A bold plan for Redding’s Tiger Field

I received a flier outlining a plan of action to upgrade Tiger Field in Redding to host a higher level of collegiate league baseball. Local enthusiasts are hoping to secure a $250K grant. Here’s a brief overview of the needed upgrades:
Tiger Field in Redding

“Redding City Councilman Rick Bosetti wants to fix up Tiger Field for the community. His vision to have a first class field where you can see quality collegiate baseball players from all over the country play for a mere $5 per game for adults, and $2 for kids under 12 years old. There will be concessions and promotional items available during the games. There will be baseball camps and clinics offered to school kids.

The first such clinic will be June 2nd and will be free to all young ballplayers. It is being sponsored by the Colt 45s, Chevrolet and the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association. There will be former major league players leading the instruction. Company sponsorships will be available, as they are now. He envisions a partnership with the nearby downtown business community, perhaps offering a free shuttle service for overflow parking which would bring people to downtown restaurants and other businesses before and after games.

Bosetti also envisions a great way to give back to the community by offering baseball night fund raisers for the games for non-profit organizations. “ABC Organization” could choose to have “ABC Corporation Night” during one of the games. A percentage of money collected that night would go to their organization to further their mission. This may provide an easier way to raise funds than having to create some sort of new venue for that purpose.


As a community, we can help make this vision a reality. Spread the word, generate some positive energy, attend the games with your family for a fun and inexpensive outing, provide business sponsorships, create a fund-raiser…together, we can get there. For more information on how you can participate in this vision now, contact Rick Bosetti, bosetti@charter.net or (530) 227-4443.”

This sounds like a great idea. I hope the community can put this together. Great things happen to communities when we put our minds to it. Redding has a long history of baseball, but a not a great venue built for the future. This plan seems like it could lead to a really welcome addition to our town.

Tiger Field by Skip Murphy
Tiger Field ball players in the background as seen from the Redding Library. click to enlarge.

Hey Northeast – u cold?

Another sunny Spring day in Redding. Today we experience the familiar disconnect. National news is full of blizzard, snow drifts, power outages, cancelled travel, and worse. Meanwhile in lovely Redding, we are spending the placid morning picking which gorgeous trail on which to spend a pleasant Saturday.

If your internet isn’t down, out there in the frozen Northeast. If you are pondering which superstorm will finally have your name on it. If you’d like to consider a place where you can run your business without fearing yet another megastorm disruption. Then consider Redding. We’d love to have you.
Ribbon Bridge in Redding CA by Skip Murphy

The Gourmet

A lively group of Redding people have been meeting every month over the last 40+ years to share a meal. The membership has evolved over the years, but the theme persists:
The Gourmet.

I was invited after a regular member had to bow out at the last minute. The idea is that the host prepares the main dish, and the guests bring other courses. This is far from a potluck, however. The emphasis is on cuisine and company. A theme for the evening was persimmons, and so we had a persimmon based soup, and main dish. Our hosts were Jim and Mary Carr of Redding.
In my work as real estate agent, I have seen many large and elaborate kitchens described as “gourmet.” The Carr’s diminutive kitchen workspace reminds us all that good culinary experiences are not at all reliant on size. My deep gratitude goes to the guests and hosts who made this evening so spirited. The Gourmet, it’s Really Redding.

Real estate in the other Redding

Ran across this list of recent home sales in Redding. Redding Connecticut. Some fairly high priced homes there, it would appear. Perhaps our ‘sister city’ on the east coast wasn’t once named Poverty Flat. It was an interesting read. They even name the buyers and sellers out there. I do have to say though, the previous comment about some of the housing to be priced on the high side is only in certain areas of CT, it was decided to conduct some research into other locations around Connecticut such as these William Pitt homes for sale within Columbia, that are relatively cheap compared to other areas of CT.
Weston Daily VoiceClicking over to the home page of The Daily Voice, I see that Connecticut is still digging out from Hurricane Sandy. Sister cities, different weather. I read they are concerned over an approaching Thanksgiving Nor’ Easter. Yikes.

Scrolled down under the online articles looking for all the rude comments surely waiting, but didn’t see any. That’s different too. A tale of two cities. Really Redding, Connecticut.

Elvis sighting in Redding

Yeah, Elvis Costello. Playing the Cascade last night.
Elvis Costello in Redding
Watchin’ the detectives. Niice.
Elvis Costello loops
Just the man and his talent, on display.
Elvis plays Redding CA
The angels may want to wear your red shoes, but your aim is true. Elvis is playing his Centenary Tour here, in case he’s not around to do it in 2054. Thoughtful chap.
His song catalog is extensive. Much too large for just one evening. I missed hearing a few favorites. No matter. It was a good show.
Elvis Costello plays the Cascade in ReddingGeorge Thorogood and the Destroyers play there tonight. Top name entertainment at the Cascade. It’s Really Redding.
Edit:
Somebody posted Allison from last night:

“Looking for my guitar” – Yamaha FG-612S sold in Redding 2 years ago

Saw this plea on Craigslist a year ago. Renee tells me she’d still like to find it, so I am re-posting it. Maybe you can help. In the greater scheme of things, it’s perhaps not crucial. But a poetic return of the instrument is pleasing to consider.

“It’s a long story, but here goes. First of all, PLEASE do not delete this. My name is Renee. My mother and I lived in Redding in the 70’s and I bought this guitar from Bernie’s when I was just 15. I worked a whole summer to afford it. I’d read many reviews on The Sound Junky about this guitar so I knew it was a good one.

My mom contributed half the money, and I gave her my Oldesmobile, Delta 88 to cover that. I really LOVED this guitar and all the cool accessories I had with it, as you can imagine.

My daughters were both played to, nightly, while in my stomach, with this guitar, and it lulled them to sleep while I sung songs to them with it as they grew up. Now, 27 and 20, they loved it also.

I sung to my sister, when she was alive with it, and my father. I have lost them, all 3 now…mom, dad and sisters (both).

Well, I’m 46 now. I had that guitar til 2 years ago, when my mom’s heart went into failure. She was in RMC for 45 days before she passed away, and I live in Red Bluff, and I just couldn’t afford to drive every day back and forth, so I was forced to pawn my guitar to Olde West Guns and Loan.

She died. 46 days into the driving back and forth, I lost my beloved mother, and worse, I went into a horrible depression and lost my guitar.

There’s not a price you can put on the value of it…and it’s got memories from me, while I owned it nearly 30 years.

When I came out of the depression a bit, I went to get it out and to try to piece my life back together, but discovered that the pawn ticket had lapsed during my mourning. I lost my guitar…and I know, it’s my fault, but if anyone out there happened to buy it, please, please, please, give me a call and let’s talk about how I can buy it back. I’m anything but rich…but I guarantee, it will go back to where it belongs, and I will even HELP you find another guitar if that is the issue.

This isn’t just a guitar. It’s a symbol of the memory of my mother and me working together to achieve something…the memories of the time my two daughters were inside my stomach, and the times I sung for both my parents while they were alive, and my sister who’s also passed, at all the holidays. It is an item that cannot be priced, or have a price put on it.

My # is 530-355-7573. I’d be so glad to find out it’s alive…that someone has a huge heart and understands how MUCH this means to my family, and will help me relocate it.”

Here’s an image of such a guitar from Google. Looks like a lovely 12 string, but obviously it holds more than just music for the writer. Do you know where this instrument went?
More than a guitar