The case for the clunker | Sow There!
A few weeks before my last birthday, I signed away a bunch of money for a brand new car. Dad called a few weeks later and asked me how I liked my new ride. “I guess I’m getting used to it,” I said. He...
View ArticlePruning to be Butte Rose Society topic
CHICO — Pruning roses will be the program topic at the next Butte Rose Society meeting, at 7 p.m. Nov. 26 at the Chico Veterans Memorial Hall, 554 Rio Lindo Ave. Mark Carlson of Lamb and Carlson...
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Quilts, Santas, Christmas trees in home on a knoll | Ridge Quilters Guild
Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a series of articles contributed by the Ridge Quilters Guild. George and Kim Morris’s home sets on a knoll with a view of the hills and majestic oaks. This home and...
View ArticleCalifornians push Nevada past the 3 million population mark
LAS VEGAS (AP) — California is playing an unparalleled role in Nevada growth, as state population estimates surpassed 3 million people and the U.S. Census Bureau ranked the Silver State as the nation’s...
View ArticleSwap clothes at monca
The annual “Women’s Clothing Swap” held yearly at the Museum of Northern California Art will be held this year from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec.3, and will include refreshments and a no host bar. Bring 10-15...
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Environmental education for kids: It’s only natural | The Real Dirt
If you have school-age children, you may have noticed that something new is infusing science education in California classrooms. Curricula that explores environmental literacy is being introduced — an...
View ArticleGift-giving grumbles — old or old-fashioned? | Sow There!
Bulbs in barely-August, Halloween costumes in September and Christmas wrap before Turkey day … Stores are more and more brazen these days about stocking the shelves for events that are still a season...
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Twin sisters pack gifts for kids year-round | Senior Profiles
CHICO — Twin sisters Leabele McLeod and Laralea McLaughlin began packing gift boxes for Operation Christmas Child 10 years ago while living in Santa Clarita. The majority of donors pack boxes for...
View ArticleTour of Lights for Chico, Oroville to be compiled
It’s time for the annual Christmas Tour of Lights featuring homes in Chico and Oroville. For the 26th year, the Chico Enterprise-Record will publish its annual Tour of Lights, a list of light-decorated...
View ArticleHow to nominate homes for the Chico, Oroville Tour of Lights
It’s time for the annual Christmas Tour of Lights, featuring homes in Chico and Oroville. For the 26th year, the Chico Enterprise-Record will publish its annual Tour of Lights, a list of...
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Long live those green tomatoes | Sow There!
Tomatoes can be a perennial plant in tropical South America. Yet, around here, they turn to slimy mush when you leave town on a cold day. Before leaving town for a visit with Dad, I snatched three red,...
View ArticleParadise will remain home | Ridge Quilters Guild
Editor’s note: This is the sixth part of a series of articles contributed by the Ridge Quilters Guild. Kathy Bertrand and her husband Harry never had a thought of moving after losing their beautiful...
View ArticleRegistration still open for Holiday Greens Workshop | Snapshot
Registration is still open for the annual Holiday Greens Workshop on Dec.14 at the Trinity Methodist Church, East 5th and Flume streets in Chico, put on by Chico Horticultural Society. The first...
View ArticleChico, Oroville Christmas lights tour to be featured Saturday
The annual list of festively decorated Christmas lights and homes will be featured in the Chico Enterprise-Record and Oroville Mercury-Register on Saturday. With more than 20 featured homes, the 26th...
View ArticleGreen tomatoes, chapter 4 | Sow There!
“What are you going to write about this week?” a friend asked while we were shuffling from side-to-side and grooving to one of my favorite bands, the Yule Logs*, at a Chico State Christmas party....
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Recognizing and caring for frost-damaged plants | The Real Dirt
Plummeting winter temperatures often lead to frost damage in plants. The damage occurs when ice crystals form within plant tissue, damaging their cells. Leaves and tender new growth are usually...
View ArticleAs California thins forests to limit fire risk, some resist
By MATTHEW BROWN and CHRISTINA LARSON SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS (AP) — Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in...
View ArticleNeedle-work, love create the perfect Chico Christmas window
CHICO — There’s something about the way Santa and Mrs. Claus look out from the second story of the West Wind Drive house that makes viewers know they’re special. Dressed in rich red and white, they...
View ArticleChico Tour of Lights list of homes
If you’re having trouble viewing the map, click here. Songbird Drive: This year, this neighborhood is spectacular. Nearly every house has some adornment and many are over the top. Peaked roofs and big...
View ArticleOroville home to bright lawns, glowing neighborhoods
OROVILLE — There’s barely an inch of space to allow the grass to grow on Barry Deditch’s front lawn at 25 Chaparral Drive. Patches on both sides of his driveway are brimming with Christmas — from a...
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