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The fourth annual Arlo Stroing Memorial Schol- arship and Range Man- agement Internship was awarded to Alex Orozco of Chico. Orozco is a second year student attending Cali- fornia State University, Chico to earn his Ag Busi- ness and Animal Science degree. He has just com- pleted his summer intern- ship working along-side Josh Davy, the farm ad- visor for the University of California Cooperative Ex- tension office in Tehama County, where he gained first-hand experience with livestock and rangeland research projects. Orozco desires to pur- sue a career in Animal Sci- ence and Ag Business, con- tributing to the agricul- tural industry and to one day own his own cattle op- eration. Studying Ag Busi- ness and Economics along with this internship are giving him the experience and knowledge motivating him to pursue a career in livestock production. Orozco grew up on a cat- tle ranch, where his family instilled hard work ethics and values, and is where the love of animals and the basics of cattle opera- tions were developed. He's looking forward to his fu- ture career path and goals in Agriculture. Arlo Stroing passed away in December of 2011. The Hemsted and Stroing families came together to honor and carry on Arlo's deep love of rangeland, ranching lifestyle and his cattle production legacy, by creating this combined internship and scholar- ship opportunity for youth studying range manage- ment. The $1,000 scholarship along with the summer in- ternship provide an op- portunity for students to see first-hand what is in- volved in range manage- ment and how research shapes the future of the industry. Arlo would have been greatly honored to be a part of the Orozco's future goals to improve the cattle industry. ARLOSTROING Welcome aboard to Ker- sti Hemming, our new part-time office assistant, who be- gan work- ing in the VSO office on Thurs- day. Ker- sti will be in training so please con- tinue to be patient while she learns the county and VA admin- istrative processes. A special thank you to our County Administrator Bill Goodwin and the Te- hama County Board of Su- pervisors for their contin- ued support to our veter- ans by providing funding for our new part-time of- fice assistant position and approving our new satel- lite office in Los Molinos. We had our first VSO satellite office at the Te- hama County Public Li- brary in Los Molinos last Monday morning and we had one client. Bev- erly Holden, our Vet- eran Service Representa- tive, brought our outreach equipment and was able to do all copying with the exception of copying thin, older documents in the compact copier. We don't want to ruin any older military discharge doc- uments or marriage li- censes, so please make a copy of these documents to bring when you visit. The Public Library is a temporary location — we will have full print- ing capabilities in the fu- ture. A special thank you to Tehama County Librar- ian Sally Ainsworth, her staff and Kevin Benson for their support to our Veter- ans. Kevin Benson showed up early to the first Los Molinos satellite visit and helped Beverly set up at the new location. The Los Molinos pilot Satellite office at the future location will become per- manent if we have on-go- ing veteran participation. Michele Fox with the Redding Veterans Re- source Center will be at the Red Bluff VSO office 1:30-4 p.m. Sept. 15 and 22. The VRC assists qual- ified homeless veterans with transitional housing. Free yearly TRAX bus passes are available for qualified veterans at the VSO offices. We will issue the bus passes at the Red Bluff office and at our sat- ellite offices in Corning and Los Molinos. Please see the VSO office sched- ules below. Tehama County Live Inspired for Tomorrow, LIFT, will be held at the Tehama County Fair- grounds on November 18th, 2016. This is simi- lar to a "Stand Down" for homeless or low income Veterans and others in our county. There will be a Veterans Section with nine Veteran Organiza- tions. Please plan to par- ticipate or volunteer. We hope to see you there. There are many state and federal benefits and programs available to vet- erans and their depen- dents. To find out if you are eligible for any of these benefits, call the Te- hama County Veterans Service Office at 529-3664. The VSO address is the Bank of America Building, 955 Main St., Ste. C, in Red Bluff. Office appointment hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thurs- day, closed from noon to 1 p.m. for lunch. The Red Bluff office VSO is by ap- pointment only. Corning VSO walk-ins are at the Veterans Memorial Hall 9-11 a.m. the every Tuesday of the month. Los Molinos walk-ins are at the Pub- lic Library 9:30-11:30 a.m. Mondays. Incarcerated and Probation Veteran appoint- ments are Thursday morn- ings. Friday's we are closed for administration and outreach. 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 Welcome to Kersti Hemming CONTRIBUTED Josh Davy, Faye Stroing and Alex Orozco, winner of the Arlo Stroing Memorial Scholarship, pose for a picture. Memorial scholarship and internship winner announced Kelly Osborne Advocacy American Legion, Lassen 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 Veterans Service Office 529-3664 Tehama County Veterans 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, Redding (530) 224-3800 Faith Based Advocacy PATH — Poor And The Homeless 736-3959 Pastor Dave Lambers, VCF 736-3400 Serving veterans? If your local organization or government entity offers service specific to veterans, send contact information to editor@redbluffdailynews. com, fax to 527-9251 or drop it off at 545 Diamond Ave. in Red Bluff during busi- ness hours to be added to this listing. RESOURCES Veterans services, advocacy groups The following are Sep- tember activities for Mount Lassen Chapter California Native Plant Society. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit mountlassen.cnps.org. General Meeting: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. 8th St., Chico Gerry Ingco, former chapter field trip leader will talk about highlights of the flora and landscape of the Caribou Arm, North Fork Feather River and ideal field trip for all ages. Other members will share pho- tos of their summer adven- tures with plants. Let Jim Bishop know at cjbishop@ sbcglobal.net if you have photos for the show and tell. Note change in usual time and meeting location. Mill Creek Falls, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Saturday, Sept. 10 Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot at 8:30 a.m. and bring lunch, water, sun and insect protection and a park pass if you have one. This is a moderately vigorous 3.5 mile hike to the highest waterfall in Lassen Park. The group will look for fall blooms along the trail and in Co- nard Meadows. Call leader Marjorie at 343-2397 for alternate meeting site. Castle Lake and Heart Lake, Shasta-Trinity Na- tional Forest, Sunday, Sept. 25 Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot in time to leave at 8:30 a.m. and bring lunch, water, sturdy shoes, sun and insect pro- tection and money for ride sharing. The group will drive 95 miles north on I-5 to Mt. Shasta exit and then to the Castle Lake trail head. The moderate 2-mile trail skirts the east- ern shore of Castle Lake and climbs 600 feet to Heart Lake, through sev- eral wildflower habitats and subalpine meadows. Heart Lake is perched in granite cliffs at 6,000 feet elevation, with a spectac- ular view of Mount Shasta across the valley. Call leader Woody at 588-2555 for alternate meeting site. MT. LASSEN CHAPTER Native Plant Society activities planned The Tehama County Democratic Central Com- mittee will sponsor a fo- rum on November ballot propositions on Thursday, Sept. 8. This event will feature expert speakers from Sac- ramento as well as local government and educa- tion leaders who will ad- dress local impacts. All interested voters are en- couraged to attend and participate. Ballot propositions 51 on school bonds, 55 on tax extension, 62 and 64 on the death penalty and 64 on marijuana legalization willbethefeaturedpresen- tations.Audiencemembers will be given time for ques- tions and answers, and re- freshments will be served. The forum will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Westside Room of the Red Bluff Community Center. For additional informa- tion, call Barbara at 200- 2003. 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