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2B – Daily News – Thursday, September 30, 2010 Pastimes Chorus announces Holiday Show Califonia HEAT, the Red Bluff Chorus of Sweet Ade- lines International, announces its annual Holi- day Show will be Dec. 4 at Red Bluff Union High School. The show will be a din- ner show with food, themed baskets to bid on, candy to buy, friends and singing. California HEAT is an award-winning chorus from right here in Red Bluff and has brought home medals the last three years from annual competitions. The Holiday show has been sold out every year and last year the group had to move to a bigger facility. Seating is limited, so keep this date in mind. Tickets will be available from Sweet Adeline mem- bers. Information, call Ivy Davis at 529-9408 or Anita Main at 895-0139. Walk This Way at Turtle Bay Healthy Shasta is proud to present the 5th Annual Walk This Way at Turtle Bay celebration from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at Turtle Bay Exploration Park. This is a free family event. Once again this year’s festivities include healthy cooking demonstrations, health screenings, nutrition information, food samples, arts and crafts, as well as games and activities for kids of all ages. Don’t miss this year’s special Chef at the Market Cooking Demonstrations. Get great healthy cooking tips from our featured local Chefs, including Chef Katie Bullock form Grilla Bites, Chef Christine Silver from Tapas Downtown and Chef Cal DeMercurio from Rivers Restaurant. Additional highlights include: • Free admission to Turtle Bay Exploration Park provided by Mercy Medical Center Redding and Tur- tle Bay • Nutrition Olympics and Fresh Produce Tastings • Season finale of the Walk on the Wild Side Ani- mal Show at 12:30 pm. • Shasta Healthy Smiles dental screenings for chil- dren 0-5. • Enjoy special get fit routines presented by: Shas- ta Skippers at 9:30 a.m., Redding Jazzercise Center at 10:30 a.m., Balance Yoga at 11:30 a.m., Shasta Fami- ly YMCA Zumba at 1:30 p.m. Kick the day off with a brisk walk or ride to cele- brate the opening of the new Dana to Downtown Trail. Park in the Big Lots parking lot off Hilltop Drive and bike or walk your way to Turtle Bay. Prizes — while supplies last — for people who park on Hilltop Drive and ride or walk to Turtle Bay. While in the parking lot, check out the Caltrans booth and take part in the Bicycle Rodeo, featuring helmet fitting, a bicycle safety check, and obstacle course, and much more. Majors sponsors include Mercy Medical Center Redding, Shasta County Public Health, The McConnell Foundation and Turtle Bay Exploration Park. Visit www.healthyshasta.org for a full schedule of events, or call 242-3180 for more information. Arts & entertainment A chance to make sports history The Ide Adobe Interpretive Association and California State Parks are seeking teams to partic- ipate in the 28th annual Adobe Ferry Champion Horseshoe Pitchers Contest. This historic double-elimination doubles tour- nament is slated for Saturday, Oct. 9, at Ide Adobe State Park in Red Bluff. Rules of the 1850s will apply, and equipment and courts will be based on that time period. National Horseshoe Pitchers Association rules will not be used. All participants will be required to wear the 1850s clothing provided by the park. Pitching teams may bring along spectators who are willing to dress in period attire and cheer them on. The entry fee is $10 per team and each team member must become a member of the Ide Adobe Interpretive Association. A maximum of 16 teams will be accepted for play. Tournament champions will be awarded gold- filled pocket watches. Runners-up will receive a set of 1850s horseshoes. For entry forms and information, call 529-8599. New art exhibits feature woodcuts and clay Myth, Humor & Clay Exhibits Open in Red Bluff Art Gallery W.R. “Woody” Thomson opens an art exhibit with a sense of humor, as well as a carefully defined style, with his “Woodcuts: Myth & Mysti- cal Humor” at the Red Bluff Art Gallery. The show kicks off with an Artist’s Reception 5-8 p.m. Friday. Woody got his nickname during a 25-year career teaching fine arts and crafts in Santa Barbara County. He now lives in Shasta Lake City, where he works at his art studio. His new collection of woodcut designs is composed of images that leave the viewer either smiling or wondering about the story behind the picture. People are seen riding on a bird, a snail, a rabbit and a fish. In “Jonah and the Whale”, Jonah can be seen sitting inside the whale. Woodcut art (or xylography) is one of the oldest methods of making eventually form the image are left level, while the rest of the wood is removed by “gouging” with a sharp tool. Thomson uses pine to make his prints. prints from a relief surface, dating back to the 5th Century. The tech- nique involves cutting into a piece of wood. The surfaces that will The exhibition features giclee prints made form the original wood- cuts, helping to bring the price down to an accessible level for those who might want to decorate their home or office with this interesting work. Much of his artistry is self- taught, although he has studied under a number of artist and crafts- man namely: Bill Richardson, Phil Cornellius, Bill Bockus, Nat Fast and George Monreau who influ- enced him when he was developing his style and techniques. Thomson’s exhibit runs at the same time as Paul “Palul” Rideout’s “Forty Years in Clay” retrospective exhibition, Oct. 1-29. All are welcome and dress is casual. Softball tournament to support city pool A one pitch softball tournament is scheduled Oct. 9 and 10, if needed, in Red Bluff as a fundraiser for the McGlynn City Pool. The city has decided not to fund the pool next year so the Blues for the Pool Committee has taken on the task to raise the $40,000 needed to have the pool open for the 2011 summer. Short films seldom hit theaters, which means many movie-goers don’t give them a thought until they hear the nominees in that category read at the Oscars. The Cascade Theatre and Jefferson Public Radio aim to change that in Redding this year by presenting The Manhattan Short Film Festival on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 at 2pm. Established in New York City in 1997, The Manhattan Short Film Festival receives over 500 short film entries each 4TH Cost is $150 per team and there will be three divi- sions — men’s, women’s and coed teams. A minimum of five teams is needed for each division. Registration deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6. For more information, call Debbie Morisch at 526- 5606. Manhattan Short Film Festival comes to Redding year from over 40 coun- tries. Twelve of these entries are selected as finalists and then screened in over 200 arts venues in 200 cities on six conti- nents during a single week. Everyone who buys a ticket, from Beijing to Belgrade to Redding, gets a ballot to turn in after the show. This innovative film B 6 Annual at event highlights a diverse collection of some of the best short films being cre- ated in the world today. Tickets for the Manhat- tan Short Film Festival can be purchased online at www.cascadetheatre.org or by phone at 530-243- 8877. The Cascade The- atre/Jefferson Public Radio Performance Series is sponsored by US Bank. Friday, October. 1st Red Bluff BINGO Community Center 1500 S. Jackson St. Doors open @ 5:30 pm FOOD AVAILABLE $100 BLACK OUT $50 minimum Buy-In $10 • Early Birds $5 11475 Hwy 99E • Los Molinos • CA • 96055 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 11AM - 3PM FREE ADMISSION Come enjoy PUMPKINS FROM 1 LB - 100 LBS! ALL COLORS OF PUMPKINS TOO! GOURDS Red Bluff Garden Club presents “MASQUERADE” Design Program & Luncheon Saturday, October 30, 2010 Rolling Hills Casino Program Unmasking the Secrets of Floral & Garden Design VENDORS - SILENT AUCTION RAFFLE - LIVE AUCTION Plated Lunch: Beef, Chicken or Vegetarian RESERVED TICKETS $25 LAST DATE TO PURCHASE TICKETS IS OCTOBER 20TH Tickets: Shirley 529-2306 • Diane 824-5661 California Kitchen, 529-2482 The Plant Barn, Chico 345-3121 65 0 28 I N G 52 B 6 28 I N G 52 65 0