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Lubbock Fire Rescue has been made aware of an array of scam calls portraying to be from Lubbock Fire Rescue and requesting donations from the public for new equipment.

To assist the citizens of Lubbock, be reminded of the following:

* Lubbock Fire Rescue does not and will never ask the public for any sort of donations or make phone calls like such.

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3/19

Covenant Health and Covenant Children’s are in need of volunteers. Donate a morning or afternoon each week to help serve patients and families! If interested, call Lauren Orta, 806-725-3309, or email ortalh1@covhs.org

Professional manicures & pedicures. Top quality products & services. Promoting healthy nails. 20 years experience. Call Alicia at 806-3175226

2/17

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University Medical Center is looking for volunteers to work as messengers, pop popcorn, and work at the information desk. If you would like to meet new people, socialize, be appreciated, and have all the free popcorn you can eat, call 806775-8760. 6/17

* If you receive a phone call or communication similar to this, end the call and report it to the Lubbock Police Department at their non-emergency line at 806-775-2865.

This scam call has been reported to the Lubbock Police Department, and they are actively investigating.

Editor’s note: request, it generally has 30 days to complete a reinvestigation by checking any item you dispute with the party that submitted it. One of four things should then happen:

This is a good reminder to always be aware of any caller, any email, any text. If anything seems off, it probably is. It’s always best to check things out – just to be sure.

 The credit bureau reinvestigates, the party submitting the information agrees it’s incorrect, and the information is corrected

 The credit bureau reinvestigates, the party submitting the information maintains it’s correct, and your credit report goes unchanged

 The credit bureau doesn’t reinvestigate, and so the disputed information must be removed from your report

 The credit bureau reinvestigates, but the party submitting the information doesn’t respond, and so the disputed information must be removed from your report

You should be provided with a report on the reinvestigation within five days of its conclusion. If the reinvestigation resulted in a change to your credit report, you should also get an updated copy.

You have the right to add to your credit report a statement of 100 words or less that explains your side of the story with respect to any disputed but unchanged information.

A summary of your statement will go out with every copy of your credit report in the future, and you can have the statement sent to anyone who has gotten your credit report in the past six months.

Unfortunately, though, this may not help you much— creditors often ignore or dismiss these statements.

Zach Holtzman Financial Advisor

It's crazy! From 2000 to 2021, the number of households headed by older Americans (people age 55 or older) grew by a stunning 65 percent in the United States, according to the latest gures released by the Census Bureau.

This was more than double the 24 percent rise in total households. Compare this with the number of households headed up by people, ages 35 to 54, which fell 3 percent.

And the number of households headed by young adults? Well, they only grew by 9 percent during that time frame.

Older Americans are now in charge of 46 percent of our nation's households and over three-quarters of its wealth!

If your business doesn't have a marketing plan in place to reach this booming, older demographic, then you’d be crazy!