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The log house where his Oliver's auto insurance presented with a light touch
mother taught Mike Oliver to company assigns a number to and spiced with philosophical
read in the early 1940s still each car it covers. While re- insights.
stands on the east end of viewing his renewal a couple "It shows us that cars, like
Lassen Avenue, and its back- of years ago, he noticed that people, are uniquely individ-
yard still boasts a stunning he was on car number 32 with ual. But then we already
view of Lassen Peak. Little them. It prompted him to know that about them. What
did Dotty and Leo Oliver reflect on his first car, a 1931 we may not know is that if
realize that their youngest Model A Ford, and wonder only we would listen to them
son would return to Chester what, if that Ford could we might gain some valuable
several decades later to talk think, its impressions might new friends and even benefit
about the publication of have been while being owned from their counsel," Oliver
his first novel, "Through by a teenager, said.
the Headlights: An Auto- "I wrote that piece just Available at Books &
Biography." for fun and moved on to myBeyond in Old Town Chester,
"Chester was a wonderful second car, the '37 Plymouth. "Through the Headlights" is
place to be a kid in the 1950s," Then the project took on aa 360-page novel selling for
said Oliver, a 1957 graduate life of its own," he said.$20.
of Chester High School. Before it was over, 17 cars It can also be ordered
"People who weren't raised had told their stories, online at henwaypublishing.
here probably don't get it Beginning in the mid- corn through Oliver's corn-
and those of us who were 1950s, the cars in "Through pany, Henway Publishing,
probably didn't appreciate it the Headlights" follow which is located in Napa
nearly as much then as we the central character, Leroy, Valley where Oliver has lived
do now." as viewed from their perspec- for the past 16 years with his
While the novel is a work of tive. This work of fictionwife, Barbara.
fiction, much of the local color assumes cars are far more With such fond memories
and experiences are based on than inert machines, and, of his childhood, he makes a
Oliver's youthful observa- if we'd pay attention to point to return to Chester
tions. In many ways Chester them, we might gain some each year to visit and stay
has held onto the quaint town enlightenment as we go with his sister, Susan,
feel described in his book, through our lives, who moved back to the area
although it's more up-to-date The book is written with with her husband, Chuck
than its nostalgic portrayal, a great deal of thought, Bourquin, several years ago.
Chester native Mike Oliver has published his first novel, "Through the Headlights: An
Auto-Biography," a story that begins in the 1950s in the Lake Almanor Basin. Photo submitted
Retirees concerned about military and disability pensions
VET TRAx
MIKE McLEOD
Division Director. Veterans Services
I've received some ques-
tions from our military
retirees concerned about the
possibility of receiving both
compensation for service,
connected disabilities and
the full military retirement.
As you can imagine, it's not
very clear sometimes. Let me
try to help. This information
comes from the Defense
Finance and Accounting
Service (DFAS) and the
website is dfas.mil.
Concurrent Retirement
and Disability Pay (CRDP)
allows military retirees to
receive both military retired
pay and Veterans Affairs
(VA) compensation. This was
prohibited until the CRDP
program began Jan. 1, 2004.
CRDP is a "phase-in" of
benefits that gradually re-
stores a retiree's VA dis-
ability offset. This means
that an eligible retiree's
retired pay will gradually
increase each year until the
phase-in is complete in 2014.
You do not need to apply,retirement age. (In most provision of law other than from DFAS, you will receive
If qualified, you will be cases the retirement age for solely by disability, and you it within 30 - 60 days of
enrolled automatically, reservists is 60, but certain have a VA disability rating of receipt of your first CRDP
You must be eligible for reserve retirees may be 50 percent or greater. Youmonthly payment. If DFAS
retired pay to qualify. If you eligible before they turn 60. might become eligible for finds that you are also due a
were placed on a disability If you are a member of the CRDP at the time you wouldretroactive payment from
retirement, but would be Ready Reserve, your retire- have become eligible for the VA, we will forward an
eligible for military retired ment age can be reduced retired pay. audit to the VA. They are
pay in the absence of the dis- below age 60 by three months In addition to monthly responsible for paying any
ability, you may be entitled for each 90 days of active CRDP payments, you may be money they may owe you.
to receive CRDP. Under these service you have performed eligible for a retroactiveYour retroactive payment
rules, you may be entitled if: during a fiscal year.) payment. DFAS will audit date may go as far back as
You are a regular retiree --You are retired under the your account to determine Jan. 1, 2004, but can be
with a VA disability rating of Temporary Early Retirement whether or not you are duelimited based on your retire-
50 percent or greater. Act (TERA) and have a VA retroactive payment, ment date or when you first
--You are a reserve retiree disability rating of 50 percent An audit of your account increased to at least 50
with 20 qualifying years of or greater, requires researching pay percent disability rating.
service, who has a VA dis- --You are a disability re- information from both DFASYou are eligible for full
ability rating of 50 percent or tiree who earned entitlement and VA.
greater and who has reached to retired pay under any If you are due any money See Trax, page 9B
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