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7 unusual facts about Redding


Carmen Matthews

In 1975, Mathews set up and ran a residential summer camp for disadvantaged children on her 100-acre farm in Redding, Connecticut.

Connecticut's 135th assembly district

Before 2002, the district contained the towns of Easton, Redding and parts of Newtown and Weston; boundary changes which took effect for the 2002 election removed Newtown and part of Redding from the district and added the remaining portion of Weston.

Falkirk Herald

It provides reportage, opinion and analysis of current affairs in the towns of Falkirk, Grangemouth, Larbert and Denny as well as the neighbouring villages of Polmont, Redding and Bonnybridge.

Kennett, California

It was the largest, most important mining town in the area outside of Redding and Shasta.

Scott Baugh

Born in Redding, California as the fourth of Helen and Cason Baugh's five sons, Baugh earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1984 at Liberty University, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

WaterWorks Park

WaterWorks Park is an waterpark amusement park in Redding, California.

Your Show Live

Your Show Live was a locally produced television program that was broadcast from the Mt. Shasta Mall in Redding, California.


2007–08 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team

Returning sophomore Scottie Reynolds is joined by fellow-sophomore Reggie Redding, and freshmen Corey Fisher, Malcolm Grant, and Corey Stokes.

2008–09 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Dante Cunningham had 18 points; Reggie Redding and Corey Fisher had 13; Corey Stokes put up 12; eleven points came from Scottie Reynolds and ten points were put up by Dwayne Anderson for the winning team.

Benton Airpark

Benton Field, also known as Benton Airpark, in Redding, California, United States (FAA: O85)

Benton Airport

Benton Field (Benton Airpark) in Redding, California, United States (FAA: O85)

Bruce Turgon

Bruce recently worked on a collaboration album with Redding, CA electronic musician Craig Padilla.

Connecticut Yankee Council

Connecticut Yankee Council presently operates five camps: Camp Sequassen in New Hartford, Deer Lake Scout Reservation in Killingworth, Hoyt Scout Reservation in Redding, Camp Pomperaug in Union, and Wah Wah Taysee in North Haven.

David Boston

That season he caught 70 passes for 880 yards and seven touchdowns, though coach Marty Schottenheimer suspended him for a game after he cursed out strength coach Dave Redding.

Fat Mattress

Redding (from Folkestone) and Leverton (from Dover) had been involved in the flourishing early 1960s group scene in South East Kent which also included Landon (who hailed originally from Kirdford, Sussex).

Frederick Spratt

Another notable institutional show was Ten California Colorists, a group exhibition in 1985 that traveled to Redding Art Museum, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Montgomery Gallery at Pomona College and University Art Museum at the University of New Mexico.

Gene Redding

Gene Redding (born 1945, Anderson, Indiana) was an American singer, who was discovered by Etta James at a USO Club in Anchorage, Alaska.

Independent Party of Connecticut

In the 1930s, an Independent-Republican party was formed by Professor Albert Levitt of Redding, CT and Irving Fisher, a Yale economist.

James Govan

Govan is the hero of the Porretta Soul Festival, Tribute To Otis Redding, Italy, where he performed from 1993 to 1997.

Jonas Chickering

Hale, Charles "Boston Music Hall" To-Day : A Boston Literary Journal, Redding & Co., Boston, vol.2

KGEC

KGEC-LD, a television station (channel 26) licensed to serve Redding, California, United States

KMCA

KMCA-LD, a television station (VHF 2) licensed to Redding, California, USA.

Louis L. Redding

Redding, the first African American to be admitted to the Delaware bar, was part of the NAACP legal team that challenged school segregation in the Brown v. Board of Education case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Louisa Hodge

Prior to her arrival at KTXL in November 2005, she was a co-host for "Wake Up!" on KNVN and KHSL-TV in Redding as well as a Field reporter and weather reporter for NCN for a period of time since former anchor Maureen Naylor left NCN for ABC O&O KFSN in Fresno, CA.

Murder of Gary Matson and Winfield Mowder

They made their home in Happy Valley, California, just outside of Redding.

Norwalk Hospital

In April 2007, Norwalk Hospital announced that its principal location on Maple Street would be renovated and four new medical facilities would be created, three in Norwalk and one in the Georgetown, Connecticut community that covers parts of Redding, Ridgefield, Weston and Wilton, Connecticut.

Oakwood, Texas

Oakwood (single), a CD release of a song written by The Redding Brothers about the town of Oakwood, Texas, where their grandfather, Billy Jack Redding, grew up.

Safford Unified School District

Safford Unified School District v. Redding, a case involving the strip search of Savana Redding, a 13-year-old student of Safford Middle School, reached the U.S. Supreme Court in 2009.

Samuel Holden Parsons

At the end of 1778, he joined Connecticut troops at winter quarters in Redding.

Scott Redding

In the first ever two-wheeled race at the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway in America, Redding secured 4th place, having been in that position when it started to rain due to Hurricane Ike and Red Flag brought the race to a premature end.

Scott Christopher Redding (born 4 January 1993 in Quedgeley, Gloucester), is an English Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently rides in the 600cc Moto2 class for team Marc VDS Racing Team.

Simpson University

Rick Bosetti - Men's Baseball Coach; former MLB player 1976-1982, current Redding City Council member, former candidate for California State Assembly

The Bo-Keys

Trumpeter and vocalist Ben Cauley is a founding member of the original Bar-Kays and the only surviving member of the fatal crash in Madison, Wisconsin, which took the lives of his band mates and Otis Redding.

The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads

"Come to Me", Redding's fourth Volt single, was written by Cropper and Phil Walden and became the second song after the Volt session not to feature a horn section.

Trinity Transit

After procuring buses through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, intercity service between Weaverville and Willow Creek was increased to three days per week and a route between Weaverville and Redding began.

Wendy Rene

However, she continued to record and to tour with Stax stars, including Rufus Thomas and Otis Redding, and to sing backing vocals on their records.


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