ment was to assail me ver- bally, saying I must think I'm better than he is, and then to go into a prolonged defense of his misuse of my gift. He told me he used the I would have felt better if he had simply apolo- gized, and I ended our rela- tionship of more than 40 years. I feel I was played the fool. What do you think? — ''Omerta'' in New York Dear N.Y.: We think when you send a check to a friend who is living in bankruptcy, you don't tell him to spend the money on a luxury item when his electricity is about to be turned off. You meant well, but your lack of empathy provoked his inappropriate verbal attack. Ending a 40- year friendship in retalia- tion implies you have no appreciation whatsoever for his stressful situation. How sad. asked who should pay the greens fees when friends visit and ask to play golf at his facility. Having played golf for many years, I feel that everyone pays his or her own greens fees. It's just an automatic thing, no questions asked. Simply walk up to the desk and pay your own way. Dear Annie: ''Paul'' polite thing to do, especial- ly if you want to be asked to play again. — Shreve- port It's the Dear Shreveport: Thanks. Here's one more: the money out of the equa- tion. When we go visit our friends and relatives, we pay. When they come visit us, we pay. We're just pleased to see them. — Happy in Tennessee Dear Annie: Try to take TEHAMA COUNTY HISTORY $7500 each + $1000 S+H (per book) Please make checks payable to TCGHS, P,O, Box 415, Red Bluff. CA 96080. Check or money order only! The Copy Center, 16 Antelope Blvd. Red Bluff, CA Have a computer? You can also order online at www.tcghsoc.org or pick one up at