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2A Daily News – Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Community people&events Social Security Q&A McClatchy-Tribune News Service Q: Is it true that a person can own a home and still be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits? A: Yes, a person who owns a home and lives in that home can be eligible for SSI benefits. SSI is for people who are disabled, aged, or blind and who have limited income and resources. However, there are some items we do not count as resources, such as the home you live in. For more information, read our booklet, Sup- plemental Security Income, at www.socialsecurity.gov/pubs/11000.html. ___ Q: I know you need to have limited resources to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI). But what is considered a resource? A: Resources are things you own that you can use for support. They include cash, real estate, personal belongings, bank accounts, stocks, and bonds. To be eligible for SSI a person must have no more than $2,000 in countable resources. A married couple must have no more than $3,000 in countable resources. If you own resources over the SSI limit, you may be able to get SSI benefits while trying to sell the resources. Not all of your resources count toward the SSI resource limit. For example: • The home you live in and the land it's on do not count. • Your personal effects and household goods do not count. • Life insurance policies may not count, depending on their value. • Your car usually does not count. • Burial plots for you and members of your imme- diate family do not count. • Up to $1,500 in burial funds for you and up to $1,500 in burial funds for your spouse may not count. • If you are blind or have a disability, some items may not count if you plan to use them to work or earn extra income. You may also wish to read our material on "resources" in the booklet, Understanding SSI at www.socialsecurity.gov/ssi/text-understanding- ssi.htm. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. Beauty for ashes At the core of each of us is the desire to be heard, to feel valued and to be accepted unconditionally. As we identify who we are, what we like and what our basis is for being, we compartmentalize our- selves from others who don't share the same interests, likes and morals as we do. We become Pepsi or Coke, Best Foods or Miracle Whip, Jewish or Protestant. We become the have's or the have not's, the Democrats or the Republicans or another identity still. The more we see ourselves as this or that or this and certainly not that, we begin to drift away from the core things that make us all the same. We drift away from the ele- ments of humanism that can bridge any gap or end any war. As long as I am A and you are B, I can justify hating you, talking about you, not accepting you or worse. As long as I believe that my being A makes me who I am, I can look to other A's to back me up on my A-ness and oblit- erate your B-ness. The world is shifting in many ways. It wasn't long ago that to have declared bankruptcy or loose a home to foreclosure was the epito- me of a social failure. It wasn't long ago that success was defined by entering and keeping one career for your working life to be rewarded by a pension and medical coverage for your retirement. Down- sizing was rare and unemployment was for blue collar, seasonal workers and lazy people. Isn't that what the cul- ture promoted? I share information about my life in this col- umn because it is the humanistic element of me that has learned first hand that being open about who I am and what I live can help others. That in the times I have hid in shame, fear or ego, I was living a lie and per- petuating being A over your B or afraid my A would cause me to lose something others had the power to take. We are all many things. Some cool, some shady. Some wise some stupid. We are all human, we poop, burp and do other unmentionable stuff, but hopefully have the sense to do it with class. We all have skeletons we all have a past. Be nice to one another. Share the secrets you have and set yourself free. We were Faydra Rector You Matter As we mature and grow we can use our life's circumstances to ease the tension between others. As uptight as we may be, don't we always feel at ease with people who don't take themselves too serious- ly? designed with free will. Every one of us has a story or regret that we say we don't regret because in the end something good came of it. That my friends is grace and beauty for ashes. When our free will foolish- ness was turned into some- thing worth experiencing and sharing the story helped someone else. Faydra Rector, MA is a mental health administrator, author, public speaker, educator and life coach who lives in Red Bluff. She can be reached at lifecoach@shasta.com or view her blogs at http://faydraandcompany.blogspot.co m/ and http://allaboutdivorce.blogspot.com/. Bird walk scheduled for Saturday D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY Courtesy photo THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 127, NUMBER 38 On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area 800-479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Fax: (530) 527-5774 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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The first Sacramento River Discovery Center guided Bird Walk for 2012 will be 8 a.m. on Jan. 7. Watchers will meet at the Center, 1000 Sale Lane, and be guided by Dr. David Dahnke through parts of the Red Bluff Recreation Area's 488 acres to search for some of the more than 50 species that winter or visit this watchable wildlife area during the winter months. "We will hope for another beautiful day such as we had in Decem- ber," said Ben Hughes SRDC board chairman. "But no matter what the weather there is always something new and differ- Blood drive today A community blood drive will be held 2-7 p.m. today at Walmart in Red Bluff. Blood donors must be 17 years old and in good health or 16 with parental con- sent. Make your appointment online at www.blood- heroes.com sponsor code Walmart Red Bluff or call 722-3043. Credit card workshop Legal Services of Northern California is holding a 90 years ago... Chamber Commerce Elects New Board Directors For Year Board Directors Chamber Commerce Walter Stoll, T. H. Silsbee, Robert C. Garrett, E. F. Lennon, C. D. Storm, Granville Woolman, R. M. Norvell, W. J. Harrington, H. B. Heryford, F. T. Robson, E. E. Selzer, W. H. Fisher, T. H. Ramsay, Robert R. Hartzwell, H. I Sutherlund. — Jan. 4, 1921 Bring binoculars, a bird guide and a camera. Wear weather appropriate clothing and good sturdy shoes. The Sacramento River Discovery Center is a nonprofit environmental education organization and is open to the public 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. It is located within the Men- docino National Forest's Red Bluff Recreation Area. To contact the cen- ter call 527-1196 or e- mail Executive Director Bobie Hughes at bhughe1@tehama.k12.ca. us or visit www.srdc.tehama.k12.ca. us. COMMUNITY CLIPS Credit Card Debt workshop at 10 a.m. today at 541 Normal Ave., in Chico. To preregister or for more information call 345-9491. Mental Health Board The Tehama County Mental Health Board will meet at noon on Wednesday, Jan,18, at the Tehama County Health Services Agency, 1445 Vista Way, in Red Bluff. For more information call 527-8491 exten- sion 3018. Blanket drive As the 2011 - 2012 shelter season starts, PATH has discovered it is very low on blankets. Can you help? If you as a church, organization, or individual can donate some blankets, call Sue at 366-2121 to arrange a time to bring them to the shelter site. Pillows are also welcome. Twin is preferred but any size that is clean, wash- able, and fast drying type blankets are welcome. Please no big heavy quilts that take forever to dry. PATH has to use a laundr-o-mat, and it gets very expensive. Tehama District Jr. Livestock Annual Meeting Wed., Jan 11th 6pm held in the Tehama Room @ Tehama District Fairgrounds