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The chamber Wednes- day night certified Market Downtown is scheduled for tomorrow night. All farmers and vendors welcome. If you have fruits or vegetables to sell or have great merchandise, please register today for our fan- tastic markets. Come get some delicious certified produce and meet great vendors. The Red Bluff Parks and Recreation Department will be once again hosting kids activities. We will have great live music this Wednesday with Sons of Jefferson playing bluegrass. EBT and credit and debit always accepted. We look forward to see- ing you as part of another amazing year. Don't forget our Satur- day Market by the River at the River Park 7:30 a.m. to noon. Please remember that both our Wednesday night and Saturday morning mar- kets are certified therefore pets are not allowed. For questions, more in- formation or to sign up, call Market Manager Jason Bauer at 527-6220 x 301 or write to jason@redbluff- chamber.com. Networking Hope to see you at Good Morning, Red Bluff at Te- hama County Solid Waste Management, 19995 Ply- mire Road in Red Bluff 7:50-9 a.m. Thursday, July 28. Come out for this excel- lent event and sample some great food. We hope to see everyone at Good Morning, Red Bluff, the most popular network- ing event in the county, so we can learn more about you and your business. Please invite friends or as- sociates to join you. There will be coffee, juice, pastries and fruit available for you. Training The chamber will be of- fering the free class Social Media 101 to teach how to get customers using social media. Registration filling fast, limited seating, don't wait. Red Bluff Chamber and the Small Business Devel- opment Center at Butte Col- lege present ongoing busi- ness training. Learn to use social me- dia to advertise and grow your business successfully. Not only is Social Media ef- fective it can be very cost efficient. In this training, you will learn how to effectively use social media. Do you want to know the best techniques and tools to use when marketing your new or existing business? This workshop will provide you strategies and prac- tices to effectively reach your target market. Top- ics will include developing a customer focus market- ing plan, using social me- dia, building a website and sizing up the competition. You will learn how to drive sales to your business and how to retain new and ex- isting customers. The training is set for 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, Aug. 18 at Holiday Inn Express & Suites, 2810 Main St. in Red Bluff. Easy registration please call 895-9017 or visit www. bcsbdc.org. REDBLUFFCHAMBER Bluegrassfeaturedatdowntownmarket CONTRIBUTED Downtown farmers market SACRAMENTO Director Tanya Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Adminis- tration's Disaster Field Operations Center — West recently reminded small, nonfarm businesses in 33 California counties of the Aug. 23 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disas- ter loan for economic in- jury. These low-interest loans are to offset eco- nomic losses because of reduced revenues caused by drought in the follow- ing primary counties that began Jan. 2, 2015. Primary California counties include Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Marin, San Benito, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, So- noma, Trinity, Tulare and Ventura. Neighboring Califor- nia counties include Te- hama, Alameda, Hum- boldt, Inyo, Lake, Los Angeles, Mariposa, Men- docino, Merced, Mono, Monterey, Napa, San Ber- nardino, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, San Ma- teo, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Siskiyou, Stanislaus and Tuolumne. According to Garfield, small nonfarm busi- nesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small busi- nesses engaged in aqua- culture and most private nonprofit organizations of any size may apply for Economic Injury Disaster Loans of up to $2 million to help meet working cap- ital needs caused by the disaster. "EIDLs may be used to pay fixed debts, pay- roll, accounts payable and other bills that can- not be paid because of the disaster's impact," said Garfield. "SBA eligibility covers both the economic impacts on businesses de- pendent on farmers and ranchers that have suf- fered agricultural produc- tion losses caused by the disaster and businesses directly impacted by the disaster. EIDL assistance is available regardless of whether the applicant suf- fered any property dam- age." The interest rate is 4 percent for businesses and 2.625 percent for private nonprofit organi- zations with terms up to 30 years. Loan amounts and terms are set by SBA and are based on each ap- plicant's financial condi- tion. Businesses primarily engaged in farming or ranching are not eligi- ble for SBA disaster as- sistance. Agricultural en- terprises should contact the Farm Services Agency about the U.S. Depart- ment of Agriculture as- sistance made available by the Secretary's declara- tion. However, in drought disasters nurseries are el- igible for SBA disaster as- sistance. Applicants may apply online using the Elec- tronic Loan Application via SBA's secure website at https://disasterloan. sba.gov/ela. Disaster loan infor- mation and application forms are available from SBA's Customer Service Center by calling (800) 659-2955 or writing to di- sastercustomerservice@ sba.gov. Individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hear- ing may call (800) 877- 8339. For more disaster as- sistance information or to download applications, visit https://www.sba.gov/ disaster. Completed appli- cations should be mailed to U.S. Small Business Ad- ministration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Disaster loans for businesses, nonprofits, homeowners, renters Congressman Doug La- Malfa invites you to attend Coffee with your Congress- man 8-9:30 a.m. Thursday attheCorningVeteransMe- morial Hall, 1620 Solano St. This is an opportunity to meet and ask questions of your congressman. For more information, call the Redding District Office at 223-5898. Bunco The Corning Senior Cen- ter would like to take the time to invite everyone to come out for Bunco Night at 6 p.m. Thursday evening at the Corning Senior Cen- ter, 1015 4th Ave. Cost is $10 per person. A hot dog and salad dinner will be served at 5 p.m. at a cost of $5 per person. This is a fun, fast-paced game with a wonderful group of people. For more information please call Karen at (530) 824-4727. Backpack giveaway Verizon Wireless, 908 99W, will be hosting the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway for kids noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. One free backpack with school sup- plies per child. Giveaway courtesy of A Wireless. There is no pur- chase necessary, while sup- plies last. Child must be present to receive a backpack. For more information, call 824- 3300. Clinic Dignity Health Solano Street Medical Clinic at 2126SolanoSt.isnowopen. The clinic offers primary medicalcare8a.m.to5p.m. MondaythroughFriday.Re- ferrals of friends and family are appreciated as well. Please call 824-4002 to schedule an appointment. Farmers market Don't forget to mark your calendars for Thurs- day night farmers market 5-7:30 p.m. every Thursday through Aug. 18 at North- side Park, 1414 Colusa St. There will be opportuni- ties to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables from local growers along with oppor- tunities to purchase crafts and retail items from vari- ous vendors. For more information about these or other Corn- ing Chamber of Commerce events, call 824-5550, visit www.corningchamber.org or like the chamber on Fa- cebook. CORNING CHAMBER LaMalfa to host coffee event Thursday By Steve Leblanc TheAssociatedPress BOSTON Gov. Charlie Baker is backing off his support of a plan to re- quire online lodging ser- vices such as Airbnb to pay the same taxes as ho- tels and motels just days after he said levying the tax was necessary. The Republican told re- porters on Monday he's not interested in raising taxes. On Thursday, Baker said during his monthly "Ask the Governor" segment on WGBH-FM that he would sign a proposal to apply the hotel tax to services such as San Francisco- based Airbnb in part to create a level playing field with traditional hotels and motels. But Baker said Monday he hadn't read the Mas- sachusetts Senate's pro- posal when he made the comments. He said the proposal is too broad and would include "a whole variety of rentals that I would never dream of hav- ing Massachusetts tax." He acknowledged that he's heard from hotel and motel owners who have complained that in certain markets they are in direct competition with Airbnb rentals for room nights. "That's a legitimate is- sue and one that's worth discussing, but if anybody thinks I am walking back my no new taxes view of the world they're mis- taken," he said Monday. But the governor was unable to say how he could square his call for a level playing field with his de- sire not to increase taxes. "I'm not interested in raising taxes. I am inter- ested in leveling playing fields," Baker said. "At this point in time, on this par- ticular issue, those two things seem to be in con- flict." The Senate bill would re- quire online lodging ser- vices to begin collecting the state's 5.7 percent room occupancy tax along with any additional room taxes charged by local communi- ties. 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