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  • Fisherman Shares Passion With Others

    Donna Luallen|Updated Aug 21, 2014

    When Mark Cave saw that fly fishing could open up more opportunities than spin and bait fishing in the pocket waters of the Sierra, he took up the sport with a fervor that would take him to specialty fly fishing shops and sportsman shows all over the West. He tested himself against the many forms of equipment and flies in that ancient quest to catch trout, and has earned his title as a Casting Instructor with the International Federation of Fly Fishers. For Cave, the journey...

  • Tulare Couple Gets Hooked On Gourd Art

    Donna Luallen|Updated Apr 7, 2014

    Five years ago, Rosemary Catron opened the morning paper and saw a photo of a woman holding a gourd. The featured article described things that could be done with gourds and Catron said to her husband, Rodger, "Let's go check this out." The Catrons attended a meeting of the budding group, the Central Valley Gourders, an organization founded by Cecile Garrison, the woman in the photo, and several others to promote growing and designing with gourds. It was and remains an organiz...