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Local Calendar Submit calendar items to P.O.Box 220, Red Bluff, 96080 or clerk@redbluffdailynews.com. THURSDAY, JULY 5 California HEAT Chorus - Sweet Adelines, 7 Red Bluff Childbirth Class, 6:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Commu- nity Hospital, Columba room, Anita 529-8377 Fun Senior Aerobics with Linda, 8-9 a.m., $1 per p.m., Meteer School Room 26, 695 Kimball Road, 895- 0139 class, Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 South Jack- son Street 527-8177 Grief Support Group, 3 p.m., St. Elizabeth Com- munity Hospital, Coyne Center, Kristin, 528-4207 Kelly-Griggs House Museum, 1-3 p.m., Thurs- days and Sundays, 311 Washington St., Group Tours by appointment,527-1129 or 527-5895. Latino Outreach, noon., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528-8066 Live country music,5-7 p.m., dinner, Veterans Hall National Alliance on Mental Illness, Tehama County Chapter Meeting, 6 p.m., County Department of Education, 1135 Lincoln St.., 515-0151 Painting session, Red Bluff Art Association, 10 a.m., Snug Harbor recreation room, 600 Rio Vista Ave., 527-4810 PAL Kickboxing, 6 p.m., 1450 Schwab St., 529- 8716 or 200-3950 Pinochle for Seniors, 12:30-3:30 p.m., 1500 S. Jackson St., Free, 527-8177 Playtime Pals Playgroup, 10 a.m., Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste. 101, 528- 8066 Thursday, July 5, 2012 – Daily News 3A College-dough, oh-no money in a 529 plan for our daughter's college education for the past several years. She recently told us she wants to attend beauty school, instead. Now that the surprise has worn off, we're concerned about penalties when we withdraw the money. How much will we lose, and is there any way to avoid it? -- Rebecca, Illinois Dear Rebecca: I've got great Dear Mary: We've been putting can learn more about 529 college savings plans at www.saving- forcollege.com. Dear Mary: A couple months ago, I left my wallet on the bus. I immediately called the bus com- pany and was told the news for you! That money can be used at any accredited trade or vocational school -- not only col- leges and universities -- to pay for tuition, room, board, fees, books and supplies. If you have more than the total cost of the vocational train- ing and related costs, you can with- draw the balance. Federal law imposes a 10 percent penalty on earnings for non-qualified distribu- tions. This means that you will get back 100 percent of your principal and 90 percent of your earnings. Another option is to change the beneficiary to another child or qual- ifying family member to keep the account going and avoid (or at least delay) taking nonqualified with- drawals, if your daughter's educa- tion doesn't require those funds. Your particular fund may have additional provisions, so be sure to check with the fund manager. You ting over chemical dependency, 11:30 a.m., Pres- byterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 945-2349 Red Bluff Exchange Club, noon, M&M Ranch Senior Chair Volleyball: sit and play with a light Phoenix Comunity Support Group for those get- House, 645 Antelope Blvd. #1 Red Bluff Lions Club, 6 p.m., Veterans Memorial, 527-8452 weight beachball. 1 p.m.Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 South Jackson St. Sunrise Speakers Toastmasters, noon, Family Resource Center, 220 Sycamore St. Ste.101, 529- 1841 driver had turned it in. When I got it back, I found everything in its place, including my cash. I didn't think any more of it. Now my credit-card bill is two weeks late. Should I be concerned? - - Brian, Washington Dear Brian: Yes, you should be very con- cerned. With identity theft so prevalent, you should see this as an emergency. First, call your credit card compa- ny to learn why your statement is late. While you're on the phone, report the incident. Request a new card and the old one reported as stolen. Verify that your mailing address has not changed. Your next calls should be to the fraud departments of each of the three major credit bureaus: Exper- ian (888-397-3742), Equifax (800- 525-6285) and TransUnion (800 680-7289). Tell them to flag your Mary Hunt Everyday Cheapskate arriving statement. Do you have a question for file with a fraud alert. Now all cred- itors will have to get your permis- sion before opening any new accounts in your name. At the same time, request copies of your credit report. Review these care- fully to make sure there are no new accounts in your name that you did not authorize. If you have not already set up online access to your bank and credit card accounts, I suggest you do that right away. Now you can monitor your account every day. Even though I'm fairly confident that noth- ing is amiss (the mail is often delayed), you are wise to stay on top of things, if for no other rea- son than to make sure your credit card payment will not be late due to a late- Mary? Email her at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2099, Cypress, CA 90630. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website and the author of "7 Money Rules for Life," released in January. DFG completes waterfowl survey Swinging Squares Square Dance Club, 7 p.m., Community and Senior Center, 1500 S. Jackson St., beginner or review classes, 529-1615 Tehama County Public Health Advisory Board, noon-3:15 p.m., 1860 Walnut St., Shasta Conference Room, 527-6824 TOPS Club (take off pounds Sensibly), 8:30 a.m., First Christian Church, 926 Madison Ave., 527-7541 or 347-6120, visit www.tops.org Widowed Persons Dinner, 6 p.m., call 384-2471 for location Am-vets, 4 p.m., Corning Veteran's Memorial Hall, 1620 Solano St. Corning Cal-Fresh and Healthy Family Appointments, 1- 3 p.m., Family Resource Center, 1488 South St., 824- 7670 Corning Patriots, 6 p.m., Senior Center, 824-2332 Dance with Juana, noon to 1 p.m., Family Resource Center, 1488 South St., 824-7670 Domestic Violence Information and Support Group, 1-3 p.m., Olive Room at the Corning Health- care District, 275 Solano St. 528-0226 Dual Diagnosis Group, 1:30, 1600 Solano St., 527-8491, Ext. 3309 Improved Order of Redmen # 203, 7 p.m. Inde- pendent Grange 470, 20945 Corning Road, 824-1114 Soccer training, 4-6 p.m., except for holidays and rain, Woodson School soccer field, 150 N. Toomes, 824-7680 Sewing group, 9 a.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Women's Support Group, 6 p.m., Family Resource Center, West and South streets, 824-7670 Al-Anon, 6 to 7 p.m., Presbyterian Church, Jeffer- son and Hickory Bingo, doors at 5 p.m., early birds at 6 p.m. Com- FRIDAY, JULY 6 Red Bluff munity and Senior Center, food available Celebrate Recovery, 7 p.m., Bethel Assembly of God, 625 Luther Road, 527-0445 or 366-6298 Knit for Kids, 9:15 a.m. to noon, Presbyterian Church, 838 Jefferson St., 527-0372 Main Street Treasures Grand Opening, 10 a.m.to 5 p.m., 632 Main St. Tehama County Education Foundation, board meeting, 7:30 a.m., County Department of Education, 1135 Lincoln St. Corning Farmers Market, 6-8 p.m., Corning Library parking lot, 824-5550 Corning Los Molinos Grange, 7 p.m., Grange Hall, 68th and Singer avenues, 529-0930 Los Molinos BMX racing, 5:30 p.m., Red Rock BMX Track, SATURDAY, JULY 7 Red Bluff Tehama District Fairground, $10 Farmers Market, 7:30 a.m. to noon, River Park, EBT accepted Main Street Treasures Grand Opening, 10 a.m.to 5 p.m., 632 Main St. The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has completed its 2012 water- fowl breeding population survey. The results show that although the overall number of breeding ducks decreased, the number of mallards - the most abun- dant duck in the survey - increased 21 percent since last year. "Surveys indicated an increase in mallard abun- dance and habitat condi- tions were good in most of northeastern California and good throughout the Central Valley, so we expect above-average pro- duction for all waterfowl species," said DFG Water- fowl Program Biologist Melanie Weaver. The total number of ducks (all species com- bined) decreased from 558,600 last year to 524,500 this year. The decline was attributed to lower numbers of gadwall and cinnamon teal. This estimate is 11 percent below the long-term aver- age. The breeding popula- tion of mallards increased from 314,700 in 2011 to 381,900 this year. Mallard numbers are above their long-term average. pilots have conducted this annual survey using fixed-wing aircraft since 1955. The survey covers DFG biologists and most of the suitable waterfowl nesting habitat in the state, including wetland and agricultural habitats in northeastern California, the Sacramen- to Valley, San Joaquin Valley, Suisun Marsh, Napa-Sonoma Marshes, the Delta and some foothill areas. Most of California's wintering duck popula- tion originates from breeding areas surveyed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Alaska and Canada, and the results of those surveys should be available in July. DFG survey information, along with similar data from other Pacific Flyway states, is used by the USFWS when setting hunting season frame- works for regulations in California and other Pacific Flyway states. The Federal regula- tion frameworks specify the earliest and latest permissible hunting dates, maximum season lengths and maximum bag limits. Once DFG receives the USFWS estimates and the frame- works for waterfowl hunting regulations from the USFWS, DFG will make a recommendation to the Fish and Game Commission (FGC) regarding this year's waterfowl hunting regu- lations. The FGC tradi- tionally sets waterfowl hunting regulations at their August meeting. If you lose Internet access July 9, fix is easy SACRAMENTO — Hundreds of thousands of Internet users may lose online access on July 9, 2012, and Better Business Bureau is urg- ing all consumers and businesses to run a diagnostic test to see if their computers are infected. The FBI's DNS Changer Working Group can detect the malware and explain how to fix infected machines. "Everyone should check to see if their computer is infected," urged Gary Almond, president of BBB serving Northeast California. "It takes less than a minute to check and, if your equipment is clean, there is nothing more you need to do. If your computer is infected, the DNS Changer Work- ing Group recommends the neces- sary steps to save your computer. But this must be done by July 9 or you could lose internet access." Last November, the FBI took down the servers of international hackers operating out of Estonia. The hackers had already success- fully downloaded malware onto more than half a million comput- ers, turning off virus updates and redirecting consumers to fraudu- lent websites. If the servers had simply been shut down, the vic- tims' computers would no longer be able to access the internet. Instead, the FBI set up clean servers to replace the ones that were running the scam, and vic- tims have been redirected to those clean servers ever since, usually without any knowledge they'd been infected in the first place. Originally the rescue servers were to be active until March, but a court ruling extended the pro- gram until July 9th. At that time the clean servers will be turned off and anyone who is still infected with the malware will lose their internet access. The FBI believes there are still about 360,000 infected computers in a dozen countries, including the U.S. and Canada. To check a computer's status, visit http://www.dns-ok.us/. The site will state whether the comput- er being used is infected with the malware. Arkansas police: Ice cream used as excuse in crash Burkhart was cited for VAN BUREN, Ark. (AP) — A woman accused of leaving the scene of a minor traffic crash in western Arkansas told police she did it because she didn't want her ice cream to melt. Van Buren police say Fort Smith television station KHBS reports that Flora Burkhart told police she didn't think James W. Tysinger, Jr. M.D. Eye Physician & Surgeon one vehicle rear-ended another on Arkansas Highway 59 on Sunday evening, but that the dri- ver of the second car did- n't stop to check on the vehicle she had hit. 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