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CORNING Mark your cal- endars for the next Color Dash run March 7 at Corn- ing Union High School, pre- sented by the St. Elizabeth Sports Medicine Program. The 2015 event is the sec- ond annual color run of Te- hama County established to celebrate the importance of athletics in the lives of girls and women. The event is planned to be bigger and better than ever. Proceeds from the event will benefit a scholarship fund created by the Na- tional Girls and Women in Sports committee. The scholarship will benefit the girls of Tehama County who have enjoyed sports during their high school years and have successfully applied for higher education. Register for the event at thecolordash5k.com and like us on Facebook at The Color Dash, Corning. Recent event supporters include Walmart Distribu- tion Center, Rolling Hills Casino, Rabobank Corning and Corning High School Student Body. ST. ELIZABETH ColorDashsetfor March 7 in Corning COURTESYPHOTO Terry Barbo of Rabobank presents goodie bag items to Kris Behrens of Dignity Health and Christine Meeds, Corning Chamber president, in preparation for the Color Dash event March 7. In a month noted for love, the Red Bluff Com- munity blood drive invites the public to take part in its next monthly event 2-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the Red Bluff Veterans Memo- rial building, Oak and Jack- son streets. No appointment is necessary. Since 1976 Red Bluff Em- blem club has been pro- viding volunteers to as- sist the non-profit Blood- Source, which provides blood products for St. Eliz- abeth Community hospi- tal in Red Bluff and others from the Oregon border to many counties south of Sac- ramento. In addition to gen- eral good health, require- ments include weight of 110 pounds and age 17 or older, or 16 with signed parental permission. There is no up- per age limit for those can meet other qualifications in the screening process. Donating and the re- quired rest period that fol- lows require about one hour. Refreshments are served by Emblem club vol- unteers. EMBLEM CLUB Bl oo d dr iv e se t fo r We dn es da y The Local Nursery Crawl is a fun, free com- munity event designed to familiarize the com- munity with the locally owned nurseries in the area. The crawl is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28, and will include Good- in's Rock Garden in Pro- berta and Kinney Nursery & Topsoil in Vina. Nine other Chico area nurser- ies are participating. Participants follow a Nursery Crawl map from nursery to nursery, col- lecting stickers on their map to earn prizes. The purpose of this event is to get the public to visit and familiarize themselves with the many indepen- dent nurseries in the area and inspire loyalty and community support for local business. Crawlers who visit six nurseries will receive a free Chico Bag with the Lo- cal Nursery Crawl logo on it, while supplies last. Most nurseries will be holding raffles, special deals and offering refreshments. Also, some will be offer- ing Classes or workshops during the Local Nursery Crawl event hours. For more information, visit localnurserycrawl. com or call 384-1718. LANDSCAPING Local nursery crawl planned About two o'clock this morning while F. W. Nich- ols, who lives a mile and a half north of Los Moli- nos, was soundly sleeping to the music of the rain on the roof, an Indian squaw, bearing a papoose on her back, burst open the door and appealed to the pale face to come to the rescue of her husband who was be- set by two pale faces in his tent which was pitched near the Nichols house. By questioning the squaw further Nichols gleaned the information that there was some sort of a mix-up and between the Red skins, fire water and shot guns. While strong on the hero stuff Nichols has always adhered to the safety first principle, and also being of a gener- ous disposition, he decided to share the glory of rescu- ing the imperiled Red man with one of his neighbors. Taking the squaw and the child he went to the house of W. E. Lewis and enlisted his aid in storming the Indian camp. As they approached the tent there was an omi- nous silence. Fearing an am- buscadethemencreptslowly toward the tent until they were able to see inside. The pale faces had fled, but there lay the Indian dead on the floor, with an ugly wound in his head. After surveying the premises to see if the white men had certainly disap- peared, they decided to fur- ther investigate the dead In- dian. On being turned over the Indian suddenly came to life, and with a motion to- ward his shot gun mumbled something about getting even. It didn't take the men long to possess themselves of said gun as well as a wicked looking knife in the Indian's belt. Then gathering up the remains of all the firewater they could find in the tent, the heroic rescuers departed, leaving the squaw and pap- poose to guard the noble, but inebriated Red man alone. — Feb. 17, 1915 100 YEARS AGO... Noble red man is sorely beset by John Barleycorn WASHINGTON The Inter- nal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers about schemes to erroneously claim tax credits is on the annual list of tax scams known as the "Dirty Dozen" again for the 2015 filing sea- son. Compiled annually, the "Dirty Dozen" lists a vari- ety of common scams that taxpayers may encounter anytime but many of these schemes peak during filing season as people prepare their returns or hire pro- fessionals to do so. Illegal scams can lead to significant penalties and in- terest and possible criminal prosecution. IRS Criminal Investigation works closely with the Department of Justice (DOJ) to shutdown scams and prosecute the criminals behind them. Some people falsely in- crease the income they re- port to the IRS. This scam involves inflating or includ- ing income on a tax return that was never earned, ei- ther as wages or as self- employment income, usu- ally in order to maximize refundable credits. Just like falsely claim- ing an expense or deduc- tion you did not pay, claim- ing income you did not earn in order to secure larger re- fundable credits such as the Earned Income Tax Credit could have serious reper- cussions. This could result in taxpayers facing a large bill to repay the erroneous refunds, including inter- est and penalties. In some cases, they can even face criminal prosecution. Taxpayers may encoun- ter unscrupulous return preparers who make them awareofthisscam. Remem- ber: Taxpayers are legally responsible for what's on their tax return even if it is prepared by someone else. Make sure the preparer you hire is up to the task. Check to be sure the pre- parer has an IRS Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN). Anyone with a valid 2015 PTIN is authorized to prepare federal tax returns. Tax return preparers, how- ever, have differing levels of skills, education and exper- tise. An important differ- ence in the types of prac- titioners is "representation rights". You can learn more about the several different types of return preparers on IRS.gov/chooseataxpro. Check on the service fees upfront. Avoid prepar- ers who base their fee on a percentage of your refund or those who say they can get larger refunds than oth- ers can. Alwaysmakesure any re- fund due is sent to you or deposited into your bank account. Taxpayers should not deposit their refund into a preparer's bank ac- count. Make sure your preparer offers IRS e-file and ask that your return be submitted to the IRS electronically. Any tax professional who gets paid to prepare and file more than 10 returns gen- erally must file the returns electronically. It's the safest and most accurate way to file a return, whether you do it alone or pay someone to prepare and file for you. Make sure the preparer will be available. Make sure you'll be able to contact the tax preparer after you file your return — even after the April 15 due date. This may be helpful in the event questions come up about your tax return. Provide records and re- ceipts. Good preparers will ask to see your records and receipts. They'll ask you questions to determine your total income, deduc- tions, tax credits and other items. Do not rely on a pre- parer who is willing to e- file your return using your last pay stub instead of your Form W-2. This is against IRS e-file rules. Never sign a blank re- turn. Don't use a tax pre- parer that asks you to sign an incomplete or blank tax form. Review your return be- fore signing. Before you sign your tax return, re- view it and ask questions if something is not clear. Make sure you're comfort- able with the accuracy of the return before you sign it. Ensure the preparer signs and includes their PTIN. Paid preparers must sign returns and include their PTIN as required by law. The preparer must also give you a copy of the return. Report abusive tax pre- parers to the IRS. You can report abusive tax return preparers and suspected tax fraud to the IRS. Use Form 14157, Complaint: Tax Return Preparer. If you suspect a return pre- parer filed or changed the return without your con- sent, you should also file Form 14157-A, Return Pre- parer Fraud or Misconduct Affidavit. You can get these forms on IRS.gov. IRS.gov has general in- formation on reporting tax fraud. More specifically, you report abusive tax pre- parers to the IRS on Form 14157, Complaint: Tax Re- turn Preparer. Download Form 14157 and fill it out or order by mail at 800-TAX FORM (800-829-3676). The form includes a return ad- dress. 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