Michael Woodward, Reporter

Beyond wearing a green sweater, tweed cap and proving his ability to croon "Danny Boy" while playing the organ, Cottonwood resident Patrick Carr treasures his Irish-Catholic lineage well above just celebrating St. Patrick's Day on March 17.

Six Anderson neighborhoods will be subject to some serious elbow grease April 12-17, and anyone interested in beautifying his or her corner of the city is welcome to join in.

Five cattle walked back and forth across the Shasta Livestock Auction Yard floor at the behest of Curt Pate, who merely approached the calves from the side. To contrast, Pate showed how approaching them from the rear causes the cattle ...

Now offering children a clear healthy option to burgers, fries and a soda, TJ's Drive-In was the first South County restaurant to partner with the Healthy Kids Choice program run by Shasta County Public Health, said Ereka Rambur, registered dietician.

Business round-up: March 10, 2010

Rodney Baker's grandmother remembers Rodney feeding the cats before he collapsed at his Riverside Avenue residence in Anderson on Feb. 20.

While the state of California prioritized biomass power plants as a renewable energy source, the job of making it profitable will be a major hurdle, warned experts at Sierra Pacific Industries, Inc at a meeting March 4 with the Sierra ...

Ground clearing has begun on a three-year project to improve the anadramous fish habitat in the Battle Creek watershed, according to Jim Smith, project leader at Red Bluff Office of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Shasta County District Attorney's Office is currently reviewing an investigation into the Anderson Fire Protection District that was headed by Redding Police Department, according to Deputy District Attorney Erin Dervin. Dervin said she planned to complete reviewing Neil Purcell ...

The annual recognition dinner for members and volunteers of Anderson Cottonwood Christian Assistance March 13 will honor the recent retirement of Marguerite Taylor.

Happy Valley farmers and residents will soon have online access to a new weather station that will replace the 1950 model used at the Clear Creek Community Services District. The district board approved the purchase, not to exceed $1,900, at ...

Cared-for neighbor cats on the loose are a huge problem in Anderson, Animal Control Officer Renee Canavan said. The person who lays out food for the cats but doesn't contain their activities create the city's most popular animal nuisance, Canavan ...

Keeping a garden of medical marijuana will get much more expensive for Anderson patients if the city council follows through with the planning commission's recommendations. Last week, the Anderson Planning Council approved several strict measures to narrowly allow for the ...

After returning stateside for about three weeks, Cottonwood resident and relief worker Nicklas Rogers was to return to Haiti today, March 3. The country was ravaged by a Jan. 12 earthquake that left over 200,000 dead and the government infrastructure ...

Mister TacoSince the departure of Taco Barn at 5531 Deschutes Rd. southeast of Anderson, former manager Jose Oseguera and his wife Araceli decided to reopen the establishment as Mister Taco.

Larry Lucas is on a hunt. During his youth, the Red Bluff man remembers cleaning and caring for a 45-foot tour boat his father built in 1949.

A group of South County churches are sponsoring an eight-week job training class for unemployed or under-employed people in the South County area.

Two underage firefighters formerly with the Anderson Fire Protection District allegedly consumed alcohol during a 2007 Halloween party at Fire Captain Jason Bellinger's residence, a party attended by at least three off-duty Anderson police officers and a newly-hired Fire Chief, ...

Anderson Planning Commission members narrowly approved an ordinance with numerous restrictions on the cultivation of medical marijuana within city limits Monday.

Two cluster-type postal boxes in Anderson had their back covers torn-off in the early hours of Feb. 16 on Drifstone Drive, Anderson Police Department Captain Robert Kirvin said.

The 2010 Boat, Sport & RV Show will open at the Shasta District Fair grounds for a full weekend March 5-7. Beyond several displays of boats, RVs, campers and motorhomes, one of the main events involves local professional fishermen demonstrating ...

Skunk season has begun, and the critters are raising their tails, mating and spraying under houses in numbers not seen in a couple years, said Bob Hassel, the owner of Animal Nuisance Control in Cottonwood.

With each of the six completed houses in the Silvergate subdivision sold, more are under construction in the Anderson subdivision. About 5 to 6 new houses will be under construction over the next few months in the subdivision, according to ...

The Anderson Teen Center has two performances featuring local talent at its Friday Band Night, Feb. 19, and the two seem diametrically opposed. Solo act Mariah Wester will play acoustic guitar and sing, then the five-piece Faded Mustache band will ...

While the Cottonwood Community Library celebrated 759 new library card holders in 2009, the library may cut its already trim budget by about 8 percent in 2010 from its 2009 budget of $42,340, according to the library's proposed budget estimates ...

Award nominations are due and tickets are on sale for the upcoming Anderson Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Dinner. The chamber's 33rd annual awards dinner will be hosted at Win-River Casino on March 27, 6-9 p.m. The dinner "honors Anderson's ...

River enthusiasts with canoes or rafts will have something to look forward to at the Anderson River Park next year. A $240,000 site plan for a concrete canoe and raft take-out with sidewalks and covered picnic area is currently in ...

The Anderson Fire Protection District will have to wait for its three new firefighters. The hiring of additional firefighters by the Anderson Fire Protection District (AFPD), a goal of the district for well over a year, was suspended until the ...

At an Anderson Fire Protection District board meeting Feb. 9, Secretary of the Board Paul Bosetti asked Fire Chief Andy Nichols for a presentation of district priorities "to set up a policy of what we're after ... Give us something ...

The Relay For Life, a national fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, will hold an annual Relay in Anderson at Anderson Union High School beginning this year on May 22. While a Relay For Life will continue to be held ...

While pursuing several juveniles reported to be throwing rocks at windows at the Blue Oak Apartments in Anderson before midnight on Jan. 29, Anderson Police Department officers discovered a 14-year-old Anderson boy lying in the field, APD Captain Robert Kirvin ...

With law enforcement officers in Shasta County and Redding already equipped with the technology, Anderson Police Department trained and outfitted its officers with TASERs, a company name for a Conducted Energy Device (CED), in January. The department spent $4,000 of ...

The City of Redding may become a long-term customer of the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District (ACID). Disscusion over terms of a sale of water was held in closed session last month between the city and ACID board of directors.

A weak year of growth in Anderson's commercial sector added weight to the significant drop in year-end building permit valuation totals in 2009, city records show. With 2009 permit totals at $5,576,804.85, the city felt an $11.7 million drop in ...

After working with rebuilding efforts in devastated areas, seeing miles upon miles of destruction, and visiting people who lost both homes and loved ones in Hurricane Katrina, Cottonwood resident Nicklas Rogers is at it again.

Some people decry the usefulness of a guard dog overlooking livestock because the dogs are often seen sleeping all day. But that's because they are up all night working, countered Lynn Kenny, who, with her husband Mark Griffith, breed Anatolian ...

The Cottonwood Creek Watershed Group (CCWG) will begin construction on a community garden at Evergreen Middle School to open in April, CCWG Director Brynn Nolan said last week, thanks to a $7,500 grant from the Tehama County Community Action Partnership.

Two nationally-owned retail stores plan to move into Shasta Outlets in March, General Manager Linda Austin said, although she's not permitted to release the names of the businesses yet, she said during a telephone interview. The two stores involve different ...

George Raymond Faust, 72, died of a massive heart attack at his home in Mesa, Ariz., on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009, according to his wife of 28 years Mittie Hawkins.

Anderson-Cottonwood Christian Assistance (ACCA) provided 357 boxes of food for Christmas dinners to South County families, agency officials reported this week.

Anderson Fire Protection District Captain Jason Taylor Bellinger was arrested Tuesday, Dec. 29, on a felony count of forgery and a misdemeanor count of embezzlement involving $350 allegedly taken from the Anderson Volunteer Firefighters association, according to an Anderson Police ...

Anderson's Planning Commission held a workshop Dec. 14 to discuss and raise questions concerning the cultivation of medical marijuana within city limits.

While stating how pleased he was with attendance at his Christmas Holiday Spectacular event held at the Shasta District Fair grounds in Anderson, Jim McDilda gave a short list of changes for next year.

Even though the Audubon Society's annual Christmas bird count includes members of many nations, the South County will still play a part. The society's annual bird count is one of the world's longest-standing animal census for the third year in ...

A cooking fire destroyed the home of Brian and Debra Palmer at 1421 Hemlock Ave. on Saturday, Dec. 12. In the middle of cooking fudge, the fire started when a plastic cutting board left on the stove top ignited while ...

The Anderson Rotary Club held its annual pheasant hunt on Saturday, with the shot birds getting dressed and saved for the club's wild game feed, scheduled in coming months. About 50 hunters signed up for the hunt on Glenn Hawes' ...

Families with loved ones buried at the Northern California Veterans Cemetery (NCVC) will have the honor at noon Saturday, Dec. 12, to place a wreath on the grave of a departed family member.

While disabled veterans receive an exemption from paying property taxes in Shasta County, they still must pay for assessments on their property.

When club membership increased from eight to 25 members just since October, the Anderson River Park Flyers devided to refurbish a landing strip near Dodson Lane and show off their new modelers air park and flying skills at an upcoming ...

Members of the Anderson Fire Protection District - the first elected board since the district was founded in 1889 - traded seats with departing, appointed board members during a brief district meeting Friday, Dec. 4.