MAGAZINE: August 2009 ISSUE
Make A Splash
August 01, 2009
Summers sizzle is in full effect, so pour yourself some iced tea, find a shady spot and let us entertain you…
Planning to squeeze in one last getaway before school resumes? The Blackberry Music Festival is a slow, lazy treat for the family that includes a car cruise, the sweet strains of jazz and delectable blackberry pies. Bonus: Our beauty columnist shares everything you need to know about fitting all your must haves into your luggage.
The folks in our community continue to humble us with their compassion. Take, for example, the Student Conservation Association students who worked as interns for the National Park Service to finish a new, critical link in a Whiskeytown trail system. Then there are the enterprising Riverfront Playhouse volunteers who continue their tireless work to raise funds for a new, 185 seat theater in downtown Redding. “It’s such an important part of the revitalization of our downtown,” says Mary Forbes, chair of the committee. Then there are the animal lovers at Wild Horse Sanctuary, who provide a safe home for 300 wild mustangs and burros who would have otherwise been held in crowded refuges to await adoption or death. Instead, they live out their lives in the 5,000 acres of rocky ranges between Manton and Shingletown.
Some of our other neighbors have stepped out onto a national stage. Roland Winbecklers amazing cakes earned him some time on Food Network, and he brought Shasta College culinary arts students along for the ride. Elizabeth and Robert Waterbury have created an acclaimed music program whose graduates are making names for themselves all over America. And Enterprise High grad Jimmy Elledge – the son-in-law of the late Dale Earnhardt is living his dream as a NASCAR crew chief who made it to the Nextel Cup Series. “It was a dream of mine to be here,” he says. “I feel very fortunate to have met the people I have met, been around the people I’ve been around, and have the relationships I have. I wouldn’t trade it for nothin’. It’s been a great experience. If it ended tomorrow, I would smile about it for the rest of my life.”
May we all be as lucky. Enjoy!
Featured Content for August 2009
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Spotlight: Trail Mix
story: Michael O'Brien photos courtesy of Jim Milestone The Shasta Trinity Trail Connects the Mountains With the City Deep in the woods and along the cold streams that flow off Shasta Bally’s old growth forest, college students from the Student Conservation Association have finished constructing a new trail over Papoose Gulch. Like the miners and Chinese laborers from the California Gold Rush, these young men and women worked hard digging in the hills of Whiskeytow... More
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Interest: Canines Compete
story: Sue Edmon photos: MaxDogPhotos.com Reddings Flyball And Splash Dogs There’s something irresistible about a toy-obsessed dog. He drops his treasure at your feet and watches hopefully with those big brown eyes, tail whipping side to side. When you toss it for him, he’s so thrilled you can’t help but smile. But that smile fades at around the 30th throw, when your arm feels like it’s going to fall off. Of course, your dog doesn’t know th... More
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Profile: Canvas Calling
story: Sandie Tillery BEV CORFORDS PASSION FOR ART Al Pacino, playing a blind character in “Scent of a Woman,” expressed the sensuous rapture of dancing with a beautiful woman… their movement on the dance floor, their elegant oneness with each fluid step, the very fragrance of her being. True artists feel similar sensuality throughout the process of creating. Bev Corford often feels her canvas calling her, keeping her through the night, a passion welling up and spilling out as the b... More
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Interest: Play Time
story: Jim Dyar Riverfront playhouse’s big plans for downtown redding Trying to raise big dollars in a stagnant economy is no easy task. But the members of the Riverfront Playhouse Capital Campaign Committee are motivated by a singular vision. They know a new theater in downtown Redding will provide an enormous boost to the community. “It’s such an important part of the revitalization of our downtown,” says Mary Forbes, chair of the committee. “The... More
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Top 10: Run Spot Run
1. Walking the Sacramento River Trail: It’s great exercise for both of you, in one of the North State’s most picturesque surroundings. What’s not to love? Be sure to bring bags to clean up after your pet - and he must stay on his leash. 2. Walking in Anderson River Park: A place with that many squirrels is bound to be on Sparky’s Top 10. 3. Playing fetch in the Sacramento River: This simple pleasure can be... More