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A fair process Historically, members of the Chico City Council have known

Govern our city ‘the Chico way’ Chigh-quality, healthful food for the table; extraordinary nourishment for the mind and soul; a breathtaking environ-

hico is a special place. Our town offers so much:

ment; a place to thrive as an individual, raise a family and live in the golden years. This exceptional “hometown” has been carefully managed by balancing the needs of our citizens, local businesses and the environment. This is “the Chico way.” When the 2008 recession hit, the tax base that supports our public safety, education, recreation and commerce fell dramatically. Then the state, with devastating consequences, took nearly $20 million by more. These were funds allocated for Paul housing, roads and neighborhood Friedlander improvement. We experienced what City Manager Brian Nakamura called “whackPaul Friedlander, a a-mole” while in Hemet: You pass one retired music budget and then the state takes more. professor, is the The city cut spending, successfully author of Rock and negotiated reductions with employee Roll: A Social History unions and reduced staff by 70. They and a new blog called For the People drew from stable funds, because this was (4thefolks.blog an emergency. As the economy turned spot.com). He raised around, they planned for increased revhis son in Chico. enues to rebuild the “rainy day” accounts. Now, the economy is improving. Tax revenues are up. Houses are being built, magnet stores are opening at the mall, and downtown is holding its own. Yet, 4 CN&R June 13, 2013

the local newspaper is filled with scare tactics: “The liberals ran the city into the ground. We have a $20 million deficit.” The doomsayers want to slash city services, redefine our culture and reimburse the depleted funds immediately! They cry “deficits of mass destruction.” Our new (at a $160,000 annual salary) administrative-services director (aka finance director) from San Diego says cut jobs and services to pay back the funds. What does that mean? We’d eliminate 19 police positions. In Bidwell Park, we’d lose lifeguards who protect swimmers, a park ranger who protects citizens and the environment, and the volunteer coordinator for hundreds doing great work at no cost. If we buy this “austerity plan,” all citizens will feel it. Departments may barely function with their skeleton staffs. Some will suggest privatizing city services and selling city resources. Under administrators Nakamura and Assistant City Manager Mark Orme, Hemet franchised out city services and brought in consultants to run public safety. Citizens, having no accountability, finally said no. We are being offered a Southern California solution to a Chico challenge. Chicoans should not be fooled by the rhetoric around these radical cuts. Let’s urge our City Council to adopt a more moderate, patient approach, and restore our economy and community the Chico way. Ω

that the power of eminent domain, which allows the forced purchase of citizens’ property, should be used cautiously and only when the public interest and necessity mandate purchase of the property and efforts to negotiate a sale have failed. At this point, both of those criteria have been met in the case of the property at 1377 Humboldt Ave. owned by Jerry and Laura Douglas. That’s why the council, at its June 4 meeting, voted, 5-2, to initiate the eminent-domain process. The city seeks to buy an easement through a corner of the Douglases’ property—a triplex located where Humboldt runs into Highway 99—for construction of a bike-and-pedestrian bridge over Little Chico Creek that connects with 20th Street Park. The bridge will provide students at four schools, and residents north of the creek and east of the freeway—tens of thousands of people—with bicycle access to the park. Alternative routes are either prohibitively expensive or unfeasible. Two years ago, the city had the property appraised and subsequently made a “best and final” offer to the Douglases, which they refused as being too low. The city then told them they had the option of hiring their own appraiser, to be reimbursed by the city up to $5,000. In October 2012, eight months ago, they hired an appraiser, but they still haven’t seen an appraisal. The city naturally wants to move forward with the project, which is part of Bikeway 99, the north-south bike corridor funded by a federal grant. Initiation of the eminent-domain process doesn’t put an end to negotiations, but it certainly should get the attention of the Douglases’ appraiser. All parties have an interest in seeing his figures. Soon. Eminent domain is a powerful tool. In this case, the council is using it with appropriate caution and wisdom. Ω

Much ado about nursing Breast milk is the most healthful, nutrient-rich source of food

a mother can give to her baby. We hope that message isn’t lost in the recent flap about the young mother who was asked if she would cover her bare breast while feeding her baby at a local restaurant (See “Baby-food fight,” Newslines, page 9). That woman, as California civil code stipulates, had every right to nurse her infant while eating at the restaurant. But the reality of doing so with an exposed breast is that some people may feel very uncomfortable. In this particular case, at the Pour House restaurant, several people complained. That put the restaurant manager in a predicament. Understandably, he asked the woman if she wouldn’t mind covering her breast. Also understandably, the nursing mom chose instead to leave the eatery. The legalities of asking someone to cover themselves is a gray area, because the civil code has never been tested in a court of law. What’s clear is that breastfeeding in public remains somewhat taboo, particularly in cases where a woman chooses to bare her breast rather than nurse more discreetly. Americans have a hard time remembering that breasts have a function. They are seen largely as sexual objects, even when they are being used to nourish a child. A demonstration at the Pour House by nursing mothers is admirable, and we hope it does encourage women to nurse. Medical experts, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, note the many benefits breastfeeding, both for mother and infant. Women who breastfeed have a lower risk of developing breast cancer and high blood pressure, among other benefits. More important, for children, breast milk has been linked to a reduction in respiratory illnesses and allergies, ear infections, and a number of other childhood ailments. Ω

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Déjà vu One of my new jobs as editor of the CN&R is compiling and editing letters to the editor. I love the letters section. I always have. It’s fascinating to read what people think about something, and there are times when certain issues just won’t die. This week, for example, I received yet another letter about the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market. I couldn’t fit it into the print paper, but it’s running online. We have had letters about the CCFM each week for the last month, ever since the City Council came to a stalemate vote on whether or not to extend the market’s lease of its home on a city parking lot. A majority of those letters have come from residents who say the market should stay at Second and Wall streets. The council doesn’t surprise me too often, but its recent decision caught me off guard. In fact, I’m still trying to figure it out. Extending the lease would have allowed the market to provide its customers and vendors with better restroom facilities. The only reasonable conclusion is that the three council members who voted nay want the market to move to another location. Two of the no voters, Mark Sorensen and freshman Councilman Sean Morgan, weren’t on the dais for the last major debate on the market back in 2009, but Mary Goloff, now in her second term and mayor, should be experiencing some major déjà vu. Back then it was the same old argument: A handful of downtown businesses said their customers avoid shopping on Saturday because the market takes up too much parking. Some presented anecdotal evidence to back up their claims. They did so again recently. The thing is, the council has already received quantifiable data showing that the market draws 3,000 to 3,500 people downtown each Saturday and that a majority of them (two-thirds) shopped or were planning to shop elsewhere downtown. Two-thirds said the market was their main reason for coming downtown. Moreover, 88 percent said they didn’t have a difficult time parking. Those stats from 2009 are out of the classrooms of Chico State professors LaDona Knigge and Richard Gitleson, whose students spent 90 hours conducting the survey. It was done for free, but that doesn’t mean it’s not legitimate. Back in 2008, Chico State students, under the direction of a professor, conducted an audit of the city’s greenhouse-gas emissions. It cost $30,000 and will aid the city in its state-mandated goal of reducing carbon emissions. Discussion on the market is on the council’s next agenda (see Downstroke, page 8). The council members should reacquaint themselves with the market survey and take it into consideration regarding any future action, especially as it relates to the economic viability of downtown. If the market’s lease isn’t renewed for its current location, CCFM vendors could decide to vacate the region entirely, and opt instead for, say, a parking lot at a private strip-mall on the other side of Chico. Based on the survey, that would be disastrous for downtown. Now is not the time to take that gamble.

Puppy talk Re “Through the looking glass,” (Cover story, by Ken Smith, June 6): I would like to say thank you to Ken Smith and the CN&R for his charming, wellwritten article on Chico community groups advertising on Craigslist.org. It was a pleasure to have him attend our French-bulldog meetup. The article portrayed the breed very well, but there was one point I want to clarify: The original English bulldog was bred for fighting, bull baiting. The French bulldog was bred from the English bulldog and other small breeds—depending on your source, the pug or a terrier—in England to be a small “lap dog” favored by the lace-makers who migrated to France during the Industrial Revolution. It was in France that the breed evolved further and became known as the Bouledogue Français, and today is known as the French bulldog. For more information about the breed and its history, visit the websites of the French Bulldog Club of America or the American Kennel Club of America. By the way, Paris seems fine now. The vet said it is not clear that she had a seizure, but may have experienced syncope, or a faint, from loss of oxygen to the brain from the excitement and possibly overheating at the sunny park, although we met there at 10 a.m. to avoid the heat.

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Re “Street stewards” (Newslines, by Vic Cantu, June 6): Clean and Safe Chico has no correlation to providing a “solution to homelessness,” unless you consider a solution one that makes homeless people disappear. Human beings experiencing homelessness need, first and foremost, affordable housing. Try finding an expert who believes you can successfully treat mental illness and addiction while being homeless. They don’t exist. Recently Chico announced forthcoming cuts to police and fire, and the sound is deafening. Drastic cuts to affordable housing over decades—hardly a whimper. I take offense to the myopic view that homeless people, including those relegated to panhandling, support the Redirect Generosity campaign. In the work I do on the street advocating and documenting homeless issues in Chico, the clear tone is anger and disgust with this

campaign. It’s ludicrous to anticipate the homeless will suddenly lift themselves out of their situation when all direct help including food, clothing and money is removed. BILL MASH Chico

Thoughts on a park fee Re “How much is the park worth?” (Guest Comment, by Richard Ober, June 6): Increased taxes and user fees are affordable and worth the cost to keep our civil amenities usable. “You get what you pay for.” Thanks, Richard, for expressing a reality as I know it. How broke does Bidwell Park need to get before we fix it? WOODY ELLIOTT Chico

Bidwell Park and Playground Commissioner Richard Ober asks, “Is it worth a few dollars” to keep Bidwell Park open and maintained? The park currently enjoys a healthy budget, with salaries well over the median income. The taxpayers also pick up most of these employees’ generous pension and benefits premiums. Chico Area Recreation and Park District is in the same boat. Receiving more than $6.5 million in revenues, over half from taxes, CARD spends more than $4.6 million on salaries and benefits, mostly for management. A recent $400,000 CalPERS pay-off has led to staffing cuts to balance the budget, leaving a supervisor position vacant and cutting part-time workers’ hours to avoid paying them benefits. At a recent budget session, recreation Superintendent Monya Jameson detailed cuts she would make to CARD programs—impacting 555 kids—if she didn’t get more “worker bees.” The city has likewise become management-heavy and drained its resources by paying these overly generous salaries and benefits packages. I can’t believe Ober tries to hand the blame to the taxpayers—we don’t pay enough? He and the other commissioners, the city and CARD need to acknowledge their failure, and ask themselves, “How can I make this right?” JUANITA SUMNER Chico

Mr. Ober’s guest comment last week was a gentle reminder that we all need to do our part to give back to the park, which adds a rich layer of natural wonder to our urban lives. It’s always worth noting that the park was a conditionally accepted gift from Annie Bidwell (who invoked John Bidwell

as co-giver), accepted by the city on behalf of the citizens, and accepted on the conditions laid out in the “Bidwell Deed” (see a copy of the deed at: www.friendsofbid wellpark.org/deed.html.) I think most every park-user intends to not damage the park, and yet over the years, impacts— both intentional and unintentional—slowly chip away at the park’s beauty. Not to say the place isn’t utterly fantastic, but case in point: This year has seen an awful lot of spray painting—diversion dam, rocks and trees. All of us should consider volunteering in the park. This can be achieved through the city Park Division, or through various organizations. Get your service organization involved, or just pick up some trash. At the very least, be thoughtful about how you use this beautiful–even sacred—park. It’s one of a kind. How lucky we are! RANDY ABBOTT Chico

Work with homeowners Eminent-domain action should be used only in conjunction with public safety. Jerry and Laura Douglas have been trying to work with the city of Chico in regard to purchasing a portion of their income property to create a path and install a pedestrian/bike bridge over Little Chico Creek that would connect Humboldt Avenue with Community Park. They actually liked the idea, but the offer for the purchase of this piece of land is ridiculously small in comparison to the project costs. One problem is that eminentdomain appraisals take much longer to accomplish and the Douglases have had to put up their own money for this. So far, eight months have passed with no appraisal. At the June 4 City Council meeting, the Douglases asked to sit down with the council or city staff in a small meeting and work through this problem. A motion was made by Councilman Sean Morgan to table this matter until the appraisal came in. Councilman Mark Sorensen agreed, but the others did not. What I find is that five members voted in lock-step, making this a political issue that leaves hurt feelings for the Douglases. This action does nothing to bring the community together. NANCY HENRY Chico More letters online:

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The Jesus Center has announced plans for a facility to help women transition out of homeless shelters and into self-sufficiency. The House of Hope is being sponsored by the Chico Association of Realtors, which will financially cover the first year of operations for the home, as well as furnish it and help mentor the women who live there. A house that could hold up to 10 women has been tentatively selected, but the exact location is being withheld to help protect the future tenants’ privacy. Shelly Watson, director of services at the Jesus Center, will manage the new facility. She is also the director of the Sabbath House, the center’s homeless shelter for women and children. According to a Jesus Center press release, the Chico realtors group approached the center with the idea, hoping that other organizations will follow suit and lend a hand to the down-and-out.

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Early Monday morning, June 10, a driver from Chico Cab Co. called the Chico Police Department to report he’d been robbed. According to a CPD press release, 29year-old Eugene Kaspari was getting dropped off at about 2:30 a.m. on the 1100 block of East Ninth Street when he allegedly tried to take cash from the cab driver after pepper-spraying him. Kaspari didn’t get the cash but reportedly did make off with the cabby’s cigarettes, fleeing on foot to a nearby apartment complex. Officers responded and were able to identify Kaspari’s apartment, where he was arrested on charges of robbery and being under the influence of a controlled substance. Kaspari has a long record of brushes with the law, including a charge in March of driving on a suspended license.

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Supporters of the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market are circulating a letter via email addressed to Mayor Mary Goloff , asking her to support the Saturday market’s efforts to improve its current location at the parking lot at Second and Wall streets. Goloff (pictured) has placed the market’s lease option on the June 18 City Council agenda. She says the matter needs to be resolved and that she wants what’s best for the market. Supporters are worried the council may not renew the lease of that city-owned lot, forcing the market to move to the Chico Municipal Center parking lot two blocks to the south. Some downtown business owners say the market cuts into their Saturday customer base by taking up precious parking spots. Market supporters say it attracts more than 3,000 potential downtown customers each weekend. 8 CN&R June 13, 2013

Farewell, Dorothy Well-known local peace activist passes away at age 84

“Dhonest and straightforward,” Louis Parker said of his wife, a local peace activist who orothy was always completely

passed away last Thursday, June 6, at the age of 84. “She was one of those rare people that always walked her by talk, and she wasn’t afraid to Ken suffer the consequences.” Smith In November 2005, Parker “walked her talk” under a fence kens@ newsreview.com and over a line at a School of the Americas protest in Fort Benning, Ga., the consequences of which were a 57-day stint—at the age of 77—in the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin. The Georgia-based School of the Americas (SOA)—known officially since 2001 as the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, or WHINSEC—is a controversial facility where Latin American military and police officers are trained by American personnel. Critics say some of the school’s graduates return to their home Celebrate countries and use their training Dorothy’s life: to oppress poor populations, A memorial service will be held at destabilize governments, carry 1:30 p.m. on out kidnappings and death-squad Sunday, June 16, at hits, and commit other humanNew Vision United rights violations. Church of Christ “She wasn’t treated well at (formerly all while she was there; they Congregational Church of considered what she did to be Chico, UCC), unpatriotic,” Louis said of his 1190 E. First Ave. wife’s prison stay in the Bay

Area. “Near the beginning [of her stay], she sent a sketch of her cell to friends back home, and [prison officials] called it an escape attempt.” Though obviously grieving, Louis let out a chuckle as he continued: “They actually thought a 77-year-old woman was going to try to get over the wall.” While Louis can laugh now, it was no joking matter at the time. While Dorothy was in the facility, her commissary, communication and outdoor privileges were suspended. She was denied prescription medications and spent most of her time in a 7-by-10-foot cell with two other inmates, sharing a metal toilet and water fountain with no privacy. She kept a journal and, upon her release, self-published her accounts in a book titled You Too Could Go to Federal Prison. Dorothy later said her prison stay was much worse than she anticipated, that she was shocked by the coldness and conduct of the guards. She expressed her horror at how many women were serving time simply for being related or married to drug offenders while committing no crime themselves. As bad as it was, she quipped that at least she didn’t have to face a firing squad, as others she’d met through her humanitarian work in Central America had (see “Better than a firing squad,” Newslines, June 15, 2006). Dorothy’s interest in Latin

America began in 1979, when she made her first trip to build houses in rural Nicaragua with Habitat For Humanity. She made the same pilgrimage every year

after, co-leading contingents of 18 people and sometimes spending her entire summers building homes and schools in Central America. During these trips, she made several friends and developed an “extended family,” many of whom were directly affected and even killed during the U.S.backed Contra war. Louis recalled that Dorothy’s humanitarian work and activism dated back much earlier. In 1954, she had traveled to what was then called Portuguese Angola with her first husband, to teach and help people there develop agriculture. Louis and Dorothy met in the early 1970s when both were volunteering at a crisis help-line. Dorothy was so affected by that experience she pursued a career in mental health, and for many years worked for Butte County Behavioral Health as a drug-and-alcohol counselor. Until her diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease a year and a half ago, she remained active as a founder and board member of the Chico Peace and Justice Center, as well as with Habitat for Humanity, continuing her Central American excursions and even returning to SOA/WHINSEC protests, though she never “crossed the line” again. “She was definitely an inspiration and a mentor figure to me,” said fellow activist Cathy Webster. Webster said she met Dorothy through CPJC actions and eventually formed a strong friendship. Webster even followed in Dorothy’s footsteps to jail, entering the Ft. Benning base during an SOA protest and serving jail time herself.

Webster said Dorothy’s prison experience weighed heavily on the woman, even years later. “Of course she never broke, and she wasn’t so upset at the way she was treated, because part of our training in activism focuses on being aware of the fact that we are somewhat privileged white people who choose to trespass and serve the time,” Webster explained. “But she was appalled at how other women there were treated, and at the whole system that brought them there, especially women of color. “She met people who had been beaten down their whole lives and continued to be beaten down,” Webster continued. “She was a really compassionate person who was very committed to justice, and felt it wasn’t right people remained in poverty and were oppressed in various ways, not just in Nicaragua and Central America, but here in the U.S., and around the world.” It is interesting that Dorothy, the

dedicated peacenik willing to serve federal prison time as a “prisoner of conscience,” remained a registered Republican until her recent passing. “It is kind of funny, but I don’t think it’s that strange,” Webster said. “She believed in being true to yourself, in being strong and independent and selfsufficient, and she was very active in her church and loved her family. “Some people consider those ‘conservative values,’ but a lot of liberals feel the same way. But she certainly opposed war, and opposed anyone using their power to oppress others.” Louis said he and his wife didn’t always see eye-to-eye politically, noting his own military background (he served in the Korean War), stint in law enforcement and 55-year career as a private detective, a profession Dorothy sometimes said could be morally ambiguous. “But we had an understanding. It took the first few years of our marriage to adjust, but we worked it out. I always stayed out of her way and appreciated that, well, whatever she was up to, that’s Dorothy. “Even if we didn’t agree, I always supported her,” Louis said, recalling he didn’t even bat an eye when Dorothy informed him she had every intention of getting arrested and serving her time. He continued, half-jokingly, shaking his head as he wiped a tear from his eye. “I always said the only mistake that woman ever made in her life was marrying me, a private detective with a questionable background.” Dorothy suffered a brain aneurism early Thursday morning and was transported from Sycamore Glen—where she’d lived since her diagnosis with Parkinson’s disease—to Enloe Medical Center. She was surrounded by friends and family at the time of her passing later that morning. Ω

Baby-food fight Mother nursing in public stirs up controversy not had a chance to patronize your restaurant yet, but I plan to very “soon. Ihave And all this nonsense about the nurs-

ing mother who was obviously trying to cause a sh**storm will not slow me down.” Those are the words of one of the many people weighing in on the Facebook page of the Pour House restaurant about Nichole Avery, a young mother featured on KHSL-TV’s evening news June 6 after she was asked to cover her exposed breast with a napkin while nursing her baby inside the eatery. Manager Sam Steyer had made the request after receiving complaints from several customers. Avery chose to leave rather than comply. The story, as KHSL pointed out the following day on its website, “generated a strong reaction from many viewers.” Partly at issue was whether or not Steyer had the right to ask Avery to cover her breast while feeding her child. “Nichole is a new mom. She’s shy. For her to be the one to be told she was nursing wrong and needed to cover up, it’s a tragedy,” offered 27-year-old Rosie Wiklund, a friend of Avery’s and one of the organizers of a June 9 “nurse-in” at the Pour House to raise awareness about breastfeeding in public. Attendees held signs saying such things as, “This baby needs my milk, not your approval,” “Breastfeeders can sit next to me!” and “Eat local,” featuring a stylized image of a baby nursing. Wiklund and fellow nurse-in organizer, 28-year-old Shayna Ozer, were among the 30 or so men and women who brought their children to the event, for which the Pour House set up a table offering free fruit salad and ice water. Avery was conspicu-

ously absent. The women attending the event did not perform any sort of synchronized nursing of their children, and instead passed out information about California Civil Code 43.3, which says “a mother may breastfeed her child in any location, public or private, except the private home or residence of another, where the mother and the child are otherwise authorized to be present.” The info sheet suggested alternatives to Steyer’s handling of the incident, including: “The staff might offer to reseat a customer with a complaint, to wit: ‘Would you like me to find you a table where you would be more comfortable?’” “I wanted to build a lot of support around nursing mothers so they wouldn’t feel they had to stay in their homes nursing,” said Wiklund, who cited a list of well-documented reasons to breastfeed, including mother-andchild bonding, reduction of the risk of breast and uterine cancer for the mother, and reduction of the risk of the child developing cancer, diabetes, childhood obesity and allergies. “It takes a certain amount of bravery to nurse your child in public, especially for a new mom,” Ozer said. “To be told what you’re doing is wrong or disgusting or gross can be really disheartening, and can make any future attempt to nurse in public really difficult.” According to local attorney Michael

R. Bush, California Civil Code 43.3 “does not create on its face any authority to impose any limitation on the right to

SIFT|ER Most Americans believe city life improving “This probably is the darkest time for the city of Chico,” City Manager Brian Nakamura said at a recent City Council meeting, referring to a budget crisis that may lead to sweeping cuts and job losses (see “Dark Days,” Newslines, June 6). Meanwhile, most Americans—61.9 percent, according to a recent Gallup poll—are optimistic that their cities are becoming better places to live. People were more pessimistic during the recent economic downturn, with a low of 51.1 percent in February 2009 reporting their cities were improving. By region, the West has most improved its outlook, showing a 10.3 percent rise from its 2009 low-point. Here’s a look at the percentage of Americans who are optimistic about their place of residence:

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Shayna Ozer (left) and Rosie Wiklund hold their babies, 1-year-old Ceci and 9-month-old Benjamin. They were among those attending last Sunday’s nurse-in at the Pour House restaurant in north Chico. PHOTO BY CHRISTINE G.K. LAPADO-BREGLIA

breastfeed in public.” In other words, Steyer had no legal right to ask Avery to cover up, Bush said. “I suppose the woman couldn’t sit there totally naked and say, ‘I’m breastfeeding’ … but you have the right to breastfeed in public,” Bush said, “and my reading of [the statute] says it couldn’t be limited by requiring a certain kind of clothing or that you face a certain direction or are in a certain part of the restaurant.” Nevertheless, a gray area exists. There have been “no cases interpreting [the statute],” Bush said, and KHSL interviewed two lawyers, each of whom interpreted it very differently. One said it is illegal to ask a nursing mother to cover up while breastfeeding in public, while the other said it is legal. “Neither the Pour House nor Sam [Steyer] did anything wrong or illegal,” said Pour House owner Gary Lewis, in a telephone interview. “We’d had complaints from three tables that were uncomfortable with the situation. Sam only politely asked [Avery] if she’d be willing to use a napkin to partially conceal herself. “This isn’t a question about whether a California Civil Code [statute] was broken or not, because it wasn’t. I think it’s more of a question about common decency and respect for others. “We’ve had countless women who have breastfed in public here—all of which have used more discretion—and never had a complaint … We never intended to make the woman upset.” Avery, who did not respond to a number of requests for an interview, did have this to say in a June 6 post on her Facebook page: “As many of you know, I have anxiety issues, and there is no way I would go out of my way to ‘flash’ myself or cause drama or attention to breastfeeding. I didn’t think so many people would look at it the way they have, as an ‘unclassy’ and shameful thing. I wish this would all blow over by now.” —CHRISTINE G.K. LAPADO-BREGLIA christinel@newsreview.com

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ews of the apparently dismal N state of the city budget has cast an ominous shadow, shaking up

city hall with layoff notices, giving “I-told-you-so” ammunition to fiscal conservatives, putting some elected officials on the defensive, and thoroughly confusing nearly everyone else. It was recently announced that the city’s general fund has a $4.8 million deficit that must be erased in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. Other funds are also running in the red, but are not required by law to be balanced in the next year. City Manager Brian Nakamura announced in May that the city’s goal was to cut spending by $7 million to balance the general fund and draw down the other deficits. But Assistant City Manager Mark Orme and Administrative Services Director Chris Constantin recommended the city shoot for the less ambitious $4.8 million reduction, which will be reflected in the proposed budget given to the City Council Tuesday, June 18, for its consideration during an all-day budget session. On Friday, June 8, the city cohosted with local business organizations a public forum called Budget 101 to try to explain the city’s financial process. During the hourlong event in the City Council chambers, about 75 citizens watched a PowerPoint presentation and heard from city officials whose general message was: “Yeah, things are bad. But don’t point fingers, because we’re gonna be OK.” Nakamura said the goal is to promote business and cut expenses. He also asked for patience from the public and reverence for city staff and the council. “It’s very different sitting out there than it is sitting up here,” he said, gesturing to the council dais. Orme echoed Nakamura and said it is important “to keep Chico, Chico, but responsibly. The public distrusts the government right now. There is insecurity inside city hall as well.” Chico City Manager Brian Nakamura addresses an audience in the City Council chambers during the Budget 101 conference last Friday, June 7. PHOTO BY MELISSA DAUGHERTY

Indeed, a few days after the Budget 101 event, a longtime city employee, who asked not to be named, said there is a general air of tension among workers. “We don’t know what’s going to happen,” the employee said. “The waiting is the hardest part.” Included in the possible layoffs are police and firefighter jobs. Of the 19 positions slated for elimination at the police station, 13 are unfilled positions, two are pending retirements and four are actual layoffs of non-sworn police personnel—two community-services officers, one crime analyst and one animal-control supervisor. The five firefighter positions slated for elimination are currently vacant. In a press release, Chico Police Chief Kirk Trostle voiced his concerns over the proposed budget. “I can appreciate the City Manager’s daunting task in balancing a $4.8 million budget deficit, but I must boldly oppose the preliminary budget recommendation that decimates the law-enforcement component of public safety in the city of Chico,” he wrote. Nakamura, Orme and

Constantin were all hired within the last year from out of town. City Accounting Manager Frank Fields has been with the city for a number of years, having moved here in 1991. He told the Budget 101 crowd that he looked forward to the changes ahead. “Over the next few years, the budget process will be changing a

lot,” Fields said. “The mission of the budget process is to ensure that the council can make informed decisions.” Constantin, the administrativeservices director, said in a recent interview that past spending habits have brought the city to its current financial mess. “In the past, we were spending far in excess of what we took in,” he said. “We would direct chargeexpenses to the developer fund. This fund was not balanced, and since you’re not required to balance it, the city did nothing. We overspent and didn’t address it.” Constantin, in a brief report called “How Did We Get Here?,” notes that besides directing charges to various funds to keep the general fund balanced, the city’s fees do not cover the costs of service. “As a result, the general and other funds ‘subsidize’ these activities when they should be paid by those who benefit,” the report states. Constantin said that the city charges a vendor $11 for a door-todoor sales permit, for example, but producing that permit costs the city more than $100. “The sky has been falling for the past eight years,” Constantin said. “But not in a manner the public would have seen. The important takeaway here is that the city has to balance its checkbook before it can truly grow. The city has to be more accountable with how it spends its money.” —TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

Nipped at the bud Large Butte County pot garden uprooted he season for large-scale marijuana-garTCounty den busts got under way June 6 as Butte sheriff’s deputies raided an outdoor,

16,272-plant operation in the Plumas National Forest. With one plane and two helicopters at its disposal, the Butte County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Unit spotted the garden in the Mountain House area northeast of Lake Oroville during aerial surveillance. The site was far-removed from major highways, but deputies were provided access to the garden via a U.S. Forest Service road. “Whenever we have a marijuana grow on Forest Service land, we work in conjunction with them,” said Sgt. Steve Collins during a phone interview. Since it’s early in the growing season, the plants were seized prior to reaching maturity, he said. Though the size of the grow suggests multiple suspects were involved, deputies—working with the Forest Service and SWAT teams from Butte and Yuba counties, as well as the Chico Police Department—made just one arrest during the raid. Officers reportedly encountered 41-year-old Antonio Gomez-Cruz, of the Central Valley community of Soltana, in the kitchen area of the marijuana garden’s campsite, where he had a “very brief conversation” with officers before reportedly making a run for it. “One of the officers announced that he had a canine, told the guy to stop, and he didn’t,” Collins said, adding that the police dog quickly put an end to the chase and that “if we didn’t have the canine, we very well may not have apprehended [Gomez-Cruz].” Officers were also confronted with the typical mess associated with the makeshift campsites of marijuana growers living onsite to tend to their gardens, Collins said. “They had a lot of trash,” he said. “Some of it was in trash bags. Some of it was strewn out on the ground. They had bags of fertilizer stashed in various places. … They had trash shoved up into the bushes, and holes they’d dug for burying it.” Even with help from the Forest Service and the SWAT teams, the task of seizing and bundling the marijuana plants following the bust took two days. Though Mexican cartels are often responsible for such large-scale gardens (the Special Enforcement Unit shuts down as many as 25 in a year), Collins said

the ongoing investigation has yet to determine whether this particular grow was run by such an organization. On-site evidence suggested the operation was “similar to other marijuana grows we’ve busted, but we don’t have any definitive proof [that a Mexican cartel was involved],” he said. The number of large-scale marijuana

gardens that sheriff’s deputies encounter fluctuates from year to year, Collins said. He anticipates this season will be busier than last year’s, based on “what we’ve seen already. “Last year, we had very few [marijuanagarden busts]. I don’t know what sizes we’ll see, but I believe we’ll see more gardens this year compared to last year.”

Officers from the Butte County Sheriff’s Office eradicated 16,272 young marijuana plants from this illegal garden in the Plumas National Forest. PHOTO COURTESY OF BUTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

The Special Enforcement Unit’s aerial surveys, while an effective means for locating rural marijuana gardens, are also helpful in spotting grows in residential settings. In fact, an aerial operation in early May led to the June 11 bust of a 710-plant garden on Dottie Lane in Paradise, according to a Butte County Sheriff’s Office press release. In what sheriffs described as “a scene very similar to those located in illegal cartelstyle marijuana grows in our mountains,” the marijuana was planted in between rows of corn. Two Mexican nationals, Francisco Santiago-Pedro and Demetrio MarcialMatias, were arrested in that case. Meanwhile, Gomez-Cruz was arraigned in Butte County Superior Court on June 11, facing felony charges of marijuana cultivation and possession of marijuana for sale, and a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest. His bail was set at $103,000. —HOWARD HARDEE howardh@newsreview.com

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GREENWAYS John Whittlesey and Jennifer Jewell examine the wild pollinators visiting a young California buckwheat plant at the new pollinator garden at Gateway Science Museum.

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The nation’s drinking-water infrastructure needs $384 billion in improvements to continue delivering clean water through 2030, a federal survey finds. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released results for its Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and Assessment on June 4, identifying investments needed for 73,400 national water systems over the next 20 years, according to an EPA press release. The assessment suggested allocating $247.5 billion for transmission lines, $72.5 billion for infrastructure to reduce contamination, $39.5 billion for waterstorage reservoirs, and $20.5 billion for intake structures, spring collectors and wells. Read the EPA report at www.tiny url.com/jwta7vw.

Inset: A bright-green native Halictidae bee works around the pollen-filled stamens of a cup-shaped native mallow flower. Bees from the Halictidae family are important pollinators of natural and agricultural vegetation. PHOTO BY KAREN LASLO

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Climate change could result in the extinction of a majority of California’s native freshwater fish within the next century, a study finds. Researchers from the UC Davis found that of 121 native fish species, 82 percent are likely to be driven to low numbers or extinction, ceding habitat to non-native fish, according to a UC Davis press release. During the same timeframe, only 19 percent of California’s 50 nonnative fish species face a similar risk. Species requiring cold water, such as salmon and trout, are particularly threatened. “If present trends continue, much of the unique California fish fauna will disappear and be replaced by alien fishes such as carp, largemouth bass, fathead minnows and green sunfish,” said Peter Moyle, a professor of fish biology at UC Davis.

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The high-profile Keystone XL oil-pipeline controversy has overshadowed the proposed construction of a massive copper-and-gold mine in close proximity to one of the most productive salmon fisheries in the world. The mine, as proposed by the Pebble Limited Partnership, would be located near Alaska’s Bristol Bay (home to half the world’s sockeye salmon). At 14 square miles and 1,700 feet deep, it would be the largest mine in North America— 20 times larger than all other Alaskan mines combined, according to The Washington Post. Six Native Alaskan tribes have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to block the project on grounds that it will violate the federal Clean Water Act by harming the region’s waterways, fish and wildlife. The EPA is a long way from making a final decision, hoping to complete a watershed-impact assessment by the end of the PHOTO COURTESY OF TROUT UNLIMITED year. The Pebble Limited Partnership has argued the operation would generate nearly 5,000 construction jobs and 2,750 permanent ones for Alaskans. However, Tim Bristol, the director of Trout Unlimited’s Alaska program, said that 14,000 jobs depend on a healthy salmon fishery. Send your eco-related news tips to Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia at christinel@newsreview.com.

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Tcate, pretty, light-pink flower—grows as a border plant in a few spots in Michaelhe Mexican primrose—a deli-

Anne Foley’s expertly cared-for garden at her home just south of Hamilton City. On an opposite end of the lush row of plantings, a dandelion grows. Yet, Foley, a Butte County master gardener, is clear about which plant she intends to pull. “I’m working on getting it all out,” Foley said, pointing to the primrose. “It turned out to be a very dangerous flower, for when they wilt and [butterflies] think there’s still nectar in [them] … their proboscis gets stuck way down there.” One of the main focuses of her gardens is to bring in pollinators—particularly butterflies and hummingbirds—and a flower that harms them just won’t do. The dandelion stays, said Foley, as its yellow flower is visited by a number of pollinators, including bees. Foley is full of stories of the highs and lows of being a pollinator gardener, from when a friend dared to pet a bumblebee (which didn’t seem to mind), to the “very bossy” male Rufous hummingbird that migrates yearly through her yard, to when she unintentionally removed all the larval food for the Red Admiral butterfly—stinging nettle. “It wasn’t until … about eight years after I had pulled out some stinging

nettle that I figured out what impact I had on a group of butterflies,” Foley said. Without nettles—the only food suitable for the Red Admiral’s larvae—the butterflies have no place to lay their eggs, and consequently, the local population declines. Yet a new educational pollinator garden in town, at the Gateway Science Museum—open just in time for National Pollinator Week, June 17-23—will assist local gardeners in understanding how and why to attract pollinators to their gardens. National Pollinator Week was started in 2007 by the U.S. Senate and the USDA to begin addressing the decline of pollinator populations, according to San Franciscobased nonprofit organization Pollinator Partnership. Locally, Gateway Science Museum boasts a robust pollinator garden. Planted this spring, the garden behind the museum is filled with native plants and interpretive signage. It will help museum visitors learn about different plants and their purposes, including the importance of planting not just for the nectar and pollen for pollinaPollinator resources:

• Pollinator Partnership offers educational resources for National Pollinator Week; go to www.pollinator.org for info. • Visit Gateway Science Museum’s pollinator garden during museum hours, Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Go to www.csuchico.edu/gateway or call 898-4121 to learn more.

tors, but also to provide “shelter for them, nesting sites, and larval food,” explained Jennifer Jewell, the museum’s volunteer coordinator. The museum’s garden also helps gardeners connect the dots as to why they should be encouraging insect life. “You’re bringing in all this insect life, and in turn, you get a better balance in your garden,” explained John Whittlesey, co-designer of the garden. Hoverflies, a common pollinator, won’t pollinate as effectively as a bee, he explained, but their larvae eat aphids, he said. By encouraging the hoverfly to live in your yard, “you’re bringing in all these checks and balances” to your garden to make for a more healthy ecosystem. The garden, which celebrated its opening on May 1, will be treated as a “fourth gallery” of the museum, Jewell said, with books, activities, workshops, and more for visitors of all ages. “People think of pollinators, and they think of the honey bee. But there are 16,000 species of bees in California, there are 150 species of pollinating beetles, there are thousands of different types of flies, and there are butterflies, moths, bats,” said Jewell. “There is just so much that is working on this together.” And most of these pollinator populations are in decline. Pollination is big business in Butte

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in small ways. “It doesn’t have to be that complicated. Just be a little more conscious” of the insect life in the garden and learn how to enhance it, says Whittlesey. He recommends planting a variety of flowers of different shapes—some umbel-shaped, like a yarrow flower; some composite, like the native grindelia; some bell-shaped—and making sure that something is blooming year-round. Whittlesey also recommends planting masses of flowers together, which some pollinators appear to prefer, rather than a small, single stand. One of the biggest advantages of having a pollinator garden, said Foley, is the change in perspective of the gardener. “I never thought about all these insects the way I do now,” she said. “The majority of [insects] are probably beneficial, and they’re not pests.” Ω

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As more American adults are prescribed pharmaceutical drugs, more children are being poisoned by accidentally taking drugs prescribed for adults, a study finds. The study, published in the June 3 edition of the journal Pediatrics, looked at data from the National Poison Data System and National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys from 2000 through 2009, finding children are most likely to be poisoned by drugs used to treat diabetes, high cholesterol, pain, cardiovascular disease, glaucoma and migraine, according to CBS News. In that time frame, there was a 30 percent increase in the rate of emergency-room visits due to medicine poisoning. “Increasing [numbers of] adult drug prescriptions are strongly associated with rising pediatric exposures and poisonings, particularly for opioids and among children 0 to 5 years old,” the researchers wrote.

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A medication that helps smokers quit also has potential to reduce alcohol dependence, a study finds. The study, conducted by scientists at the National Institutes of Health, found that varenicline (marketed as Chantix) lowered alcohol consumption and craving in those who were alcoholdependent, according to a National Institutes of Health press release. Of the 200 alcoholdependent adults studied, female participants reported drinking an average of 28 alcoholic beverages a week prior to the study, while men averaged 35 drinks a week. Compared to a placebo, varenicline reduced the number of days participants drank heavily by nearly 22 percent. Varenicline works by stimulating receptors for nicotinic acetylcholine, a “molecular target implicated in both nicotine and alcohol disorders,” states the press release. “Drinking and smoking often co-occur, and given their genetic and neurochemical similarities, it is perhaps unsurprising that a smoking-cessation treatment might serve to treat alcohol problems,” said Raye Z. Litten, the study’s lead author. Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at howardh@newsreview.com.

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cedes can be challenging to remember. Its abbreviation, ILSNC, doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, either, and the organization’s growing list of programs can tax even the best memory. Just think of it this way: People helping people help themselves. ILSNC is an offshoot of the disabilityrights movement. Founded in 1980 in Chico, the nonprofit serves a diverse group of individuals who need some degree of assistance in living on their own. It’s one of 28 centers for independent living in California. Staff members may help a person find a job or housing. They may help him or her navigate complex government bureaucracies. They may lend out medical equipment or get a person started at a community garden. ILSNC is also a major regional provider of services for the local Hmong community. The list goes on and on. “Our overarching philosophy is selfdirection and personal choice,” Executive Director Evan LeVang said. “Everything we do follows that guideline. To the greatest extent possible, our independent-living-skills staff doesn’t do things for people per-se; we work with them—counsel, advise, guide.” The staffers come from a place of knowledge because 90 percent are people with disabilities themselves. Their passion also feeds the organization’s commitment to standing up for the rights of people with disabilities as well as the home-care workers who help so many live independently, rather than in a nursing home or other institution. “We take pride in our advocacy and community organizing,” LeVang said. “Volunteers and consumers in our agency have done amazing stuff to help prevent really horrific cuts to programs that people with disabilities need.”

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Redding, ILSNC works with approximately 800 new clients each year, fielding around 1,400 phone calls. Sometimes a referral to another agency is in order, but often ILSNC is the right place for a person with disabilities to get assistance. The first step is determining what is needed. That comes via the intake process, in which the person meets with an independent-living specialist. Together they create a plan with goals, steps and responsibilities for both parties. “Our services are consumer-directed,” LeVang explained. “We don’t do classic case management—we’re kind of like life coaches. We do everything from finding an affordable, accessible place to live, to helping with employment searches ... [and]

independent-living-skills training. There are personal issues, too, so we do peer advising. “We view ourselves as peers, not as experts who talk down.” ILSNC also lends equipment to people in need, for as long as necessary. Such items include ramps, iPads and laptop computers. And things like walkers, wheelchairs, power scooters and shower benches are provided for permanent use. Benefits-advising represents one piece of the ILSNC puzzle. People with disabilities may not be aware of all the government programs in which they’re able to participate, or they may have difficulty in securing these benefits. The programs are makeor-break for many individuals. “There may be a misconception out there that those people who are living on

APPOINTMENT CELEBRATE SURVIVING Cancer survivors and their caregivers are invited to Feather River Hospital’s Spring Survivorship Celebration, to be held at Bille Park in Paradise (at the lower park with the pavilion, 6261 W. Wagstaff Road) on Thursday, June 13, from 2 to 4p.m. The afternoon will include art displays, live music, survivor stories, refreshments and more. Call 876-3157 to register (required).

Butte County’s Only Hospital Based Midwifery Service “MIDWIFE IS AN OLD ENGLISH term and literally means, ‘with woman.’ It’s her birth, her body, her baby, and she should have her baby her way. Midwives get to know the woman on all levels – physically, emotionally, spiritually, and what her social support network is like. It doesn’t matter if she wants an epidural or an all natural birthing experience. Midwives are there through the whole process to support the woman.” Lisa Catterall RN, CNM told us. Lisa is a provider with Feather River Midwifery Service, which has two clinics in Butte County: One in Paradise and one in Chico, conveniently located at 1617 Esplanade. Lisa has been a registered nurse and midwife for almost thirty years and has delivered well over 3000 babies in that time. She explained what it means for midwives to have hospital privilege and what that means for expecting women. “Feather River Hospital is the only hospital in Butte County with midwives.

We can care for the woman at our clinics and then admit them to Feather River Hospital when it’s time to deliver.” Feather River Midwifery Service is overseen by Dr. Deborah Anderson, an obstetrician, who is very supportive of midwifery. When a laboring woman is admitted to Feather River Hospital’s Birth Day Place, she can expect to be cared for by a cohesive team of professionals. Feather River Hospital’s approach to caring for the whole person keeps Nurse Midwives, Obstetricians, nurses, social services, nutrition services, and Pediatricians in constant communication with each other and the woman and her family to deliver the highest level of care to the new mother and baby Lisa elaborated on the culture of Feather River Midwifery Service, and Feather River Hospital, “We view a person from the perspective of health, rather than from the perspective of disease.” Births attended by Feather River Hospital midwives boast a very

low 7%-8% c-section rate. Feather River Hospital’s Birth Day Place has spacious, private, LDRP (labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum) rooms with warm and comfortable features. They offer a number of services that can’t be found at other Butte County hospitals, including the option to have a water birth, and hydrotherapy for natural pain relief during labor. “Midwifery is growing because women want to be heard and be in control of the medical support they receive. They want to have time spent with them and be seen as individuals. With Feather River Midwifery Service, the midwife attending the birth will already have spent a lot of time with the mother,” Lisa said. There are four Certified Nurse Midwives including Cheryl Struve, Ann Wright, and Tomi Warren and they also provide Well Woman Care and gynecological exams throughout a woman’s lifespan. They are currently accepting new patients.

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environment, and with the social safety-net fraying at the edges, ILSNC personnel can find themselves with a discouraging, monumental task—“but we still do our job,” LeVang said. “We serve a lot of people and do a lot of good work.” He’s particularly proud of two of ILSNC’s more recent programs: one for people with poor vision, and one that ties in with the communitybased agriculture (CSA) movement. The first program is called OIB, for older individuals who are blind. It benefits people 55 and older whose vision loss cannot be corrected by normal eyewear. ILSNC offers personal advising, a support group and assistive technology. “It’s a program that does amazing stuff,” LeVang said. “For people who are experiencing low vision or are losing their vision, it’s extremely depressing, alienating and scary. There are very few services for people with low vision regionally, so we’re really filling a niche and a need in that area.” Meanwhile, ILSNC is working

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with a handful of North State groups to boost nutrition—and outdoor activity—through community-gardening and farmers’ markets. ILSNC has partnered with Cultivating Community Advocates, and with CCA-grant beneficiaries including the Chapman-neighborhood farmers’ market and community gardeners from the Jarvis Gardens affordable-housing complex. ILSNC’s main push is for education. “When people have economic difficulties, they find it hard to eat well, because most affordable food isn’t really food at all—it’s junk,” LeVang said. “By expanding opportunities for people to either grow their own food and to shop as much as possible at farmers’ markets, they can improve their lives in many different ways. “When you talk about a community garden, you’re talking about exercise, socialization, relationships and friends. And there’s an education aspect about learning to prepare the food that you grow yourself, so there’s a health benefit. Furthermore, you could potentially learn job skills working in a local agriculture setting. You could market stuff that you grow, or join with others to form a company or some other group that grows and sells locally grown food. “So, we think local agriculture is an important emerging aspect of the disability world.” Ω

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climb on the city bus, carrying my bags and possessions as part of the daily routine, which includes locating and collecting recyclables and cashing them in to help make ends meet. After I sit down, the lady in the sideways seat starts giving me sidelong glares. She somehow resembles Garrison Keillor, except she has one of those walkers that have a seat and she’s hooked up to a portable oxygen tank. The man across the aisle in a wheelchair is giving me dirty looks, and a college-age student way in the back seems displeased, too.

Marilyn Fry

An inside view of gathering recyclables to survive

Canning way of life BY MARILYN FRY

The garbage bags I’ve tucked beneath my seat are crackling and tinkling embarrassingly, even though I have a leg pressed against one of them. An elderly Hispanic man doesn’t notice me at all. His head lolls on his shoulder while he gently snores. The bus makes a sudden move and one of my bags topples. It’s the one carrying the aluminum cans, which rush out clanking and rolling in every direction. A kid from the Work Training Center takes note: “You’ve lost your cans, ma’am!” he shouts, as if all the other passengers hadn’t already noticed. “I know,” I mumble, mortified. “I’ll pick them up when I get off.” “I’ll help you get ’em!” he cries. I shudder as he lurches from his seat to dive for the cans. The driver barks, “Sit down!” The kid acts as if he hasn’t heard the driver and is down on the floor, scrabbling around, grabbing my errant garbage and making more noise than I can emotionally tolerate. The cans have nestled in places where I could retrieve them only with my reach-extender, but the kid is rooting them out pretty efficiently, even while the driver yells at him.

I close my eyes and envision myself on a desert island, its sparkling white beach lapped by crystal turquoise waves and fringed with palm trees and lush foliage. Welcome to the wonderful world of

canning! This is not the kind of canning your dear old Aunt Prudence did when she harvested her one-acre garden and put that harvest into gleaming, sterile Mason jars that were then arranged neatly in her pantry. This kind of canning is all about going out to look for things to recycle for money— specifically aluminum cans, plastic bottles and sometimes glass bottles, although the latter is difficult for most people to deal with. Let me state this up front—I am not an addict. Three years ago this coming August, I realized that my budget no longer stretched to cover groceries. Thinking about alternate part-time employment, I ruled out prostitution and bank robbery, mostly because of ineptitude and illegality. Joking aside, I’d been recycling my own empty cans and bottles for years and I was aware of scruffy guys swooping through our neighborhood (I live south of the Chico State campus), looking in people’s garbage cans. I’d never thought of doing it myself, but at a certain point it seemed a pretty good alternative to a life of crime. When I finally settled on this idea, I dreamed big. Maybe I’d pull myself out of poverty doing it! Maybe I’d make so much money I’d be able to buy new clothes! Maybe I could have more healthful meals! Maybe I could save up and buy a car! Three years later, I’m still wearing the same clothes, more frayed than ever and stained as well. I occasionally can get healthful food if a chocolate doughnut or a can of Pringles doesn’t shout louder for my attention. I don’t think I’ll ever own a car. “Hand to mouth” has real meaning for me now. The most I’ve ever made at one time from canning is $40. The reality of canning is that, if you want anything, even just a little money, you have to go out every day. The son of one of my neighbors used to go canning and, when he learned I was doing it, he gave me some helpful pointers such as: “You have to be consistent.” That’s true, but when it’s pouring icy rain, or tar patches in the street are getting soft from the heat, or I’m just too hungry to think straight, I stay at home. To accomplish the task of canning,

you need what I think of as a “kit.” I prefer to be subtle, taking with me about a half-dozen reusable grocery bags that can be washed (until they shred completely), a backpack and the all-important reach-extender (sometimes The author, on a morning canning excursion in west Chico, checks bins (above) and picks up cans and bottles tossed into vacant lots (right). PHOTOS BY TOM GASCOYNE

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Marilyn Fry is the pen name of a 68-year-old longtime Chico resident who collects recyclables to help supplement her monthly Social Security check.

called a Gopher). In fact, finally acquiring a reach-extender has nearly doubled my canning income. Depending on your level of poverty, there are two types of reach-extender you can purchase. You can buy the cheaper variety at the Dollar Tree or the 99 Cent Only Store. These are small, lightweight, fragile and not good for much besides picking up cigarette butts and pecans that fall from the trees around my apartment house in autumn. They’re better than nothing, however. Gophers are sturdier, but more expensive. I’ve gotten two: one at Target and one at Rite Aid, where they run around $12. There are other models at Collier Hardware, but they go for somewhere in the neighborhood of $20 or more. My current one has a rifle-like trigger and pinchers with rubber suction cups that give it the ability to pick up a dime. It’s not suitable for heavy objects, though, such as a one-liter

“It’s like a grownup Easter egg hunt year-round. What is that glittering in the sunlight in the weeds over there in the empty lot? Could it be? Yes, yes, it is!”

Smartwater bottle that’s three-quarters full. A Gopher’s best feature, as far as I’m concerned, is that it folds in half so I can conceal it in my backpack or hold it against my body. Without that discretion, it feels as though I might as well be shrieking, “Hey! Look! I’m canning! Diss me!” Speaking of being dissed, I figured that would happen big-time as a canner. I thought mothers would shield their children as if poverty were as catching as the bubonic plague. I thought total strangers would glare at me with contempt. This has happened, but not quite in ways I expected. When I was new to canning, I glanced into a trash can at Fifth and Broadway late one summer afternoon as a white pick-up truck approached the stop light. Observing my activity, the driver, a middle-aged man, leaned out his window and screamed an insult so foul that bystanders blanched and cast pitying glances in my direction. The mother of all disses occurred in October 2010, while I was walking down a residential street just off The Esplanade. I’d just been to a doctor’s office and was very nicely dressed for the occasion in clean, stylish “CANNING” continued on page 22

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Marilyn Fry

An inside view of gathering recyclables to survive

Canning way of life BY MARILYN FRY

I close my eyes and envision myself on a desert island, its sparkling white beach lapped by crystal turquoise waves and fringed with palm trees and lush foliage. Welcome to the wonderful world of

About the author:

Marilyn Fry is the pen name of a 68-year-old longtime Chico resident who collects recyclables to help supplement her monthly Social Security check.

“It’s like a grownup Easter egg hunt year-round. What is that glittering in the sunlight in the weeds over there in the empty lot? Could it be? Yes, yes, it is!”

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clothing that showed very little wear. What I started out to do was to see fall colors in a residential area, but I wound up looking in people’s garbage cans instead. Stopping at one place where students obviously lived, I started bagging dozens and dozens of cans when a voice came from behind: “Hey! Get away from those cans! Get out of there!” I turned to face a little old man wearing shorts that exposed his thin, bowed legs that were heavily embossed with varicose veins. “Are these your cans?” I inquired as politely as I could. “No!” he growled. “Just get out of there! Go away! We don’t want your kind around here! Go back to where you came from!” Then, like a dog that’s only aggressive because it’s terrified, he turned and scooted up his front walkway to the safety of his porch. What “kind” didn’t he and his neighbors want? The kind who has a master’s degree in English and American literature from Chico State? The kind who worked at more or less genteel clerical jobs until she was too disabled and then too old to be considered for any sort of employment? Where should I go? I was born in Fresno, but I lived there only the first two years of my life. I scarcely

“Many people presume I'm either an addict or mentally ill or both.” remember the place. I’ve lived in Chico since 1956. Before I started canning, I didn’t think I’d face the kind of prejudice and stereotyping I have. I assumed that, if I dressed neatly and took frequent showers and was polite and quiet, and didn’t draw attention to myself, I’d escape notice. But many people presume I’m either an addict or mentally ill or both. In reality, the only addiction I have is to eating—preferably on a regular basis—and maybe to cats, since I have five currently. I rent an apartment, but people consistently assume I’m homeless. I’ve even gotten flak while turning in my cans. Every recycling center has its informal rules; it depends on who’s running the place. One irascible gentleman will yell and stomp

Fry got a cold reception from an employee at Chico Petroleum who accused her of making a mess while pulling cans and bottles out of the business’ Dumpster. PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE

I walked a mile to his place one cold winter morning and he rolled in 15 minutes late. He looked the group of canners over with a snarky smirk on his hairy face and graciously remarked, “Same bunch of goddamn, fuckin’ losers!” I had a raging headache and a sinus infection, but I managed to croak, “Feel the love.” Everybody laughed, including our detractor. There are aspects of canning that

and throw things if you bring him stuff that’s “wet.” Bring him glass—even a small amount—and he’ll loudly announce, “Now you’ve really made my fuckin’ day!”

are somewhat pleasant if the weather is clement. I arise in the morning, often looking forward to going out. What will I find? Where will I find it? Will there be a lot (yay!) or a little (boo!)? It’s like a grown-up Easter egg hunt year-round. What is that glittering in the sunlight in the weeds over there in the empty lot? Could it be? Yes, yes, it is! It’s a partially empty Budweiser can! My heart

A cottage industry A look into the growing society of individual recyclers in Chico

anners, collectors or scavengers. No matter how they are labeled, they are becoming a high-profile part of our society. Some bike through neighborhoods with garbage bags slung over their shoulders and/or fully loaded bike trailers in tow. Others push rattling shop-

ping carts down sidewalks, stopping to search through recycling bins or Dumpsters in search of the aluminum cans, plastic bottles and other items collected for their recycling value. To some they are an annoyance, if not a menace. But in fact, whether their goal is simply buying a beer or, more ambitiously, helping make ends meet, these canners can be some of the hardest working people in town. It’s also a fact that what they are doing is illegal, by Chico law, if they are helping themselves to the recycling bins that line the streets and parking lots. Chico Municipal Code ordinance 8.12.110: “Unlawful removal of recycling containers and recyclable solid waste. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than the owner of the recycling containers or a person authorized by the owner of the recycling containers, to remove, upset or otherwise disturb such containers or recyclable solid waste placed therein.” Chico Police Sgt. Mike Nelson said the department only occasionally gets calls and complaints about the canners. “The calls are from people who place their recyclables in the recycling can and put it in front of their house, and complain that people Leon York of Fair Street Recycling says most of the canners he deals with are decent people. PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE

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are stealing the recyclables,” he said. Nelson said he suspects the homeless still make up a majority of the recyclables collectors. He said the Chico Police Department also gets complaints about the messes some canners leave behind. “When the transients go through the cans, they take the stuff they want and leave everything else laying on the ground,” he said. “They entirely dump out the contents of the can and the resident is left with the mess.” Such calls, not surprisingly, are a fairly low priority, Nelson said. Waste Management is one of the two wastehauling companies that serve Chico. Technically, according to Chico’s ordinance, canners who take items from residential recycling bins are stealing from the company as well as the resident who wheels the bin out for collection. Sarah Tolito, communications specialist at the company’s Sacramento office, said they are not really aware of the problem. “We didn’t know about it until we heard it

A worker at Fair Street Recycling separates bottles and cans as part of his daily duties. PHOTO BY MELANIE MACTAVISH

from you,” said Tolito. She said the company’s district manager told her he hadn’t seen a “dramatic decrease in the recyclables at the buyback center or a decrease in volume either. So it hasn’t impacted us at that stage yet.”

There are at least a half-dozen

recycling centers in the Chico area, including Basik Recycling off of South Park Avenue, and Fair Street Recycling, which is operated by the Work Training Center. Both places are popular with canners and are located within about a half-mile of each other. Their recycling prices are very similar. Segregated aluminum is $1.80 a pound at Basik and $1.85 at Fair Street, while segregated glass (10 cents a pound) and plastic bottles ($1.07 a pound) are the same price at both facilities.

will almost skip a beat at my find. For all the times I’ve been insulted, for all the times I’ve breathed the noxious fumes of mold, mildew and used tobacco and gotten sick, for all the times I’ve cut myself on broken glass, tripped and fallen into recycling cans when I’ve tipped them to reach for things at the bottom, developed ringworm and slopped tobacco juice all over myself, there have been rewards, sometimes great rewards. This may shock you (it kind of surprises me), but I’ve made friends. Among others, there’s a gentleman around the corner from where I live who runs a car wash. He always greets me fondly and we chat whenever I pass by, although we argue about religion quite a bit. One thing that shouldn’t have surprised me is the kindness and generosity of my fellow Chicoans. People give me money. I don’t beg. Sometimes I borrow, but I never beg. The first time someone offered me money, I was downtown rooting around in a

“Some people give me money because they think I’m helping save the environment. I hate to tell them that I'm not that altruistic.”

ever since I’ve accepted it when offered, hesitating just long enough to be polite and not seem greedy. Some people give me money because they think I’m helping save the environment. I hate to tell them that I’m not that altruistic. I am embarrassed when I’m offered money. I try to avoid situations where people might be tempted to “gift” me. I do think there are others needier, who can’t work at all. I wouldn’t want anyone to think my life is altogether grim and cheerless. I have

trash can in front of a boutique. I sensed a presence and looked up to see three George Washingtons staring back at me. Then I glanced at the person holding the bills. He was dressed country-western style with a white cowboy hat and a fancy belt buckle. “Oh, I can’t take your money,” I told him. “You should give it to someone who needs it more than I do.” He looked sort of deflated when I said that. So I took the money and

friends, I have family and I have my kitties to cuddle with. I love my neighborhood and the people around me. For entertainment, I see Chico Performances for free since I volunteer hanging posters, and I have the Internet and my radio and NPR for information and more entertainment. I have a nice apartment that’s fairly spacious and well-appointed; we even have a laundry room. My life, by American standards, is hard, but it’s not like living in a refugee camp to escape from an earthscorching war. I will reluctantly accept your money, but I’d rather have your friendship. I don’t want your pity or contempt, because I don’t think I deserve either. Ω

An unidentified woman picks up a plastic bottle that fell from her shopping cart while she was pushing it near Flume and Second streets. PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE

Left: Charlie Kidd wheels his recyclables into Basik Recycling off South Park Avenue. Right: Otelo Hernandez carries his collection into Basik. PHOTOS BY MELANIE MACTAVISH

On a recent hot afternoon at Basik Recycling, a man was pulling glass bottles from the back of a tan Ford pickup truck and tossing them into gray plastic barrels. Once he filled the barrels, he pulled them across the parking lot, sweating in the hot sun. A large beer bottle fell to the pavement and splintered into pieces. The man groaned, muttered an obscenity and then began picking up the brown shards of glass. Meanwhile, another man was waiting for help just inside the warehouse. Eventually an employee, Garrett Hager, emerged from the back of the building. The waiting man explained that someone had stolen a trailer parked in front of his house Monday night. He suspected a “recycling-type person” had hitched the trailer. He handed a photo of the missing trailer to Hager. “Nope, haven’t seen it,” Hager said, turning to the man with the bottles. Hager

weighed the haul and told the man, “Fifteen bucks. That’ll buy you a six-pack.” “Whoa, that’s way more than a sixpack!” the man replied with a grin. Hager has worked at Basik for the past year and a half. He says the business gets canners who show up on a regular basis. “Most come on Monday mornings when the trash bins are out on the streets,” he said. He acknowledged the effort they make. “It’s a lot better than the guy standing on a street corner, holding a sign and asking for money,” he said. On this warm afternoon last Wednesday (June 5), with the exit of two men, the place was empty. “We call this Mother’s Day,” Hager said, looking around. “For the first 10 days of the month, everybody’s got their [welfare] check. Plus when it’s this hot …” The next morning over at Fair Street

Recycling, Leon York was guiding people through the recycling process. He’s worked at the center for the past four years and said the place does get its share of canners. “Yeah,” he said, “most I know by name. I’ve seen guys who came in every day for years, and then you just don’t see them again. And new guys start showing up and you get to know them by name. “There’s this guy named George. He works all day and doesn’t drink until he’s done. Then other guys come in here early, get enough for a beer and are gone. George is someone you can trust. Sometimes he comes in here twice a day. He’s in his mid50s and is a real nice guy. This is what he does for a living, and I’ve spent some time socializing with him outside of work. Most of these guys are all right.” —Tom Gascoyne tomg@newsreview.com

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Arts & Culture Funk art

Sacramento duo’s whimsical celebration of ceramic art

IRobert Arneson spoke of why artists, craftspeople, students, teachers and makers of all kinds are

n a 1994 interview, California sculptor

drawn to working with ceramics. He said that there is something about using one’s hands upon the clay that expresses by Willow a desire to create an effect of “eterSharkey nity.” The artist’s own thumbprint ensures her or his presence and body are registered directly and undeniably in the object—preREVIEW: served, hopefully forever—leaving Ceramic works by a very personal legacy embedded Jeff Nebeker and within the sculpture. Jeff Nebeker’s ceramic goodies. Tony Natsoulas now At the same time, Arneson said, showing at James the artist must “rely on the gods … Snidle Fine Arts through June 29. because you’re never sure what it’s Reception: tonight, going to look like when you open gent offerings of June 13, 6-8 p.m. the kiln door.” A ceramic sculpture brightly colored may reach for the grandeur of indifaux-treats, or a bust James Snidle vidual expression, but the shape of of a female figure Fine Arts with over-ripened 254 E. Fourth St. the very object, and whatever 343-2930 impression it makes, is never fully cleavage and an www.jamessnidle within the artist’s control. Ceramic enormous, pasted-on finearts.com artists labor deeply and extensively grin, the enjoyable and then leave things to chance as becomes too much, their works fire away in the kiln. raising questions Perhaps this is partly why so many artists working about how we parwith ceramics have witty or comic sensibilities—they take of pleasures and know they must never take the risk of taking their delights, and when projects too seriously. they become atroThe exhibition of ceramic works produced by cious or excessive. “Floyd,” by Tony Natsoulas (with one Sacramento-based artists Jeff Nebeker and Tony Such art makes us of Nebeker’s banana splits on the Natsoulas, currently on display in the James Snidle take “lightness” seri- side). Fine Arts gallery, seems to have an awareness of the ously. Fluffy objects PHOTOS BY MELANIE MACTAVISH implications of ceramic material that Arneson suglike Nebeker’s cakes gests. The pieces have elements of largesse, as well and ice-cream sundaes as light touches of unselfconsciousness. In fact, demand attunement to the unreal ceramic deliciousNebeker and Natsoulas are working directly in Arne- ness before us. It’s careful and fanciful, heavy and son’s tradition—both have studied with Arneson, as light. Whether you smile at or are taken aback by well as with David Gilhooly and Wayne Thiebaud, Nebeker’s copious desserts, the art puts us to work in UC Davis’ famed art-studio program. emotionally as we assess our own desires and needs in This show’s works are part of a strong tradition of the face of it. California figurative art, descended from the moveWhile giving the viewer a complex, dissonant ment of Californian Pop art referred to as “Funk art,” emotional experience, Natsoulas where deliberately rough, handled, and Nebeker’s sculptures appear “Cookie Girl” by Jeff Nebeker. everyday objects revel in their imprenonetheless quite intentionally in cise nature, their low-ness and playfulthe realm of the humorous. Bulness always threatening to overwhelm bous shoes and thumbs, bulky the viewer’s senses. noses and nostrils, and dripping ice Funk-art objects often vacillate cream cones hugged by pudgy finbetween preciousness and grotesquegers mark an interest in figures ness, which is certainly the case with becoming illustrative, caricaturethe pieces in this show. On hand are like, deliberately ridiculous and striking sculptural works by both unreal. artists featuring stylized human forms It makes for a wild exhibition— as well as Nebeker’s smaller, and very provocative and unpredictable in realistic, goodies and sweets. The figcolor, scale and sense, the embodiures appear both sweet and deliberatement of the wonderful contradicly overwrought, walking a tight line tions of the very material at hand. between horrific and farcical. By givIt’s weighty and whimsical all at ing us a large table filled with indulonce. Ω 24 CN&R June 13, 2013

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THURS

Special Events CALIFORNIA DREAM WEEK: The annual festival celebrating the creativity of local teens includes art exhibits, games, art and wine night, an awards dinner and more. Go online for a complete festival schedule. Through 6/16. Call or visit website for details, locations vary. (530) 520-9984, www.californiadream week.org.

CLASSIC MOVIE SERIES: The classic movie series

continues with Of Mice and Men. Th, 1pm. Free. Pavilion at California Park, 2565 California Park Dr., (530) 895-4015, www.chicorec.com.

THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: Downtown Chico’s weekly marketplace with local produce, vendors, entertainment and music. This week: a dance performance from Hot Chico Salsa, jazz fusion from Left Turn, pop music from Uni and Her Ukulele and more. Th, 6-9pm. Downtown Chico, www.downtownchico.net.

Art Receptions JEFF NEBEKER & TONY NATSOULAS RECEPTION: A reception for the ongoing display of works in clay varying from figurative sculptures to alluring pastries and desserts in wonderful colors. Th, 6/13, 6-8pm. Free. James Snidle Fine Arts & Appraisals, 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 3432930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

Theater THE BLACK BIRD SINGS: The classic detective

noir The Maltese Falcon is spoofed in this local musical. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm. $16-$22. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES: An upbeat musical comedy following the Wonderettes to high school prom in 1958, set to classic ’50s hits. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 6/30. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheater company.com.

FRI

Special Events ANNUAL COUNTRY SUPPER: The Far West Heritage Association’s annual supper (which includes live music from Jazzuppa and tours of the farmhouse) is a fundraiser for the Chico Museum. Call for reservations. F, 6/14, 5pm. $45. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381

Midway, (530) 891-4336, www.farwest heritage.org.

CALIFORNIA DREAM WEEK: See Thursday. Call or visit website for details, Locations vary, (530) 520-9984, www.californiadreamweek.org.

COMMUNITY BBQ & COOK-OFF: The Chico Chamber of Commerce’s annual BBQ cook-off pits public safety agencies against local restaurants and caterers. Go online for ticket info. F, 6/14, 5:30-10pm. $25. Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave., (530) 345-6783, www.chicochamber.com/2013bbq.

MAGIC & MESMERISM: Magician and illusionist Carlos Sawyer and hypnotist Brian Stracner bring their Astonishment Tour to Chico. F, 6/14, 7:30pm. $25-$30. Arc Pavilion, 2040 Park Ave., (530) 828-0880.

PUG SUNDAY BEER & WINE TASTING: A fundraiser for Pug Sunday in Chico with wine, beer, food, a silent auction, raffle, tour of the historical Stansbury Home and live music by the Jeff Pershing Band. F, 6/14, 5-9pm. $15-$20. Stansbury House, 307 W. Fifth St. On the corner of Salem and 5th street, (530) 8953848, www.pugsundayinchico.org.

Art Receptions FIGURE DRAWING SHOW RECEPTION: An opening reception for the display of work from the Sally Dimas figure drawing group. F, 6/14, 4-8pm. Free. Sally Dimas Art Gallery, 493 East Ave. #1, (530) 345-3063.

MAGIC & MESMERISM Friday, June 14 ARC Pavilion

SEE FRIDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

FINE ARTS Theater THE BLACK BIRD SINGS: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

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

SUN

Special Events BLOOMSDAY CELEBRATION: The Blue Room’s annual celebration of James Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses, includes a virtual tour of scenes from the book accompanied by music from two operas. Su, 6/16, 7pm. $20. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W First St., (530) 895-3749; www.blueroomtheatre.com.

RODNEY CARRINGTON Saturday, June 15 Gold Country Casino

SEE SATURDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

CALIFORNIA DREAM WEEK: See Thursday. Call or visit website for details, Locations vary, (530) 520-9984, www.californiadream week.org.

SISKO CELEBRATION & FUNDRAISER: A party and

Music FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT SERIES: The summer’s weekly concert series continues with the world and funk fusion of Spark ‘n’ Cinder. F, 7-8:30pm. Free. Downtown Chico Plaza, 400 Broadway St., (530) 896-7200, www.down townchico.net.

A NIGHT FOR AFRICA: A performance from the Christian music singer-songwriter Shawn McDonald to benefit Ride For Hope Coast to Coast and provide relief to HIV and AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. F, 6/14, 7pm. $20-$75. Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Ave. in Carmichael, (916) 257-5459, www.cccnow.com.

STEVE COOK & FRIENDS: Cook and fellow musicians John Seid, Larry Peters, Kim Gimball and Zack Cowan play to benefit KZFR Community Radio. F, 6/14, 7:30pm. $15. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E Third St., (530) 895-0706, www.kzfr.org.

Theater THE BLACK BIRD SINGS: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

1-3pm. $25. Bidwell Mansion, 525 Esplanade, (530) 898-8016.

CALIFORNIA DREAM WEEK: See Thursday. Call or visit website for details, Locations vary, (530) 520-9984, www.californiadreamweek.org.

CRUISIN CLASSICS OF PARADISE: The annual classic car show—with raffles, games, ’50s and ’60s music, an award ceremony and more—is followed by a performance from Mike Amaral’s California Beach Boys. Sa, 6/15, 9am-9:30pm. $20-$25. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunnelly Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-4438, www.cruisinclassicsofparadise.com.

MOVIES IN THE PARK: A summer tradition, families bring blankets and lawn chairs to Sycamore Field to watch a movie under the stars. This month’s movie: The Odd Life of Timothy Green. Sa, 6/15, 9pm. Free. One Mile Recreation Area, Bidwell Park, (530) 895-4711, www.chicorec.com.

RODNEY CARRINGTON: The nationally touring comedian, actor and country musician incorporates original music into his stand-up act. Go online for ticket info. Sa, 6/15, 5:30 & 8pm. $30-$50. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 534-9892, www.goldcountry casino.com.

fundraiser with live music, an art auction and a slide show to benefit David Sisk’s efforts to continue posting provocative images and statements on billboards. Su, 6/16, 6-10pm. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 8941978.

Theater THE BLACK BIRD SINGS: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

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

MON

Poetry/Literature

SAT

Special Events ANNIE BIDWELL BIRTHDAY TEA: A celebration of Annie Bidwell’s birthday with finger foods and desserts and tours of the mansion. Sa, 6/15,

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COMMUNITY BBQ & COOK-OFF Friday, June 14 Manzanita Place

SEE FRIDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

1078 GALLERY: Mythos, a new series of oil

paintings from Daniel Papke. Through 6/29. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

ANGELO’S CUCINA TRINACRIA: Go Fish: Koi

Games, paintings by Dolores Mitchell of Avenue 9 Gallery. Through 6/30. 407 Walnut St., (530) 899-9996.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Acumen, photography by Karma Ganzler and sculpture by Doug Rathbun following a theme of preserving nature. Through 6/29. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

CHICO ART CENTER: Betty Benson

Retrospective Exhibition, a retrospective exhibition of works from prolific local artist Betty Benson. Ongoing. 450 Orange St. 6, (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

CHICO MUNICIPAL BUILDING: Camera Club

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

CHICO PAPER CO.: Woven Memories, a new series with a painter’s approach to tapestry motifs by Marilyn Jennings. Through 6/30. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopapercompany.com.

ELLIS ART & ENGINEERING SUPPLIES: Window

Gallery: Acrylic Paintings, Giraffes, hummingbirds, big pink trees and more rendered in bright colors by Paul Hood and Sheryl Karas. Through 6/30. 122 Broadway St., (530) 891-0335, www.ellishasit.com.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Raymond Eastman, oil paintings by Raymond Eastman on display. Through 7/18. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS: Tony Natsoulas & Jeff Nebeker Exhibition, works in clay varying from figurative sculptures to alluring pastries and desserts in wonderful colors. Through 6/29. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidle finearts.com.

MANAS ART SPACE & GALLERY: LP Cookie

Camp Mystery Mixer, for this group show artists chose a used LP, picked up a fortune cookie and got inspired. Through 6/28. 1441 C Park Ave., (530) 588-5183.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Figure Drawing

Group Show, featuring work from the Sally Dimas figure drawing group. 6/14-7/27. 493 East Ave. #1, (530) 345-3063.

UPPER CRUST BAKERY & EATERY: Prints &

Contour Line Art, intaglio etchings and collagraphs from Michael Halldorson and continual line drawings from John McMackin on display. Through 6/30. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.

Call for Artists BIRDS OF A FEATHER EXHIBITION: An openentry exhibit inviting artists to explore human nature in any medium. Submit work from July 10 to 13. Call or go online for more info. Through 7/13. $5-$10. Manas Art Space & Gallery, 1441 C Park Ave., (530) 588-5183, www.manasartspace.com.

CHICO ICONS: NEIGHBORHOOD: Works in various mediums (using the theme “neighborhood” as a creative springboard) accepted. Go online for complete requirements and submission info. Through 6/29. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com/call-for-artists.

Museums BUTTE COUNTY PIONEER MEMORIAL MUSEUM: Antique Firearms Display, an exhibition of firearms designed and manufactured before the beginning of the 20th century. Ongoing. 2332 Montgomery St. in Oroville, (530) 538-2497.

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.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Secrets of

Circles, an exhibition exploring the properties of a simple shape with powerful applications. Through 9/1. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

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

WORD PLAY: A freestyle poetry reading open mic ending in a two-round slam. M, 7-9pm. Free. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

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

Art

TUES

Music DELLA MAE: An all-female acoustic folk and bluegrass quintet with a heavy emphasis on vocal harmony. Tu, 6/18, 7:30pm. $17.50. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 3452739, www.sierranevada.com.

WED

Music EVERYONE ORCHESTRA: Multi-instrumentalist Matt Butler leads a rotating cast of accomplished musicians who feed off audience participation to deliver a unique performance every time they take the stage. W, 6/19, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 345-2739, www.sierra nevada.com.

for more Music, see NIGHTLIFE on page 32

“Yes I will Yes.” For the 18th year in a row, the merry men of the Celtic Knights of the Sea are putting on a party and performance at the Blue Room Theatre to celebrate Bloomsday, June 16, the date of Leopold Bloom’s day-long EDITOR’S PICK odyssey in James Joyce’s celebrated Ulysses. This year, in addition to the usual live music, food, Guinness and impassioned reading of the soliloquy of Molly Bloom, the festivities will include a bus tour of Dublin, with stops at famous locations from the novel. June 13, 2013

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BULLETIN BOARD Community ALTACAL AUDUBON POTLUCK: The birding enthusiast group meets to share food, stories and facts about birds. M, 6/17, 6:30pm. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

BIG CHICO CREEK HIKE: Bring lunch, swimwear and shoes good for walking through the creek in Upper Bidwell Park. Call for more info. Su, 6/16, 10am. Horseshoe Lake, Upper Bidwell Park, (530) 899-7105.

CARBON NATION: An inspirational documentary about moving away from fossil fuels, followed by a discussion. Su, 6/16, 6-9pm. Free. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762, www.buttecounty.net/ bclibrary.

CHAPMAN FARMERS MARKET: A year-round Certified Farmers Market serving as a community forum for healthy lifestyle promotion and education. F, 2-5:30pm through 7/25. Chapman Mulberry Community Center, 1010 Cleveland Ave. Next to Chapman Elementary & Community Park, (530) 624-8844, www.cchaos.org.

THINK FREE.

CRITTERS IN THE CREEK ADVENTURE PROGRAM: A family-oriented educational walk through the riparian habitat along Big Chico Creek followed by a close look at the creek’s plants and animals in Kristie’s Nature Lab. Call to reserve a spot. Sa, 6/15, 9-10:30am. $10 donation. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

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.

DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE: Simple, meditative and uplifting group dances honoring many of the world’s spiritual traditions. Sa, 7-9:30pm. $5-$10 donation. Subud Hall, 574 E. 12th St., (530) 891-8789.

DANCING FREEDOM: A weekly open dance with

the elements. F, 6-8pm. $6-$12 sliding scale. Subud Hall, 574 E. 12th St., (530) 532-1989.

FANCY FEET DANCE: Beginning to experienced dancers welcome to work on the foxtrot, waltz, swing and more to a live band. Tu, 7:30pm. $5-$7. Chico Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave., (530) 895-4015, www.chicorec.com.

FARMERS MARKET - SATURDAY: Baked goods, honey, fruits and veggies, crafts and more.

Sa, 7:30am-1pm. Chico Certified Saturday

Farmers’ Market, Parking Lot, (530) 893-3276.

FARMERS MARKET: NORTH CHICO: Farm-fresh produce, hand-crafted wares and entertainment. W, 7:30am-noon through 11/22. Prices vary. North Valley Plaza, 801 East Ave.

FARMERS MARKET: PARADISE: Farm-fresh produce, hand-crafted wares and entertainment. Tu, 7:30am-noon through 10/15. Prices vary. Paradise Alliance Church, 6491 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-7069.

FREE HEALTH CLINIC: Free services for minor

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.

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and bingo. Call to reserve a spot. Fri., 06/14, 11:30am-12:30pm. Opens 6/14. $4. Pavilion at California Park, 2565 California Park Dr., (530) 895-4015.

HEALING LIGHT MEDITATION: A weekly meditation session for centering, insight and awakening. M, 7pm. Free. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St., (530) 343-0704, www.100thmon keycafeandbooks.com.

MUDSKIPPER: An obstacle course in which teams of two switch between biking and running throughout. Go online to register. Sa, 6/15, 9am. $30-$40. Meadowbrook Ranch, 15424 Skyway in Magalia, (530) 680-6876, http://tinyurl.com/lhalksb.

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MUSIC THINK TANK: An open discussion in which community members are welcome to contribute ideas for cultivating Chico’s music scene. Su, 6/16, 3pm. Free. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

THE PEACE PANEL PROJECT: An panel discussion regarding topics like abuse of power, domestic violence, foreign policy violence and access to reliable information. Th, 3:30pm. Free. Chico Peace and Justice Center, 526 Broadway, (530) 343-3152, www.chicopeace.org.

SAMARITAN FREE CLINIC: This clinic offers free basic medical care and mental health counseling. Call for more information. Su, 2-4pm. Free. Paradise Lutheran Church, 780 Luther Dr. in Paradise, 872-7085.

SEMINAR ON ESTATE PLANNING & PETS: A seminar hosted by Butte Humane Society covering wills, trusts, pet guardianship and more. Call to RSVP. Th, 6/13, 11:30am-1pm. Free. Chico Public Library, Corner Of E. First & Sherman Avenues, (530) 343-7917 ext. 134.

SOUL SHAKE DANCE CHURCH: Drop your mind, find your feet and free you spirit at this DJ dance wave to a range of musical styles. No previous dance experience necessary. Su, 10am-noon. $8-$15 sliding scale. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 891-6524, www.chicorec.com.

SPRING SURVIVORSHIP CELEBRATION: An event for cancer survivors and their caregivers, hosted by Feather River Hospital’s Cancer Center, includes art, music, survivor stories and more. Call to register. Th, 6/13, 2-4pm. Free. Bille Park, 501 West Bille Rd. in Paradise, (530) 876-3157.

SUMMER ART CLASSES: Registration is open for a wide variety of subjects for all ages and skill levels. Call or go online for more info. Through 6/17. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St. 6, (530) 895-8726, www.chicoart center.com.

TRADITIONAL WEST AFRICAN DANCE: All levels of drummers and dancers welcome. W, 5:307pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, E. Third and Pine, (808) 757-0076.

For Kids KIDS & CREEKS MAIDU SUMMER DAY CAMP: A camp for kids to learn about Maidu history and culture and ecology of the Chico area. M, 6/17, 8am-2pm; M, 6/24, 8am-2pm. $140. 5 Mile Picnic Area, Upper Bidwell Park, (530) 8951749, www.kidsandcreeks.org.

SUMMER DAY CAMP FOR KIDS: A summer camp emphasizing outdoor activity helping youth develop social and decision-making skills. Call or go online for more info. Through 8/14, 6:30am-6pm. Oroville YMCA, 1684 Robinson St. in Oroville, (553) 533-9622, www.oroville ymca.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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skeevy breadwinner who has built up a tidy nest-egg from selling iffy security systems in anticipation of the annual event, and Lena Headey is his lovely wife, who goes about cooking dinner in four-inch heels so that the camera can sneak up and ogle her legs. The rebellious daughter (Adelaide Kane) dresses like a Catholic schoolgirl fresh off the stripper pole, and the ubiquitous creepy son (Max Burkholder) lets in some homeless black dude who’s being stalked by masked preppies, who are led by a scenery-chewing snob who acts like he’s auditioning for the lead in the stage version of Funny Games. The movie exists only to let the intruders crash the gates so people can go about plodding through dark hallways, stalking and killing other people until the end credits. There’s not a lot of ambiguity going on here. The allegorical aspects are only sketched out enough to rationalize the body count, and it doesn’t even effectively play off of the so-called twist late in the game. All in all, it’s about as compelling as a made-for-TV movie. Ω

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

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Henry Cavill is the latest in a long line of actors to don the famous blue-and-red costume in this reboot of the Superman movie franchise. The film focuses on the origin of the eponymous character, from a young Clark Kent’s discovery of his alien heritage and superhuman powers to donning the familiar “S” crest to save Earth from other, less friendly Kryptonian refugees. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

This is the End

Seth Rogen and friends play fictionalized versions of themselves dealing with the aftermath of a global tragedy in this postapocalyptic comedy, which also marks Rogen’s and Evan Goldberg’s directorial debuts. Ensemble cast includes James Franco, Rihanna, Michael Cera and many more. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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After Earth

After crash-landing on an overgrown Earth one thousand years after humanity has fled to despoil other planets, a young man must tap his inner strength to outwit the hostile flora and fauna and save his seriously injured father. Despite some Scientology elements, After Earth is divertingenough entertainment. M. Night Shyamalan’s direction is assured without being ostentatious; the pacing is tight, the script is basic but well-crafted (sort of My Side of the Mountain in a sci-fi wrapping); Will Smith has settled in to a nice gravitas and his kid Jaden ain’t too annoying; and the FX design is kind of lovely. After Earth would make for a sweet Father’s Day at the matinee. Too bad it’s tanking. Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

Epic

A computer-animated feature about a teen girl who is magically transported to a fantastical secret world deep in the forest. There, she teams up with a rag-tag group of the strange residents to save their world (and the “real” world as well) from evil forces. Featuring the voices of Amanda Seyfried, Colin Farrell and Beyonce. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Fast & Furious 6

Car go fast. Explosion! Pretty girl dies young? Ker-plow! Froggy Vin Diesel “needs to know for sure.” Hey, she has amnesia! Oh shoot, some bad guys have fast cars, too. One … more … job. Bang! Bang! Bang! Is your shirt tight enough to drive with The Rock? Watch out, you almost got hit by that fast car that jumped over that semi that shot out of that tank as it flew off that bridge! Number 7: coming summer of 2014. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

The Great Gatsby

Some of what I like about Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby extravaganza is just the simple fact of a visualization of the characters, the settings, and the celebrated events of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. More substantially, Luhrmann deserves some special credit for staying true to an aspect of the novel that often gets neglected: Gatsby is the title character and the story’s “star,” but the narrator of the novel—young Nick Carraway—is more truly the central character here. His account of Gatsby’s fleeting “greatness” is a catalytic phase in the story of his own rise and fall.

The cast is a good one—Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby, Tobey Maguire as Carraway, Carey Mulligan as Gatsby’s dream girl, Daisy Buchanan, etc., but Luhrmann’s razzle-dazzle direction is so relentlessly attentive to flashy surfaces that none of the performances have much depth. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

The Hangover Part III

I wish they’d just used the same gimmick as the first two, the one where the mismatched goofs who form the Wolfpack (Ed Helms, Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis) are scrambling around trying to undo all the damage from a wild night that they can’t remember thanks to being dosed by mind-erasing drugs. Instead we get a weak premise set up ridiculously by a cranky crime boss played by John Goodman. There are a few funny bits (mostly provided by Ken Jeong as the criminally insane Leslie Chow) scattered along the path of destruction they cut from Tijuana to Las Vegas. But the funniest moment by far comes once the credits have already started rolling, and it’s of course in the aftermath of another forgotten night, one that would’ve been a more promising starting point for round three. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.

Iron Man 3

This time around übercapitalist and Iron Man alter ego Tony Stark (the always entertaining Robert Downey Jr.) and his faithful companion Pepper Potts (the everannoying Gwyneth Paltrow) have their domestic bliss disrupted by yet another supervillain’s personal vendetta. Things blow up and people die until Iron Man jumps back into action and resolves things in an interminable maelstrom of CGI pixels. The 3D is fine, and the scheiss hits the fan with a liquid consistency. But IM3 isn’t very complicated, and the villain’s motivation for all that subterfuge and destruction in pursuit of destroying Stark is kind of absurd. But the banter is amusing, with a couple of gags that nail it out of the park. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

The Internship

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, reprising versions of their Wedding Crashers’ personae, are out-of-work sales reps who talk themselves into an internship program at Google’s Mountain View campus. What ensues is a mildly diverting buddy-buddy comedy folded into what at times looks rather like an infomercial for Google recruitment. Vaughn, who co-wrote the script with Jared Stern, is particularly sharp with his familiar knucklehead/conman/savant shtick, and Wilson has that charmingly goofy glow even though he looks vaguely distracted at times. Aasif Mandvi is agreeably snotty as the interns’ supervisor. Rose Byrne (the Wilson character’s “love interest”) and Max Minghella (an obnoxious rival intern) play it a little too straight in a supporting cast otherwise loaded with fresh-faced caricatures of youthful, rambunctious caricatures. Formulaic, but not lacking in amusement and whimsy. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Mud

With river rats young and old haunted by misadventures and illusory romance on the Arkansas side of the Mississippi River, the latest film from Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter) feels a little like a modern-day Huckleberry Finn. A kid named Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and his pal Neckbone (Jacob Lofland) go prowling for a boat wedged in the treetops of a wilderness island and cross paths there with a scraggly fugitive named Mud (Matthew McConaughey). Mud’s obsession with erratic dream-girl Juniper (Reese Witherspoon) brings tattered romance and other troubles into the action. Mud, a battle-scarred neighbor (Sam Shepard), and

Ellis’ uncle (Michael Shannon) are all variously compromised alternatives to the kid’s parents who are in the process of breaking up. A vengeful patriarch (Joe Don Baker) from nearby eventually forces a climactic shoot-out, but the movie’s real interest resides in the oddly tender tragicomedy that emerges from the characters’ heedless low-rent dreaming. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Now You See Me

The title is a tease, and a not very clever one at that. It seems apt enough at first, what with a story involving magicians, high-stakes sleight-of-hand, bank robbery as Vegas-style entertainment, and assorted now-you-see-it, now-you-don’t shenanigans. Publicity for Now You See Me makes much of the bank-robbing-magicians angle, but that’s really only the most conspicuous hook in a gratuitously convoluted (and ultimately fatuous) plot. The story does have a quartet of mostly young magicians pulling off a series of spectacular escapades, and those tricks and capers provide the occasion for some big but not particularly impressive scenes. But much of the rest of the film is a rather whimsical war of attrition among increasingly absurd plot points involving a half-dozen other characters. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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More idyllic period-piece than artworld biopic, this leisurely episode from the last years of the great impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir offers up an enchanting mixture of art history, the summer of 1915, the lush countryside of the South of France, sensuality of a particularly French sort, and a glimpse or two of incipient film history. Middle Renoir son and future filmmaker Jean, home from duty in World War I while his wounds heal, gets besmitten with the brash charms of fledgling actress Andrée Heuschling, a new addition to the small host of models, maids, and female aides that populate his widowed father’s bucolic estate. The richly colored atmosphere created by director Gilles Bourdos and cinematographer Mark Ping Bing Lee takes precedence over the big dramas occurring just off screen and leaves us quite content to hang out with the Renoirs in a Renoir movie that seems inspired by the elder Renoir’s paintings. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

The Sapphires

Finally released in the U.S., this 2012 Australian musical-comedy tells the story of a 1960s group made up of four Aboriginal Australian girls who, with the help of an Irish talent scout, travel to Vietnam to entertain the troops. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

Star Trek Into Darkness

In J.J. Abrams’ follow-up to his 2009 reboot of the franchise, Chris Pine is back as a young Captain Kirk, and this mission into space has Kirk taking the Starship Enterprise crew to Kronos, the dangerous planet of the Klingons, on a mission of vengeance. There is some good chemistry— especially in the lighter moments—between Captain Kirk and first officer Spock (Zachary Quinto), but when the interactions get overly dramatic (a few over-the-top close-up shots beg for a Saturday Night Live spoof) things come to a halt. To be fair, the film must be caught up in its own spectacle, because everything is expected to be such a scene in a space epic. This works impressively well most of the time for the action-adventure scenes, but no so much for the interpersonal ones. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —R.B.

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very, very few. But over the last decade, revolutionary advances in off-the-shelf technology by have democratized the field, putting Craig the possibility of realizing the dream Blamer in the hands of the backyard auteur operating on even the most limited of World budgets. As the phenomenal success premieres: of the $10,000 shot-on-video feature Dream Raiders: Paranormal Activity shows, someMission Zero times that modest dream can pay off shows Saturday, all the way to the multiplex. June 15, 3 p.m., And the rise of the new ethos is at the Pageant Theatre. starting to play out in our own back yard. Perception shows “In the past few years, the Chico Saturday, June filmmaking community has really 22, 3 p.m. & Sunday, June 23, come together to make some exciting 6 p.m., at the projects,” offered local filmmaker Pageant Theatre. Joshua A. Siegel, an ex-pat of the L.A. scene who landed in Paradise in 2006. Pageant Theatre Since then the graphic artist-cum351 E. Sixth St. www.pageant filmmaker has been consistently utichico.com lizing the nascent DIY technology and local talent to create short action, horror and sci-fi films such as The Cypher, Toxin and the award-winning A Midsummer Nightmare: The Betrayal (Best Art Direction—Short, and runner-up for Best Special Effects—Short, at the 2012 Action on Film International Film Festival). His first feature-length horror film was Bloodwood Cannibals, which was released direct to video in 2010. Bloodwood was an entertaining and enthusiastic riff on the zombie genre shot in the hills of Butte County, and features loads of familiar faces from the local theater scene; it’s a prime local example of the possibilities of an approach once derided as “backyard filmmaking.” “For me, screening Bloodwood Cannibals at the El Rey Theatre to a packed audience was the moment that I no longer felt like an amateur,” Siegel said. “But really, it was a slow evolution. Like anything worthwhile, filmmaking takes practice. You learn from your mistakes and try to make each project better than the last.” On Saturday (June 15), Siegel’s latest project, Dream Raiders, premieres at the Pageant Theatre. This new project is a sci-fi adventure series about a team of misfits whose members have incredible powers in their dreams.

Local filmmaker Joshua Siegel, one piece at a time. Inset: A frame from a finished fight scene from Dream Raiders. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ARCADIAN ENTERTAINMENT

“Dream Raiders was conceived as a series of 12 episodes, each under 10 minutes long,” Siegel said. The first episode, a prequel short film called Mission Zero, will be screened at the Pageant along with a collection of Siegel’s other shorts. The episode was filmed locally over three weekends with an all-volunteer cast and crew to keep the budget low. “One of those weekends was at Bald Rock near Berry Creek,” Siegel said. “The remote location looked magnificent on camera, but the cast and crew battled frigid, gusty winds all day. Everyone was grateful that the next weekend’s shoot was indoors. “Mission Zero introduces our audience to the series, which we intend to pitch to television and film producers in Los Angeles. [In the prequel] Sophia, the leader of the Dream Raiders, enters her former mentor’s dreams to bring him back to the real world. But Ronin is addicted to his dream state and won’t wake up without a fight.” The character of Sophia’s mentor is played by Robert Parham, an internationally respected martial artist (now living in Fairfield) who has claimed five world kickboxing titles and multiple karate championships, and has been inducted into several martial-arts halls of fame. Mission Zero also features local theater actress Jennifer McAfee in the lead role of Sophia. Even though she’s not a martial artist, McAfee quickly learned to move like one with the help of fight choreographers Chyna McCoy (also from Fairfield) and Chico’s Conan Duch. McAfee also stars in Perception (which premieres at the Pageant the week after Dream Raiders, June 22), a locally made short film by Shawn Dyer. Dyer is another of the active players in the local film scene, having shot a handful of his own short films and music videos for local bands (Brass Hysteria, The Yule Logs), and started the Not Quite Hollywood film-production company with partner James Smith, as well as a new offshoot, Ulexite Films. Dyer also co-created the annual Shortz! Film Festival (Aug. 10-11, at the El Rey Theatre), and helped start the Open Filmmaker Alliance (www.opfma.com), a website resource where filmmakers in the area’s burgeoning scene can meet to connect and collaborate. Ω

Hot Mess Pam Taylor Band Self-distributed To put it in typically chauvinistic terms, Pam Taylor’s album is “ballsy.” Though the singer lacks those particular genital appliances, when she takes on a song like the classic “I’d Rather Go Blind,” a song which has been covered by such dynamos as Etta James and pop diva Beyonce, she shows the world some sizeable cojones. Best of all, though, is how the South Carolina-based musician can make a listener forget those other versions, at least momentarily, and appreciate just how much heart and soul she can put into and bring out of that great song. This is one of those independent releases that usually sink below the waves with nary a soul seeing the drowning artist waving for attention, one of hundreds upon hundreds of CDs released each month. And that’s too bad, because Taylor’s got a great blues voice, and she’s backed here by a super tight band of ace players. If she were booked at the Sierra Nevada Big Room, I’d be there pronto. Visit her site at www.pamtaylor.com or go to iTunes and see if you hear what I hear. Good stuff. —Jaime O’Neill

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THURSDAY 6/13—WEDNESDAY 6|19 THURSDAY NIGHT CONCERTS IN THE PARK: Oroville’s weekly concert series kicks off with country and rock from Hardly Dangerous. Th, 6/13, 6:30-8pm. Free. Riverbend Park, 1 Salmon Run Rd. in Oroville, (530) 533-2011.

FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning jazz appointment with experimental local troupe BOGG. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

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14FRIDAY BASSMINT: A weekly electronic dance party with a rotating cast of local and regional DJs. F, 9:30pm. Peeking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St. 4, (530) 895-3888.

13THURSDAY CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

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Th, 8-11pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main

and Larry Peterson play an eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. Th, 5:30-8:30pm through 6/27. Free. Grana, 198 E. Second St., 809-2304.

THE PHENOMENAUTS: The Bay Area “rocket roll” band that combines elements of multiple genres with a science-fiction theme. Black Market Prophets and Big Tree Fall Down open. Th, 6/13, 8pm. $5. Monstros Pizza & Subs, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., (530) 345-7672.

THE ROCK FIGHT: ZROCK’s rock ’n’ roll showcase pitting two local bands

rock outfit in the brewery. F, 6/14, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com.

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St., (530) 892-2473.

JOHN SEID TRIO: John Seid, Steve Cook

CHRIS GARDNER BAND: A local country-

against each other. Th, 6/13, 8pm. Dex, 167 E. Third St. Next to the Crazy Horse Saloon, (530) 327-8706.

SORIN: Though Sorin gets thrash-metal heavy, they also weave catchy and melodic elements throughout their performances. IO Torus and Acclivity open. Th, 6/13, 8pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

THREE FINGERS WHISKEY: Boot-stompin’ honky tonk and Americana on the back patio. Th, 6/13, 6-9pm. Free. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891.

case continues. F, 8pm. $5. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveat flo.weebly.com.

FRANK ZAPPA TRIBUTE SHOW: Avantegarde jazz troupe BOGG and prog-rockers Pageant Dads join forces to honor the music of Frank Zappa. F, 6/14, 7:30pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

FREAKNIK FRIDAY: A dance party with DJs Sexual Chocolate and Darkness and a hip-hop performance from Chuuwee. F, 6/14, 9pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891.

summer’s weekly concert series continues with blues and soul from Spark ‘n’ Cinder. F, 7-8:30pm. Free. Downtown Chico Plaza, 400 Broadway St., (530) 896-7200, www.downtownchico.net.

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

JAMES SLACK BAND: Country, southern rock and blues in the lounge. F, 6/14, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 5349892, www.goldcountrycasino.com.

JG_MADEUMLOOK: The Bay Area rapper has a polished, synth-heavy sound primed for the mainstream. Rapper J. Gib and DJs Marvel and Oasis open. F, 6/14, 8:30pm. $15-$25. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

JIVE COULIS: A funky rock and blues band out of Oregon. Solo touring folk singer Real Live Tigers and local singer-songwriter Fera opens. F, 6/14, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

A NIGHT FOR AFRICA: A performance from the Christian music singer-songwriter Shawn McDonald to benefit Ride For Hope Coast to Coast and providing relief to HIV and AIDS orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. F, 6/14, 7pm. $20$75. Christ Community Church, 5025 Manzanita Ave. in Carmichael, (916) 257-5459, www.cccnow.com.

15SATURDAY AMANDA GRAY: Live country in the nightclub. Sa, 6/15, 9pm. Free. Rolling Hills Casino, 2655 Barham Ave. in Corning, (530) 528-3500, www.rollinghills casino.com.

CHICAGO TRIBUTE AUTHORITY: An upbeat tribute to the hit-making band in the brewery. Sa, 6/15, 9pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com.

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If you like your folk-rock twangy and jangly in that Byrds-y way, then Portland’s The Parson Red Heads will be just the harmonizing four-piece to slide you into a summer groove. The band will be hitting Café Coda on Tuesday, June 18, on the heels of their latest release, the 6 EP. Locals The Sad Bastards and Evin Wolverton open.

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THIS WEEK: FIND MORE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPECIAL EVENTS ON PAGE 24 DELLA MAE: An all-female acoustic folk

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and bluegrass quintet with a heavy emphasis on vocal harmony. Tu, 6/18, 7:30pm. $17.50. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 3452739, www.sierranevada.com.

THE PARSON RED HEADS: Tu, 6/18, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

SHIGEMI & FRIENDS: Live jazz with key(530) 458-8844, www.colusa casino.com.

CHUCK EPPERSON JR.: Chico’s soulful R&B singer and guitarist performs with saxophonist Eric Weber. Sa, 6/15, 8:30pm. Free. Farwood Bar & Grill, 705 Fifth St. in Orland, (530) 865-9900.

FURLOUGH FRIDAYS TOUR KICK-OFF: The local alternative rock band begins their short West Coast jaunt with InAeona (a hard rock band out of Boston) and North (a gloom metal band out of Arizona). Sa, 6/15, 9pm. Maltese Bar & Taproom, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

JAMES SLACK BAND: Country, southern

rock and blues in the lounge. Sa, 6/15, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 5349892, www.goldcountrycasino.com.

JOHN SEID TRIO: John Seid, Steve Cook and Larry Peterson play an eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and stan-

dards. Sa, 6/15, 6-9pm. Free. Chicoichi Ramen, 243 W. Ninth St., (530) 891-9044.

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the lounge. Sa, 6/15, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com.

THE LOLOS: The smooth-groovin’ local

rock band performs. The Well opens. W, 6/19, 9pm. $3. LaSalles, 229 Broadway,

$20. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 345-2739, www.sierra nevada.com.

FULL HOUSE BLUES JAM: An open blues jam sandwiched between a pair of sets from the house band, The Growlers, in the brewery. W, 6/19, 7-11pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com.

JAZZ HAPPY HOUR: With the Carey

Robinson Trio. W, 5-7pm. Opens 6/12. Free. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

(530) 893-1891.

OLD-TIME SLOW JAM: Bring your bluegrass instruments and song suggestions for this jam hosted by Jim Meyers. Third W of every month, 7-9pm. Free. Sid Lewis’ Acoustic College, 932 W. Eighth Ave., (530) 876-8629.

OPEN MIC: An all-ages open mic for musicians, poets, comedians, storytellers and dancers. W, 7pm. Free. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

WAY OUT WEST: A weekly country music

showcase with The Blue Merles. W, 79:30pm. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

rock band out of Michigan. Grove

Street and Oh! The Horror! open. Sa, 6/15, 8pm. Dex, 167 E. Third St. Next to the Crazy Horse Saloon, (530) 3278706.

MUSIC SHOWCASE: An open mic hosted

by local musicians Rich and Kendall. Sa. Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Rd. Turn right onto River Road at the western end of W. Sacramento Road, (530) 710-2020.

OFF THE RECORD: Live danceable rock. Sa, 6/15, 8-11pm. No Cover. The Hub, 685 Manzanita Ct., (530) 228-9300.

SANDY NUYTS: Live country music in the lounge. Sa, 6/15, 9pm. Free. Colusa Casino Resort, 3770 Hwy. 45 in Colusa,

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LIFE AFTER DAN For the first time in 13 years, there will be someone

other than Dan DeWayne introducing the performers at Chico State’s Laxson Auditorium. The 2013-14 school year is going to be the first season of Chico Performances-produced events since DeWayne retired as director. Exactly who the new person will be who will curate the schedule has still not been announced, but in the interim, the hardworking Chico Performances staff has continued running the program and is getting prepared to promote the upcoming season’s schedule, which was announced earlier this week. Upon first glance, there are a lot of familiar faces returning to the Laxson stage: uke-master Jake Shimabukuro (Sept. 13), Ballet Folklorico (Nov. 21), Pink Martini (Jan. 26, 2014), Tommy Emmanuel (Jan. 30, 2014) and Béla Fleck (Feb. 6). While it’s probably no surprise that Arts Tricera-hop! DEVO isn’t jumping out of his chair in excitement over another exhausting round of Aussie Emmanuel’s endless fret-pecking (sorry folks, I know he’s a fave), there are a lot of great surprises and some impressive big names on the new schedule. Series tickets go on sale July 1, and individual shows go on sale Aug. 5. Visit www.chicoperformances.com for more info. Here are a few highlights: Oct. 2: Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell: A powerful country singersongwriter collaboration fresh off an impressive album (Old Yellow Moon) released last spring. This pairing could be the show of the year. Oct. 24: Momix: The world-renowned modern-dance troupe recreates the natural world in Botanica (pictured). Oct. 27: Alton Brown: If I’m watching TV, there’s a good chance I’m watching the nerdy Food Network host (Good Eats, Iron Chef America). I’m really looking forward to this odd live event. Nov. 14: Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt: Between an acoustic set by this impressive duo and the previous month’s Harris and Crowell gig, fans of American songwriting heavyweights won’t need to go out again all year! Nov. 19: Andrew Bird: This is AD’s personal pick of the season. Bird is a great songwriter who adds a good amount of moody atmosphere to his otherwise rustic indiefolk/country/Americana sound. March 12: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: The famed orchestra with Wynton Marsalis and his trumpet at the helm. April 12: Arlo Guthrie: The folk-singing son of Woody will pay homage to his father as well as the rest of his family in a program titled Here Come the Kids.

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Especially arts-related stuff: Friday, June 14: Overdose Gallery: Visit www.overdosegallery.blogspot.com to sign up for a viewing of Johnny Alexander’s one-day Inter/Face exhibit. Friday, June 14, 4-8 p.m.: Figure Drawing Group artist reception, Sally Dimas Art Gallery. Saturday, June 15, noon-4 p.m.: Challenge Show reception: Participants in Chico Art Center’s rock, paper, scissors challenge show their work. Sunday, June 16, 6-10 p.m.: 20 Years of Sisko: David Sisk hosts a music show, slide show and art auction. Visit Facebook and like “Public Sisko Announcements.” June 17-21: Performance Arts Camp for Children: Unplugged Arts hosts arts retreat. Contact Jeanne Christopherson for more info: jkrist offer2222@hotmail.com or 345-6324.

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