Magazine: July 2010 Issue
Sparkle & Shine
Published: 25-Jun-2010
From dawn’s early light to the twilight’s last gleaming, summertime is a wonderful time to live in the great North State.We’ve been delighted to spend time with many readers at Enjoy Movies in the Park – and if you haven’t been there yet, there’s still plenty of time to pull up a lawnchair, relax and enjoy family-friendly films in our beautiful parks. We also invite you to check out Enjoy the Store, our newest endeavor where local artists are showcasing and selling their works. Stop by our downtown location across from Leatherby’s on Placer Street and see what it’s all about.
If you’re feeling some wanderlust this summer, cool off with a deep-sea fishing trip to Trinidad, where charter companies will take you out on the open sea to catch rock cod, salmon, halibut and tuna as you breathe in the salty air. Or head over to Modoc County, a birdwatcher’s paradise that includes wildlife refuges, forests, mountains, high desert plains and wilderness. If you’re looking for peaceful solitude, you’ll find it here. A little closer to home, a three-step series of waterfalls along the McCloud River is a breathtaking place to take a picnic lunch or to watch a summer sunset.
Shasta College has been a North State institution for 60 years, educating generations of people who have sought degrees, job skills and even just an introduction to a new hobby. This month, we pay tribute to this educational icon on its milestone birthday. We’ll also tell you more about the Mercy Redding Family Practice Residency Program, which has been training skilled and compassionate physicians to help serve the community’s health needs for 35 years.
Creative minds surround us, and we’re delighted to introduce you to some of them. Jan Scanlin has mastered the art of etching on glass; her decorative works are unique, yet functional. The Shasta Skippers have been entertaining audiences with their fast-paced brand of rope-skipping entertainment for 25 years. On the airwaves, we love the creative humor, thoughtfulness and sometimes silliness that is delivered by Q-97’s Patrick John and Billy Pilgrim, who host the North State’s most enduring morning show. An artist of yet another stripe is Mike Hernandez, downtown Redding’s barber extraordinaire who switched career paths after a back injury prohibited him from driving trucks any more.
Independence Day celebrations will light up the skies all over the North State in days to come. Consider taking in Tehama County’s 4th of July Spectacular, which encompasses everything that’s charming about an old-fashioned patriotic celebration, from a parade to a fireworks extravaganza to a… lawnmower challenge? We’ll tell you all about it.
Celebrate, and enjoy!
Featured Articles in This Issue
Profile: Blues Man
Published in July 2010 - story: Jon Lewis photo: Photo By Sheryl Crow and Frank Vigil Photography JOHN LEE HOOKER JR. MORE THAN A BLUES ARTIST Even if he dreamed it as a kid growing up on the tough streets of Detroit, John Lee Hooker Jr. says he never would have said a word about being an animated blues superhero. “People would have laughed.” There’s no laughing now. Hooker is “Bluesman,” a c..
Profile: Downtown Buzz
Published in July 2010 - story: Kallie Markle photo: Brent Van Auken BARBER MIKE HERNANDEZ An old brick building and iconic red and white barber’s pole may be as traditional and Rockwellian as it gets, but Mike Hernandez, downtown Redding staple and barber extraordinaire, is hardly conventional. Hernandez’s single-chair shop is a curious study in proportion. The floor space is barely the size of a walk-in clos..
Interest: Falling For You
Published in July 2010 - story: Gary VanDeWalker photo: Taryn Burkleo THE RUSHING WATERS OF McCLOUD FALLS At 14, Jeff Summers felt hands push him into the swimming hole below Lower Falls for the first time. He’s been going back ever since, now introducing his children to his favorite swimming place. Lower Falls on the McCloud River is at the bottom of a three-step series of waterfalls, which cascade through a forest canyo..
Interest: Frozen Feast
Published in July 2010 - While frozen yogurt’s popularity in the 1980s and ’90s fizzled, business owners serving cups and cones of the soft treat today say they expect to be more than a trend. National and regional franchises, as well as independent frozen yogurt stores, are opening across California, and are catering to consumers looking for healthier food options. The stores complement a healthier lifestyle choice, which ..
Interest: Good Knight
Published in July 2010 - (CustomContent_Details.aspx?CustomContentID=5231&ValueID=-1#)story: Gwen Lawler-Tough photo: Kara Stewart A college for our community. Shasta College celebrates its 60th year educating people in the North State this fall and has a brag sheet that’s almost as long as its list of alumni. Its $18 million Health Sciences and University Center provides a home not just to nursing and dental hygiene pr..
Top 10: Hair Stylin'
Published in July 2010 - Top 10 Beauty Salons or Barber Shops There are 100,000 hairs on the average person’s head, and each strand’s lifespan is two to seven years. Hair is the second fastest growing tissue in the body (bone marrow is first) and grows an average of a half-inch per month. It’s a good thing we have some fabulous hair salons, barbers and stylists in the North State. It seems people are pretty passiona..
Profile: On Que
Published in July 2010 - story: Kerri Regan photo: Kara Stewart Q-97 AND THE NORTH STATE’S DYNAMIC DUO, BILLY AND PATRICK The sun hasn’t yet peeked over the horizon, but Billy Pilgrim and Patrick John are fully caffeinated, updated on the latest news and ready to give the North State a friendly wake-up call. They know you’re counting on them to roust you from slumber, tell you what happened while you slept and..
Recreation: X-men
Published in July 2010 - story: Camille Coulter photo: Don Walgamuth X GAMES BOUND TODD THOMPSON DEFIES THE ODDS He’s been shifting gears since the age of 3, but Todd Thompson of Cottonwood couldn’t have envisioned then being a top contender for the X Games slated for July in Los Angeles. Thompson, 31, says he’ll strive for nothing short of the gold medal in the Adaptive Supercross Division – adaptiv..