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Don’t shop on Thanksgiving For most Americans, Thanksgiving is about gathering with
family and friends, cooking up a delicious meal and spending time together. Many people take the day to not only enjoy each other, but also to give thanks for everything they have. Some families even leave their homes to donate time to feed those without dinner tables or the means to provide a large meal for their loved ones. So, why do we feel the need to commercialize this otherwise noncommercial holiday? Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has long been a hot shopping day and it seems like every year the clock has moved back, from 5 a.m. store openings to 3 a.m. to even midnight. But this year, big-box stores such as Best Buy, Toys R Us and Kohl’s—and many of the stores in malls across the country—are opening on Thanksgiving. Something is wrong with this picture. Thanksgiving is a time for reflection, a time to be thankful for our loved ones, our health, the food on the table and everything that makes our individual lives full and happy. It is not a time to be thinking about sales on things we do not have. We are not arguing against spending money on your loved ones (or yourself!) during the holiday season. In fact, we hope you do. One of our favorite shopping days all year is Small Business Saturday, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, because money spent locally tends to stay in the local economy. That’s good for all of us. But we urge our readers to resist the temptation to sneak away from dinner early to snag what seems like a great deal. If we show the big-box stores that taking over Thanksgiving doesn’t work, they might not try the same gimmick next year. Enjoy your families on Thursday. After all, you have nearly a whole month before Christmas to shop. Ω
A corrupt war to wage Ehemp and cannabis since the 1930s is a lie. Cannabis is not addictive. It does not cause violent behavior. It will not verything our government has told us about
make your daughters promiscuous. Not one person has ever been shown to have died from using cannabis. The claim that more study is needed is a lie; we have numerous clinically valid studies from the last century. Cannabis does have a number of valid therapeutic uses, and hemp is one of the most valuable industrial fibers ever known. Still, our government, corrupted by money and racism, has destroyed the by lives of many hundreds of Nelson Kaiser thousands of American citizens by putting them in The author has lived prison and confiscating— and worked in stealing—their property Northern California and money for the supfor more than posed crimes of posses50 years. A graduate sion or cultivation. Recent of Chico State, he studies show that we are says he is “among still arresting around the last of the old-time Sierra 2,000 people per day for Nevada hillbillies.” pot “offenses.” The fact is that prohibition itself has caused immense harm. Compare all that to the auto industry. Motor vehicles brutally slaughter Americans by the hundreds of thousands,
decade after decade. They maim and cripple Americans by the tens of millions, decade after decade. (Consider the resulting strain on American medical care.) They scatter terrible poisons throughout the world on a scale significant to continents and oceans. In any 10-year period in the last 60 years, more people have died in cars in this country than in all our foreign wars since 1846. All this is fully established. Now observe who goes to jail. Is it those who constitute themselves enemies of our nation and our people through mass suffering and death (for the money), the poisoning and destruction of our lands and waters (for the money), and the corruption of government by the people (for the money), or is it the person with a joint in his or her pocket? When we lay out the elements of this situation, it is so upside-down, so wrong, as to be simply intolerable. Looking at concrete, fully established results, we are forced to this conclusion: The war on drugs—and the prohibition of hemp and cannabis in particular—is one of the greatest crimes ever perpetrated against the nation and the people of the United States of America. Ω
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Meeting Iran halfway As President Obama has said, the interim agreement signed by
Iran and the major powers Sunday is a significant step forward, one that has the potential to reshape the Middle East by removing Iran as a potential nuclear threat. It’s worth noting that this is the second time in recent weeks when negotiations have had profound results, the first having led to the dismantling of Syria’s chemical weapons. Obama’s preference for diplomacy over violence appears to be working. The agreement—the product of the first direct contact between the United States and Iran in 34 years—gives those who seek to keep Iran from creating a nuclear bomb all the resources they could reasonably want, including strict limits on uranium enrichment and the number of centrifuges, the institution of rigorous monitoring, the neutralization of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and more. The Iranians will be unable to move their nuclear program forward in any way for at least the next six months— and forever if the parties come to a permanent agreement. In return, the Western signatories agreed only to release some $6 billion of Iran’s long-frozen foreign assets, a small percentage of the funds. This has the potential to be a great deal, a historic deal, if all goes well. That will depend on the Iranians following through, of course, as well as on all parties’ ability to forge a mutually acceptable permanent agreement. It won’t be easy, and a number of influential players, including the Israeli government and certain members of Congress, oppose any lifting of sanctions until Iran abandons its nuclear-power program entirely. But that’s the path to war. Israel already has threatened unilateral action against Iran, and as Israel goes, so goes the United States. This agreement makes that scenario much more unlikely, and for that we can all give thanks. Ω
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Busted My favorite CN&R essay in recent memory is contributor Allan Stellar’s Nov. 7 Cover feature chronicling his solo trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park during the government shutdown. I’ve heard from many readers who enjoyed the piece immensely, three of whom wrote letters to the editor. I also received two letters from some less enthusiastic readers, both of whom chided me for printing the essay. They called Stellar a “renegade” and a “nut job,” and me irresponsible. Those two likely will be overjoyed to find out that an officer from Lassen Park tracked down Stellar over the weekend and cited him to the tune of $250 (see “Perils of journalism,” Newslines, page 9). That’s right, readers. After re-opening Lassen Park to the public, one of the priorities of the powers that be was to have an officer make a four-hour round-trip trek to Stellar’s home in Butte County’s eastern foothills nearly two months after he camped out on Mount Harkness. I have just one question for them: Did they actually read Allan Stellar’s essay? I ask this because, if they had read the story, I’m pretty sure it would be clear that Stellar was there to help readers reconnect with nature and to draw a connection between Lassen Park and his environmental hero, Edward Abbey, author of Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang, who spent time as a fire lookout on Mount Harkness. Stellar had been trying for some time to get a special permit to spend the night on that mountain. His first holdup was the bureaucratic red tape associated with such an endeavor. Then came the shutdown, threatening to squash it entirely. Stellar wasn’t having that. He borrowed a page from Edward Abbey’s book and crossed into closed-down Lassen Park. One reader I spoke with really took offense. Stellar was, in essence, giving the park the middle finger, he said. I disagree. If Stellar was flipping the bird at anyone, it was very likely Congressman Doug LaMalfa and the other recalcitrant House Republicans who kept the shutdown in effect for 16 days. According to figures released by the office of Darlene M. Koontz, superintendent of Lassen Volcanic National Park, the park stood to lose about $1,600 per day in entrance and camping fees during the shutdown. Stellar’s $250 in citations won’t do much to fill the coffers, although his story very likely will help. With the CN&R’s more than 100,000 print readers, it has the potential to inspire a new generation of local environmentalists, those who’ve just discovered Edward Abbey, to visit the region. Then there’s the power of the Internet—how Lassen officials came upon the story—where Stellar’s essay will, in perpetuity, live on to draw longtime Abbey admirers to Lassen Park as well. Seems to me Lassen Park got a good deal. If anything, officials there should be grateful. That’s why it seems unfair that Stellar should have to spend a dime. If you agree, and you’d like to lessen the burden, you can send a donation to Allan Stellar, in care of the CN&R, 353 E. Second St., Chico, CA 95928.
Stop the histrionics Re “Blame the policy, not the plant” (Cover feature, by David Downs, Nov. 21): It is true that marijuana prohibition is the cause of all problems related to marijuana. It is not true that marijuana grows cause major ecological damage compared to other industries. So please stop all these ridiculous histrionics about damage caused by evil pot growers and/or evil pot prohibition until you have done something about the following problems. Coal—Google “mountaintop removal coal mining” and see what has been done to the Southern Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and other states. Gas—Google “fracking” and see what is being done to the Northern Appalachian Mountains, particularly in Pennsylvania. Logging—Google Earth Map from Oregon south, far past Butte County. The western slope of the Sierra Nevada has been systematically raped with “clear-cut” patches. Farming—agribusiness in every state causes infinitely more harm to the environment with all make and manner of offenses (they spray poisons from planes, for one thing) than a few pissant pot gardens in the northern Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
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Editor’s note: The CN&R has a history of writing about those very things. For example, see “The future of the f-word,” Cover feature, Sept. 19. We are also concerned about the environmental devastation that our reporters have seen firsthand while touring Butte County’s foothills, where there are, in fact, many more than “a few pissant pot gardens.”
The bullies prevailed Re “Compromise prevails” (Newslines, by Melissa Daugherty, Nov. 21): The once-a-week feeding of the homeless has been moved out of the City Plaza. The poor will now be fed near the far-less-visible east entrance to City Hall—a place clearly less suited to the task, as it lacks almost everything the City Plaza offers. Some see this as a compromise and more evidence of how caring we are. In fact, this is a great victory for City Councilman Morgan, real estate magnate Wayne Cook and bullies everywhere. The Orchard Church was serving people in the direct line of sight of Wayne Cook’s tower, which stands on his luxury hotel, restaurant and bar—about one block from the soup line. Wayne Cook wanted them gone. Councilman Morgan got the job done. Strangely, the Orchard Church had been feeding people there for many years. And for many years, no one would have had the audacity to remove them. But, Chico is LETTERS continued on page 6
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Water watchers weigh in Re “A dry spell” (Newslines, by Howard Hardee, Nov. 21): San Joaquin Valley farmers have been aggressive during the past century in managing groundwater supplies. They stepped forward and supported the construction of the Central Valley Project (CVP) that delivered surface water to the region to reduce reliance on groundwater. This support required them to commit billions of dollars toward repaying the costs of constructing the dams, canals, maintenance and operation costs of the CVP. Another example of improved water-supply management is the $2.1 billion farmers have spent upgrading irrigation systems on 1.8 million acres of San Joaquin Valley farmland, including the installation of drip- and microirrigation technology. Barbara Vlamis is concerned that the proposed Bay Delta Conservation Plan and its tunnels will “devastate” other regions’ water supplies, but there is nothing to support what she is saying. The BDCP is designed to provide reliable deliveries of water that people already have a right to use. And the amount that would be exported is on average the same that has been moved over the past 20 years. MIKE WADE California Farm Water Coalition, Sacramento
What’s more horrendous is the local environmental community’s focus on Delta flows and Delta restoration, as evidenced by their support for the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) 2010 flow report, which could have the impact of taking an additional 2 million acrefeet from the Sacramento Valley. Where is that water going to come from? If they say it will come from the junior water-right holders, then they need a reality check because that’s not how the SWRCB process works. Senior water-right holders will be at risk in any SWRCB proceeding. ANJANETTE SHADLEY MARTIN Willows
Must-eat pastries Re “Taste of Yssingeaux” (Chow,
by Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia, Nov. 21): Having been delighted by both the beauty and nuanced flavors of Josh Graham’s creations, it must be noted that the pleasure of enjoying them should not be limited to the few. Talent like that needs to be experienced by the many. BARRY COOPER St. Louis, Mo.
One mystery cleared up, another deepened. Last week’s Chow revealed why the macarons at Tin Roof Bakery are equal to—or even better than—the ones made by the foremost artisans of Paris: Pierre Hermé, Ladurée, and La Grande Épicerie, to name three. How can this be? It’s because pastry chef Josh Graham completed the ENSP program! And we have him in Chico! But then, further on in the same piece, your reviewer writes “très magnifique!” about Graham’s entremet. Groan. That phrase sounds cute and Frenchy, but it has no meaning. It does not exist. One may say “C’est magnifique!” all right, but “magnifique” is an absolute and can’t be “très” anything. CN&R seems to make a French gaffe every autumn (last year’s was “terroir”). Shall we look forward to 2014? SARKIS SHMAVONIAN Chico
Two on cop’s comments Re “Police drama” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, Nov. 14): The whole impetus for this charade is woefully buried. [This is about a] police officer making rude, inappropriate and insulting comments against a Chico citizen, in public space, no less on Facebook. As a concerned citizen and homeless advocate, I’m outraged to have a public servant, sworn to protect and serve, making snide and hurtful remarks about the most maligned minority group in Chico: the homeless. How can this officer be entrusted with the responsibility to be an unbiased peace officer? The answer is he can’t—period. BILL MASH Chico
As a citizen of Chico, I would like to encourage City Councilman Randall Stone to take a deeper look at his recent actions in charging a police officer of racism. His actions created a deeper divide between the police officers and city leadership, put the accused officer and his family at risk, and did not inspire the trust of the pub-
lic that our city leaders follow proper protocol. We want our city leaders to be passionate, but guided by wisdom befitting a public servant. All too often, zeal without wisdom brings ruin. For the public to have a more full understanding of the incident, it would have been more prudent to allow the investigation to take place before going to the media. It would be in the best interest of the public and the City Council to review with all members how to handle these situations more deftly and within the proper chain of command. This would inspire a more harmonious view of our city and allow our leaders to address concerns in a fashion that builds the community, rather than divides it. Anyone can tear the house down, but it takes a craftsman to build it. MICHAEL DAILEY Chico
A senseless death Re “Independent review needed” (Editorial, Oct. 17): On Sept. 22 of this year, a young woman of 19, Breanne Sharpe, was shot at 19 times by multiple Chico Police officers. The young woman had stolen a vehicle and led the police on a short chase that soon ended her life. “The shootings, individually and jointly, were justified under the circumstances,” said Butte County’s District Attorney, Mike Ramsey. It was completely uncalled for that this young woman lost her life because of this incident. The first shot fired was straight to the back of the driver’s headrest. It seems so ignorant to go straight to killing her before even trying to stop her. Instead of shooting and killing her, the police could have easily stopped the car by shooting the tires or even putting themselves before the situation like police are expected to do. At first, the multiple police officers thought the driver was a white male. They didn’t know that it was a woman who did have previous offenses until after she was killed. Even though she had previous offenses, she may have needed some jail time to set her straight. Now that she is not here anymore, she has no time to improve or even turn her whole life around. KATIE ROSAUER Chico
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Chico Police Officer Peter Durfee defends fellow police officer Todd Boothe at a press conference held Nov. 12, the day after Action News Now aired a story in which Chico City Councilman Randall Stone accused Boothe of posting racist photos, such as the one below, on his Facebook page.
MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSIONS
Calls were made to the Chico Police Department on Friday and Saturday night, Nov. 23 and 24, reporting loud, explosive noises in two Chico neighborhoods. The CPD received several calls on Nov. 23 of gunfire occurring in the 1100 block of Neal Dow Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. According to a CPD incident report, the son of one of the callers also “thought he saw a muzzle flash.” “This area isn’t known for gunshots at all,” one resident of the neighborhood was quoted as telling Action News Now. The Nov. 24 incident, reported by several people to have occurred at around 11:30 p.m. in southwest Chico, was described as a “loud noise” and “like something exploding,” according to a CPD incident report. More than one caller reported that the explosion shook their house; another reported smoke coming from the area of West Eighth Street and Normal Avenue and seeing a “group of guys running.”
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All Californians have an opportunity to pardon a turkey this Thanksgiving through the national farm-animal rescue organization Farm Sanctuary. The Adopt a Turkey Project allows anyone to sponsor a rescued bird at one of the organization’s two California shelters, one of which is located outside of Orland, according to California News Service. For a $30 donation, sponsors will receive an adoption certificate complete with a picture and fun details about the newly adopted turkey. Bruce Friedrich, advocacy director for Farm Sanctuary, said Californians have a chance to “pardon tens of millions of turkeys by helping us make Thanksgiving a compassionate holiday, rather than one that requires turkey sacrifice.” Go to www.farmsanctuary.org for more information.
MISSING MAN’S BODY FOUND
A Chico State business professor who was reported missing Nov. 22 was found dead two days later in Big Chico Creek, upstream from Bear Hole in Upper Bidwell Park. According to a Chico Police Department press release, Michael Gundlach (pictured), 40, was reported missing by concerned family and friends who said that he may have been in a state of depression and had not been seen since Nov. 20. Park rangers located Gundlach’s vehicle in the parking lot just east of Horseshoe Lake on Nov. 22. After a search involving a helicopter, all-terrain vehicles and a K-9 unit, his body was found at 10 a.m. Sunday morning (Nov. 24). According to the press release, there was no evidence of foul play and the investigation has been turned over to the Butte County Sheriff/Coroner’s Office to determine the cause of death. 8 CN&R November 27, 2013
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Facebook flap continues An investigation based on a councilman’s outing of controversial photos posted by police officer is ongoing
TCommunity Advisory Board met on Nov. 20 for the first time since City Councilman Ran-
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dall Stone made public some controversial Facebook postings by Chico Police Officer Todd Boothe. The postings—which Stone by sent to local media along with a Tom Gascoyne copy of a correspondence with tomg@ Police Chief Kirk Trostle asking newsreview.com for an investigation—as well as Stone’s actions have created quite a stir, and brought about public criticism of both men. Boothe’s Facebook images, most of which were posted in 2009, have been labeled as racist and Stone has been accused of trying to violate the officer’s right to freedom of speech. According to its own definition, the advisory board “is designed to be a link between the community and its police department to facilitate and enhance communication between the two.” At the latest meeting, Chico Police Capt. Ford Porter described the department’s complaint process. He said that citizens who come into the station to report incidents first contact the records clerk, who in turn contacts a sergeant to find out what the complaint is about. The sergeant asks what the citizen would like done, including the filing of a formal complaint, in which case the chief assigns an investigator. The officer is notified of the pending investigation. A report that can run from 20 to 100 pages is written by the investigator and given to the chief for his consideration. The person who made the complaint is notified, but
the state penal code limits the release of information. If it is deemed that an attorney is needed to defend the officer, one is hired from a law firm that is retained by the CPOA and paid for with a fee that comes out of the union members’ paychecks, Porter said. “If an officer needs an attorney, they get one from our legal firm,” Porter said. “It gets very complex.” He said officers are protected by the Police Officers Bill of Rights, which stems from a state law passed in 1976. Those rights include the following provision: “Except as otherwise provided by law, or whenever on duty or in uniform, no public safety officer shall be prohibited from engaging, or be coerced or required to engage, in political activity.” However, the CPD’s own policy manual does prohibit certain forms of expression: “Speech or expression that, while not made pursuant to an official duty, is significantly linked to, or related to, the Chico Police Department and tends to compromise or damage the mission, function, reputation or professionalism of the Chico Police Department.” Further, as it relates to privacy, “Employees forfeit any expectation of privacy with regard to anything published or maintained through file-sharing software or any Internet site open to public view (e.g., Facebook, MySpace).”
The story was first carried by
Action News Now on Monday, Nov. 11, one day after Stone had notified the media. The station showed blurred-out versions of the controversial images. Trostle has confirmed that there is an internal investigation underway, but otherwise cannot comment on the matter. In fact, at the Nov. 20 meeting, which just happened to be about the Chico Police complaint-process policy, board member Ryan Patten opened matters by saying, “Randall Stone is not an issue that will be discussed tonight.” Stone, who sits on the board, was not in attendance because of a scheduling conflict. In his email to Trostle and the media, Stone included five images captured from Boothe’s Facebook page. Two of them are of President Obama, one in which his face is Photoshopped onto the body of what appears to be a witch doctor, complete with a bone through his nose, along with the words ‘Obamacare: Coming soon to a clinic near you.’” That photo was first circulated in 2009 and was associated with tea party members protesting the president’s health-care reform via emails, websites and demonstrations. Dr. David McKalip, a Florida neurosurgeon and health-care-plan opponent apologized in July 2009 for emailing the photo and resigned as president of the Pinellas County Medical Association,
according to a story in the Tampa Bay Times. “I genuinely regret the decision I made in passing this email message along,” McKalip said in his apology. “Directly to President Obama, I sincerely apologize for offending him. This was, in no way whatsoever, my intention. The image has nothing to do with my feelings or thoughts on any race or culture.” The other images that Stone shared were of Obama in white-face makeup, depicted as the Joker character from Batman with the word “Socialism” beneath it, and a skull draped in the Confederate flag with the words “Rebel ’Till The Day I Die.” There is also a photo of a man with a Mohawk haircut apparently passed out on a couch next to a nearly empty bottle of Captain Morgan Rum sitting on a coffee table. The photo was posted in 2009 and the screen capture is of comments made three years later, including Boothe’s response to a Facebook friend: “Youre [sic] a fag Scott.” In his email to Trostle, Stone
wrote: “[I]t is my concern that this perspective has transcended free speech and become a procedural issue (job performance). I originally stumbled across Officer Boothe’s Facebook page early Tuesday morning after he posted a profane comment to my public Facebook page (nonthreatening, but very public). “The comment was well within his purview as a private citizen and within his free-speech rights. It was not received as threatening nor could anyone reasonably conclude that it was threatening.” Boothe called the councilman “incompetent” and an “asshole” on one of Stone’s Facebook pages and criticized the council as well. All this comes as the city and the police union are in contract negotiations. Peter Durfee, president of the Chico Police Officers’Association, came to Boothe’s defense the day after the story broke and held a press conference on the steps of the City Council chambers. Durfee said Stone was retaliating because his feelings were hurt by Boothe’s comment. “Stone alleges that photographs on Todd’s private Facebook page are racist, when in all actuality they are political satire,” he said. “Councilman Stone had to go out of his way to locate these photographs by not only going to Todd’s private page, but if you notice in the corner of the photographs the icon indicates they were only allowed to be seen by Todd’s friends only. Councilmember Stone is not one of Todd’s Facebook friends.” (The Confederate flag image was public.) At the Nov. 19 City Council meeting, Durfee called for Stone to step down from the Police Community Advisory Board. Stone, in the meantime, said that because of what he called “an expansion in scope of the investigation,” he cannot comment on the issue. Ω
Perils of journalism
Lassen Volcanic National Park Officer Stephen Troy had phoned and wanted issues Allan Stellar citations for entering the park me to return his call. I and camping within it during the government shutwas so anxious the next down in October. day that when I exited PHOTO BY JONI STELLAR my car to go to a coffee shop, I left my lights on and my car door wide Contributor cited for his trek in closed national park open—resulting in a dead battery. Troy’s second call aturday morning, around 11 a.m., while came while I was my family and I lounged in pajamas in our attempting to enjoy a off-grid country home, a car door slammed latte. The officer, who outside. Dogs barked. As a man dressed in was rather coy, said he park-ranger green approached the house, I had questions about my quickly changed into jeans and my pink, tie“Lassen article.” He dyed John Lennon T-shirt. wanted to hear “my side Stephen Troy, a ranger from Lassen Volof the story,” as the park canic National Park, was professional while had opened an investitelling me he was there to serve me with two gation. citations—both for misdemeanors related to “What are the my recent trip to the park. Troy explained the charges?” I asked. Discharges and had me sign some forms. I was obeying a law-enforcefined for illegal camping and disobeying a ment officer’s order, closure order. Total fine: $250. lic-television station and an executive editor violating a closure order and camping in a It’s not surprising considering I’d written restricted area. “Sounds serious. What are the of a newspaper chain in Southern California. a controversial story with photos of me illeTroy wore a blank expression. I asked him fines?” I inquired. “We can talk about that gally entering a closed national park. I’d if he knew anything about Abbey. No answer. tomorrow,” Troy responded. “What’s the slept under the stars on a mountain that is I asked him about other enviro writers: Aldo max penalty?” I asked. “We can talk about restricted to the public, documented the Leopold? John Muir? Have you heard of experience, and had it published in a newspa- that tomorrow, if you meet with me,” he said. them? What do you know about the history of I agreed to meet. per where 100,000 people, at the very least, your park? Of the park service? My wife merWaiting for AAA to jump-start my car, could glance at the thing (see “Lassen Solicifully got me to end my tangent. taire,” CN&R Cover feature, Nov. 7). I knew my mind went wild: Felonies maybe? PerTroy’s response: “Do you have any other haps serious enough to gain me a seat next to it might draw a bit of attention from lawquestions about the citation?” Bernie Madoff in a federal penitentiary? I enforcement agencies that don’t particularly “How did you find out about this article?” called my wife, leaving her a message that see the humor in such a situation. I asked. “Did someone complain to you?” her husband was in a bit of trouble (again). I But I thought the journalistic value of “No,” he replied. “The Internet.” Evidentended up calling Troy back and canceling the covering a Republican-induced closure of a ly they have a Google alert—or some other park, as well as the glorification of a national meeting we had arranged. Could we meet search—set up for the park. “Any more later, I asked, after the holidays? (Maybe park that doesn’t get enough local visitors, questions about the citations?” Troy asked they’d forget about it by then.) and then tying that park to an important impatiently. “No.” He bolted to his pickup Not so. The next day, this past Saturday, writer, Edward Abbey—the “Thoreau of the truck, after refusing to shake my outstretched Nov. 23, that officer arrived at my home. West”—just might get me off the hook. If the hand. I couldn’t help but engage in a little conessay is written well enough, who could punOne might think that it was foolhardy to versation with Troy, who, to his credit, acted ish me? After all, I’m not a guy who breaks climb a mountain when the park was closed professionally and businesslike. I told him laws in a random fashion. I drive well under and then write about it for thousands of peothat the article brought good publicity for the the speed limit. I even stop for squirrels ple. I’d agree. And I’d do it again in an park. I told him that the little-known tie to crossing the road. instant. Edward Abbey had made many people interI’d been attempting to visit Lassen Park ested in visiting the Mount Harkness fire Late evening a few days earlier, my legally in the run-up to the government shutspouse had told me that a Lassen Park officer tower, including a person from a large pubdown, and when closure happened, I was inspired in the spirit of Abbey, who encouraged such acts of civil disobedience. After all, the real criminal in this situation is a congressman by the name of Doug LaMalfa, along with his Republican cohorts, as well as the tea partyers who voted for the shutdown of the park in the first place. So, blame Who owns guns? LaMalfa, not me. Three times more men than women own guns, according to In fact, Mr. LaMalfa, will you pay my a Gallup poll—conducted earlier this year—that analyzed fine? It seems to belong to you.
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demographic factors of gun ownership among Americans, including what region of the country they live in, marital status, age, political affiliation and more. Southerners are more likely to own guns than people in other parts of the country (38 percent compared to 21 percent of EastCoasters, the regional group least likely to own guns), as are those with more conservative rather than liberal political views, and married versus single people. Sixty-four percent of married Southern men said they owned guns, compared to 10 percent of unmarried women outside of the South.
—ALLAN STELLAR
About the author:
Allan Stellar is a freelance writer and psychiatric nurse. In addition to the CN&R Cover story (“Lassen Solitaire,” Nov. 7) that led to his citations, he is the author of “The coyote hunt,” another popular CN&R Cover feature, which was published on Feb. 28.
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of residential installations— appears to be taking off under its own power. The recent expansion of SolarCity, the San Mateo-based solar installation company that on Monday, Nov. 25, announced the opening of a Chico-based “operation center,” is a local indication of an industry that is finding its legs sans government assistance. The new center has hired 23 employees and has five remaining open positions; statewide, SolarCity will open 10 new operation centers by the end of the year for a total of 24 centers and 2,100 employees. California has become the largest solar-power market in the country, according to Forbes magazine, largely due to the California Solar Initiative (CSI), which was signed into law in 2006 as part of former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Million Solar Roofs program. The CSI set an initial goal of 1,940 megawatts of new solar-generated electricity by 2017, offering rebates to help lower the cost of solar arrays for homeowners. Residential solar-
array rebates were exhausted about four years ahead of schedule due to their popularity, leaving installation companies such as SolarCity to their own devices when it comes to attracting customers. Will Craven, public relations manager for SolarCity, believes that California’s solar industry has “matured past the point of needing state-based incentives. “The fact that we’re able to keep growing without [the CSI] is a testament to its effectiveness as public policy,” he said during a recent phone interview. “It did exactly what it was designed to do, and succeeded to the point where it was no longer necessary.” In a national context, the amount of the energy captured from the sun remains small in comparison to coal, natural gas and nuclear power, which, combined, provided about 86 percent of the national energy supply in 2012, according to the U.S. Energy InforOpen positions:
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mation Administration. Renewable energy sources such hydroelectric, wind and solar power accounted for 12 percent of the nation’s energy. Solar power alone—including both utility-scale projects that feed into the grid and residential solar arrays—provided only about 0.18 percent of U.S. electricity generation. But the solar industry is still in its infancy. According to Greentech Media, more than two-thirds of non-utility-scale solar panels in the U.S. have been installed since January 2011, and the market is expected to jump 200 percent by 2015. Craven attributes the solar boom to the rapidly declining cost of solar panels and solar systems, increasing utility rates and a public becoming more aware of solar power’s accessibility. “We find that one of the obstacles for people going solar is simply an outdated misconception that solar is too expensive for them and is exclusively for the wealthy,” he said, adding that, since 2009, two-thirds of the state’s residential solar arrays have been installed in middle- and low-income neighborhoods. Elizabeth Stevens Omlor
and her husband, Teddy Omlor, had SolarCity install a solar array on the rooftop of their home in Chico last year. “We had really high utility bills because our whole house is run on electric [power],” Elizabeth said during a phone interview. “We really liked the idea of green energy, so we decided we wanted to get solar panels.” SolarCity, like local installation company Elite Solar, operates on a leasing system in which customers don’t pay for installation or the solar array itself, just the monthly bill for solar power. When the agreement has run its course, the customer can opt to upgrade the system or have it removed—both options are free of charge. The Omlors’ energy bill has been “drastically” lowered by making the switch to solar power, and from an environmental standpoint, Elizabeth said the couple “is just so proud to have solar panels. We wish everyone had this opportunity.” Craven said his work is aimed at just that. “I felt I could really make a difference at SolarCity, to change the status quo,” he said. “My personal goal is to help get as many solar panels on an as many rooftops as possible.” —HOWARD HARDEE howardh@newsreview.com
Hope for the homeless Oroville charity continues to thrive en years ago, Larry Hayden was on his Thomeless regular morning walk when he spotted a man sleeping under a bush in
Oroville’s Hewitt Park. “What can I do to help this man?” Hayden asked himself, and then came up with an idea: He went home, made the man some lunch, came back to the park and, without waking him, placed a sandwich next to his reclined body. Hayden said he enjoyed that act of giving so much that he started doing it regularly on his walks, despite the fact that he was on disability, and his family—which consisted of his wife Stephanie, their eight children and a homeless couple sleeping in their garage— was struggling with their own needs. Less than a year later, the Haydens founded the Hope Center, a nonprofit Christian organization that offers clothing and food to the homeless and low-income families. Stephanie said the couple did not want a “stupid name” or one that is hard to remember or pronounce. They wanted a name that would invoke feeling and create “a feeling of hope.” The Haydens received a community donation, leased a warehouse on Lincoln Boulevard in Oroville and within two years outgrew the facility because of the response to their charity. People, they said, appreciated what the they were doing and that it was by their own initiative rather than through an established church. The center continued to grow and in time moved into two 1,500-square-foot warehouses. Within four months, that space was too small. In 2009, they moved operations into a 14,000-square-foot building on Kitrick Avenue, where they are located today. The Hope Center now serves about 100 meals a day, six days a week.
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Boutique shopping in Chico Mall has never been like this! Come to Katie’s Corner II for fine ladies clothing, fashion accessories and gifts. Also, browse our decorative accents for the home and our oneof-a-kind vintage and antique pieces for entertaining and hosting afternoon tea. Katie’s clothing selections are unique and appeal to fashion conscious women with discriminating tastes. Interwoven among the clothing are beautiful displays of unusual home accents, and vintage and antique pieces collected from around the world!
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Inside Chico Mall, next to Sears Chico • (530) 892–2228
Beginning Tools for Bonsai Bonsai is an ancient art dating back over a thousand years. The word Bonsai literally means in Japanese:”tray planting” Magnolia Gift and Garden has a selection of tools, soil, pots and Bonsai starter plants for the beginning Bonsai enthusiast. Bonsai symbolize harmony, honor, patience as well as happiness. This may be the perfect gift for someone on your gift giving list.
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1367 East Ave. • Chico • (530) 894–5410 • MagnoliaGardening.com
Bacio Gift Cards! Give the gift of a lunch or dinner from Chico’s Best Take- Out! Perfect for hot soup on a cold day, “Date Night” at home or a special birthday lunch. Their reloadable 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. EAT RIGHT NOW!
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1903 Park Ave • Chico (530) 345–7787 • www.baciocatering.com
Portable Pellet Grill Enjoy wood-cooked BBQ meals “On the Road” with the versatile Davy Crockett Grill from Cathy’s Sew & Vac. The lightweight portable grill includes a 9 lb. pellet hopper, stainless-steel lid, automatic ignition, digital controller with food thermometer probe, folding legs, grease bucket, side tray, and three ways to power the grill: AC,. 12 volt, & battery hookups. This is perfect for camping and tailgating! $340
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2418 Cohasset Rd. • Chico (530) 895–8050 www.cathyssewandvac.com
Creative Cuisine From Classic Americana to Classy Antiques you’ll find that special gift at Eighth & Main Antiques. Upcycle your holiday giving with repurposed treasures. Too often people buy junk from overseas, at big box retailers, because it’s convenient and cheap. This year don’t give in to this temptation. Take your time to shop local, and see and feel what quality is all about. 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!
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745 Main, Chico • (530) 893–5534
Located in the Hotel Diamond, Johnnie’s Restaurant is known for creating the most popular and creative cuisine in Northern California. Serving Breakfast Daily from 7 am to 11 am. Serving Brunch every Saturday & Sunday from 10 am to 2 pm. Serving Lounge menu 11 am to 9 pm Sunday thru Wednesday. Lunch and Dinner available seven days week in the lounge. Dining room is open from 5 pm to close Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Johnnie’s lounge features popular local live music and only the finest wines, spirits and small plate cuisine, Re sta ura nt & Johnnie’s is the perfect way to unwind Lo un ge after a hard days work, or just relaxing with friends. Happy Hour daily 2 pm to 6 pm.
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220 W. 4th St. • Chico (530) 895–1515
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Shop Local Chikoko Presents the 8th Annual Bizarre Bazaar
Come to Chico’s Alternative Craft Fair on Sat. Dec. 14th and Sun. Dec. 15th from 10-5 at the Chico Women’s Club. Over 25 local artists will be selling innovative wares, high quality unique art and offering a truly local experience. Plus, start the weekend off with a bang, come to the Voom Voom Variety Show on Fri. Dec. 13th for local performances and an amazing raffle of surprises. Doors open at 6 pm, Chico Women’s Club, $5.
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Gift Guide
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 attention to detail in the winery produce a superior 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 first weekend of the month from April – October.
Bertagna son kissed vineyards 3363 Hegan Lane • Chico • (530) 343–8014 www.BertagnaWine.com
We Love Air Plants! An easy-care plant that grows without soil? Yes! Home Ec has a variety of airplants and containers starting at just $8. They look stunning and make great gifts. 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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Holiday Gifts & Decor to Treasure! Christian & Johnson Floral and Gifts is celebrating over a century of gorgeous Holidays! Stop by and browse through their winter wonderland of unique gifts, lovely seasonal décor, fresh flowers and plants. Don’t forget the complimentary gift wrapping. Friendly and experienced designers will be happy to help make your gift-giving beautiful, and your Season memorable! Since 1907, C&J has been making the Holidays bright in Chico!
Christian & Johnson
250 Vallombrosa • Chico • (530) 891-1881 www.christianandjohnson.com
AUTHENTIC PLATINUM RING W/ 3.36 TCW The design is an authentic early 1900’s hand pierced fancy. The platinum ring has (23) diamonds with the largest (3) diamonds set bead and bright style. The remaining (20) diamonds are bead set symmetrically throughout the entire top of the ring. The sapphires are set in clusters of (3) stones at the top portion of the band. Appraised at $11,335. Will sell for $8,500.
ChiCo Coin & Jewelry
1414 Park Ave. Suite 108 • Chico (530) 894–5436
Tilley Hemp Hat The TH4 Tilley Hemp Hat, designed with a broad brim, is made from a breathable hemp fabric that is naturally resistant to UV light, mould, mildew and salt water. Although the Hemp Hats have a soft linen-like look they have a “tough as nails attitude” Hemp — Nature’s performance fabric™.
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176 E. Third St. • Downtown Chico (530) 345–5011 • Open Daily www.ChicoMountainSports.com www.facebook.com/chicomountainsports
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EARTH WATCH
GREENWAYS
CALI LOSES TRACK OF HAZMAT
The Golden State has lost track of 174,000 tons of hazardous waste intended for disposal over the last five years. The missing loads of hazardous material— including more than 20,000 pounds of lead; 520 tons of benzene, a carcinogen; and 355 tons of the flammable solvent methyl ethyl ketone (dubbed “methyl ethyl death” by industry insiders)—were shipped, but the state’s database shows no record of them arriving at their intended destinations, according to the Los Angeles Times. “We don’t know. It’s a question mark,” said Debbie Raphael, director of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control, referring to the fate of the more than 23,000 hazmat loads, adding that the lack of information “is concerning, absolutely.”
GARBAGE IN THE FOOD TRUCKS
The UK’s largest retail chain is now using its food-delivery trucks to pick up garbage from its stores in an attempt to save money. Supermarket giant Tesco is no longer using waste-disposal contractors to pick up and dispose of trash—including unsold food—from its 600 biggest stores, according to an article in the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Instead, bags of garbage are stacked in wheeled metal cages lined with plastic and picked up by the chain’s food-delivery trucks after they have dropped off all their food at Tesco stores. The garbage is dumped at a waste-disposal center, and the trucks go back to distribution centers to pick up more food for delivery. “[N]otices posted at Tesco’s recycling center … suggest only a quarter of the delivery fleet is sanitized or washed each week,” the article said, adding that a “source close to the process said the thin plastic used to line the cages … was easily damaged so that liquid from putrefying rubbish could spill onto the floor” of the trucks.
‘CANARIES IN A COAL MINE’
Bottlenose dolphins are dying off at a concerning rate in the southeastern United States. The recent die-off of more than 1,000 bottlenose dolphins “is clearly bad news,” according to the Tampa Bay Times. “This particular species has suffered a huge impact all over the Southeast,” said Blair Mase, a marine-mammal specialist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, of the bottlenose (pictured). The deaths of the dolphins are particularly disturbing because they are “not unlike canaries in a coal mine,” the article noted; in other words, as Greg Bossart, chief veterinary officer of the Georgia Aquarium, was quoted as saying, dolphins are “sentinels for ocean and human health.” “We’ve used the ocean as our toilet,” Bossart said, “and now it’s starting to catch up with us.” Send your eco-friendly news tips to Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia at christinel@newsreview.com.
A climate narrative A call for a more expansive, community-focused approach to dealing with climate change
by
Scott McNall and George Basile
O typhoons in history, with winds topping 175 miles an hour, hit the Philippines, n Nov. 8, one of the strongest
and on Nov. 17, massive tornadoes touched down in the American Midwest. These extreme weather events followed on the heels of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which reaffirmed its previous predictions that by the end of the century, summers will be hotter and sea levels higher, with more extreme weather events to come. The predictions of the IPPC are, it seems, being borne out. For a recent Chico News & Review Greenways feature (see “‘Climate shifts,’” Oct. 24), writer Evan Tuchinsky interviewed two local environmentalists— Chico State professors Mark Stemen and Jim Pushnik—about findings of the IPPC’s latest report. Both agreed we needed to give those findings close attention. However, the panel struggled with how to account for two anomalies in its predictions of an ever-warming planet. First, there has been a slowing in the rise of the Earth’s temperatures since 1998. Second, Arctic sea ice actually grew in 2013, instead of shrinking, as the models predicted. These “factoids” gave skeptics ammunition. But as climate scientist Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, explained in a
recent interview with GlobalPost reporter Solana Pyne, such quirks (stable temperature periods or slight reverses in the buildup of sea ice) are to be expected. As Mayewski said, the time for climate skepticism is over. The skeptics are “trying to provide misinformation,” take things out of context, and make climate change “a political issue, which it is not. They are not basing their arguments at all on the science.” In reaffirming its predictions about climate change, the IPCC increased its level of certainty from 90 percent to 95 percent that it was “extremely likely” that human activities are responsible for the dire changes to come. Why then, given all the evidence, do so many people fail to act to reduce the risks of climate change? The reason people don’t act lies not
in the facts, but in the way the facts are presented. The story that disaster is at hand if we don’t reduce our carbon—or greenhouse-gas (GHG)— emissions right now is not working. Today’s climate narrative falls short, for four fundamental reasons: It doesn’t sufficiently explain how the world actually works; it discounts human needs; it discounts human creativity and resilience; and it’s not an empowering narrative. First of all, climate scientists are strug-
Learn more:
Go to www.ipcc.ch to learn more about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
gling to keep the message—that we caused the problem and must limit carbon emissions now—simple, so the general public can be convinced action is essential. But having a single explanation for climate change requires that this explanation account for every disparity and change in the weather. Climate change is, in fact, way too complex for only one thing (humans, for example) to “cause” it or for exact predictions about what will happen. The National Weather Service can issue a tornado warning, but can’t tell you exactly where the tornado will touch down— though it can tell you to seek shelter. A relevant climate narrative, thus, should focus on what we can do to protect our safety— and that will take more than driving a Prius. Second, the current climate narrative leaves out a number of human needs. While climate change is an existential threat to humans, it is not the only one. Global inequalities in wealth and income, war, and poor health are equally important. To address the problem of climate change, we must address global habits of consumption, population growth, and the fact that billions of humans will need access to cheap, reliable and sustainable energy. You can’t solve the climate problem in one fell swoop by focusing on just one part of the problem—reducing GHGs—in an interconnected world. The human needs of security, education and health must be met at the same time that we focus on GHG reductions. Third, we need to plan for adaptation to GREENWAYS continued on page 18 November 27, 2013
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climate change. We need to accept the fact that the Earth will undergo profound changes in the coming decades in ways that we do not yet fully understand. We need to plan for the unknown and plan for resilience. As Rafe Sagarin, a marine biologist and author of Learning from the Octopus, said in a recent talk in Missoula, Mont., “Nature has been dealing with uncertainty for 3.5 billion years. Species adapt by leaving or being forced out of their comfort zone. If they don’t adapt, they go extinct.” The message needs to be: We are here to stay! Finally, the current narrative of climate science often focuses on some future, fearful crisis. Verlyn Klinkenborg, a New York Times editor, has described climate change as “a rolling apocalypse, working its way, unequally, differentially, from place to place.” But end-of-the-world scenarios are disempowering because they imply that whatever we do, it won’t work. We need, rather, narratives that break our problems down into ones that can be solved. We need a story that focuses on our abilities to solve problems, and to build stronger communities. We must tell a story that deals with both our unsustainable global footprint and how to meet basic human needs. People demand and need economic security, justice and equity. We must use these human needs as the framework for addressing climate change, and focus on how we can create societies in which social-safety nets and seawalls work together to build a sustainable future.
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TOUR THE SHELTER Butte Humane Society is offering tours of its dog and cat adoption centers (at 2579 Fair St. and 587 Country Drive, respectively) for members of the public of all ages. The free tours are available Monday through Friday, noon to 6 p.m. “Sit. Stay. Play a while,” as the BHS flier put it (also, donate or volunteer, while you’re at it). Call Kaitlin Tillett at 343-7917 or email her at kaitlintillett@butte humane.org for more information.
Environmental advocate Bill McKibben, speaking at a conference at Wes Jackson’s Land Institute in Salina, Kan., was asked, “What can we do?” His response was: “Live anywhere there is a strong community,” and “You will find such strong communities by creating them.” That is the story we need to tell. Ω Scott McNall is the former executive director of Chico State University’s Institute for Sustainable Development; he is currently an affiliated faculty member at the University of Montana. George Basile is a professor in the School of Sustainability and senior sustainability scientist at the Global Institute for Sustainability at Arizona State University.
UNCOMMON SENSE Natural cough syrup ’Tis the season for colds—and the persistent coughing that often accompanies them. If your throat is raw, skip the nasty-tasting medicines and try one of these homemade alternatives. Here are two recipes:
From www.treehugger.com: 1/4 cup honey 1/4 cup apple-cider vinegar Blend well and take 1 tablespoon every four hours.
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From www.thecoconutmama.com: 3 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice 1/4 cup honey 2 tablespoons coconut oil Blend ingredients together in a small saucepan over low heat until coconut oil melts. Take 1 tablespoon of warm syrup as needed, or mix with hot water for a tea.
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IT IS A COMPLETE SENTENCE GEARING UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS I have gotten notices about a number of fun, festive holiday-type things going on around town. I’ll start with the heavenly yumminess that is Chico Chai: That business will be holding free chai tastings every Sunday in December from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at its 1919 Park Ave. DESIGNER location. This is your opportuJEN_PU nity to try other flavors of chai besides Chico Chai’s classic “original brew” (though that variety of deliciousness will be on hand as well). Hang out in the cozy, aromatic tasting Chico Chai brewmistress Sarah Adams cooks up a room and check out the chocobatch of aromatic and delicious chai. late, red and mate flavors of chai FILE PHOTO BY CHRISTINE G.K. LAPADO-BREGLIA also. Buy chai (prebrewed or loose-leaf, made with organic spices and fairtrade tea) for holiday sipping and gifts, while you’re there. Check out the cute chai cups for sale as well. Go to www.chicochaitea.com to learn more about Chico Chai. MORE GOODNESS: Patrick Ranch Museum’s 5th Annual Fine Arts & Gift Sale
Fundraiser will take place Dec. 6-8. The three-day event kicks off with a finearts reception on Friday, Dec. 6, from 4 to 8 p.m., featuring wine-tasting, hors d’oeuvres, live music from Aaron Jaqua, and live artists on hand to chat with about their work. On Sat., Dec. 7, the venue’s fine-arts/gift sale runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and tours of the property’s Glenwood Farm House will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (tour cost: $6). Also on Dec. 7, local children’s author Naty Osa will be on hand to sign copies of her book, The Last Orchard. On Dec. 8, the fine-arts/gift sale will occur from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (farm-house tours will operate 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), and local photographer Marianne Werner will sign her new poetry/ photography book from 2 to 3 p.m. And on both Dec. 7 and 8, the venue’s Midway Café, in Pat’s Barn, will be serving sandwiches, hot dogs, soups, apple-spice cake and hot and cold drinks. In addition to paintings, photographs, pottery, jewelry and more (including local foods, such as jellies and jams), made by local folks, “[b]ack by popular demand are Bernie Vigallon with his pay-it-forward birdhouses (all funds from sales are donated to a nontraditional scholarship fund for at-risk teenagers),” as the Patrick Ranch press release said. The Patrick Ranch Museum gift shop—featuring ornaments, decorations, stocking stuffers, etc.—will also be open on Dec. 7 and 8, and Dec. 14 and 15, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is no admission or parking fee for this event. Go to www.patrick ranchmuseum.org or call 342-4359 for more information. The Patrick Ranch Museum is located at 10381 Midway.
FARM TRAIL Holiday Cheer & Charm Out on the Farm, the grand-finale Sierra
Oro Farm Trail event of the year, occurs on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, when participating farms and wineries will be open for free self-guided tours from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Go to www.sierraoro.org for more details.
FARMERS’ MARKET Monique Bird, Chico Certified Farmers’ Market co-
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THE PULSE
HEALTHLINES Jim and Virginia Partain in Kodiak, Alaska, on one of the many vacations the couple took after Jim was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2004.
AUTISM RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH?
PHOTO COURTESY OF VIRGINIA PARTAIN
Researchers have pinpointed a significant factor in the development of autism spectrum disorders. UC San Francisco scientists discovered that the disruption of a single type of cell in a particular region of the brain, during a particular time in the brain’s development, could be a key to autism’s emergence, according to a UCSF press release. New gene-sequencing methods have allowed researchers to zero in on genes most strongly associated with autism and investigate their effects during brain development. The research implicated the brain’s cortical projection neurons in the prefrontal cortex, while the time period in which autism appears to develop is between 10 and 24 weeks after conception.
ACA REQUIREMENTS STAND
California has rejected President Obama’s solution for those left without health insurance due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). About 1 million policyholders in the Golden State were recently notified that their health plans will be canceled at the end of the year because they do not meet the ACA’s minimum coverage requirements, according to California Healthline. Obama announced a plan last week that would allow insurers to continue selling plans in 2014 that do not meet the health-care law’s requirements. But on Nov. 21, the board for Covered California, the state’s health-exchange marketplace, unanimously rejected Obama’s proposal, releasing a statement that said “extending the deadline offers no benefit to the consumer and may create confusion about accessing affordable health-care coverage.” Seven other states have also rejected Obama’s proposal. About 80,000 Californians have enrolled in the ACA through Covered California, according to The New York Times, with a rate of several thousand new enrollees every day so far in November.
KIDS HUFFING AND PUFFING
On average, children run a mile 90 seconds slower than children did 30 years ago, a study of global fitness finds. Experts believe the study, in which researchers analyzed 46 years of data of 25 million children in 28 countries, indicates that children’s fitness levels are generally declining, according to BBC News. Cardiovascular endurance as measured by how far children—boys and girls from 9 to 17 years of age—can run in a set time diminished by about 5 percent in every decade of the study. The phenomenon is generally linked to increased fat mass and is mostly a problem of Western countries, but South Korea, mainland China and Hong Kong are also experiencing a decline in cardiovascular fitness among children. Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at howardh@newsreview.com.
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Below: Julie Sciligo, bereavement coordinator at Paradise Hospice House. PHOTO BY HOWARD HARDEE
Grieving season The holidays can be especially painful for those who’ve lost a loved one by
Howard Hardee howardh@newsreview.com
Tfirst one Virginia Partain will spend without her husband, Jim, since they marhis holiday season will be the
ried in 2004. Jim, a veteran who was exposed to the carcinogenic herbicide Agent Orange during the Vietnam War, died in May after a nine-year battle with multiple myeloma—or bone-marrow cancer—at age 67. For those who have lost a loved one, the traditions and memories associated with the holidays can produce particularly overwhelming waves of grief. Virginia, a 59-year-old English teacher at Paradise High School, said during a recent phone interview that Jim’s birthday in August and Veterans Day hit her “like a ton of bricks,” and that she anticipates more of the same on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. “We always went on a cruise during the holidays, or had a big family event. Neither of those things are happening this year,” she said. “I’ve been invited to dinner by quite a few people, but I tell them I don’t know if I’ll be up for it. I want the option to stay home in my pajamas if that’s what I want to do.” Virginia described her late husband as “outgoing, gregarious and happy,” her voice trembling as she recalled “this little thing we used to say to each other: He’d say ‘I love my wife,’ and I’d say back to
him, ‘I love my husband; he’s the best.’” Jim was diagnosed with multiple myeloma just four months after he and Virginia were wed in 2004; he was told he had two to four years to live. “Once he found out he was sick, Jim lived his life to the fullest,” Virginia said. “We traveled. We went on 13 different ship cruises; we went to Mexico and drove all over Canada. Whenever I had vacation time, we went on a vacation. Even during the worst of it, he had a smile on his face.” Two stem-cell transplants and multiple blood transfusions helped Jim outlive his initial prognosis by five years. But in January of this year, Jim’s oncologist told him he would likely die within six months. At Jim’s request, family and friends gathered in the spring for two living memorials in lieu of a traditional funeral. On May 3, after a final blood transfusion, Jim entered Paradise Hospice House, where Virginia faithfully stayed at Jim’s bedside through the final days of his life.
“The nurses were amazing,” Virginia emphasized. “They gave him such love and comfort and care.” Jim died on the evening of May 14, after coping with increasing levels of pain for several days. Despite being medicated, he managed these last words: “I love my wife.” Julie Sciligo, bereavement coordi-
nator at Paradise Hospice House, which is under the umbrella of Feather River Hospital, knows from both personal and professional experience how difficult this holiday season is likely to be for Virginia. Sciligo’s mother died about four years ago, and the holidays bring back her grief as fresh as ever. “When you’re getting together with your loved ones and a family member isn’t there, it just magnifies that loss,” she said during a recent interview. “I don’t think HEALTHLINES continued on page 22
APPOINTMENT CHRISTMAS, ENLOE-STYLE Enloe Medical Center kicks off the holiday season with its annual tree-lighting ceremony on the front lawn of its main campus (1531 Esplanade) on Dec. 2 at 5:30 p.m. The evening, which will include holiday tunes, sweets and hot beverages, is free and open to the public. Rain will cancel the event.
Taking life back from hip and knee pain When the pain you are experiencing in your hips or knees severely restricts your ability to walk or perform simple activities, it may be time to talk to an orthopedic surgeon and consider a joint replacement procedure. Mobility is a vital part of life and Feather River Hospital’s award winning Joint Replacement Center of Excellence is seeing to it that patients get back to the life they know and love faster. This includes patients who would consider themselves too young for a replacement. Feather River Hospital surgeons use unique, advanced techniques that require smaller incisions and damage less muscle tissue. These techniques allow faster recovery and a shorter hospital stay. Because surgeons are part of a skilled care team that provides a consistently high level of treatment from pre-op through recovery, patients are able to be active again more quickly. The care team comprised of surgeons, nurses, therapists and even dieticians also focuses on the patient experience and the benefit of compassionate, patient-focused care in promoting healing. This approach has helped the program to reach a level of excellence recognized by awards such as a 5-Star Rating in Total Hip Replacements for 10 years in a row from Healthgrades. Feather River Hospital is also a Blue Distinction Center+ for Hip and Knee Replacements. “Blue Distinction Centers set themselves apart by adhering to best practices in patient safety and surgical care
and producing consistently strong outcomes with fewer complications,” says Marcus Thygeson, M.D., senior vice president and chief health officer at Blue Shield of California. The Joint Replacement Center of Excellence offers an innovative, proactive approach to care for total knee and total hip replacement patients utilizing pre-operative learning classes and group therapy. “The focus of this effort is to create a smooth, cohesive plan for the patient that helps them to be fully prepared for their procedure and gives them a clear plan for recovery and an excellent outcome,” says Gloria Santos, Vice President for Patient Care. When recovering in the hospital, patients recover as a group – exercising, enjoying various activities, and providing support and encouragement to each other. Total joint replacement patients average a hospital stay of only one to three days. Most patients are putting weight on their new joint later in the same day that they have their surgery. For patients who once suffered from joint pain, being able to hike, golf, play with their children or even ride a motorcycle again greatly improves their lives. Feather River Hospital’s joint replacement program is helping them to achieve these excellent outcomes as fast as possible. For more information about the Feather River Hospital Joint Replacement Center of Excellence call (530) 876-7243 or visit www.frhosp.org. To learn more about Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care®, please visit www.bcbs.com or contact your Local Plan.
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schedule and her students at Paradise High, but she’s always reminded of her husband’s absence when she returns home. “When I go home and close the door, he’s not there,â€? she said. “He was always so present in my life. Now I go home and there’s a quiet to the house.â€? If Virginia isn’t up to celebrating Thanksgiving Day, she may opt to volunteer her time instead. “I want to find a place I can go be of service,â€? she said. “I’m looking for ways I can get outside of myself, to think about others. That helps me get out of my grief.â€? She’s also looking forward to Paradise Hospice’s annual Light Up A Life event on Dec. 3, which will include a Christmas-tree lighting ceremony, a candle-lighting and sing-along, music by the Paradise Adventist Academy youth choir and refreshments. Virginia believes returning to the place where Jim was “able to die with dignityâ€? will be a fitting way to celebrate his life. “I’m excited about the lighting ceremony,â€? she said. “To me, it’s a way of honoring Jim.â€? â„Ś
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Longtime social-justice advocate Irma Jordan did a fair share of protesting this year. She was among the crowd at Chico City Plaza that lamented the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin (top). She also joined a demonstration in front of Doug LaMalfa’s office (bottom). PHOTOS BY KEN SMITH
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ach year, around Thanksgiving time, the CN&R editors select a handful of individuals who have shown to be exemplary when it comes to giving back to the community without expecting anything in return. Butte County certainly has a lot of people to be thankful for, so it wasn’t easy narrowing the cast of worthy nominees into this year’s picks for Local Heroes. But the result is a diverse group of honorees who have devoted countless hours, sometimes under great pressure, to make a difference in the community. This year, the heroes range from people who have made headlines, including a local pastor whose longstanding work with the needy came under fire, to folks whose behind-the-scenes contributions have flown under the community’s radar, such as the longtime volunteer coordinator at the Chico Art Center. These heroes all have different causes to promote and protect: the arts, the environment, the down-and-out, social justice, student athletics. What they have in common is that they all give freely of themselves to make the community a better place. Without further ado, here are our honorees for 2013. Orchard Church Pastor Jim Culp was thrust into the limelight this year over his longstanding ministry with the homeless. PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE
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Providing for the needy JIM CULP
Pastor Jim Culp was recently, and reluctantly, drawn into the local political spotlight. For the past five years, Culp’s Orchard Church has offered free meals to the needy every Sunday evening at City Plaza. When the issue of increasing homelessness and transiency hit the community’s radar, so did the church’s handouts as well as the pastor himself. The 41-year-old Culp was born in Chico, attended Gridley High School, Butte College and Sacramento State, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in government and international relations. He joined the Air Force in 1995, serving for seven years as an intelligence officer while concurrently attending Liberty University in Virginia, where he received a master of arts in religious studies. He then attended Southwest Bible Seminary in Texas, where he earned his doctorate in ministry. His draw to religion, he said, was a desire to serve humanity. “I really had a strong desire to come back to California and serve people, and help them through a second chance in life,” he said. Culp and his wife, Annie, a substitute teacher and occasional food columnist for the Chico Enterprise-Record, were married in 1993. They have three children. During a recent meal giveaway, the down-toearth Culp was dressed in blue jeans and a hooded sweatshirt. He led the gathered in prayer prior to the handout and then offered a sort of pep talk before the eating began.
The weekly Sunday offering was nearly derailed when a downtown hotel owner objected to its presence. As a compromise, the church will now meet across the street at the Chico Municipal Center. What’s the motivation for the meal program? “For us, clearly it’s an exercise of our faith,” he said, diverting the personal response to the collective of the church. “We believe this is what the church should be doing. It should be out here among people, helping them see that restoration is possible, that broken lives can be rebuilt.” Chico State professor Mark Stemen, who recently stepped in to help out with the meal giveaway, has a lot of respect for Culp. “I’ve always, in some sense, been concerned about issues of social justice and homelessness, but I was really drawn to this by him more than any concern for the issue itself,” Stemen said. “I was really struck by his sincerity, his purity and his purpose. It wasn’t just the homeless who have benefited from this; I think there are a lot of people better off, myself included, just by hanging around him and learning what he’s doing downtown and learning what he’s doing for the community.” Former Chico Police Chief Mike Maloney has also helped with the handouts. “Jim is a great guy who has done more for this city than people will ever know,” Maloney said. “He does it because he truly cares. The reason people don’t hear about what he does is because it’s all on the down-low. He doesn’t do it for recognition.” —Tom Gascoyne tomg@newsreview.com
Fighting for equality IRMA JORDAN
In August of 1963, 13-year-old Irma Jordan boarded a bus in her hometown of Jacksonville, Miss., bound for Washington D.C., to attend The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a historic moment in the civil-rights movement during which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Last August, in her capacity as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Butte County Unit 1029, Jordan attended the event’s 50th anniversary. “It was a wonderful event—just so massive,” she said of returning to the capital, joking that this time she wasn’t running around barefoot, and got to sleep in a hotel instead of on a bus. The 1963 March is just one of Jordan’s memories of those turbulent times. A studious child, she remembered finding key pages of textbooks torn out, or racist messages penciled in the handeddown books too battered or outdated for white students to use. One day, as her family pondered the late arrival of one of her brothers, they saw him getting “body-slammed against a paddy wagon by the police, then tied feet to ankles and flung in the back” on live television. Her most painful memories, she said, are of her mother being picked every day to work dawn until dusk for white families for $15 a week. Despite hardships, Jordan placed 17th in her high-school class of 800 students, earning a scholarship to UC Berkeley, where she arrived in 1967 to the first mixed community she’d ever lived in. “I didn’t graduate, but I did meet my husband of 45 years, Henry,” she said, “and I’d take him over a degree, anyway.” The Jordans lived in the Bay Area for several
decades, where she worked for the East Bay Municipal Utility District. During this time, her humanitarian activities focused on fostering and adopting children, efforts for which she was recognized several times. The Jordans have six children, two of whom Irma gave birth to, and one stepson; the rest were adopted, and she noted all are involved in social-justice issues. After retiring and moving to South Oroville five years ago, Jordan decided to rededicate herself to racial issues and joined the local NAACP; she is now in her second term as chapter president. Though she said things are much better since her childhood, there’s still much to accomplish. Just this year, the shooting of Trayvon Martin and acquittal of gunman George Zimmerman have brought racial issues to the forefront. In recent days, Jordan and her group have been looking at allegations of racism within the Chico Police Department (“and Lord knows we’ve got some of that down here in Oroville, too,” she said). “Racism is still very much alive, or else I wouldn’t be out here fighting it,” Jordan said. “It’s almost like having a black president has made it acceptable for everyone to show their racist little ways. Jim Crow may be dead, but James Crow Sr.’s still out there dancing all over the place.”
All things Wildcat TOM WIGTON
Tom Wigton is clearly in his element while walking the halls of Chico State’s Athletics Department. Everywhere Wigton went during a recent interview, whether it was the equipment room or a coach’s office, he was met with “Hey, Tom!” or “Hey, Tommy!” A passing student even greeted him as “T-Dub.” In making his daily rounds—which has been his routine for the past 26 years that he’s been volunteering as a manager for the men’s basketball and baseball teams—he was quick to clap his hand on shoulders and share deep belly laughs with the people who have become like family to him. As a highly recognizable local figure—often seen riding his bike around town decked out in colorful sports gear, or on the sidelines of practically every Chico State sports event—the 63-year-old Wigton has made an impression on countless student athletes, both at Chico State and Chico High School, where he also volunteers for the football team. “He builds great relationships with all the coaches up and down these halls, but also with the student athletes he works with,” said Greg Clink, head coach of the Chico State men’s basketball team, who first met Wigton during his own time as a Chico State basketball player during the 1990s. “I know the guys who have come through the last five years love him. As former athletes come back, Tom is included in a lot of those memories [they share].” Wigton, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young man, acknowledged that his time at the university, and the friendships he’s forged since first volunteering in 1987, have had a tremendously positive influence on his life. “We’re all in this together,” Wigton said of the athletics department. “It’s like a second home. I enjoy what I do, the people [I’m with]. I get a lot of respect—we couldn’t do what we do without respecting each other. I love it.” As Luke Reid, Chico State’s sports-information director, will readily attest, the feeling is mutual. “Tommy’s somebody who makes these hallways a better place to be in,” Reid said. “He’s easy to laugh with; we tend to do a lot of chuckling together. He’s very social and quick to put a hand on your shoulder if he thinks you might be down, to tell you you did a great job, to congratulate you. He loves to celebrate people’s accomplishments.” “HEROES” continued on page 26
Tom Wigton has been an integral part of Chico State’s Athletics Department for 26 years. PHOTO BY MELANIE MACTAVISH
—Ken Smith kens@newsreview.com
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Longtime social-justice advocate Irma Jordan did a fair share of protesting this year. She was among the crowd at Chico City Plaza that lamented the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin (top). She also joined a demonstration in front of Doug LaMalfa’s office (bottom). PHOTOS BY KEN SMITH
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ach year, around Thanksgiving time, the CN&R editors select a handful of individuals who have shown to be exemplary when it comes to giving back to the community without expecting anything in return. Butte County certainly has a lot of people to be thankful for, so it wasn’t easy narrowing the cast of worthy nominees into this year’s picks for Local Heroes. But the result is a diverse group of honorees who have devoted countless hours, sometimes under great pressure, to make a difference in the community. This year, the heroes range from people who have made headlines, including a local pastor whose longstanding work with the needy came under fire, to folks whose behind-the-scenes contributions have flown under the community’s radar, such as the longtime volunteer coordinator at the Chico Art Center. These heroes all have different causes to promote and protect: the arts, the environment, the down-and-out, social justice, student athletics. What they have in common is that they all give freely of themselves to make the community a better place. Without further ado, here are our honorees for 2013. Orchard Church Pastor Jim Culp was thrust into the limelight this year over his longstanding ministry with the homeless. PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE
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Providing for the needy JIM CULP
Pastor Jim Culp was recently, and reluctantly, drawn into the local political spotlight. For the past five years, Culp’s Orchard Church has offered free meals to the needy every Sunday evening at City Plaza. When the issue of increasing homelessness and transiency hit the community’s radar, so did the church’s handouts as well as the pastor himself. The 41-year-old Culp was born in Chico, attended Gridley High School, Butte College and Sacramento State, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in government and international relations. He joined the Air Force in 1995, serving for seven years as an intelligence officer while concurrently attending Liberty University in Virginia, where he received a master of arts in religious studies. He then attended Southwest Bible Seminary in Texas, where he earned his doctorate in ministry. His draw to religion, he said, was a desire to serve humanity. “I really had a strong desire to come back to California and serve people, and help them through a second chance in life,” he said. Culp and his wife, Annie, a substitute teacher and occasional food columnist for the Chico Enterprise-Record, were married in 1993. They have three children. During a recent meal giveaway, the down-toearth Culp was dressed in blue jeans and a hooded sweatshirt. He led the gathered in prayer prior to the handout and then offered a sort of pep talk before the eating began.
The weekly Sunday offering was nearly derailed when a downtown hotel owner objected to its presence. As a compromise, the church will now meet across the street at the Chico Municipal Center. What’s the motivation for the meal program? “For us, clearly it’s an exercise of our faith,” he said, diverting the personal response to the collective of the church. “We believe this is what the church should be doing. It should be out here among people, helping them see that restoration is possible, that broken lives can be rebuilt.” Chico State professor Mark Stemen, who recently stepped in to help out with the meal giveaway, has a lot of respect for Culp. “I’ve always, in some sense, been concerned about issues of social justice and homelessness, but I was really drawn to this by him more than any concern for the issue itself,” Stemen said. “I was really struck by his sincerity, his purity and his purpose. It wasn’t just the homeless who have benefited from this; I think there are a lot of people better off, myself included, just by hanging around him and learning what he’s doing downtown and learning what he’s doing for the community.” Former Chico Police Chief Mike Maloney has also helped with the handouts. “Jim is a great guy who has done more for this city than people will ever know,” Maloney said. “He does it because he truly cares. The reason people don’t hear about what he does is because it’s all on the down-low. He doesn’t do it for recognition.” —Tom Gascoyne tomg@newsreview.com
Fighting for equality IRMA JORDAN
In August of 1963, 13-year-old Irma Jordan boarded a bus in her hometown of Jacksonville, Miss., bound for Washington D.C., to attend The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a historic moment in the civil-rights movement during which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Last August, in her capacity as president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Butte County Unit 1029, Jordan attended the event’s 50th anniversary. “It was a wonderful event—just so massive,” she said of returning to the capital, joking that this time she wasn’t running around barefoot, and got to sleep in a hotel instead of on a bus. The 1963 March is just one of Jordan’s memories of those turbulent times. A studious child, she remembered finding key pages of textbooks torn out, or racist messages penciled in the handeddown books too battered or outdated for white students to use. One day, as her family pondered the late arrival of one of her brothers, they saw him getting “body-slammed against a paddy wagon by the police, then tied feet to ankles and flung in the back” on live television. Her most painful memories, she said, are of her mother being picked every day to work dawn until dusk for white families for $15 a week. Despite hardships, Jordan placed 17th in her high-school class of 800 students, earning a scholarship to UC Berkeley, where she arrived in 1967 to the first mixed community she’d ever lived in. “I didn’t graduate, but I did meet my husband of 45 years, Henry,” she said, “and I’d take him over a degree, anyway.” The Jordans lived in the Bay Area for several
decades, where she worked for the East Bay Municipal Utility District. During this time, her humanitarian activities focused on fostering and adopting children, efforts for which she was recognized several times. The Jordans have six children, two of whom Irma gave birth to, and one stepson; the rest were adopted, and she noted all are involved in social-justice issues. After retiring and moving to South Oroville five years ago, Jordan decided to rededicate herself to racial issues and joined the local NAACP; she is now in her second term as chapter president. Though she said things are much better since her childhood, there’s still much to accomplish. Just this year, the shooting of Trayvon Martin and acquittal of gunman George Zimmerman have brought racial issues to the forefront. In recent days, Jordan and her group have been looking at allegations of racism within the Chico Police Department (“and Lord knows we’ve got some of that down here in Oroville, too,” she said). “Racism is still very much alive, or else I wouldn’t be out here fighting it,” Jordan said. “It’s almost like having a black president has made it acceptable for everyone to show their racist little ways. Jim Crow may be dead, but James Crow Sr.’s still out there dancing all over the place.”
All things Wildcat TOM WIGTON
Tom Wigton is clearly in his element while walking the halls of Chico State’s Athletics Department. Everywhere Wigton went during a recent interview, whether it was the equipment room or a coach’s office, he was met with “Hey, Tom!” or “Hey, Tommy!” A passing student even greeted him as “T-Dub.” In making his daily rounds—which has been his routine for the past 26 years that he’s been volunteering as a manager for the men’s basketball and baseball teams—he was quick to clap his hand on shoulders and share deep belly laughs with the people who have become like family to him. As a highly recognizable local figure—often seen riding his bike around town decked out in colorful sports gear, or on the sidelines of practically every Chico State sports event—the 63-year-old Wigton has made an impression on countless student athletes, both at Chico State and Chico High School, where he also volunteers for the football team. “He builds great relationships with all the coaches up and down these halls, but also with the student athletes he works with,” said Greg Clink, head coach of the Chico State men’s basketball team, who first met Wigton during his own time as a Chico State basketball player during the 1990s. “I know the guys who have come through the last five years love him. As former athletes come back, Tom is included in a lot of those memories [they share].” Wigton, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young man, acknowledged that his time at the university, and the friendships he’s forged since first volunteering in 1987, have had a tremendously positive influence on his life. “We’re all in this together,” Wigton said of the athletics department. “It’s like a second home. I enjoy what I do, the people [I’m with]. I get a lot of respect—we couldn’t do what we do without respecting each other. I love it.” As Luke Reid, Chico State’s sports-information director, will readily attest, the feeling is mutual. “Tommy’s somebody who makes these hallways a better place to be in,” Reid said. “He’s easy to laugh with; we tend to do a lot of chuckling together. He’s very social and quick to put a hand on your shoulder if he thinks you might be down, to tell you you did a great job, to congratulate you. He loves to celebrate people’s accomplishments.” “HEROES” continued on page 26
Tom Wigton has been an integral part of Chico State’s Athletics Department for 26 years. PHOTO BY MELANIE MACTAVISH
—Ken Smith kens@newsreview.com
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The athletics department repaid the favor on Oct. 12, when Wigton was inducted as an honorary member into the Chico State Athletic Hall of Fame. Reid, who wrote the nomination, highlighted Wigton’s loyalty to all things Wildcat: “By conservative estimates, Wigton’s been on the bench or sidelines for more than 1,000 Chico State victories.” Looking forward, Wigton intends to be present for many more. “As long as I have my health, as long as I’m [physically able] to do it, I’ll be here,” he said. —Howard Hardee howardh@newsreview.com
Heritage-tree advocate
CHARLES WITHUHN “We need to have more tree advocates show up for these meetings,” said Charles Withuhn, speaking of the twice-monthly meetings of the city’s Architectural Review & Historic Preservation Board (go to www.tinyurl.com/nnhv53u for info). “We need more citizen involvement.” Withuhn’s concern is well-placed: The outcome of a recent ARHPB meeting was that the huge valley oak tree growing in the vacant lot at West Eighth and Salem streets is now slated for removal to make way for a pair of duplexes. The beautiful historic tree is precisely the sort of tree that Withuhn would like to see spared from the chainsaw. (Since selling his sign-making business earlier this year, the longtime sign-maker and activist has more time to devote to environmental and social-justice causes.) That’s why he formed the Chico Heritage Tree Committee—recently renamed Chico Tree Advocates—in August of this year, at around the same time as he was waging a campaign, with several others, to save the 75-foot-tall claro-walnut trees at Third and Chestnut streets. Withuhn had tied large, yellow ribbons he had printed with such words as “SAVE ME! The City says I’m being cut down. I was planted by a friend of Annie Bidwell” around four of them. The trees ended up being cut down, after the city of Chico turned down an offer by local arborist Scot Wineland to do free root protection and maintenance pruning. Withuhn is concerned that the city’s Urban Forest Management Plan is still in draft form, as a result of budget tightening that is affecting tree-related issues— the city currently has no tree crew or urban forester on staff, for instance. Giving credit to a number of people in the local tree movement—such as Wineland, Friends of Bidwell Park’s Susan Mason, Bidwell Park and Playground Commission member Mark Herrera, and Alan and Francine Gair—Withuhn stressed that their longtime work on behalf of tree preservation should pay off in the form of an enforceable document. “They got it off the ground, and now we need to get some teeth in it,” he said of the plan. Chico Tree Advocates, according to its brochure, is working on the establishment of “a new volunteer certified-citizen and certified-arborist committee to monitor the urban forest, to ensure the quality of contract treework, and for a more thorough deliberation before the removal of significant trees.” The brochure reiterates the obvious: “Our trees improve our air quality by capturing
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large amounts of pollution”—they “create energy savings,” “improve property values,” reduce street noise, and provide shade and beauty. “I have lately seen healthy trees cut down [in Chico],” Withuhn said. “I don’t see why there can’t be a defense for big, healthy trees. “If we just get 30 people to show up at every architectural-review meeting—and every meeting of the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission, and a few City Council meetings—so the trees have a voice, we might be on a better road to protecting our urban forest than we are now.” —Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia christinel@newsreview.com
Center of the arts SADIE CARD
“I just retired as of a week ago.” Those were nearly the first words out of Sadie Card’s mouth as we sat down recently at a table inside the Chico Art Center to talk about her volunteer work at the long-standing community gallery and arts-instruction center. Despite having recently given up her 10-year post as volunteer coordinator for the art center (for health reasons), one could hardly call the enthusiastic Card “retired” from the volunteer game. She admitted that she would continue to help the gallery with membership and archives, and that she is even willing to take “a year” to help train her successor, and that she hopes to soon volunteer providing art instruction to the developmentally
Sadie Card is retiring from her position as Chico Art Center’s volunteer coordinator, but she hasn’t given up volunteering. PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY
disabled. “I’m not going away,” she said. That will come as a relief to those running the art center, especially director Darah Votaw, who encouraged the CN&R to feature Card as a local hero. “These days it is very difficult to find people so dedicated and willing to donate his/her time and energy to one place, let alone the arts organizations. There are few of us who take on the abundance of workload for the whole of the art com-
PHOTO BY CHRISTINE G.K. LAPADO-BREGLIA PHOTO OF TREE COURTESY OF CHARLES WITHUHN
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munity in order to help it survive, and Sadie is one of those rare few,” said Votaw in an email. “Because of her dedication, the Chico Art Center is able to be open seven days a week for the public to enjoy.” Card has been in charge of all the volunteer scheduling—from ensuring the reception desk/store was manned during all open hours, to wrangling workers for all of the art center’s activities: show installations, receptions, community events, etc. She is also an artist, specializing in papier mâché (her whimsical hunter-with-deer-horns piece took first place in the gallery’s juried All Media 2013 exhibit in August). In fact, she recently joined forces with fellow papier artists to start the Northern California Papier Artists to help promote their medium as a fine art. Card has actually been a member of and a volunteer docent at the Chico Art Center for 19 years, having joined up shortly after moving to Chico in 1993 from Humboldt County, where she worked for 36 years as a hairdresser before retiring. A widow and mother of four sons, Card came to the area to help care for her ailing sister-in-law, and after seeing a notice in the paper, hooked up with the art center. “Every place I’ve ever lived I’ve watched the papers to see places that need volunteers,” she said. Before coming to Chico, Card gave her time to various agencies in Humboldt County, including the parks department, the Chamber of Commerce and the Convention & Visitors Bureau. “You have to be convinced that you make a difference,” Card said about volunteering, adding that her experience at the art center has in return made a difference in her life. “Oh, I love the art center!” she said. “People who are involved in the arts are really happy people; they are involved in lots of community activities,” and the people she’s met along the way broadened her community experience in Chico.
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Left: Activist Charles Withuhn wants to protect Chico’s heritage trees, including the one pictured here on East Fifth Avenue.
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Arts & Culture Co-owner Tim Giusta mans the Pageant Theatre’s soon-to-beobsolete 35mm film projector.
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W aging partner Tim Giusta realized he needed to come up with $50,000 to keep his hen Pageant Theatre man-
business going, his first inclination was to close up shop. by “I was 65, I’d been Robert Speer doing it for 34 years, so maybe it was time,” he said during a recent interDon’t let ’em go view at the downtown art into the house. But when he told darkness some of his regular patrons Visit the Pageant about it, they were adamant: Theatre site at You can’t close the Pageant, they www.pageantchico. told him. It’s too important a part com for a link to the theater’s of Chico. The money was needed to buy a Kickstarter campaign. new digital projector. After more than a century using film, the film Pageant benefit industry is going digital. Distribuconcert, with Jonathan Richman tors have given theaters until and The Yule Logs, Dec. 31 to replace their old film Wednesday, Dec. 11, projectors with digital machines. 8 p.m., at the It’s either “go digital or go dark,” Arc Pavilion. Giusta said. Tickets: $15 The multiplexes already have (available at Duffy’s Tavern and made the transition; it’s the small the Pageant independents like the Pageant that Theatre) are struggling. Giusta said the National Association of Theatre Arc Pavilion 2040 Park Ave. Owners estimates that 10,000 screens will go dark because owners can’t afford the new projectors. If so, and if most of these theaters are like the Pageant, the loss will be huge. Giusta estimates that over the years he’s shown around 3,000 movies, and that “well more than half of them” would not have been shown locally had the Pageant not existed. The same is no doubt true in other cities. You won’t see many blockbuster movies at the Pageant. As Giusta’s partner, Roger Montalbano, told the CN&R in 2005, on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, the Pageant’s reputation is “as an art house, a place where you [can] see something that [is] intellectually stimulating and not merely something involving car crashes and people blowing each other’s brains out.” And Pageant regulars are like family. They tend to know each other, especially those who show up each week on “Cheapskate Mondays,” when the cost of admission, already low by multiplex standards, is reduced significantly (to $3) and the house is usually packed. 28 CN&R November 27, 2013
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RUN FOR FOOD: Proceeds from the annual 5k walk/run on Thanksgiving morning help support the Jesus Center and the less fortunate in Chico. Register online, or day of race. Th, 11/28, 9am. $25-$30. One-Mile Recreation Area, Bidwell Park, (530) 521-2948, www.run forfood.com.
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talked about going dark, people started asking how the Pageant could be saved. Giusta contacted the owners of Bijou Art Cinemas, in Eugene, Ore. He learned they had started a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter (which was a success). Aware that The Bookstore, in downtown Chico, had raised more than $30,000 through fundraisers and the crowdfunding site Indiegogo.com, he decided to give it a shot. The Pageant’s Indiegogo campaign launched on Nov. 8, and in its first week raised $22,000. With a month and a half still to go as of Nov. 15, Giusta was fairly confident the goal would be met. Money has come in from all over, even as far away as Italy, he said, which tells him that “people have great memories of the Pageant.” He and Montalbano are also hosting a benefit concert Dec. 11 at the Arc Pavilion featuring The Yule Logs and Jonathan Richman, he of The Modern Lovers and There’s Something About Mary fame. (Richman also happens to be Montalbano’s son-in-law.) Giusta says he’s looking forward to the new projector, that it will make his job as the theater’s manager much easier. As it is, the 35mm films arrive in six to eight reels. Because the theater has only one projector, he must splice the film together and load it onto much larger reels, so that he needs to change reels only once during a screening. If you wondered why every movie has an intermission, now you know. Assuming his fundraising is successful, Giusta plans to “stick around for a while.” He’s proud of bringing so much great art to Chico and of the special bond the Pageant has with its fans, and he knows the new projector will make their moviegoing even better. “I never got rich,” he said, “but I got by, and I was able to stay in Chico. I’ve had a lot of great experiences here.” Ω
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Special Events OPT TO ADOPT: The City of Chico Animal Shelter is having a Black Friday sale on four-legged companions. Animals will be available for half the regular adoption fee (includes spay or neuter, plus first vaccinations and a microchip). F, 11/29, 12-6pm. Butte Humane Society, 2579 Fair St., (530) 343-7917, www.chicoanimalshelter.org.
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.
BIRDS & WORDS: ART & MUSIC: An afternoon of music, art and storytelling with Naty Osa reading her picture book The Last Orchard, Candy Matthews discussing painting in children’s rooms and the Breshears family children’s string trio performing. Sa, 11/30, 1-3pm. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.
KING OF THE CAGE: Featuring up-and-coming
MMA combat fighters. Sa, 11/30, 5:30pm. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 534-9892, www.goldcountrycasino.com.
THE PARROTT FAMILY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: The members of the Parrott family present both spiritual and secular holiday tunes at their free annual concert. Two performances. Sa, 11/30, 2 & 7pm. Free. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunnelly Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradiseperformingarts.com.
PET PHOTOS WITH SANTA: Get into the holiday spirit and support Butte Humane Society by getting photos taken of you and your pet with Santa. Order photos online after the shoot. Sa, 11/30, 11am-3pm. Nantucket Home, 6th and Broadway, (530) 895-1038.
THE PARROTT FAMILY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Saturday, Nov. 30 Paradise Performing Arts Center SEE SATURDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS
FINE ARTS Art 100TH MONKEY CAFÉ & BOOKS: A Few of my
Favorite Things, bold, colorful mixed-media works by local artist, Sally Hedley. Through 12/31. 642 W. Fifth St.
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.
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.
DIEGO’S UMBRELLA Wednesday, Dec. 4 Sierra Nevada Big Room SEE WEDNESDAY, MUSIC
Music NOVEMBEARD BASH: All the hairs on all the beards are counted as the scraggliest month comes to an end. Soundtrack provided by Motown Filthy (dirty soul) and Severance Package (punks from garages). Sa, 11/30, 8:30pm. $5. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.
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Poetry/Literature WORD PLAY: A freestyle poetry reading open mic ending in a two-round slam. First M of every month, 7-9pm. Free. Café Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveatflo.weebly.com.
RADIOLAND’S HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA: See Friday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.
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RADIOLAND’S HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA: See Friday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.
Special Events CHANUKAH CELEBRATION: Chabad Jewish Center hosts the annual community Chanukah festival, with menorah lighting, music by The Yule Logs, holiday games and crafts, and traditional Chanukah treats. To be followed menorah car parade. Tu, 12/3, 6pm. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico. Info: (530) 809-1662.
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Music DIEGO’S UMBRELLA: San Francisco’s “ambassadors of gypsy rock” bring their klezmerflamenco-punk-rock party to the Big Room stage. W, 12/4, 7:30pm. $15. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.
with the North Valley Chamber Chorale featuring carols, sing-alongs and seasonal music selections. Two performances. Su, 12/1, 4 & 7pm. $5-$15. Bidwell Presbyterian Church, 208 W. First St., (530) 343-1484.
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BUTTE COLLEGE ART GALLERY (INSIDE ARTS BUILDING): The Portal Series: Opportunity
Knocks, brightly painted works on doors by Caitlin Schwerin. Through 12/31. 3536 Butte Campus Dr. in Oroville, (530) 895-2208.
CHICO ART CENTER: Winter Salon d’Art, oneof-a-kind gifts created by local fine artists, including original paintings, sculptures, jewelry, prints, mosaics and ceramic works. 11/29-12/31. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.
CHICO PAPER CO.: Mariam Pakbaz, drawings and paintings by recent Chico State graduate showcases reflections of her inner world. Through 12/31. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopapercompany.com.
JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: A Walk With the
Animals, watercolors of animals and their environment by the late Lois Cohen. Through 12/31. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930.
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, fea-
from traveling Shojo Manga exhibit. Curated by Masami Toku. Through 12/14. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.
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.
UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Pushing Bounderies: 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) 898-5864.
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.
Call for Artists CALL FOR ARTISTS: Established and emerging artists of all media 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.
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.
turing 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
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The days immediately following Black Friday—the day after Thanksgiving when big-box stores offer heavily discounted goods to raise consumerism to a fever pitch—are depressing as hell, as news stories and videos depicting hordes of shoppers mistreating their fellow humans surface. Last year alone, two people were shot in a Walmart parking lot, riots broke out over discounted cell phones, shoppers were pepper-sprayed, and men, women and children sustained serious injuries. As a more humanitarian option, the city of Chico Animal Shelter has an Opt to Adopt event scheduled EDITOR’S PICK on Friday, Nov. 23. Dogs and cats can be adopted these days for $17.50 and $15.75, respectively, complete with microchips, first shots and health screenings. If you can’t find what you want there, Sunday, Dec. 1, marks the beginning of the Butte Humane Society’s Take Us Home For the Holidays, an effort to get all their animals adopted by Dec. 31, with 10 to 50 percent off of adoption costs.
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AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: Dances of Cuba, Haiti, Brazil and West
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SOUNDS OF THE VALLEY CHORUS: Women singers
DEATH CAFÉ: A place to come and chat about
are welcome to sing in four-part harmony barbershop style. Call for more info. W, 7pm. Marigold Elementary School, 2446 Marigold Ave., (530) 343-5183.
death over a cup of tea, in a respectful and confidential space. Th, 7pm. 100th Monkey Café & Books, 642 W. Fifth St.
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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.
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EVENING DANCE JAM: A weekly meditative dance session. F, 7:15pm. $10. Yoga Center of Chico, 250 Vallombrosa Ave., Suite 150, (530) 3420100.
FANCY FEET DANCE: Beginning to experienced dancers welcome to work on the foxtrot, waltz, swing and more to a live band. Tu, 7:30pm. $5-$7. Chico Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave., (530) 895-4015, www.chicorec.com.
FARMERS’ MARKET: CHAPMAN: A year-round Certified Farmers’ Market serving as a community forum for healthful-lifestyle promotion and education. F, 2-5:30pm. Chapman Mulberry Community Center, 1010 Cleveland Ave., (530) 624-8844, www.cchaos.org.
FARMERS’ MARKET: SATURDAY: Chico’s weekly community gathering, with fresh produce, crafts, baked goods and more. Sa, 7:30am1pm. Municipal Parking Lot No. 1, Second & Wall streets.
FREE HEALTH CLINIC: Free services for minor medical ailments. Call for more info. Su, 14pm. Free. Shalom Free Clinic, 1190 E. First
Ave., (530) 518-8300, www.shalom freeclinic.org.
HAPPY HEALING: Experience a variety of healing modalities. F, 7pm. 100th Monkey Café & Books, 642 W. Fifth St.
INFINITE RHYTHMS ECSTATIC DANCE: A shoefree, food-free, drug-free, smoke-free dance 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.
MSW INFORMATIONAL MEETING: Learn some insand-outs of making a difference through a career in social work and learn how to apply for the master’s program. Room 109. W, 12/4, 6-7pm. Butte Hall, Chico State, (530) 898-6204, www.csuchico.edu/swrk.
PARADISE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE:
Used book sale. Every other Sa, 10am-3pm. Prices vary. Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8726320, www.buttecounty.net.
SAMARITAN FREE CLINIC: This clinic offers free
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.
TAKE US HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: The annual December adoption campaign aims to have every animal available on Dec. 1 adopted into a new home by Dec. 31. Visit website to see available animals. 12/1-12/31. Butte Humane Society, 2579 Fair St., (530) 343-7917.
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.
For Kids LETTERS TO SANTA: Boys and girls under 8 can receive a letter from old Santa and his elves. Children should mail their letter to the CARD office (see address below) no later than Dec. 7. A self-addressed, stamped envelope must be enclosed. 11/28-12/7. Call for details. Chico Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave., (530) 895-4015, www.chicorec.com.
Volunteer BIDWELL PARK VOLUNTEERS: Help the park by volunteering for trash pick-up, invasive-plant removal, trail maintenance, site restoration, water-quality testing and more. Check Friends of Bidwell Park website for dates and locations. Ongoing. Bidwell Park, www.friends ofbidwellpark.org.
HOMETOWN HOSPITALITY VOLUNTEERS: Community-minded greeters needed to hand out downtown maps, holiday buttons and candy canes to shoppers in the downtown area. 11/29-12/20, 4-8pm. Downtown Chico.
PATRICK RANCH VOLUNTEERS: There are multiple volunteer opportunities available at the museum. Call or email for more info. Ongoing. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 514-3903.
SOLAR-INSTALL VOLUNTEERS: Volunteers are needed to help install solar systems for lowincome homeowners. Job-training is provided. GRID Alternatives (North Valley), 3860 Morrow Ln., Suite A, (530) 217-6153.
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.
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.
IN THE MIX ihminen Seremonia Svart Records Finnish metal coven Seremonia are part of a growing number of ’70s occult fetishists who are taking Black Sabbath and the films of Dario Argento to new places (though not always interesting ones, in some cases). It’d be easy to dismiss them on that pretense alone. But on Seremonia’s second release, ihminen (“human”), they toss just the right amount of doom, psychedelia and even punk into their cauldron. The result is a collection that’s heavy enough to satiate heshers and sedate burners. The real difference, however, is vocalist Noora Federley, who also fits into the recent trend of female-fronted metal bands. Her icy, distant Nico lilt (which Federley delivers in her native tongue) is a nice contrast to the heavy riffing. The frantic punk rattle of “Ovi” and “Vastaus Rukouksiisi” are met with the pitch-black eeriness of “Hallava Hevonen” (flutes, check!). Needless to say, unless you speak Finnish you won’t get the finer points—just assume these songs are about wizards and demons and whatever else lurks in a black-light Frank Frazetta poster. You can make the argument that ihminen is nothing new under the sun. But if you’re doing it right, daylight should be the furthest thing from your mind.
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Cookie Clicker Orteil.dashnet.org/cookieclicker It begins by clicking a cookie. Every time you click the cookie, you receive one cookie to spend on items or upgrades. The items award a variable amount of cookies per second (cps), with multiple or more expensive items producing a higher cps. Upgrades add a multiplier to your current cps rate. In very little time, gamers will autogenerate 50 million cps, with new items reaching costs of nearly 1 trillion cookies. That’s it. Cookie Clicker has no story, characters, final level, big boss, nor any tangible goal. Cookie Clicker strips away everything but the game mechanics and reward system—both of which are present in games from Farmville to World of Warcraft—and still manages to illicit a Pavlovian response from players. The driving forces behind Cookie Clicker and many other games—high scores, elite achievements, epic loot—need only an outlet and instant gratification. And what better form of instant gratification than a cookie? In its simplicity, Cookie Clicker embodies the mechanics and parodies the motivations that video games have relied upon for ages, and though we can see the strings manipulating our mouse, it’s hard to pass up a cookie.
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The Original Honeydripper Roosevelt Sykes Blind Pig Like many pianists of the era, Arkansas-born Roosevelt Sykes (1906-’83) spent his early years playing in barrelhouses and, after moving to Chicago, at rent parties where he honed the skills so much in evidence at this 1977 gig. Known as “The Honeydripper,” after a song he wrote and recorded in 1936, the ebullient Sykes lays into the disc’s 14 songs with considerable enthusiasm, and the audience responds in kind—whooping along with the bluesman—especially when he launches into “Viper Song” (popularized by Fats Waller as “The Reefer Song,” aka “If You’re a Viper.”). Sykes’ boogie-woogie chops are on display with a rollicking rendition of “Cow Cow” Davenport’s “Cow Cow Blues” and his own “Running the Boogie.” He slows down for “Drivin’ Wheel” (his composition that has become a staple for blues bands) and an introspective “St. James Infirmary.” His “Don’t Talk Me to Death” (“’cause I’m not ready to die”) is a piece of advice to his woman, while on “Too Smart Too Soon” (“and wise too late”) he laments his having lost her. The pièce de résistance is his classic “Dirty Mother For You,” a single-entendre set of lyrics he introduces by saying, “Some people say it’s smutty.” No bass, no drums—just the joyful twofisted pianist singing and playing his heart out.
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Starving for more An entertaining placeholder in The Hunger Games franchise
B honked-off about my rating of Catching Fire, I should point out that: one, it’s a perfectly fine rating; efore any Hunger Games fanatics get
and two, the film lost points due to the way The Hunger Games franchise is being by strung out. I’m not a fan of spending Craig four years watching a narrative, and Blamer while the first entry was self-contained, this second installment is pretty much 2 1/2 hours of setting up the next two entries. In part one, Jennifer Lawrence was a pleasant surprise as Katniss, Woody Harrelson dialed down his Woodyness, The Hunger and Katniss slept through most of her Games: competitors’ deaths (which right there Catching Fire differentiates it from the enduring comStarring Jennifer parisons to its Japanese doppelganger, Lawrence, 2000’s Battle Royale). All in all, it was Liam Hemsworth a surprisingly well-structured entertainand Josh ment. Hutcherson. As a bridge, Catching Fire is in Directed by Francis itself entertaining, but suffers in that it Lawrence. gets us only to the midway point of a Cinemark 14, story that ends in 2015. Feather River Anyway, open ending aside, there Cinemas and are aspects of Catching Fire that I Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13. appreciated. Oddly enough, I respect that they didn’t recap the first movie and just kept moving with the narrative. Here we rejoin Katniss and Gale (Liam Hemsworth) as they spend some qualiPoor ty time hunting in the woods while the second narrative arc kicks in. It seems that President Snow (Donald SutherFair land) isn’t too happy with Katniss and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson)—gawd, this story has some silly names—escaping his deadly machinations and sowing Good the seeds of revolution, so he brings in the ultimate game designer (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to whip up a li’l Very Good something that clears the slate of all the past winners of the Hunger Games. Like all despots, he has a piss-poor idea of how to tamp down rebellion. Excellent No one is happy about this situation,
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but since we’re dealing with a dystopian police state here (I also appreciate that this franchise introduces its young audience to allegory), there’s nothing anyone can do about it unless they want their families offed. So it’s back into the arena, and this time the emphasis is more on the game versus the competitors, than the competitors going after each other. As per the first film, Katniss’ enemies are eliminated offscreen, which is probably meant to maintain the PG-13 rating. But, as the roster of the prior night’s casualties flash across the sky, any connection with the characters existing as anything other than clay pigeons rings hollow. We were never given anything but a rudimentary introduction to most of them, so their deaths are nothing but a footnote. On the other hand, Catching Fire moves along cracklingly enough for a 2 1/2-hour entertainment. Hoffman is a fine Machiavellian addition, and the filmmakers have bumped up their game. Ω
Reviewers: Craig Blamer, Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.
Opening this week Frozen
The new Disney computer-animated feature is an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytale The Snow Queen. In the film, a young princess embarks on an epic journey to find her sister— the Snow Queen—whose magical powers have buried the kingdom in a never-ending winter. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.
Dallas Buyers Club
Matthew McConaughey stars as Ron Woodroof in this biopic about a hard-livin’ Texas good ol’ boy who was diagnosed with AIDS in the 1980s and went on to smuggle unapproved anti-viral drugs into the country for himself and the members of his “Dallas Buyers Club,” much to the chagrin of the FDA. Also starring Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner and Steve Zahn. Cinemark 14. Rated R.
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Kill Your Darlings
After moving his family to a sleepy town, a DEA agent (Jason Statham) gets involved in a war with the local meth dealer (James Franco) and his cronies. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R. Based on real events surrounding the early days of the Beat Generation writers in New York City, when Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg (played by Daniel Radcliffe) and William S. Burroughs were
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The Wailin’ Jennys caught up in events surrounding Lucien Carr, a member of their crew who was charged with murder. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.
Philomena
Stephen Frears (The Queen, High Fidelity) directs this based-on-real-events story about a British journalist (Steve Coogan) who helps a woman (Judi Dench) find out what happened to the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years earlier. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.
Now playing 12 Years a Slave
Director Steve McQueen’s new film recounts the agonizing ordeal of a prosperous and well-educated African-American, a freed man named Solomon Northup, who was shanghaied back into slavery for more than a decade in pre-Civil War U.S. As such, 12 Years a Slave is a sometimes grueling history lesson that pays graphic attention to the physical cruelties as well as the legal and moral injustices of the slavery system. A certain weakness for punishing realism might have been fatal, were it not for the brilliancies of characterization that bring the whole thing back to life just as a grim despondency threatens to take over. Ultimately, the prime example of that brilliance comes via Solomon Northup himself (Chiwetel Ejiofor). The movie, which portrays Solomon as refusing to be defined by his own victimhood, finds its most powerful and incisive dramatics in the tragic ironies of the man’s struggle not just to survive but to preserve a sense of dignity and self in the midst of soul-crushing cruelties. Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.
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All Is Lost
Robert Redford’s superb performance, most of it wordless, is the dramatic heart and soul of J. C. Chandor’s astonishing little lost-at-sea epic. But while Redford’s solitary mariner is the film’s lone character, All Is Lost is no one-man show. Instead, it’s a tour de force of filmmaking, an inspired collaboration of Redford and writer-director Chandor working in concert with a gifted crew. The story is simple enough: A man is struggling to survive in a sinking sailboat somewhere far from land in the Indian Ocean. The action is fast and furious throughout, but Chandor and company never lose sight of the story’s intertwined dramas—the physical battle against the elements and the more intimate one of a notquite-lost soul facing the escalating evidence of his own insignificance. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.
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 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.
Delivery Man
Canadian writer/director Ken Scott remakes his own movie, Starbuck (2012), with Vince Vaughn now starring as an American version of his original character, a sperm-bank donor who finds out 20 years later that his seed has sprouted 533 children, and who now must decide whether or not to come forward as the biological dad of the 142 of them who have filed a lawsuit to figure out his identity. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.
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Ender’s Game
In the film version of Orson Scott Card’s 1985 sci-fi novel, the protagonist is
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 and Feather River Cinemas. 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.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —C.B.
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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Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), a genius boy and master of futuristic video games and strategies. He’s targeted by a general (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. Rated PG-13 —B.G.
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lucky they are on Thanksgiving, a day when more than 100 million turkeys will be eaten in households across America. The Orland Farm Sanctuary’s by Alastair Bland birds roam freely over the property and receive several hundred visitors throughout the year, especially in early November when the sanctuary hosts its annual Celebration for the Turkeys event, and when the turkeys are the ones who get to enjoy a holiday feast. Bruce Friedrich, Farm Sanctuary’s senior advocacy director, concedes that his organization’s goal is not to rescue every suffering animal but, rather, to have the animals on-site serve as ambassadors for their kind. But compassion for animals often comes too little too late in a country that consumed 9 billion livestock animals in 2012. Indeed, it may seem to many animalrights lobbyists that Americans are ethically conflicted. A 2008 poll by the consumer-research group Gallup found that 97 percent of Americans oppose animal cruelty. Barely 5 percent of the nation’s residents, however, have cut meat entirely from their diets. “People would recoil at the thought of slaughtering and eating their dog or cat, but we don’t think the same way about turkeys, pigs, cows or chickens,” said Friedrich. He notes that turkeys can be as personable and as individually charismatic as the animals many of us keep as pets. Yet Americans will eat roughly 250 million turkeys this year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Many of these birds are reared in painfully cramped and dirty conditions on massive factory farms. When the birds are only days old, their beaks are sliced off, and they spend the coming months growing to market size. They are fed a meal of corn and soybeans, may receive heavy doses of antibiotics and are sometimes injected with saltwater to soften their flesh. Moreover, years of selective breeding has transformed the American broad-breasted white turkey into a freak of factory-farming. “They have been genetically selected to grow extraordinarily obese in an extraordinarily short time,” said Paul Shapiro, with the Humane Society of the United States. The great size of the broad-breasted
white causes chronic pain and skeletal damage, Shapiro says. The animals are so clumsy and oversized, too, that they cannot mate and must be artificially inseminated. Shapiro and Friedrich, and the groups they represent, want to see an end to animal suffering, and for them, turkeys advertised as ethically or humanely raised represent only a small step forward. To Topher Dalton, however, this small
subindustry represents progress. Dalton has been the grocery manager at the Chico Natural Foods Cooperative for the past 15 years. He says interest in eating ethically raised meats seems to have increased. His store sells only organic, small-farm turkeys, and this year’s supply sold out well over a week before Thanksgiving. These birds, Dalton said, were all organically grown turkeys from Diestel Turkey Ranch in Sonora, whose turkeys wear the retail label of Heidi’s Hens. In the past, Chico Natural Foods has carried organic Mary’s Free Range Turkey, as well. “These are two of the most sustainably, humanely raised turkeys available in the quantities we need,” Dalton said. Nationwide, total meat consumption is declining, according to the USDA. Yet the United States still consumes more meat per capita than any other country in the world. Much of this meat is raised with the help of antibiotics, and this has become a topic of concern. Earlier this year, Consumer Reports tested 257 samples of ground turkey meat for five species of potentially deadly bacteria. The testing found at least one of the microorganisms on 90 percent of the samples. While livestock animals are treated with antibiotics to eliminate such dangerous bacteria, food-safety-watchdog groups suspect that overuse of antibiotics is building up bacterial resistance to these medications. Thus, eating organically farmed turkeys may bode well for human health. However, Shapiro at the Humane Society of United States notes that “organic” or “antibiotic-free” are not indications of humane growing conditions. Friedrich at Farm Sanctuary is also thinking about the turkeys themselves. “I’m very optimistic about the future,” he said. “I believe that more and more people will choose eventually to leave animals completely off their dinner plates.” Ω
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Charity, entertainment An Irish Christmas
Community Bidwell Mansion
Dec. 7, noon-4 p.m. A Gold Rush-era holiday celebration set at Bidwell Bar 150 years ago, with pioneer crafts, a melodrama and panning for gold. Call for info. Lake Oroville Visitor Center, 917 Kelly Ridge Road, above Oroville Dam. 538-2219.
Paradise Ice Rink
Nov. 27-Jan. 12, Mon.-Thurs., 2-8 p.m.; Fri.Sat., 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. An outdoor ice rink for the holidays. $10 day pass. Terry Ashe Recreation Center, 6626 Skyway. 872-6393.
Christmas Tree Auction & Holiday Festival
Community Hanukkah Party
Dec. 7, 6 p.m. The Torres Community Shelter hosts this festival complete with hors d’oeuvres, desserts, no-host bar, live music and a Christmastree auction. Chico Masonic Life Family Center, 1110 East Ave. 891-9048.
Dec. 1, 5 p.m. Traditional dinner for the community, featuring the CBI band, menorah lighting, dancing, games, gift shop and more. Members: $6/children; $10/adults. Non-members: $10/children; $15/adults. Congregation Beth Israel, 1336 Hemlock St. 342-6146.
Bidwell Mansion Holiday Open House
Oroville Holiday Craft Faire
Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Over 50 vendors will offer handmade wares during this craft fair hosted by Oroville Community Radio. Municipal Auditorium, 1200 Meyers St. 228-4891.
wood Farm House. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, between Chico and Durham. 342-4359.
Music & Tree-Lighting
Stansbury House: Dickens Christmas
Dec. 3, 5:15 p.m. Enloe Medical Center’s tree-lighting will include music, hot beverages and holiday sweets. Free. Enloe Medical Center, 1531 Esplanade. 332-7300.
Chanukah Celebration
Dec. 3, 6 p.m. Chabad Jewish Center’s annual community celebration, featuring menorah-lighting ceremony, music by The Yule Logs, food and games, followed by the menorah car parade. Chico City Plaza. 809-1662.
Light Up a Life - Paradise
Dec. 4, 7 p.m. This tree-lighting ceremony benefits Paradise Hospice and will include singing, treats and more. Paradise Hospice House, 1289 Bille Road. 872-7166.
Chico Community Tree Lighting
Dec. 6, 6 p.m. Join the Children’s Choir of Chico, Sounds of the Valley, The Yule Logs and Santa Claus himself and watch as the Christmas tree is lit in Chico City Plaza. Free. 345-6500.
Spirit of Christmas Past
Dec. 6, 6-8:30 p.m. All three floors of Bidwell Mansion will be decorated for the holidays and open for viewing. Plus, wine-tasting provided by New Clairvaux. $25. Bidwell Mansion, 525 Esplanade. 895-6144.
The Christmas Faire
Dec. 6-8, Fri., noon-7 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. A three-day fair featuring quality crafts, fine art, food, music and entertainment. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds.
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Patrick Ranch Museum Fine Arts & Gift Sale
Dec. 6-8, Fri., 4-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Arts and crafts, live music, food, and the museum gift shop, plus tours of historic Glen-
Frontier Christmas - Oroville
Dec. 6-8, Fri., 5-9 p.m.; Sat., 1-8 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. Santa, horse-drawn carriage rides, entertainment, spiced cider, homemade cookies, holiday raffle and a live appearance by Mark Twain (on Friday and Saturday). Donations: $2-$6. Stansbury House, 207 W. Fifth St. 895-3848.
Breakfast with Santa
Dec. 7, 8 a.m.-noon. Four pancake/photo sessions with Santa: 8, 9, 10 and 11 a.m. Call ahead to register; $10 per person. CARD Community Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave. 895-4711.
Muse Art Collective Holiday Marketplace
Dec. 7, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Featuring the creations of more than 20 local artists—sculptures, clothing, jewelry and more. Plus, henna, kids’ activities and a raffle. Free admission. Habitat Lab, 199 E. 13th St., 345-6411.
Bizarre Bazaar/Voom Voom Variety Show
Dec. 8, Tours every hour starting at noon (last tour at 4 p.m.). The Chico Women’s Club hosts the holiday tours, with staff and volunteers dressed in period costumes. Free (call to reserve). Bidwell Mansion, 525 Esplanade. 895-6144.
Ehmann Home Christmas Open House - Oroville
Dec. 8, 5-8 p.m. Free. Ehmann Home, 1480 Lincoln St., Oroville. 877-7436.
Oroville Holiday Light Parade
Dec. 10, 6-8:30 p.m. Annual parade of lights in downtown Oroville, with a visit from Santa and a tree lighting ceremony. Free. Historic downtown Oroville. 5382542.
Bidwell Mansion Evening Tours
Dec. 12-15, 6:30-8 p.m. Tours of the historic home all decorated for the holidays. Tickets: adults/$10; children/$4 (4-under/free). Bidwell Mansion, 525 Esplanade. 895-6144.
Winter Bizarre Bazaar
Dec. 14-15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Chikoko design/artist collective hosts its annual alternative holiday craft fair, featuring handmade clothing, jewelry and utilitarian art of local artists. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.
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The CN&R’s annual holiday-season Festivities Guide
Holiday Burlesque and Vaudeville Comedy Show
Voom Voom Variety Show
Dec. 14, 7 p.m. A variety show of local artists, musicians, dancers and more to kick off Chikoko’s Bizarre Bazaar. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. Go to www.chikoko.com for more info.
Dec. 5-21, Thurs.-Sat., 7 p.m. (Plus, bonus show, Wed., Dec. 11, 7 p.m., at Feather Falls Casino, $10—all other shows at South Side Playhouse.) The folks from the Chico Cabaret are back with the former theater’s popular holiday variety show. $15 (at door only). South Side Playhouse, 2145 Park Ave., suite 13.
Chico Community Band Christmas Concert
Dec. 15, 2 p.m. The 40-member Chico Community Band presents its annual Christmas concert highlighting beloved Christmas tunes. Free. Lakeside Pavilion, 2565 California Drive. 342-6873.
Bogg’s Christmas Jamboree
The Yule Logs
Entertainment Radioland’s Holiday Extravaganza
Nov. 29-Dec. 8, Thurs-Sat., 7:30 p.m., Sun., 2 p.m. Return to the golden age of radio in this original musical featuring hits, forgotten classics and yuletide favorites of yesteryear, plus the serial adventures of Scarlet Ranger and Zap Flanagan. $16-$22. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise, 877-5760, www.totr.org.
Parrott Family Christmas
Nov. 30, 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. The members of the Parrott family present spiritual and secular holiday tunes. Two performances. Free. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunnelly Road, Paradise, 872-8454, www.paradiseperformingarts.com.
Before the Marvel of This Night
Dec. 1, 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. Seasonal carols and singalongs with the North Valley Chamber Chorale. Two shows. $5-$15. Bidwell Presbyterian Church, 208 W. First St., 343-1484.
An Irish Christmas
Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m. Chico Performances presents a night of traditional Irish music, stories, costumes and more. $22-$37. Laxson Auditorium. University Box Office: 898-6333.
White Christmas
Dec. 5-8, Thurs.-Sat., 7 p.m.; Sat.-Sun., 2 p.m. Inspire School of Arts & Sciences presents a holiday musical featuring the timeless songs of Irving Berlin. $8-$22. Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., on the PV High Campus, 891-3090.
Dec. 5-22, The hardest working band in snow-biz is back for another run of rockin’ holiday parties. Local gigs include Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co. (Dec. 5, 6 p.m.); Duffy’s Tavern (Dec. 7, 10 p.m.); the Pageant Theatre benefit with Jonathan Richman at Arc Pavilion (Dec. 11, 8 p.m.); and two shows at Chico Women’s Club (Dec. 21-22). Go to www.yulelogsmusic.com for info on all the shows.
Glorious Sounds of the Season
Dec. 6-8, Fri.-Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. Chico State Music Department students and staff ensembles perform in kaleidoscopic fashion, with one performance beginning as another ends. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State. $20. University Box Office: 899-6333.
A Musical Christmas - Paradise
Dec. 7-8, Sat., 7 p.m.; Sun., 3 p.m. Performances by the Paradise Community Chorus as well as the Paradise Youth Symphony and High School Chorus. $10. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road. 872-8454.
Christmas Concert - Oroville
Dec. 7-8, Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 1:30 p.m. The annual Christmas concert presented by the Oroville Community Chorus and Concert Band. $10. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Myers St. Call for info. 539-2470.
Paradise Ice Rink
Your Feet Performing Arts Centre. $10. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Myers St. 534-6233.
The Nutcracker in Paradise
Dec. 13-15, Fri, 7:15 p.m.; Sat, 2:15 & 7:15 p.m.; Sun, 2:15 p.m. Northern California Ballet hosts its rendition of the Christmas classic. $12-$20. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road. 872-1719.
Cinderella
Dec. 13-15, Fri., 7:30 p.m.; Sat., 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. The Chico Community Ballet’s holiday performance of the classic folk tale. $16-$28. Laxson Auditorium. University Box Office: 898-6333.
Believe
Dec. 13-22, Fri.-Sat., 7 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. A holiday musical/dance production based on the story of The Polar Express. Created by local brother-sister team Jeff Schneeweis (of bands Number One Gun and The Make) and Sarah Blakely (HYPE Dance Studio). Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., on the PV High Campus, 899-2692.
Dec. 20, 7:30 p.m. Local jazz chameleons host an evening of music and good cheer. $12. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway. www.1078gallery.org
Charity
Arc gift-wrap volunteers. Volunteers needed for following days: Dec. 13-15 & 19-24. Chico Mall, 1950 E. 20th St. Call for info: 891-5865, ext 205. The Jesus Center needs food and clothing donations along with volunteers. Call 345-2640 for info. Pet photos with Santa. Support Butte Humane Society with photos of you and your pet with Santa. Two dates: Nov. 30 & Dec. 7, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Nantucket Home, Sixth and Broadway, 895-1038. Salvation Army Angel Trees and red donation kettles are popping up around Chico. Salvation Army community center, 567 E. 16th Street. Info: 342-2199. Torres Shelter needs food and clothing donations along with volunteers. Torres Community Shelter, 101 Silver Dollar Way. Info: 891-9048. Toys for Tots. Drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Torres Community Shelter, 101 Silver Dollar Way. Info: 891-9048.
A Christmas Story
Dec. 7-22, Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m. The Chico Theater Company presents this stage rendition of the classic holiday film. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road. 894-3282.
Glorious Sounds of the Season
Winter Choral Concert
Dec. 10, 7 p.m. Chico High choral students sing the songs of the season. $7. Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., on the PV High Campus, 899-2692, www.chicousd.org.
NSS: Sounds of the Sacred Season
Dec. 13, 7:30 p.m. The North State Symphony’s annual holiday-concert fundraiser. $12-$30. St. John’s Catholic Church, 416 Chestnut St. University Box Office: 898-6333.
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MUSIC The frontline of Delhi 2 Dublin— (from left) Ravi Binning, Tarun Nayar and Sara Fitzpatrick— encouraged the Big Room dancers. PHOTOS BY MATT SIRACUSA
Everyone’s dance party Delhi 2 Dublin had folks young and old dancing to electronica at the Big Room
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band’s big party sound with generally weird noises. Frontman Sanjay Seran sang in a smooth R&B style, his delivery and swagger very much that of a hip-hop MC. Percussionist Ravi Binning appeared to be the world’s happiest man as he played the doubleheaded dhol drum strapped around his waist, the wooden stick in his right hand a blur as he smiled broadly. Perhaps due to the absence of the band’s guitarist, electric-fiddler Sara Fitzpatrick seemed to channel the energy of a lead rock guitarist on more than occasion, flailing her hair wildly as she leaned into her wah-wah pedal and generously applied delay effects to her solo sections. Some of the best moments came when Nayar and Seran positioned themselves behind two floor toms for beat-centric breakdowns during which Fitzpatrick was the only member not vigorously pounding a drum. And a personal highlight was a cover of Fatboy Slim’s “Praise You,” which was given a dubstep treatment and accompanied by, of course, wildly enthusiastic tribal drumming. My only complaint: The large amount of computer-produced sound felt somewhat cheap in places. There were sections of the set that relied very little on live performance and more on preprogrammed elements running on a laptop, and at times, the automated sounds took over the mix. But, with the band’s clear emphasis on groove, that gripe doesn’t amount to much. Judging by how responsive the crowd was—it was, without a doubt, the most energetic gathering I’ve ever seen at the Big Room—it’s likely that most in attendance didn’t care about how exactly the music was being produced. It all made for a pretty rad international dance party to which everyone, young and old, could get down. Ω
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NIGHTLIFE
WEDNESDAY 11|27—WEDNESDAY 12|4 DECADES: Chico cover band performing hits from the ’40s to today. F, 11/29, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino
Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfalls casino.com/brewing-co.
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IRISH-MUSIC HAPPY HOUR: A Chico tradition: Friday-night happy hour with a traditional Irish music session by the Pub Scouts. F, 4pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.
JAMES SLACK: Oroville-based country
singer/songwriter. F, 11/29, 8pm. Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 375 E. Park Ave., (530) 345-7499.
MONKEY MUSIC SHOWCASE: Spotlighting local acoustic singer-songwriters and musicians. F, 7:30pm. 100th Monkey Café & Books, 642 W. Fifth St.
30SATURDAY ABBAFAB: A multimedia ABBA tribute. Sa,
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LAURIE DANA: Soul, light rock, blues,
country, Tin Pan Alley, jazz and more.
W, 7-9pm. Free. VIP Ultra Lounge, 191 E.
BLACK AND BLUEZ JAM: Join an open jam
Second St.
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.
session followed by the house blues band. F, 11/29, 6-10pm. Café Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveat flo.weebly.com.
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11/30, 9pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfalls casino.com/brewing-co.
AUTISM AWARENESS BENEFIT: A benefit concert sponsored by Chico School of Rock featuring Sofa King, the Ira Walker band, Noise for Nicholas and 3rd Class Citizens. Sa, 11/30, 9pm. Cost: TBA. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.
BELDA BEAST: Back with a new EP and some old favorites, along with local friends Bunnymilk and Sr. Francis Lee Howard opening the night. Sa, 11/30, 9pm. $3. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.
KING OF THE CAGE: Featuring up and coming MMA combat-fighting superstars. Sa, 11/30, 5:30pm. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 534-9892, www.goldcountry casino.com.
MUSIC SHOWCASE: An open mic hosted by local country musicians Rich and Kendall. Sa, 5-9pm. Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Rd., (530) 7102020.
NOVEMBEARD BASH: Sa, 11/30, 8:30pm. $5. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 3437718.
PARROTT FAMILY CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: The members of the Parrott family present both spiritual and secular holiday tunes at their free annual concert. Two performances. Sa, 11/30, 2 & 7pm. Free. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunnelly Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradiseperformingarts.com.
1SUNDAY BEFORE THE MARVEL OF THIS NIGHT: Christmas with the North Valley Chamber Chorale featuring carols, sing-alongs, and seasonal music selec-
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For the pogonophobic folk among us—those afflicted with an intense fear of beards—the last few weeks have likely been terrifying. Many a male Chicoan has been growing those facial locks as long and lustrously as possible in honor of Novembeard. Though the pop-culture phenomenon is widespread, locally it’s been given purpose by a group calling itself the Chico Beard Collective. Since 2009, the CBC has been operating sanctioned beard-centric events and collecting donations to benefit art and music programs at area high schools. This hairy season wraps up on Saturday, Nov. 30, with the Novembeard Bash at Duffy’s, featuring live music by Motown Filthy and Severance Package.
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Saturday, Nov. 30 Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co.
jam—bring your own ax. First W of every month, 7pm. Free. Nash’s Restaurant, 1717 Esplanade, (530) 8961147, www.nashsrestaurantchico.com.
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.
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From their 2006 formation until 2008, Belda Beast— featuring members of the Chico-Redding musical syndicate The Around Town Collective—were a regular fixture on both cities’ music scenes, but they played their last show for a long spell in the spring of the latter year. They’ve been back at it again the last few months with an EP and a new single, “Holy Days.” The band appears Saturday, Nov. 30 at The Maltese Bar & Tap Room. Also playing are two of Chico’s finest acts, Bunnymilk and Sr. Francis Lee Howard.
DIEGO’S UMBRELLA: San Francisco’s “ambassadors of gypsy rock” bring their klezmer-flamenco-punk-rock party to the Big Room stage. W, 12/4, 7:30pm. $15. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.
JAZZ HAPPY HOUR: With the Carey
tions. Two performances. Su, 12/1, 4 & 7pm. $5-$15. Bidwell Presbyterian Church, 208 W. First St., (530) 343-1484.
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and Friends. Tu, 7-10pm. Opens 12/3. Café Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveatflo.weebly.com.
SHIGEMI & FRIENDS: Live jazz with key-
1ST MONDAY JAZZ: EXPLORING MODAL: 1st Monday Jazz explores modal jazz. Players: Shigemi Minetaka, Jonathan Stoyanoff and Barry Eldridge. M, 12/2, 7-8:30pm. $10. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.
boardist Shigemi Minetaka and rotating accompaniment. Tu, 6:308:30pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farm starpizza.com.
Step back in time to 1929
Robinson Trio. W, 5-7pm. Opens 12/4. Free. Café Flo, 365 E. Sixth St., (530) 514-8888, www.liveatflo.weebly.com.
LAURIE DANA: Soul, light rock, blues, country, Tin Pan Alley, jazz and more.
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I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. It is surprising how contented one can be with nothing definite–only a sense of existence. —Henry David Thoreau.
MERRY SOMETHING TO YOU Now that Arts DEVO has officially tapped a
Calling all performance artists, sword swallowers, musicians, mimes, thespians, magicians, competitive eaters, ballerinas, Olympic curlers, contortionists, one-man bands, mind readers, chainsaw jugglers, spelling-bee champs, interpretive dancers, slam poets, organ grinders, and everyone else with a talent for keeping Chico weird … the Chico News & Review wants to put you on the stage for the
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foot in time with the bobbing head of Marty Parker and the rest of the cheer-loving rock stars in The Yule Logs (during a rockin’ Christmas Preview set on Sunday), he has planted both feet firmly in the “holiday season.” But what’s that mean? What’s my reason? A sustained feeling of the warmth from loved ones, and lots of downtime for playing music and seeking out weirdness—weird art, weird films, weird people, weird stories … Weird Chico! (Speaking of Weird Chico, did you see that ad to the left of this column, for the Keep Chico Weird Talent Show? Submit your weirdness today!) Mrs. DEVO and I have a few little traditions, but I’m always open to trying new ones. Last year, I explored the wonderfully ridiculous world of Krampus, the punishing, chain-wielding counterbalance to Santa Claus on the naughty/nice scale. (Wee ones out of line this year? Not to worry, parents: Krampus will leave a lump of coal in their stockings or simply chuck them in his sack and scurry them away and out of your hair!) And, if for no other reason than the amazing art on the “Gruss vom Krampus” greeting cards, I think I’ll be keeping that wacky “Gruss vom Krampus!” demon in my holiday plans. In fact, I’ve kind of fallen for the fuzzy, party-happy realist, and he’s got me thinking about laying the groundwork for a more allencompassing set of traditions, something kind of my own invention that provides a foundation upon which to build lasting memories by (respectfully) co-opting the best moves from everyone else’s fun stuff. The traditional “First Night of The Yule Logs” will serve as my holiday alarm clock; Thanksgiving will be my holiday warm-up (stretch those stomach muscles!); and Krampusnacht, on Dec. 5, will be the kick-off for 31 Days of Krampuslaufen (aka “Krampus running”), ending on Jan. 5 with me wassailing away the Twelfth Night in a mulledcider haze: Dec. 5: Krampusnacht: Chains, torches, schnapps—good, clean holiday fun. Dec. 6: On the first day of Krampuslaufen, my true love gave to me, a hollowed-out goat’s head mask. Dec. 7: Fill out and mail off my Krampuskartens. Dec. 8: Bodhi Day: In honor of the Buddhist day of enlightenment, I will don my Krampus mask, head into the woods, chop down a Christmas tree, and meditate in the cool mountain air until my feet get too cold. Dec. 9-20: The 12 Days of Krampercise: During which I live at the gym, sweating away the cheer. Dec. 21: Winter Solstice. Dec. 22: Teach the young ones the traditional theme song (liberally excerpted from DEVO’s “Merry Something to You”): Any old dance that you like to do/ “Merry Something to You” Happy holidays!/ Eat, bite, drink up, nibble, gobble, chew/ Happy holidays!/ Merry something! To you!/ Merry something! To you!/ Deedle deedle deet deet/ Deedle deedle deet deet/ Doodly doodly doo! Dec. 23: Festivus: Airing of grievances, feats of strength, etc. Dec. 24: Christmas Eve. Dec. 25: Christmas. Dec. 26: Boxing Day. Dec. 27-30: More Krampercise (really work the spare tire). Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve. Jan. 1-4: Days of rest. Jan. 5: Twelfth Night: Don my skirt for the Feast of Fools—“I am the Lord of Misrule!” Jan. 6: Pack it all up and throw the tree on the pyre.
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helped move a few boxes into the house and we toasted each other with a glass of cheer. Four hours later, Judy called me. Her vocals were deafening: “You better come here … right now ... I hate this house!”
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The sewer-rooter guy leaned in the doorway and called out, “Sewer line from the house to the street is collapsed. I told that lady she had a problem the last time I was here.”
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“Oh, happy day!” Judy had said. “I was beginning to wonder if this was all worth it, what with all the delays and everything.”
Judy vocalized: “The last time you were here?” The rooter guy said he cleared a sewer-line blockage there a month ago.
It had been a long escrow, more than three months. The seller had had IRS liens and title hang-ups to clear before closing.
The judge made his ruling: “California disclosure Laws require all sellers of real property to disclose ‘material facts that may affect the value or desirability’ of a property. Therefore, the court finds the seller responsible for the cost of a new sewer line.”
“Sorry I got a little vocal at times,” said Judy. My ears still rang from her vocals.
He turned to me. “Any lessons learned here today?”
“I love this place,” she said now. “It was all worth it.” We stood on the porch and admired the treelined street, the 1950s neighborhood of houses with raised foundations and hardwood floors. I
I dropped my head. “Yes,” I said. “Get a sewer-line inspection for the sale of every house.” “Yes!” shouted Judy Jacklin. My ears are still ringing.
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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of November 11, 2013 – November 15, 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. TOWN
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14594 Carnegie Rd
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Magalia
$232,000
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1255 High St
Oroville
$125,000
3/ 2
1200
6623 Allentown Rd
Magalia
$130,000
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13664 W Park Dr
Magalia
$128,000
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5650 Feather River Pl Paradise
$420,000
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13744 Eureka Dr
Magalia
$117,000
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4522 Sunset Oaks Dr Paradise
$409,000
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1987
500 Pomona Ave
Oroville
$376,000
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1872
5422 Hickory Way
Paradise
$214,000
3/ 2
1491
80 Hunter Dr
Oroville
$174,000
2/ 2
1311
6439 Gregory Ln
Paradise
$210,000
2/ 2
1725
18 Kokanee Dr
Oroville
$140,500
3/ 2
1873
1424 Jessie Ln
Paradise
$166,500
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 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 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.
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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. SOLUTIONS 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
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTH VALLEY PAYEE SERVICES INC at 1051 Poplar St Chico, CA 95928. NORTH VALLEY PAYEE SERVICES INC 1712 Pioneer Ave Suite 100 Cheyenne, WY 82001 This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: HERMA TAYLOR, SECRETARY Dated: November 12, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001441 Published: November 21,27, December 5,12, 2013
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LUNA MADRE MIDWIFERY 236 W Frances Willard Ave Chico, CA 95926 KATARRA ARIANNA SHAW 236 W Frances Willard Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: KATARRA SHAW Dated: November 7, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001420 Published: November 21,27, December 5,12, 2013
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PAINTED VINO at 1751 Forty Niner Ct Chico, CA
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95926. ERIKA NORIEGA 1751 Forty Niner Ct Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ERIKA NORIEGA Dated: October 17, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001351 Published: November 21,27, December 5,12, 2013
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MATEO AND COMPANY at 2000 Notre Dame Blvd #130 Chico, CA 95928. ALICIA TEJEDA 9261 Midway Durham, CA 95938. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ALICIA TEJEDA Dated: November 14, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001465 Published: November 27, December 5,12,19, 2013
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SPEAKEASY AGENCY, SPEAKEASY FINANCIAL at 125 W 3rd Street, Suite 250 Chico, CA 95928. CHRISTIAN BURKE 1468 Keri Lane Chico, CA 95926. STEPHEN CHOLLET 2275 E 8th Street Chico, CA 95928. BRUCE COYKENDALL 1720 Beech Street Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: STEPHEN CHOLLET Dated: November 20, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001494 Published: November 27, December 5,12,19, 2013
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BUTTE INSPECTIONS at 868 Kern Street Chico, California 95928. JOHN ALBERT SCHRAM III 868 Kern Street Chico, California 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JOHN ALBERT SCHRAM III Dated: November 12, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001433 Published: November 27, December 5,12,19, 2013
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO POWERWASH PROS at 2859 Carlene Place Chico, California 95973. RICK GLENN BARROSO 2859 Carlene Place Chico, California 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: RICK GLENN BARROSO Dated: November 21, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001497 Published: November 27, December 5,12,19, 2013
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ROADRUNNER COURIER SERVICE at 2 London Court Chico, CA 95973. STEVE HENRY BOKULICH 2 London Court Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: STEVE HENRY BOKULICH Dated: November 12, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001443 Published: November 27, December 5,12,19, 2013
NOTICES CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 To (names of persons to be notified, if known, including names on birth certificate): BENJAMIN L. BURGESS and anyone claiming to be a parent of (child’s name): T.B. born on (date): April 23, 2005 at (name of hospital or other place of birth and city and state): FEATHER RIVER HOSPITAL, PARADISE, CALIFORNIA A hearing will be held on Date: January 23, 2014 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: TBA Room: TBA Located at: Superior Court Of California County of Butte 1 Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer. The Social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental rights to the child will be terminated. You are required to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, the court will appoint an attor- ney for you. If the court terminated your pa- rental rights, the order may be final. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present. Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: November 15, 2013 Case Number: J-32719 Published: November 27, December 5,12,19, 2013
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE NEIL THOMAS HAGEMAN AKA NEIL T. HAGEMAN, AKA THOMAS HAGEMAN, AKA TOM HAGEMAN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: NEIL THOMAS HAGEMAN, AKA NEIL T. HAGEMAN, AKA THOMAS HAGEMAN, AKA TOM HAGEMAN A Petition for Probate has been filed by: ROXANNA HAGEMAN in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. THE Petition for Probate requests that: ROXANNA HAGEMAN be appointed as 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 19, 2013 Time: 1:30pm Dept: McLean Address of the court:
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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: PR40857 Attorney for Petitioner: Jane E. Stansell 901 Bruce Road, Suite 170 Chico, CA 95928 Published: November 21,27, December 5, 2013
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE LAVERNE E. MCLAFFERTY, AKA LAVERNE ELEANOR MCLAFFERTY To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LAVERNE E. MCLAFFERTY, AKA LAVERNE ELEANOR MCLAFFERTY A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JAMES R. MCLAFFERTY in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. THE Petition for Probate requests that: JAMES R. MCLAFFERTY be appointed as 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 19, 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
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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: PR40863 Attorney for Petitioner: Robert L. Hewitt 1876 Bird Street Oroville, CA 95965. Published: November 27, December 5,12, 2013
NOTICE OF LIEN SALE
Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due: Unit 219SS Candace Carby: Snowboard and equipment, chest, wicker chair, bike, tool chest, misc househould items, vaccum, automobile detail equipment, clothes. (6x16) Unit 226SS Melissa Duggins: Misc household items, clothes, dresser, backpacks. (6x10) Unit 242SS Taylor Forwalter: Motorcycle helmet, tool chest, desk, bike, boxes, mattress. (6x10) Unit 314AS Kyle Grosvenor: Furniture, couch, futon/pad, love seat, pictures, table, bookcase. Unit 465CC Alexander Williams: Misc items, boxes, etc. The contents will be sold to the highest bidder on: December 14, 2013 Beginning at 12:00pm Sale to be held at: 65 Heritage Lane Chico, CA 95926. Published: November 27, December 5, 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. 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 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
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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. 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
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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 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
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Thinking inside the box will be a crime against your nature in the coming weeks. The last place you want to be is in a pigeonhole. I advise you to stay far away from tight squeezes, claustrophobic “sanctuaries” and “convenient” confinements. If you’re in a onesize-fits-all situation, you simply won’t be able to access your highest intelligence. So then, where should you be? I am rooting for you to wander into the wild frontiers where unsanctioned wonders and marvels await you. I’d love for you to find virgin terrain and uncharted territories where the boring old rules don’t apply.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Mike Finnigan is a veteran keyboardist and blues vocalist who has toured with more than 20 major acts, including Jimi Hendrix, Etta James, Leonard Cohen and Los Lonely Boys. There’s a primal quality to his singing. It’s gritty and fluid and tempestuous, almost feral at times. I understand perfectly why Bonnie Raitt has called him a “tall drink of bacon.” The sound he makes with his voice is that lush and tasty. Can you guess his astrological sign? It’s Taurus, of course. I’m naming him your patron saint this week, because you yourself are as close as you have ever come to being a tall drink of bacon.
special time to narrow that gap. More bad news: All of us, you included, are periodically guilty of sending out mixed messages. We confuse people with our ambivalence; what we say is sometimes different from what we feel. More good news: Now is your special time to reduce your mixed messages to as close to zero as possible. One more taste of bad news: Like all of us, you are a bit hypocritical. You engage in behavior that you criticize in others. You don’t practice what you preach. One last piece of good news: Now is your special time to work on being forthright, genuine and consistent.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I am very fond of strawberries and cream,” said author Dale Carnegie, “but I have found that for some strange reason, fish prefer worms. So when I went fishing, I didn’t think about what I wanted. I thought about what they wanted. I didn’t bait the hook with strawberries and cream. Rather, I dangled a worm or grasshopper in front of the fish.” That’s a good teaching story for you, Scorpio. In order to get your desires fulfilled by the people who have the power to do that, you should give them what they actually long for—not what you long for, nor what you wish they would long for. This is always true, of course, but it’s especially applicable to what’s going on in your life right now. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
painter Henri Matisse thought highly of his own work. He tended to ignore critics because he didn’t think they understood his art well enough to produce intelligent critiques. There was one person whose opinion he was willing to heed, though; a single colleague who he said had earned the right to evaluate and assess his art: Pablo Picasso. I encourage you, Gemini, to come up with your own short list of people whose judgment you totally trust and respect. It’s a good time to seek out their feedback on how you’re doing.
Touted as a prime source of “kick-ass spirituality,” author Danielle LaPorte has advice that’s good for you to hear. “You will always be too much of something for someone,” she says, “too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy.” But that’s exactly as it should be, she adds. It would be a mistake to “round out your edges,” because then you would “lose your edge.” And I’m here to tell you that you need all of your edge right now, Sagittarius. It’s time to ignore people’s mediocre expectations and push past their limits. To be true to yourself, you will probably have to be too much of something for several someones.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): How is it
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Going
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): French
possible that you have come so far and worked so diligently only to be resigned now to hanging out in limbo, waiting around for the lucky break that may or may not ever arrive? I’m here today to escort you out of this infernal place. If you resist, my assignment is to drag you out. Why am I so adamant? Because I am sure it’s a mistake for you to be passive and hope for the best. You need to resume working diligently, focused for now on what’s right in front of you without worrying too much about the big picture. In my opinion, that approach will lead you to unforeseen help—and a clarification of the big picture.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your levels of per-
sonal magic are high. The radiance beaming out of your eyes is extra sparkly. There’s an artistry to the way you are expressing yourself. Without even trying, you’re exuding natural charisma and animal magnetism. In light of all these advantages, I suspect you will have an elevated capacity for both giving and receiving pleasure. In fact, I predict that your ability to feel really good and make other people feel really good will be at a peak. I hereby designate this the Week of Supreme Bliss.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The BBC
reported on an expert who combs Switzerland’s Risoud Forest to find the spruce trees whose wood can be made into the highest quality violins. After years of experience, Lorenzo Pellegrini knows which few trees will produce instruments with the most resonant tones. They grow slowly and have few knots. They need to have had enough water to grow strong, but not so much water that they’re mushy. Your task in the coming weeks, Virgo, has a certain resemblance to the master tree picker’s work. It’s time for you to start selecting and gathering the raw materials you will use to craft your own lyrical story in 2014.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here’s the bad news: For all of us, including you, there is a gap between our intentions and our actual effects. Here’s the good news: Now is your
Angel for animals
by Rob Brezsny
into my spiritual mentoring session with the priestess, I had the intention of discovering truths about myself I didn’t know before. That meant stirring up revelations about my ignorance as well as my potentials. I wanted assistance in facing my flaws as well as in tapping into my dormant powers. It worked. Her guidance was a potent catalyst. I was able to shed the debilitating nonsense stories I’d been telling myself about who I am. I awakened strengths that had been asleep. What I wish for you, Capricorn—indeed, what I predict for you—is a comparable experience. To expedite matters, go out in search of a person, adventure or breakthrough that can help provide you with the kind of prod I received.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I bet
people will be gossiping about you more than usual. Is there anything you can do to ensure that it’s mostly benevolent gossip? Yes, there is. First, make sure that when you gossip about others, you are unfailingly positive in your comments. If you don’t have anything good to say about someone, don’t say it. Second, be on your best behavior. Communicate clearly, and don’t even think about taking unethical shortcuts. Finally, contribute more inspirational energy than usual to every group you’re part of. Be an effervescent team player.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Maybe your ego isn’t big enough. I’m serious. Is it possible that you could benefit from being more proud of yourself? Would it be healthy for you to give yourself more credit for the struggles you have weathered and the skills you have mastered and the beauty you have managed to forge out of the chaotic raw materials that life has given you? I’ve got a good feeling about this, Pisces. I can imagine you summoning the playful courage you will need to express more confidence. I can even picture you beginning to fantasize about embarking on certain stirring adventures you’ve never believed you were strong enough to try before now.
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15 MINUTES
BREZSNY’S
For the week of October 27, 2013
If you’ve ever had to have your dog or cat “put to sleep” you know how gut-wrenching it can be. The trauma is often compounded by having to drive a dying pet to a sterile and often noisy veterinary clinic for its final, harried minutes. Mobile veterinarian Keira Troxell’s St. Francis Veterinary Housecalls offers a less stressful, more peaceful option. She will come to you and help you and your pet spend its final moments in the comfort of your home. If, during her visit, it appears your pet has more time, Troxell will teach you how to care for it, massage it, administer pain medications and even perform acupuncture if needed. Visit online at www.stfrancishousecallvet.com, or call Troxell at 876-4094.
What got you started doing this? I used to work in a regular veterinary clinic, and euthanasia was always such a short, impersonal procedure, maybe 15 minutes, in a cold setting. It’s a horrible death for the pets, and the owners are one inch from breaking down, frequently dealing with a rushed receptionist. In my mobile practice, the owner and I determine the right time for their pet’s passing. It’s so important to have a good ending.
What do you like most about your job? Taking whatever time the owner needs, hearing how wonderful their pet was and seeing their animal relaxed at home. Cats seem to benefit the most, since they’re often terrified going to the vet. There’s a subtle taboo in society against grieving too much for an animal, but it’s an incredible bond that even friends
often don’t understand. For many people, their pet is their main relationship. I’m also a graphic artist, so afterward I also enjoy sending the owner a homemade condolence card with a graphic of their dog or cat on the front. I’d make a lot more income working in a vet clinic, but the trade-off is worth it.
Is euthanasia the bulk of your work? Yes, the vast majority of it. If I determine it is not needed, I only charge for a regular exam and travel—about $60-$70. I also substitute for veterinarians in town and love performing surgeries. On rare occasions, I instruct owners in hospice care to let their pet die naturally. But it’s a huge time commitment from the owner that often requires significant time off from work.
What’s the outlook for your practice? I’ll be doing this for the foreseeable future. I stay very busy, and if I expand, I might hire an associate. It may sound kind of morbid, but performing euthanasia in the best possible environment is my calling.
FROM THE EDGE
by Anthony Peyton Porter anthonypeytonporter@comcast.net
Old news I wasn’t gonna say anything about the police killing—sometimes referred to, in the interest of flimflam, as an “officerinvolved shooting”—of an unfortunate young delinquent not long ago in Chico, but I’ve changed my mind. An unarmed teenager, Breanne Michelle Sharpe, was killed by the Chico police, Sept. 22—just barely news these days. Reckless driving is now a capital offense in Chico, and what with smaller budgets all around, cops now do their bit for the crunch by eliminating the arrest, trial and conviction parts of the punishment system. They take care of the whole thing themselves, right up through execution. Very efficient, and sure to please the bean counters. The incompetence implied by but two of 19 rounds fired hitting the target is a separate issue. The cops killed her because they were scared. They actually said that. The first one on the scene said she was backing up fast toward him, although I say maybe not so much at him as just away from the utility pole she had just run into. I guess he thought she was backing up to run him over, and rather than get out of the way, he tried to kill her. As it happened, the car kept moving—probably even faster, according to a
forensic pathologist—after he shot her, apparently in the head, and she didn’t run him over after all. Oh, well. With two bullet wounds, she still had a slight pulse and was breathing shallowly, so they handcuffed her. I’m sorry Ms. Sharpe got herself killed. She was apparently loose around the edges and good judgment seems not to have been her long suit, and now she’s dead. For some of us, mistakes are fatal. Each of the three cops who shot at her said he was afraid. The only way Sharpe was gonna hurt any of them was with the car, so evidently all three were afraid she would run them over with her car (which was stolen, thus my judgment about hers). The cops must have been lined up, because I’m pretty sure Hondas go in only one direction at a time. When did fear get to be an excuse to kill somebody? We make it easier to murder people by rewarding the fearful with a license to kill and then a paid vacation to help them get over the trauma of taking a life and get back to work. The State of California used to pay for the scalps of Native Americans, so maybe this is progress. Sharpe had methamphetamine and amphetamine in her system. I haven’t heard yet what the cops had in theirs. November 27, 2013
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