On Friday night PremierWest Bank presents the Xtremely Amped! motocross show in the grandstand (tickets required). It is also Teen Night in the new Pacific Power Technology Pavilion featuring great contests and prizes.

Xtremely Amped is the ultimate combination of high voltage rock and high flying stunts. Live bands will constantly pump rock favorites, which will crescendo into a crowd-pleasing, extreme-sport spectacular.

In the Technology Pavilion, there are interactive computer games for the teenagers including Guitar Hero and Play Station, plus during Teen Night there will be contests and prizes.

YREKA - Thursday, Aug. 7, is McDonald’s Kids Day, with kids 12 and under getting in free all day The day starts off with Kids Games at 10:00 am with Lanky the Clown, as well as fun entertainment all day long. Pepsi Bottling Co. of Mount Shasta presents Clay Walker and Steve Holy in the Scott Valley Bank Grandstand that evening (tickets required).

Lanky the Clown is one of the most energetic and colorful clowns on the fair circuit. With over 25 years of clowning experience, Lanky and friends have traveled the world to bring smiles and laughter to over 10 different countries.
In addition, international goodwill clowning tours and church clowning are part of his dedication to the art. He has repeatedly toured Russia and Guatemala, and has toured Afghanistan and Cambodia as part of an International Coalition of Clowns put together by renowned Medical Doctor, Patch Adams - yes the same Patch from the famed movie. The concept was to take the simple universal language of clowning to the children of that war torn country. Thousands of children were visited, many in hospitals and orphanages. This tour was undertaken at great risk to the thirty or so clowns from around the world that took part in it. Most of the tour participants returned to their home counties feeling enriched for the opportunity. (more…)

FORT JONES – The Smiley’s team battled through the elimination bracket of the 26^th annual Bev White Memorial Mush Ball Tournament, and swept the Sue Tribe in the double elimination championship games.

Four teams out of nine entered the final day of competition on Sunday—The Crew and the Sue Tribe on the winner’s side of the bracket, and 5150 and Smiley’s on the elimination side. The Sue Tribe defeated The Crew in the first game of the day to advance to the championship game.

Smiley’s beat 5150 to move into the semifinal game against The Crew. Smiley’s punched its ticket to the championship game with a 7-3 win, avenging a game-2 loss to The Crew on Saturday. The Crew, sponsored by Karen Pearson of AAA, took third place.

Smiley’s faced a daunting task coming into the championship game, having to beat the undefeated Sue Tribe not just once but twice to capture the title.

Smiley’s set the tone early in game-1, with two runs in the bottom of the first inning. They then proceeded to play stellar defense, and add two more runs in the third inning on the way to a 4-0 shutout.

In the second championship game, Smiley’s pasted four runs on the board in both the first and second inning, taking an 8-0 lead. The Sue Tribe scored their only run of the championship games in the third inning, making it 8-1. Smiley’s added a run in the fourth, and went on to win 9-1, capturing the crown. (more…)

YREKA – Thirty-six volleyball players from around the county, ranging from sixth grade to high school seniors, attended this year’s YMCA volleyball camp—and, why not? YMCA Senior Program Director, former collegiate player, and former Yreka High School volleyball coach Scott Eastman assembled an impressive staff.

Former All-League setter for Yreka High School, collegiate player, and current Simpson University volleyball coach Melissa Church and one of her players, defensive specialist Taylor Lukehart, made the trek up from Redding. Yreka varsity head coach Carla Truttman, Yreka JV coach Laura Martin, and Mt. Shasta High School’s varsity coach Greta Jones also brought their talents.

Joining the coaches were YHS All-League and current collegiate players Anna and Mary Leal, as well as recent YHS graduate and future Simpson player Jenny Hopkins. Also assisting was YMCA youth sports coach Teresa Gomes.

One of the features about the YMCA camp that Eastman feels is key to its success is the way that fundamental skills are taught.

“We’ve molded this one to be a real fundamental development camp. I think there is a fine line between teaching what the fundamental skill is, and actually showing the progression of how you achieve that fundamental development,” said Eastman. “A lot of times coaches will have drills where they’ll say, ‘You gotta do this, and this, and this to improve your setting.’ But, what they don’t do is tell them this is exactly where you foot position needs to be to align your hands up, and that’s why we’re doing what we’re doing. We need to break it down, and isolate different parts of the fundamental skill.” (more…)

YREKA - The Siskiyou Golden Fair annually honors individuals and/or groups who go above and beyond to support the fair through volunteer activities. This year the Western Fairs Association Blue Ribbon Award will be bestowed upon the Rachel Hanna Family for their creation and sustaining of the Rachel Hanna Park at the fairgrounds.

Rachel Hanna, daughter of Greg and Sherri Hanna, lived on her family’s ranch in Etna and died in April of 2000 at the age of eight. Her parents met when they were children at the Siskiyou Golden Fair and both of Rachel’s grandfathers, Ron Lillard and Skip Hanna were a part of the fair management for over 25 years each. Lillard served as the fair CEO and Hanna was a member of the board of directors, and is the creator of the fair’s longtime mascot Old Nugget.

Fair time was always exciting for Rachel and she enjoyed every aspect of the fair’s offerings from the livestock barns to the carnival rides. She also performed her gymnastic talents on the mall lawn with her team and received the biggest applause, as she was the smallest member of the tumbling troop.

In her honor, the family partnered with the fair to create the Rachel Hanna Park located behind the Ag Hort Building. Every year, the family works tirelessly on maintaining the beautiful park that they brought to life in 2001. New flowers, plants and trees are put in the park each year by the family to create a subtle change each year. The park provides a safe, cool, and fun place for families to spend time with their children during the fair. (more…)

YREKA - Jeff Bourke of G&G Ace Hardware in Yreka donated $1,000 to the Siskiyou Golden Fair to help with the replacement of two livestock scale meters that were stolen in a fairgrounds robbery on July 8. One meter was part of a $5,000 beef/sheep scale project donated to the fair by the 10^th District Junior Livestock Auction Committee, a nonprofit organization staffed by volunteers. The other meter for the hog scale was purchased by the fair. The scales are used strictly for the junior livestock program. The total value of the loss was $2,000.

The Scott Valley Theater Company, which runs the historic Avery Theater in Etna, invites all interested groups to consider using the Avery Theater for events. The Avery is a 300 seat house with excellent acoustics and sound support. The Board, consisting of community members, is available to assist with planning, public relations and production of the event. (more…)

YREKA - The thrill of motorcycle stunts combined with the energy of live rock and roll music will be coming to the 2008 Siskiyou Golden Fair. PremierWest Bank will be presenting Xtremely Amped on Friday night, August 8, beginning at 8:00 pm.

Xtremely Amped is the ultimate combination of high voltage rock and high flying stunts. Live bands are constantly pumping out rock favorites that combine with the adrenaline rush of pro-level freestyle motocross riders to morph into Xtremely Amped.

“We are thrilled to be bringing this unique show to the fair this year,” said CEO Rebecca Desmond. “It is going to be one exciting night!”

Some of the country’s top motocross stunt riders will be performing to the sound of live music interspersed with some great variety entertainment. No show like this has ever been seen at the Siskiyou Golden Fair.
Xtremely Amped will appear in the Scott Valley Bank Grandstand, with tickets priced at $15 for box seats, $12 for reserved grandstand and $10 for general admission. General admission tickets will not go on sale until the other tickets are sold out, or the day-of-show.

For more information, contact the fair office at 842-2767 or go to the website at www.sisqfair.com. The 2008 Siskiyou Golden Fair, “A Mountain Fair with Country Flair,” runs August 6-10 in Yreka.