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Weareexcitedtoan- nounce the open house for the Los Molinos County Center on Wednesday from 3-6 p.m. The ad- dress is 7883 High- way 99E. Our Vet- erans Services Office sat- ellite office will be in Los Molinos the first and third Monday of the month, from 9-11 a.m. Please help us spread the word. If we have a higher demand, we will increase our monthly vis- its. Thank you again to Dick Muench, Tehama County chief probation officer, and all Tehama County department heads who worked so hard to make this county facility possible. They did all the work and invited the VSO office to participate. We get to show up with our outreach equipment and begin assisting veterans. Free yearly TRAX bus passes are available for qualified veterans at all VSO offices. We will is- sue the bus passes at the Red Bluff office and at our satellite offices in Corning and Los Molinos. 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 submitted to or make an appoint- ment with Beverly Holden at our office after April 15. Documentation neces- sary prior to the appoint- ment are the Veteran's DD-214 and VA rating dis- ability letter and IRS or Franchise Tax Board 2016 income verification for the dependent. The col- lege fee waiver packages will be reviewed by the VSO on administrative Fridays. 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 vet- erans and their depen- dents. To find out if you are eligible for any of these benefits, call the Te- hama County Veterans Service Office 529-3664. Schedules The VSO address is the Bank of America Build- ing, 955 Main St., Suite 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 Veterans Me- morial Hall 9-11 a.m. ev- ery Tuesday of the month. Los Molinos VSO walk- ins are at the Los Molinos County Center at 7883 Highway 99E. DMV forms for "Vet- eran" designated on your driver's license are avail- able at all VSO offices. The Tehama County ID card is only available in the Red Bluff VSO office. Please call before coming in to make sure that we have staffing available to make the cards. Incarcer- ated and probation vet- eran appointments are Thursday mornings. Fri- days we are closed for ad- ministration and out- reach. We are looking for- ward 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. VSONEWS Veterans open house scheduled in Los Molinos Kelly Osborne ADVOCACY AmericanLegion,LassenPost 0167:RedBluff,528-1026 AmericanLegion,RaisnerPost 45:Corning,518-3152 AmVets,Post2002:Corning, 526-2883 VFW:LosMolinos,384-1301;Red Bluff,528-1026;CorningPost4218 District15,Auxiliary4218,District 15,824-5957 DAV:529-4579 MarineCorpsLeague,Detach- ment1140:(888)MCL-1140 MilitaryFamilySupportGroup: 529-1852or529-2416 SERVICES TehamaCountyVeteransService Office:529-3664 TehamaCountyVeteransCol- laborative:TehamaTogether, 527-2223 VeteranResourceCenter:Chico (530)809-2831;Redding(530) 223-3211 VACrisisHotline:(800)273-8255 VAHomelessOutreach:(530) 247-7917 ReddingVAOutpatientClinic: (530)226-7555 ChicoVAOutpatientClinic:(530) 879-5000 VeteransHome,Redding:(530) 224-3800 FAITH BASED ADVOCACY PATH—PoorAndTheHomeless: 736-3959 PastorDaveLambers,VCF:736- 3400 SERVING VETERANS? 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A safe zone work- shop will follow from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The conference will fea- ture panelists and speak- ers of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. Their perspec- tives will challenge com- monly held assumptions about gender roles, exam- ine the consequences of ste- reotyping, and address the different barriers they have faced. Register at https://shas- tacollegegec.eventbrite. com. The college said its goals are to: • Engage in a campus community discussion to identify the barriers to gen- der equity in academia and the workforce. • Empower one another to develop concrete solu- tions that address the gaps in equity between genders with regard to education, economics, and politics, in- cluding the understanding of the complex intersec- tions between race/ethnic- ity, class, age, sexual orien- tation, and religion. • Act to ensure fair and equal access to opportunity for all genders. The conference will be followed by a LGBTQ+ safe zone workshop from 1:30- 3:30 p.m. A light lunch will be provided. For further information, see the Eventbrite site, search for Shasta College Gender Equity Conference 2017 on Facebook, or con- tact the Office of Access and Equity at 242-7618 or eq- uity@shastacollege.edu. SHASTA COLLEGE Gender equity conference scheduled Staff Report A Twain and a McClain will make appearances at the State Theatre in Red Bluff next weekend in back-to-back benefit events for the Red Bluff Spartan Sports Boosters. Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours are local favorites. Mc- Clain lives in Nashville, but he rounds up the Trouba- dours for frequent visits to Red Bluff and the rest of the north state. He turns each stop into the fictional Pine View Heights Trailer Park, with pink flamingoes and all, and songs steeped in hu- mor and rich storytelling. McClain is best known locally for his appearances at Woodflock, when "fla- mingoheads" take over the Red Bluff Recreation Area on the Sacramento River on Memorial Day Weekend for music, camping and fun. For those who can't wait, McClain and the Trouba- dours will play a show at the State Theatre starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 31. It's part of the band's 10th anniversary celebra- tion. Tickets are $25. The next night — fit- tingly, April Fools Day — the theater will be visited by the ghost of Mark Twain. It was Twain who wrote: "All Fools' Day: This is the day upon which we are re- minded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four." Impressionist McAvoy Layne will bring Twain to life in a show that starts at 7:30. Tickets are $18 in ad- vance or $20 at the door. Tickets for each event can be purchased online at statetheatreredbluff.com. They can also be purchased in advance at the Tehama Country Visitor Center, 250 Antelope Boulevard in Red Bluff. 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