Enjoy Magazine: Northern California Living — September 2020

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Dirt and Street Options for Motorcycle Riding

good finds 39 | Tehama County Retro Tech Lab 53 | Kathy Snyder, Animal Aide Adventurer

interest 43 | California Conservation Corps

27 | No Limits in the Sky With Paragliding

31 | Gourmet Guide to Hiking and Biking 49 | The State of Skateboarding in the North State 57 | Finding a Way Up With North State Climbers

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Welcome to Redding, Dr. Torossian We would like to announce the arrival of Dr. Artour Torossian, MD! Dr. Artour Torossian is a board-certified radiation oncologist.

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He completed his medical training at the Vanderbilt University

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School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. He subsequently

system, gastrointestinal, hematologic, gynecologic and head

completed his internship at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston,

and neck cancers.

Illinois and his radiation oncology residency at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center.

Dr. Torossian’s research endeavors have focused on identifying novel agents which can improve the effectiveness of radiotherapy

His areas of clinical expertise include high dose-rate (HDR)

while decreasing its toxicity. He has written many scientific, peer-

and low dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy, intensity modulated

reviewed publication articles, book chapters and presentations/

radiation therapy (IMRT), volumetric modulated arc therapy

abstracts. In his free time, Dr. Torossian enjoys spending time

(VMAT), image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), stereotactic

with his family, fishing, camping, hiking and boating.

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LIVE WITHOUT LIMITS – dream without fear Indulge your sense of adventure, one brave step at a time. What does that look like for you? For some of our friends and neighbors, it’s an extreme sport. The sky certainly isn’t the limit for Tyler Clifford, who takes advantage of every opportunity to go parasailing. He touched ground just long enough for us to pick his brain about this exhilarating activity. If you prefer your feet more solidly anchored to earth, rock climbing might be the adrenaline rush you need, and the Shasta Rock Club offers adventurers of all ages a chance to learn how to do it. Is speed more your style? Check out the Shasta SuperMoto Club, where an eclectic group of motorcycle lovers get together and ride.

Some have opted to challenge themselves while benefiting others through the California Conservation Corps, which has been helping people ages 18-25 step out of their comfort zones and into meaningful work since 1976. Participants say the payoff in physical and mental strength is worth the long, difficult hours, and local communities are grateful for their efforts.

We’re inching closer to fall, but the days are still plenty hot for folks to truly appreciate a dip in a chilly lake. Some of the North State’s best hikes center around water, from stunning waterfalls to churning creeks to glassy lakes. We’ll show you some of our favorites.

What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail? Dream it, and step fearlessly in that direction. We have faith in you!

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CRADLE TO CAREER Cradle to Careers for Siskiyou (C2C4S) is on a mission to provide people of all generations with the strongest foundations for education and training, which will lead to successful, fulfilling careers and opportunities for lifelong learning. This countywide collaboration includes leadership and participation from all sectors – including higher education, K-12, early childhood, government, tribes, nonprofits, and other community groups.

C2C4S seeks to provide unified leadership through a countywide effort to increase educational readiness and success, as well as to promote civic engagement and community careers that have a lasting, positive impact on Siskiyou County.

This summer, C2C4S partners held the annual Summer Fun program for children ages 5-12 who live in Siskiyou County. This seven-week camp offered a mix of activities, arts & crafts, and adventures galore! The camp featured a full curriculum of daily art & science activities and weekly themes and adventures.

Many professionals in the community volunteered their time to help with these activities and share information about the career path they chose, as well as introduce the children to new ideas for different vocations with each week’s activities.

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Established in 2018, the restaurant is open Monday through Saturday for takeout and delivery. In addition to the trademark cheesesteaks, Pollard also offers sub sandwiches, chicken wings, brisket, keto bowls, “Papastrami” and milkshakes. For more on the story of Papa’s Cheesesteaks, go to bankcornerstone.com

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I was born and raised in Red Bluff. In high school, I found theater production and it became my passion. At 18, I became one of the youngest people that the City of Redding had ever hired. I started working as a stagehand and worked my way up to assistant to the technical director in two years. But the world did not spin fast enough in the North State for me, so I enlisted in the U.S. Army and I loved it.

I wanted action, so I signed up for nearly everything that came my way, no matter the mission or danger. I was thirsty for adventure. However, one thing my platoon sergeant taught our unit was the importance of home and the family and friends that you left there. I did not realize it at the time, but I loved Northern California and it was my home.

I was later medically discharged after an accident. I made a huge mistake, and I did not come home. I stayed in Charleston, SC, and got right back into stage lighting. I always felt out of place on the East Coast and initially resisted moving back west. I toured with many artists – searching the world for home. Finally, my life landed me closer. I was in Sacramento where I could work and be close to family. I started to make connections in the area again, and I started to feel the area call me home.

In 2010, I was in Redding working with Kids Unlimited when my wife said that if I wanted to move from Sacramento to Redding, this was the time. I had a lease on a house that afternoon.

Now, fast forward to 2020. Life is great! Well, we could do without COVID-19, but life in the North State is just awesome.

There are so many doors opening here for entertainment and I am so excited to be a part of it. The Civic Auditorium and Advance Redding are doing a tremendous job of booking a wide range of shows. The Cascade Theatre has brought in shows that absolutely test the capabilities of the building. Bethel Conservatory of Arts is producing quality productions that are edgy and thought provoking. Axiom is renovating a facility not previously known for performing arts. Then there is Riverfront Playhouse’s awesome new facility on California Street. I am looking forward to what happens in that little theater with monster potential.

So, all of this to say this: I have been all over the world, seen many amazing places, but there is no place like Redding, California. I am proud of the things this community has accomplished in recent years. I am amazed at the resilience we have in the face of adversity.

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MOTOR ON DIRT AND STREET OPTIONS FOR M OTO R C YC L E RIDING

EVEN THOUGH there aren’t any motorcycle races going on this summer, the Northern California motorcycle dirt and street rider scene is alive and well.

About six or seven years ago, a group of local men and women who enjoy racing motorcycles got together and formed the Shasta SuperMoto Club, meeting once a month in Palo Cedro. An annual membership is quite affordable, and they meet, ride and race at the track on 6030 Old Oregon Trail off Airport Road.

At the end of the Redding Dragstrip, there’s a paved go-kart track that was originally managed by the Shasta Kart Club. The nonprofit agreed to share its track with the Shasta SuperMoto Club

and now both clubs hold events that allow sprint kart racers and motorcyclists to safely enjoy their respective sports.

Shasta SuperMoto Club member and 2019 Supermoto USA Adult Mini Champion Hawk Mazzotta has been racing professionally since 1999. He lives in Cottonwood now but grew up in the small town of Whitmore just north of Shingletown, which is where he learned how to ride motorcycles. “My brothers and I grew up on a ranch and we rode around on dirt bikes as a way of commuting and checking on the cattle,” he says.

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(THE SHASTA SUPERMOTO TRACK) IS ONE OF THE BEST TRACKS IN CALIFORNIA. Photos courtesy of Shasta SuperMoto Club

professionally. Then about a year or so ago, he found out about the Shasta SuperMoto Club and is happy to have an additional place to ride. “It’s one of the better tracks (in the region),” Mazzotta says about the track that the SuperMoto Club members use. “It has a beautiful surface, it’s right here in Redding, it’s safe, and there are a lot of layouts.”

The large track takes up 15 acres and has a smooth surface that allows one to get some speed. “I think we’ve topped out at 115mph on the straightaways and it’s well-maintained. There are inside and outside curbs on the turns and a lot of areas to run off into safely,” Mazzotta says.

There are several different layouts within the track, with the main long course and different sections within that. The tree line that surrounds the track is a good distance away from it so there’s nothing

to really hit, and the airport is on the other side. “The big thing I look at is safety, and this track allows all sorts of people to ride on it,” Mazzotta says.

The Shasta SuperMoto Club augmented the track with a series of bumps, berms, tabletops and big jumps in the dirt sections for motorcyclists to be able to veer off and ride motocross style. The smaller jump can send one 30 feet or so; the step-up tabletop takes a dirt bike rider even higher.

The SuperMoto track has also complemented Mazzotta’s Moto camps, where he teaches people of all ages and abilities how to safely and properly ride motorcycles. He hosts camps on his property in Cottonwood and takes them out to the paved track. Mazzotta started his camps at the end of last year and taught 10 people within two days as well as hosted three kids’ camps. He teaches anybody and everybody

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how to learn a motorcycle (preferring to start them in the dirt).

“I encourage people to start in the dirt, and at my tracks there’s nothing you can hit. You can learn how to control a bike and slide.

Paved roads are more dangerous and street motorcycles have more power behind them and are heavier. There are a lot of obstacles, you can’t see the oil on the road, there’s a lot going on,” he says.

As far as future races at the Shasta SuperMoto track go, Mazzotta and other club members are patiently waiting to get the go-ahead, but in the meantime Mazzotta is training a new generation of racers through his Hawk Mazzotta Moto Camp Kids Team.

“I selected a handful of naturally good riders, so when they’re ready to race I’ll mentor them,” he says about the four riders on his team.

Mazzotta is teaching his young dirt bike riders the ins and outs of procuring sponsorships and how to ride, emphasizing that off-track

the kids must keep up their grades to continue racing on the team.

He’s even looking at hosting some casual “backyard burners” on his property this fall. “This will be a fun thing to get people together and give them a place to ride and race,” he says.• www.shastasupermoto.com www.hawkmazzottamotocamp.com

Kayla Anderson is a freelance writer, marketer and action sports enthusiast who grew up wakeboarding on Lake Shasta and learning to ski at Mt. Lassen. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Chico State University and loves to visit her parents in Redding.

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WATER WARRIORS M O R E TO E X P LO R E W I T H M T. S H A S TA- B A S E D R I V E R DA N C E R S

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IN THE UPPERMOST part of California, straddling the border with Oregon, sits the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion – one of the wildest and largest roadless expanses left in North America. It’s been called the “Galapagos of North America” by the World Wildlife Fund and is an ancient landscape of complex geology and extraordinary biodiversity that gives credence to musings that it might also be the stomping grounds of one of the world’s most famous and reclusive megafauna, Bigfoot. And flowing through the heart of this magical wilderness is the Klamath River.

“What I find fascinating about the Klamath is it’s still pretty Wild West out there in terms of the people and the wildlife. The Klamath Mountains are remnants of a forest that once existed about 40 million years ago, so I think some people think that if there was a creature still lurking about from some bygone era, it would exist there,” says Aaron Beverly, who has been guiding rafting trips down the Klamath for more than a decade.

Beverly is the owner of the Mt. Shasta-based River Dancers, a kayak and river rafting guide company that typically does tours from May through September and operates a whitewater guide school in spring.

It’s safe to say he’s gotten to know his way around the major waterways in the area. “They definitely all have their own character. The Klamath is the second longest river in California. It’s about 270 miles long and offers everything from Class 2 to Class 5 runs and is super scenic. 4

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The upper Sacramento has really clear cold water that comes out of the mountains west of Interstate 5, actually starting in Mt. Shasta, and the Trinity River is a super-fun Class 3 run west of Redding near Weaverville.”

When pressed for a favorite, Beverly hesitates before declaring that it might just be a river in the Klamath watershed that holds a special place in his heart.

“The Klamath is the main watershed, so you have a lot of tributaries that flow into it, like the California Salmon, the Scott River and the Trinity River. But I would say the California Salmon is my favorite place because it’s just incredibly beautiful and remote, the runs are action-packed and there aren’t a lot of people out there.

Though you can’t go wrong. There really aren’t a lot of people on any of the rivers.”

It’s this sense of rugged outdoor adventure that first brought Beverly to Siskiyou 15 years ago. “When I first moved up here, I got a job mountain guiding, and I thought, well, why not try river guiding? I didn’t really have much experience at the time, so I took the guide school through River Dancers. It’s a small company so it took me awhile to get a job with them, but eventually there was room and I’ve been working for them ever since – that is, until I bought the business. Basically, I just never left.”

Once Beverly took over the company from its original founders, “river dancing” became his full-time pursuit.

“My perfect day is just being on the river. I like to kayak, going to places I haven’t done before. I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad day on the river. I mean, sometimes the

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weather can be a bit testy, but even when the weather’s difficult, everyone enjoys it. I think it kind of brings out the best in everyone.”

For people who have never done whitewater rafting, Beverly offers encouragement. “I would say don’t be afraid. The river’s very friendly. We just did a three-day trip with three six-year-olds and they loved it.

For sure, the Class 4 or 5 runs are not for children, but generally speaking, it’s really a family-friendly experience.” Beverly also recommends booking early. “There are a lot of folks calling, looking to do a trip tomorrow or the next day, and generally we’re fully booked by then so it’s good to call weeks in advance. If you’re going to do a multi-day trip, a lot of people even book in the winter.”

When asked about those who seek adventure, Beverly doesn’t hesitate this time, offering insight into his own journey to this special region. “I love Siskiyou County.

Come on up and check it out.” • River Dancers • www.riverdancers.com (530) 227-5202 • 308 S. Mt. Shasta Blvd., Mt. Shasta

Megan Peterson is a Chico native who lives in Etna. For nearly two decades she’s written, produced and pitched content for a variety of television networks, including the Travel Channel, National Geographic and Discovery.

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smooth sailing N O L I M I TS I N T H E S KY W I T H PA R A G L I D I N G WHEN HE’S NOT selling real estate and hanging out with his family, you can find Tyler Clifford 3,000 feet off the ground, parasailing around Northern California. We caught up with him to chat about this hobby.

Enjoy: How did you get into parasailing?

Tyler: I was 19, working as a server at Red Robin in Redding, going to Shasta College. One of the other servers said she was going paragliding over on the coast.

And I was like, “Really? What’s that?” And she goes, “If you want to learn, my boyfriend will teach you.” I was definitely curious. So I met him, this guy Patrick, and he took me out to Igo-Ono, a little 300-foot-hill and started teaching me. My first adventure paragliding, I drove out there, and my little truck got stuck in the mud. It’s a twowheel-drive truck. And so here comes the instructor. I meet him for the first time, and he goes, “I’ll pull you out of the dirt.” He grabbed a paragliding harness, hooked it to my car and pulled me out. And he goes, “Yeah, you see that’s how strong our gear is.” That was my first learning that the harness is safe. I ended up becoming friends with him and just started flying. All through my early 20s in college, it became a routine thing. Flying Hat Creek Rim here and the Whaleback in Mount Shasta are the two main sites. Back then, we used to fly off Round Mountain after the Fountain Fire. Now the trees are grown in so you can’t fly there anymore.4 continued on page 28

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Enjoy: Tell us about your first flight. Were you nervous?

Tyler: I was definitely nervous and excited – excited as you can’t wait for it to begin, nervous as you can’t wait for it to end. They work you up to it, so the first time you’re maybe getting 10 feet off the ground, and you land. So it’s real mellow. And then you go up to a 300-foot dell where you’re 100 feet off the ground maybe, and you’re only going to have a flight that’s maybe 60 seconds long, but you do that a bunch and you work your way up, then you have your first altitude flight. And that is where you have your first real “aha” experience.

At Hat Creek Rim, you’re going to be 1,000 feet off the ground and you maybe go up 1,000 or 2,000 feet. So, you could be 3,000 feet off the ground very easily, and you’re going to fly for 30 minutes to three hours.

Enjoy: You can stay up there for three hours?

Tyler: Absolutely. There are pilots now that are staying up all day and flying from California to Oregon and stuff.

But that’s real extreme. My main goal is to take care of my wife and kids and go home, so it’s just fascinating to me to be able to leave work early at 4 pm, launch my paraglider at 6:30, landing at 9 pm. I’m home by 10 or 10:30 and it was all in a day. That’s really amazing.

Enjoy: How much does it cost to get one of those things?

Tyler: I’ve always personally defaulted to buying new with this kind of equipment. Just the wing you can buy for probably $4,000 to $6,000, depending on the type of wing. Then your harness, it’s like any sport, like ski boots, right? You could spend $300 or you could spend $2,000.

Same with paragliding harnesses. You can get a harness for as minimal as $400 or $500, but you can spend up to a couple thousand. And then you’ve got your helmet, gloves and boots. So, short answer, for $5,000 to $8,000 you can be into paragliding, you can have all your equipment, and then it’s just gas money.

There’s no maintenance. We repack our reserve every year, which is $50. For training, there’s a paragliding school in Mount Shasta, AirXpansion, and Brian Kerr is an instructor in Mount Shasta. I’ve had a lot of instruction from instructors in Utah, the “paragliding mecca,” and I’ve done some simulation clinics where you do maneuvers.

They tow you up in a boat and you’re collapsing your wing, doing spirals to learn how to react to them. You can be told, textbook-wise, how to react, but then you add that physical response, and you kind of can lose your mind.

You have to actually feel the physical response of that, maybe pulling two or three Gs, and then be able to still hang through that. We do all that over water, so in case we did fall, we have a higher chance of survival.

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Enjoy: What’s the longest flight you’ve done by yourself ?

Tyler: About three and a half hours at Hat Creek. There are two types of flying that we do mostly here – ridge soaring or cross country. With ridge soaring, imagine a river with a big rock in the middle of the river. That water or the wind is going up over that rock or ridge, and we’re basically surfing the front of that. We ride that until it finally dies out, we can’t stay up anymore, and then we go land. The second way of flying is cross country. That’s more of like the Whaleback in Mount Shasta. That’s where you’re launching and your thermal climbing, so you’re actually looking for heat. And you’re looking for that through rock croppings, maybe trees you can see shaking, you can tell they have heat. You’re going to try to find that rising air. The key is to stay in this course. You’ll see paragliders circling, and you’ll see the birds. You look at the buzzards and see them circling because they’re staying in that core of the thermal. It’s a lot more technical.

The thermal flying takes a lot more experience to stay up.

If you’re very experienced, I mean, you could launch in Mount Shasta and land somewhere in Oregon.

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Enjoy: Does it push people’s limits?

Tyler: It pushes your limit. It makes me pray more. It keeps me close to God. It grabs all of my mind. They say when people meditate, they are clearing their mind, right?

And it’s in a way, even though you’re highly active, it’s a lot of adrenaline. It’s mind blocking everything else. When I’m paragliding, that’s all I can think about, because I’m controlling the wing, it’s just me. If you don’t like being in 100 percent control, I wouldn’t recommend it.

It’s not a team sport once you’re in the air, but before you’re in the air, it definitely is. We’re all working together to decide, “Is it a good day to launch?” We’re checking each other’s gear out. We use the buddy system. There are five straps that you have to connect. We will say, “Hey, yeah, you look good. You look good to go.” And so, it’s a team sport before planning, deciding when to launch, and that kind of thing, but when we’re in the air, you’re all alone. And I like that. It builds your confidence. And like I said, I pray up there. It builds my confidence and it’s a stress reliever for me. It’s not like a walk in the park; I love that. It felt larger than life. It felt like it was impossible to do. And I’m just a kid in Redding, and I can work in Redding, and go jump off a mountain and have a big, big experience, and come right home and be at work the next day. •

Nigel Skeet is originally from England. He moved to Redding 11 years ago after living in Los Angeles for 25 years. As a creative partner with the firm U! Creative and with an extensive background in photography and marketing, Nigel is committed to elevating the global presence of Northern California.

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G O U R M E T G U I D E TO H I K I N G A N D B I K I N G MANY OF THE BEST hikes in the North State involve water in some form: Grand, sweeping views of Lake Shasta or Lake Siskiyou; the stunning waterfalls along the McCloud River; or the simple pleasure of walking beside the churning waters of a creek.

• The Waters Gulch Trail just south of Redding offers stunning views of Lake Shasta. On this three-mile hike, you’ll also encounter a stretch of the trail that skirts along the small waterfalls of Waters Gulch Creek. To get to this trail, you take the Packers Bay Road turnoff off I-5 and head west to a small dirt parking lot on your right about a mile from the freeway, where you’ll see the sign marking the Waters Gulch trailhead. The trail ends at the parking lot for the Packers Bay boat launch, and you’ll have to hike about a mile on Packers Bay Road to get back to your car.

• Another hike featuring Lake Shasta is the three-mile Bailey Cove Trail loop that you access by taking the Shasta Caverns exit off I-5. You’ll enjoy vistas of the lake from a number of different perspectives, as well as a look

at the sprawling Holiday Harbor marina on the north side of the trail. There is an $8 fee for the use of the parking lot at the trailhead.

• Feeling ambitious? There’s the eight-mile hike or bike around Lake Siskiyou, featuring the lake framed by mountain ranges. If you want a shorter hike, try the twomiler along the lake’s north shore. The views are spectacular, and there are benches along the trail where you can relax, take in the view and have a snack. Best access point is the parking lot across from the Mount Shasta Resort tennis courts along W.A. Barr Road.

• There’s one sure way to impress out-of-town visitors: Take ‘em for a hike on the trail along the McCloud River, starting at the spectacular Lower Falls with its popular swimming hole, then on to the Middle and Upper Falls.

The 5.4-mile stretch can also be biked along a paved road that skirts alongside the river. Take Highway 89 east from McCloud and look for the sign for the river and the falls 5.5 miles out of town, then make a right turn and drive the short distance to the Lower Falls.4 continued on page 32

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“You’re off to great places, today is your day. Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way.”

—Dr. Seuss

• The Hedge Creek Falls trail at the north end of Dunsmuir is a short, fun hike that actually takes you to a spot just behind the falls, where you can practically reach out and touch the cascading water.

You can hike a little farther to a viewing platform that looks out over the Sacramento River, and, beyond that, a recent extension of the trail takes you right down to the river’s edge. To get to this trail, drive north on Dunsmuir Avenue to the water bottling plant on the north end of the town. The Hedge Creek Trail is next to it, and there’s a parking lot across the street.

• Another short Dunsmuir hike starts at Tauhindauli Park just north of downtown. There’s a paved trail there along the Sacramento River that at its north end turns into a dirt trail skirting along the river to Dunsmuir’s City Park. There’s a kids’ playground there, a gazebo where you can sit and watch the river roll by, and the Botanical Gardens.

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• Another riverside hike starts at Caldwell Park in Redding, where it’s a short hop from the parking lot to the bike trail along the river.

You can hike or bike from there the one mile to the iconic Sundial Bridge. Along the way you’ll pass the small lagoon and the colony of turtles that gives Turtle Bay its name.

You can also hike or bike in the opposite direction along the river all the way to Shasta Dam, where you’ll find the Upper Sacramento Ditch Trail on the east side of the river between Shasta and Keswick dams.

The trail, nine miles long in each direction, is lined with bay and oak trees, and dashes of color from the red berries of the toyon bush.

• Other Redding hiking trails can be found at the McConnell Foundation’s Lema Ranch headquarters near the intersection of Shasta View Drive and Hemingway Drive. There you’ll find about eight miles of paved and unpaved trails, and ponds where ring-necked ducks and wigeons abound.

• Another magnet for birdwatchers is the 1.5-mile Clover Creek Trail in east Redding just off Shasta View Drive. This one also features ponds and migrating ducks, herons and egrets. Many of the herons and egrets stay in the ponds all year round.

• You’ve got a good chance of spotting bald eagles on the six-mile roundtrip Davis Gulch Trail that skirts along the south side of Whiskeytown Lake. The eagles fly over the lake, looking for prey. The hike starts at the Brandy Creek parking lot.

• Once the snows melt in Lassen Park, you can go wildflower hunting on a five-mile round trip to and from Paradise Meadow. You access the trail off Highway 89 from the north end of the park. Look for the parking lot immediately on the left after you cross Hat Creek.

The trail follows Hat Creek to its headwaters at the meadow, where you’ll find Indian paintbrush and orange-and-black tiger lilies, among other colorful wildflowers.

• You don’t have to climb all the way to the top of Mount Shasta to enjoy the magic of its mountain scenery: You can drive up to the halfway point, to Panther Meadows at 7,500 feet, and a short hike that features an array of wildflowers that include Indian paintbrushes and 4 continued on page 34

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the bluish-white blossoms of wild onions. If you want a longer hike, you can keep on going upward to South Gate Meadows, where you’ll find more wildflowers and some enchanting waterfalls.

• Lower down on the mountain, just off Everitt Memorial Highway, is the 10.7-mile Gateway Trail whose frequent switchbacks make it a challenging and popular ride for mountain bikers.

• The 40-mile Great Shasta Rail Trail goes through the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, starting at McCloud and going all the way to Burney. The trail is good for hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers, but a bit too rough for road bikes.

• The Redding area is a mountain biker’s paradise, featuring hundreds of miles of trails. A good starting point is the Swasey Recreation Area, off Swasey Drive, where you’ll find trails for both beginning and intermediate level bikers.

• Another good launching spot for mountain biking is the Hornbeck Trail parking lot off Quartz Hill Road near the Keswick Dam Reservoir. You’ll find trails there that are just right for beginning cyclists.

There are many more trails for you to enjoy in the North State, of course, but these will help get you started for some great outdoor adventuring this year. • Tim Holt is a longtime journalist, the editor of the quarterly Northwest Review, and the author of “On Higher Ground,” a futuristic novel set in the Mount Shasta region. He lives in Dunsmuir, and is an avid cyclist and hiker.

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DIGITAL DETAILS TEHAMA COUNTY RETRO TECH LAB IF THERE’S A BOX sitting somewhere in a dark recess of your home that you just can’t get rid of because it contains VHS tapes of a family wedding or mix tapes from the ‘80s that just can’t be parted with, a solution is at hand. It matters not that you haven’t owned a VCR for 20 years or that your cassette player blew out in the late ‘90s. The Tehama County Library has staff and equipment that can help you convert those memories to a digital format and breathe life into them on modern players.

“Ninety-five percent of VHS tapes will be obsolete within 10 years,” says librarian Todd Deck, who helped found the Retro Tech Lab. “That’s heartbreaking in terms of how many

family histories could be lost because that was the way of documenting things.”

The lab came about in response to the question, “What is a library’s role in a disaster?”

Deck said he’d noticed a trend in the new patrons coming into the library who were evacuees from the Carr and Camp fires. “The only real remorse they showed was a sadness at losing their family memorabilia,” he says.

His response was to write a grant proposal to the California State Library Association. In July 2019, the Retro Tech Lab was born with a $10,000 award to purchase items such as 8mm and Super 8 digital converters, a VHS 4

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converter, photo document scanner, cassette tape digital converter, and Polaroid and 35mm cameras.

“We started with everything you could possibly need to run a digital preservation program,” says Deck. There’s a larger philosophy at play here, which is a do-it-yourself element. “Now we’re not necessarily taking the project on for them, but teaching them how to do it,” he says of the patrons who come in lugging boxes of old VHS tapes and 35mm slides for conversion.

Then Deck and staff member Eddie Proctor were off to Washington, DC, to train with peers in the Memory Lab Network to get training on digital preservation. He describes their trainers as “true experts on the presentation of preservation.” They are people who have digitized scrapbooks of Hume Cronin and Jessica Tandy for the Library of Congress and preserved a stolen roll of toilet paper that a young GI in World War II used to record a daily diary.

Staff from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, educated the team on taking a digitization project on the road, as they do to record African American life around the country, digitizing decades-old scrapbooks and photos and creating “images as crisp as if they were filmed yesterday.” The Memory Lab Network not only paid for the training, but provided additional funds for the Tehama County Library to take their project on the road when public health orders allow.

The rewards have been immense. Speaking during a pandemic shutdown, Deck referred to a busier time. “It was great because people were coming into the library that we wouldn’t normally see,” he says.

“Seeing them engage with their memories and preserve them for the next generation is very special.”

He notes the joy of seeing a married couple come in to digitize their wedding video recorded on VHS. “Their children got to see their wedding for the first time because they no longer have a VCR,” he says.

“For the first time in a library I’ve seen older people engage with technology because it’s meaningful to them.”

They also have the perfect support person in Eddie Proctor, a young man who spent his high school years as a library volunteer and then worked part-time while earning a history degree at Chico State University. “Eddie’s been wonderful at bridging that gap with them,” says Deck. “They will come in with a VHS tape and he will go over the process with them. Eddie is a very kind and patient person. He’s naturally inquisitive but very patient.”

Patience is a key element of the process. While it isn’t difficult, it is time consuming. The average VHS tape is four hours. It takes at least that much time to digitize.

Still, time is something many have found themselves with a lot of lately. For those who went into cleaning mode while at home, an answer is available for those old tapes. “Our reality as Californians is that disasters are part of our identity,” says Deck. “Having a resource to preserve their memories in a disaster is really important.”” • Tehama County Library Retro Tech Lab 545 Diamond Ave., Red Bluff (530) 527-0604 • www.tehamacountylibrary.org

Melissa Mendonca is a graduate of San Francisco State and Tulane universities. She’s a lover of airports and road trips and believes in mentoring and service to create communities everyone can enjoy. Her favorite words are rebar, wanderlust and change.

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WHEN 22-YEAR-OLD Jerry Randolph moved from Arcata to Redding last year to join the California Conservation Corps, she knew she’d be challenged. After all, the CCC’s motto is “Hard work, low pay, miserable conditions and more!”

“I was mostly looking for a way to step outside my comfort zone,” says Randolph. The California Conservation Corps has been helping young people 1825 step out of their comfort zones and into meaningful work since 1976 when it was signed into existence by then-Gov. Jerry Brown.

No stranger to hard work, Randolph had two jobs in retail when she signed up for the CCC. She’d tried college but didn’t like it. She also didn’t like being at the whim of people scheduling her work hours. “A lot of times it was just odd hours,” she says. “I would come in for extra hours but sometimes there wouldn’t be any hours. It was getting real difficult.”

At the Redding CCC, she found long, exhausting hours, but work that holds meaning and expands her job skills. “All that hard work leads to great and valuable experience for our young people,” says CCC Director Bruce Saito, who emphasizes the CCC’s goal to introduce its members to potential long-term employers such as the US Forest Service, state parks and other agencies through project partnerships. “We tell Corpsmembers, ‘Every day is a job interview.’ We have high standards and we want people to do the best they can.”

Soon after arriving for service, Randolph found herself building an ADA-accessible trail at Madora Lake in the Plumas-Eureka State Park and learning stone masonry. “I was excited about that,” she says. “When I joined, I didn’t know what I wanted to do in terms of a career. Getting my hands on things like a chainsaw has really opened my eyes to what I can do mentally and physically.”

She has also toured Shasta College as a Corpsmember and learned about the heavy equipment program there.

Higher education now seems like something she’s suited for if it will get her onto a backhoe.

The North State hosts four CCC Centers, including three non-residential outposts in Yreka, Chico and Redding and the Butte Fire Center in Magalia.

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Randolph, move to a different part of the state. There are nine residential and 16 non-residential centers throughout California.

A major local CCC project in the last few years has been rehabilitation from the Carr Fire. “A lot of the time it felt like we were working in people’s backyards,” says Randolph, who has spent weeks on the project. “The fuel reduction project constantly felt like a huge mess of fuel we were cutting through.” While the undertaking epitomized the hard work, low pay, miserable conditions motto, it had its perks in the form of community appreciation. Neighbors would stop by to say thank you. For Randolph, a true perk to being a Corpsmember is “seeing our ability to influence the larger community.”

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There’s also a sense of camaraderie that enriches. “Being part of a crew is a family outside of my family,” she says. “A lot of the reason why people stay past their limits is they have their (Corps) family pushing them.” This was particularly meaningful to Randolph, who said her friends and family of origin questioned her fitness for Corps service initially because she was overweight.

Her initial desire to step out of her comfort zone was undertaken knowing full well it would be physically demanding. “I was so scared my first day,” she says. “Now I’m the last person left.” She’s outlasted all of her fellow Corpsmembers, lost 30 pounds and can heave a chainsaw with the best of them. “I have gained so much mental strength, so

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In late July, Randolph was training for a fire crew as an additional challenge for herself in her second year of service. “As soon as fire training came up, I really wanted to get that experience,” she says,

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“It really is hard work, low pay and miserable conditions,” Director Saito says with a laugh. “But it’s the greatest thing you’ll ever experience, also.”• California Conservation Corps • ccc.ca.gov Melissa Mendonca is a graduate of San Francisco State and Tulane universities. She’s a lover of airports and road trips and believes in mentoring and service to create communities everyone can enjoy. Her favorite words are rebar, wanderlust and change.

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IT DOESN’T MATTER if it’s the Dogtown culture of 1970s Santa Monica or the blistering heat at the Redding or Anderson skate parks, there’s a kinship for those who roll, grind and kick flip on a skateboard.

“It’s hard to explain. Money, age, nationality, none of that matters,” says lifelong skateboarder Bob Buckalew. “You just have to skate, want to get better and you’re in. If you don’t skate, you don’t get it. It’s more than a sport.”

And unlike the sometimes-public perception of skate punks trashing and thrashing on public sidewalks, railing and anything that looks enticing, Buckalew says the skate community is welcoming, generous and inclusive. When he lost his Keswick house in the Carr Fire, Buckalew says the skate community was among the first to reach out and help his family after the blaze. “The skating community was amazing,” he says. “I got donations from people I’d never met, but knew me through the skating scene.”

Buckalew, a landscaper by trade, skates with his two sons, Shane and

Luke, up and down the I-5 corridor. From premiere parks in Oregon to newly renovated ones in Mount Shasta, Corning and Chico, Buckalew says it’s worth the journey to find a great place to ride.

But soon he and other North State skaters won’t necessarily have to take that summer sojourn in search of the perfect bowl. That’s because Buckalew, Brian Harris and others involved with Skate Movement, a local collection of skaters, teamed with the city of Redding to secure a portion of a state parks bond to upgrade the facilities in Caldwell Park, including the bowls in front of the Redding Aquatic Center.

“There was about $600 million available and we applied for Round 1, focusing on Caldwell Park,” says Travis Menne, a community project manager with the city. “Skate parks have evolved since ours was built.

It’s a functioning park, not falling apart, but standards have improved.

You don’t get a lot of shots at a project like this and we want to make sure this one lasts another 25-30 years.”4

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“ For me, it’s something that I can do as an adult, teacher, parent. Not to mention the connections I make through skating.

People of all ages and walks of life.

There’s just a camaraderie.”

Built in the late 1990s, the Redding Skate Park is ancient, and, honestly, Buckalew says “about a 3 on a 10 scale.” Harris, a longtime teacher in Redding, says Skate Movement worked to raise money through its North State Skate Series – along with contributions from the local BMX community – to have conceptual plans rendered for the updated skate park by world-renowned Dream Land from Oregon.

“We knew Redding needed an update,” Harris says, adding he spent a week in Oregon in late July on a trip whose itinerary centered on skate park stops. “For me, skate parks are the nucleus of my trips.”

Harris, who played traditional sports in high school and coached them as a teacher, says skating is an activity that isn’t limited by age or time constraints. “I can tailor my skating to what I want,” he says. “I can go before or after work. It’s an amazing thing that it’s a lifelong activity. For me, it’s something that I can do as an adult, teacher, parent.

Not to mention the connections I make through skating.

People of all ages and walks of life. There’s just a camaraderie.”

Menne says the public-nonprofit partnership was essential in the city being awarded the grant, which Harris says will pump $1.2 million into a renovation and addition on the existing facility. “We leaned on them (Skate Movement) as experts in their field,” Menne says. “It was the key to the grant.” The plans call for street facilities on one side with vert on the other, and the 36,000-square-foot project could be complete by summer 2021.

“They kept the flow,” he says. “I think this is one more piece to put Redding on the map. We’ve got bike trails, a BMX park, the Sundial Bridge, a cool downtown and now we’re going to have this premiere facility off I-5 and in a great location right near the river.”

Buckalew says having the updated park will allow skaters of all ages to continue honing their skills and perhaps see more North State kids progress in the sport.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re my age or 14, if you can skate, you’re an equal. You’re accepted,” he says. •

Aaron Williams is the former sports editor at the Record Searchlight. He has coached youth and high school sports for the past decade and coaches freshman football at Shasta High School. He enjoys spending time golfing or hiking with his girlfriend Michelle and their mastiff, Maui.

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She had to step back to buffer the impact from this baby, already nearing five feet at the shoulder and rushing a half-ton of excitement straight at her. But the reunion was painless. “She wrapped her trunk around my waist and curled me up against her leg. I ended up with my back against her and my face underneath her ear,” Snyder says.

“That’s how an elephant hugs you.”

She hugged back the way you hug an elephant, embracing Thong Ee’s trunk. “I was overjoyed and sobbing because she remembered me,” Snyder says. “She gave me a lot of love.”4 continued on page 54

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THEY SAY an elephant never forgets. They might be right, because at least one retired Redding nurse can remember an elephant who didn’t forget. When Kathy Snyder returned as volunteer to the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand, she looked forward to reconnecting to a baby elephant she had befriended there nine months ago.

Upon arrival, she sighted the herd across the compound and called out a name. “Thong Ee!” She wasn’t quite ready for the reception she received. “She raised her trunk and she trumpeted and ran to me,” recalls Snyder. “They’re pretty quick when they’re young.”

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The Elephant Nature Park is a Thai animal sanctuary dedicated to rescuing Asian elephants from entertainment venues or a life of labor, captivities Snyder openly calls “slavery.” She says that after they are done performing tricks or finishing a 12-hour shift for a lumber company, captive elephants are chained down. And that’s their lives, as long as 50 years.

Snyder’s volunteer service overseas did not begin by saving elephants, however.

She found the elephant park during a volunteer mission in Cambodia with Mission Rabies, an international organization that vaccinated dogs in remote villages. “I saw this as an honorable mission. More than 60,000 people die yearly from rabid dog bites,” she says. “I was saving human lives.”

She started this new life while still maintaining a career as emergency room nurse at Mercy Medical Center. One day she decided that wasn’t enough for her.

Having loved animals all her life, she sat down and searched online for “animal care.” Thus began a five-year lifestyle of flying abroad to volunteer during vacations from her Redding nursing job, two weeks to a month a time.

Eventually Mission Rabies’ parent organization, Worldwide Veterinary Services, asked her to join their campaign to spay and neuter dogs in Botswana and Zambia.

She said yes. “We’d go out to the villages and do the surgery right on the tailgate of a truck or a picnic table in the bush,” she says. “I’m capable of assisting with spays.

I can do neuters on male dogs by myself. I can also neuter monkeys.”

Snyder saw an easy transition from human care to animal care. “Being a nurse and having medical and surgical experience, you just naturally gravitate to animal care,” she explains. “Everybody has a femur, and the same internal organs. Sure, different places, bigger or smaller, but it’s not that big a jump.”

As grueling as they can be, she doesn’t see her volunteer duties as work. “In that last month I worked as hard as I’ve ever worked, and it was all for free,” she says.

“It’s pure happiness, absolute fun. The reward is the work. It keeps you going.”

Snyder, born and raised in Redding, has loved animals for as long as she can remember. Her favorite animals were horses, which she began riding at age 8. She says the towering height of a horse was no problem for her. “You just grab the mane and swing yourself up – bareback,” she says. “I rode all over town.”

A few years out of high school, she joined the Air Force, where they trained her to be a nurse. After serving for two years in Las Vegas, she left military service and returned to Redding to work in the hospital where she was born. She lived on her ranch, with animals, in Cottonwood. It was nearly three decades later when she began carefully planning her vacations around overseas volunteer animal care service, and after a couple of years, she decided one month a year was not enough.

“In 2017, I retired. I sold my ranch. I sold everything I had.”

This gave her the freedom to spend more time abroad neutering dogs in remote regions of the world for Worldwide Veterinary Services. “In the last five years I’ve worked in nine countries,” she says. “My last mission was in Fiji. On March 19, three days before I was to leave for Australia, they closed the borders because of COVID-19.” Reluctantly, she came home.

Today, like most people, Snyder is sheltering in place. “I live at my mother’s with two dogs,” she says. “I’m very annoyed I have to stay home. I love being a nurse, and I love animals, and I get to incorporate both overseas.”

So she waits, like most people, for the world to return to normal.

Meanwhile, she dreams of going back to the Elephant Nature Park in Cambodia.

“Rescued elephants get to live the rest of their lives in the park. They get to be elephants again,” she says. “If they want to roll in the mud or swim in the river or hang out under the trees and not do anything, they just can do what they want.” • Richard DuPertuis is a Redding grandfather who writes. His stories and photographs have appeared in newpapers, magazines and online. He strives for immortality not by literary recognition, but through diet and exercise. He can be reached at dupertuis@snowcrest.net

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A COUPLE OF Christmases ago, Kelly Campbell got her son Larkin, then 14, a gift card for some sessions at a Redding rock climbing gym. It was a gift that changed his life. “My son became Spiderman in 15 minutes,” Kelly marveled. Larkin plays team sports in school, but this was different, something that was totally on him, where the outcome was based on whatever strength, stamina and skills he could bring to the sport.

Like many young climbers, Larkin found his way into rock climbing through the technique called bouldering. You put on some special shoes, chalk up your hands to help keep them dry and start climbing, usually to a height no more than 20 feet. No ropes, no gear to pound in the cracks of a rock, just a crash pad on the ground in case there’s a fall.

In just a few years, Larkin has made his mark in the climbing world, placing in the top tier in several bouldering competitions in Sacramento. Just for fun, he and his climbing buddies like to head to Lake Tahoe to compete with each other to see who can be the first to make it up “highballs,” difficult climbs that go as high as 40 feet. Closer to home, there’s “The Shredding” on Highway 299 toward Burney, where the rough limestone rock can turn hands bloody, but the 60-foot climbs offer a new challenge, beyond bouldering and into “free climbing” with ropes.

Anna Verhey, 19, has bouldered and free climbed all over the Northwest, from Smith Rock near Bend, Ore., to The Shredding and beyond. But she also likes hanging out with Larkin and her other climbing buddies at Redding’s Shasta Rock Club, where she finds a sense of community among the climbers and a chance to share new techniques.4

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CLIMBING IS ABOUT “ DEALING WITH YOUR FEARS, LEARNING TO COPE WITH THEM AND GET PAST THEM, AND TO CLIMB WITH GRACE.”

When he’s not working as an emergency room doctor in Mount Shasta, Grover Shipman, 46, likes to free climb all over the world. Over the past quarter century, Shipman has climbed up rock walls from Baffin Island off the coast of Greenland to peaks in central Mexico. He climbs for a number of reasons, he says: For the physical challenge, the fellowship of other climbers, the chance to see remote parts of the world.

He also climbs a lot in the Mount Shasta region, and he’s intimately familiar with the differing, characteristic features of his favorite climbs. The granite walls of Castle Crags are full of cracks that make it easy to secure gear and ropes. Then there’s the wall of limestone rock known as Lover’s Leap off the Gazelle-Callahan Road. The limestone offers good handholds, but it’s not for beginners, Shipman notes, since its steep walls require well-honed climbing skills, a practiced ability to shift your weight as you work your way up the rock, reading the rock to find handholds and footholds as you move upward.

Yosemite was the favored climbing spot for Ed Speer of Redding when I interviewed him ten years ago for the Record-Searchlight. Speer was a member of a group of climbers known as the Epic Masters. He had been climbing for nearly four decades.

Speer spoke with rapture about the “gorgeous long cracks, gear-eating cracks” of Yosemite’s walls and the the “romance” of climbing And as with many, Speer shared that climbing is about “dealing with your fears, learning to cope with them and get past them, and to climb with grace.” •

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

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Streets made for everyone! They are designed to operate and enable safe access for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities. Complete streets make it easy to cross a street, walk to shops, and bike to work. They add to the efficiency of bus routes and make it safe for people to cross at intersections.

Many communities are directing their transportation planners and engineers to routinely design and operate the right of way to create more efficient transportation for all users, regardless of the mode of transportation. This means future transportation projects will integrate a better and safer street network for drivers, transit users, pedestrians and bicyclists.

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We are Downtown Redding: The people who enhance Downtown through their work, dedication, and character. Who are the workers in Downtown Redding?

You may see them on a regular basis, others might feel like family, or maybe they’re working behind the scenes.

We are Downtown Redding is a new Viva Downtown project that highlights people who work downtown.

Every Tuesday and Thursday you can read about one of these workers on Viva’s Instagram and Facebook, where their dedication to customers, community and craft will be showcased.

One of our highlights was on Emily Miranda, Social Media Manager for Enjoy Magazine. She hopes “when people read Enjoy Magazine, they find at least one article on something they didn’t know about. There is more to the area than we think. A lot of people that come to town begin to realize how much the North State has to offer.” Miranda also writes monthly articles on North State nonprofits, which can be read on the next page, after reading Downtown Details!

Stay tuned each Tuesday and Thursday to learn more about our Downtown Workers.

The layout of a complete street is dependent on the road, neighborhood and district. It may include sidewalks, bike lanes, special bus lanes, comfortable and accessible public transportation stops, frequent and safe crossing opportunities, corner bulb-outs, accessible pedestrian signals, curb extensions, narrower travel lanes, roundabouts, etc. The goal is to help develop a more livable Downtown Redding for everyone, not just motorists.

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WHAT’S COOKIN’ | STORY AND PHOTO BY MACI MANTY

S’MORES SKILLET COOKIE

DO YOU HAVE A RECIPE YOU’D LIKE LANA OR MACI TO MAKE? Please submit it to lana@enjoymagazine.net

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SEPTEMBER 2020 RECIPE Long summer days may be coming to an end but that doesn’t mean our favorite summer flavors have to.

You don’t need a campfire to enjoy this tasty S’mores Skillet Cookie full of gooey marshmallows, graham cracker pieces and melty chocolate- just bake it in your oven and you can enjoy s’mores flavor any time of year! Enjoy

INGREDIENTS:

1 egg 1 egg yolk

½ cup + 6 T brown sugar, packed

½ cup butter, softened

½ tsp. baking soda

1 T vanilla

1 ½ cups flour

DIRECTIONS: STEP 1: Preheat oven to 325* F. Grease 9-inch cast iron skillet, set aside.

½ T cornstarch

1 cup chocolate chips, divided

3 graham crackers,

coarsely crushed 10-12 large marshmallows

STEP 2: In a large bowl, combine egg, egg yolk, brown sugar and butter and mix with an electric hand mixer.

STEP 3: Add baking soda, vanilla, flour and cornstarch to the bowl and mix well until fully incorporated.

STEP 4: Add ¾ cup of the chocolate chips and the coarsely crushed graham crackers into the bowl and gently mix into the dough with a rubber spatula until evenly incorporated.

STEP 5: Press ¾ of the cookie dough into the bottom of the greased 9-inch cast iron skillet.

STEP 6: Press marshmallows into the dough spaced evenly apart.

PREP TIME: 15 minutes COOK TIME: 25 minutes

STEP 7: Take the remaining dough and press it onto the top of the marshmallow layer keeping some of the marshmallow exposed. Sprinkle the remaining ¼ cup of chocolate chips over the top of the dough.

STEP 7: Place the skillet into the oven on the middle rack and bake for 25 minutes. When about 8 minutes of baking time remains, cover the skillet with tin foil to keep the marshmallows from burning. Let the skillet cool on a cooling rack before cutting and serving. Cut into 8 large pieshaped pieces or 16 smaller pieces. Can be stored covered tightly at room temperature.

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Maci Manty is a self-taught baker, wife, mother and animal lover. Some of her favorite things include baking, taking pictures, hiking, paddle boarding at Whiskeytown Lake, bike rides and spending time with her family and pets. Follow her feed on Instagram @lovely_baking_co to see what she’s baking.

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GIVING BACK | BY EMILY MIRANDA

rescued with love C AT Z A N D D O G Z O F T H E N O R T H S TAT E IT BEGAN AS a personal quest over a community concern. Someone had reported a litter of kittens running across the drive-thru at the local Starbucks. After an earlymorning adventure spent collecting and catching the feral strays, the foundation of Catz and Dogz of the North State was born. Although the concern for the Starbucks rescues shaped the formation of the nonprofit, the heart behind the organization stemmed from a long-held passion to help animals in need and give them a chance at love, safety and finding a forever home.

Catz and Dogz of the North State’s mission is to rescue and nurture lost and abandoned animals found in the community, then to adopt them out to safe, loving homes.

The nonprofit was officially founded in 2016 and is based in Cottonwood.

Many in the community praise Karen Hansen, cofounder of the organization, for her dedication to the organization and compassion for each animal that comes through the door. Hansen is not alone in her efforts; she finds support through passionate volunteers, each playing a vital role in keeping the integrity and mission of Catz and Dogz of the North State intact.

These volunteers help with rescue efforts as well as providing care and love to the animals before they are found a forever home. Time and funds are invested to maintain the highest standard of care in helping the animals. This consists of working around the clock to

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feed, nurse, medicate, foster and care for the sick, weak and starving animals who have been forsaken, neglected or abandoned by previous owners.

Such efforts have not gone unnoticed. Catz and Dogz of the North State has received much praise and a flood of positive feedback from the community for being one of the hardest-working rescue groups in the North State.

Every rescue is deemed a wonderful creature, valuable and deserving of love. This philosophy keeps Catz and Dogz of the North State pressing on toward its goal, making certain every animal that comes in is doted on, cared for and shown love through the process. For volunteer, adoption or donation opportunities, visit the organization’s Facebook page. • Find them on Facebook and Instagram

Emily J. Miranda is a freelance writer, designer, and self taught artist. She is a graduate of Simpson University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communication with an emphasis on business and marketing. In her free time she enjoys writing, painting, sewing, and any projects involving creative insight.

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obtained his baccalaureate degree from UCLA, graduating summa cum laude. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and completed his residency at the top-ranked cancer center in the United States, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He is a board-certified Radiation Oncologist with experience in the latest radiation treatment modalities.

from the University of San Diego, graduating summa cum laude. He completed a Radiation Oncology residency at the National Capital Consortium/National Cancer Institute and is a board-certified Radiation Oncologist. After honorably serving in the United States Navy and achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander, Dr. Kehrer and his family happily call the North State their home.

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