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NRA goes over the edge Wayne LaPierre, hired gunslinger for the National Rifle

Association, believes the answer to mass shootings in schools is for teachers and principals to become armed guards and for a police officer to be assigned to every school. “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” he says.

This is madness. The notion that civilians could handle a Newtown-like situation—even if they were willing to be trained to do so—and have the presence of mind to stay calm and focused when someone was attacking them with a semiautomatic weapon is nuts.

In the one school shooting where an armed guard was present— Columbine—he got off four shots that all missed their target. The killers went on to murder 11 more people. And last August, when highly trained New York City police officers opened fire on a gunman outside the Empire State Building, they killed him, but they also wounded nine innocent people. Shooting situations are anything but predictable, and the risk of hitting the wrong person or persons is high.

Then there’s the matter of cost. As The New York Times has reported, there currently are 99,000 public elementary and secondary schools in the United States and 33,000 private schools. Putting at least one officer in each of them could mean hiring as many as 100,000 people—nearly one for every four full-time officers now employed.

As Craig Steckler, the police chief of Fremont, which has 43 public schools, told the Times, his department would need to expand by nearly half. “My patrol force is 89 officers on all shifts,” he said. “Where are we going to get 40-some additional officers?”

LaPierre and the NRA’s determination to blame the Newtown shootings on any- and everything but guns, from video games and songwriters to movie and TV script-writers, is enough to destroy any remaining credibility the organization has. But proposing universal armament of the nation’s schools as a solution to incidents like Newtown is a sign that they’ve gone completely over the edge. Ω

Finding space to heal Iinvasion of the tranquil learning environment of one school is an invasion of all schools. Children’s families and grieve the loss of youth and their teachers. The

teachers must avoid letting the fear that stalked Sandy Hook Elementary School produce a rawness in teaching and living.

Children in Connecticut and those listening throughout the world need space and compassion to live beyond this tragedy.

When we became distracted by reporters forcing answers from children and exploiting adults by Doug Alexander interested in television, think of the impact on children. Additionally, the The author is retired many attempted responsfrom teaching biology at Chico State, where es and explanations for he was an expert on this senseless act are convernal pools. fusing, especially to children. Love and compassion are more important than explanations.

As this tragedy becomes assimilated into the American mind and soul, our society needs to develop suitable responses. Our nation needs to find and

help more dangerous mentally ill individuals and support their families. We must find a way to eliminate the availability of guns that kill many individuals in seconds. We need to make compassion more important in economic and political life. We need to encourage positive experiences to counter the expansion of computer games that measure success in destructive ways. We need to compassionately alter the increasing pressure of our lives by believing in the needs of others.

On an individual level, developing compassionate understanding in children and friends takes time and patience. Give our children time to grow up. Life is further enriched when we support and enjoy the beauty of the natural world. Life improves when our perspectives and interests are expanded by the interests of children and friends. We need time to benefit from the creative influences of artists, musicians and great thinkers. Let this tragedy remind us of the need for quiet times together and to enjoy family and friends as part of the natural flow of life. Ω

As this tragedy becomes assimilated into the American mind and soul, our society needs to develop suitable responses.

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Brown is bluffing, right?

We assume Gov. Jerry Brown was bluffing last week when he

told The Associated Press that he was holding back on expanding the state’s Medi-Cal program, as allowed by the Affordable Care Act, because it would be too costly.

Expanding the program could increase costs by up to $4 billion a year, Brown told the AP, potentially putting the state’s budget “right out of whack” if current fiscal-cliff negotiations aren’t resolved favorably. He said his administration is seeking federal waivers for some of the proposed Medi-Cal expansions.

The governor’s as tight as a tick, so it’s no surprise that he’s trying to squeeze the feds for all the money he can get. But the feds already are committed to paying most of the cost, starting at 100 percent for three years beginning in 2014, then dropping gradually to 90 percent by 2020.

According to a report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, the state’s cost is projected to account for only 1.7 percent of Medi-Cal spending over the next decade, for a total outlay of $6.3 billion. That’s a lot less than the $4 billion annually the governor mentioned.

For that $6.3 billion investment, the state could enable an additional 1.9 million people, those earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line (currently $15,415 a year), to obtain affordable health care in 2022 alone. It would also bring nearly $69 billion in additional federal dollars—11 times the state’s investment—into the state’s economy over the next decade.

Financially, and also from a health-care standpoint, that’s just too good to pass up. We hope the governor is bluffing. Ω

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God and words I grew up in a non-religious home. My mother and father weren’t believers, so my brother and sister and I weren’t either.

In the fifth grade, I attended a traditional Catholic school for half the year. My parents thought its instruction was better than the public school’s, and they were right. The nuns were excellent teachers, and kind to me. In most respects I flourished there.

For a 10-year-old boy with no familiarity with Catholicism, however, it was like being placed in a vivid world of fascinating but often frightening imagery, beginning with the Crucifixion. To this day, I can close my eyes and return to Our Lady of Mercy church and see the dying Christ hanging from the cross and the martyred saints in the stained-glass windows.

After several months, I started having a recurring nightmare. In it I was being called before God, who as I envisioned him was an old man with a long white beard.

He was dressed in white robes and seated at a table, flanked by others dressed in white. Behind him was the darkness of space. He glared and pointed a long, skinny finger at me as if I were the most evil boy in the world.

Then he flicked that finger, and I lifted up and tumbled head over heel through space, until I landed on a barren planet that I recognized as Purgatory. I was utterly alone. That’s when I would awaken.

Of course, Catholic school also introduced me to the kind, gentle Jesus of the New Testament and his message of love, charity and forgiveness. During the Christmas season I choose to remember that Jesus, the baby born in a manger who would go on to be a great and wise teacher, not the scary God of judgment.

But I’m not a believer. I’m not a nonbeliever, either.

Nor am I an agnostic. To me those are just words, as is “God.” As much as I admire the courage of the folks who put up those “Don’t believe in God?” billboards around Chico, I think their insistence on logic as the path to understanding is limiting. There are some questions— “Who am I?” being one of them—logic can’t answer.

I’ve been a practicing Buddhist for more than 30 years. Buddhism teaches that, whatever the truth is—about God, about consciousness, about the self—we can know it only by looking deeply into our own minds. As the 14th-century Christian mystic Meister Eckhart said, “The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.”

The Buddha often said something to this effect: “If you meet me on the road, kill me!” That is, don’t let any notion of who I am or what I teach get in the way of your direct insight into the truth, wherever it leads you.

Don’t get me wrong. I love Catholic churches, especially old ones. They’re soothing, peaceful places. And I love Christmas. But I’ve had to find my own way toward understanding on a path beyond words and concepts. It’s an adventure.

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The dangers among us Re “Crazy people, insane society” (Guest comment, by Jaime O’Neill, Dec. 20): Teaching at some of the same colleges where you [Jaime O’Neill] have taught, I have had a few scary moments as well. Right after Columbine and its evil twins, I remarked it was strange nothing like that had happened recently on a college campus. I spoke too soon. Very shortly afterward, a current student of mine came to Chico State with a gun but was apprehended before he came to my class.

I also sat in my remote Butte College main campus portable classroom one night after an evening class listening for an hour to two jocks who were unhappy with the failing grades I had “given” them discuss how they were going to attack and kill me when I exited the classroom.

I had a student whom I handpicked to walk me to my car after night classes (for safety, ya know) get convicted of raping comatose managed-care-home patients. I had a student urinate in my car when I made the (huge!) mistake of offering him a ride home when he missed the bus. I later discovered that he had been calling my house all semester when I was in class and talking to my then-5-year-old son, asking him what I look like in the shower and what kind of underwear I wore.

These are just a few of the stories I have—and I am only one person. There are so many unstable people who absolutely have to be kept from easy access to killing machines. Surely even the “pry it from my cold, dead hands” folks are starting to see it, right? Please?

JODI RIVES Chico

Misguided fear Re “Making Chico ‘clean and safe’” (Newslines, by Robert Speer, Dec. 20): It’s troubling when misplaced fear bends into reality. Caution is seldom misguided, fear most often is. Being afraid to walk through the City Plaza because people are gathered is hyperbole based on prejudices and perceptions of homelessness that have no place in a decent society.

BILL MASH Chico

Satire or sincerity?

Re “The killing of innocents” (Letters, by Chad Wozniak, Dec. 20): I want to thank Mr. Wozniak for his satirical letter suggesting arming school employees. As a former school employee, I got a chuckle about the ridiculous idea of us walking around schools with bandoliers across our chests and AK47s on a sling while we mopped the floor and cleaned the toilets.

Maybe we could even carry a few fragmentation grenades for supreme kill power.

Of course, if Mr. Wozniak’s intent was not satire, then I would be one of the “bleeding

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RICH MEYERS Oroville

change gun violence. Chicago has the strictest gun laws in the country, yet 500 people were killed there by guns this year, more than all gun-related troop deaths in the war zone of Afghanistan during the same time period.

Passing new gun laws would be like placing a Band-Aid over a wound that needs surgery. The problem will never be fixed if we stay so shallow in our conversations on violence.

DONNY PAULING Yuba City

We’re all mentally ill The response to the most recent mass killing is the typical editorial stance—this happened because the person had unaddressed mental illness and access to guns.

One percent of the world’s population has schizophrenia. This number has remained stable since

“All countries have mentally ill people with access to guns, yet we are the one with the distinction of nearly 100 mass shootings in the last three decades.”

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‘It’s just a rifle’ Re “Our ‘obligation to try’” (From This Corner, by Robert Speer, Dec. 20): In stating “nobody needs a military weapon,” I assume you are referring to assault rifles such as the AR-15. That gun fires a .223 caliber bullet. Most hunting rifles fire bullets that are far more powerful, and will do so as often as the trigger is pulled. The biggest difference is simply how the gun looks. An “assault rifle” has a scary name and, to some, a scary look. But it’s just a rifle.

As for your comment about 30-round magazines, I’d suggest a review of the case of Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech shooter. He carried 10-round magazines, but happened to have 17 of them. It takes less than five seconds to drop one magazine out and insert another. Oh, and Mr. Cho used two handguns, one of which was a .22 and the other a 9mm, not an assault rifle.

The point? Getting rid of guns you find scary or asking for a national ban on large-capacity magazines isn’t going to accomplish anything. It’s time to stop pretending “gun control” will

record keeping began.

When you add depression, bipolar, PTSD and personality disorders, closer to 10 percent of people qualify as “mentally ill” at any one time. All countries have mentally ill people with access to guns, yet we are the one with the distinction of nearly 100 mass shootings in the last three decades.

The actions of these people reflect the mentally ill society they live in. Believing you can solve your problems with violence is a sickness, and U.S. society gravely suffers this mental illness. We have the world’s largest military, the world’s secondlargest prison system of all time (after Nazi Germany, and quickly gaining), the most armed police force ever (largely to pursue nonviolent substance users), policeand military-themed movies and television shows where we witness thousands of unnamed people killed for our entertainment, our children playing video games with the goal of killing as many strangers as possible—these are all symptoms of a sick society.

The mental illness that needs to be addressed is the one that

pervades our culture—our addiction to violence.

R. STERLING OGDEN Chico

A matter of morals A short time before the presidential election, Tim Ruhl, senior pastor of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, posted a sign outside his church that said, “Vote for the American.” This posting was wrong on many levels, not the least of which that it’s illegal for churches to support any candidate because of their non-tax status.

A short time after the election, in mid-November, Tim’s son, Jesse Ruhl, a minister himself, pleaded no contest to engaging in lewd conduct in a public place.

Jesse was accused of sexually touching a 16-year-old female congregant. Perhaps the sign should have read, “Vote for the non-child molester.”

This month, a local group called “Coalition of Reason” placed a dozen billboards around Chico stating, “Don’t Believe In God? Join the club.” One of the billboards was soon vandalized.

I’m assuming this was done by some believer, as it required a lot of time and energy.

All this has me thinking: How can believers ask non-believers, “Where do you get your morals from?”

CHUCK SAMUELS Chico

Repubs: Try honesty Steve Thompson, the chairman of the Butte County Republican Party, recently asked for “honest” input from Butte County voters about what they would like to see from the Republican Party in the future. More specifically he asked, “How can we earn your vote?”

Here’s a thought: How about vetting a Republican candidate for the 4th Senate District who actually resides within the district?

Unfortunately, the current Republican candidate for the 4th District, Jim Nielsen, lives year-round in the 5th Senate District, which includes all or parts of the following counties: Napa, Solano, Yolo, Sonoma, Contra Costa and Sacramento. Lois Wolk, a Democrat, is the current state senator from that district.

I think a little honesty is always the best policy.

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An investigation has exposed 12 California hospitals for violations that caused, or were likely to cause, death or serious injury to patients.

The California Department of Public Health levied a total of $785,000 in fines for noncompliance with licensing requirements ranging from not following manufacturer’s instructions for using a particular medical device to a patient having to undergo a second surgery to remove a retained foreign object. The penalized hospitals include four Kaiser Foundation hospitals, the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, and Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City. See www.tinyurl.com/c7gh744 for a complete list.

As of Jan. 1, 2009, all administrative penalties include heavier fines—a first violation costs $50,000, while a second carries a $75,000 fine. All penalties thereafter are subject to a $100,000 fine.

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MEDI-CAL RULING OVERTURNED

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s decision in regard to Medi-Cal payments for health-care providers.

In October 2011, Children’s Medical Services (CMS) OK’d the state’s plan to reduce certain Medi-Cal payments by 10 percent, but U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder blocked the cut in January of this year, writing, “California’s fiscal crisis does not outweigh the serious irreparable injury plaintiffs would suffer absent the issuance of an injunction,” according to The Sacramento Bee. The state projected that a 10 percent reimbursement cut to clinics, dentists, laboratories, optometrists, pharmacists and some nursing facilities would save $623 million.

The new ruling allows U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to determine whether a state’s Medicaid plan complies with federal law. Critics of the ruling believe it will make it more difficult for patients to find physicians willing to accept Medi-Cal beneficiaries as patients.

MEDICAL CENTER COMING TO LOS MOLINOS

A new initiative adopted by Enloe Medical Center and Ampla Health looks to better develop medical services available in Los Molinos.

On Dec. 6, Ampla—a Northern California medical provider focused on underserved individuals and families—began providing medical services through the Los Molinos Family Health Center (7883 Highway 99), which is owned and operated by Enloe Medical Center. The collaboration aims to increase access to care by opening a new medical center in Los Molinos sometime next year, according to an Ampla Health press release.

The Los Molinos Family Health Center offers management of chronic health problems, treatment of minor illnesses and injuries, rheumatology specialty care, anticoagulation therapy, child-health and -disability exams, physicals, vaccinations, women’s health care and more. To make an appointment, call 384-2372.

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WMedical Center, Dr. Kevin Brown is literally attached at the hip to his mobile hen he’s on duty at Enloe

device. He favors the iPad, and it’s so beneficial to him that he fastens it to his belt with carabiner clips.

“It looks really geeky,” said Brown, “but I just write it off and decide I look like a good patient educator.”

Education is a key part of his job as an inpatient hospital physician. Often his patients, too, have mobile devices, and they’ve scoured the Internet or tapped into an app to draw conclusions about their health.

Mobile devices—smartphones and tablets—have added a new element of accessibility to health information. A Pew Institute Study found that 52 percent of smartphone users access health information on their phones. With that accessibility comes rewards as well as risks.

“People have access to more point-ofcare stuff, when they’re sitting in a doctor’s office”—or hospital room—“and can get information more quickly,” Brown said.

“As for the information they’re getting,

that has the same pluses and minuses it’s had for a long time.

“When you give information on a Web page—or, before the Internet era, on a magazine page—the only way you can make it appropriate to the reader is to make sure it’s very general, the lowest common denominator of any health problem. So the information you get that’s truly correct will also seem to be very non-specific.

“So I look at all those places as only a place to start. After that, it’s really a discussion between the patient—or in the case of a pediatrician, the parents—and the physician, so they can get more information that’s specifically tailored to them.”

Roger Brudno agrees. Brudno, the

director of medical-library services at Oroville Hospital, sees the potential for misinformation along with education.

“One of the difficulties in getting information, whether using a smartphone or tablet or whatever, is getting reliable information,” he said. “I think patients need them to be educated, to be smart consumers of information the way we want them to be smart consumers of health services. Many hospital websites now have patient information systems so you can get information in a layperson’s language about a whole range of health topics. …

HEALTHLINES continued on page 10

APPOINTMENT Mother’s Day, sort of The Feather River Health Center’s Healthy Mothers program is hosting its monthly open house at 5125 Skyway on Friday, Dec. 28, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The gathering serves as a celebration and informational expo for prenatal mothers interested in registering in the hospital’s many pregnancyrelated classes. The open house will include a raffle, snacks, hot beverages and opportunities to ask questions. Call 876-2518 for more info.

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Enloe Medical Center physician Kevin Brown doesn’t go anywhere without his iPad. A recent Pew Institute Study found that 52 percent of smartphone users access health information via their phones.

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“Most people start by Googling stuff. The problem with Googling is you get everything from your neighbor around the corner complaining about his doctor to authoritative stuff from the Institutes of Health. The onus is really on the information-seeker to find good stuff. Consider the source of information carefully.”

Look for sites from respected institutions such as the Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins University, UC San Francisco or Stanford University. Check out medical associations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics or the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Brudno recommends MedlinePlus from the federal government.

But, again, consider the information to be a discussion point rather than a diagnosis.

“It’s important to have a good curator and a good relationship with your health-care provider,” Brudno said.

Dr. Kevin Dorsey-Tyler, a

Chico surgeon who now works in the information technology department at Enloe, is used to patients coming into the office and reciting something they’ve read or been told.

“They will stretch you with things you’ve never heard of,” Dorsey-Tyler said with a laugh.

Fortunately, physicians also have mobile devices at their disposal, with apps and websites tailored to health professionals.

With the move toward electronic medical records, physicians and patients are able to access an evergrowing amount of personal information. Scans, X-rays and test results all can be shared wirelessly.

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Patients and doctors also can communicate by email, or by text message if they wish.

The latter possibilities raise issues of privacy, and Dorsey-Tyler encourages caution. While in practice, he launched a website that included a portal for communication. He wouldn’t use direct email.

“The problem with emailing in general is email is not a secure mode of communication, nor are Facebook, Twitter and other things people use,” he explained. “All are open, discoverable and are certainly not secure. If you start putting medical information into a Yahoo email, Yahoo has a copy of all that. So you’ve got to be very careful with email in regard to patient privacy.”

Privacy is one feature Brown values with his iPad. “The iPad runs only one application at once,” he said, “and that lack of ability to multitask means you can’t have another program in the background capturing information as you’re using it. And when I use the iPad to access medical records, I do so through an interface, so there won’t be persistent information on my device—so if I lose it, even though it has its own security features, there will be no personal information for someone to steal.”

Security is something patients should keep in mind, too, because

Health info online:

Go to www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus to access MedlinePlus, a respected health-education website sponsored by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.

more and more apps consolidate personal information. Some allow patients to create their own electronic medical record. Others track diet, weight and exercise patterns.

In the future, mobile devices may even become the real-world equivalent of “Star Trek” tricorders— portable diagnostic scanners.

Sound far-fetched? Well, according to The Economist, the Qualcomm Foundation is offering $10 million in prize money to spur innovations in tricorder technology. Already, Brudno says, the iPhone works with an electrocardiogram apparatus.

“Pretty cool stuff is happening,” Brudno said, “not just with smartphones, but also in general for patients to be better informed.

That’s really the key—it’s not so much the device you use, because that’s the gateway, but it’s the quality of information and how you use it.” Ω

WEEKLY DOSE Curing holiday heartburn Nobody likes having indigestion, but the holiday season—with all its tempting treats at every turn—can be a prime instigator of the unwanted affliction, characterized by an uncomfortable feeling in one’s chest due to excess stomach acid.

WikiHow.com offers several useful home remedies to get rid of heartburn: • A cup of chamomile or mint tea can help calm indigestion. Allow tea to steep for 10 minutes, and drink slowly.

• Mix together 1 teaspoon each of anise, caraway, dill and fennel seeds; slowly chew a half-teaspoon at a time to cure indigestion caused by excess gas.

• Eat candied ginger, which can be purchased at supermarkets and health-food stores. (Recommended as a good remedy for small children.)

• Drink a glass of warm water mixed with 1 teaspoon of baking soda and a squirt of lemon juice. (Baking soda may be damaging to the stomach for some people, so check with your doctor first before using this remedy.)

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GREENWAYS Jeffrey Williams with his bantam black Cochin Frizzle rooster.

STEP ASIDE, PESKY MOUNTAIN RANGE

China has plans to flatten 700 mountains to make room for a new metropolis 50 miles away from the central-Chinese city of Lanzhou.

The Lanzhou New Area currently encompasses 500 square miles of arid, mountainous terrain, but not for long—China’s state council, its highest administrative authority, approved the project in August, according to the UK’s Guardian newspaper.

While the development could improve the region’s economy considerably (and has already attracted billions in corporate investment), it has also been heavily criticized on environmental and economic grounds. As one of China’s most water-scarce jurisdictions, Lanzhou might not be an ideal location for a large population increase.

Angie Wong, a spokeswoman for China Pacific Construction Group, dismissed the criticism, saying, “Lanzhou’s environment is already really poor; it’s all desolate mountains which are extremely short of water. Our protective style of development will divert water to the area, achieve reforestation and make things better than before.”

FARM RUNOFF TOUGH ON FISH

Evidence suggesting farm runoff may alter fish hormones is mounting, a report finds.

Using water taken from Indiana streams contaminated with natural and synthetic hormones from manure spread on fields, Purdue University researchers raised fathead minnow embryos, 60 percent of which turned out to be male, according to Environmental Health News.

The results don’t bode well for future generations; fish are typically born in equal gender ratios, and skewing the population toward males could threaten healthy reproduction.

The researchers also found agricultural streams had 50 percent less fish diversity and 28 percent higher adult-minnow death rates than creeks with no farm runoff.

OBAMA SIDES WITH PACIFIC OCEAN

President Obama has proposed adding 2,093 square nautical miles to protected waters off the coast of Sonoma and Mendocino counties.

Stretching 50 miles along the coast and 30 miles out to sea, the addition would more than double the area of water protected by two existing marine sanctuaries and will be permanently off limits to oil exploration, according to SFGate.com.

Legislation proposed by Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma) was blocked by House Republican leaders because it would impede future oil and gas production. However, Obama proclaimed it a protected area by executive order, ending decades of Republican efforts to open the area to oil development. The nutrient-rich waters support a huge fish populaSonoma coast PHOTO BY CHRIS De RHAM VIA FLICKR tion, including salmon, as well as birds, sea lions, orcas, and gray, blue and humpback whales.

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Below: A few of Nancy Leek’s hens foraging in her orchard.

Chickens in the garden Local gardeners wax enthusiastic on the usefulness of the backyard flock

story and photos by

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Gdomesticated chicken, has lived with humans for centuries, to the benefit of both

allus gallus domestics, aka the

species. Local gardeners Jeffrey Williams, Nancy Leek and Hazel Van Evera are carrying on the chicken-keeping tradition.

While each gardener had different reasons for bringing chickens into her or his respective gardening processes—ornamental, food production, bug patrol and fertilizer production—other benefits quickly became obvious.

Williams—a driving-school instructor and local stag-horn fern expert, as well as a citrus aficionado—has kept chickens for about four years. He selected exotic, very decorative chicken breeds to raise—Crested Polish, Silkies, Frizzle Cochins, to name a few—for their attractive appearance.

“I thought chickens would look nice running around the yard, scratching up weeds, eating bugs and making the place look more farm-like,” he said while feeding a pear to his goat, Oreo, during an interview in his sunny garden. Williams gives the hens’ eggs to his neighbor, and when his neighbor, who raises livestock, butchers her animals, she gives him some of the meat. It is a good trade. “The chickens are my pets,” he said. “And they are great at weeding under the rose bushes.”

Meanwhile in Nancy Leek’s garden, 10 hens were vigorously foraging and weeding under a large pomegranate tree.

The fallen fruits were being been picked

over by the hens. Leek, who is a youthservices librarian at the Orland Free Library and author of a book about John Bidwell (John Bidwell: The Adventurous Life of a California Pioneer), started keeping chickens about 3 1/2 years ago. She wanted the fresh eggs.

“I thought that it would be fun to keep chickens,” Leek said. “I do so much gardening, I thought, ‘Hey, why not raise eggs, too?’”

Leek selected breeds that lay large eggs: Orpington, Ameraucana (the socalled Easter-egg chicken, which lays eggs with blue or green shells), and Rhode Island Red. When she collects the eggs “it is like finding treasure,” she said. “I wouldn’t bother to do it [keep chickens] if they weren’t giving me eggs every day.”

However, Leek has found the chickens have an entertainment value as well.

“They are so fun to watch walking across the yard,” said Leek, smiling. And of their usefulness in the garden she said, “I don’t notice as many slugs, snails, bugs—I think they get ’em.” Further, the garden benefits from chicken poop. “I clean out the coop

every so often and, boy, does zucchini grow great when it has been fertilized with chicken manure!” she said.

Ah yes, the poop. Manure production was Van Evera’s key reason for obtaining her flock of three chickens. She is an avid gardener and food preserver who runs the Chico Organic Gardening lecture series. It was her passion for and adeptness at gardening that motivated her to get chickens about a year ago. She wanted chicken manure to use in her large vegetable garden and small orchard.

Breed selection was not as important to her as it was for Williams and Leek. Van Evera uses her chickens to process garden Recommended resources: Books: •The Joy of Keeping Chickens: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Poultry for Fun or Profit ,

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ECO EVENT waste. For example, she was juicing hundreds of pomegranates one afternoon—the juice she would consume herself, the waste was slated to go to her chickens for picking over, before it would go into the compost. She has an impressive composting set-up where the chicken poop and plant waste gets turned into rich, organic fertilizer. Like Leek, Van Evera noted the excellent pest control her flock offers.

“The chickens are great at keeping down the bugs,” she said.

While egg production was not a major consideration, “I thought the eggs would be just a perk,” she said. She has come to appreciate the fresh protein packs. “I love the eggs!” she gushed.

Then two hens disappeared, and her rooster, Chaz, had his tail-end bitten off by a free-roaming domestic dog. She found his little mangled body upside down on the wood pile, and nursed him back to health. Van Evera and Chaz bonded through that ordeal. “They are so sweet—I’m in love with them,” she said with great warmth and affection. Van Evera added a covered

STOMPING THROUGH THE SNOW Does the idea of having a challenging winter adventure tickle your fancy? Check out the ranger-led snowshoe walks available every Saturday and Sunday at Lassen Volcanic National Park through April 7 (that includes this weekend, Dec. 29 & 30, of course), starting at 1:30 p.m. (until 3:30 p.m.). Meet outside the Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, at the southwest entrance to the park. The route and distance vary depending on the group and weather conditions; participants must be at least 8 years old and capable of moderate physical exercise. Wear boots, dress in warm layers and bring water. The park provides snowshoes, but there is a $1 suggested donation to cover maintenance costs.

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problem for the first time for Williams. A marauding gang of raccoons made daring, heartbreaking daylight attacks on his flock,

UNCOMMON SENSE Trashing your tannenbaum correctly Christmas is over and that natural tree in your living room may still look beautiful, but it is also a drying fire hazard growing more volatile every day. Burning it is a bad idea, and you can’t just toss the whole tannenbaum out with the trash and expect your garbage man to take it as is. Here’s a guide to recycling your Christmas tree locally and correctly; whichever option you use, be sure to take care in removing all decorations, including tinsel, from your tree.

• On Jan. 5, Chico’s Boy Scout Troop 2 will conduct its 21st annual Christmas Tree Pickup. The trees gathered by the scouts are used by the California Department of Water Resources for a fish habitat improvement program at Lake Oroville. Thus far, the DWR has used these trees to build more than 600 brush shelters that contribute to a healthy ecosystem. The scouts suggest, but do not require, a $10-$30 donation for pickup, and have drop-off points at Hooker Oak Park, Oakway Park and Butte Bible Fellowship Church (2255 Pillsbury Road).

To arrange a pickup or for more information on the program, check out www.troop2chico.com or call 570-7178. The scouts and DWR program do not accept flocked trees.

• Recology and Waste Management both offer curbside pickup service with your weekly recycling, with Recology requesting trees be cut to lengths less than three feet and bundled. Trees can also be dropped off at the Chico Compost Facility, at 4441 Cohasset Road, from Dec. 27 to Jan. 5.

killing more than 20 of his beloved chickens over several days. Feathers, feet, legs and other body parts were strewn about his yard. He trapped and relocated the raccoons, and mended some holes in his fence, and has not had any troubles since. His flock of approximately 15 surviving chickens is safe.

Leek’s birds have not been hit by predators, but that was her major concern when she was designing the coop for her flock.

Her husband, Jim, found a used dog run on Craigslist to secure the chickens when no one is home, and that has worked great. The chickens roam around her yard when she is home to keep an eye on them.

While the predators made a meal of their chickens, Williams and Van Evera both said they would not butcher their birds.

Even if someone else took care of the butchering, they said they would not eat their own chickens.

Leek, on the other hand, said that while she would not butcher them, she would eat her birds; her son, who keeps chickens in his Livermore back yard, would do the butchering.

As integral parts of these three gardens, the chickens are beneficial to both garden and gardeners.

Scratching the soil, eating bugs, and eating weeds and fallen fruit are all instinctual and beneficial acts. These chickens have their basic needs met: access to the outdoors, sunshine, soil, grass, bugs, exercise, clean water and fresh air.

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kindness this Christmas season, let it be that of giving your financial support—even a small amount—to help save The Bookstore at 118 Main St. While the CN&R reported last month that the downtown landmark (and all-around awesome place to buy used books) is staying put despite the fact that longtime owner Ron Barrett was retiring, The Bookstore—in the process of becoming owned by longtime manager and nice guy Josh Mills—is actually now in danger of closing its doors. Mills has until Feb. 4 to raise a total of $35,000 to prevent its closure.

“After 37 years in operation, the owner decided it was time to retire and close up shop,” states The Bookstore’s Indiegogo fundraising website.

“The Mills family [Josh, his wife, Muir Hughes, and their children, Ender and Seven] wished to keep the store open, giving a deposit to stop the closure. The remaining balance must be raised in the next 45 days to purchase the business and keep the doors open. …

“Located in the heart of downtown, community arts and cultural events will be promoted as a new vision for the store with the focus remaining on providing a Josh Mills, longtime manager of The Bookstore, with his large selection of high 12-year-old son, Ender, and 10-year-old daughter, Seven. quality used books. LitPHOTO BY CHRISTINE G.K. LAPADO-BREGLIA eracy advocacy, regular children’s story-hour and poetry readings will be implemented.”

People love The Bookstore for its huge selection of top-quality used fiction and nonfiction books—including a wide array of cookbooks, some cool quirky and out-of-print stuff, and a massive children’s-book section—as well as for its good vibes. I love the feeling of poring over row upon row of books, while listening to the good music (often jazz) that plays over the sound system, and I know I’m not alone.

I don’t even want to imagine what it would be like if The Bookstore was gone.

Additionally, the Mills family is even kind enough to give you a present if you give them a little crucial financial help. A donation of $15 will net you a Bookstore Wooden Nickel worth $5 in store merchandise, plus a Bookstore postcard; $25 will get you the same two things, plus a “The Bookstore” Tshirt. A $50 pledge will be rewarded with all three items, plus a sculpture

by Muir Hughes (who happens to be a wonderful artist).

The 1st Edition Faulkner package (for a $2,500 donation), Jake Early “Orient & 3rd St.” package ($2,000 donation) and the Signed Ansel Adams package ($350) are sold out—yay! But there’s a great 1st Edition Charles Bukowski X 3 package just waiting to be claimed by the person who donates $1,000.

Go to www.indiegogo.com/ilovebooks to learn more, and to donate.

THANK YOU, SIR! I was very happy to receive an email from none other than widely known author and food activist Michael Pollan, telling me, after reading my recent piece on Proposition 37 and the future of the food movement (See “Taking it nationwide,” CN&R, Dec. 13) that he is indeed “heartened” by the efforts of the growing number of pro-GMOlabeling movers-and-shakers around the state and nation (including Chico’s own Pamm Larry) who are working to make labeling GMO foods in the United States a reality.

Michael Pollan is heartened by the growing GMO-labeling movement.

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his was a presidential election year, which means that politics dominated the news for much of 2012. There were tight, often contentious contests beginning with the primaries in June and concluding with the general election in November.

Rep. Wally Herger’s decision to retire after 13 terms sparked a crazy brawl among Republicans eager to replace him—remember Doug LaMalfa’s weird phony website, or how Dan Logue ended up running for two offices at the same time? Chico, however, remained an oasis of liberalism, maintaining its progressive majority on the City Council.

Some of the stories that were big in 2011—medical marijuana, the city’s budgetary high-wire act, violent crime and the effort to preserve Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park—continued into 2012, though with distinct permutations. And there were some new stories, including how a statewide ballot measure—Proposition 37—that attracted national and even international attention got its start right here in Chico.

As we did last year, we didn’t put the recession on this list, but only because it figured as the backdrop to so many of the stories. The good news is that it seems to be lifting, which gives us hope that next year at this time we will be able to include “Economy gets back on its feet” on our top-10 list.

Now on to that list…

New faces, same majority The conservative faction in local politics had a shot at regaining the majority on the Chico City Council this year, thanks to the decision by two liberal council members— Jim Walker and Andy Holcombe—not to seek re-election. The four-seat race was wide open and attracted 11 candidates, but when voting ended and three brand-new members had been elected, progressives still enjoyed the same 5-2 majority they’d had for years.

It was no surprise that Ann Schwab, seeking re-election to her third term, came in first by nearly 2,000 votes. In her four years as mayor, she’d proven to be a strong leader on issues that matter to most Chicoans—sustainability, diversity, the environment—as well as a passionate and articulate advocate for Chico’s quality of life.

But it was surprising that appointed incumbent Bob Evans, a friendly, thoughtful retired business manager who was well liked by his fellow council members and respected in the business community, came in seventh, well out of the running. His role as one of the two conservatives on the council (the other being Mark Sorensen) will be taken by Sean 16 CN&R December 27, 2012

Morgan, a business management instructor at Chico State, who came in third.

It was also somewhat surprising that Dave Kelley, who in his eight years on the city Planning Commission had certainly paid his dues, and who was the only candidate to be endorsed by both the CN&R and the Chico Enterprise-Record, came in ninth. Kelley was the first candidate to enter the race, way back in mid-2011, and had carefully positioned himself as a moderate, neither liberal nor conservative.

Chico voters, it seems, are one or the other, with slightly more being liberal than conservative.

Second place went to Tami Ritter, who’s widely known for her leadership of several local service agencies, including the Torres Community Shelter and Habitat for Humanity. Joining her on the progressive side is Randall Stone, a financial planner and affordable-housing builder, who came in Three new council members were sworn in Dec. 4, joining the re-elected Ann Schwab.

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fourth, narrowly edging out conservative Andrew Coolidge.

As their first act after being sworn in Dec. 4, the three new council members joined the oldtimers in unanimously electing Mary Goloff to be mayor and Scott Gruendl to be vice mayor for the next two years.

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Gov. Jerry Brown did something in California that most politicians thought impossible: Get the voters to raise their own taxes.

Proposition 30 passed by a margin of 55 percent, but that victory was a nail biter, as late polls leading up to the general election suggested it was going down.

Brown’s income- and sales-tax measure had major implications for public schools of every variety in California. Its failure would automatically have resulted in nearly $6 billion in so-called “trigger cuts” to K-12 and higher education. Jobs were at stake across the board, and at the K-12 level furloughs would have been instituted while children would have lost instructional days (i.e., precious learning time).

The California State University system alone would have taken a hit of $250 million.

Chico State would have carried its fair share of the load.

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Indeed, in a town with thousands of college students, plus the hundreds of faculty and staff members, Prop. 30’s failure would have been disastrous. For starters, tuition would have risen yet again, further burdening students who have taken on increase after increase in recent years. Enrollment would have been cut, leading to fewer students spending money in the local economy, in every segment, from retail to housing.

“We know our community is largely dependent on students. In bigger areas a few hundred fewer students is less likely to make a difference, but in Chico it could be devastating,” said Allan Bee, Chico State’s admissions director, during a March interview.

Brown’s measure calls for a temporary

quarter-cent sales tax (from 7.25 percent to 7.50 percent) and personal-income-tax increase for Californians earning more than $250,000 (and couples earning more than $500,000).

Nobody wants to pay more taxes, but in this case, with so much on the line, Californians made it clear that public education is a priority.

Even rural Butte County came close to approving the measure; nearly 49 percent of registered voters cast ballots in favor of Prop. 30.

Interestingly, what local voters did approve by an overwhelming 64 percent was Measure E, the $78 million Chico school construction bond measure. That money will pay for improvements to schools, including repairs, modernizations of outdated facilities, as well as other various upgrades. Those who’ve visited Chico’s K-12 campuses know that the improvements the money will pay for are much needed.

Tragedy and the Greeks Student deaths by misadventure—most often involving drinking and drugs—have sadly been a too-common occurrence in Chico over the years, but the latter half of 2012 has been especially filled with tragedy.

Since August, four students age 20 to 22 have died as a result of partying too hard.

First there was Shaun Summa, a 22-yearold Butte College student whose body was found in the back yard of a house on West First Street on Aug. 19. An investigation revealed Summa had asphyxiated on his own vomit after playing a drinking game called “flip cup.” His blood-alcohol content (BAC) was 0.34, more than four times the legal limit; 0.08 is considered legally intoxicated.

The Sept. 2 disappearance of 20-year-old Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student Brett Olson spurred a weeklong search that gained national attention. Olson was last seen alive at Beer Can Beach during the annual Labor Day float on the Sacramento River, and his body was found by fisherman Sept. 9. Toxicology results revealed a BAC of 0.28 and the presence of cocaine in his system.

Just days later, on Sept. 16, 22-year-old Chico State University graphic-design major

Carly Callaghan’s roommate found her dead in her bedroom. The cause of death was ruled accidental poisoning by a lethal mixture of alcohol, Prozac and morphine.

On Nov. 4, a Chico State student named Mason Sumnicht was found unresponsive and rushed to Enloe Medical Center with severe alcohol poisoning. Sumnicht was celebrating his 21st birthday with brothers from Sigma Pi, the fraternity he was pledging, and others, by attempting to drink 21 shots. The brain-damaged Sumnicht was on life support for 11 days and died on Nov. 15.

That same day, as Sumnicht took his last breaths, Chico State President Paul Zingg called an impromptu meeting with Chico’s sorority and fraternity members to announce an immediate suspension of all Greek activity. In an emotional speech that referenced Sumnicht’s death, Zingg also leveled a litany

On Nov. 15, Chico State’s Greek community reacted as President Paul Zingg suspended the entire system effective immediately.

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of other offenses against the Greek community, including alleged hazing, alcohol-policy transgressions, and alcohol-fueled physical and sexual assaults.

The public reaction to Zingg’s punishment of the Greeks has been mixed: Some people charge many are being punished for the actions of a few, while others applaud it as a bold statement against Chico’s alcohol culture and persistent party school reputation.

Greek organizations will be instructed how to regain their status with the commencement of the spring semester in February, and Chico Police Chief Kirk Trostle has named alcohol abuse as one of four top priorities the Chico Police Department will address in 2013.

New noise ordinance: Is it enough?

How should the city discourage people from being noisy neighbors?

City officials and members of the public spent much of 2012 trying to answer that question, largely because they couldn’t agree on how to improve the existing ordinance.

The Chico Police Department wanted to tighten it significantly. The problem, the CPD said, was the ordinance required an officer responding to an initial citizen complaint to Melinda Vasquez and Ken Fleming, a married couple who live in the Avenues, attended the noise-ordinance hearings. They contend that the city can do more to protect deteriorating neighborhoods by being tough on noxious noise-makers and their landlords. The updated noise ordinance is too weak, they charge.

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issue a written warning to the offenders. If the noise reoccurred within 72 hours, the offended party could sign a complaint and a citation would be issued.

That was too cumbersome, police said, and gave offenders what amounted to a free pass good for every weekend. They wanted to upgrade the ordinance to allow police officers to issue a fine of up to $1,500 on their first response to a noise complaint.

In May, the City Council’s Internal Affairs Committee OK’d the Police Department’s proposal on a 2-1 vote, with Councilman Andy Holcombe dissenting. He believed offenders should first get a warning and that any further offense within six months would warrant a citation.

Holcombe said he agreed with other aspects of the proposal, including doing away with the need for a written statement from the complaining party. “But I didn’t like not having a warning at all,” he said.

In public hearings held on July 3 and Aug. 7, the City Council heard from about 60 people. Opinions ranged widely, from homeowners pleading with the council to give the police the tools they need to deal with noise, to musicians worried they might be cited for playing or practicing.

CPD Lt. Linda Dye explained that conflicts over noise arise all over town, but primarily in the “transitional” neighborhoods where both permanent residents and younger adults live.

Residents’ complaints are valid, she said.

Instead of mandating a warning, the new policy would give officers the ability to use their discretion to choose whether to give a warning or issue a citation, she said.

Holcombe reiterated his belief that any ordinance should require a first warning.

In the end the council voted, 5-2, with Bob Evans and Mark Sorensen dissenting, to have city staff craft an ordinance along compromise lines. It would require a warning be given and that it be in effect a longer period (six months was suggested), but also allow certain exceptions to the warning requirement (multiple complaints, for example). It would also establish a graduated fine structure and mandate that the ordinance be revisited in six months, at which time council will look at how landlords can be held accountable.

Medi-pot hat trick In November, voters in Colorado and Washington approved ballot measures to allow recreational marijuana use for people over 21 years of age. Meanwhile, in Butte County, politicians and patients continued to quibble over medical marijuana, making it a top local story for the third year running.

The groundwork for 2012’s first pot punch-up was laid in 2011, when county supervisors approved a land-use ordinance that, among other things, limited the amount of plants grown by property size and required all growers to register with the county. Opponents of the ordinance, led by attorney Robert MacKenzie and the Citizens for Compassionate Use, gathered enough “TOP 10” continued on page 18 December 27, 2012

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signatures to challenge the ordinance by referendum, and Measure A was placed on the ballot in the June primary; a yes vote upheld the ordinance, while a no vote repealed it.

Measure A was rejected at the polls, with about 55 percent voting against. The message apparently wasn’t clear to the Butte County Board of Supervisors, however, and on July 31—mere weeks after Measure A’s defeat— the board approved an ordinance that was arguably more draconian. This ordinance, adopted from one in place in Kings County, banned all outdoor growing and demanded plants be grown in a secured, locked and fully enclosed structure.

MacKenzie and other pot proponents cried foul, saying the new ordinance was not just a slap in the face to the board’s constituents, but also opened the county to lawsuits it couldn’t win. An obstinate Supervisor Larry Wahl stood by the ordinance, but it was dropped a month after it was proposed when District Attorney Mike Ramsey declared it unconstitutional.

Ramsey said it conflicted with Prop. 215, which since 1996 protects medical-marijuana users from criminal prosecution. He determined it would also necessitate the creation of eight new positions, costing the county upward of $1 million.

The board then agreed to form an ad hoc committee composed of members from both sides of the issue to come up with an ordinance everyone can support, laying the groundwork for a top story of 2013.

In other carryover pot news, 2010’s big story was the county’s decision to raid eight medical marijuana dispensaries, seizing the operators’ property and in some cases freezing their assets. Two and a half years later, charges were finally filed against one defendant, Rick Tognoli of Scripts Only Service (SOS). The only other dispensary operator to face charges thus far has been Jason Anderson of the Mountainside Patients Collective, but the case was dropped in December 2011 because Anderson was terminally ill.

The closure of Fire Station 5 near Upper Bidwell Park became quite the political hot potato in 2012.

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Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey dropped a bomb during the Aug. 28 Board of Supervisors meeting when he stated that the board’s latest medical-marijuana ordinance was unconstitutional.

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City’s budget pulled through the wringer The city of Chico’s financial standing took three big hits this year: An estimated annual $8.4 million loss due to the state’s dismantling of redevelopment agencies; another half million in vehicle license fees no longer forwarded by the state; and the defeat of Measure J, which could translate into an annual loss of about $900,000 in the utilityusers’ taxes paid on cell phones. On top of that, the city is working on a way to refund requests for those taxes already collected over the past year.

Because of the stagnant state and federal economies, the city’s sales-tax revenues continued to be lackluster, though they did pick up in the last quarter of the 2011-12 fiscal year. And depressed property values kept property-tax revenues down as well. All of this gave rise to some ugly comments at City Council meetings, in letters to the editor and

various online blogs.

Early in the year, during a council meeting budget discussion, Finance Director Jennifer Hennessy, relying on projected tax revenues balanced against city spending, said the city’s finances looked flush. A month later, once the actual numbers were known, the budget was in the red by $900,000. Hennessy said the budget gap was primarily due to increased use of overtime in the Police and Fire departments. By reducing overtime and cutting positions, the city was able to save $300,000. The rest of the money came from fund transfers and reduced spending on supplies.

Meanwhile, Shawn Tillman, a senior planner and redevelopment expert, told the council that the city also stood to lose 20 to 25 full-time-equivalent positions over time because of the loss of the RDA. (A number of city employees’ entire salaries come from redevelopment funds.)

In May, under direction by then-City Manager Dave Burkland to cut expenses by $95,000, Chico Fire Department Chief Jim Beery announced Fire Station 5 in northeast Chico would close for two months. The announcement triggered some ugly protests blaming the council for endangering lives and houses in the station’s vicinity. A press release from resident Anna Swenson sent to the CN&R said the Chico City Council “has decided it’s more important to retain staff from the defunct redevelopment department rather than keep fire stations open, keep firefighters on duty and keep our city safe.”

The station reopened a month early with the shift of some funding and the realization of higher revenues than were anticipated.

For the community members and organizations involved in raising money to keep the Bidwell Mansion open to the public, it came as quite a shock when news broke that the California Department of Parks and Recreation had an extra $54 million lying around.

In 2011, State Parks threatened to close 70 of the state’s 279 parks (including the Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park) due to budget cuts. That November, the Bidwell Mansion Community Project was formed to raise the $100,000 State Parks insisted was necessary to keep the mansion open for three days a week during the 2012-13 fiscal year.

If the money was not raised by July 1, the mansion would be closed indefinitely.

As it happens, the community responded (with a $25,000 donation from the Bidwell Mansion Association, which was long championed Chico’s favorite pink house) and raised $120,000 before the deadline. So when it was revealed on July 20 that State Parks had been sitting on the unreported monies—$20.4 million from park fees and rentals and $33.5 million from registering

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all-terrain vehicles—for up to 12 years, some found the revelation particularly appalling.

“It’s not just a question of trust being lost, it’s also a question of resources being channeled to an area that might not have needed it so much,” Maria Phillips, press secretary for the Bidwell Mansion Community Project, said following the scandal. “While we were working so hard to save the mansion and get money for it, we were inadvertently damaging other nonprofits, very worthy ones, that really could have used the help.”

Ruth Coleman, the State Parks director since 1999, stepped down from her position; Chief Deputy Director Michael Harris was also fired over the fiasco the same day. The surplus funds were exposed during an investigation into an entirely different State Parks scandal—a vacation-buyout program that cost taxpayers an estimated $270,000.

While State Parks announced it would keep most of the threatened parks open, Phillips warned the organization has yet to iron out its financial issues.

“No matter what, this money is a one-shot deal,” Phillips said. “There’s still a systemic deficit in the structure of funding for State Parks that will take several years to correct.”

women between August and late September in the south-campus neighborhood. At least one of the attacks involved what was described as a black sedan, possibly a newer BMW, which is similar to a description given by women who were attacked near the campus with pepper spray the previous fall.

More recently, Chico saw a spate of stabbings, none of them resulting in fatalities, four between Dec. 4 and Dec. 7, and then two more stabbings within a few hours’ time, late in the evening on Dec. 11 and another in the wee hours of Dec. 12.

Chico’s single homicide involves Shawnda Mollison, a 30-year-old woman accused of stabbing to death 53-year-old Diane Lee Duke for no apparent reason.

Mollison, who is incarcerated pending the outcome of her case, has been in Butte County Superior Court this month for preliminary hearings.

Another, more high-profile case involves a Chico cardiologist, Dr. James Yhip, and his wife, Edelyn, who both face murder and child-abuse charges related to the death of their 2-year-old adopted son last spring. The Yhips live in the county area in north Chico, and are free pending the outcome of the case, which is scheduled for a jury trial in February.

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River Mills tax attorney Jim Reed. During the campaign, Aanestad accused LaMalfa of dirty politics after an odd website called Sam4Congress.com criticizing Aanestad appeared online. LaMalfa denied any knowledge of the site, but it was traced to Mark Spannagel, LaMalfa’s chief of staff.

LaMalfa finished first in the primary and then beat second-place finisher Reed in the Nov. 6 general election, which was no big surprise, given the Republican advantage in voter registration. On Aug. 31, LaMalfa had resigned his state Senate post, and Nielsen announced his plans to run for the seat.

LaMalfa said his quitting would save the taxpayers more than a million dollars because his announcement left enough time to place a

Crime in an election cycle

In many ways, Chico voters may have been frightened into going to the polls during the general election. More than in any year in recent memory, crime was the topic du jour when it came to the City Council race.

That’s because several of the candidates proclaimed how unsafe Chico has become by citing every violent crime and tying it to a lack of police staffing and then blaming that on the liberal members the City Council, as though the economy had nothing do with the city’s budget not allowing for an expansion of police services. (The Police Department is down by 10 officers from 2008, according to Chief Kirk Trostle.)

Failed Tea Party candidate Toby Schindelbeck exploited this scare tactic the most.

“Gang stabbing at the Chico Mall today.

If this doesn’t add to the case for more police officers, I don’t know what will. Our PD is understaffed, and the thugs know it,” Schindelbeck exclaimed in one of his many Facebook page rants on the subject of crime leading up to the election.

Never mind that the Chico Police Department’s own analysis has shown that crime is down in Chico. In October, CPD reported a 17 percent drop in overall crimes, the lowest level in the city for at least the past nine years. Meanwhile, the CPD’s press releases began emphasizing the number of hours its officers and detectives spent working.

Still, there were some extremely disturbing events in 2012, including a rape and two attempted sexual assaults of college-age

Wally Herger retires, triggering GOP antics On Jan. 10, Republican Congressman Wally Herger announced he was retiring after a quarter-century in office. Two days later, he blessed State Sen. Doug LaMalfa with his endorsement to replace him. At the very same time, 2nd District Assemblyman and Republican Jim Nielsen announced he would not seek re-election and was in turn blessed by LaMalfa to take the Senate seat he would vacate upon his election to Congress.

A number of candidates jumped into the primary race for Herger’s seat, including former Republican state Sen. Sam Aanestad and second-time Democratic candidate and Fall

Doug LaMalfa stands between Dan Logue, left, and Jim Nielsen on election night.

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special election on the Nov. 6 ballot. But this also opened up some old wounds in the North State Republican Party, as LaMalfa was accused by some fellow Republicans of trying to handpick his successor.

In a special election a candidate who receives 50 percent plus one vote is in and a costly runoff is not needed. But five other candidates jumped into the race, including Republican 3rd District Assemblyman Dan Logue, who simultaneously ran for re-election to his Assembly seat. Also running was Magalia resident and Democrat Mickey Harrington, who’d run for the Assembly in the

past, and Jann Reed, a member of the Chico Unified School District Board of Trustees.

Reed did not state a party preference, nor did two other candidates, Ben Emery and Dan Levine. Eventually, acting on his doctor’s orders due to a kidney ailment, Logue dropped out to concentrate on his Assembly race.

Emery also dropped out of the race, but both candidates’ names remained on the ballot and confused enough voters to keep Nielsen from getting the coveted 50 percent plus one. As such, he and Harrington are facing off in a costly special election on Jan. 8.

Label-GMOs movement takes off The Proposition 37, the California Right to Know ballot-initiative campaign to mandate labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), was one of the most newsworthy political events in recent memory.

By now, people around the world are familiar with the Chico grandmother named Pamm Larry who started the whole Prop. 37 train in motion back in early 2011. Larry spent 2012 tirelessly traveling the Golden State to qualify the proposition for the ballot and to promote it to voters with the help of the 10,000 volunteers she rallied to the cause.

Though the landmark proposition was defeated by a small margin, it was deemed so significant that huge multinational corporations such as Monsanto, DuPont, PepsiCo, General Mills and Kellogg collectively threw big money—to the tune of almost $50 million—into a No on 37 campaign that employed a number of deceptive tactics designed to sway voters to vote against it.

Among those tactics were the false portrayal of ad-campaign front man Dr. Henry I. Miller as a representative of Stanford University (Stanford subsequently forced the TV ads and mailers making that claim to be edited), and sending out a mailer masquerading as Democratic campaign literature encouraging a “no” vote on Prop. 37.

Also notable was the number of popular organic-food companies that surprisingly donated money to the No on 37 campaign, such as Kashi, Horizon, Muir Glen, Cascadian Farm and Chico’s own Smucker’s, maker of R.W. Knudsen juices.

As one prominent watcher of the Prop. 37 campaign, widely known author and food activist Michael Pollan, noted in an Oct. 10 piece he wrote for The New York Times, “One of the more interesting things we will learn on Nov. 6 is whether or not there is a ‘food movement’ in America worthy of the name—that is, an organized force in our politics capable of demanding change in the food system.”

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> Other notable stories in 2012 City takes stand against ‘corporate personhood’ Heeding a request from longtime former city Planning Commissioner Jon Luvaas, the City Council agreed to consider a resolution calling on Congress to initiate an amendment to the U.S. Constitution overturning to the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision and ending the concept of “corporate personhood.”

Dozens of cities and counties, including Los Angeles, have passed similar resolutions, Luvaas stated.

The issue was immediately controversial, with some parties arguing that it was beyond the scope of the City Council and a waste of time.

Not true, Luvaas argued: It’s a local as well as a national issue because policies favorable to corporations have caused the budget crises local governments face, and besides “the only way to battle corporatism is for millions of people to speak up.”

In May the council passed the resolution and also agreed to put it on the Nov. 6 ballot as an advisory measure. It passed with 58 percent of the vote.

Plastic bags banned—maybe Another controversial issue that generated some heat was the City Council’s effort to regulate single-use carry-out plastic bags, as numerous other jurisdictions have done, in an effort to reduce their use.

Beginning with a Sustainability Task Force recommendation in January and a subsequent City Council hearing in early March, followed by an Internal Affairs Committee review in June, the council finally passed an ordinance in early September.

At that last hearing, it was clear that most council members preferred to require large retailers to charge a small amount—a dime, say—for both plastic and carry-out bags.

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more often after being shut down over and over again. In March, she filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, over dozens of alleged ADA violations within the city.

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Gov. Jerry Brown’s expected signature that would lift that prohibition. Two council members, Mark Sorensen and Bob Evans, wanted to hold off on passing an ordinance until Brown signed the bill. The rest of the council was eager to move forward, however, and voted to authorize the city attorney to write an ordinance banning the use of plastic carryout bags.

Within days, however, the governor had signed the bill. In a phone interview, City Attorney Lori Barker said she was holding off on writing the ordinance on the assumption that the council would revisit the issue.

That has yet to occur.

Fighting discrimination Becky Barnes-Boers made a big impact in 2012 by publicly pointing out to Chico officials the multitude of ways in which the city is out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Locals may recognize Barnes-Boers, who uses a battery-operated wheelchair for transportation and is often seen with her kindergarten-age son, Gabriel, on her lap or at her side.

Barnes-Boers attempted to work with city staff to correct the violations for years, in fact, but began showing up at public meetings

Pink slime—aka “boneless lean beef trimmings” or “lean finely textured beef,” as it is called by the meat industry—made the news when the widely unpopular fatty burger-filler was axed by fast-food chain-restaurants Taco Bell and Burger King, and supermarket chains Albertson’s, Lucky and Safeway.

Similarly, Chico Unified School District Nutrition Services Director Vince Enserro made the decision to cease purchasing textured-beef products for the school-lunch program starting July 1, stating, “We will use the USDA’s option of not using [textured beef].

If you’ve got the choice of ‘use it or don’t use it,’ nobody would take the choice to use it.”

In another meat-related controversy, Chico State College of Agriculture Dean Jennifer Ryder Fox was put on the spot about an email she sent to ag students deriding the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) in the midst of a flap about the A.S. Dining Services’ proposed “Meatless Mondays,” aimed at giving students meat-free alternatives to the many existing meat options.

Going, going, gone!

Chico was left without professional baseball last summer, after the Chico Outlaws club was unable to renew its lease at Chico State’s Nettleton Stadium.

Joe Wills, Chico State’s director of public affairs, cited scheduling conflicts with the university’s baseball team and noise complaints from residents living

around the stadium as factors in the negotiations. The Outlaws were also a member team of the struggling North American Baseball League, which, hindered by extensive travel costs, shortened the 2011 season by a week.

Following that season, Outlaws General Manager Mike Marshall reported he had been laid off and the team office was closed.

It was the first time Chico baseball fans were unable to catch a pro game since 2005, when the Outlaws began operations. The Outlaws were league champions in 2007 and 2010, and saw a host of their players move on to higher levels.

This summer, Butte County played host to a very special celebrity—the Oregon-born wandering gray wolf, aka OR7, that made its way into Butte County this past summer.

Nicknamed “Journey” by some, OR7 is a 2-year-old male born into the Imnaha Pack in Northeast Oregon. The wolf’s technical name derives from his being the seventh in his pack to receive an electronic tracking device.

OR7 went solo in September 2011, beginning a journey that continues today. He crossed the border to California late last December, becoming the first known wild wolf to grace the Golden State since the last

Doctor and wife accused of killing child On July 18, Dr. James Yhip and his wife, Edelyn, were arrested on suspicion of murder and felony child-endangerment and abuse charges relating to the April death of their 2year-old adopted son, Benjamin. Infanticide is generally regarded as a particularly heinous crime, and this case was made all the more shocking by his parents’ professional status: James is an Enloe Hospital cardiologist and his wife an oncology nurse.

The unresponsive child was taken to Enloe Medical Center April 18 after Edelyn dialed 911. He was later airlifted to Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento, where he was declared dead the next day. The cause of death was determined to be blunt-force trauma to the head, allegedly caused by a blow from the mother, and the child also allegedly had signs of ongoing abuse.

The Yhips are out on bail, awaiting a February trial. In the meantime, court rulings in August have allowed them to continue working. The couple’s other children, including Benjamin’s twin brother, are currently under the care of Butte County Children’s Services.

City takes over animal shelter The city of Chico took over operations of the Butte Humane Society animal shelter in February. Then-Police Chief Mike Maloney told the City Council the change was a mutual agreement that would have the city running the animal intake while the BHS would maintain responsibility for marketing, adoptions and the newly built spay-and-neuter clinic.

This change, the council was told, would come with no increased costs to the city. But during a July budget meeting the council learned operations of the shelter had gone up $134,000. And local animal advocates claimed the shelter was actually euthanizing more animals than ever, because it made money by selling their carcasses to a rendering plant.

The latter accusation was not true, and in fact euthanasia is down and animals are piling up at the shelter. And the increased costs were attributed to a leaning curve as the new administration took over.

OR7’s packmate, OR10.

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and though the ash pile in Chico has been removed, there are reportedly more piles on ag lands in both Butte and Glenn counties.

Is something wrong with Butte Hall?

The deaths this year of two relatively young and healthy Chico State employees raised concern because both of the deceased worked in offices on the top two floors of Butte Hall and both succumbed to lung-related disease.

Professor Andrew Dick, 47, died on May 16, and Tami Harder Kilpatric, 51, died four months later.

Many on campus, particularly those working in Butte Hall, took notice and began asking questions. The building, like many on campus, contains asbestos that was sprayed on its metal framing when built in 1972.

The school administration held a meeting to address concerns and explain that the building was safe, and the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration is now looking into the case. A report is expected sometime next spring.

Teeter’s upset victory The Yhip family.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY MIRROR

The Chico Unified School District Nutrition Services ceased purchasing food items made with textured beef, aka pink slime, in 2012.

October, had anything good to say about smoking. And groups such as the American Lung Association came down strongly in favor of the ordinance, calling it a public-health issue.

But doubts were raised about the city’s ability to enforce it. Local businessman Michael Reilley reminded the council that smoking was already prohibited in City Plaza and Children’s Playground, but people smoke there anyway, both cigarettes and “medicine.”

Enforcement wasn’t the issue, Councilwoman Mary Goloff said. An ordinance, combined with education outreach and signage, would give local businesses the tools they need to police their doorways. On the other hand, neither the Chico Chamber of Commerce nor the Downtown Chico Business Association backed the proposal.

On Oct. 16 the council approved the ordinance, 5-2, with Bob Evans and Mark Sorensen opposed. Evans earlier had said, “Smokers have a right to be unhealthy.”

was killed in 1924. He arrived in Butte County on June 28, and was tracked just outside Chico in early July.

According to the California Department of Fish and Game, which posts regular updates about the wolf’s whereabouts (left intentionally vague for his protection), OR7 was last pegged in Butte County Aug. 28. He’s stayed close since, wandering the wilds of adjacent Tehama and Plumas counties.

Smokers banned near doorways Further limiting the places where people can legally smoke tobacco, the Chico City Council passed an ordinance in October that prohibits smoking within 20 feet of a doorway, unless the smoker is just passing by.

None of the people who spoke at the two public hearings on the issue, in August and

Rev. Robert loses his appeal Local musician, inventor, entrepreneur, artist and reverend Robert Seals lost his fight for his beloved Goddess Temple on July 31, as the Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to deny Seals’ request to use the 80-acre parcel east of Chico as a church and chapter of the Universal Life Church.

Events held at the temple, a space dedicated to the “worship of motherhood and the feminine,” were the subject of noise complaints from neighbors, most notably regarding a wild Earthdance celebration that got out of hand four years ago. It also became apparent many of the $4 million facility’s buildings were constructed without proper permits.

Supervisor Larry Wahl, who moved to deny the permit, said “It would be ludicrous to give this outfit permission to do what they want to do, in addition to the fact that they’re depriving their neighbors of their quiet enjoyment of their own property in a residential neighborhood.”

The Goddess Temple.

PHOTO BY KYLE DELMAR

Cogeneration plant burns out A south Oroville cogeneration plant that burned biofuel to produce electricity closed in October. The Pacific Oroville Power Inc. plant (POPI) was owned by New Jerseybased Covanta Energy and had been under the scrutiny of the Butte County District Attorney’s Office.

When it was first fired up in 1983, POPI burned wood chips from timber harvests. It then added agricultural waste to help meet the 28 tons of fuel the incinerators consumed per hour to produce enough energy to power 20,000 homes. That electricity was sold to Pacific Gas and Electric.

In the end it was burning “urban waste,” which consisted of demolished buildings. Ash piles from the plant were dumped in a number of places, including north Chico.

Tests of the ash revealed levels of dioxins,

Despite losing the June primary by a healthy margin, Doug Teeter won the race to replace longtime Butte County Supervisor Kim Yamaguchi in the District 5 supervisorial seat on Nov. 6.

In the primary, Paradise Town Councilman Joe DiDuca gained 5,040 votes (39 percent), while Teeter followed with 3,275 (25 percent). But Teeter subsequently whipped DiDuca in the general election with a popular vote of 9,658, compared to DiDuca’s 5,814.

While DiDuca ran on a conservative platform focused on limiting local government’s interference in small business, Teeter presented a more moderate viewpoint emphasizing the protection of public lands for recreational use and stabilizing the economy through increased tourism on the ridge.

Teeter suggested his success may have been the result of going door-to-door on the ridge and holding his own campaign signs on street corners.

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> Other notable stories in 2012 City takes stand against ‘corporate personhood’ Heeding a request from longtime former city Planning Commissioner Jon Luvaas, the City Council agreed to consider a resolution calling on Congress to initiate an amendment to the U.S. Constitution overturning to the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision and ending the concept of “corporate personhood.”

Dozens of cities and counties, including Los Angeles, have passed similar resolutions, Luvaas stated.

The issue was immediately controversial, with some parties arguing that it was beyond the scope of the City Council and a waste of time.

Not true, Luvaas argued: It’s a local as well as a national issue because policies favorable to corporations have caused the budget crises local governments face, and besides “the only way to battle corporatism is for millions of people to speak up.”

In May the council passed the resolution and also agreed to put it on the Nov. 6 ballot as an advisory measure. It passed with 58 percent of the vote.

Plastic bags banned—maybe Another controversial issue that generated some heat was the City Council’s effort to regulate single-use carry-out plastic bags, as numerous other jurisdictions have done, in an effort to reduce their use.

Beginning with a Sustainability Task Force recommendation in January and a subsequent City Council hearing in early March, followed by an Internal Affairs Committee review in June, the council finally passed an ordinance in early September.

At that last hearing, it was clear that most council members preferred to require large retailers to charge a small amount—a dime, say—for both plastic and carry-out bags.

Experience elsewhere has shown that this encourages shoppers to bring their own reusable bags.

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more often after being shut down over and over again. In March, she filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, over dozens of alleged ADA violations within the city.

The outcome of that investigation will be interesting, as Barnes-Boers has successfully forced ADA compliance from other entities, including the Chico Unified School District.

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Gov. Jerry Brown’s expected signature that would lift that prohibition. Two council members, Mark Sorensen and Bob Evans, wanted to hold off on passing an ordinance until Brown signed the bill. The rest of the council was eager to move forward, however, and voted to authorize the city attorney to write an ordinance banning the use of plastic carryout bags.

Within days, however, the governor had signed the bill. In a phone interview, City Attorney Lori Barker said she was holding off on writing the ordinance on the assumption that the council would revisit the issue.

That has yet to occur.

Fighting discrimination Becky Barnes-Boers made a big impact in 2012 by publicly pointing out to Chico officials the multitude of ways in which the city is out of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Locals may recognize Barnes-Boers, who uses a battery-operated wheelchair for transportation and is often seen with her kindergarten-age son, Gabriel, on her lap or at her side.

Barnes-Boers attempted to work with city staff to correct the violations for years, in fact, but began showing up at public meetings

Pink slime—aka “boneless lean beef trimmings” or “lean finely textured beef,” as it is called by the meat industry—made the news when the widely unpopular fatty burger-filler was axed by fast-food chain-restaurants Taco Bell and Burger King, and supermarket chains Albertson’s, Lucky and Safeway.

Similarly, Chico Unified School District Nutrition Services Director Vince Enserro made the decision to cease purchasing textured-beef products for the school-lunch program starting July 1, stating, “We will use the USDA’s option of not using [textured beef].

If you’ve got the choice of ‘use it or don’t use it,’ nobody would take the choice to use it.”

In another meat-related controversy, Chico State College of Agriculture Dean Jennifer Ryder Fox was put on the spot about an email she sent to ag students deriding the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) in the midst of a flap about the A.S. Dining Services’ proposed “Meatless Mondays,” aimed at giving students meat-free alternatives to the many existing meat options.

Going, going, gone!

Chico was left without professional baseball last summer, after the Chico Outlaws club was unable to renew its lease at Chico State’s Nettleton Stadium.

Joe Wills, Chico State’s director of public affairs, cited scheduling conflicts with the university’s baseball team and noise complaints from residents living

around the stadium as factors in the negotiations. The Outlaws were also a member team of the struggling North American Baseball League, which, hindered by extensive travel costs, shortened the 2011 season by a week.

Following that season, Outlaws General Manager Mike Marshall reported he had been laid off and the team office was closed.

It was the first time Chico baseball fans were unable to catch a pro game since 2005, when the Outlaws began operations. The Outlaws were league champions in 2007 and 2010, and saw a host of their players move on to higher levels.

This summer, Butte County played host to a very special celebrity—the Oregon-born wandering gray wolf, aka OR7, that made its way into Butte County this past summer.

Nicknamed “Journey” by some, OR7 is a 2-year-old male born into the Imnaha Pack in Northeast Oregon. The wolf’s technical name derives from his being the seventh in his pack to receive an electronic tracking device.

OR7 went solo in September 2011, beginning a journey that continues today. He crossed the border to California late last December, becoming the first known wild wolf to grace the Golden State since the last

Doctor and wife accused of killing child On July 18, Dr. James Yhip and his wife, Edelyn, were arrested on suspicion of murder and felony child-endangerment and abuse charges relating to the April death of their 2year-old adopted son, Benjamin. Infanticide is generally regarded as a particularly heinous crime, and this case was made all the more shocking by his parents’ professional status: James is an Enloe Hospital cardiologist and his wife an oncology nurse.

The unresponsive child was taken to Enloe Medical Center April 18 after Edelyn dialed 911. He was later airlifted to Sutter Memorial Hospital in Sacramento, where he was declared dead the next day. The cause of death was determined to be blunt-force trauma to the head, allegedly caused by a blow from the mother, and the child also allegedly had signs of ongoing abuse.

The Yhips are out on bail, awaiting a February trial. In the meantime, court rulings in August have allowed them to continue working. The couple’s other children, including Benjamin’s twin brother, are currently under the care of Butte County Children’s Services.

City takes over animal shelter The city of Chico took over operations of the Butte Humane Society animal shelter in February. Then-Police Chief Mike Maloney told the City Council the change was a mutual agreement that would have the city running the animal intake while the BHS would maintain responsibility for marketing, adoptions and the newly built spay-and-neuter clinic.

This change, the council was told, would come with no increased costs to the city. But during a July budget meeting the council learned operations of the shelter had gone up $134,000. And local animal advocates claimed the shelter was actually euthanizing more animals than ever, because it made money by selling their carcasses to a rendering plant.

The latter accusation was not true, and in fact euthanasia is down and animals are piling up at the shelter. And the increased costs were attributed to a leaning curve as the new administration took over.

OR7’s packmate, OR10.

STONE

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TROUBLES See NEWSLINES,

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and though the ash pile in Chico has been removed, there are reportedly more piles on ag lands in both Butte and Glenn counties.

Is something wrong with Butte Hall?

The deaths this year of two relatively young and healthy Chico State employees raised concern because both of the deceased worked in offices on the top two floors of Butte Hall and both succumbed to lung-related disease.

Professor Andrew Dick, 47, died on May 16, and Tami Harder Kilpatric, 51, died four months later.

Many on campus, particularly those working in Butte Hall, took notice and began asking questions. The building, like many on campus, contains asbestos that was sprayed on its metal framing when built in 1972.

The school administration held a meeting to address concerns and explain that the building was safe, and the state Occupational Safety and Health Administration is now looking into the case. A report is expected sometime next spring.

Teeter’s upset victory The Yhip family.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY MIRROR

The Chico Unified School District Nutrition Services ceased purchasing food items made with textured beef, aka pink slime, in 2012.

October, had anything good to say about smoking. And groups such as the American Lung Association came down strongly in favor of the ordinance, calling it a public-health issue.

But doubts were raised about the city’s ability to enforce it. Local businessman Michael Reilley reminded the council that smoking was already prohibited in City Plaza and Children’s Playground, but people smoke there anyway, both cigarettes and “medicine.”

Enforcement wasn’t the issue, Councilwoman Mary Goloff said. An ordinance, combined with education outreach and signage, would give local businesses the tools they need to police their doorways. On the other hand, neither the Chico Chamber of Commerce nor the Downtown Chico Business Association backed the proposal.

On Oct. 16 the council approved the ordinance, 5-2, with Bob Evans and Mark Sorensen opposed. Evans earlier had said, “Smokers have a right to be unhealthy.”

was killed in 1924. He arrived in Butte County on June 28, and was tracked just outside Chico in early July.

According to the California Department of Fish and Game, which posts regular updates about the wolf’s whereabouts (left intentionally vague for his protection), OR7 was last pegged in Butte County Aug. 28. He’s stayed close since, wandering the wilds of adjacent Tehama and Plumas counties.

Smokers banned near doorways Further limiting the places where people can legally smoke tobacco, the Chico City Council passed an ordinance in October that prohibits smoking within 20 feet of a doorway, unless the smoker is just passing by.

None of the people who spoke at the two public hearings on the issue, in August and

Rev. Robert loses his appeal Local musician, inventor, entrepreneur, artist and reverend Robert Seals lost his fight for his beloved Goddess Temple on July 31, as the Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to deny Seals’ request to use the 80-acre parcel east of Chico as a church and chapter of the Universal Life Church.

Events held at the temple, a space dedicated to the “worship of motherhood and the feminine,” were the subject of noise complaints from neighbors, most notably regarding a wild Earthdance celebration that got out of hand four years ago. It also became apparent many of the $4 million facility’s buildings were constructed without proper permits.

Supervisor Larry Wahl, who moved to deny the permit, said “It would be ludicrous to give this outfit permission to do what they want to do, in addition to the fact that they’re depriving their neighbors of their quiet enjoyment of their own property in a residential neighborhood.”

The Goddess Temple.

PHOTO BY KYLE DELMAR

Cogeneration plant burns out A south Oroville cogeneration plant that burned biofuel to produce electricity closed in October. The Pacific Oroville Power Inc. plant (POPI) was owned by New Jerseybased Covanta Energy and had been under the scrutiny of the Butte County District Attorney’s Office.

When it was first fired up in 1983, POPI burned wood chips from timber harvests. It then added agricultural waste to help meet the 28 tons of fuel the incinerators consumed per hour to produce enough energy to power 20,000 homes. That electricity was sold to Pacific Gas and Electric.

In the end it was burning “urban waste,” which consisted of demolished buildings. Ash piles from the plant were dumped in a number of places, including north Chico.

Tests of the ash revealed levels of dioxins,

Despite losing the June primary by a healthy margin, Doug Teeter won the race to replace longtime Butte County Supervisor Kim Yamaguchi in the District 5 supervisorial seat on Nov. 6.

In the primary, Paradise Town Councilman Joe DiDuca gained 5,040 votes (39 percent), while Teeter followed with 3,275 (25 percent). But Teeter subsequently whipped DiDuca in the general election with a popular vote of 9,658, compared to DiDuca’s 5,814.

While DiDuca ran on a conservative platform focused on limiting local government’s interference in small business, Teeter presented a more moderate viewpoint emphasizing the protection of public lands for recreational use and stabilizing the economy through increased tourism on the ridge.

Teeter suggested his success may have been the result of going door-to-door on the ridge and holding his own campaign signs on street corners.

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New chief and manager hired

Soon, it’ll be a little easier for East Coast craft-beer aficionados to get their hands on a bottle of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Chico’s famous brewery announced in late January it will expand production by opening a location in Mills River, N.C., sometime in early 2014. It’s planning to invest $107.5 million in the new brewery over the next five years, employ 90 people (not including workers for the attached restaurant) and beginning production at 300,000 barrels a year, compared to the Chico location’s 800,000 barrels.

Brewery founder Ken Grossman cited Mills River’s beer culture, water quality and quality of life as reasons the location makes for a good fit.

Sierra Nevada distributes in all 50 states, so the East Coast brewery will reduce shipping costs and the company’s carbon footprint. Grossman said he “felt the most responsible thing to do was build a brewery on the other side of the country to lessen our impact on the environment while continuing to place great craft beer into the hands of our consumers.”

On March 30, City Manager Dave Burkland announced he was appointing Capt.

Kirk Trostle as Chico’s interim police chief effective April 21, the day after Chief Mike Maloney was to retire and take a job at Butte College.

Burkland then appointed Trostle to the permanent position, a move that was approved by the City Council on June 19.

Trostle had previously served as chief of the Oroville Police Department and also worked for the Butte County District Attorney’s Office.

Burkland stepped down on Aug. 31 after

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five years on the job. He was replaced by Brian Nakamura, who was hired from a similar position in the Riverside County town of Hemet, after the council had conducted a number of closed-door interviews.

Word of Nakamura’s interview was leaked and reported in this paper, and he took some heat from certain folks in Hemet for his apparent betrayal.

A win for the girls Cindy Wolff was vindicated in 2012 over her complaints years earlier to the Chico Unified School District about the gender inequities she found in the district’s sports programs, violations of Title IX, the landmark 1972 educational amendment prohibiting gender discrimination in federally funded educational programs and activities, including sports.

Over the course of two years, Wolff, a Chico State professor and director of the university’s Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion, says her charge that the high schools’ programs favored boys was repeatedly ignored by coaches, principals, school board members, and finally the top administrator, Superintendent Kelly Staley.

Eventually, in October 2010, Wolff, as a member of the local chapter of the American Association of University Women, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Edu-

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cation’s Office of Civil Rights. On June 22, the day before the 40th anniversary of Title IV, the OCR released a letter of findings in which CUSD agreed to resolve many of the issues Wolff had brought to light. Ω more “YEAR IN REVIEW” continued on page 24

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Toby Schindelbeck’s gaffes In some ways, businessman Toby Schindelbeck ran a good campaign for City Council this year. He raised a lot of money and made himself widely known in the community. Unfortunately, he was known as much for his gaffes as anything.

First there was his insistence, at a Tea Party rally in April, that low-income housing draws crime—a charge not borne out by police data. Then, in May, he publicly blamed the City Council for the closure of Fire Station 5, when it was the fire chief’s decision.

Schindelbeck also charged that the city had spent $74,000—money that could have been used to keep the station open—to buy five paintings for City Hall. The paintings had been purchased years earlier.

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“Nice house … let’s smoke it!”

Safeway says no!

In April, managers of the East Avenue and Mangrove Avenue branches of the Safeway supermarket chain harassed petitioners gathering signatures in support of Proposition 37, the GMO-labeling initiative.

Despite having prior permission from the manager of the East Avenue store, one local Prop. 37 organizer was told by him that if she were seen anywhere near the store, he would call the police.

At the Mangrove store, when one petitioner, Nicolas Guillermo, was told to leave, he offered documents reflecting state law showing he was legally entitled to gather signatures at such a venue. The next day a sign appeared: “Valued Customers. Solicitors or petitioners are here without our permission.

To encourage them to leave, please do not contribute money or sign petitions. Thank you, Store Management.”

Weeks later, the assistant manager of the Mangrove Safeway gave students and teachers from Rose Scott Open-Structured School the boot when they were trying to sell raffle tickets as part of a school fundraiser, despite having the manager’s permission.

Logue’s double run proves costly

Toby Schindelbeck

City code limits contributions to $500.

State law states contributions made by children are presumed to be from their parents or guardians. Morgan said he was fully aware that minors had contributed and that his treasurer, Karli Olsen, had assured him it was OK. As the CN&R was putting the story together, Olsen called to say they were giving the money back to the kids.

His most notorious gaffe, however, was a posting he made on his Facebook page that went viral, at least locally. It was apparently a response to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi and Mitt Romney’s charge that President Obama had “apologized” for America.

“Obama is an idiot and a coward,” Schindelbeck wrote. “… What a useless puke.”

Then, when Chico State student Christian Crandall posted a calm and reasoned reply, Schindelbeck’s response was blunt: “Christian, you are an idiot. Goodbye.”

Schindelbeck failed to win election, finishing sixth.

Dan Logue dropped a bombshell this election season when he decided to toss his hat into the crowded race for Doug LaMalfa’s vacated state Senate seat, even though he was favored to win the re-election campaign he was already conducting as an incumbent

Signature gatherer Nicolas Guillermo was unlawfully told by the Mangrove Safeway manager to leave the premises.

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assemblyman.

Questions about how he could possibly occupy both offices were scrapped when he subsequently quit the Senate race, citing health problems, but the damage was done.

Not only had he focused more attention on the Republican infighting that plagued the party this cycle, but also had failed to withdraw in time to remove his name from the ballot.

Non-candidate Logue garnered more than 43,000 votes in the race, much to the consternation of fellow Republican Jim Nielsen, who beat second-place candidate Mickey Harrington with a total of 49.8 percent of the votes but failed to get the majority needed to take the seat.

A costly special election to be held Jan. 8—largely resulting from Logue’s maneuvering—is the result.

Candidate gets child support Successful Chico City Council candidate Sean Morgan raised $38,661 in campaign contributions, including $500 each from three children of David and Sharon Purser, who had also each contributed $500.

Sean Morgan PHOTO BY MELANIE MacTAVISH

An April attempt to get high(er) turned into a major bummer for three Chico State University students who accidentally set their house on fire.

The explosion and subsequent fire at the corner of West First Avenue and Warner Street erupted when housemates Nicholas Glasco, Devin Murphy and Cheyenne Havens—ages 19 to 21—allegedly tried to make “honey oil,” also known as “hash oil.”

Internet instructions on how to make the super-concentrated tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) extract usually utilize butane and contain warnings not to attempt the process in unventilated areas.

The three escaped uninjured but were left homeless and arrested on charges of manufacturing a controlled substance. It’s doubtful they got their deposit back.

LaMalfa says abortion causes cancer

Special Olympics canceled … seriously?

Speaking at a Redding debate in September, congressional candidate Doug LaMalfa made a surprising comment to the effect that abortion causes cancer. Asked about it later

by KRCR-TV reporter Mark Mester, LaMalfa expanded his statement.

“Research has shown there is that higher level of incidence, there is that risk, and so I would want women to be fully informed of all the aspects of it before they would make a decision like that,” LaMalfa told Mester. “I think that shows more care for women than by simply shuffling them off to an abortion mill ...”

It could have died there, but back in the studio Mester did some research and learned that LaMalfa’s statement simply wasn’t true—there’s no connection between abortion and cancer.

The next day LaMalfa’s campaign sent out a correction saying he was misinformed and was relying on information he remembered reading several years ago. (It said nothing, however, about his condescending comment about “shuffling them off to an abortion mill,” as if women were livestock.)

In November 2011, organizers were verbally assured by Chico State officials that the 40th annual Special Olympics Basketball Tournament could be held at campus facilities the first Sunday of the following March, as it had been for decades.

But just weeks before the event, they were informed one of the two gyms they needed had been reserved for a volleyball tournament.

They also discovered changes in university policy had raised the rental price from the $350 they’d always paid to $3,800. The Special Olympics event was canceled. Insult was added to injury when the volleyball tournament was wrapped up Saturday, leaving the gyms in question empty the day the original event was scheduled.

Aanestad calls Obama a Muslim On April 22, at a Paradise Tea Party Patriots gathering, Republican congressional candidate Sam Aanestad reportedly said President Obama was a Muslim. Allen Stellar wrote in this paper that he’d asked Aanestad if he believed the president was a Muslim, and he said indeed he did.

At a press conference about a month later, Aanestad explained: “What I said was that the president’s background is Muslim. He was brought up in the Muslim culture, his father was a Muslim. Does that mean he follows the practices and customs? He says he is Christian. Who are we to judge?”

Supervisor’s bad joke In March Butte County Supervisor Bill Connelly forwarded a joke via email to a county employee about a driver at a stoplight next to a “carload of bearded, young, loud Muslims, shouting anti-American slogans” when “an 18-wheeler came speeding thru the intersection & ran directly over their car, crushing it completely, killing everyone in the car. For several minutes I sat in my car thinking to myself, ‘Man … that could have been me!’ So today, bright and early, I went out and got a job as a truck driver.”

When asked about it a few days later, Connelly bristled: “It was just a joke,” he said.

Pedal to the metal Bay Area resident Lynne Cahill-Gomez’s lead foot earned her national attention in March after she was cited for speeding three times in one hour on Highway 70.

The 53-year-old Hayward resident was booked into a Yuba County jail after being pulled over by the CHP once for driving 103 mph, being clocked 20 minutes later at 105 mph, and then a third time 40 minutes later driving 76 mph in a 55 mph zone. She said she was rushing her help her injured elderly mother.

Cahill-Gomez was released from jail two days after her arrest. Ω

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2012: year in film Our lead film critic looks at the cinematic highlights of the year

A Christmas), The New York Times’ esteemed movie reviewers have already gone on record saying that 2012 was an exceps I sit down to write this (a week or so before

tionally good year for movies. One of them (Stephen Holden) went so far as to insist that this year’s “Top Ten” had to be a Top 25, in his case. by Here in the provinces, it may not have Juan-Carlos seemed as good as all that, especially if your Selznick viewing choices were solely a matter of what turned up in local theaters. Various video JUAN CARLOSoptions again put us within reach of a great SELZNICK’S many very worthy films that didn’t make it to BEST OF 2012 Chico theaters, but even then, what we got to Argo see here on the big screen amounted to a Beasts of the bumper crop—the best of the best (Lincoln, Southern Wild Moonrise Kingdom, The Master and Beasts of Bernie A Dangerous Method the Southern Wild) as well as a host of others that were often remarkable and sometimes The Deep Blue Sea exceptional (A Dangerous Method, Searching The Descendants for Sugar Man, Bernie, Liberal Arts, Premium Lincoln Rush, Argo, Cloud Atlas, Life of Pi, The SesMargaret sions, etc.) and a few late-arriving, top-flight The Master carryovers from 2011 (The Descendants, The Moonrise Kingdom Adventures of Tintin, The Artist).

Mysteries of Lisbon Foreign-language films weren’t much of a Unforgivable presence this year in local theatres. A Separation (Iran), Footnote (Israel) and The Kid with a Bike (Belgium) were among the year’s best. But, apart from second-tier items like Headhunters (Norway) and The Intouchables (France), not much else of note got here. The University Film Series at Chico State did help fill the gap with first-time screenings of Gianni Amelio’s The Missing Star (Italy, 2006) and twothirds of Semih Kaplanoglu’s “Yusuf Trilogy” (Turkey).

But, thanks to assorted video connections, it was still a rich year for foreign language imports. Several rank among the very best of the year for me: the late Raúl Ruiz’s monumental Mysteries of Lisbon (Portugal/France), Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s sprawling tragicomic police story Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey), Aki Kaurismäki’s whimsical immigration drama Le Havre (Finland/France/Germany) and André Téchiné’s enigmatic mystery tale/relationship drama Unforgivable (France). And France’s Mathieu Demy, son of filmmakers Agnès Varda and the late Jacques Demy, delivered the mournful, charming Americano, a tri-linSearching for gual memoir/reverie set in Sugar Man

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France, Southern California, and Mexican border towns Plus, there was Nanni Moretti’s satirical We Have a Pope (Italy) and Moonrise Kingdom a whole array of variously intriguing films from France: Daniel Auteuil’s remake of Marcel Pagnol’s The Well-Digger’s Daughter, Philippe Garrel’s downbeat A Burning Hot Summer, the political comedy The Women on the 6th Floor, the oddball period piece Mozart’s Sister, the offbeat crime films Polisse and Heat Wave, the elegiac Goodbye First Love, and Pawel Pawlikowski’s low-key psychothriller The Woman in the Fifth, a French/Polish/English Mysteries of Lisbon production with Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas in the lead roles.

Kenneth Lonergan’s beleaguered Margaret finally made it into circulation via video, and in a year that had an astonishing abundance of offbeat emotional dramas it was a special standout right alongside David Cronenberg’s A Dangerous Method and Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea. Todd Haynes’ Mildred Pierce, a miniseries in 2011 and an impressive DVD in 2012, belongs in that company as well.

And more than honorable mention should go to quite a number of other smartly written, well-acted small-scale dramas: The Sessions, Bernie, Liberal Arts, Starlet and Premium Rush, among the films that reached local theaters, and Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz (Canada), Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin (UK), Francine (with Melissa Leo), Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Stefan Ruzowitzky’s Deadfall, among those that didn’t.

I’m still playing catch-up with this year’s wave of serious-minded documentaries.

Searching for Sugar Man is the best of the ones I did see, with Bully, Neil Young Journeys, and Wim Wenders’ dance film Pina as distinguished runners-up. Ω

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Special Events CHRISTOPHER TITUS: The stand-up comedian has honed his dark, personal storytelling for years, earning a show on Fox and regular rotation on Comedy Central. Th, 12/27, 8pm. $20. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy at Gold Country Casino & Hotel in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.goldcountry casino.ticketforce.com.

Poetry/Literature CHICO STORY SLAM: Names go in a hat and 10 “tellers” share their unscripted stories, with applause determining the winner. Last Th of every month, 7pm. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

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Music THE MOTHER HIPS: The first show in their two-night stand at the El Rey will feature Chico’s homegrown faves performing their debut album Back to the Grotto in its entirety. Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers open. Su, 12/30, 8pm. $20. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St.; (530) 342-2727.

CHRISTOPHER TITUS Tonight, Dec. 27 Gold Country Casino

SEE THURSDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

BULLETIN BOARD

FINE ARTS Art 1078 GALLERY: Stories 1 Exhibition, the 1078’s annual December group show showcases five artists with strong ties to Chico.

Through 1/5, 2013. 820 Broadway, (530) 3431973, www.1078gallery.org.

ANGELOS CUCINA TRINACRIA: Maria Phillips

Exhibition, large, other-worldly watermedia paintings on display. Ongoing. 407 Walnut St., (530) 899-9996.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Reflections, Refractions &

PHOTO BY ANSGAR WALK

POLAR BEAR SWIM Tuesday, Jan. 1 One Mile Pool, Bidwell Park

SEE TUESDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

Reveries, paintings by Dolores Mitchell and art glass by Claudia Schwartz. Reception F, 12/7, 5pm. Through 1/12, 2013. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

CHICO ART CENTER: Gallery Collective, featuring members and local artists showcasing their artwork for the holidays. Through 1/4, 2013. 450 Orange St. 6, (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

CHICO CITY MUNICIPAL CENTER: Works by

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For NYE listings, see NIGHTLIFE, p. 32

Special Events BLACK & WHITE MAGIC SHOW: A black and whitethemed dinner, magic show with Carlos Sawyer and dance party with DJ Mora Sounds.

Call for tickets or more info. M, 12/31, 6pm. $30.

Lake Oroville Golf and Event Center, 5131 Royal Oaks Dr. in Oroville; (530) 589-0777.

Music THE MOTHER HIPS: The Mother Hips—Chico’s beloved homegrown rockers—play a special New Year’s Eve set. Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers open. M, 12/31, 9pm. SOLD OUT. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St.; (530) 342-2727.

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Special Events

Claudia Steel, an exhibition of etchings, serigraphs, watercolors and oils. Through 1/11, 2013. 411 Main St. City Hall, (530) 8967200.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

CHICO MUSEUM: I Heart Chico, paintings, poetry, kid’s art, photography, textiles, videos and interactive collaborative exhibits inspired by Chico. Through 1/31, 2013. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Dorothy Cranston

Exhibit, watercolors by Dorothy Cranston on display. M-Su through 12/31. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS AND APPRAISALS:

Estates Show, over 100 paintings, prints and drawings by Picasso, Chagall, Renoir, Whistler, Dali, Ayres, Hornaday, DeHoff and more. Through 12/28. Free. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

LAXSON FINE ART GALLERY: Mothership, Ann Posey’s sculpture and large-scale oil paintings exploring the tension between motherhood and being an artist. Through 1/22, 2013. 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.

MANAS ART SPACE & GALLERY: Everything

Green Show, Green is the theme for the latest MANAS all-medium open-entry show.

Through 1/11, 2013. 1441 C Park Ave., (530) 588-5183.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Home for the

Holidays, ornaments, gifts, jewelry and art on display. Through 12/31. 493 East Ave. #1, (530) 345-3063.

UPPER CRUST BAKERY & EATERY: Esteban

Ismael Duran Exhibition, mixed media constructions, sculpture and tin work. Through 12/31. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.

Call for Artists 2013 ART FIESTA BOOTHS: Artist booths are still available for next spring’s event. Call or email for more info. Through 4/1, 2013.

Matador Motel, 1934 Esplanade, (530) 4874553.

AVENUE 9 POETRY: Avenue 9 wants nine lines of poetry about the gallery from local writers to serve as part of the gallery’s ninth birthday bash. Through 1/10, 2013. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

BTW HAVE YOU SEEN MY KEYS?: Works of all medias and sizes accepted, so long as they incorporate a discarded key (which you can pick up at the gallery). Submissions accepted from Jan. 16-19. Through 1/19, 2013. $5. Manas Art Space & Gallery, 1441 C Park Ave., (530) 588-5183.

GREEN ARTS COMPETITION: Mixed-media artwork that answers the question “What does it mean to be green?” Top finalists will have their work published on the Associated Students homepage. Ongoing. CSU Chico, 400 West First Street, Yolo Hall Room 178, (530) 898-6677.

Museums GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Fall Exhibits, three exhibits running through the fall semester including “Take Flight,” “Gold Fever: The Untold Stories of the California Gold Rush” and “Third Views, Second Sights: A Rephotographic Survey of the American West.” Through 12/31. $3-$6. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: Veterans Day Exhibit, A display honoring those who serve.

Ongoing. 502 Pearson Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8722, www.goldnuggetmuseum.com.

POLAR BEAR SWIM: Dare you brave the frigid

Community

BANANA BELT FIELD TRIP: A hike up the

farmers’ market in the park serving as a neighborhood collaborative forum focusing on healthy lifestyle promotion, education and access. F, 2-

5:30pm through 12/31. Free.

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Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 592-0889, www.cchaos.org.

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.but tecounty.net/bclibrary.

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

Tu, 6:30-8:30pm. Opens 1/1. $10. Call for details, (530) 891-6524.

Post your event for free online at www.newsreview.com/calendar.

Once posted, your CN&R calendar listing will also be considered for print. Print listings are also free, but subject to space limitations.

Deadline for print listings is one week prior to the issue in which you wish the listing to appear.

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

FREE HEALTH CLINIC: Free services for minor medical ailments. Call for more info. Su, 1-4pm. Free. Shalom Free Clinic, 1190 E. First Ave. Corner of Downing and E. 1st Ave, (530) 518-8300, www.shalom freeclinic.org.

PARADISE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Used book sale. Every other Sa,

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, 872-7085.

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) 891-6524.

Day one Tuesday, Jan. 1: A fresh start. Go outside, bring someone with you, and start the year well. Happy New Year, Chico!

—CHICO NEWS & REVIEW

WILDLIFE VIEWING

Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, Gridley SEE COMMUNITY

1pm through 2/3. $4. Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, 3207 Rutherford Rd. in Gridley, (530) 846-7505.

WRITING GROUP: All writers welcome. Bring paper, a pen and writing to share. F, 3:30-5pm. Free. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

FARMERS MARKET - SATURDAY: Baked

SOUL SHAKE DANCE CHURCH: Drop your

FREE LISTINGS!

Rain cancels. Sa, 10am through 2/3; Su,

CHAPMAN FARMERS MARKET: A

ate classes followed by a free open dance. Tu, 1/1, 7-9pm. $5. The Hub, 685 Manzanita Ct. Inside the Holiday Inn, Chico, (530) 354-3477.

for more Music, see NIGHTLIFE on page 32

WILDLIFE VIEWING: Guided wildlife tours.

north ridge in search of the new year’s first flowers.

Wear appropriate clothing. Tu, 1/1, 10am. Free.

Horseshoe Lake, Upper Bidwell Park, (530) 3422293.

SALSA SCHOOL: Beginning and intermedi-

EDITOR’S PICK

simple goal this holiday season: Every animal up for adoption on December 1 will find its home by December 31! Help the cause and make a kid’s day this holiday season. Butte Humane Society, 2579 Fair St., (530) 343-7917.

Haiti, Brazil and West Africa with live drumming. Tu, 5:30pm. Opens 1/1. Chico Womens Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 3456324.

10am-3pm. Prices vary. Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-6320, www.butte county.net/bclibrary/Paradise.htm.

waters of Sycamore Pool in January? Join hundreds of screaming, floundering Chicoans in this chilly New Year’s Day tradition. Tu, 1/1, 1pm. Free. One Mile Recreation Area, Bidwell Park.

TAKE US HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: One

AFRO CARIBBEAN DANCE: Dances of Cuba,

MORE ONLINE

For Kids HOLIDAY FUN FOR KIDS: Hosted by Oroville’s YMCA, this day camp is intended to get kids outside and to begin developing healthy life-long habits. Call for more info. Through 12/28,

6:30am-6pm; Through 1/4, 2013, 6:30am-

6pm. Call for fees. Oroville YMCA, 1684 Robinson St. in Oroville, (553) 533-9622, www.orovilleymca.org.

Volunteer ANIMAL SHELTER HOLIDAY WISH LIST: The shelter is in need of blankets, towels, canned dog and cat food, clay litter, cat toys, paper bedding for rabbits and more. Go online for a complete list and a donation form. Through 12/31. City of Chico Animal Shelter, 2579 Fair St., (530) 894-5630, www.chicoanimalshelter.org.

BIDWELL PARK VOLUNTEERS: Help the park by volunteering for trash pick-up, invasive plant removal, trail maintenance, site restoration, water quality testing and more. Ongoing; check Friends of Bidwell Park web site for dates and locations. Ongoing. Call for location, (530) 891-4671, www.friendsofbidwellpark.org.

PATRICK RANCH VOLUNTEERS: There are multiple volunteer opportunities available at the museum, including help with Autumnfest 2012 and the annual Christmas celebration. Call or email for more info. Ongoing. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Chico Halfway between Chico and Durham, (530) 345-3559.

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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Judge, jury and badass.

Hitchcock

and diverse cast (especially Daniel DayLewis in the title role) provides vivid foreground and background alike in this unusual and complex version of Spielbergian spectacle. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Les Misérables

Monsters, Inc. 3-D

Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren star as Alfred Hitchcock and his wife/collaborator in this love story between the two that takes place during the filming of Hitchcock’s Psycho. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

The musical version of Victor Hugo’s tale of love, war and redemption set against the backdrop of 19th-century France gets impressive cinematic treatment by director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) and his cast of stars (who sang their parts live on set), including Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russel Crow as Javert, and Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried as Fantine and Cosette, respectively. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Parental Guidance

Jacked up

A broad comedy starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler as an old-school married couple facing the challenges of babysitting their three 21st-century grandchildren.

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

Now playing The Guilt Trip

Tom Cruise fills big shoes in uneven action thriller

Rwould be a little weird even in a year unmarked by December massacres with automatic weapons. The title chareleasing Jack Reacher just before Christmas

acter, however, is a lone wolf, an off-the-grid guardian angel/knight errant/avenger who is vastly more concerned with rough justice than with social by Juan-Carlos niceties of any sort, and so maybe an againstthe-grain release was inevitable, whatever the Selznick season.

Reacher, the hero of a series of novels by Lee Child, is played here by Tom Cruise, and screenwriter-director Christopher McQuarrie (The Way of the Gun) has fashioned it all into a smoothly propulsive tough-guy vehicle for its star. Cruise’s lack of Reachersque height (the guy is 6’5” in the novels) has gotten a lot of Jack Reacher Starring Tom advance press, but the 5’7” actor gives a conCruise, sistently credible account of the title character, Rosamund Pike both as lone wolf/guardian avenger and as and Richard semi-superhuman fighting machine.

Jenkins. Directed Adapted from a Reacher/Child novel called

by Christopher McQuarrie. One Shot, the film is a murder mystery that Cinemark 14, begins with a sniper shooting down people, Feather River apparently at random, in a city square. The Cinemas and “ghostly” and elusive Reacher enters the case Paradise Cinema in peculiar fashion—the chief suspect, a former 7. Rated PG-13.

Army sniper, has sought his help—and he stays (always on his own narrowly defined terms) to sort through the ensuing tangle of corrupt law enforcement, feminine distractions, evilPoor schemer masterminds and heavily armed thugs and malcontents.

The heavies include an off-the-grid conspirFair ator and Russian refugee (oddly underplayed by filmmaker Werner Herzog) and a semiinterchangeable array of hulking thugs. AusGood tralian Jai Courtney is the most imposing of that lot, and Joseph Sikora (as the sniper/suspect) is the most touchingly pathetic.

James Martin Kelly has a good moment or Very Good two as a grieving father/victims-rights poster boy. David Oyelowo is stuck with a key police role that proves less and less coherent as the Excellent story moves along.

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The women of consequence are an adventurous defense attorney (Rosamund Pike) who enlists a reluctant Reacher as an investigator on behalf of the sniper/suspect, and a caricatured and pathetically pliant young blonde (Alexia Fast) who gets trapped in the crossfire of conspiracies. Both of them find Reacher tantalizing, but he stops short of full-on romance—he seems capable of seduction, but apparently he prefers the role of protector.

As such, this tale with its manly gun-love and bedazzled females might seem a little like semi-repressed pornography for boyish hunter/warrior wannabes. Be that as it may, it’s clearly a Cruisified version of the paranoid action thriller as practiced previously by Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris and “Dirty Harry” Eastwood.

All told, the action scenes are its strongest suit. There’s a terrific, inventively extended car chase, in which Cruise appears to do some of his own stunt driving. A slam-bang dust-up inside a small bathroom almost works as absurdist comedy. But an elaborate shoot-out in a quarry ends up looking a little too much like a videogame routine. Ω

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Note: Due to changes that may occur during holiday season, please confirm film listings with theater.

Opening this week Django Unchained

It’s a Tarantino Christmas tale. Follow along through the Deep South as a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) recruits a slave (Jamie Foxx) to help him track down a gang of killers in exchange for his freedom and the chance to rescue his wife from a dastardly plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Hijinks ensue when a young man (Seth Rogan) is joined by his mother (Barbara Streisand) on a cross-country business trip. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit hits all the expected marks as a very short dude with big hairy feet, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), is drafted by wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and 12 … no, 13 dwarves for a quest to reclaim a conquered kingdom. And retrieve some gold.

Lots of gold. And of course there’s lots of walking in single file as the camera swoons across the New Zealand landscapes. And the 3-D is swell. The iconic battle of riddles between Bilbo and Gollum was fantastically realized, and the motion-capture technology is top of the game here, with Andy Serkis’ froggy li’l critter breathing real air.

One has to appreciate the attention to detail director Peter Jackson and his crew put into realizing his overall vision. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

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Jack Reacher

See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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Life of Pi

Ang Lee’s film version of Yann Martel’s exuberantly post-modernist stew of a tale is a flamboyantly episodic ramble— part high-flying philosophical discourse, part epic adventure, part literary puzzle, and the giddy, convoluted life story of Piscine “Pi” Patel, its central character/narrator. The big selling point is the amazing tale Pi has to tell about losing his family in a shipwreck and yet also surviving adrift in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger from his parents’ zoo as his only companion. That part of the story, part mini-Titanic, part Robinson Crusoe, part nothingyou’ve-ever-seen-before, takes fine and duly spectacular form in Lee’s film. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG —J.C.S.

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Lincoln

The new Abe Lincoln picture from Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner is an historical epic of a quality that is exceptionally rare in American movies. Kushner’s brilliant script focuses on Lincoln and his contemporaries and on the complex political maneuvering involved in getting slavery abolished, via the Thirteenth Amendment, in the first four months of the war’s final year, 1865. There’s a fresh, canny mixture of docudrama and dramatic entertainment throughout, and a wonderfully trenchant

A 3-D re-release of the 2001 animated hit about the scream factory of some fuzzy monsters being infiltrated by one of the children whom they are tasked with scaring. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated G.

Playing for Keeps

Gerard Butler stars as a former star athlete fallen on hard times who, after signing on to coach a youth soccer team, has to fend off hot and smitten soccer moms. Also starring Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Dennis Quaid.

Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Red Dawn

A remake of the 1984 film about commies invading a rural U.S. area only to have local high-schoolers take up arms to try and fend them off. This time the commies are North Korean instead of Soviet, the rural area is Washington instead of Colorado and the lead is played by Thor instead of Patrick Swayze. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Rise of the Guardians

A 3D animated-film version of William Joyce’s The Guardians of Childhood kids’ books about a group of famous characters—Jack Frost, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman— who band together to save kids from the nightmares of the Boogeyman. Starring the voices of Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Chris Pine and Isla Fisher. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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Skyfall

Skyfall’s opening sequence finds Bond (Daniel Craig) botching an attempt to recover a stolen hard drive containing mega-important information during a stunningly awesome over-the-top chase scene. From there it’s all womanizing, daydrinking and swallowing handfuls of prescription medication before a bleary-eyed Bond is put through a series of physical and mental tasks to determine whether he is still fit for service and allowed to help track down baddie Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem).

The dialogue between Bond and his latest nemesis is the most compelling aspect of the film—excluding scene in which a military helicopter crashes into a Scottish castle. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —H.H.

This is 40

Writer/director Judd Apatow brings the hilarious secondary characters—Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann)—from Knocked Up to this sequel of sorts, which catches up with the quibbling married couple a few years after the events of the earlier film. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2

In Part 1, Bella (Kristen Stewart) got knocked up a with mutant baby who tore her up pretty good, forcing Edward (Robert Pattinson) to turn her into a vampire. In Part 2, vampiress Bella is all sunshine and smiles, and she’s got Edward truly whupped. The only dark side to these happy days is that their newborn daughter is growing at an alarming rate, and some sinister cabal of bloodsuckers is breathing down their necks, finally showing up for a battle royale that explodes all over the snowscape. A very well-crafted climax that concludes with a perfectly delivered punch line. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

Wreck-it Ralph

A Wreck-it Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) is the villain character in a video game who gets tired of being the bad guy, so he escapes to other games in the arcade in an attempt to be the hero. Also starring the voices of Sarah Silverman, Jayne Lynch and more. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

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deal of talk among her peers and colleagues over a newcomer to the by Alastair Bland scene, a European-born immigrant with a seductive French accent and the feminine grace and voluptuousness of a queen.

“But syrah just tanked,” said Sunseri, now the winemaker at New Clairvaux Vineyard in Vina.

“People were thinking it would be the next big thing and could even approach cabernet in sales.”

Syrah, after being overplanted and overhyped in California, never blossomed as perhaps it deserved to. The variety may ripen into a wide range of styles depending on where it is grown. A syrah might be the classic piney, gamey style often seen in its French homeland and on the California North Coast, or heavy in bacon and cured-meat scents, or markedly mocha-like with allspice and anise. But rather than make the wine enticing through mysteriousness, all these possibilities have made syrah intimidating—or simply untrustworthy—to many wine drinkers, who may be reluctant to pay for a wine if they don’t know what they’re getting.

“People will approach a pinot noir they don’t know, take a risk and buy it,” said Scot Covington, winemaker at Trione Vineyards in Sonoma County.

But not syrah, offered Covington, who says his own rendition—a velvety smooth French-style wine with strong scents of licorice— tends to be a sluggish seller on

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retail shelves but does well in the tasting room, where customers who taste it first may be convinced of its virtues.

The most confusing aspect of syrah, though, may be shiraz—the high-alcohol, fruity, loud-talking Australian rendition of the same grape that was so popular about a decade ago.

“People got confused by the whole Yellowtail thing,” said Bill Easton, winemaker at Terre Rouge in the Sierra Foothills.

“The wine was fruity and sweet, and often cheap.”

Shiraz’s boisterous Aussie appeal didn’t take long to grow old, however, and soon overly fruity red wines with residual sugar and kangaroos on the bottle drew sneers from many wine consumers. Even syrah seems to have received some of the backlash, and sales for both wines dipped.

In the Barossa Valley of South Australia, winemaker Michael Twelftree of Two Hands Wines recognizes the lingering reputation of shiraz as a clumsy fruitbomb.

“Most producers just wanted to load up their U.S. importer with pretty much exactly the same style of wine—very ripe, sweet and with loads of new oak,” Twelftree said.

To teach consumers that Australian shiraz can be subtle, elegant and representative of place, Two Hands Wines recently introduced a six-pack varietal tasting package of shiraz from select vineyards around Australia.

Meanwhile, California winemakers are still trying to decide what a good California syrah should taste like. Hugh Chappelle,

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Chappelle says, “Australians screwed up the category,” creating consumer “expectations of a fruit bomb for $5 or $6.” When making his own syrah, Chappelle instills some French finesse, which his region’s cool nights allow the grapes to develop.

Meanwhile, hot days build up the fruit’s muscle and backbone.

Phil LaRocca, winemaker at LaRocca Vineyards in Forest Ranch, also believes many wine drinkers still have a secret crush on shiraz-style syrah.

“Americans like anything with some sweetness and sugar,” he said. “They don’t like to admit it, but they do.”

To appeal to this preference, LaRocca lets his syrah ripen to Aussie-like proportions and sends it to bottle bearing high alcohol and a thick-bodied, fruity profile.

So does Sunseri at New Clairvaux—though with her first vintage in 2007 she made a scaleddown, more subtle Rhône Valleystyle syrah. But customers just weren’t convinced, she says, “so we started making that riper, jammier Australian style.”

Syrah and shiraz represent a challenging category for winemakers. Sunseri notes that restaurants and retail shops are often reluctant to overstock the wine out of concern that it won’t sell— which calls to mind a wine nerd joke that can make anyone laugh: “What’s the difference between a case of syrah and a case of pneumonia? You can get rid of the pneumonia.” Ω

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neighborhood booker. The booker will wipe the drool from his Calling all local bands: Get in the game, already! chin, shake your hand and thank just have one announcement before we years Chico bands on the whole have you. If the show begin. All you local punk rockers, I wanna not reached out to guide the best new goes well, she’ll thank you for doing your homework and bands to town. Most are content to sit even remember being on time every day this year. You’ve back and wait to be asked by bookers your name. done great work and are and other bands to join over-packed, Second, proexcused from the final hit-or-miss bills of random touring noby Jason Cassidy mote! Do not exam. Head over to names, and doing little more to help the PHOTO BY KYLE DELMAR depend on any Monstros and enjoy a cause than just showing up and playing. jasonc@ venue, booker, felslice and a Pabst and There are, of course, exceptions, and newsreview.com low band or rock-and-roll pixies to magicalhave a great break! it’s worth noting that most every great local The rest of you show was curated by those passionate few— ly conjure up an audience for you. You may believe it’s the venue’s “job” to promote local bands, settle down. We have some the Clouds on Strings dudes, Teeph/Cold work to do.

Blue Mountain/Sad Bastards mad man Sesar (and it most definitely is), but there is no way its managers should be more excited I never say, “back in my day.” But, back Sanchez, the quiet but always networking in my day—like, more than a decade ago— Fera, and the recently defunct big dogs of La about the show than you. And excitement is contagious. Spread it around, and before you Chico bands did things better. Everyone from Fin du Monde—who have stuck with the know it you’ve created anticipation. This Vomit Launch to Land of the Wee Beasties punk ethos of making things happen for will work out well for you and your dreams stole a dog-eared page from the punkers’ themselves and nurturing a healthier, more of playing music in front of others.

DIY ’zine, rolled up their sleeves, and exciting scene as a result.

Of course, by all means exploit Facebook. worked really hard to make connections with As I see it, there are three things local It’s easy and fast. But despite all appearances, great up-and-coming touring bands and then bands can do to plug in and recharge the life is not lived on social media. We breathe put on and promoted the kind of kick-ass, scene. and move and meet up in the analog world. well-attended shows that made Chico one First, take control of your own destiny.

Print a couple dozen fliers and hang them up. very exciting place to see original music.

Seek out touring bands that you think are Today, that’s not so much the case. There rad, make friends with them and put together Be real. Advocate in person.

And, for the love of all things that are is still a lot to like in local music, but for a tight show and pitch it to your friendly

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boneheadedly simple, set aside 30 seconds and send an email to your local print-media outlets about your cool show. You may assume that we arts editors and reporters sit at our computer screens monitoring your every rock-and-roll move, but that, my delusional friends, is not the case. We depend on you to help make us look hip. (If you think all venues are sending us show info in a timely manner, I have a magical guitar pick to sell you.)

Last, book three bands per show, no more.

Trust me—I know from experience how hard it is to make it happen—but discipline with this one issue is crucial to the overall health of the music scene. Consider this: The fiveband bill is something that only the nightlife regulars and the bands will sit through from beginning to end. Scratch that—the first band and a half will play to almost no one, not even regulars (and probably not even the other bands), and the band at the end will grow resentful as its set is pushed into the following day. Having a tight bill that moves smoothly and ends in less than three hours is as crucial as performing a kick-ass set for consistently attracting show-goers outside of the usual suspects.

If you bands are up to this work, the scene will become yours. And Chico will be the better for it. Ω

Glad Rag Doll Diana Krall Verve I’ve been a Diana Krall fan since day one, and though this new release isn’t, strictly speaking, a jazz album, it’s still rich in Krall’s trademark sure hand at the piano, her soulful vocalization, and her sassy insouciance. We’re so swamped by talent and by a surfeit of good music that it’s easy to take someone like Krall for granted. From the git, she’s been dissed by some critics who thought she was purveying jazz-lite. But Krall has nailed just about every jazz standard she ever covered, and her piano accompaniment thoroughly legitimized Paul McCartney’s recent album of old standards, Kisses on the Bottom. Here, in a gathering of songs that are more rootsy Americana than jazz, she brings her magic once more. These are mostly songs from the ’20s and ’30s, but they couldn’t sound more contemporary. Want lovely? Listen to “Prairie Lullaby.” Want heartfelt and soulful? Try “Wide River to Cross.” Want vulnerable? Play “Just Like a Butterfly That’s Caught in the Rain.” Want sexy? Check out the title track (and the album cover). Want major talent? Put on just about anything Krall has ever done.

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Ethiopia Super Krar is the debut release from the London-based Krar Collective, which had its beginnings playing weddings for London’s Ethiopian community. Band leader and krar player Temesgen Zeleke and vocalist Genet Assefa both sing lead on this exciting, exotic album featuring the music of various Ethiopian tribes. While Zeleke’s six-stringed electric, acoustic and bass krars are descended from the ancient Ethiopian krar lyre, they have not strayed from their origins in that they remain openstringed instruments—in other words, there are only six notes possible from the six strings, which Zeleke negotiates adeptly. The CD opens with the energetic “Guragigna,” with Assefa singing her mesmerizing vocal ululations. “Ambassel” is equally captivating, again MUSIC due to Assefa’s hypnotic vocals. “Mr. Astatke” pays tribute to Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke, who inspired Zeleke to approach the krar in a novel way. The CD’s closing tune, the emotional “Ende Eyerusalem,” showcases the talents of Assefa and Zeleke nicely.

Percussionist Robel Taye provides the rhythmic underpinning to this spirit-lifting album.

Lisabö Lisabö isn’t well known outside of the Basque Country, where the band resides in the small town of Irún in Northern Spain. For years the quintet has been making copious noise that draws from American bands like Slint and Fugazi, while maintaining the punk-rock spirit of BAP!! and Kortatu, two bands that were a pivotal part of the Basque Radical Rock movement of the early-’80s. Animalia Lotsatuen Putzua (“Well of the Shamed Animals”) is a dark and Herculean opus enveloped by layers of guitars that can blow your hair back one minute and lull you the next. The band’s two-drummer attack also adds to the power without being too busy, while vocals (spoken in the Basque language of Euskara) are barked and occasionally spoken. It’s intense, especially on the album’s more sprawling numbers. The shortest track is just under six minutes, but it’s songs like “Oinazearen Intimitatea” (“The Privacy of Pain”) and “Laztan Isilen Deiadarra” (“The Cry of the Silent Caresses”) that take some truly unruly twists and turns. It’s not happy music. In fact, it’s pretty grueling stuff, but it can be beautiful. The ferocity and relentlessness of Lisabö is something that should be held dear.

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THURSDAY 12|27—WEDNESDAY 1|2 KAYE BOHLER BAND: Swingin’ blues, funky

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Ready or not, New Year’s Eve is already here! If you don’t have party plans, no worries, Butte County has you covered as usual.

Every casino—Feather Falls, Gold Country and Rolling Hills—has an over-the-top party planned, and of course, any bar worth its salt will be providing plenty of fun and cheer, including LaSalles, which will bust out the Decks and Drums for a double team of turntable beats and live drums keeping the dance floor bumpin’ downtown, and The Maltese, where they are inviting everyone to come down and “party like it’s 1929” during their New Year’s Eve Prohibition Party. Be safe out there, and when the fun’s over, call a cab!

27THURSDAY 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.

JOHN SEID: John Seid and friends, featuring Larry Peterson and Steve Cook playing an eclectic mix of tunes all night. Th, 6:30-9:30pm. Free. Johnnies Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St. inside Hotel Diamond; (530) 895-1515; www.johnniesrestaurant.com.

MATTEO PLAYS FILM SCORES: Classical guitarist Matteo plays film scores and

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

ZION ROOTS: Spinning the best in roots

reggae and dancehall Th, 12/27, 9pm. $3. Lost on Main, 319 Main St.; (530) 891-1853.

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midnight. Lynn’s Optimo, 9225 Skyway in Paradise; (530) 872-1788.

COUNTRY NIGHT: Live country music with Rancho Mars. F, 5-8pm. Free. Towne Lounge, 327 Main St.; (530) 896-0235.

the number one hits from the ’20s to today. F, 12/28, 9pm. Free. Colusa Casino Resort, 3770 Hwy. 45 in Colusa; (530) 458-8844; www.colusa casino.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. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.; (530) 343-7718.

MCBRIDE BROTHERS: A rockin’ quintet playing a selection of ’60s and ’70s rock hits in the lounge. F, 12/28, 8:30pm.

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MONOPHONICS: Psychedelic soul and funk out of San Francisco. The LoLos open. Sa, 12/29, 9pm. $8-$10. Lost On Main, 319 Main St.; (530) 891-1853.

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LaSalles, 229 Broadway; (530) 893-1891.

NEW YEAR’S BASH: A New Year’s celebration with dance-friendly hits from Driver. M, 12/31, 8:30pm. Free.

Canteena, 6067 Skyway in Paradise; (530) 877-5215.

countrified New Year’s with the Chris Gardner Band, acoustic country with the Blue Merles, swing dancing and more. M, 12/31, 9pm. Free. Rolling Hills Casino, 2655 Barham Ave. in Corning; (530) 528-3500; www.rollinghills casino.com.

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NORTHERN HEAT: Live southern rock. Su, 12/30, 9pm. Free. Colusa Casino

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BIT CITY REVUE: Covers of styles ranging from old-school Motown to today’s top hits in the brewery. Su, 12/30, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

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NEW YEAR’S EVE PROHIBITION PARTY: A roaring ’20s-style party with a free champagne toast. M, 12/31, 9pm. Free.

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LAURIE DANA: Soul, light rock, blues, country, tin pan alley, jazz and more.

W, 7-9pm. Free. VIP Ultra Lounge, 191 E. Second St. Upstairs from The Beach.

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SWING DANCE WEDNESDAY: Every Wednesday night, swing dancing lessons 8-10pm. W, 8-10pm. Free. Crazy Horse Saloon & Brewery, 303 Main St.; (530) 894-5408.

JOHN SEID TRIO: The trio (featuring Steve Cook and Larry Peterson) will help bring in the New Year with an eclectic array of tunes. M, 12/31, 9:30pm12:30am. Free. Johnnies Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St. inside Hotel Diamond; (530) 895-1515; www.johnniesrestau rant.com.

MCBRIDE BROTHERS: A rockin’ quintet playing a selection of ’60s and ’70s rock hits in the lounge. M, 12/31, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

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BEST AMBASSADORS FOR CHICO: (TIE) SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO. & MAMUSE Sierra Nevada breaks ground on its new North Carolina digs and will soon be carrying the Chico flavor to the right coast, and MaMuse goes national, hitting the public-radio airwaves and winning top prize in A Prairie Home Companion’s Duets contest. Yeah, Chico!

BOSS OF CHICO: SCOTT BARWICK The Origami Recording Lounge owner and kick-ass musician already brings the sunshine and colors our rainbows with his nifty studio/live-music venue, and now he’s added the slick, collaborative Room 708 live-music video-recording project/site to his impresario repertoire.

BEST RENAISSANCE: UKULELES Dick and Jane may be off the radar, but in the wake of Chico’s beloved OG uke duo comes a parade of plinking goodness—Mandalyn May, Chico Children’s Ukulele Group, the We Heart Ukulele festival and CN&R’s own uke master Ken Smith bringing the sunshine to Michelin Embers, Hallelujah Junction and anyone else who’ll play with him!

BEST ART HAPPENINGS: MANAS ART SPACE We have no shortage of fun (Avenue 9 Gallery) and funky (1078 Gallery) galleries in Chico, but the newest kid on the arts block is having the most funky fun of all with its always-packed open-entry group shows.

BEST LOCAL MUSIC OF THE YEAR Surrogate, Teeph, MaMuse, Fera, Lish Bills, Michelin Embers, White Russian, Voltare, Miracle Mile, West by Swan, Clouds on Strings, Bran Crown, the exploding metal scene, albums by Clouds on Strings (Pomology), Fera (Sobriquets), Envelope Peasant & The Scientific Orchestra (Make a Home) and Christian Lady Killer (You Were Born From a Hole in the Floor), and a plethora of intriguing new bands: Bunnymilk, French Reform, Hallelujah Junction, Pageant Dads, Los Caballitos de la Cancion and Frankie Doppler’s Nuclear Sunrise.

SIMPLY THE BEST: LOCAL THEATER

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The Chico theater scene changed a lot in 2012. Chico Cabaret vacated its Almond Orchard digs after 11 years; the Blue Room Theatre hired new Artistic Director Fred Stuart; Rogue Theatre stopped showing at the 1078 Gallery and moved into its new Southside Playhouse; the brand new California Regional Theater started producing huge musicals at CUSD’s Center for the Arts; Jerry Miller stepped down from directing the Summer Theatre Festival; and we lost two huge personalities in the community—Brad Moniz and Quentin Colgan. And yet, in the midst of all the turmoil, the community theaters and colleges staged one of the best year’s worth of shows in recent memory, capped by the incredible Rogue production of August: Osage County. Also of note, in no particular order: Rogue’s Arcadia; the Blue Room’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Hank Williams: Lost Highway and The Little Prince; Theatre on the Ridge’s The Diviners; Chico State’s Oklahoma! and Rashomon; California Regional Theater’s Oliver! The Musical; and Butte College’s The Imaginary Invalid. Whew!

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ficTiTiOUs BUsiNess FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FREE FLOW TECH at 278 Vail Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

NICK KOEHLER, 9 Roxanne Ct. Chico, CA 95928.

JEREMY MCCARTHY, 278 Vail Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: NICK KOEHLER Dated: August 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001165 Published: August 16,23,30, September 6, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CLOUD OF CALIFORNIA, STONERS AND STRIPPERS at 808 West 2ND Ave Apt.17 Chico, CA 95926.

CONNOR DAVID NUTTALL 808 West 2ND Ave Apt.17 Chico, CA 95926.

These businesses are conducted by an individual.

Signed: CONNOR NUTTALL Dated: November 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001585 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as D JONES TRUCKING at 8541 Taylor Avenue Durham, CA 95938.

KATY JONES 2900 Foster Avenue Corning, CA 96021.

RICHARD D JONES 2900 Foster Avenue Corning, CA 96021.

This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.

Signed: RICHARD JONES Dated: October 29, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001545 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FIRST HEMP BANK AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORK at 6799 Lower Wyandotte Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

DAVID D CLANCY 2814 Slyhowe Rd Oakland, CA 94602.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: DAVID CLANCY Dated: October 31, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001558 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as L D GARDENER at 3060 Thorntree Dr. Ste #10 Chico, CA 95973.

LACI GARDENER 308 Weymouth Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: LACI GARDENER Dated: November 26, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001659 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DANA’S SECRETARIAL SERVICES at 1355 Orput Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

DANA BLAIR 1355 Orput Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: DANA BLAIR Dated: 2012-0001652 FBN Number: 20121-0001652 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE DOG POUND at 769 Humboldt Ave Apt.11 Chico, CA 95928.

RICK MERL HANSON 769 Humboldt Ave Apt.11 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: RICK HANSON Dated: November 5, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001572 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ENLOE ENT-HEAD AND NECK SPECIALIST at 135 Mission Ranch Blvd Chico, CA 95926.

ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER 1531 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: MYRON E. MACHULA VP/CEO Dated: October 23, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001524 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RIGHT CLICK ADMIN AND DESIGN at 1411 Heather Cir., Chico CA 95926.

JENNIFER BURKE, 1411 Heather Cir., Chico, CA 95926.

JOSHUA BURKE, 1411 Heather Cir., Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.

Signed: JENNIFER BURKE Dated: November 14, 2012 FBN No: 2012-0001613 Published: December 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as COCO GLUTEN FREE BAKING COMPANY at 815 Alice Lane, Chico, CA 95926.

JENNIFER COLES, 815 Alice Lane, Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JENNIFER COLES Dated: December 3, 2012 FBN No: 2012-0001679 Published: December 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PERFECT CLEAN at 1739 Oriole Ct, Chico, CA 95926.

TOM HAMBEK, 1739 Oriole Ct, Chico, CA 95926.

MARCOS SOLIS, 1739 Oriole Ct, Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: MARCOS SOLIS Dated: November 21, 2012 FBN No: 2012-0001649 Published: December 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DIRT ROAD 11 at 1329 Sherman Avenue #5 Chico, CA 95926.

NYEMA JANKUSKA 1329 Sherman Avenue #5 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: NYEMA JANKUSKA Dated: December 4, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001690 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012 January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE BLACK KETTLE at 2727 Monterey Street Chico, CA 95973.

KAMI GRIMES 2659 Monterey Street Chico, CA 95973.

LORI RICE 2727 Monterey Street Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: KAMI GRIMES Dated: November 27, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001661 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012, January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BOSTON SQUARE APARTMENTS at 550 Flying V Street Chico, CA 95928.

SUNRIVER INVESTMENTS LLC 4035 Avenida Brisa Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: JOHN PLUCIANO Dated: November 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001583 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012 January 3, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE HUNTER AND THE FARMER at 1243 Magnolia Ave., Chico, CA 95926.

JENNA R HUNTER, 1243 Magnolia Ave., Chico, CA 95926 This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JENNA HUNTER Dated: December 3, 2012 FBN No: 2012-0001680 Published: December 13, 20, 27, 2012, January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CARTER FARMS at 1338 Marian Ave Chico, CA 95928.

NATALIE CARTER 13315 Helltown Rd Chico, CA 95928.

CHERI WOLF 504 Mission Santa Fe Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: NATALIE CARTER Dated: December 3, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001678 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012, January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTH VALLEY CHIROPRACTIC at 2050 Talbert Drive Suite #500 Chico, CA 95928.

STEVEN TRACEY SEEGRIST 1954 Cummings Drive Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: STEVE SEEGRIST Dated: December 3, 2012

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FBN Number: 2012-0001681 Published: November 13,20,27, 2012, January 3, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ENLOE FOUNDATION at 249 W. 6TH Ave Chico, CA 95926.

ENLOE HEALTH FOUNDATION 1531 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: Myron Machula Dated: November 5, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001579 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012, January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as D AND E AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR at 3328 Esplanade #D Chico, CA 95973.

THANE HARRINGTON 1973 Belgium Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: THANE HARRINGTON Dated: November 27, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001663 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012, January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DIAMOND BUILT CONSTRUCTION at 1315 Glenwood Ave Chico, CA 95926.

Anthony M George 1315 Glenwood Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: Anthony George Dated: December 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001711 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012, January 6, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MATT WEBB CONSTRUCTION INC at 121 Yellowstone Drive Chico, CA 95973.

MATT WEBB CONSTRUCTION INC 121 Yellowstone Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: MATT WEBB Dated: December 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001720 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TANNIS WINE BAR AND BISTRO at 234 W 3RD Street Chico, CA 95928.

VICTORIA GOBLE 2777 Eaton Road #79 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: VICTORIA GOBLE Dated: December 6, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001702 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ENERGY MASTERS at 1933 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

ROBERT A FLORES III 521 Daniels St Woodland, CA 95695.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROBERT A FLORES III Dated: November 21, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001639 Published: December 20,27, 2012 January 3,10, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BUTTE COUNTY JANITORIAL at 2864 Burnap Ave #1099 Chico, CA 95973.

LESLEY SAWYER 2864 Burnap Ave #1099 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LESLEY SAWYER Dated: December 11, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001728 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as IMAGINE REALTY, NETWORK MORTGAGE at 169 Cohasset Road Suite 3 Chico, Ca 95926.

WILSON INVESTMENTS INCORPORATED 169 Cohasset Road Suite 3 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: KRISTEN L. WILSON Dated: December 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001716 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PROPERTY PAL at 1875 Auburn Oak Way Chico, CA 95928.

PAUL BRADLEY COOPER 1875 Auburn Oak Way Chico, Ca 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: Paul Cooper Dated: December 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001719 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FAIR AND SQUARE HOUSEBOATS at 846 Coit Tower Chico, Ca 95928.

ADRIAN MICHAEL HELT 382 E 9TH Street Chico, CA 95928.

JASON MUNOZ 6594 Vine Street Magalia, Ca 95954.

JAMES MICHALE RUTZ 846 Coit Tower Chico, Ca 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: JAMES MICHALE RUTZ Dated: December 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001710 Published; December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TURKEY TAIL FARM AND EVERYTHING HERBAL at 10846 Nelson Bar Road Oroville, CA 95965.

CHRISTOPHER NELSON TCHUDI 10846 Nelson Bar Road Oroville, CA 95965.

SUSAN JANE TCHUDI 10846 Nelson Bar Road Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: SUSAN TCHUDI Dated: November 28, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001675 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as COHASSET WREATH COMPANY at

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BARBARA WRIGHT 9901 Cohasset Road Cohasset, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BARBARA WRIGHT Dated: December 5, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001698 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DIAZ CABINETS AND CONSTRUCTION at 38 Ranchita Way Chico, CA 95928.

CHARLES DIAZ 38 Ranchita Way Chico, CA 95928.

NICK DIAZ 910 West Laurel Colton, CA 92324.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: CHARLES DIAZ Dated: December 6, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001705 Published: December 27, 2012, January 3,10,17, 2013

NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE ALISE FEDARKO To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ALISE FEDARKO A Petition for Probate has been filed by: STEPHANIE JENKINS in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: STEPHANIE JENKINS 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: January 17, 2013 Time: 1:30pm Dept:Probate 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.

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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: PR40474 Petitioner: STEPHANIE JENKINS 1460 Vallombrosa Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE ERNEST EDWARD ROBERTS To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ERNEST EDWARD ROBERTS A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MARCENA “MARK” C. ROBERTS in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: MARCENA “MARK” C. ROBERTS 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: January 17, 2013 Time: 1:30pm Dept:Probate 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

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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: PR40475 Attorney for Petitioner: ROBERT L. MILLAR 230 Walnut Street Suite C, #103 Chico, CA 95928 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES To Whom It May Concern: The name of the applicant is VICTORIA MICHELLE GOBLE The applicant listed above is applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverages to sell alcoholic beverages at: 243 W 3RD Street Chico, CA 95928-5348.

Type of license applied for: 41 - On-Sale Beer And Wine Eating Place Published: December 20, 2012 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE SHARON ;. ANDERSON To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SHARON L. ANDERSON A Petition for Probate has been filed by: WALTER T. MARSHALL, JR in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: WALTER T. MARSHALL, JR. 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: January 10, 2013 Time: 1:30pm Dept:Probate 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

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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: PR40483 Attorney for Petitioner: RICHARD S. MATSON 1342 Esplanade, Suite A Chico, CA 95926 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3, 2013 NOTICE OF LIEN SALE NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Pursuant to the California self-storage act: (B&P code 21770 et.sec.) the undersigned will sell the contents of: DESIREE SHEPARD (DIO), Misc. household items.

CARRIE RILEY, Misc. household items.

To the highest bidder on: January 12, 2013.

Beginning at 2:00pm.

Sale to be held at: Extra Storage 60 E. Grand Avenue Oroville, Ca 95965 Published: December 20,27, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CRISSY BAYLOCK & ALVIN L. KAVANAUGH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KEARA MARIE JOHNSTON Proposed name: KEARA MARIE KAVANAUGH 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 court 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: February 8, 2013 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: November 9, 2012 Case Number: 158467 Published: December 27, 2012, January 3,10,17, 2013

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the sci-fi film trilogy The Matrix, the heroes are able to instantaneously acquire certain complex skills via software that’s downloaded directly into their brains. In this way, the female hacker named Trinity masters the art of piloting a military M-109 helicopter in just a few minutes. If you could choose a few downloads like that, Aries, what would they be? This isn’t just a rhetorical question meant for your amusement. In 2013, I expect that your educational capacity will be exceptional. While you may not be able to add new skills as easily as Trinity, you’ll be pretty fast and efficient. So what do you want to learn? Choose wisely.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you

familiar with the fable of the goose that laid golden eggs? The farmer who owned it became impatient because it laid only one gold egg per day. So he killed it, thinking he would thereby get the big chunk of gold that must be inside its body. Alas, his theory was mistaken. There was no chunk. From then on, of course, he no longer got his modest daily treasure. I nominate this fable to be one of your top teaching stories of 2013. As long as you’re content with a slow, steady rate of enrichment, you’ll be successful.

Pushing extra hard to expedite the flow might lead to problems.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here are

some of the experiences I hope to help you harvest in the coming year: growing pains that are interesting and invigorating rather than stressful; future shock that feels like a fun joyride rather than a bumpy rumble; two totally new and original ways to get excited; a good reason to have faith in a dream that has previously been improbable; a fresh supply of Innocent Crazy-Wise Love Truth; and access to all the borogoves, mome raths and slithy toves you could ever want.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In her gallery

show Actuality, Reminiscence, and Fabrication, artist Deborah Sullivan includes a piece called “Penance 1962.” It consists of a series of handwritten statements that repeats a central theme: “I must not look at boys during prayer.” I’m assuming it’s based on her memory of being in church or Catholic school when she was a teenager.

You probably have an analogous rule lodged somewhere in the depths of your unconscious mind—an outmoded prohibition or taboo that may still be subtly corroding your life energy. The coming year will be an excellent time to banish that ancient nonsense for good. If you were Deborah Sullivan, I’d advise you to fill a whole notebook page with the corrected assertion: “It’s OK to look a boys during prayer.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): For years, the grave-

stone of Irish dramatist Oscar Wilde was covered with kiss-shaped lipstick marks that were left by his admirers.

Unfortunately, Wilde’s descendants decided to scour away all those blessings and erect a glass wall around the tomb to prevent further displays of affection. In my astrological opinion, Leo, you should favor the former style of behavior over the latter in 2013. In other words, don’t focus on keeping things neat and clean and well-ordered. On the contrary: Be extravagant and uninhibited in expressing your love for the influences that inspire you—even at the risk of being a bit unruly or messy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 2013, I hope

to conspire with you to raise your levels of righteous success. If you’re a struggling songwriter, I’ll be pushing for you to get your music out to more people—without sacrificing your artistic integrity. If you’re a kindergarten teacher, I’ll prompt you to fine-tune and deepen the benevolent influence you have on your students. If you’re a business owner, I’ll urge you to ensure that the product or service you offer is a wellhoned gift to those who use it. As I trust you

Positively positive

by Rob Brezsny can see, Virgo, I’m implying that impeccable ethics will be crucial to your ascent in the coming year.

story and photo by Catherine Beeghly

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): After Libran

poet Wallace Stevens won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1955, Harvard University offered him a job as a full professor. But he turned it down. He couldn’t bear leaving his day job as the vice president of an insurance company in Hartford, Connecticut. I suspect that in the first half of 2013, you will come to a fork in the road that may feel something like Stevens’ quandary. Should you stick with what you know or else head off in the direction of more intense and unpredictable stimulation? I’m not here to tell you which is the better choice; I simply want to make sure you clearly identify the nature of the decision.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 2013, I will

try to help you retool, reinvent and reinvigorate yourself in every way that’s important to you. I will encourage you to reawaken one of your sleeping aptitudes, recapture a lost treasure and reanimate a dream you’ve neglected. If you’re smart, Scorpio, you will reallocate resources that got misdirected or wasted. And I hope you will reapply for a privilege or position you were previously denied, because I bet you’ll win it this time around.

Here are your words of power for the year ahead: resurrection and redemption.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Based on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, a team of physicists in France and Switzerland announced last July that they had tentatively discovered the Higgs boson, which is colloquially known as the “God particle.” What’s all the fuss? In her San Francisco Chronicle column, Leah Garchik quoted an expert who sought to explain: “The Higgs boson is the WD40 and duct tape of the universe, all rolled into one.” Is there a metaphorical equivalent of such a glorious and fundamental thing in your life, Sagittarius? If not, I predict you will find it in 2013. If there already is, I expect you will locate and start using its 2.0 version.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In 2013,

I pledge to help you bring only the highestquality influences and self-responsible people into your life. Together we will work to dispel any unconscious attraction you might have to demoralizing chaos or pathological melodrama. We will furthermore strive to ensure that as you deepen and fine-tune your self-discipline, it will not be motivated by self-denial or obsessive control-freak tendencies. Rather, it will be an act of love that you engage in so as to intensify your ability to express yourself freely and beautifully.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Genius is

the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience,” said French painter Paul Cézanne. What do you think he meant by that? Here’s one interpretation: Many of us replay the same old emotions over and over again—even in response to experiences that are nothing like the past events when we felt those exact feelings. So a genius might be someone who generates a fresh emotion for each new adventure. Here’s another possible interpretation of Cézanne’s remark: It can be hard to get excited about continually repeating the basic tasks of our regular routines day after day. But a genius might be someone who is good at doing just that. I think that by both of these definitions, 2013 could be a genius year for you Aquarians.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Home is not

just the building where you live. It’s more than the community that gives you support and the patch of earth that comforts you with its familiarity. Home is any place where you’re free to be your authentic self; it’s any power spot where you can think your own thoughts and see with your own eyes. I hope and trust that in 2013 you will put yourself in position to experience this state of mind as often as possible. Do you have any ideas about how to do that? Brainstorm about it on a regular basis for the next six months.

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Rosario Clerici is known by her friends as an extremely positive person. The youthful artist and nutrition educator just turned 60, and looks forward to the new year and her “dream trip” to Seattle in January. Clerici has overcome extreme hardship—like being a homeless 9-year-old on the streets of her native Mexico, separated from her parents, fending for herself and her younger siblings. Four years later, her family moved to Redding, and she’s lived between there and Chico ever since. She earned multiple degrees at Chico State in languages and teaching languages, before deciding she was drawn to teaching people about nutrition.

What do you do for UC Davis Cooperative Extension?

I’m a nutrition educator for groups in five counties—Butte, Glenn, Yuba, Sutter and Colusa. I’m all over the place. I teach at transitional housing shelters, rehab centers, nonprofits like [Rowell Family Empowerment]— anywhere people need to learn about nutrition. I talk to agencies to see if they need it. I do a lot of outreach and networking. I teach people how to shop and save money. I do foodprep demos, and show people how to make it.

I’ve got lots of fast and easy recipes.

So, what’s this “dream trip” all about?

I’m going to Seattle to a workshop by Mike Doley, author of Infinite Possibility: The Art of Living Your Dreams. I discovered him five years ago, and enjoyed all his books. … When I’m done, I will be certified as a life coach. I want to

help people make their dreams come true. I like teaching people how to be happy in life.

What else are you looking forward to?

On Dec. 5, my third granddaughter was born, so I’ll get to meet her for the first time on the way up [to Seattle] in Portland, [Ore.]. My other grandchildren live in Washington, so I’ll get to spend time with them, too. The universe does have infinite possibilities. It wants to make things work for us perfectly. I can’t believe how this trip has worked out.

Why is staying positive significant to you?

You can get up in the morning feeling good, and feel good the whole day—if you choose to. My friends say I’m the most positive person they’ve ever met. If you can make other people feel good, you feel good. I believe being happy is the right, natural state for us. We should all be happy. It heals us. When we’re not happy, it makes us sick. If something bad happens, it was a bad moment, and now it’s over. So much potential lies ahead, and that’s what we should be happy about.

FROM THE EDGE

by Anthony Peyton Porter himself@anthonypeytonporter.com

Threads Editor’s note: Anthony is taking the week off. Enjoy this column from 2011.

Clothes were important when I was a lad. Both my parents had been tailors, so clothes mattered and shoddy workmanship didn’t get through the door.

When pink-and-black was hip in the mid-’50s, I had a complete outfit with pink wool dress slacks, charcoal blazer, pink-and-black argyle socks, appropriate shirt and tie, and black wingtips. I was 10. Through high school my buddies and I at any given time were likely making payments on an item of clothing somewhere in layaway. As soon as possible, we got charge accounts at the men’s clothing stores in the Loop. My first was at Baskin, where they had the high-back wool caps from Scotland.

There were two main groups of black teens at my high school in the early ’60s—Ivys and Gowsters.

Gowsters wore high-crown Stetson and Dobbs hats, cuffed dress slacks with front pleats, long-lapel dress shirts with wide ties, double-breasted suits, and sharp-toed Stacy Adams shoes. Gowsters never got good grades in school. I was Ivy. Ivys wore cuffless slacks, suede bucks or oxblood cordovans, dark socks,

Brooks Brothers button-down dress shirts with the locker loop in back, blazers (perhaps with a custommade breast patch), or single-breasted suits for evening wear. Ivys sometimes excelled scholastically.

For years after high school my uniform was jeans and a T-shirt, usually black. I started collecting Tshirts in the ’70s, and they’re still my default, with a pocket, a triumph of simple functionality.

I once wore a different suit to work every day of the week and had Pierre Cardin dress shirts in every color made. I can hardly believe it now. I wore roomy purply wrinkly cotton in the late-’70s until my Lycra-skinsuit cycling days in the ’80s. When I was cleaning houses in the late-’90s I wore mostly denim overalls, to which I may return. Now, as long as the cloth is soft, I’m fine.

For a couple of years I wore mostly sweat clothes, until I was hanging out between acts at a theater once and saw myself in a full-length mirror. I was standing next to a guy who was also in sweats, and we both looked like bums. My ego couldn’t see its way to allowing that, and my sweats era ended that night.

I wore out the pants to my last suit a few years ago, and I can’t imagine replacing it. Augmented by an occasional Hawaiian shirt, now I make do with 48 Tshirts and a tuxedo. I’m giving up pants altogether.

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