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GRATITUDE. It’s so easy to express, yet its impact is profound. As Thanksgiving approaches, we’re embracing the opportunity to give our authentic, heartfelt thanks to those who have touched our lives. It seems to be no coincidence that Veterans Day also falls in November, and in this issue, we honor those who have served in our armed forces. We’ll give you a tour of the Veterans Affairs clinic in Redding, which provides high-quality healthcare to our veterans. Then we’ll introduce you to Matt Dahl, an ex-Marine who combined his childhood passion with his knowledge of the North State’s waters to create Grunt Fly Fishing. You’ll also meet new Veterans Service Officer Wesley Tucker, whose team connects veterans with the benefits they’ve earned, fulfilling their commitment to never leave a fallen comrade behind. The North State is never short of intriguing places to visit, and this month, we’ll shine some light on the fun shops on Miner Street in Yreka, the Little Chapman Mansion in Chico, the Whitt Hall Fire Station museum in Red Bluff and more. We also share some of our moments of gratefulness, and invite you to reflect on some of the things that fill you with gratitude. And if you’d like to show your thanks with a thoughtful gift, we have some new, imaginative crates filled with locally made treats at Enjoy the Store – we’d love to help you find exactly what you want. Enjoy!
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R E D D I N G V E T E R A N S A F FA I R S C L I N I C TAKE A DRIVE down Knighton Road, past Pacheco School, curving beyond the Churn Creek Golf Course and stretches of grassland punctuated by small clusters of trees. A quick right turn into the parking lot and you’ve arrived. Spanning more than 100,000 square feet, the new Veterans Affairs Clinic is hard to miss. Swaths of windows punctuated by gray and white facades provide a modernist contrast to the surrounding landscape. It’s an oasis of sorts for the 13,000 North State veterans that the clinic serves. And after breaking ground in 2019 and opening its doors in December of 2021, the facility has hit its stride. “I had heart surgery a few months ago through the VA system and was very impressed with the systems in place,” says Brian Spiker, a Redding resident and Marine veteran. “I tell all the vets I see that I highly recommend the care there.” Quality of care and attending to the shifting needs of the veteran population is paramount for the VA Clinic, says the VA’s Sarah Harris. “The VA is always making efforts to reach all sorts of vets. It does a really good job of constantly assessing how we can improve our environment of care and what do we need to do to serve our veterans. And they’re doing that all the time. It’s constantly evolving.”
Part of that evolution was moving from the old facility on 351 Hartnell Ave. to the new space on Knighton Road. In addition to being more than 60 percent larger, the new VA Clinic brings together more resources under one roof. Twenty-two departments are housed within the clinic’s walls, including audiology, cardiology, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, occupational therapy, podiatry, radiology, urology and wound care. An urgent care department operates Monday through Friday. “We have a lot more services than we did before, and we’re able to expand those,” says Harris. “For example, the Housing and Urban Development/VA Supportive Housing team and our home-based primary care team used to be in a whole other building on the other side of town, and we were able to close down that building and bring them here. Physical therapy used to be over on Cypress, and they came into the new facility. It condenses down how much travel you have to make.” Accessibility is a very present conversation for the VA, Harris says. In addition to partnering with the CalVet home across the street, the Knighton clinic also advocated for a RABA bus route to return, as well. “We worked really hard to partner with them and put veterans back on the top of that list and get them back out here. Getting here is really important.” 4 continued on page 22
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Inside the clinic, natural light washes through the lobby and waiting areas. Handrails stud the hallways and exterior doors close slowly upon release. Departments abut breakout rooms and labs, flanked by wide hallways and floor-toceiling windows. These are details that architecture firm Nichols, Melburg & Rossetto took into consideration when they won the bid to design the new clinic. “Our design goal was to create a calm, healing environment, an inspiring and clinically efficient healthcare workplace, and a sustainable and economical facility for our local veterans,” says Nathan Thompson, Associate Principal Architect, who worked on the design. “Consideration throughout the facility was given to aging, physical and mental disabilities, and loss of function and perceptual ability that can vary with each clinical area.” Twenty-two physicians work at the clinic, including seven full-time primary care providers, five providers for urgent care and 10 specialty providers. A residency program in collaboration with Shasta Regional Medical Center is also under development. Harris says about 70 percent of
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the employees are veterans. It’s a full-circle moment that those that served are now able to help serve others. The facility represents one of the lifetime goals of Maurice Johannessen, who served as a Redding city councilman, Redding mayor, a member of the Shasta County Board of Supervisors, a state senator, and secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs. He owns the Knighton Road property and advocated tirelessly for construction of the clinic many years ago. • Redding VA Clinic • 3455 Knighton Road, Redding (530) 226-7555 Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:30am – 4:30pm www.va.gov/northern-california-health-care/locations/ redding-va-clinic/
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AS A BOY, fly fishing was something Matt Dahl could enjoy with his grandfather, Les. As an exMarine with two Iraqi deployments under his belt, along with a stint on a Forest Service Hotshots wildland firefighting crew, time on the water became much-needed therapy. “It was a big help for me coming home,” Dahl says of the peace and serenity he found in fishing after his time with the Marine Corps. “It kept me grounded and was a place to go where I could relax.” Dahl wasn’t quite ready to relax after combat in Iraq and working with the Hotshots, but he did decide to tone things down danger-wise now that he had a wife, Megan, and a daughter, Madison, to think about. Inspired by his experience as a battlefield medic, Dahl took advantage of the G.I. bill to enroll at Simpson University and earn a bachelor’s degree in nursing to become a registered nurse. But before he got started in the nursing field, the fishing bug returned and Dahl decided it was time to combine his childhood passion with his knowledge of the North State waters and make a career out of being a guide. He bought a drift boat
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and a shallow-drafting raft and went to work guiding for The Fly Shop in Redding. In 2002, with a family that grew to include Maeleigh, 8, and 3-year-old Morgan, Dahl decided to strike out on his own and established Grunt Fly Fishing. Dahl mans the oars and directs his clients to hungry trout and steelhead while Megan (a more-than-capable fly fisher in her own right) handles the bookings and the bookkeeping. The business name is an homage to Dahl’s military service. As his ex-Marine father, Mike Dahl, explains, Dahl enlisted shortly after high school and demanded an assignment as a rifleman. Such infantrymen earned the nickname “grunt” for their willingness to tackle some of the most difficult, dangerous and dirty work on the battlefield. The Grunt Fly Fishing logo, with its sergeant chevron composed of crossed fly rods, also is a nod to Dahl’s military service. Dahl says he frequently volunteers to guide fellow veterans through Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc. “My business model does not fully revolve around veterans, but I stay4 continued on page 28
“It just frees your mind. Just the camaraderie and the sport, being with other guides, meeting new people out on the water. It’s been a major therapy for me.”
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involved in the veteran community and I try and support the sport and the different resources connected to fly fishing and veterans,” Dahl says. Dahl is comfortable with experienced anglers and novices alike but he says he particularly enjoys getting families out on the water, creating memories and helping parents get their children hooked on fly fishing. Online reviews suggest he’s on to something: “My sons and I used Matt for a 3-day fishing trip on the McCloud River in July 2023. It is no exaggeration in saying Matt made this trip truly special … what made this trip better than others is how enjoyable he is to hang with for 3 days. He is patient, witty and kind. My boys loved him.” Dahl and his wife are spreading the love of fishing to their own children, as well. Madison, 13, is a graduate of The Fly Shop’s five-day FishCamp. In between soccer, basketball and track, she ties her own flies and frequently joins her dad on the water. Like most guides in the area, Dahl is a catch-and-release advocate and goes to great lengths to ensure the fish “swims off just as healthy as when you hook it … making sure the next generation has some fish around. Our whole thing is more for the experience and the fight, rather than filling up the freezer.” Dahl couldn’t have picked a better spot for his business. Redding was recently ranked the fifth-best fishing town by Field & Stream magazine, citing the rainbow trout-laden lower Sacramento River and the easy access to other blueribbon trout streams and rivers. In addition to the popular lower Sacramento, Dahl enjoys taking clients on walk-and-wade trips on Hat Creek, the McCloud River, the upper Sacramento and the Pit River. His personal favorites are the hard-battling steelhead in the Trinity and Klamath rivers. Dahl is fond of Spey casting or “swinging” flies for steelhead, which he calls the “elite warriors” of the sportfishing world. Spey casting, using powerful double-handed rods, was popularized on the Spey River in Scotland in the 1800s. Regardless of the location, Dahl says he’s happiest fishing and sharing the sport with others. “It just frees your mind. Just the camaraderie and the sport, being with other guides, meeting new people out on the water. It’s been a major therapy for me.”• www.gruntflyfishing.com
Jon Lewis is a Redding-based writer with more than 40 years of experience. A longtime San Francisco Giants fan, his interests include golf, fishing and sharing stories about people, places and things. He can be reached at jonpaullewis@gmail.com.
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S H A S TA C O U N T Y VETERANS SERVICE OFFICER WESLEY TUCKER THE SOLDIER’S CREED states, “I will never leave a fallen comrade.” These words sit at the heart of the Shasta County Veterans Services Office, which helps veterans get connected to benefits they’ve earned through their service to our nation. “I’m a strong believer that after my deployment and serving in the military, I felt very lucky to have come back as healthy as I did,” says Wesley Tucker, the county’s Veterans Services Officer since February 2023. “I feel it’s my job to pay it forward and help those who didn’t make it back as healthy.” Tucker credits his staff for the life-changing work the office provides to local veterans. “Our team is making it happen,” he says. “Everybody here’s a veteran except our front desk staff, but they have strong family ties to vets and do anything they can for clients. They’re super driven to get things done, and they’ve been bending over backwards to help me be successful.” Many people who walk through their doors have service-connected disabilities. “Not only are they going to get a disability check, but they will also get free health care for the injuries and illnesses they incur from being in service,” Tucker says. The office also helps veterans access their education benefits, either for themselves or their dependents. “In California, if you’re a vet with any disability rating, the state will pay for your kids’ tuition,” he says. Other services include helping veterans get disabled license plates, bus passes, copies of military records and letters for Veterans Affairs home loans (the VA and Veterans Services Office are not the same). A partnership with Nations Finest ensures that homeless veterans can have a place to sleep the night they’re referred, if they so choose. Some veterans were discharged from the military due to extreme hardship or severe PTSD, and the Veterans Services Office partners with law firms to help them get those discharges upgraded so they can access more services. “This gives them some cushion so they can work on their mental health until they can start going back to work,” Tucker says. They also help veterans’ survivors. “We have widows who come in who are struggling and don’t realize there’s a survivors pension we can help them get, as long as their spouse served during a time of war,” Tucker says. “A veteran we served, who was a combat medic, was dealing with PTSD from his deployment. He came here and got an additional disability rating, and is now able to get the mental health services he needs from the VA and is able to continue to pursue his educational goals. Having that rating and having the ability to see a VA therapist was crucial to him.”
“I feel it’s my job to
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Tucker was raised in Shingletown and joined the U.S. Army in 2008. He deployed to Afghanistan three months after marrying his wife, Ayla. “Our first year of marriage was me in hostile territory,” Tucker says. “She’s been so key to my mental health and development. She pushed me to finish school and get my masters. I can attribute the success I have to having a very strong partner with a lot of grace and a lot of care for me being healthy and whole.” When his service took the couple to Germany, Tucker became a sergeant and noncommissioned officer in charge of communications. Ayla worked at a medical clinic and served many people who had traumatic brain injury from service in Afghanistan, so “she got to see the side of war that not a lot of people get a glimpse into,” he says. After leaving the Army in 2014, the couple returned to the North State, and Tucker brought his leadership experience to the Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency, where he managed a number of different programs during his nine years there, including privacy and security, asset management, fiscal, payroll and contracts. He has spent the past five years volunteering for the Redding Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1934, and has been post commander since February 2020. Since he started as Veterans Services Officer, his team has worked hard to spread the word about the numerous services the office provides, and they’ve expanded in-person services to Burney and Anderson twice a month. Tucker’s goal is for everyone they serve to leave with hope. “Hope is the thing I want people to feel the most, to feel that somebody is advocating for them. It’s like free legal representation to get them the benefits they deserve. Sometimes we’re the difference between someone being on the street and not being on the street. Without us, a lot of vets who need help can’t get it.” And he’s proud to lead a mission-focused team with pride in their work. “This entire staff is amazing,” Tucker says of his team. “They all care so much about what they’re doing.” It all goes back to the simple but profound soldier’s creed that guides their work. “I’m not going to leave anybody behind and neither is this team,” Tucker says. “A lot of people genuinely say, ‘Thank you for your service,’ but at the end of the day, the people who are going out and pulling people up are vets helping vets. It’s a brotherhood and sisterhood.”• Shasta County Veterans Services Office 1855 Shasta St., Redding • (530) 225-5616 Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30-11:30 am and 1-4 pm
Kerri Regan grew up in the North State and earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from San Francisco State University. A freelance writer and editor, Kerri enjoys exploring the North State with her husband and three children.
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to our instruction. Most of our instructors are currently employed in a regional agency in one of the 13 counties that we serve,” Mero says. “Each instructor is specifically selected because they are well-established in their career and/or at the cutting edge of their law enforcement focus. They bring that focus with the passion, experience and knowledge into the classroom.” Mero also notes the POST-certified academy’s emphasis on keeping the cohort size reasonable. “If you have a class of 150 students, you don’t have the time to devote the energy to one student. With class sizes set at about 25, we have more time to be able to understand our students. We know each of our students’ capabilities and we get a chance to learn who they are as people. This allows us to effectively monitor their growth. They can’t hide in the middle of the pack because it will be noticed, and they will get called out. That craftsman style of instruction is a luxury for us that we relish.” One of the academy’s other big selling points is a robust job placement program. “Very few academies in the state go to our level of investment for our students. If I’m being honest, it’s a logistical pain to create these recruitment days. Our purpose is to train them well, but my role is to get these students hired, so it’s incumbent upon me to create4 continued on page 38
MENTION “POLICE ACADEMY” and it might conjure the raucous comedy and endless sequels of the 1980s and ‘90s. But in real life, cadets must face many rigorous mental and physical hurdles to enter a career in law enforcement. And one of California’s top-academic police academies is found at the base of Mount Shasta, at the College of the Siskiyous in Weed. “Cadets spend 22 packed weeks of approximately 1,000 hours of training that earns them 43 units of coursework,” explains Louis Mero, director of the academy. “These cadets will complete two-thirds of an AA/AS degree in a little over five months. Once they graduate, they’re eligible to work as peace officers anywhere in the State of California.” Basic police academies vary from state to state, but there is a surprising degree of program variation within the state. “Some academies are strictly department employees, meaning you have to be hired by that department to go to their academy. For example, the San Francisco Police Department and the California Highway Patrol are so large that they run their own in-house police academy and advanced officer training. This allows them to deliver content and develop culture from day one and focus on specifics that their agency has determined are of critical importance to their training. The other side of the spectrum are college-based presenters with a mix of agency employees and selfsponsored cadets, meaning anyone who can meet eligibility requirements is welcome to attend.” California has 47 academies, most of which are college-based programs. According to Mero, Weed’s academy is fourth in the state academically. He attributes that success to not only the unique modular way that information is presented, but the caliber of instructors. “We use a ‘trade school’ practical approach
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“Our campus is uniquely attractive and our county is full of amazing things to do and see. We regularly have people who come up from the South Bay area for classes specifically because of the area. They can attend training down there, but they’d rather spend two weeks up here.” College of the Siskiyous, Weed Campus 800 College Ave., Weed • (530) 938-5555 College of the Siskiyous Police Academy (530) 938-5990 www.siskiyous.edu/cte/adj/academy.htm
opportunities and intentional introductions with agencies seeking cadets. To that end, we’ve crafted the schedule of our last section to be only four days a week so cadets have a workday off to be able to do medical visits, psych visits and other human resources processes necessary to get hired.” Mero also notes the positive social and economic impacts this program has on the entire North State, given that a huge part of successful law enforcement starts with positive community involvement. “There is substantial benefit to having local officers trained locally who stay in our communities. Just about every law enforcement agency in Siskiyou County has officers who have completed our program. It shows that North State residents have access to high-quality local training and can then get employed by local agencies, have a goodpaying job with good benefits and raise their families.” As if outstanding academics, high-level instruction and job placement wasn’t enough to sell a recruit on the academy, Mero says there’s always the view. “Our campus is uniquely attractive and our county is full of amazing things to do and see. We regularly have people who come up from the South Bay area for classes specifically because of the area. They can attend training down there, but they’d rather spend two weeks up here.” Mero is also proud of the Academy’s reach. “I not only regularly have students from the 13 North State counties, but even from far Southern California, places like San Diego, San Bernardino, even Temecula. I ask them, ‘How did you find us?’ And they’ll often say, ‘I talked to a friend who attended, or knew somebody who attended our program.’ Then they look at the reasonable cost variables, they look at the quality of our program and the hiring success of our students, and they often make the easy choice.” Mero adds with a laugh, “I always tell them they can drink the water here, too.” •
Megan Peterson has been a freelance storyteller for more than two decades, with writing credits ranging from National Geographic to the Sundance Channel. She also brings a background in marketing and audio tours, and has traveled and worked on six continents. Megan currently lives in Northern California with her family and a menagerie of pets.
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JUST THIS PAST AUGUST, talk about a pickle! A vendor unexpectedly found itself with 5,000 pounds of food on its hands in the midst of wildfires near the Klamath National Forest. Fortunately, the nearest population center of note, Yreka, is home to Siskiyou Community Food Bank. Executive Director Laura Leach said her nonprofit was the only organization in the region big enough to handle this quantity. Housed in one of the town's largest buildings, the Yreka Lanes bowling alley, and ample storage with a freezer room across the street, this food bank is one the authorities call. This turned out to be a boon for the food bank’s regulars. “It probably doubled the amount they were getting before,” Leach says. Siskiyou Community Food Bank has become accustomed to dealing with wildfires, Leach says, “so in addition to low-income and seniors and homeless, we are big enough to provide food for the evacuation centers. We’ve worked with the Red Cross and Salvation Army in order to do that, but the county calls us first because we can bring food right over, because we have a kitchen.” That kitchen is known as the Ten Pin Café, and is located, naturally, in Yreka Lanes. Siskiyou Community Food Bank’s office and food distribution area take up about one-quarter of the building, with the rest housing a thriving bowling alley. Retiree Mary Smith manages the bowling alley and cafe, and the reason Leach says “we have a kitchen” is because the food bank owns the building and everything in it. Brocc, stock and ten pin. 4 continued on page 44
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Smith also works as the cook at the Ten Pin, and prepares meals not often seen on the menu at a bowling alley. “Tomorrow night, because we have a league, I’m making homemade meat loaf, real nice potatoes and gravy, and a vegetable cornbread,” she says. When she’s not cooking, she pitches in at Siskiyou Community Food Bank, collecting or distributing food. And for all this work, Smith is paid not one single dollar. As Yreka Lanes manager and cook, she volunteers to oversee a rotating team of 18 to 20 volunteers, most of them retirees like herself. At the food bank, she joins the team under the supervision of Leach, who is also a volunteer. So every dollar donated, or money from every game bowled and every meal consumed, goes to food for the hungry. Leach put this all together with her observation of need and her sharpened administration skills. About 10 years ago, halfway through her career of 25 years with Siskiyou County Department of Health and Human services, she approached the Yreka Farmers Market board with the idea to salvage leftover food from the vendors instead of throwing it away. At first she, her farmer father and a farmer friend diverted the leftover produce and fruit to a small food bank. Then they expanded, delivering also to a local senior nutrition program. “At some point, we were getting so much food that we considered opening our own food bank, and then I incorporated it,” Leach says, referring to the creation of the nonprofit Siskiyou Community Food Bank. “I had years of experience at Human Services with paperwork, so I got pretty good with that.” Then came the paperwork to make the food bank a charitable trust, which allowed it to accept donations. She also wrote grants, which funded trucking in food from out of the region. Within a few years, Siskiyou Community Food Bank was poised to outgrow its first location. So Leach went out to seek a donation to buy a building in town, and landed an anonymous gift. A big donation. A half a million dollars, which it turned out was enough to buy a bowling alley.
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“...IT’S JUST NATURAL TO ME TO WANT TO HELP OTHERS BECAUSE THAT’S HOW I WAS RAISED.” During normal operations, Siskiyou Community Food Bank provides free food to about 1,000 households, close to 2,500 people. Amounts per household depend on family size, but recipients can count on at least 55 pounds of groceries per week. “And we have what we call our ‘no cook’ bags, and those are typically for homeless who don’t have a safe place to cook. It’s our policy that we give them ready-to-eat type foods, because I refuse to be part of causing a wildfire,” she says. Leach credits her Dunsmuir upbringing for focusing her attention on those in need. “We had a very Christian home, very giving. My mother was the song leader in the church, and she did all kinds of stuff, and I grew up with this. It’s just natural to me to want to help others because that’s how I was raised.” As she does the books each night, Leach dreams of the day when income from the bowling alley and donations will stabilize long enough to take the next big step – paying for permanent staff. Until then, her Siskiyou Community Food Bank relies on people giving to it. “We always need more volunteers and donations,” she says. •
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ST R O L L D OW N MINER STREET IN YREKA ZEPHYR BOOKS AND Coffee in Yreka is a hangout as well as a business, a small-town social hub. It’s where you’ll find the regulars getting together for coffee and conversation every Saturday morning and sometimes where you’ll find Pastor Paul of the Horse Creek Community Church preparing his Sunday sermon. And there are the occasional book signings, open mics and trivia nights. This multi-tasking coffee house, after eight years in business, serves as a kind of anchor, a magnet for locals and tourists alike, on an old historic street that sees businesses come and go. One longtime business, Miner Street’s hardware store, closed a decade ago, but recently three new restaurants have opened their doors on the street. The street has a rich history going back to the founding of Yreka as a mining town back in the 1850s. Just a few doors down from Zephyr was the town’s first bakery, opened in 1856. The Odd Fellows Hall at the other end of the street goes back to 1859. Tunnels run under the street that were dug out by miners looking for gold. 4 continued on page 52
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It’s never easy to keep a small business going. As one Dunsmuir business owner told me awhile back, “I quit my job working 40 hours a week for someone else so I could put in 60 hours a week working for myself!”
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The surviving Miner Street businesses have weathered COVID restrictions, competition from big-box stores in the south part of town, and an inflationary economy that has some would-be customers tightening their purse strings. “It’s been pretty quiet here lately,” notes Lisa Nixon of Broadway Gifts, located just over a block from Miner Street. “People seem to be holding back on their shopping.” Dave Peterson, aka “Dangerous Dave,” sells firearms, ammunition and antiques out of his Miner Street shop. In a tight economy, he notes, “if people have to choose between ammo and groceries, it’s going to be groceries.” Last June, an organization called Discover Siskiyou, funded by hotel and motel taxes, staged a blockbuster weekend on Miner Street, closing it to cars and filling the street with vendors and live entertainment. There was a gold panning booth, tours of downtown’s historic features, and people walking around in historic costumes. And it gave a big boost to Miner Street’s businesses. “We had our best day ever,” says Nixon. Sarah Eberenz of Discover Siskiyou estimates that at least 4,500 people visited Miner Street on that June “Gold Rush Days” weekend. Those visitors spend money in stores,
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restaurants and hotels. Events like Gold Rush Days, says Nixon, add to “our quality of life.” And, says Peterson, after finding his store for the first time during the festivities, some will come back as regular customers. Four street-closing events are planned on Miner before the year is out. In September, the street was closed for a Beef & Brew event featuring locally grown beef, regional beers and farm-to-table vendors. In December, there’ll be a reprise of the holiday Night of Lights, featuring a tree-lighting ceremony and other holiday events. Some ideas are being discussed by business owners about long-term fixes to the street that could draw more visitors and boost business, like wider sidewalks that allow for seating outside restaurants, and colorful artwork similar to the cow sculptures that adorn sidewalks in Grants Pass. Ken Barnes, owner of the Miner Street Meat Market, likes one idea that’s been floating around for awhile: A street permanently closed to cars, a tourist attraction that would feature cobblestones, benches and lots of trees and fountains. Yreka’s Chamber of Commerce shut its doors more than a year ago. To take its place, Nixon, an attorney and former county supervisor, suggests the creation of a more streamlined and better financed business organization. It would be supported by a selfimposed assessment on downtown business or property owners. This business improvement district would feature volunteers at pop-up kiosks, help promote events like Gold Rush Days and generally look for ways to raise the profile of Yreka’s businesses. It’s never easy to keep a small business going. As one Dunsmuir business owner said, “I quit my job working 40 hours a week for someone else so I could put in 60 hours a week working for myself !” For a select few, that tradeoff seems to be worth it. •
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“EVERY DAY AFTER LUNCH, HE TELLS US, ‘SEE YOU LATER,’ AND EVERY NIGHT AFTER DINNER, HE REMINDS US, ‘I’LL BE BACK TOMORROW.’ HE REFUSES TO LEAVE UNTIL WE REPEAT IT BACK, WHICH MAKES US SMILE.”
THE CITY OF ETNA has a population of 678 people, making it a very mall town. But when it comes to one of its most famous residents, it also has a very big heart. Dick Short was born in Etna nearly seven decades ago in a former dentist’s office. “It’s the place on Diggles Street with the wagon wheels out front,” he says. He had three brothers and one sister, and he remembers his father working locally for the county road department, “down there by Horn Lane.” He’s seen businesses come and go, and recalls losing his first apartment in town to a fire in 1997. “But I got some help from everyone and then I moved to a ground floor.” Sara Brooks, the general manager of Denny Bar engages with Short almost every day. “He’s filled with many interesting stories about Etna’s history, his childhood, and he knows every fact there is to know about birds. He’s a beloved character in our town.” These days, most people encounter Short on his daily walks around Etna. Rain or shine, he trudges the same path, stopping at just about every business along the way. He starts in the morning from his apartment near the grocery store and heads to Dotty’s Restaurant at 11am. Then he heads to the post office, followed by his first visit of the day to Denny Bar. “Dick has a very specific daily routine and comes here twice a day. He stays for a couple hours at lunch, then comes back for dinner and stays until we close. We give him his diet Pepsi and a water twice a day. In the winter he gets soup, except for chili, because he hates it. In the summer, he gets a personal pizza. On Sundays, he also gets his burger with sweet potato fries and a very, very large side of ketchup. My entire staff has his orders memorized, so he never has to ask for anything. He even has a designated seat with a personalized name tag and bird drawing,” Brooks says. “Every day after lunch, he tells us, ‘See you later,’ and every night after dinner, he reminds us, ‘I’ll be back tomorrow.’ He refuses to leave until we repeat it back, which makes us smile.”4 continued on page 58
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“I OFTEN SEE PEOPLE DROPPING DICK OFF AT THE RESTAURANT AND WALKING HIM INSIDE, SO I KNOW MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ARE TAKING GOOD CARE OF HIM.
Short loves cards, especially at Christmas. To send him one, mail it to P.O. Box 323, Etna, CA 96027. If you include a stamped envelope, he may send a card back.
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After lunch, the next three stops on Short’s route are typically the library, the MVP gas station, and Dollar General. He also likes to visit Martin’s Experienced Items for cards. Then it’s back to Denny Bar for dinner. He usually gets home around 9pm. Short says one of his favorite places on the route is the library, where he can use the computer and catch up on news. His favorite food is his once-a-week cheeseburger, and unlike most locals, he actually knows all the street names. But if you ask him how many miles he walks in a week, he shrugs. “I have no idea.” A quick check on the map reveals he probably clocks at least three miles a day. Lots of people in town look after Short, sometimes giving him a ride in inclement weather or getting him a new hat or shoes. Another community gift was a reflective vest to make him more visible at night, though Short confesses he doesn’t always like to wear it. Brooks sees the civic support firsthand. “I often see people dropping Dick off at the restaurant and walking him inside, so I know many people in the community are taking good care of him. Many customers buy him gift cards and extra meals. At Denny Bar we also know he absolutely loves holidays, so we always buy him presents, including his birthday in May, which I have memorized. We can never forget the card because that is his favorite part. One Halloween, we even made him a bird costume.” But just as the community has provided for Short, he’s also spent years caring for the city. Before local recycling service ended, Short wasn’t afraid to dig through all the city trash cans, especially after events, to make sure every can and bottle found its way to the recycling bin. In fact, one resident estimates Short may have single-handedly kept several thousand pounds of material out of landfills. To get Short talking, just ask him about birds. His favorite bird is the plover, a type of plump-breasted little shorebird whose family includes the notoriously noisy killdeer. Known to forage alone, they’re a true North American breed. And, like Short, they’re also always on the move. He enjoys the fact that “they like to eat insects and grubs.” Despite his love of birds and flight, Short has never been on an airplane. When asked why, it’s because no one is quite sure how he’d react if he ever got in one. But for now, he seems nonplussed just keeping his feet on the ground. As for all the recent changes he’s seen come to Etna, Short nods his approval. He also offers recommendations for a first-time visitor to town. “The restaurants. And City Hall.”• Megan Peterson has been a freelance storyteller for more than two decades, with writing credits ranging from National Geographic to the Sundance Channel. She also brings a background in marketing and audio tours, and has traveled and worked on six continents. Megan currently lives in Northern California with her family and a menagerie of pets.
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LITTLE CHAPMAN MANSION owner and historian Michele Shover cast her eye on her beautiful jewel of a home soon after arriving in Chico many decades ago. The A.H. Little Chapman Mansion, a national historic home, was purchased by the Chapman family in 1861. This was during the first year Chico was open for settlement, and the Chapmans lived at the mansion through the entire development of the community in the 19th century. Shover bought the historic home in 1976. She thought it looked like a farmhouse, which she was used to seeing growing up in her native Iowa. Shover came to Chico from New Orleans to join the political science department at Chico State, where she taught until 2005 and served as department chair for six years. Since purchasing the home, Shover has lovingly renovated and updated the house, which still has some of its historic features. She created a rose garden and added a pool. Behind the house is a beautiful forest with a pavilion. “With age, it needed updating,” Shover says. “During that time period of American history, there was a big upsurge in affection for the restoration of old buildings.” The mansion is a Downing cottage, and features include a T-shape floor plan, front and side verandas, a bay window and four gables on a steep, projecting roof. It was designed by Henry Cleveland, a famous architect who specialized in Downing cottages. The foundation was built in 1853, and a small house was built upon it 1859. Additions were made in 1870, a second story was added in 1874 and a kitchen was added in the 1890s. All of this development was the work of several generations of individuals and families who were part of Chico’s economic and civic history, according to the National Register of Historic Homes.4 continued on page 64
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Little Chapman Mansion was named as a historic home in 1982, and today, southeast Chico is called Chapmantown after the family. Augustus Chapman, the head of the family, managed John Bidwell’s general merchandise store and developed its first suburb, Shover says. He was married to Sarah Chapman and they had five children. He was a longtime school trustee and led the construction of the Odd Fellows Hall at Third and Broadway. Governor George Perkins appointed him to head the state prison system. Shover has done her best to keep that period of history as a tribute to the times. An acre in the back of the house had been a family orchard, and it also functioned as a grazing ground for racehorses. There was a wood storage building with an orchard workshop at the other end, which Shover turned into a guest house. She kept the main house as it was until 1999 when she removed the old kitchen. The original kitchen had been a dining room. Shover built a garage and connected it to the house with a new, large kitchen. She added a second story and turned it into a bigger bedroom for herself and her former
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Jennie Blevins hails from Monterey and has lived in Chico for two years. She graduated from Chico State with a degree in journalism and received a master’s in magazine journalism from NYU. Blevins is a general assignment reporter at the Chico Enterprise-Record.
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ITS MISSION IS simple: to promote the craft of writing as an art and as a profession. To do that, the Redding-based Writers Forum meets once per month (sans July and August) to talk about the nuts and bolts of the craft, discuss different genres and help fellow scribers get over any roadblocks in their project. This model works for them, considering the Writers Forum has been together for more than 40 years now. It began in 1981, the same year the Shasta County Arts Council and Riverfront Playhouse were formed. At this time, a woman also moved into town who was running ads in the newspaper for her writing critique services. One of its original members, Sharon Owen, noticed there were a few writing critique groups all over the city, as well as a writers’ group that met in a cottage owned by the City of Redding. They joined together, becoming the Redding Writers Group. Somewhere down the line, the group asked its members/supporters to suggest a name that had a broader scope to make it more inclusive to not just Redding writers. The new Writers Forum was born, and its membership ballooned up to 120 members at one point. Membership took a hit during COVID but is coming back with the re-emergence of the Authors Faire to take place in downtown Redding this November. As one of its two original members left (she’s also served as past president and program director), Owen recalls some of the Writers Forum’s major accomplishments and how it has evolved over the years. “One thing we’re proud of is something we did in 1987 to celebrate Redding’s centennial year. We had been an organization for six years by that point. Mayor Barbara Gard came to us and asked if we wanted to write the pageant for the auditorium that held 2,400 people. Even though the Writers Forum had never done anything like that before, we said we could do it,” Owen says. Six members wrote a two-act musical with nine themes, telling the story of Redding’s history in the Gold Rush, the Union Pacific railroad, World War I, the Great Depression, fire and more. “It was Redding’s coming-of-age story,” Owen says. All three performances sold out.4 continued on page 70
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“It took the entire community coming together to make it happen and brought huge satisfaction for us six members who worked on the narration. My memory is still full in bringing back that experience,” Owen says.
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Ken Putnam was the director who also ran the theater program at Shasta High School, and the performance had 21 actors and 15 chorus members. “It took the entire community coming together to make it happen and brought huge satisfaction for us. My memory is still full in bringing back that experience,” Owen says. The Writers Forum gathers on the second Saturday of each month at the Pilgrim Congressional Church on Foothill Boulevard. Meetings include presentations that dive into the trials and tribulations of a certain genre or navigating the business of publishing. One year they flew in Nancy Kress, fiction editor for the Writer’s Digest, and they’ve also hosted Michael Larsen, a top authors’ coach/literary agent in San Francisco. “We’ve had national-level, top-notch speakers,” says Writers Forum President Jennifer Levens. Two meetings are read-arounds, where members bring their work and read it aloud to the rest of the group. The Writers Forum is open to those looking to get published or anyone just looking to get their work out there. Owen has six mysteries on the market, Linda Boyden has had numerous children’s books published, Charlie Price won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for his young adult mysteries, and Steve Brewer writes humorous mysteries and has 17 traditionally published books. “A lot of books have gone full sail in Barnes & Noble’s local authors’ section,” Levens adds. The Writers Forum has hosted the Authors Fair since at least 2005 and is excited to bring it back on November 11. “It’s such a gift for writers because it’s a minimal fee to participate and you don’t have to be a member; you just pay for a table. We found out about a lot of writers that way, who’ve later joined,” says Owen, adding that people have come from all over California and Oregon. The biggest fair hosted 35 authors. “Authors really have to find our audience ourselves… it’s hard to find a venue and there are not many
“We’ve always believed that if you think it’s possible to do, then do it. We don’t limit our thinking to what this organization can do,” Owen says.
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independent booksellers. People think that novelists are rich, but it’s a tough business,” Owen says. For aspiring writers to published authors, it helps to have the support of the Writers Forum to help one take their craft to the next level. “We’ve always believed that if you think it’s possible to do, then do it. We don’t limit our thinking to what this organization can do,” Owen says. “The main lesson we’ve learned is, ‘if you build it, they will come’,” she adds. •
Kayla Anderson is a freelance writer, marketer and action sports enthusiast who grew up wakeboarding on Lake Shasta and learning to ski at Mt. Lassen. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Chico State University and loves to visit her parents in Redding.
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which was deemed too risky by some. That delightful putt-putt sound when the engine idled down ended up charming people, though, along with the fact that fires became much more efficient to fight when horses weren’t depended upon for a water source. When Catona joined the fire department in 1994, Putty Putt had already been through its extensive restoration. Firefighters in the late 1970s and early 80’s took the engine down to its frame and completely rebuilt it. Its last fire had been in 1954, and the engine had already had its wooden wheels replaced with metal after a trip to a fire on Hogsback Road damaged the wood. “There were still a lot of old trusty firemen around at the time,” says Catona, who has become the de facto historian of the Red Bluff Fire Department. “I just picked their brains.” When Putty Putt approached its 100th birthday in 2018, he went down to the library and researched its history for a celebration. “Putty Putt has never been taken out of service,” he adds. “On paper, it’s still active.” Indeed, it does still see some action as a parade favorite and cameo at select weddings and funerals. While Putty Putt is the star of the museum, it isn’t close to being the only thing of fascination. The two-story building itself was built in 1906 from brick made in local Brickyard Creek, the same brick used to build the Catholic church in Red Bluff. The upstairs, known as Whitt Hall, houses an extensive collection of animal mounts collected by former Fire Marshall William C. Whitt, who started as a volunteer firefighter in 1925 and was named full-time Fire
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Chief in 1958. Even after his retirement in 1968, he continued to field calls as a volunteer since he lived across from the station. His hunting journal documenting global travels was found during a cleanup by station secretary Sherryl Arend, who had the notes transcribed and published as a book. Putty Putt and other relics such as the original fire bell from atop the hall, heavy fire hoses with brass couplings, vintage fire suits, buckets from the bucket brigade with rounded bottoms and an original horse-drawn hose cart are on display in the museum downstairs. “We’ll give tours seven days a week,” says Catona. “It’s usually the on-duty tour, so guests will have to understand that the guides may need to go on a call.” Special arrangements can be made for groups. The museum has hosted car clubs and classrooms, with each group finding something of interest. “A lot of fire departments haven’t kept all their things,” says Catona. “They don’t have a museum.” Part of keeping up a museum is understanding that items used today can be of interest in the future. Rather than throwing things out, they can be preserved. “Every now and then we’ll bring over a tool that we’re taking out of use,” he adds. One of his favorite saves is a box of city maps used to respond to calls from the early 1980s until about 2016. The public is invited to check out the pride of the Red Bluff Fire Department and meet its current staff. Says Catona, “We all take pride in our jobs, and one of the things we’re most proud of is Whitt Hall and Putty Putt.” • Whitt Hall/Fire Museum • 835 Cedar Street, Red Bluff (530) 527-1126
Melissa Mendonca is a graduate of San Francisco State and Tulane universities. She’s a lover of airports and road trips and believes in mentoring and service to create communities everyone can enjoy. Her favorite words are rebar, wanderlust and change.
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infinite joy in every direction. Those are the moments that stay with us for a lifetime. This month, as we celebrate this season of gratitude, we asked our readers and Enjoy team members to share the moment in 2023 for which they have been most grateful this year.
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four and a grandma of two rambunctious boys, I’m grateful for a quiet day with my husband, at my local hidden swimming hole. Tucked away in nature is really the place to be – it’s quiet and magical.” – Jamie McClain, Shasta Lake City
photographer, my most grateful moment happened while I was on the hunt for a hummingbird-like insect on my wildlife bucket list. Two photographer friends joined me in search of the elusive Whitelined Sphinx Moth. With camera gear in hand, we headed to the mountain town of Mineral, determined to find our quarry. We were unsuccessful in our quest, until a young boy on his bicycle joyfully led us to a small patch of flowers, overflowing with moths. I find no greater sense of gratitude than what I encounter when spending quality time with friends and the miracles of Mother Nature.” –Jane Dysert, Anderson
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“JULY 23, 2023 was our
29th wedding anniversary. My husband Terry and I spent it at the coast. We had such a great time on the beach, putting our toes in the sand, listening to the waves crashing, laughing, and spending quality time together. We ate at Moonstone Grill, and the food and service were amazing. The beach is one of our favorite places to relax and rejuvenate. I’m forever grateful for my husband who has always been a provider, protector and fun-loving person.” – Melinda Hunter, Photographer with Enjoy Magazine, Shasta Lake City
“IF YOU CONCENTRATE ON FINDING WHATEVER IS GOOD IN EVERY SITUATION, YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT YOUR LIFE WILL SUDDENLY BE FILLED WITH GRATITUDE, A FEELING THAT NURTURES THE SOUL.” —Rabbi Harold Kushner NOVEMBER 2023
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“I’M GRATEFUL “BEING A PART of the marketing team at Enjoy Magazine is truly the best! The opportunity to help my clients showcase their business or corporation is what brings me joy every day. Enjoy is so passionate about our community. It is an honor to be a part of this team!” – Connie Blanc, Marketing Consultant, Enjoy Magazine, Redding
for the day in late August when I got to adopt Maple, a mini-lop bunny from Friends of Unwanted Rabbits. Maple was rescued out of a bad situation where she had no interaction with people. Now, she probably has more interaction than she wants. It has been so much fun watching her cute little personality come out over these last few months as she flops and bounces around. She saved me as much as I saved her.” – Kayla Anderson, Writer, Enjoy Magazine, Incline Village
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“GRATITUDE SWEETENS EVEN THE SMALLEST MOMENTS” —Unknown “I AM incredibly grateful to have
been able to work remotely in Ohio for the entire month of October, spending time with four of my grandkids. I was their Granny Nanny while my daughter and son-in-law navigated their crazy, busy lives. I am thankful I have a job that allows flexibility and bosses whose motto is ‘family is always first.’ Happy Thanksgiving!” – Ronda Alvey, Editor in Chief Enjoy Magazine, Redding
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“I REMAIN thankful for all the
people I get to enjoy every day. I travel a lot in my work with Enjoy Magazine, for my own business and on behalf of other companies. I think it’s fulfilling to my servant’s heart. I like being able to go out and see people every day, spontaneously, in different places, markets, cities. The collaboration and how they all work together for the good of all – that really gets me going. It’s been said that doing what you love means you never have to work a day in your life. I’ve been retired for quite some time now, but my work continues through loving others and seeing things grow before me.” – Kevin Gates, Marketing Consultant, Enjoy Magazine, Chico
We hope these sweet glimpses into the lives of others will inspire you to continue looking for beauty in every moment – from the mundane to the magnificent. Thanks to everyone who took time to share a cherished memory with us. Here’s to many more moments of gratitude – ones that will remain etched into our hearts. • Kimberly N. Bonéy, proud wife and mom, is a freelance writer, designer, up-cycler and owner of Herstory Vintage. When she’s not working, she is joyfully wielding jewelry-making tools and paintbrushes in her studio. Antique shops, vintage boutiques, craft stores and bead shops are her happy place.
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THANKSGIVING IS a time to celebrate the harvest, the bounty of nature and the bonds of family and friends. But it can also be a time to stress about the cooking, especially when you have to deal with multiple dishes, multiple pots and pans and multiple oven racks. And maybe too many cooks in the kitchen. That’s why we love slow-cooker stuffing: it’s easy, convenient, and delicious. Slow-cooker stuffing is a classic side dish that goes well with any turkey or roast. It’s made with bread cubes, vegetables, broth, eggs and seasonings that are cooked in a slow cooker until tender and moist. You can customize it with your favorite herbs and spices or use store-bought stuffing cubes for convenience. After experimenting with this recipe over the years, I have discovered a few tips that will help you make this delicious recipe: • Grease the slow cooker before adding ingredients. Otherwise, you’ll end up with a sticky mess. • Don’t overfill the slow cooker. The stuffing needs room to expand. • Don’t open the slow cooker too often. This will let out the heat and slow down the cooking process. • Set a timer. You don’t want to forget about the stuffing and end up with a ruined side dish.
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For this recipe, I recommend using dry or stale bread cubes. Stale bread will absorb more liquid and help to keep the stuffing moist. Don’t overcook the stuffing. Slow cooker stuffing can easily overcook, so it’s important to check it after three hours. If it’s not cooked through, cook it for an additional 30 minutes. Here are some reasons you should make slow-cooker stuffing for Thanksgiving: • It saves you time and energy. You don’t have to worry about chopping onions or celery or washing dishes after cooking. Just dump everything in the slow cooker and let it do its magic. • It saves you stress and hassle. You don’t have to worry about overcooking or undercooking or burning or drying out your stuffing. • It saves you calories and fat. You don’t have to add extra butter or oil or cream or cheese to your stuffing. You just use broth as your liquid base. • It saves you carbs. You don’t have to add extra bread or rice or pasta or cornbread. You just use bread as your main ingredient. •
SLOW COOKER CROCK POT STUFFING INGREDIENTS • 1 cup butter • 2 cups chopped onion • 2 cups chopped celery • 12 oz. sliced mushrooms • ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley • 12 cups dry bread cubes • 1½ tsp. salt • 1½ tsp. dried sage • 1 tsp. poultry seasoning • 1 tsp. dried thyme • ½ tsp. dried marjoram • ½ tsp. ground black pepper • 4 cups chicken broth (if using fresh bread, use 2-3 cups) • 2 large eggs, beaten
INSTRUCTIONS Step 1: Melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion, celery, mushrooms and parsley in butter until slightly softened, 5 to 8 minutes. Step 2: Place bread cubes in an extra-large mixing bowl. Spoon cooked vegetables over bread cubes. Season with salt, sage, poultry seasoning, thyme, marjoram and pepper. Pour in enough broth to moisten, then mix in eggs. Transfer mixture to a slow cooker. Step 3: Cover and cook on High for 45 minutes, then reduce heat to Low and cook for 3 to 3½ hours. Terry Olson loves culinary arts, adult beverages and hiking in the North State wilderness. You may find him soaking up the scenery at one of our area’s many state or national parks or sitting in a barstool sipping a cold locally brewed craft beer.
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TAKE ME HOME — MOUNT SHASTA Based out of Northern California, Cale Conner has been in love with photography forever. From portraits and fashion to product lifestyle, he loves to shoot it all. If you don’t see him out shooting something, then he’s spending time with his best friend and daughter, Ella, teaching her all he knows about photography. To see more of Cale’s work, visit his Instagram page @c.visuals.
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This protein-rich, delicious appetizer shared by our friends at Huff’s at Bridge Bay promises to be a hit with your dinner guests. And it’s easy! Enjoy!
INGREDIENTS: 3 thin slices sourdough bread 1/4 stick pimento cream cheese 1/4 lb. thin-cut steak strips 2 oz. caramelized onion 2 roasted red bell peppers Crumbled feta cheese Chopped cilantro to taste
DIRECTIONS: Step 1: Toast the sourdough bread. Step 2: Spread the pimento cream cheese over the toasted bread. Step 3: Add the thin-cut steak strips. Step 4: Mix and add the caramelized onions and roasted red bell peppers. Step 5: Sprinkle with feta cheese and top with chopped cilantro.
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April 1 • Neverland Ball, Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., 5-9:30pm, www.neverlandball.com April 1-2 • Chico Home and Garden Show, Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., 10am5pm Saturday and Sunday, www.chicohomeshow.com April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 • Chico Saturday Farmers Market, Downtown Chico municipal parking lot, 2nd and Wall streets, 7:30am-1pm, www. chicofarmersmarket.com April 5, 12, 19, 26 • Chico Wednesday Farmers Market, North Valley Plaza Mall parking lot, Pillsbury Road adjacent to Trader Joe’s, 7:30am-noon, www.chicofarmersmarket.com April 15 • Chico Brewfest, 1705 Manzanita Ave., 1-4pm, www.chicobrewfest.com April 18 • Demun Jones & Sam Grow, Tackle Box, 379 East Park Ave., 8pm, www.senatortheatrechico.com April 27 • Thursday Night Market, Downtown Chico on Broadway Street between 2nd and 4th streets, 6pm, www.downtownchico.com April 29 • Chico Velo Wildflower Century PreRide Party and Expo, Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., noon-6pm, www.wildflowercentury.org • Chico Spring Jam, Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, 1-9pm, www.explorebuttecounty.com April 30 • Chico Velo Wildflower Century, check in at the Commercial building at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., 5:30am
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November 1-30 • Inviting Cultures – Beyond Borders, The Sikh Centre, 5400 Sikh Centre Drive, 10:30am-2pm, www.enjoylocalevents.com November 3-4 • Roses and Rust Vintage Market, Shasta District Fairgrounds, 1890 Briggs St., 4-8pm Friday, 9am-4pm Saturday, www.rosesandrustvintagemarket.com November 4 • Tree of Life Gala, Gaia Hotel and Spa, 4125 Riverside Place, 5:30-8pm, www.visitredding.com November 2, 9, 16, 30 • Storytime, Anderson Library, 3200 West Center St., 3:30-4:30pm, www.shastalibraries.org November 11-12 • Craft Faire & Swap, Shasta District Fairgrounds, 1890 Briggs St., 9am-3pm, www.shastadistrictfairandeventcenter.com
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November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 • Chico Wednesday Farmers Market, North Valley Plaza Mall parking lot, Pillsbury Road adjacent to Trader Joe’s, 7:30am-noon, www.chicofarmersmarket.com November 4, 11, 18, 25 • Chico Saturday Farmers Market, Downtown Chico municipal parking lot, 2nd and Wall streets, 7:30am-1pm, www.chicofarmersmarket.com November 19 • Christmas Preview, Downtown Chico, 2nd to 4th street on both Main Street and Broadway, 4-8pm, www.downtownchico.com
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November 11 • Dunsmuir Second Saturdays, Downtown Dunsmuir, 11am-9pm, www.dunsmuirsecondsaturday.com
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November 4 • Kinga with Pianist Accompanist, Avery Theatre, 430 Main St., 7pm, www.discoversiskiyou.com
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November 5, 12, 19, 26 • Magalia Farmers MarketMobile, Magalia Community Center, 13917 South Park Drive, noon-2pm, www.paradisechamber.com
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November 4 • Downtown Oroville First Friday, various Downtown Oroville locations on Montgomery Street, starts at 4pm • Downtown Oroville Historic Walking Tour, start at Oroville Convention Center, 1200 Myers St., tours at 3, 6 and 8 pm, www.explorebuttecounty.com November 4, 5 • Beauty on the River 2023 Quilt Show, Mooretown Rancheria Gym, 2 Alverda Drive, 10am-5pm Saturday, 10am-4pm Sunday, www.orovillechamber.com November 4, 11 • Salmon Tour Down the Feather River, Feather River Fish Hatchery, 5 Table Mountain Blvd., 9am and 12:30pm, www.explorebuttecounty.com
paradise
November 4 • Phoenix 5K, Paradise Aquatic Park, 5600 Recreation Drive, 9am, www.paradisechamber.com • Ace’s Annual Christmas Preview and Open House, Ace Hardware, 5720 Clark Road, 7am-5pm, www.paradisechamber.com November 4-5 • The Best of Broadway, Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, 7:30pm Saturday, 2pm Sunday, www.paradiseperformingarts.com November 10-11 • Homespun Holidays Fall Craft Show, Paradise Masonic Hall, 5934 Clark Road, 10am-5pm, www.paradisechamber.com November 11 • Bags & Beans 3rd Annual Chili Cookoff and Cornhole Tournament, Terry Ashe Recreation Center, 6626 Skyway, 9am4pm chili cookoff, noon-6pm cornhole tournament, www.paradiseprpd.com
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November 18 • Classic Car and Motorcycle Show and Pinewood Derby, Terry Ashe Recreation Center, 6626 Skyway, 10am-6pm, www.paradiseprpd.com
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November 4, 11, 18, 25 • Farmers Market, 100 Main St., 9am-noon, www.healthyshasta.org
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November 1, 8, 15, 22, 30 • Wine Down Wednesdays, Branch House Riverfront Bistro, 844 Sundial Bridge Drive, 5-7pm, www.branchhouseredding.com November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 • Thursday’s Late Night Fiesta, Cicada Cantina, 1691 Hilltop Drive, 9pm, www.visitredding.com November 3 • Starry Night of Art & Wine, North Valley Art League, 48 Quartz Hill Road, 4-7:30pm, www.visitredding.com • First Fridays in Downtown Redding, Downtown Redding stores, 5pm, www.visitredding.com November 3-17 • Social Ballroom and Line Dancing for all ages, Redding Senior Center, 2290 Benton Drive, 7-9pm dancing for all, 6pm lessons on Nov. 3, 10 and 17, live band on Nov. 3, www.enjoylocalevents.com November 4, 11, 18, 25 • Redding Farmers Market, behind City Hall, 777 Cypress Ave., 7:30am-noon, www.healthyshasta.org November 6, 13, 20, 27 • Music Mondays, Mosaic Restaurant, 826 Sundial Bridge Drive, 6-8pm, www.mosaicredding.com/music November 8 • Cemetery Tours, Redding Memorial Park, 1201 Continental St., 11am-12:30pm, www.shastalibraries.org November 10-11, 17-18 • “Mary Poppins,” David Marr Theater, 2200 Eureka Way, 7pm Friday, 2pm and 7pm Saturday, www.uprepmusical.org November 11 • United Women in Faith 50th Annual Holiday Bazaar, First United Methodist Church, 1825 South St., all day, www.enjoylocalevents.com November 29 • Live Your Best Life – Stop Diabetes Before it Starts, Shasta Community Health Center, 1035 Placer St., 5-7:30pm, www.turnitaroundshasta.com
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axiom repertory theatre www.axreptheatre.com
November 3-4 • Jerry’s Middle Finger, 8pm November 10-26 • “The Tempest,” 7:30pm Friday-Saturday, 2pm Sunday
burney library
www.shastalibraries.org November 3 • Yarns at the Library, 2-4pm November 4 • Stamp Carving - Holiday, 11am-12:30pm November 8, 15, 22 • Preschool Storytime, 11am-noon November 18 • Leather Stamping, 11am-12:30pm November 23 • Adult Book Club, 11am-1pm November 24 • Baby Bonding, 11am-noon
cascade theatre
www.cascadetheatre.org November 5 • The Infamous Stringdusters, 7:30pm November 8 • Ian Bagg, 7:30pm November 11 • North State Symphony presents “Swan Lake,” 7:30pm November 24-30 • Cascade Christmas, 7pm ThursdaySaturday, 2pm Saturday-Sunday
chico performances www.chicoperformances.com
November 5 • An Evening with David Sedaris, 7:30pm November 30 • A Very Chico Nutcracker, 7pm
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chicotheatrecompany.csstix.com November 17-30 • “A Christmas Story,” 7:30pm Friday-Saturday, 2pm Sunday
feather falls casino & lodge www.featherfallscasino.com November 18 • Fiesta Nights, 8pm-midnight
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redding civic auditorium
www.reddingcivic.com November 11 • Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet, 7pm
redding library
www.shastalibraries.org November 1, 3, 8, 7, 10, 14, 15, 17, 21, 22, 28, 29 • Storytimes, 11-11:30am November 2, 16, 18 • Prescription Pets READ, 10:15-11:15am November 6, 10 • Understanding Your Credit Report and Score, 6-7pm November 8 • The Library Book Group, 11am-noon November 18 • Drop-In Craft Time, 3-5pm November 20 • Autumn Craft Program, 2-3pm November 30 • Teen Chess Club, 4-5pm
riverfront playhouse www.riverfrontplayhouse.net November 3, 4 • “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” 7:30pm Friday-Saturday November 29 • “A Good Old-Fashioned Big Family Christmas,” 7:30pm Wednesday
rolling hills casino www.rollinghillscasino.com
November 11 • Sip & Shop Holiday Fair, 10am-2pm
senator theatre chico
www.senatortheatrechico.com November 9 • Built to Spill, 8pm November 10 • The Lacs, Justin Champagne, Dustin Spears, 8pm November 11 • The Taylor Party, 9pm November 7 • Shrek Rave, 9pm
shasta college performing arts
www.shastacollege.edu/ ArtsEvents November 3 • Jazz Concert with the Jazz Big Band Ensemble & Jazz Combo, 7:30pm November 17-18 • Symphonic Band presents a Double Concert, 7:30pm Friday, 3pm Saturday
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November 19 • Concert Orchestra presents a Matinee Concert, 3pm
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www.statetheatreredbluff.com November 7 • Riders in the Sky, 7pm November 11 • Chad Bushnell, 7pm November 18 • Taylor Hicks, 7pm
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November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 • Overtime Live, 8pm November 11 • Fight Night, 7:30pm November 17 • Colt Ford, 7:30pm
schreder planetarium
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Share in this NorthTheater, State holiday tradition as Tchaikovsky’s timeless10, score3pm takes Trinity Alps Weaverville: December Clara and her Nutcracker Prince on a journey through sparkling snowflakes to Cascade Theatre, Redding: the land of dancing sweets. From stunning costumes and a beautiful Sugar December 16 & 17 at 7pm Plum Fairy to toy soldiers, waltzing flowers, and an evil Rat Queen, this December 17 at 1pm, followed by enchanting ballet will sweep you up in the delight of the holiday season.
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Share in this North State holiday tradition as Tchaikovsky’s timeless score takes Clara and her - December 2023 Nutcracker Prince on Trinity a journeyCounty throughPerformance sparkling snowflakes to the 2,land of dancing sweets. From 8 &waltzing 9, 2023 stunning costumesShasta and a County beautiful Performances Sugarplum Fairy- toDecember toy soldiers, flowers, and an evil Rat Queen, this enchanting ballet will sweep you up in the delight of the holiday season.
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5. Invite someone to share a meal with you, either by taking them out or cooking a meal together. Breaking bread with an acquaintance is a universal way to bond. 6. Actively listen when someone wants to talk or share their thoughts. Show you value their perspective and feelings. 7. A handwritten thank-you note is a heartfelt way to express gratitude. 8. Choose to buy from local businesses to help boost your community’s economy. 9. Donate to local food banks or shelters. Food, clothing and money are always needed. 10. Save lives by donating blood, plasma or platelets at your local blood bank. •
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