Happy Hearts needs volunteers
A Visalia grocer who wants to keep the memory of his late daughter alive by aggressively raising money for Children’s Hospital Central California is in need of volunteers for his annual Happy Hearts...
View ArticleReader responds to jam story
After doing a story on strawberry jam for the May 8 edition of the Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register, I plan on giving it a try myself. I like to cook and I like to eat even more! If you...
View ArticleVolunteers rise to the occasion and help SPCA
After publishing an article Tuesday in the Visalia Times-Delta and Tulare Advance-Register about a shelter dog walking program at the Valley Oak SPCA, 10 new volunteers showed up Friday morning to help...
View ArticleJamming this weekend
I don’t know what you’re doing this weekend but I hope to make more strawberry jam. Ever since I interviewed Sharon Peck for a story on how to make strawberry jam, it’s become my personal goal to make...
View ArticleNonprofits: have a big need?
I’m searching for a nonprofit to feature in Saturday’s Inspire section as a Big Need feature. Usually I have these lined up before now, but I thought I better remind all my nonprofit contacts out there...
View ArticleTulare FFA collects donations for tornado victims
You can help the tornado victims in Oklahoma by making donations through the Tulare Future Farmers of America. The FFA is collecting money, diapers, baby wipes, baby formula, new toys, baby and...
View ArticleGo for it
An article by Hillary Meeks about going from the couch to 5K has inspired me to go for it. http://vtd-tar.co/131Vbpo. My first question was “Is the couch provided?” For at least two years, I have...
View ArticleRemember Dad
As I visit my father this weekend for Father’s Day I am keenly aware of how he is living on borrowed time. He’s in pretty good health for a man almost 80, but he lives with a pacemaker that keeps …...
View ArticleFree parking for student vets?
After serving their country, military veterans may be getting a break on their parking passes at some community colleges in California. In Tulare County, that would include Porterville College,...
View ArticleVisalia soldier remembered
Two years ago today, Cpl. Jared Verbeek was killed in Afghanistan. He was a 22-year-old lance corporal and military police officer with the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton. He died on June 21,...
View ArticleBoy from Azerbaijan needs host family soon
There’s only one foreign exchange student left who needs an American home before he can board a plane for America, said Crissy Libby, coordinator for World Link Inc. Student Exchange Program. At the...
View ArticleSave the date: Make a Difference Day is Oct. 26
Save the date! Make a Difference Day is Saturday, Oct. 26. It’s a national day of service sponsored by USA WEEKEND and Points of Light. Here in Tulare County it’s an opportunity to get a big project...
View ArticleReaders respond to AAUW need for more storage
When the Visalia Chapter of the American Association of University Women needs help I respond not only because I love their semi-annual book sales at the Sequoia Mall but because they support local...
View ArticleGet free Dogwood trees
By joining the Arbor Day Foundation in August, you will receive 10 free Dogwood trees. These are beautiful trees with showy white spring flowers. The Arbor Day Foundation ships them as bare root trees...
View ArticleFree day at the national parks Aug. 25
Nothing is more inspiring than a trip to a national park as pretty as Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in our own backyard. On Aug. 25, a Sunday, the entrance fee is waived. That’s a $20...
View ArticleHappy birthday, 4-H!
Watching 11-year-old Maddie Fernandes try to lead her 1,000-pound heifer brought back memories of my own days in 4-H about 40 years ago. This year, 4-H is turning 100 years old. I imagine many former...
View ArticleA milestone on the St. Johns trail
Monday night ends a summer running class called “Couch to 5K” and begins a lifetime of races for me, I hope! I signed up because of the title. I needed to get off of the couch and get into shape. …...
View ArticleRunning my first 5K
Well, I ran the whole way and I’m so glad I could do it. Here I am posing with Debbie Kinoshita, another classmate in the Couch to 5K class along the St. Johns Riverwalk in beautiful Visalia. She and...
View ArticleChildhood cancer awareness lasts all year
In October, 2012 I got a call from a Visalia mother whose son was just diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cancer. She asked for prayers for her son, Cash, then 4. That hit home with our readers online and in...
View ArticleUnidentified Winco customer returns check to owner
An unidentified customer at the WINCO supermarket in Visalia evidently returned a found check to a Visalia woman who wants to thank him or her. The Visalia woman, however, does not wish to be...
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