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ThecityofRedding's4th of July celebration and fire- works show is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Saturday, July 4, with the opening of food concessions and cul- minate with fireworks at 10 p.m., complete with a syn- chronized soundtrack pro- vided by North State Pub- lic Radio. Enjoy the atmosphere of excitement and fun with live music, summertime food and great company with family and friends. The sprawling lawn at the Redding Civic Center is the epicenter of the fabled fire- works show so bring your blankets and lawn chairs. Once the sun sets, ready yourself to witness a fire- works show of epic beauty and grandeur. The Redding Civic Center is at 700 Audi- torium Drive, Redding. No alcohol, smoking, e- cigarettes or dogs will be allowed on the premises. The Sundial Bridge will close at 9:30 p.m. and re- open 30 minutes after the fireworks show. The Highway 44 off- ramps to the Civic Au- ditorium will be closed when the lots are full and will not reopen until after the fireworks display con- cludes and pedestrians are cleared. No over-night parking will be allowed. Park in des- ignated areas only. Personal-use fireworks are illegal in all of Shasta County. Reddingplans4thofJulycelebration COURTESYPHOTO Redding's fireworks display will take place at the Redding Civic Center. FIREWORKS Advocacy American Legion, Las- sen Post 0167 Red Bluff, 528-1026 American Legion, Rais- ner Post 45 Corning, 518-3152 Am Vets, Post 2002 Corning, 526-2883 VFW Los Molinos, 384-1301 Red Bluff, 528-1026 Corning Post 4218 Dis- trict 15 Auxiliary 4218, District 15 824-5957 DAV 529-4579 Marine Corps League, Detachment 1140 (888) MCL-1140 Military Family Support Group 529-1852 or 529-2416 Services Tehama County Veter- ans Service Office 529-3664 Tehama County Veter- ans Collaborative Tehama Together, 527- 2223 Veteran Resource Cen- ter Chico (530) 809-2831 Redding (530) 223-3211 VA Crisis Hotline (800) 273-8255 VA Homeless Outreach (530) 247-7917 Redding VA Outpatient Clinic (530) 226-7555 Chico VA Outpatient Clinic (530) 879-5000 Veterans Home, Red- ding (530) 224-3800 Faith-based advocacy PATH — Poor And The Homeless 736-3959 Pastor Dave Lamber- son, VCF 736-3400 Serving veterans? If your local organiza- tion or government entity offers service specific to veterans, send contact in- formation to editor@red- bluffdailynews.com or fax to 527-9251. RESOURCES Veterans services, advocacy groups By Kelly Osborne We are settling in at our new Veterans Service Office and we appreciate your pa- tience while we get every- thing online. We have a volunteer helping design the Tehama County Veteran ID Card and we will get the word out as soon as the Veteran ID cards are ready for issue at the VSO office. As a re- minder, the new address is the Bank of America Build- ing, 955 Main St. Ste. C, in Red Bluff. We are researching part- nering with the Chico Vet Center, which specializes in providing a broad range of counseling, outreach and referral services to combat veterans in order to help them make a satisfying post-war transition to ci- vilian life. The Chico Vet Center will co-locate with our VSO office noon to 2 p.m. June 30 and conduct a needs assessment for Tehama County. They also provide bereavement counseling services to surviving par- ents, spouses, children and siblings of service members who die of any cause while on active duty, to include federally activated Re- serves and National Guard personnel. If the VSO office has a good turnout for veteran participation in the needs assessment, we may be able to have the Chico Vet Center counselor come to Red Bluff on a regular basis. There are many state and federal benefits and pro- grams available to veter- ans and their dependents. To find out if you are eligi- ble for any of these bene- fits, call the Tehama County Veterans Service Office at 529-3664. Office appointment hours are 9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, closed 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for lunch. The VSO office is by appointment only. Beverly Holden is helping the VSO office through December and while she is here we can do walk-ins 10 a.m. to noon and 1-3 p.m. Mon- day through Thursday to make an appointment, in- come verification, college fee waivers for disabled veteran dependent edu- cation and ID cards once the ID card is online. We are looking forward 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. VSO NEWS Chico Vet Center is coming June 30 FollowusonTwitterandFacebookforupdatesandmore. Are you a victim of tax- related identity theft? If your tax return was re- jected due to identity theft by either the Internal Rev- enue Service (IRS) or Cal- ifornia's Franchise Tax Board (FTB) or both, be sure to contact them as soon as possible so they are aware that someone has used your Social Secu- rity number to claim a re- fund. The local IRS office is taking appointments only, and you will need to contact them by email at Santa.Rosa.Appoint- ment@irs.gov to make an appointment with the Redding office. The local office can help with sub- mitting your printed tax return and putting a hold on the bogus return al- ready filed. You can also contact the FTB Identity theft coordinator to re- port theft at the www.ftb. ca.gov and enter "identity theft" into the search field. You can also contact an Enrolled Agent, such as Rose Fulton of Lassen Tax Professionals in Red Bluff. According to the Fed- eral Trade Commission, whose mission is to pro- tect consumers, you should take these three steps as soon as possi- ble if someone steals and uses your personal infor- mation: 1. Place a fraud alert with the credit reporting companies. Three national credit reporting compa- nies keep records of your credit history. If someone has misused your per- sonal or financial infor- mation, call one of the companies and ask for an initial fraud alert on your credit report. A fraud alert is free. You must provide proof of your identity. The company you call must tell the other companies about your alert. The alert lasts 90 days but you can renew it. An initial fraud alert can make it harder for an identity thief to open more accounts in your name. 2. Get your free credit reports. Identity theft vic- tims are entitled to a free credit report from each of the three credit report- ing companies. The credit reporting company that you call will explain your rights and how you can get a free copy of your credit report. Order the report and ask the com- pany to show only the last four digits of your Social Security number on your report. When you review the credit reports, you may find unauthorized charges or accounts. If you know which of your accounts have been tampered with, contact the related busi- nesses. Talk to someone in the fraud department, and follow up in writing. 3. Create an Identity Theft Report by filing a complaint with the FTC and your local police de- partment. An Identity Theft Report gives you some important rights that can help you recover from the theft. To create one, file a complaint with the FTC and print your Identity Theft Affidavit. Use that to file a police re- port and create your Iden- tity Theft Report. An Iden- tity Theft Report will help you deal with credit re- porting companies, debt collectors, and businesses that gave the identity thief credit or opened new ac- counts in your name. For more information from the FTC website to help you begin to repair the damage caused by identity theft, visit www. consumer.ftc.gov/fea- tures/feature-0014-iden- tity-theft. This information is brought to you courtesy of the Far Northern California Chapter of the California Society of Enrolled Agents (CSEA). TAXES Are you a victim of identity the ? 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