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2A Daily News – Saturday, December 8, 2012 Community people&events Senior menu The Senior Nutrition Program serves meals Monday through Friday at the Red Bluff Community-Senior Center, the Corning Senior Center and the Los Molinos Veterans Hall. The suggested donation for seniors 60 and older is $2.75. For those guests under the age of 60, the guest charge is $7. A donation is not a requirement for you to receive a meal if you qualify for the program. Reservations must be made a minimum of one day in advance by calling 527-2414. Two percent milk is served with each meal. Menu is subject to change. Week of Dec. 10-14 Monday Chicken Ala King, Peas & Carrots, Biscuit, Mango Medley Tuesday Swedish Meatballs, Noodles, Butternut Squash, Wheat Roll, Mandarin Oranges Wednesday Clam Chowder, Assorted Crackers, 3-Bean Salad, Cranberry Juice, Apple Oatmeal Cake Thursday ETHNIC MENU DAY Beef Tamale Pie, Refried Beans, Green Salad, Fresh Orange Wedges Friday HEALTHY HEART DAY Vegetable Beef Soup, Wheat Crackers, Carrot Raisin Salad, Orange Pineapple Juice, Gingerbread Christmas concert Lassen House Assisted Living & Memory Care at 705 Luther Road in Red Bluff will be hosting a free Christmas concert featuring the Red Bluff Community Band at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10. There will be refreshments and door prizes. The public is welcome. Grange craft fair The Los Molinos Grange will be holding its first craft fair starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 68th Street and Singer Avenue. 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. DAILY NEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 128, NUMBER 13 Many ideas and words People often ask me how I can come up with so many ideas and words week after week. The answer, I don't know, they just surface. It is sort of like asking a child, "what did you do at school today"? "Nothing," is the standard answer. True, it is not a very satisfying answer to the adult who was expecting a blow by blow description of what transpired on the school campus. Sometimes there is just is no easy way to answer a question. This week I found myself feeling a little giddy and silly in regard to words. I began to remember the times when as a child we tried pig latin on each other Some kids were really good at it and could rattle it off a mile a minute. Others, me included got their tongues twisted around their teeth while applying the wrong end of the word first. Many a time I had a slip of the tongue experience while trying to spit out a word such as "onkeymay", which I think is supposed to represent monkey in pig latin. As I became more mature, ha, ha ... I learned mat there are a lot of funny words that stand on their own without being twisted and turned into pig latin. Some are popular for a while, they are used to repeatedly until they finally die a natural death. During my teen years, I recall that me kids would always say "puke" whenever they wanted to emphasize something, it was a sort of vicarious swear word. It had a shock effect on adults who often admonished their offspring to "quit using that word." Sometimes overused words are not slang, they are psuedo educational, such as the ever popular statement of a few years ago "paradigm shift". Every meeting of the work place produced numerous "paradigm shifts, being bandied about. No one could manage to just say that something,was a change from the accepted, "paradigm shift" was a sure sign someone had read something somewhere and therefore must be up to date and state of the art in their thinking. We educators seem drawn to new words that depict "educationese". Some current in vogue words are "intentional", as in intentional teach- rious in describing a bad hair day. One might think that a ing, "full inclusion", as in that "yerd" is a cousin to a children with special needs "nerd , not so, a yerd are included in the "typical" means to beat with a rod population of children in the and a nerd is a, a, a, well I classrooms. "Integrated curreally am not sure what a riculum, may not be what the nerd is but a family memperson out side of educationber is calling me a nerd al circles assumes. It has to right now. All right I admit do with covering different it, I am addicted to words, areas of curriculum within words, words and more one planning framework. words. I love to write Hmmm. I am not sure that I Carolyn words in the morning, the am making myself clear or mid-day, the evening. I just reinforcing the habit of write words to Bach, to inventing new words to mudCountry, to Jazz, to Rap, dle the minds of unknowing to Reggae, even to hymns. listeners. Having made this public confesI like words so people are forever bringing my attention to unusual sion to word addiction, my dillings words Family members even feed my are pressuring me to stop this diatribe eccentricity by giving me whole books by "wheepling" at me to get my attenof words. They are sometimes later tion and hoping that I will become sorry they did because I tend to vocal- "roaky" again and not be able to ize them back to the giver. A few years speak from day-break to "dimpse" ago, one of our daughters gave me Translation? "... My children are such a book. I was perusing it this past pressuring me to stop this diatribe by week when I had a few days off from whistling at me to get my attention the regular grind. I came a cross one and hoping that I will become hoarse that some persons feel fits me to a tee. again and not be able to speak from The word, "oddwoman". An odd- daybreak to twilight. I will take the woman is a female umpire who arbi- hint and wind up this wordy column, trates heated arguments. To settle a I must say that I was not brave problem, she may suggest mat one enough to use the out-lived word for party give me other an "assything." daybreak, it was pretty gross, as we What is an assything? An assything is say today. It is a rainy early morning, it just anything one gives in compensation may bring on a fit of the "mubblefubfor an offense he has committed. I am not making these words up, bles".If this occurs one could chase they really are words that were once off the "mubblefubbles" by engaging used and fell out of favor. These words in the sport of "Hurley-Hacker". Lest often cause one to "faffle." Faffle readers think that I am about to chase means to stumble or stammer. Some my husband, Hurley, with a hacket I of mese words are really great, they must say that the term stands for allow one to use a lot of emotive lan- tobogganing and the mubblefubbles guage when describing commonplace are a depression of the spirits for no occurances. Right now I am battling reason, melancholy. So now, what was that question snarled "crinets", it is enough to "dretch" a seemingly sane person. In about my coming up with words, case you are wondering what the pre- week after week? vious sentence means, the translation Carolyn Barber has been writing is as follows: Right now I am battling snarled hair, it is enough to torment a her column in the Daily News since seemingly sane person. You see what 1992. It appears on Saturdays. She I mean, "crinets" and "dretch" are can be contacted by e-mail at decidedly moree emotive and myste- hurcar@yahoo.com. Barber Christmas concert scheduled for Tuesday An Exquisite Christmas Concert, Silent Night, Holy Night will be presented by Jaime Jorge, Violin Virtuoso, at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Red Bluff Seventh-day Adventist Church, 720 S. Jackson St., in Red Bluff. The Red Bluff Seventh-day Adventist Church invites community members to attend a free Christmas concert, featuring Jaime Jorge, a world-class violinist. Experience a renewed sense of hope as you discover Older sister is secretive and grumpy HOW TO REACH US On the Web: secrets about other Dear Annie: I people, and when have a sister who I'd find out from is 10 years older. www.redbluffdailynews.com someone else, she ''Doris'' lives in a MAIN OFFICE: NEWS would apologize. retirement hotel, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. But why can't she News Tip Hotline: 527-2153 and we speak Main Phone (530) 527-2151 FAX: (530) 527-9251 be open and trustoften on the phone Outside area (800) 479-6397 worthy? My husand see each other E-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com once a month or band and I try to be 545 Diamond Ave. Daytime: (530) 527-2151 so. considerate and Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Sports: Ext. 111 Recently, my Annie's helpful. We take her shopping, but she is Ext. 103 oldest son told me Mail: Red Bluff Daily News Obituaries: always frustrated P.O. 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He has released seven albums, five of which have won the prestigious Angel Award for "Instrumental Religious Album of the Year." The concert is free and is designed for people of all ages and denominations. The public is welcome. 90 years ago... Temperature Drops to 28 This Morning Today was the coldest day this section has had so far the present winter, the government thermometer on top of the Bank of Tehama County building registering 28 degrees above at 7 o'clock in the morning. — Dec. 8, 1922 Dear Disgruntled: There may be another reason why Doris neglected to mention your son's appearance: She forgot. There seems to be no ulterior motive in keeping it a secret, so we think these things simply slide out of her head, and that's why she doesn't mention them. As she gets older, this is likely to happen more often. Her complaining, unfortunately, may be part of her personality. You could suggest she see her doctor for a checkup and also propose that she concentrate on the good things in her life. You are one of those. Please try to accept her as she is. Dear Annie: We recently hosted an early holiday, and I am still upset with the behavior of my husband's 42-year-old niece. My husband has had some major medical issues. He's doing fine with medication, but he has trouble learning new things, including how to work a complicated cellphone. His family knows all this. My husband opted for a flip Manicure • Pedicure Gel Polish Manicure Fiberglass • Acrylic Air Brush • Nail Design Pink & White Acrylic Glitter walk-ins welcome 492 Antelope Blvd. 530•527•2786 Mon.-Sat. 9am-7pm phone that's easy for him to understand and use, but it's hardly the latest thing. During the visit, another family member called his phone to say hello. As we passed the phone around, someone accidentally disconnected us, and we had to start over. This niece made fun of the phone in front of the entire family and seemed intent on embarrassing him. My husband is the most special person in my life, and it hurt to see this 42year-old brat make fun of him. To me, this ''teasing'' is rude and thoughtless. Am I being oversensitive? How should I address her nasty comments in the future? — Miffed Dear Miffed: You do seem a bit oversensitive. Teasing someone about a phone is not particularly personal, and we doubt the niece connected it to your husband's medical issues, although you obviously did. The best response to this type of thing is to laugh. If she is looking to get a rise out of you, that will put a stop to it.