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Tehama County’s Dazzling Weddings and Event’s Show
Getting married? Know someone who is? Then you want to be at Tehama County’s Dazzling Weddings and Events Show, Sunday, March 7, 2010.
Presented by WeddingsNorthValley.com, Northern California’s premier online wedding services directory, the show takes place in the Event Center at Rolling Hills Casino Resort in Corning, CA. The show opens at 12 noon and runs until 4 PM.
This boutique wedding and bridal event features 50 invited Wedding Professionals from throughout Northern California. The vendors put their best foot forward to display a wide variety of services and products all under one roof in one day.
There is limited vendor space available. If you want to receive the Dazzling Weddings Show invitation and agreement, visit the show’s website or send an email to Jen Clarmo.
Ticket sales are open online accepting credit and debit cards, PayPal or bank drafts. Tickets online are $5 each and grooms are admitted FREE of charge! Tickets at the entrance on March 7th are $8. 5 percent of all ticket sales will be presented to the Salvation Army of Red Bluff, CA. You can make additional contributions in the name of the Red Bluff Salvation Army online.
Brides buying tickets online are automatically entered in the fabulous BRIDE’S BASH contest drawing! The BASH includes dinner out for four (you and your friends), personal mini-beauty treatments and $20 cash spending money!
For more information, email or visit DazzlingWeddingsandEvents.com. Or get all the latest information at our Facebook page.
Chico State: Starving College Student Realities
This next week college classes resume as CSU Chico kicks off the spring semester. Although many students are excited to be returning to school and seeing friends, many are feeling the crunch of budget cuts and dwindling finances. Due to the statewide budget deficit; that is nearing $585 million, classes have been dropped, faculty laid off, furlough days implemented, and tuition and fees have increased by nearly 30 percent. The ‘starving college student’ cliché is even more a reality for some
students, especially as students are unable to take classes, and thus taking longer to graduate.
Last year the Board of Trustees of the CSU system voted to increase State University Fee’s by 20 percent on top of a $306 increase made in May. This makes tuition a semester $2,668. Also, the state mandated that all state employees, this includes professors, must take two days off a month. Although these cuts do generate money (furloughs: $275 million/year) what is lost is classroom time which students have to pay more to get. What is the solution when funding in the past ten years has dropped 25% while enrollment has gone up 30%?
Although the State government is working to create a better educational budget, the current situation for students in college is not the prettiest. With a nationwide economy in the slums and high unemployment rates college students and graduates have to face a bleak reality. Our only hope is that all the extra time and money being put into our education is going to pay off in years to come and we will be able to look back and appreciate memories made while living off mac-n-cheese and cheerios.
What's New
Chico.com has a new look and feel! We want this to be your source for everything you need in and around Chico, California. Browse throughout the site and find information about shopping, businesses, culture, schools, entertainment and more!
We'll be offering community news and events that will keep you informed of happenings in the area. We have ticket giveaways and contests to local concerts, keep checking for the latest one you can win.
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Thinking about moving to Chico? Check out our local realtors in the directory and go to our resources page for school information. It's a great place to live with a wonderfully diverse culture.Thanks for visiting our site, come back again!
About Chico
Located in the heart of the north State, Chico’s proud culture, location and economy have made it home to one of Northern California’s most unique cities. Though a self-determining small-town feel remains, Chico has become the premier location for business, culture and recreation in the north state. In addition, Chico is home to one of California’s most distinguished state universities – commonly known as Chico State.
Resting 90 miles north of Sacramento, Chico is home to over 80,000 residents. To the west and south of the city you’ll find mainly fields, plains and agricultural crops, and to the north and east, the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
Chico locals have taken pride in their surrounding wilderness, preserving a large portion of it for Bidwell Park. As the Park winds like a miniature Grand Canyon into the foothills, it becomes one of the largest city parks in the country. Though surrounding areas are spectacular, Chico inner city boasts a diverse population of trees; thus, earning its nickname, The City of Trees.
Known to be a college town, Chico’s rich culture has become a hotspot for many events: live performances frequent both indoor and outdoor stages; in the summer, Thursday night market transforms downtown into a carnival like atmosphere; the Chico Outlaws, a minor-league baseball team, entertains many of the hot summer nights; and the nightlife keeps the streets alive well into the morning.
With a strong sense of community and culture, Chico’s businesses – from restaurants to bicycle cabs – have come to support and thrive on the active people that are proud to call Chico their home.
