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Northern California Living NOVEMBER 2015
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M A IN STR EET Making a Positive Impact in Downtown Redding
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INTER EST Shasta Dam Conveyor Belt— A Mix of Marvel and Mettle
GOOD FIN DS
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Comics, Collectibles and More at Collectors Choice Desiree Rodgers’ Unique Craft Brings Dead Bones to Life Finding True Value With Eric Hollenbeck and Blue Ox Millworks
IN T ER EST
26 Let’s Shop Local 60 Mount Shasta Ski Park is on Board With Recycling
LOCA L S 51 57 67
Living History With America’s Vets Making an Impression With Russell Studio Love and Laughter With Merry and Standish
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ON THE M A P
Eating & Drinking at Lulu’s Establishment
SHOW TI M E
GOOD FINDS
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GOOD TI MES Christmas Preview in Downtown Chico
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37 It’s Open Year Round at Ripple Creek Cabins 81 A Peaceful Retreat at Eagle’s Rest 43 77
Keeping Things Alive at the Pageant Theatre in Chico The Foot-Tapping Music of Chris Smither
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88 Enjoy the View—Frank Kratofil 92 What’s Cookin’—Pumpkin Pecan Bread & Pumpkin Pecan Breakfast Bread Pudding 95 Q97’s Billy and Patrick Snapshot— Weather Wonder-Land 96 Spotlight—Calendar of Events 106 Giving Back—A Variety of Giving Back Options
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“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” ~Author Unknown This Thanksgiving, we look forward to gathering our loved ones near, to celebrate, reflect and take stock of the blessings that make our lives complete. We’re forever indebted to the fine men and women who have served our country, and we’re grateful to be able to share some of their stories in honor of Veterans Day. Al LANCE, RACHEL, KATE Johnson, Virginia Potts and George Fredson, who live at AND ELLA JACOBS the Veterans Home of California in Redding, were gracious by Katrina Keyes enough to share some of their memories in this issue. When the weather outside gets frightful, check out an indie, offbeat or foreign film at the Pageant Theatre in downtown Chico. The 99-seat theater recently underwent a significant upgrade, but it still maintains the intimate feel of a small art house theater. Hungry? Stop by the inimitable Lulu’s Eating and Drinking Establishment – the go-to breakfast spot for country music legend Merle Haggard, and the hangout for regulars who find friends, family and fun there. Santa is polishing up his sleigh, and if you need an infusion of holiday spirit, check out the Downtown Chico Christmas Preview. The streets of downtown Chico will come alive with businesses eager to show you what makes them special. Meanwhile, we continue our series of features on local downtowns with a place that we adore – downtown Redding, home of Enjoy Magazine. Finally, we’ll share some of our best ideas for expressing for more on our gratitude, during Thanksgiving and beyond. Your Russell Studio talent can help someone else, no matter what it is! We wish you a glorious Thanksgiving, from our family to yours.
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A Life Changing Decision I was packing for Montana State University when my parents were convinced by my Aunt and Uncle in Redding to have me attend Shasta College—literally at the last minute! In spite of out of state tuition, when they learned that the community college system in California provided the first two years of the University system, my parents were sold. It was the best and worst year of my life. I was so homesick! But, most importantly, I had instructors who changed my life. I was an art major who had never held a paint brush. Burt Oldham and Richard Hornaday wept over my ineptness, and lack of talent. Don Boyd was my lifeline. His art history lectures still echo in my head when I visit an art museum. The only Biology class I ever looked forward to was taught by Don Kirk. I wish I could thank them all for making my year so worth it.
By helping students gain the skills needed to build businesses and further their higher education goals, Shasta College is an invaluable part of the engine that drives us forward. Years later my husband encouraged me to finish my degree at Oregon State University. I was one class shy of getting my degree when his job brought us back to Shasta County. The University gave me permission to finish at Shasta College. The classes available were so appealing I took TWO! Attending Shasta College was one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had—even with the homesickness!
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WRITER, JON LEWIS Jon Lewis’ first byline as a professional journalist appeared in 1980 in the Daily Democrat newspaper in Woodland. His first story in Enjoy appeared in January of 2008 and he has written a story for us just about every month since. Jon is a freelance writer for many other publications and we’re very grateful for the terrific stories he provides to Enjoy. When he’s not writing, he’s usually out enjoying a game of golf or catching some fish in one of our many fantasitic North State fishing spots. Jon is also an avid Giants fan and attended opening day at Pacific Bell (now AT&T) Park. 14 | ENJOY NOVEMBER 2015
GIRL SCOUT VISIT The girls in Troop #70062 are doing a “journey” where they pick a topic and learn all about it. They are currently working on their “media journey.” We had the pleasure of their company last month and they were treated to some inside information about Enjoy Magazine. Pictured here: Addison Barone, Lily Torres, Izzy Paul, Kayla Shukis and Lexy Torres. Not pictured: Rachael Lewis
We are so thankful for friends like Frank Rose who surprised us last month with a delicious birthday cake to celebrate Enjoy’s 9th birthday. Frank comes by every so often and is always such a delight. Frank is involved with many North State organizations, most of which serve our veterans.
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SHINE A LIGHT M A K I N G A P O S I T I V E I M PA C T I N D O W N TO W N R E D D I N G on enhancing the area’s cultural, social and economic development. “It’s the history of the whole community.” The classic directional streets—East, West, South and North— provide the frame for downtown’s early years. “It’s where the city started,” says Truitt. “It’s home to great local businesses, it’s home to the Arts Council, the Cascade Theatre … you can walk from place to place downtown and I really like that. Redding is built like a downtown; it doesn’t have a big suburban ‘car rules’ kind of atmosphere.”4 continued on page 20
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FOR A TOWN THAT WAS SADDLED with the rather ignominious name of Poverty Flats when it sprang to life in the 1870s, Redding has grown—in fits and starts at times—into a city of fairly high regard. To see how far Redding has come, it helps to look at where it’s been, and the downtown area provides a nice window into the past. It also shines a light on what the future may hold. “It’s the heart of our community,” says John Truitt, a Redding native and director of Viva Downtown, a nonprofit volunteer group focused
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“THERE’S A LOT OF ADDITIONAL NEW ENERGY AND A LOT OF NEW BUSINESSES…”
Kenny Breedlove has been gung-ho on downtown since he returned to his hometown in 2006 and opened Market St. Steakhouse at the corner of Market and Sacramento streets. The downtown he sees today is a far cry from the one he remembers as a kid, when his mother would use the downtown Redding mall as a “pseudo babysitter.” “It’s changed so much,” says Breedlove, who has gone on to establish other successful downtown businesses, including Shameless O’Leery’s. He cites the positive impacts created by Gateway, the mixed-use building developed by Brent Weaver, and the similar renovation of the old Greyhound bus station by Jane and Dean White.
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Gone are the days when the mall gave the area a look that resembled a ghost town more than a downtown; present are a parade of fairs and festivals, a colorful threeblock-long promenade where the mall once stood, fun boutiques and inviting restaurants to provide company for the stalwart Jack’s Grill. “There’s a lot of additional new energy and a lot of new businesses,” says Truitt. “And you can’t underestimate the effect the Cascade Theatre has had on things. Now there’s the Shasta College center and the new courthouse construction will be happening soon, and new restaurants to go to. Clearly, it has changed for the better.”4 continued on page 22
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The changes and updates continue, as evidenced by the three-day parklet and popup market on California Street in September that drew rave reviews. “That was so awesome. If that’s the writing on the wall for things to come, I’d be so excited,” Breedlove says of the project that was coordinated by Shasta Living Streets, Enjoy magazine and Cascade Square developer Craig Kraffert. Breedlove says he’d gladly sacrifice a parking space in front of Shameless O’Leery’s for a permanent parklet in the hopes it would add to the walkability of downtown.
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“Downtown Redding has embraced the idea of complete streets,” says Truitt, and that philosophy is revealed in new pathways and traffic patterns that are friendlier to pedestrians and bicyclists. Efforts to create a more people-friendly downtown have not gone unappreciated at the Damburger, a downtown institution that has been serving up burgers and fries from its Placer Street location since 1962. “I do see an effort by businesses to try and make downtown an attractive place to be,” says4 continued on page 24
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Julie Malik, who has been running the restaurant since 2005 when her parents, Ron and Kathy Dickey, retired. For her part, she recently added a patio cover and flower pots. “We feel by beautifying downtown it will bring more people down. We’re trying to do our part. “We love downtown and we want to see it get better. We talk about it a lot. We definitely feel like we have a great location,” Malik says. Linda Morris opened Dandelion, a women’s clothing and home décor store, in 1999 and operated it on Market Street in Sherven Square until this past spring when she relocated to Pine Street. “I just like the downtown area, the buildings and the older stuff,” Morris says. “Downtown is making a comeback … we really like it in downtown Redding.” • www.vivadowntownredding.org
Jon Lewis is a Redding-based writer with 33 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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1 When you support local businesses,
you are putting money back into your local economy. According to the Small Business Administration,
approx.
$68
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN: The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and that can only mean one thing: the holidays are coming. The day after Thanksgiving has been given the title of Black Friday, and seems to have taken on a life of its own. However, in 2010, a movement was started to encourage shoppers to support their local businesses. Since then, the Saturday after Thanksgiving has been dubbed Small Business Saturday. Now, with more than 3.3 million fans on Facebook, Small Business Saturday has gained traction and momentum over the last five years. As we enter the 2015 holiday season, it is beneficial to discuss why the concept of shopping local is one that we should not ignore. Here are five reasons we should support local businesses.
l a c o l p o spent at a sh s ’ t e l
of every $100
LOCAL BUSINESS
STAYS IN OUR
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OF THE NEARLY 3 MILLION
PRIVATE-SECTOR JOBS
SHOPPING ROUGHLY EXPERIENCE
OF THOSE WERE
GENERATED BY SMALL BUSINESSES
helping give back to the community.
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creating a PLEASURABLE
CREATED IN 2014
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2 When you shop locally, you are
Owners and employees of local small businesses are generally more interested in
This means that nearly two-thirds of new jobs were created by small businesses, not large corporations.
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owners TYPICALLY HAVE
TIES TO THE COMMUNITY and tend to get more involved in decisions that will shape the local environment.
they tend to
VALUE & APPRECIATE
THEIR CUSTOMERS
in ways that do not come across with larger companies.
Shopping local benefits everyone. Entrepreneurs, small businesses and start-up companies are the driving force behind the growth of this country. When you shop locally, you put money directly back into our local economy and you help establish a sense of community pride. Show some love for your community and shop local. • www.smallbusinesssaturday.com
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WHEN MIKE NORMAN WAS BUYING COMICS FOR HIS SON in the early ‘90s, they were an inexpensive and entertaining way to capture a young boy’s imagination while improving his reading skills. “Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be doing this,” says Norman of Collectors Choice, his Redding-based collectibles and memorabilia shop. A restaurateur at the time, he put a small rack at the restaurant and resold the comics his son had finished reading. He noticed a steady upward trend in their popularity—and price. “We would buy one for $2 and sell it for $20 within six months to a year,” he recalls. After six months of dabbling, he decided to open a store and take a chance on a new venture. Still, consumers can be fickle, so Norman decided to diversify his inventory and, in addition to comics, has done well with a line of signed photographs of sports stars, action figures, a swords and knives
collection (many related to comics characters), and even a line of women’s self-defense products. Although they take up the least amount of space, Norman says he sells more comics than anything else and has learned that like him, a lot of parents bring in their young children for comics to get them reading. “In the collectibles business, fads come and go but comic books are long-haul performers,” he says. “I have 150 customers who give me a list every month for weekly comics.” Through a subscription service, Norman or one of his staff pull the comics customers want and have them waiting so they never miss an issue. An art form with longevity and “graphic memory,” comics frequently reference narrative detail from previous issues.4 continued on page 30 NOVEMBER 2015 ENJOY | 29
“The next part of the story is in the next month’s issue,” says Norman. “Comics are an ever-continuing story.” As such, his back issues collection ($3-$500 each) numbers more than 12,000 and dates back to the 1960s and ‘70s. “At times, I have had some dating back to the 1940s.” Comics are perennial favorites because they “blend what is happening in the world today with a visual art form,” he says. “They exert a huge influence on popular culture. Many comics, like Superman, represent good old-fashioned values: ‘Truth, Justice, and the American Way.’” To dispel any lingering stereotypes, comic book fans cut across professional sectors. “I have doctors and lawyers who buy comics,” says Norman, and “people who read comics also read books. For many of us, comics are our ‘light reading.’” Light on the pocketbook as well, a current issue 20-page comic averages $3 to $4. Often within months, investment-minded purchasers can get a return on their investment and then some. “Comics publishers usually do one print run,” says Norman. “If it is a real popular story—like X-Men—they might do a second or third printing, but it is limited. The first edition print will increase in value and people want the first print run because it is the most valuable not only monetarily, but emotionally.”
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Case in point: the first Batman and Superman comics were printed as 10-cent comics in the 1930s, says Norman, and sold in the past year and a half for $1.5 million to $2 million each. Even a 12-cent Spiderman comic published in 1963 recently sold for $150,000. Superheroes have become big business at the box office and on cable. “Some people do not realize that Walking Dead started as a comic book and then became a TV show,” says Norman. “Arrow, Gotham, Flash, Avengers—they were all comic books first.” After 20 years, he still works in the store four days a week. “This is fun. It’s not like work,” he says. “I have customers who have been with me for 15 years. I’ve watched their kids grow up and go to college. They become like family.” • 1714 Churn Creek Road, Redding • (530) 222-8750 www.collectorschoiceredding.com
Claudia Mosby is fascinated by the power of words to influence, inspire and heal. She became a freelance feature writer so she could tell people’s stories. She lives in the North State and leads workshops, classes and retreats on writing and wellness. Visit her website at www.writinginsideout.org.
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AN UNEXPECTED JOY OF LINGERING at the slow brew coffee bar of Red Bluff ’s Enjoy the Store is watching and listening as customers first discover the mirrored elk skull with bedazzled horns hanging above the tables. With a neck adorned in sparkly beaded strands, the entire piece dazzles, catching light and delight. People ooh and ahh and stifle an impulse to run their fingers through the fringe. “I always wanted a longhorn in my house but I didn’t want a plain one,” says Desiree Rodgers, 31, the artist and business woman behind WesTique Desi-gns, which features custom-decorated longhorn skulls. She set out in DIY mode to create her own home decoration, with
no intention or idea that the project would bring income and travel. “I made my first one and my best friend saw it and she wanted it and I had to make another one,” she says. “And then another one and another one.” Another friend suggested she take her designs to Las Vegas during Cowboy Christmas, held each December in conjunction with the National Finals Rodeo. A curated and popular event, she says, “It’s hard to get in because no one leaves.” The key is to offer something no other vendor provides. In 2012, less than a year after making her first set of longhorns, Rodgers was invited. “I had a unique product to bring in,” she explains.4 continued on page 34
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Her husband, Nick, a contractor with a granite business, helped her create a stunning display booth that first year. “We kind of go overboard, but it seems to work,” she says. By the time the event was over that first year, all but three skulls were sold. Those last three were quickly picked up for the Harris Ranch gift store and have since been sold. Even bigger, she was commissioned on the spot for an installation at the PBR Rock Bar and Grill on the Las Vegas strip. She finalized the contract on the last day of her first Cowboy Christmas, and within a few days, once her supplies were shipped, she was busy at work in the entryway of the PBR Rock. The result is a showpiece full-sized, mirrored bucking bull sculpture that greets customers and serves as a backdrop to many photos taken by guests. “I pumped it out in five days,” she says. “My husband was walking around Vegas with our two kids because I was working night and day.” She now loves receiving photos from friends and family who seek out her piece when visiting Las Vegas. “The skulls are real and the horns are real,” she says of her pieces, noting that she’s sourced suppliers from all over to keep up with demand. Her finished works, including Longhorn, Watusi, elk, deer, ram and bucking bull skulls, are now found at showrooms for Rock ‘N’ Roll Panhandle Slim in Denver and Dallas, Harris Ranch in Coalinga, and private cabins in Texas and North Dakota. Locally, they can be found at Enjoy the Store in Red Bluff and Redding and Diamond W Western Wear in Chico. Rodgers and her work have
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been featured in Cowgirl Magazine. Her pieces are adorned with everything from rhinestones to lace to mirrors to peacock feathers – anything seems to go. Of the piece with peacock feathers, she says, “It got a lot of attention, but it just took the right person to buy it.” It lingered in her collection for awhile, but when its eventual owner came along, she was completely smitten. “We’ve always been Western,” Rodgers says of her family. “I’ve always been in the field of something to do with cows.” She grew up on a dairy in Bayliss (Glenn County), and still lives in that rural community with her growing family, including three young children and a fourth on the way. “I’ve always loved being outside with animals. I’m not made for computers,” she laughs. Evenings are often spent with her kids snuggled up to her while she customizes a skull. This month she’s stepping up her efforts to be prepared for Cowboy Christmas, December 3-12. “It’s fun,” she says. “I get addicted.” It’s fun for those who come across her work, as well, whether in Las Vegas or right here in the North State. • Find WesTique Desi-gns on Facebook
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I T ’ S O P E N Y E A R R O U N D AT R I P P L E C R E E K C A B I N S AS SUMMER WINDS DOWN and the days get shorter and cooler, most Trinity County innkeepers are calling it a season and flipping the signs on the front door from “open all summer” to “closed for the winter.” That’s not the case at Ripple Creek Cabins, one of the few resorts in Trinity County open year round. Located near Coffee Creek in a valley at the base of the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, this small resort provides a peaceful and affordable vacation spot for visitors. In fact, the locale is an annual destination for many families, some of whom have been coming to Ripple Creek every year for more than three decades, according to Meghan Coleman, who manages the resort with her husband, Peter Kleinsmith.4 continued on page 38
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“The summer tends to be many of the same families year after year. Some have been coming for 35 years. In the summer, we have people from all over California, Oregon and other states and even from other countries,” she says. “In the winter we tend to get a lot of visitors from the coast and the Bay Area.” Coleman and Kleinsmith have been managing Ripple Creek Cabins for eight years, but her connection to the picturesque spot runs deep – her parents, Jim and Michele Coleman, have owned the 35-year-old resort for the past 20 years. Before that, it was their family vacation spot. “We used to vacation at Ripple Creek when I was a child and when it came up for sale, my parents decided to buy it,” she recalls. Just a two-hour drive from Redding or Ashland, the resort is comprised of seven wooden cabins of various sizes surrounded by tall pine and cedar trees and fields full of wildflowers. An adjoining pasture is home to two friendly horses, Myelin and Rummy, who love it when visitors bring apples and carrots. The smallest cabin is perfect for two, while the largest cabin, the Stoddard Cabin, can accommodate up to 12 people. The buildings
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are all grouped together in a small area, but each has a porch or picnic table that, when occupied, gives the impression that you may be the only one there. Each cabin has a full kitchen, bathroom, at least one bedroom and a private porch with a grill. They are stocked with linens, cookware, utensils and an old-fashioned wood stove. Visitors are instructed to just bring food, clothes and a dog bed. Yes, well-behaved dogs are welcome, as long as you bring the dog bed and prepare to pay an additional charge (approximately $10) per pet. Ripple Creek Cabins could be home base for those who want to explore the natural attractions within a day’s drive, or it’s a selfcontained playground for those who don’t want to get back in the car until it’s time to go home. For adventurers, the Trinity River runs behind the resort while the namesake Ripple Creek runs alongside the cabins. Trinity Lake is a 20-minute drive away. Head north up Highway 3 and you’ll find yourself atop Scott Mountain and at the crossroads of the Pacific Crest Trail.4 continued on page 40
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. Getting more infections than usual . Losing feeling, having a tingling feeling in our feet or footulcers. . Vomiting If you are having any signs and or symptoms listed above contact your health care team right away. There is good news for people with diabetes. Studies show that keeping your blood sugar (also called blood glucose) close to normal can help prevent or delay some diabetes problems. As the turtle makes steady progress, so too must those with diabetes continue to maintain healthy lifestyles and stick to daily routines that involve regular exercise, good nutrition, glucose monitoring, foot checks and regular visits to your health care provider. Lessons learned through traditional ways of living and the strength we have as people are effective tools to fight diabetes. At Greenville Rancheria diabetes is a major priority.
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For those inclined to stay closer to their cabin, there are plenty of trails to explore on foot, or borrow a bike from the large inventory near the resort’s office. Other entertainment options include volleyball, ping pong, badminton, horseshoes or stream fishing in the Trinity River. In the winter, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and sledding are popular. Each cabin is stocked with lots of reading material (current issues of magazines like Smithsonian, People and Reader’s Digest) and a stash of board games can be found in the resort’s office. Coleman and Kleinsmith (along with their kids and junior managers Ellie, 5, and Emmett, 2) take pride in keeping the cabins and surrounding grounds in meticulous shape. “We try to cater to people’s individual needs. We are in the middle of the woods and want people to be as comfortable and happy as possible,” she explains. •
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| BY SUE RALSTON | PHOTOS: PAULA SCHULTZ
K E E P I N G T H I N G S A L I V E AT T H E PA G E A N T T H E AT R E I N C H I CO BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES HAVE THEIR PLACE, and so do the theaters that show them. But if you crave indie, offbeat or foreign films, consider the Pageant Theatre in downtown Chico, locally owned and operated and thriving after 35 years in business. A 99-seat theater with a loyal following, the Pageant was threatened with closure in 2013 when Hollywood went digital after 100 years of movies being screened on film reels using 35mm prints. Theaters that wanted to stay in business had to adapt or die. But a costly conversion to a digital projection system was a daunting prospect for this small theater. The solution? Their “Go Digital or Go Dark” campaign. The founders of the Pageant, Roger Montalbano and Tim Giusta, who had each borrowed $1,000 from their mothers to help get the theater started 35 years ago, took to a crowdfunding site with a plea for help raising the necessary $51,000. And it worked. Shortly after their campaign went live, they had raised more than they needed. “We did make above and beyond what we asked for,” says Miles Montalbano, son of founder Roger Montalbano and now in charge of operations. “It was quite heartening to see people step up and say
‘Yeah, this is really important and we want you to stay open.’” Not only did they convert to digital projection, they upgraded the seats, got a new screen and now have a Dolby Surround Sound system. To be sure, it still has the intimate feel of a small art house theater. Old movie posters line the walls and there’s a couple of couches in front of the rows of seats. The person selling the tickets is likely also the person making the organic popcorn and chatting amiably with each moviegoer. Miles, who returned to Chico from San Francisco to run the theater after the fundraising campaign was successful, is himself a filmmaker, with a 2007 feature film, “Revolution Summer,” to his credit. Indeed, the film made the San Francisco Chronicle’s Ten Best list for 2007. Montalbano not only has a passion for film, but also an adventurous streak. “We’re starting to do more special series and events.” During October, they showed horror films every weekend. He’s started some late night programming of cult films – fan favorites such as “Blue Velvet,” “This is Spinal Tap” and the original “Mad Max.”4 continued on page 44 NOVEMBER 2015 ENJOY | 43
Montalbano is constantly looking for new ways to make the operation sustainable. The theater has a Monday night cheapskate price of $4 and is now reaching out to the campus, offering a student discount. The Pageant is also partnering with Chico radio station KZFR to do events together where they sell beer. And he’s been talking with a local restaurant about collaborating on a dinner and movie package. All movie theaters, not just the small independently operated ones, face challenges in this era of instant downloads and streaming video. In order to thrive in the midst of these challenges, the Pageant is mounting a sustaining membership drive, “kind of like the public television or radio station. If people donate up front, they can get movie passes and other goodies,” says Montalbano. A Pageant Friend Plus, with a $75 annual donation, will enjoy a lower price for each admission, get two invitations to special member screenings and five guest passes. The Pageant is a business, he acknowledges, but he would really like people to know that the operation of the theater is more of a labor of love. “We’re not getting rich doing this. We love movies, we love Chico and the community. It’s about film as an art form and film as community more than commerce.” •
Sue Ralston is a freelance writer who enjoys life in the North State, especially the wonderful weekend destinations nearby. She loves music, chocolate, reading, hiking and knitting, and is a dedicated volunteer. She lives in the Bay Area with her family.
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A 36-INCH-WIDE, SIX-PLY BAND of rubbery material spanned nearly 10 miles of Shasta County in the 1940s. It hummed along for four years, bringing sand and gravel to build Shasta Dam. “The world’s largest conveyor belt,” boasted signs at road crossings. It was a mix of marvel and mettle. Columbia Construction Company’s curious contraption went from Redding to Coram, an old mining town about a mile away from where Shasta Dam now stands. The beltline crossed Sacramento River twice and spanned Highway 99. The rubber railroad, as Goodyear Rubber Company called it, left its mark on local history and landscape. Spilled river rock, chip-sealed chunks of road and rusty footings remain along the 75-year-old route. Piers for the bridge that lifted it over the river can be spotted from the Sundial Bridge. Beltline Road carries its name. And the Monolith at Turtle Bay Exploration Park is the skeletal remnants of the aggregate plant that fed it. Tami Corn, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation tour supervisor at Shasta Dam, says some visitors are surprised to learn of the conveyor belt. “They are often amazed when they look at the terrain to think of a 9.6-mile belt coming over the hillside like that.” The old route transects the Flanagan Road property of Shasta Lake Mayor Greg Watkins. As a teen, he rode his motorized Whizzer bicycle along sections. He and a friend hiked most of the route in 1962 while working on a Boy Scout badge. Watkins, 70, continues to explore the beltline’s rutted roads and paths. “I think everybody sort of knows about it, but I don’t think they’ve spent much time to acquaint themselves with it,” Watkins says. “It was an engineering feat we couldn’t do today because of environmental regulations and nonsense. Back then, men could move mountains.”
The audacity of industrialist Henry Kaiser made the beltline a reality. Kaiser had the contract to provide aggregate for the dam. The Kutras tract on a cobble-rich bend of the Sacramento River in central Redding was selected as the extraction/processing location. It was 10 miles south of the construction site and Southern Pacific Railroad expected to do the hauling. The railroad began outfitting cars and hiring men. “They thought it was a given,” Corn says. Kaiser, however, didn’t like SP’s price. He opted to go the distance with a band of belt. The proposition was challenging and far from cheap. A 1940 story in the Redding Record reported the system’s price at $1.5 million. But it worked out for Kaiser. When the beltline’s work was done, it was dismantled and sold (reportedly to Kimberley Diamond Company in South Africa). “He made money on the belt,” Corn says. The beltline was actually 26 individual conveyor belts. Called flights, the longest was two-thirds of a mile. A transfer station at the end of a flight dropped aggregate onto the next. A 200-horsepower motor powered each flight, except for three downhill sections where slope and weight of materials moved the belts. Support was a wooden trestle ranging from 4 feet to 90 feet in height. A smaller 14-flight system was built by Pacific Constructors to take materials about a mile from the Coram stockpiles to the concrete plant at the construction site. The big belt’s first day of duty was May 6, 1940. A load of pea gravel left Redding shortly before 8:30 am and arrived in Coram an hour and 40 minutes later.4 continued on page 48
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Additional sources: “Shasta Dam and its Builders,” by Pacific Constructors; California Highway and Public Works journal, February 1940; Record Searchlight and Courier-Free Press, March 10, 1940
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Photos courtesy of Bureau of Reclamation at Shasta Dam
“Noise of gravel dropping echoes in canyon,” reported the Redding Record. Within a couple weeks, spongy material was being installed in chutes to keep larger rocks from breaking as they tumbled from one belt to the next, the newspaper reported. Uniformity in materials was important for the dam builders. The belt transported four sizes of rock plus sand. At times it ran through the night. Jack Powell, 86, of Summit City, remembers the belt well. It moved along on rollers, outside ones angled to curve the belt and help prevent materials from spilling. “They were like rolling pins, one angled on each side and a big one across the bottom,” he says. “It made a lot of noise. Kind of a coarse hum.” Signs warned: “Danger. No trespassing.” That didn’t stop Powell from taking a few rides on sand loads as a kid. “It ran rather slow,” Powell says. “There was a little walkway. I’d stand on that, grab the crossbar and lie down … It was fun.” Also dangerous. He stopped riding after his father learned what he was doing. The late Jack Trapp’s childhood memories of riding the belt are in Shasta Lake Heritage and Historical Society’s 2014 book, “Those Dam Kids.” “We would have to get on and off at transfer stations, and usually got off at Flanagan Ranch before the beltline crossed the Sacramento River,” Trapp recalled. The belt transported 12.2 million tons of materials. Final delivery was summer 1944. A Goodyear advertisement bragged of the line’s accomplishments, quoting Kaiser: “It handled greater tonnage than anticipated, yet we had no trouble, and not a single belt had to be replaced.” •
Laura Christman is a freelance writer in Redding. She has a journalism degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and was a newspaper reporter, columnist and features editor. Contact her at laurachristman14@gmail.com.
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| BY GWEN LAWLER-TOUGH | PHOTOS: ERIN CLAASSEN
“A HERO IS SOMEONE WHO HAS GIVEN HIS OR HER LIFE TO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN ONESELF.” —JOSEPH CAMPBELL
On My Honor L I V I N G H I S TO R Y
AL JOHNSON WAS 19 YEARS OLD when his B-24 Liberator bombing crew flew into the heart of Nazi Germany. Virginia Potts was also 19 when she defied her parents to join the newly formed Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps. Twenty-year-old George Fredson went from carefree college student/rock ‘n’ roller to a Navy job with serious responsibilities. In serving wounded soldiers fresh from the battlefields of Vietnam, he not only found himself, but also found a calling to serve his country. Johnson, Potts and Fredson are three of 130 veterans who live at the three-year-old Veterans Home of California on Knighton Road in Redding. Although most served in wars 65 to 70 years ago, they talk about their experiences like it was yesterday.
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“Big Al” Johnson is 6-foot-3 and still a formidable presence. He landed one of the most dangerous jobs in World War II: engineer in a 10-man B-24 bomber. He flew on D-Day and in many missions into Nazi-held France and Germany. Their luck ran out on their 17th mission on June 21, 1944. His plane, the Happy Hangover, was hit by flak and came down in residential Berlin. Johnson spent the next 11 months in a grueling attempt to survive the infamous Stalag prison camps. Normally weighing 180 pounds, he went down to 82 pounds. “We ate black bread, which was 20 percent sawdust.” He recalls their “potato soup” consisted of rotten potato peelings in water. The men lived for their Red Cross ration boxes, which included highly valued chocolates and cigarettes.4 continued on page 52
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After the Russians freed their camp, the former prisoners found an entire room stacked with Red Cross ration boxes that had never been delivered. Johnson was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in his right shoulder and neck. Today, he still says he owes his life to the plane’s co-pilot. Because he was wounded in his right shoulder, Johnson couldn’t get his parachute on. Although the co-pilot was also wounded, “he buckled me into my parachute.” Johnson was the last man out of the plane; four of their crew died in the crash. The co-pilot died from his wound while in the prison camp. Virginia Potts has been feisty all of her life. Immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor, she told her parents she was getting into the war. They were not at all pleased. When she got on the train in San Francisco, she went alone. Potts attended basic training at Ft. Des Moines, Iowa. She proudly put on the brown khaki uniform of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, the first military branch for women. When she went home in her uniform, her mom was waiting to greet her at the train station. That uniform saw a lot of wear and tear. Potts served at the huge Army-Navy Hospital in Hot Springs, Ark. The hospital took in burn patients from the worldwide theatre of war, including German prisoners of war. “Some of the men were burned from head to toe… the experience gave me a lot of strength…we lost a lot of guys.” Today at 92, Potts is still feisty and has a heart that rejoices in giving. She can’t say enough good things about her fellow veterans in the home. “I love the boys here. I have a deep respect for what they did and how they did it.” Virginia has even found love: she and Korean War veteran Patrick Townsend have discovered that “we understand each other perfectly.” Red Bluff native George Fredson understands that “a huge part of who I am is due to the experience and responsibility I received at an early age from the Navy.” After completing extensive training in general medicine and first aid at the Naval Hospital Corpsman School in San Diego, he was assigned to the U.S. Naval Hospital at Aguana, Guam. It was 1967 and American casualties were reaching their peak in the Vietnam War. Twice a week, after working his day job as an executive assistant to the second in command at the hospital, Fredson volunteered to work nights meeting planes carrying wounded troops, still covered with mud from their battlefields. As part of an air evacuation team, Fredson followed through on numerous logistics concerning each man, even meeting with surgeons to plan operating room schedules. Fredson was only 23. He went on to complete 12 years of service with the Naval Reserve, joining the Seabees for his last six years. Johnson, Potts and Fredson have lived history and we are privileged to share just a small part of their stories. • www.calvet.ca.gov
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with VISION MAKING AN IMPRESSION WITH RUSSELL STUDIO
THE SLEEK, CUBE-SHAPED PRINTER HUMS gently on Ryan Russell’s desk, midway through creating a tiny model of a house – each layer so small that it’s impossible to see with the naked eye. The slow-but-steady process parallels the architect’s approach to building a more vibrant community – one home, one parklet, one invention at a time. And although the 2003 Central Valley High School graduate could have lived virtually anywhere after obtaining his master’s degree in architecture from the University of California at Los Angeles, he chose to return to Shasta County and establish Russell Studio, which provides architectural and 3D printing services. “There were more opportunities for architects in LA, but I felt called back here,” Russell says. “This was the place I was supposed to be. I’m trying to have influence in a place where there’s space to do so. I love any project that I can see will help Redding become a more lively, active, fun place to be.” He’s a visionary who fell in love with 3D printing at UCLA, and in his home office’s printing lab, he creates prototypes for designers, artists, inventors, hobbyists, students, teachers and businesspeople to bring their creative ideas to life. The technology industry is growing here, and he wanted to be able to turn inventors’ sketches into prototypes. “I can bring their ideas to life,” Russell says. “The client can touch, feel, see and understand what they’re getting.”4 continued on page 58
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3D printing is useful for people who are inventing bicycle parts or phone cases, for instance, because they can test it and see if it works. A company in the Bay Area had him create a prototype of a rechargeable battery case so they could ensure that the enclosed battery was able to “breathe” properly. As a child he “loved to build stuff ” using K’nex, Legos and Lincoln Logs. “I also really loved to draw – I had design sense even when I was little,” he says. And even as a junior high student, he knew he wanted to own a business. “I had an elective where we used a program to build a home in 3-D, and I put rooms in weird places,” he says. “I look back in my life and see lots of moments where architecture was there.” Russell has been married for two years to Suzanne, who owns a hair product company. They worked at a local restaurant together 11 years ago, lost touch, then reconnected after nearly a decade. The couple cofounded the Northern California Anti-Trafficking Coalition, which aims to eradicate sex trafficking in the North State. In September, they spent two weeks in Cambodia, working with trafficked teens. “It was a crazy experience and I’m still trying to reconnect myself with life in Redding,” Russell says. While there, the Russells spent time working with the employees of a new day center, which provides free counseling and job training. They also provided entrepreneurial inspiration for the center’s clients as they look for healthier employment alternatives. “They have
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business dreams – some want to start restaurants, one wants to open a salon. We talked to them about building businesses and having a vision,” Russell says. Representing his own vision, sketches and photographs are neatly tacked onto Russell’s office walls; a 3D printed vase sits near his laptop. His goal is to bring more contemporary, sustainable and aesthetically creative residential and commercial projects to the North State. He helped “parklets” in front of the Coffee Bar and for a downtown event in September, and he designed the sleek Heritage Coffee Shop in Shasta Lake. “I hope my projects catch people’s eye, and they say, ‘I want to go check that out.’ With all my projects I want to create a real sense of place, where they can go there and feel like they want to be in that space. Whether it’s a parklet, a coffee place or their own house, I want them to think, ‘This is unique and special.’” • www.ryanrussellstudio.com Find him on Facebook and Instagram
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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in the bag M O U N T S H A S TA S K I PA R K I S O N B O A R D W I T H R E C Y C L I N G
THE MOUNT SHASTA SKI PARK RECYCLES, and the program’s one-man dynamo scours the receptacles around the lodge and on the mountain with unbounded enthusiasm and unbridled optimism. His name is Yoj, also known as Craig Chase, and you will see him with his backpack and plastic trash bag skiing down the slopes with his precious cargo. Yoj, of course, is backwards for joy. But for Yoj, it is more. “Yoj is an ancient word for joy. As soon as I heard the word, I knew I wanted it for my name,” says Yoj,who lives up to his name with an ever-present smile and unflagging cheer. For the last seven years, the park has recycled approximately 550 lbs. of plastic, 3,000 lbs. of glass and 250 lbs. of aluminum. It also recycles cardboard, compostable bar materials and cooking oil. The money collected from the recyclables is donated to several regional charities. The park’s commitment to going green has extended to halting its practice of passing out plastic rain ponchos during wet weather. “We thank the skiers and snowboarders for using the recycling cans,” Yoj says. “I need to thank general manager Jason Young and mountain manager Richard Coots for having the heart and soul to create this program.” Cans are located around the lodge area and at the top of the Douglas and Marmot lifts. Yoj moved to Mount Shasta in 1997, and except for a couple of years, he has worked at the Ski Park every season. He has worked as a lift operator, bartender and pizza maker. Yoj says it was “providence” that he got the recycling job. “The owners, Chuck Young and Andy Aguilera, were aware of my landscaping maintenance business and recycling efforts in the city. My name came up at a managers’ meeting when the park decided to go 60 | ENJOY NOVEMBER 2015
green,” Yoj says. “I was at home and something, providence maybe, told me to go to the ski park. Richard Coots greeted me with, ‘Who told you about the job?’ ‘What job?,’ I thought, and they hired me to do the recycling. To this day, Richard thinks someone told me.” Yoj is more than enthusiastic about recycling. “It’s the least we can do. It’s more than just important for the planet,” Yoj says. “It’s about keeping life as it is and moving forward.” Yoj says the job has touched him personally in deep ways. “Being this close to Mount Shasta and near sacred Panther Springs has added tangible blessings to my life that are nearly indescribable,” Yoj says. Yoj hopes his example will lead the way for young people to take up the green challenge. “We need to encourage the younger generation to take the reins for the welfare of the planet,” Yoj says. Aguilera is thankful for Yoj’s efforts. “Yoj is great,” Aguilera says. “He’s a character, but he fits in beautifully at the ski park.” •
Mount Shasta Ski Park • www. skipark.com Located off Hwy. 89 between the towns of Mount Shasta and McCloud off Interstate 5 Corporate office: (530) 926-8600 Ski resort line: (530) 926-8610 (winter hours only)
Paul Boerger is an award-winning journalist living in Mount Shasta. Mr. Boerger has also written two novels, The Ghosts in the Stones about the Anasazi and Convergence about climate shift. He enjoys skiing and kayaking. He is married with two children and is blessed with a grandchild.
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SHE LEFT SAN FRANCISCO’S notorious Barbary Coast and her checkered past behind, determined to exchange the city’s bright lights and bordellos for the quieter climes of the North State. Her route, similar to other fortune-seeking ’49ers, brought her to Redding, where she discovered the need for a business that could dispense good food and drink. Such is the story of a woman known only as Lulu and the origin of Lulu’s Eating & Drinking Establishment at the foot of Pine Street in downtown Redding. Maybe. Lulu’s proprietor, Rich Paulson, loves the story and is in no hurry to dispute it, in part because he himself hails from San Francisco and also made the trek north at a young age. Frankly, the longer one stays in the colorfully decorated and comfortable confines of Lulu’s, the more plausible the story sounds. It’s no wonder the place is a local institution. It’s unpretentious and fun, open every day of the year except for Christmas, can comfortably accommodate customers of all ages, offers up a rock-solid menu, and has an inviting lounge and a banquet room
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that has hosted thousands of receptions, parties and family events. It’s got such a down-home feel that country music legend (and Palo Cedro resident) Merle Haggard makes Lulu’s his go-to breakfast spot when he’s not on tour. He’s such a low-key regular that most customers hardly bat an eye when he settles into a corner booth for brunch with family members and band mates. “There is always going to be somebody here you know,” says Marci Biancalana, the longtime manager who started waiting tables at Lulu’s when she was 18. “I love to meet new people and make people happy. I look forward to seeing a lot of our regulars. It’s good to know we have a good following and that we can take care of people.” Nicole Mook, 28, has been a Lulu’s fan her whole life. For her, the restaurant and lounge can be summed up as friends, family and fun. “My brother and I went in as kids and now we go in there as adults. My dad’s been friends with Richie for a long time. It’s a place you can go with your friends and hang out or take your family.4 continued on page 64 NOVEMBER 2015 ENJOY | 63
“I like to go for brunch. The food is amazing. You can order breakfast for dinner and Richie is always there. The patrons are always friendly. It’s very dynamic: families with children, 21-year-olds at the bar, 80-year-olds … you can go in there and sit down and leave with a bunch of new friends,” Mook says. Rose Gandy, the retired Mt. Shasta Mall marketing manager, is another longtime Lulu’s customer and friend of Paulson’s who also knew his parents, Dick and Pat, when they operated Pat Paulson’s Prime Rib House on Eureka Way. “He’s a hard worker and he knows the restaurant industry inside and out,” Gandy says. “There is not one part of that business he doesn’t know about and that he hasn’t done himself. His customers love him and his employees stay a long time. He’s just a wonderful boss.” Gandy might have a slight bias since her daughter, Biancalana, has worked with Paulson for more than 30 years. Biancalana, though, backs up mom’s assessment. “A lot of waitresses have worked here a long time. I’ve worked with some of the same people for 20 years. I just love this industry and I can work really hard for him. I just enjoy being here.” The restaurant started in 1961 as a Sambo’s and was later renamed The Bonanza Restaurant. The cocktail lounge was named The Blue Ox. It became Lulu’s in the early 1980s when Steve Gaines owned it. Lulu’s entered the family not long after, when Gaines sold the restaurant to Joe Paulson, Rich’s uncle. Paulson, who already had the food and beverage catering contract for the Redding Convention Center, purchased Lulu’s in 1987. The restaurant business was simpler back then, he says, before franchise operations discovered Redding. But consistency and quality are the hallmarks of any successful restaurant and they are traits that keep Lulu’s a North State favorite.
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“We still do breakfast, lunch and dinner and we have a broad menu,” Paulson says. “We have prime rib seven nights a week and breakfast is still pretty good. We do a Monte Cristo and not many places do that. We try not to buy a lot of product out of a box. We bread our own food, make gravies from stock and make our own dressings. “It’s a little wooly,” Paulson says with a smile. “It’s not quite a fine dining place and the coffee shop is not quite a Starbucks, but we use choice cuts in all our meats and we use fresh fish. We have everything from waffles to steak Diane.” Paulson has been a member of the Asphalt Cowboys for 22 years and he again put his food service background to the test in September for the cowboys’ annual barbecue in Lake Redding Park, helping the civic-minded urban wranglers grill 4,000 pounds of tri-tip and 2,000 pounds of chicken. “When he took over Lulu’s from his uncle, he jumped in with both feet,” Gandy says. “He’s been wonderful for the community; people really don’t know how generous and kind he is to the community.” • Lulu’s Eating & Drinking Establishment 2230 Pine St., Redding Open daily, 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily (530) 243-6251 www.lulusreddingrestaurant.com
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L O V E A N D L A U G H T E R : W I T H M E R R Y A N D S TA N D I S H 1990 WAS A GOOD YEAR for Manton's Liz Merry and Aaron Standish. After four months of dating, the two tied the knot and embarked not just on a marriage, but a creative venture in comedy that continues to bring North State audiences out for laughs. In those early days, Chico had a healthy comedy scene, though Standish says, “There weren't women in the comedy group until Liz suggested she could do it.” With a knack for musical and sketch comedy, Merry had proved her gravitas for the grittiness of the scene by yelling, “Wake up and smell the basement!” when a drunk audience member threw a beer bottle at Standish during his first show at the iconic Chico bar, Duffy's. The basement she referred to was the performance space his group had previously maintained for friends. Not only did Merry put the man in his place, she passed a hat and got the group paid. Standish, a descendent of Puritan captain Miles Standish, began his comedy career at Mercy High School in Red Bluff with friend Steve Ferchaud, doing parodies of the Batman TV show. “It was a Mercy High School teacher that looked over our first script,” says the 1980 graduate. “He was working at Lassen Lumber at the time and helped us build our sets. Then he was so nervous he didn't come to our show.” Merry, a Brooklyn born and Bronx-raised rabid Mets fan, found her way to Chico after detouring from the Grateful Dead concert circuit and staying a week in the college town. “I felt like I had found my home, and I had,” she says. She soon got involved in musical comedies at Butte College and the Butcher Shop backyard theater. She was waitressing and singing rock and roll at a Chico restaurant when she met Standish. “We were sort of in the same Chico tribe,” she says.4 continued on page 68
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new talent. “Aaron's been doing these stand-up comedy showcases at Duffy's, which is like the Holy Grail, because it's the coolest bar in Chico,” she adds. “And they're packed.” Indeed, the showcases attract a range of talent and audience members all out for laughs and local comedic perspective. Described by Merry as an autonomous collective, the emerging comics are “Infusing us with more talent and we do more shows because we know people will show up,” says Standish. While the duo love working with new talent, they also enjoy a riotous relationship with veteran San Franciscobased comic Will Durst, who wandered in to the State Theatre one day on his way through Red Bluff. That impromptu visit led to a meeting with Merry and Standish and shared shows in Red Bluff, Chico and Manton. “We don't do clubs, he doesn't do clubs,” says Merry. They do, however, do local comedy reviews that keep the North State laughing with original, often irreverent, views on life both local and national. www.merrystandish.com Sunday, Nov. 15, 7pm Duffy's Tavern, 337 Main St., Chico Saturday, Nov. 21, 7pm Manton Corners, Manton
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Twenty-five years later, the duo has opened and sold Wild Oak specialty shop in downtown Red Bluff, where people continue to buy tie-dye t-shirts, records and incense. When they passed on the business to its new owners, they also passed on sketch bits, which get incorporated into an annual Hootenanny at Red Bluff 's State Theatre that celebrates the store's anniversary. A mix of stand-up and sketch comedy as well as music and multimedia, Merry Standish productions have become must-see events for Red Bluffians eager to see which local and national personalities will make their way into the show as a source of laughter. “Writing in other people's voices is something we both enjoy doing, if we can find that voice,” says Standish. In recent years, Red Bluff 's State Theatre, a popular venue for the duo's shows, has reclaimed its place as Tehama County's cultural and performing arts center through the dedication of a multitude of community members. Merry and Standish were at the forefront of these efforts, raising $10,000 in two weekends of shows. Proceeds met match requirements for a grant and ultimately set the theater on its way to community ownership. “We are very proud to have that on our resume, to be part of the rebirth of the State Theatre,” says Merry. “It's still a point of pride,” adds Standish. While interest in comedy has waxed and waned over the years, the duo is inspired by a resurgence in the last three years. “There's a huge burgeoning stand-up comedy scene,” says Merry. “Huge.” As godparents of the scene, the pair are excited about new directions they can take their own work with the infusion of young,
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ERIC HOLLENBECK DESCRIBES Blue Ox Millworks as the result of an evolutionary process. Not unlike the wood with which he works, Blue Ox began as rough, raw material, and from it Hollenbeck has made something beautiful. That evident evolution of Blue Ox began 42 years ago, when Hollenbeck began a logging company with three partners, including his brother. But its real beginning goes back even further – to the jungles of Vietnam, and to a shop class in high school. “My auto shop teacher got me a diploma,” says Hollenbeck. That teacher arranged for Hollenbeck, who at 16 also worked full-time as a surveyor for a timber
company, to graduate by taking a one-hour English course where he was allowed to write poems. Without his teacher’s intervention, Hollenbeck, who is dyslexic, may not have graduated. “Every poem I got an A over F – an A for artistic and an F for spelling and punctuation.” “I’ve never been able to read. I didn’t learn to read well enough to get through a newspaper until I was 50. But I didn’t have to know how to read. My wife reads. She read everything to me that had to be read. What I had to do was become the very best at what I do,” explains Hollenbeck.4 continued on page 72
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“Being dyslexic, I always thought that what I do can’t have any great value because if it had value, people who could read and write would do it.” Hollenbeck’s dyslexia informed his identity. He became a doer more than a sitter, a man who worked with his hands, who accepted discomfort and difficult as the baseline of life’s experience. After high school, Hollenbeck joined the military and fought in Vietnam. “My whole tour I spent in the jungle,” he says. “I never came out, always in combat. I learned to exist like that” – except for two nights when his company was brought to a gargantuan “tent city,” where they were given R&R, beer, food, unheard of luxuries. “Then on the third morning, they separated the troops by religious affiliation, gave them last rites, and that morning we made an assault into A Shau Valley – a company of 68 guys against six companies.” It was back to the jungle. It’s not that Hollenbeck rejected life’s comforts, but sought selfreliance. “There’s safety in that,” he explains. “It’s the same way with the tools I use.” In the same way, his dyslexia equipped him to work harder, not to rely upon the easy way out. This is why, in part, Hollenbeck doesn’t work with automated tools. He says with a laugh, “Yes, I have an innate fear of comfort.” After he left the jungles of Vietnam, Hollenbeck returnd to the Redwoods and formed the logging company with his brother, and with a $300 loan, they purchased a used chainsaw and an old 1954 Ford flatbed truck. They had to borrow gas to return from their first logging excursion. Then in the mid-1970s, three years after starting their company, “the housing industry went into a recession, and when the housing industry sneezes, the timer industry dies of pneumonia instantly,” says Hollenbeck.
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His business partners left, but Hollenbeck built a sawmill and “I started selling boards to make dinner money.” Then in 1978, Hollenbeck was asked to contribute to Eureka’s Eagle House, a huge Victorian renovation project. “That was my schooling,” says Hollenbeck. “I made every stick of wood that went in that building.” For three and a half years, the architect would make sketches on napkins, and Hollenbeck would duplicate them. With no woodwork training and by using old tools, some close to 100 years old, Hollenbeck mastered a trade that many had forgotten. The same self-reliance that got him through his dyslexia and the jungle was pushing him to use tools that many would consider antiques. “The new tools are easier to use, faster, do some of the thinking for you,” Hollenbeck says. That was never an option for Hollenbeck, for whom process was just as important as the product. The “problemsolving” aspect of creating his own tools was also helpful to working through his struggles with PTSD. “I had no idea what PTSD was, what was the matter with me,” Hollenbeck says, but his shop became “an island of safety, and anything I wanted, I built.” His shop started as a windowless shell, but soon had a sawmill, a blacksmith shop, a foundry, machine shop. Here, Hollenbeck, toughened by his struggles, created beautiful works of art. “It wasn’t until 20 years ago that we opened for tours that I got an image-mirror given back to me that I had never seen before,” says Hollenbeck. “I mean my wife always has given it to me, but she’s my wife – that’s her job. But when the world started to give me that image, then I began to realize the uniqueness of what we do.” What they do at Blue Ox Millworks is really nothing short of realizing the dreams of architects and designers, from making moldings and balusters to custom projects like a full-size replication of Abraham Lincoln’s hearse.4 continued on page 74
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About 15 years ago, a teacher toured Blue Ox and suggested that Hollenbeck begin working with remedial school children. Hollenbeck partnered with the Humboldt Office of Education to create an alternate high school program for students who, like him, were doers more than sitters. “They are great kids,” says Hollenbeck. “I understand them, I get them. There’s not many people in their world, the education system, who has empathy for them.” But through a hands-on program where they learn the forgotten tools of the trade, they’re getting more than skill and a passing grade. “What they get is self-esteem, and the moment they get that, the world is their oyster. Because then they know they can do everything.” In the last year, Hollenbeck also began working with combat veterans. “I get what it’s like trying to come back into the fold, and it’s damned hard,” he says. Just as Hollenbeck has grown through the slow, challenging process of working with wood, he’s hoping other combat veterans will find their self-worth. This year, he and a group of 15 veterans completed a replication of Lincoln’s hearse, which was used as the centerpiece of the parade celebrating the 150th anniversary of his funeral. They were flown to Springfield, Ill., in May, where more than 150,000 people witnessed it in the parade.
“We were honored as the craftsmen that built this, and that was the greatest healing that could have happened for these guys and gals. That was huge. The building of the hearse was one thing,” says Hollenbeck, “but being honored for doing something good for society, and not having to use a weapon to do it – that was huge.” Fifty years after leaving the jungle, Hollenbeck is still crafting his own identity. As he said, the greatest honor those veterans could receive was acknowledgement for their service as individuals beyond their identity as soldiers. For Hollenbeck, his high school students and the veterans with whom he works, this process isn’t one that ends after the armistice is signed, or after the diploma is handed off – it’s a process that will last a lifetime, and which will yield a greater product than a finely crafted Victorian reproduction: the real final product is an individual aware of his own worth. • Blue Ox Millworks • 1 X St., Eureka (707) 444-3437 • 9am – 5pm
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By the early ‘90s, Smither's steady nationwide touring and regular release of consistently acclaimed albums cemented his reputation as one of the finest acoustic musicians in the country. Says Smither, “Of the three things that I do, singing, writing and playing, I think I’m best at writing, but the thing is, the other stuff has to be there too. It all has to be rhythmically complete. I think of the music and tune as the delivery system. For me, the meat of the product is the lyrics. The delivery system has to be efficient at least, if not exceptional. So it all fits together and you really can’t separate the parts. You need to have it all clicking at the same time.” His latest double CD, “Still On the Levee,” is a career-spanning retrospective double CD that reinterprets favorite songs from his 50-year career. To make the album, he returned to New Orleans and enlisted a diverse cast of backing musicians, including his daughter Robin on fiddle, Crescent City piano legend Allen Toussaint and Loudon Wainwright III. “I don’t have a mainstream audience,” he says. “I have a good following because I’ve been doing it for so long and the style is for someone who wants to think about what’s being said lyrically. Most mainstream music is not designed to be meaningful or to think about the lyrics; it’s for people who just want to dance. If you want to dance, party and have a good time, and even scream at the performers during a show, it works just fine for that purpose. There’s a lot of very talented people doing exactly that kind of music. I would never put it down, in the slightest. It’s just not what floats my boat.” • Friday, Nov. 20 Pilgrim Congregational Church in Redding www.oaksongs.org • www.smither.com
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FOR JEFF AND CINDY PAWLOW, the road to McCloud began as conversation over a stretch of highway between St. Louis and Kansas City. The miles they covered were filled with conversations and dreams. “We wanted water, snow and places to hike,” Jeff says. “We looked around the country and discovered everything we wanted was tucked away in an area of Northern California people didn’t seem to know.” Off a branch of Squaw Creek, the quiet wraps around the forest like a blanket. The Milky Way smiles down through the cool
night air. In a clearing, the trees open a gate. The log walls of Eagle’s Rest rise, as a whole different world greets the traveler. The custom-built log home boasts French doors and redwood cabinets. Vaulted ceilings give a sense of grandeur. The sun fills the great room as running water sings. A professionally engineered 3-mile trail winds up to the top of the property, with a 2.25-mile loop with more aerobic challenges, as well as a 1.7-mile path. Throughout the property, Mount Shasta looks down, keeping watch.4 continued on page 82
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The Pawlow family’s normal week is full of hockey and gymnastics practices, work appointments and chores. At Eagle’s Rest there is no schedule. Their three teenage boys and daughter join their parents here. “For us, it’s a two-week step back into being a family,” Jeff says. “Our first time together, family vacation was here.” The property becomes a launch place to new family experiences. Their pontoon boat and jet skis float in Shasta Lake. The next day, they hike over the rocks above Castle Lake to Heart Lake with its stunning view of the mountains. The adventures of Northern California are all nearby. This fully furnished log home sleeps up to 14 people in more than 3,000 square feet of space. The four bedrooms and three baths accommodate those looking to find respite from their busy lives, as the Pawlows rent Eagle’s Rest to guests through the year. The Victorian tub in the master bedroom beckons to a quiet evening. The wood burning stove takes the chill out of the night air as there is room to gather and talk about the day’s adventures. The home is available for rent from early May until late September, with packages available for winter holiday retreats. Golfing, fishing and hiking surround the property. The Disneyland-type main street of McCloud is 15 miles away. A “surf and turf ” package is available for those wanting to take advantage of Shasta Lake. The Pawlow family finishes their ping pong tournament and settles on the deck for lunch. “McCloud is an opportunity,” Jeff says. “This is a place where people care about their heritage. It’s a town undiscovered with treasures to uncover.” •
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CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS PREVIEW I N D O W N TO W N C H I CO NOTHING NOTHING INVITES INVITES THE THE HOLIDAY HOLIDAY SPIRIT SPIRIT into into the the heart heart quite quite like like the the sound sound of carolers roaming beautiful tree-lined streets, the smiles of strangers of carolers roaming beautiful tree-lined streets, the smiles of strangers and and the the sweet, sweet, intoxicating intoxicating aroma aroma of of hot hot chocolate chocolate on on aa crisp crisp fall fall evening. evening. For For nearly nearly the the last last four four decades, decades, the the Downtown Downtown Chico Chico Christmas Christmas Preview Preview has has officially officially kicked kicked off off the holiday season in the quaint yet hip 40 square blocks that encompass the holiday season in the quaint yet hip 40 square blocks that encompass the the district district of of the the Downtown Downtown Chico Chico Business Business Association. Association. With With nearly nearly 450 450 businesses, businesses, there is concentrated fun to be had, joy to be shared and memories there is concentrated fun to be had, joy to be shared and memories to to be be made made in in Downtown Chico all year long, but particularly at the Christmas Preview. Downtown Chico all year long, but particularly at the Christmas Preview. This This year’s year’s event event takes takes place place on on Sunday, Sunday, Nov. Nov. 22 22 from from 4-8 4-8 pm. pm. Considered one of the biggest shopping days Considered one of the biggest shopping days of of the the year year for for the the menagerie menagerie of of downtown businesses – and one of the most strongly supported downtown businesses – and one of the most strongly supported membership membership events events on on the the business business association’s association’s roster roster – – the the Downtown Downtown Chico Chico Christmas Christmas Preview is a chance for businesses to roll out the proverbial red Preview is a chance for businesses to roll out the proverbial red carpet carpet for for their their loyal customers and offer them the finest selection of gifts for everyone loyal customers and offer them the finest selection of gifts for everyone on on their their shopping shopping list. list. With With refreshments refreshments abounding, abounding, Christmas Christmas trees trees aglow, aglow, cash cash boxes boxes ringing and holiday cheer radiating, it’s no wonder this event has ringing and holiday cheer radiating, it’s no wonder this event has become become aa tradition tradition for for businesses businesses and and also also for for the the many many attendees attendees who who come come back back year year after after year to usher in the holiday season with their friends and families. 4 year to usher in the holiday season with their friends and families. continued on page 86 NOVEMBER 2015 ENJOY | 85
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And a place to enjoy your favorite holiday tunes couldn’t hurt, either. Local radio stations set the mood to music with a selection of holiday favorites that you’ll likely be singing long after the night is over. The holiday karaoke booth is a crowd-pleaser. A divine cup of hot cocoa, served up by the American Red Cross, is the perfect accompaniment to the fun and festive sounds of the season. No holiday event would be complete without a chance to chat up The Man in Red himself, Mr. Santa Claus. Be sure the kids bring their holiday wish list, as Santa will be ready to hear their heart’s desire. A professional photographer will be on site to snap photos of your littles with the jolly old fellow. “This event has a special way of drawing our community together,” says Stephanie Younker, marketing and events director for the Downtown Chico Business Association. “It’s a reminder that there are not a lot of places you can find like Chico, California.” Nicole Romain of the business association insists that “it’s the feeling of the whole thing that makes the Christmas Preview so special. It’s a winter wonderland that I get to enjoy with my family.” The Downtown Chico Business Association, which has operated since 1975 as a non-profit dedicated to supporting Downtown Chico, particularly with regard to its economic vitality, puts on several events throughout the year that enhance the ambiance of downtown’s small-but-mighty microcosm of energy. There’s a definitive cool vibe to the area – perfectly seasoned with a refreshing mix of boutiques, art galleries, restaurants and spaces to enjoy outdoors – and it has come together in part because of the passion of the business owners, patrons and the business association, who all believe in the power of Downtown Chico.
“What I remember most about the vibe at the Christmas Preview is the feeling of family that was created there, even among complete strangers.” “Every year, at the Christmas Preview, the Chico Community Ballet performs The Nutcracker or Cinderella in our store window here,” says Aimee Anderson, manager of Made in Chico. “It’s wonderful not just to look into the window itself, but to watch the faces of the little children as they watch the dancers perform. Seeing the little girls admiring the ballerinas in their tutus is truly magical.” “Steve Catterall, owner of Old Gold Estate Jewelry, actually takes the time to make chocolate chip cookies for his customers with his own not-so-secret ‘secret’ recipe at the Christmas Preview,” says Patty Pierce, a sales associate, photographer and social media coordinator for Old Gold Estate Jewelry. The sweetest bite is being able to take home a copy of his recipe, which he has prepared with love for his customers since the store opened in 1988. “He makes the cookies for our customers every day from Dec. 1 through Christmas Eve.” Last year was Russell Van Dewark’s first experience as a sales associate and supervisor at Formal Education, a stylish men’s boutique in Downtown Chico: “I had worked in retail before during the holiday season and knew it would be crazy busy, but what I remember most about the vibe at the Christmas Preview is the feeling of family that was created there, even among complete strangers.” And there is something about being made to feel like family that makes Christmas come to life for all of us. •
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Christmas Preview • Downtown Chico Sunday, Nov. 22, 4-8 pm
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Kimberly N. Bonéy, proud wife and mother, moved to Redding in 2008. Kimberly has a bachelor of arts in English with an emphasis in creative writing from Louisiana State University. As the former owner of The Kimberly Nicole Boutique in downtown Redding, Kimberly considers herself a connoisseur of all things fashionable.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Frank Kratofil enjoys spending time with his family, friends and patients and he enjoys time in the outdoors. As a young man, Frank was legally blind. Two successful corneal transplants encouraged him to photograph the magic in nature‌ beautiful colors and the delicate balance of nature, animals and humans. www.frankkratofilphoto.com
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| BY LANA GRANFORS | PHOTO: KARA STEWART
November Recipe If you did not get to the pumpkin fields to pick your fresh pumpkin, or you do not have the time to bake fresh pumpkin for this recipe, don’t worry. Canned pumpkin puree is perfect as the base ingredient in this recipe or other sweet or savory recipes. This recipe will fill your home with that warm and fragrant aroma of winter baking right in your oven.
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This bread recipe is wonderful served a little warm with a spread of butter, alongside coffee or tea, or maybe a nice glass of cold milk. Set one loaf aside for a breakfast bread pudding to have on a cold winter mornings, or perhaps even Christmas morning.
Enjoy!
P U M P K I N P E C A N B R E A D Makes: 2 Loaves & P U M P K I N P E C A N B R E A K FA S T B R E A D P U D D I N G Servings: 6
PUMPKIN PECAN BREAD
1 ½ cup chopped pecans 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour 3 cups granulated sugar 1 T pumpkin pie spice 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. salt 1 - 15-oz. can 100% pumpkin puree 1 cup canola oil 4 large eggs ²⁄ ³ cup water PREP TIME: 20 minutes BAKING TIME: 1 hour – 1 hour 10 minutes TOTAL TIME: 1 hour 20 minutes – 1 hour 30minutes
PUMPKIN PECAN BREAKFAST BREAD PUDDING One loaf of Pumpkin Pecan Bread, cut into 2-inch cubes (recipe above) 1 ½ cup heavy cream or half and half 4 eggs, well beaten 1 tsp. vanilla 1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice 1 oz. freshly grated knob of ginger 1 cup brown sugar ¼ cup pecans PREP TIME: 10 minutes BAKE TIME: 30 minutes TOTAL TIME: 40 minutes
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PUMPKIN PECAN BREAD STEP 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. STEP 2: Heat a large dry skillet. Add chopped pecans and allow for toasting, in a single layer, for about 5 minutes or until lightly browned and fragrant, stirring occasionally throughout the toasting time. Do not overcook as they can be bitter. Allow these to cool. STEP 3: Stir together flour, sugar, pie spice, soda and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the bowl by moving the dry mixture to the outsides of the bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together pumpkin puree, canola oil, eggs and water; add to dry ingredients, stirring just until moistened.Fold in cooled, chopped pecans. STEP 4: Prepare two 9x5-inch loaf pans. Grease both lightly with a bit of butter or spray with cooking spray. Lightly dust with flour and discard any loose flour. Scrape the batter into the prepared loaf pans. STEP 5: Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes. Test by inserting a toothpick in the center. It should come out clean. Cool in pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pans to wire rack and cool completely, usually 1 hour.
PUMPKIN PECAN BREAKFAST BREAD PUDDING STEP 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. STEP 2: Grease a 9-inch casserole or baking dish. Place the bread cubes in the pan. Combine all the remaining ingredients together in a bowl and mix well. STEP 3: Pour over bread cubes and press the bread lightly to help soak up the mixture. Bake for 30 minutes (the liquid mixture should be baked firm). Let cool and set up for at least 15 minutes, then serve with butter and a warm maple syrup or whipped cream topping.
Lana Granfors has resided in Redding since moving here from Texas in 1975. She devotes time to her passions: family, travel, gardening and cooking. A self-taught cook, her recipes are created with an emphasis on fresh ingredients, ease of preparation and of course, flavor.
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Weather Wonder - Land by Patrick John
It’s a record. I just finished raking acorns in the backyard for the fourth time this season (and by the time you read this, it will probably be a few more). We’re talking loads of acorns – it’s like walking on a lawn covered with shooter marbles. So many acorns keep falling, the dogs are now avoiding the worst areas because it will hurt their feet. Sidonie, our German Shepherd, was practically born with a tennis ball in her mouth, so when she doesn’t want to play ball, we have a problem. Even the squirrels can’t keep up, so I’ve hand-gathered acorns, raked them, tried to pay the neighbor kids to pick them up, and even used the Shop-Vac to suck them off the grass. I mentioned the acorn situation to a friend and they were quick to relay that lots of acorns equals a long, wet winter ahead. Same thing goes for pinecones. That got me thinking about all the other weather myths and “wives’ tales” many people swear by. Let’s start with predicting rain. Did you know that if a cat is seen cleaning behind its ears, it will rain within 24 hours? Watch Kitty closely and see if this is true. Cows also reportedly sense rain on the way, and always lie down before the drops start to preserve a dry spot. Heard the saying, “When sheep gather in a huddle, tomorrow will have a puddle”? Me neither, but some sheep herders swear by it. And, “If the rooster crows upon going to bed, you’re bound to rise with a watery head.” I consulted KRCR-TV NewsChannel 7’s Meteorologist Rob Elvington and asked what weather predictors are popular in other areas of the country. He mentioned woolly worms. Apparently woolly worms, the
caterpillar stage of the tiger moth, can predict the harshness of winter. Look at a woolly worm’s middle brown sections – the shorter the series, the rougher the winter will be. I’ve never even heard of a woolly worm, but they’re so trusted, they get their own Woolly Worm Festival every October in North Carolina. Elvington also mentioned the “Green Sky” phenomenon associated with tornadoes. I hope I never have to find out about this in person. Supposedly, the sky turns a very recognizable shade of green just before a tornado forms. I did Google it, and a lot of green sky tornado pictures popped right up. My niece lived in Oklahoma for a time…I’ll have to ask about this one. So much weather lore, so little time. Lots of spider webs means an early winter. The higher the yellowjacket’s nest, the more rain and snow we’ll receive. The scarlet pimpernel closes up tight as a drum before rain arrives. Check on this year’s corn and onion crops, because the thicker the husks and onion skins are, the wilder the winter. Large quantities of holly berries signify a long winter: “Holly berries shining red mean a long winter, ‘tis said.” Any weather wives’ tales from your neck of the woods? Let us know! In the meantime, let’s all hope those acorns are telling the truth, and that a wet winter is ahead. The rake is calling…
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SPOTLIGHT
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in the november spotlight FROM FOOD TO FUN, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY Thoroughly Modern Millie
Fall Fest for Kids
ANDERSON UNION HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER NOVEMBER 5 - 14
RED BLUFF COMMUNITY CENTER NOVEMBER 23 - 25
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Based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning film, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” takes you back to the height of the Jazz Age in New York City, when “moderns”—including a flapper named Millie Dillmount—were bobbing their hair, raising their hemlines, entering the workforce, and rewriting the rules of love. This high-spirited musical romp is a delightful valentine to the long-standing spirit of New York City and the people who seek to discover themselves there. Performed by an all-star class of high school students from West Valley and Anderson High Schools. For more information, visit www.sscya.org.
Red Bluff Parks and Recreation presents this day camp for kids ages 5-12 during their school holiday break. Three days of fun games, crafts and activities, it includes pumpkin decorating and a pumpkin drop. Kids will need to bring a lunch and two snacks each day. Camp is pre-registration only. For more information, visit www.redbluffrecreation.org.
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Winter Magic Festival
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Jonny Lang
DOWNTOWN NOVEMBER 27 | 3 - 7 PM
(REDDING)
CASCADE THEATRE NOVEMBER 7 | 7:30 PM
A professional musician since age 12, Jonny Lang rocketed to international renown in his mid-teens. The Grammywinning former prodigy now stands as a mature creative force in the blues, singer-songwriter and guitarist world. Lang’s music is notable for both his unusual voice, which has been compared to that of a 40-year-old blues veteran, and for his guitar solos. For more information, visit www.cascadetheatre.org.
Bring the whole family out to enjoy the tree lighting celebration, fun and unique entertainment, hot drinks, reindeer run, festive shopping, entertainment, Santa and much more. The tree will be lit at City Plaza on Mount Shasta Boulevard. For more information, visit www.mtshastachamber.com.
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HISTORIC DOWNTOWN NOVEMBER 28 | 3 - 7 PM
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Watch fabulous fireworks, meet Santa, enjoy lots of crafts and food and fun. Bring the family to downtown historic Lewiston and go back in time as the town celebrates the annual lighting of the one-lane bridge and Santa crossing in a sleigh. For more information, visit www.lewistonbridgelighting.com.
Melissa Etheridge
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LAXSON AUDITORIUM NOVEMBER 17 | 7:30 PM
Academy Award- and Grammy-winning artist Melissa Etheridge will take the stage to perform songs from her new album, “This is M.E.,” as well as some of her greatest hits like “Come to My Window,” “I’m the Only One” and “I Want to Come Over.” Known for her iconic voice, profound lyrics and riveting stage presence, Etheridge will share personal stories about her remarkable journey through life and the inspiration behind some of her most beloved songs. For more information, visit www.chicoperformances.com.
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Orland Craft Fair Nov. 28 & 29
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Sat. 10-5 & Sun. 11-4 250 Sellers in 3 Buildings Free Admission Glenn County Fairgrounds
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Please join Redding AAUW for its annual fundraising event:
Home Tour and Art Show 2015 Saturday, November 7, 2015 10:00 am to 3:30 pm
Please join us for a fun day and help create access to education through scholarships. Working locally, American Association of University Women (AAUW) has awarded more than 340 scholarships to North State women, and has sponsored events such asTech Trek and the Women in STEM Conference. Proceeds Benefit AAUW Local Scholarships and Educational Fellowships Redding AAUW Branch: www.aauwredding.org
Tickets Available after October 1st from these locations:
Holiday Quality Foods at Placer & at Hartnell in Redding * Enjoy the Store Marshall’s Florist & Fine Gifts Jose Antonio’s * Palo Cedro Gift Gallery That Kitchen Place Plaza Interiors Furniture & Design Wild Thyme Gifts & Garden Ticket/Guide for Tour and Art Show - $25
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Anderson October 31 - November 1 • Hocus Pocus special attractions and market, Historic Hawes Farms, 1 - 11 pm, www.historichawesfarms.com November 5 - 14 • Thoroughly Modern Millie, Anderson Union High School Performing Arts Center, 1471 Ferry Street, 7 pm, (530) 487-0777, www.sscya.org November 14 • Spotlight Gala for talents of people with all abilities, The Gaia Hotel and Spa, 4125 Riverside Place, 6 - 9 pm, (530) 242-8550, www.actionctr.org
Ash Creek
November 7 - 8 • Apprentice pheasant hunt for juniors, Ash Creek Wildlife Area, 8 am - 5 pm, (530) 294-5824, www.fallrivervalleycc.org
Burney
November 10 • Marine Corps Birthday Celebration, Burney Veterans’ Memorial Hall, 37410 Highway 299 East, 6:30 - 8:30 pm, (530) 941-5522, www.fallrivervalleycc.org
Cottonwood
November 6 - 8 • Larry Whitesell Gaited Horse Clinic, Cottonwood Creek Equestrian, 18550 Evergreen Road, 7:30 pm, www.cottonwoodcreekequestrian.com November 9 • Larry Whitesell Gaited Horse Clinic No. 2, Cottonwood Creek Equestrian, 18550 Evergreen Road, 7:30 pm, www.cottonwoodcreekequestrian.com November 13 • Annual soup kitchen for the community, Cottonwood Community Center, 6 pm, www.cottonwoodchamberofcommerce.com November 21 - 22 • Richard Winters Advancing Horsemanship with Cows class, Cottonwood Creek Equestrian, 18550 Evergreen Road, 7:30 pm, www.cottonwoodcreekequestrian.com Douglas City November 14 • Fire Belles Christmas Treasures sale, Douglas City Fire Hall, 9 am - 4 pm, www.visittrinity.com Dunsmuir November 1 - 22 • Felted holiday gifts class with Emkay Sikora, Siskiyou Arts Museum, 5824 Dunsmuir Avenue, 5 - 7 pm, (530) 235-4711 November 14 • 2nd Saturday art opening and reception: Leon McFadden, Siskiyou Arts Museum, 5824 Dunsmuir Avenue, 5 - 7 pm, (530) 235-4711 Hayfork November 9 • The Shook Twins, Northern Delights Coffeehouse, 7091 Highway 3, 9 - 11 pm, (530) 628-5246, www.northerndelightshayfork.com November 21 • Gymkhana, Trinity County Fairground, 10 am, www.visittrinity.com Igo November 8 • Acorns: A Native American Staple tour, Horsetown Clear Creek Preserve, Clear Creek Road, 1 pm, www.horsetownclearcreekpreserve.org
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Junction City November 15 • Trap and turkey shoot, Junction City Range, Highway 299, 10 am - noon, www.visittrinity.com
Lewiston
November 28 • Annual Lewiston Bridge lighting and fireworks, Deadwood Road, 3 - 7 pm, www.lewistonbridgelighting.com
McArthur
November 7 • Ducks Unlimited banquet and auction, Inter-Mountain Fairgrounds, 44218 A Street, 5 - 10 pm, (530) 336-5695, www.fallrivervalleycc.org November 14 • Mayers Intermountain Hospice Chair-ity Auction, 6:30 - 9 pm, www.fallrivervalleycc.org
Mt. Shasta
November 7 • Mt. Shasta Education Foundation presents the 19th annual Starlight Gala, Mt. Shasta Community Building, 629 Alder Street, www.mtshastachamber.com November 27 • Winter Magic Festival, downtown, 3 - 7 pm, www.mtshastachamber.com Ono November 7 • Ono Grange holiday craft expo, Grange #445, 11920 Plantina Road, 10 am - 4pm, (530) 776-0383 Orland November 1 • SeniorRama show, Glenn County Senior Center, Walker Street, 2 - 4 pm, www.cityoforland.com November 6 • First Friday at the Art Gallery, 732 4th Street, 3 - 7 pm, www.cityoforland.com November 7 • 21st annual All Church Bazaar, 9 am - 2 pm, www.cityoforland.com • Lake School spaghetti feed, Glenn County Fairgrounds, 221 East Yolo Street, 4 - 8 pm, www.cityoforland.com • Capay Car Show Up, 7544 Cutting Avenue, 9 - 11 am, www.cityoforland.com • Town and Country Bingo to benefit the Humane Society, Glenn County Fairgrounds, 221 East Yolo St., www.cityoforland.com November 10 • Dolores Mitchell Commentary, 732 4th Street, 2 - 4 pm, www.cityoforland.com November 28 - 29 • Orland Craft Fair, Glenn County Fairgrounds, 221 East Yolo St., (530) 893-9218, www.cityoforland.com
Red Bluff
November 7 • Guided Bird Walks, Sacramento River Discovery Center, 8 am, www.redbluffchamber.com November 23 - 25 • Fall Fest for kids, Red Bluff Community Center, 1500 South Jackson St., 7:30 am - 5:30 pm, (530) 527-8177, www.redbluffrecreation.org November 28 • Christmas Parade, downtown Red Bluff, 5:30 pm, (530) 527-6220
Redding
October 31 - November 1 • Redding Reptile Expo, Holiday Inn Convention Center, 10 am - 5 pm, (530) 338-2446, www.facebook.com/reddingreptileexpo
November 3, 17 • Mornings with Mommy, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church & School, 3961 Alta Mesa Dr., 9 - 10 am, (530) 221-2451, www.mtcalvaryredding.org November 4 • Story time, Barnes & Noble, 1260 Churn Creek Rd., 10 - 10:30 am, (530) 222-2006 • Story time with Simpson, Mt. Shasta Mall, 9:30 - 10 am, (530) 226-4737 • Shasta Live presents Kevin Johnson, Cascade Theatre, 1731 Market St., 7:30 pm, (530) 247-7355, www.shastalive.com November 6 • Schreder Planetarium presents Secrets of the Sun, Schreder Planetarium, 1644 Magnolia Ave., 7 - 9 pm, (530) 245-7833, www.schrederplanetarium.com November 7 • CASA Superhero Run, Redding Civic Auditorium, 700 Auditorium Drive, 8 am - noon, (530) 247-3372, www.run4casa.com • Christmas bazaar and craft sale, St. James Lutheran Church, 2500 Shasta View Drive, 9 am - 3 pm, (530) 221-6474, www.stjamesca.com • Tamales with chef Pam Buono, That Kitchen Place, 975 Hilltop Drive, 10:30 am - 2:30 pm, (530) 222-1160, www.thatkitchenplaceredding.com • Harvest bazaar, First Presbyterian Church, 2315 Placer St., 9 am - 2 pm, (530) 222-4320, www. firstpresbyterianreddingca.org • AAUW Home Tour and Art Show, 1760 California St., 10 am - 3:30 pm, www.aauwredding.org November 10 • New West Guitar Group, Redding School of the Arts, 955 Inspiration Place, 7 - 8:30 pm, (530) 510-1903 November 11 • Story time, Barnes & Noble, 1260 Churn Creek Road, 10 - 10:30 am, (530) 222-2006 November 13 - 21 • University Preparatory School presents “Cinderella,” 2200 Eureka Way, David Marr Auditorium, 7 - 9 pm, (530) 245-2790 November 14 • Knife skills class with Chelcea from Messermeister, That Kitchen Place, 975 Hilltop Drive, 2 - 4 pm, (530) 222-1160, www.thatkitchenplaceredding.com November 18 • Story time, Barnes & Noble, 1260 Churn Creek Road, 10 - 10:30 am, (530) 222-2006 November 19 • Storytime, KIXE PBS, 603 North Market St., 9 - 11 am, (530) 243-5493 November 20 • Schreder Planetarium presents Stars of the Pharaohs, Schreder Planetarium, 1644 Magnolia Ave., 7 - 9 pm, (530) 245-7833, www.schrederplanetarium.com • Oaksong Music Society welcomes bluesman and singer-songwriter Chris Smither, The Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2850 Foothill Blvd., 8 - 10:30 pm, www.oaksongs.org November 21 • Holiday Open House with Chef Kate Chadwick of the Dogwood Diner, That Kitchen Place, 975 Hilltop Drive, 10:30 am - 2:30 pm, (530) 222-1160, www.thatkitchenplaceredding.com
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Through November 22 • Girl Scout donations to help foster children, call (530) 605-1907 or (530) 238-5818 for more information November 22 • Thanksgiving Interfaith Service, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 3410 Churn Creek Road, 7 - 8:30 pm, (530) 243-8862, www.shastacoif.blogspot.com November 25 • Story time, Barnes & Noble, 1260 Churn Creek Road, 10 - 10:30 am, (530) 222-2006
November 7 • Monthly art cruise, historic downtown, Main St., 5 - 8 pm, www.visittrinity.com • Trinideli Comedy Night, Trinity Alps Performing Ceter, Arbuckle Court, 8 - 10 pm, www.visittrinity.com November 14 • Early Christmas bazaar, Golden Age Center, 201 Browns Ranch Road, 9 am - 4 pm, www.visittrinity.com November 20 • Trinity Repertory Singers, Trinity Alps Performing Arts Center, Arbuckle Court, www.visittrinity.com November 26 • 12th annual Turkey Trot, Trinity High School, Victory Lane, 9 am, www.visittrinity.com November 27 • Mountain Magic Christmas, historic downtown, Main Street, 1 - 8 pm, www.visittrinity.com
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November 26 • Run for food 5K benefitting Siskiyou Food Assistance, College of the Siskiyous, 800 College Ave., 8:45 - 10:30 pm, (530) 408-6115, www.siskiyoufoodassistance.org
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November 6 - 7 • The Sky Family Celtic Revival performance, First Southern Baptist Church, 921 South Oregon St., 7 pm, (530) 842-1158
Cascade Theatre www.cascadetheatre.org
November 1 • Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, 7:30 pm November 2 • Bethel Music Kids: Come Alive, 7 pm November 4 • Shasta Live!: Kevin Johnson November 7 • Johnny Lang, 7:30 pm November 15 • North State Symphony, 4 pm November 27 - December 6 • Cascade Christmas Civic Auditorium
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November 1 • Michael W. Smith November 16 • Kris Paronto: A Hero of Benghazi November 27 • Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker November 28 • Redd Towne Market El Rey Theatre (Chico)
November 3 • Lake Street Dive
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November 14-December 12 • “A Dickens’ Christmas Carol, A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts” written by Mark Landon Smith, directed by Bob & Jonni Clouse November 17 • Melissa Etheridge November 29 • Brian Wilson with Al Jardine
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November 6 • Borgore, Styles & Comlete and Jaykode, 9 pm November 17 • Cherub tour, 8:30 pm
Shasta District Fairgrounds
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Through November 1 • North Valley Veterans Standdown November 6 - 7 • Roses and Rust Vintage Market November 14 • 4H Fun Nite November 21 • Forever our Fair benefit rib feed November 27 • Christmas Carole’s Treeland opens
State Theatre
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November 6 - 7 • Downtown Art Walk November 8 • Letters Aloud From the Front November 14 • Wild & Sccenic Film Festival November 24 • Ken Lavigne, Canadian tenor Tehama District Fairgrounds
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November 6, 13, 20, 27 • Norcal Sorters November 7 • NVDGA Goat Education Day • Roller Derby November 7, 14, 21, 28 • Red Bluff Outlaw Karts, www.rboutlaws.com
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Through November • Get Animated exhibit Through November • Riparian Forest Adventure exhibit
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Dignity Health and the North State Symphony, Season Opener. Clockwise From Top Left: Dr. Patrick Fowler and wife Dawn Fowler; Four musicians, Cherie Gans, Sheri Schultz, Hans Hoffer, Sherry Hanson; Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts CSU Chico,Dr. Robert Knight, Maestro Scott Seaton, Kate Grissom, Director of Marketing Dignity Health Northern Region; Brian Simpson, timpani principal, North State Symphony, Keith Herritt, Executive Director, NSS, Gary Rogers, Redding Publicity Volunteer, Sharon Rogers, Board President, Northern Region. NSS, Terrie Baune, Concertmaster, NSS; Students, Gianno Mazzotta, Connor Rowe and Carly Paradis; Amy Gonczeruk and Kristen Gray, Dr Randall and Judy Smith; Violinist, Ellen McGehee.
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Attitude of Gratitude A VA R I E T Y O F G I V I N G B A C K O P T I O N S NOVEMBER USHERS IN our traditional Day of Thanks, but also offers us 29 other days ripe for expressing our gratitude. We asked several community members about their favorite ways to give back—actions that are effective and appreciated year-round—and then added our own unique ideas. Giving of time and talents can be particularly rewarding. The organizations listed below (in no particular order) are worth a second look if you are interested in capitalizing on the human assets you have to offer others. VOCALiD – Are you a talker? Can you go for two or three hours? Put that voice to good use by recording your speech, which will then be used to create a synthetic voice for someone who does not have the ability to speak. (www.vocalid.co) Knitted Knockers – Like to knit? Join this volunteer corps of knitters to personally handcraft soft, comfortable prosthetics for breast cancer survivors. (www.knittedknockers.org) FreeRice – Want to help fight world hunger while testing your knowledge? Each correct answer to subject-related questions at this United Nations World Food Programme website earns a free grain of rice to feed the hungry. To date, Freerice has donated more than 300 billion grains of rice to people in need. (freerice.com). Catchafire – What do you care about? What are you good at? Search more than 80 pre-scoped projects in a variety of specialties to find how you can use your professional skills to make a difference. (www.catchafire.org) Code For America – Tech savvy? Use your programming skills to help local governments more efficiently solve pressing civic concerns in areas like criminal justice, hunger and civic engagement. Opportunities range from an hour to yearlong fellowships. (codeforamerica.org)
Wish Upon A Hero Foundation – Who says doing good is only for adults? Youth can help establish Hero Clubs at their local schools and engage in community-based philanthropy. Parents and educators are also welcome. (wishuponaherofoundation.org) AnySoldier, AnySailor, AnyMarine, AnyAirman, AnyCoastGuard – Give thanks to service members who receive little (or no) mail. A 100 percent volunteer-led organization, www. anysoldier.com provides information on how to get started for each of the military branches. Games Done Quick – Are you a video game aficionado? Do you want to combine your gaming passion with helping others? Games Done Quick hosts a series of video game marathons, featuring high-level play by speedrunners who raise money for charity. (Recently, it raised $1.2 million for Doctors Without Borders.) gamesdonequick.com)
“I took good care of my mom through to her death, even though we were never close. If I am only doing things for others when it is fun, easy or convenient, then really, what am I giving?”– Sharon Birkes “I pay a tithing and serve dinner to our missionaries one day a month and teach a Sunday school class to 6 and 7 year olds. It doesn’t feel like giving if you’re passionate about the cause or if you know it’s good for your soul.”– Brenda Robertson “I take a 10-pound bag of pet food to the animal shelter in honor of my Spatz because he would have not wanted some poor dog or cat to miss a meal.” – Lorraine Ramsden “A smile and nod. Hold a door open for someone exiting. Thank a person for his or her greeting, action or story.” – Deborah Darsie “I’m going to mentor a child at my daughter’s school and am starting to work on a project at the elementary school to beautify a courtyard with native plants that can also be used as a teaching tool.” – Anne Mutschler www.impossible.com Create a kindness profile of your good deeds! •
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