Everyone always asks how we get our Christmas tree in the door.

To all the parents and students of Sheng Chi Kung Fu:

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As Chairwoman of The Valley Springs Area Business Association Christmas Parade.  I would like to thank all the people who voulnteer their time to make my job easy. 

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1. American Legion
2. Boy Scout Troop
3. Lynn Kelly
4. Fred Dorman
5. CHP
6. Foothill Fire
7. Citizen of the Year
8. Sheng Chi Kung Fu
9. Cruizers
10. Jenny Lind Fire
11. H.R.C.
12. Top Hat School of Dance
13. Foothill Classic Cars
14. San Andreas Fire
15. Red Hat Diva's
16. AWANA
17. Double Springs Ranch
18. Destiny's Dance
19. Billie Hammer
20. Girl Scout Troop 535
21. Twirlers
22. Girl Scout Troop 352
23. 4H Wranglers
24. F.C.R./ pony
25. C
    
    

This is an email from Bill Douglas. Bill Douglas has worked tirelessly to promote Tai Chi and Chi Kung for it's health benefits. we have been supporting him for years. I think he's onto something here and I'd like to support him as much as possible in this endeavor. Following is his message.

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I've been pretty involved lately in PTSD researchto figure out why shou shu is so beneficial. I've come up with a lot. I've just put up this page at hubpages on it.

PTSD and Shou' Shu'

It just touches on my findings out there on the web. If anyone is interested in helping out with this research and such I'd be very appreciative. A little social blogging might be really beneficial in getting the word out. If this knowledge was spread we could help many.

I was ecstatic this morning to find an article on the Sheng Chi Foundation on the front page of the Stockton Record. The article focuses on the benefits of Shou Shu for those suffering from Stress disorders such as PTSD.

Benefits of Shou Shu for PTSD article

If your interested in helping out local youth in a fantastic way, the Sheng Chi Foundation Giving Package is now available.

You can download it at

http://shengchifoundation.org/node/19

or if you prefer using the social media sites you can get it at

http://www.scribd.com/share/upload/3453374/1f3oqtpvnbum0it53qny

Make sure to tag, bookmark, digg etc both of these sites. that would greatly help us with our social media marketing.

Can anyone tell me why the River of Skulls lately seems to be the river of stink. If you've been there the Calaveras has been getting smelier and smellier over about the last month.

I noticed a sulfurous putrescence about a month ago. Because the river was very low at the time I attributed it to exposed decaying alge or something. But the river has been both extremely high and extremely low over the last month and the stench is still there regardless of level.

It's a hydrogen sulfide smell and it seems to be strongest at the base of the dam.

Articles related to Calaveras County in “California History,” the scholarly magazine of the California Historical Society published quarterly since 1922, are rare. But the lead essay in Volume 85, Number 4, available this month, not only partly concerns West Calaveras but was written by local author Sal Manna, President and Founder of the Society for the Preservation of West Calaveras History, and monthly "Something From Nothing" columnist for the Valley Springs News.