Magazine: January 2012 Issue
A Bright New Year
Published: 30-Dec-2011
The new year holds such promise, with all of those empty squares on the calendar just waiting to be filled. What will you make more time to do this year?If you’re like Debra Lucero, you’ll likely be filling some of those days exploring the ever-growing arts community. She’s the new leader of the Shasta County Arts Council, and it’s her mission to foster artistic growth and greater awareness of the arts in the North State.
There’s nothing like exploring the surroundings from a motorcycle, and if you’re looking for a new challenge for the new year, let the Motorcycle Training Institute of Red Bluff get you on the road. Can you feel the wind on your face yet?
If you’ve resolved to give more, consider the nonprofit Luis Miramontes Memorial Foundation, established for a young husband, father and golf pro who lost his life to cancer in 2008. It’s already making its mark in the North State. Or perhaps you’d like to help contribute to the fund that helps put K-9 officers out on patrol – this worthy cause relies upon community donations to survive. We’ll tell you more about it.
Maybe you’ve vowed to be kinder to yourself this year (and you should!). We encourage you to treat yourself to dinner at Leon Bistro, an innovative Chico hotspot where produce is supplied by local vendors and special diets are honored. Or round up tickets to the Club Cougar dinner theater, where Foothill High School’s drama and music departments will take you back to the 1930s for a rejuvenating, toe-tapping good time.
Need a new look? Consider casting your glance backwards. Vintage fashion is new again, and repurposing clothes is the perfect opportunity to be creative, stylish, budget-friendly and earth-conscious. More items to check off your list of resolutions for 2012!
In today’s world of e-mail and text messaging, wouldn’t it be lovely to put a hand-written letter into the mail, just because? Fill the January 23 square on your calendar with a note to do just that in honor of National Handwriting Day. We’ll tell you more about the not-so-lost art of cursive writing. Perhaps you’ll get a treasure in the mail in return.
Happy New Year, and enjoy!
