A few months ago, a young man I know had lost his job, and was sort of feeling sorry for himself. Well, I’m not one to have a ton of sympathy. My view is, “Okay, the job’s gone. Go ahead and be bummed out for a couple of days, take a breather, and then go make something happen. Be proactive.”

It just so happened my brother who, like me, has a bit of entrepreneurial spirit was in town at the time. So, I took the young man over to my bro’s place and we had a little talk about people we knew who had started their own business on a shoe string, as in little or no money. You see, you don’t have to depend on other people to “give” you a job. With some hard work and a willingness to take a risk, you can make your own job.

At my brothers, we talked about a lot of different businesses, including a guy who has started his own business while still attending college at Chico State, Danny Orloff. Many in Siskiyou County may remember Orloff from his time playing basketball at Yreka High School. Well, a year and a half or so ago, Orloff kicked of his clothing business, Fight the Stereotype. What stereotype? Orloff explains.

“So, I first got the idea when I was at College of the Siskiyous. After going away to Stanislaus and coming back home I noticed that it is just habit for us to judge others by appearance. There are certain types of clothing that makes people seem different. We are very judgmental as humans and I think a part of that is today’s society and how we have adapted to stereotyping. It shouldn’t matter if somebody has their hat on backward or their pants up like Steve Erkel. Fight the Stereotype is about putting your judgments aside and seeing what is unique and different about each individual.”

The first order of 100 FTS T-Shirts were marketed primarily by word of mouth in the Chico area, and sold out in about two months or so. The second time around didn’t go quite as well, but Orloff stuck with it, and managed to get together enough capital to make a tank-top order of his custom design for the spring of 2011. That round of product flew out of his hands, selling as many 14 tank-tops in one day. (more…)

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Photos by Kris Prusko

North 1, Girls Varsity Ski
GS RACE RESULTS

Pl Bib Class Team Name Run 1 Run 2 Result
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1 716 1 MTS Cressman Mariah 36.37 (1) 36.49 (1) 1:12.86 (1)
2 706 1 MTS Holst Christine 40.17 (2) 40.08 (2) 1:20.25 (2)
3 704 1 MTS Keane Shannon 42.44 (3) 42.92 (3) 1:25.36 (3)
4 707 1 MTS Rogers Sara 43.51 (4) 43.51 (4) 1:27.02 (4)
5 788 1 YRE VanHooser Kaitlin 47.35 (5) 46.55 (7) 1:33.90 (5)
6 786 1 YRE Day Cassie 48.76 (6) 46.29 (6) 1:35.05 (6)
7 787 1 YRE Kishe Nicole 52.89 (9) 45.62 (5) 1:38.51 (7)
8 785 1 YRE Velarde Miranda 50.40 (7) 50.58 (9) 1:40.98 (8)
9 710 1 MTS Higer Celia 52.73 (8) 50.57 (8) 1:43.30 (9)
10 783 1 YRE Solano Kaitlyn 1:00.77 (10) 55.42 (10) 1:56.19 (10)
11 782 1 YRE Greenfield Marjie 1:08.03 (11) 1:02.33 (11) 2:10.36 (11)
12 781 1 YRE Amens Jensen 1:23.16 (12) 1:07.88 (12) 2:31.04 (12) (more…)

The Yreka Lady Miner junior varsity out scored the Corning Lady Cardinal JVs by two points in each of the first three quarters, to take a 24-18 lead into the final frame on Wednesday night at Miner Gym. However, Corning used a 7-0 run to grab the lead with about a minute and a half to play. It didn’t phase the Lady Miners.

Yreka’s Savanna Peters opened the scoring in the fourth quarter with a hoop, upping the Lady Miner advantage to 26-20. The Cardinals then went on a 7-0 run, including a 3-point play the hard way, to take a 27-26 lead with 1:37 left on the clock. (more…)

Some people said the Lady Miners had a monkey on their backs. But, with no Northern Athletic League wins in nearly three full years, it may have felt more like a giant gorilla. If so, the Lady Miners body slammed that gorilla on Wednesday night, with a 44-36 win over the Corning Lady Cardinals.

Yreka’s intensity was evident from the opening tip, as the Lady Miners scored the first eight points of the game. Ashley Ensminger drilled a 3-ball to open the scoring. Then Ensminger came up with a swipe and fed Dakota Cash, who converted to make it 5-0. Katie Brummett connected from beyond the arc to up the lead to 8-0.

Corning scored the next five point to make it an 8-5 game. However, the Lady Miners pushed their lead back to eight points, 15-7, at the end of the first quarter, when Erica Phillips dropped a dime to Allison Charleboix who scored.

While Yreka seemed to be in control at the end of the first frame, it was the Cardinals that would rule the roost in the second quarter, as they outscored Yreka, 18-8, to take a 25-23 lead into the locker room.

Yreka came back to the floor to start the third quarter with a renewed defensive focus, and allowed Corning just one field goal and a freebie in the entire quarter. Meanwhile, Cash put up five of Yreka’s eight points in the period. Phillips added a hoop, and Mackenzie Allen dropped in a free throw, giving Yreka a 31-28 lead going into the final frame. (more…)

Yreka boys varsity basketball coach Christian Birch’s choice for the Miner Perk Boys Basketball Player of the week is Cody Hoff. Hoff put up 13 points and pulled down 8 rebounds against Anderson last Friday. (more…)

The Corning Cardinals scored two goals in the first half, and a pair in the second half to secure a 4-0 win over the Yreka Lady Miners, at Miner stadium on Tuesday.

The Lady Miners came into the week ranked 3rd in NSCIF Division-II playoff points.

The Miner boys also came into the week ranked third in D-II. Yreka lost to Corning, 5-0. (more…)

Yreka varsity girls coach Ken Dysert’s choice for the Miner Perk Girls Basketball Player of the Week is Kelsey Stonier.

“She’s improving every game, and has provided a spark to our offense,” said Dysert. (more…)

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The West Valley Eagles refused to show last Friday, due to a chance of snow. On Wednesday, with the threat of a stray snowflake looming, the Eagles made the daring journey up the always treacherous I-5 to Yreka’s Miner Gym. Unfortunately for Yreka, the Miners were unable to do what a “chance of snow” did the prior week–stop West Valley.

The Eagles dominated the first quarter of play, outscoring the Miners 16-2. Yreka’s only basket came from Jeremy Cox at the 4:45 mark. The Miners held their own for the remainder of the game, and at times had mini scoring runs, but still fell by double digits, 52-39.

Trailing 21-2 in the second quarter, Yreka put up seven straight points. A put back by Cox got the mini-run started. Cox then dished to Ryan Kennedy for a hoop. Cody Hoff nailed a 3-ball to make the score 21-9, with 3:29 left in the first half. Going into the intermission, the Eagles led by 15 points, 27-12.

Yreka made another push in the third quarter, with West Valley up 29-14. Tyler Johnson scored to make it 29-16. Hoff hit another long-range shot, 29-19. A freebie from Kennedy, cut the deficit to nine points, 29-20. Cox grabbed a rebound and went coast-to-coast for a bucket, making it a 7-point game, 29-22. (more…)

Tyler Johnson is Yreka coach Christian Birch’s pick for the Miner Perk Boys Basketball Player of the Week. Birch said that Johnson’s work ethic and point production have both improved. Johnson put up 7 points against Weed last week, and pulled down 6 boards. Johnson followed up with a double-double against West Valley this week, with 10 points and 10 rebounds, as well as a 9-point performance against Central Valley. (more…)

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The Yreka Miners boys soccer team improved to 2-2 in the Northern Athletic League and 3-6 overall with a 5-3 win over the visiting Central Valley Falcons on Tuesday night.

The Miners got a pair of goals each from Trevor Daugherty and Julian Mendoza. The Falcons also scored a goal on themselves. Alex Luckey had three helpers, and Cesar Orozco had an assist. Noah Lawson notched the win in the net for Yreka. (more…)

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It had been a while since the Yreka Lady Miners soccer team had scored a goal–like almost a full year–with the last tally coming in a 3-0 win over Gridley in the first round of the playoffs last season. That changed in a big way on Tuesday at Miner Stadium, as the Lady Miners fried the Central Valley Falcons, 6-0, in a dominating performance.

The first Yreka goal of the season came off the foot of frosh Kara Jackson at the 8-minute mark of the match. Jackson out-fought a Falcon defender and found the back of the net with her shot.

Once the drought had been broken, the Lady Miners went to the well in rapid fire succession. Goal number two came six minutes after the first, with senior Miranda Parsons doing the honors. Jackson set up Michaella Ensele with a nice cross for the third score, 24 minutes into the match.

Yreka’s next two goals came on penalty kicks. With about 11 minutes left in the first half, Tayler Dowse knocked one home. Seven minutes later, Tianna Cruz was taken down from behind in the box, and she made good on her penalty kick, giving Y-Town a 5-0 lead at the intermission. (more…)

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