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REDBLUFF Express Em- ployment Professionals, the largest franchised staff- ing company in the North America, recently reported that through the first six months of 2014 it put an av- erage of 5,370 new people to work each week, up from an average of 2,509 in 2009. "From the depths of The Great Recession, we have doubled the number of new people being hired," said Bob Funk, CEO and chair- manoftheboard."Thecom- pany is on track to employ more than 450,000 people by the end of the year." Through the first half of 2014, franchisees gener- ated more than $1.3 billion insales,postinga16percent increase compared to the same time in 2013 and sur- passing the staffing indus- try average growth of 8 per- cent. Since 2009, the staff- ing company has achieved 152 percent growth in sales, surpassingstaffingindustry sales growth of 54 percent. The strong performance resulted in Staffing Indus- try Analysts naming Ex- press as the fastest grow- ing major staffing company, and ranking it No. 1 in in- dustrialstaffingwith14per- cent growth year to date in 2014. Other areas of growth wereinadministrativestaff- ingat25percentandprofes- sional staffing at 19 percent. "We are so happy to have been in Red Bluff for the past 17 years. When you think about the amount of hope given to job seek- ers over the years, it's over- whelming," said Lisa Han- sen, franchisee of the Red Bluff Express office. The company also cel- ebrated the opening of its 700th franchise location in June. "We want to help get the economy rolling again and our vision to help as many people find good jobs by helping as many clients as possible find good peo- ple provides a good jump start for the economy," Funk said. LABOR CompanyrankedNo. 1 in industrial staffing If you're a baby boomer, you're at the point in life where, if you haven't ac- tually entered retirement, you're at least approaching the outskirts. But if you're like many of your fellow boomers, you may be ex- periencing more than a lit- tle trepidation over your fi- nancial prospects as a re- tiree. That's why it's so important for you to deter- mine what steps to take to help improve your chances of enjoying a comfortable retirement. Just how worried are baby boomers about their future? Consider these numbers: Seventy-two per- cent of non-retired boom- ers think they will proba- bly be forced to delay re- tirement, and 50% have little confidence that they will ever be able to re- tire, according to a re- cent AARP survey. Other surveys show a similarly bleak outlook among the baby boom generation. Fortunately, when it comes to building re- sources for retirement, you have options. Of course, if you're in one of the younger age cohorts of the baby boom generation, your possibilities are greater — you may still have time to take measures such as boosting your 401(k) and IRA contributions, reduc- ing your debts and posi- tioning your portfolio to provide you with a reason- able amount of growth po- tential. But even if you are pretty close to retirement, or at least close to the point where you initially expected to retire, you can act to better your outcome. For one thing, you could re-evaluate your planned date of retirement. If you really don't mind your job and could extend your working life for even a cou- ple of years, you could help yourself enormously in at least three ways: • You'll add on to your retirement accounts. The longer you work, the more you can contribute to your IRA and your 401(k) or other employers-spon- sored account. • You may be able to de- lay taking Social Security. You can start taking So- cial Security as early as age 62, but your benefits will be permanently re- duced unless you wait un- til your Full Retirement Age (FRA), which will likely be 66 or 67. Your pay- ments can increase if you delay taking your benefits beyond your Full Retire- ment Age, up to age 70. • You may be able to de- lay tapping into your re- tirement vehicles. The longer you wait until you begin withdrawals from your IRA and 401(k), the more time you are giv- ing these accounts to po- tentially grow. (Once you turn 70 ½, you will need to generally start taking withdrawals from a tradi- tional IRA and a 401(k) or similar plan, but you don't face this requirement with a Roth 401(k) account.) As an alternative to de- laying your retirement — or possibly as an addi- tional step you can take along with a delay — you may be able to adjust your investment mix to pro- vide you with the combi- nation of growth and in- come that can help carry you through your retire- ment years. You can also be strategic about which investments you start tak- ing withdrawals from, pos- sibly allowing your portfo- lio to grow more than you had envisioned. Start thinking now about ways you can help yourself achieve the re- tirement lifestyle you've pictured. You may want to consult with a professional financial advisor who can suggest the strategies and techniques most appropri- ate for your situation. In any case, with some care- ful planning, you can be a boomer whose retirement plans don't go bust. Thisarticlewaswrit- ten by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. Tyler Smail is a finan- cial advisor for Edward Jones, his office is at 733 Washington St. in Red Bluff. He can be reached at 529-3627 or tyler. smail@edwardjones.com. FINANCIAL FOCUS Do n' t le t re ti re men t plans go bust Tap into Tehama micro- brew festival is happening 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. Enjoy some of the finest beers in the beautiful set- ting of the Red Bluff River Park next to the Sacra- mento River. The festival will be fea- turing more than 35 local craft breweries and a wine garden featuring a variety of regional vineyards. Your ticket purchase in- cludes a canvas carrying bag, plastic tumbler for tasting and a map layout of the entire event area. The event will also fea- ture live music and en- tertainment, local artists, food trucks and water for all. There will be plenty of seating and plenty of shade. For more information visit www.TapintoTehama. com. This is a nonprofit event with the proceeds to benefit the Red Bluff-Te- hama County Chamber of Commerce. Farmersmarketshuge success Come get fresh local fruits and vegetables 5-8 p.m. each Wednesday in Downtown Red Bluff and 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturdays at the Market by the River at River Park. Live music tonight will be performed by Flashback. Enjoy their funk and rock, rhythm and blues. EBT, credit and debit cards are accepted and there are merchandise ven- dors at each market too. On Aug. 20 the Over- time Canteen will be back for its third round. Come enjoy local wines and beer with great people. Each week has spe- cials and live music. Jason Bauer is the Certified Mar- ket manager and is avail- able at 527-6220 ext. 301 or jason@redbluffchamber. com. A few vendor spaces are still available. For in- formation, visit www.red- bluffchamber.com. Crawday Festival Tickets are available for the Crawdad Festival, scheduled for 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 at Rolling Hills Casino in Corning. The Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Com- merce, in partnership with festival host Rolling Hills Casino, is proud to pres- ent the Crawdad Festival in Tehama County. All you can eat craw- dads, beer and wine tast- ing, live music and more will be featured. Tick- ets are $20 for this 21 and older event, available at the chamber office or www.rollinghillscasino. com. All proceeds benefit the chamber. Three bands are sched- uled to play at the Craw- dad Festival — All Fired Up, Swamp Daddy and The BluesBox Bayou Band. RED BLUFF CHAMBER Tap into Tehama this Saturday DAILYNEWSFILEPHOTO Crawdad Festival will feature all you can eat crawdads, beer and wine, and live music. This week's Business Spotlight is on Rabobank N.A., a premier California community bank known for personalized service and its wide range of banking, lending and wealth-man- agement offerings for indi- vidual, business and food and agribusiness clients. Headquartered in Roseville and with more than $14 bil- lion in assets, the bank's 119 branches, multi-func- tion ATMs, and innovative online and mobile banking services empower custom- ers to bank when, where and how they want. Rabo- bank's 1,700 employees take pride in helping to improve their communities person- ally and professionally. The Corning Branch is offering a business of the week spotlight. This Corn- ing Rabobank holds 32 per- cent of the market share in Corning. Their business of the week spotlight gives business owners direct ac- cess to that market share for free. For more information about the business of the week spotlight, contact Kel- ley or Omar at the Corning Branch, 950 State Route 99W. Correction on balloon ride times Please take note, ReMax hot air balloon rides will take place 7-9 a.m., not as stated on the Olive Festi- val schedule for Saturday, Aug. 23. The rides will take place at New Life Assembly parking lot. Money will go to two local charities. Corning in the Evening Because this is Olive Festival month, we will not be having our regu- lar monthly get together but will meet on the third Thursday at Bell Carter for the Olive Festival Mixer. You are invited to come and enjoy appetizers and refreshments at the Bell Carter break room, 1012 Second St. This is a very nice event to mingle and meet new people. There will be raf- fle tickets for sale for some very nice prizes. The big prize is a barbecue donated by McCoy's Hardware that will be the last ticket cho- sen at the Olive Festival at the park. Tickets are also being sold at the Chamber of Commerce, 1110 Solano St., for $1 a ticket or $5 for six tickets. Bed Races The Corning Does it Bed- der Bed Races could still take more teams. The bed races will take place Fri- day, Aug. 22, after the pa- rade that begins at 6 p.m. If you are interested in forming a men's, women's or co-ed team, you may go online at www.corningca- chamber.org and click on Olive Festival, then scroll down to the files and download the rules and entry form. You may also pick one up at the cham- ber office. All you need are four people per team. The co-ed team must have two men and two women. There is a bed available if you don't have your own. 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