More KIXE Crazy Cool Cyberchase Math Magic

REDDING - KIXE’s CYBERCHASE Saturdays continues at Turtle Bay on July 24 and 31. During these Saturdays from 10:30am-3:30pm we will offer face painting, cool games, scavenger hunts and prizes, including a limited number of Cyberchase DVDS! Families are encouraged to play and rate unique math games created by local kids. On Saturd…

Think Pink in Pictures for a Breast Health Calendar

Do you have a “Pink” themed picture you would like published in our new calendar?

Upload your pictures to our photo module beginning July 23, 2010 when a link to our Pink Photo Gallery Upload feature will be added.

Winning Photographs will be published in this year’s 2011-2012 Calendar distributed to 40,000 women in the…

Remodeling In A Recession? It Makes Sense!

With the current economic downturn, many home owners are deciding to stay in their homes and remodel instead of trying to sell to purchase yet a larger home. Whether you’re trying to sell your home or staying put for a while, if you’ve been putting off a remodeling job, this just might be the right time to tackle that project.

If y…

Running Sunsets, Riding Chimneys and Smoking Mystics

‘Club Dead’ Comes Alive at Riverfront

The cast of “Club Dead — The Last Resort.”

Bill Collins has been involved in music, theater and film for five decades. Yet nothing has him more excited than the current performance of “Club Dead — The Last Resort” at Riverfront Playhouse.

The show, directed and created by Bill and his wife Lisa, opene…

To Haiti and Back: Au Revoir, Haiti

The “North State for Haiti” team should have known we were out of our element the minute we turned the corner into the waiting area at Miami International Airport to board our flight to Port-au-Prince. The boarding lounge had transformed into part hair salon, part disco, part card room and part coffee shop. Before we even left U…

Girls Inc. Seeks Presenters for Local Schools

Girls Inc. of Northern Sacramento Valley is looking for program facilitators for the coming school year, and needs applications submitted by July 31. After that, an interview process will begin. 

The job is paid, ranges from 2 to 10 hours per week and involves presenting Girls Inc. curricula to small groups of girls at local schools. C…

Eat Your Way Gorgeous!

My bathroom is full of all kinds of skincare products, but when I’m looking for more natural ways to make my face glow, I just open my fridge. Turns out, certain foods can make your complexion clearer, more radiant, and even more resilient to sun damage. Read on for foods that beauty gurus can’t live without and see how they help yo…

How Sweet (and Savory) it is: In the Herb Garden with Nancy Schleiger

Rich, minty, sagey and earthy pine fragrances waft around you as you walk through Nancy and David Schleiger’s 2 acre plus, close to 26 year old garden. Beneath the sheltering canopies of stately old oaks and black walnuts, native plants and aromatic, blooming herbs line the walkways and borders in room after garden room of the long narrow pr…

To Haiti and Back: New Beginnings, on New Legs

Admantha Lizaire is a pretty typical twenty-something. She enjoys watching music videos and has plans to return to school soon to study cosmetology. But on January 12 at 9:53 p.m., she was descending the stairs from the third floor of her home in Port-au-Prince, when her world changed forever.

The 7.0 magnitude quake that struck HaitiR…