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FEBRUARY Artist 65 | CHASE -N-COWS Author and Illustrator Ruth Myhre

BEAUTY 71 | FABULOUS HAIR FAST

59 | ROSES ARE RED Seeing Valentine’s Day Through Children’s Eyes

MUSIC 61 | TALENTED TEENS

BUSINESS

68 | Jazzin’ it up

25 Years of Entertainment From Enterprise Starship

35 | A SOUND ENDEAVOR

North State Saxophonist Dave Short

The Soundhouse Recording Studio

PROFILE

The Art of Restoring Cars with Kevin Kay Restoration

Colton Boss and Delaney Radtke Photo by Kara Stewart

The Thurmond Triplets Pursue Their Dreams

Seven Easy Tips for Great Hair

49 | AUTOMOBILE ART

ON THE COVER

22 | fantasyland

55 | TRIED & BREWED California Brewing Company in Redding

COMMUNITY 15 | Dreaming big MelEnMar Entertainment Helps the Community

DINING 23 | DELICIOUS DINING Morgan and Unni Song’s Maritime Seafood & Grill

EDITORS’ PICKs 25 | SISKIYOU COUNTY Live, Play and Work In Siskiyou County

ENJOY THE VIEW 79 | FRAMED FOR LOVE

By Brent Van Auken

HOW WE MET

52 | CLEAR FOCUS Frank Kratofil’s Love of Photography

RECREATION 33 | RISE ABOVE HiRiseFMX Takes It to a New Level

39 | ELBOW ROOM Redding Roller Girls Elbow Their Way In as a Legitimate Sport

POINT OF INTEREST 31 | STOPPING POINT Randolph Collier Safety Roadside Rest Area

IN EVERY ISSUE 73 | Top 10 GETTIN’ HITCHED: Top 10 Places to Have a Wedding In The North State

76 | DINING GUIDE Great Places To Eat In The North State

77 | WHAT’S COOKIN’

45 | LoVe Stories

FEBRUARY RECIPES: Stay at Home Valentine’s Day Dinner

North State Residents Share How They Met

81 | Calendar of Events

INTEREST 17 | A TAIL OF LOVE Sunshine Sanctuary for Kids & Horses

What’s Happening in the North State

85 | Giving Back VAN-TASTIC VOLUNTEERS: Nor-Cal Shrine Club

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alittlelove “True love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have.” – Antoine de SaintExupery To celebrate the month in which we celebrate love, we have a treat for you. Some of our faithful readers were kind enough to share the stories behind how they met their soul mates. Enjoy these tales of enduring devotion – we hope you’ll be inspired to go create a little romance of your own.

Know what we love? Determination, passion and grit. That’s what Jay and Michele Webster demonstrated when they thumbed their noses at the bad economy to establish the California Brewing Company. These qualities are also innate in Ruth Myhre - she’s loved writing and illustrating stories since she was a girl growing up on a North State ranch, and her first book was published in August, complete with her own watercolor paintings on each page.

Yvonne Mazzotta publisher Michelle Adams publisher Ronda Ball managing editor Matt Briner art director Amy Holtzen graphic designer Kerri Regan copy editor James Mazzotta advertising sales representative/ photography/new business developer Britanie Stratton agency account manager Michael O’Brien advertising sales representative Casey Beck advertising sales representative Debe Hopkins advertising sales representative

Unbridled passion is also what you’ll find at Sunshine’s Sanctuary for Kids & Horses, Christina Nooner’s 20-acre Los Molinos farm where kids and horses learn responsibility and compassion from one another. “Out here, you don’t worry about things like being popular. You learn to get rid of that selfish aura that teenagers get by caring about something outside of yourself,” says Sunshine Kid Shantel Owens, 22. “When you love somebody, you’ll do anything for them.”

The Nor-Cal Shriners with their distinctive red fezzes are also sure to warm your heart for the past 10 years, they’ve donated their time to transport children and their parents or guardians to Shriners Hospital in Sacramento. The rides, as well as the world-class treatment at the hospital, don’t cost the passengers a dime.

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Also in this issue, you’ll meet a gutsy team of mothers, daughters and wives who spend some of their free time playing roller derby, and Dave Short, a busy family physician who shares his love for music with all of us via monthly concerts at Old City Hall. And we know you’ll be blown away by Enterprise Starship, which has performed all over the country and abroad for 25 years.

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Theodore Roosevelt once said, “I consider the evening twilight on Mt. Shasta one of the grandest sights I have ever witnessed.” Who could argue? Our “Editors’ Picks” takes you to Siskiyou County, home of that majestic mountain, for a look at some of the must-see sights up there.

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Call a friend, smile at a stranger, hug a child – enjoy a little love.

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Kerri Regan: Kerri 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 young children.

Gary VanDeWalker: Gary grew up in Mt. Shasta, 12 years ago returning from the San Diego area with his wife Monica. Together they raise their three boys and manage the Narnia Study Center.

A Ph.D. in philosophy, Gary is also an adjunct professor for Simpson University.

Sandie Tillery: A country girl recently transplanted into city life, Sandie Tillery writes about the North State from 35 years of personal experience exploring it from corner to corner with husband John, their three grown children and four grandsons.

She loves interviewing the amazing people who live here and telling their stories.

Jamie Weil: A Cottonwood native, Jamie earned a B.A. in English Literature from UCLA and M.A. in teaching from Occidental College. She is thrilled to have returned to Cottonwood with her family after a 26-year sabbatical. She currently works as freelance writer and is rewriting her first novel, First Break.

Melissa Gulden: Melissa Gulden returned to Redding three years ago, just in time for Enjoy!

She has a Master’s degree in English and a B.A. in Journalism. She is a teacher at University Preparatory School and a member of The Dance Project, as well as a certified MAC makeup artist.

Lana Granfors: Lana enjoys traveling, gardening, cooking and spending time with her friends and family– especially her granddaughter, Jillian.

Currently working part time at the City of Redding’s Visitor Bureau, she enjoys promoting attractions, points of interest and cultural aspects of our community.

Beth K. Maxey: A grateful recipient of second chances and new beginnings, Beth appreciates working under kitty supervision from her Red Bluff home office. She’s worked in marketing and communications for non-profit, public sector and corporate entities. A native Midwesterner, she and husband Tony enjoy exploring the North State.

Jon Lewis: Jon spent 23 years in journalism and worked at newspapers in Woodland, Davis, Vacaville and Redding. He now works in marketing and development for public television station KIXE and continues to write on a freelance basis.

Cody Kirch: Cody is a senior at Simpson University, majoring in communication with an emphasis in journalism. He has served as the online and managing editor for his university newspaper and is a contributing writer for Destination Ad Agency, a travel writing company based out of Eugene, OR.

Todd McBain: Todd is a freelance writer and a Redding native. He currently works in recreation, but in his previous life he was the sports editor for the Red Bluff Daily News and a sports reporter/photographer for KRCR News Channel 7. He attended Chico State, where he majored in journalism and minored in sociology.

Joshua Corbelli: With a B.A. in English Literature from UC Santa Barbara, Josh returned to Redding to pursue his true passion, writing. He’s studied abroad, served as a firefighter, retail manager, pizza guy, ticket-office assistant, caterer and too much more to name. He likes to learn, but don’t tell anybody.

Kimberly Carlson: Kimberly earned her Master of Arts at Humboldt State University in English with an emphasis in literature, and an emphasis in the teaching of writing. Kimberly lives in Redding with her husband and son.

Gwen Lawler-Tough: Gwen has the Irish love of telling stories. She grew up in the Midwest and has a Bachelors degree in English Literature. She and her husband Rich moved to Redding ten years ago from the Bay Area. She is most proud of raising two wonderful sons, Doug and Dan.

Jim Dyar: Jim is a contributing writer for Food For Thought: A News Cafe (www.anewscafe.com) and a former arts and entertainment editor at the Record Searchlight. He’s also a musician and a fan of vehicles with two wheels.

Kallie Markle: A native and mostly lifelong Redding resident, Kallie earned B.A.s in Literature and Theology from Point Loma Nazarene University, which led to a marketing career with a splash of freelance writing for effect. She and Mr. Perfect bought the strangest house they could find in Redding and enjoy life alongside their diabolical cat and unassuming dog.

Brent Van Auken: Brent has been taking photographs with a digital SLR camera for about a year. This is just the beginning of this of his adventure with photography. Different perspectives of people, places and objects have always caught his eye and he is now able to show others how he sees life through the lens of his camera.

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Shooting the breeze one morning at a Redding coffee shop, three good friends, Melissa Bowker, Encar Vegas and Villezar, decided they wanted to help raise money for several youth and elderly social services in the area. Taking the first few letters of each of their first names, the women named their first nonprofit venture MelEnMar Entertainment and opened shop in early August 2009. “(We figured), why don’t we just go ahead and do something that helps out both the youth and seniors?” says Villezar.

They decided to bring world-class performance artists to Redding’s doorstep, with all proceeds going to charity. Besides raising money, the concerts would also provide a culturally enriching experience for attendees.

“We wanted to expose people to artists that they wouldn’t normally hear or listen to,” says Vegas, whose day job includes working as the director of the Philippine American Heritage Dance Troupe.

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Starting a new nonprofit organization had a steep learning curve. Fortunately, under the guidance and mentoring of Larry Montgomery, executive administrator at Golden Umbrella, MelEnMar Entertainment began to gain some hard-earned traction.

They joined the Greater Redding Chamber of Commerce, and enjoyed encouragement from local businesses, media stations, and even their friends and family. “Redding has so many people that are generous and willing to help,” Encar says.

On November 29, 2009, at the Gaia Hotel Restaurant and Spa in Redding, MelEnMar Entertainment held its first official benefit dinner concert, “An Evening of Delight with David Pomeranz.”

The event featured performances by several other local artists and musicians. The MelEnMar team was overjoyed that the event raised money for intended beneficiaries.

“There is nothing easy in this world. You just have to push yourself and make the hard things easier,” says Encar.

Now, MelEnMar hopes to continue to build its reputation for innovative and memorable concerts with top-notch performance artists. “You must be willing to become an active member in your community,” says Villezar. “Meeting challenges and overcoming them is how you grow.” •

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Following the 1999 tragedy at Columbine High, Christina Nooner took Jane Paulie’s advice to heart: “Teach kids to be nice to kitties, and they learn compassion for all others.”

Substituting horses for kitties, Nooner created a landscape on her 20-acre farm where kids and horses learn responsibility and compassion from one another.

Here, she works tirelessly on her passion: mentoring children and horses.

The sanctuary is tucked behind Lassen View Elementary School in Los Molinos. A natural relationship has blossomed between students who peek at Nooner’s horses from their soccer field and the horses that graze next door. Students in after-school programs come to the sanctuary to learn about horses and help with projects, such as mural painting. u

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Over time, word has spread about the special horses and people living at Sunshine’s Sanctuary for Kids & Horses. Each child signs a contract agreeing to be kind, responsible and respectful, both on and off the property. Known as Sunshine Kids, they are expected to keep their grades up and listen to their parents.

Sunshine Kid Shantel Owens, 22, started coming to Sunshine’s Sanctuary nine years ago.

“I came on my 13th birthday. I was horse nuts so my mom gave that gift to me as a present. I absolutely loved it. I’ve been coming ever since,” says Owens.

On Owens’ first visit, Nooner did what she often does with new visitors: She assigned Owens a horse named Sonny to call her own.

Since that time, Owens has fallen in love with many horses. She now brings her 2-year-old daughter, Ashlyn, to the sanctuary so she can learn similar values.

“Out here, you don’t worry about things like being popular.

You learn to get rid of that selfish aura that teenagers get by caring about something outside of yourself,” says Owens.“ When you love somebody, you’ll do anything for them. Here, you put all of that love into your horses.”

This is not hard to do at the sanctuary. Each horse has a distinct personality. There’s Wings, who has a penchant for 7-Up and rolls his eyes back in his head when he tastes the lemon-lime goodness.

And, of course, there’s Sunshine. The sanctuary’s namesake demonstrates the same perseverance and survival that Nooner gently teaches each child (many high-risk) who comes to the sanctuary.

When Nooner was called to rescue Sunshine, the two-week-old cremello filly’s survival looked unlikely. Abandoned by her mother, she was barely conscious when two ranch hands discovered her.

Nooner and several children picked her up and rushed her to UC Davis, where Dr. Karen Blumenshine gave her a 1 percent chance of survival.

With the help of Nooner’s nursing background, and the children who volunteered to help with feedings every two hours for months, Sunshine recovered. Now flourishing, she recently celebrated her 11th birthday with a party hosted by Nooner and the Sunshine Kids.

Just before Sunshine was born, the herd lived on Santa Cruz Island off the California coast. However, the 15 horses were evicted because island management wanted to convert the island into a national park. Hollywood voices Bo Derek and William Shatner fought alongside Blumenshine and others to keep the horses in their native habitat. They suspected the horses were the Heritage Herd, which many believed to be extinct. Due to genetic testing limitations, they were unable to prove this link, and the horses were relocated to Shingletown. Soon after arriving in Shingletown, genetic testing proved the horses were direct descendants of those brought over in the 1800s from the Iberian Peninsula of Spain; they were the last 15 in the world.

Notable characteristics set them apart from other horses. They have a unique bone structure which yields a smooth gait. They also have an uncanny connection with humans, especially children. This trait makes them equine therapy masters, and they have historically been used in therapeutic venues.

Under Nooner’s supervision, the horses have increased their herd size to 30. They love and are loved by the Nooners and volunteers who frequent the sanctuary grounds. Nooner says angels live at the sanctuary. This Valentine’s Day, take a drive out to Los Molinos and see for yourself. • 19 Enjoy February 2010

Sunshine Sanctuary for Kids & Horses Christina Nooner, owner 10931 Singer Avenue Los Molinos (530) 529-0183 www.sunshinesanctuary.org

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THE THURMOND TRIPLETS PURSUE THEIR DREAMS Those who spend lots of time at Disneyland might wonder if the resort ever lets that striking blond-haired, blue-eyed young man have a day off. If it seems like he’s there all the time, you’re one-third right.

Ten years after graduating from Enterprise High School, the identical Thurmond triplets - Clayton, Kyle and Matthew – now make a living as performers at the Happiest Place on Earth.

“We perform for 10,000 people a day,” Matthew says. “Adam Sandler gave me a thumbs up, and Lindsey Lohan was laughing at Clayton’s legs and tights.” They also performed at Miley Cyrus’ Sweet 16 special event.

“We’re in every single show,” Clayton says, including Fantasmic, Disney’s Electrical Parade and many more. “How many people get to say they’re performers at Disneyland? It’s an honor.”

As youngsters, the triplets fostered their love for music through Parsons Junior High School’s Music in Motion, Enterprise Starship and Kids Unlimited. “School districts where we live (in Los Angeles) don’t have things like that. We lived for KU every year,” Matthew says.

After high school graduation, the three set out to further discover themselves.

Clayton earned a liberal studies degree from Shasta College and bachelor’s degrees in musical theater and liberal studies from Sonoma State University. He holds a master’s degree in education from Whittier College and an elementary teaching credential, and he works as a tutor and substitute teacher. He heads to London in March to teach second grade for a year, and he hopes to earn a Ph.D. Kyle earned a bachelor’s degree in musical theater from Fullerton State University, and then attended an open audition for Disney’s Electrical Parade.

He was chosen from 180 people for the spot. He spent last spring doing stage work in New York.

Matthew went to school and performed in San Diego for several years, and out of 600 people who auditioned, he was one of 30 accepted to the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in the heart of New York City. “All my professors were working on Broadway,” Matthew says. He went to school from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., then he’d go to work ushering at Broadway shows. He worked with Wicked in New York for the first two years after it opened, and he spent 10 months in Tokyo’s Disneyland Resort.

Several years ago, the triplets reunited in Los Angeles and signed on with a talent agent, hoping to start a “boy band“ (a dream that is still high on Matt’s list). That dream was buoyed by the support of their core fan club – parents Teresa and David Burroughs, grandmother Loretta Buffington, and sister and brother-in-law Kristyn and Shawn Frezs. “They all helped us financially and emotionally,” Clayton says.

The three credit A Dance Project Artistic Director James Santos of Redding as a “major inspiration” and source of guidance and encouragement. Santos

was working in New York when Matthew moved there, and when Matthew returned to Redding two years ago, Santos cast him in “A Cascade Christmas.” “It was more professional than doing some shows in L.A.,” Matthew says. “Redding should be grateful and thankful for A Dance Project.”

“It’s like Broadway in Redding,” adds Kyle.

The Dance Project’s X-Treme Dance Camp is another coup for the North State, he says. “James is bringing professional people up here to teach,” Clayton says, citing as an example Denny Newell, a senior show director for Disneyland who “casts us in all the shows,” Clayton says.

In the decade since they graduated from high school, they’re proud that they’ve finished college, further developed their individual talents and experienced life on their own terms.

“People don’t understand what it’s like to share an identity,” Clayton says. “That doesn’t mean that we’re not the Thurmond triplets and that we’re not each other’s best friends. We’ve fallen individually, and together we’ve picked each other back up.”

Strength of character and faith in God have pulled the 29-year-old men through some amazing challenges. “A lot of people will try to tell you that you can’t do something, but I moved to New York with $200 in my pocket and made it happen,” Matthew says. “I worked my butt off and ended up living there for almost four years.”

Adds Clayton, “We all did that in our own way - we all went somewhere knowing no one. It’s all about taking risks. It’s scary to move away from Redding. It’s scary to leave your parents.”

Bottom line? Hard work and a positive attitude pay off – and it helps to have the fortitude to sometimes survive on kidney beans, ramen and macaroni and cheese. “If you work two or three jobs in a day and the last thing you do is perform at night, you feel fulfilled,” Matthew says. “It’s faith, trust and pixie dust.”

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Maritime Seafood and Grill’s sophisticated surroundings and exquisite meals have prompted more than one patron to observe, “This doesn’t feel like Redding.”

But one needn’t live in a major metropolitan area to enjoy an imaginative, memorable dinner after a show at a historic theater, or take a stroll across a pedestrian bridge followed by a cocktail in a classy bar. For more than five years, Maritime in downtown Redding has been serving French Californian-inspired cuisine in an elegant but casual atmosphere, and it’s been praised by food and travel writers in publications ranging from the Record Searchlight to the New York Times. Big-city dining might make you feel uncomfortable in anything less than eveningwear. At Maritime, wear suits or shorts – owners Morgan and Unni Song like you just the way you are.

With the economy on life support, the Songs have had to think creatively to ensure that customers continue to come through the doors. Enter “Friday Night Guest Bartender,” in which people from all walks of life spend a few hours behind the bar. Don’t worry about a real estate agent, journalist, carpenter or nurse being unable to tell a mojito from a Manhattan – seasoned bartender Tom Vonderhaar makes sure your order is just right. The guest bartenders take orders, mingle with customers and deliver drinks. “A lot of people don’t know about our restaurant,” Song says; guest bartenders have drawn in people who became regular Maritime customers after spending an evening there.

The Songs also present live music on Fridays, and they make a

concerted effort to predict what sorts of music the guest bartenders’ friends will enjoy. “We match the music with the bartenders if we can,” Song explains.

An even more recent experiment is “Hamburger Night,” which was inspired by a customer who noticed that it’s easy to find a top-notch burger around town for lunch, but the hunt is tougher at night. “I always listen to customers’ ideas,” Song says. “It’s so nice that everybody wants to help us with our business.” Now, every Wednesday, the Songs serve up creative burgers made from topquality organic beef from Prather Ranch. Prices start at $10.50.

They’re playing with the idea of having teen musicians play dinner music for Hamburger Nights. “People love music, and youngsters don’t have a lot of places to play,” she says.

Maritime is also an ArtHop participant, which brings new faces into the restaurant each month, she says.

The 140-seat restaurant is sophisticated and comfortable, divided into several sections to create a more intimate feel. And it appears that the building could be powered by Unni’s megawatt smile. From her warm greeting at the door to her uncanny ability to remember details about returning guests’ lives, she makes spectacular customer service look effortless. “We welcome everyone,” Song says. “We want it to be nice, but still friendly and open to everybody.”

The food is imaginative, complex and artistic, yet somehow unpretentious. “We like to have something that other people don’t have,” Song says. You’ll find plenty of seafood and steak, but don’t be afraid to also try the braised lamb shanks, wild boar or venison when they’re available.

The Songs are delighted with downtown’s evolution – when

they opened Maritime, businesses were far more scarce in the area that is becoming the city’s heart once again. They’re pleased with the arrival of other upscale dining establishments in recent years.

“Competition is always good,” Song says. “We’ve got a lot of good quality restaurants. There used to be only chain restaurants.”

The Songs met in Korea and married 33 years ago. They lived in San Francisco for more than a quarter century; Morgan Song created upscale restaurants in San Francisco, Marin County and Woodland.

They have two grown children – one is a student at UC Berkeley, and the other attends UC Davis. “This is a wonderful place to raise children,” Song says. She’s a self-appointed ambassador for the North State, encouraging her friends to stay for longer than it takes to fill up the car with gas on their way somewhere else. “They stop by and they say it’s way too hot,” Song says. “I thought that was very funny, because Redding is very beautiful … it’s a very unique and pretty city.”

Morgan Song commutes between Redding and the Sacramento area, where he’s the executive chef at Ambience, a restaurant of similar style that he opened in early 2008. It just skyrocketed to the top of OpenTable.com’s listings for “Best Food” and “Best Overall” in the Sacramento area, and a Sacramento Bee food critic described “each meal” as “an adventure, a pleasure, a showcase.”

Their Carmichael restaurant is primarily for special occasions, and the Songs are honored that many North State residents choose to spend their anniversaries, birthdays and other celebrations at Redding’s Maritime, as well. But they’re even more delighted that their customers choose to come back on otherwise ordinary days. So if you’re waiting for a special occasion, delay no longer – Groundhog Day and “the first sunny day this week” count. •

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SISKIYOU COUNTY Editors’ Picks

“I consider the evening twilight on Mt. Shasta one of the grandest sights I have ever witnessed.” – Theodore Roosevelt Generations have ice skated in this majestic mountain’s shadow, captured its magnificence on film or canvas - and some of the more adventurous among us have even ascended its 14,179-foot summit. Yet every hamlet from Dunsmuir up to Yreka harbors treasures. The outdoor adventures are nearly limitless - gold panning, anyone? - but you can also stroll through Siskiyou County’s streets and discover delightful art galleries, exquisite restaurants and quaint shops and neighborhoods.

Fast facts: • More than 60 percent of the land in Siskiyou County is managed by the federal and state government, including the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the state Department of Fish and Game.

• Mount Shasta, at 14,179 feet of elevation, is the fifth-highest peak in California. It’s part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc. • Yreka, the Siskiyou County seat, was created March 22, 1852. The county is also home to Mount Shasta, Weed, Dunsmuir, Montague, Tulelake, Dorris, Etna, Fort Jones and nearly 30 unincorporated towns.

• Siskiyou County has a population of about 44,500 people. Though it ranks 44th among California’s 58 counties in population, it’s the fifth-largest county in the state, with 6,347 square miles.

• Prospectors flooded the area during California’s Gold Rush. Construction of the Central Pacific Railroad along the Siskiyou Trail in the 1880s boosted the area’s tourism, and visitors – just like today – came from all over to enjoy the area’s plentiful outdoor recreational activities.

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the mountain is calling Grab a snowboard or a pair of skis (or just a good book for the lodge) and head up to Mt. Shasta Ski Park (www.skipark.com), or if skating is more your speed, bundle up and hit the Siskiyou Ice Rink. Need a weekend getaway? The Mount Shasta Resort (www.mountshastaresort.com) is situated at the base of Mt. Shasta on 126 acres of forest and rolling hills. He can spend the afternoon on the 18-hole golf course, while she gets pampered at the day spa – then meet at the restaurant for an exceptional meal. The charming private chalets (some are lakeside) feature gas log fireplaces; the Woodland Room has a Jacuzzi tub.

mt. shasta city park Take a picnic to the 26-acre Mount Shasta City Park, where the Sacramento River bubbles to life before your very eyes (join the pilgrimage of folks who fill bottles at the headwaters).

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great outdoors Get out. Try hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail, horseback riding in the Marble Mountains, fishing in the high alpine lakes (guides are available), river rafting, camping – your options are limited only by your imagination. Feeling lucky?

Give gold mining a shake: It’s lured people to Siskiyou County since the Gold Rush days, and folks can still be found dipping pans into sparkling waters throughout the county.

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Dine inside an antique railroad car and sleep in a caboose at the Railroad Park Resort (100 Railroad Park Road, Dunsmuir). Nestled along a clear mountain creek in the pines, you can explore a gear-driven steam logging locomotive, the 1893 Wells Fargo car and more. Historical tidbit: This was the spot where additional locomotives were added onto trains to push them up the steep grade to Mt. Shasta.

fabulous dining Hungry? No problem. In Mount Shasta, your numerous can’tmiss options include Mike and Tony’s (Italian American familystyle dinners since 1945, 501 S. Mt. Shasta Blvd.), The Piemont (fine Italian dining house that one reader gushes is the “best in the world,” 1200 S. Mt. Shasta Blvd.) and the new Vivify (organic Japanese food that “resonates as a union of Shasta’s nature energy, Japanese cooking from the past, and unknown aspects of what is Japanese in the 21st century,” 531 Chestnut St.). In Dunsmuir’s historic district, the acclaimed bistro-style Café Maddalena features fresh Mediterranean cuisine from Spain, France, Italy and North Africa (5801 Sacramento Ave.).

Thirsty? Grab a pint at the Goat Tavern (107 Chestnut St., Mount Shasta) or the Etna Brewery – it’s well off the beaten path, but worth the adventure to get there. Trivia: Etna Brewery was founded in 1872, but was closed down during prohibition; it was reopened in 1990 and brews the “official beer of the State of Jefferson.”

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Things you might not know about

SISKIYOU COUNTY Fort Jones: An army outpost and trading post in the 1850s, Fort Jones was commissioned to keep peace with local Native American tribes. It’s home to William Randolph Hearst’s retreat, Wyntoon, on the McCloud River.

Yreka: This Gold Rush-era town centers on a “step-back-in-time” downtown and more than 70 pre-1900 houses. This part of town is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. Check out the 4th Annual Gold Rush Days ( June) – or stand back and relish the view of the Cascades, the Siskiyous and the Marble Mountains.

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Scott V alley Scott Valley’s Bluegrass Festival ( July) is a scholarship fundraiser. Listen to bluegrass, chat with the musicians – perhaps even start your own little jam session.

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Mount McCloud Shasta Dunsmuir Mount Shasta: The ShastaYama Taiko Festival ( July 31 in Shastice Park) has brought the magical art of Japanese drumming to the base of Mt. Shasta for a quartercentury.

Dunsmuir: Railroad Days ( June) is a three-day festival celebrating the heritage of the railroad in Dunsmuir. A parade, music, crafts, carnival and food are featured.

The historic downtown area is home to a delightful assortment of art galleries and ultra-local shops.

Trivia: Babe Ruth hit one out of Dunsmuir City Park during an exhibition game in the 1920s.

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Montague: The Montague Balloon Faire in mid-September is a sight like no other – watch 40 balloons of assorted shapes and sizes float over the Shasta Valley. A parade and dinner are part of this family event.

Trivia: William Randolph Hearst, Herbert Hoover and Babe Ruth flew into the Montague Airport to hunt and fish.

McCloud: Wander into the McCloud River Mercantile Co. and you’ll feel like you’ve stepped back in time. Pixy Stix in wooden barrels, licorice in glass jars, unique toys, locally produced music are among the many treasures for sale, and you’ll also find a coffee shop, salon, hotel and yoga room in the rustic building. Nothing says “quaint small town” like the annual McCloud Lumberjack Fiesta ( July), which features a pancake breakfast, logging show, softball, horseshoe throwing, waterslides and more. The Main Street Flea Market (first Sunday in June) lures dozens of food, crafts and “stuff ” vendors to historic Main Street. Heritage Days (the third weekend in August) also features food and craft vendors, music, a melodrama and displays as a fun way to educate visitors about McCloud’s history.

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Heading north from California, it’s the last. Heading south from Oregon, it’s the first. Either way, Collier’s rest stop is the most interesting destination of its kind along Interstate 5 in Northern California. A stopping point for more than a million people a year, this offramp brings you to more than a place for stretching your legs, but a place to wrap your heart around the area to which it is a gateway.

Wrapped on one side by the Klamath River and hugged by steep hillsides of oak, Collier’s sits below the level of the freeway, allowing the sound of birds and rushing water to fill the parking lot and lawns, overtaking the sounds of cars rushing above. In the separate area for recreational vehicles, savvy travelers spend the night here in the quiet of the mountains, while the day finds people peering down at the river which is a starting place for gold mining, fishing and whitewater rafting.

In the summer, groups of Lewis’ woodpeckers can be seen, taking their own stop along their day’s journeys and observing the travelers below from their perches. The picnic tables are spread with the meals of both locals and visitors who take advantage of the peaceful valley as a short oasis along their path.

Randolph Collier was a man of many names: “Father of California Freeways,” “Sage of the Siskiyous” and “Mr. California Freeways.” As the powerful chairman of the California Senate Transportation Committee for 22 years, Collier set the foundations for the freeway system of California, which became the blueprint for the nation. Born in the Northern California town of Etna, he became the example of a citizen legislator whose work impacted the whole country. The rest stop is one of many monuments to his name.

The Collier’s Information and Interpretative Center is the most unique feature of the stop. The 1,500-square-foot center was originally to be a modular building of much less scope, but now is a smartly designed indoor pavilion, welcoming each person who drives through the area. The Center contains an exhibit of historical 31 Enjoy February 2010

mining equipment as well as a street walk. The street is home to nine building displays, which allow a glimpse into the cities along the I-5 corridor, spotlighting their features and achievements.

The Center’s jewel is a state of the art animated relief map showing Siskiyou County history and the Klamath River Basin watershed.

Two programs run with a touch-screen monitor, which activates the map’s programs. Each runs 10 minutes, giving an overview of the area and an understanding of the history of the county and the value of its water to farmers, fish and the migrating birds.

In the future, there are plans for a river viewing platform and gardens along the river showcasing the flora and fauna of the area.

The Center is open 7 days a week, from 9 am until as late as 7 pm during the summer months.

A journey on Interstate 5 though Northern California begins or ends here. In the hurry of travel, it is easy to pass by the wonders along the roadside. The Collier rest stop is one worth making a destination along the way. •

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s a freestyle motocross rider, John Reiser has had his share of thrills and chills.

And then came the spills. And the fractures, the surgeries, the ankle that had to be rebuilt twice and the titanium-reinforced tibia and fibula in his right leg.

So what’s a semi-retired, former high-flier to do at the ripe old age of 24? For Reiser, the answer proved to be promoting.

Specifically, Reiser wanted to stay in the game and use his hard-knocks, trial-and-error experiences to stage freestyle motocross events that put the interests of the performers first.

“There are a lot of promoters looking to make a lot of money,” Reiser says, but those dollar signs would often take precedence over issues of safety. Riders who expressed concerns or asked too many questions would often find themselves on the outside looking in.

“I decided to be the one to speak up and bear the brunt of it,” Reiser says. “I’m trying to make it a little safer and professional. I’m trying to keep my riders safe and not where they have to ride under pressure like when I did it.”

Of course, safety is a relative term in the world of freestyle motocross, where gravity-defying riders think nothing of executing a no-handed back flip on a motorcycle 35 feet in the air while flying between ramps positioned 75 feet apart.

Nonetheless, Reiser persevered and soon launched HiRiseFMX, a company that matches up a close-knit cadre of riders with freestyle demonstrations, exhibitions and contests. His media-savvy high school buddies, Brad and Jeff Jones, set up a website and loaded it with music, videos and pictures. “They’re very good at getting the name out there,” Reiser says.

So good, in fact, that Reiser got a call from Gamal Heche, a prominent Latin American promoter, who was

interested in collaborating on an exhibition in Santa Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Reiser did a little research, found that everything seemed to check out, and signed on.

Staging a show in California can be a tall order, but putting on an exhibition in another country (with a different language to boot) kicks up the organizing effort to a whole new level. What followed were months of planning, phone calls, emails and lots of head scratching.

In the end, Reiser brought a crew of 14 to the Dominican Republic, including nine riders. Motorcycles were drained of fuel and oil and sent by FedEx air freight while the ramps steamed across the ocean on a freighter.

Inside the Estadio D’Olympico, tarps were laid over the grass, protective flooring was installed and then mountains of soil were trucked in and fashioned into jumps and landing areas.

Reiser says he became a little nervous on the day of the show when, 90 minutes before the scheduled start, he looked around and saw nothing but empty seats. Then, “all of a sudden, there were 38,000 people there and they were ready to see some freestyle motocross.”

The riders, including Nick Dunne of Redding, did not disappoint the Dominicans and Reiser says Hache is already planning a second exhibition in Santa Domingo and expanding into South America.

Reiser also is in talks with a former professional rugby player who wants to promote a six-city tour through his native South Africa, and events in Acapulco and possibly Iran are in the early development stages.

Reiser says his company got a big boost from his aunt and uncle, Rich McKinnon and Lisa Hibbard, when their company, Technical Management Staffing Associates, underwrote the purchase of mobile ramps that can be towed to events.

“I’ve been blessed to have their support. I now have the best-engineered stuff and it gives me a step up on the competition, and it’s safer for my riders,” Reiser says.

Closer to home, Reiser has partnered with Jeremy Hayward to open an active sports apparel store dubbed The Ride Shop that offers “the coolest trends” to motorsports fans, BMX racers and skateboard, snowboard and wakeboard riders.

Eventually, Reiser hopes HiRiseFMX and The Ride Shop can pool resources to promote local, low-cost shows that incorporate freestyle motocross, BMX racing and live music.

“We want to bring back entertainment for kids,” he says. “That’s a future goal of ours.” • www.HiRiseFMX.com

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The Soundhouse is the brainchild of Jeremy Edwardson, an accomplished musician in his own right. Edwardson and his band, The Myriad, have toured extensively with bands such as Eisley and Switchfoot and were named MTV2’s Breakout Band of the Year in 2007.

Edwardson discovered his appreciation for producing as a teenager, even as he was still fashioning his musical signature. In those days, the buttons were on a handheld tape recorder and the only dial was the volume. u

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“I realized I loved hearing [the song] and playing it back for people as much as I loved making it,” he recalls. He dug his father’s fourtrack reel-to-reel tape recorder out the garage and dusted it off; there was no turning back.

A move to Seattle led to a job at Ironwood Studio, and Edwardson’s love for producing promptly became a full-fledged passion. Once Ironwood’s tutelage germinated, he moved back to California and found a Redding home with a suitable basement out of which he could do all the recording the tiny space would allow.

“It got pretty claustrophobic in there,” he laughs, remembering how cramped it could be with musicians, instruments and equipment all vying for space – and air. “I started going crazy and knew I had to find a different space.” Edwardson kept an eye out, knowing he wanted to base his studio downtown. A ‘For Lease’ sign appeared on one of his favorite buildings, and he soon found himself with 1,600 square feet and an encouraging landlord.

The clever universe next connected Edwardson with Timothy Garrison, an accomplished acoustician living in the North State.

Garrison has designed amphitheaters, studios and stadiums and knows how to build a space that looks as good as it sounds. He and Edwardson tackled the daunting task of marrying vision and science, and after 15 revisions, the blueprints were complete and the work began. On April 1, 2009, The Soundhouse was open and ready to record.

Before you even enter the building you’re treated to a window gallery of local art, an inspired use of space courtesy of Edwardson’s wife, Meghan. Marley the dog greets you as you enter, where to the right, Edwardson’s control room supplies Trident’s 24-channel 8t Series console (also known as “buttons and dials” for those of us uninformed in such matters). The control room is Edwardson’s blank canvas.

Through thick walls built with an inch of space between them, the sounds of Tehama Street are impressively hushed and you’re met 37 Enjoy February 2010

by the main live room. Everything is curved - walls meet in curves instead of corners, and the ceiling curves up into itself, all according to Garrison’s masterful distribution of sound. The room is tastefully lush, with rich red rugs and a glossy black grand piano waiting patiently to be played.

“I want people to feel comfortable here,” Edwardson says. “I want to give it a lively feel.”

There are smaller live rooms for vocalists or a single instrumentalist, and a large window offers a view to the control room – a far cry from Edwardson’s basement days of producing in a repurposed closet and using walkie-talkies to communicate with the musicians.

Edwardson loves his space; he can fully focus on producing without being stalled by space constraints. While he has his preference of music styles, he’s eager to throw himself into different genres when tasked with a recording outside his usual domains. It’s a research component of the creative process that he relishes. He especially enjoys working with “green” musicians who are still sorting out their sound.

“One my favorite things about producing is hearing the dreams of musicians and drawing their greatness out of them,” Edwardson says.

The Soundhouse is presently producing the music of Kings, a Seattle-based band, and has hosted multiplatinum artists such as Third Day and Brandon Heath. Edwardson has also worked with Florida-based musician Dave Fitzgerald and Canadian Idol finalist Amberly Theissen, as well as Redding native Wesley Jensen.

Edwardson hopes to connect with more local musicians.

Beginning and well-established artists alike are encouraged to make music in The Soundhouse, and all styles are welcome.

“I’ve been to elite studios that were really ‘closed door’,” Edwardson explains. “I like the idea of the start-up band coming here and making a really sweet record.”

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These women all share a common passion: Roller derby. No longer the choreographed flying clotheslines and cartoonish body slams, the all-female roller derby renaissance is gaining steam — now as sport, not spectacle. u

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REDDING ROLLER GIRLS You can catch the Redding Roller Girls’ season opener on March 27 at Big League Dreams. Tickets are available for $12 at the door, or $10 at Fusion Pit on Churn Creek Road, at the Big League Dreams box office, or online at brownpapertickets.com. www.reddingrollergirls.com

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In its earlier incarnation, which started in the mid-1930s and had all but petered out by the early 1970s, roller derby featured teams of professional skaters, men and women, whose races along a banked track were leavened by pratfalls and punch-ups. Then, about seven years ago, roller derby resurfaced in Texas as an amateur, women-only game, played on flat surfaces where a track could be laid out with little more than a roll of tape. Participants took stage names and wore miniskirts and fishnet stockings, adding a campy sexuality to the violent theatrics of old. Today more than 15,000 skaters compete in more than 300 flat-track leagues. About 250 grassroots roller derby leagues now compete on rinks and basketball courts from coast to coast, according to the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Statistically, it’s the fastest-growing sport in the United States, which has only made the sport more competitive.

Recently finished with their second season, the North State’s own Redding Roller Girls are always recruiting strong females. Skating expertise is not a prerequisite, but passion for the game and a good attitude are. According to team manager and co-founder Marie Lopez, aka “Ophelia Ballz,” skill can come later. “We want strong, empowered team players, good role models with good attitudes.

We’re trying to create a more positive image.”

Unlike professional hockey players, the vast majority of roller derby participants are unpaid. Most actually spend money on the sport – they purchase their own equipment and pay monthly dues to support their leagues. Teams usually practice several times a week, and injuries are common.

Lopez had been commuting to Chico twice a week to compete with the Nor Cal Roller Girls when finally, she decided Redding needed its own league. Erica Waters, aka “Alotta Patron,” has been a member of the team for nearly a year. “This is the sport I’ve been looking for – nothing else ever felt right.” For Waters, it is a personal challenge. “You find out how tough you really are. And when you see something that’s right, you know. You feel it in your gut.”

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HOW IT WORKS Brandishing helmets, elbow pads and surly attitudes, five skaters per team race in circles around a track, trying to knock enemy Jammers and Blockers on their butts. It’s like football on skates – you need to knock down your opponents because every time they pass you in the rink, they score a point.

Obviously, some skating experience helps, but these ladies say a skill can be taught. “You have to have the heart. You have to want to do it,” says Waters. And these women certainly have the heart. They even give a portion of profits back to the community. (They will host a fundraiser for Breast Impressions in May, and they often contribute to the Make-A-Wish Foundation).

As for the spectacle? Skaters still wear skimpy costumes, adopt bombastic derby names – Vanity Kills, Sin Sational – and exhibit elbow-throwing, Type A-personality aggression typically frowned upon by mainstream society. “When you put your skates on, you can be whoever you want to be,” says Lopez. “That’s part of the fun.”

However, the Redding Roller Girls have strived to make roller derby a more family-friendly event, adding halftime games for grandparents and children alike. “We keep it very clean,” says Lopez, “and safety is always first.” To keep the game from being chaotic, the girls do safety drills and practice maneuvering in tight spaces. Also, the WFTDA serves as the sport’s sanctioning body, conducting national championships and publishing a meticulous 27-page rulebook.

“This is not your grandmother’s roller derby,” says Lopez. “It may not get the attention that other sports get, but it’s definitely making a comeback.” Part of the struggle has been debunking the myths that it is staged, like the WWE. “It is a sport,” says Lopez. “These girls do get hurt, and they take it very seriously.” •

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Childhood friendships, chance encounters, the Internet - our faithful readers have found their soul mates in countless ways. With Valentine’s Day right around the bend, enjoy these stories of enduring love - then, by all means, feel free to go create a little romance of your own.

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Christine Van Pelt p Her sweetheart: Paul Mercado Their story: Met 45 years ago; reunited in August 2009

Paul and I went to high school together. He was on the varsity football team and sat behind me in one of my classes.

Many times, when we would leave class, he would walk past me and I would always wish that he would talk to me, or better yet, walk me to my next class. I had a big crush on him but he didn’t notice – he was all about football. One time after high school, our paths crossed at a party and he kissed me, only once. He has since told me that he wanted me to know that he cared for me, but at that time in our lives, it wasn’t meant to be.

The next time I saw him, it was our 25th reunion. We were both married, but even after all of these years, I still remember what he was wearing and how handsome he was.

August 12, 2009, was our 45th reunion. I almost didn’t go because there had been such a poor turnout at the 40th. I sent an email to one of the committee members, who sent me the list of people who were going to attend. As I scanned the list, there was “Paul Mercado,” only seven names below mine! I was ecstatic! I sent in my reservation, hoping that he would be there alone – I didn’t know he was single.

At the party, Paul was there hoping to see me, not knowing that I was a widow. I was trying to look around inconspicuously, hoping to see him. While talking to a friend, I noticed that his eyes kept looking over my head.

Finally, I turned to look. Paul had circled the room and was standing right behind me. I said, “Oh, my gosh, Paul!”

I took his hand at the same time he reached for mine. We stood there for a couple of moments, smiling. Finally, I asked him “Do you have a dinner date?” and he answered, “Now I do. Would you join me?” It has taken 45 years for us to be together, but our story has turned out to have a very happy ending. We’re hoping for another 45 years!

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Teresa Provence u Her sweetheart: Jason Provence Their story: Met in middle school; married for 19 years I was in eighth grade and he was in sixth. I thought he was absolutely adorable on his BMX bike, but way too young for me! He was cute, but had a mouth full of braces. Then, the end of his freshman year at Anderson High and the end of my junior year at West Valley High, I saw him at his Anderson baseball game. He asked if he could drive my car around the parking lot. His braces were off, and that’s all she wrote. We started dating that summer, got married seven years later and have been married for almost 19 years.

Lyn Regan q Her sweetheart: Jack Regan Their story: Met in high school; married for almost 42 years

Jack and I were both going to Lincoln High School in San Francisco in 1965. My friend had mentioned Jack’s name as one of her many loves from her church, so when I heard it in my biology class I kept trying to figure out which guy belonged to the name. Finally, I found him, and the next day I mustered up all my courage to say “hello” since I was a lowly sophomore and he was a mighty senior. His response was to look at the ground and mumble something unintelligible, which totally crushed my spirit. Imagine my joy when the next day he got chosen as my lab partner to dissect a frog! For the record, I made him do all the icky stuff. We have been married since St. Patrick’s Day in 1968.

Frank Tona His sweetheart: Toni Tona Their story: Married 25 years

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My wife and I met at Shasta Dam and eventually married there, as well. Back in the early ‘80s, my wife was a tour guide for the federal government, giving tours at Shasta Dam, and I was a hangliding sky jockey who frequently soared the area near the dam. I was the first to soar the face of Shasta Dam, and was doing just that when Toni came out of the elevator with a group of sightseers.

She was explaining facts and figures to her group until I shouted, “Look up!” to the crowd below. They all looked up, and there I was, in all my youthful glory, soaring just 100 feet or so above their heads. Well, that was the end of her tour – none of the group was interested in hearing anything about the dam anymore, and they proceeded to take pictures of the daring young man and his flying machine! Of course, Toni was a little miffed that I took her crowd away from her. After I landed, I stopped in at the entrance to the dam. Toni and I enjoyed a little small talk, but she was still miffed (a woman’s prerogative), so off I went, wondering about the dark-haired beauty. Each week, when I returned to the dam to do a little hang gliding, I looked for her, but she actually hid from me. We didn’t hook up again until nearly a year later, when we ran into each other at the Mt. Shasta Mall. She says she saw me in color, and everyone else in black and white. We went to dinner, and the rest is history! We have now been married 25 years.

Andi Wintersq Her sweetheart: Greg Winters Their story: Met in high school, reunited in 1994, married 15 years

Greg and I met in May 1964 when I was a sophomore in high school and he was a freshman. We went together until the summer of 1966. I had just graduated and wanted to get on with my life. We kept in touch very infrequently over the years. We got together with our spouses and children in the summer of 1978, but didn’t see each other again until May 1994, after Greg’s wife died of cancer. I had been divorced for six years and was living in North Bend, Ore. He came up from San Francisco the next month and we went on a raft trip down the Rogue River. We were married in July, 40 years after we met. Of course, this was before the Internet was a part of reuniting! I don’t know how this happened but I have a picture of us on the night we met – at a Scout-a-rama at the Cow Palace. He was in Sea Scouts and I was in Mariner Scouts. The picture must have been taken shortly after we saw each other for the first time.

We are sitting on a motorized cable car. I also have our prom pictures. Now we have been happily married for 15 years.

Isn’t life neat?

Valerie Ing-Miller p Her sweetheart: Eddie Tompkins Their story: Met 29 years ago, reunited IN June 2007

I met my sweetheart on a football field in Eugene, Ore., when he tried to pull my blue gym shorts down during a game of Frisbee football. That probably sounds a little bit immature, but we were only 14 at the time.

That’s how boys tried to get our attention back in the ninth grade! Eddie asked me to the winter dance, and we kissed for the first time on the dance floor during a slow dance. We were immediately tossed out of the gym by one of the teachers. Then we went to a nearby pizza parlor with all of our friends. I remember everything about that night - our first kiss, sitting by the pizza parlor fireplace and the plastic egg with a toy inside that Eddie got out of a vending machine. We went steady from that day on, and were The Couple at Thomas Jefferson Junior High.

Then tragedy struck. My family moved away to Ashland, and our budding romance was over. I didn’t see Eddie again except for one brief visit a few years later when he visited the grave of his great grandmother, coincidentally buried in Ashland. Twenty-seven years later, Eddie visited his great grandmother’s grave in Ashland again, this time to place a longoverdue headstone. He got curious, looked up my last name in the phone book, and reached my mother, who wouldn’t give him my number but passed his info on to me. Eventually I called him back, and he came to visit. We met in front of the Cascade Theatre, and when I stepped out of the car, he said, “Take those sunglasses off. I want to see your eyes.” When I did, he smiled and said, “Yep. There’s my junior high school sweetheart!”

He brought an old photo album with him to show me his life over the past 27 years, and there on the first page was a photo he’d taken of me as a teenager. We’ve been together ever since.

Last August, we went through Eugene, and went on our first date all over again. We walked from the junior high to the pizza parlor, sat by the fireplace and Eddie bought me another plastic egg from that same vending machine.

Stephanie McClung Her sweetheart: Matt McClung Their story: Married for more than 14 years q

My husband and I both grew up in Redding – he moved here from Burney when he was 8, and I moved here from Arkansas when I was 10 (we were returning “home” because my mom grew up here). I was a 15-year-old dancer in Kids Unlimited and he was a 17-year-old stage hand. We immediately became close friends, but were dating other people at the time. A year and a half later, after being best friends, we started dating.

We dated for five years and we have now been married for over 14 years. I love to tell people that our story began with KU, since it is a Redding tradition now!

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Mary Lascelles q Her sweetheart: Mark Lascelles Their story: Met in a university town; married 27 years

Sherry LaLonde p Her sweetheart: Don LaLonde Their story: Married almost five years

It was November 17, 2004, at 8:20 p.m. and I was, again, still at my office, opening the mail. It was typical for me to work so late, even on a regular old Wednesday night. I had just been through a painful divorce from my husband of almost 20 years, so working was better than being home alone. Twenty years of banging my head against a brick wall, trying to make a doomed relationship work, had taken an emotional toll.

All I ever cared about was love and family. I wanted more than anything else to find true love and raise a family. Unfortunately, I was never able to have children. How ironic that there I sat... successful in business and finances, all alone at the ripe age of 42 - no love, no family. I had good friends and a successful insurance agency and that was going to have to be enough, because I couldn’t believe that my “true love” actually existed.

Shortly before that night, I was feeling very depressed and angry. I had a talk with God. I wasn’t very nice. I yelled, “If you’re so great, do this!” I then wrote down a very specific list of my “one true love,” with more than 40 specific traits I wanted in my dream man: his height, hair color, hair style, eye color, shoe size, taste in food, taste in music. He had to be a dog lover, have children and at least one at home, be a musician and enjoy the outdoors. As I finished the list, I shouted up to the heavens, “There! Make him appear and I’ll believe in you!” I realized what a brat I was being and shoved the list into my top desk drawer, wiped the tears from my face and went home to my empty apartment.

My secretary, who has become my best friend and the daughter I never had, wanted to help me. She forced my hand that summer by placing me on an Internet dating site. I reluctantly agreed to start dating as a distraction. That cold Wednesday evening, I opened an official looking letter. It was my divorce decree. I felt so relieved and free. At that very moment, with my hands still clutching my divorce decree, a pop-up from the Internet dating site came onto my computer screen, showing a picture of a very handsome man, with the headline, “New guy in your area.”

Feeling rather liberated, I uncharacteristically hit the “flirt” button. The picture of the handsome, dark-haired, hazel-eyed man was my husband, Don. We met a few days later for an early dinner, and it was the date that never ended. When I looked into his eyes the first time, I actually felt dizzy, like a moment of deja vu. He proclaimed his love for me by Christmas, we were engaged a month later and married the next July.

A few weeks after dating Don, I found the list in my desk drawer. I had completely forgotten it. I chuckled as I read it. Then, the smile on my face turned to absolute shock, as I realized that every single item I put on the list, without exception, fit Don exactly. There were 43 items and each trait on my list is Don. Awestruck, I looked upward to the heavens, “Oh, you’re GOOD!” Call it whatever you wish – God, The Universe, The Secret. It is proof to me that we are not alone and that prayer is very powerful. I have my “one true love,” the family I always wanted and my faith has been restored.

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Mark and I met at a Bloody Mary (Valentine’s Day) party on February 12, 1977 in Dinkytown – a community near the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He and two other Down Under types walked into a party that my two girlfriends and I were just departing about midnight. But we heard those accents and applied brakes. Two hours later, he drove me home on that snowy night on the wrong side of the road! Maybe he thought he was on the right side of the road.

We spent a month enjoying each other’s company, along with several others from various countries who were studying at the university. He then went off rodeoing and eventually working in London and on a station in Western Australia, to name a few things. I went back to nursing school. We lost touch for a few years, but I tracked down his parents’ address in New Zealand and sent a letter to Mark via them after I was done with school. He wrote back.

We did the pen-pal thing for a couple of years, and finally a girlfriend and I decided to go backpacking in New Zealand, Australia and Fiji. Mark ended up being our home base while Linda and I backpacked from the top end of New Zealand to as far south as Dunedin.

Linda and I then went to Australia as planned, but returned to New Zealand after a month instead of going on to Fiji. I got a job for the winter, and lo and behold, Mark and I got married in the spring – nine months after arrival.

We’ve been in Redding since the end of 1982 – never having heard of the place prior to arriving here!

Staci Bertagna q Her sweetheart: Michael Johnson Their story: Met on eHarmony; married less than a year later

My husband and I met on eHarmony. We started talking in December 2007, met in person on January 1, 2008, and knew that day that we were meant to be together. We got engaged two weeks later, he moved here from Oregon in April and we were married on August 9, 2008.

My husband’s name is Michael, as is my father’s. My husband is left handed, as is my father. The majority of the time that my husband and father are around each other, they are dressed very similarly – all by accident. I really did marry my father. My husband went to a St. Joseph School in Oregon , and I went to St. Joseph here in Redding .

When I decided to go up and meet Mike, I went on January 1, 2008, because 2007 hadn’t been a good year for me and I was determined to start 2008 off right. I drove seven hours to meet Mike with my dog in tow. Right when we go there, my dog seemed right at home, like it was meant to be. Now, my dog and my husband are the best of pals.

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T H E A R T O F R E S T O R I N G C A R S W I T H K E V I N K AY R E S T O R AT I O N Kevin Kay Restorations creates automotive art for the European classic car connoisseur. Its mint masterpieces have won and placed in prestigious concours d’elegance throughout California. Across the States and around the globe, there are Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, Jaguars and Rolls Royces that have passed through the KKR garages in north Redding.

Kevin Kay, the man, is known all over the world for his company’s meticulous attention to detail. Last summer, he and his wife toured England and attended “some car events,” including the famed Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex, something he had “always wanted to go to.” While there, he was recognized – by name – for his work. “It’s sort of embarrassing,” Kay says. “I’m sort of humble when it comes to that stuff. But it is nice to know that I have worked hard over all these years and we have a good reputation.”

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“That’s the name of the game in this kind of business,” he says. “It’s not a way to get rich; it’s a labor of love. The most important thing is the end result.” Depending on the automobile, the “end result” for a client is having an investment – a beautiful pearl – arrive in their driveway: one they can cruise on tour; show; and, on occasion, turn around and sell well into the six figures.

His pride for the craft stems from a hobby that grew into a successful career, driven by a fond memory from his youth. It took time for all of the puzzle pieces to come together. “I’d like to say that this was all planned out, but this business has just sort of grown on its own, just through word-of-mouth and hard work,” Kay says. It began when he was working in the parts business in San Jose, restoring cars 49 Enjoy February April 2009 2010

in his garage. “I’d buy a car, fix it up, sell it … go buy another project.

But it was buying that first Aston Martin that got me headed in this direction.”

“I started on it about 25 years ago - once I got it done and started showing it, I started to get requests for restoration services and that’s when I went full-time into restoration,” he says. Fine European automobiles had held a place in his heart since he was in high school, growing up in a plush Greenwich, Conn. neighborhood. “I was a hot rod guy when I was a teenager, building models, then I got to ride in an old MG when I was 14 or 15 years old and that just turned me around,” he says. “In the neighborhood I lived in … there were new Lotuses and Porsches and MGs and Jaguars in everybody’s driveways, and since then, that’s been my love.”

Of all the fine European automobiles Kay and his staff restore, David Brown-era (1947-72) Aston Martins are their specialty. “Those particular cars are viewed as classics, and after that they become more modern cars and don’t have the same following they did in that era,” Kay says. “There’s a block of cars that are really sought after and really popular.”

It all comes back to that first Aston – it stuck with him. “It’s a fantastic car. They are well-made,” he says. “They’ve got it all, as far as I’m concerned. Totally hand-made, aluminum bodies … it’s a very expensive way to build a car.”

Kay and his craftsmen rebuild those cars from the ground-up, with results that would make the English workers who first used their hands to build them proud. The attention to detail enhances the piece of art. It is a labor of love.

“I’m pretty focused in on this car thing,” Kay says. “I have been for 40 years, and I don’t see it changing. It’s what I do and who I am.” The name says it all. •

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Pre-WWII Aston Martins, like this 1935 Aston Martins had wooden frames covered by aluminum frames.

“It’s a very specialized business and we are one of two places in the United States with the experience and the facilities to restore these cars properly,” Kay says.

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Sometime around 3:30 to 4 am, Frank Kratofil eagerly hunts for the perfect shot where first light frosts the horizon. As the earliest rays of sunlight broaden their line along the landscape, this hunter hopes to capture in vivid focus with his camera what he sees through eyes that once were legally blind. He waits patiently for the “WOW!” that excites him on his pre-dawn excursions and attempts to shoot it digitally for others to later enjoy in his photographs.

Kratofil, a chiropractor with a thriving practice in Redding, has created a very intentional lifestyle. His passion for life has grown out of great challenges that he and his wife Cheryl have faced together.

When they first met in the Bay Area, he had already decided that to be productive, he needed to pursue a career where he could use his hands. Chiropractic was his way to help others that didn’t depend so much on his eyesight. Cheryl became his eyes.

Later, corneal transplants restored his sight and “by God’s grace I can see,” he says. Now his avocation has grown into a passion to “try to show people the beauty of what I see.” He doesn’t take life for granted. Cheryl, a long-time educator in the Redding area, now struggles with the effects of Multiple Sclerosis. Together, Frank and Cheryl have chosen to embrace today, and as often as possible, with their 7-year-old grandson Trent in tow, they take road trips to North State locations where the wildlife and landscapes add color, light and joy to their lives.

Originally, Kratofil used an old-fashioned large format 4x5 with heavy backpack lens and film holders. When his camera fell into a lake and couldn’t be repaired, he had to rethink his methods.

Inspired by the panoramic photography of Eric Marshall, a local engineer, pilot and photographer, and Marshall’s encouragement, Kratofil has moved into the digital age. With help from friend and photographer Jim Arnold, he now uses his computer to “stitch” together high-dynamic range photographs, giving a broader view in many of his pieces than he was able to capture before. He says he doesn’t “contrive” things on the computer. “What you see is what I see,” he says of the landscapes and wildlife he captures and prints.

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On a recent trip to Mt. Shasta and Tulelake with Trent, they watched and waited and clicked their Nikon digital single-lens reflex cameras as a big deer in rut sauntered by. Trent’s sharp eyes found a great horned owl perched discreetly in the crux of a tree, now displayed like a hunting trophy in vivid photographic detail. Kratofil describes his subject matter as very “opportunistic,” though he often scouts out the best spot where light will heighten the impact of the image he might capture. But, he is happy to wait to see what wildlife comes his way.

Lassen Volcanic National Park is a favorite destination for the Kratofils. They look forward to parking their travel trailer in a picturesque spot where Cheryl can rest and wait for Frank to return with his captured images. They share time together in the park as often as possible. “Time spent with family is most important,” he says.

Kratofil has developed a work schedule that allows him to take time for family, friends and photography. Many patients have become friends, his compassion and care for them as intense as his passion and love for all of life. “I really enjoy my job,” he says. “Getting my patients better is a high priority. They are important to me, even beyond the job.” His office is a veritable gallery of his work, images that create a mood, inspire and elicit a sense of joy for his patients.

Sales of his photographs certainly don’t pay his bills, but they help pay for supplies. He never wants it to be a business. “If I get a fancy, I want to go,“ he says. But, he states, “If I don’t get the shot, I had a beautiful day out.” He simply loves spotting for animals—bucks, hawks, owls—and always hopes to catch the light along the edge of a storm.

Periodicals including “Outdoor California” and “Wild Bird” have published Kratofil’s photographs and he has been a contributor to Enjoy. His work can be seen in many businesses around town including Redding Printing, The Best Western on Hilltop Drive, Haedrich & Co., California Fish and Game and SHASCOM. He has shown his work twice during Redding’s 2nd Saturday Art Hop at Graphic Emporium, and closed out 2009 with his second contribution to a group show at HDR Imaging. • February 2010 Enjoy 52

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“My original vision was to have a brewery first, and to have a supply store second. The store was my Plan B, but that’s just how it came about,” says Webster, 37. His store, California Brewing Company in Redding, opened its doors in late June. Six months hence, Webster says business is explosive. “It’s amazing how well-received this store has been in this town. It was kind of a whirlwind thing, but I was kind of tired of chasing a dream,” he says, acknowledging that in order to open a brewery, he’ll have to fund it by his own means.

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But the dream is still in his sights. Webster’s found a niche with locals looking to reap the fruits of their labors. “This town was just screaming for a home-brew store,” he says. Webster runs the store with his wife Michele, and his original business partner is no longer involved.

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Often children buy lavish presents to give to their special person and even to their teachers. Anderson teacher Rebecca Calkins recalls a 6-year-old girl bringing to class a teddy bear so big she could hardly carry it. She handed it over to her Valentine, smiling with joy at her job well done. The boy was both proud and slightly embarrassed by the generous gift.

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In the younger grades, shoeboxes are transformed into festive mailboxes. On Valentine’s Day, children drop a valentine into each and every box.

Which package of valentine cards a child chooses expresses the child’s interest. Racecars, dinosaurs, bugs, kitties or the newest Disney movie star are always among children’s favorites. In some homes, children still make valentines with construction paper, doilies and other such pretties. Grant School teacher Elizabeth Jorde grew up making her own valentines and passed this tradition on to her children. Even now, 15-year-old Kristan Jorde takes the time to carefully craft cards for her friends. “Giving valentines is just part of our culture,” she says.

In grade schools and in churches in town, children craft valentines for moms, dads and caregivers. These cards become treasures to the receivers, neatly placed in boxes and kept even when the construction paper has faded and begins to crumble.

Children understand that Valentine’s Day is a time to share their enduring feelings with that one person they hold dear, but also as a time to give something of themselves to friends, teachers and grandparents. Children know it is important to share their thoughts and feelings. As Oscar Hammerstein says in the Sound of Music: “A bell is no bell ‘til you ring it, a song is no song ‘til you sing it, and love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay—love isn’t love ‘til you give it away.” •

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Professionalism and dedication are trademarks of the captain of the Starship. Neece, in his 23rd year as an instrumental music educator at Enterprise High, was named California Music Educator of the year in 2002, among numerous other awards – though he is quick to deflect attention to his students. When asked where he gets the energy to keep it all going, he says, “A lot of it comes from the kids.” Starship is a collaborative effort: the teens vote on songs, and Neece then “re-arranges the music so it fits” individual voices and the exact make-up of the band.

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When Ruth Myhre was a little girl growing up on her family’s ranch west of Corning, she loved writing stories.

“English was my favorite subject,” she admits, “and writing, being a children’s author, was one of my career choices.” Drawing was another favorite and she remembers always asking her mother for more paper so she could draw pictures.

She’s incorporated both interests into her first book, “Chase-NCows,” published in August by Xlibris. Not only did she write the story, she also did the soft watercolor paintings that highlight each page.

Although Myhre used to read a lot, these days she reads mostly children’s books to son Chase, now 5 years old and in kindergarten, and daughter Brook, age 3.

“We read three books a night. The long ones get tedious,” she says.

“I wanted something that would be short and sweet. And they mostly like pictures.”

So when Chase was about three, she began working on a story based on what she knew best: ranch life in northern California. “I went with what I knew: cows get out. It’s kind of silly, but cows are known for slipping the fence. They get out,” she says.

The story for “Chase-N-Cows” came to her easily – she says she woke up in the middle of the night and wrote it down: “I thought of the title first, and did the story to go along with the title.”

The little book is about Chase waking up, eating breakfast at the local diner, and then going out with his daddy, Ben Myhre, to tend to the cattle. When the cows get out, they must find them and bring them back to the ranch, reuniting a young calf with its mother in the process.

“When I was little, we had cows and sheep, and I loved going out feeding with Pop (her father). Now Chase goes with Ben,” she explains. The story is written in rhyme.

When she saw children’s book that had been illustrated in watercolors, she said to herself, “I can do that!”

Myhre painted in oils before she had children, but began using mostly watercolor because it is less messy and not toxic. She often paints from photos taken around her own ranch and other Tehama County locations and events such as the Red Bluff Round-Up. She also has photos from when her husband was doing rodeo riding, and from locations on Catalina Island where the couple has worked – Ben as a hunting guide and Ruth as the camp cook.

But illustrating her story turned out to be a lot harder than she’d anticipated, even though it’s been fun to do.

“It’s hard to get what I had in my head onto paper,” she explains, “and getting the pictures that get the idea across.”

Myhre joined a writers’ forum in Redding to learn more about the publishing process as well as suggestions for her own book. Once the illustrations were completed, she brought the book to her colleagues in the Red Bluff Art Association.

“A lot of them were art teachers,” she says. “I knew if I got it past them that it would fly with the general public.” The artists gave her many suggestions and helpful hints, she says. “They all have different opinions, different styles and personalities.”

Myhre plans to start two more books early next year, but has gathered information for one of them for years. It’s a book about her father’s experiences in Germany during World War II. Now 86 and a North State native, Sam Blackburn – who is called Pop – was a machine gunner and, says Myhre, “faced death many times.” The book will be partly biography and partly lessons she’s learned from his stories. When Myhre was in her 20s, she traveled to Germany to visit the places she’d heard about from Pop’s stories.

“The illustrations will be a challenge,” she admits.

The second book will be about her daughter who Myhre laughingly calls “Babbling Brook” because she talks a lot. It will be another children’s story set right here in the North State.

Myhre has done several local book signings and readings, including one at Chase’s kindergarten class. When she read about the cows getting out, one wide-eyed child told her, “My cows get out too!”

“It’s a story people here can relate to,” she says, “a story about real ranch life.” • “Chase-N-Cows” is available in Red Bluff at Heartfelt Design Gallery, 623 Main St., and Two Foxes, 614 Main St.; in Corning at Butte Community Bank, 950 Hwy. 99W, the Cozy Cow Diner, 1510 Solano St., and other Corning locations; and online at Xlibris.com, Amazon.com, and BarnesandNoble.com. Cost ranges from $15 for the paperback version to $20 for hardback.

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N O R T H S TAT E S A XO P H O N I S T DAV E S H O R T While attending Shasta College in the early 1970s, Dave Short played in a band that did rock fusion, similar to Chicago or Blood, Sweat and Tears. The band got good, and the idea surfaced that they should quit school and take the show on the road.

It was a key moment for Short, a young man passionate about music. But he passed on the move and decided to stay in school. A few years later, he graduated with a medical degree from the University of Southern California.

“I don’t think I’ve been unhappy with that decision,” says Short, who has practiced family medicine in Redding since 1982. “Medical practice can be a pretty creative profession as well.” u

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“I think I thrive on trying to find an efficient way to do everything I want to do.

I don’t get so focused on one thing that I exclude everything else.”

And it’s not like Short, 57, was forced to drop music entirely. If anything, he’s more immersed in it than ever. A saxophone player, Short leads the popular north state combo, Sax Therapy, as well as his new group, Brazilectro, which plays bossa nova jazz. He also plays in the Jeff Jones jazz project, The Usual Suspects.

For the past three years, he’s promoted a variety of artists with his popular monthly series, Dave Short’s Jazz at Old City Hall. The series, held the first Sunday of every month, features top area jazz talent as well as quality acts from outside the North State. Over the past few months, audiences have been treated to talented artists like Sacramento pianist Joe Gillman and the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet. The series gets a tremendous boost from sound technician Peter Robbins, who also records the shows each month.

At 7 p.m. Feb. 7, the series welcomes Chico guitarist Chris Wenger and his band. On March 7, Redding trumpet player Paul Senn will present a concert of traditional Dixieland jazz.

“He’s brought some amazing talent in here,” says Bernie Baker, a jazz guitarist who owns Bernie’s Guitar in Redding. “The group from the Brubeck Institute was some of the best jazz I’ve heard in my life.

(Dave’s) taken charge of this series and it’s doing well. We owe him a huge bit of gratitude.”

The series came to fruition after Short performed some benefit concerts at Old City Hall (1313 Market St. in Redding) and discovered how warm and intimate the room was for music. After helping some other groups produce shows there, he recognized that a monthly jazz series had the potential to gain a consistent following.

“You can communicate with the audience real well there and the shows can be a little deeper than what you might find in a club setting,” Short says.

Between established pros, newcomers and gifted students, the jazz scene in the North State is strong, diverse and accommodating, Short says. Players he describes as well beyond his skill level are willing to share musical space and time.

He enjoys the emotion and expression of music and - like the weekend golfer who occasionally hits a hole in one - those moments when you transcend even your own skill level.

Among the many musical projects he’s been involved with, two stand out in his memory. The first was putting together the horn section and performing with the Four Tops in a concert at Win69 Enjoy February 2010

River Casino. The other was forming and performing in the band for The Dance Project’s musical “Swing!” at the Cascade Theatre. The band was positioned on the stage during the well-received, multiperformance run.

Between performing and rehearsing with his own groups and promoting shows for the series, Short stays tremendously active in music. Yet he still has time for his profession and the pursuit of other passions like riding his mountain bike or his horses. After injuring his shoulder in a mountain bike crash a few months ago, he had a hard time staying home after surgery. He ended up coming to work (at Redding Family Medical Group) in a sling after just a week of recovery. It’s illustrative of his character.

“From the time I was 15 … I was just busy all the time and I don’t think I ever slowed down,” Short says. “I think I thrive on trying to find an efficient way to do everything I want to do. I don’t get so focused on one thing that I exclude everything else.”

Where medicine becomes creative is in the art of communication with patients, and in the solution to ailments, since every person is a little bit different, Short says.

“Every situation demands an open mind and sometimes some creative thinking to come up with a solution that will work,” he says.

“A lot of times you need to impress upon (a patient) the seriousness of a problem without taking away their hope. How you communicate or portray their future has a lot to do with how they handle it and deal with it.”

Short attended elementary school in McCloud and later moved with his family to Redding where he graduated from Enterprise High in 1970. After Shasta College, he earned his undergraduate degree at the University of California at Davis. His wife of 34 years, Kathleen Gilman, is the former director of the Shasta Land Trust. Their daughter Sarah Gilman-Short is in her senior year of medical school at her dad’s alma matter – USC. Music, medicine and mountain biking – it’s been an excellent ride for Short in the North State.

“The difference between medicine and music is that in music, you’re never going to kill anyone by playing a wrong note,” Short says with a chuckle. “Maybe they’d wish they were dead, but that’s another story.” •

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The New Year has just begun, so it’s time to get out of that hair rut! Having great hair doesn’t have to mean spending a lot of time or money on it. Here are some easy tips for fab hair—fast!

Choose a cut with fewer layers.

No matter what your hair texture, fewer layers means less upkeep.

You’ll save time and money by cutting back on salon visits. Covet Jennifer Aniston’s sleek layers, but don’t want to spend a lot of time going to the salon for trims? Go a little blunter with the cut to accentuate fullness, and light on products to avoid looking lank and heavy. Also, blow-dry with a large round brush to smooth and straighten natural waves. When hair is almost dry, wrap each section around the brush like a roller, let it cool, then pull it down. Hair will have a swing, but not a curl.

Start styling in the shower.

Genius new shampoos and conditioners have built-in styling products that really do help to plump curls, add volume and straighten hair, so you can skip post-shower styling products altogether. Try Redken Fresh Curls Conditioner, $12.95 or Samy Fat Hair Thickening Shampoo, $7.99.

end round your eyebrows. To keep bangs from looking too severe, cut them a half inch longer on each side rather than straight across. That way, you can wear them to either side or straight down. For fullness, blow-dry with a medium-size round brush, rolling the bangs under and pulling toward the nose. Then, with the brush vertical, dry them to the side.

Don’t blow-dry all the way—or at all.

Trade a pin-straight blow-dry for soft, rumpled waves. If your hair is on the straight side, spray wet hair with texturizer, then blow it threequarters of the way dry. After it air-dries, spritz on more texturizer (Try Nexxus Phyto Organics Sea Swell, $12). This works best if hair is subtly layered and below the shoulders.

Master an easy updo.

Sometimes the best hairstyles are born from creativity and necessity, rather than careful planning and too many bobby pins. Try taking hair to one side, letting layers come out as you braid, the loop braid back to the nape of the neck and secure with an elastic. This gives a nice, twisted texture and is an unexpected evening look.

Trade your hair mask for an oil.

To get healthy, shiny hair, hydrating hair oils are more effective than traditional masks, so you only need to use them once a month instead of weekly.

And finally, don’t wash it everyday.

Not only will this prolong the life of your shampoo, but it allows natural oils to build up, keeping hair from drying out. For oily hair, it could be that overwashing is the culprit, as a scalp stripped of oil will often overreact and produce too much.

Try tapered bangs for a temporary change.

Ask for a cut of long layers, all below the chin, and choppy bangs that

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GETTIN’ HITCHED Billy: I’m partial to my church, Our Lady of Mercy. Lake Redding Park and the amphitheatre under the Sundial Bridge are also great wedding locations.

Patrick : I happened upon an outdoor wedding/ reception on the old Diestelhorst Bridge in Redding and had to stop myself from crashing the party. It wasn’t pretentious like so many weddings can be. It was truly charming and classy and the entire wedding party was having a blast!

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1. TBS Ranch (530) 410-2181 8310 Maynard Road, Palo Cedro www.tbsranch.com

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For those of you looking for a quiet place, good food and great prices, visit Cedar Tree Restaurant – a quick drive out Highway 44 to Deschutes Road, south of the overpass. Cedar Tree has been owned and locally operated for 20 years, and serves breakfast and lunch 7 days a week. Dinner is served Thursday, Friday and Saturday night. 22020 Palo Way, Palo Cedro; (530) 547-4290

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A great local downtown spot for over 11 years, Carnegie’s serves up savory sandwiches, soups, salads and more. Located across from the post office on the corner of Oregon and Yuba Street in downtown Redding, Carnegie’s offers microbrews and a full lunch menu.

Now serving lunch on Saturdays. Come by and enjoy the company! 1600 Oregon Street, Redding; (530) 246-2926

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WHAT’S WHAT’S COOKIN’ COOKIN’ ||by byLana LanaGranfors Granfors

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Eating out on Valentine’s Day is a fine idea, but what if you just want to stay home with the family or have friends over for an informal dinner? Well, a long time ago I learned that you really can’t go wrong with chicken. Aside from vegetarians, just about everyone likes chicken, and this classic roasted chicken recipe is one that you will make over and over.

Start your evening off with the savory antipasto. The sticks of eggplant soak up the garlicky oil and vinegar marinade, making it perfect for topping a slice of crusty Italian bread. With super-savory pancetta and olives, the garlicky meat stays moist in a shallow bath of white wine. Serve the chicken with a buttery, parslied orzo or rice and a side of greens sauteed in olive oil and dressed with a little fresh lemon juice. And don’t forget to finish it off your dinner with a favorite dessert: chocolate, of course!

Ingredients: 5 – 6 lbs. chicken pieces, any combination of breasts, thighs and legs ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 ½ T chopped thyme 1 T chopped rosemary 1 T fine sea salt ½ to 1 tsp. hot red-pepper flakes 10 garlic cloves, peeled 2 (¼-inch-thick) slices pancetta, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 cup dry white wine (I use Pinot Grigio) 24 oil-cured black olives

Ingredients: 2 lb. eggplant, peeled and cut into

3- by ¼-inch sticks 3 cups water 1 ½ cup white wine vinegar 4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 1 T finely chopped oregano About 1 ½ cup olive oil, divided Crusty Italian bread

Roasted Chicken with Oil-Cured Black Olives and Pancetta ••• Marinated Eggplant Antipasto

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ROASTED CHICKEN WITH O I L - C U R E D B L A C K O L I V E S A N D PA N C E T TA Preheat oven to 450°F with rack in middle. With skin on, toss chicken with oil, thyme, rosemary, sea salt, red-pepper flakes and 1 tsp. pepper, rubbing mixture into chicken. (To reduce cleanup, I do this right in the roasting pan). Arrange chicken, skin side up, in one layer in a 17- by 11-inch, four-sided sheet pan. Scatter garlic and pancetta on top and roast until chicken begins to brown, about 20 minutes. Drizzle wine over chicken and roast an additional 8 minutes. Sprinkle olives over the chicken and roast until skin is golden brown and chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes more. Let stand 10 minutes.

Serves 8 - 10

M A R I N AT E D E G G P L A N T A N T I PA S T O Toss eggplant with ¼ cup salt and drain in a colander set over a bowl, covered, at room temperature for four hours. (Eggplant will turn brown.) Discard liquid in bowl. Gently squeeze handfuls of eggplant. Bring water and vinegar to a boil in medium pot. Add eggplant and boil, stirring occasionally, until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain in colander, then set colander over a bowl and cover eggplant with a plate and a weight (such as a large heavy can). Continue to drain, covered and chilled, 8 to 12 hours. Discard liquid in bowl. Gently squeeze handfuls of eggplant to remove excess liquid, and then pat dry. Stir together eggplant, garlic, oregano, ½ tsp. pepper, and 1 cup oil in a bowl. Transfer to a one-quart jar or other container with a tight-fitting lid and add just enough olive oil to cover eggplant. Marinate eggplant, covered and chilled, at least four hours. Will keep for up to a month in the refrigerator. Bring to room temperature

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Disney’s Mulan Jr.

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February 5 & 6 David Marr Auditorium

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Each spring, RSA’s annual musical provides an opportunity to demonstrate the high level of excellence in performance art that the school stands for. Tickets are on sale at Redding School of the Arts office, Bernie’s Guitar and at the door. For more information, visit www.rsarts.org/mulan

George Jones (Redding) February 14, 7:30 pm Redding Convention Center

George Jones, who turned 78 in September, is still going strong after five decades of making music. He continues to perform several shows a year. For more information (530) 225-4130 or visit www.reddingconventioncenter.com

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TAP KIDS (Weed) February 7, 4 pm College of the Siskiyous

Eight of the nation’s most talented young tap dancers take to the stage in this rousing, joyous celebration. In a series of musical vignettes, TAP KIDS tells the story of a group of high-school kids facing challenges as they prepare for the big school dance and graduation. For more information, call (530) 938-5373 or visit www.siskiyous.edu/performingarts.htm

The Moscow Circus (Redding)

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Godspell (Chico) February 13-March 7 Chico Theater Company

Godspell brings the wise parables of Jesus to life in a very human and heartwarming show featuring clowning, acrobatics, pantomime, charades and vaudeville. Features the smash hit “Day by Day.” For more information, call (530) 894-3282 or visit www.chicotheater.com

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February 26, 7:30 pm Cascade Theatre

(Chico) February 27, 7:30 pm Laxson Auditorium

Emmy award-winning producer and former Moscow Circus performer Sasha Vosk has assembled a delightful program with high-flying acrobats, the zany antics of the hilarious Russian clowns and an amazing dog and his master act that will steal your heart.

Two North State shows. For more information, visit www.cascadetheatre.org or www.chicoperformances.com

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February 12 • 9th Annual Puppy Love and Kitten Kisses Dinner and Auction. Supports the Butte Humane Society. www.buttehumane.org Corning February 26, 27 • 5th Annual Corning Wine Food and Arts Festival Rolling Hills Casino (530) 824-5550 Red Bluff February 6 • Guided Bird Walk - Sacramento River Discovery Center 8-10 am (530) 527-1196 • Little Reno Night - Red Bluff Community Center (530) 527-6727

Redding Through February 26

• Charcoal & Metal: Two Elements. Dave Allred will display his magnificent sculptures ranging from wall-hangings to pieces up to 3 ft tall. Old City Hall (530) 241-7321 February 1 • Simpson University world-renowned Leipzig String Quartet - 7 pm (530) 226-4507 February 4 - 7 • Shasta College’s presents Opera Performances.

(530) 242-7730 February 4, 7, 18 • American Cancer Society Discovery Shop. 2/4 - Spring Art Event. 2/7 - Superbowl Specials. 2/18 - Winter Clothing Clearance - 50% off. (530) 244-3032 February 5 • “My Fair Lady” sing-a-long - sponsored by Genocide No More - Save Darfur 6:30 pm First United Methodist Church. Full movie with Sing-A-Long subtitles starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.

(530) 229-3661 February 6 • Film Screening of Food, Inc. and Panel Discussion.

3-6 pm First United Methodist Church (530) 604-0804 or (530) 232-3690 February 12, 26 • Leatherby’s Fiddle Jam. Fiddlers, guitar and mandolin players get together at Leatherby’s Family Creamery in Redding from 7 - 9 pm for a live jam performance. The performers range in age from 6 years of age to over 80.

Admission is free.

February 13 • 2nd Saturday ArtHop 5-9. Maps at www.anewscafe.com.

February 14 • Valentine’s Day at Vintage Wine Bar and Restaurant with Allison Scull and Victor Martin (530) 229-9449 February 28 • Shasta College Winter Concert (530) 242-2365 Weaverville February 6 • Weaverville Art Cruise. Galleries and other businesses open from 5-8 pm (530) 623-6101

Cascade Theatre www.cascadetheatre.org

February 4 • TAO: The Martial Art of Drumming February 19 • Suzanne Vega February 20 North State Symphony Hot Passions from Cold Climates

Laxson Auditorium www.chicoperformances.com February 3 • The Edlos: A Cappella Broadway

February 5 • A Year With Frog and Toad: Broadway Musical February 7 • Tommy Emmanuel: Guitar Master February 9 • The Handsome Little Devils — Squirm Burpee Circus: A Vaudevillian Melodrama February 11 • Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and Edgar Meyer: Musical Virtuosos February 16 • Umalali: The Garifuna Women’s Project — Afro-Caribbean Vocals & Percussion February 18 • The Chieftains: Classic Celtic February 23 • Suzanne Vega: Pop Vocalist February 25 • Blind Boys of Alabama: Soulful Collaborations

Redding Convention Center www.reddingconventioncenter.com February 8 • An Afternoon with Governor Sarah Palin February 11-13 • Sierra Cascade Loggers Convention February 18 • Daniel Rodriguez February 21 • Wedding Extravaganza February 22 • Avenue Q

Riverfront Playhouse www.riverfrontplayhouse.net Through February 20 • Murder Me... Murder Me Not

Shasta District Fairgrounds www.shastadistrictfair.com February 6 • Shasta Women’s Refuge 23rd Annual Crab Feed. All you can eat. Live & silent auction. www.shastawomensrefuge.org February 27 • “All About Women” fair sponsored by the Anderson/Cottonwood Soroptimists.

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State Theatre Red Bluff www.statetheatreredbluff.com

February 12 • “The Magic of Movies” Tom Hanks Series “A League of Their Own”

Tehama District Fairgrounds www.tehamadistrictfair.com

February 6, 13 • Red Bluff Outlaw Karts - www.rboutlaws.com February 8, 22 • North State Barrel Races

Turtle Bay Exploration Park www.turtlebay.org

Through April 18 • Turtle Travels. An interactive exhibition offering a turtle’s -eye view of life in the slow lane.

• Native Images - the works of Edward Curtis and Thomas Houseworth. Step back in time for an intimate look at traditional native life.

Through May 2 • The Art of Mount Shasta

Congratulations to Tim VanShooten, whose captivating picture of the

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February 7 • Ultimate Tailgate Party 2010 February 20 • 4th Annual Fur Ball. Cough it up... it’s for a good cause!

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“The little ones are my favorites. The thing that is so hard to believe is that these kids are happy.

They know what they’re up against and they’re making the best of it.

It’s something to think about when you get ready to complain.”

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Without a doubt, Shriners love to have a good time. How can they not, with their distinctive red fezzes and their fondness for funny little cars?

A lot of that fun, though, is for more than just camaraderie and fellowship. Members of the Nor-Cal Shrine Club have a higher purpose to their hijinks: helping sick children. The Nor-Cal Shriners, like their approximately 400,000 brethren, are committed to supporting the Shriners Hospitals for Children.

In the North State, that means the Shriners Hospital in Sacramento, an 80-bed facility that is considered the flagship of the 22-hospital chain of Shriners hospitals. (There are 20 Shriners hospitals in the United States and one each in Canada and Mexico.) The Sacramento hospital, which opened in 1997, is the only one that provides orthopedic, burn and spinal cord injury care under one roof. It is also home to an extensive research program.

For the past 10 years, in keeping with their philanthropic nature, Shriners from the Nor-Cal club have donated their time to transport children and their parents or guardians to the hospital. The rides, as well as the world-class treatment at the hospital, do not cost the passengers a dime.

“The transportation is provided free of charge, and we provide them with money for lunch for themselves and their children,” says Bruce Galloway, president of the Nor-Cal Shrine Club. “There’s only one place in the hospital that takes money, and that’s the cafeteria.”

While a lot of parents take their children to appointments, there are some who lack the resources or time to make the trip. The van, which is equipped with a wheelchair lift, makes the round trip to Sacramento two to three times a week. “It just depends on when the appointments are,” Galloway says. Patients are always accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Galloway, a volunteer driver for four years, says each trip is a “very rewarding experience. You can see how much it is benefitting not only the children but the parents. Some of them were truly at a loss and didn’t know how they were going to get treatment for their child.”

“The little ones are my favorites,” says Loyal Taylor, a retired businessman who has been driving the Shriners van for five years. “The thing that is so hard to believe is that these kids are happy. They know what they’re up against and they’re making the best of it. It’s something to think about when you get ready to complain.”

Both men say it is particularly gratifying to be part of an organization that provides quality care to all children, regardless of race, religion or relationship to a Shriner. “I can’t think of a better philanthropy 85 Enjoy February 2010

than treating children,” says Galloway, a retired Pacific Bell operations manager.

“This is an opportunity to do a little bit more than donate money. It’s a very fulfilling experience. It’s amazing how appreciative the majority of people are. A lot of people become interested in the organization because of what they’ve seen, either through friends or family,” Galloway adds.

The van is one of seven owned by the Ben Ali Temple in Sacramento.

Another van is stationed in Paradise, two are in Sacramento and the rest are in the greater Sacramento area. A van was assigned to Redding thanks to a campaign spearheaded by the late Duane Tomei, a Shriner and volunteer extraordinaire who worked diligently for a variety of service clubs.

The Ben Ali Temple, one of 191 temples in the United States, Mexico, Canada and Panama, sponsors the Nor-Cal Shrine Club as well as the Tehama and Intermountain-Modoc clubs—both of which also provide van drivers. Redding Shriners have logged more than 300,000 miles since 1999 and are currently driving their third van.

“The Shriners like to get together and have a good time,” Taylor says, “and every time we get together we raise a little money for the kids. We spend a lot of time raising money to keep that van rolling.”

Worldwide, through bequests and cash donations, freemasons give $2.1 million a day to Shriners hospitals. While all Shriners are freemasons, not all freemasons are Shriners.

Shriners conduct yearly screening clinics in an effort to identify children who might benefit from treatment. Some patients are referred by school nurses, personal physicians, coaches and physical education teachers. The Shriners Hospital routinely provides treatment for burns, spina bifida, scoliosis, club feet, cleft palate and other orthopedic issues.

Children up to age 18 are eligible for treatment. Acceptance is determined by the hospital’s chief of staff based on whether the patient has a condition that can be helped and if treatment at another hospital would place a financial burden on the family.

Since their inception in 1920, the Shriners have treated more than 700,000 children at no cost. The Shriners Hospital in Sacramento has accepted more than 40,000 patients since it opened in 1997 and receives more than 20,000 patient visits a year, including several hundred from the north state, says hospital spokeswoman Catherine Curran. • Shriners Hospital (916) 453-2000 www.shrinershospital.org

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