Community

Section C Friday, June 27, 2014

Sundial Splash Community Float
Bring your canoe, kayak, paddle board anything that oats and can be paddled to join the Sundial Splash Community
Float starting at 10 a.m. Saturday near the Sundial Bridge.
The event, sponsored by the city, Shasta Trinity Fly Fishers and the Rotary Club, will send as many as
300 people down the river in a fun oat and race.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. The race begins at 10 a.m. Paddlers will put in under the Sundial
Bridge and end at the Reginato River access, South Bonnyview Road. Participants will be
bused back to Turtle Bay aboard RABA buses.
There will be seven categories to the race. First-place nishers will receive tickets
to the Sundial Celebration on the Civic Lawn concert at the Redding Civic Audito-
rium that same night. The awards will be handed out at 8 p.m. during the concert.
Cost to participate is $15 for adults and $7 for children. Children must be at least
5 years old and be accompanied by an adult.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Fireworks, food and fun

Dancing with the Stars
Shasta County Style
Six local stars will compete for
votes from the community earned
through fundraising in this event
beneting One SAFE Place, former-
ly the Shasta Womens Refuge, and
the Shasta Family Justice Center.
The annual show will be at
7 p.m. Saturday at the Cascade
Theatre, 1731 Market St., Redding.
The champion is based on
how much money the dancing
star raised. Audience members
can add to the tally by dropping
in their donations during the
performance.
Each team goes through a rigor-
ous practice schedule to earn the
Judges Choice Champion trophy
awarded to the team who earns
the highest style and technical
marks during the event.
Votes also can be made at www.
OSPShasta.org.
Tickets are $10-$25 and are
available at the Cascade Theatre
box ofce.
Learn more at www.cascade-
theatre.org and www.OSPShasta.
org.
Sundial 10th anniversary events
Sundial Celebration
on the Civic Lawn
Live music, catered food
and reworks highlight this
community celebration from
6 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday on
the Redding Civic Audito-
rium lawn.
Gates open at 6 p.m., mu-
sic starts at 7 p.m. and re-
works blast of at 10. Live
music will follow the re-
works.
Advance Redding, the or-
ganization that operates the
Civic Auditorium, put to-
gether the event. No outside
food or drinks are allowed,
but spectators can get food
from Applebees, Marie Cal-
lenders and Cicada Cantina,
who will be selling food on
site.
The concert features Sara
Oliveira, Cattle Rocket and
DJ Jake Easy.
Oliveira, a young singer
and songwriter who recent-
ly moved to Nashville from
Redding, will open the night.
Her music has been featured
on RyanSeacrest.com.
She will be followed by
Jake Easy and dancing. Red-
ding-based country
rock band Cattle Rock-
et will take the stage
after the fireworks.
Jake Easy returns just
before midnight.
Tickets are $10 in
advance and $15 at the
gate. Those 21 and older
will be wristbanded.
For more information,
gio to at http://reddingciv-
ic.com/events/2014/06/28/
sundial-celebration.
Street Legal Drag Racing
The Redding Dragstrip will host races from 5-11 p.m.
Saturday at the strip behind Redding Municipal Airport.
Saturday will feature Battle of the Imports.
Entry is just $5 per person; kids 6 and under get in free.
If you want to race (open to anyone with a valid drivers
license and car insurance), tech cards are $10. High school
students with a valid high school ID and drivers license
can race for free.
Gates open at 5 p.m., racing starts at 6 p.m.
Battle of the Bands, Travelling Ills concert
The Battle of the Bands continues this weekend at Bridge
Bay Resort.
This week Travelling Ills performs at 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday at the resort, 10300 Bridge Bay Road, Redding.
Each weekend through Labor Day, diferent Northern
California and Oregon bands compete for a prize of $5,000.
Chef at the Market
This Saturday Chef Wes Matthews with Market Street
Steakhouse will demonstrate recipes and cooking tech-
niques in the Chef at the Market feature at the Redding
Farmers Market.
Chef at the Market is a free community event/cooking dem-
onstration featuring local chefs from Reddings restaurants or
businesses in the culinary arts area to promote eating local,
seasonal fruits and vegetables ofered at the farmers market.
The demonstration will be from 9:30-11 a.m. Saturday at
the Farmers Market at Redding City Hall, 777 Cypress Ave.
Wintu Audubon Campout
at Lassen Volcanic National Park
The Wintu Audubon Club will take in birding and camping
at the Lost Creek Group Campground in an overnight trip
Friday and Saturday nights. Group Camp Site No. 5 has been
reserved for both nights.
The club will be joined by the Redwood Region Audubon
Society and Altacal Audubon Society. Folks can either camp at
Lost Creek or drive up for either or both Saturday and Sunday.
Campers can arrive at the campsite at a time of their choos-
ing Friday afternoon. Saturday day trippers should meet at
the Redding Civic Auditorium (Convention Center) at 8 a.m.
Saturday to car pool.
The clubs will bird watch at Man-
zanita Lake on Saturday morning.
The rest of the itinerary is open
and will depend on the interests
of the participants.
Day trippers for Sunday
will meet at the camp site
at 9 a.m.
Lost Creek has
primitive facilities
pit toilets and
no electricity, but
potable water is
available.
For more
information, con-
tact Bill Oliver at
941-7741 or email
wwoliver9@gmail.com.
Brews by the Bridge
Catalyst Redding Young Professionals, Indie Element and Redding Beer Week will hold
Brews by the Bridge from 6-10 p.m. Friday in the Quarry Patio at Turtle Bay, 840 Sundial
Bridge Drive, Redding (across the Sundial Bridge from the Civic Auditorium).
Identification is required for wristbands and to buy drink tickets but the event is open to
all ages, in hopes of encouraging young families to attend.
Eleven breweries from California and Oregon will provide samples of their brews. Non-
alcoholic beverages also will be served.
Restaurants serving food at the event are Cinders Wood Fired Pizza and C.R. Gibbs
American Grille.
The event is free to the public. Single beers are $5 each and a sampling of six brews is $10.
California Native Plant Society
Wildower Fieldtrip to Upper Deadfall Lake
The California Native Plant Society will lead a field trip to Upper Deadfall
Lake to look at wildflowers Saturday.
This 5- to 6-mile moderately strenuous field trip will start in a wet
meadow area and climb 1,400 feet to Upper Deadfall Lake.
Mt. Eddy has serpentine soils and a number of uncommon plant as-
sociations and rare plants including Mt. Eddy sky pilot found only
on Mt. Eddy.
Participants should bring water, sunscreen and lunch. No dogs
please.
Participants should meet at Redding City Hall southwest parking
lot on Parkview Avenue and carpool to the trailhead.
For more information and where to download a 400-count
Humboldt State University plant list. contact David Ledger at 355-8542.
PETS OF THE WEEK
Looking for a furry
friend? Maybe one of our
Pets of the Week will warm
your heart. 2C
Dr. Richard Malotky and Kathy
Babcock compete in the 2013 produc-
tion of Dancing with the Stars
Shasta County Style.
JEREMIAH COFFEY/RECORD SEARCHLIGHT