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Full gallery »What's Your Opinion: November 4, 2009

  • Lori Tracy, Cottonwood: 'No, you don’t start seeing Halloween items in stores except for about two weeks before. But, you see Christmas items four to five months in advance.'
  • Betty O’Connell, Cottonwood: 'Yes, decorations and candy are sold two to three months ahead of time in stores. It is nice that parents are having parties for kids so that they are not out on the streets.'
  • Anita Martinez, Cottonwood: 'No, I don’t. I hope that it never goes away because the kids enjoy it. It is nice to have holiday items out for kids to look at, as long as they don’t go overboard.'
  • Becky Lewis, Cottonwood: 'Yes, it is over commercialized. It used to be for families. Now, people feel that they need to have the most expensive costume.'
  • Maria Drake, Redding: 'Yes, it is getting out of hand with kids dressing up gore-ishly and it is not a good thing for the kids. Costume prices are too high.'
  • Leonard Hertz, Anderson: 'Yes it is because it is so expensive to buy a mask. I just spent $30 at a specialty store. You can’t buy them at Wal-Mart where it is less expensive.'

<strong>With all the Halloween decorations up in residents yards, do you feel that the holiday is over commercialized?<strong> Asked in Anderson by Tracye Dethero, Contributing Writer



Full gallery »Valley Bowl 2009

  • Moving Forward: Running back Derek Serna catches a pass from Levi Cox and runs up the field. Teammate Dan Jordan an offensive tight end blocked for Serna on the play. West Valley lost to Central Valley 44-34 Friday night.
  • Going the Distance: Eagle's receiver Ronny Hampton takes the ball up the field trying to avoid Falcon players, while teammates block for him up field.
  • Jake Gibbins breaks away from the pack to run the ball in for a touchdown during Friday's game at Central Valley. The Eagles played a tough game, but were unable to catch up the the Falcons; they lost the Valley Bowl 44-34.
  • The West Valley cheerleaders perform at half time for their crowd on Friday during the Valley Bowl.
  • The Eagles cheer squad performs for the crowd on Friday during the Valley Bowl.
  • West Valley cheerleaders perform for the crowd at half time on Friday during the Valley Bowl.

The Eagles traveled to the Falcons home for the Valley Bowl, while both sides played tough football, Central Valley came out the victor 44-34. This is only the second time the Falcons have won the Valley Bowl.



Full gallery »Halloween at PreEmploy.com


SPOOKY ON THE CLOCK: Employees of PreEmploy.com in Anderson dressed up on Friday for Halloween.



Full gallery »Eagles volleyball hosts the Cubs


West Valley hosted Anderson on October 27. The Eagles swet all three matches against the Cubs, 25-21, 25-17, 25-11.



Full gallery »Eagles host Grizzles

  • THE BALL CARRIER: Quarterback Levi Cox watches his running back Derek Serna run with the ball near the 40 yard line as players from Lassen attempt to catch up to him and take him down before he scores a touch down for the Eagles.
  • Room to run: Jake Gibbons of West Valley takes a chance with an open field running for the ball as Ronny Hampton protects him against oncoming players from Lassen, Friday night at the 'Pasture.'
  • After finding a hole and running the ball up the field, Jake Gibbins is finally taken down by one of Lassen's players on Friday's game at home. The Eagles would go on to play tough, but ultimately lose the game 28-23.
  • Forward momentum: Eagle's offensive guard Kobbie Harper helps block for the unseen Jake Gibbins, while teammates look on.
  • West Valley's offensive line holds back Lassen's defense to give quarterback Levi Cox time to find a receiver.

West Valley hosted Lassen on Friday, Oct. 23. Both teams played tough football, but the Grizzlies were able to hold off the attacking Eagles to win the game 28-23.



Full gallery »What's Your Opinion: October 28, 2009

  • Alex Williams: 'I like Christmas. We fly to Southern California to see my grandma.'
  • Breanna Lendsing: 'Fourth of July. I enjoy the fireworks. We go to the fairgrounds to see them.'
  • Alfredo Lopez: 'Christmas. I am going to Mexico to celebrate with my grandparents.'
  • Efren Sandoval: 'Easter, I like the chocolate bunnies and hunting for eggs.'
  • Valen Shelby: 'Halloween, you are able to dress up and get candy.'
  • Ebony Hewitt: 'I like Christmas. I like to decorate. It is lots of fun and we get presents.'

What is your favorite holiday and why?



Full gallery »Photo Gallery: October 28, 2009

  • TO REMEMBER: This large granite monument memorializing veterans of the Korean War will be erected at Northern California Veterans Cemetery in Igo.
  • FULTON DOTY
  • NANCY VEATCH
  • LAURA WALKER
  • IT STILL FITS -- Anderson Union High School alumnus Vickie (Romero) Adkisson receives the 1966 class ring she lost in October of 1965 from Cottonwood's U.S. Postmaster Beverly Fickes, whose father Walter Hicks found the ring 15 years ago while metal detecting on the Red Bluff High School athletic field where a set of visitor bleachers was being replaced. The initials 'V' and 'R' led Fickes to eventually discover and track down Gib and Vickie Adkisson in Clovis, Calif., near Fresno. The return of the ring ceremony, held 44 years later, took place Oct. 23, 2009, on the campus of Anderson Union High School, which recently celebrated its centennial.
  • HALL OF FAME: Daniel Imlach stands next to fellow inductee Sephora Scoubes on Saturday night at Shasta College, while Gary Houser, the athletic director, spoke of Imlach’s achievements not only at Shasta College, but also at Sacramento State.


Full gallery »Anderson hosts Central Valley

  • HOLD THE LINE: The Cubs offensive line holds against the Falcons defense during Friday’s game at Bob Reid Stadium. Quarterback Casey Meyers was getting ready to hand the ball off to senior running back Drew Diprima.
  • Anderson's cheerleaders performing for the crowd at home. The Cubs played host to the Falcons Friday, Oct. 23. Anderson went on to win the game 22-18.
  • Anderson's cheerleaders performing for the crowd at home. The Cubs played host to the Falcons Friday, Oct. 23. Anderson went on to win the game 22-18.
  • Anderson's defense puts pressure on Central Valley's quarterback and causes a fumble. The Falcons did recover, but went on to lose the game to the Cubs, 22-18.
  • Anderson's defense stopping a run play by Central Valley. The Cubs hosted the Falcons Friday, Oct. 23 and was successful in stopping the Falcons in key moments. The Cubs went on to defeat the Falcons, 22-18.

The Anderson Cubs hosted the Central Valley Falcons on Friday, Oct. 23. Anderson defeated the Falcons 22-18.



Full gallery »Stand Down assists veterans

  • Volunteers and needy veterans meet informally during Stand Down, an annual event to provide services and emergency assistance to homeless and unemployed veterans. The volunteers' efforts were hampered this year by the theft of $26,000 worth of blankets, cots, coats and other items intended for the nearly 300 veterans who show up during the three-day event.
  • SEEKING A COAT: Homeless veteran Richard Zinser, 70, who served in the Army from 1966 to 1967, attended the Stand Down seeking a warm coat.
  • RESPITE: Robert Brigeman, 58, attended the Stand Down at the Shasta District Fair grounds for the fellowship of other veterans and for three days of shelter and food.

Despite a burglary that resulted in the loss of $26,000 worth of cots, coats and blankets intended for homeless and destitute veterans, volunteers made do with donations from individuals and groups during a three-day Stand Down at the Shasta District Fair grounds in Anderson.



Full gallery »Dry no more . . . The Vineyards gets water

  • ITS A GUSHER -- Phil Valdez, 52, a supervisor with the City of Anderson's Public Works Department, tests the pressure and volume of water available for firefighting in an undeveloped portion of The Vineyards subdivision.
  • Plasterers finish up one of 10 houses left unfinished when The Vineyards was discovered to have inadequate water supply to fight fires or flush toilets. A construction well that had supplied a trickle of water to the subdivision has been replaced recently with a pumping substation and a direct tie-in to the City of Anderson's water treatment plant.
  • Anderson Public Works Director Jeff Kiser inspects a pump station pressure guage following fireflow tests in The Vineyards subdivision last week. Adequate water supplies in the subdivision mean construction and sales of homes can resume as soon as market conditions allow.
  • More houses await completion in The Vineyards now that an adequate water supply has been connected to the subdivision's network of pipes that had previously been supplied, albeit inadequately, from a construction well.

Completion of a $1 million pumping substation last week will allow construction and sales of houses to continue at The Vineyards subdivision southwest of Anderson.



Full gallery »Return of the Salmon Festival

  • During the Return of the Salmon Festival, booths from various wildlife and natural resource agencies, both state and federal, line walkways near the Coleman National Fish Hatchery's rearing ponds. In the background are the actual hatchery buildings where nearly 12 million salmon are incubated until the young smolt hatch. They are moved from small to ever larger holding tanks inside the buildings until they reach a size where they can reasonably survive outdoor temperatures in the rearing tanks.
  • Coleman National Fish Hatchery feeding ponds are always a popular draw for visitors during the 'Return of the Salmon Festival.' The ponds hold various sized immature salmon that are protected from natural predators until they are large enough to survive most of the dangers of Battle Creek and the Sacramento River. As they mature, they are released into the creek to begin their journey to the Pacific Ocean, where they will swim, feed and grow for three to seven years before returning to the hatchery where the milt and roe are harvested for another generation.
  • A Shasta Wildlife Rescue volunteer holds a kestral, the smallest day-feeding raptor common to much of North America. Some kestrals migrate long distances each year, ranging from the Alaskan tundra to South America, and back.
  • Life Cycle Croquet teaches youngsters as well as parents about the life cycle of salmon -- from the dangers young smolt face from other fish, wildlife and irrigation pumps as they swim downstream to the Pacific Ocean -- to the open ocean dangers and then the many obstacles the fish face as mature adults ready to spawn and their long trip upstream to the native water in which they hatched.
  • A Coleman National Fish Hatchery worker holds a typical adult salmon up for viewers. The largest salmon on the cart weighed 85 pounds, about as much as some of the young children who were touring the hatchery with their parents during the 19th annual Return of the Salmon Festival held Oct. 17.

Typical scenes from the 19th annual Return of the Salmon Festival, held Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery on Battle Creek, east of Anderson and Cottonwood.



Full gallery »South County Showdown 2009

  • West Valley football players huddle around each other in a pre-game ritual. The Eagles played the Cubs at Anderson on Friday, Oct. 16.
  • Anderson football players try to get 'pumped' before the game against West Valley on Friday, Oct. 16.
  • West Valley players raise their arms towards the end of the National Anthem at the game on Friday, Oct. 16 against the Cubs.
  • Cub players lined up for the National Anthem on Friday, Oct. 16 before the game against West Valley.
  • West Valley's quarterback Levi Cox makes it into the end zone on Friday's game against Anderson. The Eagles defeated the Cubs 20-10.
  • Anderson's quarterback Joe Foster tries to run out of the collapsing pocket to gain yards, but was met with a host of Eagles.

Anderson High School hosted the West Valley Eagles on Friday, October 16 in the South County Showdown. West Valley went on to win the game 20-10.



Full gallery »What's Your Opinion: October 21, 2009

  • Sandy Winters, Happy Valley: 'I am a member of the Shasta Historical Society. History needs to be depicted accurately. These guys do a great job and go all out to teach it properly.'
  • Marilyn McGinty Cropper, Happy Valley: 'The kids need to learn about our history and what our forefathers did to get the kids to where they are today.'
  • Don Winters, Happy Valley: 'The kids need to know where their roots are from. If they throw rocks from one side, they may be throwing them at their kin folks.'
  • Loraine Tenny, Happy Valley: 'It brings the Civil War to life so it is more real for the kids. They are able to see how the people had to dress and what they went through on a daily basis.'
  • Cindy Hogue, Happy Valley: 'For them to experience history from a different perspective.'
  • Gail Cassleman, Happy Valley: 'The fact that our kids studying U.S. History are able to see it 'first hand' through the re-enactors.'

What do you feel is most important about school children being able to experience the Civil War Re-Enactment?



Full gallery »Photo Gallery: October 21, 2009

  • MUSIC BREAK: Re-enactors play some popular folk tunes from the Civil War era to entertain students between battles. The living history lessons proved popular with schools from Susanville and Paradise joining Shasta County youths.
  • CREATIVE MINDS: From left, sophomore Zachery Robertson and freshman kelynn Fleischman mix a song using Pro Tools software during training Oct. 9 at Anderson New Technology High School.
  • ROUGH, TOUGH AND PINK: Rough Stock Riders from the California High School Rodeo Association celebrate with a 'Think Pink,' weekend of rodeo. These boys are bull riders, saddle bronc riders and bareback riders from Rodeo District One.
  • ICE SKATING IN ANDERSON?: Why not? The Shasta Junior Livestock Sale Arena offers plenty of elbow room and solid roof to keep rain showers from ruining the frozen surface of McDilda's 3,500-square-foot ice rink. Refrigerated coils in the laser-leveled floor will keep the ice rink solid. Skates will rent for $3, ice for $7.
  • STOP, DROP AND ROLL: Happy Valley kindergarteners tour the fire hall in Happy Valley and learn what to do in a fire.
  • BOB MORRISON


Full gallery »What's Your Opinion: October 14, 2009

  • Maegen Moser, Senior: 'It is nice because school is stressful, you are able to relax. With out activities, people would not have normally met. It helps to develop good skills on how to run meetings and other things. I am involved in FFA, Parliamentary Procedures and Key Club.'
  • Vincent Castro, Senior: 'I am on the Link Crew, helping freshman. I like being involved.'
  • Elijah Read, Sophomore: 'Activities are a great way to meet people and helps keep me out of trouble. You are also able to meet people and get to know them better than you did before. It helps to build camaraderie between athletes and students.'
  • Tanisha Peden, Senior: 'It helps being able to meet new people and become more involved. I am in Key Club, Leadership and Crazy Crew. It makes high school a fun experience. Without extra curricular activities, kids would just learn and not have fun.'
  • David Fife, Senior: 'Extra curricular activities help to build confidence in people because it gets them involved. You meet a lot of new people and do things you normally wouldn't do. It makes school a lot easier to deal with.'
  • Paige Kelly, Junior: 'Extra curricular activities help to keep kids off the streets and out of trouble. I want to get into acting and it gives me time to do that and to experience it. I am in the musical My Fair Lady, with students from West Valley and Anderson. It helps to bring us together in a non rival atmosphere where we are all friends.

What value do extra curricular activities give you as a high school student?



Full gallery »Photo Gallery: October 14, 2009

  • HEALTHY CHOICES: Students at Anderson Union High School are receiving fresher foods made on the spot thanks to a new initiative to go green and healthy.
  • WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS: The winners for the 18-29 age group are third place Anthony Novack of Red Bluff, first place Alex Shannon of Anderson, and second place James Helser of Anderson. All participated in the North State Skate Series.
  • UP ON THE ROOF: Anderson City Councilwoman Melissa Hunt
  • DECADES OF SERVICE: Rite Aid Regional Vice President Bob Lambrecht, in blue suit, honors Sheila Hibbard, Alice Echmann and Becky Ring, respectively, for 27 years, 30 years and 32 years of service to the Anderson store.
  • LINDA LINGO
  • MY FAIR LADY: Professor Henry Higgins (Mike Chambers) coaches Eliza Doolittle (Delanie Specht).


Full gallery »Anderson against Lassen


The Anderson Cubs hosted the Lassen Grizzlies Friday, October 9. While Anderson's defense was able to keep Lassen from scoring, the Cub offense wasn't able to contribute. Anderson lost 6-14 and 0-1 in the league.



Full gallery »Anderson volleyball hosts West Valley


Anderson's varsity girl's volleyball team hosted the West Valley Eagles Tuesday, Oct. 6. West Valley won the match in three sets, 25-11, 25-11, 25-5.



Full gallery »What's Your Opinion: October 7, 2009

  • Tom Lane, Cottonwood: 'I think it is good to share the venue. Sharing is good.'
  • Sheri Ritchie, Anderson: 'I am too busy at that time of year to attend.'
  • Jamie O'Brien, Redding: 'I don't know much about it.'
  • Kathy Traetz, Cottonwood: 'This is Anderson and it is associated with the lumber industry, we can't afford to lose the revenue.'
  • Frank Muse, Anderson: 'I am saddened that it will not be held at the fair grounds. With the economy, it needs to be condensed. People will not have to drive to and from their hotels, there will be a shuttle and the environment is heated. Adding people from the construction industry is also a huge thing, since they are a part of the logging industry.'
  • Steve Rhodes, Redding: 'If it brings more revenue to the Anderson Area, then it should be kept in Anderson.'

The Sierra Cascade Logging Conference has been held in Anderson off and on since 1951. How do you feel about it being condensed and held only in Redding?



Full gallery »Photo Gallery: October 7, 2009

  • ROPING PRACTICE: Rachel Bader, a third-grader from Columbia Elementary School in Redding, learns to swing a lariat loop at a roping dummy during a Farm City Day field trip.
  • SALMON RETURN: An adult salmon ready to spawn returns to the fish ladder leading into Coleman National Fish Hatchery after spending several years in the Pacific Ocean.
  • THE NEED FOR SPEED: Quarterback Ronny Hampton of West Valley runs towards the goal for a touch down as stunned players from Gridley try to catch up with him.
  • QUICK RETURN: Natalie McAulliff returns the ball to her opponent from Gridley High School in a recent tennis match. McAulliff’s doubles partner was Kaylin Minner, a junior at West Valley High School.



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