Issue link: https://www.epageflip.net/i/93928
2A Daily News – Friday, November 16, 2012 Community people&events Attention local nonprofits Alook at Thanksgiving traditions The most common Thanksgiving holiday traditions are: • Giving Thanks • Thanksgiving Day Parade • Football Courtesy photo The Tehama County Friends of the Library has purchased a complete set of up-to-date Nolo Press Nonprofit books for the Red Bluff branch. These books are designed to help you form a nonprofit, get tax-exempt 501(c)3 status, solicit tax-deductible donations, take proper minutes, and more. Titles include: Every Nonprofit's Tax Guide : How to Keep Your Tax-Exempt Status & Avoid IRS Problems (2012), How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation in California (2011), The Volunteers' Guide to Fundraising: Raise Money For Your School, Team, Library or Community Group (2011), and Starting & Building a Nonprofit: a Practical Guide (2011), among others. Stop by the library and check them out — or place a hold if somebody got there first. 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. • Breaking the wishbone • Turkey and Trimmings I am unclear how the genealogy section of About.com determined this; yet intuitively it appears cor- rect. Ever curious (and always look- ing for content for my column), I wondered how these came to be; so I did some research. I share. According to historians, the Pil- grims never observed an annual Thanksgiving banquet in autumn. In the year 1621, they did celebrate a feast following their first harvest, but this ceremony was never repeat- ed. (Oddly, most devoutly religious pilgrims of that time did observe a day of thanksgiving, but they did so by fasting.) George Washington was the first president to declare the holiday, in 1789. — but not all — observed a Thanksgiving holiday. During the Civil War, President Lincoln, look- ing for ways to unite the nation, dis- cussed the subject with poet and editor Sarah J. Hale, who had been lobbying for Thanksgiving to become a national holiday. In 1863 he gave his Thanksgiving Procla- mation and declared the last Thurs- day in November a day of thanks- giving. In the mid–1800s, many states the fourth Thursday of November. Of course, giving thanks remains the bedrock of the celebra- tion and our country is not alone in that tradition. Other countries with an official Thanksgiving holi- day include Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Korea, Liberia, and Switzerland. As for football, the first intercollegiate football championship was held on Thanksgiving Day in 1876. Parades started almost a half-century later when, in 1920, Gimbel's Depart- ment Store in Philadelphia organized the first one. Many erroneously credit the first parade to Macy's, which actually began in 1924, and of course, con- tinues to this day. Scott Q. Marcus Seeking to lengthen the Christ- mas shopping season, Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1939, 1940, and 1941, changed Thanksgiving to the third Thursday in November. Finally, amid controversy, Congress passed a joint resolution in 1941 and since that time, Thanksgiving remains on Courtesy photo DAILYNEWS HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 127, NUMBER 264 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. Subscription & delivery Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (530) 527-2151, Ext. 126 NEWS News Tip Hotline: 527-2153 FAX: (530) 527-9251 E-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com Daytime: Sports: Obituaries: After hours:(530) 527-2153 ______________________ (530) 527-2151 Ext. 111 Ext. 103 ADVERTISING DEPT. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Display: FAX: (530) 527-2151 Ext. 122 Online (530) 527-2151 Ext. 133 (530) 527-5774 E-mail: advertise@redbluffdailynews.com CLASSIFIED: 1-855-667-2255 SPECIAL PAGES ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS Tuesdays: Kids Corner, Health Wednesdays: Business Thursdays: Entertainment Fridays: Education Saturdays: Select TV, Farm, Religion Publisher & Advertising Director: Greg Stevens gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com 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 POSTMASTER SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: PO BOX 220, RED BLUFF CA 96080 newspaper of general circulation, County of Tehama, Superior Court Decree 9670, May 25, 1955 © 2012 Daily News The Red Bluff Daily News is an adjudicated daily Postage Paid Periodicals 90 years ago... Allen Waller Charged With Bootlegging Declaring that he had made no move to evade arrest on charges of moonshining and bootleg- ging, Allen Waller of Manton was in Red Bluff yesterday while it was reported from Redding that Shasta county officers were looking for him to serve the warrant issued from the court of Justice of the Peace Dunham at Anderson. — Nov. 16, 1922 Members of the Tehama County Museum Board and staff spent the evening of Nov. 3 as guests of the South Oroville African American His- torical Society sharing good food, good fellowship, and a great pro- gram. Pictured, from left, are TCM President Chris Bauer, TCM Vice President Darrell Mullins, SOAAHS President Dr. John Rivers and TCM Executive Director Pam Britting.The mission of the SOAAHS is,in part, to collect and chronicle the stories of the South Oroville African American community as an educational refer- ence resource for future genera- tions. This is similar to a program recently begun at the Tehama Coun- ty Museum titled "Where Did You Come From and Why Are You Here?" These stories appear in the TCM newsletter and reflect the variety of reasons people were drawn to Tehama County. Every family has a story about how and why they came to Tehama County,and every story is different in some way. People wish- ing to share their family story are encouraged to call the museum at 384-2595, or send an e-mail to tcmuse@tehama.net. Spaghetti, Meatballs & Garlic Toast (served w/ choice of soup or salad) Shredded Beef Taco w/ Rice & Beans Tuesday Special: $8.95 Monday Special: $10.49 Corn Beef & Cabbage (served w/ choice of potato & veggies, soup or salad) Thursday Special: $10.49 Wednesday Special: $9.99 (stuffed w/ bell peppers, onion, mushrooms and cheese, topped w/ gravy) (served w/ choice of potato & veggies, soup or salad) Stuffed Burger Steak Best Homemade Pies in Town • Ice Cream Orders to go 731 Main St., 530.529.4012 open 7 days 5:30am-9pm TEA AND BOUTIQUE Fri., Nov. 30th 10AM to 3PM 25076 Sycamore Avenue, behind La Corona, Los Molinos 9AM to 8PM Sat., Dec. 1st , 2012 , 2012 37th Annual Run for the Needy Dec. 8 The fifth annual Salvation Army's Run for the Needy is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 8, with registra- tion at 7:30 a.m. and races at 9 a.m. at the Red Bluff Diversion Dam. There will be a 1-mile walk and run for children 4- 12 and their parents and 5K and 10K runs. Registration is $20 in advance with a T-shirt, call 527-8530, and $25 on the day of the event, T-shirts as available. JIMMY "GUMBO" WARD Jimmy was diagnosed with kidney cancer Please join us in supporting our friend Dinner, Dance & Silent Auction MUSIC BY HAYWIRE $15 per person Sat., Nov. 17th Red Bluff Elks Lodge 6pm Raffle for 4-night Deluxe houseboat stay from Lake Shasta's Packers Bay Marina $25 per ticket (only 300 tickets will be sold) 4221 Antelope Blvd. or call 530-527-5554 Purchase tickets at: Hair Etc. I did not realize that the wish- bone had such a long history. Get- ting the larger section of the wish- bone and making a wish upon it dates back to the Etruscans (who lived in northwestern Italy in the first millennium BC). The Romans brought the tradition with them when they conquered England and the English colonists carried the tradition on to America. For those of us who appreciate the deriva- tion of phrases, the term "lucky break," comes from getting the larger piece. With regards to the choice of to venison, boiled pumpkin, berries, and, maybe even shellfish. Although food is def- initely a means by which we celebrate good fortune, I must note that nowhere is "stuffing oneself until sick" listed as a tradi- tion. Quite the contrary, I would go so far as to say that uncomfortable, pained, hyper-expanded feeling that follows so many Thanksgiving cel- ebrations actually detracts from the appre- ciative sense of grati- tude one would hope to experience. Maybe, that's one tradition we can drop this year. family, let us resolve this year to find more reasons to give thanks, more occasions to help those less fortunate than us, and more ways to take better care of ourselves, starting with a wonderful Thanks- giving. Therefore, amid friends and turkey for the main course of the meal, blame or credit that to the evolution of our language. In the 1600s, "turkey" was the generic name to describe all fowl. Actual- ly, many historical accounts of that first feast include references 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. Museum invited to attend reunion