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california adventure district 57 | 5 Things to Do in Shasta County

creative expressions 25 | The Colors of Dunsmuir’s Botanical Gardens

M O D E O F E XPR ES S I O N

29 | Behind the Curtain with Pamela Carney and Kathryn Kirk

Finding Creativity in Everyday Life

33 | Sam Smith’s Wood Fellows 39 | How Local Music Stores are Navigating Through the Pandemic 42 | Wanted: Dashes of Downtown Color 47 | Shasta State Historic Park’s Art Collection 52 | The Art of Community with Red Bluff Vesper Lodge

recipe 60 | Take Your Grilled Cheese to a Whole New Level

in every issue 15 | My Town: Agata Maruszewski 63 | Downtown Details 64 | Enjoy the View—Chuck Prudhomme 68 | What’s Cookin’— Peanut Butter Cup Crispy Rice Treats 70 | Giving Back—Odyssey of the Mind

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WE’RE ON THE CUSP OF SPRING, which feels like a perfect time to explore our creativity. We’re finding unique ways to express ourselves in every facet of our lives – in the kitchen, in the home, in the garden, in fashion. What inspires you?

Ernie Wasson has made a career out of sharing his creativity through beautiful blooms. The manager of the Botanical Gardens in Dunsmuir’s City Park has roamed through nurseries in Southern Oregon and Northern California, looking for plants to showcase in these gardens, and he’s proud to show them off to visitors from near and far.

Others express themselves through the performing arts, and while this has been a challenge over the past year, the North State is home to some remarkable talent. The community theater scene in Shasta County provides space to directors, actors and stagehands of all experience levels, and appreciative audience members are the lucky benefactors.

If you’re looking to explore your musical side, our local musical stores have reinvented themselves a bit during the pandemic, and are delighted to help folks find an instrument that thrills them. Ready to start a family band?

Even our downtown buildings have become a canvas for creativity, thanks to VIVA Downtown. Its mini-mural project engages local artists to display their works on the exteriors of select buildings in Downtown Redding. Take a stroll through the revitalized area and check it out.

Express yourself, embrace your creative side, be inspired – and enjoy!

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“Spontaneous” – that’s the word I’d use to describe my decision to move to Northern California. “Foolhardy” might perhaps be a better term. With a degree under my belt, I set off to start a new chapter of my life – in a foreign land. I had a very idealistic picture of what a freshly minted university graduate could expect once they entered “the real world”.

Shingletown’s woods, meadows and hills are not the kind of landscape a European expects when they think about California. But that’s where I was – city girl transplanted into the rural setting. Sure, I missed a lot of the conveniences of life in a big city, but living in the woods grew on me fast. The quiet – the marvelous quiet that makes frog choruses and crickets seem almost deafening. I have never seen so many stars in the night sky. Fresh air, clean water and stunning views on my commutes. I was hooked.

I soon discovered the Shingletown community was warm, open and welcoming – and creative! I found avid photographers, painters, textile artists, sculptors, musicians, theater actors and directors in that tiny, unassuming town. As I got to know the area better, I discovered more of the artistic and cultural heritage of the North State. Public art enriches trails, parks and neighborhoods, often the creations of local artists.

Performing arts are equally tantalizing.

Internationally renowned stars grace the scenes of Cascade Theatre and the Civic Auditorium, and even the smaller venues enjoy star-studded lineups. Local theatre productions offer world-class experiences.

I count myself fortunate to be able to witness and, in small part, contribute to Redding’s revitalization and cultural revival. Redding is fortunate to have so many community groups that dedicate their work to the enrichment of the cultural experience, the recognition and the honoring of the peoples that make up the North State now, and those who have been here in the past.

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F I N D I N G C R E AT I V I T Y I N E V E R Y D AY L I F E ART ISN’T RESERVED just for rectangular canvases, fancy matting and decadent frames. It stretches far beyond parallel lines, paint and brush strokes. Art has always imitated life itself. It shows up on plates, in carefully arranged fruit bowls, in simmering pots and pans and in freshly pressed and folded laundry. It is there in homes lovingly arranged with pieces that bring the joy in.

Art shows up all around us. It is both intricate and mundane, shouting loudly in bold colors at times and speaking in a sweet whisper in others. Art is without bounds. It shows up in the most unexpected places – in the person who never once considered themself an artist and in the one who came into the world ready to make masterpieces, alike. Whatever shape it takes, art comes to make life better. Join us on the journey to find art in everyday places.

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ART IS IN THE KITCHEN: They don’t call it culinary arts for nothing. People eat with their eyes first, so it is no wonder that chefs worldwide go the extra mile not only to prepare a praise-worthy meal, but to carefully arrange its contents on a plate. There are specific techniques for plating that include using the food to create dimension, playing with texture, the use of contrasting colors, choosing the right plate and incorporating edible garnishes for flair. These same considerations are part of what any artist would hope to accomplish in a painting, sculpture or photograph.

Charcuterie boards, an appetizing arrangement of meats, cheeses, crackers and fruit, have gone from what some playfully referred to as “a grown-up Lunchable” to a legitimate art form. These edible works of art incorporate intricate patterns, vibrant colors, symmetry and repetition that make them appealing to both the eyes and the taste buds. Rectangular or round, themed for breakfast or your favorite holiday, charcuterie boards are the “it” way to invite art into your kitchen.

There is artistry to be found in the setting of a table, a beautiful china pattern and in the careful selection of fresh ingredients to cook with. Art can be as simple as making sure each meal of the day is filled with an array of food in the colors of nature’s palate.4 continued on page 20

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ART I S IN T H Have you ev E HOME: er wal decora ked ted work o , you couldn into a hom fa e ’t can do rt in a museu help but sto or office so m? Tha p and for a sp beauti ta t is wha ac Inter t a care ke it all in – fully ior des e. fully cu ign has space t rated a like a som ha estheti all com t is functiona e specific gu c l and c i d es in e li n e omfort s th elemen able, bu that help to ts that e form of crea t th we sh Books carefull are a bit abou ll-loved ado e true artistr te a r y of it y arran nment t the p soul in g ed s a eop a on a re small town o on a shelf, a p le that live or nd quirky cen r a bus iece of work t tli ar h decade t trip to the coast d ng city far aw t made by a cr ere. nt textu isplaye ay, seas e re of th a wall – d in a p hells co tive row pill the lace of lle ows, th art piec se are the ele im e brigh portan cted ments e that i t c t in h e, the s your he at com fusion home. et of Th ar Art t in the thing ose who visi ogether to cre color on a is also t your s you c ate a un ali ho ho i up in the un ve and well in ose to decora me can see a que iformit b t t e i cabinet h t of with. e organ ART IS IN THE GARDEN: yo a for eas nd in a pantry f folded tow ization of thin Landscape architecture is a thing. But perhaps it could just as easily be yn els th g clothin avigation. A at is set up w and beddin s. It shows called landscape artistry. Choosing the right design aesthetic for an g rti g ith the labels f in a linen space b hung uniform stry is in a c outdoor space requires considering what is both functional and what is a c a oth fun ing for ly in a refully w ctional c a beautiful. It comes down to planning a space that invites you to enjoy it and be loset. These s rranged draw ard autiful. mall to e while providing for your needs. Are you someone who needs a backyard uches m r or ake a filled with grass, or is a Zen rock and sand garden more your speed? At its core, this decision requires you to consider both function and feeling.

Art is deciding which wood to use to create your deck, whether to use brick or pavers for that meandering pathway, and which trees, bushes and plants should adorn your outdoor space. It is the process of training a trellis to grow in the direction you had in mind. It is the decision to incorporate a water feature or a windchime to fully engage the senses.

There is an art to planning out a garden, too. It is knowing how much space, depth and soil each type of plant will need to thrive and planning accordingly. It is taking the time to find the right pots. It is building a raised garden bed that meets your needs. It is taking time to prune bushes and snip dried leaves. It is the joy that comes from collecting the beautiful harvest that is sure to come.4 continued on page 22

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IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU BREATHE WITH A DIFFERENT KIND OF HAPPINESS

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30 YEARS Dr. Barry Billingtong

The Shasta Health Assessment and Redesign Collaborative (SHARC), a dynamic group of healthcare leaders, has been working to improve access to quality healthcare in the North State since 2009. In conjunction with National Doctor’s Day on March 30, it is our pleasure to recognize and celebrate local physicians who have devoted their careers in service of Shasta County’s underserved populations. These outstanding health care professionals are being recognized for years of service to our community as a “Shasta Health Rock Star.” We gratefully acknowledge these physicians who reached milestone anniversaries in 2020, and those that are retiring.

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ART IS IN FASHION: If you have ever met an artist, chances are you got a sense of their creativity through their choice of clothing. Fashion is wearable art. It gives the wearer a sense of freedom to choose the colors, textures, fabrics and cuts that share a little about themselves with everyone around them.

The clothing we choose to wear every day can be our art. In selecting an awe-inspiring color combination, in layering pieces in a way that brings movement and texture to life, in the incorporation of playful accessories and fantastic footwear, we have a way of expressing ourselves without having to utter a word.

Artistic expression in the form of fashion gives people a way to be wholly and completely themselves. Just like painting on a canvas or molding that clay for a sculpture, the art of fashion is freedom personified. •

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Kimberly N. Bonéy, proud wife and mom, is a freelance writer, designer, up-cycler and owner of Herstory Vintage. When she’s not working, she is joyfully wielding jewelry-making tools and paintbrushes in her studio. Antique shops, vintage boutiques, craft stores and bead shops are her happy place.

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BY TIM HOLT

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ERNIE WASSON is a painter of sorts. His canvas features every color in the rainbow, colors that vary from season to season.

Wasson’s canvas is the Botanical Gardens in Dunsmuir’s City Park. Over the past three years, as the Gardens’ manager, he has roamed through nurseries in Southern Oregon and Northern California, looking for bright, showy flowers and other plants with interesting, attractive features.

Starting this spring you’ll see the results of his forays: the red, pink, yellow and white blossoms of the rhododendrons, the large white blossoms of the dogwoods. And in the fall, the purple, red, yellow and white flowers of the sages; the yellow, pink and red blossoms of the begonias; and the brightly colored leaves of the maples and dogwoods.4 continued on page 26

Fall color in Japanese Dissectum Maple Photo by Ernie Wasson MARCH 2021

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flowers are going to be there for everyone, wearing their best colors, pandemic or no pandemic,” notes Luann Krahn-Wiegele, president of the Gardens’ board of directors.

The Gardens feature plants from Asia, Mexico and Greece, as well as a wide variety of native plants.

A friendly, loquacious guy who loves to share his knowledge of the plant world, Wasson is happy to show off the Gardens to visitors. And there’s a lot to see. Among the more interesting features are the elegantly long, velvety soft needles of the Japanese umbrella pine; the rare Shasta snow-wreath shrub, found only here and in the Sacramento River canyon in Shasta County; the orange milkweed in the bee-attracting “pollinator garden” at the Gardens’ main entrance on Dunsmuir Avenue.

Work on the Dunsmuir Botanical Gardens began in the early 1990s. They were conceived as a way to draw visitors to a town that was in the economic doldrums due to the shrinking workforce of the town’s major employer, the Southern Pacific Railroad. To make matters worse, in 1991, a derailed Southern Pacific tank car spilled toxic chemicals in the Sacramento River just north of Dunsmuir, decimating fish populations and striking another blow to a town that had been a magnet for sport fishermen.

Today, with a fully restored river running right by them, the Botanical Gardens draw visitors from the Bay Area, Sacramento, Portland and well beyond. A big, bold sign at the Gardens’ entrance beckons to motorists on nearby Interstate 5.

Wasson often meets families who’ve been coming to the Gardens for decades to picnic and enjoy the plant life. The Gardens provide a colorful backdrop for weddings, children’s birthday parties and music concerts on an outdoor stage at the north side. One day Wasson watched as eight motorcyclists roared down the steep road that

Japanese Umbrella Pine

Tuberous Begonia

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Summer flower border

‘80s, ’90s & Anything for Redding Venus Dogwood Photos by Ernie Wasson

leads to the Gardens. They got off their Harleys, staged a brief marriage ceremony in the middle of the Gardens, then charged back up the hill.

After a long career working in nurseries and public gardens, Wasson, now 70, moved to Dunsmuir nearly eight years ago to retire and pursue new interests. He signed up to volunteer at Dunsmuir’s Siskiyou Arts Museum and is currently its board president.

But when the Gardens’ previous manager, Candace Miller, moved out of town, Wasson was the obvious choice to be her successor. His plans to retire went out the window, but he keeps his work down to no more than 10 hours a week. He does the pruning and scouts for new additions to the Gardens, while his assistant, Shirley Magnuson, does most of the maintenance.

It’s easy to practice social distancing while touring the Botanical Gardens, so they’ve been open to visitors throughout the pandemic. “The flowers are going to be there for everyone, wearing their best colors, pandemic or no pandemic,” notes Luann Krahn-Wiegele, president of the Gardens’ board of directors.

If you take a walk through the Dunsmuir Botanical Gardens this spring, you’ll get to enjoy those colors. And, who knows, you just might be inspired to take up a little Ernie Wasson-style painting in your own backyard. • Dunsmuir Botanical Gardens 4841 Dunsmuir Ave, Dunsmuir • (530) 235-4740 www.dunsmuirbotanicalgardens.org

Tim Holt is a longtime journalist, the editor of the quarterly Northwest Review, and the author of “On Higher Ground,” a futuristic novel set in the Mount Shasta region. He lives in Dunsmuir, and is an avid cyclist and hiker.

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COMMUNITY THEATER in the North State is among the myriad casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic, and like everything else the coronavirus has marred, the timing could not have been worse.

Riverfront Playhouse’s new downtown Redding theater opened last year, but the curtain has yet to be raised on a live performance; Axiom Repertory Theatre christened its new home with a production in January 2020 and then had to go dark; the Cascade Theatre and Shasta College both had to halt productions that were ready to roll last spring. While directors, actors, stagehands and audience members eagerly await a return to live performances, there’s time to at least talk about theater. With that in mind, Enjoy Magazine asked two veteran actors – Redding residents Kathryn Kirk and Pamela Carney – to share a few insights into their shared passion.

ENJOY: What was your introduction to theater?

KATHRYN: “I auditioned for a cheesy play called ‘Ask Any Girl’ (as part of a high school drama class in Wyoming, Mich.). I wanted the lead, the ingenue, but no, I got the quirky taxi driver. That’s the story of my life: always the character roles. But I wouldn’t want it any other way.”

PAMELA: “I started in my freshman year of high school in Middletown, Ohio. The International Thespian Society was headquartered back there and it was huge at my high school. I took drama, did the plays, sang in choir and played in the orchestra. You were a cool kid if you were in drama at that high school. It was definitely fun. It felt like I was a natural to the stage. I always wanted attention and that hasn’t changed.”

ENJOY: What has your theater experience meant to you?

KATHRYN: “I have a couple of talents: Working with children, acting, and I can carry a tune. To be able to use one’s talent is a precious gift and Redding community theater has a lot of opportunities. The value it has added to my life is being able to work with these people and form lasting friendships with them.”4

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PAMELA: “It’s just a part of who I am, a part of my identity, a part of my soul and it fills me up. I love the entire process of a play that starts with getting a script, reading it, auditioning, watching others, the selection, rehearsals, learning the lines, finding your character andbringing that character to life and being able to give it back to the people in the audience. It’s like a catharsis.”

Theater brings people together from

all walks of life. Theater doesn’t care what color you are, what your political beliefs are or how

much you make. Working

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a production of the highest caliber and offering it up to an audience creates community.

ENJOY: What have been some of your favorite roles?

KATHRYN: “I have been blessed with some incredible roles. I do gravitate toward strong, many-layered roles.

Violet Weston from ‘August: Osage County’ is high on the list … the drug-addled matriarch of the family; Martha in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?; Amanda Wingfield in ‘The Glass Menagerie;’ the 92-year-old woman in ‘Three Tall Women;’ Golde in ‘Fiddler on the Roof;’ and the Wicked Witch of the West: Talk about a disturbed woman!”

PAMELA: “My first favorite role was my first leading part at Riverfront, back in 1983. It was ‘Picnic,’ and I played Madge. I got a best actress award for that. Madeline Livingston from ‘Women of Lockerbie’ was another favorite and I got an award for that, too. It’s rewarding to give back to the audience and also to feel validated that other people felt what I had to give. It’s an affirmation for me and the audience as well. I recently did ‘Devil at Midnight’ (at the Cottonwood-based ARTS Theatre).

Liz Burns was my character, a psychoanalyst who takes in a young abuse victim. It was a mystery with a huge twist, almost like a Halloween show. It was a very small venue and a very small audience and it made it so much more intimate and real for me. By the final performance I really bawled my eyes out. It felt so good to let that out. My favorite parts are dramatic. I like to get very deep.”

ENJOY: What value does theater add to the community?

KATHRYN: “Theater brings people together from all walks of life. Theater doesn’t care what color you are, what your political beliefs are or how much you make. Working together to create a production of the highest caliber and offering it up to an audience creates community.”

PAMELA: “It adds a richness of culture, and we can always use more culture.” • www.riverfrontplayhouse.net www.axreptheatre.com www.facebook.com/ARTSTheatreorg/ www.shastacollege.edu www.cascadetheatre.org

Jon Lewis is a Redding-based writer with 37 years of experience. A longtime San Francisco Giants fan, his interests include golf, fishing and sharing stories about people, places and things.

He can be reached at jonpaullewis@gmail.com.

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TO WOOD CARVERS, there’s treasure to be found in old logging areas of the North State. In places that weren’t cleaned and burned as they are now, stumps and wood knots were left behind that are ideal source material. Sam Smith of Chico once found a site in Shingletown and has been carving what he calls knot heads or wood fellows ever since.

“I brought a couple hundred down with me and I haven’t been back since,” he says. Each pine or cedar knot holds the potential for a different face to be carved, and Smith enjoys determining what it should be. His carvings of people and sometimes fish have become popular and sell at Enjoy the Store in Redding.

Smith has now made about 300 such carvings and appreciates each challenge. “I just do it to while the time away when I’m not out golfing,” he says. Smith likes to keep busy and is the type of guy who ended up working part time after he officially retired in 2008 after many years at PACE Engineering, nine of which he served as president. He completely

retired in 2010 and has been carving more to stay active.

Smith’s engineering career had him developing water and wastewater projects throughout the North State. He particularly enjoyed helping smaller municipalities develop effective systems and spent time in Red Bluff, Yreka, Anderson and Mount Shasta, among others. “I really liked hydraulics,” he says, noting that he developed pumping stations for Incline Village.

Carving, then, is a nice contrast to the technical elements of his career.

“There’s nothing scientific about doing a wood fellow,” he says with a laugh. “It’s a gut feeling.” He says the wood fellows often start out looking stern, but he’s learned to create smiles in mustaches and add cigars to the characters to lighten them up a bit. “Each one is so different.

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“I tried to do one of my dad once, but it didn’t turn out well,” he says, noting that the twists and turns of the wood determine where features can be placed. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t hit the mark creating people he’s never met. “I’ve heard people looking at them saying, ‘Oh, that looks like Uncle Fred!’ or so and so,” he continues. “It gives them a little joy.”

Smith is a self-taught woodworker who learned to create his wood fellows from a booklet he ordered online. The first two resulted in unique gifts for friends he visited in Australia. Another became a gift for his chiropractor who lost his home in the Camp Fire. “The reason I do wood fellows is it gives people something to enjoy from the woods,” he says. “If it gives someone a little joy, it’s good to give them something to have.”

In many ways, his time working with the wood knots takes him back to his childhood. “I grew up in the mountains east of Red Bluff. My dad was in the timber business,” he says. “So I did a lot of hunting, spent a lot of time in the woods.”

Occasionally, Smith calls upon his time spent fishing to create carved fish from the cedar stumps he’s found. He likes to refine the heart wood and use the natural red color.

He’ll use a bit of green paint to detail the head of a sockeye salmon that’s spawned. It’s a fish he knows well, having taken an epic trip to Alaska with his brother when they were running. “We took a toy hauler,” he says. “But we didn’t take ATVs. We took freezers.” The pair brought back 1,100 pounds of sockeye and halibut.

Smith is rounding down his original collection of source wood and says, “I’ll go hunt for more knots.” There are faces out there in those old logging sites just waiting to be uncovered. Sam Smith has just the tools to find them. • Melissa Mendonca is a graduate of San Francisco State and Tulane universities. She’s a lover of airports and road trips and believes in mentoring and service to create communities everyone can enjoy. Her favorite words are rebar, wanderlust and change.

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THERE ARE MANY BENEFITS to learning how to play an instrument: It helps increase your motor skills, boosts your memory and overall cognitive functions, and simply gives you the opportunity to expand your social circle if you decide to join a band or play shows.

However, COVID-19 has thrown a wrench in how people normally live their lives. Now many families are learning/working from home, and school band and choir classes were suspended for almost a year. Fortunately, though, the Northern California community is learning how to adapt while still supporting the local arts. Music stores in Redding and Chico reported high retail sales over the holidays despite music lessons being down and product slowly trickling in.

“The Christmas season was good to us; the hardest part has been keeping things in stock,” Herreid Music Owner Rich Pires says, adding that many instruments he carries are manufactured overseas. A lot of his beginner guitars are backordered through June, and more people coming into the store are interested in taking lessons. (Herreid Music offers in-store guitar, bass, drums, vocals and ukulele lessons.)

Herreid Music was opened in 1962 by Pires’ father-inlaw Byron Herreid, and Pires took it over in 1992. He owned another Herreid Music store in Chico until 2018, but ever since he closed the Chico location, Pires says the one in Redding has been thriving. Pires believes what sets them apart from other music stores is the quality of products they sell and offering the best customer service they can.

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Likewise, Mike’s Music & Sound in Redding has also seen a break in the supply chain due to COVID-19, but fortunately, owner Mike Smith has kept many items warehoused and he is continuing to sell off his existing inventory. Since a large part of his business is doing sound equipment installs for churches and schools, though, that is where the pandemic has created the biggest impact.

“It’s been tough on overall sales; that one segment has been gone because of

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COVID-19 for pretty much a whole year,” Smith says. The good news is that Mike’s Music & Sound has also seen an increase in sales for entry-level guitars and new or different instruments since students previously into woodwinds are now picking up strings.

“Ukuleles have been selling really well since they are small, and they are easier to learn considering they only have four strings,” says Smith.

He opened Mike’s Music & Sound in September 1985 after he decided to get out of car sales and saw how his cousin managed his music store in Modesto (Mike’s dad is also a musician). Now he’s trying his best to stay afloat.

“Christmas was fine (for business). People shopped local, which helped us a lot,” says Smith. His goals for this year are “to maintain what we’ve been doing and be able to continue.”

The Music Connection, with stores in both Chico and Redding, is also chugging along but COVID-19 has presented its challenges. “They’re both doing great. We had an awesome December. One of the best I’ve ever had, actually,” says owner Sally MacMillan, who has worked in the Chico location since she was 18. “Retail is up, but we do a lot of business with schools, and that’s down. In Chico we would have 400 students a week taking lessons and now we have maybe half that. Since lessons and rentals correlate with education, that has hurt us the hardest.”

MacMillan agrees that ukuleles are a hot item for younger kids and beginner musicians right now. “They are so accessible; you don’t have to struggle a long time to learn how to play a song. And they’re only around 40 bucks, fun and enjoyable.

We used to sell ukuleles to entire classes of fourth through sixth graders until COVID-19 closed down the schools,” she adds.

MacMillan sees a bright side of people picking up more COVID-friendly instruments like mandolins, banjos, and electric guitars. “It’s fun for me to see kids cranking up an amplifier again and playing electric guitar,” she says. And while it’s challenging to raise three kids who are distance learning while trying to manage her business, MacMillan sees music as a saving grace for more than just her business.

“When things get tough, I think music is helpful to people. It’s good for your heart and mind. People have more time now and they need it so much.” •

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SO MUCH IS HAPPENING in downtown Redding.

Government, private and non-profit funds and efforts have poured in to raise a new skyline. We have new storefronts and residential units now taking renters. And among all the new structures, many of our old historic buildings still stand, lending a timeless, stately character to the overall downtown area. Credit for their preservation also goes to the coordinated works of community-minded groups dedicated to a vibrant central business district.

See a theme here? VIVA Downtown did, and they decided to do something about it: bring in more color.

Inspired by the few splashes of brighter hue here and there, mostly from murals, Redding’s premier revitalization nonprofit directed its staff to develop a mini-mural project which would pay local artists to display their works on the exteriors of downtown buildings deemed most in need of a chromatic boost.

So came the unveiling last month at the historic International Order of Odd Fellows Building, resplendent in shades of tan. Called “Eight Arches for Eight Artists,” curves from the original architecture frame colorful minimurals painted on plywood and hung in their spaces.

Project Coordinator Blake Fisher says they initially thought to have the artists paint directly on the walls, then thought better of it.

“We’ll be able to simply remove them as opposed to painting them over,” he explains. “Then more artists should be inspired to submit their art to the project.”

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“I THINK ABOUT ARTISTS AS CULTURAL PRODUCERS,” SHE SAYS. “ART AND CULTURE ARE PARAMOUNT TO THE PULSE, THE VIBE, OF A THRIVING DOWNTOWN.” A sneak peak at some of the “art in the arches.”

Art by Danny Lindberg (left) • Art by Jesse Jentzon (right)

VIVA Downtown, where the proposals will be assessed by the Design Committee. “We don’t make recommendations for themes or anything,” he adds. “They can paint whatever they like.”

Currently, the arches are filled with works by local artists, including Danny Lindberg, Brittany Hougherton, Jesse Jentzon, Vanessa Scholfield, Cheri Morris, Karlo Henri and Sally Marbry, chair of the Design Committee.

Eight Arches for Eight Artists is part of a restoration of the historic IOOF Building, which VIVA Downtown is now renting for events.

Fisher sees all this as part of the downtown Redding renaissance this past year, with brand new storefronts topped by residential apartments, now filling with new tenants.

“Market Street is going to be reopening. People are going to be able to drive on it again,” he says. “If there ever was a time to restore the IOOF Building, that time is now.” VIVA Downtown is reactivating the historic building in coordination with the McConnell Foundation, as part of the two organizations’ joint community vitality projects.

Who better at McConnell to coordinate with the downtown revitalization nonprofit in this endeavor than Rachel Hatch, senior program officer for community vitality? “I think about artists as cultural producers,” she says. “Art and culture are paramount to the pulse, the vibe, of a thriving downtown.”

She describes the McConnell Foundation’s role as two-fold, a grant maker for organizations active in downtown revitalization, and by direct investments in historic restoration. “The IOOF Building is a great example of an asset that requires stewardship,” she says.

John Truitt, VIVA Downtown’s executive director, credits McConnell for support of two cultural gems in Redding: downtown and Turtle Bay. He also gives a nod to groups such as Redding Arts and the Shasta County Arts Council for enhancing downtown with an

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occasional full-scale mural. And as he describes how art will accent the central cultural district, he expresses palpable excitement.

“When you drive by an urban landscape, you see mostly beige,” he says. “We want to encourage people to come downtown by using dashes of color. We have great visual art and artists groups in Redding, and this can really change the perspective of a community. It’s not the streets or the water that makes a town. It’s the art.”

Fisher thinks that with enough good art, the number of people coming downtown to see it could make the central business district safer. “Art goes hand in hand in creating a more walkable downtown,” he says. “If you see an alleyway that is dark and unpainted, you won’t want to go in there. With art, you will go in there to see it and and take pictures. Art really has the power to get people to walk where they haven’t before.”

Ultimately, Hatch sees such a colorized downtown as a way to get people to return to Redding as a place to live again. “I heard someone say, I wish downtown could get revitalized, so my kids would come back to Redding,” she says. “It’s like in that movie, ‘Field of Dreams:’ ‘Build it and they will come.’ But we want, ‘Build it and they will stay.’” • VIVA Downtown! • 1721 Market St., Redding (530) 243-7773 www.vivadowntownredding.org

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ANNIE CLARK is always up for a staring contest.

Schoolchildren visiting Shasta State Historic Park’s art gallery like to lock eyes with the little girl portrayed on the banks of the Sacramento River in an 1869 oil painting. No matter where they move, Annie’s eyes follow.

That feeling of being watched is called vanishing perspective, resulting from artist Fortunato Arriola’s use of shadow and light, students learn. It’s one of many lessons to be found in the state park’s unique art collection.

The Boggs Collection – 98 paintings created between 1850 and 1950 – is a treasure for visitors of all ages. “It is an

amazing collection,” says Jonathan Sutliff, state park interpreter. “We are very fortunate to have this.”

Shasta State Historic Park, five miles west of Redding, has the only dedicated art collection in the California State Parks system. It includes a portrait of John Sutter by Emanuel Leutze (1816-1868), who is best known for his painting, “Washington Crossing the Delaware”; California landscapes by Thaddeus Welch (1844-1919); nightscapes

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African-American artist Sallie Benfield (1871-1956), early American impressionist Euphemia Charlton Fortune (1885-1969) and Alice Chittenden (1859-1944), known for her California wildflower paintings.

“Women artists are such an overlooked group, and here we have this little local treasure,” says Redding resident Aleta Carpenter, vice president of the National Board of American Women Artists. She wrote an article about the collection for the organization’s website, saying it is notable for the paintings by 14 women artists and because it was compiled by a woman: Mae Helene Bacon Boggs.

If the name sounds familiar, that’s because Boggs was a force for preserving Shasta County’s pioneer history.

She pushed to make the Gold Rush-era ruins of Shasta into a state park and was behind the naming of Shasta Dam. Boggs compiled a detailed history of Shasta County transportation, publishing her book “My Playhouse was a Concord Coach” at age 75. Her donation of books, maps, reports and other historical items became the core of Redding Library’s Boggs Local History Collection.

Boggs was 8 when she and her mother came to California in 1871 from Missouri on the Transcontinental Railroad. They traveled by stagecoach to Shasta, where her uncle was the California Stage Company division agent. The Williamson Lyncoya Smith Art Gallery in the state park’s Courthouse Museum is named in his honor.

Boggs lived in San Francisco for many years and was active in civic causes, including planning the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. The Expo connected her to artists, and her art collecting grew from there.

Whether purchasing portrait, landscape or still-life paintings, Boggs’ goal was to support working California artists, says recently retired Shasta State Historic Park Superintendent Lori Martin. Boggs’ acquisitions depict California people and places, as well places beyond the Golden State, including scenes from Europe. Many of the artists studied in Europe, Martin says.

Martin, who worked at the state park for 18 years, says the reaction of visitors to discovering such significant paintings in a tiny place like Shasta is surprise – and delight. Paintings in Shasta’s collection are in demand and periodically go on loan to major museums.

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The deYoung Museum in San Francisco hoped to be the permanent home to the artwork, but Boggs opted to donate her paintings to Shasta State Historic Park. She reportedly told the first state park curator: “Nothing is too good for Shasta.”

The historical collection has its own fiery history. Three times in the past 15 years the artwork has been evacuated. Fires sparked by lightning in 2008, the 2018 Carr Fire and the Zogg Fire in late September resulted in the collection being packed up and moved to be safely housed in Sacramento.

The Carr Fire, which burned through the park, led to the most chaotic evacuation. Martin says the fire was close and she realized the collection was “going to have to move, and move pretty quickly.” Staff and volunteers boxed up paintings in early morning darkness, hearing the fire in the distance. “I was so grateful for everyone pulling together,” Martin says.

Paintings and other artifacts were relocated to the Statewide Museum Collections Center in Sacramento. Having collections at the repository gives experts there the opportunity to inventory, clean and do any needed conservation work.

Boggs’ donations have been an ongoing gift to the North State. She died in 1963 at age 100. In one of her last letters to the park, she wrote: “I am grateful that I had the opportunity to leave something beautiful in Shasta for others to enjoy.”• Laura Christman is a freelance writer in Redding with a degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a long career in newspaper journalism. Contact her at laurachristman14@gmail.com.

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ALL THIS TIME T H E A RT O F CO M M U N I T Y W I T H R E D B LU F F V E S P E R LO D G E

FROM THE FRONT, the building at 822 Main St. in Red Bluff isn’t particularly spectacular, especially for a town known for its Victorian houses. It’s old and nondescript, certainly not a standout on the town’s main drag. Take a walk around back, however, and you’ll find one of the grander and most outstanding murals in town, painted by Carl Avery of Carl Avery Studios. Spend some time inside and you’ll discover a rich history of Masonry going back more than 163 years.

While the cornerstone for this building was laid in 1932 by Grand Master Robert G. Gaylord, it was a rebirth for the Vesper Lodge No. 84, which had lost a building to fire and had met in several locations around town since its inception in 1855. The upstairs lodge, still in use for member meetings, was built with an east/west orientation according to Masonic principles, and symbols of Masonry were built into the architecture. It held the first modern, private elevator in Red Bluff as well as an organ loft.

“The organ gave up the ghost,” says Andrew Reiland, past Master and current secretary of Vesper Lodge No. 84.

“Now we have a grand piano on the main floor. The main thing is, we ran out of people to play the organ.” While the average age of a current Mason is 70, it’s an organization working hard to keep up with the contemporary needs of its community. It is proud of its heritage and historic building, but it did not deem it too precious to prevent modern art from adorning its three-story-high back wall.

“We’ve talked about doing a mural for a long time,” says Reiland, noting that Vesper members took note of art going up around their building. “The concept was to make public awareness of what we do. We’ve been here all this time.”

All this time, Vesper Lodge No. 84 has been living its tenets of Faith, Hope and Charity. They are active in statewide initiatives such as support of public education, but have also met immediate community needs as they’ve come up.

Most recently, the Lodge distributed $38,000 in grants of $1,000 each to sole proprietor businesses suffering from COVID-19-mandated shutdowns. “They were in a

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world of hurt because they couldn’t do business,” says Reiland. “They could not get unemployment or payroll grants. We look at charity as not just our members, but the community at large.” A lot of support went to hair stylists in the three rounds of grants distributed. “We covered them pretty good,” says Reiland.

The Lodge has also supported the Raising a Reader program and amplified efforts with activity bags when it became clear students would be learning from home. “The idea was to give these kids that aren’t going back to school something that can keep them engaged,” says Reiland.

They also support youth development through the Tehama County Police Activities League.

In better times, when friends can gather, large dinners are a hallmark of the lodge, which recently remodeled its kitchen to commercial qualifications and can seat around 100 people. “Seventy or eighty people at a dinner are nothing,” says Reiland. “You could run a restaurant out of that kitchen.” Sometimes the dinners are fundraisers, such as the time the group raised money to support a young person’s livestock project when the fair was cancelled.

Often the gatherings are just for the joy of getting together.

“The presence of the Masons in Tehama County goes way back,” says Reiland, noting that the city itself had its streets laid out by Saschel Woods, who received the charter to start the organization in California. With such a long and proud history, the group looks to preserve its influence by not only upholding its historic building, but the community it is built to serve. • Vesper 84 Free and Accepted Masons of the Grand Lodge of California www.vesperlodge84.org Melissa Mendonca is a graduate of San Francisco State and Tulane universities. She’s a lover of airports and road trips and believes in mentoring and service to create communities everyone can enjoy. Her favorite words are rebar, wanderlust and change.

“WE’VE TALKED ABOUT DOING A MURAL FOR A LONG TIME,” SAYS REILAND, NOTING THAT VESPER MEMBERS TOOK NOTE OF ART GOING UP AROUND THEIR BUILDING. “THE CONCEPT WAS TO MAKE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF WHAT WE DO. WE’VE BEEN HERE ALL THIS TIME.”

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During my two years at Shasta College, I explored subjects I was interested in and identified those that did not excite me. This helped me better realize what I truly wanted to do for a career, and I was able to complete nearly all of the lower division courses I needed to transfer. I cannot overstate the benefit of Shasta College’s small class sizes, particularly for the more challenging engineering classes I took.

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WITH 3,800 square miles of territory, Shasta County is one very large outdoor adventure playground. With a population density of about 46 people per square mile, the chances of running into crowds on your adventure outings are slim, especially once you wander off the beaten path.

Locals tend to take it all for granted, but we are reminded when friends and family come to visit and we take them on a tour of the sites, just how amazing our backyard really is. If you are visiting Shasta County and don’t have zealous family members to take you around, here are some of the top experiences for you to explore.4

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LASSEN 1: Lassen Peak. Visible from 100 miles away, Lassen Peak is “the other” mountain that crowns Northern California, along with Mt. Shasta. Even though the peak is at a respectable 10,400 feet, a great hiking trail makes it possible for (almost) anyone to conquer. Allow yourself three to five hours to get up and back from the trailhead parking lot. The views are spectacular and the experience is top-notch.

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2: Burney Falls... a scenic and twisty one-hour drive out of Redding later, and you are in another world called McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, with Burney Falls as the main attraction. This awe-inspiring spectacle of rushing water from 129 feet above is a must-see. Allow for this experience to take up the entire day, as you will want plenty of time to stroll through the beautiful forest trails.

3: Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area is where locals go to cool down in the heat of summer. The entire recreation area encompasses just over 200,000 acres, sharing some with neighboring Trinity County, and it features numerous trails, wildlife and one of our favorite watering holes, Whiskeytown Lake. Located just 15 minutes out of Redding, Whiskeytown is the perfect getaway for an hour or two – or all day.

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BURNEY FALLS LAKE SHASTA

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WHISKEYTOWNSHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL RECREATION AREA 4: Lake Shasta, a 30,000-acre manmade reservoir, is a favorite vacation spot even for locals, even though it’s only 20 minutes from Redding. Use it to swim, waterski, camp and float around on the world-famous houseboats. Spending a couple days lounging around on Lake Shasta will rejuvenate your soul.

Photo by Tony Hord

5: Sacramento River Trail is a wildly popular recreation spot, with some people visiting it almost daily. At just over 12 miles from end to end, it’s the perfect trail for walking, running or biking, and with many enter and exit points, you can make it as long or as short as you want. The trail takes you along the shore of the Sacramento River and past beautiful scenery, including the Sundial Bridge. The entrance at the top on Hilltop Drive is a great place to start if you’d like a bit of an ascent and descent, with the entrance at Sundial Bridge being the perfect spot to enter if you’d like to keep it more even keeled. You can spend 15 minutes on the trail, or the entire day. It’s up to you. •

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it’s cheesy TA K E YO U R G R I L L E D C H E E S E T O A WHOLE NEW LEVEL

THE SECOND RECIPE I ever “invented” was my Super-Duper Crunchy Grilled Cheese Sammish – and more than a half century later, I still make it.

(For the record, my first “recipe” was combining Lucky Charms and Trix into a bowl with whole milk. This should give you some idea about my culinary upbringing. Don’t judge.)

As for my grilled cheese concoction, it was simple and needed only four ingredients: 2 slices of Wonder Bread, a healthy dab of Parkay margarine, 2 slices of Kraft American Cheese and a small handful of Granny Goose Potato Chips. I loved the crispiness and saltiness of the potato chips. To me, it was the ultimate tasty treat. Sometimes, I would go crazy and substitute pretzel sticks for the chips. I washed it all down with a tall glass of Hi-C Orange Drink or Kool-Aid. Grilled cheese sandwiches have come a long way since then. The earliest known recipes for cooked bread and cheese can be found in ancient Roman cookbooks. In America, the modern grilled cheese dates back to the 1920s when affordable sliced bread and inexpensive cheese was introduced to grocery markets.

But it wasn’t until the Great Depression that this simple, cheesy classic became a staple in kitchens across America. Here is an excerpt from an article titled “Sunday Night Supper the Time to Bring out the Grill” in the May 2, 1934 edition of the Washington Post: “Sunday night is a grilling time. Avoiding a pun is difficult, but modern cooking being what it is and modern tastes being what they are, the statement stands and may be accepted quite literally. Grilled cheese sandwiches are no new thing. We get them in drug stores for lunch and at tea rooms for supper. But when the housewife begins to grill there is no limit to the combinations she may use and the delicious Sunday night suppers she may serve. Open-face sandwiches of cheese and tomato grilled, offer a combination of flavors sure to please the palate.”

Let’s ignore the chauvinistic “housewife” comment and focus on the “no limit to the combinations” and “sure to please the palate” parts. The possibilities are endless. Literally. Just use your imagination (or peruse your fridge and pantry) and you will be surprised at what you can do to jazz up your grilled cheese.

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Don’t believe me? Just look at what the gastronomic geniuses at Walt Disney World invented earlier this year.

Dubbed “Grilled Cheeeeeese” (not a typo!), this sandwich is simply four slices of American cheese and, instead of bread, a glazed donut sliced in half. How many of you will be planning a trip to Florida or heading to your nearest donut shop ASAP? Other sweet ideas include: • Cream cheese and strawberries • Pineapple, ham and teriyaki • Blueberries and brie • S’mores (chocolate, graham cracker and marshmallow) You get the idea. Want to add a little fiery flavor? Just add • Sriracha • Taco meat • Spicy nacho cheese chips • Jalapeños • Extra-spicy barbecue sauce Looking for a way to add a few veggies? Let’s be clear: This clearly is not health food, but you can add: • Asparagus tips • Avocado • Tomato • Grilled onions

Some of my experiments have been dismal failures: Making a grilled cheese with Lucky Charms and Trix was a mistake. But use your imagination. Better yet, let your children be your guide. Ask your son, daughter, grandchild, niece, nephew or neighbor to help you invent the next culinary masterpiece.

And speaking of masterpieces, I will leave you with this: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the most expensive sandwich is the “Quintessential Grilled Cheese” which sells for $214 at New York City’s Serendipity 3. It is served on two pieces of French Pullman champagne bread which is made with Dom Perignon champagne and edible gold flakes, with white truffle butter and Caciocavallo Podolico cheese. The sandwich is served with South African lobster tomato bisque as a dipping sauce.

Let’s see you top that. Enjoy!

Terry Olson loves culinary arts, adult beverages and hiking in the North State wilderness. You may find him soaking up the scenery at one of our area’s many state or national parks or sitting in a barstool sipping a cold locally brewed craft beer.

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Creative expressions enable a district to project a positive image. Art used in the business environment creates a unique place. Through art and local creative talents, the district along with individual businesses, can demonstrate the qualities that set it apart, give it an advantage and create positive impressions. Artwork displayed in a district creates a stimulating and inspiring destination that gives visitors and customers a reason to explore a district longer. Art and creative enterprises indicate the success of the district and suggest a forward-thinking and dynamic culture.

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PEANUT BUTTER CUP CRISPY RICE TREATS

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MARCH 2021 RECIPE

Chocolate and peanut butter are one of the most satisfying sweet-and-salty flavor combos, and when you add it to crispy rice treats you’ve got an irresistible snack. This recipe is quick and easy to put together and makes plenty of treats to share with others. Enjoy

INGREDIENTS:

6 T butter

16 oz. bag mini marshmallows, divided

1 cup creamy peanut butter

(natural peanut butter won’t work)

1 tsp. vanilla

8 cups crisp rice cereal

1½ cups peanut butter cups, chopped and divided ¾ cup marshmallow cream ⅓ cup chocolate chips

PREP TIME: 10 MINUTES COOK TIME: 5 MINUTES COOL TIME: 30 MINUTES TOTAL TIME: 45 MINUTES MAKES: 24 SQUARES

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DIRECTIONS: STEP 1: Line a 9x13-inch baking pan with parchment paper and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Chop up peanut butter cups into smaller pieces using a sharp knife and set aside. Measure out 2 cups of the marshmallows and set aside.

STEP 2: In a large saucepan melt the butter, the remaining marshmallows and peanut butter on medium heat until melted and combined.

Stir frequently to prevent the ingredients from burning. Once melted and combined, remove from the heat.

STEP 3: Immediately add the vanilla, crisp rice cereal and the rest of the marshmallows to the saucepan containing the melted ingredients, and mix well until fully combined.

STEP 4: Lightly press half of the cereal/ marshmallow mixture into the prepared baking pan and sprinkle 1 cup of the chopped peanut butter cups over the top. Add spoonfuls of the marshmallow cream over the top of the peanut butter cups. Cover with the remaining cereal/ marshmallow mixture and lightly press down until even.

STEP 5: Melt the chocolate chips in a microwavesafe container in 20-second intervals, stirring well after each interval until fully melted. Sprinkle the remaining ½ cup of chopped peanut butter cups over the top, then drizzle the melted chocolate over the top.

STEP 6: Let the Peanut Butter Cup Crispy Rice Treats cool in the pan for about 30 minutes before cutting into squares. Store in an airtight container or wrap tightly in plastic wrap and store in a resealable plastic bag. If wrapped tightly and stored correctly, they will stay soft and fresh for several days.

Maci Manty is a self-taught baker and food photographer. She loves baking, spending time with her family and being outdoors. Follow her on Instagram @lovely_baking_co for more baking inspiration.

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GIVING BACK | BY CHRISTY MILAN

Creative Thinking O DYS S E Y O F T H E M I N D

KNOWLEDGE IS ESSENTIAL. The road that leads to knowledge requires imagination to “believe in the possible.” Imagination then leads to discovery. A great abundance of knowledge fuels the imagination. It takes more than knowledge to be creative – creativity occurs at the intersection of imagination and knowledge. It allows a trial and error to provide various solutions. Creativity is about finding the most troubling of problems and identifying the best possible solutions. Developing creativity requires skill, motivation and self-awareness. It is a high level of thinking because it requires many thought processes – imagination, intuition, pattern discovery and originality. Art and science co-exist with creativity. How do you build skills for creative problem solving?

Dr. Samuel Micklus in New Jersey began a creative problem solving competition in 1978 known as Odyssey of the Mind. Community members would come watch Dr. Micklus’ classes at Rowan University as students attempted to complete a set of tasks in creative ways. Grades were based on ingenuity of thinking. One challenge that continues to be fun and creative is the Ranatra Fusca. The challenge was to build something that could take you across a small lake. A student observed the insect Ranatra Fusca, a water bug, and built a unique watercraft based on his observations.

Today, kindergartners through college students in nearly all 50 states and about 24 countries participate in Odyssey of the Mind. Participants are encouraged to solve one of five long-term problems that may be technical, theatrical, classical, vehicular or structural. Kids are still encouraged to think outside of the box. “Odyssey of the Mind has taught me that life isn’t always smooth and easy, but when you have a strong foundation and team around you, you can overcome anything,” says Meghan Nix, a high school participant.

Katherine Loberg is the assistant association director for Norcal Odyssey of the Mind. She has been involved since participating in high school in the early 1990s. She has been a coach for eight years on various teams, and is now a state board member.

“There’s also an episode of ‘Storage Wars’ about Odyssey of the Mind called ‘The Nutty Appraiser’ featuring my daughter and I,” Loberg says. Darrell asked the state director what the program was all about. Before she could answer, his producer said, “I learned more about how to do my job today from Odyssey of the Mind in high school than in four years of college.”

Regional Director Bob Lipman says, “We often say Odyssey of the Mind was Common Core before Common Core was common in our schools. As a teacher and a parent, what I appreciate most about the program is that it encourages/requires parents to get out of the way of their child’s creativity and let the students come up with the solution themselves. My daughter, who is a high school senior this year, uses the skills she practiced in her 10 years of Odyssey of the Mind to solve real-life problems, like how does her drama class put on a performance during a stay-at-home order, budgeting her time and creatively using materials around the house to make projects for school.”

To get involved in Odyssey of the Mind, a school or community organization needs to purchase a membership and enlist volunteers. • www.odysseyofthemind.com

Christy Milan, with a passion for story-telling and a love of words, has been pursuing her dream that encompasses adventure and community connections. She grew up in the North State and adores the outdoors, which brings her inspiration and recharges her batteries. She is avid about holistic health. christyswordcraft@gmail.com.

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