It is our goal that every customer has a positive experience at the Redding Public Library. The library contains not only materials and resources, but also serves as a community center. As a free public institution, the library is open… Continue Reading
What a wacky market! What else can you say? Longtime real estate agents and appraisers alike are saying, “I’ve never seen a market like this before.” Appraisers call me regularly, asking about houses I’ve sold, trying to find out if… Continue Reading
Were you ever so convinced your business idea was a sure-fire winner that you knew it would succeed — if only you had some start-up cash? Venture Island, a three-month long competition, invites entrepreneurial minds to pit their concepts against other business plans in a celebration… Continue Reading
What a great night it was at the Cascade Theatre in downtown Redding when literally all of the “stars” came out for the 2nd Annual Dancing with the Stars-Shasta County Style. This evening of sheer pleasure benefiting both the YMCA… Continue Reading
First call of the day: “Hello, Mr. Brauer?” “That’s Brewer.” “Hello, Mr. Brewer. My name’s Mindy. You can consolidate all your bills into one monthly payment–“ “Sorry, Mindy, I’m not interested. Thanks, anyway. Bye.” Third call of the day: “Mr.… Continue Reading
I have always been passionate about shoes. I remember the red Keds I was wearing when I learned to tie my shoelaces and the first shoes with a heel that I was able to talk my mother into buying. They… Continue Reading
We have just cancelled our subscription to the Redding Record Searchlight. Our cancellation had nothing to do with editorial or content issues. We cancelled because they cannot or will not deliver a paper. For the last several… Continue Reading
Last Thursday morning I was going to a business meeting next door to the Shasta Fairgrounds in Anderson. I came across more firetrucks and fire vehicles than I had ever seen in one place, and it dawned on me, “This… Continue Reading
Really smart people should have stadiums built around their brains so we could pay to watch their thought processes. For Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, I would be happy with bleacher seats, but for Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, I… Continue Reading
In a letter dated 4 September, 1893, Beatrix Potter wrote to a sick child, Noel Moore, the young son of a former governess. She began: “My dear Noel, I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell… Continue Reading
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