I’m looking forward to a delicious turkey dinner. When I think of the first settlers of this great land and all they endured to wrest a living for themselves and their families out of the land I am more than grateful. I am also amazed that we have it so easy. Every different part of this vast land had its own challenges, but I think of the heritage of my family—my great grandparents are buried in South Dakota—making a hard and often merciless land fruitful. The Dakotas were p

It was a collaborative effort between the Redding Emblem Club 515 and the Redding Elks Lodge 1073, as explained by the event’s chairman, Dawn Pedersen, featuring a beaucoup array of “candy everywhere,” a bounce house, cotton candy, Halloween-themed music and free books urging—and educating-the kiddies to stay away from drugs.  There was even a tunnel of terror, plus the imposing, albeit affable……Leroy the Giant Elk!