Eat the Grainbow! Eat healthy, stay healthy!

article by Marygrace Taylor Prevent diabetes and other chronic conditions by expanding your whole grain horizons. These new additions to your repertoire aren’t just healthy, but tasty as well! We’d never limit ourselves to just one type of fruit or vegetable. But when it comes to whole grains, we tend to stick with what’s familiar: a bowl of oatmeal for …

Everyone needs Iron for strong blood

Eating food with iron in it will keep you and your family strong, healthy, and feeling good. Everyone needs iron for: strong blood to carry oxygen to the whole body preventing colds and flu keeping energy levels up growing well If your blood is low in iron, you have anemia. Anemia can make you or your child: look pale, feel …

Turtle Bay Gains Little Free Library

Turtle Bay Exploration Park recently installed a Little Free Library in the McConnell Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. The library was made possible thanks to support from the Shasta Early Literacy Program. The Little Free Library is located in the Children’s Garden, adjacent to the mosaic oasis and picnic tables. It looks like “Peanuts” cartoon character Snoopy’s doghouse, with Snoopy reading …

The Language of Love–Love Lessons for the Whole Family

from The North State Parent, February 2016, Vol.23 No.5    article by Christina Katz   Which acts of love make you feel seen, appreciated, and cherished? What about your spouse and kids? We can all learn to communicate what we like and need to out family members, so everyone can get their needs met and no one has to end up …