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2A – Daily News – Monday, March 15, 2010 THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 Editor: Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com Sports Editor: Rich Greene sports@redbluffdailynews.com Circulation Manager: Kathy Hogan khogan@redbluffdailynews.com Production Manager: Sandy Valdivia sandy@redbluffdailynews.com On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area 800-479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Be the Board: Taking responsibility One of my best friends recently came home from a self-help semi- nar with that Oh-my-God-I've-just- experienced-a-life-changing-event kind of glow. One reason was The Art of Pos- sibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and her husband, Boston Philhar- monic Conductor Benjamin Zander. She was so blown away by the con- tent of this manuscript that she bought every used copy she could find and asked — no, insisted — that her friends read it. I always feel trepidation when a well-meaning person pushes a book into my hands. I know they want to share the good news with me; I appreciate the thoughtfulness. Moreover, it's not that I don't like reading; actually I do. It's just I wish I had more time to do so. I love sitting on the couch on a lazy, rainy, windy afternoon, wrapped in one of those blankets with sleeves, (diet) hot chocolate on the end table; lost in a brilliant yarn. Yet, my reality is that after a 60- hour week writing, researching, and preparing presentations; as well as following world events via web, magazine, and newsprint; would you think less of me when I admit that the only reading I end up doing with regularity is the programming guide the DVR splashes on the TV screen? So when she planted the book in my hands and emphatically told me she really wanted to know what I thought, I felt trapped. I'm glad I was. The authors posit sever- al "practices." They don't tell you how to use them, simply that they exist. The choice to utilize them — or not — is ours. Practices include: Be a Contributor, Light a Spark, and Give in to Passion, all wonderfully valid. However, the practice that prompted me to take keyboard to word proces- sor is "Be the Board" In effect, take responsi- bility for everything that happens in your life, even if it doesn't seem like it was caused by you. It's easy to take responsibility when it's something we do (OK, maybe it's not exactly "easy," but good people do it anyway). My interpretation of "Be the Board" is that we also must assume account- ability for those things we did not do, as we are the board on which all our life's actions are played out. The pieces in that game are all con- nected to us, like it or not. As example, should my marriage be in jeopardy because my spouse is uncaring and emotionally absent, a standard — arguably fair — reac- tion would be to blame her for my lousy marriage and feel miserable and trapped because of her. Howev- er, if I take responsibility for the sit- uation in which I now find myself, I rapidly notice options I might not have seen oth- erwise. If I am trying to lose weight and, despite valiant, sincere, efforts, the scale does not move, standard modus operandi is to curse the diet and feel defeated. Taking responsibility however causes me to examine if there might be actions I could do I had not thought of before. This practice is equal- ly powerful in profes- sional or personal situa- tions, and it begins with a simple change of thought. Responsibility is not blame. Indeed it might not be my fault that I have trouble losing weight or choosing a good spouse, but it is my responsibility to change it if I wish to improve. After all, the word itself means "ability to respond." Without it, I am trapped, stagnant, petrified. Once I embrace my responsibility to improve my lot in life, I am empowered with unlimited options. About the author: Scott "Q" Marcus is a THINspirational speaker and author. Since losing 70 pounds over 15 years ago, he conducts speeches, workshops, and presentations throughout the country. He can be reached at 707.442.6243 or scottq@scottqmarcus.com. 30 years wedded bliss Scott Q. Marcus Courtesy photo Jim and Patty Ostrander of Red Bluff will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary today. The couple has two daughters: Mindy Benson and Megan Johnson. Stephanie Mayo and Frank Zaldivar, a son, Dominick Alexander Zaldivar, 8 pounds, 10 ounces and 20.5 inches long, born at 12:34 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff. Welcoming baby are grandparents Frank and Mar- illee Zaldivar of Corning, Tim and Beverly Wales of Red Bluff; great-grandparents Jack Gordon of San Diego and Art and Lana Sims of Sacramento. Birth The members of Soroptimist International of Red Bluff wish to thank the community for its sup- port of the recent scholar- ship fundraiser known as Chocolate Fantasia, which was a success, according to Jill Wabbel, event co- chair. Countryside Café, Cozy Diner, Tremont Café, Pumpkinland, Rolling Hills Timbers restaurant, Rosser Bakery donated examples of their fine desserts. Many SIRB members made their favorite choco- late recipes. The Choco- late Fantasia cookbook has recipes from members and the community for $4. Jean Shackelford, club president said the follow- ing donated items for a raffle: Gaumer's, Greg Cohen, Jean Shackelford, the Wabbel family, Jill Wabbel, Sharon Lena- ham, Ally Kinner- Beam and Kathleen Rook. The Chocolate Foun- tain was a new attraction for the event. The Fantasia featured candy, cakes, tiramisu, a variety of brownies, even a choco- late wedding cake made by Kare Hislop. The Veterans Hall was decorated in pink and brown and the desserts contained all shades of chocolate from white to the very dark cocoa. "The monies raised will help support the large number of SIRB scholar- ships awarded to area stu- dents each spring," said Kathleen Rook, scholar- ship coordinator. The upcoming scholar- ship application deadlines will be in the newspaper. "This is just one of the Soroptimist International of Red Bluff events this spring," said Jan Miller. The annual SIRB Spring Run/Walk begins Round Up week activities as walkers and runners return to the Red Bluff Recreation Areas Sacra- mento River Discovery Center parking lot on April 10 for registration at 7:30 a.m. Races begin at 8 a.m. For information about Soroptimist International of Red Bluff contact Jean Shackelford at jashack- elford@att.net. Informa- tion about the Spring Run contact Jan Miller at jamiller@snowcrest.net. Soroptimists thank community Courtesy photo Soroptimist International of Red Bluff members back row Kari Dodd, President Jean Shackelford, Kare Hislop, Becky Eusted, Nancy Shilts, Donna Wabbel, and Bobie Hughes. Front row Betty Kinner, Allene Dering, Jan Miller, Nancy Smalley a few of the members in Chocolate Fantasia outfits. About PATH — Poor And The Homeless — Night will be at 6 p.m. Friday, March 19, at Bethel Assembly of God, 625 Luther Road in the multi purpose room. Cost is a $10 suggested donation. Tickets available at the door or by calling Pam Klein at 527-6439 or Allene Dering at 529-5599. A shelter meal will be pro- vided, guest speakers from the shelter, Men's Transi- tional Housing and Women's Transitional Housing. About PATH to be held