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ByJustinMcCuin SocialSecuritymanagerin Redding According to the Cen- sus Bureau, there are nearly 57 million people living with disabilities in the United States. Thirty percent of American adults help provide care for a sick or disabled fam- ily member. Caregivers provide phys- ical and emotional support for the people in their care. It's a demanding job with its stresses and rewards, but it can also be a labor of love. Social Security is com- mitted to you throughout life's journey, helping se- cure today and tomorrow for every American. This is especially true for peo- ple who need help man- aging their benefits. We work closely with care- givers through our repre- sentative payee program. A representative payee is someone who receives and oversees the Social Se- curity or Supplemental Se- curity Income (SSI) bene- fits for anyone who cannot manage their benefits. This can be a child or an adult incapable of managing their own funds. You can learn more about our rep- resentative payee program at www∙socialsecurity∙gov/ payee. A representative payee is usually a trusted fam- ily member or friend of the beneficiary, but when friends or family are not able to serve as represen- tative payees, Social Secu- rity looks for qualified in- dividuals or organizations to represent the benefi- ciary. You can learn about becoming a represen- tative payee by watch- ing our new series of vid- eos on the duties of a representative payee at www∙socialsecurity∙gov/ payee. It's our hope that these videos will not only edu- cate individuals about the roles and responsibilities of being a representative payee, but also provide fur- ther insight, broaden com- munity awareness, and provide key resources to deal with the growing in- cidents of elder abuse, ne- glect, and financial exploi- tation. Caregivers are valuable and irreplaceable assets to our great nation. Please join us in celebrating them for all they do for those who cannot do for them- selves. SOCIAL SECURITY Help a loved one as a representative payee Due to impacts sus- tained from previous harsh winter storms, both the Cherry Hill Camp- ground and Butte Mead- ows Campground, located on the Humboldt Road, will not open as planned Friday, April 28. The late snow melt, heavy runoff and hazard tree removal has nega- tively impacted the condi- tion of campground roads and spurs and increased the amount of work needed to get the camp- grounds safely operational. Seasonal crews will be- gin cleanup work in those campgrounds next week. Potato Patch, Alder and Elam campgrounds will be open by Friday for opening day of fishing season. Potato Patch and Elam campgrounds have drink- ing water, vault toilets and trash service. Alder camp- ground has vault toilets and trash service. All three campgrounds are situated along Deer Creek, known for its fishing. For the most updated campground information, call the Almanor Ranger District Office at 258-2141. LASSEN FOREST Campground openings delayed due to storms Come to Stonyford at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 6 for the Stonyford Rodeo Parade. This is a delightful small- town parade of the type that the late Charles Kuralt used to feature in his "On the Road" segments on CBS News. This parade has a rich history. The antecedent to this parade dates back 78 years to April 1939. In March of that year, a group of Stony- ford men met at Charlie Butler's store and decided it would be fun to have a parade in which people dressed in 1890s clothing and paraded down Mar- ket Street in old wagons and buckboards. Thus be- gan the "Gay Nineties" pa- rade that became an annual event for the next 20 years, until 1959. In 1943 a rodeo was added and a group that became the Stony Creek Horsemen's Association was formed and incorpo- rated to manage the pa- rade and rodeo. The rodeo continued beyond 1959, un- til the present day. In 1940, the parade's second year, 2,000 peo- ple crowded into this lit- tle mountain settlement to attend this parade and the picnic that followed. Ac- cording to newspaper re- ports clipped and gathered in a scrapbook located in the Stonyford Museum, be- tween 1,500 and 2,000 peo- ple attended these week- end events every year un- til the parade's demise in 1959. While the parade died in '59, the rodeo continued and grew from its one-day amateur event to the two- day PRCA event that it is to- day. Now, more than 5,000 people turnout every year for this fun weekend. In 1985, the parade was reborn and has contin- ued until the present day. People no longer dress in old costumes, however, but old wagons sometime appear and old cars are a staple. Colorful floats, lovely ladies on beauti- ful horses, and lively chil- dren ensconced in a train of brightly painted barrels make their way along the mile or so parade route. All wave and throw candy to the crowd. Come early and get a good parking place some- where near the Stonyford Store from which to view the parade; bring a folding chair. Also, come early and get a good breakfast for $7 at the fire hall, which is at the end of the parade route, next door to the rodeo and camping grounds. Rodeo action begins at 1 p.m. The 74th Annual Stony- ford Rodeo will be held May 6-7. Tickets are available at www.stonycreekhorsemen. org or get them at Boot Barn, Chico, Anderson and Yuba City and Bucke's Feed & Grain, Orland. Pre-rodeo tickets pur- chased online or from any of the businesses listed above are $10 for adults and $6 for children 7-12 years and older, children 6 years and younger are free. Tick- ets purchased at the gate are $15 and $7. STONYFORD RODEO CONTRIBUTED Children in colorful barrels take part in the parade in 2016. Faithful readers will re- call that my husband and I have been testing and en- joying one of the handful of meal kit delivery ser- vices that are becoming quite popu- lar. A Home Chef meal kit includes all of the fresh in- gredients and instructions needed to cook restaurant- quality meals for two, four or six people in the comfort of your own kitchen, elim- inating recipe search and food shopping. Everything required for a meal is per- fectly portioned and ready to go. Seriously, it's like having your own personal sous chef. Since writing about it, I've gotten the most in- teresting feedback on the many ways you are figuring out how to use Home Chef to cut your food costs. Here are just a few: Single professional Dear Mary: Cooking for one is not an easy task. I'm not an experienced cook, which makes it even more challenging. I end up going to the grocery and leaving with half a dinner and $50 in snacks. Or if I do plan ahead and try to buy for a recipe, I end up with extra ingredients that expire be- fore I use them. Eating in a restaurant gets tiresome and very expensive. With Home Chef, I choose three two-serving meals per weak ($60 with free shipping). I'm sin- gle, but still when I pre- pare one meal, I cook both servings at the same time for convenience, and then reheat the second serv- ing the following night. HC meals are so good it doesn't even seem like left- overs. I can stretch some of the meals (pasta dishes, for instance) out to a light lunch, too, because the portions are large. I usu- ally freeze the meat for the final meal, to prepared for days five and six. I'll eat out with friends or family one night a week (usually on the weekend). — Asher Average family We're a family of four with two young boys. HC is not something we would have chosen to do on our own, but when asked to be an EC test family, we hap- pily agreed. Now that the test period is over, we've figured out how we can continue without destroy- ing our food budget. In fact, we are spending a bit less on food each week than we did before we had HC. Each week, we order three two-serving meals for three dinners out of the week ($60 with free ship- ping). The portions are large enough that we share four ways, with the adults getting larger shares. The boys, ages 7 and 2, enjoy the meals and are trying new things all the time. To stretch our HC meals, we supplement the boys' plates with things they like, such as carrot sticks, cheese, ap- plesauce or mandarin or- anges. No one leaves the ta- ble hungry. And we are eat- ing fresh, healthy food that is really delicious. — Wendy Dinner club We and two other cou- ples have created our own dinner club over the years, where we take turns host- ing Friday night dinner. Each of the last two times it was our turn to host, I ordered a six-serving HC meal kit ($60 with free shipping). We loved pre- paring the meal, and ev- eryone raved about the food. Here's the fun part: Without meaning to, my husband and I (he cooks HC with me) have raised the bar for the club. And what's more, we used to spend a lot more than $60 for one meal — and it would take me all day to shop, prep and cook. Our friends think we've gone to culinary school to do this so effortlessly. We're loving it! — Bob and Joyce The cost for Home Chef (www.everydaycheapskate. com/homechef) is $9.95 per serving. Shipping is $10, or free for orders over $45. You can check it out here. And when you get to that page, you'll see that I can still offer you a $30 cou- pon, should you wish to give Home Chef a test run. I can't wait to hear about your experiences. Would you like to send a tip to Mary? You can email her at mary@ everydaycheapskate. com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Ste. B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. 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