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Goloff’s options Last August, Mary Goloff surprised just about everybody by

announcing, during a City Council meeting, that she was stepping down as mayor of Chico. As the CN&R reported (“Musical chairs: Mayoral switch tops contentious meeting,” Aug. 8), she explained that she had “a health condition” that would render her unable to handle the mayor’s busy schedule. Since then she’s been absent from council meetings five times, including the last three meetings, and is expected to be absent from the April 15 meeting, as well. (She has said she will return for the May 6 meeting.) This is the third time Goloff has taken an extended medical leave from her position. She missed four consecutive meetings in March, April and May of 2012 and two in November and December of 2013. According to our count, by the end of this month she will have missed 11 meetings since March 2012. We don’t fault her for this. There is no blame in needing extended medical care, and Goloff has been a valuable member of the council during her two terms. But her health problems have made her unable not only to serve as mayor, but also to be an effective council member. The city is at a critical stage in the process of solving its financial problems, and the upcoming budget sessions are sure to be difficult and exhausting. When Goloff returns for the May 6 meeting, she will need to convince her constituents that her health condition is under control and that she is fully capable of continuing in office until her term ends, on Dec. 2. If she cannot do that, she should step down and let the rest of the council members appoint a replacement. The community that has entrusted her with its most important elected position deserves no less. Ω

A little help on the journey Dthat one out of 80 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Chances are someone in your famiuring April, Autism Month, we are reminded

ly, neighborhood or circle of friends has a child with ASD. Or, if you don’t know someone personally, you’ve heard about autism in the media. My son, Ian, was diagnosed with ASD 30 years ago, when few had heard about autism. It was a mysterious disability for even neurologists, teachers and psychiatrists. I felt angry and alone. Today, more services and programs are available, but parents still experience the same shock, helplessness and alienation by I faced when my son was diagnosed. Joan Goodreau My son’s diagnosis of ASD was like a catastrophe I had no control over and left The author, a Chico me confused and overwhelmed. Someresident, says her times, friends and family gave me advice. experience as a They listed “shoulds” and “don’ts” to try special education to reassure me or fix the problem. Comprogram specialist ments like “he’s just a little behind” and and teacher “he’s a blessing in disguise” show good supplements her intentions, but don’t help dazed parents personal view of the “puzzle that is autism face their new life. spectrum disorder.” How, then, can you support friends or family members who have a child with ASD? Accept the situation as it is and listen—in person, on the phone and 4 CN&R April 10, 2014

through social media—without giving advice or judgment. My friend listened to me over the telephone for years, and said, “I don’t always understand what you are going through, but I am always here for you.” Another way you can help is to ask what you can do to give immediate relief to the family. Offer to do small, specific tasks. Bring over a dinner that fits the child’s diet restrictions, ask for their grocery list before you go shopping, do a family’s mountain of laundry for that week, or offer child care. No one should have to raise a child with diverse abilities without help. Those families need others to help lighten the load on their journey. Celebrate Autism Month by attending the upcoming local events here in Chico. Join me in a presentation and signing of my recent book, Strangers Together: How My Son’s Autism Changed My Life, at Lyon Books, tonight, April 10, at 7 p.m. Visit the Autism Lifespan Fair, sponsored by the Little Red Hen, on April 19. On April 26, the public is invited to support individuals with autism and their families by participating in the third annual Chico Walks for Autism, sponsored by The Yellow Door (search for The Yellow Door on Facebook for more info). Ω

Road to disaster The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly evident.

The oceans are acidifying, extreme weather is becoming the norm, the polar ice caps are melting, and so is the Arctic tundra’s permafrost, releasing vast amounts of the worst greenhouse gas: methane. Now comes a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warning of increased strains on water and food supplies, and subsequent consequences. Compiled by more than 300 authors and editors from 70 countries, aided by 436 contributors and more than 1,800 experts and government reviewers, the document, Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, is the most comprehensive report of its kind yet released. In its first report, in 2007, the IPCC demonstrated that climate change was taking place everywhere on Earth, in every ocean and on every continent. The current report, its second, goes further by outlining the threats to global security resulting from climate change’s impacts. The news isn’t good. Drought, desertification, the death of coral reefs, declining fish populations, soil degradation and extreme weather are some of the immediate consequences of climate change. As the report states, they likely will lead to others, including resource wars, migrations and famine that international organizations will find impossible to prevent and extremely difficult to ameliorate. There are many potentially worthwhile responses to these challenges, beginning with switching to renewable energy. Fundamentally, however, the problem is an almost willful ignorance on our part. We refuse to acknowledge that life on Earth is a vast ecological system in which every part, from ocean plankton to giant sequoias, is inextricably linked to every other part. We can’t go on plundering the planet as if it’s a storehouse of resources that exist only for humans’ benefit. As the IPCC report suggests, that way leads to disaster. Ω

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Suprises Well, color me shocked. Pleasantly surprised would be more accurate. When News Editor Tom Gascoyne told me the Butte County Board of Supervisors voted to move forward on a fracking ban throughout the county on Tuesday, I did a double-take. My reaction was something like, “You’re kidding. How did that happen?” I’ve said this before, but very little surprises me. This did. Word about the ban traveled fast—and far beyond Chico. By early afternoon the same day, I received an email from the Washington, D.C.-based Food & Water Watch, an environmental nonprofit, announcing the supes’ decision. The group noted that the Los Angeles City Council moved forward on a similar moratorium back in February. L.A. stands to be the first oil-producing city in the state to approve such a ban, and there’s a lot at stake down south. The city is home to about 4,800 oil and gas wells, 1,880 of which are active. Locally, there are an estimated 26 active gas wells. There are another couple hundred abandoned wells. None of them are believed to be fracked. But that doesn’t mean no danger exists. As we know from last week’s cover story on water conservation (see “Let’s get serious: Butte County must start curbing water use … or else,” April 3), every bit of our drinking water is groundwater. Contamination by fracking could have calamitous results. What’s most surprising about the local move to establish a moratorium is how it comes from a conservative-majority Board of Supervisors. Staunch conservative Supervisor Larry Wahl cast the lone dissenting vote. So, what happened? As you’ll read in Gascoyne’s story, Steve Lambert has a very personal and tragic connection to the effects of groundwater contamination— namely the death of his cousin, a resident of Hinkley. That’s the small Southern California town of Erin Brockovich fame that has very nearly become a ghost town. About 20 years ago PG&E, which used chromium in its natural-gas operations there, was fingered as the culprit for polluting the region’s groundwater. Decades after the utility giant settled with residents there, the pollution has not been contained. In fact, it’s spread. The plume is about 6 miles long and 4 miles wide, or 24 square miles. That’s an area slightly smaller than the size of Chico: 27 square miles. One of the other surprises recently was the liberalmajority Chico City Council’s vote last week to hire an out-of-town law firm to represent the city. No offense to the City of Industry-based Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin, but it’s hard to imagine that out-of-towners will hold the same level of commitment to Chico and its well-being as someone with ties to this community. Needless to say, we’ll be keeping our eyes on this new partnership. The last surprise around these parts will include, for the first time in a long time, some changes in the pages of the CN&R. For starters, you’ll be introduced to a couple of new voices. We will debut a new columnist in two weeks, followed by another the week thereafter. Stay tuned.

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Thoughts on conservation Re “Let’s get serious” (Cover feature, by CN&R staff, April 3): Building more dams as the answer to our state’s water shortage just perpetuates the problematic ways we use water, postponing the day when we’re forced to do the hard work of conservation. California already has more than 1,400 dams and nearly that many reservoirs. How many more dams will be enough? We can never engineer enough water storage to compensate for prolonged drought and the loss of winter snowpack. As taxpayers, do we really want to spend billions of dollars on indirect subsidies to inefficient southland and westlands agribusiness, who grow thirsty crops where they’ve already depleted their own groundwater and ruined their own soils? Do we want to green-light more sprawling development and abet the loss of the prime ag-lands that remain? This isn’t a farmers-versus-environmentalists issue, or a north-versus-south issue, or a people-versus-fish issue—this is a “face the future” issue. We have to fundamentally change the way we use water, not scramble for destructive and overpriced short-term fixes. ALICIA SPRINGER Chico

Thank you for continuing to publish articles on the critical issue of water conservation. However, neither your main article nor the accompanying “Ten ways to conserve” mention the single most effective change any one person can make to conserve water: decreasing his or her consumption of meat products. Estimates of the water required for meat production vary by type of meat. It’s also dependent on where the source lives. The most aggressive interpretations estimate that the water required to produce 1 pound of grain-fed beef is 2,400 gallons, or six months’ worth of 10-minute showers. The numbers for grass-fed beef, for chicken, or other forms of livestock are lower, and are subject to argument and interpretation on both sides. By contrast, a pound of potatoes requires 133 gallons of water to produce. Whether liberal or conservative, dedicated Paleo carvivore or tofu eater, anyone who sincerely cares about our fragile planet and its diminishing water supplies should Google “environmental impact of meat production” and make the dietary changes—however large or small—that they can, based on what they learn. CHUCK OUIMETTE Paradise

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Re “Entitled to a voice” (Newslines, by Howard Hardee, April 3): I have received funds and services from the California Victim Compensation Program, and I found Howard Hardee’s article to be very informative on the workings of victims’ resources. The highlight after a crime is prosecuting the offender, but in my experience, the victim is left with a lot more to take care of than the criminal. Three years later, I am still requesting days off of work to attend court, all due to a complete stranger. CalVCP has helped cushion that blow. I was reluctant to take their help at first, but I am really glad that I did. Being the victim of a violent crime is hard on its own, but it is a lot harder if you try to do it alone. I am grateful to hear that Donna Teifer’s family was able to make good use of CalVCP’s assistance as I was able to do, and may their hearts rest easy knowing that justice is being served. CAROLYN BAILEY Chico

They love the market Re “Fooling with the market” (Newslines, by Tom Gascoyne, April 3): For the love of health and health care dollars, can’t we find it in our collective moral consciousness to promote healthful living in our community? If not a moral issue, it certainly is an economic one. The health benefits of fresh fruits and veggies have been researched ad nauseam. Our elected officials who are looking for ways to save our tax dollars need to understand the long-term value of the farmers’ market. The problem, as I see it, is one of separation of payer from receiver. That is, the people who have the power to reduce health care costs are not the same ones who can make money from closing the market down. The business community, who cry about the cost of their employee health care, would do well to turn to the farmers’ market for help. It’s good for public health, good for the community and good 6 CN&R April 10, 2014

for businesses who want relief from soaring health care costs. SUE WARD Chico/Grass Valley

I use the farmers’ market every Saturday. I schedule my day around going to market and think it is one of the best Chico community get-togethers ever. Please do what you can to preserve the Saturday farmers’ market. CANDICE LAM Chico

Chico is a special place. Hopefully everyone involved in the ongoing farmers’ market discussion starts with that in mind. Part of any healthy community is open and honest discussion that honors every contributor and constituency with all being equally heard and equally valued. In full disclosure, I have signed the farmers’ market petition and am on the Friends of Farmers’ Market email list. After enjoying the market for so many years and benefiting from the fresh, healthy goods the market provides, I owe my support in this and other ways. My letter is both to advocate for the market’s franchise agreement to be resolved by the Chico City Council without further delay, and to advocate for all parties to take the higher road and not devolve into an us-versus-them mentality. JAY DUNLAP Chico

I am deeply integrated in our local food system and community and am equally concerned about losing our Saturday farmers’ market. You have the power to protect the heartbeat of Chico. Both my jobs link me to the farmers’ market. I work for Massa Organics as their market manager, and am an employee of the nonprofit GRUB Education Program. The business and organization I’m involved with are dedicated to our community. We cultivate awareness and education of healthy food production; eating, preparing and preserving healthy foods; and gaining access to local in-season foods at farmers’ markets. Supporting the farmers’ market grows our local economy through the multiplier effect. Our beloved Chico Certified Farmers’ Market is on the verge of an eviction by the Chico City Council. I ask the community to stand up and take notice by signing a petition to save our farmers’ market. KATRINA DJBEROF Chico

We are fans and supporters of the farmers’ market—right where it is. When we moved to Chico a bit over 10 years ago, the Saturday market quickly became a fixture on our calendar. We have come to know many and appreciate all of the dedicated and hardworking farmers who have stalls there. Banning the market from its home seems entirely misguided. In our experience, most of the people who throng to the market think it is in a perfect spot. We also love and support downtown and patronize the businesses there. But we think that claims by a few niche businesses that the market hurts them because of parking issues indicate more that they have a business problem than that the market is a problem. The only proposed downtown alternative site we are aware of (the nearby municipal parking lot) would allow fewer vendors with no important benefits. We support the current ballot initiative to let the voters decide where the market should be. OJ AND GENE ANNA MCMILLAN Chico

Bagging on bag ban Re “Getting personal” (Newslines, by Melissa Daugherty, April 3): Flying a sustainability expert from Germany to a conference at Chico State consumes 1,232 pounds of jet fuel. In contrast, 102,000 disposable grocery bags weigh 1,232 pounds. In the first case, the hydrocarbons are all spewed into the atmosphere. In the case of the bags, they are mostly sequestered in the landfill for 1,000 years. We need to use science and reason to save the world, not just feelgood regulations. Reusable grocery bags require laundering, which consumes water, sends detergent into the sewer plant (which drains into the Sacramento River), and utilizes power from fossil-fuel power plants. Adding 10 minutes to my workload each week processing reusable bags is taking a full day off my year from doing more useful things. Like advocating for compact urban form, renewable energy, humanpowered transportation, and hiring local sustainability experts instead of ones from the other side of the planet. MICHAEL JONES Chico More letters online:

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As new president of 1078 Gallery’s board of directors, Erin Wade is coming in at a tough time. The city Finance Committee recently recommended cutting arts funding significantly, meaning less money to keep galleries like 1078 afloat.

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Chico Police say a string of shootings in the neighborhoods south of Chico State over the weekend appear to be gang-related. According to Chico Police, at 10:46 p.m. on Saturday (April 5), an apartment complex at West First and Klondike Court was the scene of a drive-by shooting. A shot was fired from a red Toyota sedan into a crowd at that location. No one was hurt. About an hour later, however, a 21-year-old man was shot near the corner of Third and Broadway. He was hit in the torso but his wound was not life-threatening. Witnesses reported hearing a gang slur shouted at the time of the shooting and described two suspects, both Hispanic men. Then, at about 2:40 p.m. on Sunday, two ski-mask-wearing assailants jumped out of a black SUV and began firing at a trailer park along the 1400 block of Nord Avenue. Chico Police pulled over a vehicle matching that description and arrested Jasper Frank Sandoval, 22; Edgar Olivar, 19; and a 16-yearold boy. Two semi-automatic firearms found on the streets the SUV traveled link the suspects to the Nord Avenue shooting.

GRANTS HELP THE HOMELESS

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced this week that it was giving out $253.6 million in grants to 815 homeless housing and service programs in California, including $504,134 to Butte County. The grants include $118,359 for the Esplanade House Shelter, $54,974 for the Esplanade House Transitional Housing and $46,754 for the Esplanade House Permanent Housing Program. The Avenida Apartments Supportive Housing Program on The Esplanade received $61,882 and the county’s Homeless Management Information System, which keeps track of the number of homeless, received $107,000 The grants are part of HUD’s Continuum of Care Program, according to a HUD press release.

PHARMACIST-TURNED-GUMSHOE

A local pharmacist who noticed a pattern of excessively large prescriptions for a narcotic triggered an investigation that led to a Chico woman’s arrest for allegedly falsifying prescriptions. That woman, 37-year-old Cassie Lawley, of Chico, worked at a local doctor’s office, according to a Chico Police Department press release. When the pharmacist contacted that office, he was told by an employee that the prescriptions were legitimate, but that the doctor was unavailable for comment. Later, someone claiming to be the doctor returned the pharmacist’s call and reaffirmed that the prescriptions were real. Still suspicious, the pharmacist tracked down the doctor’s personal number and was able to confirm that the prescriptions for roughly 540 Norco pills were fake. Further investigations revealed that more than 15,000 pills had been obtained this way since November 2012. Lawley faces charges of burglary and obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. 10 CN&R April 10, 2014

Arts, culture take a hit City looks to cut funding to local organizations

Lnity organizations and arts groups were frantically working on proposals to request city

ast year around this time, commu-

funding. The process takes time and effort, but often it pays off. The total amount allotted to community and arts organizations last June story and was $207,243. Among them, the photo by Meredith J. Chico Creek Nature Center Graham received $34,492 and 1078 Gallery was given $8,919. This meredithg@ newsreview.com year, anything close to that amount of funding is unlikely. During a recent meeting of the city Finance Committee, the city manager’s office recommended that arts and community funding amount to no more than $25,000 for 2014-15. Total. Additional monies were earmarked for the Chico Branch of the Butte County Library, and for Team Chico, a local business collaborative. The reason for the cuts seems fairly simple—the city is in financial crisis. “The city has been going through some really difficult times with the budget,” City Manager Brian Nakamura explained. “The reality is we Watch out: have to do everything we can to The Chico City hold the money or utilize the Council will take funds we have for current servup this matter ices we offer.” during a future He pointed to police and fire meeting, most as critical services that had to be likely during budget talks in prioritized. He said he looked at May. Stay tuned what he believes are the City for updates. Council’s priorities when mak-

ing the recommendation to the Finance Committee, which approved it. Among those priorities, he said, were increasing jobs and increasing revenues (taxes). “The general fund is predominantly generated by sales and property taxes. If we can grow those two, the more money we can generate faster,” Nakamura said. That’s where Team Chico comes in. As a collaboration between the Chamber of Commerce, the Downtown Chico Business Association, the city and other partners, its main focus is on providing services to local businesses. Nakamura recommended it receive $108,100. When it comes to the library, which is slated to receive $100,000, Nakamura said, “I’ll take responsibility for that recommendation. “Education is a way to enhance opportunities for jobs, and the library plays a critical role in education.” In addition to budgetary concerns, though, Nakamura said there’s also a lack of city staff to administer the funds. In the past few years, several positions have been eliminated, including that of arts coordinator. “We’re trying to streamline, to do more with less,” Nakamura said. “It sounds cliché, but we just don’t have the resources anymore to staff and monitor these organizations in terms of the reporting requirements.” Folks in the arts community

understand that the city is under a lot of financial pressure. But they’re worried that cutting arts funding will have a negative impact on Chico as a whole. “I’m really concerned about the

organizations that are already doing a lot of fundraising,” said Muir Hughes, chair of the city Arts Commission. “The little bit of money they get from the city carries them through.” She pointed to 1078 Gallery as a prime example. The nonprofit is a hotbed of arts activity, from visual art shows to theater performances to live music. But its focus is not on selling art, but rather on celebrating it. Because of that, income is minimal. “Their primary mission is to serve Chico, not necessarily to sell a painting,” Hughes said. Other organizations like Blue Room Theatre, which received $8,491 last year, and the Museum of Northern California Art, which is trying to get off the ground, also will struggle, she added. “Some are in better shape than others,” Hughes said. “But I don’t know if they’ll all make it.” Erin Wade recently took the reins as president of the 1078 Gallery’s board of directors. Without city funding, which it uses primarily for promoting shows and other events, 1078 will have to get creative. As a worst-case scenario, she said they’d look at relocating because rent is their biggest expense. But that would affect more than just the group of volunteers who run the gallery and the artists who display and perform there. “If we have to close here, it will affect everyone else on this block,” Wade said. Hughes echoed that sentiment. “It may seem like no big deal right now, but there will be areas of blight where galleries once were,” she said.

During last year’s budget talks, the city approved spending $5,250 on a survey to determine the economic impact of the arts on our community. That survey, which will be conducted by an organization called Americans for the Arts, is scheduled to begin this summer. Hughes and Wade question the timing, but Nakamura said it might be just what the city needs come next year when determining whether to reinstate arts funding. “Hopefully it will provide us with additional background to incentivize different determinations for funding programs and services in the future,” he said. The proposed funding cuts affect

more than just arts organizations. Local groups that provide public services also will lose out on city funds they’ve become accustomed to receiving. Last year, Rape Crisis was allotted $17,796; Innovative Health Care Services received $19,693; and $14,410 went to the Chico Community Children’s Center. “If the city proceeds as is planned, the situation for the Nature Center will not be sustainable,” said Caitlin Reilly, executive director of the Chico Creek Nature Center. “We will have to make dramatic changes, and potentially even turn the new building back over to the city.” Wade and Hughes worry that so many organizations vying for such a small amount of money will turn into a negative situation for everyone. “We don’t want to be fighting among ourselves,” Wade said. From the city’s perspective, there’s not much to be done. The Finance Committee’s recommendation still must come before the City Council, however, for final approval. That likely will happen in May, Nakamura said. “Unfortunately, I believe they [the organizations] are going to be adversely affected. There will be a reduction in services and programs,” Nakamura said. “We’ve done the same here in the city. They, like we did, will have to regroup and start thinking outside the box.” It’s clear some are already doing just that. Local arts advocates are working on establishing the nonprofit Chico Arts Foundation to support art in the community. The 1078 Gallery is looking at other ways to boost revenue, including holding more events and fundraisers. And the Nature Center is looking at other strategic partnerships that would allow it to continue to offer programs and services for the public and the park. “It’s going to come down to more individual support—people will have to step up and support the things they want to see in this town,” Wade said. “Chico is a great community,” Reilly added. “But people don’t stay in cities because there are police and fire departments—they stay because of the quality of life.” Ω

Hit the road, frack County supervisors move to outlaw controversial gas extraction method he controversial practice of hydraulic fracTreserves turing to extract underground oil and gas is well on the way to getting banned

in Butte County. On Tuesday (April 8), the Board of Supervisors voted in favor of moving forward on crafting a zoning ordinance, as recommended by the county water commission, that would require a use permit for the practice that is more commonly known as fracking. That practice has been linked to water and soil contamination and a local initiative effort to ban the method is currently in the works. But Butte County Supervisor Steve Lambert proposed and then made the motion for the county to ban fracking because of the environmental degradation with which it is associated. There are 26 active natural gas wells in the county and about 200 abandoned gas wells. County Water and Resource Conservation Director Paul Gosselin told the board that there is no reported fracking currently underway in Butte County and that the 26 active gas wells supply about .002 percent of the state’s overall production. “In this region, the geology we have isn’t really conducive to fracking practices,” Gosselin said. The vast majority of fracking occurs in Kern and eastern Los Angeles counties, he said, but as the practice has increased in the past four years, concerns have been raised statewide. That concern led to the passage last year of Senate Bill 4, which requires that if the owner or operator of an existing, new or

abandoned gas well wants to frack, a permit needs to be issued by the state Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources. Critics say the law is much too lenient. The supes’ vote came on the same day another bill, Senate Bill 1132, passed through its first stop in a senate committee. The bill would place a statewide moratorium on fracking until a study is completed and the practice is determined safe. During the public-comment portion of the local meeting, the vast majority of speakers opposed fracking. The first one, Loretta Torres, was the exception. Torres said she has a gas well in Glenn County that is 5,000 feet deep, has been in production for the past seven years and is operated safely by a company out of Colorado. She said any effluent escaping from the well is placed into containers on the property. “They are just really on top of this,” she said. “I think a lot of this scariness in the nation is from hydraulic fracturing that was done like, say, in Pennsylvania.” Torres was followed by Robyn DiFalco, executive director of the Butte Environmental Council. “A year ago many of us did not know fracking was taking place so extensively in California and we started to wonder about the concern here locally,” she said. “The point I’d like to make today is that there is an imminent threat from fracking in our region and Butte County.” She said many of the 200 inactive wells have the potential to be stimulated for production via fracking. When the supervisors took up the discussion, Lambert mentioned the environmental disaster that had taken place in the tiny Mojave Desert town of Hinkley, which led to a total of $628 million in settlements from Pacific Gas & Electric and the basis of the

SIFT|ER Uninsured in decline A survey released a week after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s open-enrollment deadline reveals that the number of uninsured Americans has dropped by 1.5 percentage points from the last quarter of 2013 to the first quarter of 2014. According to Gallop, 15.6 percent of U.S. residents remain uninsured. That’s down from an all-time high of 18 percent in the third quarter of 2013. Here’s how the results shook out, by various age groups.

National adults 18 to 25 years 26 to 34 years 35 to 64 years 65 and older

Uninsured 4Q 2013 17.1% 23.5% 28.2% 18% 2.%

Uninsured 1Q 2014 15.6% 21.7% 26.4% 16.1% 1.9%

% Change -1.5% -1.8% -1.8% -1.9% -0.1%

David Garcia, left, and Willow Dejesus collect signatures at the Chico Saturday farmers market for an initiative that would ban fracking in Butte County. FILE PHOTO BY KAREN LASLO

movie Erin Brockovich. Lambert said his cousin had died as a result of exposure to hexavalent chromium, which was used in PG&E cooling towers that the company employed in the transmission of natural gas beginning in 1952 and ending in 1966. “Common-sense-wise, we are disrupting things if we chip away at our foundation all day long. Sooner or later our house is going to fall down,” Lambert said. Then he explained how the industrial use of chemicals had affected him personally. “As you all know, I’m a pretty conservative guy,” he said, “but I think common sense steps all over that stuff and says, ‘Hey, listen, we all live in this house, and if you take the foundation away, we are just going to crumble. I would favor, in all honesty, a ban.” He then made a motion to direct staff to develop an ordinance to ban fracking. The motion passed 4-1 with Supervisor Larry Wahl the lone holdout. After the meeting, DiFalco said she was happy with the outcome. “We are very excited and a little bit surprised,” she said. “When we began the effort, it seemed like for the supervisors a ban would not be politically acceptable. We had met with the supervisors over the past year to help them understand the practice.” She said Gosselin had asked her to head up the effort to draft the language of the proposed ordinance. Joni Stellar, who is one of the activists behind the initiative process, said the effort to gather 7,605 valid voter signatures would continue. She pointed out that Supervisor Doug Teeter had mentioned at the meeting that the board needs the vote of the people to really ban the practice of fracking. “The will of the people,” she said, “is basically the rule of the land.” —TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

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Salmon come second Increased Delta pumping to aid farmers could imperil chinook population decision last week by state and Aamount federal agencies to increase the of water being pumped

from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has environmentalists and fisheries advocates outraged. The move came on April 1 after several politicians—including Sen. Dianne Feinstein and six San Joaquin Valley congressmen— urged the federal government to allow more freshwater than is normally allowed to be pumped from the two large pumps near Tracy and into San Joaquin Valley for use by farmers in that parched region. But critics say the Central Valley’s chinook salmon are seriously threatened by the pumping increase, which has boosted the volume of water being drawn from the Delta from 1,500 cubic feet per second to 6,500. “[The state’s Department of Water Resources and the federal Bureau of Reclamation] are apparently willing to sacrifice the future of the Sacramento River’s salmon runs for the sake of a few export crops, like lemons and almonds,” said Jim Brobeck, water policy analyst with the Chico-based group AquAlliance. Brobeck and other environmentalists say the action violates environmental laws that strictly curtail water exports from the Delta during the spring to protect chinook salmon. “By order of the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Water Act, government water managers are supposed to make sure there’s enough water in the ecosystem before they start sending it away to farmers,” Brobeck said. “That is the priority.” Juvenile chinooks are currently migrating down the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers on their journey to the ocean. The young salmon may be at increased risk of being sucked into the pumps. John McManus, the executive director of the Golden Gate Salmon Association, an environmental group representing Bay Jim Brobeck of AquAlliance doesn’t mince words about recent Delta pumping increases. He points to the state and federal authorities that are making San Joaquin Valley crops a priority over the salmon population. FILE PHOTO BY MELANIE MACTAVISH

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Area salmon fishermen, says these fish—many born in hatcheries— could be drawn by the powerful flow of diverted water through a channel called Georgiana Slough. This channel leads into the maze of backwaters of the interior Delta. “That’s a place where most salmon don’t find their way out of if they get lost in there,” McManus said. He says the increase in outflow from the two major Delta pumps violates a federal law passed in 2009 specifically to protect chinook salmon. The law, called a biological opinion, takes effect each year on April 1. “One of the provisions of that law said that pumping cannot exceed the inflow rate of the San Joaquin River,” McManus said. He explained that this law aims to protect juvenile salmon and steelhead swimming down the San Joaquin as they follow the current toward the sea. If the water pumps are operating at too high a power, the river water carrying these fish can be drawn off-course, along with the small fish. He adds that Sacramento River salmon are also threatened by the pumping. “But they’ve thrown that provision out the window,” McManus said. During a media conference call on April 2, Mark Cowin, director

of the state Department of Water Resources, said this legal loophole was created to “take advantage of the water runoff we’re seeing from recent storms.” The National Marine Fisheries Service, which enforces laws protecting salmon and other species, granted permission to loosen pumping restrictions that normally would have taken effect on April 1, Cowin told reporters. Bob Clarke, an assistant fisheries program manager with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, says the Coleman National Fish Hatchery released about 4 million young salmon into the waters of Battle Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento, last Friday (April 4). He says juvenile salmon take between one and three weeks to migrate downstream from the hatchery to the Delta. By the time the fish get that far, the Delta water pumping may have been reduced back to normal levels—meaning the fish might not be in danger. But Brobeck says the agencies managing the Central Valley’s beleaguered salmon runs, which have declined over the years due largely to heavy pumping in the Delta, are failing to do their jobs. He cites the “co-equal” goals mandated by the state of California that aim to protect fisheries as well as provide sufficient water for farmers. “But that’s a total sham,” he said. “The farmers in the San Joaquin Valley are always given the priority.” —ALASTAIR BLAND

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The future of growing old What the world’s aging population could mean for new generation

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f you had to describe the future of aging in one word, based on the knowledge you have right now, what word comes to mind?” That question was posed to about 20 Chico State students on April 8 at the beginning of a presentation by professor Seema Sehrawat, director of the university’s Interdisciplinary Center on Aging, titled, “Is the Future Ready for Our Aging Population?” The responses from students were decidedly negative, including “death,” “helpless,” and, of course, “wrinkles.” But Sehrawat, a native of India and selfdescribed “aging enthusiast,” imparted a much different perspective. The world’s population is aging at a rate unparalleled in human history, she said, and opportunities abound for both Jobs in aging: young and old. As On Thursday, April 17, the Chico State baby boomers Interdisciplinary Center retire, a new generaon Aging will host a tion of young propanel discussion fessionals will be (beginning at 9 a.m.) relied upon not only and career fair (running from 11 a.m. to fill gaps in the to 1 p.m.) at Sylvester’s workforce, but also Café on campus. Call to create innovative 898-3113 for more products and techinformation. nologies catering to older adults. Meanwhile, those advancements will enable the elderly to enjoy many years of active and independent lifestyles post retirement. “The fastest growing career industry in the next 20 years will be working with older adults,” Sehrawat said. “If you want good jobs, that will be the No. 1 industry there for you—no matter what your major is.” Prior to the industrial revolution,

Sehrawat explained, there was no such thing as retirement. In a society mostly based on agriculture, most American families lived and worked on farms, caring for elders together. When industrialization shifted the population to cities, families became more nuclear, and “we all started believing new is better than old,” Sehrawat said. “The older adults in our society lost that place of reverence, of having wisdom, of being a valuable part of the family.”

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Professor Seema Sehrawat believes the unprecedented rate at which the world’s population is aging can be a positive development for young and old alike. PHOTO BY HOWARD HARDEE

Now, due in large part to the post-World War II baby boom, there are proportionately more older adults in the United States than in previous generations, and the story is the same the world over. In 2012, about 11 percent of the world’s population—or 809 million people—were 65 years or older, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. That figure is projected to jump to 22 percent of the world’s population, or 2.03 billion people, by 2050. The aging trend is particularly relevant in Butte County; as of the last census, nearly 16 percent of Butte County residents were 65 years old or older. So, what does all this mean for Chico State students entering the workforce? Baby boomers control more than 70 percent of U.S. wealth and are notoriously freespending, purchasing more than half of consumer packaged goods. As they move into retirement, a massive industry catering to their desire to remain active members of their communities is emerging, Sehrawat said. She pointed to new apps that can transform old smartphones into remote security cameras for home monitoring systems as just one example of technology that will help older adults remain independent. “Boomers are going to transform how we view aging,” she said. As it is, the widespread perception that most retirees are relegated to a quiet life in a nursing home simply isn’t true. In fact, only about 5 percent of people 65 years old or older live in nursing homes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. “That means a lot of opportunities for us to think creatively,” Sehrawat said. “What can I do for my grandmother, who lives in a different state and is more active than me?” At the conclusion of Sehrawat’s presentation, she asked again what came to mind when students thought of aging. This time, the responses were much different: “opportunity,” “wisdom,” “enjoyment” and “freedom.” —HOWARD HARDEE howardh@newsreview.com

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EARTH WATCH CALIFORNIA CHARGES AHEAD

California lawmakers want to improve air quality by enhancing incentives for getting rid of older vehicles and for buying no- and lowemissions cars and trucks. Earlier this month, the Senate Transportation & Housing Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 1275, also known as the Charge Ahead California Initiative. It speeds up provisions of the Health & Safety Code to ensure funding is available for the buy-back program—which allows California residents to sell their older, high-emissions vehicles in order to take them off the road. The reason for the initiative, according to the text of the bill, includes the facts that California has seven of the 10 most polluted cities in the United States and vehicle emissions are the No. 1 pollutant. SB 1275 must be passed by a majority vote before going into effect.

DON’T CHUCK THAT TOILET!

Researchers in Spain, England and Brazil have developed a technique to turn your broken toilet, sink or bathtub into eco-friendly cement, according to sustainable design site Inhabi tat.com. So, you can forget about hauling your old bathroom ceramics out to the dump. The researchers are still in the testing phase, and they’ve experimented with various mixtures, at least one of which includes corn husks instead of chemicals, making the resultant cement from 100 percent recycled materials. Another mixture uses red clay bricks. Both of those, as well as the more traditional chemical mixture, have created stronger cement than those currently used.

CLEANING UP BUTTE COUNTY

During the last weekend of March, a group of 37 volunteers headed out to make Butte County a prettier place to be. It was the Butte County Resource Conservation District’s second trail and river cleanup event, which they scheduled on Cesar Chavez Day weekend to celebrate the leader’s commitment to community service. The event was a success, organizers said in a press release. The Resource Conservation District was joined by other local groups, including volunteers from the California Conservation Corps and Chico High School students. In all, they collected 30 bags of trash and waste from 3 miles along the Feather River in Oroville. For more information on the cleanup and future events, log onto www.buttecounty rcd.org.

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GREENWAYS The Meriam Park Preserve in Chico is home to flowers such as tidy tips, clarkia and frying pan poppies.

Superhero habitat Vernal pools conference highlights some of the valley’s harshest environments (and coolest species) story and photo by

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Tinvincible superhero. The tiny crustaceans live in vernal pools, those seasonal he fairy shrimp is a kind of

wetlands that are actually dry most of the year, throughout California. Yet, despite inconsistent habitat, the fairy shrimp survives. “You can drop [fairy shrimp] into boiling water, and turn the heat off, and that water is 212 degrees, and they will swim away,” laughed Bob Holland, geobotanical phenomenologist and a leading researcher on Central Valley vernal pools. “Somebody put them in liquid nitrogen, left them there overnight, and then put them in water the next day, and they swam away! They’re absolutely incredibly resilient animals,” he added. Holland recounted tales of 200-year-old fairy shrimp eggs hatching, and of NASA leaving them in space for seven years to be exposed to space radiation and solar flares, and discovering them alive upon return. “It just makes you shake your head in awe,” he admitted. “There’s not an organism that grows in vernal pools that doesn’t have something like that working for them.” The creatures living in and around vernal pools have evolutionarily prepared themselves for the slim window of spring rain-filled puddles, followed by months of brutal dry heat. Those fairy shrimp, the common name for several species that live in vernal pools, swim in the short-lived puddles, and lay eggs before the heat dries up the water. Here in Chico, they live in the vernal pools just east of Marsh Junior High on Humboldt Road, in what many people con-

sider empty lots. That 42.5-acre parcel, privately owned with a conservation easement that is maintained by the Chico-based California Open Lands land trust, is called Meriam Park Preserve, and is currently flush with flowers like tidy tips, clarkia, frying pan poppies, and Butte County meadowfoam, an endangered flower. Like the ecosystem they inhabit, the creatures endemic to vernal pools are decreasing in numbers; several of the fairy shrimp species are federally listed as endangered. So what is the fairy shrimp’s kryptonite? Agricultural and housing development. Holland will address the state of West Coast vernal pools as the keynote speaker during day one (today, at the Sierra Nevada Big Room) of the year’s vernal pools conference, Vernal Pools in Changing Landscapes: From Shasta to Baja, present-

Vernal pools conference:

Vernal Pools in Changing Landscapes: From Shasta to Baja, will be held at the Sierra Nevada Big Room, Thursday, April 10, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Field trips will be offered Friday, April 11, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Go to www.aqualliance.net to register for the conference. Visit www.buttehcp.com to learn about the Butte Regional Conservation Plan. Visit www.vernalpools.org and www.california openlands.org to learn more about vernal pools.

ed by AquAlliance. “Vernal pools are so unique to our state—a precious remnant of a landscape that was so much larger,” said Barbara Vlamis, executive director of AquAlliance and organizer of the event. The conference, held every four years since the mid-1990s, will bring together students, academics, researchers, consultants and government agencies, and is open to the public. Holland has been tracking Central

Valley vernal pools since the 1970s, when he mapped the roughly 1.2 million acres of pools scattered throughout the valley. His initial mapping was the first of its kind and has served as a baseline for Central Valley vernal pools ever since. His most recent survey in 2012, the data of which he has not yet released, pinpoints roughly 750,000 remaining acres, most of which are on privately owned lands. Between 2005 and 2012, habitat destruction slowed, likely due to the economic collapse, Holland surmised, but the overall number of acres of California vernal pools continues to decline. Holland’s most recent research shows that, around Chico and other urban areas, habitat loss continues to be a result of “urbanization and land use pressure,” but, “in the larger valley picture, it’s ag,” Holland stated. His research concludes that “more than 80 percent of the habitat loss in that period, which includes a major reces-

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sion, was due not to urbanization … but to agricultural conversion.” The type of conversion varies according to location: “In Stanislaus County, it’s almonds. In Fresno County, it’s pistachios,” he offered. Butte County has “some of the most significant vernal pool habitat in the state, and a lot of it is still vulnerable” to development, said Jenny Marr, senior environmental scientist (specialist) with the Department of Fish and Wildlife. In conjunction with a number of other agencies, Marr has been developing the Butte Regional Conservation Plan that will help address vernal pool vulnerabilities, which should be open for public review in the fall. Currently, when develop-

ing over an acre of vernal pools, developers must pay for the conservation of a similar acre of nearby pools. The BRCP would change that concept, by looking at larger blocks of habitat, which is more effective for maintaining a healthy ecosystem than 1 acre of habitat surrounded by development. “The plan itself would provide for differences in soil, hydrology, species of each vernal pool habitat,” said Marr, who will be a moderator at the conference. The first day of the conference is dedicated to presentations on new research, conservation efforts, management techniques, and legal cases regarding vernal pools. The second day sends conference goers on field trips to local vernal pools, including Meriam Park Preserve and Vina Plains Preserve, which occupies 4,600 acres in Tehama County. The Vina Plains Preserve is a key piece of the larger Lassen Foothills Project, which covers 900,000 acres between Chico and Redding. Scientists believe that at least 90 percent of California vernal pools are gone, and possibly up to 98 percent. “So it’s absolutely vital that we try to protect what remains,” Vlamis said. She cited their importance for migratory waterfowl, since the birds stop at vernal pools to load up on proteinrich insects, and for the myriad plants and animals endemic to vernal pools that are rapidly losing habitat. Holland took a simpler position on the importance of the pools. “To put it into as few words as possible: vernal pools are cool.” Ω

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HEALTHLINES Filmmakers Terry Sterrenberg and Laurie Simons are part of the movement for single-payer health care coverage in the United States.

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Californians most in need of health care have the least access, concludes a recently released California HealthCare Foundation report. The Council on Graduate Medical Education recommends having 60 to 80 primary care physicians and 85 to 105 specialists per 100,000 people, according to HealthyCal.org. The Bay Area met those ratios, with 86 primary care physicians and 175 specialists per 100,000 people in 2011. But the San Joaquin Valley—an area with more poor, uninsured residents—had just 48 primary care doctors and 80 specialists for the same number of people. Doctor-to-patient ratios were also low in the Inland Empire, while California’s farnorthern counties barely met recommended levels. These areas could experience doctor shortages this year as demand rises under the Affordable Care Act.

PARTY DRUG FOR THE CURE?

Low doses of ketamine, often used illegally as a party drug, could treat severe depression, UK researchers say. In a small clinical trial, a research team at the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust gave 28 people doses of the psychedelic drug, which is used medically as a veterinary and human anesthetic. Eight of the participants showed improvements in reported levels of depression, with half of those improved so much they were no longer classified as depressed. As for duration of the effect, some relapsed within days, while others found they benefited from the dose for up to three months. The trial included patients who had lived with depression for 20 years. However, all the findings weren’t so rosy. There were also serious side effects, including one case of blood flow to the brain being interrupted.

ALZHEIMER’S RESEARCH UNDERFUNDED

“Call Congressman Doug LaMalfa and ask him to make Alzheimer’s disease a national priority,” Chico resident R.A. Fanno urges North State residents in a letter to the CN&R dated March 31. Fanno is part of the national Alzheimer’s Association’s ongoing push for increased research funding, which remains relatively scarce despite increasing costs in human health and to the health care system. The National Institutes of Health dedicated $5.3 billion to cancer research in 2013, almost $3 billion to HIV/AIDS, and $1.2 billion to diabetes, according to Newsweek. Alzheimer’s research received just $500 million, though Congress did pass an unprecedented $122 million increase to Alzheimer’s research, education, outreach and caregiver support in January. An estimated 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer’s, and that figure could reach 7.1 million by 2025, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual Disease Facts and Figures report. The total cost of caring for Americans with Alzheimer’s or other dementias is expected to reach $214 billion this year. Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at howardh@newsreview.com.

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Vital scenes Creators of health care documentary bring their movie and message to Chico by

Evan Tuchinsky

Wthe state of Washington, Laurie Simons and Terry Sterrenberg found themhile raising their two sons in

selves in a position familiar to many working adults. One of the boys would get injured, and the parents would need to decide if the injury was serious enough to merit a trip to the doctor’s office or emergency room. Simons and Sterrenberg aren’t physicians, though they do work in health care—they’re psychotherapists. Their triage wasn’t about medicine, but rather about finances. Since they didn’t have health insurance, dollar signs were almost as significant as vital signs. “People who are uninsured or underinsured have to go through that process on a daily basis,” Sterrenberg said. “It’s kind of like this voice in the back of your head that keeps chattering—this constant worry, this constant anxiety. We call it the ‘jackhammer effect,’ which Americans have in their lives and don’t even know it. “Canadians don’t.” As a Canadian-American, Simons was raised in a country that offers health care to all citizens. Moving to the United States with her husband and sons proved to be an eye-opener. Discussing Canada’s health care system with Americans was perhaps even more surprising. She and Sterrenberg would hear opinions that didn’t jibe with what they considered basic facts. That led them to become filmmakers.

They created The Healthcare Movie, a documentary released in 2011 that examines how and why the two countries’ medical systems developed differently, and what this means for residents of both. They and their film will come to Chico on April 23, in conjunction with the Drive for Universal Healthcare (or D.U.H.)—a campaign for single-payer coverage conducting a West Coast tour that starts tomorrow (April 11) in San Diego and finishes May 3 in Seattle. The other Northern California stops are April 23 in Oakland, April 24 in Santa Rosa and April 25 in Sacramento. “The number and enthusiasm of California activists has been amazing to us,” D.U.H. founder Sue Saltmarsh said, “and we are so hopeful that we can support the efforts there in the state legislature, as well as reaching some folks who might not be in our ‘choir’ yet.” That’s the aim of local organizers, namely the Butte County Health Care Coalition. Tom Reed, the coalition’s presi-

dent, and Dr. David Potter, a Chico oncologist, hope The Healthcare Movie stirs discussion, if not action. “Those of us involved feel the Affordable Care Act is inadequate,” Reed said. “It doesn’t insure everybody; it doesn’t, in our opinion, have adequate cost controls; it’s a bureaucratic nightmare.” As Potter put it: “We have the cost of a national health program without a national health program.” Reed echoed Potter’s sentiment: “Our criticism isn’t the same as those on the right. We’re not trying to get the government out of health care—we’re trying to get the private insurance industry out of health care…. This tour is part of our campaign for that.” Simons and Sterrenberg embarked

on the film project in 2009. They traveled to four Canadian provinces to interview

APPOINTMENT MINDFULNESS 101 Local counselor and mindfulness teacher Ann Ponzio will lead a five-week course, Mindfulness for Everyday Living, starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 14, at ‘Ohana Health (757 Fir S. in Paradise). The course will cover the basics of mindful meditation, walking and eating, as well as practices to cultivate compassion and kindness. The course fee is $50; call 891-3418 or email annpnz@gmail.com for more information.

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HEALTHLINES politicians, physicians and policy experts. They also collaborated with another filmmaker, Lindsay Caron Epstein, for on-the-street interviews. Initially, they planned to explore health care only in Canada in order to counteract misconceptions. However, as they progressed in their research, they were struck by how similarly the countries’ health systems evolved until a point of divergence in the 1960s. That’s when Canadians adopted reform measures and Americans pushed back against “socialized medicine”—a term that grew out of a marketing campaign mounted by the American Medical Association, which opposed a national health system. The filmmakers see a contemporary parallel: the in-vogue expression “government takeover of health care.” In the face of such opinion-shaping, they hope The Healthcare Movie challenges what Americans hold true. “We want them to realize that the Canadian health care system is a lot better than what we have in terms of what it provides at literally half the cost of the United States system,” Sterrenberg said. “People don’t know that; they don’t believe it. They don’t believe the Canadian system has quality health care.” Simons and Sterrenberg consider their work personal, not political, yet have become public faces of single-payer advocacy. After completing the film, they “created a portable lifestyle,” she said, traveling in their RV and conducting

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Perspectives Perspectives Five Chico photographers show us their views of our community

ore often than not, the focus of this space is dedicated to words rather than photos. This week, we decided to flip that around and spotlight some work of local photographers. The assignment was simple: Show us our environs through your lens.

Clockwise, from left: Card players at Duffy’s Tavern (Max Infeld); “Eggception,” at Caper Acres (Paula Schultz); Skyway lookout (Paula Schultz); butterflies, mushrooms and other bits of nature (Melanie MacTavish); carts against the wall (Kyle Delmar); Main Street at night (JoVan Johnson).

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Perspectives Perspectives Five Chico photographers show us their views of our community

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Meet the photographers Kyle Delmar is a professional photographer who is active in the local arts scene. Many of his artful images have graced the pages—and the covers—of the CN&R over the years.

Paula Schultz is an award-winning freelance photo-artist whose work has been represented through exhibitions, competitions, commissions, and in and on the covers of numerous magazines and business websites.

JoVan Johnson grew up in Compton and moved to Chico to study business. He started shooting nightlife photography, which morphed into weddings and portraits, along with landscapes and architecture. He enjoys “literally freezing a moment in time.”

Melanie MacTavish is a small-town nut born and raised in Chico with an adoration for photographing nature’s small and unusual creatures and casualties. She’s also a regular CN&R contributor.

Max Infeld describes his photography as a “living work in progress,” one that he hopes will aid projects for both him and other artists. His photo of a lone tree at Table Mountain is this week’s cover image.

Clockwise, from top left: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s fermentation/aging room (JoVan Johnson); the Tooth Fairy’s lair? (Melanie MacTavish); “Waiting,” in Bidwell Park (Paula Schultz); flowers on a branch (Melanie MacTavish); a traffic bollard (Kyle Delmar); beneath the streets of Chico (Max Infeld).

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Arts & Culture Isabel Dresler poses on a pile of her Polaroids. Insets: “Diamond Match” and “Curves”. PHOTOS BY ISABEL DRESLER

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Well developed Homegrown photographer shares her love of old-school Polaroids

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T has become dramatically more convenient over the last couple of decades thanks to the continued here’s no debating that taking photos

evolution of digital photography. But when it comes to a purely fun and organic photography experience, it’s hard to beat a by Polaroid. Sean For Chico native Isabel Dresler, Murphy the lure of instant Polaroid cameras Wish You begins with how the picture is shot Were Here and how the photo develops, and Polaroids by Isabel even how it ages. Dresler, showing “To me, Polaroids are like a livthrough April 30 at ing entity, and a record of the expeEmpire Coffee. rience. They age over time, and Reception Friday, April 11, 6 p.m. most often you develop them in that moment,” Dresler explained, Empire Coffee as she lounged in one of the soft 434 Orange St. chairs at Empire Coffee on a recent rain-soaked morning. “Say I’m at Table Mountain and I take a Polaroid of Table Mountain, and then I develop it at Table Mountain. It’s organically from Table Mountain. The entire metamorphosis happened at Table Mountain. Which I think is cool.” Polaroid cameras also lack the ability to zoom in and out, forcing the photographer to work a little more for the right shot. “You’re in control of your depth of field. But you have to eyeball how far away you are from your subject, and then fix your camera to work at that distance and adjust your lighting levels. It’s much more involved than just snapping pictures,” she said. “And with Polaroids, you can’t post-process them at all. It captures how everything is in that moment rather than a façade of how it is.” Dresler will be showcasing her Polaroids at Empire Coffee throughout the month of April. The exhibit, titled Wish You Were Here, is a collection of nearly 40 Polaroid prints, documenting her travels around California and Nevada over the last three years. “Each Polaroid is my way of saving one of my 24 CN&R April 10, 2014

favorite moments in a tangible way,” the 24-year-old said. “So, Wish You Were Here is a reminder of the things that are memorable and meaningful to me.” Now a professional photographer, Dresler’s love of the medium began as a child, when she would organize photo sessions with her stuffed animals in Lower Bidwell Park using disposable cameras. After her parents purchased a digital camera for the family when she was 13, she saved her money so she could buy one of her own. As her experience with photography matured, so has her content. After years of shooting bugs and flowers—stunning, brightly colored extreme closeups of monstrous-looking praying mantises and spiders, and full shots of flower heads against black backgrounds—and then children and families in a commercial portrait studio (where she realized her distaste for artificial lighting), her career path took a more adult turn. “I started doing erotic stuff on my own around four years ago, and started submitting my work to shows,” Dresler said. “People responded really well to it. So I just started doing that more regularly.” That in turn led to her photographing sex workers, a niche market that’s decidedly more about fantasy than reality—and one that can have detrimental and de-humanizing effects on those within the industry. “I like being able to shed light on and humanize the sex industry for people,” she said. “I don’t like to throw around the ‘activist’ word, because it sounds kind of pretentious. But I’m a sex-worker activist.” Information on Dresler’s boudoir, or “seduction,” sessions, her “performer/entertainer” shoots, and her weddings and commercial work is available on her website at www.isabeldresler.com. Dresler’s work has been featured in galleries in Seattle and Detroit, and she currently has photographs on display in Portland, Ore., Las Vegas, Nev., San Francisco and Los Angeles. Wish You Were Here is her first local show since 2011, and she will be on hand for an opening reception on April 11 at 6 p.m. The photos on display will be for sale, as will a pair of her adult-oriented photography books. Ω

for its 18th season with fresh produce, local food, arts and crafts, plus live entertainment. This Week: GravyBrain, Suzanna Holland, Michael Gregory and more. Th, 6-9pm. Free. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.

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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. $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 through 4/20. Su, 2pm. $12 - $20. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8775760, www.totr.org.

WOLVES ’N’ WHEELS: MATERIAL MOVEMENT: A ceramic exhibition by Chico State MFA candidate Michael Hurley. Th, 4/10, 5pm. Free. University Art Gallery, Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 898-5864.

Music SAN FRANCISCO SCOTTISH FIDDLERS: Chico Performances presents this high-energy fiddle ensemble with pipes, whistles, guitars, cellos, flutes, piano, and percussion. Th, 4/10, 7:30pm. $15-$28. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperfor mances.com.

Theater DONNA STONE BREED MEMORIAL ONE-ACTS: Student directors present an evening of oneacts. Proceeds benefit scholarships given in honor of former theater professor Donna Breed. 4/10-4/12, 7:30pm, Su, 4/13, 2pm. $6$15. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.csuchico.edu/upe/ boxoffice.html.

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Poetry/Literature LOCAL AUTHOR PRESENTATION: Join Joan Goodreau as she presents her latest book, Strangers Together: How My Son’s Autism Changed My Life Th, 4/10, 7pm. Free. Lyon Books, 135 Main St., (530) 891-3338, www.lyon books.com.

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FARMERS’ MARKET BENEFIT: Support the Saturday Farmers’ Market with chef Nathan Johnson, who will prepare a three-course

FINE ARTS MELDING CULTURE AND NATURE RECEPTION Saturday, April 12 Avenue 9 Gallery SEE SATURDAY, ART RECEPTIONS

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Special Events WINES OF THE WORLD: A benefit for the Valene L. Smith Museum with locally produced wines and cheese, raffles and live jazz by Mood Swing. Su, 4/13, 4-7pm. $35. Wine Time, 26 Lost Dutchman Dr., (530) 899-9250, www.wine timechico.com.

Music CAMMIES FINALE & AWARDS SHOW: The CN&R’s menu with local produce and cheese. Live music by Steve Cook and Friends. F, 4/11, 5-midnight. $15-$50. The Rendezvous, 3269 Esplanade, (530) 345-8136, www.chicoFFM.com.

Art Receptions FIGURATIVE WORKS: A reception for works by

artists in a local figurative drawing class. F, 4/11, 4-8pm. Free. Sally Dimas Art Gallery, 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

WISH YOU WERE HERE: Reception for Isabel

Dresler’s all Polaroid exhibit. F, 4/11, 6pm. Empire Coffee, 434 Orange St., (530) 899-8267.

Theater DONNA STONE BREED MEMORIAL ONE-ACTS: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.csuchico.edu/upe/ boxoffice.html.

Art Receptions MELDING CULTURE AND NATURE: Paintings of Richvale rice fields and of San Francisco by Dolores Mitchell, plus thrown and carved porcelain vessels from Chris Yates. Live music by David Pierce. Sa, 4/12, 2pm. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

Music ARLO GUTHRIE: Chico Performance presents: Here Come the Kids, with Arlo Guthrie and family members paying homage to the songs and stories of their namesake and patriarch, Woody Guthrie. Sa, 4/12, 7:30pm. $25-$38. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 8986333, www.chicoperformances.com.

SYMPHONIC WINDS: BAND-OLOGY: Chico State Symphonic Winds presents a symphony for band, a Bach prelude and a march or two. Plus, featured guest clarinetist Ryan Heimlich. Sa, 4/12, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH: See Thursday. 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.

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM: The spring production of the Shakespeare classic starring students of Pleasant Valley High School. 4/114/19, 6:30pm, Su, 4/13, 2pm. $7-$10. Pleasant Valley High School, 1475 East Ave., (530) 8795100.

Theater DONNA STONE BREED MEMORIAL ONE-ACTS: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.csuchico.edu/upe/ boxoffice.html.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH: See Thursday. 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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SHREK THE MUSICAL: An ogre named Shrek sets

POPPY WALK & 5K RUN: Run, walk, roll or stroll at the fourth annual Poppy Walk & 5K, a benefit for the Peg Taylor Center. Sa, 4/12, 9am. $25-$35. Bidwell Park One-Mile Recreation Area, (530) 865-4875, www.poppywalk.org.

Pleasant Valley High School, 1475 East Ave., (530) 879-5100.

out to save his swampland when it is overtaken by outcast fairy tale characters. Opens

Sa, 7pm, and continues Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 5/11. Sunday matinees 4/27-5/11. $12-$20.

Theater DONNA STONE BREED MEMORIAL ONE-ACTS: See Thursday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.csuchico.edu/upe/ boxoffice.html.

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 UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES: A weekly presentation

of international films. This week: This Must Be the Place (Italy, France, Ireland, 2011), directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Tu, 7:30pm. Opens 4/15. $3. Little Theatre, Ayres 106, Chico State, (530) 899-7921.

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Art Receptions APART FROM THE WHOLE: A BFA culminating exhibition featuring the sculptural works by Eliza Skeffington. W 4/16, 5pm. B-So Space. Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

HEART LIKE AN ATTIC: A reception for Chico State undergraduate Brittaney Browne and her new photographic works. W, 4/16, 5:30pm. Laxson Fine Art Gallery, 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.

1078 GALLERY: Members’ Show, celebrate the gallery’s 33rd birthday with new art from members in various media. Through 4/26. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.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.avenue9 gallery.com.

B-SO SPACE: Veneer, a BFA culminating exhibition featuring digital prints and fiber art by Tara Calderon. Through 4/11. Apart From The Whole, a BFA culminating exhibition featuring the sculptural works of Eliza Skeffington. 4/14-4/18. 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. And, special fundraising event:Treasures of a Collection, a private tour of four local collectors’ homes filled with art, plus live music and refreshments. Sa, 4/12. $55-$60. 450 Orange St., (530) 8958726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

CHICO PAPER CO.: California Rivers by Jake

Early, Jake Early’s latest series. 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.chico papercompany.com.

EMPIRE COFFEE: Wish You Were Here, Isabel

Dresler’s all Polaroid 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 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. Chico State, (530) 8984476, 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. Gallery hours are Open daily. 118 W. Second St., (530) 895-0676.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: New Works, figu-

rative 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. Through 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.

CALLING ALL MUTANT VEHICLES: Participate in

Art at the Matador and make a mutant vehicle for the Rally on Saturday, May 10. For more Information visit website. Ongoing. Art trophies will be awarded. Matador Motel, 1934 Esplanade 9 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.csu chico.edu/gateway.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: Paradise Depot

Museum Open House, a railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing. Opens 4/11, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 877-1919.

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.

Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

for more Music, see NIGHTLIFE on page 32

SPAGHETTI DINNER: Friends of Chico Community Ballet hosts the 14th annual spaghetti dinner, with pasta, homemade pies, raffles and local art, plus entertainment by ballet dancers. Two dinner times. Sa, 4/12, 4:30-6 & 7-8:30pm. $20$25. First Christian Church, 295 E. Washington Ave., (530) 345-6995.

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free all-day music festival featuring 13 acts on two stages. Plus, the announcement of the 2014 CAMMIES winners. Food and drinks (including beer) available for purchase (both Wander and Annie’s Asian Mobile Grill food trucks will be on site). Su, 4/13, 2-7pm. Free. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 8941978.

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THIS MUST BE THE PLACE Tuesday, April 15 Little Theatre, Chico State

SEE TUESDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

As anyone not living under a rock knows, the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market is in the midst of a long conflict with some downtown business owners and the City Council to keep its 21-year run at the corner of Second and Wall streets EDITOR’S PICK going. These kind of battles require a war chest, which you can help stock by attending a benefit for the market on Friday, April 11, at The Rendezvous, featuring a three-course meal prepared by Kitchen Table chef Nathan Johnson, followed by music by Stevie Cook and Friends. April 10, 2014

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

AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: Dances of Cuba, Haiti,

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

BUTTE IONS: The local chapter of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. Second Su of every month, 2pm. The Center for Spiritual Living, Paradise, 789 Bille Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5673.

CHICO CONTRA DANCE: Traditional contra dance

with music by the Pub Scouts. Second Sa of every month, 6:30-10pm. $4-$8. Chico Grange,

2775 Nord Ave., (530) 877-2930.

CHICO POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD: Monthly meeting hosted by the Chico police chief to discuss community issues. Third W of every month, 5:30-7pm. Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1877 Hooker Oak Ave., (530) 342-7777.

DANCE SANCTUARY WAVE: Bring a water bottle, drop your mind, find your feet and free your spirit. Call for more info. Tu, 6:30-8:30pm. $10. Call for details, (530) 891-6524.

DANCING FREEDOM: A weekly open dance with

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

EVENING DANCE JAM: A weekly meditative dance session. F, 7:15pm. $10. Yoga Center of Chico, 250 Vallombrosa Ave., Suite 150, (530) 3420100.

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

FARMERS’ MARKET: CHAPMAN: A year-round

5TH ANNUAL BIKE ISSUE

Certified Farmers’ Market serving as a community forum for healthful-lifestyle promotion and education. F, 2-5:30pm. Chapman Mulberry Community Center, 1010 Cleveland Ave., (530) 624-8844, www.cchaos.org.

FARMERS’ MARKET: SATURDAY: Chico’s weekly community gathering, with fresh produce, crafts, baked goods and more. Sa, 7:30am1pm. Municipal Parking Lot No. 1, Second & Wall streets.

FREE PROM DRESSES: The Chico chapter of the Student California Teachers Association is holding its 10th annual Cinderella’s Closet. This event is for high school students to receive free dresses for prom. Su, 4/13, 124pm. Bell Memorial Union, Chico State, (530) 898-4636.

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

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free, food-free, drug-free, smoke-free dance for you and yours with DJ Clay. Th, 7:309:30pm through 5/8. $10. Yoga Center of Chico, 250 Vallombrosa Ave., Suite 150, (530) 3420100.

come. No partner needed. F, 8pm. Opens 4/11. $2. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

Chico is one of the best bike towns in the U.S., and locals and students alike are peddling where they need to go more than ever.

MINDS WITHOUT BORDERS: A book group cur-

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Sunday, April 13 Bell Memorial Union, Chico State SEE COMMUNITY

mals, living fences, bees, compost areas, food forest, and water catchments. Su, 4/13, 125pm. $5-$10, students free with I.D. Happy Corner, 689 East 18th St. (239) 272-9661, www.perma-fun-k.com/

RE-DOIN’ IT RIGHT: A sewing workshop to learn how to alter and re-purpose clothing. Su, 4/13, 2-4pm. Call for location, (530) 893-1291.

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

SOUND VERBAL BEHAVIOR: A behaviorist’s account of how we communicate and the

unexpected positive consequences. Su, 4/13, 1-5pm. Free seminar. Chico Library, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 354-6672.

SQUARE-DANCE CLUB: Square-dancing classes for beginners and advanced-level dancers. Call for more info. Th, 7-10pm. Veterans Memorial Hall, 6550 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 872-1962.

TRADITIONAL WEST-AFRICAN DANCE: All levels of

drummers and dancers welcome. W, 5:307pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.,

(808) 757-0076.

WALK IN THE PARK: Stonewall Alliance Chico’s dog-friendly, 3-mile walk in Bidwell Park. Second Su of every month. One Mile Recreation Area, Bidwell Park.

WORLD DANCE: Classes offered through CARD offering line, circle and partner dances from around the world. No partner needed. Th, 7pm. $7 per class. Pleasant Valley Recreation Center, 2320 North St., (530) 566-6711, www.chicorec.com.

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rently discussing Northanger Abbey by Jane Austin. M, 4/14, 7pm. Lyon Books, 135 Main St., (530) 891-3338, www.lyonbooks.com.

rian John Gallardo presents a lecture on the oldest neighborhood in the city of Chico. Sa, 4/12, 10am. Donations accepted. Chico Museum, 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chicomuseum.org.

PERMACULTURE APPLIED TO URBAN BACKYARDS: Learn how to design a productive urban homestead with intensive gardens, small ani-

For Kids CHILDREN STORY TIME SERIES: Reading events

sponsored by Lyon Books. Every other Th, 3pm. Opens 4/10. Free. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 8912762, www.lyonbook.com.

EGG-CELLENT EGGS PRESCHOOL PROGRAM: Learn about the many different kinds of eggs and the animals that lay them. Make a craft, and meet an egg-laying animal friend. Sa, 4/12, 11am-noon. $12. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

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IN THE MIX The String Arcade String Arcade Players Nerdtracks Recordings Despite Roger Ebert’s decree that “video games can never be art,” video games continue to be art. More than that, gamers and nongamers alike continue to find artistic expression within the medium and, for some like the String Arcade Players, in mediums inspired by digital gaming. Funded through Kickstarter, The String Arcade features original string compositions of video game scores from timeless games such as The Legend of Zelda, and newer favorites including Plants vs. Zombies. While national tours of symphonic renditions of video game soundtracks—such as Video Games Live and The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses—provide the full orchestral treatment, The String Arcade’s use of simply cello, viola and violin gives the album its own cohesive sound despite source material spanning multiple decades and genres. The String Arcade Players imbue the tracks with the spirit of the games—how we heard them then and how we think of them now. There’s a playful frolic in the dolphincall strings for Ecco the Dolphin; a haunting spookiness carried over from LucasArts’ Monkey Island 2 as well as its Scabb Cemetery; and an unforgettable tug on our 8- and 16-bit controllers by the iconic melodies of Link and Sonic. If that’s not art, then I don’t know what is.

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—Matthew Craggs

Storm Front John Sandford G.P. Putnam’s Sons When it comes to crime novelists, John Sandford is one of the best. A former Pulitzer winner for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, he’s a journalist at heart, which means he doesn’t waste the reader’s time and is a stickler for details. Set in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, his 24 “Prey” novels (the word is in every title, e.g. Silken Prey) feature homicide investigator Lucas Davenport, who is independently wealthy but stays with police work because he loves it. Sandford has also written seven novels (including this latest) centered on Virgil Flowers, a homicide detective who works under Davenport. In some ways Storm Front is a departure for Sandford, in that nobody dies and the overriding tone is one of comic absurdity, not unlike a Carl Hiaasen novel. In this case various parties, including Mossad and Hezbollah, along with a TV star, a wingnut academic and an endearing Lebanese pilot-in-training, are in pursuit of a reliquary that a dying Minnesota minister has stolen from an Israeli archeological dig. They all seem to believe the ancient stone has the potential to rewrite the history of the Middle East. Flowers’ job is to straighten out the mess and find the stone—which he does, of course. The fun is in getting there.

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—Robert Speer

Beautiful Jazz Christian Jacob Wilder Jazz Subtitled “A private concert,” this is a solo piano recording by Christian Jacob. The native of France began classical music studies in 1962 at the age of 4, but a few years later, after hearing the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s recording of “Take Five,” he became fascinated with jazz and soon discovered Oscar Peterson’s records. “I had heard improvisation,” he said, “and it was like a door had opened to infinite possibilities. I was in love with jazz music.” The pianist then entered the Berklee College of Music where, among other honors, he received the Oscar Peterson Jazz Masters award, then went on the road with Maynard Ferguson’s band. Most recently he’s been with vocalist Tierney Sutton’s band—where’s he’s joined by ex-Chico bassist Kevin Axt—with whom he’s made eight CDs. This is a luxurious-sounding disc that was recorded in an L.A. concert hall, and each of the “iconic standards” allows him plenty of room for improvisation. The pensive “Body and Soul” is—among a collection of magnificent tunes—the stand-out track, although the revved-up “Giant Steps” comes in a close second. A special treat is his whirlwind rendition of Stravinsky’s “Etude No. 4.” This is an outstanding recording by a man who certainly deserves more recognition. —Miles Jordan

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Captain ameriCa: the Winter Soldier (Digital) (PG-13) 12:20PM 2:00PM 3:40PM 5:20PM 7:00PM 8:40PM 10:05PM divergent (Digital) (PG-13) 12:55PM 4:00PM 7:05PM 10:20PM draft day (Digital) (PG-13) 12:00PM 2:35PM 5:10PM 7:45PM 10:25PM god’S not dead (Digital) (PG) 11:30AM 2:10PM 4:50PM 7:30PM♥ 10:10PM♥ grand BudapeSt hotel, the (Digital) (R) 12:05PM 2:30PM 4:55PM 7:20PM 9:50PM

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Ends tonight, April 10. Starring Toni Servillo. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

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subject. The film wanders a while through the city, both before we first meet Jep and again after he has made his exit (the boat ride that the film takes under the closing credits is worth paying attention to in its entirety). Plus, Jep is characterized in part through his very active, very restless love of Rome, and also through the vast, fascinating, and sometimes bewildering array of characters he encounters in his daily and nightly rambles.

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Toni Servillo (Il Divo, Gomorrah); the Fellini-esque swirl of faces, places and moods cooked up by director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo, This Must Be the Place); its insider’s tour (wry, sprawling, fine-tuned) of 21st century Rome; its latter-day take on “la dolce vita” (and its resonance as a kind of unofficial sequel to the 1960 Fellini film of that name). Servillo plays Jep Gambardella, an aging writer and socialite specializing in Roman nightlife. He gained early fame with his first and only novel, but has long since settled into life as a kind of highbrow journalist and bon vivant. He has never married (not that he suffers any lack of female companionship), and his friends say he hasn’t left Rome since the day he arrived from the provinces. While Jep is the central figure in Sorrentino’s Roman phantasmagoria, you can easily make the case that contemporary Rome, with all of its cultural contradictions, is the film’s true

All of that operates more or less in concert with the more personal aspects of Jep’s story. We first see him at a rapturously wild party on the occasion of his 65th birthday, and other intimations of mortality—the death of an old lover, the funeral of another friend— soon spur him toward quietly fraught reflections on what his life has come to. In the course of the action, those reflections—amiable enough, but not exactly happy—begin to coincide with the film’s way of viewing all this. Jep is at the center of things throughout, but a crucial part of the film’s fascination comes from its peculiar combinations of character and incident— “the Saint,” a wizened nun who preaches poverty and seems to have brought a flock of flamingos to Jep’s balcony; a celebrity guru who talks like a mystical monk and dispenses Botox; a conceptual artist who specializes in primal screams and head-butts while naked in ancient settings; a serious young man whose installation, also in an ancient setting, consists entirely of the photos he takes of himself on a daily basis; Ramona, an intelligent but perhaps doomed stripper whom Jep dates for a while; Stefania, a longtime friend who somehow reconciles with Jep even after his devastating critique of her career; etc. Ω

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Opening this week Draft Day

Ivan Reitman (Kindergarten Cop, Ghostbusters) directs this dramedy starring Kevin Costner as the general manager of an NFL football team who is willing to take drastic measures to secure the number one pick in the draft. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

The Lunchbox

From India, a film about a neglected housewife who, in an attempt to re-energize her marriage, has a special lunchbox meal sent to her husband. When the lunch and subsequent notes are mistakenly delivered to her husband’s lonely co-worker, a friendship and various complications ensue. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Oculus

A young woman tries to prove that an antique mirror possessed by supernatural forces is to blame for several mysterious murders in her family. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

The Raid 2

The sequel to the Indonesian martial-arts flick about a group of cops trying to fight their way out of crime-infested apartment block during a raid gone bad. It’s now two hours later, and one of the cops is going undercover to infiltrate a Jakarta crime syndicate in order to protect his family. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Rio 2

The two blue macaws (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway) are back for an adventure in the Amazon rainforest. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated G.

Now playing 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 refugee hiding in her foster parents’ basement. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

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.

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. Pageant Theatre. 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 and Feather River Cinemas. 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 pass the class. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Wes Anderson’s new film is the story of an imaginary middle European hotel in the imaginary Republic of Zubrowka in the mostly very real year of 1932. But it’s also the tale of how a modern-day resident of that hotel, the mysterious and rather sorrowful Mr. Moustafa (F. Murray Abraham), came to be its owner. And that story, in turn, centers on the remarkable character and career of Monsieur Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), the legendary and perhaps improbable concierge of that establishment, the Grand Budapest Hotel, in its heyday. The 1932 part of the story is central to everything else in the film. The rise of Nazism lingers on the horizon while center stage is occupied by the semi-picaresque adventures of M. Gustave and an orphaned refugee named Zero (Tony Revelori) and the farcical melodrama that ensues when M. Gustave finds himself named executor of the estate of an elderly woman of wealth (Tilda Swinton). 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. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.

The Great Beauty

Ends tonight, April 10. See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. Not rated —J.C.S.

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

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pieces of art will have a dozen or more. A small bathroom off the kitchen may hold eight paintings, a hallway may have 20 or story and more. photo by Maria Phillips’ home is like that. Robert Every room is filled with artwork. Speer She and her husband, Bob Klang, have run out of wall space. It’s like living in a museum, but much warmer and more inviting. Besides being an artist herself and Treasures of a Collection a former art history teacher, Phillips Four-home art is currently director of the Avenue 9 tour, Saturday, April 12, Gallery in Chico. It’s no surprise, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. then, that much of the art in her home Dinner with Paul is by local artists—Valerie Payne, and Yasuko Zinng, Norm Dillinger, Elizabeth Newman Sunday, April 13, Kuiper, Waif Mullins, the late 5-8 p.m. Richard Hornaday and many more. Tickets for art tour only: To see it all is to experience the full $55 for CAC range, diversity and quality of the members, work being produced by these artists. $60 for Phillips has an emotional connecnonmembers tion to the work, as well. The artists (includes a three-month are her friends, and each piece of art membership). represents and reminds her of a Dinner: $100. friend. Instead of their photos, she Tour and dinner: puts their art on the wall. $135. The Phillips/Klang home is well suited to displaying art. Light enters Chico Art Center 450 Orange St., through wall-to-wall glass sliders on Ste. 6. its north and south sides, illuminating 895-8726. many of the rooms with strong indiwww.chicoart rect light. center.com The house is one of four that will be featured on the Chico Art Center’s

inaugural Treasures of a Collection guided tour being held Saturday, April 12. The art center wants this fundraiser to become an annual event and is pulling out all the stops to make it attractive. There will be food as well as live music at each house. Tour participants will be divided into four groups, with each starting out at a different house with a map and a schedule. They will rotate through the four homes, and at each the owners will talk about their collections, their motivations for buying art, and the joys of living with it. In addition to the Phillips/Klang house, the tour will include the homes of Bruce and Jeanne Ertle, Dorna Andersen and Gwen Curatilo. Curatilo’s a friend of mine and I’ve been in her house many times. Like Phillips, she’s filled her home with artwork. There are also many framed posters dating to her early career as a professional opera singer (she was a featured soprano with the San Francisco Opera Company) and her later work as director of Chico State’s fabled Opera Workshop program, when she was directing huge productions of such works as The Magic Flute and La Bohème. She’s an amazing woman, and a tour of her house is worth the cost of a ticket by itself. Chico State President Paul Zingg and his wife, Yasuko, also are participating in helping to raise money for the CAC by opening their home to guests the following evening, Sunday, April 13, for a tour of their substantial art collection as well as a catered Japanese dinner. All but six of the $100 tickets had been sold as of last week, so the dinner event is no doubt sold out by the time you read this. But there are plenty of tickets left for the Saturday tour, said Debra Simpson, the CAC’s office manager. She’s been in all four of the homes, and she’s convinced that it’s going to be a wonderful event. “It will not disappoint anybody who goes on the tour,” she Ω said.

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For starters, they’re from Basque Country, the autonomous region in northern Spain. Further, their message has roots in a long-dead political rock by movement. And, most cruHoward Hardee cially, frontman Gorka Urbizu writes and sings lyrics only in howardh@ newsreview.com the Basque language Euskara, which is spoken by fewer than 1 million people. Preview: Despite all this, Berri Txarrak Berri Txarrak (pronounced “berry char-ack”) performs tonight, remains one of only a handful of April 10, 8 p.m., at 1078 Gallery. Basque bands to have reached WestSeverance Package ern audiences. They’ve toured extenand Metronaut sively with American alt-rock act open. Rise Against; they recorded their Cost: $5 2009 album, Payola, with legendary American engineer Steve Albini; and 1078 Gallery 820 Broadway they were recently in Los Angeles 343-1973 recording with producer Ross Robinwww.1078 son, who has worked on albums for gallery.org At the Drive-In, The Blood Brothers, The Cure and Sepultura. To understand where Berri Txarrak is coming from, it helps to look at the Basque Radical Rock movement, which, fueled by British punk and metal scenes, emerged in the early 1980s as a musical/ socio-political force following the death of Gen. Francisco Franco and the end of his 40-year dictatorship in Spain. Berri Txarrak formed in 1994, several years after the movement ran its course. There have been a couple of lineup changes since then; singer and guitarist Urbizu, the only remaining original member, is backed by bassist David Gonzalez and drummer Galder Izagirre. Urbizu said via email that, while the Basque Radical Rock movement has subsided, the band still strives to make rebellious music in that same vein. “I like the idea of rock music as a way to question everything,” he said. “Rock must be defiant—at least that’s the kind of art we love.” And though Urbizu’s lyrics touch on personal subjects from time to time, he prefers to keep material opaque enough for it to remain universal. “I think it must be the audience who finishes the

song,” he said. “I kind of give them clues with the words and try to make them feel sensations and think by themselves. There isn’t one big truth, there are lots of interpretations.” Given the language barrier for American listeners, Berri Txarrak’s lyrical subject matter is neither here nor there, but Urbizu believes the music conveys the message on its own. And listening to their songs, it’s striking how familiar rock ’n’ roll sung in a foreign tongue feels. The language issue is moot. For instance, in the bridge section of the 2005 single “Oreka,” everything strips down to a swaggering bassline, and it’s satisfyingly familiar when the extra-explosive chorus kicks in and fills the empty space. Instrumentally, Berri Txarrak is all distorted guitars and rumbling bass, but vocally, there’s a clear emphasis on melodic hooks and except for the language, the band falls neatly in line with radio-friendly American alternative rock. (It makes sense that Berri Txarrak toured with Rise Against.) But Urbizu doesn’t wonder what heights of success his band could reach if he sang in English, nor is he concerned about whether American audiences are put off by his singing in Euskara. “Obviously, it’s not the easiest way to become popular in the U.S., but we don’t really care,” he said. “We want to be the best band as possible and spread our message and music, but it must be our way. “Music is able to connect people by itself—that’s a fact,” he continued. “But there are huge cultural lobbies, let’s say, that build barriers to diversity. That’s why, if you turn your radio on, you’ll only find music in English, and mostly songs without a message other than, ‘Have fun and try to not think.’” The songs they’ve recorded with Robinson have not yet come together in album form, Urbizu said, but the band has “many surprises” lined up for 2014 to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Ω April 10, 2014

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11FRIDAY BASSMINT: A (mostly) weekly electronic dance party with a rotating cast of local and regional DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm. Opens 4/11. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

10THURSDAY ASKING ALEXANDRIA: Break Down The Walls tour brings British metalcore Asking Alexandria, rock from Crown The Empire, and We Came As Romans, plus hardcore/metal from August Burns Red. Th, 4/10, 6:30pm. $29.50. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmaxproductions.net.

BERRI TXARRAK: Heavy rock from Basque County, plus locals Severance Package and Metronaut. Th, 4/10, 8pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

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

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

SAN FRANCISCO SCOTTISH FIDDLERS: A high energy fiddle ensemble with pipes, whistles, guitars, cellos, flutes, piano, and percussion. Th, 4/10, 7:30pm. $15-$28. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.

SO MUCH LIGHT: Sacramento’s So Much Light is joined by locals Suns Of The Pacific, Two Door Rev and Adam Scarborough of of La Fin Du Monde and Shadowlimb. Th, 4/10, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

CONDUCTING FROM THE GRAVE: F, 4/11,

8pm. $5. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway,

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EARPHUNK: New Orleans prog/funk, plus local funk-fusion from GravyBrain. F,

4/11, 9pm. $5-$7. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning jazz appointment with experimental local troupe Bogg. F, 11am. Opens 4/11. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

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.

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

crew Dear Misguided releases their EP with help from Final Last Words, Gloomsday from San Diego and Articles. Sa, 4/12, 7:30pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

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

Sa, 4/12, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

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SCHOOLBOY Q: The South Central, Los Angeles MC whose new album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard comes to Chico. F, 4/11, 8:30pm. $20. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmaxpro ductions.net.

TWISTED STRATEGIES: Local hip-hop with with a live band. F, 4/11, 9pm. $5. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

For the latest installment of “Metal Bands Have the Coolest Names,” we offer Sacramento outfit Conducting From the Grave, who will rock the 1078 Gallery Friday, April 11. Also playing are Waves of Leviathan (just try to find another band from Corning with a cooler handle than that) and Chico’s epically monickered Armed For Apocalypse.

12SATURDAY ’80S NIGHT: Wear your best ’80s attire and dance the night away with special guests Flock Of 80z. Sa, 4/12, 8pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

ARLO GUTHRIE: Arlo Guthrie and assorted family members pay homage to the songs and stories of their namesake and patriarch, Woody Guthrie. Sa, 4/12, 7:30pm. $25-$38. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530)

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Bustamente, a local 15-year-old pianist. Su, 4/13, 3pm. $10. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, http://paradisechorus.org.

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SYMPHONIC WINDS: BAND-OLOGY: Chico

by local country musicians Rich and Kendall. Sa, 5-9pm. Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Rd., (530) 7102020.

State Symphonic Winds presents a symphony for band, a Bach prelude and a march or two. Plus, guest clarinetist, Ryan Heimlich. Sa, 4/12, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.

SCOTT PEMBERTON TRIO: The power trio brings dance rock with local support from jam-rockers Swamp Zen. Sa, 4/12, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

13SUNDAY CAMMIES FINALE & AWARDS SHOW: The

SINGER/SONGWRITER NIGHT: Seattle acoustic duo The Leafy Greens, plus Reno Nev. singer/songwriter Liam Kyle Cahill, and locals Erin Lizardo, and Sir Francis Lee Howard. Sa, 4/12, 9pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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WAIT, WHAT DAY IS TODAY? Every semester I say that I am not going to

miss the Chico State Art Department’s Open Studios event—where art students working in all mediums get a chance to show off the art they’ve been creating—and every semester for the last several years I have managed to miss it. I don’t know why I’ve blocked it, but on the day of the spring Taking in Ama Posey’s wall of paintings. 2014 edition (Tuesday, April 8), I almost spaced it again! And I am so glad I didn’t. I only caught the early BFA portion—which is spread out among the studio classrooms on both floors of Ayres Hall (the MFA tour is later in the day in the Fifth Street graduate studios)—and it was a wonderful mix of ideas and mediums. Each room functions as a mini art gallery, and there was something different, and often surprising, through every door. Cortney Berg showed off her large, charred (as in, burned with an acetylene torch) sheets of watercolor paper. One of Kuya Dyte’s dancing, Marie Collar presented sculptures and cartoon comedians. other installation pieces (like the listening station playing four separate pieces of vinyl pie glued together into one album spinning very slowly). And Kuya Dyte offered rotoscoped cartoon loops of improv comedians. A great lunch break, capped by the discovery of a mysterious bit of street art on a Wall Street sidewalk. Marie Collar’s listening station.

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• Schoolboy Q: Thankfully he didn’t, but it would’ve made sense if the MC whose just-released album (Oxymoron) is blowing up on the charts and with the critics would have ditched his Friday, April 11, Chico show (at the Senator Theatre) in favor of a spot on a late-night talk show or festival stage. But more incredibly, tickets are somehow still available at www.jmaxproductions.net … for only $20! • CAMMIES Finale & Awards Show: Just the Sidewalk art, Wall Street. cold facts should be enough to get you there: a free show, a sunny Sunday afternoon (April 12, 2-7 p.m.), 13 local bands, two stages, the bright and beautiful Chico Women’s Club, and beer and food trucks in the parking lot. You couldn’t ask for a better way to cap off your weekend. 34 CN&R April 10, 2014

FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 10, 2014 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Freedom is

the most important kind of joy you can seek right now. It’s also the most important subject to study and think about, as well as the most important skill to hone. I advise you to make sure that freedom is flowing through your brain and welling up in your heart and spiraling through your loins. Write synonyms for “freedom” on your arm with a felt-tip pen: liberation, emancipation, independence, leeway, spaciousness, carte blanche, selfdetermination, dispensation. Here’s one more tip: Connect yourself with people who love and cultivate the same type of freedom you do.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s Love

Your Messes Week, Taurus. In accordance with the astrological omens, you are authorized to love the hell out of the messes in your life—from the small, awkward knots of confusion to the big, beautiful heaps of fertile chaos. This is not a time to feel embarrassed or apologize for your messes; not a time to shy away from them or ignore them. On the contrary, you should explore them, celebrate them and even take advantage of them. Whatever else they are, your messes are untapped sources of energy. Learn to love them for the mysterious lessons they keep teaching you. Love them for the courage and willpower they compel you to summon. Love them for the novelty they bring your way and the interesting stories they add to your personal legend.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “A snow-

ball’s chance in hell” is an American idiom that’s equivalent to saying “it probably won’t happen.” After all, a snowball would instantly melt if exposed to the scorching fires that rage in the underworld. But what if there’s an exception to this axiom? Let’s call on another American idiom: “when hell freezes over.” It’s another way to say “it probably won’t happen.” But the truth is that now and then, a cold front does indeed sweep through the infernal region, icing its flames. When that happens, a snowball’s prospects of surviving there improve dramatically. And that’s exactly what I predict will happen for you in the coming week.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 2007,

J.K. Rowling finished writing the seventh volume of her Harry Potter books, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The day it was published, it sold 11 [[[8.3 mil according to Scholastic and NYT]]] million copies. But Rowling had actually written the final chapter of this last book way back in 1990, when she first conceived the story she was to spend the next 17 years working on. She knew the climax right from the beginning. I foresee a similar theme unfolding for you in the coming weeks, Cancerian. As you plot a project you will be developing for a long time to come, you will have a vision of what it will be when it becomes fully mature.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When you see your shadow, it’s usually right next to you. It’s there on the ground or floor, a fuzzy black shape that follows you around closely. But today I saw my shadow waving back at me from afar. I was standing on top of a hill, and the sun’s rays created a dusky version of me in the meadow way down below. I think this is a useful metaphor for an opportunity that’s available to you. In the coming days, you will be able to view the shadowy, undeveloped parts of your personality as if from a distance. That means you will have more objectivity about them, and thus greater compassion. You can get a calm, clear sense of how they might be mucking with your happiness and how you could transform them.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “You cannot use butterfly language to communicate with caterpillars,” said psychologist Timothy Leary. That’s good advice for you to keep in mind in the near future. You might want to find a way to carry on constructive dialogues with people who have a hard time understanding you. It’s not necessarily that they are stupid or resistant to your charms. The problem is that they haven’t experienced some of the critical transformations you have.

BY ROB BREzSNY They can’t be expected to converse with you in your butterfly language. Are you willing and able to speak caterpillar?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Are you

thinking of linking your fortunes to a new ally? Or deepening your collaboration with a familiar ally? Have you fantasized about bonding intensely with a source that may be able to give you more of what you want and bring out more of the best in you? These prospects are worth contemplating, Libra. But I suggest you let your connection ripen a bit more before finalizing the shift. I’m not necessarily saying there’s a potential problem. I simply suspect that you need further exploration and additional information before you can make the smartest move possible.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Saturn

has been in the sign of Scorpio since October 2012 and will be there until the end of 2014. (It will make another visit from June to September 2015.) What does that mean? I have a view of Saturn that’s different from many astrologers. They regard it as the planet of limitation, struggle and difficulty. Here’s what I think: While Saturn may push you to be extra tough and work superhard, it also inspires you to cut away extraneous desires and hone in on your deepest purpose. It motivates you to build strong structures that free you to express yourself with maximum efficiency and grace.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.

21): When I took an intermediate painting class in college, our first assignment was to imitate an old master. My choice was the Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569). I worked on reproducing his painting “The Fight Between Carnival and Lent” as precisely as I could. It was tedious and liberating. I invoked Bruegel’s spirit and prayed for his guidance. I sank my psyche deeply into his. By the end of the four-week process, I’d learned a lot about painting. Given the current astrological omens, Sagittarius, I suggest you try something similar. Pick someone who excels at a way of working or a state of being that you would like to master yourself, and copy that person for a while. For best results, have fun with it. Play!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Capricorn author J.R.R. Tolkien spent 14 years working on The Lord of the Rings. In using a typewriter to produce more than 1,200 pages, he relied solely on his two index fingers. He never learned the 10-finger typing method. I suppose it didn’t matter in the end. Presumably, his impediment didn’t affect the quality of his work, but only made it harder to accomplish and required him to spend a lot more time. Is there a fixable limitation on your own ability to achieve your dream, Capricorn? Is there some handicap you could, with effort, overcome? If so, now would be an excellent time to begin.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The

truth’s superb surprise,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson, may be “too bright for our infirm delight.” Sometimes we’ve got to be careful about articulating what’s really going on. “The truth must dazzle gradually,” she said. If it hits us too fast and hard, it may be difficult to digest. So, did Dickinson suggest that we should lie and deceive? No. “Tell all the truth,” she declared, “but tell it slant.” This is excellent advice for you in the coming days, Aquarius.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here’s

my report on your progress. You are not struggling to embody a delusional state of perfection as it is imagined by other people. Rather, you are becoming an evermore soulful version of your idiosyncratic self, evolving slowly but surely. You are not dazedly trudging along a narrow track laid down by thousands of sheep. Instead, you are lively and creative as you bushwhack a path for yourself through the wilderness. To celebrate this ongoing success, Pisces, I suggest you get yourself a new power object that symbolizes your inventive devotion.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 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 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 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 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 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 MINX SKATEBOARD COMPANY at 2711 Rafael St Chico, CA 95973 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 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

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

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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

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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 95973. 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.

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Signed: STEPHANIE SAISE Dated: March 24, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000459 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NICENNNNEAT at 252 Connors Ave Chico, CA 95926 APRIL LYNN BLECK 252 Connors Ave Chico, CA 95926 This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: APRIL BLECK Dated: March 13,2014 FBN Number: 20140000411 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY at 2357 Fair Street Chico, CA 95928 SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY LLC 175 Buena Vista Street Auburn, CA 95603 This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: DENNIS GABB Dated: March 3, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000343 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The Following person is doing business as LEVOY FILM AND PHOTOGRAPHY at 2121 Kennedy Ave Chico, CA 95973 ZACHARY LEVOY IKAIKA SORENSON 2121 Kennedy Ave Chico, CA 95973 This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ZACH SORENSON Dated: April 3, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000530 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The Following person is doing business as FUNCTIONAL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, QUIRKY CREATIVE at 12 Marydith Lane Chico, CA 95926 ALICIA MEYER 12 Marydith Lane Chico, CA 95926 This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ALICIA MEYER Dated: March 27, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000487 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SCISSORS AND SPICE at 2801 Cohasset Rd Chico, CA 95973 VERONICA CHERI MADDOX 12 Marydith Lane Chico, CA 95926 This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ALICIA MEYER FOR VERONICA MADDOX Dated: March 27, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000486 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GOOD GREEN CLEANING at 352 Southbury Ln Chico, CA 95973 STEPHANIE M SAISE 352 Southbury Ln Chico, CA 95973 This business is conducted by an Individual.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as H.L. QUEEN CHICO NAILS at 801 East Ave #112 Chico, CA 95926 HARRY LE 400 Mission Ranch Blvd #41 Chico, CA 95926 This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: HARRY LE Dated: April 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000538 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name QUEEN LE NAIL SALON at 801 East Ave #112 Chico, CA 95926 KEVIN VIET LE 36650 48th Ave South Auburn, WA 98001 This business was conducted by an Individual. Signed: KEVIN LE Dated: April 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2013-0001125 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CREEKSIDE HOMES at 3057 Hudson Ave Chico, CA 95973 JOEL AVALOS 3057 Hudson Ave Chico, CA 95973 JULIE AVALOS 3057 Hudson Ave Chico, CA 95973 This business is conducted by A Married Couple Signed: JULIE AVALOS Dated: March 28, 2014 FBN Number: 20140000494 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BEAR FLAG PAINTING at 194 1/2 E 11th St Chico, CA 95928 FRANK HALL 194 E 11th St Chico, CA 95928 This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: FRANK HALL Dated: April 2, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000520 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CITY OF TREES REALTY REFERRAL AGENT ONLY at 120 Amber Grove Dr Suite 124 Chico, CA 95973 LAURA LYNN BURGHARDT 14 Turnbridge Welles Chico, CA 95973 This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: LAURA LYNN BURGHARDT Dated: March 20, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000447 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ADELANTE SERVICES at 2240 St George Ln #3 Chico, CA 95926 HUGO M GUARDADO 157 Picholine Way Chico, CA 95928 This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: HUGO GUARDADO

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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 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. 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

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objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: 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 representative 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 personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal 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

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.

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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 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 objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 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

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

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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 objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: April 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 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 objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 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

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BRANDYN WILLIAMS

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filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: BRANDYN MICHAEL WILLIAMS Proposed name: BRANDYN MICHAEL STILWELL THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 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: April 3, 2014 Case Number: 161828 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligable for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at California Legal Services website (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting you local court or county bar association. Note: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case.The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: Chico Courthouse 655 Oleander Avenue Chico, CA 95926 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney is: Fritzgerald A. Javellana Rooney Law Firm 1361 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: LOGAN A. MCDANIEL AND DOES 1-5 YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: JACK W. DAWSON NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court

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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. The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information below. You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court. There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligable for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the

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California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting you local court or county bar association. Note: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case. The name and address of the court is: Chico Courthouse 655 Oleander Avenue Chico, CA 95926 The name, address, and telephone number of the plaintiff’s attorney is: Michael M. Rooney/Fritzgerald A. Javellana Rooney Law Firm 1361 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926 Signed: Kimberly Flener Case Number: 160776 Published: April 3,10,17,24, 2014

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