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Obama’s progressive vision President Barack Obama used his inaugural speech Monday to

lay out a grand vision of American egalitarianism and progressiveness, going all the way back to the foundational texts of American democracy, the Declaration of Independence and the Preamble to the Constitution.

“We, the people,” he reiterated like a refrain, reminding us that the Constitution is a collective document designed to protect “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” in the immortal words of the Declaration.

Woven into the soaring rhetoric was a call to action: to combat income inequality and strengthen the middle class, to enable women to “earn a living equal to their efforts,” to make sure “our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law,” to “find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity,” to make sure that “all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia, to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for and always safe from harm,” and “to respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.”

Obama made similar promises four years ago, but there was something in his tone this time that suggested he was more committed to these goals. With the war in Iraq over, the war in Afghanistan winding down, the economy recovering, a decisive victory behind him and no need to worry about re-election, he can afford to push hard to accomplish his goals.

The president has admitted that he erred in 2009 by failing to sustain the immense Obama for America organization and its thousands of volunteers.

He’s not going to make that mistake again.

Last Friday it was announced that his campaign organization would continue under a new name, Organizing for Action, and be headed by Obama 2012 campaign manager Jim Messina. Initially it will focus on three key issues: gun control, immigration reform and climate change. This important practical step to keep the troops mobilized is an indication that the president is determined to take the energy and enthusiasm of his reelection campaign—and his inaugural speech—and apply them now. Ω

Woven into the president’s soaring rhetoric was a call to action.

Poetry educates the heart I things that unite us, Richard Blanco’s poem, recited at the inaugural ceremonies last Monday (Jan. 21), served to remind

n addition to being a fine evocation of the elemental

us of what is too often missing in our lives, both private and public. Respect for language, reverence for our common humanity, and due regard for the immediacy of our experience are all too often absent as our elected representatives dash about, spouting language meant to obfuscate, phrases meant to exploit differences, and abstractions intended to conceal the meaning of laws being enacted that sometimes serve to make our daily struggles more difficult.

Shelley, the 19th-century English by poet, wrote that “poets are the unacJaime O’Neill knowledged moral legislators of the universe.” When I first encountered those The author, a retired words as a young anti-war activist back Butte College English in the ’60s, I thought the poet was instructor, is a attempting to claim importance for poetfrequent contributor ry it clearly didn’t have. After all, hardly to the CN&R. anyone read the stuff, and if they did, it usually was the sort of poetry rich in the kind of saccharine falsity I thought was at the heart of our problems, that steadfast attempt to sugarcoat reality. Poetry was merely another dodge, like the military euphemisms that attempted to hide the awful nature of what was going on 4 CN&R January 24, 2013

behind phrases like “pacification program” or “free-fire zones.”

But I’ve long since grown to see what Shelley meant. Poetry, when it deserves the name, educates the heart, and the heart is where our laws should begin. All too often, of course, our laws never even make a nodding acquaintance with the heart. They’re crafted in the sausage factory that is our legislative process, neglecting the heart and ignoring the immediacy of our lives, pushing feeling aside in favor of service to heartless and narrow special interests.

“It is difficult to get the news from poetry,” William Carlos Williams wrote nearly six decades ago, “but men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.”

Those words seem fundamentally true to me, not at all hyperbolic. Our spirits shrivel and we die when we fail to pay the keenest attention to the world around us. And our daily deaths get reflected in the ways we make our laws. The role of the best poets, even in song, is to wake us up to our lives, to remind us of what makes us human. Richard Blanco did that with his poem. It’s hard to imagine how much better things could be if more of us, including our politicians, had a little more poetry in our souls. Ω

A window of opportunity One day after President Obama’s inauguration, he was confronted

with a new reality in the Middle East: In national elections, Israelis returned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to power but at the same time strengthened a new centrist party, There Is a Future.

What this means is that there is still hope for a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it may not last for long. The dominant political forces in Israel have abandoned the two-state solution in favor of expansion into the West Bank, and at best the centrists’ success will slow the process without solving the problem.

And, as Israel expands, it will face the prospect of becoming an apartheid state, with minority Jews ruling over majority Arabs.

If President Obama believes that a two-state solution is a fundamental national-security interest—as it certainly is—he will have to act forcefully and soon, bringing all possible pressure to bear, financial and otherwise, to convince both parties to cooperate.

This means going to the region and meeting with its leaders and presenting them with a deal they can’t refuse. It means energizing those leaders’ constituencies to push for the two-state solution that polls show a majority wants. It has to happen, or the conflict will devolve into greater extremism on both sides—a disaster for the region and for the United States. Ω

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Gunshots on Gun Day As you may know, Saturday, Jan. 19, was the inaugural Gun Appreciation Day. There were gun shows and related events in cities all across the country.

Their purpose was to build support for gun lovers’ effort to thwart implementation of President Obama’s package of regulations designed to keep lethal weapons out of the hands of people with criminal backgrounds or a history of mental illness.

What you may not know is that five attendees were shot at three different gun shows on Gun Appreciation Day. Oops.

At a show in Raleigh, N.C., a gun accidentally discharged and shot three people at—ironically—the safety check-in booth. At the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis, Ind., an individual shot himself in the hand while trying to reload his gun in the show’s parking lot. And in the Cleveland suburb of Medina, Ohio, a gun dealer was checking out a semi-automatic pistol he’d bought when he accidentally pulled the trigger, wounding a bystander in the leg and arm.

Just being around guns is dangerous, it seems.

Wayne LaPierre, the NRA spokesman, says the best way to solve the problem of gun violence in America is for more people to have guns. “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun,” he famously said following the Newtown massacre.

Tell that to the two young people, a man and a woman, who were riding in a Chico taxi last Saturday night when a man driving a Dodge pickup pulled up next to the cab and started shooting at them with a semi-automatic pistol. Both ended up in the hospital with non-life-threatening wounds (the cab driver was uninjured). Imagine what would have occurred if someone in the cab had pulled out a gun and started firing back.

Or consider what happened last week to Galt police officer Kevin Tonn when he approached a man he suspected of having committed a nearby burglary. Somehow a struggle ensued, and the man shot Tonn, killing him. The sad lesson here is that sometimes the bad guy stops the good guy, even when the good guy is a trained police officer.

Since 1999, more than 400,000 Americans have died after being shot—nearly as many as die in automobile accidents. We’ve had the good sense to regulate automobile use, and as a result the number of deaths has steadily declined. We’ve failed to regulate gun ownership and use in significant ways, and gun deaths have gone up.

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The failure of prohibition Re “Taking the high road” (Cover story, by David Downs, Jan. 17): The people of Colorado and Washington state are way ahead of the politicians in Washington, D.C. If the goal of marijuana prohibition is to subsidize violent drug cartels, prohibition is a grand success. The drug war distorts supply-and-demand dynamics so that big money grows on little trees.

If the goal of marijuana prohibition is to deter marijuana use, prohibition is a catastrophic failure. The United States has double the rate of use as the Netherlands, where marijuana is legally available.

The criminalization of Americans who prefer marijuana to martinis has no basis in science. The war on marijuana consumers is a failed cultural inquisition, not an evidence-based public-health campaign. It’s time to stop the arrests and instead tax legal marijuana.

ROBERT SHARPE, MPA Common Sense for Drug Policy Washington, D.C.

Wrong on the Second Amendment Re “More about guns” (Letters, by Garry Cooper, Jan. 10): The Second Amendment is a mere 27 words long and pretty straightforward. It begins with “A well-regulated militia....” I’m not convinced a disassociated cadre of citizens whose only commonality is the owning of semi-automatic military weapons is “well-regulated.” If all of the owners of these weapons want to join the National Guard or Reserves and train regularly, I will support their assaultweapon ownership (maintained in a safe location). But right now I have difficulty in believing the shooter at Sandy Hook (or even his mother, who legally owned the weapons) was part of a “well-regulated militia.”

The next of Cooper’s interpretations is that the citizens, with their assault weapons, are fulfilling the amendment’s purpose in having “firepower equal to that of the government.” I must assume this indicates he also has an Abrams tank in his garage and an Apache helicopter on a pad in his back yard.

The idea that a bunch of yahoos with AK47s could prevent a government takeover (if such was possible, which it is not, as the voluntary military would never comply with such illegal orders) is insane. Standing at his front door as the tanks roll up, does Cooper really think they’ll back down if he yells, “Stop, I’ve got an AK-47!”

Third, Cooper has no knowledge of history but has invented his own interpretation of these 27 words. In fact, the original purpose of the amendment was to ensure domestic tranquility, inasmuch as the federal government did not have the capacity to put down

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an internal revolt. The Framers wanted to arm the people so upris“I’m sure that if you have never done ings, like Shay’s Rebellion and Iron Mountain Leather Client: a day of physical labor in your life anti-tax protests like the Whiskey Rebellion, attacks by Native and interesting work in a Size: 1/10 PAGE H do (2x3) Americans or slave revolts, could comfortable office, working into old be repulsed. There was no concept of the people protecting themage sounds like a fine idea.”

Run date: 2.07.08 selves against the government.

—DAVID WELCH pu from 2 /2 06 Cooper has invented an interpretation of the Second AmendRep: LJG much longer. Life expectancy is ment that exists only in his dreams. trol. I got the 1981 movie Taps to see Tom Cruise’s first major role, tricky, but here it is in a nutshell: DEAN CARRIER SPELL BY:when Gary and refresh I saw it in the Changes in life expectancy are ParadiseCHECKED theater. Based around the fictional mostly not about how long old Wrong again on the Second Bunker Hill Military Academy, it’s people live, but about how many about boys from pre-teen ages to people die young. Life expectancy Re “Two on the Second” (Letters, those on the verge of joining West at 65 has changed rather little in

by Chad Wozniak, Jan. 17): Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force the last 50 years, and most of that I’m not sure how his 1970 disAcademy going through militarychange has been concentrated in sertation on the Northwest Orditype discipline to get through life. upper-income groups. A worker in nance qualifies Chad Wozniak as an authority on the Second Amend- The owners of the land Bunker Hill the bottom half of the income dissits on decide commercial develop- tribution—the people doing the ment. Certainly, it didn’t prevent physically difficult jobs—has seen him from making numerous NRA- ment is more advantageous to them, so they announce the Acade- an increase of only about 1.6 years inspired errors in his letter. my will be closed. in that life expectancy.

For starters, Wozniak claims The “townies,” who don’t The real solution? Raise the cap that the Second Amendment was understand the military way of on payroll taxes. designed to ensure that “governlife, get the students into a conflict ment did not possess a monopoly DAVID WELCH Chico that forces law enforcement to be of armed force.” Wrong! It was involved. At the height of the facedesigned to ensure that the federal Ethnicity and religion off, we see trained pre-teen young government did not claim such a men with M-16s on sentry duty monopoly at the expense of the Re “City’s books are perfectly inside the academy grounds, while ‘clean’” (Newslines, by Robert state governments. a National Guard group positions Next, he asserts that the gun Speer, Jan. 17): its forces, including tanks, outside. rights guaranteed by the Second In the above referenced story Bullets accidentally fly, students Amendment were to be exercised the author writes, “They [candi“independent of any governmental die, and the situation escalates out dates for city commissions] are an of control. authority.” Wrong again! The Secimpressive bunch, many of them This movie, which was made ond Amendment explicitly links highly qualified, though perhaps before all of the tragedies, from constitutional gun rights to the not as diverse as the larger comOklahoma City to the present, manning of “well regulated milimunity. Only four are from minordoes not end well for the students. tia[s]” maintained by the separate ity groups—one African-AmeriIt illustrates this argument with States, which were intended to can, one Latino, one Southeast stark reality. share a divided military power Asian and one Indian, Dr. Brawith the federal government.

GARY BRUNE hama D. Sharma, who wants to Paradise Finally, Wozniak claims that serve on the Airport Commission.” today’s National Guard is not sufBrahama D Sharma politely Easy for them to say ficiently independent of federal and emphatically states that Robert authority to qualify as the “real I see that the corporate CEOs of Speer is woefully mistaken in that militia” envisioned by our Foundthe Business Roundtable think that Brahama D Sharma represents ing Fathers. Again, this is incorthe best solution to strengthen minority as an Indian. Brahama D rect. One need only consult the Social Security and Medicare is to Sharma is Jewish by birth and a militia clauses embedded in Artiraise the retirement age to 70. naturalized U.S. citizen and is a cle I, Section 8; and Article II, I’m sure that if you have never member of the Congregation Beth Section 2, of our Constitution to done a day of physical labor in Israel of Chico in very good standsee that the National Guard would your life and do interesting work in ing all the time he has been in easily pass muster with James a comfortable office, working into Chico.

Madison and Co. old age sounds like a fine idea. But BRAHAMA D SHARMA Meanwhile, it’s equally clear Chico anyone considering such an idea that President Obama’s list of reaRobert Speer responds: I was ought to have a talk with some of sonable and essential gun-control aware that Dr. Sharma was Jewish the folks I work with—nurses, proposals are in perfect accord and originally wrote that he reprenurse’s aides, hospital housekeepwith the Second Amendment, even ers, people who spend most of the sented two minority groups, Indian under the crazy new interpretaAmericans and Jews. Further working day on their feet doing tions recently handed down by the research showed that whether physically demanding work.

Scalia cabal in the Heller and Then maybe talk to a few motel Jews constitute a distinct ethnic McDonald cases. maids, farm workers and fast-food group is a matter of debate. workers, roofers and carpenters.

MICHAEL MAGLIARI Chico Ask them how the idea of working until they drop sounds to them.

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Yankee Hill resident Patricia Vance has for years been at odds with pot-growing neighbors. She is pleased that county’s draft medical-marijuana ordinance contains a residency requirement that will give officials the tools to stop outside growers.

SUICIDE BY COP

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey announced that an investigation by his office has determined that a sheriff’s deputy’s fatal shooting of a Magalia man was a “suicide by cop” incident.

Ramsey found that Deputy Chris Dineen’s actions on Dec. 20, during which he shot and killed Wayne Lamar Oxley, were legally justifiable.

According to the D.A.’s report, Oxley had called 911 at 7:31 p.m. that December evening, reporting shots fired in his neighborhood.

Dineen heard gunshots after arriving, and upon investigating was confronted by Oxley pointing a .45 caliber handgun directly at him. Witnesses heard the deputy ask Oxley to put the gun down. When he failed to do so, Dineen fired four shots, striking the Magalia man twice, fatally wounding him.

Oxley, the brother of former congressional candidate Gary Oxley, had a history of severe depression and suicide attempts. A handwritten will dated Dec. 12, which included an apology to his children for his actions, was found in his home. Oxley’s blood-alcohol level was 0.17. Toxicology also detected toxic levels of anti-depression and prescription pain meds.

CAB RIDE FROM HELL

In what police are calling a “road rage incident,” a man in a white Dodge pickup pulled up next to a taxi cab just after midnight on the morning of Sunday, Jan. 20, and shot two passengers in the back seat.

Ed Ort, a 48-year-old taxi driver and owner of Yellow Cab Company, reported passing the pickup on Main Street in downtown Chico after observing the suspect driving erratically, according to a Chico Police Department press release. The driver of the pickup—who was described to police as a light-skinned black man with dreadlocks wearing a dark ball cap—followed the cab until it reached East Third Avenue on The Esplanade, at which point the suspect pulled up next to the cab and fired multiple rounds at the taxi.

Following the shooting, Ort drove the two passengers—a 24-year-old Oroville woman and a 25-year-old man from Glenn—to Enloe Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries.

REPRESENTING IN SAC

Bryce Lundberg was appointed to the California State Board of Food and Agriculture, one of a number of appointments made by Gov. Jerry Brown Jan. 18.

Lundberg, a 51-yearold Democrat, has held numerous positions at Lundberg Family Farms since 1985, including director of organic certification, vice president of agriculture and owner. He currently serves as chairman of the Northern California PHOTO BY JANAE LLOYD, CNFC Water Association and is a member of the California Certified Organic Farmers government affairs committee.

Additionally, Lundberg (pictured) serves on the boards of both the California Farm Water Coalition and the Western Canal Water District. Lundberg’s new position is unpaid.

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Pro-pot activist Matt Larkins said the draft, if approved, will be the most liberal in California.

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A grand compromise Activists from both sides unite to draft a new medical-marijuana ordinance for Butte County

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ical-marijuana ordinance unconstitutional, a novel idea was proposed: form an ad-hoc committee with repreby Ken Smith sentatives from both sides to draft a middle-ground mandate. kens@ With passions running high, newsreview.com it seemed likely such an adversarial body—composed of four activists from each side with several county officials in the wings—could do little more than sink further into the bureaucratic muck the board has been mired in for the last two years. But after a handful of meetings held each Friday for two months, the committee is putting the final touches on an ordinance that will be presented at the Feb. 12 supervisors’ meeting.

“It’s been interesting,” said Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Sang Kim, who was present at each meeting and said the draft should be available to the public On the Web: early next week. “There have The draft been disagreements and people ordinance is with very different perspectives, expected to be but they all worked really hard to available for come to an agreement. viewing in the “I believe when the final next week. Go to www.buttecounty. draft is put together it can truly net for more info. be called a compromise, because

there are aspects of this ordinance that each person dislikes,” Kim continued.

“But as a whole they can all live with it and all feel comfortable about recommending it to the board. It really has been a collaborative effort.”

Other county representatives present at the meetings, which were organized by Chief Administrative Officer Paul Hahn and facilitated by Compliance Officer Marion Reeves, included Sheriff Jerry Smith and Tim Snellings, director of the Department of Development Services.

Ramsey and County Counsel Bruce Alpert were also present, and Kim said he is confident the new ordinance, if approved, will hold water legally: “It complies with everything we can and can’t do in the state,” he said. “Of course, the federal government still recognizes marijuana as a controlled substance, but the ordinance specifically deals with what we can do in the framework of the state of California.”

Kim explained that, after the draft is read and recognized by the Board of Supervisors at the panel’s upcoming meeting, it must be read again at the Feb. 26 meeting. After that, the board can accept, reject or modify the recommendation, and if approved it will go into effect 30 days later.

Matt Larkins, who with Robert

MacKenzie, Andrew Merkel and Mark Sweany represented the pro-growers’

side of the issue, praised the new draft, calling it “the most liberal in the state of California.” Larkins is a member or officer in several pro-pot organizations, including Citizens for Compassionate Use, Save Butte Growers and the Western Plant Science Trade Association.

“We looked at a lot of other counties’ ordinances, and ordinances that are currently in court,” Larkins said. “You can compare it with Yuba, which just passed one, which at the time was probably the most liberal … but they might be looking to amend after they see this.”

Larkins explained that the draft recognizes the difference between mature and immature (defined as non-flowering) plants and dictates the amount allowed based on property size. According to the latest draft he was citing, the smallest parcel—anything smaller than four-tenths of an acre—would allow six mature or 12 immature plants with a combined total of no more than 12, while the largest—parcels greater than 40 acres—allows for no more than 99 plants.

Part of the contention with the last attempted ordinance, adopted from Kings County and presented by Supervisor Larry Wahl, was the requirement that all marijuana cultivation be done indoors in a detached, dedicated structure. The new draft requires this only in the smallest parcels.

Larkins said other particulars separat-

ing this ordinance from those that have failed include its being complaint-driven and enforced civilly, rather than criminally. All enforcement will be carried out by compliance officers, and growers found out of compliance will be given 72 hours to fix their issues.

“If someone receives a complaint and is found to be in compliance, they can’t get another complaint,” he said. “Also, people who complain must be within 1,000 feet of the place they complain against. This is to stop the vigilante grandmas out there who just drive around looking for fences.

“Altogether, it’s just what I like to think of as a good-neighbor ordinance,” said Larkins, who admitted the meetings got very heated at times. “It stops the bitching on this side of the fence and the rubbing their noses in it on that side.”

“No one is completely happy, but I

think with the circumstances in this county, this is the best we’re going to get at this time,” said Patricia Vance, who alongside Tony Reis, Scott Armstrong and Linda Ames represented those in favor of a strict ordinance.

“At least we’ll have something to work with, because some help is better than none for the Sheriff’s Office, the D.A., compliance officers and for us,” she said. “As it is, everyone has been so frustrated, people are angry and you’ve got neighbors fighting like dogs. This will at least help a lot of the problems.”

Vance has been an outspoken critic of large growing operations and the environmental damage they have wrought in her community of Yankee Hill, on the banks of Lake Oroville, for several years.

She said she was one of the last holdouts in giving approval to the draft, because she wanted it to address more environmental issues.

One part of the document she likes is a one-year residency requirement for growers, stating that many of the large grows doing the worst damage are by out-of-state residents. Larkins agrees on this point.

“The people really causing the complaints are people who come in and do seasonal farming, terrace the mountains, dump all their chemicals, ditch all their trash and leave us to answer for that the rest of the year,” he said. “This will hopefully stop a lot of that.”

Larkins and Vance also spoke highly of the county’s mediator, Reeves, who was knowledgeable, unbiased and fair, they said.

Vance confirmed Larkins’ statement that the meetings sometimes got heated: “There were things said toward me that were unpleasant, and I said some things toward them that were unpleasant, but it was all civilly done, and overall everyone was very professional,” she said.

“We had a tough job, but we did it.”

“I just wish Congress could work as fast as we did,” Larkins said. Ω

A temporary entryway has been built at the entrance of the downtown deli and bakery.

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Structural collapse

A crumbled pile of bricks underneath Kona’s Sandwiches is part of the original support of the city’s sidewalk.

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Downtown sidewalk instability raises concerns he recent discovery of a collapsed structurTsidewalk al support beneath a downtown Chico throws a spotlight on Chico’s age-

ing underground infrastructure, and raises the larger question of its safety and long-term structural integrity.

Repair work is on hiatus at the 138 Main St. site occupied by Kona’s Sandwiches and North State Bakery. Both businesses reopened on Friday (Jan. 18) after a twoweek closure. During that time temporary support columns were erected beneath the sagging concrete in front of the building, and a footbridge was installed to allow customers safe access. Before a permanent fix can be completed, the question of who is ultimately responsible has to be settled, and that’s a question with no easy answer.

Chris Yarbrough, owner and operator of both the sandwich shop and the bakery, certainly doesn’t have the answer. He said he is just trying to keep his doors open, lamenting the effects of the temporary closure.

“Fourteen days of spending money with nothing coming in, in January? In Chico?” he said. “It’s a bitch.”

laid down, becoming the pedestrian and traffic grid downtown currently comprises. But what lies underneath that old material and what condition is it in?

It’s tough to figure, said general contractor Richard Billson, who’s been working on the Kona’s project.

“That depends on the building and the property, and who’s been maintaining their basements and basement walls,” he said.

Over time and various remodels, he explained, including street infill, much of the old basement venting downtown has been covered up.

“I’ve been in some basements where there’s no ventilation at all, and it’s very damp down there. Every person who owns a building downtown should have some sort of ventilation in their basement,” he said. “If it’s not done that way, and if there is excess moisture, that starts deteriorating ... the structural integrity of whatever walls are holding up the building and the sidewalk.”

A cursory look at historical records

shows that most of the buildings downtown date back to the early 1900s. Some were constructed as far back as the 1870s, a time in which the streets would have been dirt, with sidewalks constructed of wooden planks.

Beginning in the early 1900s, a patchwork of asphalt, cement and utility lines was

SIFT|ER Death-row believers Americans’ support for the death penalty remains just above 60 percent, according to a December 2012 Gallup poll. The survey was first posed in 1936, when 59 percent said yes to the question: “Are you in favor of the death penalty for a person convicted of murder?” In 1994, some 80 percent said they supported the death penalty. The number dropped to about two-thirds in 2001, where it has hovered ever since. Breakdowns show that liberals (47 percent) and Democrats (51 percent) are less supportive than those who describe themselves as conservative (75 percent) and Republican (80 percent). Men (67 percent) are more supportive than women (59 percent), gun owners (80 percent) show more support than non-gun owners (55 percent), and people between the ages of 18 and 34 (50 percent) are less supportive than those 55 and older (67 percent).

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beneath Kona’s are unknown at this time, said Fritz McKinley, director of the city’s Building and Development Services department. An engineer’s report is being prepared for the owners of the building, he said, adding that it “will give the exact reasons for the failure, for lack of a better term.”

City Manager Brian Nakamura said the city is looking into whether the issue is widespread.

“We’re trying to talk to business owners, and listen to them,” he said, “as well as look at historical documents within the city to see if there are other areas similar to what’s in front of Kona’s.”

Ultimately, he said, it’s a wait-and-see situation.

“There are some parts of our streets that are pretty much not affected by [the elements], but then as you drive down the streets you can see where potholes are forming, and the streets are cracking … and those are immediate fixes that we need to take care of and continue to provide safe passage for.”

As to the question of who is ultimately responsible for repair and upkeep of downtown sidewalks, the municipal code offers this: “When any portion of the sidewalk is out of repair, or pending reconstruction, and in a condition to endanger persons or property, or in condition to interfere with the public convenience in the use of such sidewalk, the director shall notify the owner of the property fronting on that sidewalk of such sidewalk so out of repair, and directing such owner to repair said sidewalk.”

But that’s all Greek to Yarbrough, who’s waiting to hear from his insurance company so he can “sleep and gain some of my youth back.”

“Nobody got injured, which is honestly shocking,” he said. “If you want to start with the basics, we’re lucky that didn’t happen.”

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Butte Hall gets good grade But report on university building fails to measure asbestos the wake of the lung-disease-related deaths of two IlastnChico State employees within a month of each other spring, the university hired a company to evaluate the air in Butte Hall, the building where both of the employees worked.

Initial concern was about the asbestos fireproofing material sprayed on the steel framework of the seven-story building when it was constructed in 1972. The framework is three to four feet above the ceiling tiles on each floor. Over the years, as the tiles have aged, duct tape has been used to patch holes and cracks in the ceiling, based on requests to Facilities and Management Services by concerned employees working in the building.

The air-quality report by Healthy Buildings was released Jan. 7 and says overall the air circulated by the building’s heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system is safe. But it also acknowledges that it did not use its usual sensors to analyze the air.

Ordinarily, the company uses measuring sensors called AUDITARIES that are installed in an air system’s ductwork.

The company’s website explains the process: “These become a focal point of Healthy Buildings’ continuing tracking and monitoring process for indoor air quality. The ongoing monitoring involves repeat inspections at prearranged intervals, usually annually or biannually.”

However, in what might be called a Catch-22, the report on Butte Hall notes: “On this occasion the Healthy Buildings AUDITARIES were not installed due to the presence of asbestos containing materials … in the ceiling area.”

Instead, the company conducted “visual inspections of the duct internals … using existing supply air diffusers,” or vents. In other words, they looked in the ducts and examined the filters for various pollutants, but not asbestos.

In October staff members who worked in

Butte Hall sent a letter to Gayle Hutchinson, dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, which is located in Butte. She forwarded the letter to Marvin Pratt, director of the campus departments of Environmental Health and Safety, and Luis Caraballo, director of Facilities and Management Services.

The letter included questions and concerns about the asbestos and its potential for fouling the air. Some of those concerns were based on information from Lisa Townzen, who was then Hutchinson’s secretary.

Townzen had learned that when the building was constructed a second coat of the asbestos fireproofing had been sprayed on the framework after the HVAC system had been installed. She shared the information with other staff members.

“The overspray is what is falling off and a danger, but they [department directors] said it falls off in clumps and doesn’t break apart,” she wrote. “They

also said that [B]utte [H]all is the only building on campus where they have to put up asbestos containments to work on the ceiling tiles due to this overspray issue.”

Townzen is no longer Hutchinson’s secretary, having transferred to another department in Plumas Hall.

Another staff member asked for the ceiling tiles to be taken down and tested “to see if the [asbestos] fireproofing is fraying and becoming airborne above us.”

The safety directors explained that “the fireproofing is a cement-like material. The asbestos fibers are bound in the cementitious material and should not be confused with other forms of asbestos materials that would ‘fray’ or become loose or airborne due to the course of age.”

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Ca We A representative of the stateRev Occupational Safety and Health Administration visited the campus last Wi Hall is scheduled fall, and a full inspection of Butte

for sometime this spring. A Cal OSHA spokesperson contacted on Jan. 22 confirmedOn an inspection is in the works, but could not say exactly when it will take Vis place.

One of the more outspoken staff ag members is Professor Mark Stemen, whose office is in Butte Hall. In Un Buildings report. an email he responded to the Healthy “For many of us on the campus, Re the report is yet another example of the Orwellian Theworld we now inhabit,” he said. “On one hand the firm claims it Sto likely to impact ‘found no significant pollutant sources the indoor air quality,’ while onlea the other hand admitting they could not carry out their sonormal monitoring protocol ‘due to the presence of asbestos containing Ex materials … in the ceiling area.’”

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—TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

Pissing and moaning Backlash over homeless bill of rights hey are an undeniable presence in downTin the town Chico, sleeping in storefronts early morning, occupying city benches later

in the day or hanging out in front of coffee houses and downtown eateries. The homeless, transients and street people seem to have a growing presence, and there are calls for local government to do something about them.

But what about their rights?

That’s a question being raised by the proposed Homeless Person’s Bill of Rights and Fairness Act introduced by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-Dan Francisco).

Backers of this bill say that its central purpose is to affirm homeless Californians as citizens protected by basic human rights. But certain language in the bill’s first draft left detractors thinking long and hard about where and how the homeless can drop trou.

Critics include members of The Sacramento Bee editorial board, who—in a recent opinion piece titled “Ammiano bill on homeless is an embarrassment”—painted a colorful picture of what could be in store if the bill becomes law. The Bee envisioned a fictional homeless man, Tom A. (get it?), living outside a local coffee shop, panhandling and urinating on the sidewalk.

“He’s a turn-off for customers,” the opinion read, “but the proprietor is powerless to interfere with Tom” under the proposed law.

Law enforcement also wouldn’t be able to stop these hypothetical out-of-control homeless Californians. In fact, detractors say,Ammiano’s bill as written would basically allow homeless residents to do as they please—from peeing to panhandling—anytime, anywhere.

Ammiano says this is, of course, not the bill’s intent.

“The thrust of the bill is recognition that homeless people have the same rights and need the same things as other people,” Ammiano said. “You cannot criminalize

people for not being housed.”

Ammiano said that there is no intention and no language in the bill that says bad behavior should be tolerated or condoned.

Indeed, most of the proposed legisla-

tion is fairly uncontroversial. But there is one paragraph in particular that editorial boards across the state have found particularly disturbing. This excerpt would protect the homeless community in carrying out certain “life-sustaining activities” outdoors without harassment from law enforcement, including “eating, congregating, possessing and storing personal property, urinating, or collecting and possessing goods for recycling, even if those goods contain alcoholic residue.”

Critics of the bill believe that, as written, this paragraph could allow for unfortunate loopholes in state and local laws. But the bill is new, and proposed legislation can undergo multiple edits.

After a call to Ammiano’s office, for instance, the paragraph in question has since been removed.

Local civil-rights attorney Mark Merin still believes that at least a portion of the bill’s provisions will pass.

“I think that there are very important aspects to the bill that will resonate with the legislators,” he said.

This includes provisions such as adding the term “housing status” to the list of protected conditions under the state’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, or making it legal for someone without a bed for the night to sleep in his or her vehicle.

“It’s not that you’re entitled to urinate in public; it’s that there should be bathrooms for the public to use,” explained Merin. “It comes down to human needs.”

—DAVE KEMPA davek@newsreview.com

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OCEAN ACIDIFICATION’S HUMAN IMPACT

The federal plan to research ocean acidification should focus on social issues, a review of the program suggests.

A review of efforts by the National Research Council led by Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station finds the impact of the council’s report would be most meaningful if it focused on how ocean acidification will affect people and the global economy, according to The Daily Climate.

Acidification is a problem associated with greenhouse-gas emissions involving the absorption of carbon dioxide into the world’s oceans, raising acidity levels and putting many marine species—particularly corals and shellfish—at risk.

“Social issues clearly can’t drive everything, but when it’s possible, they should,” said George Somero, chairman of the committee that wrote the report. “If you’re setting up a monitoring station, it should be where there’s a shellfish industry, for example.”

SOLAR-POWERED ENERGY ROCKETING UP

The California Solar Initiative (CSI) is more than halfway to its goal of reaching 1,940 megawatts (MW) of installed energy by 2016.

The CSI, which began in 2007 with a $2.4 billion budget over 10 years, had installed 1,066 MW of energy by the end of last year—enough to power 100,000 homes and businesses and avoid building two power plants, according to a California Public Utilities Commission press release.

The initiative’s Single-family Affordable Homes program has installed more than 2,000 solar systems for the state’s low-income families.

“California has the most customer-side solar installations of any state in the nation,” said CPUC President Michael Peevey. “This is a tremendous milestone for California and a testament to the success of the California Solar Initiative.”

Go to www.CaliforniaSolarStatistics.ca.gov for more information on the CSI.

CRAB FISHERMAN IN HOT WATER

A commercial crab fisherman has been sentenced for illegally operating off the coast of Sonoma County.

Captain Steven Anello, 54, was found guilty of a misdemeanor violation by the Sonoma County Superior Court on Jan. 3 for taking Dungeness crab from the Stewarts Point State Marine Reserve, according to a California Department of Fish and Wildlife press release.

CDFW officers observed Anello trapping crab in the marine reserve between April 3 and 7 of last year. The officers were able to locate 23 of Anello’s traps, which they found to be lacking a required device that allows crabs to escape if the traps aren’t raised or become lost.

Anello was sentenced to five days in jail, 36 months of informal probation, and 20 hours of community service. He was also ordered to forfeit the proceeds of the illegally taken Dungeness crab, and issued a $10,000 fine.

Send your eco-related news tips to Howard Hardee at HowardH@newsreview.com.

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Left to right: Elena Carmon, Francine Kenkel and Wendy Smith are the energetic triumvirate behind Chico Food Project. ARC of Butte County Executive Director and nonprofit guru Michael McGinnis recently joined Carmon, Kenkel and Smith to round out the organization’s four-person board of directors.

Helping hungry families Chico Food Project collects food every two months to ease hunger for struggling local families story and photo by

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“WGesture,” offered Francine Kenkel, who, along with Wendy Smith and

e’re co-copycats of A Simple

Elena Carmon, sat down for a recent interview over tea at the Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery to discuss the creation of Chico’s new food-collection program, Chico Food Project.

Kenkel, Smith and Carmon modeled it upon Jonathan and Karen Trivers’ Paradise-based nonprofit food-collection-anddistribution charity, A Simple Gesture, which “was born in December 2010 as a grassroots method to replenish food on the depleting shelves of local food pantries,” as its website puts it (go to www.asimple gesture.org to learn more).

After reading articles about A Simple Gesture—the first food-collection program of its kind in California—in both the

CN&R (see “Put it in the cool, green bag,” June 2, 2011) and the Chico Enterprise-Record, Kenkel, Smith and Carmon each separately contacted A Simple Gesture offering to donate food via the charity’s signature green bag that participants are asked to fill for pickup once every two months.

As it turns out, Jonathan Trivers suggested to the three Chico women that they team up to start their own similar version of A Simple Gesture in Chico, as the charity serves only the communities of Paradise and Magalia. He offered to give them advice to help them get started (“He’s been our menGet involved:

Send an email to chicofoodproject@gmail.com or call 230-7232 to donate food to and/or be a volunteer with Chico Food Project. The organization accepts only nonperishable food items; most-needed items include canned tuna, soup, beans, chili and juices, as well as jars of peanut butter and jelly, and packages of cereal, flour, sugar, dried pasta and pancake mix. Chico Food Project’s next collection takes place on Feb. 9.

tor,” all three women said in unison).

Thus, the Chico Food Project was born in August 2011, with the help of Trivers, though it took until October 2012 for the fledgling organization to have its first community food pickup. “It took a year to get everything in place,” said Kenkel, a retired mother of three adult children. “We had to buy [the signature Chico Food Project royal-blue] bags, make brochures, get insurance, do fundraising. We’re still in the process of getting our 501(c)3 nonprofit status.”

Kenkel, who worked until January 2011 as a foster-care social worker at Youth & Family Programs, said that “during the course of that time, I saw that there were lots of hungry families right here in Chico, right here in Butte County. Kids were going to school with no breakfast, no lunch—not even the basics.

“I wanted to do something to make it a more-level playing field for the kids— that’s where my heart is. I mean, if you’re dealing with kids who don’t even have the basics, that’s what motivated me. It hurt

my heart.”

Similarly, “the main reason I was interested in [getting involved with Chico Food Project] was because I saw a billboard near Shasta [Elementary] School, where my kids go, that said one in five Americans struggles with hunger,” said Smith. She said that seeing the billboard five days a week “kept working on my heart. … It just got me thinking—‘Wow, one in five? Really? Here?’ I was shocked.”

Smith said she was particularly keen to help local “at-risk families who have lost jobs, and hunger is an issue, especially for their kids.”

For her part, Carmon, a 72-yearold retired registered nurse who is a volunteer floor courier at Enloe Medical Center, said she “wanted to be … an integral part of something. I met these two women and I thought I could help.”

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by the Chico Breakfast Lions Club, Chico Sports LTD, the Discovery Shop, and the Virginia L. Jones Foundation, among others—has partnered with the Jesus Center.

“They’re our main partner right now in distributing the food,” said Kenkel, of the Jesus Center’s overseeing of Chico Food Project’s collected food—more than 1,500 pounds in October and December—stored at the Chico Community Food Locker on Longfellow Avenue, which is run by the Catholic Ladies Relief Society.

“The Jesus Center is currently distributing all the food to different agencies and individuals,” said Kenkel. “Our mission is to help struggling families, but the food is made available to all who need it, such as senior citizens.”

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“People love this program,” Smith said. “It’s not hard to get them to do this. It’s an easy way to share food with others in the community.”

“People are being really generous—such as giving flour, sugar, 12-packs of canned chicken,” said Kenkel.

“They can get stuff on sale,” Smith said. “They can get two-forone coupons.”

“Just get one extra thing every week and put it in the blue bag,” said Carmon.

“In eight or nine weeks, your bag is full,” said Smith.

Noting that Chico Food Project has enjoyed the help of a number of volunteers, including drivers, and the local Boy Scouts who helped unload and sort food after the organization’s December food collection, Smith captured the spirit of the endeavor when she said, smiling, “The whole thing is a big community effort.”

As Trivers put it, back in June 2011, “The three-legged stool of sustainability has three components—financial or economic, environmental, and the last leg that no one pays attention to is social sustainability.

“When people hear ‘sustainability’ or ‘green,’ they think in terms of the new light bulb or better insulation or ‘paper or plastic?’

But a broader, more compelling definition of sustainability is, ‘How does the community sustain itself by taking care of itself?’

That’s the question.” Ω

UNCOMMON SENSE Less gas, more money Pacific Gas and Electric’s Winter Gas Savings Program—which was instituted in 2005 to help conserve natural gas during peak months—is set to award more than 2 million of its customers with gas-bill credits, according to a PG&E press release. The gasbill credit provides eligible customers with a credit of up to 20 percent based on gas usage over the previous three winters. Here are some tips for reducing your gas usage: • Lower your thermostat to 68 degrees during the daytime, and 55 degrees at night, if it is safe to do so.

• Cut your shower time in half to reduce waterheating costs by a third.

• Open your curtains or blinds on sunny days to help warm the house.

• Wash clothes in cold water rather than hot.

• Cleaning your dryer’s lint trap before every load can save you up to $34 annually.

• Microwave small amounts of food rather than heating them in your oven.

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WILD DESSERTS AND LICHENS Linnea Hanson, board member of the Friends

of the Chico State Herbarium and retired U.S. Forest Service botanist, sent me a press release outlining two of the upcoming workshops in the herbarium’s 2013 series of interesting workshops.

Coming up on Feb. 9 is “The Wild Dessert: Preparing Food from Native Plants,” taught by Nevada City’s Alicia Goldberg Funk, co-author of Living Wild: Gardening, Cooking and Healing with Native Plants of the Sierra Nevada, which is available at Lyon Books (121 W. Fifth St., 891-3338).

“Learn how to prepare unforgettable desserts made from backyard edibles such as manzanita berries, acorns and California bay [laurel],” offers the press release. “Taste California-bay ice cream and oak-nut bliss bars and discover how to turn acorns into a nutritious, gluten-free flour.”

The cost of the three-hour workshop—which will begin at 9 a.m. and take place in Chico State’s Holt Hall, room 129—is $45.

On Mar. 9, the herbarium is presenting its all-day Lichens!

“Introduction to Lichen Identification” workshop, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., also in room 129 of Holt Hall.

Botanist and lichen expert Tom Carlberg is the instructor for this class; Carlberg is the past editor of the Bulletin of the California Lichen Society and a member of the Society’s conservation committee. Additionally, he belongs to the American Bryological and Lichenological Society as well as the British Lichen Society.

Cost for the lichen workshop ranges from $90 for Friends of the Chico State Herbarium members to $100 for non-member individuals to $125 for businesses.

Advance registration is requested for both workshops. For more information, contact the Chico State Biological Sciences Department office at 898-5356 or send an email to jbraden@csuchico.edu.

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dent of local nonprofit computer-refurbisher Computers for Classrooms Inc. (CFC), recently sent me a press release announcing that her organization “has initiated a new program to help seniors obtain a low-cost refurbished computer. CFC has been assisting schools and low-income families since 1991 and has recently added seniors age 65 and above as eligible to buy or earn computers.”

Senior citizens are now able to purchase an affordable refurbished desktop or laptop computer from CFC, or earn one at no charge in exchange for volunteering 50 hours at CFC’s south Chico facility. “Volunteers work with computers and we provide free training,” says the press release.

For those interested in buying a refurbished desktop computer, CFC sells them for “$100, $125 or $200, depending on the features you need. All have Microsoft operating systems and most have Microsoft Office, Home and Student. They can all go on the Internet. All systems have a 17-inch LCD monitor and a one-year warComputers for Classrooms president Pat Furr ranty.” Laptops go for $250 and oversees operations inside the organization’s $300, with a 90-day warranty. huge south-Chico warehouse.

Furr encourages interested PHOTO BY CHRISTINE G.K. LAPADO-BREGLIA parties to stop by the CFC office at 315 Huss Drive, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays, to take a look at its different computer options. Also, as always, CFC welcomes donations of used computer-related equipment.

Call 895-4175 or go to www.computersforclassrooms.org to learn more.

Sat 9:00am - 5:00pm Sun 9:00am - 3:00pm This year we will feature an eclectic assortment of interesting maps from around the North Valley and beyond. Get the bird’s eye view of our local landscape features. Stroll through maps in the CMFC hallway and let your curiosity take you on a tour.

Exhibits Galore & Vendors!

Sat 9:00am - 5:00pm Sun 9:00am - 3:00pm Displays by State, Federal, and Non-profit organizations. Plus vendors selling everything from binoculars to bird books.

Federal Junior Duck Stamp Display Moved to new location - Chico Creek Nature Center. Wed - Sun, January 23 - 27 11:00am - 4:00pm All of the California winners from nearly 2,000 entries will be on display. Don’t forget to see the Chico winners!

Meet Smokey Bear & Blue Goose

Sat 9:00am - 5:00pm Sun 9:00am - 3:00pm Smokey Bear and the National Wildlife Refuge’s Blue Goose will be visiting at various times courtesy of the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. Also be sure to visit the US Fish & Wildlife Service fire safety exhibit booth.

Junior Naturalist Activities

Sat 10:00am - 3:00pm Sun 10:00 am - 3:00pm Along with the Live Raptor Presentation, Meet Smokey Bear and Blue Goose, children may earn a Junior Naturalist Certificate by participating in a few activities designed just for children. There will be nature crafts, opportunities to build bird feeders, make a bird call and much, much more!

Raising Kid Colt: A Story of a Young Sandhill Crane (Video)

Sat 1:00pm - 2:00pm Sun 9:00am - 10:00am Experience up close the intimate world of a Sandhill Crane’s family life, including seldom-seen perspectives of raising crane colts, and a progression of colt development over the summer.

The video transports you to their personal world, leaving you with new insights of these iconic birds. For many years, Sandhill Cranes have been visiting Inspiration Ridge Preserve in Homer, Alaska, where Nina and her husband, Edgar Bailey, co-founders of Kachemak Crane Watch, have lived since 1998. Two years ago, a pair of Lesser Sandhill Cranes claimed a breeding territory at the Preserve. When it became clear that this pair

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Sat 2:30pm - 3:30pm Meet “Checkers” a Great Horned Owl as Marilyn shares some fascinating facts, unique habits, and curious myths about these beautiful birds of prey. Learn about wildlife rehabilitation and what you can do to help native wildlife. A surprise visit by other raptors is sure to delight all ages. Presenter: Marilyn Gamette

All About Bats

Sat 9:00am - 10:30am One of the most beneficial, yet most misunderstood animals in the world. Learn habits, habitats, and species of bats that reside within the unique ecosystems of California’s valleys and forests. Presenter: Linda Angerer

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Sun 9:30am - 10:30am Learn the basics about Binoculars and Spotting Scopes for bird watching! What do the numbers mean? Isn’t higher power always better? This will be a “show and tell” discussion about the differences in size, quality, and construction of optics so that you can make a good choice for your needs and budget.

Sample optics available from numerous manufacturers to illustrate. Presenter: Marilyn Rose from Out of This World Discount Binoculars

Volcanoes of Lassen Volcanic National Park

Sun 10:30am - 12:00pm This workshop is a great opportunity for educators, adults, and children ages ten and older to learn about some of the world’s most exciting active earth processes. Learn about the unique geologic features of this national park and how to identify the four major types of volcanoes using a variety of fun and creative techniques. Educational props, volcanic rocks, visual display, and other resources will be used to enhance this presentation. Presenter: Ranger Steve Zachery.

Live Raptor Experience

Sat 10:00am - 12:00pm & 1pm - 3pm Sun 10:00am - 12:00pm & 1pm - 3pm Come see the Center for Reconnecting with Nature’s display of raptors and falconry. Live birds will be present and the Center will be sharing about their mission, which focuses on reconnecting both children and adults with nature.

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THE PULSE

HEALTHLINES Anna Marinelli (left) and Tami Brown are, respectively, charge nurse and social worker for Enloe Hospice, which has teamed up with the organization We Honor Veterans to help provide sensitive care for dying veterans.

UNHEALTHIEST OF THEM ALL?

The United States ranks poorly among other developed countries for many health indicators, a report finds.

The report, released by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council, found that U.S. residents (particularly men) are less healthy and have shorter expected life spans when compared to countries like Switzerland, Australia, Great Britain and Canada, according to California Healthline.

American men had the shortest average life expectancy—75.6 years, about four years shorter than men from top-ranking Switzerland—while U.S. women had the secondshortest life expectancy, at 80.8 years, or about five years shorter than top-ranking Japan.

Overall, the United States scored at or near the bottom for a number of key health indicators—chronic lung disease, drug-related deaths, general disability, heart disease, injuries and homicides, low birth weight, teen pregnancy/sexually transmitted infections and obesity/diabetes.

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ENLOE STROKE PROGRAM HONORED

The American Heart Association has recognized Enloe Medical Center for its treatment of stroke patients.

Enloe will be presented the Get With the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award at the International Stroke Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, in February, according to an Enloe Medical Center press release. The Get With the Guidelines program helps medical staff develop and implement acute- and secondary-prevention guideline processes to improve patient treatment and outcomes.

“Enloe is dedicated to making our care for stroke patients among the best in the country,” said Michael O’Brien, director of the Enloe Stroke Program. “This recognition demonstrates that we are on the right track, and we’re very proud of our team.”

Dying with dignity Enloe Hospice partnership helps honor terminally ill veterans’ special needs

FEDS TIGHTEN DRINKING-WATER RULES

New regulations on the nation’s drinking water will expand testing for bacterial pathogens that make people sick.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s revised rules—which were introduced last month and will take effect within three years—will require 155,000 public water systems to check for E. coli, which can get into the water supply from runoff or sewage and cause gastroenteritis, urinary-tract infections and neonatal meningitis, according to Environmental Health News. Under the new guidelines, water agencies must notify customers immediately if any amount of E. coli is detected.

For the past 20 years, water systems have used total coliform as a water-quality indicator, which checks for the presence of fecal matter. However, the presence of total coliform does not necessarily mean there is a publichealth threat.

“With our 20 years of data since the rule, we know that E. coli is the best indicator of safety in drinking water,” said Gary Burlingame, director of the Philadelphia Water Department’s Bureau of Laboratory Services.

Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at HowardH@newsreview.com.

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A Hospice, Tami Brown meets a lot of people who’ve led amazing lives. Among s a social worker for Enloe

them are military veterans, a group that comprises around half of the hospice service’s patients.

Brown remembers one man in particular. He served in combat during the Korean War. Like many veterans, he did not brag about all he’d accomplished, but over the course of conversation, he shared many details. After a while he remarked: “Guess I really went through a lot, huh?”

Servicemen and -women do go through a lot. Not all their experiences and issues get resolved before they reach the end of their lives. They enter hospice with special needs.

That’s why Enloe has teamed with the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the U.S. Depart-

ment of Veterans Affairs (VA) to become part of a program called We Honor Veterans. The program serves to educate hospice workers about specific circumstances surrounding veterans in order to improve the quality of care.

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Brown, meanwhile, didn’t realize how much of her previous experience would come into play until she began meeting patients. “I knew that the VA utilized community hospices for veterans, but I didn’t know the extent I’d be involved,â€? Brown said. “Of course I love working with veterans, so I was very pleased, but it was pretty astonishing‌. “I’m happy we’re able to serve so many. It’s really a privilege.â€?

Hospice care is designed to help people with terminal illnesses in the final months of their lives.

Nurses and social workers help the patients find physical and emotional comfort, easing the transition for family members as well.

What the We Are Veterans program recognizes is a set of factors common to those who have served in the military. “Specific to each war era or conflict, there are certain diseases that may be more common,�

Marinelli said. “For example, at a time when they used the poison nitrogen mustard, there were certain side effects you might expect from a person [who served then] as he ages. That will make our staff more aware of things to look out for. “And then there are psychosocial issues. It’s stressful enough to prepare to die without having a past history of being involved with wartime active duty and having gone through what they did. Bringing those issues into that process can be even more difficult.�

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Veterans hospice services is the Military History Checklist. This checklist helps hospice workers learn about a patient’s service in a sensitive way. “A lot of times we find most veterans are so humble,� Brown said, “and unless you ask them specifically about their military service, it’s not brought up so often. The fact that we’re open about it and talking about it really opens a lot of doors, a lot of conversations and a great opportunity for healing.�

That’s particularly true for veterans who didn’t receive a heroic welcome home. “I know a lot of Vietnam War veterans who came back and it was really difficult,� said Brown. “Some of them never heard a ‘thank you’ until the end of their life�—perhaps only from a hospice nurse.

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As a result, much of Marinelli’s and Brown’s work with veterans includes connecting them with the VA. Veterans may learn they qualify for in-home help, pensions and a burial with honors. Additionally, they can get partnered with a veteran’s service officer. “We have so many rural veterans up here, and helping them access benefits is a big piece,�

Brown explained. “Many of the veterans aren’t really familiar with these resources. There also are veterans who really don’t want to have anything to do with the government until hospice comes around and they need a lot of help. “In general, social services are not something that’s painted on a billboard. Unless you know who to talk to, someone who really knows all the resources, it’s really difficult to find all those pieces.�

Training through We Honor Veterans helps the entire Enloe Hospice staff learn about available resources. Since Enloe Hospice is affiliated with Enloe HomeCare Services, other in-home health-care providers will benefit, too.

Enloe joined the ranks of We Honor Veterans recruits in the fall of 2011. Last July, Enloe Hospice

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began using the Military History Checklist. Only then did Enloe realize around half of its hospice patients were veterans and others were the spouses or relatives of veterans. “It’s been an eye-opener,�

Marinelli said. “Before we did the military checklist, we really didn’t know how many veterans we were serving. After we starting looking at it and found that percentage of 50 percent, that really was an impetus to continue the process and go up through the different steps that are involved. ‌ “It’s a matter of commitment and making the time. It’s one more thing to do. We feel very strongly it is not only a service but a knowledge deficit on our part.â€? â„Ś

WEEKLY DOSE The dangers of dog bites We’ve turned the corner on winter. The days are getting longer. In a month the almond trees will start blooming. And if you’re a dog owner, you’ll be taking more walks with Fido. He’s a well-behaved dog, but can you be completely sure he won’t bite? Because if he does bite someone, not only will that person be injured—and possibly traumatized and scarred for life—but you’ll also be liable for damages under California law.

Dogs bite about 4.5 million people each year in the United States. In 2006, 31,000 of the people attacked required reconstructive surgery.

Here are some things dog owners should know: • Strict liability: There is no “one-free-biteâ€? rule in California.

Owners are liable for any injuries incurred. Injury awards average $26,000. • Check your policy: Not all homeowner’s and renter’s insurance policies cover dog bites. Make sure yours does. • If you’re a landlord: Be aware that you are liable if your renter’s dog attacks someone who’s lawfully on your property. • Location doesn’t matter: You’re liable if your dog attacks anyone who’s lawfully in a public place, including parks and beaches and the sidewalk in front of your house.

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HOMELESS IN PARADISE

BY AMANDA ALLAGREE

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hen I was 8 years old, my mom and I almost lost our house.

My mom suffered from Lyme disease, was too sick to work, and couldn’t pay the bills. The only reason we didn’t become homeless was because my great aunt called my mom and told her she wanted to help by buying us a house. We were dumbfounded but grateful; she had given us a safe place to call home.

When the Loaves and Fishes program started at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Paradise, which my family attended, I volunteered there. That’s how I got to know some people who weren’t as lucky as I was. Still, while seeing dirty clothes and sad faces, I heard jokes from people at the tables amid comments on the food, talk of past times and politics. The human spirit prevailed.

One evening, as I was clearing a table of dirty plates, a gray-haired man motioned me over with a goofy grin.

“I have a joke for you,” he said, a twinkle in his eyes. “A piece of rope walked into a bar. The bartender said, ‘I don’t serve drinks to ropes!’ The rope, feeling very sad, went to his friend and told him to tie him in a knot and fray the edges.

Later he went back to the bar. ‘I told you! I don’t serve ropes!’ the bartender said. The rope replied proudly, ‘No! I’m a frayed knot!’”

Our shared giggle helped me to see past the man’s ragged physical appearance to the person behind it.

Through serving, eating and listening at the Loaves and Fishes program through the years, I got to know a number of the homeless people in Paradise. Even after all of that, I still find myself looking away when I see people who look homeless walking down the street. What else can I do? I don’t know them; I don’t know what it’s like to walk in their shoes.

As Linda Gunn, the education coordinator and community outreach liaison for the Loaves and Fishes program, explained, “I think people have that reaction out of fear when [they] think, ‘That could be me.’”

Meet Jack and Karman, who live outdoors and struggle to care for each other, and their teenage friend Amanda, who tells their story here Living in the shadows It’s sunset at the Terry Ashe Recreation Center in Paradise. A cold gust of wind causes swings to creak, and cars rush by as people hurry to get home after a long day at work. A woman walks her dog along the sidewalk to the bush where a tattered sleeping bag is hidden, wondering where she will rest tonight.

Karman is a brown-haired woman in her early 40s with a warm, shy smile and a husky voice. Her companion, Jack, is a tall, slender man in his 50s with a lively laugh who wears a multicolored beanie hat over his balding head. Both are clean and pleasant people with shabby clothes and stories to tell.

Since I already knew Karman and Jack (not their real names) from the Loaves and Fishes program, Gunn suggested I interview them for my research paper on what it is like to be homeless in Paradise. They were my window into the life of the homeless people

Above: Linda Gunn at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, where she helps coordinate the Loaves and Fishes program.

PHOTO BY MELANIE MacTAVISH

Facing page: Jack and Karman opened up about being homeless in Paradise.

PHOTO BY AMANDA ALLAGREE

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living in the crevices of this small town.

Jack says he has been in Paradise since 1993. “I love it here. I couldn’t wait to get out of the Bay Area. When my friends moved here, I followed and never left.” Karman came to Paradise in 1980, when she was 10 or 11, left for a while, and has been back for 13 years. She reports that she is a single mother who became homeless around the time her son turned 17.

“I never thought I’d be homeless!” she exclaimed. In all of my interviews, I heard this over and over. Karman tells me, “Not everyone realizes they can be a paycheck away from being homeless. People think it’s like camping, but it’s not—it’s living. I don’t even like camping!”

“When I get out of this, I’ll never be homeless again,” Jack promises.

Facts and figures It’s hard to know how many homeless people there are; the numbers change all the time, and most of the homeless don’t want to be identified. Karman says she prefers to stay hidden to avoid attention. “I don’t want to scare anyone,” she said.

According to the 2011 Butte Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care’s census, there were 71 homeless people in Paradise as of Jan. 27, 2011. Gunn told me, however, “if I drove you from [St. Nicholas Church] to Safeway and SaveMart and back, I could show you a hundred homeless!” There are homeless veterans, single moms, young adults aged out of the foster-care system, elderly folks, people living out of their cars, unemployed people and the working poor, as well as alcoholics, drug addicts, and mentally ill individuals.

The Continuum of Care census states that the majority of the homeless who listed their education level had at least a GED or high-school diploma. The census also determined that 41 percent of them had lived in Paradise for five years or more.

Most— 60 percent—became homeless for “employment/financial reasons.”

Cover girl At 16, author Amanda Allagree sets a CN&R record Amanda Allagree, the author of “Homeless in Paradise,” is the kind of girl who’d make any parent proud. She’s compassionate, enthusiastic and meticulously polite. What I learned, as I worked with her on editing this story, is that she’s also a real pro, which is the highest compliment I can give a reporter.

And she’s only 16 years old.

I haven’t met her mother, Cheryl Allagree, but I can say this: She’s done an admirable job of rearing her daughter, whom she adopted as a toddler when Amanda’s birth mother, Cheryl’s sister, was unable to care for her.

In her story, Amanda mentions that her mom had a bout with Lyme disease. What she doesn’t say is that she too battled the disease and was out of school for three years, beginning in the middle of the fifth grade. Her mother is a credentialed teacher, however, and was able to home-school her during that time.

Amanda is currently attending CORE Butte Charter School, which blends classroom and nonclassroom teaching designed around each student’s needs and talents. Amanda wrote the first version of this story for a Butte College English-composition class taught by Stephen Metzger, a frequent CN&R contributor. He thought so highly of it that he passed it along to us.

That’s how Amanda Allagree became the youngest author of a cover story in the 35-year history of this newsweekly.

—Robert Speer roberts@newsreview.com

That was true for Karman and Jack. They both lost their jobs and then couldn’t get another one, so they lost their homes.

Where to sleep?

When I can’t sleep, I get up, wobble into the kitchen, and open the refrigerator door, grab something to eat and go back to bed.

When Karman can’t sleep, and not for lack of being tired, she walks around Paradise until five in the morning.

“If you lay down after dark somewhere, the police find you and wake you up,” she explained. “So you hide and stay out of sight ... and they wonder why some homeless do crimes. ... It doesn’t make sense to me. If you lay in the park during the day you’re picnicking, but if it’s night you’re camping. …That night Jack had the sleeping bag and I couldn’t find it or him, so I had to walk to stay awake.”

Jack has slept at churches, in parks, behind a laundromat, in the back of his truck, in an abandoned vehicle, in his sister’s garage, on benches and under trees. Usually it’s near a

busy street like the Skyway, he says.

“Anywhere covered” is what Karman looks for, but preferably not the park gazebo where we talked. While we were there, the sprinklers wet the edges of the concrete and a cold gust of wind blew in. “Imagine if it were raining,” Karman said.

The struggle for food At nature camp in the fourth grade, I learned that most humans can survive for many weeks without food if they have water.

There are drinking fountains around the park that Karman and Jack use for water, but food is harder to get.

The free hot meals around town and the food pantry twice a month are the main sources of food for the homeless in Paradise. Some days, however, the hot meals have to be canceled for special events. Usually the providers still offer sack lunches with things like egg-salad sandwiches, but other days that isn’t possible.

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HOMELESS IN PARADISE

BY AMANDA ALLAGREE

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hen I was 8 years old, my mom and I almost lost our house.

My mom suffered from Lyme disease, was too sick to work, and couldn’t pay the bills. The only reason we didn’t become homeless was because my great aunt called my mom and told her she wanted to help by buying us a house. We were dumbfounded but grateful; she had given us a safe place to call home.

When the Loaves and Fishes program started at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Paradise, which my family attended, I volunteered there. That’s how I got to know some people who weren’t as lucky as I was. Still, while seeing dirty clothes and sad faces, I heard jokes from people at the tables amid comments on the food, talk of past times and politics. The human spirit prevailed.

One evening, as I was clearing a table of dirty plates, a gray-haired man motioned me over with a goofy grin.

“I have a joke for you,” he said, a twinkle in his eyes. “A piece of rope walked into a bar. The bartender said, ‘I don’t serve drinks to ropes!’ The rope, feeling very sad, went to his friend and told him to tie him in a knot and fray the edges.

Later he went back to the bar. ‘I told you! I don’t serve ropes!’ the bartender said. The rope replied proudly, ‘No! I’m a frayed knot!’”

Our shared giggle helped me to see past the man’s ragged physical appearance to the person behind it.

Through serving, eating and listening at the Loaves and Fishes program through the years, I got to know a number of the homeless people in Paradise. Even after all of that, I still find myself looking away when I see people who look homeless walking down the street. What else can I do? I don’t know them; I don’t know what it’s like to walk in their shoes.

As Linda Gunn, the education coordinator and community outreach liaison for the Loaves and Fishes program, explained, “I think people have that reaction out of fear when [they] think, ‘That could be me.’”

Meet Jack and Karman, who live outdoors and struggle to care for each other, and their teenage friend Amanda, who tells their story here Living in the shadows It’s sunset at the Terry Ashe Recreation Center in Paradise. A cold gust of wind causes swings to creak, and cars rush by as people hurry to get home after a long day at work. A woman walks her dog along the sidewalk to the bush where a tattered sleeping bag is hidden, wondering where she will rest tonight.

Karman is a brown-haired woman in her early 40s with a warm, shy smile and a husky voice. Her companion, Jack, is a tall, slender man in his 50s with a lively laugh who wears a multicolored beanie hat over his balding head. Both are clean and pleasant people with shabby clothes and stories to tell.

Since I already knew Karman and Jack (not their real names) from the Loaves and Fishes program, Gunn suggested I interview them for my research paper on what it is like to be homeless in Paradise. They were my window into the life of the homeless people

Above: Linda Gunn at St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, where she helps coordinate the Loaves and Fishes program.

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Facing page: Jack and Karman opened up about being homeless in Paradise.

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living in the crevices of this small town.

Jack says he has been in Paradise since 1993. “I love it here. I couldn’t wait to get out of the Bay Area. When my friends moved here, I followed and never left.” Karman came to Paradise in 1980, when she was 10 or 11, left for a while, and has been back for 13 years. She reports that she is a single mother who became homeless around the time her son turned 17.

“I never thought I’d be homeless!” she exclaimed. In all of my interviews, I heard this over and over. Karman tells me, “Not everyone realizes they can be a paycheck away from being homeless. People think it’s like camping, but it’s not—it’s living. I don’t even like camping!”

“When I get out of this, I’ll never be homeless again,” Jack promises.

Facts and figures It’s hard to know how many homeless people there are; the numbers change all the time, and most of the homeless don’t want to be identified. Karman says she prefers to stay hidden to avoid attention. “I don’t want to scare anyone,” she said.

According to the 2011 Butte Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care’s census, there were 71 homeless people in Paradise as of Jan. 27, 2011. Gunn told me, however, “if I drove you from [St. Nicholas Church] to Safeway and SaveMart and back, I could show you a hundred homeless!” There are homeless veterans, single moms, young adults aged out of the foster-care system, elderly folks, people living out of their cars, unemployed people and the working poor, as well as alcoholics, drug addicts, and mentally ill individuals.

The Continuum of Care census states that the majority of the homeless who listed their education level had at least a GED or high-school diploma. The census also determined that 41 percent of them had lived in Paradise for five years or more.

Most— 60 percent—became homeless for “employment/financial reasons.”

Cover girl At 16, author Amanda Allagree sets a CN&R record Amanda Allagree, the author of “Homeless in Paradise,” is the kind of girl who’d make any parent proud. She’s compassionate, enthusiastic and meticulously polite. What I learned, as I worked with her on editing this story, is that she’s also a real pro, which is the highest compliment I can give a reporter.

And she’s only 16 years old.

I haven’t met her mother, Cheryl Allagree, but I can say this: She’s done an admirable job of rearing her daughter, whom she adopted as a toddler when Amanda’s birth mother, Cheryl’s sister, was unable to care for her.

In her story, Amanda mentions that her mom had a bout with Lyme disease. What she doesn’t say is that she too battled the disease and was out of school for three years, beginning in the middle of the fifth grade. Her mother is a credentialed teacher, however, and was able to home-school her during that time.

Amanda is currently attending CORE Butte Charter School, which blends classroom and nonclassroom teaching designed around each student’s needs and talents. Amanda wrote the first version of this story for a Butte College English-composition class taught by Stephen Metzger, a frequent CN&R contributor. He thought so highly of it that he passed it along to us.

That’s how Amanda Allagree became the youngest author of a cover story in the 35-year history of this newsweekly.

—Robert Speer roberts@newsreview.com

That was true for Karman and Jack. They both lost their jobs and then couldn’t get another one, so they lost their homes.

Where to sleep?

When I can’t sleep, I get up, wobble into the kitchen, and open the refrigerator door, grab something to eat and go back to bed.

When Karman can’t sleep, and not for lack of being tired, she walks around Paradise until five in the morning.

“If you lay down after dark somewhere, the police find you and wake you up,” she explained. “So you hide and stay out of sight ... and they wonder why some homeless do crimes. ... It doesn’t make sense to me. If you lay in the park during the day you’re picnicking, but if it’s night you’re camping. …That night Jack had the sleeping bag and I couldn’t find it or him, so I had to walk to stay awake.”

Jack has slept at churches, in parks, behind a laundromat, in the back of his truck, in an abandoned vehicle, in his sister’s garage, on benches and under trees. Usually it’s near a

busy street like the Skyway, he says.

“Anywhere covered” is what Karman looks for, but preferably not the park gazebo where we talked. While we were there, the sprinklers wet the edges of the concrete and a cold gust of wind blew in. “Imagine if it were raining,” Karman said.

The struggle for food At nature camp in the fourth grade, I learned that most humans can survive for many weeks without food if they have water.

There are drinking fountains around the park that Karman and Jack use for water, but food is harder to get.

The free hot meals around town and the food pantry twice a month are the main sources of food for the homeless in Paradise. Some days, however, the hot meals have to be canceled for special events. Usually the providers still offer sack lunches with things like egg-salad sandwiches, but other days that isn’t possible.

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Some people just go without eating on the days without a hot meal, Karman said. “People really rely on the food programs. …Today all I’ve eaten is Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and that’s because the food pantry was this week. Not that I don’t like Cinnamon Toast Crunch,” she added with a smile.

Some of the food from the pantry doesn’t help the homeless, however. When you don’t have a can opener, the canned food is useless. Carrying a heavy bag of groceries when you’re walking all day up and down the Paradise hills isn’t good either.

“When we do have food, we share whatever we can,” Karman said.

“I have only a few people I can actually call friends, but one of them … has given us a little food whenever he could in the past,” Jack added.

Karman once had a woman approach her in the park offering her food. “The woman had just come from a funeral, of all things,” she chuckled, “but she offered me some unwrapped sandwiches that were left over. I wouldn’t normally have taken them, but I was so hungry.”

At the very worst times, garbage is a last resort. Karman can barely eat it, even if it’s

Jack has slept at churches, in parks, behind a laundromat, in the back of his truck, in an abandoned vehicle, in his sister’s garage, on benches and under trees. wrapped, knowing where it’s from. Jack definitely prefers his favorite, yogurt-covered pretzels, and when Karman has a spare dollar she’ll get a soda at McDonalds as a rare treat.

A homeless person without money for bus fare must walk to wherever the food is. Jack doesn’t usually think about what it’s like to be homeless. “I think about how much longer it will take walking somewhere and [about] the meal at the church that I’m trying to get to,” he said.

Karman agreed, adding, “Most of the time you’re walking up or down the horrible Paradise hills, and when you start hurting, you got to keep walking. … Sometimes my dog has to pull me along and keep me going.”

How to stay clean Every morning my shower knob turns and fresh water streams from the waiting nozzle. I reach and test the water, then comes that “Ahhh” moment as warm water chases away the dirt and morning cold. On super-hot summer days, cool showers are especially wonderful.

Karman used to take a shower every day, three a day sometimes during the summer.

Now she considers herself lucky to get one every three or four days. “Being dirty sucks!

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Especially being a female, you really need running water certain times of the month.”

Jack and Karman both point out that when you’re not able to take a shower, you can’t be yourself.

Getting hurt is also a major pain, so to speak. If it’s not washed out, a wound may become infected. “I don’t want to be scabby,” Karman said. “Then you look like one of those dirty homeless.”

My dog, my friend Sitting under the gazebo in the Terry Ashe Recreation Center, we felt the cold breeze poke us into a slightly uncomfortable chill.

The dog, who had barked threateningly at me only a couple hours before, rested her tired body against mine. A soft head nuzzled my stomach as I sat on the laid-out sleeping bag and talked with Karman.

“You see where those walls are?” Karman asked, pointing to a wall of concrete bricks surrounding the back part of the park where it meets the parking lot. Karman fixed her old blanket around her shoulders and continued, telling me how one day she was sitting on the wall with her two dogs resting about six feet behind her. Suddenly a large man was in front of her, reaching for her neck.

“You’d think if something like this ever happened you could react and defend yourself. … I could only sit there stunned.” What kept her safe was that both of her dogs ran out from behind the bushes and scared the man away. “I’m scared to this day to think of what he would have done if my dogs hadn’t Jack joins Karman and her dog at the Terry Ashe Recreation Center.

PHOTO BY AMANDA ALLAGREE

Amanda Allagree volunteers at the Loaves and Fishes Thursday dinner.

PHOTO BY MELANIE MacTAVISH

been there,” Karman said. “[My dog] is very protective of me. Sometimes it gets annoying. I’m glad she doesn’t have fleas.” Karman patted the sleeping canine next to her. “I hate not being able to take care of her like I should … [but] when I eat, she eats. If I eat bread, she eats bread.”

The dog keeps her sane, she says. “It’s like I have a kid with me. … Other homeless have no one to talk to, [and] some start talking to themselves. I just talk to her. I’m only in trouble if she answers me back!” she said, laughing. For Karman, the advantages of having a dog outweigh the problems.

The story isn’t over I asked Karman and Jack what they would tell society about what it’s really like being homeless. Jack said it was “humbling” and that he had “learned a lot being out here.” But he also agreed with Karman that “it’s still depressing.”

“It’s not a lot of drunk and crazy people partying all the time,” Karman said. “I don’t even know how those who drink and do drugs get it. It’s not like someone’s walking around the park saying, ‘Free drugs!’”

“That shit’s expensive!” Jack interjected.

Then he confessed: “I wish I hadn’t picked up the bottle at 14. It controls my life now. … When I’m lonely, bored and depressed I’ll drink more.”

Gunn says people turn to drugs and alco-

hol for comfort when they’ve “lost their identity and self-worth,” and homelessness can cause addiction just as much as addiction causes homelessness.

The pulling and gnawing inside when you’re feeling like you’re the only person in the world is hard to fight, especially when you’re homeless. Karman believes some people do drugs to numb it. When Jack starts talking to someone else who is homeless, he realizes how sad they are.

“You got to have faith in something out here,” he said. “I don’t want to be homeless, and I don’t want to be homeless alone.”

I asked Karman what the hardest thing about being homeless was. “Living,” she replied. “This is just too damn tough. I ask God why he doesn’t just let me die.

Another day is done and it’s just ‘wow.’

I asked Karman what the hardest thing about being homeless was.

“Living,” she replied.

“This is just too damn tough. I ask God why he doesn’t just let me die.

And I consider myself to be a relatively happy person.”

Jack sometimes gets angry and yells, “Take me!” even though he has never seriously considered suicide.

Jack and Karman have only each other, so Jack doesn’t know why they fight. “I want to keep my girl happy!” he insisted.

“Once you’re alone, you’re alone,” Karman said. “There’s no homeless dating service.”

For the homeless, every penny counts.

“It’s almost a fight for the recycling,” Karman said. “It’s amazing how many people want the same can you do.”

Being homeless is not a picnic or a camping trip. It’s not a walk in the park, even if there is a lot of walking, and most of the time you feel like a frayed knot that is afraid and excluded.

Not all homeless people stand on the side of the road with signs, but a few do.

Not all of them are mentally or physically ill, but some are. Some do drink and/or take drugs, but that doesn’t mean all do.

Warm beanie hats, meals of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and finding clothes at a clothes closet for your cold, tired body are just a part of the world that Karman and Jack have shown me. Now when I see them at Thursday dinners, or Tuesday and Saturday lunches, I know that they are two people with different stories. Karman and Jack are homeless, but they are more than the situation they’re in. Homelessness isn’t all of their story, and their story isn’t over. Ω

Providing food and shelter Two Ridge groups are at the forefront of helping the homeless There is only one agency in Paradise working to provide shelter for homeless people and only one program providing food. Both operate on a limited basis.

Sojourner’s House on the Ridge, commonly referred to as SHOR, is a relatively new group that provides shelter during cold months. It opened its doors on Oct. 15, 2012, with two people coming on the first day. Now it can hold 20 people a night, until it closes for the season on April 15, 2013.

Guests meet between 4:45 and 5:30 p.m. at The Cove, the facility for people with autism located at 565 Pearson Road, across from Paradise Intermediate School, and then are bused to rotating host churches. The hosts include the Adventist, First Assembly, and United Methodist churches. A boxed dinner is provided.

SHOR needs help to keep going, anything from financial support to items such as deodorant, laundry detergent and baskets, new socks and undergarments, blankets, toothbrushes and toothpaste, and shampoo. It especially needs volunteers who can stay overnight to “provide love and friendship to guests.”

SHOR can be contacted by calling Stephanie Gregorio at 872-1162.

Go to www.shorparadise.webs.com to learn more about SHOR. The St. Nicholas Loaves and Fishes program was started on the foundation of treating people like they are guests invited to dinner, not supplicants at a “soup kitchen.”

When it was started, the program served only one dinner a month. Now, with the help of other ridge churches, there are regular lunches six days a week and dinner on Thursdays, with an average attendance of more than 100 guests per meal.

Guests can be anyone from the young woman who hasn’t had any other food the entire day, to the older man who wears a silver hardhat that says “smile” on the front, to the lonely senior who pays for his meal in return for the opportunity of dining with others.

Anyone who wants to help is accepted as well. My friend’s mother and her 8-year-old sister even come once a month to plate the food and serve a meal to whoever comes that day. A feisty 89-year-old woman volunteers to sit in the greeting area with a welcome for anyone who walks in the door. Call 877-7006 for more information about volunteering.

Go to www.tinyurl.com/atwejbx for a schedule of times and locations of the hot meals.

—Amanda Allagree

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New Chico State music professor hopes to boost Chico’s music scene

D as a student at Chico State in the mid-’80s, she was an active member of the local music scene uring Anita Rivas-Gisborne’s days

through her work as a DJ at Chico State’s KCSC radio station. She was also a chamby pion of the do-it-yourself approach Howard Hardee to concert promotion, bringing national touring acts such as The howardh@ newsreview.com Replacements and Los Lobos to Chico.

Her relentless firecracker personality lent itself well to promoting KCSC-sponsored shows on campus and at venues around town.

Today, having returned to Chico as a music law professor and supervisor of Chico State’s School of the Arts’ SOTA Productions class, she believes the local music scene has lost some of its luster, particularly when it comes to student-organized shows (especially in the absence of A.S. Presents, which has been gone from the campus for more than two years).

Rivas-Gisborne hopes by sharing her experience as a Los Angeles-based music attorney and by guiding students/artists through the business side of the music industry—providing hands-on experience with music production and concert promotion—that her students will be better equipped to support musicians and produce concerts that appeal to their peers.

“My goal is for all my students to become artist advocates,” Rivas-Gisborne said over lunch in downtown Chico. “Our big motto is that we want to galvanize the scene in Chico.”

But she isn’t just concerned with attracting musicians to town; ideally, her students would play a role in Chico’s becoming a nationally recognized music scene that cultivates its own high-caliber artists. In recalling her time promoting concerts in Chico, Rivas-Gisborne suggested young members of the music community need to step up their efforts to help their favorite bands connect with like-minded artists in the Bay Area, Sacramento, Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash.

“Once you’ve made a big enough splash in your region, then people in L.A., Nashville or New York are interested in you,” she said. “Then you can say, ‘Look, this is what came out of Chico and it was nurtured here. This is a good place for artists.’”

While the local scene is typically vibrant and creative, the idea that Chico’s musicians could use some direction is a sentiment that has been echoed in Chico of late. In fact, Chico State

graduate and active musician Josh Hegg (of local bands Clouds on Strings and BOGG) recently organized a community “think tank” at the 1078 Gallery (Jan. 20) to discuss how better to foster a successful scene. Rivas-Gisborne said Hegg is an excellent example of the DIY spirit, something she hopes to instill in her students.

Chico State’s music-law program is one of a handful in the nation that cover entertainment-specific business issues, she said. And through SOTA Productions (which replaced the school’s previous music-industry production company, Wild Oak Music Group) students are getting hands-on experience. They identify talent, promote events on and off campus (like the Songwriter’s Guild shows and Chico Unplugged competition at Woodstock’s Pizza last semester), record artists and even do some filming and editing.

“There aren’t places that teach people about these things; it’s all beyond the average person, unfortunately,” she said. “But it’s kind of a stroke of luck.

Normally you wouldn’t find a lawyer who would teach at this level unless it’s something really specific that they’re passionate about.”

And Rivas-Gisborne is passionate, indeed. Her lunch sat unnoticed before her as she animatedly discussed the increasingly money-hungry music industry (which she compared to the pharmaceutical, insurance and agricultural industries with their unscrupulous practices) that often leaves artists with little or nothing to show for their work. She pointed to music-streaming services like Pandora and Spotify that offer musicians a pittance for having their songs played thousands of times.

These new realities make it all the more important to develop artist advocates—which Rivas-Gisborne describes as business-savvy music fans—to protect the rights of musicians who often don’t know their work has real monetary value, she said. She has high hopes her students (many of whom are musicians themselves) will do just that as they make their way through the music scene in Chico and beyond.

“The kids in my class, most of them have musical training, they have an ear,” she said. “They are ahead of most people in L.A. They just need the business skills, and then they can begin finding their own talent.” Ω PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

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THE SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL: A four-day event celebrating the the abundant local and migratory waterfowl of the Northern Sacramento Valley with educational workshops, field trips and a silent auction and banquet. Go online for a complete schedule of events. 1/24-1/27. Call or visit website for details, Locations Vary in, (530) 345-1865, www.snowgoosefestival.org.

Theater AN EVENING OF ONE ACTS: Three one acts: Elder Adams’ Treachery of Honesty, Christopher Durang’s The Actors Nightmare and Sarte’s No Exit. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 1/27. $7-$15. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.birdcage theatre.net.

GOD OF CARNAGE: A dark comedy about two couples who try to solve a conflict between their children following a playground scuffle.

Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 1/26. Special added showing: F, 1/25, 10pm. $15-$20. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: A humorous stage adaption for the classic Sherlock Holmes thriller with three actors playing 16 roles. Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 2/16. Su, 1/27, 2pm; Su, 2/10, 2pm; Su, 2/17, 2pm. $12-$18.

Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC: The classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical performed by the talented children and adults of the Chico Theater Company. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 2/10.

Opens 1/27. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

DINOSAUR PETTING ZOO Wednesday, Jan. 30 Laxson Auditorium

SEE WEDNESDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

CHRISTOPHER TITUS: The stand-up comedian, who bases his material off his often shocking family and life experiences, stops in Chico on his Scarred for Life tour. Rachel Bradley opens. F, 1/25, 8pm. $25. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St.; (530) 342-2727.

THE SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL: See Thursday.

Locations vary; (530) 345-1865, www.snow goosefestival.org.

Art Receptions BTW HAVE YOU SEEN MY KEYS RECEPTION: Opening night for the display of local creations incorporating spare keys will include electronic music by Ayrian, refreshment and an open mic for stories, songs and poems relating to keys. F, 1/25, 7-11pm. Free. Manas Art Space & Gallery, 1441 C Park Ave.; (530) 588-5183.

SNOWGOOSE FESTIVAL EXHIBIT RECEPTION: A reception for the wildlife exhibit on display in honor of the annual Snow Goose Festival with jazz and latin music from Gregg and Barbara D’Augelli. F, 1/25, 5-8pm. Free. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave.; (530) 879-1821; www.avenue9 gallery.com.

Theater AN EVENING OF ONE ACTS: See Thursday.

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

GOD OF CARNAGE: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

FINE ARTS THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Thursday-Sunday, through Feb. 17 Theatre on the Ridge SEE THURSDAY-SUNDAY, THEATER

MONTGOMERY GENTRY: The Southern-rocktinged Montgomery brothers have toured the national country circuit since the release of their 1999 debut single, Hillbilly Shoes. In the showroom. Sa, 1/26, 8pm. $40-$72. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.goldcountrycasino.com.

GOD OF CARNAGE: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: See Thursday.

Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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Special Events GATHERING OF WINGS BANQUET: The Snow Goose Festival’s main event will feature dinner, live music from the John Seid Trio, a silent auction and keynote speakers Roger Lederer and Carol Burr, who will deliver the presentation “The Amazing in the Familiar: Surprising Facts About Common Birds.” Sa, 1/26, 5:30-10pm. $20-$36. Bell Memorial Union Auditorium, 2nd & Chestnut; (530) 898-6411.

THE SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL: See Thursday.

Locations Vary in, (530) 345-1865, www.snow goosefestival.org.

SUPER SPORTS CHALLENGES: The kick-off event for Gateway’s spring exhibits will feature athletes, coaches and trainers from local schools and businesses teaching visitors how to jump like an NBA all-star and throw a heater like a pro pitcher. Sa, 1/26, 1-3pm. $3-$6. Gateway Science Museum, 625 Esplanade; (530) 8984121; www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

Music JAMMING 101 PLAYSHOP: Part music lesson, part bluegrass jam, Sid Lewis’ five-level system allows musicians of all levels to play together.

Call or go online to reserve a spot. Sa, 1/26, 11am-1pm. Chico School of Rock, 932 E. Eighth Ave. A; (530) 894-2526; www.jamming101.com/ events.php.

MONSTER PIANO CONCERT: At various times throughout this annual concert, 16 to 48 students grades first through 12th will be simultaneously playing 16 keyboards. Tickets available at the Music Connection (973 East Avenue). Sa, 1/26, 3pm. $12-$14. Neighborhood Church of Chico, 2801 Notre Dame Blvd.; (530) 343-6006.

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

GOD OF CARNAGE: See Thursday. Blue Room

BOHO: Urban Oculars Photography Show, an examination of underground culture through various photography styles and acrylic and spray paint canvas works. 1/242/24. 225 Main St. D, (530) 895-3282.

CHICO ART CENTER: Chico Art Center

Members Show, showcasing more than 100 pieces of visual works from local artists.

Through 2/8. 450 Orange St. 6, (530) 8958726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

BTW HAVE YOU SEEN MY KEYS? Friday, Jan. 25 MÁNÁS

SEE FRIDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

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

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THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: See Thursday.

Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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Special Events THE SNOW GOOSE FESTIVAL: See Thursday.

Locations Vary in, (530) 345-1865, www.snow goosefestival.org.

Music BIG MO & THE FULL MOON BAND: The renowned Chico blues and funk group celebrates the release of their forthcoming album Full Circle with a host of special guests. Su, 1/27, 7:30pm.

SOLD OUT. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 345-2739; www.sierra nevada.com/bigroom.

Theater AN EVENING OF ONE ACTS: See Thursday.

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

TUES

Special Events UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES: The Chico State Humanities Center’s weekly film series continues with The Unbearable Lightness of Being.

Tu, 7:30pm through 5/2. Opens 1/29. $3 donation. Ayres 106, Chico State Campus.

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JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS AND APPRAISALS:

Estates Show, a continually changing exhibition of artwork. Through 1/31. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.james snidlefinearts.com.

MANAS ART SPACE & GALLERY: BTW Have You Seen My Keys?, work from local artists in various media incorporating spare keychains. 1/25-3/7. 1441 C Park Ave., (530) 588-5183.

THE TURNER PRINT MUSEUM AT CSU: American International, exploring historic and modern abstraction, from the post-World War II birth of abstract expressionism to the present. 1/28-2/24. 400 W. First St. Meriam Library breezeway, CSU, Chico, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Art & Art History

Faculty Exhibition, works from Chico State art and art history professors on display.

1/31-2/27. 400 W First St. Trinity Hall, (530) 898-5864.

THE VAGABOND ROSE GALLERY & FRAMING:

Watermedia Exhibit, a display of works from 15 artists and longtime students of Sal Casa. Through 2/13. 236 Main St., (530) 3431110.

Call for Artists

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day

2013 ART FIESTA BOOTHS: Artist booths are

CHICO MUNICIPAL BUILDING: Camera Club

THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET PERFORMERS:

and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

Exhibit, works by the Chico Camera Club on display. Through 7/12. 411 Main St., (530) 8967214.

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

CHICO PAPER CO.: Lewis Jones, over 20 original scratch boards from the renowned local artist. Through 3/31.Mountain Series, the California Mountain Series—now including the recently completed “Tamalpais”—on display. Through 3/31. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopapercompany.com.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Sten Hoiland, wire sculptures by Northern California artist Sten Hoiland. Through 4/11. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

still available for next spring’s event. Call or email for more info. Through 4/1. Matador Motel, 1934 Esplanade, (530) 487-4553.

Applications accepted for performance slots. Through 3/21. Contact for info, (530) 345-6500.

Museums GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Spring Exhibits, The exhibit “Sportsology” explores the science behind sports, while “Brain Teasers 2” offers a new collection of confounding puzzles. 1/26-5/5. $3-$6. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Infinity & Beyond, an exhibit tracing early human celestial observation to modern space endeavors with a Russian Sokol Space suit, a moon rock and brand-new footage of deep space on display. Ongoing.

Opens 1/30. CSUC Meriam Library Complex.

“Sandhill Promenade,”

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DINOSAUR PETTING ZOO: Erth’s giant life-like dinosaur puppets come alive in this educational and imaginative performance designed for all ages. W, 1/30, 7:30pm. $15-$27. Laxson Auditorium, 400 W. First St. CSU, Chico; (530) 898-6333; www.chicoperformances.com.

Art Receptions

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INFINITY & BEYOND RECEPTION: Opening night for the museum exhibit tracing early human celestial observation to modern space endeavors. W, 1/30, 4:30-6pm. Free. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology, CSUC Meriam Library Complex.

for more Music, see NIGHTLIFE on page 30

FREE LISTINGS!

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

Drawings and Collages, works by Richard J. Robinson on display. Through 2/28. 1387 E. Eighth St., (530) 894-2800.

THE ALIEN INVASION AUDITIONS: Auditions for

AN EVENING OF ONE ACTS: See Thursday.

ANGELOS CUCINA TRINACRIA: Maria Phillips

BEATNIKS COFFEE HOUSE & BREAKFAST JOINT:

to 12 who want to participate in the Blue Room Young Company’s musical AIDA: The Timeless Love Story. Go online for info. Sa, 1/26, 2-5pm. $185 tuition. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W First St.; (530) 895-3749; www.theblueroomtheatre.com/young-company.php.

children ages 7 to 18 to participate in the Blue Room Young Company’s musical play The Alien Invasion of Upper Creek, Kansas. Go online for info. Sa, 1/26, 10am-1pm. $125 tuition. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W First St.; (530) 895-3749; www.theblueroomtheatre.com/ young-company.php.

work from various Pacific Northwest artists on display. Through 2/2. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

Exhibit, a display of art depicting wildlife.

Through 2/2. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

AIDA AUDITIONS: Auditions for children grades 7

Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

1078 GALLERY: Winter Shadow Cast by Light,

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Snowgoose Festival

Theater THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: See Thursday.

Art

MONSTER PIANO CONCERT Saturday, Jan. 26 Neighborhood Church SEE SATURDAY, MUSIC

The scope of the annual bird migration along the Pacific Flyway is huge—from Alaska’s Bering Strait to Patagonia at the tip of South America. So, it is only fitting that the annual Snow Goose Festival, which celebrates the birds’ pit stop along the northern Sacramento Valley, is an expansive event as well. Over the course of four days, Jan. 24-27, there will be more than 60 field trips, EDITOR’S PICK workshops, presentations and other free activities related to the visiting waterfowl (visit www.snowgoosefestival.org for the full schedule). There are also a couple of signature special events, including the Wildlife Art Exhibit at Avenue 9 Gallery (reception Friday, Jan. 25, 5-8 p.m.) and the Gathering of Wings Benefit and Silent Auction on Saturday, Jan. 26, 5:30 pm., at Chico State’s BMU Auditorium.

—JASON CASSIDY January 24, 2013

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Community AFRICAN DANCE CLASS: A workout set to the sounds and

rhythms of West Africa. Call for info. M, 6pm. $10. Chico Grange Hall, 2775 Old Nord Ave. North off of Hwy 32 and East Ave, (530) 321-5607.

AFRO CARIBBEAN DANCE: Dances of Cuba, Haiti, Brazil and

West Africa with live drumming. Tu, 5:30pm. Chico Womens Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 345-6324.

CHAPMAN FARMERS MARKET: A farmers’ market in the park serving as a neighborhood collaborative forum focusing on healthy lifestyle promotion, education and access. F, 25:30pm through 12/31. Free. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 592-0889, www.cchaos.org.

CHICO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Chico Friends of

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the Library weekly book sale. Sa, 9:15-11:30am. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 8912762, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary.

CINEMA FOR CHANGE: FOUR SEASONS LODGE: The monthly film

and discussion series continues. Popcorn provided. Sa, 1/26, 7pm. Donations. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West

Fifth St.

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. $10. Call for details, (530) 891-6524.

FARMERS MARKET - SATURDAY: Baked goods, honey, fruits

and veggies, crafts and more. Sa, 7:30am-1pm. Chico Certified Saturday Farmers Market, Parking Lot, (530) 8933276.

FEATHER RIVER DAY HIKE: A three- to four-mile stroll along the Feather River followed by a lunch at Tong Fong Low. Bring water and appropriate clothing; rain cancels. Su, 1/27, 9:30am. Chico Park & Ride, Hwy 99 & E. Eighth St., (530) 891-8789.

FINDING TRUE NORTH: A weekly hour of mediation, inspiration and self-discovery with Rev. Jill Lacefield. W, 5-6pm. Free.

100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

FOLK DANCING: Traditional folk dancing, no partners neces-

sary. Call for more info. F, 8pm through 2/1. $2. Chico Creek Dance Centre, 1144 W. First St., (530) 345-8134.

FREE HEALTH CLINIC: Free services for minor medical ail-

ments. 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.shalomfreeclinic.org.

HAPPY HEALING HOUR: Psychic and self-awareness readings, energy balancing and more. F, 5-6pm. Donations. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN’S MARCH Wednesday, Jan. 30 Butte County Library, Paradise SEE COMMUNITY

SOUL SHAKE DANCE CHURCH: Drop your mind, find your feet and free you spirit at this DJ dance wave to a range of musical styles. No previous dance experience necessary.

Su, 10am-noon. $8-$15 sliding scale. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 891-6524.

STORYTELLER WORKSHOP: A brainstorming session with oral storytelling tips, exercises and activities. Su, 1/27, 2-4pm. $2-$5. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

SURVIVING & THRIVING: A weekly workshop with discussions and presentations designed for men and women seeking to enhance their outlook on life. Interaction encouraged but not required. Tu, 6-7:30pm through 2/26. Free. Chico Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave., (530) 895-4711, www.chicorec.com.

WILDLIFE VIEWING: Guided wildlife tours. Rain cancels. Sa,

12:30pm through 2/3; Su, 12:30pm 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.

ITS NOT SO FUNNY: Feather River Hospital’s Dinner with the Doctor series continues with Brian Baumgartner, M.D., presenting on Sinusitis causes, prevention, treatment and possible dangers. Call for reservations. Th, 1/24, 6pm. $10.

First Christian Church of Paradise, 5738 Pentz Rd. Corner of Pearson and Pentz in Paradise, (530) 876-7154.

KIDS WITH CAMERAS SCREENING: A documentary following the progress, challenges and triumphs of a group of autistic children participating in a film camp. Th, 1/24, 7pm. Free.

The COVE, 565 Pearson Rd. in Paradise, (530) 680-3606.

MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN’S MARCH: A documentary

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about the young people of Birmingham, Ala., and their stand against segregation. A discussion will follow. W, 1/30, 7pm. Free. Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-1856, www.buttecounty.net/ bclibrary/Paradise.htm.

NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING: Enloe staff will provide updates on construction at the medical center and street improvements. No RSVP required. Th, 1/24, 5:30-7pm. Free. Enloe Conference Center, 1528 Esplanade, (530) 332-7370.

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PARADISE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Used book

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

PEMA CHODRON: A video presentation of Pema talks followed

by discussion and tea. Fourth Sa of every month, 9am-noon.

Donations. Sky Creek Dharma Center, 120 Three Oaks Ct., (530) 893-8088, wwww.skycreekdharmacenter.org.

Volunteer ACADEMY FOR MENTORS: The Butte County Sheriff’s Office is seeking volunteers to mentor rehabilitating offenders.

Volunteers must be 25 years old, pass a background check, have a driver’s license, car registration and insurance and easily reached via phone. Mentors will be instructed during a one-day academy. Through 2/23. Contact for info, (530) 538-7822.

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 website for dates and locations. Ongoing. Call for location, (530) 891-4671, www.friendsofbidwellpark.org.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ORIENTATION: An orientation for

Habitat volunteers. Tu, 1/29, 5:30pm. Free. Habitat for Humanity of Butte County, 220 Meyers St., (530) 343-7423.

HOMELESS CENSUS VOLUNTEER TRAINING: The Butte Countywide Homeless Continuum of Care needs help surveying the local homeless population on Jan. 30. Volunteers must attend this training session; call or email for more info. F, 1/25, 10-11:30am. Chico City Municipal Center, 411 Main St. City Hall, (530) 879-6301.

PATRICK RANCH VOLUNTEERS: There are multiple volunteer opportunities available at the museum. Call or email for more info. Ongoing. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Chico Halfway between Chico and Durham, (530) 514-3903.

PUPPETRY WORKSHOP: Hands-on instruction for designing and constructing puppets for the annual Butte Environmental Council Endangered Species Faire. Sa, 1/26, 12-5pm. Free. Habitat Lab, 199 E. 13th St., (530) 781-4676.

SAMARITAN FREE CLINIC: This clinic offers free basic medical

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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.

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

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The Swiss are the experts when it comes to cheese fondue. Historically, fresh fruits and vegetables were unavailable during the cold winter months in Switzerland, whereas cheeses made from summer’s milk were just ripening to perfection. Sharing both the warmth and camaraderie of eating together around one pot of hot melted cheese was not only inviting, but also substantive.

In the 1970s, an open-mindedness in America about the cuisines and lifestyles of other cultures flourished. Since the price of gas, as well as international travel, was often prohibitive, hosts of modest means could entertain friends by bringing the flavors of various countries into their own dining rooms. And a simple shared meal of bread, wine and cheese made fondue perfect for small, inexpensive dinner parties. With the economy as it is now, it’s natural that fondue should become popular once again.

To make your own, it helps to have a fondue pot, but it isn’t

100 percent necessary. A finely crafted ceramic fondue pot can cost more than $100, but for an item that many may use only once a year, that’s a bit steep. Another option is an electric fondue pot.

With these you can often prepare your fondue recipe entirely at the table. Electric fondue pots are typically either stainless steel and/or treated to be nonstick, and can be purchased for anywhere between $20 and $50. The third, and cheapest, option is to just use a pot on the stove. If you have something like a hotplate that you can use to then keep the fondue warm on the table, that’s all you need, but be careful!

Fondue tips and traditions:

When invited to a fondue party, it is customary to bring wine as a gift (sparkling apple cider is a good non-alcoholic substitute).

Dry, crisp, white wines are traditional, but there is no reason that red cannot be enjoyed with melted cheese.

Around the pot, each person takes turns dipping his or her bread into the cheese; each is expected to mix and stir the cheese while dipping to keep it mixed and to prevent it from burning. Once you remove your dipped bread, tap it gently on the side of the pot so that excess cheese will fall off, then bring it to your own plate. You can then either use a regular fork to unspear the cheese-coated bread onto your plate, or you can gently blow onto it until it is cool enough to eat. Try not to touch the metal fork with your lips or teeth. (And no double-dipping!)

When putting bread onto your

fork, spear through the crust of the bread; otherwise it is likely to drop off into the pot. If your bread falls into the pot, you have to follow one of two traditions: You either have to kiss the person to your right (seating arrangements traditionally are by alternating couples), or, should that be too socially awkward, then you may instead owe the host a bottle of wine.

Fondue Ingredients: 1/2 pound Emmentaler cheese (rind removed) 1/2 pound Gruyere cheese (rind removed) 3 tablespoons flour 1 loaf French bread (hard-crusted is preferable) 1 clove garlic 2 cups dry white wine 1 tablespoon lemon juice 3 tablespoons kirsch (cherry brandy) Nutmeg and paprika to taste

Measure out all ingredients in advance, then coarsely grate and mix the cheeses with the flour in a large bowl. Cut the loaf of bread into approximate one-inch cubes, leaving crust on each piece whenever possible. Cut garlic clove in half and rub inside fondue pot.

Either in a pot on a stovetop, or in your electric fondue pot, heat 1 1/2 cups of the wine until just below boiling. Lower heat, add cheese a handful at a time and stir continually as it melts. If too thick, add more wine; if too thin, a little more flour. Once all cheese has melted, add lemon juice and kirsch, stir, transfer to ceramic pot and/or to table. Garnish with nutmeg and paprika. Keep warm over a low heat, adjust as needed.

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wing in a spooky ol’ cabin in the woods. Their dad, fresh off a killing spree that has left some co-workers and by his estranged wife dead, manages to get what’s Craig left of his family lost in the wilderness. He has Blamer more ill intent on tap, but Mama puts a stop to that. Fortunately for the freshly orphaned girls, Mama has some serious nurturing instincts.

But Mama is also very jealous, which later creates some problems for the girls’ real-life Uncle Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and hottie girlfriend Annabel (Jessica Chastain) when the Mama children are discovered after spending five Starring Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj years forgetting their social skills. Lucas gets Coster-Waldau, custody, but Annabel isn’t too keen on having Megan her rock-star career path interrupted by taking Charpentier and care of a couple of feral kids. But what the hell Isabelle Nélisse. are you gonna do?

Directed by And she doesn’t even know about Mama Andrés Muschietti. (yet), who follows the kids back to civilization Cinemark 14, and keeps an eye on them from the nursery Feather River closet and from under the bed.

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Producer Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth) is outspokenly a huge fan of oldPoor school horror, with an emphasis on atmosphere and chills rather than gratuitous mayhem and stupid young flesh. And with Argentinean proFair tégé Andrés Muschietti at the helm, they’ve created one very solid homage to that lost art.

Muschietti manages a deft mixture of LatinGood flavored Gothic atmosphere with a dash of J-horror elements that serves the genre well.

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has some serious chops as a horror heroine.

The resolution is a li’l soft, otherwise Mama manages to be that up-until-now mythical creature: a PG-13 horror film that manages to be effectively scarier than its R-rated contemporaries. Ω

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

by Juan-Carlos Selznick Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) is

returning to his blue-collar neighborhood in Philadelphia after an eight-month, court-mandated stay in a Baltimore mental institution.

He’s determined to make amends for the violent incident that got him institutionalized in the first place—as well as separated from his wife and fired from his job as a schoolteacher.

But making amends is not going to be easy.

His wife has a restraining order out on him, his former colleagues at the school are alarmed to find him anywhere in the vicinity, and his release is contingent on his being under a kind of house arrest at his parents’ home. Plus, the family abode is a bit of a madhouse, in ways that are only partly metaphorical.

All that plainly has the makings of lurid psychodrama, or noirish soap opera, or a crazed sitcom. Writer-director David O. Russell made the mostly inspired choice of treating this movie version of Matthew Quick’s 2008 novel as all of the above—with lively onscreen results that look like romantic comedy of an unusually brash and farcical sort.

The comic element is in dark-edged play right from the start. The semi-delusional nature of his good intentions toward his seriously alienated wife, Nikki (Brea Bee), are immedi-

ately evident, and his parents (Robert De Niro as Pat Sr. and Jacki Weaver as mom Dolores) are enabling figures of farce from the moment of their amusingly ambivalent reunions with Pat Jr. But the heart of both the comedy and the drama in Silver Linings Playbook becomes evident via Pat Jr.’s offbeat collision with a recently widowed Goth/punk gal named Tiffany (a terrific Jennifer Lawrence). In a raucously updated variation on classic screwball comedy, they meet on semi-hostile terms at an awkwardly conceived dinner party, continue the semi-affectionate hostilities while obsessively jogging on local

Reviewers: Craig Blamer and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Opening this week Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

Hansel and Gretel (Gemma Arterton and Jeremy Renner) are all grown up now and have made it their mission in life to hunt down and kill witches. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated R.

Movie 43

A dozen short films by a dozen directors each interconnected by a plot surrounding a trio of kids on the hunt for a notorious banned film. Starring everyone. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Parker

Jason Statham stars as the title character, an honorable thief who enlists the help of a sexy real estate agent (Jennifer Lopez) to help him get back at the gang of thieves who turned on him and left him for dead during a heist. Based on Flashfire, one of the later books in Richard Starks’ Parker series. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Rust & Bone

The latest from French writer/ director Jacques Audiard (A Profit) tells the story of a young single father and kick boxer (Matthias Schoenaerts) who moves to southern France with his young son and becomes involved with a killerwhale trainer (Marion Cotillard) who suffers a horrible accident that leaves her permanently disabled.

Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Re-opening this week

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Keira Knightley’s sweetly jejeune smile ensures that her rendition of Tolstoy’s Anna K will be persistently two-dimensional. And this picture’s Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is all chocolate soldier (albeit white chocolate). Only Jude Law (as bamboozled husband Karenin) does justice to a central character. The secondary relationship of country boy Levin (Domhnall Gleeson) and disappointed princess Kitty (Alicia Vikander) comes across more effectively than anything in the central romantic triangle. Writer-

streets, and begin to formulate a partnership via charmingly amateurish participation in a dance contest.

All four of the principal players have been nominated for Oscars, and rightly so.

Weaver, alone of the four, has no big scenes, but her moments of reaction, comic and otherwise, are superb.

Much of it nearly goes over-the-top— every kind of lunacy and damaging regret has its double in this tale. But Russell’s rollicking pacing and a lively supporting cast (Chris Tucker, John Ortiz, Julia Stiles, etc.) keep the whole enterprise on the sunnier side of its tragicomic implications. Ω

director Joe Wright’s elaborately stylized staging is spectacular and fascinating, but it doesn’t really accomplish much apart from advertising the film’s candidacy for production-design awards. Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Now playing Broken City

Mark Wahlberg plays a private detective in a corrupt city who ends up in hot water after being hired (and double-crossed) by the mayor (Russell Crowe) to follow his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones). Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Gangster Squad

The closing credits, done as a series of vintage postcards, have an artfulness unmatched in what precedes them. The setting is Los Angeles circa 1949, the plot has a true crime basis, the cast is stellar (Josh Brolin, Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling, etc.), and the vintage cars and the retro sets and costumes are very spiffy. But director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland), with no help from Will Bealls’ hackneyed script, makes a sloppy, absurdly violent hash of even the best possibilities for pulpy excess. Penn has the plum role of gangster Mickey Cohen, but the apoplectic grotesquerie of his performance does him and the film no credit. Brolin and Gosling are wasted as the top vigilante cops, and female leads Emma Stone and Mireille Enos seem oddly miscast.

Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

A Haunted House

Marlon Wayans stars in this spoof of the Paranormal Activity franchise.

Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Hyde Park on Hudson

A historical comedy starring Bill Murray as President Franklin D. Roosevelt who, while King George VI and Queen Elisabeth are in the U.S. visiting his estate, is becoming increasingly involved with his distant cousin, Margaret Stuckley.

Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

The Last Stand

The Governator and his rag-tag band of lawmen are the last men standing in the path of the escaped head of a drug cartel and his dangerous gang speeding toward their small border town en route to Mexico. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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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 and diverse cast (especially Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role) provides vivid foreground and background alike in this unusual and complex version of Spielbergian spectacle. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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Mama

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

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Silver Linings Playbook

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

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Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty is, in most respects, a story (but not necessarily the story) of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Director Kathryn Bigelow establishes a general tone of historical reportage early on, and much of the film plays out as a CIA/military procedural. The details of a decade-long search come to us in pell-mell bits and pieces. An agent named Maya (Jessica Chastain) plays the key behind-the-scenes role in all this, and it’s chiefly through her that the search story takes on some dramatic coherence and immediacy. Even with the story’s outcome known in advance, Zero Dark Thirty is a riveting and unusually suspenseful tale through all of its 157-minute running time.

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THURSDAY 1|24—WEDNESDAY 1|30 OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians

LET IT READ

Mark Zempel and his crew of musical merry makers in the Living Karaoke Band are at it again, this time covering the Rolling Stones in what will be a benefit for The Bookstore, Friday, Jan. 25, at the DownLo. The set up is the same as it was for their previous theme nights—The Carpenters, Bowie/Ramones, MonkKinks (Monkeys/Kinks)—with the crew of ringers learning tunes requested by individual singers who will lead the band for their track before surrendering the mic for the next front person.

24THURSDAY 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.

COLD BLUE MOUNTAIN: Crushingly heavy, down tempo and experimental sludge metal. Into the Open Earth, Lords of Perdition and Astronaut open. Th, 1/24, 8pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway; (530) 343-1973; www.1078gallery.org.

IMPROV JAM: Open jam with Michael

Gaughan. Th, 5-8pm. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveat flo.weebly.com.

THE JEFF PERSHING BAND: Chico’s master of worldly funk plays on the patio. Th, 1/24, 6-9pm. Free. LaSalles, 229 Broadway; (530) 893-1891.

LAST STAND: A stand-up comedy openmic. Th, 8-10pm. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveat flo.weebly.com.

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

welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria, 501 Main St.; (530) 894-3033; www.hasbeans.com.

(530) 534-9892; www.goldcountry casino.com.

ROCKING THE MIC: A monthly open mic. F, 1/25, 6-8pm. Free. Chico School of

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Rock, 932 E. Eighth Ave. A; (530) 8942526.

SATYA SENA: The Oakland-based metal band appears with Chico’s The Oisters and Mom and Dad. F, 1/25, 8pm. $5.

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

BASSMINT: An ongoing weekly electronic dance music party. This week: Shlump Criminal, Eyere Eyes and A.L.O. F, 1/25, 9:30pm. $3. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W Second St Chico; (925) 451-5035.

SEAN MARTIN: The local acoustic emo

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

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

artist celebrates the release of his EP and his final performance in Chico.

Locals Kyle Williams and Lisa Valentine open. F, 1/25, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265

COUNTRY NIGHT: Live country music with

the lounge. F, 1/25, 8:30pm. Free.

Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.feather fallscasino.com.

TESSESSEE RIVER: A tribute to the legendary country band Alabama in the brewery. F, 1/25, 9:30pm. $5. Feather

Saturday, Jan. 26 Café Coda SEE SATURDAY

R&B and soul. Sa, 1/26, 9pm. Farwood Bar & Grill, 705 Fifth St. in Orland; (530) 865-9900.

G-SPOT BOOGIE BAND: Live disco and funk in the lounge. Sa, 1/26, 9pm. Free.

Colusa Casino Resort, 3770 Hwy. 45 in Colusa; (530) 458-8844; www.colusa casino.com.

showcase hosted by Warren Haskell.

Sa, 1/26, 7:30pm. $10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway; (530) 343-1973; www.1078gallery.org.

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.

HA PENNY BRIDGE: Led by Chico songwriter Mark McKinnon, the Celtic music group is a longtime local favorite. Sa, 1/26, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafecoda.com.

LET THEM READ: F, 1/25, 8pm. $5. The DownLo, 319 Main St.; (530) 892-2473.

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NORTHERN TRADITIONZ: Danceable coun-

Van Halen tribute band in the brewery.

Sa, 1/26, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

try covers and originals in the lounge.

F, 1/25, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville;

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Smith. Sa, 1/26, 1-4pm. Free. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

GUITAR PROJECT: A semi-regular guitar

rock and more. F, 1/25, 9pm. Free.

Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 375 E. Park Ave.; (530) 345-7499.

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SLY FOX: Live classic rock and country in

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Say what you might about the broadly painted blue-collar stereotypes that most pop country peddles, but that predictable sound is a comfort to millions of Americans looking to cut loose at the end of the work week. And this Saturday, Jan. 26, good ol’ boys Montgomery Gentry come to Oroville to provide the bootscootin’ soundtrack for what will undoubtedly be a packed show at Gold Country Casino.

JAZZ: Weekly jazz. Su, 4-6pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria, 501 Main St.; (530) 894-3033; www.hasbeans.com.

SXO: A synth-and-guitar-based garage rock duo out of San Diego. Local songwriters Fera and She Fetus open. Su, 1/27, 7-9pm. $5. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveat flo.weebly.com.

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Robinson Trio. M, 5-7pm. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.live atflo.weebly.com.

JOHN SEID & LARRY PETERSON: The local duo plays The Beatles, standards, blues and more. W, 1/30, 5-8pm. Free.

Grana, 198 E. Second St.; 809-2304.

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

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29TUESDAY JAMES SLACK BAND: Live country music in the night club. Sa, 1/26, 9pm. Free.

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

JAMMING 101 PLAYSHOP: Part music lesson, part bluegrass jam, Sid Lewis’ five-level system allows musicians of all levels to play together. Call or go online to reserve a spot. Sa, 1/26, 11am-1pm. Chico School of Rock, 932 E. Eighth Ave. A; (530) 894-2526; www.jamming101.com/events.php.

MONTGOMERY GENTRY: Sa, 1/26, 8pm. $40-$72. Gold Country Casino, 4020

Olive Hwy in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.goldcountrycasino.com.

NORTHERN TRADITIONZ: Danceable country covers and originals in the lounge.

Sa, 1/26, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.goldcountry casino.com.

PHOENIX: Party-starting rock covers. Sa, 1/26, 9pm. Free. Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 375 E. Park Ave.; (530) 345-7499.

SLY FOX: Live classic rock and country in the lounge. Sa, 1/26, 8:30pm. Free.

Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in

Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.feather fallscasino.com.

AARON JAQUA: An open singer-song-

writer night. Tu, 7-9pm. Free. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

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BIG MO & THE FULL MOON BAND: The

renowned Chico blues and funk group celebrates the release of their forthcoming album Full Circle with a host of special guests. Su, 1/27, 7:30pm. SOLD OUT. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 345-2739; www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

JAZZ TRIO: Every Wednesday with Carey

Robinson and company. W, 5-7pm. Free.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Delhi 2 Dublin

Perhaps the most talked about Big Room show of 2012, Delhi 2 Dublin returns by popular demand. You can think of the group as a five-piece version of March 4th Marching Band, but with elevated attitude. Evolving Music took a shot at describing their eclectic performances: “Imagine the energy and cultural fervour of a huge Indian wedding party colliding with a bunch of drunken Irishmen dancing on a wooden table with fiddles! Delhi 2 Dublin has created their own niche at the intersection of gritty hip hop and electronic beats, traditional Indian influences and that raw Celtic sound that packs a punch – all of which make you want to get up and dance.”

Delhi 2 Dublin had thousands at the 2012 California WorldFest on their feet. To host this party in the Big Room, we’ll remove the tables and chairs on the floor to maximize the space in which you can dance the night away. We suspect this show will sell out quick, so get your tickets early.

Tickets $20 On sale Saturday, 01/26 in the gift shop or online at www.SierraNevada.com Doors open at 6pm • Music starts at 7:30pm

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What lies beneath Theater ex-pats make energetic return to local stage

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performance of God of Carnage last Thursday by (Jan. 17), I Jason remarked to one Cassidy of the theater’s jasonc@ old-timers that the newsreview.com whole thing felt pretty exciting. To which he responded, Review: “These are our God of Carnage , heavy hitters.” now showing at the Blue Room, He was, of Thursdaycourse, referring Saturday, to the four former Jan. 24-26, local theater 7:30 p.m., with standouts who bonus late-night were making a performance Friday, Jan. 25, temporary return 10 p.m. to the Chico Tickets: $15-$20 stage: local girl and Chico State Blue Room grad Amanda Theatre 139 W. First St. Detmer, who has 895-3749 gone on to Los www.blueroom Angeles and theatre.com become a successful film and television actress (with credits that include The Majestic, Saving Silverman, What About Brian?, among others); longtime Chico theater mainstay Michael Gannon, who now lives and acts in New York; another former local-theater stud, Johnny Lancaster, who also lives in New York, doing commercial voice-over work for the likes of the Discovery Channel, Pepsi, Long John Silvers and Nickelodeon; and, director Coy Middlebrook, who helped start the old Chico City Lights Opera and has been traveling the world directing plays, and recently finished filming For Spacious Sky, which was partially shot in Chico (and stars Detmer).

The buzz surrounding the show (four of the six performances were sold out by opening night) was largely due the return of these favorite sons and daughter, and to take the metaphor to its predictable

conclusion, the “heavy hitters” knocked it out of the park.

The entire one-act is set in a well-appointed living room where two married couples have gathered to discuss a playground incident between their two sons in which one boy, “armed” with a stick, has whacked the other in the face, knocking out a couple of his teeth.

That loaded word, “armed,” inserted by the host couple into a draft of a letter outlining the event (and then retracted after protest by the other couple), is the first clue that this won’t be an entirely cordial meeting. There are issues hiding under the surface, and in short order each of the four adults brings the primal law of the playground to bear on this civilized upper-middle-class living room.

The hosts, Veronica and Michael (played by Detmer and Lancaster), are the parents of the kid missing the teeth. She is an art enthusiast and writer and he is a wholesaler of household goods.

The other kid’s parents, Alan and Annette (played by Gannon and visiting New York actress Daniela Mastropietro) appear, at first, to be the stiffer of the two couples. She is in wealth management and he is a big-time lawyer who keeps interrupting the meeting by taking calls from a client.

Each character starts off wearing his or her particular mask, but once the carnage is unleashed, they all become similarly wild children, slinging insults and unloading pentup burdens at every turn. It’s not just the incident between the two kids fueling the conflict. The bile that

comes up (sometimes literally) is from their individual wells of emotion, and each takes it out on the other characters in turn—couple vs. couple, spouse vs. spouse, and so on.

The acting was very impressive.

The seams of the characters were imperceptible. We weren’t seeing the acting, or timing, or blocking; we were witnessing four emotionally honest characters having it out in front of us. The jokes landed, the dialogue felt authentic, and the reactions seemed sincere because the players were all living out the story in front of us.

My favorite was probably Gannon, whose slimy lawyer appearance quickly gave way to a nobullshit, perversely lovable (and hilarious) instigator to the proceedings. He didn’t want to be there, but he sure was enjoying the crazy ride.

Somewhat buried in the preshow hype was the fact that this dark comedy, written by French playwright Yasmina Reza, was one of the most celebrated plays of the last decade. It won an Olivier in Britain, a Tony in America, and was adapted into a film version (Carnage) by Roman Polanski. That such a well-written show was put in the hands of these actors made for a truly special night of theater. Middlebrook and his cast more than delivered on their promise.

At press time, the remaining shows had sold out as well. In response, the Blue Room has scheduled one added performance, a late-night show Friday, Jan. 25, at 10 p.m. Get your tickets before Ω they’re gone.

Big Mo and the Full Moon Band Self-distributed Big Mo sits high atop the rather limited pantheon of German-born, Paradise-based bluesmen. His local fan base is broad and enthusiastic, but he’s developed the chops that have spread his reputation far and wide, allowing him to draw avid audiences when he returns to tour his homeland where blues fans are as easy to find as they are here. I once had the pleasure of sitting in on an evening of rehearsal at Big Mo’s studio, and what was apparent then was that Mo and the band are engaged in a labor of love, love that’s in evidence on these 16 songs featuring a roster of solid local musicians. A few out-of-town ringers were also brought in, like Carlos Reyes on violin and the estimable Volker Strifler lending brilliant guitar support to Big Mo’s own impressive licks. If I had to pick a favorite here, it would probably be “Shall Time Only Tell,� featuring a really soulful Strifler guitar intro. I also liked the reggae-based “Caribbean,� and Reyes’ sweet violin on “Sway Me.� IMHO, the album would have been better if they’d dropped “Sunday Morning,� but that’s my only real complaint. You go, Mo.

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Big Mo and band perform at a CD-release party Sunday, Jan. 27, 7:30 p.m., at the Sierra Nevada Big Room.

Sleepwalk With Me IFC Films

—Meredith J. Graham

Fade Yo La Tengo Matador Yo La Tengo’s 13th album has been universally well-received, not because the band is breaking new ground, but simply because it’s such a perfect extension of what’s come before. Fade is a lush and leisurely stroll through life with all of its seemingly insignificant details. And like life, Yo La Tengo can be all over the place—throwing a lot of styles and emotions into their well-crafted pop.

It’s this realness that has sustained countless artists—including Jeff Tweedy and Barbara Manning—for nearly three decades. Fade begins with “Ohm,� a jangly strummer that forgoes a chorus in favor of a beautifully layered verse that runs just over six minutes as organ and guitar clamor and continue to build. Even at their noisiest— like on the warm and fuzzy “Paddle Forward�—Yo La Tengo is still a calming presence. And gentle picking and vocalist Ira Kaplan’s soothing coo on songs like “I’ll Be Around� and “Two Trains� will leave you in the afterglow. Brass and strings add yet another layer to songs like “Is That Enough� on a record that already makes incredible (and subtle) use of sounds. Groundbreaking? Not really. But it’s always best to leave this sort of thing to the professionals.

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—Mark Lore

YOU’RE WELCOME, NATURE.

Sleepwalk with Me starts out like many indie comedies do: One half of a restless couple struggles to find himself/herself as well as ambition while the relationship suffers. What sets this film apart from the others, though, is the main character’s voice.

Written, directed by and starring stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalk with Me is based on true events. He really did have strange sleepwalking episodes during which he’d awaken in the shower with all his clothes on or standing on the edge of a dresser. But this film is not just about the journey he takes from dreams to reality while sleeping—it’s also about his transformation as a comedian, from telling bad jokes to being an honest DVD comic. Birbiglia is not the world’s funniest man. He has his moments, though, and in watching this movie you see a real interpretation of how art imitates life. You see a touching look at relationships and an unflinching glimpse at the reality of stand-up comedy. Quite frankly, Sleepwalk with Me is the perfect example of a coming-of-age-as-a-thirtysomething film in this millennium, capturing the struggle of a generation within the specific framework of one man’s experience.

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Hey, Chico musicians!

ARE YOU

ON THE LIST?

The 2013 Chico Area Music Awards are coming!

A Holy Ghost Revival A Plague Upon Her A.L.O. Aamir Malik Aaron Jaqua Abe Nesbitt Aberrance Adrian Afiction Alan Rigg Trio Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co. Alternators Amarok Animal Cruelty Anna Meehan Armed For Apocalypse Astronaut Atreum Aubrey Debauchery Audiotherapy Ayrian Badger Baghdad Batteries Beards & Broads Beat Concrete Becca Hogue Beltain Big Mo & The Full Moon Band Big Slim Big Wide Room Biggs Roller Billy the Robot Bionix Black Fong Blood Cabana Bogg Born Into This Boss 501 Bran Crown Brass Hysteria!

Broken Rodeo Bunny Milk Cannon & The Lion of Judah Band Caraway Carey Robinson Trio Carly Ann Casing the Promisedland Castless, The CD ENT Chad Bushnell Band Charlie Robinson Cheatin’ Hearts Chico Jazz Collective

Chingado Chris Keane Chris Schadt Band Chuck Epperson Jr. Band Chuck’s Place C-Loc Clouds on Strings Cody K & The Thundertrain Express Cold Blue Mountain Color Me Plaid Constant Grey Count Funkula Crashed Giraffe Crazygrass Cris Kenyon Damage Overload Daniel Vera Danny Cohen Dave Elke Trio David Ennis Dead Man’s Hand Deedee Vest Dena Moes Dirty Menace Disorderly Event DJ Whitlock DMJ Dr. Becky Sagers, Ph.D. Dream Team DVS Dylan’s Dharma Elliot James Engraved in Armor Envelope Peasant & The Scientific Orchestra Epitaph of Atlas Eric Peter Esoteric Every Hand Betrayed Evin Wolverton Eyere Eyes Feather River Singers Fera Fight Music Filthy Luke Frankie Doppler’s Nuclear Sunrise French Reform Furlough Fridays Gentleman’s Coup Geoff Baker Goat Good Probs Gordy Ohliger the Banjo-ologist

Gravybrain Hail the Sun HangTree Ha’Penny Bridge Hearses Heather Michelle Helm of Cerberus Himp C Hobilly M.F. Holly Taylor Hooliganz, The Horse Fight Hush Icko Sicko In Reach Inside Strait Into the Open Earth Io Torus Ira Walker Jay Decay Jazz X-Press JBiz Jeff Pershing Band Jim Brobeck Joe Goodwin John Seid & Larry Peterson John Trenalone Johnny & The Bootleggers Jon Hartle$$ Jorge Jonze JP Gutierrez Julian Ruck Karma Kings Kasm Kate Tansey Kezwik King Cotton Jazz Band King Hopeton KO-DE-AK KWMP Kyle Williams Laurie Dana Lexi Bakkar Lisa Langley Lish Bills Logan 5 Logan Dunn

Lorna Kingdon & Chris Wood Los Caballitos de La Cancion Los Papi Chulos Band Low Flying Birds Lynguistix Lyrical Vision Mad Bob Howard Make it So MaMuse Mandy Jo & The Holy Mackerel Mark Johnson Marked for Death Master Lady Michelin Embers Mike Comfort Mike Z Mikey Stacks Minetaka/LaPado Duo Missoula Flood Mom & Dad Month of Sundays Mossy Creek Mr. I Nate Pendery Nina Loco Nolan & Emma Northern Comfort Northern Traditionz Nothing Left Now Here Jazz Ensemble Nude and True Oil Panic Pageant Dads Perpetual Drifters Phillip Zabala Pintlifter Present Time Pub Scouts Pyrx Reckoning Resonate Resonators Reverse Order Rich & Kendell Rock Ridge Bluegrass Band

Rock Scarz Rube and the Rhythm Rockers Ruby Hollow Band Ryan Davidson Salsa Bella Sapphire Soul Sarah Watson Sean Thompson Season of the Witch Second Hand Smoke Severance Package Shankers She Fetus Shout Bamalama Sick Bird Simple Science Skip Culton Skyliners Sleestak Some Kind of Sorcerer Sorin Soul Butter Soul Union Spark ’n’ Cinder Spiff & Bullet SS Frank Star Thistle Wall Station House SteelFX Steve Cook Trio Strange Habits Surrogate Swamp Daddy Swamp Zen Symbio Taunis Year One

Teeph The Amy Celeste Band The Blue Hippies The Blue Merles The Cause The Chrome The Deaf Pilots The Ember Switch The Hallelujah Junction The Hambones The LoLos The Magnificent Sevens The Mercantiles The Noetics The Oisters The Pushers The Railflowers The Remainder The River Red The Sad Bastards The Shimmies The Suspects The Vanity Theory Thee Yule Logs Thomas Fogg Three Fingers Whiskey Tip Makhno Tome of Goetia Top Dolla Tripship Twisted Strategies TyBox Voltare Waltzsaulsnakenstein West By Swan Wolfthump Zabaleen

If you are a local musician (or you know a local musician) who should be on the list of potential artists for this year’s Chico Area Music Awards, send an email to cnrcammies@gmail.com today!

ARTS DEVO Jason Cassidy • jasonc@newsreview.com

I WANT TO GIVE IT TO YOU Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and Arts DEVO wants to do something special for his readers to honor the celebration of love and all those fun love-associated activities. So, in the Feb. 14 issue of the Chico News & Review, this column space is going to be transformed into Arts DEVO’s Groovy, Funky, Stanky Sex-Advice Column.

I’m not a professional sex therapist, nor a trained advice columLet’s get weird, Chico. nist. But I have heard of Furries, and I saw a picture once of a chick riding around on a saddle on a pasty wide dude’s back. I also love my readers, and I’d like to think that my willingness to expose your most intimate secrets in a pubic forum might actually be nurturing a fetish or four that you might have.

C’mon, just trust me with all your secrets!

You have until Feb. 8 to send in your questions, letters, or even your fan fiction (DEVO-slash-Lady Gaga?).

DON’T DIE Welcome back to town collegians and collegiate-adjacent thrill seekers. This weekend kicks off Chico’s four-month-long pukea-punch-a-papilloma-thon, and your friendly arts columnist knows there is no talking anyone out of K/S joining the party. But, if I may, there are three pieces of advice I would like to pass on that will in no way hinder your ability to have fun, but they just might help you and your friends from becoming a sad story in the newspaper.

1. If you’re on foot or on a bike, don’t travel anywhere in Chico alone at night. Mr. Stabby over there and his creepy friend Chester the Molester are not here for the good times.

2. Leave your knife at home. I get it. Your knife is super sweet!

Now that we agree on that, leave it in the dartboard.

3. Have your friend’s back.

Passed out, fucked up, or otherwise unaware members of your crew need your attention Just call a cab. and probably that of a medical professional in order to not hurt themselves, possibly permanently. If there is any question at all about a fellow party animal’s condition, bite the bullet and call 911.

Better to have to ask for forgiveness from your friend than from their grieving parents.

DEVOtions

Chico: More fun than a clown puking a rainbow.

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Two shows: Living Karaoke Band fundraiser for The Bookstore, featuring dozens of covers of Rolling Stones songs by local singers, Friday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m., at the DownLo. And Sunday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m., at Café Flo, SXO, Fera, and the debut of Arts DEVO-approved She Fetus. It’s an early show, so get there … early!

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Chico

$201,500

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Chico

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Chico

$299,000

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$185,000

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Chico

$163,500

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This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: LACI GARDNER Dated: November 26, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001659 Published: January 10,17,24,31, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as IMUA MEDIA at 1459 E Lassen Ave #12 Chico, CA 95973.

JOHN JOHNSTON 1459 E Lassen Ave #12 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOHN JOHNSTON Dated: January 7, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000032 Published: January 10,17,24,31, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THREE GIRLS AND A KITCHEN at 3183 Sespe Creek Way Chico, CA 95973.

DANIELLE BLIXT 1027 Mayette Drive Chico, CA 95926.

DAVID CHEN 3183 Sespe Creek Way Chico, CA 95973.

JEANNIE CHEN 3183 Sespe Creek Way Chico, CA 95973.

KIMBERLY LUCE 882 Glenn Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: DAVID CHEN Dated: January 8, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000044 Published: January 17,24,31, February 7, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NAKED BONES DUTCH OVEN COOKING at 691 E 3RD Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

DESERY JOAN UHOR 691 E 3RD Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

MATTHEW DAVID UHOR 691 E 3RD Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.

Signed: MATT UHOR Dated: December 21, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001779 Published: January 17,24,31, February 7, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CAPITAL EQUITY REAL ESTATE COMPANY at 5 Donner Lane Chico, CA 95928.

CHRISTIAN DEL PINO 5 Donner Lane Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTIAN DEL PINO Dated: December 18, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001752 Published: January 17,24,31, February 7, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GUITAR CENTER 218 at 2027 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy Chico, CA 95928.

GUITAR CENTER STORES INC 5795 Lindero Canyon Road Westlake Village, CA 91362.

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State: DELAWARE This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: WESLEY L. MUDDLE VP FINANCE Dated: December 18, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001755 Published: January 17,24,31, February 7, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LONGEVITY CMT at 2072 E 20th Street #140 Chico, CA 95928.

LEON ALLEN 1880 Humboldt Road #3 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LEON S. ALLEN Dated: December 14, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001747 Published: January 17,24,31, February 7, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GT’S HANDYMAN SERVICE AND REPAIR at 541 Shasta Avenue Oroville, CA 95965.

GARY JAMES TYLER 541 Shasta Avenue Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GARY TYLER Dated: January 9, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000048 Published: January 17,24,31, February 7, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandonded the use of the fictious business name SIGNS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN at 158 Commercial Avenue Chico, CA 95973.

CHARLES WITHUHN 518 W 6th Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHARLES WITHUN Dated: January 10, 2013 FBN Number: 2012-0001379 Published: January 24,31, February 7, 14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SIGNS AND GRAPHIC DESIGN at 158 Commercial Avenue Chico, CA 95973.

CHRISTINE A BIEBERLY 18 Baja Court Chico, CA 95928.

RICHARD J COLLINS 18 Baja Court Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: CHRISTINE A BIEBERLY Dated: january 10, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000050 Published: January 24,31, February 7, 14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the us of the fictitious business name NORTH VALLEY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT at 1108 Sheridan Avenue Suite B Chico, CA 95926.

PAUL COOPER 1875 Auburn Oak Way Chico, CA 95928.

SETH THOMAS GODFREY 375 Yarrow Drive Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: SETH GODFREY Dated: January 15, 2013 FBN Number: 2012-0001255 Published: January 24,31, February 7,14, 2013

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTH VALLEY PROPERTY MANAGEMNENT at 1108 Sheridan Ave #B Chico, CA 95926.

SETH THOMAS GODFREY 375 Yarrow Dr Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SETH GODFREY Dated: January 15, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000074 Published: January 24,31, February 7,14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICORENTALLISTINGS.COM, JIBTACK, UNIVERSITYRENTALLISTINGS.COM, USRENTALLISTINGS.COM at 3209 Esplande Suite 140 Chico, CA 95973.

VAUGHT, INC PO Box 1192 Chico, CA 95927.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: RYAN VAUGHT PRESIDENT Dated: December 31, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001806 Published: Januray 24,31 February 7,14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RYNO COMPANY at 3209 Esplande Suite 120 Chico, CA 95973.

VAUGHT, INC PO Box 1192 Chico, CA 95927.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: RYAN VAUGHT PRESIDENT Dated: December 20, 2013 FBN Number: 2012-0001772 Published: January 24,31, February 7,14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BABY BOW-TIQUE at 2777 Eaton Road # 83 Chico, CA 95973.

MILO YAMASHIRO 2777 Eaton Road #83 Chico, CA 95973.

SAMANTHA YAMASHIRO 2777 Eaton Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: SAMANTHA YAMASHIRO Dated: January 15, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000075 Published: January 24,31 February 7,14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FUSION HOOKA LOUNGE at 245 Walnut St. Suite 190 Chico, CA 95928.

BASSAM DAHMA 1749 Eaton Rd #11 Chico, CA 95973.

JEANETTE DAHMA 1749 Eaton Rd #11 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: JEANETTE DAHMA

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Dated: January 15, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000071 Published: January 24, 31, February 7, 14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GOLDILOCKS STUDIO at 315 Wall St Suite 11 Chico, CA 95928.

JODI KREBS 665 Victorian Park Drive Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JODI KREBS Dated: January 17, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000084 Published: January 24,31, February 7,14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ABYSS JEWELRY at 3484 Hackamore Lane Chico, CA 95973.

ANGELA J SOUSA 3484 Hackamore Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ANGELA J SOUSA Dated: January 18, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000091 Published: January 24,31, February 7,14, 2013

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

THE Petition for Probate requests that: RONALD HALL 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:

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Date: February 14, 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 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: PR40504 Attorney for Petitioner: Clayton B. Anderson 20 Independent Circle Chico, CA 95973.

Published: January 24,31, February 7, 2013 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE DONNA MARIE TEIFER, AKA DONNA M. TEIFER, AKA DONNA TEIFER To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DONNA MARIE TEIFER, AKA DONNA M. TEIFER, AKA DONNA TEIFER. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JOSEPH TEIFER in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: JOSEPH TEIFER 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

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court should not grant the authority.

A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: February 14, 2013 Time: 1:30pm Dept:McLean Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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

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

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

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

Case Number: PR40507 Attorney for Petitioner: Jane E. Stansell 901 Bruce Road Suite 170 Chico, CA 95928.

Published: January 24,31, February 7, 2013 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ROBIN LANE SHULTZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ROBIN LANE SHULTZ Proposed name: ROBIN LANE WILDE 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: March 1, 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: January 4, 2013 Case Number: 158622 Published: January 24,31, February 7,14, 2013

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): The

German government sponsored a scientific study of dowsing, which is a form of magical divination used to locate underground sources of water. After 10 years, the chief researcher testified, “It absolutely works, beyond all doubt. But we have no idea why or how.” An assertion like that might also apply to the mojo you’ll have at your disposal, Aries, as you forge new alliances and bolster your web of connections in the coming weeks. I don’t know how or why you’ll be such an effective networker, but you will be.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The United

States Congress spends an inordinate amount of time on trivial matters. For example, 16 percent of all the laws it passed in the last two years were devoted to renaming post offices. That’s down from the average of the previous eight years, during which time almost 20 percent of its laws had the sole purpose of renaming post offices. In my astrological opinion, you Tauruses can’t afford to indulge in anything close to that level of nonsense during the next four weeks. I urge you to keep time-wasting activities down to less than 5 percent of your total. Focus on getting a lot of important stuff done. Be extra thoughtful and responsible as you craft the impact you’re having on the world.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): What if your

unconscious mind has dreamed up sparkling answers to your raging questions, but your conscious mind doesn’t know about them yet? Is it possible you are not taking advantage of the sly wisdom that your deeper intelligence has been cooking up? I say it’s time to poke around down there. It’s time to take aggressive measures as you try to smoke out the revelations that your secret self has prepared for you. How? Remember your dreams, of course. Notice hunches that arise out of nowhere. And send a friendly greeting to your unconscious mind, something like, “I adore you, and I’m receptive to you, and I’d love to hear what you have to tell me.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In his book

Our Band Could Be Your Life, Michael Azerrad says that the Cancerian singersongwriter Steve Albini is a “connoisseur of intensity.” That means he’s picky about what he regards as intense. Even the two kinds of music that are often thought of as the embodiment of ferocious emotion don’t make the grade for Albini. Heavy metal is comical, he says, not intense. Hardcore punk is childish, not intense. What’s your definition of intensity, Cancerian? I see the coming weeks as prime time for you to commune with the very best expressions of that state of being. Be a connoisseur of intensity.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There’s a butterfly

sanctuary at the Como Park Zoo & Conservatory in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It’s called the Enchanted Garden. As you enter, you see a sign that reads, “Please do not touch the butterflies. Let the butterflies touch you.” In other words, you shouldn’t initiate contact with the delicate creatures.

You shouldn’t pursue them or try to capture them. Instead, make yourself available for them to land on you. Allow them to decide how and when your connection will begin to unfold. In the coming week, Leo, I suggest you adopt a similar approach to any beauty you’d like to know better.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Do you ever

fantasize about a more perfect version of yourself? Is there, in your imagination, an idealized image of who you might become in the future? That can be a good thing if it motivates you to improve and grow. But it might also lead you to devalue the flawed but beautiful creation you are right now. It may harm your capacity for self-acceptance. Your assignment in the coming week is to temporarily forget about whom you might evolve into at some later date, and instead just love your crazy, mysterious life exactly as it is.

Bootleggin’ Sue

by Rob Brezsny LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Novelist Jeffrey

Eugenides says he doesn’t have generic emotions that can be described with one word. “Sadness,” “joy” and “regret” don’t happen to him. Instead, he prefers “complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic train-car constructions,” like “the disappointment of sleeping with one’s fantasy” or “the excitement of getting a [hotel] room with a minibar.” He delights in sensing “intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members” and “sadness inspired by failing restaurants.” In the coming days, Libra, I think you should specialize in one-of-a-kind feelings like these. Milk the nuances! Exult in the peculiarities! Celebrate the fact that each new wave of passion has never before arisen in quite the same form.

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Shannon Rooney Everyone’s raving about Bootleg, the recently opened second-hand clothing store on West Second Street. Proprietor Sue Reed, a former Hollywood costumer, said her goal is to “combine creative fashion with utility.” She offers gently used men’s and women’s apparel, accessories and jewelry; items that will “maintain their value and wearability over a course of time—boots, belts and handbags that can last a long time if you take care of them. Those are my preferable types of items to have in stock.”

Bootleg is located at 126 W. Second St., between Broadway and Main, next to Monks Wine Lounge. Contact Reed at 990-8008.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): After analyz-

ing your astrological omens for the coming weeks, I decided that the best advice I could give you would be this passage by the English writer G.K. Chesterton: “Of all modern notions, the worst is this: that domesticity is dull. Inside the home, they say, is dead decorum and routine; outside is adventure and variety. But the truth is that the home is the only place of liberty, the only spot on earth where a man can alter arrangements suddenly, make an experiment or indulge in a whim. The home is not the one tame place in a world of adventure; it is the one wild place in a world of set rules and set tasks.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): My

general philosophy is that everyone on the planet, including me, is a jerk now and then.

In fact, I’m suspicious of those who are apparently so unfailingly well-behaved that they never act like jerks. On the other hand, some people are jerks far too much of the time and should be avoided. Here’s my rule of thumb: How sizable is each person’s Jerk Quotient? If it’s below 6 percent, I’ll probably give them a chance to be a presence in my life—especially if they’re smart and interesting. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Sagittarius, this gauge may be useful for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The

French painter Cézanne painted images of a lot of fruit in the course of his career. He liked to take his sweet time while engaged in his work. The apples and pears and peaches that served as his models often rotted before he was done capturing their likenesses. That’s the kind of approach I recommend for you in the coming days, Capricorn. Be very deliberate and gradual and leisurely in whatever labor of love you devote yourself to. No rushing allowed! With conscientious tenderness, exult in attending to every last detail of the process.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Nobody

can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.” So said the eccentric, outspoken and hard-partying actress Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968). Can you guess her astrological sign? Aquarius, of course. Her greatest adventure came from trying to keep up with all the unpredictable urges that welled up inside her. She found it challenging and fun to be as unique as she could possibly be. I nominate her to be your role model in the next four weeks. Your assignment is to work extra hard at being yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The

Dardanelles Strait is a channel that connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, separating Europe from Asia. In some places it’s less than a mile wide. But the currents are fierce, so if you try to swim across at those narrow points, you’re pushed around and end up having to travel five or six miles. In light of the current astrological omens, I’m predicting that you will have a comparable challenge in the coming days, Pisces. The task may seem easier or faster than it actually is. Plan accordingly.

Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny’s EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES and DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700.

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BREZSNY’S

For the week of January 24, 2013

What’s your background in Chico?

I’m from Chico, originally … I was a typical ’80s teenager here. My first job ever was at (the former) Hey! Juan burritos, in this same building (as Bootleg). I lived in Spain for a couple years out of high school and then in Portland, Hawaii and L.A., coming back and touching base occasionally. I started bartending at Duffy’s in ’95. I’m a bartender for both Duffy’s and DownLo.

You were in a Chico band, right?

I was in Nothing Rhymes with Orange. We toured and played a lot … a punk kind of country goofy.

What’s the work you did with costumes?

When I moved to L.A. in 2003, I did a stint as a costumer for about three years, for the film and TV industry. Most notably, I worked with

Kristin Burke, a local girl who’s now a costume designer. She was kind of my mentor. I did a few movies with her, under her tutelage, and I worked for a dance troupe: The Strange and Elegant Dance Company. That was kind of strange and outlandish, kind of whimsical and fantastic—it got my creativity flowing.

What inspired you to open your shop?

Anyone who knows me knows I’ve always been this insane clothing collector. I was a thriftstore person when thrifting was really, really uncool, when there was a stigma to secondhand shopping. I just collected forever, wore vintage a lot. I was one of those people where someone would come over to my house and say, ‘Oh, I don’t have anything to wear to the party,’ and I would dig through my stuff and find something. I’d wanted to have a shop forever, but I was so busy working. Finally, my best friend said, ‘You really need to do this!

How can we make it happen?’ She helped me organize a plan.

FROM THE EDGE

by Anthony Peyton Porter himself@anthonypeytonporter.com

Guns I do not favor gun control. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a free gun causing trouble. With the potential for fatal violence always there in a gun’s nature, it tends to sit in stillness, accepting all possibility, like a sharp rock. If guns were left alone to follow their natural bents, I’m sure guns wouldn’t hurt us.

I approve of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. Since our system of evermore restriction seems to guarantee eventual revolt, we’re gonna need a way to discourage the goons when they come for us.

Actually, I don’t mean “we.” When the barricades, figurative or otherwise, go up, I’m not gonna be there.

My barricade-manning days were long ago, and now I’d just get in the way. Since I want the revolution to succeed, I’d do us all a favor and stay the hell away, except it’ll be my grandchildren at the barricades, not me.

I also favor the elimination of guns entirely. I can’t get with most no-gunners because I can’t think of anything sillier than restricting guns to government, and I’ve been trying. No guns, fine. Guns only for goons, no thank you.

If that means now and then a bunch of cute little

children get murdered at school, too bad. We could’ve at least harvested their organs. The same governments that collude in sending drones to kill random strangers require that our children be sent to learn the approved world view all together at the same time, which is why they’re sitting ducks. If kids were with their families or off learning something they wanted to know, it wouldn’t be nearly so easy to take them out en masse, like Newtown and Virginia Tech and the rest.

Fear is popular, usually masquerading as security.

Since the people afraid of being shot down on the street haven’t actually been shot down, although I guess a former victim might turn crusader, the fear, as usual, is of something that’s never happened.

I have a rather astonished love for us people and our capacity for creation, inevitably including virtually boundless stupidity. If government were perfect, it wouldn’t need guns. Since it clearly isn’t perfect, people should have guns, too. Maybe not crazy people.

I got this far with chasing the thoughts about guns stumbling around in my head when I was inspired. I left my computer and lay on my bed in the sun, where I soon remembered that all I have to do about the gun issue is keep a loving heart, the only thing I have to do about anything. You, too.

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