Lifestyles

Local surveying of kindergarten teachers has indicated that up to 14 percent of children arrive in Shasta County kindergarten classrooms with noticeable tooth decay. Learning, as well as the development of social and emotional skills, can be impeded when a ...

Why do you think water safety is important?

What would you like to see more of in the Anderson Valley Post?

After working at Mercy Medical Center for 34 years as a stationary engineer working on the heating and air conditioning systems, Arthur Trenerry of Happy Valley retired in 2001. Throughout his life, he had always wanted to build a train ...

What books are you reading this summer and why?

Sharron St.John-Grayson realized her dream of becoming a cosmetologist at the young age of nine. Her mother told her to take care of her hair or she would cut it. At eleven years old St. John-Grayson gave her first hair ...

How do you feel about athletes practicing in extreme heat?

Community events: July 7, 2010

The sounds of children laughing as they play games can be heard all around the Scout Hall at Anderson River Park. The "Summer of Fun" camp offered by Anderson Parks and Recreation is giving local children the opportunity to play, ...

Growing up, Amanda Thunberg participated in Competitive Gymnastics for ten years. Six of those years, she trained at Athletics Unlimited competing as a level six gymnast. Eventually, Thunberg began dancing for the Dance Depot in Redding spending four years there, ...

How are you spending your free time this summer?

After many years of living in the San Mateo area and working for Dean Witter and Morgan Stanley companies as a coordinator, helping other agents select the proper products for their customers, Dan Mabry came to the North State to ...

Community Events: June 23, 2010

With the last turn of the ferris wheel, the 2010 Shasta District Fair closed Sunday drawing 84,134 people over five days. The number tops both the individual 2008 and 2009 totals.

What are you looking for in a county or district fair? Does the Shasta District Fair meet your expectations or are you disappointed by it?