September 2018

EVERY SEPTEMBER, nostalgia and excitement spring up in downtown Tulare as the Tulare County Fair beckons patrons of all ages to experience the odd-couple marriage of agricultural jubilee and carnival magic.

IT’S ALL IN THE DETAILS. Autumn quickly approaches and with it a cool breeze and the last of summer’s blooms – which means it’s time to spruce up your yard with some last minute details before winter rolls in.

WHY NOT BRING the benefits of the outdoors into your home?

FAST FACTS: • Exeter is home to about 10,500 people. • While the town is small, its location at the northern entrance to the Sequoia National Forest means that they get lots of visitors from all over the world. • Orange you glad you visited Exeter? Legend says the world’s sweetest oranges are grown here, and it’s known by some as the “citrus capital of the world.” • The town was named after Exeter, England – the native land of D.W. Parkhurst, who bought the land from an early settler.

THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY is a diverse region rich in culture, food and geography, but also often maligned by an association with statistics that paint a bleaker, smoggier portrait.

SOMETIMES THE SIDEBAR conversations at a meeting can be as productive as the meeting itself. So it was with Jim Zion, managing partner of Meridian Growers in Fresno, and Steve Thompson, owner of Kentucky Artisan Distillery.

IT'S BEEN AN UNUSUAL SUMMER in the San Joaquin Valley, with wildfires burning on all sides of us, scorching some of the places that many of us hold dear.

Wedding favors are the perfect vehicle to send your guests home with a little extra love on your special day. In this day and age, when less is more, it’s a good idea to pass on anything that will create more clutter.

August 2018