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CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE DISTRICT 70 | California Adventure District is Always Open

GOOD TIMES 45 | Clear Creek Sports Club in Corning 67 | Redding Tai Chi Meditation Garden

INSPIRATION 31 | Ernest Andrus, 97 A Man with a Mission

INTERST 37 | The Historic Town of Gasquet

IN EVERY ISSUE 19 | My Town: Ronda Ball-Alvey 73 | D owntown Details 74 | Enjoy the View: Jeremy Robison 78 | What’s Cookin’: The Bantam Kitchen & Cooler’s Cajun Shrimp 8 2 | Giving Back: PETS (Providing Essentials for Tehama Shelter)

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Making a Positive Impact with Enjoy 2 8 | The Creative Process with Raedean 33 | The Youth Conservation Corps Program, Caring for the Environment 4 0 | Dunsmuir’s Historic California Theatre 57 | Simpson University Celebrates its Centennial 6 3 | Welcome to Nature’s Kitchen in Yreka

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editor’s note OCTOBER 2021 GOOD THINGS have certainly come to those of us in the Enjoy Magazine family, as we are celebrating our 15th birthday! We are so proud that Enjoy continues to showcase the fabric of our community – the inspirational people and fascinating places that make this such a wonderful place to live, work and play.

We are honored to share our birthday month with Simpson University, which is celebrating a century of providing “service above self” to a global community. It started as Simpson Bible Institute in Seattle in 1921, moved to San Francisco, then set down roots in Redding in 1989.

Good things come to those who believe age is just a number. Meet Ernest Andrus, the oldest person to ever run from coast to coast – he ran from Mission Beach in San Diego to Saint Simons Island in Georgia when he was 93. He reflects on his journey on the verge of his 100th birthday.

The love of an animal is unconditional, and the dedicated volunteers from PETS (Providing Essentials for Tehama Shelter) improve the lives of shelter animals who need a home. The organization’s Love Is Special program matches special-needs animals with human companions who see them as more than their illness or limitation.

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Did you notice anything different about the magazine that’s in your hands today? For the first time, Enjoy Magazine is sporting a perfectbound cover. It’s our long-awaited birthday gift to ourselves and to all of you. Please accept our deepest gratitude for a decade and a half of unwavering support. Celebrate with us, and enjoy!

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In the mid-’90s, I was determined to make a life change and give my kids the opportunity to experience some of my favorite memories of Shasta County. I especially remembered the friendly, hospitable people I met in Redding. It was the kind of place where I wanted my children to grow up.

At the time, I didn’t know that Redding was where I would learn and grow and spread my wings. In 1998 when I landed a job at KMS Research, I had the good fortune to work with some of the most remarkable people I have ever met. I still socialize with many of them and still work with several at Enjoy Magazine.

My experience with civic organizations, especially Leadership Redding, helped me appreciate all that Redding offers. Attending Chamber of Commerce greeters and serving on the Viva Downtown and Riverfront Playhouse boards have introduced me to many diverse, forward-thinking, amazing people.

There is always something to do in the great outdoors in Redding. I’ve enjoyed playing on softball teams at Big League Dreams and River Trail walks. I’ve spent many nights relaxing on my very own patio boat on Lake Shasta. I’ve made memories of sledding at Eskimo Hill and Bunny Flats with my kids and grandkids, as well as exploring Turtle Bay. I love the Lighted Christmas Parade and having breakfast with 10,000 neighbors at the Roaring Gulch Pancake Breakfast. I am always so proud to show off the iconic Sundial Bridge to out-oftown visitors. Getting involved behind the scenes at the Cascade Theatre is where I met my husband. Being part of the opening of Riverfront Playhouse’s brand-new theatre has introduced me to artistic, talented, lovely people. I love that while at work, I have a front-row seat to the downtown revitalization, and it’s so exciting to watch the transformation.

As the editor of Enjoy Magazine, I have the pleasure to meet and work with many interesting, creative, hardworking people. What always amazes me is how friendly and generous our beautiful community is. I always say that everyone has a story to tell. Those stories are what make up My Town and I’m delighted that I get to be part of it.

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Everything you wanted to know about the North State, delivered!

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OCTOBER HAS ALWAYS held a certain magic for the team at Enjoy Magazine – the magic of new beginnings and monumental growth. Fifteen years ago, in October 2006, five friends – Michelle Adams, Yvonne Mazzotta, James Mazzotta, Matt Briner and Ronda Alvey – took a leap and launched a local magazine with a goal of highlighting all that is good and beautiful about Northern California.

Enjoy Magazine Northern California Living was born and has continued to grow and thrive for a decade and a half.

“The positive feedback we received after the first issue came out was pretty awesome,” says co-publisher Adams. This positivity and community support would prove to be fuel for many more good things to come for Enjoy Magazine and the team.4

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E N J OY THE LITTLE THINGS In October 2010, Enjoy the Store opened in Downtown Redding, welcoming the community to get to know the local artisans, farmers and producers making world-class products. Four years later, in October 2014, the Enjoy team launched Enjoy Magazine: South Valley Living, continuing the tradition of sharing stories about local people and places in the San Joaquin Valley. In October 2020, the team took another leap and launched Edible South Valley, a foodie’s dream guide to local restaurants, food vendors and farmers who consider food an art all its own.

October 2021, true to form, is another life-shifting moment for the Enjoy team. Enjoy the Store and Enjoy Magazine will move to the former Boardmart building in Downtown Redding, with a goal of opening the brand new, 9,000-square-foot location by October 1, just in time to celebrate Enjoy the Store’s 11th birthday.

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“The new location is amazing and will afford us the ability to reach many of the goals we had set for the business over the past 15 years,” says store director James Mazzotta. “At the store, we’ve always wanted to provide more food-related experiences for shoppers, like olive tasting and wine tasting. We’ve always wanted to have a small built-in coffee shop with fresh baked bread and pastries and our own maker space, too. Over time, this new location will allow us to implement these things – not to mention more room to showcase all our local, regional and American-made products.”4

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GOOD THINGS TA K E TIME As Enjoy Magazine hits its stride, Alvey, the editor-in-chief of Enjoy Magazine, says what she treasures most are the connections she’s made along the way. She has worked with Adams, the Mazzottas, ad sales manager Michael O’Brien and recipe queen Lana Granfors since 1998, when they all worked at haircare company KMS. When KMS closed locally, the crew collectively decided to move into the next phase of life together.

Twenty-three years and two companies later, they have been there for each other during happy times, like the birth of babies and grandbabies: “We’ve watched each other’s kids grow up and we’ve been there for each other during hard times, too. We are all so different, but we share the same love,” Alvey says.

One of her favorite parts of the job is meeting the many interesting people who have been featured in the magazine. “I learn something new about the North State every month. I have so much respect for and am in awe of the writers and photographers, many of whom have been with us since the beginning.”

Working alongside Briner, one of the magazine’s founders, was an incredible learning experience for Alvey and the team. Although he left Enjoy in 2011 to start his own design company, his diverse skillset and the laughter he brought to the office helped lay a wonderful foundation. Kerri Regan-Schuette, Enjoy’s copy editor, has meticulous copywriting skills and Alvey is grateful to have her as a mentor.4

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DREAM BIGGER For more than 10 years, on the third Thursday of every month, Alvey and James Mazzotta have hosted “North State Now” on KCNR 1460 AM and 96.5 FM, owned by radio personalities Carl and Linda Bott. Community members and businesses featured in the magazine have a chance to expound upon their stories and share more details about their businesses. The Botts also welcome Alvey and Mazzotta to be guests on their radio show, Free Fire Radio, on the first Monday of every month.

Lynn Fritz, marriage and family therapist and host of the Enjoy Exceptional Living radio show, has spent the last 10 years – first at KLXR and now at KFOI – featuring community members highlighted in Enjoy Magazine on her show, Enjoy Exceptional Living. The ripples of kindness and support for Enjoy and its mission to share the beauty of Northern California and its people continue to be far reaching. It’s the truest testament to the power of community and what a strong sense of positivity can do to lift others.

“Enjoy Magazine has been a labor of love and for me, it’s been like watching a child grow. It’s 15 years old now and getting ready to drive,” Alvey says with a laugh. “It’s been such a big part of my life and has really enabled me to learn what I am capable of, has given me confidence in myself and has also humbled me.”

“Enjoy turning 15 gives me great pride,” says copublisher Yvonne Mazzotta. “Our baby is growing up!

The next 15 years will support the theme of the magazine this month: Good Things Come. The more the North State continues to grow, the more reflective content we pour into it.”

Cheers to 15 years of love and friendship – to community, growth, new beginnings and many more magical moments to come for Enjoy Magazine and the Enjoy family. •

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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“Enjoy turning 15 gives me great pride,” says copublisher Yvonne Mazzotta. “Our baby is growing up! The next 15 years will support the theme of the magazine this month: Good Things Come. The more the North State continues to grow, the more reflective content we pour into it.”

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T H E C R E AT I V E P R O C E S S W I T H RAEDEAN PURSUIT OF MUSICAL passion is about discovery and fulfillment in the creative process. And it’s about finding joy, with or without fame and fortune.

Enjoy Magazine spent some time learning more about Raedean, a local band that features Zak Lugo on lead vocals, Preston Faires on drums, Jesse Holden as lead guitarist, Dylan West as rhythm guitarist and Kyle Schwenning on bass.

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ENJOY: Tell us how the band started.

LUGO: We started in about 2013, and we’ve gone through an array of members.

Some left and then came back. [After the initial departures,] we took an indefinite hiatus for a few years and Preston and I joined a couple of different bands while Raedean sat on the back burner.

When COVID-19 and quarantine hit, Dylan, Preston and I ended up working together at the same location and began talking a lot about music. Us coming back together was a surprise to all of us, I think, but it just felt natural to start writing again, like it was meant to be. That’s when Jesse and Dylan came back and we recruited Kyle, who had played bass in Preston’s and my previous band project.

ENJOY: So, how did five guys come up with the name Raedeen and what’s its significance?

LUGO: When we started the band, we were practicing in our drummer’s grandmother’s garage and her name was Raedean. The way the [music] scene was at the time, a lot of names felt predictable. We wanted something more original and decided to call ourselves Raedean in her honor.4

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“When we started the band, we were practicing in our drummer’s grandmother’s garage and her name was Raedean.

The way the [music] scene was at the time, a lot of names felt predictable.

We wanted something more original and decided to call ourselves Raedean in her honor.”

ENJOY: On the band’s single, “Coming To,” did we hear a hint of a Green Day influence? What are the band’s other main musical influences?

LUGO: Sure, to an extent. Green Day and bands like Blink-182 influenced us during our growing up years and they really kind of started the pop-punk style, but I would say that nowadays, bands like So The Story Goes influence us more.

Personally, I listened to many different artists growing up. My dad was a musician in a rock band and listened to a lot of the old school metal bands – Metallica, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath. My stepmother listened to The Chicks and was into country music, and my mom listened to rap – Snoop Dog, Dr. Dre, Tupac – and R&B artists like Usher, so I had a variety of musical interests and influences from different genres. Today, I was listening to the new Drake album.

ENJOY: Wow, that is an eclectic mix! You mentioned the “pop-punk” genre. Is that how the band classifies its music?

LUGO: Genres are so weird, right? And it’s so hard these days to compartmentalize a style of music into one “genre.” It’s almost more for the listener to decide, as opposed to us as the artists. I would say that we’re pop punk, but you could describe us rock or alternative, or even emo.

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ENJOY: Tell us about the band’s songwriting process.

LUGO: The bulk of the songwriting is done by me, Jesse and Dylan. We write on guitar and then piece in the drums and the bass. Sometimes we’ll come in with a half of a guitar song written and the other guitar player pieces that together. We all play other instruments, so I feel like we have a lot to add when it comes to helping each other with our parts. Once we have the foundation of the song, we really work hard on picking up pieces and putting them together in the way that’s going to flow the best to us. Sometimes that can be the longest process.

ENJOY: After releasing back-to-back singles in the spring and playing live at Gym’s House in July, what’s next for the band?

LUGO: We released our first album, Better Late Than Never, in September with eight new songs. This month we’ll record a five-song EP.

ENJOY: Congratulations. When you say “album,” we envision vinyl…

LUGO: Yeah, the technology has changed but the names are the same. The album and EP are both digital. Back in 2014, with other bands we pressed and sold CDs and now they’re dinosaurs.

ENJOY: How can people buy your music?

LUGO: Apple Music and Spotify.

ENJOY: What’s the band’s philosophy about its purpose?

LUGO: We want to see how our process unfolds naturally.

Creating singles and album artwork, social media posts and music videos are outside of creating music, but still part of the creative process of the band that contributes to the fun and excitement for us. It’s about joy. • Find Raedean on Instagram

Claudia Mosby is a Redding-based freelance writer.

She is the founder and director of The Expressive Spirit, a wellness company in Mt. Shasta offering spiritual direction, arts and nature-based activities and consultancy for grief and loss.

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The young folks are members of the federal government’s Youth Conservation Corps, a six-week summer program that gets them outdoors doing hard physical work, work that includes not only pulling up invasive weeds, but also harvesting native seeds for restoration work, doing trail maintenance and cleaning up campgrounds.4

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“I kinda forget I’m being paid to do this,” he says with A GRIN.

Today, the teens are digging up some 250 invasive plants that Forest Service botanists found a few days ago on the road. The plant they’re pulling up is called “dyer’s woad” and was used in Europe to produce blue dye. Over here, it’s become a big nuisance, crowding out native plants and competing with them for nutrients and other resources. It’s one of the most populous, and tenacious, invasive plants in the Mount Shasta region.

Getting it pulled up is a long and arduous task, as these corps members soon learn – the roots go down up to a foot, and all the hard soil around them must be painstakingly scooped out, little by little, using a special tool called a hand weeder. And they must do a careful, thorough job. The entire root must be removed or the plant will sprout back again from what’s left of the root.

It may be hard work, but for Seth Bleazard, a junior at Mount Shasta High, it beats his former job working at a pizza restaurant. He enjoys it so much, in fact, that “I kinda forget I’m being paid to do this,” he says with a grin.

Working out here with the Youth Corps is just part of Seth’s commitment to the natural environment. He’s started a Sustainability Club at the high school and plans to take on a number of projects this school year, projects that include fixing up an abandoned greenhouse, starting a compost pile, and “calling out” banks and other financial institutions that are profiting from the fossil fuel industry.

Meanwhile, he and his fellow Youth Corps members are getting a six-week immersion course in practical ways to help Mother Nature.

Some of them are thinking about possible careers in natural resources. Clark Otrin was a member of a Youth Corps crew just a few years ago. Today, as an employee of the Forest Service, he’s helping Dove supervise this new crop of Youth Corps workers.

The Youth Conservation Corps program has been around for 46 years. It is open to people 15 to 18 years old. Applicants are chosen by a random lottery. This past season, for the Mount Shasta region program, the odds were about 50 percent for getting hired and paid $14.50 an hour for the 18 crew member positions.

Participants seemed pretty happy to have won that lottery. Dove sums it up this way: “The Youth Conservation Corps program is an opportunity for local youth to not only gain valuable work experience but also gain an appreciation of how the U.S. Forest Service manages and preserves America’s natural resources and landscape.” •

Tim Holt is a longtime journalist, the editor of the quarterly Northwest Review, and the author of “On Higher Ground,” a futuristic novel set in the Mount Shasta region. He lives in Dunsmuir, and is an avid cyclist and hiker.

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ALONG THE PICTURESQUE Smith River on the fringe of the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, there’s a small, lush little paradise called Gasquet. Even though several American Indian tribes are credited for inhabiting the area first, the town is named after the enterprising Frenchman Horace Gasquet, who landed in Crescent City in 1853.

He went a half-hour inland in search of gold, and ended up hiring workers, purchasing a ferry and acquiring a stagecoach station to help transport supplies. He constructed the town’s first building, an inn/spa, followed by a store and a restaurant. He even had a toll road that the Crescent City Board of Supervisors approved and charged 25 cents for a person to cross (sheep and pigs cost six cents to enter, and a half-dozen horses cost a whopping $4 to continue). People and animals had to pay to pass through Gasquet up until 1902 when Del Norte County took it over, making it a free road until the state of California assumed control.

During this time, Horace Gasquet befriended a couple from France who owned a French restaurant in Crescent City. However, one history source proclaims that suddenly the couple went back to France, and no one knows why. Sometime later, Madeleine Fournier returned alone, married Horace, and brought her French culinary skills to the Gasquet Inn. She is forever known as “Madame Gasquet.” 4 continued on page 38

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Horace died in 1896 and is buried at the Crescent City Catholic Cemetery, and Madame Gasquet died on November 27, 1889, at age 77, and is laid to rest on a cliff overlooking the Smith River. The spot perched over Gasquet Flat was considered one of her favorite spots to go to. The gracefully aged white marble gravestone is still there, surrounded by a white picket fence and facing the Smith River.

The Gasquet cemetery is easy to access if you want to spend the day exploring.

Located up on the hill behind the Gasquet Market, follow Del Norte Road and turn onto Madame Gasquet Road. At the end of the cul-de-sac, a small wooden sign that states “Grave Site” points to the cemetery.

The cemetery is only about 500 yards away from the street. A bed of pine needles and fallen leaves is within the moss-covered rocks and ferns lining the way under a canopy of oak, pines and shade trees. Past the cemetery, the rocky dirt path continues along the cliff, hugging the Smith River that leads to one of the main roads.

For more information about the history of Gasquet and the surrounding area, visit the Smith River National Recreation Area Headquarters (also known as the Six Rivers National Forest Ranger Station) on Highway 199 and ask to see the Gasquet Ranger District History 200-page book, compiled by Marcia Ruffell.

And don’t forget to take a picture with the famed Sweet Water Otter. The Gasquet post office also has a framed display featuring photos and information on the history of Gasquet. •

Kayla Anderson is a freelance writer, marketer, and avid traveler who grew up on the shores of the Sacramento River in Redding. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from CSU, Chico and loves travelling on Northern California’s roads less traveled in her free time.

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Currently, Gasquet Market hosts a farmers market on Sundays from May through October with live music by the Homegrown band. In the fall, the town transitions into hosting the Artistic Creations Showcase with goods made by local artisans. The market’s owners also participate in the Christmas parade where it’s common to see Blue, the store mascot/dog, front and center of the float.

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The Show Will Go On D U N S M U I R ’ S H I S T O R I C C A L I F O R N I A T H E AT R E

IN THE DAYS before streaming movies and the internet, going to the movies on a Saturday afternoon was a big deal, especially in a small town like Dunsmuir. “That was about all there was for kids to do in those days,” remembers Bill Stanley, who spent many an afternoon at Dunsmuir’s California Theatre in the 1950s.

The theatre, built by the local chapter of the Masons in 1926 at a cost of $100,000, had become a mecca for the younger set by the 1950s – and a boon to their parents. “It helped mothers get rid of their kids on a Saturday afternoon,” says Mike Wright, another regular at the theatre in those bygone days.

The line of kids waiting to get in to see Commander Cody, the Lone Ranger, The Little Rascals and Hopalong Cassidy often stretched around the corner and to the end of the next block. It was only 20 cents admission if you were under 12, and another nickel to get a box of popcorn.

And of course, kids being kids, they did not just sit there watching the screen. Kids would show up as their heroes, in their Hopalong Cassidy costumes or wearing their Lone Ranger masks, and shoot their cap guns at the bad guys on the screen. Or they would tear up their popcorn boxes into small pieces and pour them, confettilike, over the person sitting in front of them. The more adventurous ones might climb up the stairs and try to sneak into meetings of the Masonic Lodge.

The mothers in town might have had a brief respite on those Saturdays, but not Mrs. McClintock, the theatre’s manager for many years. She had the unenviable task of trying to keep the kids in line, sometimes having to call their parents to come and take them home. No one interviewed for this article remembered, or perhaps even knew, her first name. She was always the formidable “Mrs. McClintock.”

Some of that youthful energy got channeled into the “Hi-Ho Fun Show” on Saturday afternoons. Kids could get up onstage and sing or play their instruments. There

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were relay races up and down the aisles, and prizes for the kids who could blow the biggest bubbles with their bubble gum. Claudia Wagner, who worked as an usher there in the late 1950s, remembers, after a little prodding from Mrs. McClintock, getting the courage to up onstage and sing with her brother Tom. No wonder the California Theatre was a mecca for the town’s kids on a Saturday afternoon - and something they remember vividly to this day.

Memorable too were the movie stars who came to town to promote their films, or who showed up at the train station before they were driven to the nearby Hearst estate, Wyntoon, along the McCloud River – Clark Gable, Carol Lombard, Errol Flynn and the Marx Brothers among them.

The theatre’s history spans the period from live performance and vaudeville to the heyday of the cinema.

Although, as witnessed by the “Hi Ho Fun Show,” live performance didn’t disappear altogether from the theatre.

Some of the same folks who went to those matinees and talent shows in the 1950s also remember going to performances by rock ‘n’ roll bands in the 1960s.

For the past 18 years, the theatre has been mostly dark.

Recently an organized committee of committed residents and business people has pushed to get the theatre open again. This coincides with the city’s enforcement of a new ordinance designed to get vacant downtown buildings, including the California Theatre, fixed up and occupied.

So stay tuned: There may yet be a few more chapters added to the rich history of the California Theatre. •

Tim Holt is a longtime journalist, the editor of the quarterly Northwest Review, and the author of “On Higher Ground,” a futuristic novel set in the Mount Shasta region. He lives in Dunsmuir, and is an avid cyclist and hiker.

Mike Wright in front of the California Theatre

STAY TUNED: There may yet be a few more chapters added to the rich history of the California Theatre.

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within range CLEAR CREEK SPORTS CLUB IN CORNING IN ONE SCENARIO of a perfect North State morning, three generations and a bird dog gather for a hearty early breakfast and then set out in search of pheasants. The youngest and the dog rustle up and retrieve the birds, while the oldest carries on as well as his gait allows, his son getting a shot in as he can after offering first opportunity to his children. By lunch, the birds are on the grill and the family is telling stories of the morning’s adventures.

It’s a scenario that was quite common when pheasants flourished and land was more available. Today, despite the severe diminishment of pheasants in the wild, a place exists where it plays out again for anyone with a membership.

“Pheasant hunting and dove hunting are two things that everyone can participate in,” says Brad Henman, owner of Clear Creek Sports Club in Corning, where land is stocked with pheasants he raises in Chico at the rate of about 25,000 per year. Henman is a thirdgeneration sports club owner, and is sharing the sport with his son and daughter. His dad, Robert Henman, has H&H Gun Club in southwest Chico. The birds stock not only the family sports clubs, but are sent to others as far away as Oregon and Montana.4

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“THE UPLAND CLUBS ARE A GREAT SCENARIO WHEN YOU CAN HAVE GREAT SUCCESS AND GET A CHANCE TO HARVEST BIRDS.” “We have a lot of older hunters who can’t quite get out in the back country anymore or get down in the duck blinds,” says Henman. It’s also an ideal place to teach young hunters the sport. “The upland clubs are a great scenario when you can have great success and get a chance to harvest birds,” he adds. Members purchase cards that allow for 20 to 60 birds.

While he may have been born into the business, he developed his own plan as a senior at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, and saw it take larger form when he connected with the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians at Rolling Hills Casino in 1985, which serves as the club’s headquarters.

Hunting happens on three ranches in the vicinity, where he works with the tribe to implement Traditional Ecological Knowledge to restore habitat by ridding the area of invasive non-native species and allowing wild

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grasses rather than trees to grow near waterways. They plant milo, corn and rice to feed not only the pheasants and chukars that people hunt, but anything else that wanders onto the properties. The result is areas where all wildlife thrives, not just those planted for hunts. Valley quail, turkeys, mallards and a host of migratory birds find food, water and respite on the grounds.

Bird dogs are just as important as wildlife, and the sports club hosts many events for retrieving dogs, including a national competition that draws visitors from all over for a seven-day series of events. Owners and dogs typically arrive several days early to acclimate to the area and practice, providing a boon to area restaurants, hotels and gas stations. Throughout the year, trainers bring dogs out for hunting tests and field trials.4

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“It’s a pretty awesome sight,” Henman says, to see a dog working in tandem with a hunter or trainer. He got his own German Shorthair puppy at age 12 and has fond memories of roaming hunting grounds with a single-shot .410 gun, training his dog to retrieve birds.

Also popular are trap and clay shooting, which happen at headquarters year-round. “We host a number of high school trap and sporting clay events,” says Henman. Many school teams raise money for their clubs at Clear Creek Sports Club. Youth discounts are offered to get young people exposed to the sport.

As a private club that releases its own birds, Clear Creek has a longer hunting season than typical. Hunts run from October through March, with hunters bringing their own guns, shells and licenses. A participant without a retrieving dog may hire a dog and handler for a day through the club.

With many people taking to the outdoors for COVIDsafe recreation the last few years, Clear Creek has seen its biggest increase in activity. As the new season gets underway, there’s plenty of room for young and old alike to set out together on a hunt. They’ll be sure to create good stories for an afternoon barbecue. • Clear Creek Sports Club at Rolling Hills Casino in Corning www.clearcreeksportsclub.com • (530) 520-4030

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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THE MAN WHO WOULD run across the country again, literally coast to coast, had to stop short of his goal.

He handed his cause to a friend, then took a break from the road, flying to stay with his daughter’s family in Shasta Lake City. There he sought treatment for veins in his legs, the recovery from which suffered a delay when a global pandemic knocked on their door.

Ernest Andrus, age 97, and his daughter both had to be hospitalized, but they survived COVID-19.

Six months later, this determined gent can be found working his way back into shape by guiding a walker around Redding’s Mt. Shasta Mall, logging three miles a day, three times a week. Should you greet him along the way, he will return the courtesy, then hand you a flyer announcing who he is.

“I broke the world’s record for the oldest person to run coast to coast,” it reads. “I started by touching the Pacific Ocean at Mission Beach, San Diego on October 7, 2013 and touched the Atlantic Ocean on Saint Simons Island, near Brunswick, Ga., on August 20, 2016, one day after my 93rd birthday.” 4

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“I AVERAGED 18.4 MILES PER WEEK AT AN AVERAGE PACE OF 22:47 MINUTES PER MILE, SO I’M SLOW,” HE NOTES. “I INVITE ANYONE TO RUN ALONG. I’LL RUN, AND YOU CAN WALK.” Yes, it took nearly three years to do it, 2,631 miles, actual running time 99 hours, 32 minutes, one second, running three days a week. “I averaged 18.4 miles per week at an average pace of 22:47 minutes per mile, so I’m slow,” he notes.

Andrus undertook this Herculean effort to raise funds to transport a restored World War II ship to France for a D-Day memorial service.

Back on June 6, 1944, the LST 325 tank landing ship was there, part of the assault on the beaches of Normandy, where the Allies turned the tide of the war against Germany. Andrus says more than 1,000 tank landing ships were built, but this one, which he helped retrieve from the Greek navy 20 years ago, is the only one left in the world that’s still afloat.

He never served on the LST 325 in the war, but formed an attachment to these ships as a World War II Navy corpsman on one far from the beaches of France. “This was when we were taking back all the islands from the Japanese. We picked up wounded all over the South Pacific and transported them to Oakland,” he recalls. “The wounded were always Marines. My job was to keep those Marines alive.”

Seventy years later, while Andrus ran across the country to fund a tribute to the last tank landing ship, many people took him up on his offer to run along. He announced his approach to towns on his route

through social media, often generating TV coverage. Crowds turned out to cheer him on or volunteer as escorts. After a day’s run, he’d rest in his motor home. This is how he lived for nearly three years.

Near the end of the run, he was joined by two of his most ardent fans. Foremost was his daughter, Cathy Ratledge. “I had just retired, so I met up with him in Georgia and walked seven or eight weeks to the end,” she says. “I ended up walking 90 miles in the humid summer heat. It almost killed me. But, really, it was fun. I’m glad I did it.”

The other fan was a man who saw video coverage of Andrus’ run. “I was like, what? A 93-year-old man – white haired, carrying a little American flag – was running coast to coast? You got to be kidding me,” says John Martin of Big Bear. “I found his Facebook page and sent him a message. He replied 10 minutes later.”

Martin joined Andrus for the very finish of his run. Afterward, Andrus settled in Banning, coincidentally about 40 minutes from Martin. The two men ran the roads of eastern San Bernardino County together. Their casual runs turned to training runs after Andrus announced his intention to cross the country again. 4

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“I’M STILL RUNNING THREE DAYS A WEEK AND IF WE CAN’T RAISE THE REQUIRED FUNDS, THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO HELP KEEP THE SHIP SEAWORTHY AND TAKE IT TO OTHER PORTS AND GIVE TOURS AND WHO KNOWS, SOMEDAY GET IT BACK TO NORMANDY.”

Andrus ran again because funds he raised during the first one fell short of what the LST 325 Ship Memorial Inc. needed. “The cost of taking this ship across the Atlantic and back is tremendous,” says his flyer. The second run fell short, as well.

Running east to west this time, Andrus jogged across Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Louisiana, but shortly after entering Texas, his back went out. “I ran a couple of times after that, but that was the end.”

But not the end of the run. Today, Martin strives to finish the second run across the United States for Andrus. The old sailor made a lot of friends on the first run, and Martin is taking pains to run the same route, so he’s never short on running companions and volunteer escorts. “I just got finished taking 360 days to get across the state of Texas,” he reports. “My goal is to finish in San Diego on August 19, 2023, on his 100th birthday. I will ensure that happens.”

Andrus will fly down to meet his friend on his 100th birthday – and he stops short of saying his running days are done. Daughter Ratledge says, “No, we don’t know it’s over,” she says. “He’s always got to be moving. One day, he just might get up and say, well, I’m going back to it.”• www.coast2coastruns.com www.lstmemorial.org

Richard DuPertuis is a Redding grandfather who writes. His stories and photographs have appeared in newspapers, magazines and online. He strives for immortality not by literary recognition, but through diet and exercise. He can be reached at dupertuis@snowcrest.net

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NORMAN HALL HAD an inkling when he was named president of Simpson University in the summer of 2018, but after the Carr Fire tore through Redding a few days later, his suspicions were confirmed.

The well-traveled administrator barely had time to set up his office before the Simpson University campus was transformed into a fire camp with the dormitories turned into housing for out-of-town firefighters, visiting nurses, law enforcement officers and others. On the other side of campus, the James M. Grant Center was providing shelter, food and counseling for 150 evacuees. 4 continued on page 58

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“It was so powerful for me to see this whole community pouring into our relief efforts. Even (U.S. Rep. Doug) LaMalfa showed up and worked with us. I’m not sure it was a total surprise. I thought this place was made up with those kinds of people,” Hall says.

The Carr Fire experience was just one of a handful of examples that proved to Hall that he was now part of something special. Hall soon became a proud member of the Redding Rotary Club and sees a lot of parallels between the Christian university and the service club.

“We’re a lot like the Rotary in that it’s service above self.

We’re motivated by our faith in Jesus. We believe we achieve access to Jesus freely through caring for others and being a positive aspect of the community. Could there be a better town for a college? Redding is fantastic. To be contributing to a rare, amazing place? That’s the thrill of a lifetime,” Hall says.

The thrills continue over the Oct. 22-24 weekend when Simpson celebrates its centennial with a slate of homecoming activities highlighted by baseball and basketball games, class reunions, a carnival and more.

The journey to the 100-year mark started in 1921 when the Simpson Bible Institute was established in Seattle.

The school was renamed the Simpson Bible College following a move to San Francisco in 1955 and by 1971 it had grown into a liberal arts college, offering both biblical and professional studies. A search for room to grow brought Simpson to Redding in 1989, where it has continued to prosper.

The Adult Degree-Completion Program has allowed more than 4,000 adults to earn a bachelor’s degree while attending evening classes. Another 3,000 teachers and administrators have used Simpson’s School of Education to launch their careers.

Hall notes with pride that Simpson’s School of Nursing is ranked seventh out of 140 schools in California. “The accreditation is offthe-charts good in nursing,” he says, and it benefits the community as well.

“When COVID hits and senior nursing students are invited in (to local hospitals) and carry the load, that’s part of our mission.” Simpson offers both a four-year bachelor’s degree in nursing and an RN-to-BSN program.

When alumni and friends gather this month for Simpson’s centennial events, they’ll be celebrating not just the successful nursing program but the university’s growing presence and contributions to the North State community. 4

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Hall says a grant-funded study of Simpson University’s financial impact indicates it provides a $54.7 million a year benefit to Redding, some $95.3 million a year to the six North State counties it serves and another $108 million annually to the state of California.

Additionally, Hall points to some 10,000 hours of service by way of community clean-ups, volunteering for athletic events, staffing local churches and fire support, and another 42,500 service hours of mentoring, tutoring and college prep work through the grant-funded GEAR UP program. Simpson also has secured $10 million in grants for its Upward Bound program, which serves middle school students in six counties.

It’s all part of the drive for Simpson to become “the North State’s university,” Hall says, and that includes creating locally targeted academic programs like Wilderness Adventure and Outdoor Leadership. In athletics, Simpson established a top-ranked bass fishing team and added women’s wrestling, men’s volleyball and track and field. Hall notes with some pride that nine of the school’s 11 teams made it to postseason play last year.

The centennial also is an opportunity to look forward and Hall says the future, fueled by continued growth, is bright. A massive $15 million capital campaign is in motion with $5 million each earmarked for scholarships; a two-story building for STEM classrooms; and an “air structure” utilizing an advanced polymer to create a large climate-controlled space for sporting events, concerts and other uses.

“This could hardly be a bigger deal,” Hall says of the anniversary and Simpson’s accomplishments. “Everybody wants to be in something bigger than ourselves.

Every day we’re trying to be 1 percent better. 100 years, my goodness. The mere fact we’re able to serve and still be growing is a statement of immense proportion.”• For a schedule of centennial and homecoming events, visit www.simpsonu.edu

Jon Lewis is a Redding-based writer with 37 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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kitchen connection “We’re kind of a five-ring circus. We have the cafe and probably the best selection of vitamins, minerals and supplements in Siskiyou County. We have a bakery where we bake everything and we have gifts.”

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LIKE ANY MAJOR thoroughfare in the United States, Interstate 5 is lined with familiar logos, restaurants and truck stops catering to a generic grab-‘n’-go culture of convenience. But venture just a minute or two off the interstate in Yreka and a healthy, eclectic gem awaits. “We try really hard to make good food and be a little bit of a bright light along the freeway,” explains Flannery Clouse, one of the owners of Nature’s Kitchen, a restaurant and health food store that’s been serving Yreka in some capacity since the 1970s. Originally a bakery, it’s been a depot of holistic offerings for more than two decades.

“We’re kind of a five-ring circus. We have the cafe and probably the best selection of vitamins, minerals and supplements in Siskiyou County. We have a bakery where we bake everything and we have gifts.”

Clouse and her sister Patricia, who is also her business partner, tend mostly to the front of the house. Clouse’s husband Cliff runs the kitchen. “We went into business with friends and family and I’m not saying everything’s always perfect, but we’ve been here 24 years. We’re still speaking. We still love each other. So, that’s about as good as it gets.” The fourth member of the longtime partnership is Rajiv Hotek, the original owner. “He had started this place back in the 1970s as a bakery then sold it. Then he and my sister and I bought it back in 1997 and we’ve been here ever since.” Recently, Rajiv retired from the main operation of the restaurant but remains committed to its success. “Rajiv still bakes all of our own bread with organic whole wheat that is all locally sourced.” 4 continued on page 64

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Other personal décor of note is a tribute wall that keeps watch over the dining room.

“There’s a wall of world religious leaders, gurus and saints.

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While not fully organic, the restaurant tries to offer as much organic fare as possible. “We have all-organic coffee, all-organic chicken, organic greens for our salads,” Clouse notes. “We make our own bread. We’re also kind of known for our house-made quiche. My husband studied pastry making in Europe so he’s very good at it. He makes different kinds every day, as well as the soups and other specials we have. The menu isn’t fancy, but it’s healthy and tasty.”

Food isn’t the only way Nature’s Kitchen seeks to nourish the soul.

“We want to make people feel like we’re welcoming them into our own home,” says Clouse. In fact, from the first step through the door, Nature’s Kitchen is filled with personal touches. Artwork, local and unique goods line the walls and shelves. Live music often fills the room and diners and staff banter with each other like old friends – probably because many of them are. Cozy socks for sale dangle from the ceiling, colorfully intermixed with sprawling plant vines that bring a vibrant sense of life to the dining area. Clouse notes, “There’s not a plastic flower in the place. Some of the plants have been here since the beginning, so they’re old and venerable. They give us oxygen and we give them carbon dioxide, which seems to be a fair exchange.”

Other personal décor of note is a tribute wall that keeps watch over the dining room. “There’s a wall of world religious leaders, gurus and saints. None of us here have a particular position on anything. But Rajiv has spent a lot of time traveling in India and so a lot of those photographs are his. And the thing that’s important to me is they all

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Clouse also notes that while many of the faces up there are globally recognizable, from Jesus to Mahatma, some locals also share space on the wall. “Charlie Tom, the old medicine man from the Karuk tradition is up there. My mom’s up there. She was a lovely, charming woman who left us too soon.”

Nature’s Kitchen is “kind of the only game of this sort in Yreka.

Maybe we would fit better in a sense in Mt. Shasta, but my sister and I were both born here. We love it here.” That love of home and place is something Clouse works hard to pass on to her customers every day. “I think if you do something well enough, you rub shoulders with magic, and that’s where you find the joy.”• Nature’s Kitchen • 412 S. Main St., Yreka (530) 842-1136 • Find them on Facebook Open Monday – Saturday

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MEDITATIVE movement R E D D I N G TA I C H I M E D I TAT I O N G A R D E N REDDING TAI CHI’S online and in-person classes aim to continue the growth of tai chi in the North State.

But what is tai chi, exactly? According to Redding Tai Chi founder and instructor, Michel Czehatowski, this ancient practice is based on martial arts and meditation. Though today the martial aspect is less often practiced, there are bountiful health benefits from tai chi. For starters, it focuses less on agility and strength than other exercises, which makes it friendly for all ages. In fact, many people get involved with tai chi later in life because it is such a gentle practice.

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“ Everything in the world has activity – busy, busy, busy – but this will be a place that is nice and quiet.” likely to suffer from hip fractures. Attending classes also provides the benefit of a friendly community, of which Redding Tai Chi is no exception.

It’s no wonder people practice tai chi all over the world. In the North State, interest has grown, too, and the pandemic didn’t stop the forward momentum. They had to temporarily halt in-person classes, but they pivoted to offer classes online, which expanded the reach of tai chi in the North State. According to Czehatowski, many of the classes he teaches are fully booked and even have waiting lists How is Redding Tai Chi making moves to spread the tai chi love? For starters, they host a World Tai Chi Day event at the end of April. The event this year was a success, prompting the group to decide that they wanted to celebrate tai chi with the community more than just once a year. Thus, the North State Tai Chi Festival was born.

The free North State Tai Chi Festival is set to be an engaging event for all skill levels. Attendees will rotate between four teachers for a well-rounded experience of teaching styles. The event will also serve as a fundraiser for the Redding Tai Chi Meditation Garden, which would be constructed within the McConnell Arboretum at Turtle Bay. With the spot picked out and the design complete – the garden will be shaped as a yin-yang symbol, the only one of its kind for public use on the West Coast – the final piece of the puzzle is securing the funds.

While envisioned with the intent of tai chi practice, the Meditation Garden will also serve as a space for public use and will not be exclusive to the practice of tai chi. Those interested in yoga can bring a mat to practice in the garden, or come with a friend for a peaceful spot to sit on one of the garden’s benches.

Czehatowski anticipates that the Meditation Garden will be a restorative place for locals and visitors alike to relax and unwind. “Everything in the world has activity – busy, busy, busy – but this will be a place that is nice and quiet.” The goal is to begin construction by 2023.

To raise funds for the project, T-shirts will be sold and donations will be accepted at the North State Tai Chi Festival on October 9 from 10 am to 3 pm at Lake Redding Park. The public is invited.

This event is an excellent precursor of what’s to come in the Meditation Garden – a place where people can gather, practice movement and enjoy one another’s company. • (530) 223-2346 • www.reddingtaichi.com • www.reddingtaichi.com/north-state-tai-chi-festival

Madison Heller was born and raised in Redding, and as a result spent her summers swimming and camping all over the North State. When not writing, she enjoys baking sweets, drinking coffee and spending time outside.

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JUST IN CASE you missed a few things this summer, here are five easy things to do this fall to check off your bucket list.

VISIT LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT. One of the more overlooked national monuments in the country, the Lava Beds National Monument is a regional treasure and well worth spending at least one day exploring. With more than 800 caves spanning across 46,000 acres in Siskiyou and Modoc counties, there is something to do for everyone. (photo right) EXPLORE SHASTA CAVERNS. Sticking with the inner-earth theme, Shasta Caverns is having a banner year, and for good reason. It’s a great experience from the moment you buy your tickets. It takes a short boat ride across a section of Lake Shasta to get to the caves, after which you will enjoy a 45-to-60 minute guided tour through a labyrinth of magical caves. (photo below) HIKE MT. SHASTA. Small, medium and large. At just over 14,000 feet, Mt. Shasta is pretty tall, but it doesn’t mean you have to hike all the way to the top to experience it. There are numerous hiking trails on and around the mountain, each with its own unique qualities and difficulty levels.

Small: Panther Meadows Trail. An easy 1.1-mile outand-back trail with a 230 foot elevation gain starting at about 7,500 foot. At the end of the Panther Meadows trail, there is a wonderful mountain spring, streaming fresh water directly out of the mountain. Bring a bottle to enjoy it. (photo opposite page) Medium: Gray Butte Trail. Known for its incredible views, this challenging out-and-back trail has an elevation gain of 646 feett over 3.3 miles.

Hard: Helen Lake Trail. Starting out at Bunny Flat, you’ll enjoy a 3,464 foot elevation gain hike over 6.5 miles, up to Helen Lake, which is at 10,400 feet.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING

DOWNTOWN DETAILS THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING DOWNTOWN REDDING BUSINESSES. You may have heard the term “new urbanism” but what does it mean?

New urbanism is focused on design, which is critical to the function of communities. The size and shape of a plaza will help determine whether it is consistently alive with people or windswept and vacant.

The organization of buildings in a neighborhood helps establish its character. Combining appropriate design elements makes places that are greater than the sum of their parts. New urbanism concentrates on how places are connected, to make a great community.

A building that is connected to a transit stop or has bike racks helps the region function better. Streets designed to serve all buildings and areas along with pedestrians, cyclists and cars add to the street’s usefulness; all disciplines related to the built environment must work together to create great places. Reclaiming underused and neglected places is a special focus of new urban design and building.

Above all, new urbanism is about creating sustainable, humanscaled places where people can live healthy and happy lives. The walkable, vibrant, beautiful places that we want to build work better for businesses, local governments and residents. For more information, visit www.cnu.org/resources/what-new-urbanism

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DOWNTOWN BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT Cascade Theatre - Like theaters everywhere, the Cascade Theatre had to shut its doors in March, just as they were in the planning stages of their 2020-2021 season. Scheduled performances came to a halt. Ticket sales are their primary source of income and keep the doors open and the lights on. Last month, they had their first concert since the pandemic. They have an incredible lineup for the rest of the 2021-2022 season, including Easton Corbin with Ben and Noel Haggard, John Hiatt and the Jerry Douglas Band, Robert Cray and more – and that’s just in October! There’s so much great entertainment in store.

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Blake Fisher - Viva Downtown Program Coordinator The leaves are changing, the weather is cooler, and I am hoping by the time this Blakedown is published, our California fire season has come to an end. Thank you to the firefighters who have worked tirelessly to protect our forests and communities. I also want to thank the first responders and medical workers who have been on the front lines of the hospital, especially during the most recent wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year has been tough, but what makes us get through these tough times is the strength and resilience and kindness of our community. During our most difficult of seasons, we have managed to come together to support one another – now is that time. Through pandemics, smoke and redevelopment challenges, I have watched a Downtown move forward and grow. Good things are going to come and it is going to be up to you – stay strong, support local and be kind to your neighbors.

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A TRAIL TO SEA Starting with film as an adolescent, Jeremy Robison has continued to follow his path in photography. Life has taken him all across the country where he’s had the chance to capture stunning images in an effort to preserve a small glimpse of the beauty seen through his travels.He has settled back to his roots in Redding and opened his own studio, J-Rob Studios Photography. www.jrobstudios.com

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The Bantam Kitchen & Cooler is a hidden gem located at 2704 Hartnell Ave. Suite J in Redding. If you’re looking for some Southern comfort food, you’re in for a treat. Shrimp and grits, hush puppies with remoulade dip, cowboy nachos and po’ boy sandwiches are just some of the delicious food served at this quaint restaurant. Check out their menu at www.thebantamkitchen.com. enjoy

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P E T S ( P R OV I D I N G E S S E N T I A L S F O R T E H A M A S H E LT E R ) EACH DAY, 70,000 dogs and cats are born in the United States, translating to nearly 3,000 births every hour and 50 births every minute. Between 7 and 8 million of them enter shelters each year.

In Tehama County, the Animal Care Center takes in approximately 1,500 dogs and 500 to 600 cats annually, says Shelter Manager Christine McClintock.

It was her predecessor’s casual comment that he wished an auxiliary existed to help with unfunded shelter needs that inspired Sharon Russell and a few other dedicated volunteers to form PETS (Providing Essentials for Tehama Shelter).

Formed in February 2011 as an all-volunteer-led nonprofit organization, PETS’ mission is to improve the lives of homeless, neglected and abused animals within Tehama County. Russell, now the board president, says the organization has developed several special adoption assistance programs to match shelter animals with caring humans and forever homes.

The newest program, Love Is Special, seeks to match special-needs animals with human companions who see them as more than their illness/limitation and commit to providing such animals a loving, supportive home. Other programs serve fixed-income seniors, first responders, and active duty, reserve and veteran members of the U.S. Armed Services who are seeking to adopt an animal companion. Most programs include reduced adoption fees and/or coverage of the cost of spay/neuter, the latter mandated by law before an animal leaves a shelter or rescue organization.

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After receiving a sizable legacy gift in 2018 from the estate of longtime Tehama County resident Diane McCorkel, who required funds be used for spay/neuter, PETS started a voucher program for community members with unaltered animals. McClintock describes the program as an “intake prevention” measure aimed at reducing overpopulation before animals enter the shelter.

PETS has distributed 3,000 vouchers in three years and Russell says, “Eighty percent of voucher recipients are seeking spay/neuter for a cat. You don’t see colonies of feral dogs. Unless every cat is fixed, the cycle will perpetuate.”

McClintock of the Animal Care Center says non-microchipped cats brought to the shelter are 13 times less likely to be reunited with their owners than if left to find their way home on their own (the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals estimates that fewer than 5 percent of stray cats entering a shelter are returned to their owners).

Though the state imposes additional fines on owners for impounded dogs and cats that are not spayed nor neutered, given the low reunification rate of shelter cats with their owners, the financial consequences ($35 first, $50 second, $100 third and subsequent offenses) likely do more to incentivize dog owners.

“In eight years, one nonspayed female and one unneutered male pair and their offspring can produce 2,072,514 cats,” says Russell.

Stated another way, spaying and neutering one male and one female cat will prevent 2,000 unwanted births in four years, or 500 in one year, the same number of cats that enter the Animal Care Center annually.

Visit www.petstehama.org for details on the October Spay/Neuter Voucher Distribution. •

Claudia Mosby is a Redding-based freelance writer. She is the founder and director of The Expressive Spirit, a wellness company in Mt. Shasta offering spiritual direction, arts and nature-based activities and consultancy for grief and loss.

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