Recently, there has been an increase in panhandling at the major intersections in the Garden Tract and Parkview neighborhoods. There are transients standing on the corners with signs that say “Need help,” “I’m hungry,” and “Need gas.” They can usually… Continue Reading
I am continually amazed and dumbfounded at the willingness of some people to insist in clinging to ridiculous non-issues instead of trying to engage in a real discussion of what is going on in this country. At the head of… Continue Reading
Commentary Should the city of Redding move forward with privatizing many or most civic functions except for police and fire?  I think this is one of those sounds-good ideas that will not stand up to specific scrutiny. The idea, as I… Continue Reading
The rural hamlet of Chikka Arasinakere in the South Indian state of Karnataka is run by an ox named Basava. Not exactly landlord or mayor; more like an oracle. All major decisions, public or private, are put to Basava and… Continue Reading
Why couldn’t we have a festival like Britt? Shasta County has no shortage of available outdoor space that could be turned into an amphitheater with parking. Redding is on Interstate 5, which tour buses fly down on their way from Portland to Sacramento, as well as being the crossroads of Highways 299 and 44: easy access for visitors… Continue Reading
If you arrived at this column thinking, “I didn’t think Ethiopia had any food” you’re not alone. One of the most persistent images Americans have of Ethiopia is of starving naked masses with bellies distended from kwashiorkor. We watched these… Continue Reading
Frankie Hawkins, at 5’4″ and 120 pounds soaking wet was the smallest amongst our band of adolescents. With hair like new-mown hay, blue eyes of winter and freckles from ear to ear, you would expect he would have friends with… Continue Reading
Last November, as I filled out an application for a Rotary Group Study Exchange trip to Ethiopia and Kenya, I was thrilled to learn that Rotary International President, DK Lee, had chosen Make Dreams Real as the theme of his… Continue Reading
The plane hit the tarmac at Charles deGaulle-Roissy airport at ten o’clock on a brisk March evening. A lone figure, whose face was disquietly similar to mine, stepped out onto French soil, his sharp, square jaw set tight against the… Continue Reading
Some of you might have heard about the trio of backpackers recently arrested for crossing into Iran from Kurdistan, Iraq. These seemingly educated Berkeley people stated that they were merely on a sightseeing expedition. My eyebrows rose to new heights… Continue Reading
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