Helping Hands

Aug 2016 27

Breaking the Silence to Heal Family Violence

2016 Articles, Helping Hands

by Steve Wright

Founder Dr. Margie Jessen DNP and Co-founder Steven H. Wright, retired Chief of Police for the city of Reedley, created the Family Healing Center (FHC) in 2007 with the purpose of providing a holistic abuse center for victims of violent crimes focusing on sexual and physical abuse as well as assisting women and children who witness abuse. In the past, victims of rape, child abuse, and sexual assault endured being interviewed by multiple organizations and agencies, throughout the investigative process.

Aug 2016 13

Sunnyside Bicycles: Live Local! Live Better!

2016 Articles, Community, Going Green

by Vanessa McCracken

—Your staff is amazing! Thanks for the great service!
—We had so much fun on the bike ride you organized! We can’t wait to go on another one!
We love hearing comments like these from our customers, and we consider ourselves pretty lucky that we get to hear them pretty regularly. Since opening our first bike shop in 2002, we have worked hard to do and be our best. We are constantly evolving, continuously educating ourselves, and improving our business.

Aug 2016 6

Streetlight Kids: Another Local Mission Outreach

2016 Articles, Community, Diana Bulls, Helping Hands, Reedley News

by Diana Bulls

There’s a new store in downtown Reedley that caters just to kids, and moms looking for a bargain. All parents know how hard it is to provide clothes and shoes for growing kids, not to mention how hard that is on the family budget. Streetlight Kids, located at 960 10th Street, is offering good, used clothes and lots of other things kids need at a good, bargain price.

Aug 2016 6

Kaweah Oaks Preserve, A Time Capsule In Its Own

2016 Articles, Going Green

by Kristine Acopian

The Kaweah Oaks Preserve is located in our sweet home of Tulare County, just east of Visalia, and not far from the Kaweah River. According to the Sequoia Riverlands Trust website, the Kaweah Oaks Preserve spreads across 344 acres and is one of the few remaining valley oak riparian forests in the San Joaquin Valley.

Jul 2016 30

Connect. Inspire. Succeed: The Deaf & Hard of Hearing Service Center, Inc.

2016 Articles, Helping Hands, Kathy Eide Casas

by Kathy Eide Casas

For a moment in time, step into the often invisible world of those living with hearing differences. ‘Invisible’ because you cannot immediately see that someone is Deaf until you interact and/or communicate with that person. Think about it for a moment. How many times have you passed a Deaf person on the street and not realized that he or she has a difference in hearing? In the linguistic and cultural minority of those who are Deaf, personal communication is key.

Apr 2016 22

Martians: Earth Day, Phooey! We Want a Mars Day!

2016 Articles, Going Green, Terrific Tales

by Gail Farrelly

The little green creatures have made up their minds that they aren't going to sit silently through another Earth Day while their own planet remains unrecognized. No siree!

Apr 2016 18

Land of the Flowers: An Earth Day Mystery Short Story

2016 Articles, Going Green, Mysteryrat's Maze, Terrific Tales

by Mary Anna Evans

Garrett Levy already knew more than he wanted to know about composting toilets. Environmental engineering had sounded like a glamorous career when he signed up for it, but the reality had been…well, he should have known that cleaning up a planet wouldn’t be a walk in the park. Garrett had spent his years in graduate school learning how to treat various forms of toxic sludge, which meant that he’d spent an entire semester researching the intimate workings of composting toilets.

Apr 2016 16

Braking for Bodies By Duffy Brown: Review/Guest Post/Giveaway

2016 Articles, Going Green, Mysteryrat's Maze, Sandra Murphy

by Sandra Murphy
& Duffy Brown

In this our Earth Day issue we are featuring e-books and books that somehow tie in to Earth Day. What could be more Earth friendly than bicycling, so this week we have a review & giveaway of Braking for Bodies by Duffy Brown, along with an interesting biking and Earth Day related guest post from Duffy. Details at the end of this post on how to enter to win a copy of Braking for Bodies, along with a link to purchase the book where a portion goes to help support KRL & an indie bookstore.

Apr 2016 16

Sunnyside Bicycles: Earth Day & Bicycles

2016 Articles, Community, Going Green

by Vanessa McCracken

We have a sign in our front window that reads, “The bicycle is a simple solution to some of the world’s most complicated problems.” With Earth Day approaching on April 22, we are reminded just how true this statement is. Earth Day is a chance to bring renewed attention and energy to what should be an everyday conversation for those of us living in the Central Valley: What can we each personally do to help improve the quality of air that we and our loved ones are breathing?

Apr 2016 16

Should Have Played Poker By Debra H. Goldstein: Review/Giveaway

2016 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Going Green, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

The last person attorney Carrie Martin would have expected to see in her office on a Sunday morning was her mother. It had been twenty-six years since Charlotte Martin walked out on her family, and Carrie has had no contact with her mother since that heart-breaking day. Charlotte claims that she is fulfilling the promise she made to her husband; finally deliver a letter to Carrie explaining why Charlotte had to leave so long ago.