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The Weight is Over – Week 50: Miles and Miles of Milestones

It’s been a few weeks since I published an installment of  The Weight is Over. My schedule was more packed than usual, and on both nights when I normally would have written my column for a Thursday publication, it just… Continue Reading

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Timely, Provocative ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Opens Friday at Shasta College

Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is one of those rare classics that manages to be both timeless and timely, and that combination made it stand out when Shasta College Theater instructor Greg Thorson was considering scripts for the school’s… Continue Reading

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The Weight is Over: Spinning Plates, Filling Plates; Acting Cranky

This is the day when I usually post my weight-loss update column. But I’m feeling distracted because tomorrow is opening night for “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Next week will be even more crazy, because Wed., Oct. 19, is the food/beer/wine-pairing event… Continue Reading

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The Weight is Over – Week 41: Decreased Calories and Faked Bad Posture

Forty-0ne weeks. I can’t believe it. That’s how long I’ve been on this health-and-fitness journey with Matthew Lister at Align Private Training. Forty weeks happens to be the gestation period of an average pregnancy. Just think: In the time between… Continue Reading

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Review: Ashland’s ‘Mockingbird’ Sings A Sold-Out Tune

Fifty years after its publication, Harper Lee’s Pulitzer-winning novel about racial prejudice in the Depression-era Deep South remains among the most influential and controversial books in the United States. No surprise, then, that its appearance at this season’s Oregon Shakespeare… Continue Reading