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COURTESYPHOTO Pictured,fromle ,arethestaffoftheTehamaCountyVeteransServiceOfficeBrockGroom,VAworkstudy;Bev- erly Holden, Veteran Service Representative; Kelly Osborne, Veteran Service Officer and Osborne's dog, Tessie. VETERANS VSO STAFF READY TO SERVE Emma Thurmond, a captain in the US Army, graduated Sept. 16 with hon- ors from her Cap- tains' Ca- reer Course at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Attend- ing the graduation were grand- parents Paulette Minges of Red Bluff, Jerry and Robin Skellenger of St. John, Ar- izona and Lou and Voda Thibedeaux of El Dorado, Oklahoma. Friends Sharon Ed- wards of Lawton, Okla- homa and Captain and Mrs. Boris Munoz of Chile also attended, as did sister Linda Thurmond and Judy Borne of Texas. Emma is a 2006 grad- uate of Red Bluff Union High School. MILITARY Thurmond graduates from captain training Thurmond The following are sched- ule Mount Lassen Chapter CaliforniaNativePlantSoci- ety activities for November. All activities are free and opentothepublic.Formore information,visitmountlas- sen.cnps.org. General Meeting 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, Chico Public Library GerryIngco,retiredPark and Forest Service forester will present "Mt. Tamal- pais: A Scenic and Scien- tific Treasure." Native Plant Sale, Farm City Celebration Harvest Festival, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, Bidwell Mansion Fall is the best time to plant natives. We'll have a variety of plants for sale, including milkweeds, mon- keyflower, buckwheats, sages and many more. Deer Creek Trail, Lassen National Forest, 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot in time to leave at 8:30 am. Wear sturdy shoes, bring lunch, water, sun and insect pro- tection and money for ride sharing. The group will drive up Highway 32 for 38 milestothetrailheadatthe Deer Creek Bridge. This is a shaded gradual 1.5 mile hike downstream, We'll have lunch by a cascading waterfall. Big leaf maple, dogwood and Indian rhu- barb should be in full color. For more information, call leaders at 893-5123 or 342- 2293. Old USDA Plant Intro- duction Station and Ar- boretum, Mendocino Na- tional Forest, 10 a.m. Sun- day, Nov. 16 Meet at the gate of the Genetics Research Cen- ter at 2741 Cramer Lane at 10 am. The station was es- tablished in 1904 as a cen- ter to test trees and plants from around the world for use in agriculture, industry and medicine. The group will see some of the origi- nal trees, such as pistachio, kiwi,tung-oilandshantung. The level nature trails are paved and trees are identi- fied. Trip ends at noon. For moreinformation,calllead- ersat893-5123 or342-2293. Ten-Mile House Trail, Upper Bidwell Park, Chico 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 6 Meet at Chico Park at Ride west lot in time to leave at 8:30 am. Wear sturdy shoes, bring lunch, water, sun and insect pro- tection and money for ride sharing. The group will drive east on High- way 32 to the green gate entrance to the park. The group will walk down an historic wagon road, pass- ing buckeye and black oak trees in fruit. Lunch will be at the old homestead site, near a large spring surrounded by old fig and persimmon trees. The re- turn trip is an 800 feet ver- tical climb back to the trail head. For alternate meet- ing site or more informa- tion, call leaders at 893- 5123 or 342-2293. MT. LASSEN CHAPTER Na ti ve P la nt Society activities for November BetterBusinessBureau Shopping online can be a great convenience. But how do you know if the website you're using is secure? And what if the item is never de- livered? Buy from retailers you know and trust: When you make a purchase, be sure it's with a company you trust. Verify credibility, or find an Accredited retailer at bbb.org.online shopping Use a secure connec- tion: Whenever you're on- line, be sure you are us- ing a secure internet con- nection. 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ONLINE SHOPPING Protect your identity and your purchase REDDING Join filmmakers Gerard Ungerman and Sta- cey Wear for an inspiring, uplifting and empowering evening at 7 p.m. Wednes- day, Nov. 4 on the Shasta College Main Campus, Room806.Thiseventisfree and open to the public. Ungerman and Wear have travelled across the USinterviewingmorethan 200people,producing5-to 7-minute videos showing people doing something to make the world a bet- ter place — better for the planet and better for peo- ple. "By producing concise, beautiful and encouraging videos, we hope to inform, inspire and provide exam- plesofbehaviorsthatstand in direct contrast to greed and disrespect," Wear said. "Weresearch,produce, film and curate all our own vid- eos. We feel these stories need to be told so that the actionsoftheseindividuals, families, groups and busi- nesses can be seen, used for inspiration and repli- cated, hopefully on a scale that will create meaningful change in our world." SHASTA COLLEGE An evening with the Respectful Revolution Project 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 Center 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 Lambers, 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, fax to 527-9251 or drop it off at 545 Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff during business hours to be added to this listing. RESOURCES Ve te ra ns s er vi ce s, a dv oc ac y gr ou ps WILLOWS Each fall, as thousands of waterfowl flock from the Arctic tun- dra to winter at the Sac- ramento National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), so do visi- tors who wish to view the spectacular numbers of geese and ducks on refuge wetlands. To accommodate in- creased visitation, the vis- itor center will be open on weekends beginning Satur- day, Oct. 31. The visitor cen- ter will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Feb. 28, 2016. In September, a national program was launched that allows all fourth grade stu- dents free access to a vari- ety of federal lands, includ- ing the Sacramento NWR. 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