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Kids encouraged to turn in candy

The Shasta County Office of Education will again hold "Treats for Trade" at Halloween this year for area students.

Students collect the candy they receive over Halloween and their school donates it to the county office of education, which then sends the candy to U.S. troops in Iraq. The class that collects the most pounds of candy will win a healthy class party put on by Shasta County Office of Education Nutrition Services.

Nutrition services last year collected over 600 pounds of candy. The education office began the program in 2007 to reinforce the idea among children that sweets are a "sometimes food" and shouldn't be consumed in large quantities.

For more information or to participate, call 224-3254.

Library offers goods for homeschoolers

The Redding Library is open to home-schooling parents seeking enrichment programs for their children.

The library offers programs such as like Fine Arts Friday, which are designed to enrich home school curriculum. The library also offers home-schooling families the chance to use the Children's Storyroom and garden, which include craft programs, watershed demonstrations and a monthly music program.

The library also carries home-schooling curriculum, things as varied as textbooks, DVDs and computer programs.

For more information, call 245-7250.

National journalist speaks at Shasta

The Shasta College English Department will host journalist Holly Yeager for a series of lectures at the college next week.

Yeager, who's reported for the Financial Times, The Times of London and Washington Independent, will speak at 9 a.m. in Room 804 and 1 p.m. in Room 820 on Oct. 15 and again at 12:30 p.m. in Room 802 on Oct. 16.

Her lectures will cover responsible journalism, journalism and politics on Oct. 15 and objectivity in journalism on Oct. 16.

The lectures are free and open to the public.

For more information, call 242-2235.

Seminar on starting business slated

The Shasta College Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will host the workshop "So You Want to Start a Business" from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 15 in the SBDC Workshop/Training Room, 1420 Butte St. in Redding.

Keli Anthis will lead the seminar, which offers a short introduction to entrepreneurship and the creation and development of new business ventures.

Participants will explore the identification and evaluation of new business concepts, the development of the business plan, market entry strategies, organizational structure, financing, and critical success factors for the entrepreneur.

The cost is $10. Early registration is recommended. To register, call 225-2770 or go to www3.shastacollege.edu/ewd/Pathways.htm.