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Friday, April 23, 2010 – Daily News – 3A Local Calendar To add an upcoming event in the Local Calendar, submit information well in advance to the Daily News, attention Calendar, P.O. Box 220, Red Bluff, 96080 or e-mail to clerk@redbluffdailynews.com.Include a contact name and telephone number. FRIDAY, APRIL 23 Red Bluff and Hickory Al-Anon, 6-7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jefferson Celebrate Recovery, 6:15 p.m., Vineyard Christian Fellowship, 738 Walnut St. 527-2449 Knit for Kids, 9:15 to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372 Nor-Cal Antique Tractor & Equipment Club Spring Gas Up, Ridgeway Park Sacred Heart Jog- and Tryke-a-Thon, Sacred Heart School Seussical the Musical, curtains 7 p.m., Mercy High School, $5, 233 Riverside Way Corning Adult Wood Carving Class,10 a.m.to noon, Corn- ing Senior Center, 1015 Fourth Ave, 824-5669 Spanish Adult Education, 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 SATURDAY, APRIL 24 Red Bluff Children’s Fair, 10 a.m., Tehama District Fair- ground, free Civil War Days, noon and 3 p.m., Dog Island Park Missoula Children’s Theatre Princess and the Pea, 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., State Theatre, 333 Oak St., 529-2787 Nor-Cal Antique Tractor & Equipment Club Spring Gas Up, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. tractor pulls, Ridgeway Park Seussical the Musical, curtains 7 p.m., Mercy High School, $5, 233 Riverside Way Northern California Meat Goat Association Sale, 7 a.m., Tehama District Fairground Seussical the Musical, curtains 7 p.m., Mercy High School, $5, 233 Riverside Way Corning Corning Rural Fire Department Chicken Barbe- cue, Northside Park, 824-5550 SUNDAY, APRIL 25 Red Bluff Civil War Days, 11 a.m., 2 p.m., Dog Island Park Evangelist services, 7 p.m., Family Bible Church, 609 Marin St., 824-9989 Nor-Cal Antique Tractor & Equipment Club Spring Gas Up, Ridgeway Park Paskenta Paskenta Pioneer Day, Paskenta Community Park, 824-5550 MONDAY, APRIL 26 Red Bluff Al-Anon, 6 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jefferson and Hickory (additional meetings noon and 6 p.m. Wednesdays, 6 p.m.Fridays) Head Injury Recreational Entity, 10 a.m., St.Eliz- abeth Community Hospital, Coyne Center, 529-2059 Key to Life, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Suite 101, 528-8066 Red Bluff Community Band, 6:45-8:45 p.m., Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., 527-3486. Sun Country Quilters Community Service Group, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Sun Country Quilters Guild Meeting, 7 p.m., Westside Room, Red Bluff Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St. Corning Healthcare District, 6 p.m., district office building, 145 Solano St., conference room Narcotics Anonymous, and 7 p.m., 815 First St., 385-1169 or 566-5270. Meetings daily through Satur- day, additional meeting noon Mondays Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Spanish Adult Education, 5 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Strategies for Success, Life Skill classes, 1:30 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Police reports The following infor- mation is compiled from Red Bluff Police Depart- ment, Tehama County Sheriff’s Department, Corning Police Depart- ment and California Highway Patrol. Injury A woman, not know- ing her daughter was not in the car, reportedly backed over her 8-year- old daughter’s foot Wednesday afternoon at Mobile Pet Vaccinations RAIN OR SHINE LOW COST VACCINE CLINIC DOGS ON LEASH Distemper/Parvo (6-in-1) and Rabies.............$ 15 Distemper/Parvo (6-in-1) Corona, Rabies & Bordetella.......$ Distemper/Parvo (6-in-1).............$ Rabies Only....$ PRESCRIPTION FLEA PREVENTION ALSO AVAILABLE 25 10 7 CATS IN BOX Feline Distemper (3-in-1) and Rabies............. $ Rabies Only.... $ Leukemia.........$ All Three..........$ 15 7 12 25 SATURDAY, APRIL 24TH RED BLUFF Reynolds Ranch & Farm Supply 501 Madison, Red Bluff 12:00-2:00 MOBILE PET VACCINATIONS (916) 983-4686 (Not affiliated with any other vaccine clinic) discount CASH ONLY 3 or more pet the Pentecostal Church. The girl was taken to St. Elizabeth Community hospital, treated and later released. Theft •A residence was reported ransacked Wednesday afternoon on Oak Grove. •A locker key and cash were reported stolen Wednesday afternoon on Salisbury High School •Money was reported stolen early Thursday morning from a room at the Super 8 Motel. •An identity theft was reported Wednesday morning at the Red Bluff Police Department. Counterfeit A counterfeit $20 bill was reported Wednesday at PremierWest bank. Fire • A fully-involved fire on a trailer with a motor- cycle on it was reported at 10:52 p.m. Tuesday on Tehama Avenue near Rawson Road. CalFire was on scene at 11:08 p.m. The fire was con- tained to the trailer and did $2,000 damage with no save. The cause is under investigation. Cal- Fire cleared the scene at 12:18 a.m. Wednesday. When instant savings leads to instant theft Last week we discussed why it’s wrong to use a coupon on a differ- ent item than a manufacturer intended. This week, we hear from a manufacturer’s representative who witnesses a different kind of coupon usage problem. Q: "I am a retail merchandising representative. One of my duties is to apply Instant Redeemable Coupons (many shoppers call them "peelies," since you peel them off the product package) directly to products on the shelf. These IRCs are placed on spe- cific products for specific pur- poses. Sometimes a product is being discontinued and the manu- facturer wants to help move the product off the shelf so that excess stock won’t have to be shipped back to the reclamation center. Many times the packaging is being changed, and manufacturer uses IRCs in order to quickly close out products with dated packaging. "Many consumers apparently aren’t aware of the purpose of these IRCs or they just don’t care. I apply the IRCs one week and return the next for a follow-up visit only to find that someone has removed every single IRC from product packages. The stores tell me they often spot customers pulling the IRCs off. When approached by store personnel and questioned about it, the customers say that there is no law against removing the IRCs. True, there is no written law. Are shoppers aware that manufac- turers put a lot of time and money into placing the IRCs for a specific reason? Without them, the store may lose a sale or may get stuck with the product. Could you edu- cate your readers on this problem?" A: We’ve touched on in-store coupon theft before in my column, but I thought it was important to feature this letter because it repre- sents the manufacturer’s perspec- tive instead of the shopper’s. Manu- facturers use peelies on certain products and the peelies’ pur- pose is closely tied to mov- ing those partic- ular products off the shelf. I’ve always considered coupons that are stuck to a prod- uct to be part of the prod- uct’s packaging. Imagine if that coupon were printed on the surface of the box rather than stuck to it. Would you tear apart the box in the store in order to remove the coupon and then leave the product on the shelf? I hope not. And yet, that’s essentially what many shoppers do when they remove peelies with- out buying the product. Why do people take variety happened to have $1 peelie coupons stuck to the boxes. Do the math. Now, as I stood in the aisle, snapping up boxes of cheap, high- fiber varieties of the pastries, I wit- nessed several other shoppers peel- ing off coupons from the high-fiber boxes then putting a corresponding number of chocolate, brown sugar and crème varieties of the pastries in their carts. Of course, the peelie coupons stated "$1 off high-fiber" toast- er pastries. Due to the current bar code setup, the peelies would scan on the other flavors, because the products share the same family code. Unfortunately, the Jill Cataldo Coupon Queen them? The most common reason seems to be that the shopper wants to buy the product, but not the par- ticular flavor or variety that the peelie is stuck to. They remove the coupon from the first product and use it to buy the second. As we discussed last week, this often results in "off-label" couponing – using a coupon on a product for which it was not intended Not long ago, my grocery store had a sale on toaster pastries. They were on sale for $1.25 a box, already a good price. The high-fiber store was left with a shelf half-full of high-fiber toaster pastries, the pack- ages clearly showing peel-off residue where coupons used to be attached. This poses a problem for the store, too, because attractive packaging is a factor in sales. People don’t want to buy products that appear less than perfect. The simple answer? Don’t remove peelies from packages unless you’re actually buying the product to which they are attached. Period. Jill Cataldo, a coupon workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about couponing at www.supercouponing.com. E- mail your couponing victories and questions to jill@ctwfeatures.com. Candidates nights planned in south county Corning May 17 Los Molinos May 10 The Corning Chamber of Commerce and the Corning Veterans of Foreign Wars will host a Candidates Night at 7 p.m., Monday, May 17, at the Veterans Memorial Hall, 1620 Solano St. This will be an opportunity to get to know the candidates running for offices in Tehama Coun- ty. Candidates will have the opportunity to make an opening statement and a closing statmement. Written questions will be taken from the audi- ence and screened before directed to each candi- date. Those unopposed have been invited and will be introduced, however they will not speak. There will be an opportunity after the meeting to speak with these candidates individually. The event is free and open to the public. The Los Molinos Chamber of Commerce will sponsor Know Your Candidates Night so voters in the area may learn about the candidates, and candi- dates can learn about the area. The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 10 at the Los Molinos Veterans Memorial Hall, 7980 Sherwood Blvd. in Los Molinos. The hall is a few blocks east of Highway 99E. Candidates will have the opportunity to briefly, not more than five minutes, address their candidacy and goals. Written questions will be taken from the audience and directed to each candidate. The meet- ing should conclude by 9:30 p.m. At the rear of the hall there will be tables on which candidates may place campaign literature or a poster. The event is free and open to the public.