A lot of people watched “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” the winner of five Oscars that starred Jack Nicholson as the protagonist Randall McMurphy, a mental hospital patient who battled the authoritarian Nurse Ratched. There was one notable exception… Continue Reading
In his 1983 book “Third Helpings,” journalist Calvin Trillin investigated the infamous Fried Chicken Wars of Crawford County, Kansas. It seems that Chicken Annie had made a name for herself in the 1930s until 1943, when Chicken Mary opened up… Continue Reading
“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult — once we truly… Continue Reading
Silent Auction benefiting the First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Sierra Service Project in Nicaragua this summer to help build a school is this Saturday, Mar 7th, 6:30 – 9:30 pm at the downtown Atrium! Items to bid on include a… Continue Reading
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Collectively, Redding, its police department and one of its more popular neighborhoods have a high-powered headache on its hands, and it stems from the indisputable fact that shooting ranges and subdivisions make lousy neighbors. At issue is the Record Range,… Continue Reading
Photo by Andrew Wyatt MarchFourth Marching Band brings a 17 member, big-band experience to the Cascade Theatre this Sunday. Imagine Duke Ellington meets Sgt. Pepper. Redding is the final show of this year’s birthday tour. What began as a Fat… Continue Reading
Date: Saturday, March 14, 2015 Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Where: All Saints Episcopal Church (Memorial Hall) 2150 Benton Drive, Redding, CA. What: Trades, Travel and Turkeys: How to Succeed in the Diverse World of Magazine Writing . A… Continue Reading
Two traits I’ve noticed about Highlanders are that they look out for each other, and they know everything about each other. The first is a consequence of remoteness – so far away from “civilization,” people have drawn together and helped… Continue Reading
The Westside Trail is a gem, a multi-faceted gem. The main trail and its access trails provide more than 8 miles of adventure, the destination of which are the vistas provided by traveling along the ridge, which is the western… Continue Reading
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