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Advocating for a day center Both the city and downtown business owners have recently

Chico’s homeless conundrum Ione Chico Police Department representative I spoke with, “basically.” I’ve been voluntarily homeless in Chico for s it illegal to be homeless in Chico? According to

about two years, since I lost my job and my house on the same day back in November 2011.

I was moving out of the room I rented into a small studio, but it wouldn’t be available for two weeks, so I’d camp/ couch-surf until then. But the day my camping was to begin, I was let go from my job. Of course, the new place wouldn’t rent to me without employment. After this happened, I decided to try by out a different way of life. I Jake Davis began sleeping on the outskirts of town, always trying to conThe author was ceal myself from the eyes of raised in suburban the “housed” and the lawOrange County and enforcement community, lest has lived in Chico they chastise me, fine me or for nine years. haul me off to jail.

So you can understand my excitement when a wonderful person I’d never met gave me a small-but-free recreational vehicle—with a bed, toilet, shower and stove—in which to live. My mom, however, was less excited and warned me to check with Chico PD and the Butte County Sheriff’s Office to learn the laws

concerning sleeping in my vehicle.

The officers at the Sheriff’s Office said that as long as I moved the vehicle a few blocks every seven days I would not be bothered (though I got the sense that this was not legal, just accepted). But the outcome at the Chico Police Department was less encouraging. I explained my situation to the young woman behind the Plexiglas and asked whether it would be legal to sleep in my new RV. “No,” I was told. “It is illegal to sleep inside a vehicle in the city of Chico unless in a designated RV or mobile-home park.”

Oh, that’s too bad, I thought. “Is there somewhere I can sleep outside my vehicle in Chico?” “No, that’s called urban camping—or something like that—and it’s also illegal in the city.”

Wow! Bummer! Then I asked, “So, it’s illegal to be homeless in Chico?” “No!” I was told. “We couldn’t do that. It would be discrimination! And we can’t discriminate against one segment of the population like that.” I pondered this for a moment, and then replied, “So, it’s not illegal to be homeless as long as you never fall asleep?” She smiled sheepishly, realizing this conundrum. “Basically.” Ω

So, it’s not illegal to be homeless as long as you never fall asleep?

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adopted short-term solutions for the issues surrounding the homeless and transient presence downtown. We urge more farsighted action.

Anecdotally, the presence of two Chico Police Department bike officers patrolling downtown through the holidays and the privately hired armed security guards rousting homeless and transient individuals from downtown business alcoves seem to be effective in deterring overnight camping on sidewalks and at City Plaza. Indeed, a recent attempt by the CN&R to photograph the homeless during the early morning proved fruitless—there simply wasn’t anyone sleeping downtown.

And that’s before the recently approved citywide civil-sidewalks ordinance (also known as the sit/lie law) goes into effect late next month. Touted by proponents as a necessary tool for police to move homeless people along (despite the documented failure of similar laws in other cities), the new ordinance likely will only ensure that police are issuing more citations to the homeless.

As you’ll see from this week’s cover feature, a special report with multiple stories related to homelessness (see page 20), Chico’s homeless issue is complex. We recognize that making downtown a safer, friendlier place will not be the product of any one ordinance or proposal. Still, there’s an obvious underlying problem that must be addressed—namely that the homeless need a place to go during the day. A day center for adults in the mold of the 6th Street Center for Youth (see “A working model,” by Ken Smith, page 23), would ideally provide housing referrals, job counseling, Internet access, meals, showers, laundry facilities and a place to hang out other than City Plaza.

Such a day center wouldn’t be a cure-all, but it would go a long way toward achieving what should be the real goal—getting homeless people the services they need to get off the streets. Ω

A time for generosity It’s impossible to comprehend the suffering people are experi-

encing in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. The photos of miles of destruction are horrific in themselves, but they can’t convey the sickening smell of rotting bodies, the pain of hunger and thirst because there is no food or clean water, or the inescapable wetness because there’s no shelter and the rain continues to fall.

The CN&R encourages its readers to open their hearts and wallets and send money to their favorite relief organizations. The world needs to come to the aid of the people of the Philippines.

While scientists tell us that individual extreme-weather events such as this hurricane can’t be attributed to global climate change, there is no doubt that rising sea levels, which are well documented and scientifically attributable to climate change, are putting coastal nations, and especially island nations, at great risk.

That risk is greatest for poor countries such as the Philippines, which lack the resources to respond to catastrophic events in an effective manner.

The bitter irony, of course, is that the people of the Philippines, like those of all poor countries, have contributed little to climate change. It’s the rich countries like the United States, China and those in Europe that have put most of the greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. We cause the problem, and the poor of the world suffer for it. All the more reason for us to be generous in responding to Typhoon Haiyan.

The good news is that major relief agencies are moving as fast as possible to get aid to the Philippines. USA Today has made a valuable list of those agencies. It can be found at www.tinyurl.com/typhoongive.

The best thing we can do is send money. The agencies will know how to use it. Ω

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Police drama A representative of the Chico Police Officers’ Association, the local police union, went on the defensive Tuesday afternoon, holding a press conference on the front steps of the City Council chambers.

Officer Peter Durfee, speaking from a prepared statement, contacted the CN&R and other local media in response to City Councilman Randall Stone having pointed out that a Chico Police officer had posted racist images on his personal Facebook page.

Stone, it turns out, had done some digging into the officer’s social-networking page after the same officer, Todd Boothe, posted an insulting comment on Stone’s Facebook page. He called Stone incompetent and an asshole. Here’s another gem: “Feed the homeless and fund worthless programs and take your personal insurance to the best rate in the City! Complete incompetency by our city council and their hired henchmen.”

And, boy, did Stone dig up some unsavory stuff in response. He forwarded to the media an email he’d sent to Police Chief Kirk Trostle with screenshots of some disturbing images. The most blatantly racist is a Photoshopped image of President Obama as a witchdoctor—complete with a bone through his nose—with “Obamacare” as the caption; the C in Obamacare is a backward hammer and sickle (i.e., a Communist symbol). Boothe posted the image in 2009. More recently, in June, Boothe posted an image of a red skull with a Confederate flag design over it featuring a caption reading, “Rebel ’till The Day I Die.” During the press conference, Durfee called the images “political satire,” but anyone who’s taken a basic American history course knows the racist implications of the Confederate flag. I’m not going to waste ink here to say why the image of the president is racist. (TV’s Action News Now, which broke this story, fuzzed out the picture during its broadcast.)

Is Todd Boothe a racist? No idea. He’s not talking.

It’s clear he didn’t mean for the public to see the image of Obama—that one was set to private. The other one was out there for the world to see, however.

All of this is taking place, of course, during contract negotiations between the city and the CPOA, as Durfee pointed out. “We all know Councilman Stone is not a fan of the police department,” Durfee opined. I don’t know if that’s true, but I have a feeling the CPD—or at least the CPOA—isn’t a fan of Stone.

While Stone alleged that perceptions of racism within the department could jeopardize the safety of Boothe’s fellow officers, Durfee charges that Stone’s allegations endanger the lives of Boothe and his family. It seems to me there’s hyperbole on both sides of this thing.

Durfee said Stone could have handled the situation better by reporting his concerns internally to Chief Trostle, rather than airing them publicly. I think he has a valid point. But Boothe’s comments and posts are indefensible, and the CPOA made a mistake in saying they aren’t racist.

They are. But that doesn’t mean Boothe’s a bad cop.

CPD is now conducting an administrative investigation.

If that was Stone’s intention, he certainly succeeded.

Two views on the cover Re “Lassen Solitaire” (Cover feature, by Allan Stellar, Nov. 7): The tribute to Ed Abbey was wonderful, and Allan’s account of his permit application and the subsequent shutdown clearing the way was hilarious and nicely Abbey-esque, and the general thrust of the essay was spoton.

BILL PORTER San Marcos

You should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting an inconsiderate nut job be worthy of praise for breaking the law by entering our (my) national park when it was clearly signed as “closed.” I hope there is a way for you to also share in a fine. You set a fine example of irresponsibility and disdain for our good folks. Did you mention how waste was or was not removed? A new low for journalism.

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What place is there in Chico for armed guards in downtown? How difficult is it to separate the hungry and homeless from the few thugs that hide among them? And why don’t the police act to deal with illegal behavior by enforcing the ordinances already in place to solve shopkeepers’ problems?

As Ms. Amick so elegantly asks, “Since when does the privilege of renting downtown business space extend to the right to hire armed private guards?”

I and many fellow citizens would like to know the names of those shop owners who’ve chosen to buy “guardians” for our streets. That way we can at least choose not to buy from them. It is clear to me that more than one downtown business owner is appalled by these “guardians.” I’d like to spend my dollars with those who do not choose force.

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When you have board members without children in the schools, things like this happen too often. I don’t know how long before new board members are added, but the current ones should leave early to allow people who have a better perspective to make decisions .

JERRY OLSON Chico

Who’s the real problem?

Re “Clear the sidewalks” (Newslines, by Melissa Daugherty, Nov. 7): Let’s try a thought experiment.

OK, all the business owners and their employees in Chico vanish— what happens? I’m headed over to Raley’s to scrounge some food before anarchy sets in, and within a week or two, Chico would depopulate.

OK, and what if the homeless people vanished, what would happen? Umm, not much.

So when a portion of the homeless population harasses businesses that are providing the goods and services we need, is the problem the businesspeople not respecting these homeless enough or this portion of the homeless not respecting the businesspeople enough?

I heard a stream of people telling the City Council they thought the businesspeople should give the homeless more respect, but I don’t think they are grounded in what makes a society function.

MICHAEL JONES Chico

Obamacare is flawed Re “Let the ACA do its job” (Editorial, Nov. 7): Obamacare is already wreaking havoc on our economy.

Months ago, Chico Area Recreation and Park District cut all parttime workers to 27 hours or less to avoid paying Obamacare. The reduction in hours not only resulted in hardships for employees, but also in more than 500 children being cut from programs this past summer. CARD is currently considering permanent closure of Humboldt Skate Park because it doesn’t have adequate staff to maintain the facility.

California Vocations of Paradise, “supporting adults with developmental disabilities,” found it would cost them $250,000 to provide ACA-acceptable insurance for its staff. Could this be the reason the Chico Work Training Center recently laid off a number of employees, including the 20-year employee who formerly organized

the WTC’s fundraiser dinner?

Government agencies are not immune to Obamacare. The city of Chico is still laying folks off, right at Christmas. How many downtown businesses will go under, lay off, not hire, as a result? For years, our local economy bloated itself on those inflated salaries downtown—now Obamacare is letting the air out of that balloon!

Admit it—it’s not just the website.

JUANITA SUMNER Chico

Letting the Unaffordable Abuse Act “do its job” will break the back of tens of millions of middleclass Americans, which is its real purpose. It’s the standard Marxist formula—beat down the bourgeoisclass enemy, the middle class. This law hasn’t squat to do with health or insurance. It’s only about stealing from working people and controlling the most personal details of their lives—and destroying the middle class.

President Obama’s shameless mendacity—repeatedly (at least 30 times)—making promises he knew three years ago wouldn’t be kept, and then lying to cover those lies, should also give pause regarding his climate-change agenda.

That agenda is just as mendacious as his claims of “substandard” health insurance.

This consummate liar and his agenda must be stopped and he must be removed from office before he does any more damage.

Repeal the UAA [Unaffordable Abuse Act] and shut down the asinine EPA before it inflicts any more injury on low-income people.

CHAD WOZNIAK Chico

Congress’ cruel inaction It is essential that the Congress pass emergency legislation to aid our enormous number of hungry individuals and families who depend on food stamps, government commodities, school lunches and congregate feeding programs.

Of all the cuts enacted and taking effect, the cuts to food programs are the most senseless and cruel. This is not a matter for debate or discussion by either party—it is a dire need that must be addressed immediately for the good of several million undernourished and, frankly, starving citizens.

Of greatest concern is the reduction in food stamps just as we begin to enter the holiday giving season. Have we become so cruel and uncaring that we exceed

even the actions of Scrooge as we torture these folks for an economy that is definitely not their fault?

MICHAEL EVANS Anderson

One step away ...

Re “The homeless are people” (Letters, by Jim Secola, Oct. 31): I was born and raised in Chico.

In the past six years, I have lost two good jobs—one of 20 years and the other four years. Neither loss was my decision.

I had to move from my beloved Chico (which I dearly miss) in order to survive. During this time, my only sister was diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimer’s. My point being that we don’t always have control over our life’s path. If I didn’t have a wonderful family support system and the best friends someone could imagine, I could be living under a bridge.

We are sometimes one step away from being homeless!

I think Jim hit the nail on the head—the homeless are people, too. We don’t know their stories.

Maybe some wish not to know.

But everyone has one.

Instead of sweeping the issue under the rug as if it doesn’t exist, why not see if some of these people need a hand-up, instead of a handout? Most of us just need a little help—that’s all. This loyal CN&R reader feels empathy for the homeless, because I know how close I came to being homeless.

M. KATHY GRIDER Redding

Keeping up the fight Re “Give up the scam” (Letters,

by Karen Duncanwood and Julie Williams, Oct. 31): The rambling letters from these two uninformed residents support and encourage my efforts to keep fighting for our constitutional rights. It is regrettable that someday, somehow, my recent case will benefit both of you in spite of your views.

I feel sorry for both of you and others who lack the understanding and knowledge to support all constitutional rights. The Constitution, both state and federal, is the blueprint of our liberties.

There is an old saying that goes, “Ignorance is bliss.” Both of you must be extremely happy.

DON BIRD Rancho Tehama

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Local agencies that provide emergency food and shelter are eligible to receive a share of $121,810 recently appropriated for such services in Butte County.

The decision to dedicate the funds to Butte County was made by a national board composed of several humanitarian groups and chaired by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), according to a press release from Catalyst Domestic Violence Services.

Neighboring Glenn County was chosen to receive $18,055.

A board made up of local social-service organizations will determine how the funds are distributed. Government agencies or recognized nonprofits that have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs are urged to contact Anastacia Snyder at 343-7711; the deadline to apply is Nov. 22.

PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE

IN HER MEMORY

A three-day fundraiser will be held this weekend in memory of Kristina Chesterman, the 21-year-old Chico State nursing student who succumbed to injuries she sustained after being struck by an allegedly drunken driver while riding her bicycle on Sept. 22.

About 70 downtown businesses (all marked by pink posters) will donate a portion of sales made from Thursday to Saturday (Nov. 14 to 16) to the memorial foundation launched by Chesterman’s family shortly after her death, while a bike-safety and drunken-driving-awareness event hosted by Mike Griffith of G-Ride Pedi-Cab, who organized the fundraiser, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday at City Plaza.

Go to kristinachesterman.org to make a donation to either the family’s foundation or the separate memorial nursing scholarship established by Chico State’s College of Natural Sciences; call Griffith at 354-9885 for more information on the fundraiser.

TEENS FALSELY ACCUSED

Three Red Bluff teenagers were released from Tehama County Juvenile Detention Center Nov. 8 after being held for weeks on false charges. In early October, an unidentified teenager reported a Sept. 8 knife attack to the Red Bluff Police Department, claiming three juveniles held him down and tried to carve “X3” into his chest, according to an apologetic pointed press release from Tehama County District Attorney Gregg Cohen (pictured).

The teens were arrested on charges of mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon and street terrorism. But the victim was not consistent with his story, changing the number of attackers and description of the masks they wore. He subsequently admitted to lying, and the accused were set free with charges dismissed.

“Three innocent boys were jailed for close to three weeks!” Cohen exclaimed in the press release. “Although the right thing happened in the long run, three teenage boys were falsely accused and were wrongly held in juvenile hall!”

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Food handout in jeopardy Orchard Church vows to continue offering free meals to homeless

O the Chico Municipal Center, 30 to 40 people gathered for a food handout organized by n a recent Sunday evening outside

Orchard Church. About 20 boxes of Little Caesars pizza were stacked on a folding table as the gathered lisby Tom Gascoyne tened to church Pastor Jim Culp address them and then lead them tomg@ in prayer before the pizza was newsreview.com handed out.

After about 45 minutes of munching and conversation, the crowd began to disperse, and was gone 15 minutes later.

For the past five years, the church had held its weekly free-meal program at Chico’s City Plaza.

But in July, a park ranger warned the meal organizers that a permit would be needed if they wanted to continue to practice their generosity.

“The ranger told us that the city was tightening up its permitting process and noticing groups that were operating without permits,” said Culp.

“They said we were one of them, and needed to look into getting a permit.”

He said that church representatives went to the city’s Park Division office the next day and filled out a permit application. On Aug. 13, they received notice via mail that the application had been approved. About a month later, the matter was placed on a Bidwell Park and Playground Commission meeting agenda for late September.

“We had operated for six weeks thinking that we had an approved permit,” Culp said. “They never called and talked to us about needing to go before the Parks Commission [until the Thursday before their appearance was scheduled]. We were

told, ‘Hey, Monday you’re on the Parks Commission agenda.’”

The commission approved the permit, but with a 13-week limit, meaning the church would have to regain permission every three months or so. But conditions changed at an Oct. 15 City Council meeting when Councilman Sean Morgan requested a review of the Planning Commission’s approval of the food giveaway.

In the meantime, Hotel Diamond owner Wayne Cook filed an appeal of the decision, which should be taken up at the Nov. 19 City Council meeting.

Culp said that until the matter of

homelessness in Chico became such an obsession with local citizens, the local government and the media, the Orchard Church program was not on the radar.

“Nobody really cared about us before, one way or the other,” he said.

“It’s the timing—and so we’re trying to do it the right way and go through the process of meeting the city’s requests.

“We’re happy to do so within reason, and hopeful that the city will follow up on both [its] code and what the Constitution tells us about freedom of assembly, especially as a religious group.”

The food, he said, comes from donations from church members.

“We have a gentleman who hosts pizza once every two months,” Culp said, nodding toward the offering of the

night. “Different church members or groups of members cover a week every two months, and it works out well.”

He said the generosity gains the church a lot of trust from those being served, people who otherwise may resist engaging in conversations with those outside the homeless community.

“There are guys here I have seen most every Sunday night for five years, and can sit down with them, and we have conversations about life and where they are going,” Culp said.

As far as those who say that the church’s food giveaway draws transients to town, Culp initially joked, “Well, first, I would say our food’s not that good. We are not the Club Med for homeless people.”

On a serious note, he said the church’s intention is to see people’s lives change. “You can’t see lives change without coming out and meeting people head-on,” he said.

“We want to have a three-question conversation with people,” Culp continued. “We ask, ‘What’s your name?’ That gives value when I care about your name.

“I want to know where [they] are from, and what I find out a lot of times is that most of them are from Chico.

They’ve been in Chico longer than I have,” he said. “The third thing, after they tell their story is, ‘How’s that working for ya?’ If they say, ‘It’s hard out

here,’ I say, ‘How can we help you pursue something different?’”

Also out on this particular Sunday

evening was former Chico Police Chief Mike Maloney, whose wife, Laurie, has been a member of Orchard Church for the past few years.

“I’ve been out here and involved in this just during the time that they have been the focus of what I will characterize as unfair and inappropriate attention,” Maloney said.

“I think this is a classic situation of shooting the gun first and yelling ‘Freeze!’ afterward. It’s disturbing, and every step of the way it has been bungled by the city, which is very disturbing to me because I have an affinity for the city government itself.”

Maloney said he believes the matter is a First Amendment issue, and that the local government is overstepping its bounds.

“We’ve been having all this angst because of who those people are? We can’t do that,” he said. “Right now [the local government officials] are full-speed ahead, disregarding the fact that they can’t target people just because of who they are.”

Matt Reynolds is an attorney with

the Pacific Justice Institute, a nonprofit, Sacramento-based legal organization that offers advice and counseling to religious groups. He said the institute has been in touch with Orchard Church throughout this ordeal.

“There are a lot of different angles here,” Reynolds said. “The city leaders are frustrated with the homeless in general, and so they take it out on one group that does outreach on Sunday nights. The church is showing an exemplary attitude toward working with the city.”

Reynolds said he’s heard a permit condition will be floated by the city that requires those getting served are only city residents. Such a restriction, he said, would be hard to enforce and is hardly constitutional.

Culp said the program will not stay at the Municipal Center because the city has indicated that if it were to, the 13-week permit-approval process would still be in place; the church would like approval of a permit with a longer life.

Orchard Church’s communityoutreach ministry will instead go back to the plaza, though it may not hand out food there on Sunday, Nov. 16. “At this point we are going to defend our rights at the Nov. 19 City Council meeting,” Culp said.

As for the leftover pizza on this particular Sunday night, Culp said it would not go to waste.

“I’ll go under a couple of bridges with it. We know where people are at.”Ω

Video Goliath falls As Blockbuster shutters stores, longestrunning local video store still going strong owner of All the Best Video for nearly 30 years, Dan Jenks has Asfaced all manner of threats to the business’ livelihood.

For starters, the product he originally stocked his shelves with—

VHS videotapes—has been obsolete for the past 15 years, replaced by DVD and now Blu-ray technology. Even the handful of businesses of the store’s ilk—independently owned, neighborhood video stores—that survived that technological cataclysm have since been trampled underfoot by corporate giants, most notably the Hollywood Video and Blockbuster chains.

“I’ll never forget seeing the glare of Hollywood Video’s neon sign reflecting in the front window of our Cohasset [Road] store,” said Jenks, who still owns four reportedly thriving All the Best outlets, including two in Chico and others in Magalia and Susanville. “It really felt like the big guy coming to squash me, but we survived it, obviously.”

Hollywood Video has long gone the way of the once ubiquitous “Be Kind, Rewind” sign, and now Blockbuster is following suit, with its parent company, Dish Network, recently announcing a decision to shutter the remaining retail stores and DVD-by-mail service.

All the Best’s endurance is all the more notable in recent years as more video stores, large and small alike, have closed due to the advent of online and direct-to-TV movie services, as well as physical rentals provided by vending machines à la Redbox. At its peak in 2004, Blockbuster had 9,000 stores; when Dish Network announced the closures, approximately 300 corporate-owned stores remained.

An estimated 50 franchise-owned stores in the United States—none of them located in California—as well as others overseas will continue to operate.

The last day of normal operations for Chico’s sole surviving Blockbuster store, on Mangrove Avenue, was last Saturday (Nov. 9).

Banners announcing new and improved services were taken down last week, and replaced this week with red posters announcing an everything-must-go liquidation sale scheduled for today (Nov. 14).

Workers at the Mangrove location refused to give details—or even open the store’s front door—on Monday and Tuesday, saying they weren’t allowed to comment. Calls to Dish Network’s corporate headquarters in Englewood, Colo., resulted in an emailed press release regarding the store closures from Kate Gremillion of Hill & Knowlton Strategies, an international public-relations firm. Gremillion didn’t have further details regarding how long the Chico store was open or how many employees will be left jobless.

Blockbuster is closing all of its 300 remaining corporate stores.

Left: Mike Brown, manager of All the Best Video on Walnut Street, has worked at the location for more than 15 years.

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“At this time we do not have specifics on employees other than there are about 10 or fewer at each location,” she wrote.

Part of the irony of All the Best’s longevity is that Jenks

didn’t want to open a video store in the first place. He explained that his wife Cathy’s friend was dating a movie buff, and the couples would discuss getting into the burgeoning video-store business. The Jenkses started All the Best in November of 1985 in an East Avenue building shared with their other business, Cathy’s Sew & Vac, with the movie-loving friend committing to help run the store.

“We opened at the end of November and the guy went back East to see his family a month later,” Jenks recalled. “I never saw him again, so I was stuck with this video store I didn’t really want.”

Jenks said his reluctance dissipated as the store got busier and he realized how much fun it was to run: “Everytime UPS would come, they’d bring boxes and boxes of movies and neat little gifts from the studios. It was like Christmas every day.”

The business also grew—in its heyday, the Jenkses owned 22 stores throughout the North State, some of them joint ventures with Dan’s brother and mother. They also started a side business called Movies To Go, which would stock videos at convenience stores in rural locations as far-flung as Alturas and Truckee, which Jenks said eventually faltered as those places obtained services from DirecTV and Dish Network.

Though many of these stores have closed over the years, Jenks said the business continues to thrive. Even the most recently closed Quincy location, which shut down in September, was still turning a profit, he said, noting the closure was because it became harder for him to 3% actively visit the store as he gets older.

3% Jenks said All the Best has always focused on providing a wide selection of films and 14% catering to customers’ needs, including ensuring Most win with Obamacare they carry films needed by Chico State students According to projections made by economist for classes. Of the ongoing appeal of the neighJonathan Gruber (architect of both Mitt Romborhood video store, Jenks said that people like 80% ney’s Massachusetts health-care plan and Presits environment. ident Obama’s Affordable Care Act) in a recent “I think it’s always had a great feel to it,” he New Yorker blog post by Washington corresponsaid. “People want to go out and physically see dent Ryan Lizza, approximately 3 percent of the and hold the box, meet their neighbors and say population—about 9 million Americans—will ‘Hi’ to the clerk. We have a friendly and knowlcome out potential “losers” in the wake of edgable crew, and some of them have worked health-care policy changes. Here is the breakdown of winners, losers and those here for years. Those things have always sepa“unaffected” by Obamacare: rated us from the corporate stores.

“We did great when Blockbuster was here, 80%: Unaffected (largely those who keep current plan) and I think we’ll do even better without them.”

14%: Winners (uninsured with access to new ACA policy )

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—KEN SMITH kens@newsreview.com

Sources: www.newyorker.com and Justin Wolfers (economic fellow at Brookings Institution) via Twitter—@JustinWolfers.

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Mickey D’s new home Chico Planning Commission approves Chico’s third McDonald’s nyone who lives near Chico’s Aknows Pleasant Valley High School what happens when school

lets out for lunch: Hundreds of students flow in waves across East Avenue, often overwhelming the signal at Ceanothus Avenue, on their way to buy pizza slices and other fare in the Safeway shopping center.

A proposal to put a 4,387square-foot McDonald’s restaurant with a drive-through on the empty 1-acre parcel immediately east of the Safeway parking lot has raised some questions, most having to do with student safety.

Will a facility that generates more than half of its business from its drive-through draw more vehicular traffic, increasing the chances of car-pedestrian accidents?

Will this popular fast-food outlet encourage even more students to leave campus at noon, with similar results?

Members of the Chico Planning Commission raised these and other questions when the proposal came before them at their Oct. 3 meeting. The commissioners voted to have the applicant return later with an enhanced proposal that included more greenery, a larger outside eating area, better signage warning both drivers and pedestrians of the others’ presence, and so forth.

Commissioner John Merz brought up several concerns, but he was far from the only commissioner to do so. The issue became controversial, however, when Merz subsequently came under attack in a Chico Enterprise-Record editorial for being a “longtime obstructionist,” and the commission itself was accused of “jerk[ing] businesses around for a while.”

If the McDonald’s folks shared this opinion when they came back before the commission on Thursday, Nov. 7, they hid it well.

Indeed, they had nothing but praise for city staff and the commission.

As Efraín Corona, the regional construction manager for McDon-

ald’s, said, the Oct. 3 meeting “initiated a great dialogue between us and the city,” and encouraged McDonald’s to go “above and beyond in responding to the commission’s requests.”

Commissioners, including Merz, appeared similarly pleased with the changes the applicants made on the site plan. But there was little McDonald’s could do to improve the safety situation on East Avenue.

The only audience members who spoke were Mike and Sue Christensen, teachers (she at PVHS) who live in the neighborhood. Sue Christensen noted that the general plan called for no drive-throughs in the neighborhood center and asked why no environmental review had been done.

“What about all the cars idling at the drive-through” and the pollution they give off, she asked, adding, “This really isn’t a restaurant; it’s a drive-through.”

In response, Vice Chairman

seem to be concerned. “If safety is such an issue,” she said, “the school district would be here, and they’re not.”

The vote was 5-2 for approval, with Merz and Chairman Matt Juhl-Darlington dissenting. They continued to be concerned that the project increased the safety risks for PVHS students and was not appropriate for the site.

Barring an appeal to the City Council, which seems unlikely, the Planning Commission’s action is final. This will be the third McDonald’s in Chico.

Ken Rensink later noted that, because there are two lanes in the drive-through, “cars will get through faster.”

The safety issue was addressed

by Matt Johnson, a city traffic engineer. He noted that East Avenue in the PVHS area was relatively lightly traveled at 16,000 vehicles per day, and that there had been only four accidents involving pedestrians or bicyclists there in the past seven years. “That’s pretty low,” he emphasized.

Commissioner Toni Scott was pleased by the project. She noted its low-key design fits in well with the other buildings in the shopping center. “This is not a cookie-cutter McDonald’s,” she said.

She pointed out that the Chico Unified School District didn’t

An artist’s rendering of the proposed McDonald’s as presented in the Planning Commission’s agenda packet.

Remember the bureaucratic

ordeal Robert Rasner, the owner of the Winchester Goose craft-beer bar, at Eighth Street and Broadway, went through earlier this year when he sought city approval of his liquor license? Turns out it was all due to a clerical error.

When the City Council updated its Title-19 zoning regulations as part of the general-plan update, it

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denoted “downtown north,” from Fifth to First streets, as an area in which no new liquor licenses would be approved. Unintentionally, however, the regulation was also written to apply to “downtown south,” the area from Sixth Street to Little Chico Creek.

The city ultimately was able to carve out an exemption for the Winchester Goose and approve its license. Since then, the error was discovered, and at its meeting the Planning Commission voted 6-1 to correct it, with Merz dissenting.

The matter will go to the City Council for final consideration.

—ROBERT SPEER

Batting cleanup

Cleanup Brigade crewmember Dale Dunlap is employed for the first time in five years.

PHOTO BY KAREN LASLO

R-Town and Jesus Center team up for downtown ale Dunlap, a homeless Chicoan D who has hazel eyes and a shy demeanor, has a job for the first

time in five years, thanks to a community crisis that produced what’s called the “Cleanup Brigade.”

On the morning of Nov. 12, this reporter caught up with Dunlap at Fourth and Main streets, as he meticulously swept pine needles from the sidewalk curb. He said something about being “ecstatic” to be part of the Brigade, but then reined in his emotions.

“It’s a good thing, and it gets me out,” Dunlap said. “It’s healthy.

I feel more hopeful. One day at a time … we’ll see how this pans out.”

So far, the Cleanup Brigade seems to be panning out for everyone—the town, the four Jesus Center clients who were hired to work two hours a day, six days a week, and the R-Town Downtown Coalition that has funded the eight-week pilot cleanup program. Now the question is, can the program be sustained and expanded?

Dunlap, 43, and three other Jesus Center clients who were hired, began work Nov. 4. At 8 a.m. in downtown Chico, you’ll hear the roar of the leaf-blower manned by crew supervisor Jim

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Secola, a part-time Jesus Center staffer. His four workers wear neon-green nylon vests bearing the Jesus Center logo, and carry brooms, mops and cleaning solvents.

“A lot of people compliment us,” Dunlap said. “I haven’t heard a negative word yet.”

The Cleanup Brigade exemplifies how collaboration among community groups might produce programs that simultaneously keep people off the streets and serve the community. Dunlap hadn’t been loitering downtown, but he clearly needed a boost to reroute his life.

Dunlap worked in construction for many years, helping to build Chico’s Costco store as well as other structures. He hasn’t been employed since 2008, but said he’s been sober since 7:35 p.m., Feb. 3, 2003, when he attended his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, and has used services at the Torres Community Shelter and Jesus Center to get his life back on track.

One of Dunlap’s goals is to get a roof over his head; at present, he sleeps outside at a location he doesn’t want to disclose. He says he keeps his distance from people who drink and use drugs.

Jesus Center Executive Director Bill Such said that, often, the clients these agencies work with resolve medical or other problems and want desperately to re-enter the workforce. “They might go to Home Depot and apply for a job that 150 other people are applying for,” Such said. “They’re not going to get that job.”

But Such said the Cleanup Brigade could easily be expanded to 15 or more people, who could clean up creeks and other parts of Chico. If 200 businesses contributed just $20 a month, a lot could be done, he noted. “This is an opportunity to get homeless people working cleaning up, instead of just saying they should move on or get a job.”

The R-Town Coalition is a

group of business owners who raised money to tackle the problems created by an increasing number of homeless people and vagrants camping downtown. Such declined comment on the controversial use of private security guards.

When R-Town said it would offer some temporary employment to the homeless, Such said he knew the Jesus Center was in. He had proposed just such a program about one year earlier.

The Brigade has brought the Jesus Center group into contact with many business owners, community members and other homeless people, Secola said.

“We’re developing relationships with businesses,” Secola said happily, as he stood in a cloud of leaf-blower dust and greeted merchants. When he meets homeless folks, he directs them to the Jesus Center, a faith-based nonprofit that provides meals but is more than a soup kitchen, offering as well a women’s and children’s shelter, and resource and referral services.

—LESLIE LAYTON November 14, 2013

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MENTAL-HEALTH LAW FINALIZED

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released the final rules of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. The parity law, passed in 2008, mandates that the health plans of larger employers must cover psychiatric illnesses and substance-abuse disorders as if they are physical illnesses, according to California Healthline. On Nov. 8, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released the final rules intended to clarify how parity applies to residential treatment facilities and outpatient care, and ensure that copayments, deductibles and limits on provider visits for mental-health services are not more restrictive than those for medical or surgical benefits.

State insurance commissioners will be tasked with making sure insurers comply with the parity standards.

HEALTH COVERAGE NOT FOR ALL

Wide health-care disparities will remain for millions of Californians who will not receive health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, a report finds.

The report, compiled by the Health Access Foundation, projected that 3 million to 4 million Californians—including undocumented immigrants, people who missed enrollment deadlines and those exempt from the mandate to purchase insurance—will lack health-care coverage once the ACA is fully implemented, according to The Sacramento Bee. All of the state’s counties are required to provide care for uninsured residents, but only a few set aside funding for services for undocumented immigrants.

“A family with the same circumstances in different counties will have potentially different access to care … as a result of their income and immigration status,” said Anthony Wright, director of Health Access Foundation.

HIT THE ROAD, TRANS FATS!

The federal government recently announced its intentions of removing nearly all trans fats from the American food supply.

Trans fats—which exist in nature, but are also manufactured by adding hydrogen to oil to make it solid—have long been linked to heart disease; studies have shown even small doses increase LDL (so-called “bad cholesterol”) and lower levels of HDL (“good cholesterol”), according to SFGate.com.

In 2006, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began requiring that food labels include amounts of trans fats on nutrition labels; on Nov. 7 of this year, the FDA issued a preliminary decision that even small amounts of trans fats are unsafe.

After a 60-day publiccomment period, the decision likely will be upheld, and only trans fats occurring naturally in certain meat and dairy products will be allowed.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that entirely eliminating trans fats from the American food supply could prevent 7,000 deaths and 20,000 heart attacks a year.

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

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Children left behind?

What state’s transition from Healthy Families to Medi-Cal means for kids

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Evan Tuchinsky

A of several thousand local children found their families on a new health-insur-

t the start of the month, parents

ance plan. The state of California, including Butte County, has blended its Healthy Families Program into Medi-Cal, beginning Nov. 1.

The transition may be most troublesome to families with children requiring specialty care, like those with autism spectrum disorder. At the beginning of the year, about 400 of California’s autistic children lost coverage for applied behavior-analysis (ABA) therapy after the state began the switch to Medi-Cal on Jan. 1, despite a Department of Health Care Services letter that assured families “Your child’s coverage will not be interrupted.”

Prior to the transition, Healthy Families and Medi-Cal were parallel plans offering coverage to children of low-income families. Healthy Families enrollees had parents whose earnings put them above the threshold for Medi-Cal. A primary difference between the two is Healthy Families, administered by Anthem Blue Cross, has reimbursed private physicians at a higher rate than Medi-Cal, so when doctors’ offices put limits on the number of MediCal patients they’d accept—as has become increasingly common—Healthy Families patients didn’t encounter that same barrier.

With the expansion of Medi-Cal under the federal Affordable Care Act, the state decided to discontinue Healthy Families and transfer the 875,000 children in Healthy Families to Medi-Cal, which, moving forward, will be administered by two companies: Anthem Blue Cross and California Health & Wellness, a subsidiary of the Missouri-based Centene Corpora-

tion. State officials designed the transition in phases; Phase 4b, the final phase, comprised rural counties including Butte.

The child-advocacy group Children Now has been monitoring the process.

“We know from experience that these changes tend to have disruptions despite everybody’s best intentions,” said Ben Rubin, an associate for health policy at Children Now. “There may be changes to the providers that kids and families are going to see, for example, so it’s been a critical part of our work to make sure the state is properly informing families of the changes so they know who to call and how to prevent any problems due to interruption of care.”

Rubin said most Healthy Families patients should be able to stay with their primary-care provider (PCP) and dentist if their parents choose the Anthem Blue Cross option for Medi-Cal. An adequacy assessment by the California Department of Health Care Services found 97 percent of the PCPs in the Healthy Families net-

work are in the Medi-Cal network as well.

The state did not release statistics on California Health & Wellness’ plan.

Where the big problem lies is in

specialty care. Only 34 percent of the Butte County specialists who’ve accepted Healthy Families also accept Medi-Cal. So, families of children with intensive health needs may find themselves switching doctors or struggling to find a new one.

Rubin acknowledged that so far through the transition, parents of children with autism spectrum disorders have tended to experience the biggest challenges.

“That’s a long-standing problem with Medi-Cal,” said Dr. Craig Corp, a pediatrician in Chico. “There are many specialties that we need to refer out of the area for services because no one will see them here. It’s frustrating.”

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the 875,000 Healthy Families patients (2,070 in Butte County).

Some of those children will have trouble even finding PCPs. Corp pointed out that the Medi-Cal network includes physicians whose only Medi-Cal patients are those already established in the practice, and perhaps the siblings of those children. Families new to Medi-Cal may need to seek out clinics—such as Northern Valley Indian Health’s Children’s Health Center, the Ampla Health Center, Feather River Hospital or Oroville Hospital—if they can’t find a private pediatrician.

In terms of Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California) reimbursement levels to health-care providers, California is 49th out of the 50 states, Corp said. “There are many other states where Medicaid reimburses at a similar rate to, say, a Blue Cross or Blue Shield, and people are happy to take it.”

Corp explained that historically, about 80 percent of California physicians either haven’t accepted or have limited Medi-Cal patients because of the low reimbursement rate.

“Basically [Medi-Cal will] pay a lot more to the clinics—the rural health clinics, the federally qualified health clinics—than we get paid,” he said. “That’s essentially where they want the Medi-Cal patients to go.”

Participants in the Healthy

Families program should have received advance notice of the tran-

Log onto www.dhcs.ca.gov (the home page for the California Department of Health Care Services) for specifics about changes to the state’s Medicaid program.

sition to Medi-Cal, but there remain families who have not been notified. To them, Children Now stresses some key points: • Medi-Cal coverage includes all the benefits of Healthy Families coverage.

• Children have a right to continuous care through the transition.

In other words, even if they need to switch doctors or dentists, children in Healthy Families should have no gap in coverage.

• Children have a right to coverage for any medically necessary covered services, including specialty services, even if the services are not in the health-plan network.

• Premiums will not increase, and families with incomes below 150 percent of the federal poverty line will no longer be charged premiums once they move to MediCal. “Overall in the transition there haven’t been wide-scale problems,” Rubin said, “but that’s not to say there haven’t been problems.”

Children Now says a family’s new health plan should direct them to the correct service provider.

Those having trouble accessing care or coverage can contact the Medi-Cal ombudsman at (888) 452-8609. Ω

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EARTH WATCH

GREENWAYS Far left: Mark Roberts, of Springboard Biodiesel, delivers a talk at the recent TEDxChico event.

CHEMICALS THREATEN S.F. BAY WILDLIFE

Flame retardants, pesticides and other chemicals have been found in the San Francisco Bay at levels approaching hazardous, a new report finds.

If they remain unchecked, these chemicals from Bay Area businesses and homes could cause the bay’s aquatic life to suffer, according to SFGate.com. A number of the chemicals referred to in the annual report of the San Francisco Estuary Institute’s Regional Monitoring Program “are showing up not too far from levels of concern, and that’s the bad news,” said Tom Mumley, San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board assistant executive officer.

Monitors are particularly concerned about the disastrous consequences for bay wildlife of a buildup of the insecticide fipronil.

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‘GREEN RUSH’ POISONING PARKS

Illegal marijuana grow sites in national parks are taking a toll on the environment and wildlife.

Referred to by some as the “green rush,” the burgeoning movement in California to make hefty sums of money from growing pot has been fingered for employing growing methods that are “killing wildlife, tainting water supplies and endangering hikers at national parks,” according to NBC News.

Last month, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department’s Marijuana Eradication Task Force busted a grow site just outside Kings Canyon National Park that turned up 280 pot plants, shotguns and “large containers of poison used to protect the crops.”

The Pacific fisher—a weasel-like mammal, of which there are only 300 left in California—is being significantly affected: Eighty-six percent of those being studied in and around Yosemite National Park, Sierra National Forest and the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation (near Eureka) have been exposed to second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs)—likely those used at marijuana grow sites.

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

The Western black rhinoceros has been declared to be extinct.

The official announcement was made recently by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), according to Time magazine.

The Western black rhino (pictured), a subspecies of the black rhino, was last seen in 2006, after having been “heavily hunted in the beginning of the 20th century,” said a recent article in the UK’s Daily Mail.

Attempts to protect the subspecies resulted in a population increase in the 1930s, but failure to continue preservation efforts led to the decline that resulted in extinction. In 1980, the Western black rhino population numbered in the hundreds; by 2000, about 10 were left.

“In the case of the Western black rhino … the situation could have had very different results if the suggested conservation measures had been implemented,” said Simon Stuart, chairman of the IUCN’s species-survival commission.

Send your eco-friendly news tips to Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia at christinel@newsreview.com.

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Innovation and community New ideas for a sustainable future explored during second annual TEDxChico event by

Michele Bechard

O gathered at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Big Room to participate in the sec-

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ond annual TEDxChico event. The beautiful autumn weather set the tone for a program of six local speakers interspersed with videos of past TEDTalks by nationally recognized presenters.

TEDxChico committee chairwoman Laura Joplin (sister of the late singer Janis Joplin) explained prior to the program that the initial cap for attendance had been 100 people, based upon the TEDTalks licensing contract. However, following last year’s inaugural TEDxChico event, Joplin attended a national conference of TEDx organizers in order to more than double the capacity for attendance.

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks emerged 25 years ago as a nonprofit conference in California. TEDx is an independently organized network of conferences presented by local communities. A committee of 11 local business and community leaders screened 50 applicants to select the six speakers for TEDxChico 2013. Speakers were selected based upon auditions offering solutions for collaborative problem-solving. The talks addressed global warming, ecology and advances in equitable and sustainable business models.

The program opened with a 2011

video of a talk—“Open-sourced blueprints for civilization”—by TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski. Using scrap metal, engineering and a DIY ethos, Jakubowski offers templates for construction of basic equipment (tractors, and other tools for farming) needed to sustain a community.

The first live speaker was Mark Roberts, CEO of Chico firm Springboard Biodiesel. His company’s development of biodiesel “buckshot” projects challenges a “silver bullet” solution to creating alternatives to fossil fuels. “The goal is to reduce global warming using a ‘bottom-up approach,’” Roberts said. He described simple, cheap methods for individuals and businesses to convert used cooking oil into fuel.

As previously reported in this newspaper (see “From kitchen to engine,” Earth Watch, Jan. 13), Springboard Biodiesel was recognized by the national nonprofit Green Restaurant Association for the development of BioPro. This appliance produces premium-grade biodiesel from

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used cooking oil for less than a dollar per gallon. According to Renewable Energy Magazine, biodiesel emits half the particulate matter of and 90 percent less carbon dioxide than traditional diesel fuel. The recycling of used oils also saves money in disposal and maintenance fees.

In his talk, Roberts highlighted some success stories. A Florida National Guard cafeteria at Camp Blanding converted its kitchen grease into biodiesel for 68 cents per gallon. This also diverted grease from the cafeteria septic system. He ended with a quote from the Dr. Seuss book The Lorax: “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing’s going to get better. It’s not.”

Social entrepreneur John Carlon,

of nonprofit River Partners, discussed efforts to “re-wild” California rivers in partnership with local farmers. He likened the demise of riparian habitat due to human activity to “a teenager on a spending spree.” He said that river conservation in the form of sustained human effort was needed to salvage the supply of clean water for the North State.

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Kirkpatrick posed a question: “If people know how to do jobs, why do they need a boss?” He told the story of Morning Star Co., started by one man in Woodland in 1970, which grew to become the largest tomato processor in the world.

The organization embraced the principle that people should not use force or coercion to get others to work. Beginning in 1990, individual Morning Star workers composed letters of understanding to their colleagues detailing their commitment to the mission, rules and performance measures of the company. He explained that no one could be fired or direct the activities of others. In 2008, he helped form the Morning Star Self-Management Institute to promote the ethos of the self-managed organization as a self-healing organism (go to www.self-management institute.org to learn more).

The program also included provocative topics related to social justice presented by Chico State professors. Nandi Crosby, who teaches sociology, spoke about live organ donation. Kate Transchel, professor of history, spoke about preventing human trafficking.

“The I-5 corridor in Northern California is a prime destination for sex slaves,” Transchel said. She implored listeners to visit fairtrade usa.org and slaveryfootprint.org to discover “how many slaves are working for you right now.” The audience responded with a standing ovation.

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After a musical performance

by Chico band MaMuse (“Will you move when the voice inside you calls?/ We cannot do this alone”), a buffet lunch was served.

Next, Angelo Poli, of Whole Body Fitness, talked about overcoming “iposture” from overuse of electronic devices. Master of ceremonies David Zink introduced another video, this one featuring Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert in a 2009 TED Talk that refutes the idea that creativity and madness are inevitably linked.

Local drum troupe Wolf Thump ended the day with a percussive display that brought audience members to their feet for a community dance.

“TED is about gathering people to explore possibilities, solve problems and move toward consensus,” concluded Joplin, during the final discussion break. She stated that committee members and volunteers are already planning TEDxChico 2014. Ω

UNCOMMON SENSE Hands off the thermostat!

As autumn progresses and temperatures fall, it’s likely getting chilly in your house. But try holding off on raising the thermostat as long as possible—the longer you wait, the more you save on your energy bill. (For every degree you lower your thermostat, you’ll save between 1 percent and 3 percent on your bill.) Be sure to maximize the sun’s power by pulling the curtains back in the day and closing them at night. A pair of wool socks and a sweater will make your slightly chillier home more tolerable, and brewing cups of coffee or tea will help, too.

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Both DiFalco and Laslo wonder why an alternative building design, such as a two-story quadruplex, could not be built instead, in order to spare the lovely tree (and provide shade on what will certainly be a sweltering corner in mid-summer).

The appeal, said Stemen, likely will be heard at the group’s second December meeting (which, unless there is another “special” meeting called, should fall on Dec. 18).

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. –Warren Buffett

TRIVIA FOR A GOOD CAUSE It is not too late to

put together a team to take part in the upcoming (seventh annual) Trivia Bee at Manzanita Place (1705 Manzanita Ave.) on Friday, Nov. 15.

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Doors open at 6 p.m.; event starts at 7 p.m.

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alk about homelessness in Chico reached fever pitch in recent weeks, culminating in the City Council’s approval last Tuesday, Nov. 5, of the so-called civil-sidewalks ordinance. The purpose of that pending municipal law is to keep pedestrian pathways outside of businesses free of the vagrancy local retailers and other businesspeople say is hindering commerce, and also to allay perceptions that downtown is dangerous.

It’s unclear, at this point, how well the “sit/lie” law will work. Supporters believe it will give local lawenforcement officials a tool to curtail loitering, panhandling and other problematic behavior. Detractors say it is unconstitutional and will serve only to push current problems to grassy areas where the law isn’t applicable, or into nearby neighborhoods.

What is clear is how very complex the issue of homelessness is in Chico. That’s partially because the population of those without a roof is as diverse as those with housing.

In this special package, the CN&R staff explored homelessness from many angles. We spoke with people who call the streets home, including a local man many know as Jasper. We met local advocates for the down-and-out, including a pastor who’s nourishing the needy through food and prayer (see “Food handout in jeopardy,” Newslines, page 8), and a videographer whose poignant videos give a voice to the voiceless and forgotten. We also reached out to some local business owners who’ve had a rough time dealing with the problems associated with an increasing homeless and transient population.

Inclement weather will soon drive some transients out of town, but that doesn’t solve the crisis we are seeing, and there are no clear-cut and quick answers.

However, our hope is that the stories in these pages spur discussions that get beyond the emotional and sometimes cruel responses we’ve seen play out as this issue has reached a tipping point.

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Sowing hope Videographer works to alleviate the plight of Chico’s homeless

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n a recent video he posted on his Tumblr web2012—that’s when I arrived in Chico.” site, Without a Roof, local homeless advocate In the year since he moved to town, Mash has and videographer Bill Mash is heard asking a been a tireless advocate for Chico’s down-andyoung man standing near Chico’s City Council out, as evidenced by his many moving, informachambers, “What do you think about running the tive videos (150 at last count, though some were bums out of town? That’s what I heard people filmed in other Sacramento Valley cities), as well talking about: City Council’s finally ready to run as written and photographic website postings, and the bums out of town.” his daily on-the-street work bringing food, blan“I think we all need to be here for each kets and so on to the needy homeless people with other—bums and non-bums,” the man replies on whom he comes in contact. the video dated Nov. 5, the same day the Chico Mash gives the name “HOPE” to his program City Council voted to approve a civil-sidewalks ordinance—or sit/lie law—making it make it ille- of daily advocacy work, with “H” standing for housing, “O” for outreach, “P” for provisions, gal to sit or lie in pedestrian paths of travel adjaand “E” for education. cent to commercial properties from the hours of “I’ve actually housed people who are detoxing 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. off of meth, or mentally ill, or serious alcoholics,” “These things that separate us are dumb anyway,” continues the man, who appears to be in his Mash said, when asked to comment on the “H” part of his self-appointed work. “Buckeye [a early 20s, adding, “I used to be homeless and homeless man who appears in a recent Without a made the best of it.”

Roof video called “Chico—We’re all in this The 53-year-old Mash, too, used to be hometogether”], for instance: I brought him into my less—twice. The first time he was living on the streets of Boston “for quite a while” as a 16-year- home after he lost all his possessions. I told him he can stay one more night.” old, after fleeing an abusive home life. Last year, As for attacking the homeless problem in a the divorced and retired Hewlett Packard program project manager, who was living in Rocklin more overarching way, Mash noted that “so many [homeless] people on disability are getting at the time, “went homeless,” as he put it in a checks—$1,000 a month. Why can’t we find a recent interview, by choice: “I was homeless in a way to put 10 of them together; can’t we house car from April to July.” them for $10,000 a month?”

Mash—whose video documentation of the Additionally, he would like to see Laura’s issues surrounding homelessness include some truly heartwrenching interviews with local home- Law—the California state law that allows for court-ordered mental-health treatment for the less people—then relocated to Chico by walking seriously mentally ill who are in need of care— here from Sacramento, after spending three weeks immersing himself in the street life of Cali- actively “applied to mentally ill homeless people who can’t get themselves up off the street. fornia’s capital city.

“There are so many people,” he believes, “I walked from Sacramento to Marysville,” “who, if they could connect with mental-health said the seasoned hiker/backpacker, “and spent a services, they would.” combined two months in Yuba City and The “O”—outreach—is what Mash believes is Marysville” getting to know the homeless commost lacking in dealing with the munity in those cities. homeless: “sitting with Next, he walked to homeless people and findOroville, where he spent Learn more: ing out what they really, six weeks doing the Go to www.woaroof.tumblr.com to access really need. Not just giving same: “seeing things Without a Roof, Bill Mash’s homelessthem a bag of rice—they from on the ground.” advocacy website featuring video interviews might be allergic to rice.”

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Mash was keen to express his gratefulness to Army veteran Larry Hayden, who started the Hope Center in Oroville, for donating food to Mash to distribute to the homeless.

On the education front, Mash said he “educates fellow outreachers to interface better with homeless people, to help build up their selfesteem”; he also intends to start a regional “street newspaper,” similar to Sacramento’s Homeward Street Journal.

“I am part of a rare breed: a homeless advocate,” offered Mash—who identifies himself, when asked if

he is one, as a Christian. “I’m perfectly suited for what I’m doing. All the things God has put before me have prepared me for doing what I am doing. … The reason I am able to do what I do is because I care.”

As for what the general public can do to help the homeless, Mash had these words of advice: “If you want to do something, find a homeless person and help them. … Get them some place to lay their head down so they don’t have to sleep with one eye open.”

—CHRISTINE G.K. LAPADO-BREGLIA christinel@newsreview.com

The stories told to Bill Mash by local homeless women Cynthia (left) and Kathryn (above) are heartwrenching.

illiam Jasper Henry Townsend’s presence is hard to miss when he rests or sleeps on a downtown bench or sidewalk. Townsend— who is known around town as Jasper, though he prefers to go by William—gained some notoriety in September when a photo of him sitting in a downtown fountain was published on the front page of the Chico Enterprise-Record.

The photo triggered a letter to the editor from Harold Ey who chided the “do-nothing liberal majority on the City Council” for allowing such abhorrent behavior and encouraging “more Jaspers” to come to town.

E-R Editor David Little devoted his Sunday column to the photo and said response suggested “most readers have had enough. They are hesitant to go downtown, particularly with children, because they’ll be subjected to transients bathing in fountains, bums sleeping in City Plaza, dog fights, offensive sights, odors, piles of vomit, excrement and who knows what else.”

But there’s a lot more to Townsend than that now-infamous photo.

During a recent interview while sitting on a bench outside the Chico Municipal Center, Townsend shared his story. He said he gets “harassed” by the police regularly—he has 17 Butte County Superior Court cases, most for illegal camping and failure to appear in court. He was arrested for three warrants on Oct. 23 while sitting on Second Street outside the House of Bamboo restaurant. The warrants were issued for failure to appear on an illegal camping charge.

He had a court date set in Oroville for Nov. 7, which he didn’t attend.

Townsend said he has no family to help him and had no comment about any social-service support. “That is something I’m working on, so I don’t want to talk about it right now,” he said.

Pastor Jim Culp of the Orchard Church, which offers services to the homeless, said he’s known Townsend for a few years. “Part of the problem is finding that balance between getting

William Jasper the support he needs and his Henry Townsend, keeping the independence he whom most people wants to maintain,” Culp said. know simply as Townsend is not a transient, Jasper, sleeping at Culp pointed out, though he is City Plaza a few years ago. incorrectly labeled as such.

PHOTO BY In fact, Townsend has spent TOM GASCOYNE most of his life in Chico. He was born in Eureka in April of 1979 and was brought to Chico the same year.

“I’ve been here [almost] 34 years,” he said.

Townsend said he attended elementary and junior-high school locally until his grandmother, who raised him, sent him to a group home. “I have a kind of a behavioral problem, so my grandma, who was my mom at the time, decided to ship me off to a group home up in Shasta County,” he said. “I was about 13 at the time, and when I turned 18, I just said, ‘See ya,’ and came back to Chico.”

His grandfather, who played the role of his father, died when Townsend was 9 years old, and his grandmother is currently in a convalescent home. “My natural mother, well, I often think that she never loved me, in order to give me up like that,” he said. “But I found out that she was as irresponsible as I am sometimes.”

Townsend said he is treated well by other homeless people.

“But most of the more—ha-ha—fancier of our citizens just think I’m straight-up trash ’cause I’m homeless.”

One person who sees him differently is Culp: “There is lots of kindness in him and I see him interact and serve with [other homeless] people,” Culp said. “They are quick to serve one another as well. Most of them want to be part of our community, Jasper included.”

—TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

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Retail interrupted Business perspectives on vagrancy in Chico

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nika Burke Rodriguez-Kronmiller, owner of Anika Burke Eclectic Boutique in downtown Chico, used to get offended when someone smoked pot outside her store, but she said that in light of what she’s seen since opening a little more than a year ago, “That’s not a big deal anymore.”

During an interview at the boutique on Main Street, RodriguezKronmiller described witnessing all manner of lewd and often illegal behavior, from public urination to drug overdoses, just outside her front window. And though a good number of the incidents in question involved college students, she’s had her share of trouble with transients as well. Rodriguez-Kronmiller rearranged her morning schedule— arriving no earlier than 9 a.m.—to avoid early morning confrontations with the homeless individuals who choose to bed down in her alcove.

“I used to just ask them, ‘Hey, can you get up?’ until I had one of them get really mad at me and I had to call the cops,” she said. “As a female by myself, I don’t feel comfortable [asking people to leave]. It’s mostly pretty big men

sleeping in our alcove.”

On multiple occasions, she has called the police rather than attempt to enter her store alone. “There are some situations that aren’t safe, like the other day, there were guys cutting their lines [of drugs] in the alcove and distributing them into little bags to go sell.”

Rodriguez-Kronmiller credits the privately hired security guards currently patrolling downtown with reducing the number of people sleeping in alcoves downtown, though her husband, Scott, believes they might make customers uncomfortable. Until recently, removing urine, feces and vomit from her alcove was part of her morning routine.

But even considering her own unsavory experiences with the transient population, Rodriguez-Kronmiller repeatedly expressed her love for downtown Chico and distaste for the negativity evident in the attitudes of some of her fellow downtown business owners.

“For us, business is great,” she said. “A lot of people are using the situation as an excuse if they’re not having good business. When

Despite having to clean filth from the entrance to her business on a regular basis and being frightened of certain transients in the area, downtown clothing-boutique owner Anika Burke Rodriguez-Kronmiller says she likes owning a shop in downtown Chico.

PHOTO BY HOWARD HARDEE

“I wouldn’t let homeless people or people doing drugs stop me from going somewhere I love.”

–Anika Burke Rodriguez-Kronmiller

[downtown business owners] complain so vocally, it makes it seem way worse than it is. It scares people away from downtown.”

Rodriguez-Kronmiller’s family plans to spend an upcoming weekend in San Francisco, which she

A woman napping at City Plaza next to the belongings of other homeless individuals.

PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE

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acknowledged has its own homeless problem. She insists that won’t deter her from enjoying the city.

“I wouldn’t let homeless people or people doing drugs stop me from going somewhere I love,” she said.

Dan Brooks of Accent Landscapes

& Powersweeps has been working late-night and early-morning shifts in Chico for more than 30 years.

Of his commercial accounts, 10 involve sweeping enormous shopping-center parking lots every night. In order to properly complete his task, he often finds himself asking homeless people to move elsewhere.

“If I’ve got to [leaf-]blow the whole Mangrove Safeway parking lot, and they’re lying all over the place, it doesn’t work for me,” he said during a recent interview. “I tell them, ‘I have to take care of this place—can you do me a favor and move along?’ Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t.”

As someone with a street-level view of Chico at night, Brooks said that the transient situation has gotten much worse in recent years. His employees never used to find hypodermic needles in the course of their work, and run-ins with “belligerent and crazy” individuals have become more frequent.

He described a handful of troublesome individuals who, by regularly trashing the properties he’s responsible for cleaning, increase cost to his business in the form of extra hours required to get a job done. One man in particular has been

regularly knocking over garbage cans at a property, leaving the contents strewn about the parking lot.

“He’s our worst nightmare,” Brooks said. “With 23 garbage cans, you can imagine the amount of man-hours we put into cleaning up after this one guy.”

So, does Brooks think there’s a way to prevent the repeated mess?

“I hate to say it, but a security presence has to be there.”

Doug Roberts, owner of Duffy’s

Tavern for the last 24 years, spoke in favor of the controversial civilsidewalks ordinance (also known as the sit/lie law) during the Nov. 5 City Council meeting during which the law was under consideration.

The ordinance, which passed by a 5-2 vote and will go into effect late next month, would make it illegal to sit or lie in pedestrian paths of travel adjacent to commercial properties between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m.

As his business at Fourth and Main streets is within eyeshot of both the City Council chambers and the City Plaza—popular gathering spots for the homeless— Roberts and his employees have dealt with the issue firsthand for the past six months.

“What my employees have to deal with, in terms of cleaning up biohazard—I don’t even want to tell you, it’s just nasty stuff. … I don’t think there’s one solution, but I believe the sit/lie ordinance is a way to help.”

—HOWARD HARDEE howardh@newsreview.com

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A working model

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CHICO GUEST ARTIST SPONSORS Chris Navarrete: Rupert and Joan McDowell; Dennis Letcher and Victoria Simone-Letcher Kira Weiss: CSU, Chico Alumni Association

Day-center proponents can learn a lot from the 6th Street Center for Youth

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fforts to remove the homeless and transient presence from downtown Chico have thus far included the private sector’s hiring of armed security and city leaders’ approval of the sit/lie ordinance, but homeless advocates believe there are better solutions. High on a list of priorities is a local day center, where adults can find services and shelter during times of the day these needs aren’t otherwise provided.

And Chico is home to a working model: the 6th Street Center for Youth.

Founded five years ago, the center provides meal service, showers, laundry facilities, basic hygiene items and other resources to homeless and runaway youths, ages 14 to 24, on weekdays between 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. It also employs social workers to help this population obtain counseling, housing, employment and connection to other services.

During a recent interview, Jennifer Barzey, the youth center’s program manager, offered some insight on what an adult day center might look like, as well as some perspective on recent developments from the disenfranchised young people she and the 6th Street Center staff serve.

Barzey said she and others who founded the nonprofit looked to other working models for basic ideas, including Sacramento’s Wind Youth Services and San Francisco’s Larkin Street Youth Services. But even with well-laid plans, the center remains a work in progress.

“The model has definitely changed over the years,” Barzey said. “In the beginning, it was a drop-in center, just a safe place for people to come and be; but we’ve adopted more structure over time.”

She explained that young people

Check it out:

The 6th Street Center for Youth is holding an open house from 3 to 8 p.m.

Thursday and Friday (Nov. 14-15), with an ongoing art exhibit and tours of the facilities. On Thursday, a number of people who use the center will present real-life stories, poetry and music.

Kira Weiss, Cello

Chris Navarrete, Trumpet

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LAXSON AUDITORIUM 7:30 PM

CASCADE THEATRE 2:00 PM

Free pre-concert talk at 6:30 PM in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

Free pre-concert talk at 1:00 PM in the Cascade Theatre

For tickets, call the University Box Office, 530.898.6333

For tickets, call the Cascade Theatre Box Office, 530.243.8877

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Márquez, Danzón No. 2 | Lalo, Cello Concerto, Mvt. 1 Neruda, Trumpet Concerto | Copland, Symphony No. 3 www.northstatesymphony.org Featured painting by Shane Grammer

can now visit the 6th Street Center for up to two weeks before deciding to become a member, meaning they can continue using the center if they agree to work with a case worker (of their choosing) to identify and work toward goals, such as finding a home or employment.

“We had to create a structure where there are some incentives and some expectations to ensure the right things are happening,” she said, noting that last year the center helped 25 to 30 young people get off the street and into housing, and about 20 to find jobs.

“We’ve been able to connect with a large number of youth that wouldn’t utilize any other services initially, that are considered in a class of service-resistant,” she continued. “We’ve created an environment and a culture at 6th Street that makes them comfortable to come in and get to know us. … People with huge trust issues who had a hard time coming through the door have been able to form a relationship with a caring adult here, which leads them to be able to access other services and become contributing members of society.”

As for how she feels about the idea of an adult day center, Barzey

Jennifer Barzey, the program manager at the 6th Street Center for Youth.

PHOTO BY KEN SMITH

offered: “I see something like that as a piece of the solution. I don’t think it’s the only thing that needs to happen, but it’s a piece of the puzzle that could serve some needs for some folks.”

She said the youths she works with have expressed fears they will be unduly targeted by newly hired private security and the new sit/lie ordinance, but applauded the Chico Police Department for deploying bike officers downtown, emphasizing the importance of active outreach programs (“Perhaps the money being used for the armed guards could be better used toward programs like that,” she said).

“There are leaders within each and every community, including the homeless community, and building some bridges with those people is a good way to go about it,” Barzey said when asked what’s missing from ongoing community discussion. “We need people who want to be part of the solution to feel included.”

—KEN SMITH kens@newsreview.com

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Arts & Culture Andrew Bird PHOTO BY CAMERON WITTIG

THIS WEEK

Bird song Andrew Bird talks about cooking, life’s energy and the language of music

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W he began his classical music training via the Suzuki method, which emphasizes starting at a hen Andrew Bird was 4 years old,

young age, creating a positive environment and learning increasingly complex pieces by ear. As a young man, he by became determined to establish Howard Hardee himself as a professional musician.

After stints as a member of the howardh@ Squirrel Nut Zippers and with his newsreview.com own band, Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire, the multi-instrumentalist made his fame performing solo, using loop-station effects to build mini-symphonies from layers of violin, guitar, glockenspiel, vocals and whistling.

PREVIEW: Bird was featured in the online Chico Performances lecture series Ted Talks, and writes presents Andrew semiregular posts about songwritBird, Tuesday, ing for The New York Times’ MeaNov. 19, 7:30 p.m., sure for Measure blog. In 2012, he at Laxson Auditorium. revisited the band format with a The Handsome pair of albums recorded live in the Family opens. studio with a group of musicians: Tickets: $18-$33 Break it Yourself and Hands of Glory.

Laxson Auditorium In anticipation of his upcoming Chico State 898-6333 solo performance at Laxson Audiwww.chico torium, the CN&R spoke by phone performances.com with a soft-spoken and introspective Bird.

CN&R: What can you tell me about your early days practicing the Suzuki method?

Bird: It was probably my most important formative experience; it made me the musician I am. I think if I hadn’t done Suzuki, I would either not be a musician or I wouldn’t be as malleable as I am. The key is starting really young … and learning music as a language, not reading music. I didn’t read music at all until I was 14 or 15.

How does that background help your music now?

When I made the leap out of classical music, to whatever it was—jazz improvisation, more syncopated or polyrhythmic music, or playing with drummers—all of that stuff wasn’t a great leap for me. I could pick up other musical languages almost immediately. If I hear it in my head, I can play it.

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When did you decide to pursue music as a profession?

When life starts to really suck for you at 15 or 16.

At least it feels like everyone’s against you and nothing’s going well. I said, “Well, I’m pretty decent at [playing music]; it’s something to feel good about.”

That’s when I threw myself into it. I said, “I’m going to become the best damn violin player I can.” I started practicing many hours a day, and around that same time I got interested in nonclassical stuff, too.

At the time, like a lot of teenagers, I was getting this sort of romantic idea of being an artist or a poet.

There’s a lot to keep track of during your solo performances—all the looping and switching instruments. Are you good at multitasking outside of music?

No, I’m the opposite of methodical. If I’m cooking, I’m always forgetting to add something, and adding it at the last minute and just hoping for the best, which is how it really is on stage. I enjoy the seat-of-the-pants aspect to it. I make tons of mistakes, but you may or may not know it. It’s a dangerous thing, and it’s all subject to human error.

When you go from playing solo to performing with a band, is it a challenge to convey your ideas?

Rehearsing with a band can be like teaching—I get all wound up, because you’re trying to will people into playing what you think they should be playing. That’s just a recipe for frustration. I start with a loop I’ve stumbled on after messing around for months. Sometimes, that turns into the song and we record it. Sometimes we just drop it. But [the other band members] just start filling in the gaps.

The song that speaks to me on Break it Yourself is “Give it Away.” What’s it about?

It’s questioning whether love or life energy— whatever we have to give other people—is a finite resource. Does it run out? If you’re giving away that thing every night during a performance, what is it like to hit the bottom of the fuel tank? Looking at it as a science project, what it comes down to is all of your adrenal glands squeezing themselves dry, night after night. I think that does something to your chemicals, your serotonin levels. It’s not good. Ω

poetry reading with music, tours, stories of hope and a raffle in recognition of Runaway and Homeless Youth Month. Th, 11/14, 3-8pm.

6th St. Center for Youth, 130 W. Sixth St., (530) 894-8008.

Theater RADIOLAND’S HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA: Listen to the hits, forgotten classics and yuletide favorites, and follow the adventures of Scarlet Ranger and Zap Flanagan. (No show on Thanksgiving.) Th-Sa, 7:30pm, Su, 2pm through 12/8. $16. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

RUMORS: Complications ensue at an affluent dinner party after the host mysteriously shoots himself and the hostess goes missing in Neil Simon’s classic farce. Th-Sa, 7:30pm, Su, 2pm through 11/17. $20. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.bird cagetheatre.net.

SPRING AWAKENING: The 2007 Tony Award-winning musical was adapted from Frank Wedekind’s 1891 German play and chronicles the struggles of teens coming of age in a repressive society. Th-Sa, 11/14-16, 7:30pm. Sa-

Sun, 11/15-16, 2pm. Tu-Th, 11/19-21, 7:30pm.

$6-$15. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.schoolofthearts-csu chico.com.

RADIOLAND’S HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA Thursday, Nov. 14 Theatre on the Ridge

SEE THURSDAY, THEATER

THE WEIR: Rogue Theatre presents Irish playwright Conor McPherson’s story of four men and a female stranger whose arrival spurs them to impress her with their storytelling ... but one story is more chilling than any of them could have foreseen. Directed by Amber Miller. Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 11/16. $10.

Southside Playhouse, 2145 Park Ave., Ste. 13.

Art Receptions GIRL SPEAK: SHOJO MANGA & WOMEN’S PRINTS: A reception for the show, featuring prints by women or depicting women, including pieces from traveling Shojo Manga exhibit. Curated

by Masami Toku. Th, 11/14, 5:30pm. (Talk in PAC 134, followed by reception at museum.) The Janet Turner Print Museum, Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.

Music LAND-AIR-WATER CONCERT: The third installment of Butte County Environmental Council’s benefit concert series featuring The Bumptet, Brian Rogers and Jiving Board. Th, 11/14, 7:30pm. $10-$15. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.

LYLE LOVETT & JOHN HIATT: An acoustic set featuring two of America’s best—legendary, Grammy-winning country musician Lyle Lovett, and rock guitarist/songwriter John Hiatt—playing side by side. Th, 11/14, 7:30pm.

SOLD OUT. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.

Poetry/Literature DOUG KEISTER: A presentation of his new

memoir Heart-Land: Growing Up in the Middle of Everything. Th, 11/14, 7-8pm. Lyon Books, 135 Main St., (530) 891-3338, www.lyonbooks.com.

PEGGY SHUMAKER: The Alaska State Writer Laureate reads poetry from her new book, Toucan Nest: Poems of Costa Rica. Th, 11/14, 7:30pm. Free. Humanities Center Gallery, Trinity Hall, Chico State.

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Special Events HOLIDAY GALA: Celebrate the holidays at the Oroville Chamber Holiday Gala and silent auction, with appetizers, desserts, wine-tasting and music. F, 11/15, 6-9:30pm.

Gold Country Casino Showroom, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 538-2542.

TRIVIA BEE FOR LITERACY: The annual Butte County Library Literacy Services fundraiser pits three-person teams against one another in a trivia battle. Call to register. F, 11/15, 6pm. $25/spectators; $300/team registration. Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave., (530) 538-7198.

FINE ARTS Theater RADIOLAND’S HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

RUMORS: See Thursday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740

THE PRODUCERS

Friday-Saturday, Nov. 15-16 Butte College Black Box Theatre SEE FRIDAY-SATURDAY, THEATER

Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.bird cagetheatre.net.

SPRING AWAKENING: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com.

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Music CHUCK INGLISH: One half of Chicago-based back-

Theater 101 DALMATIANS: The children’s theater program presents their adaptation of the Disney classic. F, 11/15, 7pm, Sa, 11/16, 1 & 7pm. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 8943282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

THE PRODUCERS: The Butte College Drama Department presents Mel Brooks’ musical adaptation of his own 1968 film of the same name. Directed by Barry Piccinino. F & Sa,

11/15-16, 7:30pm. Th-Sa 11/21-23, 7:30pm. Su, 11/24, 2pm. $10 -$18. Butte College Black Box Theatre, 3536 Butte Campus Dr.

RADIOLAND’S HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

RUMORS: See Thursday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.bird cagetheatre.net.

SPRING AWAKENING: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com.

THE WEIR: See Thursday. $10. Southside Playhouse, 2145 Park Ave. Ste. 13.

Art Receptions IMPERMANENCE : A reception for the open-entry group exhibition featuring works by artists who were given architectural plans and miniature hundred-dollar bills for inspiration.

F, 11/15, 7-11pm. Manas Artspace & Gallery, 1441-C Park Ave., (530) 588-5183.

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Theater 101 DALMATIANS: See Friday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

THE PRODUCERS: See Friday. Butte College Black Box Theatre, 3536 Butte Campus Dr.

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RADIOLAND’S HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

RUMORS: See Thursday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.bird cagetheatre.net.

SPRING AWAKENING: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com.

THE WEIR: See Thursday. Southside Playhouse, 2145 Park Ave. Ste. 13.

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Special Events UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES: A weekly presentation of international films. This week: The Metropolitan Opera’s Production of Carmen (USA, 2009) Produced by Richard Eyre. Tu, 7:30pm. Opens 11/19. $3. Ayres Hall 106, Chico State, (530) 899-7921, www.csuchico.edu/hfa/ hc/filmseries.html.

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Music BIG FREEDIA: Freddie Ross is Big Freedia, the “queen of bounce” (the New Orleans subgenre of hip-hop highlighting call-and-response vocals and vigorous booty-shaking.) Sa, 11/16, 9pm. $15. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St., (530) 892-1838.

NORTH STATE SYMPHONY: New American

Portraits. With pieces by Márquez, Lalo, Neruda and Copland, featuring Kira Weiss on cello and Chris Navarrete playing the trumpet. Sa, 11/16, 7:30pm. $6-$36. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.northstatesymphony.org.

SPRING AWAKENING: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com.

1078 GALLERY: Placing, new images by Chico State painting and sculpture professors James Kuiper and Sheri Simons, exploring maps and mark-making. Through 11/23. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

ARTISANS GALLERIA: Artisan Displays, showcasing sculptures, paintings, ceramics, jewelry, stone art and more by Larry Lefner and other local artists. Through 12/31. 25 Lost Dutchman Dr.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Pushing

Boundaries: Expanding Horizons, paintings

by Erika Navarrete, exploring issues surrounding our most intimate relationships, inner dialogues and self-evaluation. Through 12/13. Trinity Hall, Chico State, (530) 8985864.

UPPER CRUST BAKERY & EATERY: Bucking

Complacency: A Show About Women, a mixed-media show by Lori Stevens and Leslie Mahon-Russo, focuses on the sexual and political abuse of women in contemporary culture. Through 11/30. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Words and Birds, Chico birds by watercolorist Candy Matthews, writer Naty Osa and illustrator Javier Dura.

Through 11/30. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 8791821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

CHICO ART CENTER: Small World, Small Works, fifth annual group exhibition, with over 45 artists showing 12-by-12-inch works.

Through 11/22. 450 Orange St., (530) 8958726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

MANAS ARTSPACE & GALLERY: Impermanence: Big Plans for Little Frankie. Architectural plans and miniature hundred-dollar bills were the inspiration (and used in some of the pieces) for this open-entry exhibition.

Through 11/30. 1441-C Park Ave., (530) 5885183.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Color, Magic, featuring painters, woodworkers, blown glass and jewelry. Through 11/30. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

SATORI COLOR & HAIR DESIGN: Art By Carob, colorful works “from the soul.” Through 11/30. 627 Broadway St. 120.

THE JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Girl

Speak: Shojo Manga & Women’s Prints; prints by women or depicting women, including pieces from traveling Shojo Manga exhibit. Curated by Masami Toku. Through 12/14. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.

Call for Artists CALL FOR ARTISTS: Established and emerging artists of all media are welcome to apply for a guest-artist exhibit this summer. Call for more info. Through 12/2. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

PACIFIC FLYWAY WILDLIFE AND HABITAT: An allmedia juried exhibit going up during the Snow Goose Festival in January. Through 11/16. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

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

CHICO MUSEUM: Chico in Black and White, an exhibit featuring historical photos from the John Nopel collection. Ongoing. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Keys to the

Kingdom: Fungi. Learn the varieties and importance of mushrooms and fungi via interactive displays. Through 1/5, 2014. $6.

625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

THIRD FLOOR GALLERY: Girl Tuesday’s Pick and

Music ANDREW BIRD: Musical innovator combines his violin with xylophone, vocals, electronic looping and whistling to create a one-man orchestra. Country/Americana band, The Handsome Family open. Tu, 11/19, 7:30pm. $18$33. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.

Pull, a BFA culminating exhibition featuring screen prints, pop-ups, cast bronze and clothing by Lindsey Slater. Through 11/18.

Third Floor of BMU, Chico State, (530) 8985489.

TIN ROOF BAKERY & CAFÉ: A Hazy Shade of

Winter; fall fades into winter all around Chico in the photography of Karen Kolb.

Through 11/30. 627 Broadway, (530) 345-1362.

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COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER: A Thanksgiving dinner with turkey, dressing, sweet potato casserole, dessert and more. Su, 11/17, 6pm. Free. Chico Church of Christ, 995 E. Lassen Ave. Corner of Burnap and E. Lassen Ave., (530) 893-8565, www.chicocofc.org.

HEALING ARTS FESTIVAL & PSYCHIC FAIR: Explore hypnotherapy, astrology, tarot, crystals, psychic readings, reiki and more. Su, 11/17, 10am-5pm. $5. Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave., (530) 343-5617, www.healingartstoday.com.

FREE LISTINGS!

pack rappers The Cool Kids, Inglish is joined by The Kings Dead from Boston. M, 11/18, 8:30pm.

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

Art

IMPERMANENCE Friday, Nov. 15 Manas Artspace

SEE FRIDAY, ART RECEPTIONS

SPRING AWAKENING: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com.

for more Music, see NIGHTLIFE on page 36

The strength of street knowledge Other than being really cool, what do painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, punk poetess-laureate Patti Smith and allaround American badass Benjamin Franklin have in common? All are great artists who spent some time—particularly in their youth—homeless, destitute and living on the streets. With so much negative attention focused on the local homeless population of late, here’s a little light EDITOR’S PICK in the darkness. As part of a two-day open house, the 6th Street Center for Youth is hosting an Open House & Art Show tonight (Nov. 14) at 6:30 p.m., featuring works produced by young people who use the center. In addition to art and poetry, the event includes musical performances, stories of hope, a raffle and more.

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BULLETIN BOARD Community AFRICAN DANCE CLASS: A workout set to the sounds and rhythms of West Africa. Call for info. M, 6pm. $10. Chico Grange Hall, 2775 Old Nord Ave., (530) 321-5607.

AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: Dances of Cuba, Haiti,

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

A BRUSH WITH KINDNESS ORIENTATION: Habitat for Humanity of Butte County will be hosting an orientation meeting for low-income homeowners who are interested in receiving services from Habitat’s exterior homeimprovement program. W, 11/20, 6-8pm. Free.

The Hope Center, 1950-A Kitrick Ave., in Oroville, www.buttehabitat.org.

CHICO AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS SOCIETY MEETING: Chico writers’ regular meet-up. M, 11/18, 6:30-8pm. Lyon Books, 135 Main St., (530) 891-3338, www.lyonbooks.com.

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

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

CHICO POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD: Monthly meeting hosted by the Chico Police Chief to discuss community issues. W, 5:307pm. Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1877 Hooker Oak Ave., (530) 342-7777.

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

DEATH CAFÉ: A place to come and chat about death over a cup of tea, in a respectful and confidential space. Th, 7pm. 100th Monkey Books & Café, 642 W. Fifth St.

FALL OWL PROWL: A night hike to meet local birds of prey and get up close to a Western screech owl. Sa, 11/16, 5-6:30pm. $10. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

FANCY FEET DANCE: Beginning to experienced dancers welcome to work on the foxtrot, waltz, swing and more to a live band. Tu, 7:3010pm. $5-$7. Chico Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave., (530) 895-4015, www.chicorec.com.

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produce, hand-crafted wares and entertainment. W, 7:30am-noon through 11/22. North Valley Plaza, 801 East Ave.

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HAPPY HEALING: Experience a variety of healing modalities. F, 7pm. 100th Monkey Books & Café, 642 W. Fifth St.

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for you and yours with DJ Clay. Th, 7:309:30pm through 5/8. $8-$10. Manas Artspace & Gallery, 1441-C Park Ave., (530) 588-5183.

KRISTINA CHESTERMAN MEMORIAL: Bicycle safety and drunk-driving awareness, with bicycle inspections and speakers throughout the afternoon. Sa, 11/16, 1-4pm. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.

NORTH RIM TRAIL HIKE: A 6-7 mile hike starting along the North Rim of Upper Bidwell Park.

Bring lunch, water and boots. Meet at Horseshoe Lake/Rifle Range parking area. Sa,

11/16, 9am.

NORTH VALLEY NONPROFIT COUNCIL: Discussion of how we can leverage our organizations to impact our social issues locally. Th, 11/14, 35pm. Beatniks Coffee House & Breakfast Joint, 1387 E. Eighth St., (530) 894-2800.

PEACE PANEL PROJECT: A traveling progressive graphic-art exhibit supporting peace and justice. Second Th of every month, 3:30pm through 1/1. Free. Chico Peace and Justice Center, 526 Broadway, (530) 343-3152, www.chico-peace.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.

SOUL SHAKE DANCE CHURCH: Drop your mind, find your feet and free your 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.

SOUNDS OF THE VALLEY CHORUS: Women singers welcome to sing in four-part harmony barbershop style. Call for more info. W, 7pm.

Marigold Elementary School, 2446 Marigold Ave., (530) 343-5183.

SOUND VERBAL BEHAVIOR: Explore a new way of

interacting called Sound Verbal Behavior. Su, 11/17, 1-5pm. Chico Library, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762.

SQUARE DANCE CLUB: Square-dancing classes for beginners and advanced-level dancers.

Call for more info. Th, 7-10pm. Veterans Memorial Hall, 6550 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 872-1962.

TRADITIONAL WEST AFRICAN DANCE: All levels of

drummers and dancers welcome. W, 5:307pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (808) 757-0076.

YAHI GROUP PROGRAM MEETING: Steve Zachery, a ranger at Lassen Volcanic National Park, will talk about his experiences at the park, and Chris Nelson will give a short presentation on the growing problem of clear-cutting in California. W, 11/20, 7pm. Chico Library, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762.

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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Anika Burke Eclectic Boutique enjoys providing Chico with the essence of California’s casual lifestyle. This ever popular shop is chock-full of modern and classy womens clothing and accessories. Dress with ease and rock every piece you wear! This weeks special offer: Mix & match scarves are 2 for $15 or $12.95 each.

Bacio Gift Cards!

Give the gift of a lunch or dinner from Chico’s Best TakeOut! Perfect for Hot Soup on a cold day, “Date Night” at home or a special Birthday Lunch.

Their re-loadable gift cards are a welcome gift for all of your smart Foodie Friends, new parents, busy families and anyone you know who loves real food.

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BACIO CATERING & CARRY-OUT

1903 Park Ave • Chico (530) 345–7787 www.baciocatering.com

Chico’s Own Locally Grown Wines. The Perfect Holiday Gift.

Bertagna Son Kissed Vineyards grows only the highest-quality, organic grapes.

Meticulous farming in the field and high attention to detail in the winery produces a higher quality product. Find our wines at Chico Natural Foods, S&S Produce, Chico Costco, Raley’s Safeway, BevMo, Maisie Jane’s, J&J Cellars, The Olive Pitt, Wagon Wheel Market, Tops Market and SaveMart to list a few.

Please see our website for a complete listing. Our Tasting room is open seasonally the 1st weekend of the month from April – October.

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Anika Burke Eclectic Boutique

211 Main Street Chico (530) 918–8820 www.AnikaBurke.com

Personalized Gifts for the Pet Lover From pet memorial candles to crystal patterns and nominimum, full-color garment printing, Andy’s Embroidery has dozens of products for the pet lover on your list. Andy’s Embroidery is family owned, celebrating 25 years in business. Stop by to see their variety of personalized gift items.

Andy’s Embroidery

820 Wall Street • Chico (530) 893-3316 www.andysembroidery.com

Flavorful Holiday gifts Want to share 5th Street Steakhouse with a friend or family member? Gift cards make it simple. Great for the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and company parties. 5th Street Steakhouse food tastes great on any occasion!

5th Street Steakhouse 345 West 5th St. (530) 891-6328 5thstreetsteakhouse.com

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Help Your Loved Ones Perform Their Best

Share the rich, golden elegance of the AWARD WINNING Butte View olive oils. Pure, light and delicate – experience the wonderful aromas and distinctive accents that make each hand crafted oil truly unique and excellent.

250ml/500ml.

Available in Chico at Maisie Jane’s, Made in Chico, S&S Produce, in Oroville at Collins & Denny Market & Wagon Wheel Market and in Paradise at Noble Orchard.

The business name alone is a testament to Built for Bodywork’s philosophy about massage. Simply put, the human body was designed to be massaged regularly, not just when there is pain or for pampering. Whether sports massage, deep tissue massage, or relaxing Swedish massage, the therapists at Built for Bodywork are specifically trained to perform this essential work. Consider giving your loved ones a gift card this sports m holiday season to help them assage / deep tiss perform their best! ue

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Made In Kenya Christian & Johnson carries a variety of hand-selected items from Kenya. Beautiful scarves, charming painted wooden birds, and unique beaded jewelry make sweet gifts for loved ones, or for oneself! Stop by the shop and browse the beautiful showroom for other great gift ideas. Christian & Johnson has been providing flowers and gifts for all occasions since 1907!

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250 Vallombrosa Avenue #100 Chico, CA 95926 (530) 891-1881 www.ChristianAndJohnson.com

Vintage Collar Necklaces These locally made collar necklaces start at $30.

The collar necklaces are made from beautiful material artfully combined with period jewelry. This stunning festive wear is a perfect gift for the holiday.

Eighth & Main Antiques has 30,000 sq. ft. of gifts. Over 65 vendors carry nostalgic treasures, collectables, memorabilia, and retro looks from bygone years. Stop in today!

Eighth & Main Antiques 745 Main St. • Chico (530) 893–5534

Give the gift of fun!

Donkey Otey, a miniature donkey, or Cisco, a miniature horse, will attend your birthday party, wedding or other celebration. Cart rides for you and your friends add to the fun.

Use us in your holiday photos! This non-profit organization is supported by donations for its educational programs and projects. Children become motivated when a mini-donkey is part of their lesson. Gift Certificates available.

Little Neighs, Little Brays (530)828-0171 • (530)345-7825 www.littleneighslittlebrays.com friesjnt@aol.com

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Brew Your Own Right At Home The Chico Home Brew Shop is the place to go for all of your brewing and winemaking needs. We carry beer and wine makers equipment, ingredients, books, soda extract, cheese making ingredients, bottles, caps, corks, spouts, growlers and much more. We are happy to answer any questions you may have too! Come by today! Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm.

Friday until 6pm.

The Chico Home Brew Shop

1570 Nord Ave, Chico 530.342.3768 • homebrushop@yahoo.com

For the Hostess with the Mostess Give the Gift of Peace Chico’s very own downtown Chinatown carries a number of items perfect for giving the gift of Peace. Buddha statues, singing bowls and happy Buddha’s are just to name a few. For a great selection of unique gifts visit House of Rice today!

House of Rice Oriental Imports & Gifts

Don’t show up empty-handed, let Home Ec help you find a unique hostess gift that will delight any domestic diva. From clever kitchen items to chic tabletop trimmings, you’re sure to find the perfect present. Visit Home Ec in downtown Chico to explore their selection of smartly designed homewares, modern home decor, and other random awesomeness. Gift certificates and complimentary gift wrapping available.

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231 Main St • Chico, CA (530) 343-5686 www.shophomeec.com

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Available at Kusel’s Big Store Blithe and Bonny!

Peace on Earth Give the gift of peace and calm to that special person on your list with one of these great statues. Magnolia Gift & Garden has a fantastic selection of statuary to choose from right now. All shapes and sizes ranging from a couple inches to a couple of feet. They are all made in the USA and are sure to be a great addition to anyone’s landscape. Choose from Frogs, Gnomes, Dragons, Gargoyles, Rabbits, Cats, Dogs, Turtles, Owls and so much more!

Magnolia Gift and Garden

1367 East Ave. Chico 530-894-5410 MagnoliaGardening.com

Blithe & Bonny offer a variety of bath, body and lifestyle gift items that are hand crafted in the USA, each made with simple and responsible ingredients.

Gift sets available here at BIG Store for your holiday gift giving. A wide variety of gifts for all ages. Come visit us!

Kusel’s BIG Store

1955 Montgomery St Historic Downtown Oroville Monday - Friday 10-6, Saturday 10-5 Sunday 11-4 Kuselsbigstore.com

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Tasty Gift Ideas Voted Chico’s Best Asian Cuisine, Best Take-Out and Oroville’s Best Restaurant, Tong Fong Low offers a delicious dining experience. Stuff your loved ones holiday stockings with Gift Certificates for this popular, locally owned and operated restaurant. Purchase $100 and receive an extra $10 FREE. Offer valid during the holidays only.

Tong Fong Low wishes everyone good health and happy dining! Catering available.

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2075 East 20th St, Suite 100 • Chico (530) 898-1388 2051 Robinson Ave • Oroville (530) 533-1488

Keen Women’s Bern Baby Bern Casual Boot An urban-inspired style with a smooth fullgrain, water-resistant leather upper, Keen Women’s Bern Baby Bern Casual Boot looks sharp and feels great. It’s high shaft combines with a contemporary wedge heel that adds style without sacrificing comfort. And whether you’re strolling through a museum or racing to catch the walk signal, you’ll appreciate the soft cushioning of a Keen and the fact that they add savoir-faire to any excursion.

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Give the perfect gift from 2013 Best Of Chico’s Day Spa. Sweetwater Gift Cards - Beautifully Boxed and Wrapped. Or Sweetwater’s Customer Favorite: The Holiday Spa Package for only $129! Includes Signature spa facial - Relaxation massage - Spa pedicure. Purchase now through December 31.

176 E. 3rd Street • Downtown Chico (530) 345–5011 • Open Daily www.ChicoMountainSports.com www.facebook.com/chicomountainsports

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1031 Village Lane Chico (530) 894–7722 www.sweetwaterchico.com

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Shubert’s Homemade Ice Cream & Candy has been a Chico tradition for over 75 years! Homemade Boxed Chocolates, Peanut Brittle, English Toffee and Divinity are just a few treats our families have come to look forward to during the holidays. Pre-order Ice cream Pies now! The perfect holiday dessert! Don’t forget your Shubert’s Mints this season, no holiday celebration would be complete without them!

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178 East 7th Street Chico • 342.7163 www.shuberts.com

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Cross the globe from breakfast to lunch with Roots’ Indian akoori (above) for breakfast and their TexMex calabacita (below) for lunch.

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Roots radical PHOTO BY KEN SMITH

Caterers-cum-restaurateurs put local spin on global cuisine

C Chico is undoubtedly blessed with myriad diverse, authentic and delicious dining opportunities, ompared to other towns of its size,

but it sometimes still falls a little short. For instance, where does one go when struck with the craving for a Cuban-style sandwich, a hankering for some downhome Tex-Mex, or perhaps by the more rare (but nonetheless overKen Smith whelming) inclination for some kens@ Indonesian-inspired breakfast? newsreview.com All of these dishes and much, much more can readily be found at Roots Catering, a Chico catering company whose rentable banquet hall on The Esplanade in north Chico also doubles as a restaurant during breakfast and lunch hours.

Despite the double-duty nature of the eatery and the Roots crew, there is nothing half-cocked about the ★★★★ food or facilities; to the contrary, Roots offers one of the most radical Roots Catering local menus served in an airy, com3221 Esplanade fortable and ultramodern space.

891-4500 www.roots Roots is dedicated to taking catering.com fresh, local ingredients and applying them to a fantastic array of Hours: Mon.-Fri., globally inspired, sometimes strik8 a.m.-2 p.m.; ing entrees. Though attempts at Sun., 8 a.m.-1 p.m. fusion are not unique to Roots, the breadth of cultures they draw from—Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Indian, South American, regional American and many more—is impressive, as are the resulting dishes, which can be best summa★★★★★ EPIC rized as cosmopolitan comfort food.

With the exception of Mexican★★★★ AUTHORITATIVE influenced items common on many local menus, most restaurants are ★★★ APPEALING reticent to apply much foreign influence to the traditional meat★★ HAS MOMENTS and-eggs breakfast staples. This is ★ not the case at Roots, where the FLAWED breakfast menu includes such exotic

entrees as nasi goreng (Indonesian chile-spiced fried rice topped with two eggs and garnished with cucumbers and tomatoes, $9) and akoori (an Indian scramble of eggs, chiles, ginger, tomato, cilantro and green onions paired with spicy potato-stuffed tortillas, $9).

One of my favorite breakfast dishes at Roots is the Pupusas de Queso Y Huevos—pupusas (thick Salvadoran maize pockets) stuffed with Orland Farmstead Creamery queso fresco and served with black beans, rice and a choice of cherrywood-smoked bacon or chicken-apple sausage ($10). Also excellent is the Huevos Benedicto ($10), a Los Angeles-born twist on the classic Benedict featuring chorizo gravy in lieu of hollandaise and topped with West Coast staples: avocados, sour cream and cheddar cheese.

For those who don’t feel as adventurous in the morning, Roots also has more traditional, all-American classics. These include the Southern Comfort (Virginiastyle biscuits and gravy served with cheesy grits and two eggs, for $9), and the bare-basic American breakfast ($9), with eggs, potatoes, toast and choice of meat.

Though Roots has become a common breakfast destination where I’ve been slowly working my way through the morning menu, I hadn’t visited for lunch until recently. As it was a lovely fall day, I bypassed the promising list of unique hot and cold sandwiches, tortas and burgers (particularly enticing examples include a Vietnamese-style báhn mì burger with ginger-spiced pork patty, $10; and the chicken shawarma with an Israeli spicy grilled-chicken-and-onion concoction served on pita bread, $9) and opted for the calabacita.

Originating from Texas, the calabacita is a rustic stew made with pork, zucchini, carmelized onion and corn, served with pinto beans, Mexican rice and fluffy, flour tortillas, the whole delicious mess topped with queso fresco ($9). It was spicy, savory and delicious, especially when enhanced with a few dashes of Roots’ house-made pumpkin-seed picante sauce, which I liked so much I ordered a bottle to go for $5.

Roots Catering is an excellent destination for breakfast and lunch, with a refreshingly original menu. Portions are ample, the service is superb, and the food fresh and tasty. With its worldly menu and numerous vegetarian and gluten-free dishes, the restaurant offers something for all tastes. Ω

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SCENE Left: Girl Speak organizer, Chico State art and art history professor Masami Toku.

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‘Girl Speak’ Shojo manga exhibit brings work of some of Japan’s best artists to Chico State

“Fgushed Chico State art and art history professor Masami Toku in a recent interview.

inally, I can bring back shojo manga !”

Any Chicoan familiar with Toku and/or shojo manga—Japanese for “girls’ comics”—will recall the popular by Shojo Manga Power! art exhibition Christine G.K. and related events that Toku organLaPado-Breglia ized in 2005, featuring the striking christinel@ works of 23 male and female Japannewsreview.com ese mangaka, or manga artists. The show, which kicked off at Chico State, ended up touring the United States and Canada, hitting nine venues over a two-year period.

“After the show was over, people requested another,” Toku said. “So … I decided to rebuild the show, but with a different concept.”

Her current shojo manga exhibit, Girl Speak: Shojo Manga & Women’s PREVIEW: Prints, showing through Dec. 14 at Girl Speak: Shojo The Janet Turner Print Museum, and Manga & simultaneously in the BMU secondWomen’s Prints runs through floor public space, is “focused more Dec. 14 at The on the woman in Japan—women’s Janet Turner desire,” she said. In this show, “you Print Museum can see the change from after World and at the BMU’s War II, when women were focused second-floor public space. A on marriage and living ‘happily ever curator’s talk after,’ to now, when they have more takes place independence.” tonight (Nov. 14), Toku explained that her 2005at 5:30 p.m., in 2007 exhibition was, of necessity, an the university’s Rowland-Taylor overview of shojo manga, to familRecital Hall iarize a North American audience (PAC 134). with the genre. However, since the time of that show, “thanks to the The Janet increased popularity of manga in the Turner Print Museum United States and worldwide, espeChico State cially because of the Internet,” she is 898-4476 able to focus on a more specific www.janet topic: Japanese women’s worldview turner.org through the lens of manga.

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“Thanks to ‘scanlation’ [in this case, scanning and translating Japanese print comics into English digital versions, usually illegally], manga became very popular” since then, she noted. “People copy and translate manga into English and update it to a fan site on the Internet so everyone can read it ‘on time’ [when it is first published] and, in most cases, for free.

“Shojo manga is really popular,” Toku continued, “but we don’t see that necessarily, because people are not buying the print version—they read it online. This is the kind of thing that could not be visualized in 2005, but we are now living in a virtual world.”

Part of the “hidden” virtual world of shojo

manga will be on public display at Chico State in the form of 100 pieces (both originals and reproductions) by 12 Japanese artists—11 women and one man.

As Toku pointed out, the portion of the exhibition that is housed in the BMU will feature works that illustrate, in chronological order, the development of shojo manga. One can compare, for instance, the wide-eyed, demure girls and young women featured in the artwork of Leiji (Akira) Matsumoto (the only male represented in this show)—such as “Kurara no Mizuumi,” from 1968, which features a Barbie-dolllike girl with a bow in her long hair cradling a wideeyed puppy in her arms—to Machiko Satonaka’s 2013 piece, “Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters),” which includes what appear to be two sword-wielding females, or to Moto Hagio’s “Raimei,” in which a powerful-looking woman is astride a fierce dragon.

For the Turner Print Museum portion of the show, Turner curator Catherine Sullivan carefully selected artwork “in conjunction with [shojo manga pieces in] the show; [she] selected masterpieces from their own collection, including a Picasso of a cubistic woman,” to hang alongside the manga pieces in order to complement them.

“You can go to The Turner to see the comparison show, and you can go to the BMU to see a chronological show based on the development of the art style,” Toku advised, adding in the case of the Turner installation: “I was kind of excited to see how American Ω people interpreted the shojo manga.”

IN THE MIX Maybe September Ken Peplowski Capri Records The clarinet’s place in jazz was established a century ago in New Orleans, where so many musicians flourished—among them Jimmie Noone, whose records a decade later influenced Benny Goodman, the instrument’s most famous player. Back then, it was a popular instrument whose ranks included Duke Ellington’s Barney Bigard, and Artie Shaw and Woody Herman (whose bands rivaled Goodman’s). Buddy DeFranco, Jimmy Giuffre and Anthony Braxton subsequently updated the clarinet in the intervening decades, but it’s rather languished since, although players like the 54-year-old Peplowski—who has recorded a couple of dozen records since 1987—have focused on it with considerable effect. Accompanied here by pianist Ted Rosenthal, bassist Martin Wind and drummer Matt Wilson, Peplowski and company interpret 11 tunes that range from the wistful title track to a rousing version of Ellington’s “Main Stem,” on both of which Peplowski plays tenor sax. The song selection follows “an arc of a relationship … destined for ultimate failure,” beginning with a lovely “All Alone by the Telephone,” and ending with Harry Nilsson’s evocative “Without Her,” a duet with Wind. Contrasting this forlorn mood is the bouncy “(Now and Then There’s) A Fool Such As I.” Rosenthal contributes mightily throughout, especially on “Main Stem.” Very tasty work by all hands.

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One Good Dish David Tanis Artisan David Tanis’ newest cookbook, One Good Dish, is proof that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.

The New York Times food columnist offers not “one” but 100 recipes, and the dishes aren’t simply good, they’re great. Taken less literally, the title speaks to the simplicity and the soon-to-be kitchen go-tos found within. Unlike his previous cookbooks—A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes and Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys—this is not a menu-based collection and it bounces all over the culinary map. From classic French (braised lettuce and sweet peas) to new takes on Thai standards (fragrant sea-scallop cakes), the only commonality between the dishes is their minimalist approach: letting the ingredients talk to one another instead of getting lost in the crowd. Cucumber spears with dill is a great quick pickle that perks up a veggie tray, and the spicy stovetop flatbreads have appeared on my table more than once since diving into this book. Between the diverse flavors and approachable recipes (sometimes nothing more than marinating soft cheeses in herbs and oil), every cook should find a new favorite—that one good dish— they’ll serve for years.

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A Band Called Death Drafthouse Films The story of Death—three brothers from Detroit who formed what would be the first black punk band— surfaced a few years ago. In 2009, Drag City released …For the Whole World to See, a collection of songs that had been collecting dust in a basement since 1975. It’s some fantastic, no-frills rock ’n’ roll, years ahead of its time. Now we get a deeper look into the story in A Band Called Death, which comes on the heels of a couple of similar rock docs: Anvil!

The Story of Anvil and Searching for Sugar Man. A Band Called Death centers around the Hackney brothers—David, Bobby and Dannis—who were born and raised in a city where Motown ruled, and found rock ’n’ roll via Alice Cooper and The Who. The eldest brother, David (who died of lung cancer in 2000), became the spiritual leader, and he’s very much present throughout the film. It was David who refused to change the band’s ominous name, a decision that would keep Death from getting a record deal with Columbia Records. It’s that individualism and their strong familial bond that really come out in this story.

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A twist, About Time also has a bit of a serious streak. The comic elements are thoroughly genial and romantic comedy with a time-travel

engaging, the time-travel stuff makes for some amusing plot developments, and the modestly philosophical sentiments of the final by Juan-Carlos scenes have a mildly dampening effect Selznick on an otherwise frisky and high-spirited enterprise.

The central romance of the tale brings a young, klutzy, redheaded British lawyer Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) together with perky American graduate student Mary (Rachel McAdams), but the relationship between Tim and his father (Bill Nighy, another charmingly klutzy redhead) is no less crucial.

love-at-first-sight kind of thing, and so Tim mostly uses his special powers for do-overs of intimate scenes, shifts in the timing of important moments, and the diversion of potential obstacles to their actual pairing. Only later on does he consider the possibility of slightly wider applications of these powers, by which time he also has a sharpened sense of their limitations, comic and otherwise.

Much of About Time plays like an agreeably rambunctious exercise in wish fulfillment, and writerdirector Richard Curtis seems to recognize the need for something to offset the nonstop sweetness and light of the Tim-Mary plot. And so, almost as an afterthought, we get intimations of mortality and sorrow in the last reels—via Tim’s ailing dad and his recklessly zany sister Kit Kat (Lydia Wilson). Plus, there are those suddenly serious ruminations, late in the day,

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Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. Directed

by Richard Curtis. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

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Frisky humor is in play with both relationships, but the glimpses of serious drama come mostly via Tim’s dad.

And, as we learn early on, a limited but real ability to travel in time is an attribute shared by all of the males in Tim’s family. Tim first learns of this family secret, as is apparently customary, on his 21st birthday, and he proceeds to put it to work—mostly with an eye to arranging small-but-pertinent improvements within his heretofore ramshackle love life.

The talent for time-travel plays a crucial role, of course, in Tim’s courtship of Mary. Theirs seems to be a

about time, the past and the present, and the blessings of the here and now.

Wilson’s Kit Kat and Lindsay Duncan’s turn as Tim’s feisty Mom both make pert, pungent impressions on the overall emotional mix here. And a motley crew of quirky secondary characters keep themselves in the picture though thick and thin—Tim’s jittery legal colleague Rory (Joshua McGuire), a might-havebeen girlfriend named Charlotte (Margot Robbie), and a hilariously gloomy playwright/friend/landlord named Harry (Tom Hollander).

Fortunately, the saccharine manipulations of Curtis’ scenario don’t become a problem until well after this production’s abiding virtues—charming performances, a jaunty flair for comedy, and a nice mixture of romance and farce—have fully settled in. Ω

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British director Steve McQueen retells the real-life story of Solomon Northup (played

by Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free-born AfricanAmerican who was kidnapped in his early 30s and sold into slavery in 1841. Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

All is Lost

Robert Redford is the only cast member here, playing a man lost at sea alone after his 39-foot yacht collides with a shipping tanker. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

The Best Man Holiday

In this sequel to Malcolm D. Lee’s directorial debut—1999’s The Best Man—the original cast returns as the group of friends reunites for the holidays after 15 years apart. Starring Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Nia Long, et al. Cinemark 14.

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Bad Grandpa

The original jackass is back, as Johnny Knoxville dons his old-man getup and pranks America during a road trip across the country with his “grandson.” Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated R.

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Captain Phillips

Director Paul Greengrass and screenwriter Billy Ray keep the central focus on Capt. Phillips (Tom Hanks), but never lose sight of what’s going on with the Maersk Alabama’s 20-man crew or with the scrawny quartet of Somali youths who first try to take over the ship and then later try to take flight with Phillips as hostage. A key drama within the larger one comes from the keenly nuanced battle of wits, male pride and allround know-how that develops between Phillips and the gaunt, rail-thin pirate called Muse (a haunting Barkhad Abdi). The film rises to its most impressive levels when we begin to see that the simplistic good guys/bad guys outlook that usually prevails in such stories gets deflected here in some very interesting and even moving ways. The screenplay and direction combine with Hanks’ quietly multifaceted performance to portray Phillips as a genuine hero, but also as one deeply marked by the devastating cost of victory. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Carrie

A second big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel about a psychologically abused and bullied teen who eventually exacts revenge on her tormentors with her telekinetic powers. Chloë Grace Moretz (who played Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass) takes on the title role made famous by Sissy Spacek in the 1976 classic. Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

In part two of the computer-animated film series, the overactive food-making machine made popular in Judi and Ron Barrett’s celebrated book of the same name is back, this time turning out hybrid food/animal creatures that threaten to take over the world.

Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

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Ender’s Game

In the film version of Orson Scott Card’s 1985 sci-fi novel, the protagonist is Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a genius boy and master of futuristic video games and strategies. He’s targeted by a colonel (crusty and craggy Harrison Ford) as the savior of the human race, somebody whose skills can save Earth from a second attack by an alien insect species called the Formics.

The movie has some impressive special effects and some great ideas at its core.

What it doesn’t have is an engaging performance by its central actor. Butterfield just doesn’t cut it as Ender, opting for a mostly quiet intensity that results in boring stretches. Also, the finale feels tacked on, super condensed, and rushed. The character of Ender is required to switch emotional modes in a way that is too quick, and it feels false. I’m not denying that Ender’s Game was a masterfully intuitive notion as a novel. I’m just not impressed with the muddled effort director Gavin Hood hath wrought. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

Free Birds

An animated feature about two turkeys (voiced by Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson) who travel back in time to try to alter history in a way that keeps their kind from ending up on the Thanksgiving table every year. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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Gravity

The new film by Alfonso Cuarón is a dazzling piece of artful entertainment. It’s a sci-fi adventure, with a pair of stranded astronauts played by George Clooney and Sandra Bullock trying to survive a spacestation calamity, and it packs a great deal of unexpected interest into what might sound like a relatively simple story. Scarcity of oxygen, suspension of the law of gravity, extreme physical isolation—they all heighten the stakes in the characters’ efforts to improvise self-rescue via the increasingly disabled remnants of their elaborate spacetravel technology. Cuarón and company make wonderfully expressive use of the 3D format on behalf of all of its main concerns.

Both visually and dramatically, Gravity is about human beings struggling to get their bearings, in several senses of that word.

Spatial and psychological disorientation recurs, but the screenplay by Alfonso and his brother Jonás Cuarón also nudges us toward perspectives on the dimensions of human identity, of purpose and self, and locale. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Last Vegas

When the last remainging single guy in a group of friends gets engaged, the four senior citizens head to Vegas for a bachelor party. Starting Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas and Kevin Kline. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Muscle Shoals

A documentary on the history of the Alabama studio where songs like Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman” and Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” were recorded, and where that funky, soulful “Muscle Shoals sound” was born. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG.

Thor: The Dark World

Chris Hemsworth is back as the god/superhero with the all-powerful hammer, reuniting with Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) and reluctantly teaming up with his scheming adoptive brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) on a journey that will “force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.” Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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THURSDAY 11|14—WEDNESDAY 11|20 legendary, Grammy-winning country musician Lyle Lovett, and rock guitarist/songwriter John Hiatt—playing side by side. Th, 11/14, 7:30pm. SOLD OUT. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperfor mances.com.

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

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Monday, Nov. 18 Oroville State Theatre SEE MONDAY

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

the blue at heart featuring Steven Truskol and friends. Th, 11/14, 7-10pm.

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

HAPPY HOUR: Loki, plus others get your

weekend started. Th, 11/14, 5-7pm.

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

JIM SCHMIDT AND LARRY PETERSON: The duo performs an eclectic mix of jazz, blues and easy litening. Th, 11/14, 69pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.

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.

BRODIE STEWART BAND: A six piece

St., (530) 892-2473.

FLO IN THE BLUES: Live blues music for

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KYLE WILLIAMS: Join locals The Plastic Arts and Hugh Hammond in sending off headliner Kyle Williams on his latest tour. Th, 11/14, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

LAND-AIR-WATER CONCERT: The third installment of Butte County Environmental Council’s benefit concert series featuring The Bumptet, Brian Rogers and Jiving Board. Th, 11/14, 7:30pm. $10-$15. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E Third St., (530) 894-1978.

LYLE LOVETT & JOHN HIATT: An acoustic

ensemble of country-rockers. F, 11/15, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfalls casino.com/brewing-co.

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.

HAPPY DEATH: Portland-based psychedelic band performing with locals

Furlough Fridays and The LoLos. F, 11/15, 9pm. Lost On Main, 319 Main St.,

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.

MANDY JO AND THE HOLY MACKEREL: A

night of grass-roots. F, 11/15, 7-10pm.

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

MONUMENTS COLLAPSE & AS IN WE: BayArea doom-metalers Monuments Collapse and Santa Fe, New Mexico mathy-instrumentalists, As In We, join locals Cold Blue Mountain and as-ofyet-unnamed new project of former La Fin du Monde players. F, 11/15, 8pm. $8. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

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Big Freedia is bringing her rolling party—something devotees say must be experienced live to fully appreciate—to the El Rey Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 16.

folk/bluegrass musicians rock the stage. F, 11/15, 9pm. $4. Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 375 E. Park Ave., (530) 345-7499.

16SATURDAY BIG FREEDIA: Sa, 11/16, 9pm. $15. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St., (530) 8921838.

DANNY COHEN: Local singer songwriter performing a new set with The Vesuvians and Don Parrish opening.

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THIS WEEK: FIND MORE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPECIAL EVENTS ON PAGE 24 CHUCK INGLISH Monday, Nov. 18 Senator Theatre SEE MONDAY

CLERIC: An avant-garde four-piece from Philadelphia mixing grindcore and doom. Locals Io Torus and Astronaut open. M, 11/18, 8pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

EXILE: The soft-rockers-turned-coun-

HIGH BEAMZ: Performing for a night of

jazz and blues. Sa, 11/16, 7-10pm. Café Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE: Eagles cover band performing their greatest hits.

Sa, 11/16, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

Landing, 12609 River Rd., (530) 7102020.

NORTH STATE SYMPHONY: New American Portraits. With pieces by Márquez, Lalo, Neruda, and Copland, featuring Kira Weiss on cello and Chris Navarrete playing the trumpet. Sa, 11/16, 7:30pm. $6-$36. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 8986333, www.northstatesymphony.org.

MAJOR POWERS & THE LO-FI SYMPHONY: “Adventure Rock” from Oakland. Local ska/pop troupe Big Tree Fall Down, DJ BandMaster Ruckus, and Jeremy Crossley open. Sa, 11/16, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

MUSIC SHOWCASE: An open mic hosted by local country musicians Rich and Kendall. Sa, 5-9pm. Free. Scotty’s

18MONDAY CHUCK INGLISH: One half of Chicagobased backpack rappers The Cool Kids, Inglish is joined by The Kings Dead from Boston. M, 11/18, 8:30pm. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmaxproductions.net.

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try-stars known for the song “Kiss You All Over” reunite for a 50th anniversary tour. M, 11/18, 7:30pm. $25.

Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Myers St. in Oroville, (530) 538-2470.

Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.

SHIGEMI & FRIENDS: Live jazz with keyboardist Shigemi Minetaka and rotating accompaniment. Tu, 6:308:30pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farm starpizza.com.

20WEDNESDAY THE KYLE GASS BAND: W, 11/20, 9pm. $15.

Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

LAURIE DANA: Soul, light rock, blues, country, Tin Pan Alley, jazz and more.

W, 7-9pm. Free. VIP Ultra Lounge, 191 E.

THE KING OF … GASS

Best known as the guy in Tenacious D who’s not Jack Black, Kyle Gass’ musical career thus far has mostly focused on comedy over music. So with his side project, the aptly named Kyle Gass Band, one might think he’d choose to show his more serious side. Yeah, right. The KGB is stopping by the Maltese Bar & Tap Room on Wednesday, Nov. 20, while on tour in support of their debut album, featuring such tracks as “Manchild,” which contains lyrics about playing kazoo and shooting goo, and “Bro Ho,” a punch up of Jack Johnsonstyle mellow rock featuring at least one of what we’re guessing is many references to passing gas found on the album. Chico tricksters the Pageant Dads open.

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TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE: Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and his band Orleans Avenue, perform oldtime Dixieland infused with soulful funk. M, 11/18, 7:30pm. SOLD OUT. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., 893-3520, www.sierranevada.com.

19TUESDAY ANDREW BIRD: Musical innovator combines his violin with xylophone, vocals, electronic looping, and whistling for a one-man orchestra.

Country/ Americana band, The Handsome Family open. Tu, 11/19, 7:30pm. $18-$33. Laxson Auditorium,

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 & Café, 642 W. Fifth St.

WAY OUT WEST: A weekly country music showcase with The Blue Merles. W, 7:30-9:30pm. Café Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveatflo.wee bly.com.

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TAG, YOU’RE ART I was wrong twice in this space last week. One mistake disappointed me; the other has worked out really well.

First, I’m kicking myself over being careless with the term “tagging.” I called the Sharpie-scrawled words “rape culture” on one of our CN&R art boxes a tag, which isn’t correct. (Thank you, Chase “Chachi” Moreau, for the friendly reminder). Even though many people outside of the graffiti-art scene use the term in the same broad sense I did, a tag is actually an artist’s signature—sometimes a hastily scrawled one in black Sharpie, sometimes a carefully executed and elaborate aerosol painting. So those words covering the breasts of the subject of Seamonster’s piece of public art are graffiti, but not a tag. Please take this as my very humble correction.

The second thing I goofed on was saying that I hated Graffiti wall at Chico Palio, 2013. tagging. But, this mistake, along with the graffiti in question, has sparked some interesting conversations about public art, vandalism, sexuality, censorship and the definition of art via a thread of Facebook comments, and in a thoughtful email I received from local artist, Siana Sonoquie.

I actually do, from an aesthetic standpoint, hate the particular aforementioned piece of graffiti (which I think made something cool not look as cool), and while I’ve encountered some fine pieces, most of the tags and other graffiti I’ve seen in public during my time on the planet—in Chico, in San Francisco, in Boston, in Paris—haven’t done much for me, either. But just because there are many, as I see it, uninspiring artists (or just jerky vandals) using a particular medium doesn’t mean the whole medium is shit. (I don’t dig most watercolors, either, but there are good ones out there.) I don’t subscribe to any school of predetermined aesthetic guidelines as to what can or cannot be considered art, and I generally distrust those who make up such rules, so throwing an entire medium under the bus was pretty lame of me.

Thank you, online commenters, for accepting the invitation for discussion, and being smart, thoughtful, funny and civil. And thank you, Siana, for instigating a conversation, making me think and keeping me honest.

ONLINE READING ASSIGNMENT Two cool Chico writers—Josh Indar (Severance Package guitarist/vocalist) and Chico State English instructor Sarah Pape (1078 Gallery literary committee member)—have published two great pieces of writing that you should seek out over morning coffee this weekend.

In his latest semiregular “Out of Pocket” column for online magazine Pop Matters, Indar tracks the ups and downs of the musical form we call rock ’n’ roll, and asks the question: “Is Rock ’n’ Roll Dormant, Dying or Already Dead?” Go to www.popmatters.com/archive/column/section/ out-of-pocket and read all of Indar’s fun, intelligent essays.

And the online Mutha Magazine has published an incredibly moving story by Pape about her daughter, depression, and learning how to be a mom. Go to www.muthamagazine.com and search “Sarah Pape.”

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There is even going to be a New Year’s Eve party at the rink, featuring music by Big Mo & The Full Moon Band. Find Paradise Ice Rink on Facebook, or call 872-6393 for more info.

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My buyer, Johnny Landers, must have grown impatient as I struggled with the lock box attached to the hose bib behind the bushes in the front yard of the ‘50s ranch house fixer-upper we were about to view; he unlatched the side gate and made his way around to the back yard.

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I can count in my career at least 50 yard-dashes, and I know of Realtors who have performed or witnessed more than 100 yard-dashes. Back yards are most challenging, because they are usually surrounded by a fence, which adds the potential necessity of executing a high-jump at the conclusion of the yard-dash, in effect creating a double-event.

I’m sorry to say that a certain number of the yarddashes in my career were performed by my clients, one of which I’ll cite here, a double-event as mentioned above.

“It’s vacant, right?” he called out.

“Yep, vacant,” I said.

Landers is a contractor, and, more importantly, has long legs.

I walked through the front door, past tables, chairs, and rugs – my first indication that this was not, in fact, a vacant house – and out the back slider. A sticky note was attached to the glass: “Dog Bites.”

Just then, Landers shot past me like an Olympic sprinter. Gaining on him was a German shepherd, lunging at his backside.

At the conclusion of his yard-dash, and confronted with a fence, Landers high-jumped. He sailed over the fence backwards, thereby executing an admirable Fosbury Flop, as made famous by highjumper gold-medalist Dick Fosbury in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

“Vacant, huh?” said Landers, pulling grass and gravel from his scalp.

“Sorry, my mistake,” I said. I should have known that the house wasn’t vacant.

Of course I felt bad, but mostly I was envious of that Fosbury Flop.

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TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

Berry Creek Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$265,000 $785,000 $640,000 $460,000 $440,000 $342,000 $336,000 $330,000 $297,500 $289,000 $277,000 $255,000

2/ 2 4/ 3 4/ 3 3/ 2.5 4/ 3 3/ 2.5 3/ 2 4/ 2 4/ 2 4/ 3 4/ 2 3/ 2.5

1683 3160 3662 1769 2678 2455 1911 1628 2309 2222 1506 1472

1 Ginger Ln 1005 Regency Dr 32 Pebblewood Pines Dr 1804 Citrus Ave 593 East Ave 2252 Mariposa Ave 1691 Oak Way 5 Glenshire Ln 502 Wilshire Ct 3794 Keefer Rd 2503 Tracy Ranch Rd 279 Durham St

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Durham Durham

$252,000 $247,000 $234,000 $230,000 $230,000 $230,000 $222,000 $210,000 $165,000 $162,000 $543,500 $168,000

2/ 2 3/ 2 2/ 2 2/ 1 2/ 1 3/ 1.5 3/ 2 3/ 1.5 3/ 1.5 4/ 1 4/ 3 2/ 1

1346 1357 1487 1131 1000 1688 1127 1231 1386 1273 2582 1200

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CN&R 39

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4078 Spyglass Rd (X St: Garner) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2833 Sq.Ft, 19x25 attached Shop $619,900 Matt Kleimann 521-8064 Sandy Stoner 514-5555

Sat. 11-1

Sun. 11-1, 2-4

155 Spanish Gardens (X St: Skyway) 4 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2,642 Sq.Ft. $565,000 Brandon Siewert 828-4597

56 Horse run Lane Luxury Horse Property. Features a 2900 sq. ft. custom built home situated on 2 acres in Chico. Large covered front porch, spacious family & living rooms, open kitchen with Hartlen 6 burner stove, Bosch dishwasher and center island that leads right into your cozy kitchen nook. Step into your resort style backyard and enjoy a beautiful in ground gunite pool. Also has an oversized detached 2 …View More

1 San Pablo Ct (X St: North Ave) 2 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,126 Sq.Ft. $227,500 Kathy Kelly 570-7403

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740 Dias Dr (X St: Meadow) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2340 Sq.Ft. $435,000 Frankie Dean 717-3884 Dana Miller 570-1184

car garage with a new up stairs studio apartment in 20 12. The items replaced since 2011 are the well pump, heater & air conditioner, water heater, and fresh exterior paint. Has a beautiful center isle barn, with double sliding doors on both ends, a tack room with saddle racks, 1 enclosed stall, 2 stalls with 12 foot outdoor paddocks, out door wash rack, crossed fenced to large dirt run, 2 irrigated pastures, and a beautiful dressage type sand arena.

10 Smith Bros ( X St: W 6th Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1762 Sq.Ft. $294,500 Layne Diestel 828-7297 Emmett Jacobi 519-6333 Ronnie Owen 518-0911 Steve Kasprzyk 518-4850

3 Sir Andrew Ct (X St: Parkway Village) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1184 Sq.Ft. $218,000 John Wallace 514-2405

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9364 Holland Ave ( X St: Durham Dayton) 3 Bd / 1.5 Ba, 1600 Sq.Ft. $199,000 Brandon Siewert 828-4597

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1077 Via Verona Dr (X St: North Ave) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3267 Sq.Ft. $359,000 Johnny Klinger 864-3398 Chris Martinez 680-4404 Russ Hammer 566-3540

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of October 28, 2013 – November 1, 2013.

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

ADDRESS

TOWN

1825 Ringnecked Pheasant Ct Gridley Gridley 885 Kentucky St 6312 Shelton Ct Magalia 58 Tribulation Trl Oroville Oroville 6901 Lower Wyandotte Rd 19 Little Tigers Trl Oroville 2463 Oro Quincy Hwy Oroville 56 Oak Ave Oroville 25 Sorrel Ct Oroville 1263 Grand Ave Oroville 2665 Brougham Dr Oroville 187 Redbud Dr Paradise 40 CN&R November 14, 2013

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BR/BA

SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

$222,500 $110,500 $157,000 $350,000 $306,000 $260,000 $251,500 $225,000 $135,000 $130,000 $110,000 $480,000

4/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 1.5 3/ 2.5 3/ 3 4/ 3 3/ 1 3/ 1.5 3/ 2 3/ 1 3/ 2 4/ 3

2245 2059 1388 2944 2042 2212 1591 2208 1597 1092 1913 2789

6637 Creekside Dr 1395 Delia Way 5462 Foster Rd 740 Brookhaven Dr 165 Sutter Rd 1886 Marywood Dr 471 Tigertail Ln 85 Blue Jay Ln 5783 Kenglo Dr 6935 Quail Way 1085 Elliott Rd

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BR/BA

SQ. FT.

Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise

$349,000 $320,000 $235,000 $232,000 $230,000 $215,000 $213,000 $162,500 $157,000 $121,000 $113,000

3/ 2.5 3/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 1.5 3/ 2 2/ 2 3/ 2.5 2/ 1 2/ 2.5 3/ 2 2/ 2

2161 1895 1430 1715 1119 1490 1851 1140 1360 1755 1333

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ENLOE NEUROSURGICAL AND SPINE CLINIC at 251 Cohasset Road, Suite 370 Chico, CA 95926.

ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER 1531 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: MYRON E. MACHULA, VP/CFO Dated: August 19, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001121 Published: October 24,31, November 7,14, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WORK OF ART PHOTOGRAPHY at 4139 Hildale Ave Oroville, CA 95966.

ARTHUR V MARTINEZ 4139 Hildale Ave Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ARTHUR V MARTINEZ Dated: October 11, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001336 Published: October 24,31, November 7,14, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TONY’S SMOKE SHOP at 175 Cohasset Road, Suite 2 Chico, CA 95926 MTANIOUS SAMAAN 1749 Eaton Road #39 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MTANIOUS SAMAAN Dated: October 7, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001293 Published: October 24,31, November 7,14, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: RED TAVERN at 1250 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

MIKELL, INC 901 Bruce Road Suite #270 Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: MICHAEL VADNEY, PRESIDENT Dated: October 21, 2013 FBN Number: 2012-0001072 Published: October 24,31, November 7,14, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BUDCO, HYDROTEC SOLUTIONS INC at 2540 Zanella Way #30 Chico, CA 95928.

HYDROTEC SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED 7 Laguna Point Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: GARY NOTTINGHAM, PRESIDENT Dated: October 17, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001350 Published: October 31, November 7,14,21, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LONE WOLF ATTORNEY SERVICE at 135 W. 22nd St. Chico, CA 95928.

SCOTT DAVID QUAM 135 W.22nd St. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SCOTT QUAM Dated: October 24, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001374 Published: October 31, November 7,14,21, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CENTER FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME DISORDERS at 7 Commerce Court #130 Chico, CA 95928 BUTTE COUNTY CHILD ABUSE COUNCIL P.O. Box 569 Chico, CA 95927.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: MARGIE RUEGGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Dated: October 30, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001400 Published: November 7,14,21,27, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LASER EXPRESSIONS, WOOD UNIQUE at 609 Entler Ave Suite 3 Chico, CA 95928.

NORTHEASTERN SCALE MODELS INCORPORATED 609 Entler Ave Suite 3 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: NANCY E. ORIOL, CLERK Dated: October 18, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001356 Published: November 7,14,21,27, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LOS ARCOS RESTAURANT at 2454 Notre Dame Blvd #100 Chico, CA 95928.

TERESA MARTINEZ 2580 Floral Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TERESA MARTINEZ Dated: October 2, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001283 Published: November 7,14,21,27, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as COALITION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RECOVERY RESIDENCES at 40 Landing Circle Chico, CA 95973.

MICHAEL ANDERSON 3114 Myers St Oroville, CA 95966.

JENNIFER CARVALHO 40 Landing Circle Chico, CA 95973.

STACY JOHNSON 2697 White Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Unincorporated Association.

Signed: STACY JOHNSON Dated: October 25, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001372 Published: November 7,14,21,27, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PERFORMANCE AUTO SERVICE at 906 Nord Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

SHAWN SMITH 652 Luds Way Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SHAWN SMITH Dated: September 23, 2013 FBN number: 2013-0001252 Published: November 7,14,21,27, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO WEBSITES, CHICOWEBSITES.COM, ECHICO, ECHICO.COM, NORCAL WEBSITES, NORCALWEBSITES.COM at P.O. Box 795 Chico, CA 95927.

DANIEL LUTGE 1265 E. 9TH St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DANIEL LUTGE Dated: November 1, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001405 Published: November 7,14,21,27, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LOUNGE A-GOGO at 1224 Spruce Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

CAROLYN S ENGSTROM 1224 Spruce Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CAROLYN S. ENGSTROM Dated: November 1, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001406 Published: November 7,14,21,27, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FOCAL POINT DISCOUNT LANDSCAPE SUPPLIES at 2216 Fair Street Chico, CA 95926.

DAVID KEITH ALAWAYS 1498 Mt View Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DAVID K ALAWAYS Dated: November 7, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001418 Published: November 14,21,27, December 5, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as COLLEGIAL LEARNING COMPANY, QUEST REAL ESTATE, QUEST REALTY, TK SERVICES at 341 Broadway STE. 220 Chico, CA 95928.

THOMAS KELEM 975 Palmetto Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: THOMAS KELEM Dated: October 29, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001395 Published: November 14,21,27, December 5, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FALLING SOLUTION at 30 Drake Way #3 Chico, CA 95973.

SOLUTION ONLY SEMINARS AND CONSULTING LLC 30 Drake Way #3 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: TIM RABETOY, CEO PRESIDENT Dated: October 25, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001371 Published: November 14,21,27, December 5, 2013

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name:

REAL ESTATE AND INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE ALVRO RAY HUBBARD 2687 Grape Way Chico, CA 95973.

BEVERLY JUNE HUBBARD 2687 Grape Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business was conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: ALVRO R. HUBBARD Dated: September 3, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0000281 Published: November 14,21,27, December 5, 2013

NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE NANCY SUSAN TAYLOR, AKA NANCY S. TAYLOR, AKA NANCY TAYLOR To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: NANCY SUSAN TAYLOR AKA, NANCY S. TAYLOR, AKA NANCY TAYLOR A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MARY E. MCCLINTOCK in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: MARY E. MCCLINTOCK personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representa-­ tive to take many actions with-­ out obtaining court approval.

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal repre-­ sentative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or per-­ sonal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and le-­ gal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

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

Case Number: PR40842 Attorney for Petitioner: Jane E. Stansell 901 Bruce Road, Suite 170 Chico, CA 95928 Published: October 31, November 7,14, 2013

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

THE Petition for Probate requests that: BARBARA COX personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representa-­ tive to take many actions with-­ out obtaining court approval.

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

A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: December 5, 2013 Time: 1:30pm Dept:TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal repre-­ sentative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or per-­ sonal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and le-­ gal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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

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

Case Number: PR40848 Petitioner: Barbara Cox 445 Sacramento Street Rio Vista, CA 94571-1600 Published: November 7,14,21, 2013

NOTICE TO CREDITORS SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA BUTTE COUNTY Case Number: PR-40849 (PROBATE CODE SECTION 19040) In re: THE JAMES CRAIG CARTER 2012 TRUST Created February 12, 2013 by JAMES CRAIG CARTER, DECEDENT. NOTICE IS HEREBY given to the creditors and contingent creditors of the above-named decedent that all persons hav-­ ing claims against the decedent are required to file then with the Superior Court, at 655 Oleander Avenue, Chico, California, and mail or deliver a copy to Jenny C. Marr, as trustee of the trust dated February 12, 2012, of which the Decedent was the settlor, c/o Richard S. Matson, Attorney at Law, 1342 The Esplande, Suite A, Chico, California 95926, within the later of 4 months after October 31, 2013, or, if notice is mailed or personally deliv-­ ered to you,or you must petition to file a late claim as provided in Probate Code Section 19103.

A claim form may be obtained from the court clerk. For your protection, you are encouraged to file your claim by certified mail, with return receipt re-­ quested.

Dated: October 30, 2013 Richard S. Matson Attorney at Law. Attorney for Jenny C. Marr, Trustee Published: November 7,14,21, 2013

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner YANTI IBRAHIM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: YANTI IBRAHIM, MICHAEL LEUICA BEATRICE IGNACIA LEUICA JENNIFER RAPPORT Proposed name: JANE WALTER MICHAEL WALTER BEATRICE IGNACIA WALTER JENNIFER BIRGITA WALTER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objec-­ tion that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 20, 2013 Time: 9:00am Dept:TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: ROBERT GLUSMAN Dated: October 18, 2013 Case Number: 160650 Published: October 24,31, November 7,14, 2013

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JAIMIE MICHELLE STEINBAUER WHITE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JAIMIE MICHELLE STEINBAUER WHITE Proposed name: JAMIE MICHELLE WHITE THE COURT ORDERS that all

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persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objec-­ tion that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 20, 2013 Time: 9:00am Dept:TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: October 23, 2013 Case Number: 160672 Published: October 31, November 7,14,21, 2013

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DAMON MICHAEL LOTTI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DAMON MICHAEL LOTTI Proposed name: DAMON MICHEAL MCGUIRE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 20, 2013 Time: 9:00am Dept:TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: ROBERT GLUSMAN Dated: October 28, 2013 Case Number: 160699 Published: November 14,21,27, December 5, 2013

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO RESPONDENT FRANCIS BUZBEE AND DOES 1-20 You are being sued by plaintiff: GREGORY KENDALL You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make or-­ ders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately.

You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

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The name and address of the court are: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: ANDREW MARRER (BAR # 210139) Law Office of Andrew Marrer, 166 Cohasset Road, Suite 1, Chico, CA 95926.

Signed: Kimberly Flener, K. DOANE Dated: February 26, 2013 Case Number: 159004 Published: November 7,14,21,27, 2013

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: CRYSTYL WILLIAMS-ARCILLA AND THE TESTATE AND INTESTATE SUCCESSORS TO ROBERT LEE WILLIAMS, DECEASED AND ALL PERSONS CLAIMING BY, THROUGH OR UNDER SUCH DECEDENT AND DOES 1-20 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BILLY DURBIN NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below.

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more

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information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attor-­ ney referral service. If you can-­ not afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The Court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Chico Courthouse 655 Oleander Avenue, Chico, CA 95926 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is: James E. Reed P.O. Box 857 Fall River Mills, CA 96028.

Signed: Kimberly Flener Case Number: 158601 Published: November 7,14,21,27, 2013

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ARIES (March 21-April 19):

There’s something resembling a big red snake slithering around in your mind these days. I don’t mean that literally, of course. I’m talking about a big red imaginary snake.

But it’s still quite potent. While it’s not poisonous, neither is it a pure embodiment of sweetness and light. Whether it ends up having a disorienting or benevolent influence on your life all depends on how you handle your relationship with it. I suggest you treat it with respect but also let it know that you’re the boss. Give it guidelines and a clear mandate so that it serves your noble ambitions and not your chaotic desires. If you do that, your big red snake will heal and uplift you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In my astrological opinion, almost nothing can keep you from getting the love you need in the coming days. Here’s the only potential problem: You might have a mistaken or incomplete understanding about the love you need, and that could interfere with you recognizing and welcoming the real thing. So here’s my prescription: Keep an open mind about the true nature of the love that you actually need most, and stay alert for the perhaps unexpected ways it might make itself available.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “People fall

so in love with their pain, they can’t leave it behind,” asserts novelist Chuck Palahniuk.

Your assignment, Gemini, is to work your ass off to fall out of love with your pain. As if you were talking to a child, explain to your subconscious mind that the suffering it has gotten so accustomed to has outlived its usefulness. Tell your deep self that you no longer want the ancient ache to be a cornerstone of your identity. To aid the banishment, I recommend that you conduct a ritual of severing. Tie one side of a ribbon to a symbol of your pain and tie the other side around your waist. Then cut the ribbon in half, and bury the symbol in the dirt.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “You can

look at a picture for a week and never think of it again,” said painter Joan Miró. “You can also look at a picture for a second and think of it all your life,” he added. The coming days are likely to bring you none of the former kind of experiences and several of the latter, Cancerian. It’s a numinous time in your longterm cycle: A phase when you’re likely to encounter beauty that enchants you and mysteries that titillate your sense of wonder for a long time. In other words, the eternal is coming to visit you in very concrete ways.

How do you like your epiphanies? Hot and wild? Cool and soaring? Comical and lyrical?

Hot and soaring and comical and wild and cool and lyrical?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There’s a new

genre of erotic literature: dinosaur porn.

E-books like In the Velociraptor’s Nest and Ravished by the Triceratops tell tall tales about encounters between people and prehistoric reptiles. I don’t recommend you read this stuff, though. While I do believe that now is a good time to add new twists to your sexual repertoire and explore the frontiers of pleasure, I think you should remain rooted in the real world, even in your fantasy life.

It’s also important to be safe as you experiment. You really don’t want to explore the frontiers of pleasure with cold-blooded beasts. Either travel alone, or else round up a warm-blooded compassion specialist who has a few skills in the arts of intimacy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The saxifrage

is a small plant with white flowers. It grows best in subarctic regions and cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere. The word “saxifrage” is derived from the Latin word saxifraga, whose literal meaning is “stonebreaker.” Indeed, the plant does often appear in the clefts of stones and boulders.

In his poem “A Sort of a Song,’”William Carlos Williams celebrates its strength: “Saxifrage is my flower that splits / the rocks.” I nominate this darling little dynamo to be your

Remembering a son

by Rob Brezsny metaphorical power object of the week, Virgo. May it inspire you to crack through blocks and barriers with subtle force.

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Karl Travis

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’re not

being swept along in a flood of meaningless distractions and irrelevant information and trivial wishes, right? I’m hoping that you have a sixth sense about which few stimuli are useful and meaningful to you and which thousands of stimuli are not. But if you are experiencing a bit of trouble staying wellgrounded in the midst of the frenzied babble, now would be a good time to take strenuous action. The universe will conspire to help you become extra stable and secure if you resolve to eliminate as much nonsense from your life as you can.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Sweetness is good. Sweetness is desirable. To be healthy, you need to give and receive sweetness on a regular basis. But you can’t flourish on sweetness alone. In fact, too much of it may be oppressive or numbing. I’m speaking both literally and metaphorically: To be balanced, you need all of the other tastes, including saltiness, sourness, bitterness and savoriness. From what I understand, you are headed into a phase when you’ll thrive on more bitterness and savoriness than usual.

To get an idea of what I mean, meditate on what the emotional equivalents might be for bitter tastes like coffee, beer and olives, and for savory tastes like mushrooms, cheese, spinach and green tea.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

When you procrastinate, you avoid doing an important task. Instead, you goof off, doing something fun or simply puttering around, wasting time. But what if there were a higher form of procrastination? What if you could avoid an important task by doing other tasks that were somewhat less important but still quite valuable? Here’s what that might look like for you right now: You could postpone your search for the key to everything by throwing yourself into a project that will give you the key to one small part of everything.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In his utopian novel Looking Backward, American author Edward Bellamy wrote a passage that I suspect applies to you right now: “It is under what may be called unnatural, in the sense of extraordinary, circumstances that people behave most naturally, for the reason that such circumstances banish artificiality.” Think of the relief and release that await you, Capricorn: an end to pretending, a dissolution of deception, the fall of fakery. As you weave you way through extraordinary circumstances, you will be moved to act with brave authenticity. Take full advantage.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I have

your back” is an American expression that could also be rendered as “I’m right behind you, ready to help and defend you” or “I’m ready to support you whenever you’ve got a problem.” Is there anyone in the world who feels that way about you? If not, now would be an excellent time to work on getting such an ally. Cosmic conditions are ripe for bringing greater levels of assistance and collaboration into your life. And if you already do have confederates of that caliber, I suggest you take this opportunity to deepen your symbiotic connection even further.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): More than a hundred countries around the world celebrate an independence day holiday, memorializing a time when they broke away from another nation and formed a separate state. I encourage you to create your own personal version of this festival. It could commemorate a breakthrough moment in the past when you escaped an oppressive situation, a turning point when you achieved a higher level of autonomy, or a taboo-busting transition when you started expressing your own thoughts and making your own decisions with more authority. By the way, a fresh opportunity to take this kind of action is available to you. Any day now might be a good time to declare a new independence day.

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

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In her second book, Dreamscape in A minor, local author Judi Loren Grace retraces the steps that led to her son’s death, and searches for her own peace and healing. In the fall of 1990, in the midst of contemplating suicide, Grace’s son, Jeff Harris, accidentally shot his grandfather who’d startled him when he stepped into the open garage. Harris then shot and killed himself, and his grandfather died six weeks later of complications from the incident. Harris was 21 years old. After her son’s death, one of Grace’s biggest fears was that Jeff’s memory would fade away with future generations. It’s hard to imagine anyone who reads this powerful and very personal book will ever forget his story. The book is available at Lyon Books, Postal Plus and at Grace’s hair salon, Satori Color & Hair Design. Lyon Books will host a booksigning Thursday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m.

Did writing the book bring about any changes?

It laid out the path of Jeff’s life, which I understood. And I thought I’d already healed, but writing this book really cleaned up many questions, and this is also the last thing I can do for him—unfold and reveal his legacy.

What was the hardest part of the process?

Saying too much and not saying enough, picking out the right stories, delivering them in the right manner. Being respectful of my son and being respectful of my surviving children—not divulging their private thoughts. It’s a fine line I had to walk.

What’s the best thing that came from writing it?

Bringing him back to life. Delving into the spirit

world and finding answers. There were times, when typing, I would laugh. He was hysterical.

He was the funniest boy. Thoughts would come into my mind and I would smile and type, totally having a party with myself.

What inspired you to write as if you were speaking to Jeff?

In my head, I’m always talking to him: Why did you do this? Remember the time when you did that? So it was natural to address him in conversation. And I thought, “This is how I want to present my story: a mother talking directly to her son.” The weird thing was that I could hear his responses. I felt his presence.

Any advice for other parents?

I see mothers shopping with their kids, frowning, being angry with them. I just want to go, “I had a kid like that once and now he’s dead.

Relax, mom, enjoy your children and hug your babies.” Try to get into their humor and who this little person is. Maybe they’re not who you wanted them to be, but it’s how they’re wired.

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by Anthony Peyton Porter anthonypeytonporter@comcast.net

Pieces One: Why would Sean Morgan, new member of the Chico Silly Council, want to prevent hungry people from being fed?

Nobody asked him to feed them or pay for the food or help in any way. What would make a person so mean, callous and anti-Christian as to attack a good organization—Orchard Church— doing good work on a bureaucratic technicality in order to keep it from feeding hungry people in the City Plaza, mostly people too poor to pay for somewhere to live?

What was in it for him? He must have expected to get some kind of gratification or satisfaction from preventing people from being fed. I suppose he enjoys the thought of people going hungry. Think about that.

Would you do what he did? Here’s a hungry human being, and here’s someone offering her food. Would Jesus get in the way? Would you? Did you vote for Sean Morgan?

Morgan is a good example of why we should require public officials to take some kind of psychological examination. We’re clearly asking the wrong questions of the people who want power over us if we can’t recognize the Morgans before they get into office.

Two: I heard a talk on the Chico State campus the

other day about the history of Native Americans in this area. As happened last year, I was reminded of how awfully they were treated, though perhaps no worse than in other parts of the nation.

It seems that the first bond issued in the new state of California was to buy Native American scalps. A scalp is the skin on one’s head that in both sexes is usually covered with hair. California politicians wanted to encourage people to kill Native Americans—called “native” because they were here first—so badly that they borrowed money to pay for mass murder.

To help ensure that California got its money’s worth, state politicians required that claimants cut or tear the scalp from each victim and present it as proof that the deed had indeed been done.

Three: My sons and I went for a walk in Upper Bidwell Park on Janice’s birthday last month and eventually ended up sitting by the creek, just as she would have. Actually, I was the only one resting, and as I sat there on a rock listening to the water, I had an epiphany, or at least an idea. Many people seem to like the sound of running water, including me. My default background computer sounds are of moving water. Ocean waves, babbling brooks, roaring waterfalls entrance me, and I think I know why—the sound of moving water makes other sound unnecessary.

Works for me.

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