Animals raised by east valley youths won a fair share of the championships at this year’s Shasta District Fair, and many young owners received top dollar for their hard work and skill at the Junior Livestock Auction on Saturday, June 15, 2013. In the Market Beef category a steer raised by Chase Bunn of the …

  Market Beef Foothill FFA Valley Urricelqui–purchased by Redding Kia for $3.50 per pound Breanna Ellis–purchased by Lassen Canyon Nursery for $2.50 per pound Chloe Fowle–purchased by McConnell Foundation for $4 per pound Torry Zimmerman–purchased by Industrial Welding for $2.75 per pound Joshua Voigtman–purchased by Pat and Susanne Kofford and Gail and Bob Buick for …

2013 Shasta District Fair Wine Judging Results      On June 9, 2013, several members from the Shasta Cascade Viticulture Association volunteered their time to help judge the wines entered at the Shasta District Fair. The results are: Amateur Wines White Wine-Other Variety—1st Place-Mike Ruble;  2nd Place-Nancy Albers; and 3rd Place-Gary Venable Viognier—1st Place, Gary Venable …

By Sharyn Cornelius The Board of Directors for the Palo Cedro Park met with Jerry Myers, the person in charge of the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office work release program, on June 6, 2013 to discuss the possibility of using inmate crews to perform some of the maintenance work at the park.  Board member Janet Carr …

The Oak Run History Group is hard at work planning for this year’s Oak Run Heritage Day on July 6, 2013.  The popular event will start at 10:00 a.m. with a parade down Oak Run to Fern Road.  Those participating are asked to muster at the Oak Run School grounds beginning at 9:00 a.m. The …

By Sharyn Cornelius Everyone I spoke to on June 1, 2013 pronounced the 2013 Palo Cedro Wine Art Music and Merchants (WAMM) Walk an unqualified success.  Robert Hansen, a Greater Palo Cedro Area Chamber of Commerce Director, noted that the event’s original organizing committee had joined forces with the Chamber this year, but he gave …

Whitmore’s 2013 Mountain Fair was blessed with perfect weather on May 18 and lots of residents took advantage of the beautiful day to watch the parade, bid on silent auction items, shop at the many arts and crafts booths, and buy lunch from the hard-working folks of the Community Center. Though the parade was shorter …