Rural Housing Home Buyer Assistance Ready to Own Your Own Home? Low - Moderate Income Household? Live in a Rural Area? Rural Development May Be Able to Help Check out this special video USDA Rural Housing Loans ♦♦     No Down Payment Required ♦♦     No Pre-determined Purchase Price Limits*  ♦♦     Not Limited to First Time Home Buyers ♦♦     Flexible Credit and Qualifying Ratios ♦♦     30 Year Fixed Term ♦♦     No Cash Reserve Requirements ♦♦     All Appraiser-Required Repairs and Closing Costs Can Be Financed Based Upon the Appraised Value Above the Purchase Price ♦♦     Loans May be Obtained for Appraised Value plus Guarantee Fee ♦♦     Eligible Gift, Grant, Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC), Buydown Allowed ♦♦     Single Family Residence, Condos & Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) Eli... 06/02/2014

Paul Bunyan's babe loses his head...literallyBabe's weakening neck was not match for Del Norte County rain and wind last week when his head fell off directly on the ground in front of him.  According to folklore, Bunyan found a freezing Babe in a snowdrift when he was just a young ox, which is where the creature's color comes from. But though Bunyan was able to nurse Babe back to health, he could do nothing to save his sidekick's 35-foot tall replica at the Trees of Mysteryattraction, located just north of Klamath.Don't fret, however.  Babe's head is scheduled for a replant.  "It actually looks worse than it really is," Trees of Mystery Manager Jeff LaForest said of the damage. He plans to fix the damage himself, using chicken wire and a hard, stucco-like plaster to mend Babe's head.But... 11/25/2007