Saturday is one of the annual “Free Fishing Days.” Sept. 23 is the other one. No license required on either day. Gather up the kids and just go do it. Here are some places where you can find some action:

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Nestled in the stunning Mendocino Coast, Pacific Union College's Albion Field Station offers summer classes including outdoor education classes geared toward teachers, and a digital art photography class. These five-day classes are offered July 10 to 14 and July 15 to 20 this year. The Albion Field Station is located six miles south of Mendocino and operated by Pacific Union College, a four-year Christian liberal arts college in Angwin. For more information, visit www.puc.edu/albion.

One day she's sitting at home, coloring a race car on a piece of paper. The next thing she knows she is in Florida and her drawing is right in front of her, painted on the #88 race car of NASCAR's Dale Jarrett.

I was recently working at a beautifully restored Victorian home that is coming back to life after surviving this past year's flooding. I know I harp on the fact that we all have a lot of stuff, but this job led me to ponder this subject again. People have so many belongings, covering every surface space that we really can't keep track of what we have, and often can't find what we need, so we may go buy more to replace the missing items. When we have a lot of stuff it takes more of our time to keep it all together. Refreshing our memories as to where things are takes time, and it seems that in this day and age, we all spend more time with our things than with each other.

After a most unusual week of cool weather in early June that kept temperatures around 70 degrees, summer finally arrived in Napa Valley. So now we can expect our cycles of over 100 degrees in the hot spots, including Calistoga, then a little cooling off into the range of 85 degrees to 95 degrees as we enter the hottest months of summer. Mediterranean plants will start to go into a semi-dormant stage with the summer heat. This is a natural cycle for this area, so don't be tempted to over-water; conserving water can be easily achieved by just not over-watering. Master Gardeners continue their Water-Wise Landscaping workshop in July. For more information visit our Web site:

The Simpkins family ancestors arrived in Napa in 1884.

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Janeese Lyn Castiglioni and Jerald William Wilson, both of Suisun, will marry on July 22 at Calvary Baptist Church. The bride's parents include Rose and Dave Peek and Jack and Marilyn Cleveland. The bride's grandparents are Charles and Eunice Conley and Ray and Ruby Cleveland. The bride graduated from Vintage High School in 1994. She is a customer service representative for J. Lohr Winery and Ariel Vineyards.

Tiffany Hurley of Redding and Aaron Rodrigues of Napa will marry Aug. 12 at the Anderson Church of Christ in Redding. The bride's parents are Lyle and Pat Hurley of Redding. Tiffany graduated from Enterprise High School in Redding in 2002. She has performed and choreographed many programs in Redding as well as Sacramento including Kids Unlimited, Parsons Junior High's Music in Motion and Project Dance. She was homecoming queen at Enterprise High in her senior year. She graduated from CSU Sacramento with a bachelor's degree in liberal studies in December 2005 where she is currently in the multiple subject credential program. She will be joining the staff at Enterprise High as choreographer for Enterprise Starship.

Laura Ivonne Mena of Napa and Alfonso Bautista of American Canyon announced their engagement with plans to marry on Nov. 5 at Chardonnay Golf Club. They have been engaged since Dec. 17, 2005. The bride graduated from Napa High School. Her parents are Arnulfo Mena and Elvira Soto De Mena of Napa.

Elizabeth Bates and Kevin Rolli, both of Sacramento, announced their engagement with plans to marry July 29 at First Presbyterian Church in Napa. Barbara Bates of Napa is the bride's mother. Margaret and Wilfred Rankin are the bride's grandparents. She graduated from Vintage High School in 1988 and graduated from UC Irvine with a bachelor's degree in English in 1992. She is an account manager for Bloodsource, Sacramento.

Anna (Molly) Crotty and Michael Francisco, both of Sonoma, announced plans to marry in late October this year in Sonoma.

Nina Bellosillo and Gregory Hayes, both of Napa, announced their engagement with plans to marry at the St. Francis Solano Catholic Church. The reception will be at Jack London Lodge in Glen Ellen.

Tina Ransford and Gregory Lynn Huff, both of Napa, married June 17 at 2 p.m. at Seascout Base. It was a summer, casual wedding with picnic fare and Beatles music. The ceremony was performed by Deputy Marriage Commissioner Skipper Carl Shellhorn and there were 75 guests. The reception followed the ceremony and the groom wore his Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout badge. The matron of honor was Cynthia Bacci.

Jim and Janice (Martini) Luce of Napa hosted a 50th anniversary reception and lunch on June 24 at Jonesy's Steakhouse. The grandchildren presented an interesting and amusing recap of the couple's past 50 years together. Special guests included the best man, maid of honor and all the groomsmen and bridesmaids from their wedding in 1956. Other guests included family and school friends from grammar school and Napa High School. The couple was married June 24, 1956, at St. John's Catholic Church in Napa. Both were born in Napa, where they have lived all their married life. Janice is a housewife and Jim is retired from Napa Police Dept. The couple's children are Timothy Luce and Michelle Luce of Napa.