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The Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce Round-Up Commit- tee is proud to announce Clay and Lilly Parker as this year's Red Bluff Round- up Parade Grand Marshals. The Parkers have been involved in the community their whole adult lives. Lilly was born and raised in Te- hama County and was first introduced to the Round-Up as a child when her father, CharlieDeFrates,wasan an- nouncer at the rodeo. Lilly retired after 31 years of em- ployment with the county, the first 17 years as a dis- patcher at the Sheriff's Of- fice and then 14 years with the Department of Child Support Services. Clay moved to Tehama County in 1981 to work at the Sheriff's Office and after 30 years in law enforcement, the last 12 years of his ca- reer as the Tehama County Sheriff and Coroner, retired in 2011. Clay was elected to the Red Bluff City Council in 2012, served as Mayor in 2015 and 2016 and then was re-elected to the City Coun- cil in 2016. In 2009, members of the Red Bluff Round-Up Com- mittee approached Clay and Lilly and mentioned that participants of the rodeo had a bad impression of Red Bluff because of alcohol re- latedincidents.ClayandLilly agreed to start a shuttle ser- vice during rodeo weekend so the contestants could en- joythemselvesandnotworry about having to drive. The first year started with a telephone and service truck donated by Growney Motors and the program was a huge success. In that first year, Clay and Lilly had to borrow a van from Clay's sister and brother-in-law — Sherrie and Roger Weigel — anditwasobviousthatmore vehicles would be needed if the program was to con- tinue. The Safe Rideproject now consists of three vans and three sets of drivers. The drivers are all volunteers, thetelephoneisstill donated by Growney Motors and the vans are provided by the Round-Up Association. All rides are provided free to contestants and their fam- ilies on Friday and Saturday. To date, the Safe Ride project has provided more than 4,000 rides during the Round-Up to contestants and attendees. Some of that success has to be attributed to the cooperation of the lo- cal law enforcement agen- cies, businesses, the Round- Up Association and the vol- unteer drivers. Clay and Lilly have sup- ported the community by being involved in the fol- lowing groups and organi- zations: Tehama County Jr. Livestock Auction as buy- ers, Red Bluff Buccaneers as sponsors and announc- ers, Police Activities League Board of Directors, founders and coaches of the Rancho Tehama Junior Giants base- ball program, Red Bluff Ki- wanis Club, United Way of Tehama County Board of Directors, United Way of Northern California Board of Governors, Salvation ArmyBoardofDirectors,Al- ternatives to Violence Board of Directors, judges for the Chili Cook-off and judge for the Red Bluff High School Mr. Spartan Contest. Clay and Lilly are mem- bers of the Red Bluff Police Department's Volunteers in Police Service — VIPS — program and have donated morethan1,800hourstothe police department. REDBLUFF Pa rk er s na me d Ro un d- up Parade Grand Marshals Advocacy American Legion, Lassen Post 0167 Red Bluff, 528-1026 AmericanLegion,Raisner Post 45 Corning, 518-3152 Am Vets, Post 2002 Corning, 526-2883 VFW Los Molinos, 384-1301 Red Bluff, 528-1026 Corning Post 4218 Dis- trict 15 Auxiliary 4218, District 15 824-5957 DAV 529-4579 MarineCorpsLeague,De- tachment 1140 (888) MCL-1140 Military Family Support Group 529-1852 or 529-2416 Services Tehama County Veterans Service Office 529-3664 Tehama County Veterans Collaborative Tehama Together, 527- 2223 Veteran Resource Center Chico (530) 809-2831 Redding (530) 223-3211 VA Crisis Hotline (800) 273-8255 VA Homeless Outreach (530) 247-7917 Redding VA Outpatient Clinic (530) 226-7555 Chico VA Outpatient Clinic (530) 879-5000 Veterans Home, Redding (530) 224-3800 Faith Based Advocacy PATH — Poor And The Homeless 736-3959 PastorDaveLambers,VCF 736-3400 Serving veterans? If your local organization or government entity offers service specific to veterans, send contact information to editor@redbluffdailynews. com, fax to 527-9251 or drop it off at 728 Main Street in Red Bluff during business hours to be added to this listing. RESOURCES Services and advocacy groups for veterans Beverly Holden will be attending the VSO and VSR conference the week of Feb. 27 so there will be no VSR services at our Corn- ing satellite office on Feb. 28. The VSO office is blessed to have additional staffing, but they are part- time employees. I'm con- tinuing to prioritize ap- pointments and work ev- eryone in to Beverly and my schedules. In the next couple of months we will have Andrew Norwood, our new VSR, seeing cli- ents too. Thank you for your patience. We are happy to an- nounce that our VSO of- fice will be moving into the former Tehama County Courthouse in March or April, into the office where Tehama County Elections used to reside. We will publish move update in future VSO articles. The Redding Veterans Resource Center, which assists qualified homeless veterans with transitional housing, comes to our Red Bluff office twice per month. Please contact the VRC directly for appoint- ments at 223-3211. Free yearly TRAX bus passes are available for qualified veterans at the VSO offices. We will issue the bus passes at the Red Bluff office and at our sat- ellite office in Corning. This wonderful opportu- nity will be available un- til the end of June. Please see the VSO office sched- ules below. Dependent College Fee Waivers can be submit- ted to or make an ap- pointment with Beverly Holden at our office af- ter April 15. Documen- tation necessary prior to the appointment are the Veteran's DD-214 and VA rating disability let- ter and IRS or Fran- chise Tax Board 2016 in- come verification for the dependent. The College Fee Waiver packages will be reviewed by the VSO on administrative Fri- days. Please plan ahead on these packages as the VSO will not be able to approve these packages on the same day as the appointment. Thank you for your support. There are many state and federal benefits and programs available to veterans and their de- pendents. To find out if you are eligible for any of these benefits, call the Tehama County veterans Service Office 529-3664. The VSO address is the Bank of America Build- ing, 955 Main St., Ste. C, in Red Bluff. Office ap- pointment hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday, closed from noon to 1 p.m. for lunch. The Red Bluff of- fice VSO is by appoint- ment only. Corning VSO walk-ins are at the Vet- erans Memorial Hall 9-11 a.m. the every Tuesday of the month. Los Molinos walk-ins are at the Public Library 9:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays. DMV forms for "Veteran" designated on your driver's license are available at all VSO of- fices. The Tehama County ID card is available in the Red Bluff VSO office. In- carcerated and Probation Veteran appointments are Thursday mornings. Friday's we are closed for administration and out- reach. We are looking forward to meeting you or seeing you again on your return visit. KellyOsborne,retired U.S. Coast Guard, is the Veterans Service Officer for Tehama County. VSO NEWS No Corning VSR services on Feb. 28 ClayandLillyParker A Court Appointed Spe- cial Advocates, or CASA, trainingsessionisscheduled to start Tuesday, March 14 in Red Bluff, where volunteers can learn how to make a dif- ference in the life of a child. Training runs through the endofMarchandclasses are Tuesday and Thursday eve- nings withone Saturday ses- sion. Training will be held at the Northern Valley Cath- olic Social Service office in Red Bluff, 220 Sycamore St., Ste. 101. CASA volunteers are ap- pointed by judges to watch overandadvocateforabused and neglected children, to make sure they don't get lost in the overburdened le- gal andsocial servicesystem or languish in inappropriate group or foster homes. Vol- unteers stay with each case until it is closed and the child is placed in a safe, per- manent home. For many abused chil- dren, their CASA volunteer will be the one constant adult presence in their lives. CASA volunteers are defi- nitely superheroes for the work they do for children. CASA of Tehama County was founded in 2014 and joins a group of nearly 1,000 other CASA programs na- tionwide, with more than 76,000 women and men serving as volunteers in the programs. Download the volunteer application by visiting www. nvcss.org/casa. The applica- tion deadline is Thursday, March 9. For more program infor- mation, visit www.nvcss. org/CASA. The CASA programs of Butte, Glenn, Shasta and Te- hama counties are adminis- tered by Northern Valley Catholic Social Service. CASA Volunteer to help a child in need Training for volunteers starts March 14 Kelly Osborne Round Up Saloon Round Up Saloon 610WashingtonSt. (530) 527-9901 Daytona500 Racestartsat3pm Happy Hour throughout race! Hotdogs & Hamburgers YourDestinationfor Relaxation Saloon REWARD $3000+ missing2ATV's, Generators 25-6volt batteries, 10-Solar panels, 27 ton troy log splitter, trailer and much more CallRay 408-561-0757 or Sheriff 530-529-7900 TehamaCounty Elections hasmoved! Our new office is located on the first floor of the Historic Courthouse, 633 Washington St. Room 17, effective February 1, 2017 LIFESTYLES » redbluffdailynews.com Saturday, February 25, 2017 » MORE ATFACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A7