After a 71-day holdout, top draft pick Michael Crabtree has finally agreed to a six-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers.
Crabtree, taken in the 10th spot in the draft, was a star receiver at Texas Tech, where he caught nearly 100 passes and scored 19 touchdowns last year.
The 22-year-old wideout has a lot of catching up to do. He sat out all of preseason training, and earlier missed off-season camps because of a foot injury. While it will likely take him a while to get up to speed, experts expect him to start contributing right away. Even without him, the Niners are 3-1, their best start since 2002.
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- Call to Authors: The sixth annual Northern California Authors Fair is scheduled for Nov. 7 at the Mt. Shasta Mall in Redding, and authors interested in displaying/selling their books should sign up now for table space. For details, go to the Writers Forum website here. At that same site, you can get information about Nora Profit, who speaks to Writers Forum this Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Redding Library’s community room. Free and open to the public.
- Shasta College presents its fall play, “Metamorphoses,” this month, with 7:30 p.m. performances on October 15-17 and 22-24, and a 2 p.m. matinee on Oct. 18. “Metamorphoses” is Mary Zimmerman’s retelling of Ovidian myths. The performances, directed by Robert Soffian, will be in the college theater. Admission is $10 general and $8 for students/seniors. For more info, call 242-7730.
- Mark Your Calendars for Oct. 20-21 when the FOCUS Film Festival and Short Film Competition brings 12 films and 13 directors to Chico for screenings, talks and more. For details, click here.
- Fun With Craigslist: In the “barter” section of Redding Craigslist, we find this headline: Artist to paint fish. Before you start cracking wise about the fish not holding still, read the rest: “Massage therapist with 20 years experience would like to trade massage therapy for fish to be painted on an outside fence. I have lots of paint.” Something about this ad rubs me the wrong way.
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