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Reality check on medi-pot Let’s be real: Medical marijuana is a joke. Everybody knows

Don’t do criminals’ dirty work A County, N.Y., published an online database listing the names and addresses of 44,000 citizens holding gun permits. few weeks ago, a newspaper in Westchester

The paper rationalized its action as defending the public’s right to know. But a right to know what?

And what cost to the personal safety and liberty of law-abiding citizens?

While what the newspaper did was not illegal, it generated widespread condemnation from Americans concerned about privacy rights. In fact, the newspaper’s release of this information may have led to at least one attempted burglary of an elderly man’s gun safe. While the burglars failed to steal his weapons, it highlighted by the problem of making such information Dan Logue public.

Giving thugs useful information of The author who has—and by extension who does not represents the have—guns is the last thing we need at a 3rd District, which time when many families feel unsafe in includes much of their own homes. It also puts victims of Butte County and all stalking, hate crimes, and domestic vioof Chico, in the lence at increased risk from retribution California Assembly. from their perpetrators.

If the names and addresses of judges and peace officers who carry concealed weapons are shielded from public view, then all law-abiding permit holders deserve this same protection.

That is why I have authored Assembly 4 CN&R March 7, 2013

Bill 134 to protect the privacy of citizens who apply for and carry concealed-weapons permits. This legislation would bar government from publicly releasing personally identifying information.

I do not believe we should compromise some rights to protect others. No one’s safety should be jeopardized just to score cheap political points for an anti-Second Amendment agenda. While we must find ways to reduce violence and do more to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, no one should be able to tar and feather law-abiding gun owners for exercising their constitutional rights.

AB 134 strikes the right balance between protecting the Second Amendment and maintaining the access that law enforcement needs to keep us safe. It would ensure that a similar situation that happened in New York would not happen here.

I will work hard with Democrats and Republicans alike to pass this common-sense measure. This bill not only affords important protections to responsible gun owners, but also serves to protect our neighbors, who might become targets of crime based upon the assumption that their homes are unprotected.

We simply do not need to make the lives of criminals easier by doing their dirty work for them. The Legislature and governor need to enact AB 134 before it is too late. Ω

most of it goes to get people high, but still we persist in the pretense that it’s all about sick people getting access to their medicine.

You can blame this surreal state of affairs on the fuzziness of Proposition 215 or the failure of the state Legislature to pass laws that do a better job of controlling access to the herb. Or you can just accept the reality that some people like getting high on marijuana and there’s really not much society can do about it.

In Washington and Colorado, citizens have voted to legalize marijuana and collect taxes on its sale. That’s a realistic approach. It doesn’t buy into the charade that everyone who smokes pot is ill.

Which brings us to the medical-marijuana ordinance that the Butte County Board of Supervisors passed last week. It’s the best of the three the board has considered so far, but it’s really just more of the same—a phony but legal arrangement that everyone understands is just a way for pot farmers to grow their crop and sell it to whoever has the money to pay for it.

Actually, we’re OK with that. Marijuana will eventually be legal in California, and this current situation is temporary. Besides, it brings millions of dollars into the area.

At the same time, though, neither the county nor any of its cities have created a way for people who are legitimately in need of pot for its medicinal value, and who are not growers themselves, to obtain their medicine legally. Most of the pot grown in Butte County will either enter the black market or make its way to dispensaries elsewhere.

How is an elderly woman suffering from cancer who lives in an apartment supposed to obtain her medicine? Until local officials can answer that question, they have not fully implemented Proposition 215. They’ve just made sure pot growers can rake in the dough. Ω

Equality in the making How quickly things change. In November 2008, California voters

narrowly approved Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage; recently, just four years later, a statewide poll showed that 61 percent of the state’s citizens support marriage equality.

We’re seeing a remarkable and rapid shift in attitudes toward gay rights, and not just in California. Two significant events last week are indicative.

First, on Feb. 26 some 70 prominent Republicans, including former Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, signed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court not only to preserve California’s same-sex marriage rights in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry, but also to determine that homosexuals have a constitutional right to marry.

Then, on Friday, March 1, 172 U.S. representatives and 40 senators signed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court case United States v. Windsor against the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, a shameful relic of the Clinton administration that denies legally married same-sex couples more than 1,100 federal protections. As Chico Councilman Scott Gruendl, a gay married man, recently pointed out during a council meeting, because of DOMA he and his husband will be forced this year to file their federal income taxes as single persons and won’t be able to take advantage of the lower rate enjoyed by heterosexual married couples.

Whether these developments will succeed in compelling the court’s conservative majority to uphold the California Supreme Court’s overturning of Prop. 8 on constitutional grounds or to strike down DOMA and give marriage equality constitutional protection remains to be seen.

What is clear, as former John McCain campaign strategist Steve Schmidt said when signing the Prop. 8 brief, “The die is cast.” Marriage equality is coming to the United States. The sooner the better. Ω

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Democracy in action Former City Council candidate Toby Schindelbeck is still playing politics, and his latest gambit has got the editor of the Enterprise-Record all lathered up. “Oh, this will be fun,” David Little exulted in his weekly column Sunday (March 3).

Little is referring to Schindelbeck’s formal request in a letter to the council that it consider a resolution that he says upholds the Second Amendment.

Little was excited because he thinks the council is “wasting time on matters beyond its control” when it takes positions on what he contends are non-local issues. He was glad to see the council’s liberal majority— those who supported, for example, a “corporate personhood” resolution—forced to consider a conservative resolution.

Like all elected officials, the council members have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution, including the Second Amendment. Schindelbeck was asking them to go further. He wanted them to oppose “any provision infringing upon the Second Amendment,” whatever that means, and agree that no “additional regulation [of arms] is necessary in California.”

As vague as the resolution is, gun control is a big issue these days and deserving of discussion. I don’t understand the notion that asking our local elected officials to debate and, possibly, take a stand on current state and national issues is somehow “wasting time” because there’s nothing local agencies can do about them.

Underpinning that argument is the misperception that important state and national issues—of war and peace, spending and taxing, law and order—are not also local issues. When a local youth dies in the Iraq war financed in part by local taxpayers’ money, it’s a local issue. When courts radically change the electoral process, it’s a local issue. When the national government is unable to secure our borders, it’s a local issue.

Another misperception is Little’s notion that democracy works from the top down. I would argue that it’s the other way around: that it works—or should work—from the grassroots up, and that one of the best ways for communities to influence state and national governments is to engage with their local city councils and boards of supervisors.

President Obama expressed this well in his recent State of the Union speech: “It is our unfinished task to make sure that this government works on behalf of the many, and not just the few; that it encourages free enterprise, rewards individual initiative, and opens the doors of opportunity to every child across this great nation.”

As George Lakoff points out, “‘Our unfinished task’ refers to citizens—us—as ruling the government, not the reverse. ‘We’ are making the government do what is right.

To work ‘on behalf of the many, and not just the few.’”

So I support Toby Schindelbeck’s effort to engage the City Council on the issue of weapons and am glad that the council unanimously agreed Tuesday (March 5) to agendize his resolution for its April 2 meeting. It should make for a rip-roaring discussion. As Little says, “Isn’t politics fun?”

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Exploiting Sandy Hook Re “Our own Sandy Hook” (Letters, by Susan Birtcil, Feb. 28): The “young women” who pack the parking lots with sobs and tears are the “activists who advocate protection for the marginalized” you were looking for! You didn’t notice because you were too busy demeaning their intelligence, exploiting their youth, exploiting their confidence ... and to drill it home, distorting and using the sadness of Sandy Hook for your own religious agenda. Women choosing abortion are not mentally disturbed murderous sociopaths.

So, where is the outrage over this “tragedy” lurking in our back yard? Umm, nowhere. I’m thrilled about my secular abortions because I’m smart. The facts indicate that some of your friends are too!

CHRISTINE FULTON Chico

The city can save real money Re “Uttering the T-word” (Editorial, Feb. 28): As your editorial states, the city faces a large deficit. City Manager Brian Nakamura said at one meeting we have a $50 million deficit—mostly the “unfunded pension liabilities”—but offers a plan that will eventually save only $1 million a year. [Councilman] Scott Gruendl said at a council meeting that Nakamura’s plan will take 10 to 15 years.

But right now the employee contracts are “on the table.” I read the police contract— available at the city website. While the police are actually asking for pay raises, 147 current employees are not offering to pay for any of their benefits.

Currently, Police Department employees can retire at age 50, at 90 percent of their highest year’s earnings, while paying absolutely nothing toward their pension premiums. Fire Department employees pay 2 percent, management employees, like our $217,000-per-year city manager, pay only 4 percent. Only the lowest-salaried “classified staff” pay the full 9 percent “employee share.” The taxpayers pick up the rest of the tab for these pensions.

According to Finance Director Jennifer Hennessy, the taxpayers paid $1.9 million just for the “employee share” of pension premiums for 2011-12. There’s also the “employer’s share.” Altogether the city spent $10.2 million on employee pensions in 2011-12.

This “employee share” would be an immediate savings of $1.9 million, almost twice as much annually as Nakamura’s reorganization, and without raising any taxes or firing any employees.

JUANITA SUMNER Chico

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Re “Have you ever witnessed racism in Chico?” (Streetalk, Feb. 21): Even here in the Big Peach, San Francisco, I don’t think that the local weekly newspaper would ask people in the street, “Have you witnessed racism in the city (Chico),” and LETTERS continued on page 6

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not have one comment from a black person, Asian, but maybe one brown one. That’s a very exiguous question on the part of a so-called progressive weekly.

Perhaps the CN&R is happy with their one African-American columnist, Mr. Anthony Porter, who has about as many words to say about black people living in Chico as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Thanks to Ms. Desiree Gonzales [“Wrong ones to ask,” Letters, Feb. 28] for pointing this out.

JERRY HARRIS San Francisco/Chico

Sequestration will hurt services As a former federal employee in California and Nevada, I’m worried about the consequences of sequestration and subsequent furloughs of federal employees in our state.

There are more than 200,000 hardworking federal employees in California, and 6,750 hardworking federal employees in Congressional District 1, who won’t be able to fully do their jobs, like safely landing commercial airliners at the Chico airport or making sure the meat we buy at our grocery stores is safe or keeping our national parks and national forests open or reduced hours at the local Social Security and IRS offices. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will have to furlough employees when they are most needed by our local growers.

Sacrificing our nation’s federal employees, and the services they provide to this country, is not an acceptable solution to our nation’s budget dilemma. I hope Senators Feinstein and Boxer, along with Congressman LaMalfa, can find a solution that does not weaken our federal workforce and the vital services they provide us all before it’s too late.

H. RAY HARRINGTON Paradise

Elect a Democratic majority Another crisis, and Speaker Boehner of the House of Representatives has another opportunity to chip away at our Social Security, Medicare, and the post office, or any other institution that enables common citizens to lead decent lives. In Boehner’s view, the only things sacrosanct are the perks and privileges of those at the top.

The 2010 elections gave Republicans the power to oppose any progressive legislation, and they have used it to defeat most measures that would benefit the great majority of Americans. President Obama has presented a jobs bill to Congress that would help rebuild the nation’s roads and bridges, but Boehner refuses to bring it up for a vote.

It’s time that we elect a Democratic majority to Congress so we can get the country moving again; hire more teachers for our children, restore the U.S. Postal Service, and properly fund Social Security, Medicare, Meals-on-Wheels, and all the measures that make our nation great.

If the middle- and lower-income populations have more purchasing power, businesses will thrive and prosperity will return. President Clinton used these principles to achieve a balanced budget, and President Obama will also if we give him the chance.

ROBERT WOODS Chico

Save the honeybees I started a petition to reclassify honeybees as endangered. Can you help me spread the word? The link is: http://www.change.org/petitions/please-help-save-the-honeybees This step may be what’s needed to stop the demise. Thank you so much.

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Readers weigh in on ‘The coyote hunt’ Re “The coyote hunt” (Cover story,

by Allan Stellar, Feb. 28): I remember driving past a large sign on the edge of Alturas a few years ago. It read: “Alturas— Where the West Still Lives.”

That’s the way many people in Modoc County view themselves— anachronisms proudly and defiantly stuck in the olden days. But why did the organizers move the “count” to a private, secret site? If you’re proud of what you’re doing, why not show off the results in plain view?

With the firepower these folks have, I doubt any outsider would cause too much trouble when the carcasses are on display outside the Adin mercantile—especially with local law enforcement providing plenty of intimidation.

EDWARD BOOTH Chico

Thanks for the tip on the coyote hunt, I have been accepted as a participant in the 2014 hunt. I am oiling up my .223 semi-auto, looking forward to much fun.

DOUG DREBERT Paradise

Oh please! If the writer leans any farther left, the chip on his shoulder that he came to Modoc County with will fall off.

I travel through Adin on a daily basis and stop at the Adin supply store frequently. The owner and his employees are the friendliest people I have ever met.

Ranchers have a right to protect their livestock. Maybe if the bleeding hearts want to really help they would contact their legislators to establish a state fund to compensate ranchers for lost livestock.

MARK ROSENTHAL Fall River Mills/Alturas

These indiscriminate killing contests are appalling: unscientific, unethical, unacceptable. Ironically, they only exacerbate the problem, as has been noted by many, including the California Department of Fish and Wildlife game warden quoted in the article. And they can go on yearround. How many wounded coyotes are left to suffer a lingering death in the field? How many young are left

to starve in the den?

One of our state senators or assembly members should introduce a bill now, so that this unsavory bloodbath and similar ones won’t be repeated in this or future years. All legislators may be written c/o the State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95814.

ERIC MILLS Oakland

It’s too bad your publication didn’t ask for a rebuttal from someone who can make the case for Big Valley and perhaps show that we are reasonable people, usually hospitable and even willing to listen to other points of view.

Mr. Stellar starts with the visual image of the coyote dump, but I wonder if he would flinch, or if the protesters would flinch, if they were to see the visual image of a lamb, a calf or a faun when a pack of coyotes is tearing it to pieces. That is the image that we see all too often. So it is difficult for us to feel sorry for the coyotes.

If Mr. Stellar’s granddaughter was ill-treated by law enforcement in Adin, I regret it and I’m sure most of my neighbors do. The truth is the Adin Supply store was put off limits to non-residents when the Gagnon family was overwhelmed with vicious and threatening emails from protesters. One or two of them actually contained death threats.

It’s true many residents resented the presence of outsiders coming to our neck of the woods and telling us what we should be doing, and it is too bad that resentment found its way into the attitude of law enforcement. It was unprofessional, but understandable. A better understanding between those who live in the cities and those of us who live in the rural frontier would be a good thing for all of us. This little piece of agitprop does nothing to further that understanding.

TALLMAN MILLER Adin

I don’t have a problem with fair journalism. What I have a problem with is some overweight flatlander going to the country for a day or two and knowing what is right for me and my sheep.

Each lamb I lose is $100 out of my yearly income. I can forward article upon article of the city folks who lose Fifi the dog to a coyote and want something done.

I could go on and on but it would not change the perspective of a biased report with innuendos and little truth. You can’t find a story, you can always make one up, I guess.

WILLIAM WINEGAR Milford

As a wildlife biologist now retired, I can see both sides of the issue. If livestock are being threatened, then there is probably reason to intervene and shoot the occasional predator.

But, on the larger scale, I do not think it is wise or prudent to go out and conduct massive hunts on an annual basis for primarily sport and generate a massive “coyote dump.”

As Stellar points out, these carnivores serve a valuable service as predators in controlling rodent populations and indirectly prevent transmission of diseases such as hantavirus and plague that are endemic in some rodent populations.

There is no need for the senseless killing of animals for just sport. If coyotes are a significant problem in a particular area, then hunters should be able to harvest them by a public hunt.

But there are other alternatives to just shooting and dumping them. It would make more sense to harvest the meat and donate it to wild-animal parks that need fresh sources of meat.

JEFF WYLES, PH.D. Oroville

Whether those who defend the “contest” are trying to skirt the issue or are just stupid is hard to tell. No one is saying you cannot defend your home, family or livestock.

What we are trying to say is that killing for fun, as a contest, for prizes, for a family outing is barbaric! To disrespect coyotes, to look at them as nothing more than garbage or living targets … to believe you have the right to kill my wildlife, is so over-the-top offensive! Can you not see that?

No one is trying to take your precious little guns. What we are trying to stop is the sociopathic game you predator hunters have created for amusement.

LORI COTE Irvine

Mr. Stellar’s photos of dead coyotes did a fairly good job of stacking the emotional deck. Might I suggest that your readers seek out photos of deer, livestock and pet dogs ripped apart by coyote packs, and then decide whether controlling the coyotes is a bad idea.

ROBERT LAUGHLIN Chico

Those of us who oppose coyote killing contests come from all walks of life. Some of us hunt, fish, belong to the NRA, are ranchers, live in rural areas, and believe in predator management based on scientific principles. But we all agree on one thing: Coyote killing contests are wrong!

These contests are held for one reason: the thrill to kill for prizes and entertainment.

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Left to right: Ge Thao-Lor is a case manager for McManus Elementary; Maria Velazquez is a parent participating in the Parents on a Mission workshops; and Martha Hansen-Newton is a case manager for Bidwell Junior High School.

Velazquez said the program “helps us talk to our kids. Before I got mad. Now I’m more patient and calm. I have more contact with them and joke around more.”

RED BLUFF IN MOURNING

Residents of Red Bluff were dealt two tragedies involving three deaths last week.

On Thursday (Feb. 28) the body of missing 14-year-old Marysa Nichols was found near Red Bluff High School, two days after her disappearance. A school surveillance video from the day Nichols went missing showed Tehama County resident Quentin Ray Bealer, 39, walking along a nearby path. The teen was shown on the same path about a minute later. Bealer, who has a criminal history of burglary, battery and drug possession, turned himself in two days later and was charged with murder. An autopsy indicates the victim died of strangulation.

On March 2 James VanSickle, 27, of Red Bluff, and his 5-year-old son drowned in a pond. The elder VanSickle was attempting to save the boy, who’d fallen out of their boat on Murphy’s Pond near Cottonwood while fishing.

HISTORIC STUMP SET AFLAME

Vandals set fire to the Hooker Oak stump last Friday (March 1), badly damaging the remains of the iconic tree at namesake Hooker Oak Recreation Area in Bidwell Park.

Annie Bidwell, wife of Chico found John Bidwell, named the giant valley oak after English botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1887. At the time, the tree was thought to be the largest of its kind in the world. The oak fell 90 years later, in 1977, revealing that it was actually two trees.

Those responsible for the vandalism have not been identified. Anyone with info about the incident is asked to contact the Parks Department at 896-7800.

According to Parks and Natural Resource Manager Dan Efseaff, his staff is now looking into options to preserve what’s left of the stump. “It’s hard to believe an important piece of Chico history is falling apart right in front of our eyes through this thoughtless act,” Efseaff said.

LAMALFA SAYS NO TO VIOLENCE ACT

First District U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa voted no last month on the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act. The act, originally passed in 1994, was approved by the Senate in January and by the House of Representatives on Feb. 28. It got the thumbs up from all 199 Congressional Democrats who were joined by 87 House Republicans, including 10 from California.

Every woman in Congress also voted to reauthorize the act.

LaMalfa (pictured) and three other California Republican representatives, including 4th District Rep. Tom McClintock, voted against the legislation, which extends protection to gay, bisexual or transgender victims of domestic abuse, who in the past have run into barriers in getting victim’s services when abused.

Conservative Christian groups opposed the bill because it prohibits programs that receive federal funding from discriminating against gays.

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On a mission Program aims to help local parents win their children’s hearts and minds

Gwithout television Monday through Thursday every week. Her mother squirreled away the e Thao-Lor remembers growing up

family’s 13-inch TV, hiding it in a closet, where it stayed until Friday.

On weekends, Thao-Lor and her 10 siblings were allowed to story take television breaks from and photo by Leslie Layton homework and housework.

Now, Thao-Lor is a parent herself, as well as a staffer at McManus Elementary serving as a kind of parents’ guide. On March 26, she will begin teaching a six-week session from the Parents on a Mission (POM) curriculum in Hmong for parents who speak that language.

She taught the same series last fall, after Chico Unified School District adopted the curriculum for parenting workshops.

Thao-Lor and other CUSD staffers who serve as parentschool liaisons—they’re called “targeted case managers”— work with parents who contend with much more than just television in raising their children.

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violence to foreclosure threats.

Parents also face 21st-century parenting challenges. Their children may carry cell phones from which they can call friends, email photos, send text messages and access Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the entire Internet. Their children may struggle academically or face pressure to join gangs or cope with family dysfunction.

Thao-Lor is personally familiar with the financial and cultural challenges faced by Hmong families. The parents in many cases are illiterate, she said, and they have an average of six to eight children. The father is often the only wageearner, while the mother stays home to tend the house and raise the children, who may range in age from elementary school to the college student.

“Their hands are too full,” she said of Hmong parents.

She and the district’s other workshop leaders believe the POM curriculum can help by providing strategies for building stronger parent-child bonds. The program sometimes challenges conventional wisdom by keeping the focus on the family, rather than shifting blame to the schools or culture or society. At workshops, participants are asked to look carefully at their parenting style.

CUSD’s family literacy coordina-

tor, Shari Zeno, stumbled upon POM while conducting an Internet search a couple of years ago. Zeno was looking for a curriculum that could help parents in supporting their children academically and in

keeping them away from gangs, drugs and alcohol. She liked what she saw in POM, and sensed that it would fit well with how the district uses its case managers.

When POM was adopted last spring, Chico Unified became the first school district to acquire it for internal use, said Richard Ramos, a Bakersfield author and speaker who wrote the curriculum, which is based on Ramos’ book Gang Prevention and Schools. Initially parents and teachers were the focus of the program. In Kern County, the school district has worked with Ramos to encourage its use by local organizations such as youth mentor groups and counselors.

The curriculum has also been used by community-based organizations in Florida, Texas and California, and in two Canadian provinces, Ramos added.

CUSD is also the first school district to present the material in Hmong, Ramos said. POM’s Parent Action Guide is published in both English and Spanish, but in Chico Thao-Lor and another case manager present the material out loud in their native language of Hmong.

And when Ramos spoke in Chico earlier this year, his presentation was translated into both Spanish and Hmong via closed-circuit television.

CUSD’s Zeno said that, in reviewing the program, she became convinced that it could have broad appeal. The school district was careful not to present the workshop series as a gang-prevention program, even though POM seems to have evolved, at least in part, as a response to gang issues. Session No. 3 in

the workshop series is titled “Parental Authority and Gang Prevention.”

“I think what’s different about Richard’s program,” Zeno said, “is that it works from inside out. It’s about parents doing their own self-growth instead of just looking at what’s wrong with their child and the child’s behavior.

“I wanted to cast that big net,” Zeno said. “We all think we have our kids figured out, but at every turn they change.”

On a recent Tuesday night at

Chico Junior High School, POM workshops were underway in both English and Spanish.

In the English-speakers workshop, a group of eight parents were asked to consider what they were doing well, a step toward encouraging them to view themselves as strong leaders at home and even as heroes to young children.

One woman said she was the mother of a 2-year-old with Down syndrome, and she carries a binder to visits with the pediatrician. “I’m an expert on her needs,” the mother said.

In the Spanish-speaking workshop, a group of 15 parents sat around a long table engaged in an animated discussion about the difference between discipline and punishment. They talked about family problems, offered each other suggestions, and sometimes joked and laughed.

A father opened up about his effort to reach an emotionally distant teenager.

Martha Hansen-Newton, a case manager at Bidwell Junior, said that POM tells parents that while their children are young they have a window of opportunity to build trust and loyalty. After age 12, they face fierce outside competition for their children’s hearts and minds.

The program recommends the writing of a family mission statement, the passing down of family stories and history, and performing community service as a family. Too often in Latino families, Hansen-Newton said, parents don’t talk about where they came from and children don’t understand the sacrifices that were made on their behalf.

In a telephone interview, Ramos, the founder of the Latino Coalition for Faith & Community Leadership, said he wrote the curriculum to encourage parents to look at themselves and consider whether they’re “part of the problem.”

Ramos acknowledged that gangs are sown at least in part by poverty and racism. “Gangs are a symptom of larger social problems,” he said. “What we can do is prevent individual children from joining them.”

But Ramos said that parenting in general has become far more complex.

“They say, ‘It takes a village to raise a child. It does not take a village—it takes parents to raise a child. That’s a good saying, but it was meant for a different time and a different culture.” Ω

Another one bites the dust

Fritz McKinley in 2010.

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Chico building director gone in a cloud of mystery

She said there is a “hint of alienation and even retaliation in the air.”

“I’m afraid of losing my job,” she said, “but I’m not sure I want to work there anymore.”

ritz McKinley, director of the city’s BuildFment, ing and Development Services departwas cut loose from the job unceremo-

niously on Monday, Feb. 25. A source at the city said City Manager Brian Nakamura summoned McKinley via email at 3:30 that afternoon, and about an hour later McKinley was gone. The next day the 25-year city employee’s office was empty.

This comes on the heels of the Jan. 7 exit of Assistant City Manager John Rucker, which also happened on a Monday following a meeting with Nakamura. In that case, Rucker sent a brief email to fellow employees telling of his departure, but providing no details. There was no such email from McKinley, a city employee said.

Nakamura is leading a cost-saving effort at the city by reducing the number of departments from 10 to five, and that means eliminating jobs as well.

A number of those who work on the second and third floors of the Chico Municipal Center, however, have expressed concerns in the wake of these actions, ranging from bewilderment to downright anger. But in each case, of those who’ve been contacted by this paper or have contacted us, none wanted to be identified for fear of retaliation. They said the sudden and unexplained departures of longtime employees just six months after Nakamura was hired out of Hemet has had a chilling effect on the work environment in city hall.

And on Wednesday (March 6), the PressEnterprise of Riverside County reported that Hemet’s assistant manager, Mark Orme, had announced his resignation to take the job of assistant city manager in Chico. At Nakamura’s suggestion, the salary for that position

Nakamura also said he could not

was recently bumped to a top range of $185,000, more than Nakamura’s predecessor Dave Burkland was paid.

“Nobody really knows what’s going on,” one employee said about McKinley’s abrupt departure. “All I heard was that he was gone.

He didn’t email us like John did. I heard he couldn’t access his computer or email. It’s just so weird, because nothing is transparent anymore, and yet we keep hearing the word ‘transparency’ as they restructure the city government.”

Another longtime employee, Assistant City Attorney Alicia Rock, was let go two weeks after Rucker. City Attorney Lori Barker said she could not comment because it was a personnel matter, but she did indicate the position was not being eliminated as a way to tighten the city’s budget belt.

Another city worker who also asked for anonymity said employees on both floors of the Municipal Center “are walking around in a daze right now.”

“Fritz was the quarterback of the second floor,” she said. “I was so afraid this was going to happen. When I saw Fritz’s name on the [city manager’s] calendar on Monday, I thought, ‘Oh, my god. I hope this doesn’t mean what I think it does.’ [Nakamura] is taking away our leaders.”

SIFT|ER Californians in need More Californians received incomebased government support in 2011 than residents of any other state in the country, according to The Sacramento Bee’s CapitolAlert blog, citing a new report from the U.S. Census Bureau. But as the nation’s most populous state, that is not surprising. About 5.3 million Californians received income-based and/or Medi-Cal benefits. Nationally, 46 million Americans

receive assistance; 30.4 percent of those recipients are disabled. Though California had the greatest number of people on income-based assistance, it translates to just 19 percent of all adults in the state, a little below the average national rate. Compared to other states, the rate of recipients in the Golden State who said they were disabled was among the lowest in the country at 27.9 percent.

comment on McKinley’s departure, citing employee confidentiality. He did comment when asked about the working conditions in city hall and employees expressing their concerns in light of recent developments.

“I have an open-door policy,” he said.

“And many have used it and come into my office to talk. I’ve no interest in creating an environment of alienation. I want an open and transparent organization. After all, we spend more physical time with employees than we do with our own families.

“I always say we need to respect each other’s space. We are a family, but there are times when families have highs and lows. I don’t want to jeopardize that family environment, but we do have a business to run, and the council has asked me to step up and do that.”

As for the departure of Rock, the assistant city attorney, Nakamura said that is Barker’s business, pointing out that he, Barker and City Clerk Deborah Presson are independent of each other and answer to the City Council.

McKinley supporters pointed out that the day after he left, there was a city Finance Committee meeting that included documents from him that showed how the Private Development Fund, which was deep in the red five years ago, had been fiscally healed under McKinley’s leadership. Those documents included a graph that shows the PDF annual fund balance deficiency had gone from $2 million in fiscal year 2007-08 to $100,000 in fiscal year 2011-12.

“Fritz was really looking forward to that meeting,” a source said. “He had slides and PowerPoint and was ready to go. But he was gone the next day. At the meeting the staff was scared to say anything.”

City Councilwoman Ann Schwab also spoke highly of McKinley in the wake of his leaving, and said she, too, was a bit unnerved by what had happened. She noted that back in 2009 his efforts to avoid having local levees decertified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency saved 25,000 homeowners altogether as much as $12.5 million in unneeded flood insurance coverage. At the time, McKinley told the City Council he was confident that he could convince FEMA that the levees along Mud and Sycamore creeks were sound.

“Could anyone have done that?” Schwab said. “Maybe. But the fact is Fritz did.”

—TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

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The business folks spoke to the problems created by transients— trash, sleeping in doorways, vomit, tion from Clean and Safe Chico, aggressive panhandling, scary the action group of diverse organidogs—and the fact customers are zations tackling the problems creat- staying away from their stores so ed by homeless transients, espeas not to have to deal with them. cially in the downtown area.

The social-welfare types spoke It was the highlight of a jamto the need to help people, the busipacked and long—it ended at 11:10 ness owners as well as the homep.m.—council meeting Tuesday less. “Our mission is the love of (March 5). Most striking was the strangers,” declared Bill Such, diverse makeup of the group, director of the Jesus Center. “We which includes business owners, will not demonize panhandlers or Chamber of Commerce and Down- business people.” town Chico Business Association Action steps were broached. reps, local pastors, the heads of the Brad Montgomery, head of the TorTorres Community Shelter and the res Shelter, talked about a program Jesus Center, someone from the called Redirecting Generosity that Greater Chico Homeless Task encourages residents not to give Force and the Chico Police Depart- money to panhandlers, but rather to ment, and more. direct them to available services.

One by one they stepped to the Panhandling, he said, was “an instant-gratification lifestyle that too often leads to an early grave.”

The group is taking a comprehensive approach. Other programs include developing a civil-streets ordinance to control loitering and overnight camping, a “street pastors” program to connect with homeless transients, a “walkable downtown” plan and increased police presence downtown.

Of the street pastors program, Andrew Burchett, of the Neighborhood Church, explained that it had been used in Britain, but Chico Lt. Jennifer Gonzales, a member of Clean and Safe Chico, will be the first city offers the Chico Police Department’s perspective on the in the United States problems posed by homeless transients.

PHOTO BY ROBERT SPEER to implement it.

Local pastors will be on the streets from podium to address the issue from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. on weekends to their perspectives. Despite their minister to the homeless, he said. obvious differences, they agreed Mayor Mary Goloff was so that, because of the many homeless impressed by Clean and Safe Chico’s transients now flowing through presentation that she decided on the Chico, large numbers of residents spot to move the agenda items no longer saw downtown, and scheduled for the council’s March 26 other areas in the city, as being meeting to April 2, to be replaced by “clean and safe,” and that this pera workshop that would “dig deeper” ception and its cause were a danger into the issues raised by the group. to Chico’s continued economic and The rest of the council agreed with social vitality. her notion.

In other council news: The council approved a salary schedule for the city’s five new department-head positions and assistant city manager—$160,000 annually for the former, $185,000 for the latter, all more than the current positions pay.

City Manager Brian Nakamura justified the higher salaries by pointing to increased responsibilities, but Councilwoman Ann Schwab questioned that in the cases of the police and fire chiefs, whose jobs haven’t changed any.

Nakamura’s response was that he “didn’t feel they’d been correctly compensated at the outset,” that their jobs entailed increased risk, and that Chico’s quality of life led to higher housing costs. “These salaries are commensurate with what Chico has to offer and what Chico expects,” he said.

Conservative council gadfly John Salyer chided Nakamura, saying the figures were “kinda shocking” and that once again government was paying “double or triple the going private-sector rate.”

The council approved the salaries, 6-1, with Schwab voting nay.

The council also made a required determination of public convenience and necessity for the BevMo! liquor supermarket, part of a chain, set to go into the Target shopping center on East 20th Street.

The determination was a legal requirement for license approval because the census tract in which the store would be located had been determined to be overstocked with booze purveyors.

Schwab was opposed, saying the time was wrong because of the recent deaths from alcohol overdoses and the community’s effort to combat drug and alcohol abuse.

But other council members cited BevMo!’s reputation as a responsible retailer and its location away from the university campus. The determination passed, 6-1, with Schwab dissenting.

Finally, the council voted 5-2, with Morgan and Councilman Mark Sorensen dissenting, to expand its proposed ban of singleuse plastic bags to include convenience stores and to make it effect Jan. 1, 2014. The California Grocers Association requested the expansion, saying it would level the playing field in a highly competitive market.

—ROBERT SPEER roberts@newsreview.com

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doctorate in international education, has been organizing the forums since 2011, though he said a group of internationally minded professors has been holding similar but less-frequent gatherings for the past decade.

“The forums keep with the CSU system’s mission to internationalize our students and expose them to issues taking place around our world,” he said of the meetings’ purpose. “By inviting and including the public, students from outside the university and other people, we also feel like it’s bringing that mission to the greater community.

“By including professionals, educators, and people from other countries, it creates an interdisciplinary approach to looking at and better understanding the rest of the world.”

Other forums this semester have focused on topics ranging from human trafficking to tools to help translators. Upcoming forums include discussions about reform and change in Iran, and the perspectives of international youth.

De Brito doesn’t shy away from controversy or current events for forum topics. With the recent death of Hugo Chavez, he is putting together a panel to discuss the Venezuelan politico’s legacy.

“There’s a lot of controversy over Chavez’s tactics in applying a Bolivarian approach to Latin American policies,” de Brito said. “People can get very upset on both sides, but what I’m hoping to do is work through the disagreements to focus on what legacy he’s left behind, and if this philosophy has done anything to move society forward.”

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entered for the next scheduled class. An audience member asked about perspectives in former Soviet countries, which a representative from Ukraine answered.

“Mine is the first generation of students educated in an independent country, and we are already very different than the generation before,” he said.

“The young people in Ukraine and other former countries are very focused on independence and their own identity, so I don’t think we’ll ever see another situation [like the Soviet Union] again.”

The man from Nepal also spoke up, giving a perspective that proves it really is the same all over.

“Our young people are obsessed with modern technology and modern society,” he said. “They think they know better than their elders, and better than ancient cultures. This is not always true.”

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angladesh is home to the world’s longest beach, Venezuela has a penchant for producing Miss Universes, and if you’re planning on visiting the Sultanate of Oman during the summer, prepare for temperatures reaching 122 degrees.

These were a few facts shared by 20 educators from 18 different countries and five continents at Chico State University Tuesday afternoon (March 5) at the latest in a series of weekly international forums open to students and the community. The forums are organized by professor Quirino de Brito on behalf of the university’s Department of International Languages, Literatures and Cultures (ILLC).

Last week’s forum was titled International Teachers: Regional Perspectives on Culture and Society, and the presenters were participants in the Teaching Excellence and Achievement program. Through TEA, which is funded by the U.S. Department of State, educators from around the world visit select cities for six weeks in order to study the American educational system and share regional educational perspectives with local teachers and students.

Though the latest forum ostensibly was focused on education, time constraints turned it into more of an around-the-world-in-one-hour experience. The presenters, many dressed in the traditional garb of their home countries, were each given a few minutes to share photos and some simple facts about their Check ’em out: country’s geography and culture.

Go to www.csuchico.edu The visitors represented such /illc for a list of far-flung locales as Cambodia, upcoming ILLC Bolivia, Nepal, Ukraine and Jorforums. dan, and presentations varied from simple PowerPoint displays to livelier showings. For example, a woman from Kazakhstan gave an impromptu musical performance on a chang-qobuz, one of the oldest instruments in the world and a close relative of what American’s know as a jaw harp.

The liveliest presentation was the last, by a group of women from South America. Rather than each telling a little about her own country, they grouped together to give a brief overview of all the countries of South America, complete with music and some dancing.

“We are Americans, too, only from farther south,” one of the women said to kick off their address.

After each teacher spoke, the women fielded questions from the audience that focused more on education, though this was cut short as students

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EARTH WATCH

GREENWAYS

LAKE TAHOE CLEARING UP?

The water of Lake Tahoe is the clearest it’s been in 10 years, analysis of 2012 recordings find.

Researchers from UC Davis tracked clarity in the lake with a white “Secchi disk” about the size of a dinner plate 22 times last year, finding the average depth at which the disk could be seen from the surface to be 75.3 feet, a 6.4-foot improvement over 2011, according to a UC Davis press release.

While runoff, pollution and sediment disturbance have diminished Lake Tahoe’s clarity in recent decades, the improvement is a step toward meeting the clarity-restoration target of 97.4 feet set by state and federal regulators.

Measurements have been taken since 1968, when the disk could be seen down to an average of 102.4 feet. In 1997 and 1998, average annual clarity in the lake reached an all-time low of 65.1 feet.

IN NEED OF RAIN

This year, California experienced the driest January and February in the state’s recorded history.

The entire Sierra Nevada mountain range currently has an average of only 16 inches of water in the snow, or 66 percent of normal, according to SFGate.com. Annually, the snowpack provides about a third of the state’s water for agricultural and human consumption, but only 2.2 inches of rain have fallen in the mountains ranging from Shasta Lake to the American River since December, which is only 13 percent of the average rainfall for this time of year.

The next-driest first two months of the year occurred in 1991, when four inches of precipitation fell in the same area.

LASSEN BRINGS IN THE DOUGH

Tourism at Lassen Volcanic National Park generated millions for the local economy in 2011, a federal report finds.

Compiled by Michigan State University for the National Park Service, the report found visitors to the park brought in about $15.8 million for surrounding communities, according to a Lassen Volcanic National Park press release.

On a broader scale, national-park visitors generated $13 billion total for all communities within 60 miles of any national park and $30 billion for the entire U.S. economy. About 63 percent of visitor expenditures went to lodging, food and drink, while about 17 percent went to recreation and entertainment.

“Lassen Volcanic National Park attracts visitors from across the U.S. and around the world,” said Darlene M. Koontz, park superintendent. “People visiting the park spend time and money enjoying the services provided by our neighboring communities in this amazing part of the country.”

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

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One of the disturbing images from Chris Jordan’s Midway: Message From the Gyre series, of baby albatrosses that died from ingesting plastic debris.

Inset: Seattle photographer/ filmmaker Chris Jordan.

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Midway into grief Chris Jordan uses his images of Midway Island to reflect upon environmental devastation

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make others grieve along with him.

Jordan’s sorrow is palpable in his latest work, Midway: Message From the Gyre, a film based on the Layson albatross, a massive seabird that nests on one of the most remote places on the planet. His journey with his grief has been ongoing since 2009, when he first visited Midway Island, where the birds nest, and where he discovered thousands of dead albatross chicks.

Soon after that trip, Jordan—who is one of the keynote speakers at Chico State’s annual This Way to Sustainability conference—released a set of photos of the corpses of the albatross chicks, each bird’s feathers and bones curled around the colorful pile of plastic that the chick had ingested. The baby albatrosses had been fed lighters, plastic bottle caps, and miscellaneous debris by their well-meaning parents, who had scooped up the plastic from the heavily polluted Pacific Ocean near Midway Island, more than 2,000 miles

from the closest continent.

The heart-wrenching photos quickly went viral. The public’s response was, as Jordan put it in a recent emotion-laden phone interview from his Seattle studio, one of “trauma—people were feeling devastated and hopeless.”

In his art, Jordan strives first to quantify and understand each environmental issue he addresses—often a daunting task considering how large many of the world’s environmental problems have become. He hopes our emotional response as viewers will get us in greater touch with “what we feel about what’s happening to our world as a way of reconnecting with ourselves,” which guides us into a space where we are ready to take “passionate action” to heal Conference information:

Chris Jordan will speak on March 8 from 3 to 5 p.m. at Chico State’s This Way to Sustainability VIII conference. Students and community members are encouraged to register online for the two-day conference (March 7 & 8) at www.twts.eventbrite.com.

Registration is free for all students, kindergarten through college; cost is $20 per day or $35 for both days for all other registrants. Go to www.tinyurl.com/susteight for more details about the conference, including a complete schedule of speakers.

ourselves and our world.

“When my work had this opposite effect [making people feel hopeless],” he continued, “it was really heartbreaking to me, but I could understand why—I could feel it myself. That’s when I decided to go back to the island and go more deeply into the tragedy.” Jordan, along with a film crew, returned to Midway Island six more times. He plans a final trip this month, after his appearance in Chico on March 8.

Jordan is a fitting choice as the closing speaker at the conference, which kicked off today (March 7) at Chico State. The estimated 1,100 to 1,400 participants in the annual student-led conference will be immersed in a vast range of environmental issues and proposed solutions, from “ethical” meat consumption to community micro-grids, as well as keynote addresses from noted water conservationist Heather Cooley and water-rights activist and filmmaker Shalini Kantayya.

But Jordan’s talk, like many of the photos he’ll be presenting, will be different. It will be jarring, transformational and lacking the typical list of solutions that environmentalists are used to receiving.

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“To discover that we love our world, because we grieve what’s happening, is a transformational discovery. To discover for myself that I love a bunch of birds on an island that I never thought I would visit, that I feel grief for them, is on a level that’s far deeper than I thought that I would feel...” Jordan trailed off.

Jordan doesn’t necessarily find the albatross “more lovable, more beautiful, more magnificent, more miraculous, than any other creature,” he said. “To discover that I contain this vast reservoir of love for the albatross, it’s like a cascading experience of discovering, that, well, I must have that much love for all creatures, and for humans as well, of course.

“And I don’t think there’s anything different about me that way. I don’t have any more love in me than anyone else has. I’ve come to believe that our fundamental state of being is in a loving relationship with the miracle of our world, and

ECO EVENT KIDS & SPIDERS As part of the Chico Creek Nature Center’s ongoing preschool education series, “Super Spiders” will teach children ages 3 to 5 all about spiders— how many there are, why they’re so hairy and that they come in many shapes and sizes—on Wednesday, March 13, from 10 to 11 a.m. The workshop (at 1968 E. Eighth St.) will include a walk through Lower Bidwell Park in search of spiders, and an appearance by the center’s in-house tarantula. Enrollment is $12; call 891-4671 or go to www.bidwellpark.org for registration info.

the incomprehensibly beautiful gift of our own lives.”

Jordan contends this “innate sense of reverence” for our world is buried below our grief. “I believe that if we can collectively grieve what is being lost, if we can really face what’s being lost, let our hearts be broken into a thousand shards by the thousand tragedies that are happening around us every day—the loss of species, the destruction of our forests, the pollution of our oceans, and so on—if we can really have the courage to feel what we feel, on a collective level, and really process it, make it a cultural journey together, then I

UNCOMMON SENSE Poop patrol Hey, dog owners, how do you dispose of your dog’s poop? Here are four ways of responsibly getting rid of canine waste. If you just let it sit on the ground where it dropped, rain can cause bacteria (such as E. coli, giardia and salmonella) to run off from it into the ground; plus, it will also attract flies and rats.

• Place the waste in plastic bags. Since a vast majority of plastic bags are made of petrochemicals and do not degrade, look for a highquality biodegradable bag that does not degrade into a plastic powder that is not good for the environment.

• Scoop up Fido’s poop and put it directly into the trash can.

Using a biodegradable plastic liner is a good idea if you choose this route.

• Scoop, carry and flush dog poop down the toilet. Put it a reusable container and haul it to the toilet for flushing. (Of course you’ll want to wash the container on a regular basis.)

• Bury or compost poop. Go to www.tinyurl.com/pooppost for information on composting dog waste.

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believe that can be a doorway back into a collective reawakening that could change everything.”

Environmentalists are typi-

cally defined by their actions: Sign this petition, recycle, buy organic.

But Jordan’s photographs lack the actionable to-do list. They are the naked images of Earth’s fragility— birds choking to death on humans’ cast-off plastic—that he brings, without solutions.

Jordan’s presentation of the story of the albatrosses can be uncomfortable, even painful, in ways most environmental campaigns are not, by taking the viewer out of her or his busy life, unbutton the hypnotism of mass consumerism, through the birds’ tragic story—and then remain with the emotions that arise.

To allow ourselves to see that our emotions, based in love, are an innate part of being human on our planet in this moment in history— just to recognize that we can grieve what is happening to our planet—is what Jordan requests us to do through his art.

But, as expected, Jordan does not provide the how-to manual on grieving, either, just as he doesn’t tell his viewers how to clean up Midway Island or save the albatross. Instead, he hopes his movie will inspire our human community to step up and explore grief at every angle, through art, music, psychology and the sciences, which will assist us in building the awareness of our grief that will move us toward helping heal worldwide ecological devastation.

“I’m hoping that the Midway project will be a collective stepping of our toes into the water, into the ocean of grief,” said Jordan, “because it’s not something we can do in one film, or in one hour, or in one day.” Ω

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ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY? “21st Century Economics: Down the Rabbit Hole,”

an interactive Skype-based presentation featuring “degrowth activist” Charles Eisenstein, author of Sacred Economics: Money, Gift and Society in the Age of Transition, will be held tonight (March 7) at 7:30 p.m. in Chico State’s Ruth Rowland Taylor Recital Hall (PAC 134).

The evening will start with an hour-long lecture by Eisenstein “sharing his perspectives about the current economic system which favors the few” and discussing “various possibilities for evolvement into a system that could work for all members of society.” Following his lecture will be a question-and-answer period involving prepared questions from a chosen panel as well as questions from audience members.

This free and open-to-the-public event is sponsored by the Chico State Peace Institute as Degrowth activist Charles Eisenstein will speak at part of its 2012-13 Peace and Political Awareness DisChico State on March 7. cussion Series. Go to www.csuchico.edu/peace to learn more about the Peace Institute.

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TREE-PLANTING TIME Thanks to the city of Chico’s Street Tree Division, there is a program “to encourage residents and business owners within the Chico city limits to plant street trees in front of their property by offering free trees,” according to a press release from the city’s General Services Department. Free trees! How nice is that? (Answer: Very nice.)

“Citizens who receive a city tree are required to plant and then maintain the tree for three years,” the press release advises. “After establishment, the city will be responsible for pruning the tree. Trees are available only to replace street trees in the city’s right-of-way and are not for planting in a citizen’s front yard.”

Anyone wanting to participate in this program must attend one of two workshops in order to learn appropriate tree-care skills and obtain a tree-planting permit. The Saturday workshops will be held on March 9 and 23 from 9 a.m. until noon.

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Park announced the winner of its 2013 Lassen Annual Pass photo contest, and it is Oliver Wiegel, from Jacksonville, Fla., for his striking photograph, “Hydrothermal Pools at Bumpass Hell.” In addition to having his photograph featured on this year’s Annual Pass to Lassen Park, Wiegel received a $50 gift certificate for use at one of the park’s bookstores.

Photo submissions for the 2014 Annual Pass contest will be accepted May 1 through September 9.

The Lassen Annual Pass, which is also good at the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, costs $100 and is valid for one year from month of purchase. Passes may be obtained at the park’s Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center; go to www.tinyurl.com/ Oliver Wiegel’s “Hydrothermal Pools at volcanicpass to obtain one online.

Bumpass Hell,” the winner of the 2013 Lassen For more information, contact Annual Pass photo contest. the park office at 595-6120.

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TB ON SKID ROW

An outbreak of tuberculosis in the “Skid Row” neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles has prompted city health officials to call in state and federal agencies.

L.A. County Department of Public Health Director Jonathan Fielding said the specific strain of TB, which has infected 78 victims since 2007, is “not a threat to the public at large,” according to BlogDowntown.com. The strain appears isolated to Skid Row—of the victims, 60 have been homeless, 20 percent were HIV-positive and 11 have died. Nationally, TB cases hit an all-time low in 2011, when 10,528 cases were reported.

A team from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including eight members of the Division of TB Elimination Outbreak Investigation Team, will spend about three weeks addressing the issue beginning in early March.

BPA, CHILDHOOD ASTHMA LINKED

The chemical bisphenol A (BPA), commonly used in household plastics, has been linked to childhood asthma, according to a new study.

A Columbia University research team tested 568 children and their mothers in New York City, finding that children with “routine” levels of BPA at ages 3, 5 and 7 were more likely to develop respiratory disease between the ages of 5 and 12, according to Environmental Health News.

The study’s authors noted that a firm conclusion is difficult to draw, as measuring BPA exposure is tricky—the chemical has a short halflife and will leave a human’s system after about 24 hours.

BPA—used to make polycarbonate plastics, and found in some canned food and beverages, plastic containers and other household items— has been tied to neurological and developmental disorders and is believed to disrupt endocrine-system function in humans and wildlife.

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Walmart and Sam’s Club are set to debut approximately 2,500 self-service health kiosks in stores across the country.

The kiosks will offer various health tests for blood pressure, eyesight and obesity, as well as offer advice on dietary issues, pain management, vitamin consumption and locating a doctor, according to Kaiser Health News.

Developed by SoloHealth, the kiosks also will include smoking-cessation tips, diabetes testing and programs designed to help people enroll in health plans. However, privacy concerns have been raised. “You have a situation where a patient is voluntarily disclosing information, which means there is no privacy protection, generally,” said Mark Savage, a senior attorney for Consumers Union. “They may not know if the information is being kept and might be used weeks or years after.”

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

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‘They are all our children’ Local mother shares her not-so-uncommon experience of having a mentally ill child

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late last year, a woman from Boise, Idaho, named Liza Long wrote about her own struggles with her mentally ill 13-year-old son, Michael (not his real name), in an article in The Blue Review titled “I am Adam Lanza’s Mother.”

Long wrote that Michael, an extremely bright seventh-grader, began “exhibiting increasingly odd and threatening behavior in school.” While Long sought a diagnosis and treatment for her son, his behavior became worse. He threatened to kill her, and himself, with a knife. Long had to wrestle the knife away from Michael while her two younger children scampered to the safety of a locked car.

On another day and after more verbal

threats, Long drove her son to the local “mental hospital,” as she termed it, and had him committed. Shaking and crying, she wrote on the intake forms, “I need help.”

“This problem is too big for me to handle on my own,” Long wrote in her article.

“Sometimes there are no good options. So

you just pray for grace and trust that in hindsight, it will all make sense.”

Longtime Chico resident and mother of three Paula Scholtes has felt the same overwhelming emotions and faced the same horrible dilemma as Long. When her daughter, Sarah (not her real name), was about the same age as Long’s Michael, she

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Once she spent three days tearing apart a sleeping bag.

More disturbing was the aggressive behavior Sarah began exhibiting toward other students at school, shoving and hitting them with her backpack for no apparent reason.

Soon she began hallucinating— she saw people floating in the air around her and coming out of pictures. After an EEG and an MRI ruled out physical causes, Sarah was diagnosed with schizophrenia.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, one in 10 children live with a serious mental or emotional disorder. And about 10 percent of those children are diagnosed with schizophrenia.

“She wasn’t a genius like [Adam Lanza and Michael]; she had always attended special day classes, but she was a really sweet girl who loved to dance and sing.”

Scholtes said. “We were hoping that there was something physically wrong.”

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Then in January 2012, Scholtes was dropping Sarah off at school and Sarah ran into traffic. Scholtes wrestled with her daughter in the street and screamed for help.

Another parent and the school principal helped drag Sarah out of the street. The principal, aware of the problems that Sarah was having, said to Scholtes, “It’s time.”

After 10 hours of filling out

forms and going through the intake process at Enloe Medical Center and then at Butte County Behavioral Health’s Crisis Stabilization Unit on Cohasset Road, Sarah was driven by crisis-unit staff to Sacramento and committed to Sutter Health’s inpatient psychiatric facility for children and adolescents, one of the closest facilities to

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Spring has sprung, and folks are getting outdoors more. That means they’re coming into greater contact with ticks that may be carrying Lyme disease and other illnesses. Recent surveillance activities on Chico’s Bidwell Park trails and the Lake Oroville Recreation Area trails have identified increased populations of the western black-legged tick, sometimes referred to as the deer tick.

This is the tick that carries Lyme disease.

The Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District is warning that the immature form of the tick known as a “nymph” is most active at this time of year. They’re tiny, about the size of a pinhead, so watch out for them.

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Chico. Over the next six months, Sarah was committed another five times—three more times in Sacramento and twice to a facility in San Rafael, in Marin County.

“As a parent, I felt like I failed her,” said Scholtes, wiping away tears.

Sarah, now almost 16 years old, is currently taking five different medications that help stabilize her moods and hallucinations, but there are still times when she has tried to choke her mother, and once she threatened her with scissors.

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Scholtes wishes there were a psychiatric hospital in—or at least closer to—Chico. “I want to be in Sarah’s life, but I want her to be someplace where she is safe,” she said. “Watching my child be driven away … that’s the hardest part.

Parents need to be close to their kids.”

But inpatient psychiatric hospitals are extremely expensive, according to Scott Kennelly of Butte County Behavioral Health, and there are not enough children that need the service in Butte County to merit one at this point.

Last year, the Crisis Stabilization Unit saw 115 kids in crisis, 29 of whom were hospitalized. But, “we are open to working with other counties in the region and building a regional hospital,” said Kennelly.

Instead, local nonprofit organization Youth for Change, in collaboration with Behavioral Health’s Crisis Stabilization Unit, runs the Hospital Alternative Program (HAP), “a short-term intensive service for youth [through age 17] at risk of hospitalization,” as it is described at ButteCounty.net, which focuses on providing crisismanagement services in the home.

“We try to avoid hospitalizing children,” Kennelly said. “HAP has been very successful.”

When President Obama visited Newtown after the shooting, he said, “We come to realize that we bear responsibility for every child, because we’re counting on everybody else to help look after ours, that we’re all parents, that they are all our children.”

Scholtes has come to accept Sarah’s illness: “It was tough at first, but now I know I can handle it.

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Keepin’ it short CN&R readers once again meet the 59-word challenge

FIRST PLACE How It Came to Pass That Blossom Felt Her First Earthquake Headed to The BIG TV CONTEST, she hugged her backpack while her thin thumbs punched: Greyhounds r skeezy. Butterflies, paint-penned down the straps, shone in the phone’s ghostly light. Now—in a Chinese dragon costume of queued-up contestants—the ground briefly dances.

Angelinos don’t mention the tremor. When it’s finished, though, she’s sure she’s been shaking forever.

“B

revity is the soul of wit.” That line from Hamlet is one of the notions that’s always been at the heart of the Chico News & Review’s annual Fiction 59 shortfiction contest. And when we sit and carefully count each entry’s words and argue over things like whether “racecar” should be one or two words (in the case of the Monopoly token, the answer would be one), there is another one of Polonius’ lines from that most-famous tragedy of which we must remind ourselves: “Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.”

In the end, we were once again impressed by how well the winning writers—young and old—met the challenge of using little to say much, and so were our judges, the fivemember 1078 Gallery Literary Committee. We asked the committee members to share with the contestants and readers a little about their process and this year’s experience.

This is their statement: It was the 1078 Literary Committee’s pleasure to judge the Fiction 59 contest. We appreciate the opportunity to read the variety of local writers’ written works. In the end, it was a challenge to rank the submissions. We worked hard to reach a consensus on each group of winners and runners up, and there was considerable debate and appreciation of the many commendable entries.

Our process and criteria depended on a few essential questions: Does this entry embody crucial elements of storytelling (plot, arc, character, etc.)? How is this author using language? Is there something surprising or unexpected that’s been presented?

Ultimately, we are heartened that the human desire to tell stories is strong in our community, especially in our children. For those wanting to hone their skills for next year, we would recommend [seeking out] the many excellent anthologies of sudden fiction, flash fiction and short-short stories.

ADULT WINNERS

EMILIANO GARCIA-SARNOFF Chico

This is Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff’s first time entering the CN&R’s Fiction 59 contest, but it’s not the 34-year-old’s first time in the paper. The former film critic for New Mexico’s Santa Fe Reporter used to write for us as well, reviewing restaurants. The UC Berkeley grad says he is “currently having a blast trying his hand at fiction in Molly Emmons’ terrific creative-writing class at Butte College, from which he hopes to one day transfer to high school, where he never graduated.”

SECOND PLACE Chez Beau Cauchemar Night cracks sun on rim of fry pan cul-de-sac. This Eagle Heights, Highlands at Windmere, suburban anywhere, of extra-wide streets fronted by lawns clipped to lidless eyes statuesque with emptiness. Startled by the mist, remote signals charm from snakehead sprinklers, there, inside that white picket fence hangs the statistical fifth of a kid we never should have had.

LIVE FICTION:

Tonight, March 7, at 7 p.m., come down to Lyon Books (at its new location!) for the Fiction 59 reading. All winners (and honorable mentions) are invited to read their stories.

Lyon Books 135 Main St. 891-3338

To say that Kiara “Ki” Koenig’s life is focused on words would be an understatement.

She works in the English departments at both Butte College and Shasta College, she coaches the forensics team at Butte as well as sits on the steering committee for the school’s annual WordFire Creative Writing Conference (happening April 6), and she’s on the editorial boards of two online writing sites, Floodplane and The Haberdasher.

When she’s not immersed in words she says she can be found on the tennis court or hiking trails, in the lap pool or “indulging in her sweet tooth for television.”

Ki Koenig PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

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KI KOENIG Chico

Meet the judges:

Short-form champs Emiliano Garcia-Sarnoff (with son Gaian) PHOTO BY SHAINA BURNETTE

The CN&R was so impressed with the work the 1078 Gallery Literary Committee did judging last fall’s Poetry 99 contest that we brought its members back to choose the best from the hundreds of Fiction 59 entries.

Additionally, the committee recruited Chico State English professor Rob Davidson to host a short-fiction workshop, which was attended by 25 people!

1078 Gallery Literary Committee: (from left) Jeff Hull, Sarah Pape, Hilary Tellesen, Kathleen McPartland and Jason Willmon.

PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

Upcoming 1078 Gallery literary events: Writer’s Voice reading series, featuring Martha Collins (March 14); Off the Shelf poetry reading, co-sponsored by The Bookstore (April 26); Watershed Review launch party (May 10).

HONORABLE MENTIONS The Time Was Never Right

Craigslist She stood on the curb, shivering from either excitement or the cold; she couldn’t tell. Her heart pounded in her ears as she surveyed the passing headlights. After what seemed like an eternity, a red Mustang rolled to a stop in front of her and she reached for the door. “Hi, I’m Kevin,” he said as she opened it.

ABIGAIL LOPEZ Chico

Fruitpickers Dinner Ten bucks a week, bathroom down the hall. Butter and onions sauté on a hot plate. Big queen bed, old Victorian walls, solid dresser, old desk, single-pane window. Heat some chicken bouillon next. All in the Crock-Pot with a cup of dry vermouth. Time to go work in the orchards now. French onion soup in the Alaskan Hotel.

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THIRD PLACE

Usually, she imagined The Seven Dwarfs building her a cottage with their gentle tapping hammers. This time, with curtained eyes, she felt her way to the rooftop. When the green radar invaded her further, she glowed; a golden-green dancing holograph.

Below her, workers could not drill holes in the city of her body and hammers struck only air.

LYNDA EFROS El Cerrito

What She Did She pancaked herself against the wall. When the door opened she knew she would be totally unseen.

He flung the door open, went right for the kitchen.

When the refrigerator squeaked she had 60 seconds to make it out of the house. If it slammed, it would be too late.

She’d wait two hours. It’s how they settled arguments.

KAREN AIKIN Chico

Karen Aiken has been entering the CN&R’s writing contests for years, and she says that this is the first time one of her pieces has been chosen. Even though she is obviously committed to the process, the Chico psychotherapist says that writing is mostly a gratifying hobby: “Practicing creative writing or poetry is a nice place to go. … I just love words.”

Snowflakes on the Autism Spectrum I sit in my rocker watching snowflakes and rock in rhythm to my small son, who quiet as the snow falling, rolls back and forth on the sofa. We echo silence. He locks himself into repetition of invisible patterns. Why does he give me silent messages I can’t understand? No design alike, the flakes fall—undecipherable codes for me.

JOAN GOODREAU Chico

The time was never right. The bare, boney grapevine needed its mercy cuts, calculated for maximum yield. The park path needed her foot falls, pushing dead leaves and deer dung into earth. Deadlines stood like tilted tombstones, locking her to a screen full of words—but not the words she wanted, not the words she knew she could birth.

TEMPRA BOARD Chico

Who’s Afraid of False Hope?

Martha wakes to hear him playing the piano for the first time in many months. She smiles. George’s medications and therapy are finally working. Now things will return to normal with lattes at The Upper Crust, walks in Bidwell Park, and evenings listening to him jamming with friends. Abruptly the music ends and the DJ announces, “This is KZFR.” ANN MORRISSEY Chico

Hospice The leafless branch snapped and swung through the window. Rain followed it into the house. The wind was suddenly freight-train loud. At any other time, this would have been seen as catastrophic. At 2:35 p.m., on that January day, it was nothing. Everything had already happened, minutes before, in that hospital bed at the center of the room.

PATRICK NEWMAN Chico

Collections She held onto a compliment from an appealing man, the way one grasps a banister beside a creaky stairway.

She discovered her latest object of attachment in conversation with a handsome poet under a southern moon.

She stepped back into the shadows first. She would not be a beggar; but a keeper of dreams to fill her hollow spaces.

LYNDA EFROS El Cerrito

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HIGH SCHOOL WINNERS

Big kids with the write stuff

The Writing Exchange:

It’s become a regular thing for the students from Table Mountain School—the year-round school for incarcerated youth at Butte County Juvenile Hall—to enter their poems and stories in our Poetry 99 and Fiction 59 contests. And this year, three of their stories made the Fiction 59 issue—two from “Alex” and one by Nate (for purposes of protecting their identities, first names only or pseudonyms were used in print). In addition to the school’s multi-subject instruction, the students are also able to take part in a program called The Writing Exchange, in which they exchange poetry and prose with Sacramento and Fresno juvenile halls. Visit www.writeyourtruth.blogspot.com and check out their work.

JUNIOR HIGH WINNERS

Junior wordsmiths, sixth-eighth grades

In the shoes of the students of Table Mountain School.

Keep it short

PHOTO COURTESY OF TABLE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL

SECOND PLACE Philosophy The monopoly pieces lay in the game cupboard, discussing their worldly views.

“Personally,” said the iron, “I could not go on living if I did not believe in an underlying moral structure.”

“Morality is subjective,” countered the thimble.

“Not in an irrational scheme of perception,” corrected the racecar.

Little Jimmy pulled out the board and they resumed their silence.

“Alex” is one of the writers from Table Mountain School at Butte County Juvenile Hall (hence, the omission of a picture), and according to his mother the avid writer, reader and blogger has been encouraged by instructor Scott Bailey and is “very, very excited” about having his stories chosen.

“ALEX,” 17 Table Mountain School

THIRD PLACE

FIRST PLACE

Future Delinquent Bloody knees and scabbed elbows, she walked the downtown streets, her pink backpack hanging open. In the midst of childhood and freedom she wandered through the park and tree-lined Esplanade.

Later her mother would yell, scold and, holding her, vow to never let go again, but for now the shining sky was blue and the schoolroom far away.

La Vie En Rose Louis jives in hazy reds and comfortcreaks. He’s the sound of knotted floorboards beneath bookshelves I used to scan, and the gravelly laugh that rebounded in Grandpa’s downsized apartment.

I stole a trinket from his dresser … one miniature Eiffel Tower. Now France seems so distant.

Silence strikes in a cobalt thunderclap; it leaves me heavy with this lullaby.

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Western?

Untitled

A lone rider on his horse. The wind at his back; the future at his front. Colt pistols at his sides; determination in his mind. Roaming the plains, wanting to see the elephant. Danger looks around every crack and every corner. He is a hero. He is a God. Bullets can’t touch him. He’s too quick on the draw.

I wait in line at the bookstore. The rain comes down, washing months down the drain. The cars brush raindrops as small children brush way tears after slipping. A man in front of the line catches my eye. He is short, light in coloring of hair and light in density of hair. He smiles amid the sobbing of sky.

NATE, 17 Table Mountain School

Procrastination She threw down the pencil, muttering, “heck with homework.” She gazed outside into the twilight … and the sky changed.

Chimney smoke became dragon fire. The dragons were fighting the night, and for a time it seemed as if daylight would resume …

Alas, even chimney dragons cannot add hours to the day. She sighed, picking up the pencil once more.

Savannah Kilbourne PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

Alex Ruiz PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

THIRD PLACE Falling

DYLAN HENSON, 14 Chico

She is sinking. Drowning. Slowly suffocating under the freezing blankets of her own despair. For a while she stayed hidden. Unnoticed, unknown, her own blood falling from her fingertips. No one would have wondered, no one would have missed her. Even while people came and went, the blood continued dripping and her mask kept on sliding, showing the truth.

For last year’s Fiction 59, Dylan Henson placed third for a similarly rain-themed story. Though he’s been told math is his best subject, the eighth-grader says that he enjoys writing more than anything else. He even does some acting and has scored parts in two upcoming productions: the Blue Room’s The Alien Invasion and Playhouse Youth Theatre’s The Little Mermaid Jr. at Laxson Auditorium.

ISABEL RODRIGUEZ, 12 Chico

SECOND PLACE

Beyond Life’s Dimensions On his third birthday, Sparky the dog was hit by a car. He barely returned to the living that day, but what the doctors didn’t know was that Sparky could now see beyond life’s dimensions, and observe the expansion of atoms and waveforms in milliseconds. He has no way to tell his owners, so he barks and chews bones.

The Metal Beast Run the metal beast comes ripping the lush trees from the bottom up. The baby koala’s mother grabbed its baby. It starts to climb up the highest tree. The mother knows only one can survive. She throws herself off the tree. The baby with anger burning in his soul jumps to the metal beast scratching. It stops. Mission complete.

“ALEX,” 17 Table Mountain School

Also a student at Sherwood Montessori, Isabel Rodriguez entered Fiction 59 not just for the assignment, but also because, as she said, “I love writing.” The seventh-grader enjoys writing fantasy fiction and is also entering the Butte Literacy Council’s upcoming short-story contest, submitting a story from the point of view of an insane girl.

Sounds intriguing!

Untitled The sparkling night sky, filled with radiant blue, and crimson red cats dancing and twirling about, feeling careless and joyful more than ever.

You see, they have been invited to the night-time ball by the Ursa Major. All the cats in the world, satisfied in one night. In the morning, however, they will go home back to Earth.

CALEB DANEY, 13

I Won’t Die Today I am an ant who lives in a hill and my mom always told me I won’t die today.

So I went into the giant house knowing that I wouldn’t die today. When I went into the giant house to get some food, I got squashed by a giant hand and that’s when I knew my mom had lied.

Who he Wanted to Be Aaron wasn’t who he wanted to be.

Fame, fortune and fitness are what he wanted to see. He had nobody to love him. Alone … But, soon enough, he became lean. But sadly, fast as he lost weight, he lost Aaron. He realized this was not who he wanted to be. He wanted to be, the one and only, Himself.

Sixth-grader Alex Ruiz is the latest in a long line of students at Sherwood Montessori to win recognition for the works they create as part of literacy instructor Danielle Mennucci’s efforts to submit her works by her students in the CN&R’s Fiction 59 and Poetry 99 contests. This is Ruiz’s third time entering and first time placing.

Even though Chico High sophomore Savannah Kilbourne isn’t currently taking a class in her craft, creative writing is her favorite subject (for the time being, history is filling in as her current fave). A big fan of reading fantasy and humor books, anime, music and sketching, the Chico native’s focus in writing is mainly fictional stories. This is her first time entering Fiction 59.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

IAN ANTHOINE, 11

ALEX RUIZ, 11 Chico

SAVANNAH KILBOURNE, 15 Chico

EMMA HOPPOUGH, 17 Chico

Emma Hoppough has good luck with odd numbers. She has taken first place in Fiction 59 in 2009, 2011, and now 2013, at the ages of 13, 15 and 17, while in the seventh, ninth and 11th grades! “I have a good every-other-year thing going,” she said. The Chico High junior has worked on the high school’s literary magazine since the ninth grade, and says that these days she spends as much time painting as writing.

FIRST PLACE

ELIZABETH J. ALLEN, 16 Chico

Emma Hoppough PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

HONORABLE MENTIONS

BRANDON BURKE Chico

Keep it short Dylan Henson

Isabel Rodriguez

PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

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HIGH SCHOOL WINNERS

Big kids with the write stuff

The Writing Exchange:

It’s become a regular thing for the students from Table Mountain School—the year-round school for incarcerated youth at Butte County Juvenile Hall—to enter their poems and stories in our Poetry 99 and Fiction 59 contests. And this year, three of their stories made the Fiction 59 issue—two from “Alex” and one by Nate (for purposes of protecting their identities, first names only or pseudonyms were used in print). In addition to the school’s multi-subject instruction, the students are also able to take part in a program called The Writing Exchange, in which they exchange poetry and prose with Sacramento and Fresno juvenile halls. Visit www.writeyourtruth.blogspot.com and check out their work.

JUNIOR HIGH WINNERS

Junior wordsmiths, sixth-eighth grades

In the shoes of the students of Table Mountain School.

Keep it short

PHOTO COURTESY OF TABLE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL

SECOND PLACE Philosophy The monopoly pieces lay in the game cupboard, discussing their worldly views.

“Personally,” said the iron, “I could not go on living if I did not believe in an underlying moral structure.”

“Morality is subjective,” countered the thimble.

“Not in an irrational scheme of perception,” corrected the racecar.

Little Jimmy pulled out the board and they resumed their silence.

“Alex” is one of the writers from Table Mountain School at Butte County Juvenile Hall (hence, the omission of a picture), and according to his mother the avid writer, reader and blogger has been encouraged by instructor Scott Bailey and is “very, very excited” about having his stories chosen.

“ALEX,” 17 Table Mountain School

THIRD PLACE

FIRST PLACE

Future Delinquent Bloody knees and scabbed elbows, she walked the downtown streets, her pink backpack hanging open. In the midst of childhood and freedom she wandered through the park and tree-lined Esplanade.

Later her mother would yell, scold and, holding her, vow to never let go again, but for now the shining sky was blue and the schoolroom far away.

La Vie En Rose Louis jives in hazy reds and comfortcreaks. He’s the sound of knotted floorboards beneath bookshelves I used to scan, and the gravelly laugh that rebounded in Grandpa’s downsized apartment.

I stole a trinket from his dresser … one miniature Eiffel Tower. Now France seems so distant.

Silence strikes in a cobalt thunderclap; it leaves me heavy with this lullaby.

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Western?

Untitled

A lone rider on his horse. The wind at his back; the future at his front. Colt pistols at his sides; determination in his mind. Roaming the plains, wanting to see the elephant. Danger looks around every crack and every corner. He is a hero. He is a God. Bullets can’t touch him. He’s too quick on the draw.

I wait in line at the bookstore. The rain comes down, washing months down the drain. The cars brush raindrops as small children brush way tears after slipping. A man in front of the line catches my eye. He is short, light in coloring of hair and light in density of hair. He smiles amid the sobbing of sky.

NATE, 17 Table Mountain School

Procrastination She threw down the pencil, muttering, “heck with homework.” She gazed outside into the twilight … and the sky changed.

Chimney smoke became dragon fire. The dragons were fighting the night, and for a time it seemed as if daylight would resume …

Alas, even chimney dragons cannot add hours to the day. She sighed, picking up the pencil once more.

Savannah Kilbourne PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

Alex Ruiz PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

THIRD PLACE Falling

DYLAN HENSON, 14 Chico

She is sinking. Drowning. Slowly suffocating under the freezing blankets of her own despair. For a while she stayed hidden. Unnoticed, unknown, her own blood falling from her fingertips. No one would have wondered, no one would have missed her. Even while people came and went, the blood continued dripping and her mask kept on sliding, showing the truth.

For last year’s Fiction 59, Dylan Henson placed third for a similarly rain-themed story. Though he’s been told math is his best subject, the eighth-grader says that he enjoys writing more than anything else. He even does some acting and has scored parts in two upcoming productions: the Blue Room’s The Alien Invasion and Playhouse Youth Theatre’s The Little Mermaid Jr. at Laxson Auditorium.

ISABEL RODRIGUEZ, 12 Chico

SECOND PLACE

Beyond Life’s Dimensions On his third birthday, Sparky the dog was hit by a car. He barely returned to the living that day, but what the doctors didn’t know was that Sparky could now see beyond life’s dimensions, and observe the expansion of atoms and waveforms in milliseconds. He has no way to tell his owners, so he barks and chews bones.

The Metal Beast Run the metal beast comes ripping the lush trees from the bottom up. The baby koala’s mother grabbed its baby. It starts to climb up the highest tree. The mother knows only one can survive. She throws herself off the tree. The baby with anger burning in his soul jumps to the metal beast scratching. It stops. Mission complete.

“ALEX,” 17 Table Mountain School

Also a student at Sherwood Montessori, Isabel Rodriguez entered Fiction 59 not just for the assignment, but also because, as she said, “I love writing.” The seventh-grader enjoys writing fantasy fiction and is also entering the Butte Literacy Council’s upcoming short-story contest, submitting a story from the point of view of an insane girl.

Sounds intriguing!

Untitled The sparkling night sky, filled with radiant blue, and crimson red cats dancing and twirling about, feeling careless and joyful more than ever.

You see, they have been invited to the night-time ball by the Ursa Major. All the cats in the world, satisfied in one night. In the morning, however, they will go home back to Earth.

CALEB DANEY, 13

I Won’t Die Today I am an ant who lives in a hill and my mom always told me I won’t die today.

So I went into the giant house knowing that I wouldn’t die today. When I went into the giant house to get some food, I got squashed by a giant hand and that’s when I knew my mom had lied.

Who he Wanted to Be Aaron wasn’t who he wanted to be.

Fame, fortune and fitness are what he wanted to see. He had nobody to love him. Alone … But, soon enough, he became lean. But sadly, fast as he lost weight, he lost Aaron. He realized this was not who he wanted to be. He wanted to be, the one and only, Himself.

Sixth-grader Alex Ruiz is the latest in a long line of students at Sherwood Montessori to win recognition for the works they create as part of literacy instructor Danielle Mennucci’s efforts to submit her works by her students in the CN&R’s Fiction 59 and Poetry 99 contests. This is Ruiz’s third time entering and first time placing.

Even though Chico High sophomore Savannah Kilbourne isn’t currently taking a class in her craft, creative writing is her favorite subject (for the time being, history is filling in as her current fave). A big fan of reading fantasy and humor books, anime, music and sketching, the Chico native’s focus in writing is mainly fictional stories. This is her first time entering Fiction 59.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

IAN ANTHOINE, 11

ALEX RUIZ, 11 Chico

SAVANNAH KILBOURNE, 15 Chico

EMMA HOPPOUGH, 17 Chico

Emma Hoppough has good luck with odd numbers. She has taken first place in Fiction 59 in 2009, 2011, and now 2013, at the ages of 13, 15 and 17, while in the seventh, ninth and 11th grades! “I have a good every-other-year thing going,” she said. The Chico High junior has worked on the high school’s literary magazine since the ninth grade, and says that these days she spends as much time painting as writing.

FIRST PLACE

ELIZABETH J. ALLEN, 16 Chico

Emma Hoppough PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

HONORABLE MENTIONS

BRANDON BURKE Chico

Keep it short Dylan Henson

Isabel Rodriguez

PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

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KIDS WINNERS

Cedar Bailey PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

Blossoming writers, fifth grade and younger

HONORABLE MENTIONS Wolf We burst through the brush. My pack stays low to the ground. We sniff to follow the scent. Then we spot it, the elk. One by one, we take shots at it.

Running by it and slashing at it. We’re a blur to it. It can’t see us. It tries to fight back. But we’re too fast for it.

COLIN PHILIPPI, 10 Chico

SECOND PLACE Untitled

The Packaging Up of Christmas Lights I despise February 14. It’s the precise day, yearly, that Mrs. Connelly takes us down, string by string. It’s depressing, the thought that the simplicity of our radiant light is no longer needed. I appreciate the boisterous racket the kids down the street make, horsing around. Before, snatch! … shove! … SLAM!!!!! I’m stuck with cardboard claustrophobia until Christmas next year.

Zephyr Polsan PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

FIRST PLACE The Weeping Willow The limbs dangle in the wind swaying left and right slowly. The wind sounds like magical melodies. My voice says, “Hello” in a soft tone. They answer back, “We may not say a word. We can only listen to your sweet harmonious voice.” They sway again. I try to listen … nothing comes. They say goodbye and the wind blows.

ANNIKA EDSTROM, 11 Durham

Annika Edstrom does not limit herself to one artistic pursuit. The Blue Oak Charter School fifth-grader does like to write—and she created her second-place story for a class assignment—but she also makes time to dance, sing, play piano, act (she’s playing Flounder in the upcoming production of The Little Mermaid Jr. at Laxson Auditorium), and play golf with her dad.

THIRD PLACE Long Blonde Hair Max had long blond hair and dirty clothes. People thought he was a girl. He was too shy to tell them that he was a boy. Max liked to play Yahtzee with his little brother. He was really good at skateboarding. People would say, “She is so wonderful at skating.” He would just say, “Thank you,” and ride away.

CEDAR BAILEY, 7 Chico

It’s probably not an accident that there are a lot of similarities between Cedar Bailey and his character Max. Like Max, the Sherwood Montessori second-grader is fond of riding his skateboard, and he said that he even drew his own deck design, a picture of a skull that his dad helped him paste onto his board.

As I watch the coyotes howl, I hear a small bark from the middle of the pack. I realize the runt must be in trouble, but it is natural for the runt to die.

The now agonized barks start to fade slowly but surely. Then, the pack commences to move. The coyote’s small body is very limp and bloody.

DECLAN ONSTOT, 9 Chico

The Time Comes I was gripping my wand tightly, sweat and blood dripping down my solemn face. Would I live or die?

Could this be the end of Snivelis?

There he was, so I made my move.

“Windras!” I shouted bravely. His wand hurtled toward me. Then it came, the end of the evil Snivelis. “Kilosa Manis!” and he was finally gone.

BRIDGET MARY MCCABE, 9 Durham

ZEPHYR POLSAN, 10 Chico

When asked about what her motivation was for writing her story, Zephyr Polsan said, “I love willow trees” and “I love to write stories.” That was more than enough for the Sherwood Montessori fifth-grader— who also enjoys acting, dancing, singing and doing art—to create this beautiful story that caught the eye of judges.

Keep it short

Annika Edstrom PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

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Arts & Culture The Calder Quartet (named after famed American sculptor Alexander Calder) at Laxson Auditorium: (from left) Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook, Jonathan Moerschel and Eric Byers.

PHOTO BY MELANIE MACTAVISH

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filled last Wednesday (Feb. 27) when one of America’s finest string quartets, the Calder Quartet, took the stage. Other than the fact that so many missed out on the quartet’s stellar performance, the shortage of bodies in the by audience was of little consequence— Christine G.K. those in attendance were moved to LaPado-Breglia the point of offering enough clapchristinel@ ping and cheering as to sound newsreview.com almost like a full house at times.

The Calder Quartet—known for its virtuosity in a number of musical styles, from classical to experimental to rock—consists of first violinist Benjamin Jacobson, Andrew Bulbrook on second violin, Jonathan Moerschel on viola REVIEW: Calder Quartet and cellist Eric Byers.

The group began the evening’s Wednesday, Feb. 27 Laxson Auditorium program with a piece by contempoChico State rary composer Ben Johnston, “String Quartet No. 4, Amazing Grace.” True to the quartet’s (and the composer’s) experimental bent, the 10-minutelong piece started right off with an altered version of the melody of the familiar 18th-century hymn “Amazing Grace,” played by the violins and viola.

The cello entered after a short while, adding a warm depth to the beautiful, slightly haunting music.

Notably, the piece sounded as if it harkened back to the 1700s—it had such an old-time Americana feel to it at times that it resembled the theme music from some of the 18th/19th-century period films that I have been watching lately (e.g., Amazing Grace and HBO’s John Adams). At the same time, the music also sounded strikingly modern, edgy, in its rhythmic and harmonic adventurousness. At one point late in the piece, the group’s expert playing evoked both the pastoral and the somewhat disturbing sound of bees buzzing in waves of crescendos and decrescendos.

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who has composed numerous string quartets (including this one) for the famed Kronos Quartet—followed the Johnston piece. “Cadenza,” said Bulbrook, who introduced the pieces the foursome would be playing, was “another take on the history of America” and “probably Terry’s most acclaimed string quartet.” The enthralling, inventive, 35minute-long piece features four captivating cadenzas (one from each of the four string players) that punctuate the piece’s movements. They had titles like, “Where Was Wisdom When We Went West?” and “The Night Cry of Black Buffalo Woman.”

It was evident—especially during the Riley piece, which required much attention to perform the complex composition—that the violinists have played together for quite a long time. They watched one another intensely at times and played with such partnership (including synchronized bow movements) as can only come from a lot of time invested together.

Ludwig van Beethoven’s seven-movement String Quartet No. 14 in C# minor, Op. 131, came after the intermission, during which my friend Grace said she was looking forward to it, traditionalist that she is.

And the quartet did not disappoint.

In fact, the four players so accurately and appropriately immersed themselves in the Beethoven piece that if one had not heard the modern music that came before on the night’s program, one would have guessed that these impeccably talented men spend their time doing little else besides focusing on doing justice to the performance of classical music.

One local violin player, who was equally impressed with the Calder Quartet’s virtuosity, noted at intermission, “I really like their judicious use of vibrato. They don’t cover up bad intonation with vibrato [as some violin players do].” In other words, each member of the group precisely played his instrument in what seemed to be perfect tune throughout the entire performance.

The Calder Quartet’s musical performance was as near to perfect as any that I have heard. Kudos to Chico Performances for bringing this mesmerizing, world-class string quartet to a local stage. Ω

Special Events INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY EXHIBITS: The first event in the four-day Chico International Women’s Day celebration is a gathering of local women’s service organizations with informational displays, a raffle, appetizers and refreshment. Th, 3/7, 6:30-9pm. Free.

Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.; (530) 8941978.

THIS WAY TO SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE: Chico State’s two-day sustainability conference includes 100 speakers, workshops, film screenings and more. Go online for a complete events schedule and registration information.

3/7-3/8. Bell Memorial Union Building, Chico State, (530) 898-4636, www.csuchico.edu/ sustainablefuture/conference.

WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Chico State hosts a series of lectures, presentations, workshops, readings and more throughout the month. Go online for a complete events schedule. Through 3/31. Chico State University, www.csu chico.edu/ diversity.

Art Receptions EMILY WEIL RECEPTION: A reception for the exhibition of large, abstract acrylic paintings and figures in watercolor and pastel. Th, 3/7, 58:30pm. Free. James Snidle Fine Arts & Appraisals, 254 E. Fourth St.; (530) 343-2930; www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

FATHER OF THE BRIDE

Opens Saturday, March 9 Chico Theater Company SEE SATURDAY, THEATER

Theater 12 OPHELIAS: Shakespeare’s Ophelia finds herself in a neo-Elizabethan Appalachian setting where Gertrude runs a brothel, Hamlet is called a Rude Boy and nothing is what it seems. Through 3/9, 7:30pm; Su, 3/10, 2pm. $6$15. Wismer Theatre, Chico State Campus, (530) 898-5739, www.csuchico.edu/upe/box office.html.

CHICAGO: A MUSICAL VAUDEVILLE: The worldfamous musical about fame, fortune and all that jazz presented by Inspire School of Arts and Sciences includes classic Fosse choreography, roaring ’20s fashion and a live jazz band. Th-Sa, 7pm through 3/9; Su, 3/10, 2pm. $8-$20. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 8913090.

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Special Events ANTIQUE BOTTLE, JAR & COLLECTABLE SHOW: A two-day show with more than 60 bottle, fruitjar, insulator and antique dealers and informational displays. F, 3/8, 10am-7pm; Sa, 3/9, 9am-4pm. $5 admission. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., (530) 895-4666.

ARTABOUT: The walking tour highlighting a different Chico art neighborhood each month moves south of the post office. Go online for a map. F, 3/8, 5-8pm. Free. Call or visit website for details, Locations Vary in; www.chivaa.org.

FINE ARTS Music EXPERIENCE THE LYRICAL: Jazzy and lighthearted pieces by a mini North State Symphony orchestra. Works include Beethoven’s Septet, Bloch’s Concerto Grosso No. 1 and Martinu’s Le Revue de Cuisine, Jazz Suite. Sa, 3/9, 7:30pm. $6-$20. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State; (530) 898-5984; www.northstatesymphony.org.

GOING FOR BAROQUE: High-level student musicians perform works by Bach, Brandenburg and Vivaldi in conjunction with Chico State’s upcoming Bach week. Sa, 3/9, 7pm. Donations.

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PAULY SHORE: The stand-up comedian, actor and former MTV host appears at the El Rey. F, 3/8, 9pm. $22. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St.; (530) 342-2727.

SILENT FILM FESTIVAL: Two days of silent films accompanied by pianist Frederick Hodges and a champagne brunch to benefit the restoration of the Chico Women’s Club Steinway piano. Tickets available at Avenue 9 Gallery (180 E. Ninth Ave.). Call for more info. F, 3/8, 511pm; Sa, 3/9, 12-11pm. $10 per film. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 342-0640.

SPRING FLING DINNER & AUCTION: A dinner, silent auction and live music by All Fired Up! to benefit Hooker Oak Open Structured School. Go online for ticket info. F, 3/8, 6pm. $35. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 3452739; www.chicospringfling.com.

THIS WAY TO SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE: See

Thursday. Bell Memorial Union Building, Chico State, (530) 898-4636, www.csuchico.edu/ sustainablefuture/conference.

Theater 12 OPHELIAS: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State Campus, (530) 898-5739, www.csuchico.edu/upe/boxoffice.html.

CHICAGO: A MUSICAL VAUDEVILLE: See Thursday.

CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 891-3090.

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ment to benefit CASA of Butte and Glenn counties, a service-provider for neglected and abused children. Call or go online for reservations. Sa, 3/9, 6-10pm. $75. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 345-1600; www.nvcss.org.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY FILMS: The third event of the four-day Chico International Women’s Day celebration is a showing of two documentary films—”Half the Sky” and “The Red Tent.” Sa, 3/9, 1-4pm. Free. Pageant Theatre, 351 E. Sixth St.; (530) 343-0663; www.pageantchico.com.

PAINT IN & SPRING OPENING: An art party to celebrate the spring opening at the museum.

Artists will create in whichever medium they choose as docents provide tours of the grounds. Artists are encouraged to bring their own art supplies. Sa, 3/9, 11am-3pm. Free.

Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Chico Halfway between Chico and Durham; (530) 5707343.

SILENT FILM FESTIVAL: See Friday. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 342-0640.

Art Receptions ALLISON HYDE & NICOLE PIETRANTONI RECEPTION: Opening night for the exhibition of paper, sculptural installation, digital media, painting and more with a talk from the artists. Sa, 3/9, 5-7pm. Free. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway; (530) 343-1973; www.1078gallery.org.

ests include feminist activism, poetry, illustration, and screaming at you. One Eyed Doll, Picture Me Broken and locals A Holy Ghost Revival open. Sa, 3/9, 7:30pm. $15.

Senator Theatre, 517 Main St.; (530) 898-1497; www.jmaxproductions.net.

SWEET DREAMS: PATSY CLINE TRIBUTE: Jolan Dobis and her three-piece band celebrate the music of the legendary pop and country star Patsy Cline. Call for reservations. Sa, 3/9, 6:30pm. $14. Monday Club, 2385 Montgomery St. in Oroville; (530) 533-5976.

YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE: The Grammy Award-winning musician, composer, record producer and oud player and his ensemble of Jewish, Arabic and Christian musicians perform music of the Middle East. Sa, 3/9, 7:30pm. $15$27. Laxson Auditorium, 400 W. First St. CSU, Chico; (530) 898-6333; www.chicoperformances.com.

Art 1078 GALLERY: Allison Hyde & Nicole

Pietrantoni Exhibition, works of paper, sculptural installation, digital media, painting, screen printing and collage. 3/9-3/30.

820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

ART ETC.: Sheryl Karas, portraits in new and mixed-media styles touching on realism, abstract expression and folk art. Through 3/31. 122 W. Third St., (530) 895-1161.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Opposites Attract, watercolors by Cynthia Sexton and large-scale ceramics by Delbert Rupp. Through 3/9. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

BEATNIKS COFFEE HOUSE & BREAKFAST JOINT: Caitlin Schwerin Exhibition, cheerful and colorful paintings. 3/13-3/31. 1387 E. Eighth St., (530) 894-2800.

B-SO SPACE: BFA Group Exhibition, student

art on display. 3/8-3/4. Ayres Hall Room 107 Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

CHICO ART CENTER: Discovering the Visual

Arts, the first exhibit in 2013’s Discovery Series features four contemporary artists from around the country. Through 3/9. 450 Orange St. 6, (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

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

CHICO MUNICIPAL BUILDING: Camera Club

Theater 12 OPHELIAS: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State Campus, (530) 898-5739, www.csuchico.edu/upe/boxoffice.html.

CHICAGO: A MUSICAL VAUDEVILLE: See Thursday.

CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 891-3090.

FATHER OF THE BRIDE: A humorous and touching look at the bond between a father and his engaged daughter. Opens 3/9. Shows Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 3/24. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F; (530) 894-3282; www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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OPENINGS: EMILY WEIL & ALLISON HYDE AND NICOLE PIETRANTONI Thursday, March 7 & Saturday, March 9 James Snidle Fine Arts & 1078 Gallery

SEE THURSDAY & SATURDAY, ART RECEPTIONS

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

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

ELLIS ART & ENGINEERING SUPPLIES: Teacup Series, works on canvas by Colleen Wampole in the window. Through 3/31. 122 Broadway St., (530) 891-0335, www.ellis hasit.com.

GYPSY ROSE SALON: New work, pieces by local artists on display, including ink drawings by Bob Garner. Through 3/31. 151 Broadway St, Chico, CA, (530) 891-4247.

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.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS:

Emily Weil Exhibition, large, abstract acrylic paintings and figures in watercolor and pastel. Through 3/31. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

LAXSON FINE ART GALLERY: Mike Hurley &

Chaz Martinsen, various works on display.

Through 3/15. 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Spring Forth, views of the North State in pastel, watercolor and oil. 3/9-4/6. 493 East Ave. #1, (530) 345-3063.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Janice Porter:

Selected Works, works on canvas, paper, board and cardboard from the late local artist Janice Porter. 3/11-4/1. Trinity Hall At Chico State, (530) 898-5864.

Call for Artists 2013 ART FIESTA BOOTHS: Artist booths are still available for next spring’s event. Call or email for more info. Through 4/1. Matador Motel, 1934 Esplanade, (530) 487-4553.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOKMARK CONTEST: The annual bookmark contest (for students K-3 and 4-6) is themed “Communities Matter at Your Library.” Visit the library for applications and more info. Through 4/6.

Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary.

REFLECTIONS ON OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE: All medias accepted for this exhibition of work drawing inspiration from American Heritage historical journals (available at the gallery). Call for more info. Through 3/16.

Manas Art Space & Gallery, 1441 C Park Ave., (530) 588-5183.

THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET PERFORMERS: Applications accepted for performance slots. Through 3/21. Contact for info, (530) 345-6500.

Museums CHICO MUSEUM: I Heart Chico, paintings, poetry, kid’s art, photography, textiles, videos and interactive collaborative exhibits inspired by Chico. Through 6/2. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336.

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

GAINING MOMENTUM The 2013 Chico International Women’s Day celebration will take place over four days, Thursday, March 7-Sunday, March 11, and features a wide variety of activities at multiple locations under the theme of: Gender Agenda, Gaining Momentum. Day one (Thursday) brings together local women’s organizations who will host exhibits at the Chico Women’s Club. Friday features a program of EDITOR’S PICK speakers on Perspectives on Global Women’s Issues (at Chico State, Ayres 120), including Doctors Without Boarders’ Miriam and Adam Walter presenting: Women’s Health in Crisis. Saturday includes the showing of two films at the Pageant Theatre (The Red Tent and Half the Sky), and on Sunday, the closing reception at the Chico Women’s Club will feature a performance by Chico faves MaMuse.

—JASON CASSIDY March 7, 2013

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Special Events CHICO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN RECEPTION: Beloved local folk duo MaMuse performs for the culminating event of the four-day Chico International Women’s Day celebration, which will also include raffles and refreshment. Su, 3/10, 4:30-7pm. $25. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.; (530) 894-1978.

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Chico Veterans Memorial Hall, 900 Esplanade; www.monca.org.

Music POOR MAN’S WHISKEY: After opening their set with original folk rock, the band will re-appear in Wizard of Oz costumes to perform Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety.

Su, 3/10, 7:30pm. $15. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 345-2739; www.sierra nevada.com/bigroom.

Theater 12 OPHELIAS: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State Campus, (530) 898-5739, www.csuchico.edu/upe/boxoffice.html.

CHICAGO: A MUSICAL VAUDEVILLE: See Thursday.

CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave. corner of East and Ceanothus, (530) 891-3090.

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Special Events FREE SCI-FI FILM SERIES: A sci-fi film series to

coincide with the exhibit Infinity and Beyond.

This week: Sci-Fi Boys. W, 3/13, noon. Free.

Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology, CSUC Meriam Library Complex, (530) 898-5397.

Music GREENSKY BLUEGRASS: A jammy five-piece Americana and progressive bluegrass outfit emphasizing improvisation and raw chops. W, 3/13, 8:30pm. $15. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St., (530) 342-2727.

BULLETIN BOARD Community 21ST CENTURY ECONOMICS LECTURE: A Skype lecture with economist and author Charles Eisenstein focused on current economics, followed by a panel discussion and audience questions. Th, 3/7, 7:30pm. Free. RowlandTaylor Recital Hall, Chico State.

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 Women’s 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, 2-5:30pm through 12/31. Free. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 592-0889, www.ccha os.org.

CAITLIN SCHWERIN RECEPTION: An opening reception for Schwerin’s cheerful and colorful works. W, 3/13, 5-7pm. Beatniks Coffee House & Breakfast Joint, 1387 E. Eighth St., (530) 8942800.

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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.

TREE COMMITTEE & PLAYGROUND COMMISSION: A public meeting to review a draft of Chico’s Urban Forest Management Plan. Go online for an agenda summary. W, 3/13, 6pm. Free. Chico City Council Building, 421 Main St., (530) 8967200, www.tinyurl.com/3jff3cc.

CHICO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Chico Friends of the Library

weekly book sale. Sa, 9:15-11:30am.

Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762, www.buttecounty.net/ bclibrary.

CHICO INTERNATIONAL WOMEN SPEAKERS: The second event in the four-day Chico International Women’s Day Celebration is the presentation “Perspectives on Global Women’s Issues” with a pair of guest speakers. F, 3/8, 7:30-9pm. Ayres Hall, Chico State.

CHICO OXIDATION PONDS BIRDING HIKE: A twomile birding walk. Bring binoculars, water and appropriate clothing. Rain cancels. Sa, 3/9, 3pm. Chico Oxidation Ponds Wildlife Sanctuary, 4287 Chico River Rd., (530) 5666136.

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, Second and Wall streets, (530) 893-3276.

changing social experiment following the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. Hosted by the Paradise Center for Tolerance and Nonviolence. Tu, 3/12, 7pm. Free. Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-1856, www.butte county.net/bclibrary/Paradise.htm.

medical ailments. Call for more info. Su, 14pm. Free. Shalom Free Clinic, 1190 E. First

Ave. Corner of Downing and E. 1st Ave, (530) 518-8300, www.shalomfreeclinic.org.

OLLI GENERAL MEETING: The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute hosts a presentation by Nancy Hawley, who will share stories of Alaskan adventures. For people 55 or older. W, 3/13, 11:30am. Free. Chico Masonic Life Family Center, 1110 East Ave. Between Guynn Ave. & Nord Ave., (530) 342-7143.

OROVILLE VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK FUNDRAISER: A luncheon to raise funds for the park to honor Butte County veterans. W, 3/13, 11am-1:30pm. $8. Feather River Senior Center, 1335 Myers St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2721.

for more Music, see NIGHTLIFE on page 30

SOUL SHAKE DANCE CHURCH: Drop your mind,

$4-$8. Chico Grange, 2775 Nord Ave., (530) 877-2930.

painter Cynthia Sexton and sculptural ceramist Delbert Rupp speak on the last day of their joint exhibition. Sa, 3/9, 2pm. Free.

Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 8791821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

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basic medical care and mental health counseling. Call for more information. Su, 2-4pm.

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

Second Sa of every month, 6:30-10pm.

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SAMARITAN FREE CLINIC: This clinic offers free

dance with music by the Pub Scouts.

FREE HEALTH CLINIC: Free services for minor

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

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

CHICO CONTRA DANCE: Traditional contra

FILM & DISCUSSION: A documentary on a life-

Art receptions

PARADISE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE:

TREE PLANTING WORKSHOP Saturday, March 9 City Municipal Services Center SEE COMMUNITY

TREE PLANTING WORKSHOP: An informational workshop for those interested in planting street trees on their property. Call for more info. Sa, 3/9, 9am-noon; Sa, 3/23, 9am-noon.

Free. City Municipal Services Center, 901 Fir St., (530) 896-7800.

UNSPEAKABLE AWFULNESS: Chico State history professor Kenneth Rose explores the reactions of European travelers in the American West from 1845 to 1900. W, 3/13, 7:30pm. Free.

Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State, (530) 898-5739.

WRITING GROUP: All writers welcome. Bring

paper, a pen and writing to share. F, 3:305pm. Free. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

YAHI GROUP GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: David Welch speaks on hiking “The Camino,” an ancient pilgrimage route in northern Spain. Th, 3/7, 7pm. Free. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762, www.buttecounty.net/ bclibrary.

For Kids ART FOR KIDS: Hands-on art activities for students from 1st to 12th grades led by Chico State art faculty and students. Tu, 3:30-5pm through 5/14. Free. The Turner Print Museum, Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.the turner.org.

SUPER SPIDERS: A workshop for preschoolaged children (and their families) on spiders, including a walk through Lower Bidwell Park and an appearance from the center’s house tarantula. W, 3/13, 10-11am. $12. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 8914671, www.bidwellpark.org.

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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year’s mild winter has lifted his spirits appreciaby bly, and he has Henri faced some Bourride recent mornings with a disposition actually approaching sanguine, even agreeing with my dear sister that sometimes the decanter does truly seem half full.

For one thing, the milder weather has meant that the crab and fishing boats have been able to go out, and the selection at the Chico Fish Market (1141 Forest Ave., Ste. 10) has been very good.

We’ve also loved our weekly fair-weather visits to the Saturdaymorning farmers’ market—the apples, melons, berries, cabbage, beets, beans and various greens have been wonderful. So we always stock up, never knowing exactly what we’re going to be using it all for.

And we’ve been cooking together, sharing recipes and playing what Colette calls the Pantry Challenge: Creating the very best meal you can with only the ingredients on hand.

We’ve had some absolutely lovely salads, soups and stews and stumbled on some unlikely but quite workable pairings. Particularly delightful was a Romaine, chicken, bacon and roasted red pepper salad, dressed with almond slivers and light mustard vinaigrette, which Colette paired with an Anderson Valley pinot grigio.

Colette’s most successful creation, though, was a delicious winter stew, a sort of cioppino that she whipped up in about an hour, made with ingredients we had—though she did run to the market for the fish. She said it was a favorite of one of her husbands. She couldn’t remember which one—either the fireman in Marblehead, Mass., or the accordion player in Palm Beach, Fla. She’d never prepared it on the West Coast with Dungeness crab (which should be available until June), but we agreed it was absolutely divine, especially with a couple of bottles of Valpolicella, which I did happen to have on hand—but it would also be good with a sauvignon blanc or even a gewürztraminer.

Colette’s Quick and Spicy Crab Stew 2-3 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 teaspoon chile flakes 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano 1 medium onion, diced 1 red bell pepper, diced 1 green bell pepper, diced 4 stalks celery, thinly sliced 2 cups chicken meat (cut into bitesized pieces) 1 cup white wine 4 cups chicken stock 1 14-ounce can tomato sauce 8-12 mussels and/or clams, scrubbed 1 pound firm white fish (halibut, swordfish, snapper, cod, etc.) cut into two-inch chunks 8-10 large shrimp, shells and tails on 1 cleaned and cracked crab, legs separated and body cut into four pieces

2 precooked sausages (hot links, Italian, kielbasa, etc.), sliced 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Heat the olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven. Add the chile flakes, oregano, onion, peppers, celery and chicken, and sauté until chicken is nearly done (about 30 minutes). Add the white wine, bring to a boil, then add the stock and tomato sauce, and return it to a boil. As the broth warms, season to taste with salt and pepper.

Add the mussels/clams, fish, shrimp, crab and sausages, and cook on medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until the fish is cooked and the clams and mussels have opened. This should be just long enough to heat the crab.

Add the lemon juice and adjust the seasoning with more chile flakes, salt and pepper to taste.

Serve with sourdough bread (torn, not sliced) and a generous supply of napkins.

Notes: 1) For a fishier tasting stew, you can use fish stock instead of chicken broth, or add a tablespoon of fish sauce.

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For this adaptation we start in familiar territory, with a teenage Jack by (Nicholas Hoult) accidentally letting Rachel some magical beans loose into the Bush soil, causing an enormous beanstalk to explode toward the sky. It connects to a dangerous land between Heaven and Earth, where angry giants dream of making human bones

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The seemingly independent Isabelle becomes the victim of the story, and even when she does get the chance to do some of her own ass-kicking, it’s Jack who gets all the glory. I know the source story is based in more patriarchal times, but for the sake of a 21st-century remake (and young female viewers), it’d be nice to get a little more spunk from the ladies.

(OK, rant over.)

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into afternoon snacks. With this retelling there’s a new twist—the beanstalk has also carried Princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson) into the giants’ world and, damsel in distress that she is, she needs saving! For all its updating, the storyline doesn’t do much for feminism.

At the beginning of the film we see clever parallels between Jack and Isabelle. As young children, they separately dream about adventures that will take them away from their restrictive abodes. For Jack, it’s exploring the world outside his humble shack, while Isabelle wants to run away from the humdrum life of royalty. Despite their class difference, we’re led to believe that they’re kindred spirits and, more important, equals, but once the giantslaying action is kicked into high gear it becomes clear that they are not.

hairstyle that is centuries before its time. Stanley Tucci is strong as always, playing Roderick, the slimy fiancé of Isabelle, who has ulterior motives for saving his “love” in this arranged agreement.

And roaming around the fantasy land of the giants’ world looks pretty cool on the big screen. (I found myself wishing to explore the area myself, sans giants.) From the countryside to the eerie forested lands, the scenery is basically a B version of a Peter Jackson movie. Unfortunately, the storyline can’t compare so easily to those of the Ring films.

All the basic fairytale themes are recycled here: saving a kingdom from otherworldly perils, true love overcoming class differences, and so on. It’s fun, but, just as the giants might, we literally see it all coming from a mile away. When you think it’s over, of course, it isn’t (and you certainly can glimpse a sequel on the horizon).

Luckily for families, the film isn’t as gruesome as the title suggests. The giant “slaying” is pretty tame, so most kids should be able to handle this in the theater. Ω

Reviewers: Craig Blamer, Rachel Bush and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Opening this week Dead Man Down

The director (Niels Arden Oplev) and star (Noomi Rapace) of the 2009 Swedish version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo reunite for another thriller, this one a neo-noir crime film about a woman (Rapace) and man (Colin Farrell) forming an alliance for revenge in a dangerous underground crime world. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Oz the Great and Powerful

Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, The Evil Dead) directs this prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with James Franco starring as the Wizard in this backstory about the then-smalltime magician’s arrival in the land of Oz. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Stand Up Guys

Al Pacino, Christopher Walken and Alan Arkin star as three aging stick-up men who reunite for a night of wild fun and reminiscing after one of them is released from prison. Problem is, one of them is faced with an assignment from a mob boss that could prove deadly for one his pals. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Re-opening this week

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Life of Pi

Ang Lee’s film version of Yann Martel’s exuberantly post-modernist stew of a tale is a flamboyantly episodic ramble—part high-flying philosophical discourse, part epic adventure, part literary puzzle, and the giddy, convoluted life story of Piscine “Pi” Patel, its central character/narrator. The big selling point is the amazing tale Pi has to tell about losing his family in a shipwreck and yet also surviving adrift in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger from his parents’ zoo as his only companion. That part of the story, part mini-Titanic, part Robinson Crusoe, part nothing-you’ve-ever-seen-before, takes fine and duly spectacular form in Lee’s film. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG —J.C.S.

Now playing 21 & Over

I wonder if the night will go terribly wrong in this comedy written and directed by The Hangover screenwriters about two party dudes taking their friend out for his 21st birthday on the eve of an important medical-school interview? Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Bless Me, Ultima

Ends Thursday, March 7. Writer-director Carl Franklin and a lively cast of relative unknowns bring a rich layer of understated poetry to this spirited film version of Rudolfo Anaya’s much-admired novel. The Ultima of the title is a curandera, a traditional healer, and her blessing is conferred, in increasingly dramatic circumstances, upon Antonio, a precocious youngster who seems destined for soulful endeavors. The landscape of eastern New Mexico, beautifully rendered in the cinematography of Paula Huidobro, is central to the earthy spirituality emerging in Antonio. Miriam Colón, glowing with calm passion as Ultima, and Dolores Heredia, a shining presence as Antonio’s mother, are the only familiar faces in the cast, but a half-dozen other distinctive character actors make sharp contributions to the quasi-religious culture clash that erupts when Ultima arrives in Antonio’s village. Paradise Cinemas 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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Dark Skies

stituting for poltergeists. After an interminable amount of character development, the last half hour is actually pretty compelling, as the stakes are raised and the dysfunctional family under assault from paranormal forces bunkers down to fight off some pesky illegal aliens. Cinemark 14 7. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

Escape from Planet Earth

Brendan Fraser, Rob Corddry, Jessica Alba and William Shatner are among those who provide voices for this animated feature about the adventures of a superstar astronaut and his nerdy brother. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

Identity Thief

A raunchy comedy starring Jason Batemen as a businessman who tracks down the deceptively wily woman (played by Melissa McCarthy) who has stolen his identity. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated. R.

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Jack the Giant Slayer

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

The Last Exorcism: Part 2

Well, when they said, “last,” they didn’t mean last last.

The devil is back, repossessing the same girl and twisting her into more weird shapes. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Safe Haven

Swedish director Lasse Hallström (Chocolat, The Cider House Rules) helms this story of a young woman (Julianne Hough) who moves to a small town in North Carolina to hide from her past only to find that, after getting close to a local widower (Josh Duhamel), her past has followed her to the sticks. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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Silver Linings Playbook

Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) is returning to his blue-collar neighborhood in Philadelphia after a courtmandated stay in a 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, due in no small part to the fact that the family abode is a bit of a madhouse. The lively onscreen results for writer-director David O. Russell look like a romantic comedy of an unusually brash and farcical sort. And the heart of both the comedy and the drama becomes evident via Pat’s offbeat collision with a recently widowed Goth/punk gal named Tiffany (a terrific Jennifer Lawrence). Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

Snitch

The Rock stars as a dad who makes a deal with the DEA to be an informant and go undercover in a drug cartel in order to free his wrongfully imprisoned son. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Warm Bodies

Here we have America a few years after the rise of the dead and the ensuing fall of the living. The few folks who huddle behind a walled-off sector of the city don’t care about what brought about the plague, because they are too busy staying alive. The dead don’t care, because they’re dead. Well, aside from one zombie who we come to know as “R” (Nicholas Hoult) whose heart begins to flutter when he spies a hottie breather named Julie (Teresa Palmer). He tries the ever-reliable approach to stealing a woman’s heart of eating the brains of her boyfriend, which, um, gives R the dude’s memories and kick starts his heart. Ultimately, Warm Bodies delivers by balancing a sweet li’l love story while maintaining the underlying grottiness of the zombie premise. Cinemark 14. Rated. PG-13 —C.B.

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As Hollywood PG-13 horror entries go, Dark Skies isn’t particularly bad.

The acting is relatively nuanced for this kind of thing, and the effects here are actually relatively efficient without being gratuitous. However, while the premise is comparatively more novel than those of the recent glut of haunted house and/or possession flicks, the delivery is still pretty much nothing more than a repackaging of all the tropes and themes that have defined horror over the last few years. It’s Paranormal Activity without the foundfootage approach, and with aliens sub-

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SEE THURSDAY

WIDOWER: The Seattle singer-songwriter is joined by local folk trio The Sad Bastards, Chris Keene of Surrogate and Beth Knight of the Railflowers. Th, 3/7, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafe coda.com.

SONGWRITER GUILD COMPETITION: The

7THURSDAY AARON RICH & FRIENDS: Country music

round-robin. Third and First Th of every month, 9pm. Free. Crazy Horse Saloon & Brewery, 303 Main St.; (530) 894-5408.

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

midnight. Lynn’s 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.

IMPROV JAM: A weekly open jam session.

Th, 5-7pm. 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, 3/7, 6-9pm. Free. LaSalles, 229 Broadway; (530) 893-1891.

LAST STAND: A stand-up comedy open-

mic. First and Third Th of every month, 8-10pm. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

LOW FLYING BIRDS: Danceable acoustic folk music with Chico favorite Sid Lewis. Th, 3/7, 6:30pm; Th, 3/21, 6:30pm.

Free. Johnnie’s Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St. inside Hotel Diamond; (530) 895-1515; www.johnnies restaurant.com.

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

final night of the three-week singersongwriter competition judged by a panel of students, faculty and community members. Th, 3/7, 7-9pm. Free.

Woodstock’s Pizza, 166 E. Second St.; (530) 893-1500.

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master of funk in the lounge. F, 3/8, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

KEEP CALM AND CHICO ON: An evening of debauchery inspired by the party website Chive.com with DJs Mack Morris, SteelE and Babyface. Also, there will be lasers. F, 3/8, 8pm.

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

KYMMIE & THE DIAMOND BACKS: Live country and classic rock in the lounge.

F, 3/8, 9pm. Free. Colusa Casino Resort, 3770 Hwy. 45 in Colusa; (530) 458-8844; www.colusacasino.com.

Disco Church and Frankie Doppler’s Nuclear Sunrise perform amid the Funky Trunk’s vintage threads. F, 3/8, 7pm. Free. Pepper Grand Coulee’s Funky Trunk, 1112 Mangrove; (530) 8948065.

BROKEN RODEO CD RELEASE: The local twangy Americana duo performs.

Locals Spiff and Bullet and Alec Chumbley open. Sa, 3/9, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 5669476; www.cafecoda.com.

WEIRD SCIENCE: Classic rock and ’80s covers. F, 3/8, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.gold countrycasino.com.

HOT FLASH: An all-woman classic rock

cover band. Sa, 3/9, 8pm. Free. Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 375 E. Park Ave.; (530) 345-7499.

WHISKEY DAWN: Original, high-energy

THE JEFF PERSHING BAND: Chico’s

country tunes in the brewery. F, 3/8, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino, 3

master of funk in the lounge. Sa, 3/9,

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For their current tour, San Francisco fivepiece Poor Man’s Whiskey are getting all decked out in Wizard of the Oz costumes and performing Dark Side of the Moonshine, their bluegrass interpretation of the classic Pink Floyd album. For their gig at the Sierra Nevada Big Room, Sunday, March 10, they’ll also do a regular set before making their costume change. And, show up in your own Oz outfit for a chance to win a prize.

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

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It’s pretty hard to deny a band that is “engaged in spiritual intercourse to impregnate minds with brutal truths and passionate combustion,” and L.A.’s OTEP—with its namesake, activist, poet, frontwoman Otep Shamaya—is on its final tour of “impregnating” our heads with their numetal sound. The band has announced that its new album, Hydra, and subsequent tour will be its last. Catch them one more time Saturday, March 9, at the Senator Theatre.

Internet Cafe & Galleria, 501 Main St.; (530) 894-3033; www.hasbeans.com.

POOR MAN’S WHISKEY: Su, 3/10, 7:30pm. $15. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 345-2739; www.sierra nevada.com/bigroom.

11MONDAY GHOST TOWN GOSPEL: An energized,

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

RENEGADE: A Styx tribute band in the

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

KYMMIE & THE DIAMOND BACKS: Live country and classic rock in the lounge.

Sa, 3/9, 9pm. Free. Colusa Casino Resort, 3770 Hwy. 45 in Colusa; (530) 458-8844; www.colusacasino.com.

MUSIC CIRCLE: An open jam for all levels of musicians with Robert Catalano.

Second Sa of every month, 1-4pm. Free.

RETROTONES: Live classic rock and coun-

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Farwood Bar & Grill, 705 Fifth St. in Orland; (530) 865-9900.

Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

OTEP: Sa, 3/9, 7:30pm. $15. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St.; (530) 898-1497; www.jmaxproductions.net.

SWEET DREAMS: PATSY CLINE TRIBUTE: Jolan Dobis and her three-piece band celebrate the music of the legendary pop and country star Patsy Cline. Call for reservations. Sa, 3/9, 6:30pm. $14.

Monday Club, 2385 Montgomery St. in Oroville; (530) 533-5976.

OUTTA NOWHERE: An Orland-based metal cover band playing the music of Motley Crue, Metallica, Judas Priest and more. Sa, 3/9, 9pm. Free. Maltese Bar & Taproom, 1600 Park Ave.; (530) 343-4915.

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WEIRD SCIENCE: Classic rock and ’80s covers. Sa, 3/9, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.gold countrycasino.com.

YUVAL RON ENSEMBLE: The Grammy Award-winning musician, composer, record producer and oud player and his ensemble of Jewish, Arabic and Christian musicians perform music of the Middle East. Sa, 3/9, 7:30pm. $15$27. Laxson Auditorium, 400 W. First St. CSU, Chico; (530)

10SUNDAY JAZZ: Weekly jazz. Su, 4-6pm. Has Beans

Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade; (530) 343-2056; www.farmstar pizza.com.

female-fronted folk string quintet out of Oakland. M, 3/11, 7pm. $5. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

JAZZ HAPPY HOUR: With the Carey

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

13WEDNESDAY BRASS HYSTERIA PAJAMA PARTY: A pajama party to send the local punk and ska outfit off on their extensive tour of California, Nevada and Texas.

Them Rude Boys, Star Thistle Wall, The Resonators and Kyle Williams open. W, 3/13, 7pm. $5. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

FRENCH REFORM: The rising local New Wave-tinged indie band performs. Sol Wave opens. W, 3/13, 9pm. $3. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891.

GREENSKY BLUEGRASS: A jammy fivepiece Americana and progressive

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bluegrass outfit emphasizing improvisation and raw chops. W, 3/13, 8:30pm. $15. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St., (530) 342-2727.

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.

OPEN MIC: All ages welcome. W, 7pm. Free.

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

WAY OUT WEST: A weekly country music showcase with The Blue Merles. W, 79pm. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

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BELLY DANCE CLASS: Weekly belly dance with BellySutra. Tu, 6-7pm. $8. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

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Tthe 11 plays scheduled for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2013 season—“women traversing

he lives of women figure prominently in

their heroic, liberating and sometimes tragic paths,” as Artistic Director Bill Rauch expresses it in his written introducby tion to the season.

Robert That was certainly true of central Speer characters in the four plays that roberts@ newsreview.com opened Ashland’s season over the Feb. 22-24 weekend—Kate in The Taming of the Shrew, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Cordelia and her For more: sisters in King Lear, and Risa in Oregon August Wilson’s powerful Two Shakespeare Trains Running.

Festival Ashland, Ore. The last was my favorite of the www.osf four and the one I recommend most ashland.org highly. Set in a funky Pittsburgh diner in 1969, it’s a slice-of-life portrait of seven African-Americans at a watershed moment in the country’s history. But events outside the diner, including a rally celebrating what would have been the 40th birthday of Malcolm X, have only peripheral impacts on the diner’s habitués, who have pressing personal challenges to confront.

The plot, such as it is, centers around the diner’s owner, Memphis (Terry Bellamy), who has to decide what to do in the face of the city’s looming urbanrenewal project that will level his building. Should he wait to learn what the city will pay him or sell now to the wealthy neighborhood mortician, Mr. West (Jerome Preston Bates)?

The other characters are Sterling (Kevin Kenerly), who’s just gotten out of prison; Wolf (Kenajuan Bentley), the local numbers runner; Holloway (Josiah Phillips), the neighborhood philosopher; Hambone (Tyrone Wilson), a nearly speechless man who harbors a great and righteous grievance; and Risa (Bakesta King), the diner’s sole employee.

These are ordinary people doing ordinary things, but Wilson brilliantly reveals them as immensely complex and thoughtful individuals struggling to survive pressures both outside them (capitalism, racism, poverty, “the white man”) and inside. One of the

10 works in his “Century Cycle” of plays set in each of the 20th century’s decades, it’s an integral part of one of the most remarkable bodies of work in American theater. And this production, directed by Lou Bellamy, who has directed every play in the cycle, some of them more than once, is simply outstanding.

Two Trains Running continues in the Angus Bowmer Theatre through July 7.

Here are quick looks at the other plays now

on the boards at OSF: The Taming of the Shrew: This is a wonderful play—here given a modernistic boardwalk setting complete with live rock band—but one with a big problem at its core: how to deal with Petruchio’s almost sadistic campaign to break Kate to his will and her final speech accepting his dominance?

The dialogue between the two leading up to that is delightful, and Ted Deasy and Nell Geisslinger are nicely matched. Actually, I had no problem with the final speech, seeing it as her choice to give and, as such, ultimately an expression of her independence. A host of richly realized characters and a gorgeous set added up to a deeply entertaining production.

(Bowmer through Nov. 3.)

My Fair Lady: People who like musicals will enjoy this classic period piece—Lerner and Loewe penned the familiar tunes—based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion. Shaw didn’t see his locution teacher, Henry Higgins, whom he characterized as “a middle-aged bully,” and Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as lovers, and the romantic twist at the end of this production that brings them together doesn’t quite work. That said, the musical numbers were terrific, and the opening-night audience gave the performance a standing ovation. (Bowmer through Nov. 3.)

King Lear: Director Bill Rauch has chosen to stage this epic play in the Thomas Theatre, the smallest and most intimate of OSF’s three venues. As a result the production is much pared down—no set, shifting props that change with every new scene—and the focus is intensely on the characters as this masterpiece of Shakespearean tragedies unfolds in all its brilliant horror. Highly recommended. (Through Nov. 3.) Ω

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Fred Hersch Trio Palmetto Records In the beginning when I listened to Charlie Parker and Thelonious Monk their compositions were so unique that when they chose to play—or were, as in Monk’s case, dragooned into playing—standards, the results revealed their genius even more. After several decades of listening to jazz I eventually hit upon a method by which to judge those newcomers who—as the “giants of jazz” passed on—were starting to fill the gap: I judged them on how well they played standards. At 57, pianist Hersch is hardly a newcomer and, with a catalog of more than 30 well-received albums, has easily passed my “test.” On this two-disc set, recorded last February with bassist John Hébert and drummer Eric McPherson, the trio works out on some jazz standards (i.e., a very relaxed version of Sonny Rollins’ “Doxy” and a rarely heard Charlie Parker tune, “Segment”); four “American Songbook gems,” among them a playful “Softly As in a Morning Sunrise”; as well as a batch of Hersch originals that reveal his superb talent, e.g., the lurching rhythms of his “Jackalope.” Hersch pays tribute to Monk by segueing from “The Song Is You” into the middle of Monk’s “Played Twice,” whose theme he perversely (and quite delightfully) plays only once. A magnificent addition to Hersch’s body of work!

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March 7, 2013

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ARTS DEVO Jason Cassidy • jasonc@newsreview.com

VOLUME 36, ISSUE 28, MARCH 7, 2013 Arts DEVO is a list person. As I type

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these words my keyboard is flanked by two notebooks overflowing with my scribbles. On the left, in the shadow of a coffee-mug graveyard and Buddy Jesus statue, is a steno pad listing the day’s tasks, with red checkmarks next to a handful of items, each a passing grade for a portion of this day in the school of life. On the right is my brain’s overflow seating, a big legal pad, each page marked with the date of several months’ worth of Thursdays. This crumpled, foodstained, sometimes indecipherable repository is where the arts and culture of Chico, along with most of my half-baked ideas and notes on life’s weirdness, are dumped until the time each week when I can clear enough space under the Energy Dome to process the beautiful mess into something coherent.

This week, I’ve decided to keep the messy beauty intact and just go down the list of potential column fodder as is, and write, cut and pontificate as I go.

• Overdose Gallery: This looks cool. Well, I actually don’t know what it looks like, but it is a little art-mystery. And I’m not surprised that local arts trickster Max Infeld is behind it. It’s a “secret downtown contemporary gallery” that will feature one piece by one artist each month. Go to www.overdosegallery.blogspot.com and sign up for the only viewing of the first exhibit (featuring Selena Rosa Ruffin) on Friday, March 8.

• Rick B. soundtrack: This is so awesome. Some filmmaker heard Chico artist/musician Rick Barnett’s wonderful ramshackle, hand-clappy acoustic jam “Fragile Fickle Heart”—off the locals-only singer/songwriter compilation Thank You Chico, Goodnight—online and is going to use it an upcoming film. (Make a note to dig up more info.)

• The Chive: Chivettes? Chiving it up? Nope.

• Jeff S.: Shoot, I forgot to put in last week’s a column a note about Number One Gun’s Jeff Schneeweis having released a new EP, Closer, on iTunes.

• Google Glass(es): Ooh! If I would’ve started with this I could’ve segued so easily from my notebook blathering into a Human vs. Robot battle call! (Note: write post-human wasteland column, calling on the DEVO army to slap Google Glasses off of faces and do a little robot dance of defiance.)

• Bubble boy: I think I still have that photo I took with my phone last week of that guy floating in a bubble in the One-Mile pool.

Bubble Boy … bobbing.

• Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un sitting courtside in North Korea: Too easy. Though it might be the greatest story ever!

• “Call Me a Hole”: Holy goosebumps! Even if you aren’t like me and think that Carly Rae Jepsen’s pop toothache “Call Me Maybe” and Nine Inch Nails’ furious “Head Like a Hole” are both awesome, it is hard to deny pomDeter’s mind-blowing mash-up of the two. Visit the mysterious remixer at www.soundcloud/pomdeterrific and also hear his other fun, unexpected combos, including the excellent “A-Neck,” a mashing of indie-rock progenitors The Wedding Present’s “Brassneck” and preppy popsters Vampire Weekend’s “A-Punk.”

• monCA benny, Broken Rodeo CD-release: Shoot, I’m out of room. I’ll beg design for a tiny extra space to give shout outs for the Museum of Northern California Art’s benefit Arabic dinner at the Veterans Memorial Hall, Sunday, March 10, 5:30 p.m., and to my favorite local lonesome-cowboy duo, Broken Rodeo, and their CD-release party at Café Coda, Saturday, March 9, 8 p.m.

• Grand piano at CWC: Make it up to the Chico Women’s Club next week. Talk about the club’s restoration project for their 1911 Steinway concert piano and their 100thanniversary celebration.

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ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

16 Lower Pine Tree Ln

Berry Creek

$110,000

3/ 2

1344

317 Mission Serra Ter

Chico

$259,000

3/ 2.5

1797

3177 Dry Creek Rd

Butte Valley

$245,000

3/ 2

1392

1705 Jetta Ct

Chico

$249,000

3/ 2

1438

4295 Tuliyani Dr

Chico

$417,000

4/ 4

2476

59 Plumwood Ct

Chico

$225,500

3/ 2

1294

5150 Oak Haven Ln

Chico

$364,000

4/ 2

1730

47 Terrace Dr

Chico

$201,000

3/ 1

1279

5 La Casa Ct

Chico

$286,000

3/ 2.5

2119

2789 Revere Ln

Chico

$200,000

4/ 2.5

1516

273 St Augustine Dr

Chico

$279,000

3/ 2

1888

1 Parktree Ct

Chico

$200,000

3/ 1.5

1442

211 W Lincoln Ave

Chico

$270,000

2/ 1

1194

988 Filbert Ave

Chico

$185,000

2/ 1

1004

3676 Durham Dayton Hwy

Chico

$260,000

4/ 1.5

2480

1810 Meadow Rd

Chico

$175,000

3/ 2

1400

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The housing prices are based on the stated documentary transfer tax of the parcel and may not necessarily reflect the actual sale price of the home.

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

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Chico

$170,000

3/ 2

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3765 Hildale Ave

Oroville

$150,000

3/ 1

1184

2899 Vistamont Way

Chico

$169,000

3/ 2

1126

1 Fernbach Ct

Oroville

$130,000

2/ 2

1155

2172 Mariposa Ave

Chico

$166,000

3/ 1.5

1144

1008 Plumas Ave

Oroville

$115,000

3/ 2

1282

1092 Manzanita Ave

Chico

$135,000

3/ 1.5

1567

4888 Foster Rd

Paradise

$289,000

3/ 2

2016

20 Wrangler Ct

Chico

$125,000

2/ 1

1027

330 Starlight Ct

Paradise

$212,000

3/ 2

1940

71 Pauletah Pl

Chico

$113,000

3/ 2.5

1941

527 Valley View Dr

Paradise

$170,000

3/ 1.5

1588

1815 Snow Goose Ct

Gridley

$250,000

5/ 2.5

2955

3776 Neal Rd

Paradise

$165,000

3/ 2

1280

215 Hazel St

Gridley

$185,000

2/ 1

1798

5946 Pine View Dr

Paradise

$159,000

3/ 2

1647

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ROOTS RANCH, ROOTS REMEDIES at 3819 Grizzly Creek Road Yankee hill, CA 95965.

MICHAEL SCOTT ENGLUND 3819 Grizzly Creek Road Yankee Hill, CA 95965.

JENNIFER LEE SALMON 3819 Grizzly Creek Road Yankee Hill, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed: JENNIFER SALMON Dated: January 22, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000095 Published: February 14,21,28, March 7, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STRANGE SEED MUSIC at 926 Sheridan Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

CAMERON SCOTT 926 Sheridan Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CAMERON SCOTT Dated: February 5, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000178 Published: February 14,21,28, March 7, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as QUALIFIED BOOKKEEPING SERVICES at 54 Artesia Drive Chico, CA 95973.

BRETT MIRAMONTES 54 Artesia Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BRETT MIRAMONTES Dated: January 28, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000132 Published: February 14,21,28, March 7, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT the following person is doing business as HIGHLAND PAINTING CO. at 1604 Spruce Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

MICHAEL JOHN OTELL 1604 Spruce Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MICHAEL OTELL Dated: February 5, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000186 Published: February 14,21,28, March 7, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CALIFORNIA FAMILY RECYCLING at 2565 Whitman Place Chico, CA 95928.

NOLA IRENE LEE 1661 Forest Ave #24 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NOLA LEE Dated: January 9, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000049 Published: February 14,21,28, March 7, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GALLAWAY CONSULTING, NORTHSTAR ENGINEERING, NORTHSTAR ENVIRONMENTAL at 111 Mission Ranch Blvd,, Suite 100 Chico, CA 95926.

MAP ASSOCIATES, INC. 111 Mission Ranch Blvd., Suite 100 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: MARK ADAMS, PRINCIPAL Dated: February 4, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000169 Published: February 21,28, MArch 7,14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as C & S CABINETS at 13378 Sheep Hallow Creek Road Chico, CA 95973.

CRAIG RICHARD STEVENS 13378 Sheep Hallow Creek Road Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CRAIG R STEVENS Dated: February 11, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000203 Published: February 14,21,28, March 7, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ROWDY FARMS, RURAL RESOURCES at 3080 Throntree Dr Suite 85 Chico, CA 95973.

JOHN ROWDEN 599 E 9TH St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOHN ROWDEN Dated: January 31, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-000157 Published: February 21,28, March 7,14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons is doing business as CONSCIOUS CREATIONS at 220 2ND AVE Orland, CA 95963.

COUNTY OF GLENN KELLY LYNN OSBORNE 220 2ND AVE Orland, CA 95963.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KELLY OSBORNE Dated: January 22, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000098 Published: February 21,28, March 7,14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as OLD SCHOOLHOUSE RANCH at 1227 Peninsula Dr Chico, CA 95928.

DAVID J SAAD 1227 Peninsula Dr Chico, CA 95928.

JULIE C SAAD 1227 Peninsula Dr Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: DAVID SAAD Dated: February 15, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000227 Published: February 21,28, March 7,14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PARADISE COMPUTER REPAIR AT 4047 Neal Road #1 Paradise, CA 95969.

DAVID ESCALANTE 8741 Nugget Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

EDWARD JAMES 16940 Skyway Stirling City, CA 95978.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: DAVID ESCALANTE Dated: February 14, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000219 Published: February 21,28, March 7,14, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DIALED IN ATHLETICS at 2515 Zanella Way Suite #1 Chico, CA 95928 DIALED IN ATHLETICS 2515 Zanella Way Suite #1 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: JAKE DAVIS Dated: February 1, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000161 Published: February 28, March 7.14.21, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MOZY CO at 1340 Palm Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

THOMAS SHARKEY 1340 Palm Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: Thomas Sharkey Dated: February 19, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000235 Published: February 28, March 7,14,21, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business names INSTASHIRT, INSTASHIRT. COM at 430 W 7TH ST Chico, CA 95928.

REYNCOR INTERNATIONAL LLC 430 W 7TH ST Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: JOSEPH R REYNOLDS Dated: February 20, 2013 FBN Number: 2012-0001502 Published: February 28, March 7,14,21, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as INSTASHIRT, INSTASHIRT.COM, PHAMILY GRAPHICS at 805 W 12TH Ave Chico, CA 95926.

JOSEPH R REYNOLDS 805 W 12TH Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOSEPH R REYNOLDS DAted: February 20, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000236 Published: February 28, March 7,14,21, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO UPCYCLE DESIGNS at 1504 Laburnum Ave Chico, CA 95926.

AIMEE ALARID 3068 Boulder Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

JULIE ELLEN 1356 Ravenshoe Way Chico, CA 95973.

LISA SHERMAN 1504 Laburnum Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: LISA SHERMAN Dated:February 4, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000174 Published: February 28, March 7,14,21, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BEYOND THE BARN, JUNKIN FOR JOY BOOKS, JUNKIN FOR JOY PAPERS, JUNKIN FOR JOY VINTAGE at 2279 Nord Ave Chico, CA 95926.

LAURA MARIE HAZEL 1785 Heron Lane Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LAURA M HAZEL Dated: February 4, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000171 Published: February 28, March 7,14,21, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CREDIT CARD PROCESSING STORE at 1600 Mangrove Ave. Ste. 135 Chico, CA 95926.

ALOIS SCOTT, JR 1162 Guill Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ALOIS SCOTT JR Dated: January 23, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000100 Dated: February 28, March 7,14,21, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CYCLEDATA at 275 Fairchild Suite 105 Chico, CA 95973 INFORMATION AGENT, INC 275 Fairchild Suite 105 Chico,

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CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: RJ SCOTT, PRESIDENT Dated: February 21, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000246 Published: February 28, March 7,14,21, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALMA’S BEAUTY SALON at 973 East Ave #A Chico, CA 95926.

JORGE PEDRAZA TORRES 1109 Marin Street Corning, CA 96021.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JORGE TORRES Dated: February 22, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000252 Published: February 28, March 7,14,21, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as 38 RANCH ROPING AND ORGANICS at 270 Shady Oak Dr Oroville, CA 95966.

CHERYL A CASTAGNA 270 Shady Oak Dr Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHERY A CASTAGNA Dated: February 1, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000160 Published: February 28, March 7,14,21, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LIGHTS OUT FISHING at 1432 N. Cherry Street Chico, CA 95926.

JAMES DEREK FELL 1432 N. Cherry Street CHico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JAMES FELL Dated: February 7, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000198 Published: March 7,14,21,28, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORCAL FINANCIAL GROUP at 3201 Esplanade Suite 100 Chico, CA 95973 BRADLEY LOCKHART 2910 Alamo Ave Chico, CA 95973.

RODNEY ROLLINS 6 Walnut Park Drive Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed; ROD ROLLINS Dated: January 22, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000093 Published: March 7,14,21,28, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT - OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name BEAUTY ADDICTIONS at 1900 Oro Dam BLVD Suite 5 Oroville, CA 95966.

CORRINE E FLICKER 3354 Argonaut Ave Oroville, CA 95966.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BLACK AND WHITE PRODUCTIONS at 615 Bidwell Drive Chico, CA 95926.

LIAM JULIAN PAVLIK SELBY 615 Bidwell Drive Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LIAM JULIAN PAVLIK SELBY Dated: February 25, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000270 Published: March 7,14,21,28, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as DIGESTIVE DISEASE ASSOCIATES Cohasset Road, Suite 300 Chico, CA 95926.

NORTH VALLEY DIGESTIVE DISEASE AND GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES, INC 251 Cohasset Road, Suite 300 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: STEPHE PEARCE, PRES. Dated: February 4, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000172 Published: March 7,14,21,28, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EL TACO LOCO at 701 Main Street Chico, CA 95928.

MARTIN GARCIA 5 Sterling Ct Chico, Ca 95926.

TELMA GARCIA 5 Sterling CT Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.

Signed: MARTIN GARCIA Dated: February 26, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000274 Published: March 7,14,21,28, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NAIL CANDY at 169 Cohasset #6 Chico, CA 95926.

JILL S OGBORN 949 Downing Ave Chico, CA 95926.

SCOTT C OGBORN 949 Downing Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: JILL S. OGBORN Dated: February 15, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000229 Published: March 7,14,21,28, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as A2D POWERSPORTS LLC at 16 Phenix Dr Chico, CA 95928.

A2D SPORTS LLC 16 Phenix Dr Chico, CA 95928.

CHRISTOPHER M VIALE 16 Phenix Dr Chico, CA 95928 This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: MICHAEL VIALE Dated: February 12, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000209 Published: March 7,14,21,28, 2013

NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE ARTHUR ALEXANDER DEUBERRY To all heirs, beneficiarIes, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ARTHUR ALEXANDER DEUBERRY.

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A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JOHN ARMSTEAD DEAN, JR. in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: JOHN ARMSTEAD DEAN, JR. & CYNTHIA CURRY CRIM be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

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

A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: March 21, 2013 Time: 1:30pm Dept:TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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

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

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

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

Case Number: PR40539 Petitioner: JOHN ARMSTEAD DEAN, JR./ CYNTHIA CURRY CRIM 3850 W. 59TH Place Los Angeles, CA 90043 Published: February 28, March 7,14, 2013 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES To Whom It May Concern: The Name of the Applicants are: JERONIMO MORENO ALVAREZ, CANDIDA BAUTISTADEALVAREZ The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 820 Oroville Ave Chico, CA 95928-5541.

Type of license applied for: 41 - On-Sale Beer And Wine Eating Place Published: March 7,14,21, 2013

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CALEB JUDD VOSS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CALEB JUDD VOSS Proposed name: CALEB JUDD ANDERSON 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 22, 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 28, 2013 Case Number: 158803 Published: February 14,21,28, March 7, 2013 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ELIJAH JON VOSS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ELIJAH JON VOSS Proposed name: ELIJAH JON ANDERSON 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 22, 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 28, 2013 Case Number: 158802 Published: February 14,21,28, March 7, 2013 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BECHARA ABDUL HAY, HANAN ALHOURANI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JAYSON BECHARA ABDUL HAY Proposed name: NATHAN BECHARA ABDUL HAY 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.

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tion 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: April 5, 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: February 13, 2013 Case Number: 158906 Published: March 7,14,21,28, 2013 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SONDRA AMPEROSA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DANTE JULIAN DICKISON Proposed name: DANTE JULIAN AMPEROSA 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: April 5, 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: February 8, 2013 Case Number: 156625 Published: February 28, March 7,14,21, 2013 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BRANDON DAVID BLAUGH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: BRANDON DAVIS BLAUGH Proposed name: BRANDON DAVID WILLIAMS 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: May 3, 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: March 1, 2013 Case Number: 158990 Published: March 7,14,21,28 2013

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ARIES (March 21-April 19):

Maybe you’re not literally in exile.

You haven’t been forced to abandon your home, and you haven’t been driven from your power spot against your will. But you may, nevertheless, be feeling banished or displaced. It could be due to one of the conditions that storyteller Michael Meade names: “We may experience exile as a lack of recognition, a period of transition, an identity crisis, a place of stuckness, or else having a gift and no place to give it.” Do any of those describe your current predicament, Aries?

The good news, Meade says, is that exile can shock you awake to the truth about where you belong. It can rouse your irrepressible motivation to get back to your rightful place.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you have

a recurring nightmare that has plagued you? If so, I suspect it will recur again soon.

Only this time, Taurus, you will beat it. You will trick or escape or defeat the monster that’s chasing you. Or else you will outrun the molten lava or disperse the tornado or fly up off the ground until the earth stops shaking. Congratulations on this epic shift, Taurus. Forever after you will have more power over the scary thing that has had so much power over you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The following

request for advice appeared on Reddit: “My identical twin is stuck in an alternate dimension and she can only communicate with me by appearing as my own reflection in mirrors and windows. How can I tell her I don’t like what she’s done to her hair?” This question is a variant of a type of dilemma that many of you Geminis are experiencing right now, so I’ll respond to it here. I’m happy to say that you will soon get an unprecedented chance to commune directly with your alter egos. Your evil twin will be more available than usual to engage in meaningful dialogue.

So will your doppelgänger, your shadow, your mirror self and your stunt person.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Usually I

advise Cancerians to draw up precise borders and maintain clear boundaries. As a crab myself, I know how important it is for our well-being that we neither leak our life force all over everything nor allow others to leak their life force all over us. We thrive on making definitive choices and strong commitments. We get into trouble when we’re wishy-washy about what we want. OK, having said all that fatherly stuff, I now want to grant you a partial and temporary license to get a little wild and fuzzy. Don’t overdo it, of course, but explore the smart fun you can have by breaking some of your own rules and transgressing some of the usual limits.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the course of formulating his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin read many books. He developed a rather ruthless approach to getting what he needed out of them. If there was a particular part of a book that he didn’t find useful, he simply tore it out, cast it aside and kept the rest. I recommend this as a general strategy for you in the coming week, Leo. In every situation you’re in, figure out what’s most valuable to you and hone in on that. For now, forget the irrelevant and extraneous stuff.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here’s a pas-

sage from Charles Dickens’ novel Great Expectations: “It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.” Judging from the astrological omens, Virgo, I suspect your life may be like that in the coming days. The emotional tone could be sharply mixed with high contrasts between vivid sensations.

The nature of your opportunities may seem warm and bright one moment, cool and dark the next. If you regard this as interesting rather than difficult, it won’t be a problem, but rather an adventure.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I worked as a hair stylist in Chicago’s Gold Coast for 20 years with some of the most gorgeous

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by Rob Brezsny women and men in the world,” writes sculptor Rich Thomson. “Once I asked a photographer who shot for the big magazines how he picked out the very best models from among all these great-looking people. His response: ‘Flaws. Our flaws are what make us interesting, special, and exotic. They define us.’” My challenge to you, Libra, is to meditate on how your supposed imperfections and oddities are essential to your unique beauty. It’s a perfect moment to celebrate—and make good use of—your idiosyncrasies.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The genius of

Leonardo da Vinci was in part fueled by his buoyant curiosity. In his work as an artist, musician, inventor, engineer and writer, he drew inspiration from pretty much everything. He’s your role model for the coming week, Scorpio. Just assume that you will find useful cues and clues wherever you go. Act as if the world is full of teachers who have revelations and guidance specifically meant for you. Here’s some advice from da Vinci himself: “It should not be hard for you to stop sometimes and look into the stains of walls, or ashes of a fire, or clouds, or mud or like places, in which, if you consider them well, you may find really marvelous ideas.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Ready for a reality check? It’s time to assess how well you know the fundamental facts about where you are located. So, let me ask you: Do you know which direction north is? Where does the water you drink come from? What phase of the moon is it today? What was the indigenous culture that once lived where you live now? Where is the power plant that generates the electricity you use? Can you name any constellations that are currently in the night sky? What species of trees do you see every day? Use these questions as a starting point as you deepen your connection with your specific neighborhood on planet Earth. Get yourself grounded!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There’s

a writer I know whose work is brilliant. Her ideas are fascinating. She’s a champion of political issues I hold dear. She’s well-read and smarter than me. Yet her speech is careless and sloppy. She rambles and interrupts herself. She says “uh,” “you know” and “I mean” so frequently, that I find it hard to listen, even when she’s saying things I admire. I considered telling her about this, but decided against it. She’s an acquaintance, not a friend. Instead, I resolved to clean up my own speech—to make sure I don’t do anything close to what she does.

This is a strategy I suggest for you, Capricorn: Identify interesting people who are not fully living up to their potential, and change yourself in the exact ways you wish they would change.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The

German word Verschlimmbesserung refers to an attempted improvement that actually makes things worse. Be on guard against this, Aquarius. I fear that as you tinker, you may try too hard. I’m worried you’ll be led astray by neurotic perfectionism. To make sure that your enhancements and enrichments will indeed be successful, keep these guidelines in mind: 1. Think about how to make things work better, not how to make things look better. 2. Be humble and relaxed.

Don’t worry about saving face, and don’t overwork yourself. 3. Forget about shortterm fixes; serve long-range goals.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Telling some-

one your goal makes it less likely to happen,” says musician and businessman Derek Sivers. Numerous studies demonstrate that when you talk about your great new idea before you actually do it, your brain chemistry does an unexpected thing. It gives you the feeling that you have already accomplished the great new idea—thereby sapping your willpower to make the effort necessary to accomplish it! The moral of the story: Don’t brag about what you’re going to do someday. Don’t entertain people at parties with your fabulous plans. Shut up and get to work. This is especially important advice for you right now.

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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There’s an old rock-’n’-roll adage that says, “Never trust anyone over 30.” In honor of reaching that landmark age, Chico music staple and self-proclaimed “band whore” Cody Von Peligro K (aka Cody Kennon) is organizing what he calls a “finale” on the last day of his 20s, Friday, March 8. He plans to play in every act of a five-band bill at Monstros Pizza that night to say goodbye—well, kind of, anyhow—to his wild youth. Here’s what he had to say about mid-life crisis, punk-rock style. To witness it firsthand, check out the show at 8 p.m. Friday, March 8, at Monstros Pizza, with The Pushers, Baghdad Batteries, Zabaleen, Master Lady and The Mystery of Passion.

What’s the idea behind the show?

I’m playing in every band. It was originally supposed to be nine or 10 bands that I’ve also played in, with a few reunions and whatnot, but it didn’t work out. Some people live out of state now, or weren’t interested, or are on drugs, so it fell to four bands and me acoustically.

What band did you most want to get together?

We were going to do Kids With Headlice, the band I was in for nine or 10 years. They were all stoked, but when it came time to actually put it together, it didn’t happen.

I want to get a house with goats and chickens out in the country, get myself a little wife and have some kids. Seriously. A lot of people do it backwards and have their mid-life crisis, get married and have kids early, then freak out at 30 and start acting like kids. But I’ve been acting like a kid so long my mid-life crisis means trying to act like an adult.

What does that mean for you musically?

Probably less bands. That gives me the opportunity to really spend time developing things as a musician and songwriter, and also spending more time taking care of life’s responsibilities. I’m tired of waking up on floors haggard, hung over, and not remembering the good time I had at the show the night before. But I’ll never stop playing music. It’s what I am; I’ve been playing since I was 10.

What’s the most ridiculous band you’ve been in?

Why are you calling it a finale?

The highlight of my life up until now has been playing music with my friends. So I figured, time to close the 20s chapter of my life and flip the age onto my 30s. It’s time to get shit right;

Uh, Gruk. We started that shit in high school in Red Bluff. I was the original drummer, then moved to bass. I’ve been in Gruk three different times over the years. They were the best and the worst times of my life.

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Chili mac I love chili and periodically make enough to last me and my omnivorous son at least a few days. Last time I added macaroni at the end for chili mac, which reminded me of an incident in grammar school when the mob ruled and I was right there with them.

Like most things, it started at recess. George was a nice guy, fairly quiet, never messed with anybody and was rarely messed with. In the pecking order he was a solid Beta, not Alpha by any means and not negligible either. Anyway, this day Buddy was poking George, not hitting—that was pretty rare at recess—just needling him about how uncool he was, which was kinda mean because George was completely uncool, and being cool was the most important thing in life. For example, we were just learning to dance, and I once saw Brenda challenge Stephanie to do the “chicken” one afternoon when Mrs. Sims was down the hall. Stephanie was so good I fell in love on the spot.

And although I knew that only delinquents and dummies were selected for the color guard—the four or five boys who opened assemblies by marching in

with drums and flags—they were so cool when they strutted down the aisle between the folding chairs in the gym cafeteria assembly hall that I wanted to be a dummy, too, so I could carry the flag. I could pull it off now.

So Buddy was quizzing George about the latest music and accused him of not being familiar with a brand new record, “Red Hots and Chili Mac,” by the Moroccos, a local group. George said he did too know about “Red Hots and Chili Mac.” Buddy said, “Sing it.”

It got so quiet I could hear George, who was mildly asthmatic, breathe. I was surprised that even Buddy, who was forever trying to be the center of somebody’s attention, would go that far. He should just chestize him—punch him in the chest—and let it go at that. Actually singing a song that only some of us had even heard of with no warning or rehearsal trapped in a doorway by eight or nine of your hypercritical peers was unimaginable. I felt sorry for him.

Of course, George sang the shit out “Red Hots and Chili Mac,” word for word and in key, and I dedicated my chili mac to him. He and I were classmates through high school, and nobody ever messed with George again. Brass balls gave him immunity.

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