Reedley

Jul 2023 8

Local Actor Peter Allwine Takes on a Different Sort of Role in Reedley

2023 Articles, Lorie Lewis Ham, Reedley News, Theatre

by Lorie Lewis Ham

KRL has had the pleasure throughout the years of seeing local actor Peter Allwine on stage many, many times in many different shows. An extremely talented actor and singer, the local theatre scene hasn’t seen a lot of him on stage for the last few years. Now he is taking on a very different type of role as the new General Manager of Reedley’s River City Theatre Company, which operates out of the Reedley Opera House, so we sat down to chat with him about this new adventure.

Jun 2023 24

Jackie Dale: TheCatMother/Cat Trapper/Cat Wrangling/TNR Drama/Microchips Work

2023 Articles, Animal Rescue Adventures, Jackie Dale, Pets, Reedley News

by Jackie Dale

My morning starts with immediate work. The leisurely cup of coffee is nonexistent during kitten season. The first thing I do is feed the many hungry bottle babies. I make the formula the night before to save time. Then, I have to clean the litter boxes because I do believe that the inside cats wait all day long in order to all go poop during the night. Next, I feed the outside cats. I have the cats that hang in the front, the cats that hang in the back, and the cats that live around the fringe of the perimeter. Everyone has their chosen area, and they pretty much stay there.

Jun 2023 3

Graceful Bakes: Bringing Delicious Baked Sweets to Reedley

2023 Articles, Food Fun, Lorie Lewis Ham, Reedley News

by Lorie Lewis Ham

Earlier this year KRL wrote about a young woman named Natalie Cruz from Reedley who started her own coffee company, Zolú Café. When I attended the Reedley Farmers Market at Reedley College a few weeks ago to meet Natalie in person and finally try her coffee for myself (which is awesome by the way), I also met another young Reedley woman who had started her own business—Grace Fedor.

Jun 2023 3

Stop the Hate Reedley Town Hall Meeting

2023 Articles, Community, Reedley News

by Mike Rhodes

Stop the Hate is the theme for a town hall to be held in Reedley on June 30. Hate crimes and incidents are on the rise, and this event will bring together a coalition of groups with the tools and information needed to confront that challenge.

May 2023 27

Jackie Dale—TheCatMother/Cat Trapper: Strays/Raining Kittens/TNR

2023 Articles, Animal Rescue Adventures, Jackie Dale, Reedley News

by Jackie Dale

The month started with helping the residents of a small apartment complex with their resident “strays”. With one resident’s help we were able to corral the daddy of the group and get him into a carrier. I then took him home and transferred him into a trap. I also grabbed a young kitten who looked very ill. I fed and cleaned up the kitten and gave him a warm bed. However, the next morning he was gone. My consolation lies in the fact that he felt safe, fed, warm, and loved in his final hours … not die outside, cold, hungry and alone.

May 2023 27

Q&A with Local Actor Chris Giese

2023 Articles, Lorie Lewis Ham, Movies, Reedley News, Theatre

by Lorie Lewis Ham

KRL has always enjoyed shining the spotlight on local creators—whether they are singers, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, artists, writers, or actors. This week we are chatting with local actor Chris Giese who has been seen on the stage with Reedley’s River City Theatre Co. many times, as well as at Hobb’s Grove every Halloween, and in several indie movies. Born in Dinuba, Chris now lives in Fresno.

May 2023 6

Farmers Market at Reedley College

2023 Articles, Education, Food Fun, Jim Mulligan, Reedley News

by Jim Mulligan

After a successful fall run, our hometown Reedley College is going for round two hosting a farmers market every Thursday evening for the next few weeks as we head into summer. The market brings together local farmers, food vendors, and artisans providing a unique opportunity for the community to support small businesses and purchase fresh, locally grown produce and homemade goods.

Feb 2023 25

Jackie Dale—TheCatMother/Cat Trapper: Slowest Month of the Year

2023 Articles, Animal Rescue Adventures, Jackie Dale, Pets, Reedley News

by Jackie Dale

January started out with a trickle of cats. A couple of cats here and there from the local shelter and one lady who paid me $100 to take in a friendly stray. Then came a call from the rescue, they were low on adult cats. I only had one cat, an FIV+ cat, who had been waiting for an opening in that particular unit. However, not one to waste an opportunity, I quickly rounded up some friendly, fixed adult cats to make the trip.

Feb 2023 11

Zolú Café: More Than a New Coffee Company

2023 Articles, Education, Food Fun, Jim Mulligan, Reedley News

by Jim Mulligan

While it is likely that you drink coffee in some form or another, either daily or occasionally, with or without additives, do you know how it came to be such a popular drink around the world? Many Americans might harken back to the memorable coffee promotions of Juan Valdez and his donkey tending coffee plantations in the hills of Columbia, but coffee is not indigenous to the equatorial Americas.

Jan 2023 28

Jackie Dale—The Cat Mother/Cat Trapper: Too Busy to Write

2023 Articles, Animal Rescue Adventures, Jackie Dale, Reedley News

by Jackie Dale

The past few months have been so busy I didn’t even have the time or energy to write my columns for the past two months. The non-stop cat work combined with the holiday season just made for an extremely hectic time. In addition, the vet was leaving at the end of December, so I had to get as much done as I could before then. That included resuming trapping at the golf course. I had only been trapping there for a couple of weeks before the rains started.