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convenience store and what do you see? There’s usually a wall filled with every kind of tobacco product imaginable, most in colorful packaging and flavors like grape and bubble gum. You’ll also find a refrigerated case full of sodas, energy drinks and other sugary beverages. More refrigerated items include fruit-flavored alcoholic beverages and slushies in colorful packaging. On the counter, you’ll see small energy drinks (“shots”) alongside candy and gum. Aisle after aisle is filled with snack foods—things like chips, cookies, candy and other junk food. by Sound familiar? It should, as many Mark Lundberg convenience stores in Butte County fit this mold. A recent survey of tobacco The author, an M.D., retailers conducted by the Butte County is Butte County’s Health Department found that 90 percent health officer. of our convenience stores sell candy-, mint- or liquor-flavored tobacco products, and 90 percent sell alcohol. More than 70 percent of stores have unhealthy exterior advertising (mostly for tobacco, alcohol and sugary beverages) but only 10 percent have healthy exterior advertising. Less than half of stores sell nonfat or low-fat milk, and only 38 percent sell any fresh fruit or vegetables, yet three-quarters sell sugary beverages right at the checkout.

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Next week (April 7-13) is National Public Health Week, the perfect time to point out that most of our convenience stores are filled with all kinds of unhealthy products, and very few healthy options.

Why does this matter? It matters because consumption of these unhealthy products is making us sick and killing us. Over 18 percent of Butte County adults smoke, compared with 14 percent statewide, and we have high rates of lung cancer deaths to show for it. Almost two-thirds of Butte County adults are overweight or obese, and many have developed diabetes or heart disease as a result.

Some may argue that it is an individual’s responsibility to make healthy choices, and that is true. But it is also true that we are influenced by our environment, and our food environment has become unhealthy. It has become easier to buy fruit-flavored sugary beverages than to buy fresh fruit. It has become more convenient to buy alcohol than apples.

We can’t simply blame the retailers; they are just the middlemen. All of us—those who produce and promote unhealthy products, those who sell them, and those who consume them—have created this problem, and we will all need to work together to turn it around. Ω

insurance under the Affordable Care Act, some 7.1 million Americans had opted to do so, meeting the goal set by the Obama administration—despite the massive obstructionism created by Republicans and the initial meltdown of the federal healthcare.gov website.

Millions more have been found eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, and some 3 million young adults have been able to remain on their parents’ insurance until they’re 26.

Americans are beginning to realize that Obamacare is working.

Millions of formerly uninsured people now have the peace of mind of knowing that health care is available and affordable. Those with pre-existing medical conditions now can obtain insurance. Women are charged no more than men. Seniors don’t have to worry about the “donut hole” in Medicare’s prescription-drug coverage.

More good news: Costs are coming down. In a recent report, the Congressional Budget Office noted that the ACA is fostering fiscal responsibility; were it repealed today, federal deficits would increase by $1.7 trillion over the next 20 years, the CBO estimates.

And Obamacare is saving money in other ways. Hospital administrators across the country know how insistent the law is when it comes to reducing the number of Medicare readmissions. Each one costs $12,000 on average, and since January 2012 there have been 130,000 fewer readmissions. Do the math.

Transforming the American medical system is a huge undertaking. Obamacare isn’t perfect, and it will need tweaking as it goes along. But it’s on its way to becoming one of the foundational programs—like Social Security and Medicare—that make America better for everyone, including those who continue to obtain their health insurance through their employer. Ω

The right call Chico may not be near the sea, but that doesn’t mean the

single-use plastic bags we use here won’t end up in the Pacific, as was argued during the City Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday. Studies have shown that plastic bags, which are extremely buoyant, can travel hundreds of miles, via rivers and streams, to the ocean.

That’s one of the reasons the City Council should be commended for approving a ban on single-use plastic bags at large retailers and convenience stores that sell alcohol. The plastic bags in question pollute the environment, killing a variety of species of birds, turtles and other wildlife along our local waterways and out in the great Pacific. There, bits of plastic debris travel through the food chain and end up on our dinner plates.

Despite all of this havoc on our ecosystems, for some reason there remains opposition to curbing the use of this particular plastic product.

As you’ll read in this week’s council coverage (see “Getting personal,” Newslines, page 10), a majority of the panel voted at long last to approve a local ordinance restricting the use of such bags. The four council members who voted in favor of the new city ordinance did so in the face of personal attacks by members of the public as well as one of the council members who opposed the law. Indeed, things got ugly not only from the podium, but also from the dais.

Vice Mayor Mark Sorensen and Councilman Sean Morgan, who cast the dissenting votes, portrayed the law as cumbersome and a misallocation of staff time and resources. But the fact is, as was noted by city staff, the retailers will self-regulate. In other words, the city will not be responsible for enforcing the ban. The only city resources allocated to the ordinance beyond Tuesday’s vote include some notification to affected businesses and publicizing on the lead-up to implementation of the ordinance. The council made the right call, and our environment will be better for it. Ω

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Just kidding Tuesday morning around the CN&R office is always hectic, but this past Tuesday was especially so. Our email inboxes were overflowing with messages from readers worried about the Saturday farmers’ market being booted from its longtime home at the city-owned parking lot at Second and Wall streets.

Nobody in the office could figure out why we’d received the flood of messages. There had been no word from the City Council on any changes out of last week’s closed-session meeting. The subject was not on the council’s agenda this week. We were scratching our heads trying to figure out what exactly triggered such a response, like this one from a woman named Pam: “Would someone please find out what the heck is going on??? This is getting ridiculous!”

Then we heard the rumor: The council had held an emergency closed session and voted 4-3 to cancel the market’s franchise agreement, effective the end of April.

This isn’t the first rumor we’ve heard about the market since the city and Chico Certified Farmers’ Market officials came to an impasse on negotiating a new franchise agreement. One of the more recent ones is that the city is planning to sell that lot to a developer who wants to build townhouses at the site.

But back to that supposed emergency meeting. News Editor Tom Gascoyne and I were skeptical. We’d have heard about it. In fact, state law mandates that we’d have at least an hour’s notice. We were forwarded an email from a reputable source announcing the “eviction.” But it wasn’t adding up.

You’ll need to read Gascoyne’s report (see “Fooling with the market,” page 9) to get the full picture of what happened. But long story short, it was an April Fools’ Day prank by market insiders. The response from those who bought it, however, was telling. A lot of people love the farmers’ market. The question over the next couple of months is whether enough people love the market. CCFM representatives are currently gathering signatures to qualify a ballot initiative that asks Chico voters if they want the market to remain at Second and Wall streets. At this point, it’s unclear whether such a measure is legal. Even if it’s not, a vote of the people would once and for all give city leaders the clarity to know what their constituents want. I’ll look forward to some closure—at long last—on this issue.

In other news, our timing couldn’t have been better on this week’s cover story about conserving water. Yes, that was sarcasm. It was dry as a bone when we planned the package. But don’t think for a moment that this recent storm means the drought is over. We’re far from it. As of Tuesday, the snowpack was not quite a third of normal.

One last thing: I’m very happy to announce that Meredith J. Graham has returned to the CN&R’s editorial department as associate editor. Meredith is a fantastic copy editor and reporter and an all-around pleasure to work with. Welcome her back: meredithg@newsreview.com.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

Saluting the activist Re “Bird strikes back” (Editorial, March 20): As always, I salute Don Bird for staying after “James Wiley Nielsen”—aka Sen. Jim Nielsen.

Nielsen has lived in Woodland since 1969, and he has admitted that in various news reports. I know for a fact he used to live on Southwood Drive, both while a state senator (the first time around) and while appointed to the parole board.

Then, in 2004, he and his spouse bought a $997,000 home on Edgewood Court. Both addresses are in Woodland. And by buying a doublewide trailer in Gerber, he has been able to glean more tax-free per diem from the state than the 5-acre field and doublewide even cost.

Yet his real residence is Woodland, where that per diem would have been taxable. Can anyone say “tax evasion”?

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Blaming the liberals Re “The letters continue …” (Letters, by Laurel Heath, March 27): Why not tell the truth when writing letters?

The $151,000 the city spent on Measure A was caused by the liberal council failing to just put it on the ballot. They forced the signature gathering. Yeah, they were paid just like Andrew Merkel’s signature gatherers. And, no, $151,000 wouldn’t begin to hire two police officers.

If you want to spread the big, left-wing “I hate Larry [Wahl]” lie, just put it in honest words. Are you trying to see who can lie the most to people, you or Obama? He’s got you beat by a mile! It’s gotten to the point where the only way a Democrat can win an election is to lie to the people or bribe them. Laurel, you are an example of why millions are leaving both parties and becoming Independents.

RICK CLEMENTS Paradise

Goodbye, Anthony Re “See ya” (From the Edge, by Anthony Peyton Porter, March 27): Anthony Peyton Porter’s column was always the first thing I would read in the CN&R. Often, it was the last as well.

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Needless to say, the CN&R has lost a certain amount of depth and weight without an antidote From the Edge. Godspeed, Anthony. I wish you peace and love on the road—wherever it may take you.

MOLLY CONNELLY Chico

Double standards?

Re “Feminism and Catholicism” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, March 27) and “An apology, but no resignation” (Newslines, by Robert Speer, March 27): Wait. Microaggression police here. Can’t call the editor “girl” (would “You go, girl!” for an excellent editorial be OK?). But it’s OK for reporter [Robert Speer] to describe Stephanie Taber and Sue Hubbard as “scolds”?

MICHAEL JONES Chico

Editor’s note: Robert Speer referred not only to Taber and Hubbard as scolds, but also to two men: Michael Reilley and John Salyer.

Connecting the dots Re “Feminism and Catholicism” (Second & Flume, by Melissa Daugherty, March 27): Interesting combination of issues in Ms. Daugherty’s column.

First, she applauds the work of feminist Gloria Steinem (and rightly so). She then turns her attention to Pope Francis. “What’s not to like?” she asks as she applauds him for his smiles, humility and care for the downtrodden.

Trouble is, she fails to connect the dots. The new pope does smile a lot while he continues to deny about half of the world’s population (that would be women) any right to a leadership role in the Catholic church. (What would Gloria think/do?) He also probably smiled plenty as he turned over two of his priests in Argentina to be tortured by the junta’s sadists.

Their crime? They worked and lived among the downtrodden but from an “inappropriate ideology” (liberation theology).

Obviously for the new pope, the appropriate way to work for the poor is to stand around hands in the air waiting for the “trickle down effect.” How’s that working for them, pope? Ms. Daugherty, how about putting up this sign?: A woman without a man is like a pope without a conscience. She/he doesn’t require one. That connects the dots.

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Thanks and goodbye “An apology, but no resignation” (Newslines, by Robert Speer, March 27): I think it’s time for Mayor Scott Gruendl and Mary Goloff to step aside and let someone else have a try. Thanks for the service, but G&G should not flatter themselves into thinking that we cannot find better people. We certainly will!

SEAN H. WORTHINGTON Chico

Save the PO Re “Return to lender” (Newslines,

by Michele Chen, March 20): Michele Chen’s recent article on attempts to revitalize the U.S. Postal Service and benefit the average citizen deserves serious consideration by our Congress.

In addition to expanding the services offered by the USPS, Congress should also modify or remove the ridiculous requirement imposed several years ago requiring the USPS to pre-fund retirement/health care benefits for the next 75 years in 10 years! While there have been attempts to remove this absurd requirement, Congress (read the Republican House) has failed to act.

Our postal service is one of the few remaining manifestations of our “unity” and needs to be strengthened not weakened.

ALEX AICHINGER Paradise

Two sides of the story Re “Trauma in Gaza” (Newslines,

by Howard Hardee, March 20): The mainstream media consistently tells one side of the Israeli/Palestinian issue. There is another side. What Americans hear is, “Israel has a right to defend itself—period.” I ask, “And Palestinians don’t?”

Sure, I want Hamas to stop firing rockets and Palestinian youth to stop throwing rocks, but I also want an end to violations of Palestinian rights: the bulldozing of homes and olive orchards, the imprisonment of a people by an apartheid wall, long waits at checkpoints, total control of water and electricity and white phosphorus shelling the Palestinian population. These violations will not end while the Israel lobby controls the information we are fed.

Last fall I lived in the West Bank. In Wadi Fouquin, I met a 93-year-old man in a ramshackle cottage with a demolition order on his door. Nearby, Israeli colonists threw their trash, including urine and feces, down upon the villagers

and their crops. I observed many more examples of human degradation, yet I met not one Palestinian who believed that violence is the answer.

Many are awakening to these deplorable circumstances but as long as we permit the rich and powerful to define our reality, we will continue in our malaise.

JANE CASA Chico

Gaza continued Re “Two views on Gaza” (Letters,

by Nick Clark, March 27): I am amazed by Nick Clark’s gullible acceptance of Israel’s propaganda. He claims that when Israel bombs buildings in Gaza, they warn the people ahead of time, so that they only bomb empty buildings. What nonsense!

I suggest reading I Shall Not Hate, by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish.

During Operation Cast Lead, his home was bombed by the Israeli military and three of his daughters, along with one of his nieces, were killed.

Several days before, he saw an Israeli tank pointing its gun at his home, so he called one of his Israeli friends, who was a newscaster for Israeli TV, and told him that he feared a tank was about to hit his home. Then the tank went away, so Israel knew that the building was his home, but several days later they bombed his home anyway without warning.

The website “Remember These Children”—www.rememberthesechildren.org—keeps track of all the children being killed in this terrible conflict. They currently list 129 Israeli children and 1,521 Palestinian children killed since September 2000, the beginning of the first intifada.

SHARON FRITSCH Chico

Correction A story in last week’s Newslines section (“The ball is mightier,” by Howard Hardee) incorrectly stated that two Peace Corps volunteers had been killed by militants linked to al-Qaida in Niger, Africa, in 2011. In fact, two French nationals had been killed. In response, the Peace Corps pulled its volunteers from the region.

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California Highway Patrol is teaming with local law enforcement agencies to step up efforts to curb the use of cellphones while driving as part of the national Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign.

Studies have found that texting takes a driver’s eyes off the road for 4.6 seconds and can delay reaction time as severely as being legally drunk, according to a CHP press release. The release also warns of becoming a “cellphone zombie,” or failing to notice something in one’s field of vision as a result of hands-free or hand-held cellphone conversations Enforcement operations are scheduled for today, April 8, as well as April 17 and 22.

The minimum fine for operating a hand-held cellphone while driving is $161, with subsequent tickets costing at least $281.

THE END OF NEGOTIATIONS

Assistant City Manager Mark Orme announced during the City Council’s regular meeting Tuesday, April 1, that the city had reached agreements with the city’s two holdout bargaining units: the SEIU Trades and Crafts Unit and the Stationary Engineers Local 39, whose new three-year contracts will save the city about $363,000 and $82,000, respectively.

Orme noted that the savings is impressive given the size of the groups. Trade and crafts represents 48 members, while the Local 39 represents 11 city employees. He also pointed out the groups’ members are on the lower end of the pay scale in the context of city-employee salaries.

The six council members present (Councilwoman Mary Goloff was absent) voted unanimously to approve the new agreements. In total, recent negotiations across the nine groups add up to a savings of more than $4 million, Orme said.

OUTSIDE ATTORNEY HIRED

The Chico City Council has approved a contract to hire a City of Industry-based law firm for legal services previously provided by an in-house attorney. That attorney, Lori Barker, is retiring April 11. The council made the decision during its regular meeting Tuesday, April 1, contracting with AlvarezGlasman & Colvin, with attorney Vince Ewing (pictured) named city attorney. There will also be an assistant attorney and a deputy city attorney.

Mayor Scott Gruendl said any one of them will be in Chico an average of two days a week. Meanwhile, the city will retain an in-house paralegal position.

City Manager Brian Nakamura told the council that today’s technology includes “communication tools that almost make it appear like the individual is right here in city hall.”

The city will pay the firm a retainer of $25,000 per month, or 170 hours a month at $150 per hour. Barker alone was paid $263,000 per year, including benefits. The contract eliminates the other in-house attorney post and its associated costs.

Councilwoman Ann Schwab cast lone dissenting vote.

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Entitled to a voice A look at the county’s support network for victims of violent crimes and their families

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Donna Teifer, had been stabbed to death while she slept in her home on the west side of Chico. by Not only that, the ensuing Howard Hardee investigation implicated Donna’s son, Adam Jacob, as the howardh@ murderer. Within days of his newsreview.com mother’s killing, Jacob was arrested by Butte County sheriff’s deputies.

During a recent phone interview with the CN&R, Joe, who lives in New Jersey, said that his family is scattered around the country, with brothers in Louisiana and Virginia and a sister in New Jersey. Donna’s closest surviving relative, her daughter, lives in Utah. Due to the distances involved, Joe said, the logistics of arranging a funeral, managing his sister’s estate and cleaning up her house became overwhelming.

But when Joe’s wife and sisA place ter flew to Chico a couple for victims: months after Donna’s death, Go to www.buttecounty. they met with Monica O’Neil, a net/da/victim.htm coordinator for the Butte County for more Victim/Witness Assistance Ceninformation on ter, and Mark Murphy, the services provided deputy district attorney proseby the Butte County cuting the case. From that point Victim/Witness forward, Joe said, the family Assistance Center. was in good hands.

“Being close to the case without being there was probably the most important thing to us, to understand what was going on as the case moved forward,” he said.

Keeping victims and their families in the know during court proceedings is an important part of what the California Victim Compensation Program (CalVCP) is designed to do, O’Neil said.

“Part of our program is advocacy; we alert victims to what’s going on in court,” she said. “Sometimes victims want to participate in every phase of the case. We escort them to court, sit with them in court and explain what’s happening. If there’s a delay in the case, we tell them why.”

That support, Joe said, was invaluable during the emotionally draining multipleday trial, which he attended with his wife and sister this past February.

“The first day of the trial, they told us what to expect in the courtroom, how to act, they sat with us, they monitored us in terms of our emotions,” he said. “I just can’t imagine going though [the trial] without a compassionate ally.”

Two of those allies—Murphy and Jason Miller, a Butte County sheriff’s detective—will soon receive awards for “going above and beyond in providing services to victims,” said District Attorney Mike Ramsey. The pair will be honored on Wednesday, April 9, during a celebration for victims, witnesses and their families at the Board of Supervisors chambers (25 County Center Drive

in Oroville).

Additionally, three local victims will speak on their experience in the criminal justice system, while the Butte County Deputy District Attorneys’Association will pay tribute to a victim and a witness who have demonstrated “extraordinary courage,” Ramsey said. The celebration starts at 2 p.m.

CalVCP has been using money

collected through criminal fines to support victims of violent crime since 1974, O’Neil said. In addition to advocacy services, the program offers financial help with medical and mental health treatment, relocation and even crime scene cleanup, O’Neil said. More recently, California codified the rights of victims with Marsy’s Law, or the Victims’ Bill of Rights Act of 2008.

Prior the bill’s passage, “victims would be involved in a crime, but the defendants seemed to have all the rights,” O’Neil said. “All the continuances were allowed in court for defense purposes, but the victims were often left out of the picture and didn’t know what was happening.

“Marsy’s Law is what gives victims information, advocacy and guidance when they’re going through the system.”

Until January 2012, the Victim/Witness Assistance Center was under the umbrella of Butte County Probation. The arrangement had its drawbacks: Occasionally, victims or witnesses would find themselves in the waiting room right

alongside the person who committed the crime against them.

Now the center is under the same roof as the District Attorney’s Office, victims don’t have to worry about bumping into their aggressor, and it’s been much easier for victims to arrange a meeting with the prosecutor working their case or to meet up with an escort prior to a court appearance, O’Neil said.

For the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2013, the Victim/Witness Assistance Center provided financial help to 3,119 victims in Butte County, paying out a total of just more than $770,000 in compensation funds. Of those who received assistance, most were either domestic violence or assault victims, while physical and sexual abuse of children, robbery, adult sexual assault, DUIs resulting in injuries or death, and elder abuse were prevalent but less common.

In the months leading up to the

trial, Joe and his family utilized many of the services offered through CalVSP. O’Neil referred Joe to a local attorney to manage Donna’s estate and a company to clean up her house after the murder.

Donna’s cremation and funeral service were covered through the program, as was mental health counseling for every member of the family.

“We work closely with the counseling community here in Butte County,” Ramsey said. “We have a long list of family counselors who get paid from this fund, and also a number of them who do probono work.”

The Victim/Witness Assistance Center also helped Joe and his family craft impact statements, which he said was “very important for our mental well-being.” “[Victims] are entitled to this voice in the court, particularly at the time of sentencing,” O’Neil said. “They’ll write a statement about what the crime has done to them and their lives, and oftentimes they will speak at the sentence hearing. It can be incredibly compelling.”

During the trial, O’Neil was at the family’s side, explaining legal processes and what to expect next, while Murphy was clear about what he was trying to accomplish in court from the beginning, Joe said. “When [Jacob] was found guilty, we already knew what the sentence was going to be.”

That sentence, handed down on March 19, was 26 years to life in prison. Before a 12-person jury, Murphy established that Jacob acted out of fear of losing custody of his son. Jacob’s wife was divorcing him, and Donna apparently sided with her daughter-in-law, according to a note written by Donna found at the crime scene.

“Donna was fearful for the child’s life and had petitioned the court to make sure her daughter-in-law had custody of her grandchild,” Joe said. “Her grandchild was the center of her life, and she did not trust that child in [Jacob’s] presence.

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Fooling with the market

Former Chico Mayor Michael McGinnis (left) and Cheryl King, spokeswoman for Friends of the Farmers’ Market, explaining plans this past December to qualify an initiative that would ask voters to decide the future of the Saturday Chico Certified Farmers’ Market.

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n email sent April 1 regarding the future Aheadlined, of Chico’s Saturday farmer’s market was “URGENT Farmer’s Market

CANCELED.” The message read, “Following an emergency closed session meeting of the Chico City Council, in a vote of 4-3, the Saturday Morning Downtown Chico Farmers Market has been CANCELED, effective at the end of the month.”

Those who failed to scroll to the bottom of the message missed this important explanation: “This has been a test of the emergency APRIL FOOLS alert system. Had this been an actual emergency it would be December 1, 2014, and the Market WOULD BE CANCELED at the end of the month.”

The email was sent by Natalie Carter, office manager for the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market, at the suggestion of Richard Coon, chairman of the CCFM’s board of directors. The announcement was also posted to the CCFM’s website.

The joke is grounded in the ongoing effort by market supporters to qualify a ballot measure for the November election that would give the market a six-year lease and expanded use of the municipal parking lot at Second and Wall streets, where it has resided for the past 21 years.

Some downtown merchants say the market takes up too many parking spaces during its Saturday morning run and should move.

Suggestions for a new location include the parking lot that serves city hall between Fourth and Fifth streets just west of Flume Street, just south of its current location.

The market folks say that lot will not serve their needs in part because the parking stalls are too shallow to accommodate their vending stalls.

Relations between the city and the market soured last year when an ad-hoc group was formed to try to find a solution. But market supporters, including a group called Friends of the Farmers’ Market, questioned the process. The CCFM’s board of directors sent a letter that said the market would not take part in discussions under the proposed conditions. Now the market’s franchise agreement is set to expire at the end of this year.

City Attorney Lori Barker said the initiative being circulated does not comply with the state constitution in that it specifically “identifies a private corporation that may perform any function or have any power or duty.”

The CCFM’s attorney, Keith Wagner of Sacramento, in a memorandum to market supporter and former Chico Mayor Karl Ory, identifies the part of the constitution Baker is referring to as Article II, section 12. According to Wagner, that part of the constitution says, “No… statute proposed to the electors… by initiative, that … names or identifies any private corporation to perform any function or to have any power or duty, may be submitted to the electors or have any effect.”

He explained that the “initiative measure spells out the details and terms of the farmers market’s operation, and does not grant

SIFT|ER Parties divided on death Though a majority of Americans still favor the death penalty for convicted murderers, support for capital punishment has been in steady decline since 1996, according to a Pew Research Center survey. In 1996, 78 percent of Americans favored the death penalty, while 18 percent were opposed; that gap narrowed in 2013 to 55 percent in favor and 37 percent opposed. As usual, the researchers found a significant difference in opinion depending on political party affiliation—71 percent of Republicans support the death penalty, compared with 45 percent of Democrats.

CCFM the types of prospective, governmental consultation and decision-making powers that have caused other measures to run afoul of Article II, Section 12.”

At a March 25 City Council meeting, a group of market supporters showed up because they’d been told the matter would be discussed during a closed-session council meeting. Ory said Barker, who is retiring April 11, had told him the initiative did not conform to the state constitution and that she would be informing the council of that during that closed session. But the council didn’t act on the matter. Only five of the seven council members participated in that part of the closed session because Mary Goloff was absent and Ann Schwab recused herself because she is part owner of a downtown business.

Vice Mayor Mark Sorensen said at this point the council has nothing planned.

“We hope the farmers’ market folks actually want to talk about and negotiate with the city,” he said. “If they don’t want to talk to you, it makes it tough. This is like a waste hauler putting on an initiative to become the sole franchise to serve the city of Chico.”

Barker said the council would have to decide whether to go to court to challenge the petition.

“There’s probably two ways to do that,” she said. “One is to just file a complaint to have it declared improper so it won’t be put on the ballot or you can actually challenge the improper initiative at any time, so that even if it were to go to the voters, it could be challenged then.”

Mayor Scott Gruendl said the important thing is to let the public know what is going on.

“For government to say, ‘We’re not even going to let you collect signatures’ is a pretty harsh thing to be doing regardless of the legalities of the petition,” he said. “The perception would automatically be that we are messing with the democratic process. I think it’s kind of cool in a way that we can raise the question and just do it in a way that people are provided with some additional information and can make the decision on their own.”

—TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

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A lack of decorum displayed by members of the public, whose comments at the podium included personal attacks, prompted those words from the mayor. He was primarily responding to council regulars Stephanie Taber and Michael Reilley, both of whom took the opportunity to single out specific people and chide the panel about the city’s financial failings.

“I kind of wish we would have spent all this time [talking] about financial matters, and not about plastic bags. I’m sorry, but this is ridiculous,” said Taber, who’s kept a file on the proposed bag ban since 2011. “When we are in so much trouble we paid no attention to our financial matters and paid all this time with Ann Schwab who can’t possibly look up from her computer, because she’s just so enamored with herself.”

Taber eventually got back on topic, going on to say that the city should move forward only if forced to in the event that state lawmakers approve a bag ban. As was noted during the meeting, Senate Bill 270 aims to do just that.

reusable bag manufacturer ChicoBag and the lone advocate of the ban among the eight members of the public who spoke on the agenda item. Keller noted that his company employs 27 people, and that the ban would help grow his business, creating more employment opportunities in Chico, including jobs at other local bag-makers.

Keller said that Chico, should it approve the ban, would be the 75th community in the state to do so. He also made a commitment to donate bags (though he wasn’t specific on a number) to residents who could not afford an adequate one. He’d given away 10,000 in San Jose, he said.

A few minutes later, Keller was followed by insurance agent Reilley, a longtime council attendee and staunch opponent of so-called nanny laws. Like Taber, Reilley made a point of bringing the city’s financial issues into the picture. He went on to say that the retailers’ costs due to bookkeeping related to the ban would be passed on to customers.

Reilley also took issue with ChicoBag’s business model.

“ChicoBags, give what you want to give,” said Reilley, turning to face Keller. “Why not bring the jobs you have in China to Chico? I have my ChicoBag and let me tell you what their label states in it:

Built in China with love. I’d love to have those jobs in Chico. Maybe if they were here that would help Chico’s revenue get out of the financial problems they’ve got.”

Gruendl chimed in moments later with his gentle reminder to the public to not make things personal.

“We can disagree, but this is about criticizing policy. It is not about people. And, actually, our rules in this chamber are about focusing on what’s good or bad about policy and not directing it at individuals,” he said.

Despite the mayor’s plea, further recrimination came from the dais.

Vice Mayor Mark Sorensen called the issue a time-waster and he, too, singled out Schwab. “As far as the sponsor, Ms. Schwab, I wish you’d spent a tenth of the time learning about city finances rather than a plastic bag ban,” he said. Sorensen and Councilman Sean Morgan made futile attempts to kill the ordinance.

After some clarification from city staff that the law would not adversely affect the city’s coffers and two amendments by Gruendl to push back the implementation date to Jan. 1, 2015, rather than October, for the big-boxes and pharmacies and the following January for convenience stores, the panel, with Councilwoman Mary Goloff absent, voted to introduce the ordinance. Sorensen and Morgan cast the dissenting votes.

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Transforming community Week-plus series of events puts spotlight on transgender issues hile a visit to the dentist can be a source W of anxiety for most people, Ian Ruddell finds it particularly vexing, to the degree that he’s endured terrible pain since losing a filling four months ago rather than face his fear and book an appointment.

“When doctors walk into a room and see I have a different legal name and gender identity than what’s on my paperwork, they often just don’t know what to do with me,” said Ruddell, outreach and education coordinator at Chico’s Stonewall Alliance Center and a transgender male. “At the very least I’m going to have to out myself as trans and explain a lot to the doctors, all the way down to how I would like to be addressed.”

Ruddell, one of the organizers of Chico’s first Trans Week, which began with a proclamation by Mayor Scott Gruendl at the March 25 City Council meeting and continues through Saturday, offered his tooth pain as a minor example of more serious health care issues faced by transgender people.

“Trans men have issues with ovarian and cervical cancer, because we don’t get pap smears or other exams, and that’s largely because if our gender marker has changed, health care coverage won’t provide for that,” he continued. “With myself, for example, testosterone levels in my blood are the same as a biological man but I still have all of the female body parts, so there are complications with blood pressure, heart disease, kidney failure and other issues that come along with hormones.”

Since even well-meaning and LGBTQfriendly health care professionals might not be aware of health issues unique to the trans community, the Trans Week’s schedule includes a number of events geared toward health care and coverage. Events have included a forum on health care at Stonewall’s headquarters, and training sessions for health care professionals.

Other Trans Week events focus on

visibility, acceptance of, and celebrating the community, explained Thomas Kelem, executive director at Stonewall Alliance and another Trans Week organizer.

“It’s really important because the trans community is so hidden, targeted, lacking in resources, misunderstood and attacked,”

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Kelem said.

“Most people know a trans person but don’t even realize it,” Ruddell added. “This is bringing visibility to the fact that we’re around and we need support.”

Kelem noted there are two major international observances focused on the transgender community every year—Transgender Day of Remembrance for victims of violence on Nov. 20 and Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31. Kelem, who said he intends Chico’s Trans Week to continue as an annual event, said his group chose to anchor the local events around the latter to “do something that brings out the positive and educates people, rather than just try to make people feel sorry for us.”

To make more than a week’s worth of activities happen, Stonewall Alliance collaborated with several other organizations, including Chico State’s Gender & Sexuality Equity Center (GSEC), which organized the TRANSforming Communities Conference on March 29.

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Trans Week’s final event is a questionand-answer session for parents scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 5, at Catalyst Domestic Violence Services.

“Parents want to support their children, and children are coming out as trans earlier and earlier, but they also don’t know what to do,” Kelem said. “An opportunity like that, where parents can come ask the questions that nobody else has answers to, is very valuable and special.”

A UCLA study in 2011 suggests that about .3 percent of the American population identifies as transgender, with 3.5 percent identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual.

Chico’s trans population is quite active, according to Kelem.

“Of the groups [Stonewall] provides service for, our Thursday night trans group is the largest and most consistently attended,” he said. “It’s a large population, and sadly so invisible that even we in the LGBTQ community don’t know just how large for sure.”

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Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act recently topped 6 million nationwide, but support for President Obama’s health care law is at its lowest level since the legislation was passed four years ago.

An Associated Press survey founds that only 26 percent of Americans support the ACA, but even fewer—13 percent—think the law will be entirely repealed. The law’s requirement that all Americans must have health coverage or face a fine at tax time remains unpopular, while health exchange websites continue to be marred by technical issues. Of respondents who said they or someone in their household had signed up for coverage, 59 percent reported having technical difficulties.

House Republicans have already made more than 50 attempts to repeal, defund or scale back the ACA, while Democrats have begun a campaign with a message of fixing the law to make it work better.

HEALTHLINES

In crisis, must travel With no inpatient care nearby, the challenges of treating children in psychiatric crisis are great

HOMELESS AND UNINSURED

Many homeless individuals in California are not taking advantage of their newfound Medi-Cal eligibility.

Under the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of Medi-Cal, 1.4 million California residents are eligible for the program, including more than half of the state’s homeless population, according to HealthyCal.org. But homeless people have been hesitant to use the coverage, turning instead to no-cost medical clinics.

Likely reasons the homeless haven’t enrolled in Medi-Cal or used their coverage include: discomfort in traditional medical settings; lack of understanding about the Medi-Cal enrollment process; uncertainty about whether they qualify for Medi-Cal; and inability to provide birth certificates, drivers licenses or Social Security cards.

SKIPPING SLEEP BAD FOR BRAINS

Prolonged lack of sleep could be more serious than previously thought, a study involving mice suggests.

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine kept the mice on sleep patterns similar to those of night workers—three consecutive night shifts with only four to five hours of sleep in each 24-hour period—finding that the mice permanently lost 25 percent of brain cells in part of the brain stem, according to BBC News.

The study’s authors said that the next step in research would be looking at the brains of nightshift workers after death for signs of damage, and suggested medicine could be developed in the future to protect the brain from the side-effects of lost sleep. “[Mice] might be simple animals, but this suggests to us that we are going to have to look very carefully in humans,” said Sigrid Veasey of the Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology.

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hen Chico pediatrician Craig

Corp saw a newly released study on psychiatric hospitalizations for children and teens, he was surprised by the results—namely that nearly 1 in 10 patients under age 18 are admitted for a mentalhealth condition.

“I find it a bit hard to believe,” he said.

“That certainly is not the case locally.”

Technically, the local number is zero, because Butte County has no inpatient facility for pediatric psychiatry. Enloe Medical Center and Butte County Behavioral Health have wards for adults only.

When kids or adolescents need hospitalization, they are forced to go elsewhere—usually to Sacramento or the Bay Area.

But that’s not what Corp meant. While the need for psychiatric care is great, the local incidence of hospitalization may not be as high as the study’s national statistic.

“About 25 percent of children have psychiatric disorders, about the same as in adults. Fortunately, inpatient-stay needs are not terribly common,” Corp said. “I think each pediatrician, in Chico at least, refers only a couple of cases a year for inpatient treatment, usually after a significant suicide attempt. For a significant crisis of one sort or another, [a pediatrician will see] maybe five or six a year.”

As one of just three pediatric psychiatrists in Butte County, Dr. Welby Nielsen sees more. His estimate is between two and six patients in crisis per month, “but it might be in a three-day period I get four of those.”

For inpatient care, Nielsen needs to refer families to a big-city hospital, where staff psychiatrists will treat the patient.

“It’s a fairly significant issue,” Nielsen said. “Parents have a harder time sending their kids a fair distance out of the area; having your 12-year-old or 15-year-old who’s in crisis that far away is a big challenge.

“The other issue that comes up is part of the work that you do [as a psychiatrist] is get families involved in the process. It’s that much more challenging if you want to have a family meeting every day, but mom and dad have to travel four hours round trip in order to be in a meeting for an hour.

That’s a significant chunk of time for families that work.”

Another challenge is finding a hospital willing and able to admit young patients.

Scott Kennelly, assistant director of clinical services for Butte County Behavioral Health, said local families may travel as far as Southern California, particularly if their child is under 10 years old.

“If a patient is bad off, but not acutely suicidal,” Corp said, “it can take a month

or more before they can be admitted for inpatient treatment.”

Local options for kids in crisis con-

sist of the county’s crisis stabilization unit (CSU)—which can hold a patient for only 23 hours before having to transfer him or her—and intensive outpatient treatment from Butte County Behavioral Health or an acute-care psychiatric practice.

Behavioral Health, which operates the CSU, sees far more youth in crisis: an average of more than 60 a month (1,131 between July 2012 and December 2013).

Around eight a month (93 from July 2012 through June 2013) need to travel out of the county for inpatient treatment.

Considering the benefits, offering inpatient care close to home would seem like a no-brainer.

“Frankly, there are not enough pediatric admissions for a facility just for them,” Corp said. “If the teens could be

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admitted to an adult facility that certainly would help.”

The problem there, Kennelly said, apart from state regulations and licensing, is safety.

“The concern you have when you mix youth and adults is the issue of victimization as well as presentation [of symptoms],” he said. “A depressed adult is very different than a depressed youth … and you run into issues of a youth potentially being preyed upon sexually or physically.”

Inpatient pediatric psychiatry requires more intensive staffing than inpatient adult psychiatry, which means a greater expense.

Butte County has discussed a regional facility with nearby counties, Kennelly said, but no specific plans are in place.

For the study on psychiatric

hospitalization, published in the April issue of the medical journal Pediatrics, researchers at UC San Francisco analyzed information from two national databases. Of the juvenile patients with mentalhealth conditions, 44.1 percent get hospitalized for depression, accounting for $1.3 billion in hospital charges each year.

The second most common diagnosis is bipolar disorder, at 18.1 percent, costing $702 million annually. Third is psychosis, at 12.1 percent, costing $540 million.

Anxiety and depression are common conditions locally, while psy-

Notable numbers: 8,300: Pediatric psychiatrists nationwide 15 million: Children and adolescents needing care 22,000: Pediatric psychiatrists needed* 24 percent: Increase in hospitalizations from 2007-10 *Shortfall by 2015 Sources: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; American Psychiatric Association; UC San Francisco

chosis is more rare.

With inpatient facilities so removed from the North State, Kennelly said Behavioral Health is working with primary care providers to diagnose conditions earlier. In addition, thanks to grant funding from the state, the county is placing mental-health clinicians in hospitals to help emergencyroom staff delineate between physical and psychiatric symptoms.

“No one wants to send kids out of the county,” Kennelly said. “Our emphasis, knowing we don’t have inpatient units around here, is prevention—trying to keep them from having to go out of county.” Ω Independent reporting for this story was made possible through a grant from HealthyCal.org.

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The number of new wind energy farms installed in the U.S. plummeted in 2013 compared with the year before, according to a new report.

Figures released by Navigant Research reveal that just more than 1 gigawatt of new wind capacity came online in 2013, down from 13 gigawatts of new wind energy in 2012, according to Grist.com.

At the end of 2013, Congress let a wind energy tax credit expire that had been established by the Energy Policy Act of 1992. The report blamed a “politically divided Congress” that “failed to extend tax incentives in time to positively impact the 2013 development and construction cycle.” The credit was worth 2.3 cents per kilowatt hour; a one-year extension would have cost $6 billion.

Meanwhile, the U.S. subsidizes fossil fuels to the tune of $502 billion per year, according to a report from the International Monetary Fund.

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SIGHTS SET ON METHANE

President Obama’s administration recently announced a plan to cut emissions of methane gas, which account for about 9 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, according to government estimates.

As a heat-trapping gas, methane is about 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over the course of a century. Emissions have been in decline since 1990, but experts project they will rise again by 2030 as the U.S. expands production of oil and shale gas, according to The Washington Post. Dan Utech, a special assistant to the president for energy and climate change, said the proposal relies on “costeffective, voluntary actions and commonsense standards” to curb methane emissions.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin assessing major sources of methane from the oil and gas industry this spring and will issue regulations on new landfills this summer. Any new limits on oil and gas production would become law at the end of 2016.

NO (SHARK FIN) SOUP FOR YOU!

California’s ban on the possession or sale of shark fins was upheld by a federal judge last week.

The ban, passed in 2011, was challenged as discriminatory against the Chinese community—which considers shark fin soup a delicacy—and exceeding the state’s authority to regulate fishing, according to SFGate.com.

As federal law prohibits finning—the removal of fins from live sharks—but not the possession or sale of shark fins, President Obama’s administration briefly supported the lawsuit, maintaining that the California law hindered a commercial fishing market that federal regulations are designed to preserve.

Following discussions with state Fish and Wildlife officials, the administration changed its stance, telling the court that the state and federal laws could be balanced; U.S. District Judge William Orrick III of San Francisco cited the federal government’s reversal in upholding the state law.

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Tyoung chickens made the trip from a Butte County free-range egg farm—which wo weekends ago, hundreds of

went out of business and needed to rid itself of 1,800 laying hens—to a pick-up location at a Bay Area ranch-supply store.

That same weekend, 15 of the birds made the reverse trip to Chico.

“It was a good two hours down there, and we got traffic even on a Saturday,” said Leslie Corsbie, owner of Chico-based Performance Landscape & Design, of the trip to pick up the hens. She and her son, 15-year-old Josh Corsbie, were two of hundreds of Northern California residents answering the call of Animal Place, a Grass Valley-based animal sanctuary that coordinated the effort to find adoptive homes.

Kim Sturla, executive director of Animal Place, said that the birds not adopted

by April 6 likely would be gassed. As a result, Animal Place received an overwhelming response from the public. In fact, on the first weekend of adoptions, the demand actually outpaced the nonprofit’s ability to supply hens, leaving many would-be adopters frustrated and birdless.

“Personally, I was just happy we were able to get there and help the girls,” said Corsbie, who had registered online to adopt. “Patience is necessary with this type of situation.”

Corsbie didn’t know the exact condition of the birds before committing to adoption.

When she arrived in Vacaville, she found a livestock trailer packed with white plastic crates, each crate holding around 10 hens.

Adopters checked in at a table and then lined up to receive whatever hens were next unloaded. The birds cost between $5 and $7 to adopt.

Speaking the day after picking up the hens, Corsbie explained she decided to act because she didn’t want the chickens to die. As she spoke, the chickens pecked at the ground of their coop, shaded by a

Leslie Corsbie with ones of the hens she adopted from Animal Place. Altogether, she took in 15 birds.

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blooming magnolia tree and a prolific rosebush, in Corsbie’s backyard a few blocks from Bidwell Junior High.

“I don’t know, it strikes my heart,” she said. “They need a chance to have a decent life, and just be chickens.”

The 15 birds she ended up with vary in health and are under a year old.

“We have some really pretty ones, and we have some messed up ones,” said Josh, while cradling a chicken in his arm inside their coop. “She’s the kind of beat-up one,” he said, pointing to a hen with large swaths of feathers missing from her back. Corsbie is treating her skin lesions with an herbal skin remedy. All the birds were alert and active around the coop.

In addition to the public showing

up to offer homes to the hens, various “flock partners”—including multiple humane societies and animal shelters, including the Sacramento SPCA—picked up birds to bring to their own shelters for adoption.

The organization had an online application process to assure that adopters intend to care for the hens for the duration of their lives, including after egg production has declined or ceased. The adoption campaign

started March 11, and by March 27, the nonprofit’s website announced that all 1,800 hens had found homes.

Animal Place has done large-scale rescues before, including a 3,000-hen rescue last year. In that particular case, Sturla said, the organization still has several hundred birds in its care, despite many of the birds being flown to the East Coast for adoption.

She said the rescue from the Butte County egg farm—a free-range farm whose name and exact location were not released—is a first for the group since the hens didn’t need rehabilitation prior to adoption. This would not be the case had the birds been raised in battery cages.

“Ninety-eight percent [of the egg industry’s hens] are kept in battery cages … oftentimes stacked on top of one another, housed inside large warehouses, where they can house tens of thousands” of egg-laying hens during their brief lives, Sturla explained. “Of all the animal industry, it is

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probably the most horrific.”

Hens that may never have been outside or stretched their wings in their lives need to learn how to roost and be given time to build their atrophied muscles. Sturla said this takes at least a month in Animal Place facilities. She said the hens from the Butte County egg farm were adoptable immediately because they were used to being outside.

“They’re used to going into the barn to roost at night, so they’re far, far healthier than when we rescue from a battery operation,” Sturla explained.

Although Sturla believes the

chickens should’ve been used to roosting, Corsbie found her chickens sleeping outside, instead of

making their way into the coop on their first night. “They were really easy to move last night. We came out with flashlights,” Corsbie said.

“They just didn’t know where to go,” added Josh.

One thing they do know how to do is lay eggs.

“When we came to lock them up, they had three,” said Josh. “In here this morning there were four more!” added Corsbie.

Animal Place’s website is now maintaining a wait list for future hen rescues; they also have some hens from previous rescues up for adoption.

“We’re trying to find adopters who have a respect for, compassion for, and interest in the chickens for being chickens. That isn’t everybody, and that is why the adoption process is a slow one for us, and we don’t adopt them to everybody,” Sturla said. “We see these chickens … having the right to have a wonderful life as much as my dog or cat.”

Yet, Sturla believes that future large-scale rescues will continue to be on the horizon. She encourages backyard farmers to consider rescuing chickens before purchasing chicks from a breeder, drawing parallels to dog and cat rescue: “The motto is, adopt from a shelter, adopt from a rescue group, don’t go to a pet store, don’t go to a breeder and buy an animal … We have a lot of chickens that need homes. It’s kind of a win-win for everybody.

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Let’s get serious Butte County must start curbing water use ... or else

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n the North State, when we talk about water, we talk about it from a standpoint of ownership. That’s because far-Northern California is the point of origin for the water heading through the State Water Project— the world’s largest water-conveyance system. About threequarters of the state’s supply comes from this area, and about 80 percent of that is used to feed thirsty municipalities and agricultural interests south of Sacramento.

In recent years, growing communities outside of this region have become increasingly reliant upon Northern California water at a time when supplies have dwindled. So reliant, in fact,

that there is concern there’s not enough to go around. In short, even the North State is in danger of going dry.

For years, local water experts have been talking about protecting our water resources. Yet, residents and elected leaders haven’t heeded their warnings. As you’ll read in this special package on the importance of conservation, our groundwater health is inextricably tied to our surface-water supplies. Both are in peril. We can no longer simply talk about solutions. It’s time to take action.

Ten ways to conserve CN&R’s tips for cutting your consumption Every time you turn on the tap, there’s potential to waste water. Whether you’re reaching for the faucet in the bathroom or kitchen or the spigot out in the yard, be mindful each and every time you use water.

But conservation goes beyond the faucet, too. Here are everyday ways you can cut your water use.

1.

In the bathroom. Don’t waste water by letting the shower steam up the room before you hop in. There’s no need to run water while brushing your teeth. Same goes for shaving. Fill the sink with a few inches of water to rinse your razor. As for showers, take shorter ones. Keep in mind that a four-minute rinse uses 20 to 40 gallons. Make your own low-flush toilet by filling a half-gallon plastic bottle with water and pebbles and placing it in the tank. The weighted bottle will displace water, saving gallons each day.

2.

In the kitchen. Cut down on using your garbage disposal. Running it wastes a lot of water. Plus, much of what’s going down the 18 CN&R April 3, 2014

drain can go into a compost pile or the garbage can. Doing dishes by hand is also wasteful if you’re letting water run the whole time. Instead, soak and scrub the dishes in a sink filled with hot soapy water.

Afterward, place them in a dish rack and rinse them with a sink sprayer. Or, if you have dual sinks, use one side for soapy water and the other for rinse water.

3. Doing laundry. Do a large load rather

than multiple small loads. Using cold water also saves. And consider hooking up a split line, so that you can divert graywater to trees, shrubs and other plants. Always use eco-friendly detergent brands.

4.

At the hose. Grab a broom, rather than a hose, to sweep patios, walkways and driveways. Likewise, use a bucket of soapy water to wash your vehicles, and rinse them with a spray nozzle. Park your car on the lawn to water it at the same time. Or, better yet, save more water by heading to a commercial car-washer. Bathe your pets outside in a trough and dump the rinse water on thirsty plants.

5.

About that lawn. Let it go dormant in the wintertime. During summer, water in

the early morning to avoid evaporation.

Water only as needed. Keep the grass mowed at a height no shorter than 2 inches and leave the clippings on the lawn to hold in moisture.

6.

Creative landscaping. Consider going without a lawn or reducing its size. Get creative with drought-resistant and shade-providing trees, as well as other native drought-tolerant greenery. Integrate stone and brick and other design elements into the landscaping for a one-of-a-kind look.

Install drip-irrigation in place of sprinklers, when possible. Use mulch to retain moisture around plants.

7.

Save the rain. Consider setting up a rainwater-catchment device. It’s basically a barrel that attaches to the rain gutter. The idea is to capture runoff for reuse later in your yard or garden.

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Make the switch. If you can afford it, swap out dated, water-guzzling appliances and hardware for new water-saving and energy-efficient models. Front-loading washing machines save 20 gallons, on average, per load. Dishwashers are more efficient than handwashing. Low-flow and dual-

flush toilets are water-savers. Low-flow shower heads are great, too, and they’re inexpensive. But if you cannot afford one, Cal Water will provide not one, but two, in its conservation kit. It includes other items, such as a hose nozzle, too.

9.

Check for leaks. One easy way to conserve water is to simply check your home for leaky pipes and faucets. Those drips add up to a whole lot of water over time.

Repairing them will not only conserve water, but also money.

10.

Buy used. Water is used in the manufacturing of goods, so curbing the amount of products you purchase, from plastic to steel, will greatly reduce your water footprint. One way to do this is to purchase used items. So, go out and spend your dough at thrift and antique stores whenever possible. Recycling also reduces water consumption. Ω

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DThe recent rainstorms and lush springtime rought?

What drought?

greenery popping up all over Butte County make concerns about California’s ongoing drought—called the worst in 500 years by some—seem like a not-so-distant memory.

But after more than a decade of unusually dry conditions capped by 2013, the driest year on record for many parts of California, many monitoring wells throughout Butte County remain at or near historic recorded lows, said Christina Buck, a water scientist with Butte County’s Department of Water and Resource Conservation.

“People get excited when it rains,” said Nani Teves, watershed program coordinator for Butte Environmental Council. “I do too— it greens up the landscape for the short-term, but we need to realize that we aren’t drinking today’s rainwater, we aren’t irrigating our fields with today’s rainwater, and deep-rooted oaks are not surviving throughout the summer on today’s rainwater. Our community is Tools for conservation:

Cal Water offers customers free waterconservation kits, including two high-efficiency showerheads, one hose nozzle, two bathroom faucet aerators, toilet leak tablets and one kitchen faucet aerator.

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Christina Buck, a water resources scientist with Butte County’s Department of Water and Resource Conservation.

dependent on groundwater that is hundreds of years old.”

In other words, it will take much more than a short-term wet weather pattern for Butte County’s groundwater basin to rebound. As such, conservation remains an important means of preserving the county’s groundwater resources.

“Given groundwater conditions going into this third [consecutive] dry year,” Buck said, “using water wisely and conserving use of groundwater will benefit the basin and everyone who relies on it.”

In Chico, that means all of us. “We’re 100 percent groundwater here,” said Mike Pembroke, a district manager with the California Water Service Co. “We rely on 72 wells in the district to provide that water. It’s the only water source we have, so it’s really important that people do conserve and preserve that groundwater for future generations.”

Local water experts and advocates sound off on the importance of conservation

20 percent to 30 percent. The mandate also increased regulation of winter watering restrictions on outside irrigation, prohibits the use of water on sidewalks and driveways, requires parks and cemeteries to reduce watering, and calls for people washing their cars at home to use buckets rather than hoses.

Mandatory water conservation has been implemented in other areas of the state through city water providers, Teves said. In Chico, such a mandate would have to come from the City Council, and there hasn’t been any talk of water rationing from the panel to date, said City Manager Brian Nakamura.

But that’s not the only means of implementing community-wide water conservation. Over the last few years, Cal Water has been working toward eliminating flat-rate services, where a customer pays a flat fee each month and uses as much water as they want, Pembroke said. State law requires that water purveyors throughout the state must eliminate all flat-fee services by 2025 in favor of a metered system in which a customer’s bill directly reflects their water usage.

“If you use more water, you pay more, if you use less and do a good job of conserving, you pay less,” Pembroke said.

Cal Water is far ahead of schedule for meeting the 2025 deadline in Butte County.

In 2008, there were about 11,000 flat-rate

services left in Chico; now, only 952 require conversion. Pembroke estimated the remaining flat-fee services would be converted by summer or fall at the latest.

The public also will find an incentive to conserve should Cal Water’s rate-increase plan go into effect. The water provider has applied for an increase of 19 percent based on costs of maintaining and operating the water system, Pembroke said. If it’s approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, the increase would be retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year.

Buck and Teves also framed their arguments for water conservation in financial terms. Pumping water from greater depths, deepening a well or digging an entirely new one are all expensive propositions, Buck said. To a much greater degree, so are grandiose solutions such as raising Shasta Dam or Gov. Jerry Brown’s controversial plan to build two massive tunnels underneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, Teves said.

“If we are determined not to continue to repeat the mistakes of the past made during the big dam-building era,” Teves said, “we need to go in a new direction and put our energy and resources behind local water conservation, reuse and responsible management.” Ω more WATER continued on page 20

So, what can a community do to conserve water?

One doesn’t have to look far for an example. In January, the Sacramento City Council voted to enact water rationing in homes and businesses, requiring those who live and work in Sacramento to reduce water use by Recent rains may have raised the water level in Big Chico Creek, but it will take more than short-term wet weather patterns for Butte County’s groundwater basin to rebound.

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Groundwater woes Hydrogeologist says management comes down to politics, calls for greater well monitoring

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Tom Gascoyne tomg@newsreview.com

but not knowing what is going into the account. You just keep writing checks, writing checks, writing checks. You just keep pumping, pumping, pumping and not worrying or doing anything about the recharge.”

Too many agencies with differing agendas are calling the shots when it comes to existing water management in the state, Hauge argued.

“There is an unknown amount of water pumped, there is an unknown amount of recharge, and there are unknown correlative rights of owners in each basin,” he said. “We have a lot of work to do, and I don’t know if it will get done.”

At the end of his talk, Hauge

Carl Hauge, former chief hydrogeologist for the California Department of Water Resources, told his audience at Chico State that politics is too often the determining factor in water policy.

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Hauge said that groundwater

recharge areas must be protected, but most people don’t know where recharge areas are. He said he is often asked why the state does not have permitting jurisdiction over groundwater.

The state Water Commission was appointed in 1911 by the state Legislature and asked to regulate water resources, he explained.

“They took testimony and wrote the Water Commission Act, which included permitting jurisdiction for the state for both surface water

Referred to as the “rule of capture”... the first landowner who extracts groundwater directly under his or her property acquires absolute ownership of the water, even if extracting it dries up the neighbors’ wells.

A proposal has been floated to raise Shasta Dam by 18.5 feet.

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• Baths take about 70 gallons.

• Showering for five minutes takes between 10 and 25 gallons.

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• A faucet leaking one drop per second wastes 3,000 gallons per year.

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• It takes 39,090 gallons to manufacture a new car.

• Seventy laundry loads’ worth of water goes into the manufacturing of a single laptop computer.

• Growing and processing 1 pound of cotton takes 100 gallons of water.

• Production of a single T-shirt consumes more than 700 gallons.

• Producing a conventional quarterpound burger takes an amount of water equivalent to about 30 showers (634 gallons).

It takes 53 million gallons per second to supply the world’s food.

• It takes 55 gallons of water to grow enough beans for one cup of coffee.

• One gallon of milk: 1,000 gallons of water.

• A single walnut: 4.9 gallons of water.

THINK FREE.

he three-year drought in California has focused attention on water rights (and wrongs) and, according to some, exposed the fact that water management in the state is complex, confusing and ill-defined.

And too often politics, rather than science, dictates policy.

That message was brought home March 25

by Carl Hauge, who came to Chico State as part of a lecture series on groundwater resources. Hauge, a registered geologist and retired chief hydrogeologist for the California Department of Water Resources, addressed a packed Holt Hall classroom and basically said that though not regulated the same by the state, there is no difference between surface water and groundwater. That discrepancy has led to problems not just in California but in a number of other Western states as well.

“What is the best way to manage groundwater?” he asked early on in his presentation.

“A local management agency, adjudication by a court, or integrated regional management?”

He said when pondering the question, the state Legislature considers political, legal, institutional, technical and economic restraints.

“P.L.I.T.E. is the acronym,” Hauge pointed out. “Technical is one item, but the rest are political, legal, institutional and economic. So when water issues get planned in California and in most other Western states, it ain’t really about science.”

Early on, Hauge said he would not talk much about groundwater quality, but not because it’s not an important concern.

“You can have a lot of water, but if the quality is low you can’t use it, which means you don’t have a lot of water,” he said. “And if

you have to process it, that’s an additional expense. One of the big things about the metropolitan water districts in Southern California is that they want good-quality water going down through the State Water Project, because if it’s not good-quality water, they have to spend a lot of money to treat it.”

and groundwater,” Hauge said.

However, rulings in a couple of court cases watered down the act. In one case, the court cited an English case from 1843 called Acton v.

Blundell, which is referred to as the “rule of capture.” The case established ownership of natural resources including groundwater. Basically, it says that the first landowner who extracts groundwater directly under his or her property acquires absolute ownership of the water, even if extracting it dries up the neighbors’ wells.

“If you own property, you have absolute ownership of the water below your property,” Hauge said. “But that absolute right is correlative with all of the absolute rights of everybody else in the [water] basin and those correlative rights are never defined unless you go to court.”

Hauge said that a lobbyist from the Central Valley pointed back to that 1843 English court decision and said that, since the landowner has absolute ownership of the groundwater, the Legislature can’t take that right away.

The Water Commission Act that was submitted to the Legislature included permitting both surface water and groundwater, but it was amended to exclude permitting groundwater. The act was passed in 1913 and went into effect a year later. In 1944, it became known as the California Water Code.

“We don’t know what happened for sure, but apparently the Central Valley lobbyist was successful at

convincing the Legislature that property owners had absolute right to that water. So no groundwater is ruled by judicial law and surface water is ruled by statutory law.”

Today, because of the multiple and overlapping jurisdictions of local, regional and state regulators, water disputes often end up in court.

“Either local management agencies or integrated regional water management can be successful, but somebody can always file a court action leading to adjudication,” Hauge said.

Pumping water from under ground depletes surface water, he said, by severing the hydraulic continuity between the river and the groundwater.

“It gets to the point where you won’t have water in the river itself. This has happened to a lot of rivers in California. Every basin needs a water budget. If you don’t know what water is coming in and what water is going out, you’re not managing the basin,” Hauge said. “It’s like writing a check from your checking account

was asked what if any effect raising the Shasta Dam or the construction of the proposed Sites Reservoir in Colusa County may have. Last month, Congressmen Doug LaMalfa (RRichvale) and John Garamendi (DFairfield) introduced a federal bill to authorize the construction of Sites Reservoir. And for the past year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has been looking at raising the Shasta Dam by nearly 20 feet—increasing the water storage by 13 percent.

“It all depends on how it’s managed,” Hauge said. “Raising Shasta and building Sites would be two steps in the same-old direction—build more dams for more storage. Given the fact that the snow level is going to rise, runoff is going to be faster, and it’s going to take a whole new management scheme eventually, whether that fits into a raised Shasta and a new Sites, I don’t know. But again, I’ll go back to that word: ‘P-O-L-I-T-I-C-S.’” Ω

1 By the gallon

• A head of broccoli: 5.4 gallons.

• Head of lettuce: 3.5 gallons.

• One tomato: 3.3 gallons.

• One almond: 1.1 gallons.

• One pistachio: .75 gallons.

Sources: epa.gov, waterwise.org, National Geographic, Mother Jones

PHOTO BY ANDREW ZARIVNY/THINKSTOCK

April 3, 2014

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Groundwater woes Hydrogeologist says management comes down to politics, calls for greater well monitoring

by

Tom Gascoyne tomg@newsreview.com

but not knowing what is going into the account. You just keep writing checks, writing checks, writing checks. You just keep pumping, pumping, pumping and not worrying or doing anything about the recharge.”

Too many agencies with differing agendas are calling the shots when it comes to existing water management in the state, Hauge argued.

“There is an unknown amount of water pumped, there is an unknown amount of recharge, and there are unknown correlative rights of owners in each basin,” he said. “We have a lot of work to do, and I don’t know if it will get done.”

At the end of his talk, Hauge

Carl Hauge, former chief hydrogeologist for the California Department of Water Resources, told his audience at Chico State that politics is too often the determining factor in water policy.

PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE

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Hauge said that groundwater

recharge areas must be protected, but most people don’t know where recharge areas are. He said he is often asked why the state does not have permitting jurisdiction over groundwater.

The state Water Commission was appointed in 1911 by the state Legislature and asked to regulate water resources, he explained.

“They took testimony and wrote the Water Commission Act, which included permitting jurisdiction for the state for both surface water

Referred to as the “rule of capture”... the first landowner who extracts groundwater directly under his or her property acquires absolute ownership of the water, even if extracting it dries up the neighbors’ wells.

A proposal has been floated to raise Shasta Dam by 18.5 feet.

Americans use an average of 100 gallons of water each day.

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• Baths take about 70 gallons.

• Showering for five minutes takes between 10 and 25 gallons.

• A standard toilet’s flush uses 3.5 gallons.

• Laundry accounts for about 22 percent of a household’s indoor water usage.

• A faucet leaking one drop per second wastes 3,000 gallons per year.

• Energy Star dishwashers use about 4 gallons of water, as opposed to 6 gallons for standard washers. Handwashing, on the other hand, consumes about 20 gallons.

• It takes 22,000 gallons of water, on average, to fill a pool.

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• It takes 39,090 gallons to manufacture a new car.

• Seventy laundry loads’ worth of water goes into the manufacturing of a single laptop computer.

• Growing and processing 1 pound of cotton takes 100 gallons of water.

• Production of a single T-shirt consumes more than 700 gallons.

• Producing a conventional quarterpound burger takes an amount of water equivalent to about 30 showers (634 gallons).

It takes 53 million gallons per second to supply the world’s food.

• It takes 55 gallons of water to grow enough beans for one cup of coffee.

• One gallon of milk: 1,000 gallons of water.

• A single walnut: 4.9 gallons of water.

THINK FREE.

he three-year drought in California has focused attention on water rights (and wrongs) and, according to some, exposed the fact that water management in the state is complex, confusing and ill-defined.

And too often politics, rather than science, dictates policy.

That message was brought home March 25

by Carl Hauge, who came to Chico State as part of a lecture series on groundwater resources. Hauge, a registered geologist and retired chief hydrogeologist for the California Department of Water Resources, addressed a packed Holt Hall classroom and basically said that though not regulated the same by the state, there is no difference between surface water and groundwater. That discrepancy has led to problems not just in California but in a number of other Western states as well.

“What is the best way to manage groundwater?” he asked early on in his presentation.

“A local management agency, adjudication by a court, or integrated regional management?”

He said when pondering the question, the state Legislature considers political, legal, institutional, technical and economic restraints.

“P.L.I.T.E. is the acronym,” Hauge pointed out. “Technical is one item, but the rest are political, legal, institutional and economic. So when water issues get planned in California and in most other Western states, it ain’t really about science.”

Early on, Hauge said he would not talk much about groundwater quality, but not because it’s not an important concern.

“You can have a lot of water, but if the quality is low you can’t use it, which means you don’t have a lot of water,” he said. “And if

you have to process it, that’s an additional expense. One of the big things about the metropolitan water districts in Southern California is that they want good-quality water going down through the State Water Project, because if it’s not good-quality water, they have to spend a lot of money to treat it.”

and groundwater,” Hauge said.

However, rulings in a couple of court cases watered down the act. In one case, the court cited an English case from 1843 called Acton v.

Blundell, which is referred to as the “rule of capture.” The case established ownership of natural resources including groundwater. Basically, it says that the first landowner who extracts groundwater directly under his or her property acquires absolute ownership of the water, even if extracting it dries up the neighbors’ wells.

“If you own property, you have absolute ownership of the water below your property,” Hauge said. “But that absolute right is correlative with all of the absolute rights of everybody else in the [water] basin and those correlative rights are never defined unless you go to court.”

Hauge said that a lobbyist from the Central Valley pointed back to that 1843 English court decision and said that, since the landowner has absolute ownership of the groundwater, the Legislature can’t take that right away.

The Water Commission Act that was submitted to the Legislature included permitting both surface water and groundwater, but it was amended to exclude permitting groundwater. The act was passed in 1913 and went into effect a year later. In 1944, it became known as the California Water Code.

“We don’t know what happened for sure, but apparently the Central Valley lobbyist was successful at

convincing the Legislature that property owners had absolute right to that water. So no groundwater is ruled by judicial law and surface water is ruled by statutory law.”

Today, because of the multiple and overlapping jurisdictions of local, regional and state regulators, water disputes often end up in court.

“Either local management agencies or integrated regional water management can be successful, but somebody can always file a court action leading to adjudication,” Hauge said.

Pumping water from under ground depletes surface water, he said, by severing the hydraulic continuity between the river and the groundwater.

“It gets to the point where you won’t have water in the river itself. This has happened to a lot of rivers in California. Every basin needs a water budget. If you don’t know what water is coming in and what water is going out, you’re not managing the basin,” Hauge said. “It’s like writing a check from your checking account

was asked what if any effect raising the Shasta Dam or the construction of the proposed Sites Reservoir in Colusa County may have. Last month, Congressmen Doug LaMalfa (RRichvale) and John Garamendi (DFairfield) introduced a federal bill to authorize the construction of Sites Reservoir. And for the past year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has been looking at raising the Shasta Dam by nearly 20 feet—increasing the water storage by 13 percent.

“It all depends on how it’s managed,” Hauge said. “Raising Shasta and building Sites would be two steps in the same-old direction—build more dams for more storage. Given the fact that the snow level is going to rise, runoff is going to be faster, and it’s going to take a whole new management scheme eventually, whether that fits into a raised Shasta and a new Sites, I don’t know. But again, I’ll go back to that word: ‘P-O-L-I-T-I-C-S.’” Ω

1 By the gallon

• A head of broccoli: 5.4 gallons.

• Head of lettuce: 3.5 gallons.

• One tomato: 3.3 gallons.

• One almond: 1.1 gallons.

• One pistachio: .75 gallons.

Sources: epa.gov, waterwise.org, National Geographic, Mother Jones

PHOTO BY ANDREW ZARIVNY/THINKSTOCK

April 3, 2014

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Arts & Culture The Guthrie kid is alright

Arlo Guthrie PHOTO COURTESY OF CHICO PERFORMANCES

THIS WEEK

Arlo plays his father’s songs on commemorative tour

Athe rock ’n’ roll history books with the 1967 release of his classic “Alice’s Restaurant,” a more

rlo Guthrie’s name was burned into

than 18-minute-long monologue/folk song and ode to peace and 1960s counterculture.

Today, the folk-music icon still by Alan Sheckter travels the country with his wit, whimsy and a suitcase full of observational musical tales in tow, and he’s bringing it all to Chico Preview: Chico State’s Laxson Auditorium on April Performances 12 as part of the Woody 100 Tour: presents Arlo Here Comes the Kid. The performGuthrie Saturday, ance will honor Guthrie’s legApril 12, 7:30 p.m., endary father, Woody Guthrie, the at Laxson Auditorium. grassroots balladeer who roamed Tickets: $25-$38 the back roads of America with the message “This Machine Kills FasLaxson cists” on the front of his guitar, and Auditorium provided a hopeful voice to the Chico State 898-6333 downtrodden during the Dust Bowl www.chico days of the Great Depression and performances.com beyond.

“We’re coming to the end of a two-year tour, which began on [what would have been] my dad’s 100th birthday in July 2012,” Guthrie said from his Florida home.

“I’ve always included some of his songs in my set list, but this tour has been much more geared to his work and less so to my own.” While Guthrie does spend time in Florida, he still has his storied 400-acre farm in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, just a few miles from the site of the old restaurant/church that inspired “Alice’s Restaurant.”

The current touring unit is a four-piece that includes Guthrie’s son Abe on keyboards, longtime singer-songwriter Bobby Sweet on guitar, and drummer Terry A La Berry.

A few of Woody’s pieces of music that may be celebrated at Laxson include “Roll On Columbia, Roll On” and “Grand Coulee Dam,” as well as the obligatory “This Land Is Your Land.”

Guthrie, a gifted storyteller, will pepper the performance with yarns and anecdotes from his colorful past, in addition to a few selections from his own 22 CN&R April 3, 2014

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THURS catalog, including his signature rendition of “City of New Orleans” and, of course, “Alice’s Restaurant.”

His musical pedigree goes far deeper than being the son of Woody. Performing as a teen, he was part of the Greenwich Village folk scene back in the early 1960s that included future luminaries Bob Dylan; Simon & Garfunkel; and Peter, Paul & Mary. Over the years, the guitar, harmonica and piano player has performed in dozens of countries, often in support of social-justice efforts. He also wrote and created the art for the children’s picture book Mooses Come Walking, a realm in which he still dabbles.

“That book, along with two never-beforepublished illustrated books for kids is at the printers and will be available sometime later this year,” Guthrie said.

When asked what other family members are out touring these days in addition to Abe, Guthrie offered playfully, “Hopefully not more than I know about, but who knows?” He then added, “All my kids sing and perform and there’s always someone out on tour. The thing I like best is when we all get together and play in the same place at around the same time.”

That happened for Guthrie, now the family patriarch, when the Guthrie Family Rides Again tour, featuring his four kids and seven grandchildren, toured the country in 2009 and 2010.

Guthrie was, of course, a friend and longtime performing partner of another folk legend, Pete Seeger.

After Seeger’s death in January at age 94, Guthrie told Time Magazine, regarding Seeger’s legacy, “For me personally it is the incredible feelings that can change a moment in time when people sing. … I remember walking down the street with Pete and half a million other people at the rallies in the ’60s and the empowerment that people felt singing together, walking together, standing side-by-side. It changed my life, and it changed everyone’s life who was there.”

For anyone who assumes this tour will be the last for the 66-year-old Guthrie, think again. He’s already looking forward to 2015, when performances celebrating the 50th anniversary of “Alice’s Restaurant” will begin. Ω

Special Events THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: The market returns for its 18th season with fresh produce, local food, arts and crafts, plus live entertainment.

This Week: Chico Hula Club, Blooze on the Rocks, Bob McDaniels and more. Th, 6-9pm.

Opens 4/3. Free. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.

Art Receptions ALL OF THE THINGS. NONE OF THE THINGS: A BFA culminating exhibition featuring paintings by Ama Posey. Th, 4/3, 5-7pm. B-So Space, Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

ANGLES AND PLANES: A reception and curator’s talk commemorating the centennial of Janet Turner’s birth, featuring seldom-seen paintings and prints by the artist. Th, 4/3, 5:30pm.

Free. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State.

LATEST WORKS: A reception for the new figurative paintings of colorful leaf patterns from Mabrie Ormes. Th, 4/3, 5-8pm. James Snidle Fine Arts & Appraisals, 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

Music CAMMIES BLUES SHOWCASE: The Thursday Night Market is back and the LaSalles patio will be moving to the groovy sounds of all of this year’s blues nominees: The Amy Celeste Band, The Growlers, Ira Walker, Mark Porkchop Holder and Sapphire Soul. Th, 4/3, 5:30-9pm.

LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

CAMMIES HARD ROCK/METAL SHOWCASE: The CAMMIES Heavy Metal Happy Hour at Cafe Coda with nominees Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy, and Sorin Plus, heavy metal tunes from DJ MattleAxe. Th, 4/3, 7-9pm. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafe coda.com.

CAMMIES INDIE/EXPERIMENTAL (AND MORE) SHOWCASE: A packed Indie/Experimental bill, featuring four of the five nominees: Clouds on Strings, French Reform, Pageant Dads, and Sisterhoods, plus! Rock nominees Aubrey Debauchery & the Broken Bones. Th, 4/3, 9pm.

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

CAMMIES JAM/FUNK SHOWCASE: Get your rest.

All six of the butt-shakin’ nominees for the CAMMIES Jam/Funk category will be jamming into the night: Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co., Black Fong, Gravybrain, Jeff Pershing Band, Sofa King, and Swamp Zen. Th, 4/3, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 8911853.

Theater HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH: The original cast and band from the production that took Chico by storm a decade ago are back to melt faces off with the rockin’ tragic story of irrepressible transgender frontperson Hedwig and the band named after her very angry inch. Th, 7:30pm; F, Sa, 7:30 & 11pm through 4/13. $13$20. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

LEADING LADIES: Ken Ludwig’s farce centers on two down-on-their-luck Shakespearean actors trying to scam an inheritance.

Directed by Jerry Miller, Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 4/19. $12 - $20. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC Friday, April 4 El Rey Theatre

SEE FRIDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

FINE ARTS CAMMIES WORLD SHOWCASE: Warm up for a late

TASTE FOR A CAUSE

Saturday, April 5 All Fired Up SEE SATURDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

night of CAMMIES showcases with an early evening bill at the DownLo with three of the World nominees: Mark and Maya of Ha’Penny Bridge, Los Caballitos de La Canción, and Los Papi Chulos. F, 4/4, 6-9pm. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

Theater Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 8953749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

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

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Special Events NEW COMEDY NIGHT: A new regular comedy night debuts with an all-local lineup of adult comedy, featuring Mark Leathers, Yusef Swaff, Phil from Chico and Kyle Bowen. F, 4/4, 7:30pm. $10-$12. The Crystal Room, 968 East Ave.

RHYTHM N’ MOTION: The Paradise Dancers bring three performances of rhythm and motion to the stage. F, 7pm; Sa, 2pm & 7pm through 4/5.

Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradiseperformingarts.com.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC: A showing of the classic 1964 film starring Julie Andrews. A fundraiser for the Cindy Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Fund. F, 4/4, 7pm. Free, Donations Accepted. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St., (530) 342-2727.

Music CAMMIES ELECTRONIC SHOWCASE: Three DJs, three producers, one BassMint basement party. Producers: A.L.O., Billy the Robot, Playboy Smooth. DJs: DJ Becca, Eyere Eyes, KO-DE-AK. F, 4/4, 9pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W Second St Chico, (925) 4515035.

CAMMIES FOLK/AMERICANA/COUNTRY SHOWCASE: The newly expanded Folk/Americana/Country category boasts a wonderfully wide range of styles in this years nominees, and three of the five will be on stage this night: Bunnymilk, Gordy Ohliger, and Michelin Embers F, 4/4, 9pm. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

CAMMIES RAP SHOWCASE: A Friday night hip-hop show in downtown Chico is the way to properly party. Three solo rappers and two groups represent 5 of the 6 nominees on the night’s bill: Big Slim, Himp C, Resonators, Twisted Strategies, and TyBox. F, 4/4, 10pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasalles bar.com.

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Theater Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 8953749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

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

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Special Events CHILDREN’S FAIRE: The annual children’s faire includes crafts and games, plus entertainment for the small humans in our lives. Sa, 4/5, 10am-2pm. Free. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.

RHYTHM N’ MOTION: The Paradise Dancers bring three performances of rhythm and motion to the stage. F, 7pm; Sa, 2pm & 7pm through 4/5.

Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradiseperformingarts.com.

TASTE FOR A CAUSE: A whiskey and wine tasting with experts Paul Bissett and David McDonald with live music by Scotch Tapes. A benefit for Do-It Leisure. Sa, 4/5, 6pm. All Fired Up, 830 Broadway, (530) 894-5227, www.allfiredup chico.org.

Art Receptions PERMEATE RECEPTION: Chikoko artist Christina Seashore showcases sculptural pencil pieces.

Acoustic set by Kirk Williams. Sa, 4/5, 7-9pm.

Naked Lounge Tea and Coffeehouse, 118 W. Second St., (530) 895-0676.

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

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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.com.

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Special Events UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES: A weekly presentation of international films. This week: God Loves Uganda (USA, 2013). Directed by Roger Ross Williams Tu, 7:30pm. Opens 4/8. $3. Ayres 106, Chico State, (530) 899-7921.

CAMMIES PUNK SHOWCASE: The Pyrate Punx have an afternoon/early evening marathon of nearly every punk band in town, playing one after the other to a mosh pit of appreciation.

Sa, 4/5, 4pm. Monstros Pizza & Subs, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., (530) 345-7672.

CAMMIES SINGER/SONGWRITER & JAZZ SHOWCASES: It’s a day-long party at the Maltese, starting with the singer-songwriters (3pm), followed by the jazz show (approx. 6pm). Pay once, see two shows! Featuring: Bran Crown, Fera, Kyle Williams, Lisa Valentine, Lish Bills, and Mandalyn May, plus jazz nominees: Bogg, and Holly Taylor. Sa, 4/5, 3pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

FISHBONE: The legendary ska-punks come to town on the way to Coachella. Pyrx and AZ Redsmoke open. Sa, 4/5, 9pm. $15. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

Today, April 3 Downtown Chico

SEE THURSDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

Art 1078 GALLERY: Members’ Show, celebrate the gallery’s 33rd birthday with new art from members in various media. 4/3-4/26. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

3RD FLOOR ART GALLERY: The Cans, new pho-

tographic works by Ryan Voigtman. Ongoing.

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

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Melding Culture and

Nature, new paintings of Richvale rice fields and of San Francisco by Dolores Mitchell, plus thrown carved porcelain vessels created by Chris Yates. Through 4/19. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

B-SO SPACE: All of the Things. None of The

Things, a BFA culminating exhibition featuring paintings by Ama Posey. Through 4/4.New Works, a BFA culminating exhibition featuring new works by artist Tara Calderon. 4/7-4/11. Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

CHICO ART CENTER: Discovery Series 1, a new body of sculpture, photography and paintings from four up-and-coming artists Through 4/18. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

CHICO PAPER CO.: California Rivers, Jake

Early’s latest series. Through 6/30.The Totem Series, new works inspired from textiles, jewelry design, painting, and collage by artist Marilynn Jennings. Through 6/30. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopaper company.com.

EMPIRE COFFEE: Wish You Were Here, Isabel Dresler’s Polaroid photography exhibit.

Through 4/30. 434 Orange St., (530) 899-8267.

HEALING ART GALLERY: New Works, mixedmedia work by Northern California artist Machelle Conn. Gallery highlights works of those touched by cancer. Through 4/17. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS:

Latest Works, Mabrie Ormes’ figurative

Art Receptions

Music

THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET

FREE LISTINGS!

pianists vie for the annual Earl and Marilyn Kruschke $2,000 prize. Sa, 4/5, noon. Free.

Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH: See Thursday.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH: See Thursday.

FRI

KRUSCHKE PIANO COMPETITION: California

ART DEPARTMENT OPEN STUDIOS: Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts candidates exhibit recent work. All are welcome. BFA students at Ayres Hall 10am-1pm, MFA grad students at the Graduate Studios (931 W. 5th ST. Ste. 180) 2- 4pm. Tu, 4/8, 10am-1pm & 24pm. Free. Ayres Hall, Chico State.

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paintings of colorful leaf patterns. Through 4/30. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Angles and

Planes: Janet Turner & the Built Environment, commemorating the centennial of Janet Turner’s birth, this selection of seldom-seen paintings and prints rounds out the curatorial survey of her work as an artist. Through 4/12, 11am-4pm. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.

LAXSON FINE ART GALLERY: Heart Like an

Attic, new photographic works from Chico State undergraduate Brittaney Browne.

Through 4/18. 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.

NAKED LOUNGE TEA AND COFFEEHOUSE:

Permeate, Chikoko artist Christina Seashore showcases sculptural pencil pieces. Ongoing. Opens 4/5. Gallery hours are Open daily.. 118 W. Second St., (530) 895-0676.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Northern

Beauties, an eclectic group show by local artists Carol Preble Miles,Jerril Dean Kopp, Ann Pierce, Amber Palmer and more.

Through 4/5.New Works, figurative drawings from local artists. Ongoing. Opens 4/8. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Wolves ’n’ Wheels:

Material Movement, a ceramic exhibition by Chico State MFA candidate Michael Hurley.

4/7-4/11. Free. Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 898-5864.

Call for Artists ART AT THE MATADOR: ChiVAA invites artists to apply for booths at the 4th annual Art at the Matador: A Living Gallery event taking place May 9-10. For more information visit website. Ongoing. www.ChiVAA.org.

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Art trophies will be awarded. Matador Motel, 1934 Esplanade, Ninth Ave and Esplanade, (530) 893-2510, www.chivaa.org/ art-at-the-matador.

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.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Explore Evolution, investigate evolutionary principles in organisms ranging from smallest to the largest, with interactive exhibits giving the viewer an opportunity to experience how scientists conduct research on evolution.

Ongoing. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/ gateway.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Into The Blue: Maritime Navigation and the Archeology of Shipwrecks, featuring artifacts recovered from the Frolic shipwreck and the story behind the ship’s history. TuSa through 7/24. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.

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Special Events SEED TO SKIN POP UP MUSUEM: A sustainable clothing event/presentation with loom demo, plus info on weaving techniques and the impact of clothing-fiber agriculture. W, 4/9, 2-3pm. Sylvester’s Cafe, Chico State Campus, (530) 898-4636.

for more Music, see NIGHTLIFE on page 28

Turn, turn, Turner The late Janet Turner (1914-1988) had an indelible impact on art education at Chico State, including the development of a fine-arts program and establishing the print museum that bears her name.

More than just a collector, curator and educator, Turner EDITOR’S PICK was an artist in her own right, best known for her paintings of nature. She also focused some work on man’s creations, which are the subject of Angles and Planes: Janet Turner and the Built Environment, an exhibit currently running at The Turner. A curator’s talk and reception will be held tonight (Thursday, April 3) at Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall.

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might explain the overwhelming amount of cheese on top. No matter, we just pushed some off to the side. Josh was a little more critical. Having grown up going to pow wows, visiting his mom’s reservation in Alaska during summers and attending a Native American school, he has tried more than his fair share of Indian tacos. The fry bread, by his standards (I should note here he’s also a baker), was too dense and not quite greasy enough. For me, though, it still gets an “A.” After beers and sharing the generously sized taco, I was pretty full by the time the entrees came. My chicken was cooked expertly, crunchy on the outside, moist on the inside. I just wish the chardonnay sauce had a bit more flavor. Josh also enjoyed his pizza, especially the crust, though again there was a tad too much cheese.

A second visit, on an early Sunday afternoon, had us dining in the main room with about a dozen members of our extended family. This time I opted for the Naughty Native IPA, which was full of hops flavor, and, hooked on the pilsner, Josh opted once again for the Soaring Eagle. This time around, I went for the fish ’n’ chips ($10.95), Alaskan cod battered with the brewery’s Wild Warrior American pale ale. Josh ordered the blackened bleu bacon burger ($9.50).

We were seated smack in the middle of the dining room, which doubles as a venue for live music, with a big stage and a balcony with seating overlooking it all.

The only real downsides are the ding-ding-dinging of casino games in the background (unless that’s what you came for) and the tables, which feature a golden metallic pattern, so bright they were distracting.

Service was slower on Sunday, but we were in no rush. My fish ’n’ chips were delicious, the cod perfectly coated and fried, the fries fresh and tasty. Josh raved about his burger, too, cooked to order and supremely satisfying. I’ll note, too, that the rest of the family offered mostly positive reviews of their food. I snagged one of my sister-in-law’s onion rings— “awesome” about sums them up.

For good food and even better beer (we left both times with a growler full of Soaring Eagle, just $16.50—only $10 if you already have a growler), Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co. might be a little out of the way, but it’s well worth a visit. Ω

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The prolific Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Twentieth Century) is known by Robert for writing farcical light comedies Speer popular with summer stock and community theaters, and Leading Ladies is one of his best. The TOTR cast and crew, led by director Jerry Miller, had Review: Friday’s packed house in stitches Leading Ladies throughout. plays ThursdayThe comedy centers on two overSaturday, 7:30 p.m. and the-hill Shakespearean actors, Leo Sundays, 2 p.m. Clark (played by Eric Ricketts) and through April 19.

Jack Gable (Christopher Jones), who Tickets: $10-$20 are reduced to performing “Scenes from Shakespeare” on the Moose Theatre on the Ridge Lodge circuit. It’s 1952, and they’re 3735 Neal Road on a train to York, Pa., when they in Paradise. read in a newspaper that Florence 877-5860 (Judy Clemens), an older York www.totr.org woman near death, has been unable to find Max and Steve, her sister’s children who, when very young, moved to England. Florence wants them to share in her inheritance, which amounts to $3 million.

Leo and Jack decide to pose as Max and Steve to claim some of the money. Then they learn that Max and Steve are actually “Maxine” and “Stephanie.”

Unfazed, they soldier on, dipping into their costume trunk to dress in drag. (The costumes are hilarious.)

This wacky setup leads to all kinds of funny mixups and confusion. In York, Leo—playing “Maxine”—befriends and then falls in love with the pretty ingénue Meg (Alyssa Larson), but she’s engaged to Duncan (Patrick Allen Brown), a priggish pastor.

Meanwhile, Jack, as “Stephanie,” is attracted to Florence’s aide, Audrey (Shaunna Jones), who is engaged to Butch (Mitch Valentine and Brayden Crosswhite, doubling in the role).

Then there’s the bibulous Doc Myers (Jeff Dicken-

son), Butch’s dad, who is Florence’s physician, though she thinks he’s the worst doctor in the world because every time she falls asleep in her wheelchair he thinks she’s died. Dickenson is delightful, turning a minor part into a comic gem.

I say “minor part,” but that’s a relative notion. All of the characters here are rich comedic creations, giving the actors plenty to work with. And by and large they do a terrific job. Ricketts and Jones, as the “leading ladies,” carry the greatest weight, switching from Leo and Jack to Maxine and Stephanie and back again with ease. Ricketts, in particular, had his female side in evidence, moving adroitly in high heels.

I especially enjoyed their performance of “Scenes from Shakespeare.” It was like The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), the famous threeman comedy (“37 plays in 97 minutes!”), only much shorter, if you can imagine that.

Jones’ wife, Shaunna, was another especially bright spot as Audrey. Indeed, along with Dickenson she was one of the major scene-stealers in the production. In this she was much aided by her husband, who, as “Stephanie,” kept resting his head on her ample bosom.

The one pairing that didn’t quite work for me was that of Larson as Meg, with Brown as Duncan. She’s such a vibrant presence, so spring-like in her blooming sensuality, and he’s such a passionless dud, it’s hard to imagine what led her even to consider marrying him. She says it’s because he helped her when her parents died, but he seems anything but kind. The pair are meant to be mismatched, of course, but we need to find the characters’ relationship conceivable, and we don’t. Or at least I didn’t.

The play has several different sets and numerous set changes, which Miller, who designed (and, with Michael Clemens, built) the sets, stage manager Autumn Jay and lighting designer Gary Kupp handled dexterously. The TOTR playhouse is tiny, and the stage is shallow, so there’s a limit on how expansive the sets can be. Nevertheless, the staging ranged from a railroad car to a Moose lodge, from a church to Florence’s country estate, and it all worked quite well. Ω April 3, 2014

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CAMMIES INDIE/EXPERIMENTAL (AND MORE) SHOWCASE: A packed Indie/Experimental bill, featuring four of the five nominees: Clouds on Strings, French Reform, Pageant Dads, and Sisterhoods, plus! Rock nominees Aubrey Debauchery & the Broken Bones. Th, 4/3, 9pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

AARON RICH & FRIENDS: Country music round-robin. Third and First Th of every month, 9pm. Free. Crazy Horse

Saloon, 303 Main St., (530) 894-5408.

CAMMIES BLUES SHOWCASE: The Thursday Night Market is back and the LaSalles patio will be moving to the groovy sounds of all of this year’s blues nominees: The Amy Celeste Band, The Growlers, Ira Walker, Mark Porkchop Holder, and Sapphire Soul.

Th, 4/3, 5:30-9pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

CAMMIES HARD ROCK/METAL SHOWCASE: The CAMMIES Heavy Metal Happy Hour at Cafe Coda with nominees Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy, and Sorin. Plus, heavy metal tunes from DJ MattleAxe. Th, 4/3, 7-9pm. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafe coda.com.

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

OPEN MIKEFULL: Open mic night to share your music, poetry, comedy, or other talents in a 10-minute slot. First and Third Th of every month, 7pm. $1.

Paradise Grange Hall, 5704 Chapel Dr. in Paradise, (530) 873-1370.

CAMMIES JAM/FUNK SHOWCASE: All six of the butt-shakin’ nominees for the CAMMIES Jam/Funk category will be jamming into the night: Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co., Black Fong, Gravybrain, Jeff Pershing Band, Sofa King, and Swamp Zen. Th, 4/3, 9pm.

Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 8911853.

4FRIDAY AFROLICIOUS AND WOLF THUMP: San Francisco’s Afrolcious, plus local percussion band Wolf Thump. F, 4/4, 9pm. $10. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

Th, 8-11pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

CAMMIES ELECTRONIC SHOWCASE: Three

MARKUS SCHULZ: A hybrid of progressive house and trance from Markus Schulz with special guest Khomha. Th, 4/3, 8:30pm. $25. Senator Theatre, 517 Main

DJs, three producers, one BassMint basement party. Producers: A.L.O., Billy the Robot, Playboy Smooth. DJs: DJ Becca, Eyere Eyes, KO-DE-AK. F, 4/4, 9pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W Second St Chico, (925) 451-5035.

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CAMMIES FOLK/AMERICANA/COUNTRY SHOWCASE: The newly expanded

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.

Folk/Americana/Country category boasts a wonderfully wide range of styles in this years nominees, and three of the five will be on stage this night: Bunnymilk, Gordy Ohliger, and Michelin Embers F, 4/4, 9pm. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

LIFE IN THE FAST LANE: The songs of The

Eagles musical journey. F, 4/4, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

CAMMIES RAP SHOWCASE: A Friday night hip-hop show in downtown Chico is the way to properly party. Three solo rappers and two groups represent 5 of the 6 nominees on the night’s bill: Big Slim, Himp C, Resonators, Twisted Strategies, and TyBox. F, 4/4, 10pm.

LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

MONKEY MUSIC SHOWCASE: Spotlighting local acoustic singer/songwriters and musicians. F, 7:30pm. 100th Monkey Café & Books, 642 W. Fifth St.

OPEN MIC: All singer/songwriters welcome. F, 6-9pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

THE BADASS-OLOGIST

In addition to being nationally known (via out-of-town excursions and a PBS special) as the Banjo-ologist, Chico’s Gordy Ohliger is an all-around musical treasure. Ohlinger’s playing solo in honor of his CAMMIES nomination at the Folk/Country/Americana showcase on Friday, April 4, at Café Coda, and he’s also appearing with one of his group projects, Thick and Thin, on Saturday, April 5, at Beatnik’s Coffee House & Breakfast Joint. Thick and Thin promises an eclectic mix of “novelty vaudeville, jive gypsy jazz, cajun kickers, mystic mountain music, Mexican cancion, and a few French pastries.”

CAMMIES WORLD SHOWCASE: Warm up for a late night of CAMMIES showcases with an early evening bill at the DownLo with three of the World nominees: Mark and Maya of Ha’Penny Bridge, Los Caballitos de La Canción, and Los Papi Chulos. F, 4/4, 6-9pm. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

NEW COMEDY NIGHT: A new regular comedy night debuts with an all-local lineup of adult comedy, featuring Mark Leathers, Yusef Swaff, Phil from Chico and Kyle Bowen. F, 4/4, 7:30pm. $10-$12.

The Crystal Room, 968 East Ave.

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

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Tuesday, April 8 Sierra Nevada Big Room SEE TUESDAY

nerds that rock. Sa, 4/5, 9:30pm. $5.

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Genders are joined by locals Donald Beaman & The Spirit Molecules, plus Fera. Su, 4/6, 7pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

SPRING SWING: The Chico Grange hosts a benefit with live music from Ha’Penny Bridge and RHR Jazz Trio. Sa, 4/5, 6pm. $8. Chico Grange, 2775 Nord Ave., (530) 895-1976.

5SATURDAY ACOUSTIC MUSIC JAM: A jam hosted by Butte Folk Music Society and led by local musician Steve Johnson. First Sa of every month, 2-5pm. Free. Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery, 130 Main St., (530) 345-4128.

CAMMIES PUNK SHOWCASE: The Pyrate Punx have an afternoon/early evening marathon of nearly every punk band in town, playing one after the other to a mosh pit of appreciation. Sa, 4/5, 4pm. Monstros Pizza & Subs, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., (530) 345-7672.

CAMMIES SINGER/SONGWRITER & JAZZ SHOWCASES: It’s a day-long party at the Maltese, starting with the singersongwriters (3pm), followed by the jazz show (approx. 6pm). Pay once, see two shows! Featuring: Bran Crown, Fera, Kyle Williams, Lisa Valentine, Lish Bills, and Mandalyn May, plus jazz nominees: Bogg, and Holly Taylor. Sa,

1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

FISHBONE: Sa, 4/5, 9pm. $15. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

KRUSCHKE PIANO COMPETITION: California pianists vie for the annual Earl and Marilyn Kruschke $2,000 prize. Sa, 4/5, noon. Free. RowlandTaylor Recital Hall, Chico State.

LACY J. DALTON: Famed country singer/songwriter Lacy J. Dalton comes to Chico for a benefit for local charities. Presented by Eagles Lodge.

Sa, 4/5, 8pm-midnight. $30 -$50. Chico Eagles Lodge, 20th And Mulberry, (530) 893-4951.

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.

Mardi Gras band. Sa, 4/5, 7:30-11pm.

Nash’s Restaurant, 1717 Esplanade, (530) 896-1147, www.nashsrestau rantchico.com.

7MONDAY 1ST MONDAY JAZZ: This month’s regular jazz showcase features an evening celebrating the music of guitarist Bill Frisell. First M of every month, 7pm.

Opens 4/7. $10. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

THICK & THIN: Gordy Ohliger and his

crew of ringers. Sa, 4/5, 7:30pm. $10.

Beatniks Coffee House & Breakfast Joint, 1387 E. Eighth St., (530) 894-2800, www.chicobeatniks.com.

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CARLOS REYES: Paraguay’s worldrenown recording artist, producer, engineer, harpist and violinist comes to the Big Room stage. Tu, 4/8, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 345-2739, www.sierra nevada.com/bigroom.

Chamber Choral presents their spring concert An American Tapestry featuring the works of various American composers. Su, 4/6, 7pm. $5-$15.

Bidwell Presbyterian Church, 208 W. First St., (530) 343-1484.

CHICO COMMUNITY BAND SPRING CONCERT: This group of 50 volunteer

SHIGEMI & FRIENDS: Live jazz with key-

musicians, ages 13-84, will play concert-band classics, including northern California composer and arranger, Warren Barker’s rousing “New York:

LAURIE DANA: Soul, light rock, blues,

JEFF CAMPBELL: Recent Guitar Center

GENDERS: Portland, Ore., indie rockers

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1927.” Su, 4/6, 2pm. Free. Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 8992692.

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singer/songwriter contest winner Jeff Campbell (S.F.) performs with locals Kyle Williams and Tyler Stenson. W, 4/9, 7:30pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

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

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

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Unfortunately, he’s written several others that aren’t on the same level, including this one. There are powerful moments in this tale of the wages of sin, and some of the characters are memorable, but overall it doesn’t cohere. Set on a New England college campus, it’s about what happens when professor Steven Brookman decides to end his affair with a brilliant but mercurial student, Maud Stack, the “black-haired girl” of the title. Having learned that his wife is pregnant, he decides protecting his family is more important than loving this young woman. She’s having none of it; consumed by passion, she comes after him, and soon enough everybody around her is caught up in the drama—even more so when she is killed in a hit-and-run accident for which her father, Eddie, a dying New York City cop, blames Brookman.

Eddie Stack is a richly realized character, something that can’t be said of Maud, much less several others—Brookman’s wife, Ellie, for example—in this tale of love gone wrong.

—Robert Speer

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment Windows, OS X Having played collectible card games for two decades, the challenge and fun no longer lies in finding formidable opponents, rather it’s in finding a game that builds on years of strategy and mechanics while throwing in a few surprises.

Blizzard’s digital collectible card game does little to revolutionize the genre’s mechanics, but it may be the best example to date of how to do collectible card games online. Blizzard smartly stole much of what they learned from Cryptozoic’s successful World of Warcraft-licensed trading card game, and then added their infamous balance between WoW races—represented here by hero-specific decks. Starter decks and clear-cut tutorials guide newcomers, while close to 400 cards offer experienced players opportunities to create custom decks. The free-to-play model works well, allowing gamers to earn new cards through challenges and wins—though you may also squelch the insatiable allure of opening new packs by throwing money at your computer. From the sound effects and voice characterization, to the art and interactive environments (which give you something to do during your opponent’s turn), the experience is a great substitute for Mountain Dew-fueled tournaments in the back room of your local comic store.

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Smokin’ Blues

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Mark T. Small Lead Foot Music In 1962, Bo Diddley recorded “You Can’t Judge a Book by Its Cover,” and his advice certainly pertains to this CD, a solo effort by guitarist Mark T. Small. Judging from its cover photo, Small looks like he’s playing at a fever pitch with his amp on 11. The photo, however, doesn’t do justice to the music on the disc, which features Small playing acoustic guitar on a batch of classics by Tampa Red (“Sell My Monkey”), Rev. Gary Davis (“Lamp Trimmed and Burning”), Charley Patton (“Stone Pony Blues”) and others. This CD, he says, “is a sampler of the guitar grooves that make up my solo show,” and adds that his “hard driving focus is a major component of my overall style.” No kiddin’. The 56-year-old guitarist really goes to town on Sam McGee’s “Railroad Blues,” a magnificent display of flat-picking virtuosity to which he’s added “some fancy turns from my bluegrass days.” John Lee Hooker’s “My Daddy Was a Jockey” gets a lively treatment as do “Step It Up & Go” (a big hit for Blind Boy Fuller in 1940), and Rufus Thomas’s “Walkin’ the Dog.” An enjoyable CD that’s worth searching for.

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Wilkinson, Jude Law, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Bob Balaban and Léa Seydoux. An abundance of quirky characters, confectionery colors and eccentric curios is all part of the entertainment here.

Overall, tragicomic high spirits in deteriorating circumstances are the film’s strong suit, and Fiennes’ superb multifaceted performance ensures M. Gustave’s status as the atypical hero at the heart of Anderson’s vision. Ω

Waters rising Noah

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Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

by Juan-Carlos Selznick Darren Aronofsky’s reframing of the

Old Testament tale of Noah and the flood is not quite like any other Biblical epic you’ve seen at the movies. It has the grand scale and sweep that’s always been part of such extravaganzas, from Cecil B. DeMille right on up to the present, but it also has unexpected jolts of dramatic intensity and contemporary urgency to it.

In Aronofsky’s by no means irreverent retelling, Noah is ferociously intent on completing the fearsome mission that “the Creator” has charged him with. For this Noah, the ark’s purpose is to preserve the animal kingdom for a fresh start from which human beings may be excluded. Thus, Noah (Russell Crowe) faces dramatic crises within his own family and must also face the moral and metaphysical challenges presented by a scruffy but surprisingly humanistic antagonist named Tubal-cain (Ray Winstone).

Crowe and Winstone, skilled character

actors with obvious action-movie credibility, are just right for a film that means to mix large-scale action spectacle with a surprisingly intimate blend of moral and metaphysical drama. The character dramas develop into an intriguingly complex kind of parable, with Noah’s wife (Jennifer Connelly) and sons (Logan Lerman and Douglas Booth), his grandfather Methuselah (a gently magisterial Anthony Hopkins), and a soulful orphan lass (Emma Watson) all taking on special significance.

The action spectacle is impressive in scale but otherwise far less interesting. The CGI elements are

often dull and perfunctory, especially in moments that might have been awe-inspiring or at least tumultuously poetic. One of the film’s imaginative additions to the story of Noah, fallen angels known as the Watchers who come to Noah’s defense, gets undone by the film’s unimaginative rendering of them as stone-age transformers.

The one great exception to all that is the production’s version of the ark—a vast, boxy structure built of wood, something like a gigantic shipping container set adrift and looking to be both primitive and indestructible. Ω

Reviewers: Craig Blamer and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

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Opening this week Captain America: The Winter Soldier

In this sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger, the captain (Chris Evans) is struggling to cope in modern society when he is presented with the challenge of fighting against an old friend who’s come forward in time in a different, much more dangerous form. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

The Great Beauty

The winner of the 2014 Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film is centered on an aging Roman socialite (Toni Servillo) who, after his 65th birthday, begins to see his lavish life as unfulfilling and starts walking the streets of his city and experiencing its various forms of timeless beauty.

Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

Now playing Bad Words

Jason Batemen makes his directorial debut and stars as a 40-year-old junior-high dropout who, in a twisted attempt to heal old wounds, uses a loophole in the rules of a kids’ spelling bee to enter the contest. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

The Book Thief

Against the backdrop of Nazi Germany during WWII, a young girl risks all to seek out books and share them with others, including a Jewish refuge hiding in her foster parents’ basement. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

César Chávez

Biopic on the life of César Chávez (played

by Michael Peña), the farm worker, labor leader and civil-rights activist who was instrumental in the foundation of the United Farm Workers union. Cinemark 14.

Rated PG-13.

Divergent

In a Chicago of the distant future, people are divided into five factions based on the strongest virtue they possess. Those who don’t test strong in any one category are divergents, and as one young divergent soon learns, their days may be numbered. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

God’s Not Dead

After refusing to sign his philosophy professor’s mandatory pledge declaring that “God is dead,” a Christian college freshman must successfully defend his faith in a series of debates against the professor in order to

See review this issue. Cinemark 14.

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

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Ty Burrell (Modern Family) provides the voice of the “smartest being in the world” and talking dog, Mr. Peabody, who stars alongside his adopted son Sherman in this update of the old cartoons that appeared during the early-1960s The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show animated TV series. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

Muppets Most Wanted

Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell star in this sequel to 2011’s The Muppets. This time around, the world-touring gang of performers gets tangled up in a jewelry-heist caper masterminded by a Kermit the Frog lookalike. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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Need for Speed

Fast cars, the flashier and louder the better, have been a prime ingredient in movie excitement for more than a century now. Need for Speed, based on the Electronic Arts video game series, has little else to offer, but the visceral rush of its car chases and road-racer sequences is more than enough to keep it crackling with energy through most of its 130-minute running time.

George Gatins’ jejune script sets up a mightbe-deadly rivalry between star racers played by Aaron Paul and Dominic Cooper and adds a front-seat, road-trip romance between Paul’s character and a comely British car buyer (Imogen Poots). None of it is credible enough to merit close attention, which is no doubt one more reason why director Scott Waugh keeps the automotive action hurtling along at a pell-mell pace.

Plus, the production designers have managed to keep the effects of CGI artifice at a minimum, which results in a real-time intensity that would have made this film a joy to see in a vintage drive-in theater like the one referenced at the outset here. Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Sabotage

The Governator stars as the commander of a badass DEA taskforce whose members (and their families) are targeted by a powerful drug cartel after they bust up one of the cartel’s safe houses. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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SOMETHING FUNNY GOES HERE C’mon! Chico. If you like to laugh as much as you say you do (and I’m guessing that’s the kind of thing you’re always saying), then do your part to help set the stage for a regular venue for fresh, original comedy in Chico. This Friday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m., is Comedy Night at the Crystal Room (968 East Ave.—the large special events room attached to Quackers Lounge), and it will be a test show for what organizers hope will be a new series of shows featuring local and visiting comedians.

The debut will feature four of the best comedians from our fairly underground local scene—host Mark Joseph Leathers, opener Yusef Swaff, and featured acts Kyle Bowen and Phil From Chico.

If this first show is off the hook, then Bowen and promoter Brandon Jager will be able to start inviting out-of-town comedians to the swanky venue (with full bar service!) and Chico will be a much more fun place to be. Buy your $10 tickets today at Winchester Goose, Mark Joseph Leathers The Dungeon or The Maltese.

COMINGS AND GOINGS As many folks in the arts community already

know, MANAS Artspace is no longer in a space. Owner/operator David “Dragonboy” Sutherland’s lease ran out at the end of February, and after two years of operating one of the most open and exciting spots for local art and artists, he decided it was time to move on to a new adventure and says that he is now “regrouping the inner forces and will re-emerge in the near future as an even more creative, larger beast.” Stay tuned.

And, as is often the case in Chico, when one art space closes, another one opens. Chico Rockstars, a new all-ages music-instruction school, just opened its doors (at 932 W. Eighth Ave.) this week and will be holding its Grand Opening Celebration this Saturday, April 5, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

The business is located in the same space that housed the former Chico School of Rock, the music school founded by longtime Chico musician Sid Lewis, who was charged with molestation of a minor on March 12.

New owners Michael Poropat and his wife, Jessica Braun Poropat, who moved to Chico from New York City two years ago, bought Lewis’ business, renamed it and have built up their own stable of instructors, including local multi-instrumentalists Ben Jaks (the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Express at Chico State) and longtime local musician Mark Zempel (Fang of Gore, Living Karaoke Band), as well as the owners themselves. Michael will teach piano, and Jessica will give voice and guitar lessons. She received vocal training from the Manhattan School of Music and performed around New York City before moving to Chico, where she’s been playing solo sets under the stage name Jess Braun. The school’s emphasis will be on catering lessons to the students’ musical tastes to make the learning more fun. The grand opening will feature live music, giveaways, instruments to play and more. Call 809-4932 or visit www.chicorockstars.com for more info.

MUSIC SEASON The only way for me to possibly top such a perfect

(and I mean perfect) weekend of music—the noisy, fun, hyper, inspiring Sun Club at The Maltese and the visceral, rockin’ Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Blue Room—is to watch a marathon of several dozen local bands over three crazy nights, and starting tonight, the CAMMIES will oblige. See you out there! And speaking of CAMMIES, we just solidified our lineup for the Finale & Awards Show (Sunday, April 13, 2-7 p.m., at Chico Women’s Club): Aubrey Debauchery & The Broken Bones, Michelin Embers, Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co., Sapphire Soul, Los Papi Chulos, Frankie Doppler’s Nuclear Sunrise, the Pageant Dads, Kyle Williams, Butte Area Cypher Crew, Bran Crown, Fera, Electric Canyon Convergence and Lisa Valentine.

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FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 3, 2014 ARIES (March 21-April 19): In his novel

The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera says that the brain has “a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful.” In the coming days, it will be especially important for you to tap into this power spot in your own gray matter, Aries. You need to activate and stir up the feelings of enchantment that are stored there. Doing so will make you fully alert and available for the new delights that will be swirling in your vicinity. The operative principle is like attracts like.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Our

ancestors could see the Milky Way galaxy spread out across the heavens on every clear night. Galileo said it was so bright, it cast a shadow of his body on the ground. But today, that glorious spectacle is invisible to us city dwellers.

The sky after sundown is polluted with artificial light that hides 90 percent of the 2,000 stars we might otherwise see.

If you want to bask in the natural illumination, you’ve got to travel to a remote area where the darkness is deeper. Let’s make that your metaphor, Taurus. Proceed on the hypothesis that a luminous source of beauty is concealed from you.

To become aware of it, you must seek out a more profound darkness.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Dear

Gemini: I don’t demand your total attention, and I don’t need your unconditional approval. I will never restrict your freedom or push you to explain yourself.

All I truly want to do is to warm myself in the glow of your intelligence. Can you accept that? I have this theory that your sparkle is contagious—that I’ll get smarter about how to live my own life if I can simply be in your presence. What do you say? In return, I promise to deepen your appreciation for yourself and show you secrets about how best to wield your influence. —Your Secret Admirer.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The

Cancerian artist Rembrandt became one of the world’s greatest painters. It was a struggle. “I can’t paint the way they want me to paint,” he said about those who questioned his innovative approach.

“I have tried and I have tried very hard, but I can’t do it. I just can’t do it!” We should be glad the master failed to meet his critics’ expectations. His work’s unique beauty didn’t get watered down.

But there was a price to pay. “[T]hat is why I am just a little crazy,” Rembrandt concluded. Here’s the moral of the story: To be true to your vision and faithful to your purpose, you may have to deal with being a little crazy. Are you willing to make that trade-off?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Indian

spiritual teacher Nisargadatta Maharaj offered a three-stage fable to symbolize one’s progression toward enlightenment.

In the first stage, you are inside a cage located in a forest where a tiger prowls.

You’re protected by the cage, so the tiger can’t hurt you. On the other hand, you’re trapped. In the second stage, the tiger is inside the cage, and you roam freely through the forest. The beautiful animal is trapped. In the third stage, the tiger is out of the cage and you have tamed it.

It’s your ally, and you are riding around on its back. I believe this sequence has resemblances to the story you’ll be living in the coming months. Right now, you’re inside the cage and the tiger is outside.

By mid-May the tiger will be in the cage, and you’ll be outside. By your birthday, I expect you to be riding the tiger.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What is “soul work,” anyway? It’s like when you make an unpredictable gift for someone you love. Or when you bravely identify one of your unripe qualities and resolve to use all your willpower and ingenuity to ripen it. Soul work is when you wade into a party full of rowdy drunks and put your meditation skills to the acid test. It’s like when you teach yourself not merely to tolerate smoldering ambiguity, but to be amused by it and even thrive on it. Can

BY ROB BREZSNY you think of other examples? It’s Soul Work Week for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you close to anyone who is a catalytic listener? Is there a person who tunes in to what you say with such fervent receptivity that you get inspired to reveal truths you didn’t realize you knew? If so, invite this superstar out to a free lunch or two in the coming days. If not, see if you can find one. Of course, it is always a blessing to have a heart-to-heart talk with a soul friend, but it is even more crucial than usual for you to treat yourself to this luxury now. Hints of lost magic are near the surface of your awareness. They’re still unconscious, but could emerge into full view during provocative conversations with an empathetic ally.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): On my

blog, I quoted author Ray Bradbury: “You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” I asked my readers what word they would use in place of “writing” to describe how they avoided being destroyed by reality. Popular responses were love, music, whiskey, prayer, dreams, gratitude and yoga. One woman testified that she stayed drunk on sexting, while another said “collecting gargoyles from medieval cathedrals,” and a third claimed her secret was “jumping over hurdles while riding a horse.”

There was even a rebel who declared she stayed drunk on writing so she could destroy reality. My question is important for you to meditate on, Scorpio. Right now you must do whatever’s necessary to keep from being messed with by reality.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Does your mother know what you are up to these days? Let’s hope not. I doubt if she would fully approve, and that might inhibit your enthusiasm for the experiments you are exploring. It’s probably best to keep your father out of the loop as well, along with other honchos, cynics or loved ones who might be upset if you wander outside of your usual boundaries.

And as for those clucking voices in your head: Give them milk and cookies, but don’t pay attention to their cautious advice. You need to be free of the past, free of fearful influences, and free of the self you’re in the process of outgrowing.

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

the foreseeable future, I urge you not to spend much time wrangling with bureaucrats and know-it-alls. Avoid frustrating projects that would require meticulous discipline. Don’t even think about catching up on paperwork or organizing your junk drawer or planning the next five years of your career. Instead, focus on taking long meandering walks to nowhere in particular. Daydream about an epic movie based on your life story. Flirt with being a lazy bum. Play noncompetitive games with unambitious people. Here’s why: Good ideas and wise decisions are most likely to percolate as you are lounging around doing nothing—and feeling no guilt for doing nothing.

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

you waiting? Are you wondering and hoping? Are you calculating whether you are needed, and if so, how much? Do you wish the signs were clearer about how deeply you should commit yourself? Are you on edge as you try to gauge what your exact role is in the grand scheme of things? I’m here to deliver a message from the universe about how you should proceed. It’s a poem by Emily Dickinson: “They might not need me—yet they might. / I’ll let my Heart be just in sight – / A smile so small as mine might be / Precisely their necessity.”

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This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SARAH E ADAMS Dated: February 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000234 Published: March 13,20,27, April 3, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NATURAL ELEMENTS at 2700 Hegan Lane Suite 162 Chico, CA 95928.

PAUL REDMOND 1166 East 7th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: PAUL REDMOND Dated: March 3, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000340 Published: March 20,27, April 3,10, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as J AND M CONSTRUCTION at 10 Trieste Way Chico, CA 95926.

MICHAEL MOSSMAN 10 Trieste Way Chico, CA 95926.

JASON THOMASON 2728 Pentz Rd Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: MICHAEL MOSSMAN Dated: March 6, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000370 Published: March 20, 27, April 3,10, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CALIFORNIA SAFE COMPANY, CHOICE PRINTING, LOCAL’S CHOICE PRINTING at 2704 Hegan Ln #120 Chico, CA 95928.

MICHAEL DAVID HARPER 2126 Bar Triangle St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MIKE HARPER Dated: March 11, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000398 Published: March 20,27, April 3,10, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BAT FABRICATION at 3326 Esplanade Unit C Chico, CA 95973.

JEFFREY EUGENE HOUGHTON 522 Digger Pine Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JEFFREY EUGENE HOUGHTON Dated: March 6, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000365 Published: March 13,20,27, April 3, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as J ATLAS BUMBLBEE FURNITURE TRANSPORT at 314 Legacy Lane Chico, CA 95973.

JULIE ATLAS 314 Legacy Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JULIE ATLAS Dated: February 24, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000306 Published: March 20,27, April 3,10, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SEE THE SHOW at 1140 Normal Ave Chico, CA 95928.

DANIEL GROVER 1140 Normal Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DANIEL GROVER Dated: February 20, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000286 Published: March 13,20,27, April 3, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GREAT STATE COFFEE COMPANY at 3881 Benatar, Suite C Chico, CA 95928.

BIDWELL NATIVE, LLC PO Box 2273 Chico, CA 95927.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: ALEC BINYON, MEMBER Dated: March 11, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000396 Published: March 20,27, April 3,10, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO CHAI at 1919 Park Ave Chico, CA 95928.

SARAH ELIZABETH ADAMS 918 Salem Street Chico, CA 95928.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MINX SKATEBOARD COMPANY at 2711 Rafael St Chico, CA 95973

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JOHNATHAN JOSEPH MIRABELLI 2711 Rafael St Chico, CA 95973 This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOHNATHAN MIRABELLI Dated: March 12, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000400 Published: March 20,27, April 3,10, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as COSMOS PUBLISHING at 545 Lower Forbstown Road Oroville, CA 95966.

RANDALL L DODSON 545 Lower Forbstown Road Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RANDALL L. DODSON Dated: March 14, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000416 Published: March 20,27, April 3,10, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as D3 DRYWALL COMPANY at 3628 Bay Ave Chico, CA 95973.

DONALD MARK BAXTER JR. 3628 Bay Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DONALD M BAXTER JR Dated: February 19, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000279 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO SHELL at 2036 Forest Ave Chico, CA 95928.

RISING QUILL INCORPORATED 2036 Forest Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: HARMINDER K. BHOGAL, SECRETARY Dated: February 25, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000313 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SWEENEY AND SELLAND INSURANCE SERVICES at 102 Raley Blvd Suite 175 Chico, CA 95928.

IN THE WORKS INC 410 Center St Suite D Yuba City, CA 95991.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: GEORGE SELLAND, PRESIDENT Dated: March 4, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000349 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as YOUNG LOVE OUTFITTERS at 808 2nd Ave #5 Chico, CA 95926.

KENNETH SWAIN 808 2nd Ave #5 Chico, CA 95926.

DAVID ZOPPI 1121 Marin Street Corning, CA 96021.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: KENNETH SWAIN Dated: February 25, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000309 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CALIFORNIA CONVICTED FELONZ’ ASSOCIATION at 567 E Lassen Ave #103 Chico, CA 95973.

PENNINAH RUTH SARTAIN GILBERT 567 E Lassen Ave #103 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: PENNINAH RUTH SARTAIN GILBERT Dated: March 6, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000364 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FHG MEDICAL SOLUTIONS at 752 Woodbridge Drive Chico, CA 95926.

CHRISTINE SORGER 752 Woodbridge Drive Chico, CA 95926.

NEIL SORGER 752 Woodbridge Drive Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: NEIL SORGER Dated: February 25, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000314 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EARTHBOUND SKILLS at 4 Maddie Ct Chico, CA 95973.

MATTHEW KNIGHT 4 Maddie Ct Chico, CA 95973.

JONI MITCHELL 4 Maddie Ct Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: JONI MITCHELL Dated: March 4, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000347 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHARLES I HOOPER D.O. at 1800 Apple View Way Paradise, CA 95969.

CHARLES I HOOPER 1800 Apple View Way Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHARLES I. HOOPER Dated: March 20, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000448 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PARKSIDE PRESCHOOL AND DAYCARE at 1885 E 8th St, Suite 100 Chico, CA 95928.

PARKSIDE PRESCHOOL AND DAYCARE INC 25 Northwood Commons Place Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: ROBERTA BAKER, PRESIDENT Dated: March 11, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000395 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ARCTIC MELODIES at 2221 St George Ln Chico, CA 95926.

THORSTEINN GUNTER 120 Menlo Way #99 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: THORSTEINN GUNTER Dated: March 21, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000458 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persson is doing business as JOVIAL GYPSY at 1266 Dale Way Chico, CA 95926.

ERICA JEAN DENT 1266 Dale Way Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ERICA J. DENT Dated: March 10, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000384 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SMILE CREATORS at 1046 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926.

PAMELA E CAVINESS 104 Echo Peak Terrace Chico, CA 95928.

MELVIN D SAGE 1768 Walnut Tree Lane Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Joint Venture.

Signed: MELVIN D. SAGE Dated: March 10, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000379 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ITAL IMPROVEMENTS at 1776 Daryl Porter Way #7 Oroville, CA 95966.

JONATHAN NOEL 1776 Daryl Porter Way #7 Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JONATHAN NOEL Dated: March 17, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000425 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL The following person has withdrawn as partner from the partnership operating under: BROWNS TOWING at 737 Cedar Street Chico, CA 95928.

AMANDA DAELENE BROWN 1244 Normal Ave Chico, CA 95928.

Signed: AMANDA D BROWN Dated: March 24, 2014 FBN Number: 2011-0000991 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BETTER LIFE SCIENCES at 14216 Kansas Lane Chico, CA 95973.

JEFFREY DAVID BLAKE 14216 Kansas Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JEFFREY BLAKE Dated: March 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000371 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CUPCAKES WITH MOXIE at 28 Bellarmine Court Chico, CA 95928.

LORNA D BRODIE 1150 Watts Estates Dr Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LORNA D BRODIE Dated: March 13, 2014 FBN Number:2014-0000410 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BRUCE’S TRUCK AND TRACTOR at 5499 Market St Chico, CA

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BRUCE W SMITH 5499 Market St Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: BRUCE SMITH Dated: March 26, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000478 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as RUSS’ AUTO DETAILING AND WINDSHIELD REPAIR at 251 Panama Ave Chico, CA 95973.

JEFFERY G SCHMIDT 3254 Dayton Rd Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual Sighned: JEFFERY SCHMIDT Dated: March 28, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000500 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CRYSTAL CLEAR DESTINATION TRAVEL at 13 Hemming Lane Chico, CA 95973.

MICHAEL JOHN MCCARTHY 13 Hemming Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual Signed: MICHAEL JOHN MCCARTHY Dated: March 13, 2014 FBN Number 2014-0000413 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LUMININJAS at 1266 Dale Way Chico, CA 95926.

LEE DENT 1266 Dale Way Chico, CA 95926 JACK OBER 1266 Dale Way Chico, CA 95926 LANDON WHITCOMB 14855 Klamath Ct Magalia, CA 95954.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: LEE DENT Dated: March 17, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000423 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The Following persons are doing business as LONE TREE RANCH at 39 Serene Lane Oroville CA 95965.

LISA M STARK 39 Serene Lane Oroville, CA 95965 MICHAEL D STARK 39 Serene Lane Oroville CA 95965.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple Signed: LISA STARK Dated: March 14, 2014 FBN Number; 2014-0000415 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE VIRGINIA JORDAN AKA VIRGINIA BELLE JORDAN AKA VIRGINIA B. JORDAN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: VIRGINIA JORDAN, AKA VIRGINIA BELLE JORDAN, AKA VIRGINIA B. JORDAN A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MARIAN HOLOCHWOST in the Superior Court of

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THE Petition for Probate requests that: MARIAN HOLOCHWOST be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: April 17, 2014 Time: 9:00a.m.

Dept: PROBATE Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal 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: PR40974 Attorney for Petitioner: DIRK POTTER 20 Independence Circle Chico, CA 95973.

Published: March 20,27, April 3, 2014

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE SHEILA LINDARE METCALF To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SHEILA LINDARE METCALF A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JEROLD METCALF in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: JEROLD METCALF be appointed as per-­ sonal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

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A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 8, 2014 Time: 9:00a.m.

Dept: TBD Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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

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

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

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

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

Case Number: PR40941 Attorney for Petitioner: ROONEY LAW FIRM 1361 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926 Published: March 27, April 3,10, 2014

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due.

The following units contain misc items, boxes, etc: Unit 076CC: Michael Archuleta (5x15) Unit 224SS: Jose Arispe (5x5) Unit 424CC: Gary Charlton (4x5) Unit 469CC: Michelle Conley (5x7) Unit 482CC: Michelle Conley (6x12) Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on: April 12, 2014 Beginning at 12:00pm Sale to be held at: 65 Heritage Lane Chico, CA 95926.

Published: March 27, April 3, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JODIE NEAL filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JODIE MARIE NEAL THOMAS Proposed name: JODIE MARIE ROSE 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: April 29, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: March 5, 2014 Case Number: 161498 Published: March 13,20,27, April 3, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner NICHOLAS EDWARD GEETER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: NICHOLAS EDWARD GEETER Proposed name: NICHOLAS EDWARD WEST 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: April 9, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: March 6, 2014 Case Number: 161396 Published: March 13,20,27, April 3, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JEANIE MARR’IE IFTIGER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing petitioner’s name as follows: Present name: JEANIE MARR’IE IFTIGER Proposed name: JAECOB JEAN IFTIGER THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted NOTICE OF HEARING Date: April 9, 2014 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept.: TBA The address of the court is: 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

Signed: ROBERT GLUSMAN Dated: March 4, 2014 Case Number: 161360 Published: March 20,27, April 3,10, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KERA EILEEN KATHRYN HARR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing petitioner’s name as follows: Present name: KERA EILEEN KATHRYN HARR Proposed name: ADEN ADAM EMERY HARR THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 21, 2014 Time: 8:30 A.M. Dept.: TBA The address of the court is: 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: March 13, 2014 Case Number: 161335 Published: March 20,27, April 3,10, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JESSE PIZANO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JESSE SALVADOR PIZANO JR. Proposed name: JESSE SALVADOR MELENDEZ 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: April 23, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: ROBERT A. GLUSMAN Dated: March 3, 2014 Case Number: 161311 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DENISE D LARSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DENISE DANETTE LARSON Proposed name: DENISE DANETTE PROFFER 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

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SARA WILCOX filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JAQUALYNN MARIA PLASCENCIA Proposed name: JAQUALYNN AURORA WILCOX 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

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NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 14, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: March 14, 2014 Case Number: 161699 Published: March 27, April 3,10,17 2014

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NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 7, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: March 20, 2014 Case Number: 161594 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

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Signed: Kimberly Flener Case Number: 160907 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: RUSSEL L. SCOTT AND DOES 1-10 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: YESSICA LUPICA-CERVANTES AND MATHEW CERVANTES NOTICE! You have been sued.

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BR/BA

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

Bangor

$185,000

3/ 2

1560

2602 Sedona Ave

Chico

$262,000

4/ 2

1603

690 Esplanade

Chico

$550,000

4/ 3

3727

1680 Cooks Way

Chico

$247,500

3/ 2

1720

810 El Monte Ave

Chico

$498,000

3/ 2

1645

609 W 11th Ave

Chico

$242,500

4/ 3

1859

308 Weymouth Way

Chico

$320,000

4/ 2.5

1837

105 Winchester Ct

Chico

$236,000

3/ 2

1213

1271 Virage Ln

Chico

$310,000

3/ 2

1728

942 Downing Ave

Chico

$226,500

3/ 1.5

1262

7 Firefly Ct

Chico

$305,000

3/ 2

1833

570 E 3rd Ave

Chico

$190,000

2/ 2

1056

68 River Wood Loop

Chico

$289,000

3/ 2

1546

58 Oak Dr

Chico

$179,000

2/ 1

1222

13 Avante Way

Chico

$284,000

3/ 2

1440

1332 Laurel St

Chico

$125,000

4/ 1

948

457 Palisades Dr

Chico

$278,500

3/ 2

1893

973 Wisconsin St

Chico

$122,500

2/ 1

890

32 Sunland Dr

Chico

$267,500

3/ 1.5

1604

555 Vallombrosa Ave 32

Chico

$117,000

1/ 1

725

4 Vintage Ct

Chico

$266,500

3/ 2

1470

2403 Brown St

Durham

$152,500

3/ 2

1376

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of March 17, 2014 – March 21, 2014.

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Paradise

$362,500

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229 Nevada St

Gridley

$106,000

2/ 1

784

2474

9001 Skyway

Paradise

$255,000

3/ 3

14227 Wycliff Way

Magalia

$190,000

3/ 2

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1939

8606 Stiras Way

Paradise

$250,000

3/ 2

6466 Ponderosa Way

Magalia

$140,000

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3/ 2

1250

1431 Scandia Way

Paradise

$239,000

5/ 3

195 Fairhill Dr

Oroville

2854

$335,000

3/ 2

2020

6246 Himmel St

Paradise

$205,000

2/ 2

41 Butte Woods Dr

1368

Oroville

$296,000

4/ 2.5

2468

83 Marlee Ln

Paradise

$186,500

3/ 2

2378

6360 Carmel Ave

Oroville

$225,000

3/ 2

1265

8424 Montna Dr

Paradise

$184,000

3/ 2

1426

6 Orchard Hill Dr

Oroville

$189,500

3/ 2.5

1917

579 Circlewood Dr

Paradise

$170,000

3/ 2

1305

109 Acacia Ave

Oroville

$180,000

3/ 3

1864

314 Memphis Dr

Paradise

$155,500

2/ 2

1305

186 Crystal Pines Rd

Oroville

$105,000

3/ 2

1200

5980 Sawmill Rd

Paradise

$145,000

3/ 2

1400

527 Likens Ln

Paradise

$412,000

3/ 2

2470

7041 Molokai Dr

Paradise

$136,500

2/ 1.5

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For example, when I went to open the lock box attached to a hose bib on the side-entry wall of a particular house one fine spring day, I was acutely aware that the plantings and bark ground cover between the wall and the entry walkway were new. Yellow identification tags were wrapped around the skinny limbs of some of the plantings, and the odor of the newly strewn bark filled the air with a pleasant woody smell. I was not aware, however, that the bark ground cover was merely a floating surface on top of watery earth the consistency of quicksand. I determined later that the homeowner had left the hose running, which had created the trap.

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I planted my left foot, it disappeared slowly but steadily beneath the surface, to a depth of mid-calf.

I yanked my leg out of the muck to the accompaniment of a great sucking sound and an involuntary expletive on my part.

My just-arrived buyer/client, Mrs. Rushmore, instinctively gathered in her children, 5-yearold twins Maya and Mia, like a hen with her brood, and shielded them from the dripping, splattering disaster this Realtor had become.

I waited in the backyard like a wet dog as Mrs. Rushmore and the twins toured inside the house unaccompanied. The moment they came through the back door, my right leg stepped backward and dropped into a post-hole camouflaged beneath a layer of yard-clippings. Again I emitted an involuntary expletive. I faced them leaning at a 45-degree angle, smiling encouragingly.

Mrs. Rushmore again gathered in her brood, and said “Thank you very much,” over her shoulder as they scurried out the back gate.

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3 Avocete (X St: Glenwood) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1866 Sq.Ft. $373,000 Ronnie Owen 518-0911 Brandi Laffins 321-9562

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3194 Sespe Creek Way (X St: Windham) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1867 Sq.Ft. $349,900 Paul Champlin 828-2902 Anita Miller 321-1174

Sat.11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 2-4 731 Sheridan Ave (X St: Filbert) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2160 Sq.Ft. $349,500 Kimberley Tonge 518-5508 Alice Zeissler 518-1872

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137 Delaney Drive (X St: Yosemite) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,524 Sq. Ft. $335,000 Erin Schmidt 575-7431 Sandy Stoner 514-5555

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1721 Jetta Ct. (X St: 8th Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 2,024 Sq. Ft. $309,000 Patty Davis Rough 864-4329

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571 Eaton Rd (X St: Godman) 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 1723 Sq.Ft. $265,900 John Spain 519-5726 Frankie Dean 717-3884 Tracy Simmons 925-348-2069 Erin Schmidt 575-7431

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2014 CAMMIES Music Festival Showcase schedules for April 3-5, 2014

It’s CAMMIES season! That time of year when the Chico News & Review bangs the drum and the vibrant Chico music scene and its eclectic collection of bands responds with a marathon of live-music parties.

For two weeks, the Chico Area Music Awards will take over the town, first with the three-day CAMMIES Music Festival, featuring 12 genres of local music showcased at seven local venues over three days, ThursdaySaturday, April 3-5. We’ve once again tried to stretch the shows out over as much of the day/evening as possible—avoiding overlapping complementary genres as much as we could—in order to give local-music freaks the opportunity to catch the maximum number of bands.

And next week, it’s the CAMMIES Finale/Awards Show, a free, all-day, all-ages celebration featuring music on two stages, food trucks serving grub, a beer truck serving adult beverages, and the announcement of the People’s Choice Awards (as well as Critics’ Choice Awards) at the Chico Women’s Club (592 E. Third St.), on Sunday, April 13, 2-7 p.m.

But before you get to the end, make sure to start at www.newsreview.com/cammies and vote for your faves.

Polls close at 11:59 p.m., Sunday, April 6.

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Blues Showcase, 5:30 p.m., no cover, 21-over

World Showcase, 6 p.m., $5, all ages

LaSalles, 229 Broadway (on the patio) Mark Porkchop Holder The Growlers Ira Walker The Amy Celeste Band Sapphire Soul

Down Lo, 319 Main St. (downstairs) Mark McKinnon & Maya Sieminski-Prosvancz (of Ha’Penny Bridge) Los Caballitos de la Canción Los Papi Chulos

Singer-songwriter Showcase AND Jazz Showcase 3 p.m. (Jazz starts approx. 6 p.m.), $5 for both shows, 21-over

Hard Rock/Metal Showcase, “Heavy Metal Happy Hour!”

7 p.m., $5, all ages Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave. DJ MattleAxe Sorin Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Indie/Experimental Showcase, 9 p.m., $5, 21-over Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave. Sisterhoods Pageant Dads Clouds on Strings French Reform Aubrey Debauchery & The Broken Bones (rock nominees)

Jam/Funk Showcase, 9 p.m., $5, 21-over Lost on Main, 319 Main St. Sofa King Jeff Pershing Band Swamp Zen Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co. GravyBrain Black Fong

Folk/Americana/Country Showcase, 9 p.m., $5, all ages Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave. Bunnymilk Gordy Ohliger Michelin Embers

Electronic Showcase, 9:30 p.m., $2 (before 10 p.m.); $3 (after 10), 21-over Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St. Co-presented by BassMint Chico.

ALO Playboy Smooth Billy the Robot Eyere Eyes KO-DE-AK DJ Becca

Rap Showcase, 10 p.m., $5, 21-over LaSalles, 229 Broadway Himp C Resonators Big Slim TyBox Twisted Strategies

Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave. Bran Crown Lish Bills Kyle Williams Lisa Valentine Mandalyn May Fera Switch to Jazz at approx. 6 p.m.

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Punk Showcase, 4 p.m., $5 donation, all ages Monstros Pizza, 628 W. Sac. Ave. Co-presented by Chico Area Pyrate Punx Filthy Luke Mr. Bang Nothing Left Outside Looking In Guerilla Gorilla Big Tree Fall Down The Oisters Season of the Witch Jorge Jonze We Bite Badger Gorilla X Monsoon Jay Decay Criminal Wave Born Into This Icko Sicko Fight Music

Rock Note: Due to scheduling constraints there is no Rock Showcase this year. However, rock nominees Aubrey Debauchery & The Broken Bones will be joining the bands on the bill at the Indie/Experimental Showcase at The Maltese (see Thursday).

Go to www.newsreview.com/cammies to vote! Polls close at 11:59 p.m., April 6.

April 3, 2014

OFFICIAL GUIDE TO CAMMIES MUSIC SHOWCASES 3

2014CAMMIE nominees

A quick look at every act in every genre in the Chico Area Music Awards Folk / Americana / Country Bunnymilk: “Drunken songbird angels” Lisa Marie (guitar) and Kelly Brown (banjo) sing a slow, haunting brand of folk music, with effortless harmonies that conjure up ghosts of barrooms past. www.bunnymilk.band camp.com Gordy Ohliger: Butte County’s resident old-time-music expert and leader of a variety of old-time, gypsy, vaudeville, etc., ensembles—Hot Potato!, Thick & Thin, Trio Gordo—sums it up best: “Gordy plays vintage music on vintage banjos, performing shows of quirky tales honoring our past with a smiling song.” www.tinyurl.com/gordyohliger Michelin Embers: “Western skiffle” is a genre of one, and the Embers— Johnny Meehan, Ken Smith, Steve Bragg and Scott Pressman—burn through their unique, twangy, streetcorner sound on an eclectic collection of instruments: guitar, ukulele, gut bucket and lap-steel. www.michelin embers.com The Railflowers: The Knight sisters— Hannah, Ellen and Beth—were raised on Emmylou Harris and Joni Mitchell.

And with stand-up bassist Emma

Blankenship, the acoustic four-piece draws on those traditions and adds angelic, harmonizing voices to create a lush Americana sound. www.therail flowers.com Three Fingers Whiskey: Someone put up a chain-link fence in front of the stage, because this is beer-bottlethrowin’ music! These high-energy country rockers are known for whooping up a good time at many of the North State’s finer dive bars and honky-tonks. www.reverbnation.com/ threefingerswhiskey

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The Railflowers

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Indie/ Experimental Clouds On Strings: We’ve tripped into the prog-rock garage of the house that Uncle Dad’s Art Collective has built in Chico. The cross-breeding is extensive between the bands in the collaborative group—which includes Bogg, the Pageant Dads, and The Broken Bones—and in this room, the members lean toward Ween and stumble over Mr. Bungle, and every day is weird, loud and super fun. www.reverbnation.com/clouds onstrings French Reform: A spiky, funky, danceable band that makes playing keyboards look badass!?! French Reform is proof that a band’s collective love of modern rap and electronic music, old-school new wave and 1980s post-punk somehow all adds up to one hell of a fun way to rock. www.frenchreform.bandcamp.com Pageant Dads: Four dads, with four beauty pageant daughters, just lettin’ their rock-and-roll hair down on the weekends: “Most of their time is dedicated to being fantastic fathers and active community service go-getters, but when they have free time, they let the music out of their soul.” www.pageantdads.bandcamp.com Sisterhoods: “Sisterhoods have returned from the future that the ’80s imagined.” That’s the trip that this trippy, atmospheric crew is on—building rhythms with loops, bass and live drums and painting the signs along the way with synths, guitar and the poetic soaring vocals of Nikki Sierra. www.sisterhoodsmusic.com West By Swan: These sonic explorers never fall into the rut of playing to the conventions of any of the genres they draw from. All heavy, noisy, ambient rock-and-roll sounds are fair game and are put to use to create a

Michelin Embers

dynamic and emotionally charged brand of guitar-driven rock that ranges from the beautifully warm to the punishingly cold (or is that the beautifully cold and the punishingly warm?). www.facebook.com/west byswan

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Ha’Penny Bridge: Bandleader Mark McKinnon mixes the Old World with new age with his Celtic ensemble Ha’Penny Bridge. Fastidiously recalling Irish history and lore, McKinnon spins it into yarns that keep it real here in Chico. www.hapenny West By Swan bridgeband.com Los Caballitos de la Canción: The brainchild of bandleader, singer and keyboardist Jo Chavez, Los Caballitos de la Canción is a supergroup made up of some of Chico’s finest musicians that has brought a new flavor to Chico: “We fuse a variety of groove-based Latin musical influences from Mexico, South America and Spain to create the sounds of both traditional and contemporary musica Latina.” www.reverbnation.com/ loscaballitosdelacancion Los Papi Chulos: Originating as a Chico State Latin jazz ensemble in 1997, this AfroCuban, Latin, Salsa group led by trumpet master Jeff Daub has gone through many personnel changes over the years, but has maintained its place as one of the hottest dance-friendly bands in town. www.lospapi chulos.com Soul Union: True world music, featuring a funky bunch of percussion-heavy world styles—with frantic, poetic vocals by frontman

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Johnny Dutro—guaranteed to get people to kick off their shoes and incite massive drum circles. www.musicof soulunion.com Wolf Thump: Percussionist/beekeeper Mike Wofchuck’s 11-person samba drumline—which features an eclectic collection of local artists and musicians, including David “Dragonboy” Sutherland, MaMuse, Ayrian Dilts, Cameron Scott and Evin Wolverton, among others—that is the wildly beating heart of every festival, concert and community event that they show up to. www.face book.com/wolfthumpmusic

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Aubrey Debauchery & The Broken Bones: Aubrey Debauchery has left no musical stone unturned during her 15 years of playing music in Chico. In addition to being a solo performer, she’s played in metal, indie-punk and theatrical rock bands. She’s also fronted her own country-rock band (The Puke Boots) and in her latest project leads the rockin’ five-piece The Broken Bones, made up of local jazz crew Bogg plus drummer Alex Coffin (Pageant Dads, Teeph). www.facebook.com/ aubreydebaucheryandthebrokenbones Gentlemen’s Coup: Bandleader Scott Barwick’s very good acid trip—garage rock heavy on Mellotron and piano, with enough spacey voyages to ensure a far-out trip. Bring your tambourine, and shake that thing! www.reverb nation.com/gentlemenscoup The Persian Skirts: Johnny Meehan and Kerra Jessen—known more around these parts as Johnny and Kerra Shanker (of The Shankers, naturally)— are old souls with punk-rock spirits who’ve taken the sounds of the rock, country and even soul of the 1950s and ’60s and added the insistent kick of drummer Jake Sprecher to make their own kick-ass brand of raunchy bar rock. www.persianskirts.band camp.com The Rugs: There is a Nor Cal sweet spot—where warm guitar tones, sweet vocal harmonies and a soulful groove meet next to an ice chest of Sierra Nevada. The Rugs lie right there, a little quieter than the rest, singing in the backyard as the sun finally goes down on an endless summer day. www.facebook.com/therugsmusic

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NOMINEES continued from page 5 Surrogate: Singer/songwriter Chris Keene and his band Surrogate have been up to their shoegazing, and navel-gazing, pop-rock magic for six years now. With the release of their excellent Post Heroic last year, the four-piece branched out and reached new heights with a cohesive collection of indie-pop, ambient, bluesy and muscular rock sounds. www.surrogate music.com

Jazz Bogg: These four young Chico State music grads hit the scene a couple years ago and have explored every avenue for expressing their eclectic brand of modern jazz. Equally comfortable playing standards in a restaurant, or original off-kilter compositions on an indie-rock bill, or reinterpretations of pop songs for their weekly jazz brunch at Café Coda, Bogg has been everywhere this year. www.boggjazz.com Holly Taylor: When talking about jazz singers in Chico, the first person that is bound to come to mind is Holly Taylor. The longtime vocalist, and vocal coach, has an energetic personality as

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Shigemi Minetaka: There is no corner of the Chico jazz scene where keyboardist Shigemi Minetaka hasn’t pulled up her bench. In addition to being one of the featured keyboardists in many local ensembles—Chico Jazz Collective, First Monday Jazz, and her duo with fellow CAMMIE nominee Christine LaPado-Breglia—Minetaka leads her own regular Tuesday night Shigemi and Friends gig at Farm Star Pizza.

Christine LaPado-Breglia Trio: Stand-up bassist Christine LaPadoBreglia’s trio—including vocalist/guitarist Chris Wenger and mandolinist Bob Kirkland—brings together jazz, bluegrass and any other style they feel inspired by for their spirited and fun take on jazz.

Jonathan Stoyanoff: When he’s not laying down the groove for The Bumptet or one of his many other sideman gigs, Berklee College of Music grad Jonathan Stoyanoff brings together a rotating crew of local players for the weekly First Monday Jazz concert series at Café Coda. The concerts bring the local jazz musicians out of the shadows of the lounges and restaurants, and put them on the stage where they pay homage to great composers each month. www.the bumptet.com

Jam/Funk Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co.: With her soulful, folksinger voice (think Natalie Merchant-meets-Joni Mitchell) and a crew of local ringers backing her up, singer/songwriter Alli Battaglia’s melodic acoustic tunes are taken in a variety of directions—from groovy jams to breezy acoustic-rock. www.allibattaglia.com Black Fong: Frontman Jack Dammit International has brought the funk to Chico for decades, beginning with one-time favorite party crew Brutilicus Maximus and now with his everchanging lineup of fun-makers in Black Fong. Lately, the Fong has grown, with backup singers and a horn section swelling the caboose of the self-styled “butt funk” ensemble to a dozen. www.facebook.com/ groups/blackfong GravyBrain: A funk-fusion group best known for its wild, liberally improvised live shows that are always rooted in a funky groove. In addition to its Nor Cal presence, the band has made a name for itself at Burning Man, transmitting its spaced-out groove from atop a pink elephant on the playa. www.facebook.com/gravybrain The Jeff Pershing Band: Guitarist Jeff Pershing has spent as much time studying and teaching music as he has playing it, and his band’s funky, island-inspired tunes will whisk you away to the deck of a tropical pleasure cruise where only The Jeff Pershing

Band and a piña colada will keep you cool. www.jeffpershing.com Sofa King: A self-described “bassdriven hard-funk act,” Sofa King is first and foremost concerned with bringing people to the dance floor. To that end, vocalist Christina Comfort and crew—guitarist Joshua Comfort, bassist Douglas Jones, drummer Brian Jones and fluteboxer (flute + beatboxing) Nathanial Gravette—draw from as many dance-friendly genres as they can fit in the groove, from funk and soul to R&B and disco. www.reverbnation.com/kofasing Swamp Zen: Swamp Zen keeps the jam loose but rockin’, with a wild and blazing style that follows the lead of consummate frontman Doug Stein “from the mud of the Mississippi delta to the third moon of Neptune.” There are very few local bands who bring it as strong every time out, and that’s something to dance to. www.reverb nation.com/swampzen

Rap Big Slim: Nate Joyner has been performing for more than a decade, and has in recent years been making a name for himself in the Chico hip-hop scene as Big Slim. Performing both as a solo performer and as a guest with others, Slim brings his strong voice and urgent flow to every crew from The Resonators to the Butte Area Cypher Crew. www.facebook.com/ therealbigslim

Himp C: Cory Hunt is the ringleader of the loose collective of local freestyle rappers known Butte Area Cypher Crew. When he’s not leading cypher circles or performing spoken word at open mics, the MC known as Himp C is onstage as a solo artist or as part of fellow CAMMIE nominees The Resonators. www.facebook.com/himpc The Hooliganz: One listen to the chill vibe of The Hooliganz on their smooth slow jam “Way That I Be,” and you know you’re in Chico, where the ultimate local party crew rules the hiphop roost. www.hooliganzmusic.com The Resonators: One of the longestrunning local crews, The Resonators are not only the torchbearers of conscious hip-hop in Butte County, but the three members—MC and DJ Hap Hathaway, MC Himp C, and guitarist Shaulie Fingers—are also always working on live productions for themselves and others via The Family Business. www.reverbnation.com/theresonators Twisted Strategies: Backed by a full, funky live band, MC Cody G (aka Cody Goodliffe) leads Twisted Strategies in a style of party music that dips into the good-time vibe of early Beastie Boys as well as the propulsive groove of Rage Against the Machine. www.reverbnation.com/ twistedstrategies TyBox: In addition to his natural flow, Tyson “TyBox” Harris has cultivated an impressive repertoire of dynamics, breaking up his raps with well-timed stops and shifts in delivery that make him a force at the mic. Watch for The

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Electronic (DJ) DJ Becca: She’s been deejaying house parties for more than a decade, and in the process DJ Becca’s love for electronic music has grown into a regular presence playing house, techno, nu disco and indie-dance music at underground warehouse parties, outdoor full-moon parties and occasionally local clubs. www.face book.com/dj.becca.becca Eyere Eyes: Atmospheric and strange, bass is only part of the equation. The rest is a swirl of robotic sounds with occasional string samples thrown in the mix. Eyere Eyes is also co-curator—with fellow CAMMIE nominee ALO—of the Friday-night BassMint electronic shows at Peking Chinese Restaurant. www.face book.com/bassmintchico KO-DE-AK: Formerly one half of the Anamnesis DJ duo (that also included Simple Science), Owen “KO-DEAK” Bettis specializes in “journey sets” that weave elements of breaks, house, dubstep, drum and bass, and other West Coast bass sounds into a sonic adventure.

Electronic (producer) ALO: This punk-rock-metalheadturned-producer has been a fixture on the local music scene since the 1990s. Most recently he’s been cocurating the Friday-night BassMint electronic shows along with fellow CAMMIE nominee Eyere Eyes at Peking Chinese Restaurant, and in his own music he’s known for incorporating found sounds with layers of

synths and bass guitar. www.face book.com/bassmintchico Billy the Robot: The artist formerly known as MANIC ONE has been manning the ones and twos for nearly two decades, which means he probably has an incredible vinyl collection.

BtR is known for his mashups, often combining hip-hop with dance music from the ’80s and ’90s. www.sound cloud.com/billytherobot Playboy Smooth: As his alter-ego Playboy Smooth, Myles Morris creates a layered, textured, sample-heavy version of electronic music. www.soundcloud.com/playboysmooth

heart of Williams’ groovy acoustic pop tunes, and both are on display on his latest release, The Stage Fright EP. www.ilovekylewilliams.com Lisa Valentine: Inspired by performers like Otis Redding and Tina Turner, Lisa Valentine brings an emotionally charged foundation to the soul songs she writes. Often backed by a big six-

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Singersongwriter Bran Crown: Don Parrish (aka Bran Crown) says he “grew up catching trout and skipping stones” and that image befits his happy hillbilly approach to hollering, foot-stomping freak folk—“mostly projections of experiences from lives not lived because who likes living but one life?” www.brancrown.bandcamp.com Fera: Fera has been one of the engines that makes the Chico music scene move since 2007. In addition to constantly performing and recording (three albums, with a fourth on the way) his artful brand of indie folk, he’s also one of the most active promoters in town, matching out-oftown underground acts with local upand-comers for some of the more interesting bills in town. www.fera.bandcamp.com Kyle Williams: The troubadour with a tangle of dreadlocks and a sweet (but huge) voice will melt your heart. Melody and soul are at the

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ach year, the Chico News & Review asks 50-orso people who have been actively involved in the local music scene for the past year—promoters, bookers, soundpersons, music fans, radio DJs, music-store employees, club owners, music writers, and musicians from every genre—to be on our CAMMIES selection committee. And, with the exception of the Punk category (which, in true punk spirit, features every punk band in the area as a nominee), the committee’s faves make up the list of CAMMIES nominees in the genres below.

Now it’s your turn to sound off. Go listen to the bands at the CAMMIES Music Festival showcases (April 3-5) and between now and April 6, log on at www.newsreview.com/ cammies and cast your votes for your faves (if your top choice wasn’t nominated, write ’em in!). The winners of the People’s Choice Awards will be announced, along with the Critics’ Choice Awards, at the 2014 CAMMIES Finale/ Awards Show on Sunday, April 13, 2-7 p.m., at Chico Women’s Club.

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Badger Big Tree Fall Down Blaster Dead Born Into This Boss 501 Criminal Wave Fight Music Filthy Luke Frankie Doppler’s Nuclear Sunrise Gigantes Gorilla X Monsoon Guerrilla Gorilla Gyro Spazzers Icko Sicko Jay Decay Jorge Jonze Kasm Mom & Dad Nothing Left The Oisters Outside Looking In The Pushers Ryan Davidson Season of the Witch Severance Package

Folk / Americana / Country Bunnymilk Gordy Ohliger Michelin Embers The Railflowers Three Fingers Whiskey

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Jazz Bogg Christine LaPado-Breglia Trio Holly Taylor Jonathan Stoyanoff Shigemi Minetaka

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Blues The Amy Celeste Band The Growlers Ira Walker Mark Porkchop Holder Sapphire Soul

Jam / Funk Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co. Black Fong Gravybrain Jeff Pershing Band Sofa King Swamp Zen

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ger, Big Tree Fall Down, Blaster Dead, Born Into This, Boss 501, Criminal Wave, Fight Music, Filthy Luke, Frankie Doppler’s Nuclear Sunrise, Gigantes, Gorilla X Monsoon, Guerrilla Gorilla, Gyro Spazzers, Icko Sicko, Jay Decay, Jorge Jonze, Kasm, Mom & Dad, Nothing Left, The Oisters, Outside Looking In, The Pushers, Ryan Davidson, Season of the Witch and Severance Package.

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Hard Rock/Metal NOMINEES continued from page 9 piece band, Valentine feels most at home playing live. She released her debut EP, Secret Lover, in 2013. www.facebook.com/lisavalen tine.serenade Lish Bills: The alter ego of metal wunderkind Kirk Williams—who lends his shred skills to CAMMIE metal nominees Armed For Apocalypse—Lish Bills is built on his raspy, resonant voice and a repertoire of spare, soulful and exceedingly hummable acoustic tunes. www.lishbills.bandcamp.com Mandalyn May: Mandalyn’s May’s energetic brand of ukulele folk-pop covers the full range of Americana, from neo-traditional folk and wistful

Celtic ballads to tub-thumping, foot-tapping barn dance singalongs. www.mandalynmay.com

Punk / Ska More than two dozen punk bands (and counting, likely—there are probably a couple of new bands busting out of the garage as you read this). As is tradition, in keeping with the all-inclusive spirit of the local punk scene— and the Chico Area Pyrate Punx who organize the punk showcase marathon every year—we’ve included all the punk (and, new this year, ska!) bands we could think of as nominees in the category. Read the list and weep: Bad-

Amarok: Like a bank of dark clouds filling the horizon on a calm spring day, there is a creeping, ominous presence of doom in Amarok’s slow, sludgy bowel-rattling brand of heaviosity.

Batten down the hatches. There is a rough storm brewing. www.amarokdoom.blogspot.com Armed For Apocalypse: Despite the name of their latest album, The Road Will End, time on the road is far from over for this sludgy four-piece, as they continue to perform as much outside their hometown—both in America and Europe—as they do in Chico. www.a4aband.com Cold Blue Mountain: By their own account, Cold Blue Mountain combines “equal parts doom, sludge, post-metal,

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recent album, Blame Me. www.ira walker.net Mark Porkchop Holder: Mark Porkchop Holder has played his slide guitar and harmonica all over the world— from tours of Europe to the streets of Nashville—and now, somehow he’s here, playing his gritty country blues on Chico’s sidewalks and twice a month at Café Flo. www.reverb nation.com/iammarkporkchopholder Sapphire Soul: Frontman and saxman Jonathan Arthur’s glorious gray beard sways to the beat as he harmonizes with keyboardist Laurie Dana to preach the boogie-woogie gospel for one of Chico’s most party-friendly dance bands. www.reverbnation.com/ sapphiresoul

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Blues The Amy Celeste Band: With her band of Nor Cal ringers—guitarist Son Rey Garcia, drummer John Hale, bassist Jack Lemley and keyboardist Jim Schmidt—frontwoman Amy Celeste puts her soulful voice to work on a wide range of blues and pop standards. www.theamycelesteband.com The Growlers: The Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co.’s house blues band is named, appropriately enough, after the half-gallon glass jugs used to bottle house brews for to-go orders. Led by Joe Hammons, the leader of the venue’s monthly Full House Blues Jam, the nine-member supergroup features two bands’ worth of regulars from the Butte County scene. www.featherfalls casino.com/brewing-co Ira Walker: Ira Walker is a singer/songwriter who is comfortable in many genres—from folk and country to rock and blues. This time last year he jumped into that last one with both feet, traveling from Chicago to the Mississippi Delta across the 12 blues tracks on his most

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beards, cheap beer, fried chicken and bad jokes for a crushing sound.” They are just flat-out heavy, whatever the impetus, and the five-piece is in the process of putting the noise to tape for the follow-up to their self-titled 2012 debut EP. www.coldblue mountain.com Into the Open Earth: As hectic and thrashy as this metal/hardcore threepiece can be—and they are a whirling dervish of hectic thrashiness—they can also straight-up rock like a screaming, modern-day Judas Priest. www.facebook.com/intotheopenearth Sorin: “Raw energy made musical” is the four-word statement of purpose for this young progressive-metal band that is not as much devoted to being metal as they are to creating emotionally driven works of art, using the tools of metal to paint the sonic strokes. www.sorinmusic.band camp.com Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy: With a localmetal pedigree that includes singer/guitarist Kirk Williams (Armed For Apocalypse), Adrian Hammons (Cold Blue Mountain) and Matt Shilts (Into the Open Earth), these heavy dudes add melodic passages, rawk riffage and Shimmies drummer Jack Gingerich to their big, fun sound. www.facebook.com/ToFuGeDi

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