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A welcome protest The mass student protest at the State Capitol on Monday was a

welcome indication that students are going to fight hard to stop the privatization of California’s public colleges and universities. They understand that state leaders, by cutting $2.7 billion, or 21 percent, from the higher-education budget since 2007, have made attending college increasingly difficult for the children of the middle class and seriously damaged what until recently was the greatest higher-education system in the world.

Of the four main categories in the state’s general-fund budget—K-12 education, health and welfare, prisons and higher education—the last has suffered the deepest cuts as a percentage of funding. That’s because, for reasons political and/or legal, the others are more difficult to cut. Higher education is the low-hanging fiscal fruit in Sacramento, and those who suffer as a result lack the political wherewithal to keep it from being picked.

That’s why it’s important that the business community stand up for higher education. Amid all the grumbling about regulation and taxes, business seems to have forgotten how much it benefits from the state’s “conveyor belts of talent,” as Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom put it during his recent visit to Chico. When it comes to generating well-trained people ready to move the economy forward, no state does it better than California.

Recently, as Sacramento Bee political columnist Dan Walters reported, the Legislature’s budget analyst issued a report stating that the state’s tax codes are riddled with loopholes, with the largest ones costing the state treasury about $45 billion a year, equal to about half the general fund. If legislators were serious about ending the budgetary dysfunction that has plagued the state in recent years and led to the decimation of higher education, they would go to work tomorrow on tax reform. Ω

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f you like Rush Limbaugh, I don’t like you. If you

thought he was clever back when he was making jokes about young Chelsea Clinton, calling her the “White House dog” at a time when she was entering puberty, then you’re not someone I want to know. Grown men (or women) who think it’s funny to laugh at adolescent girls as they make the painful transition to adulthood are beneath contempt.

You’re a lousy human being if you thought Rush Limbaugh was making a cogent political point when he mimicked Michael J. Fox twitching with the effects of Parkinson’s disease, using that grotesque charade of a debilitating afflicBy tion in order to accuse Mr. Fox of exagJaime O’Neill gerating the symptoms of his disease to The author is a win sympathy. If you think it’s fair game frequent contributor to mock a man’s disease to score a cheap to the CN&R. political point, I don’t want to know you.

His previous guest comment, “The If you consider yourself to be one of other Steve Jobs,” Limbaugh’s “Ditto Heads,” then I think appeared in the you’re a mindless automaton. If you Feb. 9 issue. think it was just brilliant of Rush Limbaugh to come up with the term “femiNazi” for women who sought equal pay for equal work, then I think you are, like the man you revere, a sexist swine.

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sive or repulsive. He’s been poisoning public discourse for a long time now, spewing hatred, fear and lies to listeners who revel in the nastiness. But he exceeded even his own levels of despicable behavior last week when he referred to women who wanted government assistance to pay for contraceptive devices as “sluts,” singling out a young Georgetown coed for particular abuse, a woman who had committed the offense against men like Limbaugh when she testified before Congress on the need for contraception.

In the creepiest way imaginable, Limbaugh said that women who wanted their contraceptives paid for should be required to have their sex acts posted online because, in his tortured and perverted logic, taxpayers will have helped to pay for that sex and deserved, therefore, to be voyeuristic observers when it takes place. What kind of mind can come up with something like that?

If Rush Limbaugh’s consistent pattern of sexism and racism doesn’t offend you, then you have the decency and the discernment of a guttersnipe, the sensibilities of a thug, and the sexual imagination of a pervert. A man like Limbaugh is a stain on this country and an ongoing insult to the women who are so persistently targeted for his attacks. Ω

Stand firm, Mr. President The proliferation of “loose talk,” to use President Obama’s

words, about going to war with Iran over its alleged nuclear-weapons program is sounding eerily like the buildup to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It’s a good thing the president is resisting the pressure.

At issue is a disagreement between the United States and Israel over the “red line” that Iran must cross to warrant attack. To the Israelis, the capability to build a nuclear weapon is the red line; to the president, it’s actual weaponization. All evidence currently indicates that Iran has not decided to build a nuclear weapon. The president wants to continue to tighten economic sanctions to pressure Iran to make the right choice.

In all the discussion of this critical issue, the assumption has been that the Israeli government has the support of its people. Not so.

A recent poll shows that only 19 percent of Israelis said they would support an Israeli military attack on Iran if it is not approved by the United States.

Further, the poll shows the Israelis share U.S. concerns that the costs of an Israeli strike on Iran would be high and the benefits small or nonexistent.

In that respect, they are aligned with the group of retired generals, intelligence and State Department officials who took out an ad in the Washington Post Monday (March 6) urging the president to resist the political pressure to attack Iran.

“Unless we or an ally is attacked, war should be the option of last resort,” the writers state in their letter. “Our brave servicemen and women expect you to exhaust all diplomatic and peaceful options before you send them into harm’s way.”

The American people have expended too much blood and treasure in the Middle East. The president is right to resist the calls to arms. Ω

All evidence currently indicates that Iran has not decided to build a nuclear weapon.

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Problems in paradise People have problems, even in paradise.

That’s something my wife and I learned last week when we went to Roatán, the largest of the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras, to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary.

Haven’t heard of Roatán? Neither had we until a few months ago, when friends of ours returned from there raving about it. But then we’re not scuba divers. Scuba divers know all about Roatán. It’s one of the best diving sites in the world.

That’s because the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, the largest reef in the Caribbean (and the second-largest worldwide after Australia’s Great Barrier Reef), stretches for 25 miles along the north side of the island.

We stayed at Anthony’s Key Resort, a beautiful, well-run facility that has been in operation for more than 40 years (you can see pictures at anthonyskey.com). It’s spread out over two small islands, or keys, Anthony’s Key and Bailey’s Key, just offshore from the main lodge and boat dock. We took a ferry boat to get back and forth from the lodge and dock on Roatán and our cabin on Anthony’s Key and a snorkeling site near Bailey’s Key. The cabin was on the shoreline, with its deck perched over the water. We lay in hammocks, looking out at the sea, the sunsets and the celestial light show put on by Venus, Jupiter and the new moon as they danced in convergence over the Caribbean.

Although many “Islanders,” as they like to be called, are from mainland Honduras and speak Spanish, English is the main language. That’s because the majority of the population is descended from former slaves on the Cayman Islands, near Jamaica, who after Britain abolished slavery in 1838 migrated to Roatán. They are chiefly of European and British Afro-Caribbean descent. They all speak standard English, but among themselves they speak an English patois that to outsiders is recognizable as a dialect of English but is otherwise incomprehensible.

Tourism is the island’s main industry and source of employment, but its growth also threatens the very thing that draws visitors to Roatán: the reef. Reefs are extremely fragile, and erosion run-off, faulty or nonexistent wastewater treatment and pollution are threatening the marine environment.

We saw firsthand evidence of that on a day trip to the nearby town of West End, which is the tourist, nightlife and diving hub of the island. Sections of the oceanfront road had been torn up to make way for a new sewer system. According to Wikipedia, construction began last August, less then a month before the start of the rainy season. I could see that clay and sediment from the construction site was washing into the ocean and, inevitably, onto the reefs.

Fortunately, dive shops and other local businesses have organized to form the Roatán Marine Park, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting the reefs. Whether their educational and advocacy efforts, and others like them, will be sufficient to offset the growth pressures and compensate for governmental incompetence and corruption is, of course, the abiding issue. Nothing less than the largest reef system in the Americas is at stake.

Robert Speer is editor of the CN&R.

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Peace in the canyon Re “Lady of the canyon” (Cover story, by Tom Gascoyne, March 1): There are many people in the world who live “way back.”

They are not in the woods as dopers, to prospect or to play pioneer. They are people who have found their peace.

I have lived in the canyon over half my life and also way, way farther deep in the mountains beyond roads. We see the summer people come and go, the three-year renters and the “Gee, let’s live in the country” folks.

Lou and Martha became icons without any effort on their part. Like looking up at a mountain and knowing a bear lives there, it has always comforted me to know that they were upstream; far beyond chainsaws, dreaming in the sun, walking easy to see if the watercress was ready. It’s sure not the life for many; one is transformed by the quiet mountain, the slow turn of seasons, when the soaproot is up.

Lou and Martha were much more than the stark CN&R photos of a tarp-shabby cabin and a cook stove. They found their place and thus their peace. There are so many people like this in the world, another tribe if you will. As the cultures down in the valley of the roads bloom and spoil around them, they are as perpetual as stones and water.

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Ms. Vlamis, due to her hard work in fundraising for legal fees and coordination of a water-transfer lawsuit, is responsible for bringing $70,000 [in attorney’s fees] to BEC. This came after her firing. It was the poor direction of the BOD that led to BEC’s debt, which continuously grew after the firing. Proof of that is in your article, showing Mike McGinnis’ efforts resolved the debt issue.

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Re “Vets’ home: money down the drain” (Guest comment, by Pete Stiglich, Feb. 23): Sometimes the hypocrisy is almost too much to bear.

“Heads ought to roll,” according to Col. Pete Stiglich, because the state of California won’t be able to fund the operation of the new veterans’ home in Redding.

Col. Pete exudes righteous anger that the new facility will be unavailable “when so many of our brothers and sisters find themselves without shelter from the elements during these hard times.”

The problem is that the good colonel is running for Congress as a staunchly anti-government, teaparty Republican. He is exactly the kind of candidate who would be ideologically opposed to the federal funding of government programs—like veterans’ homes—in the first place.

Second, he represents the mentality of the Republican state legislators who seem to live for the one and only purpose of blocking funding for programs serving the needs of homeless “brothers and sisters”—many of whom are disabled veterans.

We all hate government waste.

Let’s not waste any more tax dollars sending Pete Stiglich to Washington.

PATRICK NEWMAN Chico

Exiles’ ‘domestic terrorism’ Re “A cubana on freedom and equality” (Guest comment, by Ana Varona, March 1): As a former longtime resident of Miami, I’d like to point out a few relevant items that Ms. Varona neglects to mention, especially regarding the Cuban expatriate community.

We can argue all day about the relative policies of Castro versus

“[Col. Pete Stiglich] is exactly the kind of candidate who would be ideologically opposed to the federal funding of government programs—like veterans’ homes— in the first place.”

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Batista, the U.S.-supported dictator he overthrew. But most Americans really have little idea just how much fanaticism exists within the Cuban “exile” community. So while many Cuban expats may speak eloquently of “freedom and equality,” the record shows that domestic terrorism and right-wing intimidation have been the hallmarks of el exilio for more than 40 years, including frequent firebombings, mob violence, and even assassinations of those who dared speak in defense of Castro’s Cuba.

In fact Human Rights Watch/Americas Group issued a report stating that Miami exiles do not tolerate any dissident opinions, that the local Spanish-language radio promotes aggression, and that local government leaders refuse to denounce acts of intimidation such as the attempt by former Miami Commissioner Demetrio Perez to honor exile terrorist Juan Felipe de la Cruz— who, by the way, was accidentally killed while assembling a bomb!

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‘Something is terribly wrong’ Re “Special Olympics event canceled” (Newslines, by Vic Cantu, Feb. 23): After 30 years at Chico State, I have never seen our campus in such a terrible state of affairs.

Chico State has been systematically alienating both campus and community programs by charging outrageous prices for facilities without regard to the immediate impacts and long-term consequences of these new policies.

The 40th annual Special Olympics Basketball Tournament was canceled last week mostly due to these new policies. The Ability First! sports camp for children in wheelchairs is considering a move to Shasta College due to financial issues. This summer camp has been on campus for more than 25 years. Last year a camp for individuals for autism was forced to use the dorms’ recreation room instead of the state-of-the-art autism lab on campus due to costs.

I volunteer for all of these programs and know that our students

clearly benefit from their service and gain immeasurable experience working with individuals with disabilities. This opportunity to serve others that used to be called “the Chico experience” is in great jeopardy due to these new policies.

Discretion and common sense must be used when implementing the chancellor’s dictate, especially with nonprofits. Who is responsible for these new policies that have changed the fabric of Chico State? What improvement is expected by these new policies?

Something is terribly wrong.

DEBRA ROTH Chico

Editor’s note: For more on the Special Olympics tournament cancellation, see Downstroke, page 8.

A good impression Re “A lasting impression” (Newslines, by Catherine Beeghly, March 1): What a premium impression was made of Chico to the 19 out-of-towners who were part of the cast and crew of last month’s film shoot, Super Tuesday. A true sense of local pride was experienced by those of us on the team who have the fortune to call Chico home and seeing it through the eyes of our visiting colleagues. In the cast and crew were people from Paris, Madrid, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as many from Chico, Paradise and the surrounding areas.

I am deeply grateful to the many business owners, local organizations, law-enforcement departments, Chico State, the city of Chico and Butte and Glenn counties, the neighborhood of Chapmantown and the many Chicoans who were so supportive and generous during filming.

We could not have accomplished this without you. On behalf of the producers and entire film team, I thank you.

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS SNAFU, PART 2

Many Chicoans were outraged upon reading last week about the cancellation of Chico’s annual Special Olympics basketball tournament due to a Chico State scheduling error (“Special Olympics basketball tourney canceled,” Newslines, Feb. 23). The fiasco was exacerbated last Sunday, March 4, when the volleyball tournament that had displaced the tournament didn’t happen.

It turns out the two-day Northern California Collegiate Volleyball League Regional Tournament, scheduled for March 3-4, was much smaller than anticipated and needed to use Acker and Shurmer gyms only on Saturday, March 3, according to Joe Wills, Chico State’s director of public affairs.

Special Olympics had been given verbal assurances in November that both gyms would be available on Sunday for its 40th annual event, but was notified two weeks prior to the event that not only was a volleyball tournament scheduled in its place, but the fees to use the gyms would be $3,800. Ultimately, the Special Olympics event was canceled.

OUTLAWS OUSTED

The Chico Outlaws baseball club will not be playing the 2012 season after negotiations between the North American Baseball League and Chico State fell apart.

Chico State offered a one-year lease similar to the terms agreed upon for the past two seasons, while Brian MacInnes, CEO of league ownership group Diamond Sports and Entertainment was seeking a threeyear pact, according to Ballpark Digest.

Chico State and MacInnes were negotiating through February, shockingly late when considering the logistics of scheduling a nearly 90-game baseball season.

The team’s future was in question all winter, as their Chico office has been closed since shortly after the 2011 season concluded.

Though the organization stumbled financially in recent years, the Outlaws’ sevenseason tenure at Nettleton Stadium included two league championships, in 2007 and 2010.

WATTS WINS BLOGGIES

Local radio weather prognosticator Anthony Watts tells us he is the 2012 recipient of two coveted Bloggie Awards. The Bloggies are handed out on the same night as the Oscars and thus get overlooked a bit.

Awards are determined by Internet users who vote online for their favorites. You can even watch online as awards are presented every five minutes.

There are 30 categories, ranging from Best Kept Secret Weblog to Best Pet or Animal Weblog. Watts’ site, “Watts Up With That,” is concerned with the ongoing debate over the issue of human-caused climate change and has been online since 2006.

In this 12th year of the Bloggies, for the second consecutive year Watts (pictured) took home Best Science Blog, beating out “Gizmodo,” “Mashable” and “TechCrunch.”

He also won the Lifetime Achievement award, beating out “Mommy Wants Vodka,” “The Pioneer Woman,” “Joe. My. God” and “The Dish.”

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Dr. Peter Joseph

It’s getting hot in here Climate-change talk in Red Bluff heats up the skeptics

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onight I’m going to talk about our

civilization and how to save it.”

Thus began a two-hour multimedia presentation about climate change by Dr. Peter Joseph held at the Red Bluff Community Center Friday, March 2. Joseph is story and a member of former Vice Presiphoto by dent Al Gore’s Climate Reality Vic Cantu Project. As one might expect durvscantu@ ing a talk by someone Gore sbcg lobal.net trained for the task, there was at least one vocal critic in the crowd.

“I know several of you think this is all a crock and I welcome it,” Joseph said early on.

A co-founder of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the anti-nuclear-weapons group Physicians for Social Responsibility, Joseph quickly informed the approximately 100 attendees More on about the lethal dangers of deforJoseph: Dr. Peter estation, autos and factories that Joseph is an use oil and gas and spew carbonemergency dioxide (CO2) greenhouse gasses physician who into the atmosphere. The heat has long generated by these sources is championed social melting ice caps and increasing responsibility. sea levels, threatening the homes, His next land and livelihoods of those who Northern live nearby.

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is not a nuclear winter but a carbon summer.”

At that point a middle-aged man lowered his head, raised his fist to his mouth and made a mock coughing sound as he shouted, “Bullshit!” Several alarmed audience members turned toward him, and when a woman admonished him he retorted, “What, I can cough, can’t I?” Ignoring the cougher, Joseph showed a brief video of every U.S. president from John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama citing the dangers of manmade pollution, including greenhouse gasses. Obama ominously labeled the increasing climate change a national disaster and said it places our nation’s health and safety in jeopardy.

At this point the cougher, who’d been squirming in his seat, again said, “Bullshit!” as he stood up and stormed out of the room. That proved to be the night’s final outburst.

Joseph addressed skeptics by

showing slides documenting that virtually all science academies and 97 percent of climatologists concur on the manmade causes and dangers of global climate change. He also showed a colored graph featuring five different levels of public opinion on climate change, from “Alarmed” on the far left to “It’s a crock” on the far right. When he asked if anyone fit into the “crock” category, no one raised a hand, but a few exclaimed, “He just left.”

Joseph said that by the end of his talk he hoped some would shift their attitudes

closer to the graph on the left.

He also said that skeptic groups such as the Heartland Institute and The George C. Marshall Institute are funded by large petroleum and corporate interests with profit-driven motives. In past decades such groups lobbied legislators heavily to convince them that tobacco and secondhand smoke were harmless, despite documentation that showed 100 million died worldwide from smoking in the 1900s.

However, the skeptics are a strong force, as evidenced by a Red Bluff school’s recent refusal to allow Joseph to speak there.

His talk was bolstered with graphics and videos, such as a photo of a hypodermic needle with a quotation by former President George Bush Jr. that read, “We’re addicted to oil.” Joseph recounted how as a physician he’d treated many military veteran addicts who engaged in behavior that could kill them.

“We’re like that, except we use fossil fuels,” he said.

The root of the problem is that so many of the world’s 7 billion people use energy-gulping devices to live, such as light bulbs, stoves and automobiles. Many of the products are made in factories that are a major source of CO2 gasses. One graph featured a scientific study showing that even if we completely stopped the output of CO2 gasses now, the earth’s dangerous temperature increases would not stabilize for another 1,000 years.

“The question is not if we’ll have deadly global warming, but how fast it will happen,” Joseph warned.

Primary concerns

Candidate Jim Reed is asking supporters to spread the word and get out the vote in June.

Lone Democrat worried about June primary’s lack of voter appeal

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The talk was not all doom and

gloom. A political commercial of conservative presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sitting on a couch with Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi decrying global warming made the audience laugh.

On the serious side, Joseph lamented the lack of public discourse on the subject, saying that in the past year the three biggest television networks had dedicated a total of only 32 minutes of news time to climate change. Additionally, though President Obama is a firm believer, Joseph criticized him for seldom addressing the issue.

He emphasized that since the ice age ended 10,000 years ago the earth’s climate has stayed relatively stable. It was not until the industrial age in the 1800s that scientists noticed consistent, long-term temperature increases. He said the largest contributors per person are in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and Canada.

On the hopeful side, he emphasized that no civilization has possessed knowledge of its past, present and future as accurately as ours does. He said that allows us to clearly see the dangerous road we’re headed down and gives us the power to change it.

Among several steps to help solve the problem was an admonition to develop political willpower. He advised citizens to push politicians and businesses to convert to clean energy such as solar and wind power. He also encouraged implementation of a carbon tax and joining his Climate Change Reality Project.

“We need a sense of urgency like we had the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor,” Joseph said.

When one woman questioned the use of windmills because they can kill birds, Joseph replied, “Yes, everything has a cost. Windmills have been known to kill some birds, but global warming will make them extinct.” Ω

Jim Reed, the lone Democratic candidate for the congressional seat Rep. Wally Herger is vacating at the end of the year, has concerns that he may not make the final cut after the votes are counted in the June 5 primary.

That is because there’s not much on the ballot to attract Democrats in this presidential election year. And if the GOP presidential nomination is still up in the air in three months, Republican voters are much more likely to vote. This year’s open primary sends the top two voter-getters, regardless of party affiliation, to face off in the November general election.

Standing next to the Chico Municipal Center’s Our Hands sculpture on Saturday, March 3, Reed told a gathering of about 40 supporters that if the election were held today, he thinks he’d receive more votes than any of his four Republican opponents.

“But it’s starting to look like by the time June 5 rolls around California still may be in play in the Republican presidential primary,” Reed said. “If that happens there will be a tremendous turnout of voters who are Republican because they are going to want to influence who the final [presidential] candidate is. Meanwhile, why should Democrats show up? There’s really nothing exciting on the ballot.”

Indeed. Besides picking candidates for the newly formed District 1 congressional seat and the Republican candidate for president, there are only two propositions on the ballot: Prop.

28 would lower the term limit for state legislative office from 14 to 12 years, and Prop. 29 would tax cigarettes to fund cancer research.

If Democrats stay home on June 5, Reed

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said, there’s a good chance state Sen. Doug LaMalfa and former state Sen. Sam Aanestad, both Republicans, will be the candidates in November. The other two Republican candidates are Pete Stiglich of Cottonwood, who lost to Herger in the primary two years ago, and Gregory Cheadle, a political novice from Happy Valley.

The redrawn district is made up of Butte, Shasta, Nevada, Siskiyou, Tehama, Lassen, Plumas, Modoc, Sierra and parts of Placer and Glenn counties.

Two years ago Reed lost to Herger in the general election, but received a respectable 43 percent of the vote. He said he thinks he can win the seat this time around, provided he makes it to the general election.

The district has changed, he said, but added that “it’s changed favorably.”

“When I ran against Wally Herger in 2010,” he said, “boy it was a rough year to have Democrat next to your name because the tea party was basically in control.”

Still, he pointed out, he was only 7 percentage votes shy of the 50 percent plus one vote needed to win. He said his campaign has analyzed the new district, and even though the number of registered Republicans is 12 percent higher than in the old district,

SIFT|ER Cost of health benefits shifting in California In California, and the U.S. in general, employer-based health care is still the leading source of coverage for most people with insurance. But that is changing. According to the California Healthcare Foundation’s 2011 Health Benefits Survey, in the last two years, the proportion of California employers offering coverage dropped from 73 percent to 63 percent. That’s on top of the percentage of employees paying deductibles of $1,000 or more doubling since Cumulative percent of increase in premiums for 2006, and Californians having family health coverage in California from 2002-2011 higher premiums and more as compared to inflation. total share of cost than the Premiums 13.4% 153.5% national average. And, looking Overall inflation 2.8% 29.3% at the graph below, the trend of premium costs increasing at a much higher rate than inflation doesn’t seem to be slowing.

20 percent of the voters are registered as independent or decline to state.

Reed said he’s optimistic about the

nation’s economy but there is still a long way to go, and it’s high time to fix the blame for the economic mess where it belongs: on Wall Street.

“The Occupy movement has really drawn attention to the fact that Wall Street got us into this mess,” he said. “And it really is a terrible mess. It’s obviously worse than anything we’ve seen since the Great Depression.”

The problem, he said, is that Wall Street has turned into the largest gambling casino in the world, with day traders investing not to support and help grow business, but rather looking to make a quick buck.

“That’s gambling if you’re just getting into the market for a very short time,” he said. “That’s bad because for every person who makes a little money on a gamble, there is somebody who loses money on a gamble, and guess who that is? It’s the small investors, it’s the middle class.”

Reed said he supports the idea of adding a half-a-percent tax on every stock trade, an idea being pushed by the union group National Nurses United, of which the California Nurses Association is part.

The problem with such a tax, he said, is that it would discourage those who invest in the market for reasons other than to make a quick financial killing. He said those who do leave their money in the market for a full year should get the tax on their investments back.

When asked about recent criticism lodged against LaMalfa by a fellow conservative on the matter of his Richvale family’s rice farm receiving $4.7 million in federal subsidies over the last 15 years, Reed was diplomatic.

“Look,” he said, “I’m not really going to pick on that issue at the moment because for one thing I understand that farm subsidies are something out there that are absolutely necessary.”

But then he added that if LaMalfa in future candidate debates pushes for smaller government and less spending, “then I think he has something to answer to about those subsidies. That’s where I could see it coming up.”

—TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

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Chico’s proposed ban on disposable plastic bags is either just another heinous example of nanny government chipping away personal freedoms, or it’s a favor to future generations.

That was the crux of the debate at the Chico City Council meeting Tuesday (March 6). The idea of banning the distribution of singleuse plastic bags at grocery stores and other retail establishments was initially broached last November during a Sustainability Task Force meeting. The matter was further discussed and public opinions were received at task force meetings in December and January.

The council, after listening to 11 members of the public—eight in favor and three against—voted 5 to 2 to send the matter to its Internal Affairs Committee to craft the language for the ordinance.

Linda Herman, the city’s general services administration manager, told the council that there are 19 jurisdictions in California with existing plastic-bag restrictions, including Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Luis Obispo. The reasons are many and include the fact that millions of gallons of oil go into their production, and they create widespread litter—Butte County spends an estimated

If I had a few thousand nickels

Local artist Christine “Seamonster” Fulton and CN&R photographer Kyle Delmar spent a recent windy Tuesday afternoon leaving a carefully placed trail of nickels around the downtown City Plaza for what they called Chico’s leastexpensive piece of public art. The $230 worth of coins was definitely cheaper than any of the many public-art features in the downtown park, and many of the plaza’s regulars were way more attracted to the subtle temporary addition to the concrete landscape.

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$55,000 annually at the Neal Road Landfill collecting plastic-bag litter; Caltrans and the city spend hundreds of thousands of dollars removing bags from road, creeks and storm drains.

Councilmen Mark Sorensen and Bob Evans voted against moving the matter forward, arguing that education rather than enforcement would be the way to go.

Sorensen said encouraging the grocery stores to charge customers would give customers the freedom to decide. But that option was taken off the table in 2007 with implementation of AB2449, which requires stores to provide recycling bins for plastic bags, but prohibits them from charging a bag fee.

Evans asked if an environmental-impact report would be required should the city adopt a bag-restricting ordinance. Herman said a court ruling on an ordinance in Manhattan Beach eliminated the need for an EIR in such cases.

Evans also questioned the costs to the city and Caltrans cleaning up litter along the roads, noting not all of it is from plastic bags. Herman told him most of it is.

The first member of the pub-

lic to speak was the Sierra Club’s Grace Marvin, who said her

research suggested 97 percent of plastic bags are not reused and can make their way to the ocean, harming wildlife and the environment.

She said California spent $25 million in 2009 on litter collection.

“We need for money to be spent much more wisely,” she said. “We need to promote that people should be using their own reuseable bags.”

She was followed by Andy Keller, owner of ChicoBag Co., which sells reusable bags manufactured in China. (That last bit of information was not lost on bagban opponents, who chanted “China” when ChicoBag came up later in the meeting.)

Keller, who said his business employs 25 workers locally, presented the council with a container of plastic bags he had picked up in front of his business earlier in the day.

“There are 102 billion carryout plastic bags handed out in the U.S. each year,” he said. “That is 332 per person.”

Mayor Ann Schwab, who heads the Sustainability Task Force, asked Keller about stores offering customers the choice of buying paper bags. He said that in Washington, D.C., a 5-cent fee for paper bags had led to 90 percent reduction in plastic-bag use “almost overnight.”

Keller was followed by two more bag-ban supporters, one of whom sang a song in favor of the ban. Then Sue Hubbard, a local tea-party activist and regular at council meetings, came forward and said she was “seriously sick of nanny government telling us what they think is the right thing to do. I don’t think the people of Chico really want this.”

She suggested proponents gather signatures for a referendum and put it before the voters. She told the council if this goes through she will begin driving “to Paradise to shop at the Super Walmart we couldn’t have here.”

Local business owner and declared candidate for City Council Toby Schindelbeck said business owners are struggling as it is.

“The City Council fiddles while the city of Chico burns,” he said. “We need to create more jobs and support local business.”

In the end, the council, acting on a motion by Councilman Andy Holcombe, voted to send the matter to the Internal Affairs Committee for more public input and further development of an ordinance.

—TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

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Is ‘Medicare for all’ the solution?

Panelists discuss the challenges facing health care Enloe Medical Center CEO Mike Wiltermood doesn’t like to be seen as taking a stance on health-care financing. It’s not his job to have opinions, he said, but rather to make the best of whatever system is in place.

But he also has an insider’s awareness that the financial pressures in health care are getting heavier as the baby-boom generation retires, and that the current system isn’t working well.

“I readily acknowledge that things have to change,” he told an audience of about 100 people Tuesday (March 7) at the Enloe Conference Center.

Wiltermood was moderating an Enloesponsored forum that was ostensibly about “the future of Medicare” but turned out to be more about the importance of making Medicare available to all Americans, not just seniors, as the way to solve the country’s health-care crisis.

Two of the three speakers—local familypractice physician Ken Logan and Dr. Bill Keene, the executive director of the California chapter of the national organization Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP)—were strong advocates of a singlepayer system such as Medicare, and the third, Nina Weiler-Harwell, Ph.D., the associate state director for advocacy for the American Association of Retired Persons, appeared to lean that way, though AARP so far has not backed any single-payer proposals.

Wiltermood said in his introduction that an effort had been made to include a panelist who favored a market-driven approach to health insurance, but it had been unsuccessful.

Logan has been a primary-care doctor in Chico for 30 years. He currently is a contract physician at Chico Family Health Center and regularly volunteers at the Shalom Free Clinic.

From his standpoint as a physician, Logan said, “Medicare is good.” In terms of coverage, efficiency and payment to providers, it’s better than the four largest private insurance plans in this area.

And for patients, he added, “it’s the most user-friendly and least obstructionist program available.”

Nina Weiler-Harwell’s focus was on the current threats to Medicare and how the program can be preserved. The biggest issues are rising costs and the desire of some legislators to reduce the federal budget deficit by cutting Medicare.

In response, she said, AARP has mobilized its millions of members to lobby Congress to forestall cuts, successfully to this point. At the same time the organization has a long list of steps that could reduce costs and make the program more sound. They

Under the current system, said Chico physician Ken Logan, health care is often unavailable for a variety of reasons, including lack of income, deductibles that are too high, expensive copays and poor-quality insurance.

He favors expanding Medicare to all Americans, he said.

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include, among others: better coordination of care; reducing waste and fraud; better use of health-information technologies; and using pilot programs to drive major changes to Medicare.

Weiler-Harwell noted that one large group of patients—people who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid and suffer from chronic conditions such as heart disease or diabetes—is responsible for 83 percent of health-care spending in this country.

“If you’ve got the money, you can get

really good health care in this country,” Bill Keene stated.

Otherwise, anyone dependent on private insurance is in a crap shoot. As he put it, “You have the choice to pay less for something that’s inadequate or pay through the nose for good care.”

Not only that, 50 million Americans don’t meet the requirements for private insurance and simply go without, and 45,000 Americans die each year for lack of insurance. He called it “death by insurance company.”

He said PNHP, which nationwide has 20,000 members, most of them physicians, applauds the intent of President Obama’s health-care reform, but said it simply won’t solve the problem.

For example, 25 million people would remain uninsured, and millions more underinsured. Costs will go up, and “insurers will find ways to game the system.”

Private insurance is the problem, he said.

Its administrative expenses comprise 30 percent of its costs, whereas Medicare’s are only 3 percent. We could save $400 billion annually by extending Medicare to all, he said.

Health care is a human right, he insisted.

We have to stop thinking of it as a commodity. It’s really much the same as public education, which we all support with our tax dollars even if we don’t have children in school.

—ROBERT SPEER roberts@newsreview.com

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THE PULSE

HEALTHLINES

STATINS PROMPT SAFETY ALERTS

Cholesterol-reducing medications, which include some of the most widely prescribed drugs in the world, have been linked by federal health officials to rare cases of memory loss, diabetes and muscle pain.

Statins such as Lipitor, Zocor, Crestor and Vytorin are already known to produce cognitive problems like forgetfulness and confusion in patients, but the Food and Drug Administration added new safety alerts to prescribing information on Feb. 28, according to the New York Times. There has long been debate over whether the drugs are too liberally prescribed; 21 million Americans were prescribed statins last year.

The FDA maintained those currently taking statins to manage their cholesterol should not be scared away by the advisory because the negative side effects are rare.

“Their benefit is indisputable,” said Dr. Amy G. Egan of the FDA’s division of metabolism and endocrinology, “but they need to be taken with care and knowledge of their side effects.”

PATIENT-ABUSE CASES INVESTIGATED

State legislators are launching an investigation into reports of patient abuse at institutions for residents with developmental disabilities.

The probe will determine whether the Office of Protective Services properly reviewed patient deaths and injuries at five facilities—in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, Sonoma and Tulare counties— that treat patients with conditions like cerebral palsy, severe autism and other cognitive disabilities, according to California Healthline. A previous investigation conducted by California Watch found that OPS officers did not properly evaluate 327 cases of patient abuse and 762 unexplained patient injuries since 2006.

Sen. Carol Liu (D-Glendale) said the findings “call into question the efficacy of the investigators employed by the department.”

SLEEPING PILLS THAT KILL?

The use of popularly prescribed sleeping medications has been linked to an increased risk of death and cancer, a recent study finds.

The report, published in the online journal BMJ Open and authored by researchers at the Viterbi Family Sleep Center at Scripps Health in San Diego, found that people who rely on sleep aids like Ambien and Restoril are increasing their risk of death by more than four times, according to Medical News Today.

Research also found an increase in cancer and death among people who used the eight most popular sleeping medications no more than 18 times a year.

The study examined data from nearly 40,000 patients, including 10,529 patients who received soporific prescriptions and 23,676 control subjects who did not. The findings are especially relevant as the sleeping-aid sector of the pharmaceutical industry grew by 23 percent between 2006 and 2010, and between 6 and 10 percent of Americans took a hypnotic drug as a sleep aid in 2010.

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Unexpressed wishes Recent study finds that only a small percentage of Californians have spoken with their physicians about end-of-life planning Chico oncologist David Potter facilitates more end-of-life discussions than the average physician, but even he finds the process “emotionally challenging.”

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Evan Tuchinsky ideacultivators@ aol.com

A fight cancer, Dr. David Potter is keenly aware that not every battle will be won.

s an oncologist helping patients

Some people are just too ill, or unresponsive to medications and radiation, to continue treatments geared for their long-term survival.

“Once things go [downhill], they go really fast,” Potter said, “so it always seems like you’re winning the past war.”

He explained that “the default” for many physicians is “aggressive treatment”—though that is not the only option.

“Doctors want to do what the patient wants,” Potter said, but many terminally ill patients have not conveyed their wishes and then are no longer able to do so.

That’s why end-of-life plans, to whatever degree a patient feels comfortable making them, are so significant—and, yet, relatively rare.

The California HealthCare Foundation released a study last month that found around 80 percent of Californians say, if seriously ill, they would want to talk with their doctors about end-of-life planning, but only 10 percent have actually done so.

Moreover, less than 25 percent have actually put their desires in writing, even though 82 percent acknowledged the importance of documentation.

“With end-of-life treatment, there is a clear gap between wishes and actions,” Dr. Mark D. Smith, president of the California HealthCare Foundation, said in a news release announcing the survey results.

“People consistently stress they want to die comfortably and without pain. If so, the single most important thing they can do is to talk to their loved ones and physicians, and put their wishes in writing, something most Californians aren’t doing.”

Why is there such a “clear gap”? Potter, a longtime Chico physician, sees a variety of factors conspiring against end-of-life discussions.

“First,” he said, “with the way the health-care system is organized, people are rushed, so they don’t take the time to do it.” A 15-minute appointment affords barely enough time to scratch the surface, let alone have a comprehensive conversation

about complex, serious issues.

“Second, each side may be waiting for the other side to bring it up,” he continued.

“There’s discomfort on both sides.” When it comes to stark matters such as death, there’s a tendency to think, If we don’t talk about it, it won’t happen.

“Third,” Potter said, “most doctors aren’t trained in a formal way to do it, so they may not want to open up a can of worms they don’t want to get into.

“Because of my specialty, I probably do this more than many other doctors. On the other hand, I do it within a solid framework,” he explained, because terminal cancers follow a more predictable, long-term trajectory when compared to other illnesses and conditions. “Even then, I find it hard, HEALTHLINES continued on page 15

APPOINTMENTS CLEAN WATER IN TANZANIA Chicoan Ron Reed, who traveled to Tanzania and made huge improvements in the quality of life for hundreds of locals by providing access to safe drinking water, will speak on the experience on March 10 at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church (850 Palmetto Ave.). Call 343-3446 for more information.

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and I’ve been doing this 30 years. It’s always emotionally challenging.”

Potter can draw on experi-

accommodating decreased mobility as well as opportunities for bereavement counseling for families and survivors.

With the wide range of patients she sees, Marinelli said, planning goes “from one end of the spectrum to the other, and we respect the decisions they want to make—or don’t want to make.”

Where to begin? Talking to a physician is a good first step.

“I think if it’s something that’s meaningful to you,” Potter said, “it’s definitely something to bring up with your doctor and see where it goes.”

Marinelli advised that some physicians are less familiar with end-of-life care and hospice than others.

“Call the hospice you feel comfortable with,” she said, noting that the staff can facilitate end-of-life planning even before a patient enrolls in hospice. “I do get calls from the community, and we’re all more than happy to help.” Ω

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Others on the list of six include seaweed, which is rich in minerals as well as pantothenic acid, riboflavin, vitamin C, fiber and beta-carotene; mushrooms, which are loaded with B vitamins, calcium and minerals, and promote heart and immune-system health, among other things; and that scrumptious raw-fish dish called sashimi, which is a great source of protein and omega3 fats (see “Knowledge is power,” page 16, for more on sushi consumption).

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ence when consulting with terminally ill patients—not only from his decades as an oncologist and his board certification from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, but also as a sonin-law. In helping his wife and her parents, he saw first-hand the difference advanced planning can make.

“If you don’t plan ahead, you fall behind,” Potter said.

Not surprisingly, the queries he hears tend to be medical—but not always. People need to consider logistical and legal concerns as well.

Potter frequently collaborates with Enloe Hospice charge nurse Anna Marinelli. Marinelli says she hears “a variety of questions in addition to medical questions. It’s so varied; that’s what’s wonderful about working as a team.”

Some end-of-life planning questions relate to the actual end of a person’s life: whether to hold a funeral, and burial versus cremation. Other patients are more concerned about “do not resuscitate” orders and assigning “medical power of attorney” rights to a loved one. Other issues discussed include

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GREENWAYS

KEYSTONE XL BATTLE RESUMES

TransCanada, the Canadian oil company behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, announced last week it would begin construction of a shorter leg of the pipeline from Oklahoma to the Texas Gulf Coast.

Citing insufficient environmental review, President Obama rejected in January an international permit that would have allowed the Keystone XL to run tar-sands oil from Alberta to Texas via Nebraska, home to the critical Ogallala aquifer, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The new southern leg of the pipeline would run from Cushing, Okla., which already produces crude oil, to refineries on the Gulf Coast. The company expects to complete the southern segment by late 2013 at a cost of $2.3 billion, pending approval on a state level. TransCanada will seek a new international permit for the section of pipeline from Canada to Cushing.

“TransCanada is hell-bent on bringing tar sands, the world’s dirtiest oil, through America to reach foreign markets,” said Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune.

Knowledge is power Do you know what hamachi is, really? I didn’t.

What’s that?

The nigiri-style sushi, from left: inarizushi (rice wrapped and fried), ebi (shrimp), shiromaguro (albacore tuna), toro (bluefin tuna).

LAKE TAHOE STILL MURKY

Efforts to improve the clarity of Lake Tahoe’s water have made little progress over the last decade.

The lake, renowned worldwide for its crystal-clear waters, showed improvement in 2010 but remains about as murky as it was 12 years ago, according to SFGate.com. In the 2011 study cited, researchers from the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency were able to see a dinner-platesized white disk an average of 68.9 feet below the surface—better than the 64.4 measurement taken in 2010 but still well short of the 97.4 feet state and federal regulators have set as a goal. Runoff and pollution have caused the water to become murkier and warmer in recent years, and scientists have yet to find a solution. by

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BIG CAT CONTROVERSY

California Fish and Game Commission President Daniel Richards has sparked outrage among conservationists and legislators by shooting a mountain lion and posing for a picture with the dead cat in his arms.

While hunting mountain lions is illegal in California, Richards (pictured) legally made the kill on a ranch in Idaho following a guided hunt in which hounds forced the big cat into a tree, allowing Richards to make the shot, according to SFGate.com. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Sierra Club, the Humane Society of the United States and about 40 legislators have called for Richards’ resignation as leader of the commission, which sets policies and regulations for the Department of Fish and Game.

Richards has been less than apologetic, saying he dined on mountain-lion meat the night of the hunt and broke no laws in the process.

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L there, I love sushi. I know I’m not alone because, let’s face it, we have more ike a lot of other Chicoans out

sushi restaurants than one might expect a small inland community like ours would be able to support. But they keep opening and we keep going.

I try to be conscious about the food I eat, particularly when it comes to meat. I buy local or organic beef and chicken. I never buy farmed fish—when I’m at a restaurant I ask before ordering salmon whether it is farmed or wild-caught. I’m not sure what it was about sushi, however, that somehow kept it off my radar. Maybe I was simply in denial.

I was sitting in a local sushi restaurant recently, noshing on my old standby, the sashimi lunch plate. The usual offerings:

maguro, sake and hamachi. De-lish. As I took a break between bites, I let my eyes wander to the list on the wall of specials, among them red snapper. Having just watched End of the Line—the 2007 film about the effects of overfishing—I knew red snapper was on the no-no list. It got me thinking, What am I really eating here?

I’m not sure I ever really bothered to ask.

When I got back to my desk, I Google’d “sustainable sushi.” What I found was a very cool website called, easy enough, SustainableSushi.net. I also got linked to the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch website. Both offer excellent, user-friendly interfaces for finding out more about popular sushi items (though if you want more in-depth information, check out the former). What I learned was troublesome at best.

Maguro, the fleshy red tuna so often served at sushi establishments, is on the “avoid” list. Unfortunately, so are hamachi and sake (salmon)! Maguro, it turns out, is yellowfin tuna. It’s caught on long fishing lines with thousands of hooks that, according to Seafood Watch, also end up hooking other marine animals like sea turtles and

sharks. Hamachi is a little confusing, as the name is translated as yellowtail on most menus but actually is not yellowtail, according to SustainableSushi.net, a site created and maintained by San Franciscan Casson Trenor, who has led a mass effort GREENWAYS continued on page 18

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• To communicate our commitment—with peers and the public—so others will join us.

• To use our talents to introduce new dishes demonstrating that sustainable seafood is also delicious to eat.

The oceans are resilient, and fish populations can rebound—if we give them a chance. Through our actions, we intend to be part of the solution.

Chefs and culinary leaders who want to sign on to this pledge can do so by calling the Seafood Watch Hotline (877) 229-9990 or emailing chefpledge@mbayaq.org.

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to hold restaurants accountable for the fish they offer. Hamachi is actually amberjack; hiramasa is yellowtail amberjack (and a much better option).

“I know no one wants to hear it, but the hamachi that we all love so dearly is a cause for serious concern,” Trenor writes on his site. The vast majority of it is farmed, he explains, and little is known about wild hamachi. “Due to its dependence on wild juveniles, reliance on high-density systems, and continual demand for large quantities of fish for feed, this is an option that is best avoided.”

Then there’s the ever-popular sake, or salmon. As the CN&R reported back in 2010, salmon is wildly (pardon the pun) overfished and farming operations are sketchy at best. If it’s not wild-caught in Alaska, it’s best to avoid it, say Trenor as well as one of his employers, Greenpeace, which maintains the seafood “red list” of fish to avoid and a supermarket scorecard based on sustainable practices.

Beyond these big three, there

are many other sushi options that are offered in Chico restaurants that, sustainably speaking, we would be best to avoid. Among them:

ECO EVENT THE BROOM IS DOOMED To demonstrate how to properly eradicate broom—an invasive plant species from the Mediterranean—in both its early and late stages, the Butte County Fire Safe Council will host a free community meeting at 5400 Clark Road in Paradise on Thursday, March 8, at 10:30 a.m. The event concludes with a controlled fire demonstration.

Tai, red snapper: On Greenpeace’s “red list,” which explains, “They are a slow growing species that mature late. Many are caught before they have had a chance to reproduce.” It goes on to say that “Mislabeling of red snapper for consumers is a big problem with this fish. Genetic studies have shown that many fish sold as red snapper in the U.S. are not actually red snapper, but other species.”

Tako, octopus: Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch lists octopus as a species to avoid because of overfishing and declining populations, adding that fishing gear used to catch them is destructive to ocean habitats.

Unagi, eel: “About ninety percent of the eel consumed in the United States is produced in farms, mainly in China, Taiwan, and Japan,” Trenor explains. “Unfortu-

UNCOMMON SENSE The Lorax’s lessons Universal Studio’s animatedmovie adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s beloved book, The Lorax, has been causing quite a stir with its environmentally conscious message. The Lorax (played by Danny DeVito) is a fuzzy orange critter who “speaks for the trees” and opposes Once-ler, who chopped down the forest’s Truffula trees to mass produce Thneeds, a Seussian multi-purpose tool that turns out to be useless. As with any good children’s story, there are tidbits of wisdom for kids and adults alike to ponder. Here are several of the movie’s most important lessons:

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Do not fear—I know I’ve just

loaded you with a lot of bad news.

Rest assured, there are some good options out there: Saba, mackerel: “In general, domestic saba is a much more sustainable choice than many other sushi options and can be enjoyed on a regular basis,” writes SustainableSushi’s Trenor. “It also has the benefit of low mercury levels—a good thing for women who are or will soon become pregnant.”

Shiromaguro, albacore tuna: When it’s domestically caught, it’s usually a good option, several sources say. “Northern Pacific albacore tuna populations are healthy and well-managed,” reads the Seafood Watch site. (Notice, however, that albacore remains on Greenpeace’s red list for international fishing methods.)

They say ignorance is bliss, and I can attest to that truth—for years I held onto the ignorance of what I was eating, relishing each bite of the delicious hamachi, the melt-in-your-mouth sake, the strange-textured maguro. And many others that I couldn’t even name because I never asked. But if ignorance is bliss, knowledge is power. And while that sashimi lunch plate I devoured a few weeks back might have been my last, I do look forward to trying other varieties of sushi that are likely just as tasty but don’t carry with them a hidden price tag. Ω

• Consumerism: With the Thneed, Seuss sheds light on the pitfalls of mass production and capitalism—we end up buying a bunch of stuff we don’t really need.

• Greed: Once-ler, driven by profit, deforests the Seuss-scape and then becomes a miserable hermit haunted by the Lorax’s warnings.

That’s what he gets.

• Stewardship: At one point the Lorax declares to Once-ler, “Everyone here needs the trees, and you’re chopping them down.” That’s about as direct a plea for conservation as you can make.

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nately, eel aquaculture tends to be sloppy and has a number of serious problems.”

• Making change: Seuss also recognized inaction is part of the problem.

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.”

Knowledge on-the-go:

The next time you sit down for a sushi dinner, be ready with the Seafood Watch app available for both iPhone and Android. Simply search “Seafood Watch” in the app store and download the free sustainable aid.

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THE BEST POTLUCK EVER My daughter, Lydia, and I had the pleasure of attending the 80th birthday celebration of local Soto Zen teacher and author Lin Jensen this past Saturday at the Trinity United Methodist Church. Besides the pleasure of wishing Lin (pictured) a happy birthday and enjoying all the good company at the bustling event, party-goers were treated to the best (organic, locally sourced) potluck food I have ever had the pleasure of eating. Everyone truly put their best chef’s foot forward when they prepared their food offerings for this event. The fresh green-bean salad I had was a far, far, delectable cry from that soggy, canned-soup-laden green-bean dish that seems to pop up at just about every Thanksgiving dinner; and I can still taste the divine driedapricot, almond and quinoa Happy birthday, Lin! salad I ate that night (whoever made that: send me the recipe!).

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“By all means,” says Grau, “plant potatoes now. It may be hard to find seed potatoes, but it is not too early to plant.”

Potato leaves and stems are sensitive to the frost, but as Grau points out, “it will take a while for the seed potatoes to sprout, and chances are they won’t be nipped by frost.

Most people around Chico plant their main crop around St. Patrick’s Day, but early spuds will give you those new potatoes at the same time that some of your spring greens are ready for harvest, so don’t hesitate to do it now.”

It just so happens that Northern Star Mills (510 Esplanade, 342-7661) just got its supply of seed potatoes in, as did Plant Barn (406 Entler Ave., 345-3121). Northern Star Mills has Yukon Gold and blue-potato starts, at 75 cents a pound; reds, I was told, are on their way. Plant Barn’s seedpotato selection ranges from nonorganic Yukon Gold, Red Thumb and French Fingerling potatoes, to organic blue, Rose Finn Apple and Russian Banana potatoes. All varieties are $5.99 for 10 pieces.

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FICTION

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Time-honored tradition CN&R readers once again take the 59-word challenge

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very March, the CN&R challenges its readers to put pen to paper (or fingers to keys) and craft a work of fiction in exactly 59 words.

And every March, we get flooded with entries from people far and near, young and old. This year is no different. In fact, it might represent one of the farthest-reaching contests in recent memory, with winning entries coming from all across Butte County and beyond. This year also represents a change in the categories—we went from having three to four age groups, in an effort to even out the playing field for the younger writers—and we think everyone did quite well.

For those curious about how the judging works, CN&R editors cull

through all the entries and essentially make “the first cut,” offering the honor of choosing among the best of the best to a guest judge. This year, Robert Davidson got that honor, and for that we thank him.

As we’ve done in the past, the CN&R is partnering with Lyon Books and Learning Center in downtown Chico to offer prizes for the first-, secondand third-place winners in each category. In addition, all whose stories are printed within these pages are invited to read their stories during a reception Tuesday (March 13) at 7 p.m. at Lyon Books, 121 W. Fifth St. Without any further ado, here is the best short, short fiction of 2012.

Enjoy!

ADULT WINNERS 2012 The best of the best FIRST PLACE

SECOND PLACE

Ten Mile River

Beached

I woke early, even before my father, and slipped out of the cabin. The early morning mist gave way to pale blue as I walked along the beach toward Ten Mile River. Sand dollars washed up with the tide like delicate circles of crisp white linen, lightly embroidered with soft-pointed stars, cool in the palm of my hand.

She remembers eating sardines: peeling them from their tin with her thumb and forefinger, lowering them head-first into the salty little ocean behind her lips and teeth. She remembers the current that they swam in, before they died, coursing through her stomach. She remembers her stomach: the shape and size of her father’s fist, he told her once.

SHARON DEMEYER Chico

Sharon is no stranger to Fiction 59. Actually, she’s been a regular entrant into the CN&R’s annual short-fiction contest for more than a decade.

And, as she recently informed us, she just completed her master’s thesis devoted to 59-word stories for her degree in creative writing from Chico State. She won the contest in 2009 and has had more honorable mentions than we could count.

DARCY COOPER Chico

Our second-place finisher, Darcy, moved back to Chico from Seattle just in time to enter this year’s Fiction 59 contest—and we’re glad she did! A blogger and social-media expert, Darcy has a long history of volunteerism and writing. Notice she also has an honorable mention.

THIRD PLACE Toxic Buffet He sailed the small boat across the lake and pulled it up the grassy slope, then a short walk to her backdoor. Her friends were circling around the kitchen counter picking away at slices of fruit, cheese, bread, spoonfuls of her famous potato salad.

From her glance, he knew the trip was a mistake. Returning home the wind died.

MARK CONRY Chico

For his second try at the Fiction 59 contest, Mark reworked his previous entries and this time succeeded in catching the judge’s attention. “Good writing is in the rewriting,” said this year’s third-place winner. Though he says he enjoys writing, for his day job as the owner of AAG Biotics Conry spends his time crafting beneficial microbes for agriculture and industry.

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About the judge:

Robert Davidson is an associate professor of English at Chico State and an accomplished creative writer. In fact, next Thursday, March 15, at 7 p.m., he’ll be reading from and signing copies of his new book, a compilation of short stories titled The Farther Shore (Bear Star Press), at Lyon Books.

Here’s what he had to say about the judging experience: The spectacular diversity of entries in this year’s Fiction 59 contest reminds us that restricted forms can liberate a writer, shaping the work but also opening it up. The quality at every level was remarkable.

As I read, I looked for that pop that made me sit up and take notice.

Most often it was in the language itself, carefully crafted, rather than the situation or storyline. The judging was done blindly. Congratulations to all the winners and enjoy the stories.

The best of the rest A few more adult entries that CN&R editors found print-worthy

HONORABLE MENTIONS Tin Man The world was too full of trees. “Can’t you see the future?” he asked his girlfriend, “city blocks like ordered facets in a diamond?” Before she left, she chucked a waste bin at his head. It glanced off with a perfect twang that echoed through him. It was just as well. She could never understand what brought him pleasure.

DARCY COOPER Chico

At the Hip August heat couldn’t keep them apart as they crossed traffic, flip-flops on black top. Whose sweat was whose? Lips tug tongues as hands and forearms entwined like mating snakes. They’ll make it to the water. After the sun falls they’ll watch shooting stars as they suck up the last of the heat from the river stones, until shivering.

ADAM JAMES TAVERNER Chico

Lube Express Lydia folded her bifocals, set them on a dog eared Flaubert novel, flicked off the light. She eased across pilled flannel sheets, wrapped her thigh over Ronald’s thick hip, breasts pressed flat against his hirsute torso. She pictured tawny biceps straining a faded shirt, strapping back bent under her hood, oily fingers easing the dip stick from her Oldsmobile.

Deployment The desert wasn’t right. Our coordinates were set but then the shit went haywire. It was the Bedouin. We felt it; they did something to us.

Their Kadkhuda was this old man with a dead eye. I think he called upon something dark to come after us; old school desert magic. Now, those who haven’t died are going insane.

AARON PICO Chico

Brains Brains. I shuffle down deserted downtown streets. Brains. Searching; always searching. Brains. A whimper near a burned car. Brains. I smell fear. Brains. Two people run. Brains. Why are they always so fast? Brains.

Others join the chase. Brains. The man and woman are trapped, he shoots.

Brains. Some fall; doesn’t make a difference. Brains. The woman cries.

Brains.

SARAH GARCIA Chico

LISA TROMBLEY Chico

Siren

A Chicken Lickin’ Good Penny spread her feathers caressing her large chicken breasts as she straddled a pyramid of delicate, smooth eggs. The nest was both warm and inviting. She clucked softly dreaming about his pointed beak, blood-red wattle, and large tail feathers. His “cock-a-doodle-doo” demanded her complete obedience; and she, stacked with eggs, gave him the best lay he’d ever had.

Three years, eight months, and twenty-six days. Time. A small glass, a tumbler he guessed it was called, filled with fire. There would be a before and an after; he would have to live in the after, but nothing else he threw himself against could strike that spark. The siren sang, and the ship would wreck so sweetly.

ANNA SMITH Chico

JULIE SCARPELLI Chico

Hometown Hero

Turning 35 Two boys plucked from a Norman Rockwell painting dance in sunsoaked puddles from a late summer rain, bare feet slapping wet earth with the rhythm of joyful youth. A mother watches absently from the kitchen window, peeling potatoes. Laughter rises with steam from the pavement, swirling midst a westward breeze ferrying tomorrows and yesterdays far off to sea.

HEATHER BONEA Chico

“Tater, tater, tater.” Johnny liked to make up songs on the spot. They were weak on lyrics. The tunes weren’t so hot. But the boy had style.

Damned if you weren’t humming “tater, tater” to yourself at the end of the day. He was the biggest thing that ever happened to this town. That business last year? No comment.

LINDY HOPPOUGH Chico

Boys Will be Boys “I hate to tell you this Alonzo,” six year old Ronald confronted his classmate, “but I think you need the behave doctor.” Mrs. Forest opened her mouth in protest; Ronald’s words soared. “Because I went, and they helped me.” Alonzo glued himself to one corner of the room, and wished himself a super-hero who could walk through walls.

LYNDA EFROS El Cerrito

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

FIRST PLACE

SECOND PLACE

A character (who I lack the necessary space to develop fully) exists.

You wonder if this is autobiographical. I don’t have room to explain the differences between us, so I pick a male character. You still wonder.

This character, this beautiful, complex, snarky, queer, clueless, adorable, misanthropic, terrible, loving character does something out of the ordinary. You almost laugh.

This Could Be an Autobiography of the Future

Not the Video Game

This could be a piece on wanting. Wanting a life that doesn’t exist yet, wanting someone I haven’t met. I could show you a glimpse of it, perfect and succinct and aching. Something nobody can take from me. I could do it in fifty nine words or I could do it in six: her lips, her eyes, her hair.

HELEN O’BRIEN Chico

Helen is quite the prolific writer. She informs us she’s just completed her fourth novel—so such short fiction is a good challenge for her. As a home-schooled senior studying through Hearthstone, she’s already applied and been accepted to Williams College in Massachusetts. We wish her luck!

We smoked with a stranger, passing through. He’d been in the Persian Gulf War, had the tan jacket on. He came home to nothing. A kid stumbled upon our group, wanting a smoke.

He’d taken some pills, didn’t know where he was. “Does that jacket mean you’re a big, f—king Desert Storm fan?” He slurred.

The veteran muttered, “Sure.”

ANA NELSON Chico

Ana, a 10th-grader home-schooled through CORE Butte Charter School, accepted the challenge of writing a story in precisely 59 words with open arms. The soft-spoken young woman says she loves to write, and we hope she continues.

The Girl in Apartment #8 No one understood her; no one even cared. She meandered through the daily routine: shower, work, home. Her showers ran cold and her work was terribly drab. There was no reason for her to enjoy her life as it was. She could only hope things would get better. Not once had she enjoyed her time alone. Being lonely sucked.

RACHEL SOUZA Chico

Rachel was surprised to hear she was a finalist for this contest because she’d written her story for a class assignment. Pleasant Valley English teacher Mrs. Rix apparently liked the students’ pieces so well she entered them into the contest. Rachel, a senior, says she loves to write—and we’re glad to hear it.

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“I’ll work with you in the comfort of your own home.”

Boom! Head shot. She smiled as the digital bodies fell by her blaster.

Her mother walked behind her, disapproving eyes directed at her and the computer in her lap. She knew that her mom wanted her to put on her cute clothes, go shoot hoops, be her sister’s clone. But she didn’t care: she had a galaxy to save.

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KARLY THOMSON Chico

I Climbed a Tree In my defense, it was a menacing tree and snobbishly begged me to climb it, even though the task seemed impossible. I worked hard, but I fell harder, one misstep and all my work was gone! But as I looked around I saw something; the top of the tree, already in my grasp. I just needed to look down.

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HONORABLE MENTIONS Hair • Wigs • Cosmetics

Bob and the Robot

JOSHUA BRONSON Chico

I run into the forest. Blinded by tears and allowing my face to be scratched by branches in my path. I fall to the ground, shaking, silently sobbing. Out of the corner of my tear-stained eye I notice a bright red strawberry. I cup it in my hands. Then it’s in my mouth. It tastes simple, sweet, wild.

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THIRD PLACE

The Little Dirt Road

Ten Pounds

Storming

I would stare down the street, at that little dirt road. It was always dark, empty, unforgiving. I had heard many stories about that road, some good, some not as much.

That little dirt road seemed to take up anyone who dared to go by, as anyone who went by it was never seen again: mysterious, little dirt road.

Dizziness amplifies gnawing pains in my stomach, as my jeans pinch my bulging midriff. Across the room, scantily clad waifs greedily slurp piles of whipped cream oozing into sinful concoctions. Smoldering envy dances within my eyes as the slim tweenies encounter ecstasy within each sip. Gazing at my paltry salad, tears of bitter hatred pour into each measly bite.

A storm is coming. The lightning will flash, the thunder will roll, the dogs and children will hide under beds. The clouds will cry, the people will sigh, and life will be put on hold. I alone will be calm. I will embrace the rain, hear the whisper of the thunder, and love the lightening as it loves me.

SCHELBY MADISON Yuba City

Schelby is a seventh-grader at Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts. She says she learned about the contest through her creative-writing teacher and decided she was up to the challenge. She’s loved to write for as long as she can remember and placed third in a writing contest two years ago. Keep it up, Schelby!

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ALINE INGELSON-FILPULA Chico

Eighth-grader Aline’s two favorite things to do are reading and writing, so it should come as no surprise that this is her second second-place finish in a CN&R writing contest. In 2010, Aline, who is home-schooled through the CORE Butte Charter School, placed in Poetry 99, and she’s back this time with a fiction entry.

The Best Day Ever

DYLAN HENSON Paradise

Dylan has entered both the Fiction 59 and Poetry 99 contests in the past, and his winning entry this year is sort of a combo of the two styles—“a little bit like a narrative poem,” he says. In addition to writing, the Sherwood Montessori seventh-grader likes acting and reading.

FICTION continued on page 23

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Yesterday Bob met a robot named Number 5 and made him his pal.

Bob took Number 5 to Mr. Happy Burger and ordered two sodas only to find that robots don’t drink soda. Later Number 5 took Bob to Eco Charge and discovered that humans don’t recharge. Later when Bob attacked a vending machine the police took Number 5.

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I was with my boyfriend of three years. Today was the day to tell him that I loved him, but I was so nervous that he wouldn’t feel the same way; the chance needed to be taken. Then, it came out. “I love you.” I felt blissful like a kid in a candy store when he said it back.

REBECCA KINSLOW Chico

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The Brother’s Room If you walk into my brother’s room you’ll never come back out.

You’ll find three week old apple cores and half eaten sandwiches. You’ll find moldy old socks and muddy shoes. You might even find something that oozes! Mushrooms growing off old moldy cheese; long lost toys and pets, maybe even your parents! Don’t go into my brother’s room!

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

FIRST PLACE

SECOND PLACE

A character (who I lack the necessary space to develop fully) exists.

You wonder if this is autobiographical. I don’t have room to explain the differences between us, so I pick a male character. You still wonder.

This character, this beautiful, complex, snarky, queer, clueless, adorable, misanthropic, terrible, loving character does something out of the ordinary. You almost laugh.

This Could Be an Autobiography of the Future

Not the Video Game

This could be a piece on wanting. Wanting a life that doesn’t exist yet, wanting someone I haven’t met. I could show you a glimpse of it, perfect and succinct and aching. Something nobody can take from me. I could do it in fifty nine words or I could do it in six: her lips, her eyes, her hair.

HELEN O’BRIEN Chico

Helen is quite the prolific writer. She informs us she’s just completed her fourth novel—so such short fiction is a good challenge for her. As a home-schooled senior studying through Hearthstone, she’s already applied and been accepted to Williams College in Massachusetts. We wish her luck!

We smoked with a stranger, passing through. He’d been in the Persian Gulf War, had the tan jacket on. He came home to nothing. A kid stumbled upon our group, wanting a smoke.

He’d taken some pills, didn’t know where he was. “Does that jacket mean you’re a big, f—king Desert Storm fan?” He slurred.

The veteran muttered, “Sure.”

ANA NELSON Chico

Ana, a 10th-grader home-schooled through CORE Butte Charter School, accepted the challenge of writing a story in precisely 59 words with open arms. The soft-spoken young woman says she loves to write, and we hope she continues.

The Girl in Apartment #8 No one understood her; no one even cared. She meandered through the daily routine: shower, work, home. Her showers ran cold and her work was terribly drab. There was no reason for her to enjoy her life as it was. She could only hope things would get better. Not once had she enjoyed her time alone. Being lonely sucked.

RACHEL SOUZA Chico

Rachel was surprised to hear she was a finalist for this contest because she’d written her story for a class assignment. Pleasant Valley English teacher Mrs. Rix apparently liked the students’ pieces so well she entered them into the contest. Rachel, a senior, says she loves to write—and we’re glad to hear it.

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“I’ll work with you in the comfort of your own home.”

Boom! Head shot. She smiled as the digital bodies fell by her blaster.

Her mother walked behind her, disapproving eyes directed at her and the computer in her lap. She knew that her mom wanted her to put on her cute clothes, go shoot hoops, be her sister’s clone. But she didn’t care: she had a galaxy to save.

530.990.1000

KARLY THOMSON Chico

I Climbed a Tree In my defense, it was a menacing tree and snobbishly begged me to climb it, even though the task seemed impossible. I worked hard, but I fell harder, one misstep and all my work was gone! But as I looked around I saw something; the top of the tree, already in my grasp. I just needed to look down.

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JOSHUA BRONSON Chico

I run into the forest. Blinded by tears and allowing my face to be scratched by branches in my path. I fall to the ground, shaking, silently sobbing. Out of the corner of my tear-stained eye I notice a bright red strawberry. I cup it in my hands. Then it’s in my mouth. It tastes simple, sweet, wild.

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THIRD PLACE

The Little Dirt Road

Ten Pounds

Storming

I would stare down the street, at that little dirt road. It was always dark, empty, unforgiving. I had heard many stories about that road, some good, some not as much.

That little dirt road seemed to take up anyone who dared to go by, as anyone who went by it was never seen again: mysterious, little dirt road.

Dizziness amplifies gnawing pains in my stomach, as my jeans pinch my bulging midriff. Across the room, scantily clad waifs greedily slurp piles of whipped cream oozing into sinful concoctions. Smoldering envy dances within my eyes as the slim tweenies encounter ecstasy within each sip. Gazing at my paltry salad, tears of bitter hatred pour into each measly bite.

A storm is coming. The lightning will flash, the thunder will roll, the dogs and children will hide under beds. The clouds will cry, the people will sigh, and life will be put on hold. I alone will be calm. I will embrace the rain, hear the whisper of the thunder, and love the lightening as it loves me.

SCHELBY MADISON Yuba City

Schelby is a seventh-grader at Marysville Charter Academy for the Arts. She says she learned about the contest through her creative-writing teacher and decided she was up to the challenge. She’s loved to write for as long as she can remember and placed third in a writing contest two years ago. Keep it up, Schelby!

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ALINE INGELSON-FILPULA Chico

Eighth-grader Aline’s two favorite things to do are reading and writing, so it should come as no surprise that this is her second second-place finish in a CN&R writing contest. In 2010, Aline, who is home-schooled through the CORE Butte Charter School, placed in Poetry 99, and she’s back this time with a fiction entry.

The Best Day Ever

DYLAN HENSON Paradise

Dylan has entered both the Fiction 59 and Poetry 99 contests in the past, and his winning entry this year is sort of a combo of the two styles—“a little bit like a narrative poem,” he says. In addition to writing, the Sherwood Montessori seventh-grader likes acting and reading.

FICTION continued on page 23

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$2.05/lb $1.00/lb

Yesterday Bob met a robot named Number 5 and made him his pal.

Bob took Number 5 to Mr. Happy Burger and ordered two sodas only to find that robots don’t drink soda. Later Number 5 took Bob to Eco Charge and discovered that humans don’t recharge. Later when Bob attacked a vending machine the police took Number 5.

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I was with my boyfriend of three years. Today was the day to tell him that I loved him, but I was so nervous that he wouldn’t feel the same way; the chance needed to be taken. Then, it came out. “I love you.” I felt blissful like a kid in a candy store when he said it back.

REBECCA KINSLOW Chico

ELLIE KOENIG-DENT Magalia

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You’ll find three week old apple cores and half eaten sandwiches. You’ll find moldy old socks and muddy shoes. You might even find something that oozes! Mushrooms growing off old moldy cheese; long lost toys and pets, maybe even your parents! Don’t go into my brother’s room!

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FIFTH GRADE AND YOUNGER Our youngest writers blossom HONORABLE MENTIONS Snow Snowflakes falling in the sky, each one looking unique, one looks round, one is translucent. There goes one, it has spikes.

Don’t you worry … it is harmless. The gusty winds will carry them … its fate uncertain. They might nestle on a tree or a mountain, creating a soft cushion. One is just like a starfish.

Snow is beautiful enough.

THEO STARK Durham

Flavors The delicious sensation of candy when it’s lusciously melting in your mouth. The wonderful scent of cocoa next to your nose. The sugar on your fingers making them sticky like honey. The mustache when you drink it like white snow in the winter. The tasty flavorful flavor of purple lollipops like a sweet blue flower with sugar on it.

CAMERON STANFIELD Cottonwood

FIRST PLACE

SECOND PLACE

Storm

Despair

It’s the angry kind of rain, with its forceful drops that pound on the window, fast as bullets.

The dark grey clouds, covering the sky like a blanket, turning day into a moonless night. The wind, howling and shrieking its mindless fury.

The old oak, groaning and moaning, gnarled branches reaching to the sky as if begging for mercy.

I stared blankly at myself in the mirror. The twinkling glass glared back at me. Thinking to myself, “Would they love me and care for me?

Would they hate me and send me back to this dreadful place?” The next day came and was washed away by my waves of tears. The doorknob never turned. No one. No one.

EMILY MCCABE Durham

Emily loves to write. In fact, when she grows up, she says, she wants to be a writer. Now the soft-spoken Durham Elementary fifth-grader can say she got her start in very, very short fiction.

BROOKE YOUNG Durham

Brooke and Emily are actually classmates.

Their class took on the Fiction 59 challenge and plans to hold its own contest as well. Brooke says she loves to read and got her inspiration for this story from one of her favorites, Anne of Green Gables.

Never Make Chocolate Medicine, Or Else You’ll End Up Like Me My eyeball was stinging, so I invented a chocolate medicine for my eye. One day, I put on the medicine and I was hungry, so I licked it. Then, my eye felt weird. I looked in the mirror, and my eye was gone! I cried. I had to go to the doctor, and he found me a replacement eyeball.

AVRIELLA WHITELEY Gridley

Falcon’s First Flight The young falcon launched herself off the rocky ledge and over the pine forest. It was her first flight. She beat her wings rapidly, lowering toward the forest. Her head darted back and forth. She eyed a landing spot, she stretched out her talons, slipped and landed upside-down. She looked up. How would she get to her nest?

CHARLIE GIANNINI Chico

Drew the Cable Guy

THIRD PLACE Candy Jar There it was. The shining candy jar up on the cherry wood shelf. Mother had brought it home just a week ago for her book club. But, it was one long week for me, spying it just perching on that dusty shelf. Snickers, Mounds, Rolos, many more. Mother gracefully handed down a big Hershey bar. I thanked her joyfully.

ANNA WALTERS Chico

Anna, an energetic fifth-grader at Sherwood Montessori, is an avid writer. She says she’s entered the Fiction 59 contest several years now, and her diligent effort has certainly paid off with this third-place story.

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Once there was a boy named Drew. He liked to do nothing but watch television. He just watched television until he was 25 years old. Since he knew everything about television he decided to become a cable guy. Then one time he got a call from a guy named Jon. Jon’s cable snapped so Drew came to fix it.

CALEB PRACNA Chico

Snow When it snows the world is calm. As if everyone would want it to snow more. The humid sky releases tiny, slowly falling snowflakes that are like the world’s calming medicine.

The children run out once the first snowflake smoothly hits the ground and the world lightens. We are now happy, snow forts rising, hands hold attacking snow balls.

ALEJANDRO GARRIDO Chico

Glass–Free Zone Declared Mar. 15 - Mar. 18, 2012

PUBLIC NOTICE – NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Chapter 9.32., Glass-Free Zone of the Chico Municipal Code, the City Manager has declared the Glass-Free Zone ordinance operative from 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2012, through 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 18, 2012.

Generally, the possession of glass containers on city owned property is prohibited within the Glass Free Zone during this time period.

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THIS WEEK 8

The rich history of silent films on display at two-day silent film fest

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Chico Silent Film Festival should expect, according to organizer Jon Hildreth, is silence.

“These movies were never meant to be shown silently, and the musical accompaniment, whether by a by piano or orchestra, is what really makes them Ken Smith come alive,” he explained. “It’s nice to see a kens@ silent movie on television, but some of the newsreview.com magic is missing. You have to see them in a big room, projected on a big screen, with live PREVIEW: music to get the full effect. When it’s done like The Chico Silent that, nothing compares.”

Hildreth has organized the Redding Silent Film Festival, a benefit for Film Festival for the last six years and said he Bidwell Mansion, felt Chico was ripe for the event, “especially takes place Friday since The Artist won the big Oscar and Hugo & Saturday, March 9 & 10, at won the rest.” Hildreth contacted local arts the Chico advocate Debra Lucero of Friends of the Arts, Women’s Club. and they decided the festival would benefit the Call or visit site Bidwell Mansion Community Project’s efforts for a full schedule to keep the mansion open to the public. and more Supplying the soundtrack for the two-day information.

Tickets: festival showcasing nearly a dozen films is $8 per film Berkeley professor/ragtime pianist Dr. Freder($10 at door); ick Hodges. $8 for Laugh “He knows more than a thousand different Show combo; tunes, and he’s one of the rare people who can $45 for allfestival pass. see a film on the screen for the first time and Children improvise a score,” said Hildreth. “In other 12-younger: $2. words, he’s a genius.”

The festival, to be held at the Chico Chico Women’s Club Women’s Club, kicks off Friday at 6 p.m. with 592 E. Third St. a four-film “Laugh Show Combo” featuring 228-2860 Buster Keaton’s Cops; Charlie Chaplin’s www.savebidwell Behind the Screen; Wrong Again, starring Laumansion.org rel and Hardy; and a Keystone Cops flick called Lizzies of the Field.

“Behind the Screen is fun because it shows studio life the way it used to be,” Hildreth said of the Laugh Show lineup. “Buster Keaton is simply the master, and the Keystone Cops film is what everyone thinks about when they think of silent film. The ‘Lizzies’ refer to old Fords, which were kind of cheap and disposable back then, and they use that to the utmost advantage in this film. There are lots of crashes and it’s fast and furious.”

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THURS silent version of Alfred Hitchcok’s Blackmail: “Hitchcock became the biggest guy in the British film industry by the 1920s,” Hildreth said of the thriller. “He’d just finished making a silent film called Blackmail, and the studio contacted him and said they had sound equipment and wanted to make it with sound, so he redid it. They only showed the silent one out in the boonies in theaters that didn’t have sound equipment yet, so it’s a mostly forgotten film.”

Hildreth noted the history of Blackmail, which premiered in 1928, is analogous to the history of silent film: “It’s from the very end of the silent era. The form had only been born about 30 years before, just reached its summit, and then three or four years later it was no more. It’s an amazing story about a thing that came into being and grew to be the dominant art form in the world, and then it was gone.”

Films shown throughout the day Saturday include a Rin Tin Tin movie called The Night Cry (preceded by a live K-9 demo

by Chico Police Department), The Canadian, Storm Over Asia, Cecil B. DeMille’s original Chicago, Lon Chaney in The Unholy Three and a D.W. Griffith short called For His Son. Hildreth said The Canadian, about a spoiled English woman who has to move to a farm in Canada, is the festival’s rarest film.

“It’s a gorgeous film, and it’s not conveyed in what we think of as silent-movie acting, with people shooting their hands up and grimaces and insane gestures, but very subtly.

“That’s part of the beauty of silent film—the flicker of an eyelash or a slight hand movement can mean so much.

“These are films that formed the vocabulary of the movies, and we want to show people that, and show them that silent films can be more absorbing,” Hildreth said. “They suck you in better and make you watch every second, whereas talkies kind of dominate your thinking.” Ω Providing the soundtrack to silent classics like The Unholy Three and Alfred Hitchcock’s Blackmail will be renowned silent-film pianist Dr. Frederick Hodges.

Special Events BEER RELEASE PARTY: Feather Falls Brewing Company releases “Slam Dunkel,” a dark lager with a hint of Czech hops and light chocolate.

Brewmaster Roland Allen will also offer free tours of the brewery.

Th, 3/8, 6pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino; 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

LOVE EVERY BODY WEEK: A three-day expo focusing on raising awareness about body issues and eating disorders, including film screenings, lectures, panel discussions and informational opportunities. Go online for a complete schedule. Through 3/8. Chico State; 400 W. First St.; (530) 898-6333; http://tinyurl.com/7tqmjwl.

WOMEN HELPING WOMEN: A CELEBRATION: Community women’s service organizations will be on hand to answer questions, while Jo Chavez’s Sabor de La Tierra and Synergism Women’s Choir provide entertainment. Also included: a no-host wine bar, raffle and international crafts. Th, 3/8, 5:30-8:30pm. $10. Chico Womens Club; 592 E. Third St.; (530) 894-1978.

Music RHONDA VINCENT & THE RAGE: A musical force to be reckoned with, the Wall Street Journal has hailed Rhonda as the “new queen of bluegrass.” Th, 3/8, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Big Room; 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 345-2739; www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

CHILI COOKOFF Saturday, March 10 Café Coda

SEE SATURDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

FINE ARTS really. F, 3/9, 9pm. $30-$35. El Rey Theatre; 230 W. Second St.; (530) 342-2727.

Theater BRIGADOON: See Thursday. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 891-3050.

HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY: See Thurs. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

I LOVE YOU, YOU ARE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE: See Thursday. Chico Cabaret, 2201 Pillsbury Rd., Suite C-1, (530) 895-0245, www.chico cabaret.com.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: See

PLAYING FOR CHANGE Wednesday, March 14 Laxson Auditorium

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Special Events TOTALLY BAROQUE: Chico State music students perform classic Bach to kick off the annual Chico Bach Festival. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall. Th, 3/8, 4pm. Free. Chico State; 400 W. First St.; (530) 898-6333; www.chicostateboxoffice.com.

ANTIQUE BOTTLE, JAR, INSULATOR & COLLECTIBLE SHOW: Over 60 dealers will have a huge variety of bottles, fruit jars and other collectible antiques. F, 3/9, 10am-7pm; Sa, 3/10, 9am-4pm. $5. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., (530) 895-4666.

CAITLIN GILL: A comedian out of San Francisco,

Theater BRIGADOON: A full-scale musical production set in a magical village in Scotland, hosted by the Inspire School of Arts and Sciences production team. Th-Sa, 7pm; Sa-Su, 2pm. $8-$20.

CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 891-3050.

HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY: Musical biography takes the audience through the life and times of the legendary country-music pioneer Hank Williams. Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 3/10. $10-$15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

I LOVE YOU, YOU ARE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE: The long-running off-Broadway musical explores all facets of relationships, from first dates to marriage and in-laws to newborns. Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 3/17. $16-$20. Chico Cabaret, 2201 Pillsbury Rd., Suite C-1, (530) 895-0245, www.chicocabaret.com.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: The classic romantic comedy and satire of Victorian society by Oscar Wilde. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 3/11. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

Poetry/Literature CHINA & THE WEST LECTURE & RECEPTION: Fiction writer Yiyun Li is being featured by the Chico State Humanities Center as a guest speaker for the center’s theme: “China and the West,” with a reception to follow. Th, 3/8, 7:30pm. Free. CSU Chico Humanities Center; West First St. Trinity Hall; 898-6341.

Gill’s style draws heavily from personal experience. 3/9-3/10, 7 & 8:30pm. $10. The Last Stand, 167 E. Third St., 3541936, www.last standcomedy.com.

SILENT FILM FESTIVAL: A weekend of classic silent films with the likes of Buster Keaton and Alfred Hitchcock, accompanied by world-class pianist Frederick Hodges of San Francisco. Go online for a complete schedule. 3/9-3/10. $8$45. Chico Womens Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978, www.chicowomensclub.net/ silentFilms.pdf.

Music BEAUTIFULLY BACH: As part of Chico State Department of Music’s annual Bach festival, visiting organist Christa Rakich from the New England Conservatory of Music will perform Bach’s “Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb” and “Prelude and Fugue in B Minor” on Chico State’s Centennial Pipe Organ. Harlen Adams Theatre.

F, 3/9, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Chico State; 400 W. First St.; (530) 898-6333; www.chicostatebox office.com.

THE MICKEY HART BAND: Mickey Hart, best known as one of two Grateful Dead drummers, will perform classic Dead songs and new material, including music built around the frequencies of light waves in the cosmos. No,

Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheater company.com.

SCHEHERAZADE: Comedy, revenge, magic and mystery weave together in this tale adapted from the stories of The Arabian Nights. F, Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 3/11. $7-$15. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 5332473, www.birdcagetheatre.net.

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Special Events ANTIQUE BOTTLE, JAR, INSULATOR & COLLECTIBLE SHOW: See Friday. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., (530) 895-4666.

CAITLIN GILL: See Friday. The Last Stand, 167 E. Third St., 354-1936, www.laststand comedy.com.

CHILI COOK OFF: A chili tasting with beer flowing and live musical entertainment with The Shankers, Ol’ Yeller and Aubrey Debauchery.

Sa, 3/10, 8pm. $7-$15. Café Coda; 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafecoda.com.

GRUSUM: A new short film by Matt Bouvet about a hair restoration product that turns people into hairy zombies, presented alongside Shawn Dyer’s film, “Fray.” Sa, 3/10, 3pm; Su, 3/11, 5pm. Pageant Theatre, 351 E. Sixth St., (530) 343-0663, www.pageantchico.com.

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1078 GALLERY: Lentamente Due, local artists’ interpretations of the North State’s seasonal bounty. Through 3/10. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

ANGELOS CUCINA TRINACRIA: Sal Casa Gallery, some of Sal Casa’s early work depicting classic Sicilian culture. Ongoing. 407 Walnut St., (530) 899-9996.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Augie Velasquez & Darren

Names, stone sculpture by Augie Velasquez and computer-manipulated photographs and paintings by Darren Names. Through 3/16.Go Figure, figure art by in-house guild artists. Through 3/16. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

BOHO: Pantheon Dark & Bright, new sculptures by Goat on display at Boho in the Garden Walk Mall. Through 3/21. 225 Main St. D, (530) 895-3282.

CHICO ART CENTER: Chico Arts Center

Members Show, an exhibition of works by Chico Art Center Members. Through 3/24.

450 Orange St. 6, (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

CHICO CITY MUNICIPAL CENTER: Joel Collier

Photography, a display of Joel Collier’s photography on all three floors of the City Municipal Center building. Through 7/13. 411 Main St. City Hall, (530) 896-7200.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Dragonflies and Damselflies, a photo exhibit by Robert Woodward. Ongoing. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

CHICO PAPER CO.: Monuments, works by DiGrazia, who manipulates photographs to detach the structure from recognizable surroundings. Through 6/1.California Mountain Series, serigraphs by Jake Early.

Through 4/30, 9:30am-6pm. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopapercompany.com.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Current exhibits, by Northern California artists whose lives have been touched by cancer. Currently featuring watercolors by Amber Palmer.

Ongoing. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS AND APPRAISALS:

Opposites Attract, Paula Busch’s latest encaustics on display. Tu-Sa, 9am-5pm through 3/30. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 3432930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Simple Pleasures, art exhibit featuring 20 local artists.

Through 3/10. 493 East Ave. #1, (530) 3453063.

SATORI COLOR & HAIR DESIGN: Michael

Mulcahy Paintings, bright bold works of pop art, figures, animals, landscapes, and abstracts. Through 3/15. 627 Broadway St. 120.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Apart, an exhibition

by MFA candidate Amie Rogers. Taylor Hall.

3/12-3/16. 400 W First St. Taylor Hall, CSU, Chico.

Call for Artists GROWING HEALTHY CHILDREN WALK & RUN ART CONTEST: A call for artists aged 5-18. All entries must be a picture or symbol that represents physical activity, nutrition and healthy living. Through 3/16. OPT for Healthy Living, 1311 Mangrove Ave. B 3rd Ave and Mangrove behind Papa Murphys, 3452483.

Museums BOLTS ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Kitchen

Gadgets, a new display featuring kitchen gadgets past and present. M-Sa, 10am3:45pm; Su, 11:45am-3:45pm. $2 adults/kids free. 1650 Broderick St. in Oroville, (530) 538-2497, www.boltsantiquetools.com.

CHICO MUSEUM: The Bicycle:Life on Two

Wheels, An exhibition that will explore world of cycling, from the history of the bicycle, the science of staying upright and the benefits of riding. F through 6/22. $2-$3. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Toys: The Inside

Story, an exhibit featuring 12 hands-on stations illustrating the simple mechanisms found in most toys. W-Su. $3-$5.Noise!, An exhibit including 11 hands-on activities, including a scream chamber and a pipe organ made from PVC tubes. Through 4/25. $3-$5. 625 Esplanade.

SILENT FILM FESTIVAL: See Friday. Chico Womens Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978, www.chicowomensclub.net/silentFilms.pdf.

Music BACH TO THE FUTURE: Young performers from the Suzuki Music Teachers’ Association of California play Bach to conclude the Chico Bach Festival. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall. Sa, 3/10, 7:30pm. Free. Chico State; 400 W. First St.; (530) 898-6333; www.chicostateboxoffice.com.

BACHATHON: As part of the Chico Bach Festival, organists perform Bach marathon-style, with audience members welcome to come and go as they please. Sa, 3/10, 1-4pm. Free. St. John Missionary Baptist Church; 2130 Fourth St. in Sacramento; (916) 446-7198; www.saintjohn sac.org.

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Goin for Baroque The Chico State Department of Music’s annual celebration of the music of German composer/musician Johann Sebastian Bach kicks off this week with Totally Baroque, a free concert by music students tonight, March 8, in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall. The three-day Bach Fest not only gives North Staters a rare opportunity to hear several of the composer’s classic works, it also offers a chance to hear the university’s giant Centennial Pipe Organ in action, and on Friday, March 9, visiting organist Christa EDITOR’S PICK Rakich, from the New England Conservatory of Music, will perform a recital on the pipe organ titled Beautifully Bach, featuring Bach’s Trio Sonata No. 1 in E Flat and Prelude and Fugue in B Minor. On Saturday, March 10, there will be the afternoon-long Bachathon at St. John’s Catholic Church performed by a rotating roster of musicians, followed that night by Bach to the Future, the festival closer at Rowland-Taylor featuring student players from the Suzuki Teachers Association of California. For more info see Thurs.-Sat. Music listings, or go online to schooloftheartscsuchico.com/press/bachfestpr.

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BRIGADOON: See Thursday. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 891-3050.

HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY: See Thurs. Blue

with host Monika Ronquillo, who will guide the class in a dance lesson. F, 3/9, 7-8pm. $5. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre, 514-8888.

Room Theatre, 139 W First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

CAMPUS TREE TOURS: A 90-minute tour of Chico

I LOVE YOU, YOU ARE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE: See

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BAILE LATINO: Dance the night away at Cafe Flo

Thursday. Chico Cabaret, 2201 Pillsbury Rd., Suite C-1, (530) 895-0245, www.chico cabaret.com.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheater company.com.

SCHEHERAZADE: See Friday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.birdcagetheatre.net.

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Special Events FEEDING NATIONS THROUGH EDUCATION: A fundraiser for Feeding Nations Through Education, a non-profit organization that works to relieve famine and raise literacy by equipping African villagers with bulls, plows and training in sustainable agriculture.

Festivities including food, live music, games and a raffle. Su, 3/11, 10am-5pm. Donations.

Cocina Cortes; 1110 Dayton Rd.; 781-3253; www.cocinacortes.com.

GRUSUM: See Saturday. Pageant Theatre, 351 E. Sixth St., (530) 343-0663, www.pageant chico.com.

Music CONCERT FOR BAGPIPER: The Paradise Symphony

performs Schwanda the Bagpiper, The Hut of Baba Yaga and a piano concerto. Su, 3/11, 7pm.

Paradise Performing Arts Center; 777 Nunnelly Rd. in Paradise; (530) 872-8454; www.paradise performingarts.com.

State’s beautiful trees with knowledgeable guides. Meet at the Bidwell Mansion. F, 3/9, 10am; F, 3/23, 10am. Bidwell Mansion, 525 Esplanade, (530) 895-6144, www.parks.ca.gov/ default.asp?page_id=460.

CHICO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Chico Friends of the Library weekly book sale.

Sa, 9:15-11:30am. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary.

CHICO ORGANIC GARDENING SERIES: A weekly permaculture presentation with Carla Resnick. M, 6:30-8:30pm through 3/12. Opens 3/5. $12. Matthews Cafe, 1600 Mangrove Ave. #175, (530) 894-9095.

CHICO OXIDATION PONDS BIRDING: A birding hike through the Oxidation Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary. Bring binoculars, spotting scopes, water, walking shoes and proper clothing for the expected weather conditions. Call for more information. Sa, 3/10, 3pm. Locations vary, 566-6136.

CIVIL LITIGATOR JAN SCHLICHTMANN: One of the country’s most eminent civil-litigation and environmental attorneys, Schlichtmann will give two talks: “The Third Branch v. Citizens United: The Root of the Evil” (at noon), and “Confessions of an Environmental Warrior” (4pm). In PAC 144. W, 3/14, 12 & 4pm. Chico State, 400 W. First St. Call for more info: 8984952.

DANCE SANCTUARY WAVE: Bring a water bottle, drop your mind, free your feet and your spirit.

Call for directions. Tu, 6:30-8:30pm. $10. Call for details, 891-6524.

DOOM THE BROOM FIRE DEMONSTRATION: The Butte County Fire Safe Council hosts a demonstration of how to eradicate broom in its early and late stages, followed by “broom burn.” Th, 3/8, 10:30am. Dream Makers, 5420 Clark Rd. D in Paradise.

EAT AND PLAY TOGETHER: Families in Oroville are

Theater BRIGADOON: See Thursday. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 891-3050.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheater company.com.

SCHEHERAZADE: See Friday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.birdcagetheatre.net.

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Special Events COMEDY NIGHT: Weekly comedy night on Wednesdays inside Spirits Lounge at Gold Country Casino. W, 8pm. Free. Gold Country Casino; 4020 Olive Hwy at Gold Country Casino & Hotel in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.gold countrycasino.com.

Music PLAYING FOR CHANGE: What began as a PBS documentary and became a YouTube sensation comes to Laxson Auditorium, as musicians from Playing for Change will perform classic songs about peace from artists like Bob Marley, John Lennon and Stevie Wonder. W, 3/14, 7:30pm. $15-$27. Chico State; 400 W. First St.; (530) 898-6333; www.chicostatebox office.com.

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invited to play together with activities like dodge ball, Latin hip-hop, muscle strengthening and swimming. Call ahead to reserve a spot. Sa through 3/31. Oroville YMCA, 1684 Robinson St. in Oroville, 5387201, www.oroville ymca.org.

FARMERS MARKET - CHICO STATE: The Organic Vegetable Projects weekly sale of fresh-picked greens of chard, kale, cabbage, flowers, herbs, veggies, farm-fresh eggs and more in the campus plaza. W, 11am-2pm. Chico State, Student Services Center 122, (530) 966-5658.

FARMERS MARKET - FIREHOUSE: Locally grown fruits and vegetables and resources for better health. Th, 11am-3pm through 8/31. El Medio Fire Department, 3515 Myers St. in Oroville, (530) 592-0889 ext. Message, www.cChaos.org.

FARMERS MARKET - SATURDAY: Baked goods,

honey, fruits and veggies, crafts and more. Sa, 7:30am-1pm. Chico Certified Saturday Farmers Market, Municipal Parking Lot On Second And Wall Streets, (530) 893-3276.

FORECLOSURE CLINIC: A clinic to provide information on home ownership, mortgage loan issues, foreclosure prevention and alternatives to foreclosure. Call for registration. F, 3/9, 10am. Free. Legal Services of Northern California, 541 Normal Ave., 345-9491.

INVISIBLE CHILDREN Wednesday, March 14 Holt 170, Chico State SEE COMMUNITY

them to be merciless soldiers for over 25 years. The screening will be accompanied by a lecture from guest speaker Patricia Akello from northern Uganda. W, 3/14, 6:15pm. Free.

CSU Holt Hall 170, Arcadian Ave. 170 first floor, (530) 898-5033.

MUTT STRUT: Each week this spring, Butte Humane Society will host a tour of one of Chico’s beautiful parks. Attendees will get a chance to introduce their canine companions to areas they otherwise might not explore. Go online for scheduling and registration information. Last day for registration is March 2.

Su, 2-3pm through 4/8. See listing for details, See Listing, www.buttehumane.org.

PARADISE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE:

Used book sale. Every other Sa, 10am-3pm.

Prices vary. Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8726320, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary/ Paradise.htm.

PARADISE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE:

Sa, 10am-3pm. Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8726320, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary/ Paradise.htm.

RON REED LECTURE ON TANZANIA: Hear the story of how Chicoan Ron Reed dramatically improved the lives of hundreds of people in Tanzania by providing clean drinking water.

Sa, 3/10, 10am. Free. First Baptist Church, 850 Palmetto Ave., (530) 343-3446.

SAMARITAN FREE CLINIC: This clinic offers free basic medical care and mental health counseling. Call for more information. Su, 2-4pm.

Free. Paradise Lutheran Church, 780 Luther Dr. Next to Long’s Drugstore in Paradise, 8727085.

SEWING, KNITTING & CRAFTS CLASSES FOR KIDS: Classes for kids hosted by Earth Girl Art. Go online for class schedule. Ongoing. Earth Girl Art, 3851 Morrow Ln., (530) 354-2680, www.earthgirlart.com.

SOUL SHAKE DANCE CHURCH: Drop your mind, find your feet and free you spirit at this DJ dance wave to a range of musical styles. No previous dance experience necessary. Su, 10am-noon. $8-$15 sliding scale. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 895-4707.

For Kids CHILDREN STORY TIME SERIES: Reading events

sponsored by Lyon Books. Every other Th, 3pm.

Free. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-3338, www.lyonbook.com.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING: Teaching during the first hour, followed by request dancing. No partners necessary. Call for more information. F, 8pm through 5/25. $2. Chico Creek Dance Centre, 1144 W. First St., 345-8134.

INVISIBLE CHILDREN FILM SCREENING: Chico State’s Cross-Cultural Leadership Center hosts this film about Joseph Kony, who has abducted children in Uganda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo and trained

MORE ONLINE Additional listings for local meetings, support groups, classes, yoga, meditation and more can be found online at www.newsreview.com/chico/local/calendar.

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It happened in the Americas with corn, in Russia with potatoes, in Mesopotamia with barley and in the Middle East with wheat.

And in China, it happened with rice. That was about 4,000 years ago, and two millennia would pass before production of “rice wine,” properly known as sake, appeared in Japan. There, the culture of transforming rice starch into ethanol was honed, refined and perfected, and today sake is as Japanese as Mount Fuji. Japan’s sake breweries are as numerous as America’s craft-beer breweries, and the diversity of sake that they produce—much of which is becoming increasingly available in California—is tremendous.

Among the best-known is the chalky white unfiltered style called nigori, often sweet, creamy and fruity. Namazake is another—an unpasteurized sake meant to be consumed fresh out of the brewery.

Koshu sake is aged for years and often tastes of hazelnut, chocolate and malted grain. Taruzake is yet another style, aged in cedar barrels.

Meanwhile, a basic classification system divides sake into three categories of quality based on the

degree of milling that the rice underwent before brewing. In short, the more milling, the finer the sake—and junmai sake occupies the lower end of this scale.

Junmai sake is brewed with rice kernels milled down to about 60 percent their harvest size. Ginjo sake, brewed from rice kernels milled to half their initial mass, runs the middle ground, while daiginjo sakes are the finest of all, made from tiny pearls of rice just 35 percent of their starting size.

While one form of sake

called honjozo is slightly fortified with distilled spirits after fermentation, the sake brewing process is entirely natural. It begins with the conversion of rice starch into sugar using a very particular enzyme cultured in the brewery.

Then, yeast ferments the sugar into alcohol.

The process, though a fine craft, is nonetheless quite simple and can be easily conducted at home. Sake brewing requires just a standard plastic beer bucket, a few simple ingredients, and as little as two weeks of waiting.

For a single gallon, you’ll need 3.5 pounds of finely polished white rice. This must be rinsed, soaked, and steamed for at least an hour. You’ll also need the key ingredient, koji, or rice seeded with the mold and yeast essential to the crucial starch-conversion process. Cold Mountain makes 20-ounce containers of dried koji rice. This is available at some spe-

cialty Asian groceries but is a sure find online, usually for about $6 a tub. Combine the koji with the steamed rice in a clean, sterilized bucket, plus a gallon of clean water. Add a sprinkling of wine yeast, available at the Chico Home Brew Shop (1570 Nord Ave.), and seal the bucket with a lid fitted with a brewing airlock valve. Fermentation will begin almost immediately and will last 10 to 14 days, at which point the sake may be slowly poured off into a clean decanter and consumed immediately. You may also wish to pasteurize and bottle your sake.

While you’re waiting, do some tasting. Try the Rawbar (346 Broadway), where owners Darren Chadderdon and Michelle Mazza have for years been coaxing customers into the delicious but sometimes confusing world of sake.

Their list includes about a halfdozen sakes at any given time, served by the glass, with both domestics and imports showcasing several sake styles. Chadderdon and Mazza also host sake tasting classes about once every other month. (Space is still available for the April 25 session, at $75 a person. Call to reserve: 897-0626.)

Want some sake to take home?

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into a feature film, that makes sense.

Danny DeVito is the voice of The Lorax, who urges Once-ler to reconsider his greedy ways and not cut down the beautiful Truffula trees for his own entrepreneurial gains. Expecting more humor from famous funnyman DeVito, I was slightly disappointed by his subdued portrayal of The Lorax. Then again, his character does have some important environmental speeches to rattle off. I know, I know; it’s ironic that an eco-friendly message is being transmitted through a big-budget Hollywood production. I get it. But 3-D blockbuster spectacles are probably here to stay, and there could be much worse messages being conveyed. Sevenyear-olds watching this movie certainly aren’t concerned with the contradictions of Hollywood, but they might learn a thing or two about nature. Judging from the sympathetic moans I heard during the tree-cutting sequence, I’d say a message was conveyed.

As much as caring for Mother Nature is important, the story’s message is more universal than just its environmental agenda. The Lorax simply wants people to care about something enough to make a change. Like Seuss wrote in the book: “unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” It’s a harsh reality wrapped in an innocent rhyme, but that declaration transcends time, and now more than ever we should listen. Ω

author Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss), whose 108th birthday coincided once again with the kick-off of the NEA’s Read Across America program as by Rachel Bush well as with the opening day of an animated feature based on one of his children’s books— Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax.

For more than 50 years, Dr. Seuss’ books have entertained young readers using his unique style of delivery in simple rhymes. He’s shared a variety of topics, from the spirit of Dr. Seuss’ Christmas (How the Grinch Stole Christmas) The Lorax to the importance of trying new things (Green Starring the Eggs and Ham). With The Lorax, his fourth voices of Danny DeVito, Zac book re-imagined for film (two live-action, two Efron, Taylor animated), we get a direct message: The Lorax Swift and Ed “speaks for the trees,” promoting environmenHelms. Directed talist ideals about conserving natural resources.

by Chris Renaud The film version follows preteen Ted (Zac and Kyle Balda.

Efron—who really shouldn’t be providing the Cinemark 14, Feather River voice for a 12-year-old), who lives in the overCinemas and industrialized town of Thneed-Ville, where the Paradise Cinema citizens are brainwashed into thinking that their 7. Rated PG. plastic environment is paradise. When his crush Audrey (Taylor Swift) reveals her desire to see a real, live tree, Ted sets out on a quest to learn about what happened to the natural world, leading him to the home of the mysteriPoor ous hermit The Once-ler (Ed Helms), who it turns out is largely responsible for the deforestation. Helms’ voice-over talent shines here, and his comedic timing translates smoothly to Fair the animated world.

It’s The Once-ler’s flashback scenes that make the film especially reminiscent of Dr. Good Reviewers: Craig Blamer, Christine G.K. LaPado, Seuss’ original tale. The forested world is Rachel Bush and Juan-Carlos Selznick. brought to screen with the same vivid color E W S & R E V I E W B U S I N E S S U S E O N LY schemes and fantastical illustrations as in Nthe in ISSUE DATE ACCT. EXEC. Very Good book. The simplicity of the book rings trueDESIGNER this week MM Opening 03.25.10 BDC these sequences as well, whereas the film overFILE NAME REV. DATE all becomes more complicated with the added A Thousand Words A comedy starring Eddie Murphy04.01.10 as a literary agent who, ONEILDENNIS032510R1 story layer of Ted’s life in Thneed-Ville. But after lying to a spiritual guru/author, receives a curse in theUSP form(BOLD of a Bodhi tree that loses one of its thousand Excellent for the purposes of drawing out a short story SELECTION)

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John Carter

WALL-E and Finding Nemo director Andrew Stanton helms this live-action adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ first novel, A Princess of Mars (the first in the 11-book Barsoom sci-fantasy series), about supreme badass John Carter and his encounters with unfriendly aliens and ladies in distress on the dying planet of Mars.

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Silent House

A remake of the Uruguayan horror flick La Casa Muda about a young woman (Elizabeth Olsen) trapped alone and cut off from the outside world in her family’s apparently haunted lakeside home. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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During a mission to rescue a kidnapped CIA operative, a Navy SEAL team uncovers an imminent threat that requires them to embark on a new secret operation with global implications. The film stars a real-life group of active-duty Navy SEALS. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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The Artist

The enchanting novelty of The Artist comes to us on a wave of Oscar awards (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and more). Its subject may sound recondite—a silent movie, shot in black-and-white, about the silentmovie actors struggling with the transition to talking pictures—but it all works very nicely, both as a comic entertainment and as a frisky homage to old-time moviemaking. The title character is George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a swashbuckling star of silent movies who refuses to make the change to sound. His professional fall from grace is set off against the rise to success of Peppy Miller (a delightful Bérénice Bejos), an ingénue who makes a spectacular debut with Valentin and then goes on to stardom in talking pictures. All of this plays out as comedy bordering on parody, but with far more affection and zest than that might suggest.

Filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius deftly manages an unlikely feat—not only playing a corny old story for laughs in a way that is neither condescending nor patronizing, but also re-creating silent movies and their ambience in a particularly lively and engaging form.

Pageant Theatre and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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Dr.Seuss’ The Lorax

See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG —R.B.

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

In this sequel our disaffected anti-hero Johnny Blaze (Cage) brings us up to speed on the backstory over a crudely animated montage. Fortunately, soon enough Blaze’s head explodes into flames and he’s roaring around Eastern Europe as Ghost Rider on his blazin’ motorcycle snapping flamin’ chains around evildoers and making them explode into oily clouds of embers.

There’s also a hot Euro MILF whose boy is the spawn of Satan who the bad guys want to groom into being the Antichrist. I suppose that’s about all of the story you need before it starts getting in the way of the fire. And there’s a lot of CGI fire in this puppy. It’s like an action screensaver for stoners. “Dude! Fire! Fire! Fire!” Unfortunately, while the action does have the Cheetosstained fingerprints of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor all over the place (directors of the deliriously twisted Crank and Crank: High Voltage), the craziness you’d expect from those two seems a li’l repressed. While the flaming bits work well enough, there’s really not much else to recommend here to anyone who isn’t sparking up a bowl before going into the theater. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

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Gone

Jill (Amanda Seyfried) discovers that her sister is suspiciously absent from her bed on the eve of a big test, and when she grabs her well-worn conspiracytheory portfolio and drops by the police department, the cops are dismissive, to say the least. It turns out that only a year before, Jill wandered out of the deep, dark woods all muddy and disheveled, claiming that she’d been held captive by some barely glimpsed serial killer preying on local girls. Trouble is, all the cops have is Jill’s word on that count, and the investigation was inconclusive. Cue the ticking clock and plenty of red herrings as the cops try to rein in the off-her-meds Nancy Drew waving a gun around town while tracking down her sibling. Gone isn’t exactly bad. It’s lovely to look at and the comfortably ominous pacing gets Seyfried from

Point A to B without too much down time. And the saucer-eyed lead deserves credit for pulling a decent performance out of what is ultimately a very pedestrian script. But the film is pretty much gone from the memory the minute you step out of the theater. Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

A young man (Josh Hutcherson), his stepdad (The Rock) and his girlfriend (Vanessa Hudgens) take off on a fantastical adventure to a mysterious island of monsters, volcanoes and mountains of gold to find his missing grandfather (Michael Caine). Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Project X

Things get ridiculously and hilariously out of hand when three high-school buddies throw a house party to try and make a name for themselves. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Safe House

At least part of the time, Safe House is highoctane action-movie entertainment. Some of that time and other times as well, it takes on the air of a political thriller while also taking time here and there to pose enigmatic questions about its two central characters.

The central premise has a young, untried CIA agent named Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) charged with the desperate task of bringing in Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), a notorious rogue agent. That increasingly complicated pairing plays out against the larger backdrop of counter-espionage and intra-agency scheming, all ostensibly in the name of national security. Initially, Frost is the larger-than-life antagonist to Weston’s perhaps life-size protagonist, but the nature of that match-up shifts as events unfold. The plausibility of these shifts (and of Weston’s own character) gets increasingly thin as the twists of plot and character become more frenetic. And the movie itself, after starting out with a grab bag of disparate but intriguing premises, gradually reverts to merely generic moves.

Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

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“Delightful” doesn’t even begin to describe this newest animated film from Studio Ghibli. Based on Mary Norton’s juvenile fantasy novel The Borrowers, Arrietty’s screenplay was co-written by Japanese animation king Hayao Miyazaki (Ponyo, Howl’s Moving Castle).

Miyazaki’s sensitive hand is all over this film that tells the story of a 10-centimeter-tall “Borrower” girl named Arrietty who lives under the floorboards of the house of a wacky woman named Hara (voiced by Carol Burnett in the U.S. version) with her mother Homily (Amy Poehler) and father Pod (Will Arnett). Things get interesting when a human boy named Shawn comes to stay with Hara and discovers Arrietty (Bridgit Mendler) in the garden. Arrietty is at first reluctant to befriend a “human bean,” as the Borrowers refer to people, as past experience has proven dangerous, even fatal. The colorful, nuanced artwork and animation is stunningly beautiful and delicate, rivaled only by the fairy sequence in Walt Disney’s Fantasia. The film is truly a must-see for viewers of all ages.

Paradise Cinema 7. Rated G —C.G.K.L.

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After finding themselves out of work and broke, New York couple George and Linda (Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston) are forced to move to Atlanta and mooch off George’s douchey but rich brother. Along the way, they make a pit stop at Elysium Bed and Breakfast, a scenic B&B that turns out to actually be a hippie commune, where free love, guitar medleys and armpit hair rule the land. Realizing that signing on to this alternative lifestyle might be their best option—and maybe exactly what they need to de-stress—George and Linda give Elysium a trial run. Rudd’s charming neurotic style is a perfect comic contrast to the laid-back bohemians with whom he finds himself surrounded, and the eclectic ensemble keeps things pleasantly strange, with freelove advocate Malin Akerman, hippie-Jesus type Justin Theroux and Alan Alda playing the commune’s loopy cofounder. The plot loses focus often, and it comes across like a bunch of fun individual scenes stuck together rather than an organized story. Essentially, it’s two hours of fun fluff, and that’s all it needs to be. Cinemark 14. Rated R —R.B.

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D Mickey Hart finds the term “world music” much too limiting. rum and rhythm master

So, the man who spent about 25 years as a memby ber of the GrateAlan Sheckter ful Dead has broadened his alsheck@ comcast.net musical scope beyond the horizon by actually scientifically harPREVIEW: nessing and colJ-Max Productions laborating with presents the the whole uniMickey Hart Band Friday, March 9, verse. … No, 9 p.m., at the really.

El Rey Theatre.

Speaking Tickets: $30, from his studio www.ticketweb.com in west Sonoma El Rey Theatre County during 230 W. Second St. what he said was www.jmax the final producproductions.net tion week for his new CD, Mysterium Tremendum (due out April 10), Hart said that the new record (and the livemusic product he’ll bring to the El Rey Theatre with the Mickey Hart Band Friday, March 9) contains samples from outer space.

Beginning as light waves captured from deep space then converted into audio bits with the help of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Meyer Sound in Berkeley, these faraway sounds have been sorted and filed, and the samples are then accessed and released into the Mickey Hart Band mix with the help of a sophisticated computer tool Hart called a RAMU (Random Access Musical Universe).

“It’s a very emotional experience,” Hart said. “We’re changing the light waves into sound waves and having a conversation with them. I make music with it and dance with it. I like the energy.”

In addition to reaching into the universe to capture sound, Hart is also a passionate and respected

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musicologist, gathering field recordings of traditional music from around the globe in the style of legendary folk-music collector Alan Lomax. In late 2011, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings released The Mickey Hart Collection, which includes 25 albums drawn from The World, a series that incorporated Hart’s solo projects, field recordings and titles he produced for other world musicians. (Get free tracks at Mickey Hart.com.)

Even without the addition of celestial sonification, Hart’s new ensemble is more diversified than his many past projects, which have included Planet Drum, Bembe Orisha, and the Global Drum Project, all of which have focused on celebrating rhythms and percussion.

The Mickey Hart Band, which has been organically forming only over the past nine months, also produces danceable jam-rock, a couple of ballads and makes a few visits to the Grateful Dead catalog, for such pieces as “The Other One,” “Fire on the Mountain,” and the Buddy Holly tune that the band often covered, “Not Fade Away.”

The band has also developed several new songs with the lyrical help of Robert Hunter, who penned most of the Grateful Dead’s classics.

“Hunter wrote around this [celestial] theme,” Hart said. “I think it is right up there with his best work. When you get Hunter really focused you have something of great power and insight.”

The band includes players with

wide-ranging résumés. In light of the other-worldly digital ingredients at play, Hart has the good fortune of partnering with technical whiz and album co-producer Ben Yonas, who is a sonic sculptor with the band both onstage with keyboards and a Mac, as well as behind the scenes with visuals.

Soul singer Crystal Monee Hall, who had a leading role in nationally touring and Broadway productions of the musical Rent, and is a familiar voice on the jazzfestival circuit, plays a major role here. Hunter said her version of his Grateful Dead ballad “Brokedown Palace” was the best he’d ever heard, according to Hart. Hall shares singing duties with Tim Hockenberry, a recent touring vocalist with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, whose raspy, emotional voice is often compared to Joe Cocker or Tom Waits.

Bass player Dave Schools, a neighbor of Hart’s, also happens to be a core performer of Widespread Panic, a member of jam-bandscene nobility.

In addition to Hart’s contribution on drums, percussion and RAMU, Ian Herman lends additional drum support and 20-year Hart sideman Sikiru Adepoju adds rhythmic interpretations with his handheld talking drum.

“The band was chosen with this new energy in mind,” Hart said. “I asked, ‘Do you want to go on a little sonic odyssey around the music?’ They all lit up. They are ready to transform into the vision of this music, which is still rock ’n’ roll.” Ω

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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Bakersfield country comes to the Big Room.

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Nicki & Tim Bluhm return to the Big Room!! Brokedown in Bakersfield is a collective of acclaimed West Coast artists joining forces in a spirited tribute to the Bakersfield sound.

The group features Lebo of ALO on pedal steel, Scott Law on Telecaster, singer Nicki Bluhm of Gramblers fame, Tim Bluhm of The Mother Hips on vocals and acoustic guitar, and ALO rhythm section partners Steve Adams and Dave Brogan.

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THURSDAY 3/8—WEDNESDAY 3/14 3/8, 8pm. $5. Café Coda; 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafecoda.com.

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Friday, March 9 LaSalles

TOTALLY BAROQUE: Chico State music students perform classic Bach to kick off the annual Chico Bach Festival.

Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall. Th, 3/8, 4pm. Free. Chico State; 400 W. First St.; (530) 898-6333; www.chicostatebox office.com.

SEE FRIDAY

MATTEO PLAYS FILM SCORES: Classical guitarist Matteo plays film scores and light classics. Th, 6pm. Free. Angelos Cucina Trinacria; 407 Walnut St.; (530) 899-9996.

MUMBLEFINGER: A mix of Americana, blues and funk with Red Bluff’s Mumblefinger. Th, 3/8, 6pm. Free.

LaSalles; 229 Broadway St.; (530) 8931891.

8THURSDAY BLUES JAM: Weekly open jam. Th, 8pm-

midnight. Lynns Optimo; 9225 Skyway in Paradise; (530) 872-1788.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

Th, 8-11pm. Free. The DownLo; 319 Main St.; (530) 892-2473.

OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria; 501 Main St.; (530) 894-3033; www.hasbeans.com.

REGGAE & DANCEHALL NIGHT: Weekly Th, 9pm-1:45am through 3/29. Lost On Main; 319 Main St.; (530) 891-1853.

JIM BROBECK: Jim Brobeck is a folksy,

“eco-mantra” acoustic musician. Th, 3/8, 7-9pm. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 5148888.

JOHN SEID: John Seid, Larry Peterson and Steve Cook playing the blues, the Beatles and standards. Th, 6:309:30pm through 3/29. Free. Johnnies Restaurant; 220 W. Fourth St. inside Hotel Diamond; (530) 895-1515; www.johnniesrestaurant.com.

force to be reckoned with, the Wall Street Journal has hailed Rhonda as the “new queen of bluegrass.” Th, 3/8, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Big Room; 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 345-2739; www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

TEAM SHARK WEEK: Team Shark Week is an experimental electronic duo from Chico. My Empty Phantom opens. Th,

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D WILLZ: An emerging rapper out of the Bay, D Willz has scored big on YouTube with his really weird music video for “Watermelon.” F, 3/9, 8pm. $5. LaSalles; 229 Broadway; (530) 893-1891.

DRIVER: Classic rock in the lounge. F, 3/9,

9FRIDAY ASKING ALEXANDRIA: Asking Alexandria is a metalcore/screamo outfit originally formed in Dubai, India. Expect lots of chugging guitars and alternation between screaming and singing vocal styles. Trivium, Dir En Grey, I See Stars, Motionless In White and The Amity Affliction open. F, 3/9, 5:30pm. $29.50. Senator Theatre; 517 Main St.; (530) 898-1497; www.jmaxproduc tions.net.

BLIND AMBITION: Live rock music in

RHONDA VINCENT & THE RAGE: A musical

Harlen Adams Theatre. F, 3/9, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Chico State; 400 W. First St.; (530) 898-6333; www.chicostatebox office.com.

Carlino’s Night Club. F, 3/9, 9pm. Free.

Rolling Hills Casino; 2655 Barham Ave. in Corning; (530) 528-3500; www.rollinghillscasino.com.

BEAUTIFULLY BACH: As part of Chico State Department of Music’s annual Bach festival, visiting organist Christa Rakich from the New England Conservatory of Music will perform Bach’s “Trio Sonata No. 1 in Eb” and “Prelude and Fugue in B Minor” on Chico State’s Centennial Pipe Organ.

8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino; 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

HORSE FIGHT CD-RELASE: Horse Fight is equal parts prog and indie, and features former members of Slow Down Theo. Master Lady and IJI open. F, 3/9, 8pm. $5. Café Coda; 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafe coda.com.

IRISH MUSIC HAPPY HOUR: A Chico tradition: Friday night happy hour with a traditional Irish music session by the Pub Scouts. F, 4pm. $1. Duffys Tavern; 337 Main St.; (530) 343-7718.

230 W. Second St.; (530) 342-2727.

THE SPAZMATICS: Energetic, animated geeks playing 80s covers in the brewery. F, 3/9, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino; 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

TITO RAMSEY: Seattle’s Tito Ramsey will bring his blend of pop, electronica and soul to Lost on Main. HUSH and High Beams open. F, 3/9, 9pm. $7. Lost On Main; 319 Main St.; (530) 891-1853.

VIOLATION: Punk night with Violation, The Oisters and Chindago. F, 3/9, 8pm. $5.

Monstros Pizza & Subs; 628 W. Sacramento Ave.; (530) 345-7672.

10SATURDAY BACH TO THE FUTURE: Young performers from the Suzuki Music Teachers’

JOHN TRENALONE: Jazz and Broadway

Association of California play Bach to conclude the Chico Bach Festival.

Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall. Sa, 3/10, 7:30pm. Free. Chico State; 400 W. First St.; (530) 898-6333; www.chicostate boxoffice.com.

BLASPHEMOUS RUMORS: A Depeche Mode tribute band in the brewery. Sa, 3/10, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino;

3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

CHILI COOK OFF: A chili tasting with beer flowing and live musical entertainment with The Shankers, Ol’ Yeller and Aubrey Debauchery. Sa, 3/10, 8pm. $7$15. Café Coda; 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafecoda.com.

DRIVER: Classic rock in the lounge. Sa, 3/10, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls

Casino; 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

MCBRIDE BROS: Classic rock in Carlino’s Night Club. Sa, 3/10, 9pm. Free. Rolling Hills Casino; 2655 Barham Ave. in Corning; (530) 528-3500; www.rollinghillscasino.com.

standards of the last 100 years. F,

6:30-8:30pm through 4/27. Free.

Johnnies Restaurant; 220 W. Fourth St. inside Hotel Diamond; (530) 895-1515; www.johnniesrestaurant.com.

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best known as one of two Grateful Dead drummers, will perform classic Dead songs and new material, including music built around the frequencies of light waves in the cosmos. No, really.

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STEVE JOHNSON: Acoustic Americana

with guitarist Steve Johnson. Sa, 3/10, 8:30pm. Free. Farwood Bar & Grill; 705 Fifth St. in Orland; (530) 865-9900.

SURROGATE & LISH BILLS: Raspy-voiced

troubadour Lish Bills (aka Kirk from Armed for Apocalypse) opens for Chico pop gods Surrogate. F, 3/9, 10pm. $5. Origami Lounge, 7th And Cherry Streets.

provides tasty licks and soulful harmonies. The Mercantiles open. Sa, 3/10, 9:30pm. $4. Lost On Main; 319 Main St.; (530) 891-1853.

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Symphony performs Schwanda the Bagpiper, The Hut of Baba Yaga and a piano concerto. Su, 3/11, 7pm. Paradise Performing Arts Center; 777 Nunnelly Rd. in Paradise; (530) 872-8454; www.paradiseperformingarts.com.

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Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 514-8888.

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OPEN JAM NIGHT: Join the jam. Drum kit, bass rig, guitar amp and PA system are provided, bring your own instruments. All ages until 10. W, 7pm. Free.

Italian Garden; 6929 Skyway in Paradise; (530) 876-9988; www.my space.com/theitaliangarden.

12MONDAY JAZZ HAPPY HOUR: Carey Robinson hosts a jazz happy hour every Monday. M, 57pm. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 514-8888.

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PLAYING FOR CHANGE: What began as a PBS documentary and became a YouTube sensation comes to Laxson Auditorium, as musicians from Playing for Change will perform classic songs about peace from artists like Bob Marley, John Lennon and Stevie Wonder. W, 3/14, 7:30pm. $15-$27. Chico

SUBLIME WITH ROME: The guitar and vocal duties of late and great Bradley Nowell have been assumed by young upstart Rome Ramirez, who puts his

CRAZY HORSE: All-request karaoke. Tu, 9pm. Free. Crazy Horse Saloon & Brewery, 303 Main St., (530) 894-5408.

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The Singles Goldfrapp Mute Records Goldfrapp’s discography seems like a tale of two bands—some tracks like “Ooh La La” and “Strict Machine” are straightforward glampop, with synthesizers pulsing and buzzing and frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp whispering stylish things in your ear. However, composer and synthesizer player Will Gregory has never been afraid to bring the tempo way down, at times sounding like a lounge act in space (hear “Lovely Head”), or delving into the realm of ambient soundscape. It makes for a greatesthits compilation that’s very diverse—which is an accurate depiction of their musical careers. For those listeners who are new to Goldfrapp, the foot-tapping club tracks are likely to capture the imagination right off the bat, but there are more subtle moments worthy of attention as well. The heartfelt ballad “A&E” features Alison’s breathy vocals in all their beauty, while “Number 1” is the kind of song that makes you feel nostalgic for no good reason. The album’s weak points are two new tracks, “Yellow Halo” and “Melancholy Sky,” that feel more like afterthoughts than worthy additions to an otherwise fantastic music collection.

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THIS WEEK’S THEME: PUPPY DOGS, ZOMBIES AND DROPPING ONE’S DRAWERS There’s nothing this columnist likes more than hitching his

weekly column to a unifying theme. It allows the blather to just gust into print like a lion and pummel the readers into submission like so many little lambs. So, much like last week when Chico decided to be funny all at once, the local arts world has again aligned to give Arts DEVO a collection of simultaneous events from one discipline around which he can wrap a theme—this time: film.

If you’ve read this week’s arts feature (page 26), you know about Honey dog, my little lamb. the biggie—the Chico Silent Film Festival (Friday & Saturday, March 9 & 10, at Chico Women’s Club). This silent weekend (10 films, one short and a Felix the Cat cartoon!) is a benefit for Bidwell Mansion and promises to be especially badass thanks to the inclusion of Bay Area pianist Dr. Frederick Hodges, who will be accompanying the silent classics.

The same weekend, over at the Pageant Theatre, Forest Ranch filmmaker Joe Batt will premiere his new short film GruSum (Saturday, March 10, 3 p.m.; Sunday, March 11, 5 p.m.) in a double feature with another local short, Fray, by Chico’s Shawn Dyer. Batt’s locally filmed zombie comedy stars members of the Chico improv troupe Aberrant Behaviors and is about “a new hair restoration product (GruSum) [that] has some unexpected side effects in the small town of Rodgersville.” (Get it? “Grew some/gruesome.” And, Rodgersville?

C’mon, readers!)

And, even though Chico has more GruSum’s zombies. than enough to keep cinephiles busy all weekend, there is still one more enticing film event happening in the North State, at the beautiful Cascade Theatre up in Redding. On Saturday, March 10, the fourth annual Sundial Film Festival takes over the restored 1935 theater with two showings of short works—a matinee student/animation program (1 p.m.) and the evening “premier” program (7 p.m.) with 11 short films. Visit www.sundialfilmfestival.com for info.

SUNSHINE BUMS Before I clued into the weekend’s film invasion, I was

gonna make the past weekend’s sunny weather the theme of the column. It’s probably for the best, too, since I probably would’ve mostly just whined about how having a crummy cold kept me laid up inside and snuggling with my little poodle (see lamb photo above) for much of the weekend when I wanted nothing more than to (as my buddy and CN&R writer Ken Smith would put it) be Porky Piggin’ it outside in the warm sunshine.

THEME MUSIC By now you’ve heard that the Chico Area Music Awards season is once again upon us. The CN&R’s annual localmusic marathon is back for its seventh season. This year, it’s nice to see some fresh faces on the CAMMIES ballot, with 19 first-time nominees being added to the Don’t call him a shirt-cocker! mix, and that’s not including the greatly expanded punk category, featuring every local punk band (22!) being nominated. The big news this year, though, is the change in the scheduling of the 12 live genre showcases. Instead of spreading the dozen shows out over four weeks, we’re taking over the town with one three-day music festival, April 12-14. That’s all 12 shows, at six different venues in three nights. You can buy a pass for the entire shebang and roam from genre to genre, sampling the whole damn scene. Visit www.newsreview.com/cammies for the list of nominees, info on shows and to cast your vote.

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ficTiTiOUs BUsiNess FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MANGROVE BOTTLE SHOP at 1350 Mangrove Ave. #160, Chico, CA 95926.

NAIM HABROUN, 433 Windham Way, Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: NAIM HABROUN Dated: February 8, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000211 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RILEY’S BAR AND GRILL at 702 W 5th St. Chico, CA 95926.

NICK ANDREW, 3557 Bell Estates Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

KEVIN RILEY, 235 Idyllwild Cr. Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: KEVIN RILEY Dated: January 31, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000164 Published: February 16,23 March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO PAWS & CLAWS at 264 Autumn Gold Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

GARY THOMAS SWIETANSKI, 264 Autumn Gold Dr. Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: GARY SWIETANSKI Dated: February 9, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000217 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LOGOS WRITING & EDITING at 1394 Huggins Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

Elliott Andrew Smith Haught, 1394 Huggins Ave. Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: ELLIOTT HAUGHT Dated: January 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000045 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PUREHEART APPAREL LLC at 2961 Hwy 32, #15, Chico, CA 95973.

PUREHEART APPAREL LLC, 2961 Hwy 32, #15, Chico, CA 959973. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: JEREMY ROSALES Dated: February 8, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000212 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME -STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name NEW BEGINNINGS HOUSE OF RECOVERY at 647 W 2nd Ave. #1, Chico, CA 95926.

STACY JOHNSON, 2697 White Ave. Chico, CA 95973.

RAFAEL VEGA, 3449 Page St.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LAND IMAGE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS at 627 Broadway #220, Chico, CA 95928.

BRIAN FIRTH, 732 Churchill Dr. Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: BRIAN FIRTH Dated: January 13, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000079 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE LAST STAND COMEDY VENUE at 167 E 3rd St. Chico, CA 95928.

KAYLENE ANISSA ROSS, JOHN MORRIS ROSS IV, 2581 California Park Dr. #257, Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JOHN ROSS Dated: February 6, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000197 Published: February 16,23 March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALL APPLIANCE AND AIR CONDITIONING at 79 Hidden Mine Rd. Oroville, CA 95965.

WILLIAM JAMES KUKRAL, 79 Hidden Mine Rd. Oroville, CA 95965. 79 Hidden Mine Rd. Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: WILLIAM KUKRAL Dated: January 12, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000066 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PALOOKAVILLE CLOTHING at 857 Lynn Lane, Chico, CA 95926.

JASON POWERS, 857 Lynn Lane, Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JASON POWERS Dated: January 18, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000091 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WRETCHED PRODUCTIONS at 630 W 2nd Ave. #11, Chico, CA 95926.

HEIDI NICOLE MOORE, 630 W 2nd Ave. #11, Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: HEIDI MOORE Dated: February 1, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000179 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MEANT TO BE at 1125 Sheridan Ave. #53, Chico, CA 95926.

LINDSEY HENRICKSON, 1125 Sheridan Ave. #53, Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed; Lindsey Henrickson Dated: February 2, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000186 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as M AND P ENTERPRISES at 15815 Forest Ranch Rd. Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

PEGGY MARTHA HOWELL, 15815 Forest Ranch Rd. Forest Ranch, CA 95942.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: PEGGY M HOWELL Dated: February 13, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000238 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JACK’S AUTO GLASS at 4331 Hedstrom Way, Chico, CA 95973.

GARY L ELLIS, 920 Skyway Ave. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: GARY ELLIS Dated: February 13, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000236 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO IMPORTS, CHICO IMPORTS AUTO SERVICE at 1430 Locust St. Chico, CA 95928.

DAVID STANLEY FELVER, 1430 Locust St. Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: DAVID S FELVER Dated: January 17, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000083 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PROFESSIONAL GARDEN COMPANY at 1239 Elliott Rd. Paradise, CA 95969.

NORMAN TICKNER, 1239 Elliott Rd. Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: NORMAN TICKNER Dated: February 1, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000176 Published; February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TACO BELL #27944 at 1930 E 20th St. Chico, CA 95928.

OCAT INC, 801 10th St. 5th Floor, #2, Modesto, CA 95354.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: DAVID OLSON Dated: February 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000234 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TACO BELL #27946 at 757 East Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

OCAT INC, 801 10th St. 5th Floor, #2, Modesto, CA 95354.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: DAVID OLSON Dated: February 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000235 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as JAMBA JUICE at 201 Broadway St. Chico, cA 95928.

WHIRL PARTNERS LLC, 2000 Alameda De Las Pulgas #250, San Mateo, CA 94403.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: TODD HENDERSON

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Dated: February 8, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000209 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE VILLAGE GREEN at 2159 Park Ave. #100, Chico, CA 95928.

PAUL EDWARDS, 6086 Mason Ct. Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: PAUL EDWARDS Dated: February 17, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000275 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO GUN SAFE at 1351 Mangrove Ave. Suite A, Chico, CA 95926.

MICHAEL GRAY, 328 Southgate Ave. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: MICHAEL GRAY Dated: February 13, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000246 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FABULOUS FAITH DESIGNS IMAGE STUDIO at 1035 Village Lane, Chico, CA 95926.

ELIZABETH FAITH ALFANO, 400 Mission Ranch Bl. #76, Chico, CA 95926.; This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: ELIZABETH ALFANO Dated: January 19, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000095 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as OLD CROW ESTATE SERVICES at 1916 Laburnum, Chico, CA 95926.

TAMMARA ASKEA, 852 Wisconsin St. Chico, CA 95928.

PAUL SUHY, 1916 Laburnum, Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: TAMMARA ASKEA Dated: February 13, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000240 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BEAST CLUB ACADEMY at 3821 Hilldale Ave. Oroville, CA 95966.

TYREE JONES, 3821 Hilldale Ave. Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: TYREE JONES Dated: February 15, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000260 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as VOODOO TATTOO at 1751 Oro Dam Blvd. #12, Oroville, CA 95965.

DEBBY VAKUTA, STEVE VANDERVORT, 77-6581 Sea View Circle 1C, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: STEVE VANDERVORT Dated: February 9, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000224 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SPA PIERMAN at 2059 Forest ave. #6, Chico, CA 95928.

APRIL R MANN, 2059 Forest Ave. #6, Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: APRIL MANN Dated: January 31, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000162 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO PAINT MART at 255 E 20th St. #150, Chico, CA 95928.

MARTIN AUTO COLOR INC, 7622 Van Nuys Blvd. Van Nuys, CA 91405. This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: DARYL FIELDER Dated: January 9, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000043 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORTHSTAR ENVIRONMENTAL at 111 Mission Ranch Blvd #100 Chico, CA 95926.

M A P ASSOCIATES INC, 111 Mission Ranch Blvd. #100, Chico, CA 95926.

Signed: MARK ADAMS Dated: February 15, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000263 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIRTHDANCE MIDWIFERY at 1032 Sarah Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

PAULA EMIGH, 1032 Sarah Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: PAULA EMIGH Dated: February 23, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000313 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PV DEPOT at 567 Morgan Dr. #1, Chico, CA 95973.

TRAILS VENTURES LLC, 567 Morgan Dr. #1, Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: DEREK SINE Dated: February 21, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000284 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DEADLIFE MIXED MEDIA GROUP at 14432 Carnegie Rd. Magalia, CA 95954.

EARL HIGGS, 6368 Lincoln Bl. Oroville, cA 95966.

ANTHONY J SORTILLON, 14432 Carnegie Rd. Magalia, CA 95954.

JEDEDIAH THORNBURG, 9148 Skyway, Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership.

Signed: ANTHONY SORTILLON Dated: February 8, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000213 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as YAGER INDEXING SERVICES at 5 Mione Way, Chico, CA 95926.

ANN M YAGER, 5 Mione Way,

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Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: ANN YAGER Dated: February 2, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000183 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO WEBMASTERS at 1335 Sherman Ave. #5, Chico, CA 95926.

RANDY MICHAEL LEDBETTER, 1335 Sherman Ave. #5, Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: RANDY LEDBETTER Dated: February 22, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000296 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE DEPOT STEAKHOUSE at 2191 High St. Oroville, CA 95965.

JAMES KELSIE HAWTHORNE, 66 Apache Cir. Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JAMES HAWTHORNE Dated: February 22, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000298 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MIRACLE AUTO BODY at 2304 Park Ave. Chico, CA 95928.

MICHAEL DEAN MASSEY, 31 Fairway Dr. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: MICHAEL MASSEY Dated: February 22, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000295 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name MIRACLE AUTO PAINTING AND BODY REPAIR at 2304 Park Ave. Chico, CA 95928.

MICHAEL D MASSEY, 31 Fairway Dr. Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by an individual.

Signed: MIKE MASSEY Dated: February 22, 2012 FBN Number: 2010-0000637 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO KIDS ENTERTAINMENT LLC at 728 Cherry St. Chico, CA 95926.

CHICO KIDS ENTERTAINMENT LLC, 728 Cherry St. Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: KAYGAN BRITT Dated: February 14, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000256 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as VALOR SECURITY SERVICES at 1950 E 20th St. #727, Chico, CA 95928.

MYDATT SERVICES INC, 7135 Charlotte Pike, #100 Nashville, TN 37209 This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SCOTT EMERSON Dated: February 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000229 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FIX MY COMPUTER at 51 Westgrove Ct. Chico, CA 95973.

DOMINIC BATTEZZATO, 51 Westgrove Ct. Chico, CA 95973.

DREW M DYER, 371 Autumn Gold Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed ROBERT BATTEZZATO Dated: February 21, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000282 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE RESISTANCE at 2961 Hwy 32, #45, Chico, CA 95973.

MATTHEW KEVIN COPPENS, 2961 Hwy 32, #45, Chico, CA 95973.

ZAKARY MICHAEL HANNS, 4331 Hedstrom Way Suite A, Chico, CA 95928.

DANIEL THOMAS JACOBONI, 1296 Glenshire Lane, Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: DANIEL JACOBONI Dated: February 16, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000266 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO WINDOWS at 113 Via De La Cruz Way, Chico, CA 95973.

ROY DANEHY, 113 Via De La Cruz Way, Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: ROY DANEHY Dated: February 27, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000323 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ELEVATE YOGA at 1015 Mangrove Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

GRETCHEN KLEIN, 1089 E 7th St. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: GRETCHEN KLEIN Dated: February 2, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000184 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALL ABOUT EQUINE VETERINARY SERVICES, ALL ABOUT PETS VETERINARY HOSPITAL at 680 E 9th Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

DAWN MARIE ALVES, 3045 Chico Ave. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: DAWN M ALVES DVM Dated: February 28, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000326 Published: March 8,15,22,29, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ARCADIA HOME CARE & STAFFING at 2057 Forest Ave. #7, Chico, CA 95928.

ARCADIA HEALTH SERVICES INC, 9320 Priority Way West Dr. Indianapolis, IN 46240.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: Matthew Middendorf Dated: February 16, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000271 Published: March 8,15,22,29, 201

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BUSINESS LEARNING SYSTEMS at 540 Black Oak Dr. Chico, CA 95926.

RICHARD ALAN NIELSEN, 540 Black Oak Dr. Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: RICHARD NIELSEN Dated: February 24, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000315 Published: March 8,15,22,29, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AONAMI at 1008 W Sacramento Ave. Suite H, Chico, CA 95926.

JIMMY LEE, 811 Brennan Place, Willows, CA 95988.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JIMMY LEE Dated: March 1, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000345 Published: March 8,15,22,29, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as XTRM STRUCTURAL STEEL at 3 Chaparral Dr. Oroville, CA 95966.

KELLIE DIAZ, XAVIER DIAZ, 3 Chaparral Dr. Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.

Signed: XAVIER DIAZ Dated: February 15, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000262 Published: March 8,15,22,29, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PINNACLE PUBLISHING at 3430 Glen Ave. Oroville, CA 95966.

DAYN ROBBAN PATTERSON, 3430 Glen Ave. Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: DAYN R PATTERSON Dated: February 27, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000321 Published: March 8,15,22,29, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SUCCULENT OUTDOOR LIVING at 1130 Laburnum Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

TYLER BODNAR, 1130 Laburnum Ave. Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: TYLER BODNAR Dated: February 28, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000334 Published: March 8,15,22,29, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HIDDEN TREASURES at 9490 Yokum St. Chico, Ca 95928.

SHASTINA FORRESTER, 9490 Yokum St. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: SHASTINA FORRESTER Dated: March 5, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000356 Published: March 8,15,22,29, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DRAGONSTAR WEB DESIGN at 1045 Normal Ave. Chico, CA 95928.

STEVEN AQUINO, 1045 Normal Ave. Chico, CA 95928.

Signed: STEVEN AQUINO Dated: February 15, 2012

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FBN Number: 2012-0000261 Published: March 8,15,22,29, 2012

NOTICES NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES To Whom It May Concern: The name of the applicant is: JOHN MORRIS ROSS The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 167 E 3rd St. Chico, CA 95928-5403 Type of license applied for: 40 - On-Sale Beer Published: February 23, March 1,8, 2012

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE In the Estate of: SHARON LEE MONIZ aka SHARON L MONIZ, Decedent.

Case No. PR39963 Please take notice that the Administrator, MARCIA GILMER intends to sell the real property which is the subject of this estate located at 930 North Graves Ave. Chico, California and more particularly described as follows: PARCEL 1 OF PARCEL MAP RECORDED JUNE 4, 1981, IN BOOK 83 OF MAPS AT PAGE 8, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA UNDER RECORDER’S SERIAL NUMBER 81-18830.

APN: 004-490-066 Offers will be accepted after the date of the first publication of this notice.

The terms of the sale are as follows: a. Deposit: Deposit in the amount of $1,000.00 upon presenting an offer. The balance of the funds are to be placed in the escrow account prior to the close of escrow. b. Other terms: Sale is made “as is”, no warranties express or implied.

All sales are subject to court confirmation within 30 days upon acceptance of the offer.

For questions about this property please contact the Administrator, Marcia Gilmer at (530)892-9607.

Signed: MARCIA GILMER Dated: January 28, 2012 Case Number: PR39963 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE To Whom It May Concern: The name of the applicant is: DENNIS LAWRENCE GAGE The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 2357 Fair St. Pavillon Chico, CA 95928-6749 Type of license applied for: 41 - On-Sale Beer and WineEating Place Published: March 8, 2012

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE To Whom It May Concern: The name of the applicant is: DENNIS LAWRENCE GAGE The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 2357 Fair St. Chico, CA 95928-6749 Type of license applied for: 41 - On-Sale Beer and WineEating Place

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE EDWARD LEE KELLY TO all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: EDWARD LEE KELLY A Petition for Probate has been filed by: RANDALL KELLY and ELAINE STEIDLMAYER in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: RANDALL KELLY and ELAINE STEIDLMAYER be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: March 29, 2012 Time: 1:30pm Dept: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Case Number: PR40167 Attorney for petitioner: Clayton B Anderson 20 Independence Circle Chico, CA 95973 (530)342-6144 Published: March 8,15,23, 2012

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DENISE E STEELMAN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: TRISTAN JAMES CRUZ Proposed name: TRISTAN LLOYD CRUZ THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the

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petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 23, 2012 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: Sandra L Mclean Dated: February 3, 2012 Case Number: 155792 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JAYSON PAUL LANDES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JAYSON PAUL LANDES Proposed name: JAYSON PAUL THOMPSON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: March 23, 2012 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: Robert Glusman Dated: February 1, 2012 Case Number: 155793 Published: February 16,23, March 1,8, 2012

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MICHAEL DAVID ROLEN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MICHAEL DAVID ROLEN Proposed name: MICHAEL DAVID REYNOLDS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: April 6, 2012 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: Sandra L McLean Dated: February 8, 2012 Case Number: 155826 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner Luz Maria Valdes Reynolds filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Luz Maria Valdes Reynolds Proposed name: LUZ MARIA REYNOLDS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: April 6, 2012 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: Robert Glusman Dated: February 16, 2012 Case Number: 155885 Published: February 23, March 1,8,15, 2012

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner PERNEET KAUR GORDON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: PERNEET KAUR GORDON Proposed name: NEENA ALEISA KAUR THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: April 13, 2012 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: Robert Glusman Dated: February 21, 2012 Case Number: 155981 Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

WORKER’S COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD SPECIAL NOTICE OF LAWSUIT (Pursuant to Labor Code 3716 and Code of Civil Procedure Section 4120) To: Defendant, Illegally Uninsured Employer: Applicant: CURTIS M MCNAMAR Defendants: DENNIS MICHAEL ROBBINS INDIVIDUALLY & DBA ROBBINS PLUMBING 1)A lawsuit, the Application for Adjudication of Claim, has been filed with the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board against you as the named defendant by the above-named applicant(s).

You may seek the advice of an attorney in any matter conducted with this lawsuit and such

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appear at all hearings or conferences. After such hearing, even absent your appearance, a decision may be made and an award of compensation benefits may issue against you. The award could result in the garnishment of your wages, taking of your money or property or other relief.

If the Appeals Board makes an award against you, your house or other dwelling or other property may be taken to satisfy the award in a non-judicial sale, with no exemptions from execution.

A lien may also be imposed upon your property without fur-

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ther hearing and before the issuance of an award.

4) You must notify the Appeals Board of the proper address for the service of official notices and papers and notify the Appeals Board of any changes in that address.

TAKE ACTION NOW TO PROTECT YOUR INTEREST! Issued by: Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Name and address of Appeals Board: 2115 Civic Center Dr. Room 15, Redding, CA 96001 Name and address of Applicants Attorney Harley E Merritt, 1280 E 9th St. Suite D, Chico, CA 95928

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NOTICE TO THE PERSON SERVED: You are served as an individual defendant, as the person sued under the fictitious name of: ROBBINS PLUMBING Published: March 1,8,15,22, 2012

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If you do not know an attorney, you may call an attorney reference service or a legal aid office (see telephone directory).

2)An answer to the Application must be filed and served within six days of the service of the Application pursuant to Appeals Board rules: therefore, your written response must be filed with the Appeals Board promptly: a letter or phone call will not protect your interests.

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“Controlled hysteria is what is required,” said playwright Arthur Miller in speaking about his creative process. “To exist constantly in a state of controlled hysteria.

It’s agony. But everyone has agony.

The difference is that I try to take my agony home and teach it to sing.” I hope this little outburst inspires you, Aries. It’s an excellent time for you to harness your hysteria and instruct your agony in the fine art of singing. To boost your chances of success in pulling off this dicey feat, use every means at your disposal to have fun and stay amused.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Cherokee

Heritage website wants people to know that not all Native American tribes have the same traditions. In the Cherokee belief system, it’s Grandmother Sun and Grandfather Moon, which is the opposite of most tribes. There are no Cherokee shamans, only medicine men and women and adawehis, or religious leaders. They don’t have “pipe carriers,” don’t do the Sun Dance, and don’t walk the “Good Red Road.” In fact, they walk the White Path, have a purification ceremony called “Going to Water,” and perform the Green Corn ceremony as a ritual renewal of life. I suggest you do a similar clarification for the group you’re part of and the traditions you hold dear, Taurus. Ponder your tribe’s unique truths and ways. Identify them and declare them.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the coming

weeks, the activity going on inside your mind and heart will be especially intense and influential—even if you don’t explicitly express it. When you speak your thoughts and feelings out loud, they will have unusual power to change people’s minds and rearrange their moods. When you keep your thoughts and feelings to yourself, they will still leak all over everything, bending and shaping the energy field around you. That’s why I urge you to take extra care as you manage what’s going on within you. Make sure the effect you’re having is the effect you want to have.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Artist Richard

Kehl tells the story of a teenage girl who got the chance to ask a question of the eminent psychologist Carl Jung. “Professor, you are so clever. Could you please tell me the shortest path to my life’s goal?” Without a moment’s hesitation Jung replied, “The detour!” I invite you to consider the possibility that Jung’s answer might be meaningful to you right now, Cancerian. Have you been churning out overcomplicated thoughts about your mission? Are you at risk of getting a bit too grandiose in your plans? Maybe you should at least dream about taking a shortcut that looks like a detour or a detour that looks like a shortcut.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): An old Chinese

proverb says: “My barn having burned to the ground, I can see the moon.” The speaker of those words was making an effort to redefine a total loss as a partial gain. The building may have been gone, but as a result he or she had a better view of a natural wonder that was previously difficult to observe. I don’t foresee any of your barns going down in flames, Leo, so I don’t expect you’ll have to make a similar redefinition under duress. However, you have certainly experienced events like that in the past. And now would be an excellent time to revise your thinking about their meaning. Are you brave enough and ingenious enough to reinterpret your history? It’s find-the-redemption week.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “You can dis-

cover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”

Numerous websites on the Internet allege that Greek philosopher Plato made this statement, which I regard as highly unlikely.

But in any case, the thought itself has some merit. And in accordance with your current astrological omens, I will make it your motto for the week. This is an excellent time to learn more about and become closer to the people you care for, and nothing would help you accomplish that better than getting

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves,” said Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl. His advice might be just what you need to hear right now, Libra. Have you struggled, mostly fruitlessly, to change a stagnant situation that has resisted your best efforts? Is there a locked door you’ve been banging on, to no avail? If so, I invite you to redirect your attention. Reclaim the energy you have been expending on closed-down people and moldering systems. Instead, work on the unfinished beauty of what lies closest at hand: yourself.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In this pas-

sage from Still Life with Woodpecker, Tom Robbins provides a hot tip you should keep in mind. “There are essential and inessential insanities. Inessential insanities are a brittle amalgamation of ambition, aggression, and pre-adolescent anxiety—garbage that should have been dumped long ago.

Essential insanities are those impulses one instinctively senses are virtuous and correct, even though peers may regard them as coo-coo.” I’ll add this, Scorpio: Be crazily wise and wisely crazy in the coming weeks.

It will be healthy for you. Honor the wild ideas that bring you joy and the odd desires that remind you of your core truths.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I

don’t think you will need literal medicine this week. Your physical vigor should be good.

But I’m hoping you will seek out some spirit medicine—healing agents that fortify the secret and subtle parts of your psyche.

Where do you find spirit medicine? Well, the search itself will provide the initial dose.

Here are some further ideas: Expose yourself to stirring art and music and films; have conversations with empathic friends and the spirits of dead loved ones; spend time in the presence of a natural wonder; fantasize about a thrilling adventure you will have one day; and imagine who you want to be three years from now.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Each of

us is the star of our own movie. There are a few other lead and supporting actors who round out the cast, but everyone else in the world is an extra. Now and then, though, people whom we regard as minor characters suddenly rise to prominence and play a pivotal role in our unfolding drama. I expect this phenomenon is now occurring or will soon occur for you, Capricorn. So please be willing to depart from the script. Open yourself to the possibility of improvisation.

People who have been playing bit parts may have more to contribute than you imagine.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The “cock-

tail party effect” refers to your ability to hear your name being spoken while in the midst of a social gathering’s cacophony. This is an example of an important practice, which is how to discern truly meaningful signals embedded in the noise of all the irrelevant information that surrounds you.

You should be especially skilled at doing this in the coming weeks, Aquarius—and it will be crucial that you make abundant use of your skill. As you navigate your way through the clutter of symbols and the overload of data, be alert for the few key messages that are highly useful.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Shunryu

Suzuki was a Zen master whose books helped popularize Zen Buddhism in America.

A student once asked him, “How much ego do you need?” His austere reply was “Just enough so that you don’t step in front of a bus.” While I sympathize with the value of humility, I wouldn’t go quite that far. I think that a slightly heftier ego, if offered up as a work of art, can be a gift to the world. What do you think, Pisces? How much ego is good?

To what degree can you create your ego so that it’s a beautiful and dynamic source of power for you and an inspiration for other people rather than a greedy, needy parasite that distorts the truth? This is an excellent time to ruminate on such matters.

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Tucked in a gray business park behind the Chico Home Depot is an unexpected bright spot.

Colorfully painted signs point to Earth Girl Art, a fun-filled art center founded a year ago by Dorothy Vosse. Vosse is a petite, silver-haired woman who glows with enthusiasm talking about her creative pursuits. She started her Earth Girl business six years ago, about the time she moved to Chico. The center features displays and sales of books, jewelry, rattles, incense, beads, art supplies and more. There’s something intriguing to look at in every nook.

In January she started offering classes, too, so the creatively inspired can learn about decorating gourds, “Vintage Funk Collage,” wirewrapping for jewelry, knitting, sewing, watercolors and macramé. Vosse grew up in Washington state, and lived for a time in Southern California. But she missed nature and the outdoors, and decided to settle in Northern California.

Recently Vosse, 50, is putting much of her abundant energy into an interesting event on March 31. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Eclectic Artisan Festival and Art Contest will be happening around her store at 3851 Morrow Lane, Suite 2. Log onto www.earthgirlart.com for more info.

How did you decide to open the center?

I was doing the craft fairs on weekends, and I needed my house back. Since then it’s just grown, grown, grown. People used to tell me what they wanted me to take to craft fairs, and now I say, “you can all just come here!”

I’ve gotten great word-of-mouth with the beaders, and last fall I started advertising.

People started to find out about me. People call and say, “where are you?” and that’s so much fun.

What is the Eclectic Artisan Festival you’re planning?

It’s a community event, with lots of nonprofits participating. The Eagles will be hosting charity Bingo. GRUB [Growing Resourcefully Uniting Bellies] will host a plant nursery. The Nor Cal Roller Girls will be here, and I’ve pulled together some Chico celebrities. The Fire Department will visit with a fire engine.

Craftspeople will be dressed in costumes, and we’ll have a drama presentation area. It won’t just be a bunch of crafters sitting around the parking lot working on projects. It should be really fun. Everyone’s invited to participate.

How did you decide to include nonprofits?

I love small towns. I grew up in one, and it’s about community. Community is about people, who are in these wonderful nonprofit organizations. You might know these groups by name, like the Eagles, but I’d like people to be able to meet them and find out exactly what they do. Community is who we are. I couldn’t thrive like I am in a big city. It works because it’s a small town. I want to bring kids, families, crafters and nonprofits together.

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by Anthony Peyton Porter himself@anthonypeytonporter.com

How’s Janice?

Friends ask me, “How is Janice?

How is she doing? Is she feeling better?” I came to say “She has good days,” which was vague enough and still true.

When I was at the clinic with her if she’d slept well she often started with yoga at 8 a.m., very gentle and easy with lots of blankets and pillows in front of a fireplace. Then sometimes she’d sit in on a raw-food class or get a shot of fresh wheat grass juice. Raw foods and juices are key to this approach to treatment for cancer. At 10:30 or 11 she might have an intravenous infusion, maybe insulinpotentiated therapy—the latest chemotherapy technique—or a supermega dose of vitamin C or selenite or whatever the medical team suggests and she decides is worth the always hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars such concoctions cost. Her first week cost $6,000, the second was only $5,100.

I think I know what people mean when they ask how she is, but her illness doesn’t seem to lend itself to easy judgments. She has easy days, when she only spits up seven or eight times. She has hard days, when she’s too weak to sit up.

I know how she was three weeks ago. She looked pretty good my last morning there, but she was gonna have a physically more demanding day than she’d had lately, because I was leaving for the airport and her old friend Kathy wouldn’t get there until early evening. So when the shuttle came to get me Janice looked pretty good—well-rested and confident.

We talk and text, so I have reason to believe that nothing major has happened to or for her as of this writing. She’s in pain and has little energy. She has growths in many areas of her body that seem to be asserting their presence less than before—her bad numbers are down. She has a pic—a long-term IV apparatus—in her arm and an open wound in her chest, and I think she needs good cheer more than anything else. You can imagine what it’s like trying to keep a positive attitude under such a circumstance, and still that’s what she’s got to do. Do you know any good jokes?

We’re all of us learning as we go, and the past few years have let me appreciate life and Janice in new ways after all these years, and one thing I know is I don’t know how she is unless I’m with her, which I will be again by the time you read this.

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the outset, the physicians at Feather river Hospital have maintained the philosophy that the physical, mental and spiritual needs of their patients would be considered on equal footing.

Indeed, as a part of Adventist Health, a faith-based organization that runs 18 hospitals in California, oregon, Washington and Hawaii, Feather river Hospital places great emphasis on the spiritual nature of healing.

This attitude has prevailed since 1947, when four like-minded local physicians (doctors merritt C. Horning, Dean Hoiland, C.C. Landis and Glenn Blackwelder) decided the ridge between Feather river and Butte Creek would provide a serene setting for just such a hospital. Horning, particularly, saw the benefits of treating patients amid the natural beauty of Paradise, a place where physicians and patients alike would be reminded of the importance of sunshine, fresh air and a healthy diet every day.

Construction of Feather river Hospital was completed in 1950 as a 15-bed sanitarium in the current place of the Canyon View Clinic, just down the hill from what is considered the hospital today. Two years later, a surgery unit was added, marking the first of many expansions that would transform the hospital into the state-of-the-art, 100-bed facility it is now.

Feather river Hospital has changed right alongside Paradise as a community, which slowly moved away from the agricultural and lumber industries and became a desirable location for middle-aged professionals commuting to Chico and elderly individuals seeking peace and quiet in retirement. With an aging population, the health care demands of the community increased and Feather river Hospital became the largest employer in Paradise.

By the end of the ‘60s, a new wing of Feather river Hospital was completed, shortly followed by the addition of a new food service department and physician’s office building in 1964. The most significant addition was yet to come, however, as construction of current hospital was completed in 1968.

With their facilities expanding at a steady pace, the hospital’s founding physicians and trustees sought to ensure their original mission would not become obscured, officially joining Adventist Health in January of 1973.

The hospital continued growing, adding another wing in 1980 and the Birth Day Place—a maternity center with eight different birthing suites—in 1994. Since its introduction, the Birth Day Place has delivered an average of 780 babies a year, topping out at over 1,000 deliveries in 2010. In 2003, the hospital opened a cutting-edge Cancer Center and a 7,200 square-foot, six-bed in-patient hospice facility, the first of its kind in Butte County.

As Feather river Hospital has remained committed to the growth and improvement of their facilities, the recent addition of the $40 million, 17,000 square-foot Emergency Department seems like a natural progression. Surely, the four physicians who shared a vision of a medical facility that would adhere to Adventist values and treat patients in a peaceful and serene setting would be proud to see how far the hospital has come—and how wellpositioned it is for the future.

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undreds of excited people attended the Jan. 26 open house of feather river hospital’s brand-new emergency Department. in addition to raffle prizes, music and scrumptious food, the much-anticipated event also offered tours of the new er which, at just over 17,000 square feet in area, is more than three times the size of the modest er it replaces. feather river’s new, $40-million state-of-the art emergency facility—funded primarily through bond financing

by Adventist health and in part by donations from the community— allows the hospital to increase its bed capacity from seven licensed beds to 18 licensed beds, each housed in a separate, private room. previously, er staff had to improvise separate curtainedoff spaces to accommodate the approximately 12 to 14 patients who come through the doors of

the er at a time. Additionally, one of the larger of the 18 new rooms—able to accommodate more equipment and staff than the smaller rooms—is reserved for patients requiring immediate care for life-threatening accidents or illnesses. the new er also boasts a special, private “decontamination room” for patients who may have been exposed to toxic substances. in the old er, such patients were dealt with outdoors before being allowed alongside the general er-patient population. unlike the hospital’s former er setup, the new emergency department features a rear ambulance entrance, separating patients arriving by ambulance from people entering the er through the front entrance. this desirable advance offers privacy for ambulance patients as well as less disruption for those in the waiting area. Also, a

dedicated “navigator”—someone hired specifically to provide such services as assisting people with wheelchairs and serving as a go-between for patients and their family members—will be on hand at the new facility 16 hours per day.

Within the new er, communication between staff members, and between staff and patients, has been made more efficient with the introduction of a computer tracking screen that keeps tabs on the location of every nurse and technician in the large building, and wireless phones carried by all nurses so that patients can call them directly from their beds. feather river hospital’s latest addition is truly a winwin situation for the residents of paradise and the surrounding area, as well as the hospital’s happy staff.

Interesting ER Facts 66 percent of the waste produced during the construction of Feather River Hospital’s new Emergency Room has already been recycled.

1,250 square yards of concrete were poured during construction.

Construction of the Emergency Room required 280 tons of steel, 140 tons of which were produced within a 500 mile radius.

The Emergency Room is made up of over 18,000 concrete foundation blocks.

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Large nursing station centrally located for attentive patient care

17,000 squAre feet spAcious lobby complete with A nutrition stAtion, bAthrooms, And even A children’s plAy AreA A trAumA room A speciAl room for pediAtric pAtients A new cAll system thAt connects pAtients to their nurse’s phone with just the push of A button A gynecologicAl treAtment room with A privAte shower And bAthroom A fAmily consultAtion room.

Private admitting booths

The largest, most advanced MRI in the region

18 private rooms

A Spacious Lobby and Waiting Room

An Isolation Room for patients with infectious diseases

Immediate access to cutting-edge imaging services

18 Private Rooms

A Beautiful new entrance to the hospital 4

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Large nursing station centrally located for attentive patient care

17,000 squAre feet spAcious lobby complete with A nutrition stAtion, bAthrooms, And even A children’s plAy AreA A trAumA room A speciAl room for pediAtric pAtients A new cAll system thAt connects pAtients to their nurse’s phone with just the push of A button A gynecologicAl treAtment room with A privAte shower And bAthroom A fAmily consultAtion room.

Private admitting booths

The largest, most advanced MRI in the region

18 private rooms

A Spacious Lobby and Waiting Room

An Isolation Room for patients with infectious diseases

Immediate access to cutting-edge imaging services

18 Private Rooms

A Beautiful new entrance to the hospital 4

www.frhosp.org

A publicAtion of feAther river hospitAl

Dedicated pediatrics room A publicAtion of feAther river hospitAl

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unDeterreD by touGh WorK Andrea Springer “have you seen our old emergency room?” said Andrea springer, a registered nurse in feather river hospital’s emergency department, with a laugh when asked how she feels about the new facilities. “logistically, it was just very difficult.

We had what i’d call a system of curtains— curtains and gurneys.”

“We’d fit three curtains and gurneys in a space this size,” springer said, indicating the area which will serve as a break room for employees when the new emergency Department opens. springer started working part-time at feather river in 2009, hoping to secure a full-time position. “i came to work per-diem here just so i could try to get on the staff,” she said. “it’s very hard, because nurses tend to stay here, there’s not a large turnover rate. now that i’m here i can’t imagine working anywhere else. this is where i hope to retire from.” springer moved to Durham from san luis obisbo in 1998. her health care career began at cypress Acres, a nursing home in paradise where her job was “collecting all the bedpans and urinals and cleaning and sterilizing them.” undeterred by the tough work, she became a certified nurse’s assistant in 1999, a licensed vocational nurse in 2001 and a registered nurse in 2003. she said the appeal has always been the connection she feels with her patients.

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“i’ve worked in a lot of different fields, i’ve worked retail and been a hairdresser, a lot of different jobs where i was involved in customer service,” she said. “then i started working in health care and the interactions you have with people are very different, much more meaningful and personal.” springer said her favorite part of working at feather river is the support the nursing and medical staff get from people at all levels in the hospital. “i worked at oroville hospital, enloe hospital, and moved to nevada and worked in a hospital there for awhile, and in all those positions i never met the ceo of the hospital,” she said. “but Kevin [erich, ceo and president of feather river hospital] was just in the er the other day, just checking in.

“We see him on a regular basis, and have the opportunity to have conversations with him, tell him what’s going right and what’s going wrong, and it gets fixed.”

As we toured the soon-to-open emergency room, springer could barely contain her excitement as she pointed out new and expanded features. “it’s all so beautiful, just look at all the space,” she said.

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DrivinG vAlues Melissa Barnard “feather river is a very different and special place to work,” said Melissa barnard, director of the hospital’s emergency Department. “And that’s because we’re very driven by our mission and values.” the mission barnard referred to is the succinct statement that feather river and other Adventist health hospitals operate by, which she readily recited: “to share God’s love by providing physical, mental and spiritual healing. “even though it’s an Adventist organization, you certainly don’t have to be an Adventist to dig that mission,” said barnard, who has worked at feather river since 2003 and served as director of the emergency Department for five years. barnard said treating all people with dignity and respect is one of the hospital’s core values, and explained it doesn’t just apply to patients but to their families and fellow hospital workers as well.

“We take care of each other as family, we care about each other,” said barnard, who moved to paradise from chicago, where she worked in big hospitals and corporations where she felt “like just another number” to her employers.

A tale of five hospitals

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2010, Adventist Health Emergency Departments from five member sites formed a collaborative with a goal to transform the Emergency Department patient experience. They realized that since about 60 percent of inpatient admissions come through the Emergency Department, the first impression the facility imparts is an important factor for the overall inpatient experience.

The leadership from these five sites met with a consultant group who helped them develop what they thought would be the best emergency department patient experience, one that would set Adventist Health Emergency Departments apart from the field.

This process started with the building itself, the interior design, the color scheme and the decor.

Feather River Hospital brought in soothing natural colors and images, which are consistent with the intentions of the founding fathers of Feather River Hospital, who set out to treat patients in a country setting surrounded by nature.

Hospital employees also benefit from this project in several ways—the staff is receiving ongoing training for how to give more individualized care in order to connect on a personal level with patients and their families, and will be provided a more accommodating space to unwind following a traumatic situation. This will, in turn, help them recharge and stay focused on their work.

Progress will continue for the next few years as the staff and technology catch up with the vision created by the leaders of the five Emergency Departments.

On March 4, commitment ceremonies took place at the same time at all of the five revamped Emergency Departments (four in California and one in Washington) with members of the leadership team looking on. Once the members of the staff are personally committed to enhancing the patient and family experience, each site will move forward keeping the original goal in mind: to forever transform the Emergency Department experience.

Working together “part of it is being in a small town,” she said. “since it’s smaller here, we all really know each other.” but it’s not just the size of the town. barnard’s sentiments regarding the close-knit character of the hospital, and specifically the er, are echoed by her coworkers, who also praise her vision, demeanor and ability to engage the staff under her direction. her vibrancy, sense of humor and passion for her job are infectious. “people come into the er for a lot of ailments that we can’t fix that day,” barnard said, regarding one of the ways the mission applies to patient care. “particularly the chronic ones—those are the people that we can give spiritual and mental healing, reassurance and caring to. sometimes it’s all that we can do, but it’s still very valuable.” barnard has managed the new emergency Department’s development down to the smallest detail throughout the process. touring the patient rooms, she took special pride pointing out paintings that she personally selected to match the color scheme of each room and provide an aura of calm. “this part was really important, and we wanted to make sure it was something special,” she said regarding a spacious “reflection room,” where nurses and staff can take personal time when affected by the trauma and tragedy they face in the line of duty. “these guys work really, really hard, and the work runs the gamut of human emotions.”

tAking cAre of the entire person Marty Cardinalli Marty cardinalli is a health care veteran with nearly 32 years as a registered nurse in the emergency Department at feather river hospital.

As a nurse with plenty of experiences and many stories to tell, one might think he would be jaded about a mere change in venue, but the newly expanded er has rejuvenated him. “it feels like a new job,” he noted. “And, more importantly, our increased focus on the patient experience is exciting.” cardinalli came to paradise three decades ago after a long search for the right job, the right environment, and the right organization, all of which he found at feather river hospital. for cardinalli, the hospital’s religious base was a key factor. “placing god at the center is the best environment for patient care to take place,” he said. cardinalli, who has worked at hospitals that lacked the faith-based focus, found feather river hospital to have a very different culture.

“We interviewed at a whole bunch of places all through the sierras, looking for the right fit for us,” he said in reference to his wife, who also works at feather river. “We saw the great community here in paradise. it was in the mountains, and the hospital welcomed us with open arms.” they felt wanted right away and appreciated the nurturing environment of the hospital, a sentiment they still share today.

“We feel needed,” he said. “We are an integral part of the plan, and this hospital really appreciates your efforts. in fact, nearly every month, i get a note or comment from someone in middle management or above to tell me they appreciate what i do. that means a lot.” cardinalli’s enthusiasm extends to the brandnew er. “because the space is really large, you might be afraid we’d get lost,” he said with a laugh.

“And it definitely is much larger than what we have been used to. “but i’ll really be able to work more closely with my patients, which will eliminate the distractions,” he continued. “i can spend more time with them with my ‘chin on the rail’ listening to them.” cardinalli shares his mantra with nursing students every chance he gets—if you really want to help your patients, get in and get your ‘chin on the rail,’ and really listen to their particular needs.

“We won’t be lost,” he emphasized. “i can stay with my patient right by the bedside since everything i need is right there.”

And that is exactly what the nurses at feather river hospital strive to do.

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DIRECTOrY General Information (530) 877-9361

Feather River Health Center

Lifestyle Medicine (530) 876-7154

Feather River Hospital was established in 1950 as a 15-bed facility to treat the Ridge community. Today, Feather River Hospital is a 100-bed facility offering compassionate care along with advanced technology.

5125 Skyway, Paradise (530) 872-2000

Focusing on the role of lifestyle in the prevention of disease.

We offer numerous classes and screenings to keep you healthy. See our online calendar at www.frhosp.org.

Behavioral Health Services

This outpatient facility is designed for non-emergency ambulatory medical care of children and adults, and provides dental services for children. Same day appointments available.

(530) 872-2000 (ext. 2647)

Feather River Midwifery

Providing adults and children with outpatient treatment services for a variety of mental health disorders.

Programs include: Psychiatric evaluations, Play Therapy for children, ADD evaluations, Pain Management.

Certified Nurse Midwives provide women’s health care, including prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum and newborn care.

Chico Clinic 1617 Esplanade, Chico (530) 345-4471 Paradise Clinic 771 Buschmann, Paradise (530) 872-7579

Birth Day Place (530) 876-BABY Private birthing suites for labor, delivery and recovery, and postpartum care. Our knowledgeable nurses will advise you on the care of your newborn, including benefits of breastfeeding.

Cancer Center (530) 876-3144 Oncology specialists at the Cancer Center are dedicated to developing a treatment plan that is specifically designed to meet your individual needs. They use a multidisciplinary approach that integrates therapies to focus on your medical, nutritional, physical, psychological and spiritual needs.

Medical Oncology (530) 876-3141

Feather River Outpatient Center

Nature’s Pantry

Feather River Pharmacy 5125 Skyway, Paradise (530) 876-2525

Health Foundation (530) 872-7166 The Foundation raises funds to for health care services, programs, and outreach efforts provided by Feather River Hospital. Your donation is greatly appreciated. Online donations can be made at www.frhosp.org.

Radiation Oncology (530) 876-3144 Our radiation oncology team utilizes CT and MRI scanners along with a three-dimensional treatment planning system to develop a radiation treatment protocol tailored specifically to each patient.

Home Health (530) 872-3378

Critical Care Unit (530) 876-7900 The Critical Care Unit (also known as ICU) provides care for critically ill patients who require constant physiological monitoring and frequent nursing intervention.

Diabetes Education Program (530) 876-7297 Knowledge is power. Through our program courses you will learn new skills and receive vital information to equip you to better manage your diabetes.

Emergency Services (530) 876-7995 (ext. 8501) The Emergency Department is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with qualified physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and highly trained registered nurses. With our new expansion, we offer 18 private rooms, family consultation room, spacious lobby and waiting area, and immediate access to cutting-edge imaging services.

Digital images are produced of the chest, bones, spine and GI. Services include MRI, PET-CT, ultrasound and nuclear medicine.

A one-stop facility providing for your health care needs, including diagnostic imaging testing, mammograms, and laboratory services.

Healthy Mothers (530) 876-2518

Chaplain Services (530) 876-7102

Medical Imaging (X-Ray) (530) 876-7908

Medical Nutrition Therapy Program

Health Information Management (Medical Records)

Cardiology Diagnostic Services offers the latest in digital technology for diagnostic Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Stress Testing.

Delivering low-cost meals to any person who does not have access to adequate nutrition, due to either a personal health problem or caring for another person.

6283 Clark Rd, Ste. 4, Paradise (530) 872-2436

Our infusion center offers the most advanced treatment protocols provided by our trained staff in a comfortable environment.

Cardiac Services (530) 876-7907

Meals on Wheels (530) 877-8707

(530) 876-7950

In-home health services by nurses, aides and therapists, as prescribed by your physician.

Home Oxygen & Home Medical Equipment (530) 872-0872 Complete home medical equipment supply, including oxygen and respiratory equipment, including set-up and management.

Hospice (530) 877-8755 Designed to improve the quality of life – physical, social, psychological and spiritual – for terminally ill people of all ages. Services available in your home or in our Hospice House.

Human Resources (530) 876-7966

(530) 876-2116 5008 Clark Road, Paradise (530) 872-0549

Paradise Hospice Thrift Shop 6848 Skyway #P, Paradise (530) 872-4255

Patient Access (Admitting) (530) 877-9361 Patient Financial Services (Billing) (530) 876-7910 Patient Rights (530) 876-7995 (ext. 2125) Physician Referral (530) 876-7243 Call us if you need a physician, or want information about a specialist on staff. Calls answered Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Public Information (530) 876-7283 Call to listen to a recorded message about upcoming programs and services, or to get the latest details about current activities.

Pulmonary Services (530) 876-7234 Smoking Cessation (530) 876-3166 We offer one-on-one sessions with a trained Respiratory Therapist to help restore and maintain pulmonary function. Those who would like to stop smoking can attend our cessation class, and be set up with a plan tailored to their specific needs.

Rehabilitation Services (530) 872-2003

Job applicants must apply online — www.frhosp.org.

Offering outpatient physical therapy, as well as occupational, balance and speech therapies.

Joint Replacement Center of Excellence

Sleep Medicine (530) 876-7242

(530) 876-7111 Our excellant surgeons and award-winning program offer precise hip and knee procedures.

Laboratory Services 5974 Pentz Rd., Paradise (530) 876-7909 6480 Pentz Rd., Ste. D, Paradise (530) 876-1318 6283 Clark Rd. Ste. #4, Paradise (530) 872-2436 5125 Skyway, Paradise (530) 876-2530 111 Raley Blvd., Ste. 200, Chico (530) 342-4576 14144 Lakeridge Ct. Ste #1, Magalia (530) 873-4623

Lifeline Personal Emergency Response Systems (530) 876-2145 A personal emergency response program to reach help 24/7 with just a press of a button.

A diagnostic and treatment laboratory for those with sleep apnea.

Volunteer Services (530) 876-2134 Volunteer opportunities are available wherever hospital services are offered, as well as at the Thrift Shop and Boutique.