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quality time LOVE L AN G UAG E The Gift of Quality Time 26 | Mountain Biking with Shasta Gravity Adventures 42 | Artisan Bread at Grain Street Bakery in Etna 49 | Darla Lawrence and Golden State Pecans 53 | California Heritage Youth Build

california adventure district 62 | On the Trail of Sasquatch

good finds 59 | Crafting a Carousel with Mavis Somers and Brad Smith

interest 31 | Shasta College’s Joe Wyse Leads the Way 36 | Make Mom’s Day Fundraiser supports KIXE and Shasta Library Foundation

recipe 66 | Flowery Cocktails for Mother’s Day

in every issue 17 | My Town—Sammie McCauley 71 | Downtown Details 72 | Enjoy the View—Frank Kratofil 76 | What’s Cookin’— Boar Hunter BBQ’s Chicken Lollipops 78 | Giving Back—Nossorc Nature Enrichment Center

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The McConnell Foundation is dedicating 2021 to focusing on synergy in our grants.

An example is the Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program. In coordination with the Shasta Land Trust, the Foundation received grant funding to protect the 854acre Ross Ranch in northeast Redding under a conservation easement. The project will advance three priorities simultaneously: land conservation, regenerative agriculture, and wildfire management. Benefits to the community and the landscape include managing for fire resiliency, conserving habitat and open space, utilizing regenerative ranching practices to improve ecosystem health, and preserving future public access to nature. In collaboration with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, GrizzlyCorps, Shasta College, CAL FIRE, Point Blue Conservation Science and local ranchers, we are building resiliency to our ecosystem and resource economy. The goal of our philanthropy is to contribute to systemic and sustainable change.

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Musician I always knew I wanted to go into music. When I was four, I would perform Beatles songs for my parents, and when I was ten, I won the Piano Angels competition. At Central Valley High, during my freshman year, I was encouraged to pursue composition when Mr. Hayman, my music teacher, heard me improvising on the piano.

Shasta College has been key to my musical growth and success. I studied conducting with Dr. Jeff Specht, and I have attended the Vocal Institute three times under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Waterbury. Shasta College was able to take my passion and refine it into something academic and purposeful. The instructors pushed me to do better and to be better. Shasta College gave me opportunities that I wouldn’t have had anywhere else.

As a high school student attending college classes, the support and encouragement I’ve received has always made me feel welcome and included. The Carr Fire, Snowmageddon, the pandemic…have all made attending school challenging. But, my high school and Shasta College communities have been incredibly supportive.

I’ve applied for, auditioned, and been accepted at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, the San Francisco Conservatory, and the New England Conservatory—and I was one of five people to receive an invitation to audition at Juilliard. Every school told me that I was better prepared and more mature than similar applicants—and I believe that is a direct result of my time at Shasta College.

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FEW GIFTS are as precious as quality time. Undivided attention communicates love, caring and commitment. How can we be more intentional about sharing our time with others?

Explore the outdoors together with the help of Shasta Gravity Adventures, a shuttle and guide service that has been developing a stronger mountain biking community in Mount Shasta. Or bring your binoculars and camera on a trek through the California Adventure District and see if you can spot Sasquatch. The elusive creature has been spotted all over Northern California.

Quality time also includes mentorship, which is the cornerstone of the California Heritage YouthBuild Academy. The Redding charter school provides education and certification in construction skills while also developing leadership and civic-mindedness. Students have helped rebuild four houses for uninsured families who lost their homes in the Carr Fire, along with many smaller projects.

This month, we celebrate the wonderful mothers in our lives, and you can spend some quality time with Mom in the kitchen through the Make Mom’s Day fundraiser. Participants will buy a meal kit and follow along online as a popular chef shows them how to prepare and serve a threecourse meal for four. Top off the meal with a beverage featuring Mom’s favorite spirits coupled with her favorite edible flower – we’ve got a recipe that should hit the spot.

Don’t forget to stop by Enjoy the Store for a unique, locally made product made by our own friends and neighbors. Artwork, jewelry, honey and chocolate are among the many items that are ready for gifting.

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When I was in elementary school, my family moved from the Bay Area to Paradise, yearning for a slower-paced lifestyle.

Shortly after, my grandparents, uncles, aunt and cousins all followed suit. Everyone loved the change from such a busy city to a warm, everyone-knows-your-name, refreshingly small town. Although I left Paradise, most of my family stayed. In late 2018, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history hit Butte County and we quickly learned how resilient Paradise and its townspeople are, pulling themselves and each other up, literally and figuratively, and displaying a sort of strength I can only imagine came from enduring it.

When I left my family home in Paradise, I moved to Chico for college with no expectations – it was merely a pit stop for my education before I’d inevitably move again. In my first semester I met Ryan, a Chico native with four generations of Chicoans that came before him. Almost as quickly as I fell in love with him, I fell in love with Chico. We got married eight years later and are now proudly raising our children here, like my husband’s family has done for generations before.

There is so much I love about living in Chico. Spending Saturday mornings at the Farmers Market and Sunday mornings at Bidwell Park, where every passerby greets you with a “hello” or “how’s your day?” is a special and comforting feeling that Chico brings. I love to walk through locally owned shops downtown and take my kids to the Children’s Museum for endless imaginative play. The beautifully changing trees through the seasons is enough to make you want to hop in the car and drive through town to simply marvel. In October and November, you can expect to see bright fall colors in places like the Yahi Trail in Upper Park, along Big Chico Creek and on the Esplanade. In February and March, you can see the burst of beautiful pink and white blooms in the almond orchards. We are the “City of Trees,” after all.

One of the most amazing things about living in the North State is our access to all four seasons. The road less traveled will lead to untouched snow-capped hills in Butte Meadows, cascading colors of wildflower fields at Table Mountain and secluded lake and river coves to spend warm summer days throughout the county. There is truly something for everyone.

Although I may not have anticipated remaining in Chico all these years later, I’m thankful I have. I’m grateful for the life my family and I have built here, and I’m grateful for the sense of community my town faithfully brings.

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LOVE LANGUAGE THE GIFT OF QUALITY TIME QUALITY TIME. It is more than just an often-pursuedbut-rarely-achieved buzzword. It sounds great on paper, but it can be a lofty goal for many, since shared space is often mistaken for quality time spent with those we love. If we are wise, we recognize quality time as a gift we can give to others and to ourselves. In Gary Chapman’s 1992 book, “The Five Love Languages,” quality time was recognized as

one of five distinct ways that people use to communicate love, caring and commitment to those around them. To those whose primary love language is quality time, giving and receiving undivided attention is the truest expression of affection – and a failure to give or receive it can feel like a lack of love, even if that isn’t the case.4

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“There’s only one thing more precious than our time and that’s who we spend it on.”

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“Time is the currency of relationships. If you want to invest into your relationships, start by investing your time.” – Unknown It is not enough to just share space with those who matter to us. It is about making a concerted, focused effort in those shared moments to engage fully in the experience of connecting with others. Quality time is not only important in our romantic relationships – it is a crucial element in connecting with our children, our family members, our friends, and even in our professional relationships. It may even help turn moments with perfect strangers into lasting connections.

To make the most of your quality time with others: • Put your phone, tablet, laptop, remote or game controller down. Turn it off or keep it out of reach so that small, handheld device does not become a huge wedge between you and the person you are spending time with.

Whatever is happening on that contraption could not be more precious or valuable than the moment right in front of you.

• Make eye contact. It means you are taking the time to be in the moment. The person you are with will know, in that moment, that they are worthy of your full attention.

• Listen actively so that you can engage your loved one with meaningful follow-up questions. This is not about offering unsolicited advice, but about being present with the person and letting them know they are heard. Having the space and opportunity to express yourself to someone who cares is a gift in and of itself.

• Realize that it does not have to be a long time to be a good time. Short spurts of focused, quality time can be more effective than hours-long periods of time in which you are splitting your attention between your loved one and a task.

• Do not try to occupy multiple roles at the same time. It can be difficult to give quality time to your spouse and your child simultaneously. Time spent as a family is quite different than the time spent on a date with your spouse or the experience of taking your child out for an ice cream cone or a trip to the library. Each role is distinct, requires something different of you and provides something different for you. Carve out dedicated time for your loved ones individually whenever possible and watch those relationships flourish.4 continued on page 22

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• Spontaneity and making plans both hold their own magic. Taking a spur-of-the-moment opportunity to connect with someone you care about can feel like finding a buried treasure. The unexpectedness can be fun, refreshing and a reminder to your loved one that you are always there for them, even at a moment’s notice. But there is joy in the anticipation of a planned date or a trip that gives you both something to connect on and look forward to. Incorporate a healthy mix of both spontaneous moments and planned ones to make the most of your quality time with others.

• Location is everything. While you can spend quality time with a loved one anywhere, consider picking a place where you are not distracted. If being at home is too much of a trigger to wash the dishes, type an email or scroll mindlessly on your phone, a change of scenery could do you some good. Take a walk, go on a bike ride or a hike together, visit a restaurant you both consider a favorite, sit on a park bench and talk, share a cup of tea in the backyard, or take a short drive or a road trip together. Sure, you can connect with those you care about while doing something as simple as running errands or folding laundry, but exclusive, focused time is the best way to honor such a precious commodity.

• Sometimes, genuinely connecting with someone on a personal level is the best way to connect in the realm of business, too. Spending time to get to know a person is a way to show them you care about what it important to them. It is seeing past the opportunity to the heart of the individual. It is a way to build trust between you and trust is what it takes to make a business interaction successful. We would all rather give our business to a friend than a stranger. Networking happens when you are busy being friends.

• Have you ever chatted with someone you have never met before in such a meaningful way that it felt as if you had known them forever?

If so, it is likely because you managed to give the person the gift of your time, if even for just a short while. It is not about the length of the connection, but the genuineness involved and the commitment to truly taking a moment to hear the other person. Imagine what the world would be if more strangers took the time to connect with each other this way. •

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When she’s not working, she is joyfully wielding jewelrymaking tools and paintbrushes in her studio. Antique shops, vintage boutiques, craft stores and bead shops are her happy place.

“Sometimes… just spending quality time with good friends is the only therapy you need.”

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BRIMMING WITH small-town vibes, alpine rides and spectacular side adventures, Mount Shasta is becoming a mountain biker’s dream destination. “First of all, it’s easy to get here. Second, we have epic views, swimming holes, good food and a variety of outdoor experiences.

And, it’s still kind of undiscovered,” explains Christian Birch, an avid mountain biker and the owner of Shasta Gravity Adventures, a relatively new shuttle and guide service that also puts a strong emphasis on youth programs. “Mountain biking is one of the fastest-growing youth sports in America and it’s important to develop a passion for a lifelong sport. So, our founding principle is to develop a strong mountain bike community in Mount Shasta that supports visitor access to what we have here, which in turn supports the community.

And, if the kids want to ride, then the parents have to get out there and ride with them, right?”

Having grown up in Siskiyou County, Birch has long been drawn to all kinds of recreation in Mount Shasta. But it wasn’t until he started adventuring with his own sons that he came up with the idea of starting

Mountain biking

is one of the fastest growing youth sports in America and it’s important to develop a passion for a lifelong sport. So, our founding principle is to develop a strong mountain bike community in Mount Shasta that supports visitor access to what we have here, which in turn supports the community.

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a business. “We have three boys and we just made countless family trips going to different mountain bike towns all over the West Coast.

Ultimately, it just inspired us to find a place where we could really put down roots and develop a community-based mountain bike program.”

For the last few years, he’s been doing just that, working with Kidder Creek Camp in Scott Valley to develop some of their trails before establishing himself firmly in Mount Shasta where one of his sons now helps him with some of the tours. “The cool thing about Shasta is there’s such a variety of trails for all levels.”

Birch focuses his guided tours on three main offerings. “We have three shuttle opportunities with a guided tour. The beginner level is the McCloud River trail. The next level would be the Gateway Trails, which I would say is our most popular tour. And then the most advanced would be the Sisson-Callahan Trail. And, before we go up, we meet and offer a short skills session in Shastice Park to build confidence.”4 continued on page 28 MAY 2021

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Each route offers a vastly different kind of environment and experience.

“McCloud River Trails is really for families who just want to enjoy you know two or three hours on the river. It’s a single track, but it’s pretty flat and you’re riding along the river with swimming holes along the way, The Gateway Trail is an old growth forest right under a 14,000-foot volcano and it’s great for kids. They love it because it’s about a 45-minute downhill ride. And I think that’s really important for kids. You want to build that confidence and make sure they’re having fun.”

Birch adds with a smile, “Downhill is obviously a lot more fun than uphill.” The most challenging guided tour takes riders to the Sisson-Callahan Trail. Birch describes it as “an advanced 18-mile ride through one of the most spectacular areas in our region from the Deadfall Lakes Basin all the way down to Lake Siskiyou.”

So far, most of Shasta Gravity’s youth offerings have been in conjunction with the Boys and Girls Club of Mount Shasta. The instruction consists of skill workshops followed by rides, but soon Birch will be expanding the opportunities.

“We started with the Boys and Girls Club two years ago, and now we’re developing our own youth program that we’ll offer from pre-K to 12th grade. Our goal is 100 kids this spring. It’s a big goal, but we’re super excited.” Birch is also looking to extend his typical April to November season into a year-round operation. Next year we’re working on offering, snowshoe and fat bike tours in the winter.”

There are even opportunities for people who don’t have a bike. “We work really closely with The Fifth Season in Mount Shasta. They have bike rentals, and the cool thing is we can pick up the bikes beforehand. So, for instance, if you don’t have a bike rack, we can pick up the bikes, meet you at Shastice Park and take the bikes back when you’re done so you don’t even have to deal with the bikes,” he says.

Birch is also working alongside the Mount Shasta Trail Association and the Siskiyou Outdoor Recreation Alliance to maintain existing trails and develop new ones.

He is excited for what the future holds. “Recreation is where this community’s headed in terms of economics. So, big picture is hopefully we’ll be running shuttles every day.” • www.shastagravityadventures.com • (530) 340-2908 Find Shasta Gravity Adventures on Facebook and Instagram

Megan Peterson is a Chico native who lives in Etna. For nearly two decades she’s written, produced and pitched content for a variety of television networks, including the Travel Channel, National Geographic and Discovery.

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MODERN EDUCATION S H A S TA C O L L E G E ’ S J O E W Y S E L E A D S T H E WAY SHASTA COLLEGE IS an expansive place with a sprawling mission.

It began just over 70 years ago on a small Eureka Way campus in Redding (now Shasta High School) with 256 students. Today, the community college covers 337 acres on the east edge of the city (additional locations in downtown Redding, Burney, Weaverville and Red Bluff ) and serves some 14,000 students. Shasta College offers certificates or degrees in 119 programs – art, music, math, nursing, welding, landscaping, fire technology, hospitality, horticulture, history and more.

Full-time students, full-time workers, high schoolers, career-changers and retirees make up the classroom mix.

The college also connects to the community by way of plays, lectures, athletic competitions, concerts and other events. It works with schools, businesses, foundations and agencies in the region on community-strengthening projects. And in times of trouble, Shasta College steps up.

It’s been an evacuation site during the Carr Fire, cooling center during public safety power shut-offs and a location for COVID-19 testing and vaccinations.4

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“A BIG PART OF MY JOB IS TO JUST FIND REALLY GREAT PEOPLE TO LEAD THE VARIOUS AREAS OF OUR COLLEGE,” HE SAYS. THE LEADERSHIP TEAM UNDERSTANDS THE COLLEGE’S MISSION AND IS MADE UP OF GO-GETTERS AND

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PROBLEM-SOLVERS, HE SAYS.

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“It’s satisfying to be a place the community can rely on,” says Joe Wyse, superintendent/president of the ShastaTehama-Trinity Joint Community College District.

Wyse has led Shasta College since 2011. Before becoming president, he was vice president of administrative services. He has an educational doctorate in organizational leadership from Pepperdine University, a master’s degree with an emphasis in the New Testament from Trinity International University and a bachelor’s degree in physics from Kenyon College.

Shasta College strives to be forward-thinking, Wyse says. “We want to be a model community college where others are hearing about what we are doing.”

Proof of that push is state recognition in the form of three Innovation in Higher Education honors: a $5 million award in 2015 for Shasta College’s high school dual enrollment efforts, where students earn college credits on high school campuses; $2 million in 2017 for programs helping working adults complete associate degrees; and $1.5 million in 2018 for STEP-UP, a secondchance, trade-training program helping those who have dealt with drug addiction or been incarcerated.

Additional points of pride: • Shasta College was one of 15 California community colleges selected to pilot bachelor’s degree programs. It offers a bachelor’s degree in health information management.

• The college was the first educational institution in the state to be issued a commercial timber operators’ license for a unique logging operations program where students work with industry partners and learn in the field.

• The college’s popular welding program is accredited as a testing site by the American Welding Society, one of only three colleges in California with the accreditation.

• The college is part of a national initiative, Degrees When Due, helping to get degrees into the hands of students who have completed some college but not yet attained a degree.

• The Non-Traditional Employment for Women event, which brings high school girls to campus to learn about firefighting, heavy equipment operations, automotive repair and additional careers often not considered by women, has prompted other community colleges to launch similar events.

• North State Together, a five-county collaborative staffed by Shasta College administrators, earned the designation of Lumina Talent Hub for its efforts to expand learning opportunities. It is among 26 Lumina Foundation talent hubs across the country, and one of the few representing a rural region.

Shasta College’s innovation is the result of administrators and faculty who look for opportunities to support students, Wyse says.

“I like to give the credit to the people doing the hard work,” he says.

His leadership philosophy is to foster a climate that encourages ideas. “Let’s try it. If it doesn’t work, let’s learn from it. That’s how I try to lead my team.” 4

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There’s never a shortage of challenges to grapple with in education. Coming out of the pandemic is a big one. Most Shasta College classes have been via distance learning for more than a year. Adapting was a herculean task, Wyse says, but he predicts the experience will provide valuable lessons and help the college emerge stronger.

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the word M A K E M O M ’ S D AY FUNDRAISER SUPPORTS K I X E A N D S H A S TA L I B R A R Y F O U N D AT I O N REDDING PUBLIC television station KIXE and the Shasta Library Foundation are cooking up a special meal to make this Mother’s Day extra special.

Actually, supporters of the two nonprofits will be doing the cooking with plenty of help, encouragement and entertainment along the way.

The “Make Mom’s Day” fundraiser is the brainchild of Tara Faires and Bethany Rau, the creative auction coordinators and special event planners who recently joined KIXE’s staff. The two were looking for a fun and interactive way to celebrate Mother’s Day. Their idea: sell meal kits and have at-home cooks follow along as a popular chef shows them how to prepare and serve a three-course meal for four.

Che Stedman, the owner and chef at Moonstone Bistro, jumped at the chance to participate. “When Bethany and Tara came to me and said they were looking to do a live video in real time of how to prepare a Mother’s Day dinner for a mom, or anyone, I really liked the idea – especially with a lot of people buying food baskets,” Stedman says. “It

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comes with a recipe card and if you’re good at cooking, and know how to follow a recipe, you’ll probably do well. But what if you’re not? It would be really cool if you could get a box and then a video in real time that you could follow along with.”

Stedman will guide viewers through a meal of chicken (or vegetable) alfredo, including pasta made from scratch, “in actual real time, from start to full completion, including washing the dishes and presenting it.”

The Shasta Library Foundation starts the meal off with a flair with Barb Cervantes’ bruschetta on a hearty baguette with gourmet garlic butter. Cervantes, a former Redding School of the Arts culinary arts instructor who now operates her own catering company, also is furnishing a build-your-own s’mores kit with homemade marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate ganache.

“I think it’s fun that it involves a lot of local people in the area and helps local nonprofits,” Cervantes says. “It’s something that’s pretty exciting to be a part of.”

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“IT COMES WITH A RECIPE CARD AND IF YOU’RE GOOD AT COOKING, AND KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW A RECIPE, YOU’LL PROBABLY DO WELL.

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“Make Mom’s Day” will air at 4 and 8 pm May 8 and again at 5 pm May 9 on Channel 9; it also will be available on YouTube and on KIXE’s Facebook page.

with KIXE is a beautiful opportunity that came out of necessity,” Jones says. “These are two nonprofits working together on a unified front to achieve the same goal. By working together, we can provide a better, more upscale experience and allow people to support two worthy nonprofits.”

Dave Cox, KIXE’s general manager, credits Faires and Rau with designing “a very creative and very responsible” event, especially in light of the COVID-19 restrictions. “We can fund-raise, provide a fun event and keep everybody safe at the same time,” Cox says. “We hope it puts a smile on mothers’ faces. We encourage everybody to watch Che’s show and have some fun.”

In addition to helping the station serve its vast 10-county market with a variety of programming, the “Make Mom’s Day” fundraiser “is an opportunity for people in the community to get engaged and that’s what KIXE is all about. Any chance we get to collaborate, we’re going to take it,” Cox says.

Churn Creek Cellars is also pitching in for Mom by offering a customlabeled bottle of Tempranillo for an additional $15. Many of the meal’s ingredients were donated or offered at cost, thanks to the efforts of Mike Dolan, a retired food service sales rep with a boatload of contacts.

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“It’s a really good pairing, it really is,” says Stedman. “It’s local people helping local people.”•

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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A R T I S A N B R E A D AT GRAIN STREET BAKERY IN ETNA BREAD, IN ITS MANY FORMS, is the most widely consumed food in the world, and has been for thousands of years. Baking as a profession dates back to at least 168 BC, when the Roman Empire Baker’s Guild, called the Pistorum, officially recognized bread bakers as skilled artisans. “The early morning hours are probably the worst part of my job, actually. But sometimes I think about all the bakers in history who have had this same problem and it’s comforting to know there’s a lineage of bakers that have been getting up before the sun rises and preparing dough for millennia,” says Erik Ryberg, owner of Grain Street Bakery in Etna.

As much as Ryberg feels like an heir to this lineage, he also embraces the way the profession is transforming. “If you want to know when the golden age of bread was in America, it’s right now. We’re in it. There are people like me all over the country who have rediscovered bread. Really excellent bakeries are starting to appear and people are getting really, really good at this. Part of it is because it’s becoming easier to get the materials you need. It’s becoming easier to get unusual flours that actually taste good. And part of it is just a rejuvenation of interest in local food that’s not just grown locally, but produced locally and isn’t loaded up with chemicals and sugar.”

Etna, with a population of just over 700 people, may seem like an unlikely host community for an artisan bakery. But Ryberg, originally from Ashland, had been coming to the area to cycle for years and fell in love with it. He also loves that the surrounding Scott Valley has a long tradition of growing wheat. In fact, Etna’s original name was Aetna Mills. “Etna exists because of flour. It was built to provide flour to the miners. It’s a shame that it isn’t really going on very much anymore. I tell everybody who will listen that there’s a huge opportunity here to grow heirloom organic heirloom flours because there’s a very quickly growing market for them.”

Grain Street Bakery opened its doors in February 2018 and has different offerings daily, all made from scratch and by hand. “When I started this, I was pretty determined to make a place that if I were visiting Etna, I would go home and tell my friends. I mean, it has to be profitable, but that’s always been a secondary consideration for me.” Ryberg’s dream to open the bakery also went through several incarnations, starting with selling exclusively at the Etna Farmers Market, then followed by a Thursday night “pop-up” bread stand on Main Street that lasted nearly two years. “The pop-up stand was a long training4

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period for me, to get a little better at calculating what kinds of things people wanted to buy and just learning the rhythms involved with a larger production scheme. And it was fun to see so many people show up on a Thursday night, you know, sometimes even if it was snowing outside. I was really, really thankful.”

During those two years, Ryberg learned to expand his offerings to include things like pastries, pasta, scones and croissants. But, just like the aesthetics of Ryberg’s shop, his love of bread is about simplicity. “There are really only three ingredients in bread: flour, water and salt,” he says.

Even Ryberg’s favorite bread to make is a miche (pronounced “meesh”), the term for a large sourdough round that’s made with flour, water, salt and yeast. “That’s my favorite bread to make because that’s the bread that goes back to first principles. There’s no covering up mistakes with cranberries and walnuts. That said, that’s not the only bread I ever want to eat. The nice thing about bread is that there is so much variety.”

The simplicity Ryberg describes, however, belies the artistic and scientific complexity that can come with making bread. “Making bread can be time consuming because it’s alive. You’re watching the dough grow and change in texture and density, which is kind of cool. You’re working with an organism that is changing before your eyes, and you need to use that change in order to make the bread. So, there’s a little bit more chemistry to it than just the formula. You have to be paying attention, and all of these different variables will alter what you get out of the end product. In the end, you can spend your whole life making bread and never run out of things to do.”• Grain Street Bakery 445 Main St., Etna (530) 467-3003 Find them on Facebook Open Wednesday-Friday, 8am–2pm; Saturday, 8am-noon

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IF THERE’S A MOMENT that defines a success in motherhood for Darla Lawrence, it’s when one of her three sons reaches for her arm to steady her on a walk. “One of them will escort me,” she says. “They always let me take an arm. My boys have learned a great deal of empathy and resiliency from having a mom with health issues. Being a mom and having chronic illness can be a challenge but it can also be a blessing.”

Lately, the family, including husband Seth, and sons Trace, Colton and Gage, has been taking walks through their Red Bluff pecan orchards, where Darla’s next act is literally growing on the trees. As her boys head toward their independence, this stay-at-home mom is

developing a pecan business to provide fresh Pawnee and Lakota varietals to the community.

“I often wondered what would I do when they’re grown, when my role as their mom changes. It can be difficult to transition,” she says.

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“Every stage has its blessings and challenges and we just have to embrace it. I miss my rough and tumble little boys. Now they’re young men and it’s great to get to know them in that capacity, too.”

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The skills she honed as a mother of three, which found her at various times being a Cub Scout leader, Little League board member, founder of a Playtime Pals group and part-time director of the Child Abuse Prevention Council, all while living with Wilson’s Disease, have coalesced into what she needs to run a small business. Plus, she laughs, “I gave birth to our crew! Or they have friends that I’ve been feeding for a lot of years.” The first harvest went off without a hitch because, she says, “We had a great work group of teenage boys that’s been such a blessing to us – getting to farm with the boys and their friends.

“I think the environment is right for people to understand where their food comes from and to shop local,” Darla says. Understanding and investing in community is something Darla has been committed to since her first child was born. Offering a new food source seems just an extension of those endeavors.

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Forgetting the boiled eggs was just one of the early challenges of motherhood for Darla, who says, “Every stage has its blessings and challenges and we just have to embrace it. I miss my rough-and-tumble little boys. Now they’re young men and it’s great to get to know them in that capacity, too.”

While the Lawrence household has been primarily filled with males, there was a time when Seth and Darla also took in Darla’s younger sister, Kaitlin, who is now grown with a family of her own. “She’s the daughter of my heart and a very special part of my life,” says Darla, noting that she relishes the role of nana to Kaitlin’s children. “It’s a whole new experience from being a mom and I love it.”

“I can’t imagine being anywhere else to raise my kids,” she says of Red Bluff, the town that embraced her when she embraced it. “Red Bluff is my adopted hometown. We’ve been here about 20 years now.”

It was the place she needed to be to flourish as a mother, and the place she is eager to grow as a business woman. “The culture of Tehama County and Red Bluff is very supportive of small business and local,” she says. As she guides her sons to their futures as independent men, she feels the excitement for her own future in business. “In some ways I feel like a kid who’s just about to graduate.”•

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SOMETIMES THE SWING of a hammer to a nail can mean much more than a step in the construction of a home. For students at California Heritage YouthBuild Academy, each nail they pound is a swing in the direction of a brighter future.

The Redding charter school is part of YouthBuild USA, a youth development program dedicated to harnessing the potential of opportunity for youth by providing education and certification in construction skills while also developing leadership and civic-mindedness. “When you begin to serve others it just changes your whole frame of mind,” says Lane Carlson, career and technical education director at the school.

Carlson works with a team of three staff members to make sure their students are prepared for a career in construction, and in doing so, offer their skills to the community.

They’ve made significant impact helping uninsured families recover from the Carr Fire through the Community Recovery Team. The YouthBuild program has two construction crews working each week and have helped rebuild four homes over the last year and a half. They also do smaller projects for those who moved into modular homes but need assistance with things like staircases, fences or wheelchair ramps.

“It just changes their attitude to get out and be part of a team,” says Carlson, who notes that his students have a variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. “Like any YouthBuild, the biggest thing we offer students is flexibility.” That flexibility is key to supporting youth who for many reasons did not find success in traditional schooling.

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the construction component are certified through the National Center for Construction Education and Research’s pre-apprenticeship program and receive valuable safety certification from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Once the crews begin field work, they are out building in the community two full days a week from 8:30am to 3pm, primarily on Carr Fire recovery projects at the moment. Their presence in the area has become meaningful to the families they’ve helped, with one recent homeowner setting out snacks and a rest station for the youth while they worked on his house. “I saw a different side of the kids,” Carlson says of the joy they all took in being valued for their contributions.

Those contributions are currently expanding into development of micro-shelter communities that will serve as transitional housing for the city’s homeless population. The second prototype was developed at the end of March and Carlson expects the project to grow swiftly. He credits both the Carr Fire restoration and micro-shelter work to the academy’s close relationship with nonprofit organizations and city officials committed to finding solutions together.

About half the program’s 100 students participate in the construction component, while others opt for the Certified Nursing Assistant or Early Childhood Education training the academy offers in partnership with Shasta College. Those who go the construction route are offered an opportunity to become participants in the YouthBuild AmeriCorps program, which offers a stipend and educational award at the end of service. Carlson is particularly proud

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The program has been not only transformational for participants, but for Carlson himself, who has been everything from a construction worker to an Advanced Placement teacher to an assistant principal, and also has training in forestry. “I think I’ve found my forever home when it comes to a career,” he says of the YouthBuild program. He loves combining teaching with construction and says the growth he sees in his students is rewarding. “Oh, it’s life changing,” he says. It’s important, he adds, that “There are places where kids will be accepted, be encouraged.”

California Heritage YouthBuild Academy was founded more than 10 years ago as a charter school to bring the YouthBuild model to Redding. YouthBuild USA was founded in East Harlem, NY in 1978

by Dorothy Stoneman and has since expanded to nearly 300 programs throughout the world.

At the core of any YouthBuild program is a focus on the potential rather than deficits of the participants. “It can take a while to earn trust,” says Carlson, but staff are committed to having “the patience to know that it’s in there. Once we do get it, we get to see what’s on the other side.”

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C R A F T I N G A C A R O U S E L W I T H M AV I S S O M E R S A N D B R A D S M I T H TUCKED BENEATH a blanket of snow at the end of a long driveway is a picturesque cabin and workshop nestled amongst quiet pines in a sparsely populated town in rural Plumas County.

In the warm cabin, basset hounds Lefty and Peanut hold down the fort, attempting to protect their owners Brad Smith and Mavis Somers. Medium-sized carved wooden animal sculptures including Canadian geese, a raccoon, a tiger and a raven-shaped wall hanging decorate their living room. In a nook off of the gathering area, an original carousel horse probably made in 1926 is surrounded by books. Over in an adjacent room, a 10-foot wooden painted giraffe commands the space (it took Somers a month to make), and upstairs in their bedroom is a painted carousel elephant.

Most of these intricately carved sculptures are made by Somers, who started out making small rocking horses in the 1970s. She carved them out of oak and black walnut, and then started doing small animals like geese, pigs, rabbits and raccoons. Somers’s first rocking horse is about 28 inches tall – it looks heavy. 4 continued on page 60 MAY 2021

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Originally from Connecticut, several decades ago Somers was unemployed and had a small chainsaw that her father bought her, so she moved to the West Coast and started carving wooden animals to sell. “She’s probably easily made 4,000 geese,” Smith says.

“That was my bread and butter,” Somers adds.

Somers moved to Lake Almanor in 2000 and married skilled carpenter Smith in 2010, and together they continued making wooden animals. Then one day, Somers was reading a trade magazine about carousels and found an original 1924 Spillman Engineering carousel for sale out of Buffalo, NY. Thinking that owning a carousel would be a good way to display and sell her carved wooden animals, she bought it and told Smith, “Make room, it’s coming tomorrow.” He smiles and rolls his eyes.

“I always loved carousels and had to learn how to carve them with actual chisels and gauges instead of my chainsaw and grinders,” Somers says, who has fond memories of going to the amusement park at Long Island Sound. “It’s been a passion for me since I was a little kid; I always wanted to make carousel horses.”

However, restoring an original historic full-sized carousel that came to them in tattered pieces proved to be quite the undertaking. Smith spent at least two years to get the carousel functioning again, and it’s still a work in progress.

“I took everything apart, sandblasted the metal, got parts remade, stripped and salvaged the wood, repaired pieces, bought a new canopy,” he explains. The couple finally got it going in the summer of 2006, first having to manually push it to get the carousel in motion.

Now the couple has segued from selling life-size wooden animal carvings to finishing the carousel and fully restoring a piece of history while adding their own personal touches. The carousel holds 36 animals and two chariots; in their workshop, there’s a wooden cutout of one of the chariots, and upstairs holds wooden horses in galloping poses perched in two rows. Somers says she has about 10 more carousel horses to construct along with other animals. An intricately carved ostrich and a long-horned goat stand unpainted in two of the rooms, while Mavis shows blueprints of a tiger they are working on.

There are also the bells and whistles of the carousel that accent the moving animals that the couple have additionally been busy refurbishing. Mirrors have been repainted, and panels that are placed in the middle of the carousel show painted pictures of couple’s family, their former dogs and former President Barack Obama.

While rebuilding the carousel takes a lot of time and effort, Smith and Somers are enjoying the journey and take pride in the finished product. “I like woodworking.

I’m a carpenter by trade,” Smith says about his role in building the animals and sanding the wood down before Somers paints them.

When asked what her favorite part of the process is, Somers replies, “I like when the animals start taking their shape and it’s not just a block of wood anymore.”

And Smith? “It’s neat just bringing something back to life, taking something that’s 75 years old and resurrecting it.”

For more information about Mavis Somers’s artistic process on making her wooden animal sculptures, view the “Plumas Artisan Made – Mavis Somers” video at www.plumasarts.org/plumas-creates.html.•

Kayla Anderson is a freelancer writer, marketer, and avid traveler who grew up on the shores of the Sacramento River in Redding. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from CSU, Chico and loves travelling on Northern California’s roads less traveled in her free time.

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O N T H E T R A I L O F S A S Q U AT C H ALIVE AND WELL in the California Adventure District, so they say.

With the new Sasquatch documentary on Hulu garnering so much new attention for Bigfoot and Northern California, it’s only fitting to provide a Big update.

Northern California’s most famous resident is not a movie star or business mogul, although he has been featured in many documentaries, movies and TV commercials, and he generates a lot of business for networks and authors all over the world.

Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, made his debut on film in the now world-famous “Patterson-Gimlin footage” more than 50 years ago, shot up in the hills of Del Norte County, and he’s been a low-maintenance super star ever since, with the only requirement being that you actually find him. Or her, or them. The Patterson-Gimlin footage featured a female Bigfoot.

There have been many Sasquatch reports, sightings and “events” throughout Northern California, with the latest one being in January of this year in Humboldt County. The sighting was made by a “20-year active duty law enforcement officer, who describes himself as very observant,” according to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization.

Considered one of the most reputable Bigfoot resources anywhere, the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization tracks all sightings and reports thoroughly, and gives each report a reliability rating. It catalogued the January 2021 Bigfoot sighting and rated it Class B, which means a possible Sasquatch was observed, but there wasn’t a clear view, usually due to a long distance or poor lighting.

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Over the last 10 years, there have been numerous Sasquatch experiences in Northern California, with sightings listed in almost all northern counties, including Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Shasta and Siskiyou. Of course, many sightings go unreported.

The full history of Sasquatch sightings in Northern California goes back hundreds of years, leading to many local experiences being named after him, like the Bigfoot Trail, the annual Bigfoot Daze celebration in Willow Creek and the Bigfoot Cave (a deep, deep, deep one in the Marble Mountains). Northern California remains a huge draw for Sasquatch fans from all over the world.

So, how do you know if you actually see a Sasquatch?

Well, the first indicator will be that you’ll feel like you’re having a heart attack caused by the onset of fear once you see it. They are 7 to 10 feet tall, weigh 600 to 1,000 lbs., and make screaming, wailing or whooping sounds, and they have been known to throw rocks and sticks. They will see you long before you see them, and they will decide if you get to see them or not.

California Adventure District features many of the Bigfoot Sightings on its website, and “Camping with Bigfoot” expeditions are planned for late summer and fall. Visit www.CaliforniaAdventureDistrict.com for more Squatch! • Nigel Skeet is originally from England. He moved to Redding 11 years ago after living in Los Angeles for 25 years. As a creative partner with the firm U! Creative and with an extensive background in photography and marketing, Skeet is committed to elevating the global presence of Northern California.

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A BOUQUET OF spring flowers is an adequate gift for Mother’s Day. But adequate just doesn’t cut it this year. After a year like no other in modern history, moms deserve much better than adequate. So, let’s kick it up a notch or two.

This year, go ahead and buy your mom some nice flowers. But instead of sticking them in a vase of water, why not add them to a cocktail glass?

This Mother’s Day, treat Mom to a flowery adult beverage instead of a showy bouquet. She will still enjoy the beauty of the flowers, but she will be able to taste the essence.

Americans will spend roughly $2 billion on cut flowers for Mother’s Day. There are about 85 million mothers in the United States and nearly 70 percent of them will receive a gift of flowers on their special holiday.

But, according to a recent survey, only 23 percent of moms said they actually wanted flowers. That’s not to say most moms aren’t appreciative of the thought. But let’s be honest: It’s not the most original idea.

Creating a signature cocktail with your mom’s favorite spirit will give new meaning to “my kid got me some flowers this year.”

Before we get into the recipes, there are some safety issues to discuss.

Many flowers are edible and provide a subtle hint of sweetness to a drink. But there are some flowers that are poisonous and not fit for human consumption.

Here are a few edible options: chamomile, hibiscus, honeysuckle, lavender, lilac, rose and violet.

Here are a few unsafe blossoms: daffodil, foxglove, hydrangea, iris and morning glory.

Another important consideration is the source of the flowers. Many florists spray pesticides, perfumes or other toxic substances on flowers.

They are perfectly fine in a vase, but not in your gut. Make sure your flowers are food-grade quality. The last thing you want on Mother’s Day is a trip to the emergency room!

If you use common sense and do just a modicum of homework, your cocktails will be a hit with your mom. You may have started a new family holiday tradition.

Here’s a recipe that is sure to make you Mom’s favorite child:

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ROSE COLLINS

This is a twist on the standard Tom Collins.

INGREDIENTS 1 jigger (1.5 ounces) of gin 1 ounce freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 ounces club soda 1 ounce rose simple syrup (recipe below) Ice cubes GARNISH 1 lemon slice Fresh rose petals ROSE SIMPLE SYRUP ½ cup water ½ cup sugar ½ teaspoon rose water Petals from one rose In a small pot, combine water and sugar. Bring to a boil while stirring until sugar is dissolved.

Remove from heat. Add rose water and petals and let cool. Refrigerate in a jar.

COCKTAIL INSTRUCTIONS In a shaker, combine gin, lemon juice and chilled rose simple syrup with ice. Shake for about 30 seconds. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice. Pour in club soda.

Garnish with lemon slice and a few rose petals.

One final note: One of the main ingredients in beer is hops, which technically is a flower. Dropping over at Mom’s house with a six-pack of Pabst Blue Ribbon is probably not the best Mother’s Day gift. •

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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Progress on the new downtown parking structure continues. The team from Modern Building Company is pouring the concrete in what will ultimately be a six-story structure. Inside will be 398 parking spaces.

It is anticipated the structure will be completed in early 2022. After the frame is complete, the construction team will work to include electric charging station capability in the parking structure and will feature solar panels on the roof, with the goal of ensuring the overall development produces net zero carbon emissions.

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Blake Fisher - Viva Downtown Program Coordinator The historic Diestelhorst Bridge will be connecting to Downtown in the newest development to enhance and improve the way bikers and pedestrians traverse to and from our fantastic Sacramento River Trail to Downtown Redding. The Diestelhorst-toDowntown project creates a positive impact on Downtown streets that are now being revamped and revitalized. Construction will occur at Center Street from Shasta Street to Riverside Drive, on Riverside Drive from Center Street to North Court Street, on North Court Street from Eleventh Street to the Diestelhorst Bridge and along Division Street. Shasta Living Streets, our Downtown nonprofit dedicated to building prosperous communities by creating better bikeways and trails, walkable cities and vibrant public places, has done amazing work to activate this project. The Diestelhorst-to-Downtown connecting trail will lead up to the new Bike Depot Bell Plaza Project on the corner of Shasta and California streets, repurposing the historic Bell Rooms building. To learn more about the Bike Depot and Diestelhorstto-Downtown Project, visit www.cityofredding.org/ downtown, www.shastalivingstreets.org and www.mcconnellfoundation.org/community-vitality/

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WILDFLOWERS AND OAKS IN BELLA VISTA Frank Kratofil enjoys spending time with his family, friends and patients and he enjoys time in the outdoors. As a young man, Frank was legally blind. Two successful corneal transplants encouraged him to photograph the magic in nature... beautiful colors and the delicate balance of nature, animals and humans.

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Looking for a new, fun way to eat your chicken? How about a chicken lollipop? Chicken legs are neatly trimmed to form little meaty lollipops. Plus, who doesn’t like bacon? Add a savory dry rub, wrap in bacon, add some quality time in the smoker, finish with a beautiful barbecue sauce and you’ve got a tasty treat.

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STEP 2: Remove the small secondary bone that traverses alongside the main leg bone. Hemostats make the work quick and easy.

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Sweet Community Connections N O S S O R C N AT U R E E N R I C H M E N T C E N T E R

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” Albert Einstein

MOTHER NATURE has fully awakened from her cool winter slumber. The flowers have burst forth their color and artistically presented us with spring. The bees are buzzing, the sun is shining, days are getting longer and the weather beckons us to play outside.

Nossorc Nature Enrichment Center is just the place to play and learn about nature. Crystal Crosson began this adventure 13 years ago after having the dream to open a place where children and adults can learn about nature, conservation and sustainability.

As the founder and CEO of Nossorc, Crosson has used her degree as a biologist to create an educational sanctuary. The center offers interactive activities designed to educate and engage. “My passion is to make a difference in how people perceive nature, sustainability and conservation. I am hopeful that lessons learned from nature and conservation-based educational activities will serve to enhance and diversify people’s lives,” Crosson says.

Each section of the center is allocated to a learning experience.

Upon entering, you are greeted by sights and sounds of nature. The rustic wood lends to the feeling of being in a forest complete with animals, plants and rocks. Each room of the center serves to educate in a fun, hands-on environment. The honey/library room covers how bees relate to food, flowers and our lives. The library furthers education on various subjects. The taxidermy/wildlife room allows participants to touch foxes, beavers, hawks and other animals. The science and seed room cultivates the learning process of food and plants. The hydroponic plant room explains how hydroponic growing can be sustainable as well as flavorful.

Outside areas include the frog life stage water feature, a bamboocovered trail that reveals a peaceful Zen garden, a mini forest, a picnic/ play area, a craft/learning skills area, a “farmacy” garden and a

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greenhouse. Crosson plans to add a small train that will offer rides and a view of the center.

The nonprofit Nossorc Nature Enrichment Center provides an “opportunity to learn about nature, sustainability and the vital importance of preserving the environment,” Crosson says. “The focus is to provide our local community and beyond a place to gather where sustainable concepts and ideas can be illustrated and put into practice.”

The organization is fund by offering local, natural and sustainable products for sale, including local raw honey, beeswax candles, organic greens and more. They hope to offer hydroponically grown organic produce soon, which is grown using 90 to 95 percent less water than field growing. Another advantage is going vertical. Vertical hydroponic techniques allow more than 10 times the number of plants. Growing indoors offers a product without pesticides or sprays, and LED lighting provides year-round growing, regardless of the season or weather conditions.

With a sprinkle of sunshine, hint of adventure, and a bunch of outdoor play, Crosson has made a wonderfully educational oasis for all to learn, enjoy and “bee” happy. ​ ossorc Nature Enrichment Center, Inc. N www.nossorcnature.org

Christy Milan, with a passion for storytelling 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.

Morgan Stanley is proud to congratulate

Rick Hill

Named one of Forbes’ Best-in-State Wealth Advisors Being named to Forbes’ 2021 Best-in-State Wealth Advisors list is a testament to your experience, professionalism and dedication to your clients.

Thank you for the work you do each day and for carrying forward the culture of excellence at our firm.

The Pathfinder Group at Morgan Stanley Rick Hill Senior Vice President Portfolio Management Director Family Wealth Advisor Financial Advisor 310 Hemsted Drive, Suite 100 Redding, CA 96002 530-222-7320 rick.hill@morganstanley.com fa.morganstanley.com/thepathfindergroup

Source: Forbes.com (February, 2021). Forbes Best-in-State Wealth Advisors ranking was developed by SHOOK Research and is based on in-person, virtual and telephone due diligence meetings to evaluate each advisor qualitatively, a major component of a ranking algorithm that includes: client retention, industry experience, review of compliance records, firm nominations; and quantitative criteria, including: assets under management and revenue generated for their firms.

Investment performance is not a criterion because client objectives and risk tolerances vary, and advisors rarely have audited performance reports. Rankings are based on the opinions of SHOOK Research, LLC and are not indicative of future performance or representative of any one client’s experience. Neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC nor its Financial Advisors or Private Wealth Advisors pay a fee to Forbes or SHOOK Research in exchange for the ranking.

For more information, see www.SHOOKresearch.com. © 2021 Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC. Member SIPC.

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