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Dialogue is key At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we’re going to say

this again. The only way to once and for all end the controversy surrounding the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market’s Saturday event is for all of the stakeholders—vendors, local brick-and-mortar businesses, and city officials—to sit down and have an open dialogue.

Vendors need to stay open-minded about potential changes and listen to the concerns of nearby business owners. Businesses need to be honest about their qualms with the event. And city leaders need to moderate the conversation with common-sense solutions. We would like the new city subcommittee to finally make headway on this longstanding dispute (see “Market confusion,” by Tom Gascoyne, page 9).

But to us, the answer isn’t difficult. The market has been at Second and Wall streets for more than 20 years. It’s become a Chico institution, and considering the alternative locations put forward in recent years, the best place for the market is at its current home.

We know from a city inspection a few years ago (see “Apples and oranges,” by Neither side may get Melissa Daugherty, Aug. 13, 2009) that the Chico Municipal Center lot isn’t feasible for exactly what they’d like, the market. The parking bumpers and planters between aisles cut prime vending space. Plus, but that’s what there are speed bumps throughout the lot. The compromise is all space simply isn’t configured to accommodate such an event.

The thought that moving the market a few blocks south will mitigate a dearth of downtown parking does not hold up.

Market shoppers will still drive downtown and will fill up the parking lot at Second and Wall. Others will park in the neighborhoods to the annoyance of homeowners.

Most nearby businesses don’t open their doors until 10 or 11 a.m. on Saturdays, so one compromise might be for the market to shut down an hour earlier, at noon. On the flipside, the market could be allowed to expand its operations to the entire lot.

The point is, there are potential solutions. Neither side may get exactly what they’d like, but that’s what compromise is all about. We’re pleased to see some movement on the issue, and urge all parties to keep the conversation going. Ω

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Lessons from Troncones M village of Troncones, population 600, located about 25 miles north of Zihuatanejo on the Pacific Coast, in the y family and I recently vacationed in the

Mexican state of Guerrero.

At first glance Troncones seems to be a classic example of exploitation.

Wealthy foreigners have bought up most of the beachfront properties and built beautiful retirement villas and boutique hotels, while the locals live away from the beaches in modest houses.

As I learned, though, it’s not so simple.

On balance, the influx of foreigners has been good for Troncones. The newcomers by have brought money and employment.

Robert Speer As our housekeeper, Libo, told me, 30 years ago there were no jobs in TronThe author is a cones. The men went inland to work on former editor of the farms, and the women sold tortillas on CN&R. To learn more the streets of Zihuatanejo. “We were about Troncones, extremely poor,” she said. “It’s much go to www.tron better today.” cones.net.

Originally Troncones was an ejido whose residents owned the land—nearly 4,000 acres, including the beachfront—in common. In 1994 they divided the land among themselves, leaving some for collective uses (schools, a church, a clinic), selling the beachfront land to investors, and using the income to buy more land for farming.

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The foreigners who moved in have been respectful. Troncones is no Cancun. Its beachfront structures are designed for beauty and comfort, not size. Viewed from the beach, they blend in nicely with the tropical vegetation.

More important, the newcomers have been good citizens. One man, an American retiree, started a community library, complete with Internet access. Another, who worked for a company that made playground equipment, obtained new play structures for the village’s two schools.

Some got together and formed Ola Humanitaria, which raises money for school supplies and improvements, specialty care for children in need, scholarships, and bus money for high school students to travel to Zihuatanejo. Recently, they helped fund new stands at the community soccer field.

Working with locals, the foreigners have set up an Animal Humane Society, which rescues injured wild animals and provides free spay and neuter services. They’ve also supported construction of a village water system.

No question about it: Troncones is a twotiered community. But the prevailing attitude is “a cada quien su vida”—to each his own life. The people of Troncones seem to agree that differences are not good or bad, right or wrong; they’re just differences. Ω

A history of racism Chico has come a long way in race relations during the past

25 years. That’s clear from Associate Editor Meredith J. Graham’s story this week on the 25th anniversary of the planting of Chico State’s Tree of Peace (see “Peaceful giant,” page 11).

It’s hard to imagine that what happened on campus back in 1988 could happen today. That’s called progress and we applaud the university for commemorating the learning opportunity that came out of such ugliness.

At the same time, we recognize that race relations must continue to be a priority. As we know from the recent scandal involving L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling, America’s long history of racism is hard to shake.

Sterling has been widely condemned for his audio-recorded tirade in which he denounced his mistress for taking photos with black men, including Magic Johnson, and ordered her to not bring black people to Clippers games. He’s been banned for life by the NBA and fined $2.5 million.

But the fact is, his deep-seated racist views are nothing new. Sterling was fined $2.9 million in 2009 following a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into housing discrimination. The real estate mogul allegedly would not allow blacks, Latinos, or people with kids to rent his apartments.

It wasn’t the first discrimination lawsuit he’s faced.

In short, while America has made strides toward equality, we still have a lot of work ahead of us. Ω

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JOSEPH ROBINSON Chico

Two on eco-package Re “In the bag” (Green Issue, by Melissa Daugherty, April 17): I admire that Chico is taking the steps to reduce waste and improve our environment. I think this movement will bring awareness to our community on the negative impact plastic bags bring to our wildlife, our landfills and our economy.

I heard that it costs about $4,000 to process and then recycle plastic bags. Recycling is ideal, but it is costly and better to place restrictions on plastic bags for consumers.

I also appreciate the exemption for WIC and CalFresh participants on paper bags.

Another way to encourage shoppers to bring their reusable bags is to offer a discount on merchandise. While it may be unrealistic for businesses to have sales daily, having a day of the week or specific day(s) of the month may bring attention to downtown businesses and reduce waste in our community.

MARGIE LUPERCIO Chico

Re “Not out of the woods” (Green Issue,

by Ken Smith, April 17) and “Haps on the CAP (Green Issue, by Evan Tuchinsky, April 17): I read your articles on the city’s failure to fund an urban forest manager and the state of the Chico Climate Action Plan. It seems Chicoans (and the USA) are failing to act on countering climate change and ignoring the potential to cool the city by growing our urban forest. Such a waste!

Chico should be a “cool community.” We know how to abate climate change. We have the knowledge, technology, the capital and the labor to do the job (really!). We know that it puts people to work and saves building owners and energy users money. We could abate droughts, superstorms, crop failures and the flood of climate refugees surely to come to our shores.

To solve climate change we’ll need to do deep energy retrofits on every building/house in the country, put solar PV on every roof, replace all our Edison lights with LEDs, replace our auto/truck fleet with plug-in hybrids and replace all the old toilets with dual-flushers. Planting a native shade tree for every Chico citizen would be a good start for LETTERS continued on page 6

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Re “Limitations are needed” (Editorial, April 24): This statement that the right to bear arms must be subject to reasonable limitations is an oxymoron: Privileges are subject to limitations, but the only restrictions on rights are the rights of others. People have the right to life. People have the right to keep and bear arms. These are natural rights that are not alienable. They may not be taken, sold or infringed upon in any way.

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I wasn’t surprised to hear Councilwoman Mary Goloff say that she’d been seeking treatment for a dependence on prescription medication during the last City Council meeting.

That’s because, earlier that Tuesday (April 15), I’d received copies of emails I’d asked for under the California Public Records Act that included a message from Goloff to council members and senior city managers, informing them of her admission into the Skyway House treatment facility.

Those records gave me the answer to why she’d missed three consecutive City Council meetings.

I’d started asking around weeks earlier, but the inquiries went nowhere. During the April 1 council meeting, for example, I asked Vice Mayor Mark Sorensen why Goloff had been absent. He said he didn’t know. Of course, I now know he lied to my face. In hindsight, I can see that he was under pressure to keep quiet—in her email to the council, Goloff thanked everyone for their discretion in the matter. Still, Sorensen could have told me he wasn’t able to comment. In fact, once I learned the nature of Goloff’s absences, I, too, decided that her privacy trumped the public’s right to know. This newspaper didn’t plan to out her for seeking treatment.

But, the fact is, there was a lack of discretion—City Hall was leaking like a sieve. As I found out from those public records, an anonymous source had tipped off certain members of the local media back on April 1. They’d received a copy of Goloff’s email.

I didn’t get that tip.

What I did get two weeks later, on Monday, April 14, the day before Goloff said she’d become addicted to prescription medication following hip surgery in November, was a copy of another email sent anonymously by snail mail. This one was also written by Goloff, but with a June timestamp. The email is fairly indecipherable—basically a half-page-long jumble of letters with occasional words.

I don’t know if Goloff was high on prescriptions drugs when she wrote the email, which was addressed to a member of staff, but it certainly is troubling. It also makes me question the narrative that her addiction began in the fall, and wonder whether her resignation as mayor back in August is related. In these very pages, in writing about her 2008 arrest for driving under the influence of mixed medications (she was busted following a minor car accident), Goloff said she’d recently celebrated 12 years of sobriety, prior to which she had a DUI conviction in 1993.

My guess this time around is that she came forward after someone at City Hall told her about my publicrecords request, and that she wanted to take control of the story. That’s the wise thing to do in these situations.

Is there more to this story? We may never know. Goloff isn’t returning CN&R’s calls. She’s likely said all she’s going to say. On the one hand, I can’t blame her. On the other, it remains to be seen whether she’s truly up to serving the people of Chico.

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An eco-friendly event How refreshing and unexpected it was to see the effort the California Nut Festival organizers took to make their April 19 event more sustainable. I was one of many who parked at their bike valet, and others took advantage of their shuttle from downtown. Best of all was the glass they gave each attendee for the drinks. At six drinks per person, how much plastic did that save! I hope other Chico festivals will follow suit.

MATEJ SEDA Chico

No handouts for art Re “Arts, culture take a hit” (Newslines, by Meredith J. Graham, April 10): I have been an artist most of my life; drawing and music. I supported myself and my family in business all of my adult life until retirement. Never once did I seek financial help from the government.

Now that I am retired I am concentrating on my art, which is pastel painting. I currently have my paintings on display at Morning Thunder. As with my business career, I expect my art to stand on its own two feet. The thought of applying for government assistance never crossed my mind.

I think the city should make drastic cuts in certain areas, one of them being the arts. The city needs to be run in a businesslike manner.

When times are good, spend accordingly while saving for when times are bad. When times are bad, one needs to cut back. Cities should be no exception to the rule.

STEPHEN RALEY Chico

Print is too small You have finally reached your goal of making the print on many pages so small that it is not worth the effort to decipher it. Why don’t you make the whole paper with this smallest print so I can quit reading the whole thing?

NORM DILLINGER Chico

Again, more market letters I find it amazing the false rumors surrounding the Saturday farmers’ market having to be “saved.” Now they are trying to bully themselves into keeping their location under false pretenses.

Basically, they don’t even want to consider moving to the Chico Municipal Center parking lot. So much for being a good neighbor. I took it upon myself to get plot maps of both locations. I also observed how the market participants set up on Saturday, as I was told they couldn’t maneuver in the other lot.

What I found was that the other parking lot easily meets or exceeds their needs. With a little creativity, I could see utilizing the vast walking area outside the front doors.

The whole setting seems a lot more user-friendly and inviting.

Take a look for yourself. A few issues would have to be addressed, like the 17 city vehicles I saw in the lot early Saturday, but I’m sure they can be worked out.

Change is not easy, but I see a stronger market there. No more bickering with business owners who pay a lot more rent and show up five to seven days a week! Let’s get back to a kinder, gentle Chico that I grew up in.

from the vendors who treat those who buy from them as family.

SHANNON LONG Chico

What’s not to love about the farmers’ market? I go there often.

All the controversy, however, seems a tempest in a teapot. The current market is between Second and Third streets; a proposed move is to the municipal lot between Fourth and Fifth streets. Do the math; in effect, it’s moving the market one block! Come on, people, get your panties in a bunch about something more important.

ROLAND MCNUTT Chico

I too love the downtown Chico farmers’ market. It is a great resource for buying directly from producers, and it is always fun just to stroll. I want to see it continue to prosper.

The issue seems simple to me.

Good News number one: The farmers’ market is so successful that it has outgrown its current location. Good News number two: The city of Chico is supportive and would like to explore new opportunities that accommodate current and future growth.

The city has a variety of properties that just might work. Bad News number one: The leadership of the farmers’ market refuses to sit down with other interest groups and explore new options. Bad News number two: We are now inundated with political campaign tactics that vilify city leadership and use scare tactics that polarize and lead people to believe the farmers’ market is in danger of being closed, which is simply not true.

Please, spare us all this drama.

Work toward common goals, look beyond what exists, and envision something that will be even better, for now and into the foreseeable future.

LEE LANEY Chico

DON WALKER Chico

Please make plans to improve the farmers’ markets of Chico. I love browsing the stalls and buying my “real” food from friendly people. Buying food at the market is much more enjoyable than shopping inside a store.

The Chico Certified Farmers’ Market is an important social and economical resource for me. I have mild to severe food allergies. MSG, HFCS, gluten and dairy are easily avoided when I shop at the market.

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The Butte County Officer Involved Shooting Protocol Team is investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a man by Oroville Police Department officers on Monday, April 28.

According to the city of Oroville’s Public Safety Department, the victim, 53-year-old Victor Coleman, confronted officers with a knife before the shooting. The officers involved in the incident are Jared Cooley, John Nickelson and Marcus Tennigkeit.

Coleman, who was staying at the Sunset Inn on Feather River Boulevard, reportedly was suicidal prior to the incident. Police were called to the motel at about 4 p.m., but Coleman would not let officers inside his room. About an hour later, according to the Chico Enterprise-Record, they barged into the room and were confronted by a knifewielding Coleman, whom they fired upon. He died at the scene.

GRANDMOTHER ARRESTED AT BEALE

Veteran protester and Chico grandmother Cathy Webster was arrested Tuesday (April 29) with a dozen others who tried to serve an “indictment” at the Beale Air Force Base charging President Obama, base commander Col. Phillip Stewart, drone crews and others with “crimes against humanity.”

The protesters were handcuffed and then released two hours later with misdemeanor charges. They will appear in U.S. District Court, where they’ll face up to six months in prison.

Webster did two months in 2006 for trespassing at Fort Benning in Georgia as part of the A Thousand Grandmothers protest. In a press release she said the people must “hold our government accountable to the laws and treaties that govern the use of lethal force and war.”

BIKE SHOP ROBBED OF TOOLS

What is a bike repair shop with no tools?

Unfortunately, that’s the conundrum currently faced by Oldspokes Home, the “community bike shop” run out of an old train car on the edge of the GRUB Cooperative’s Dayton Road property. A Craigslist ad and posts on Facebook explain that on April 19, all of the tools from Ron Toppi’s shop were stolen.

Many of them were specialized bike tools that he used when repairing bikes, for cheap or for trade of goods or services.

“I envision this place as a collective where people support it through both work and financial support. …

I’m trying to build that here,” Toppi (pictured) told the CN&R back in 2012, shortly after opening his shop. In addition to repair services, he also offered the space—and the use of his tools—to those who wanted to fix their bikes themselves.

To make matters worse, the theft will make it difficult for Toppi to finish repairs for the May 18 bike swap for the Boys & Girls Club.

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Schilling for shale?

EPA admin-turned-corporate-consultant touts benefits of fracking to Chico State students

T four-letter word to those concerned with the consequences of hydraulic fracturing to remove hough “frack” is something of a

fossil fuels from the earth, a man billed as an environmental expert last week gave Chico State students a lesson on the practice’s benefits. story and photo by According to J. Winston Ken Smith Porter, the advent of fracking in the last decade is a “game kens@ newsreview.com changer” for American energy production that has led to lower gas prices, the creation of tens of thousands of jobs and a reduction of the nation’s dependency on coal.

“We’ve done enough fracking and produced enough natural gas to surpass Europe in terms of reducing greenhouse gases,” said Porter, an administrator at the federal Environmental Protection Agency during the 1980s and current operator of a Savannah, Ga.-based environmental and management consultant firm called Environmental Strategies.

Porter was also at one time a high-ranking employee of BechMore info: Check out Frack- tel Corp., the largest construcFree Butte County tion and engineering company in or Chico Citizens the United States.

Action Network on “The bottom line on fracking Facebook for … I think it’s a pretty good techinformation on the effort to ban nology,” he told about a dozen fracking in Butte members of the school’s ColleCounty. giate Entrepreneurial Associa-

tion at its weekly meeting on Thursday (April 24), the last of four on-campus presentations he made throughout the day. “It’s got a lot of good things going for it, but there’s still going to be a lot of fights over how we go about doing it.”

Porter fielded questions from students concerned about fracking, which in the North State led the Butte County Board of Supervisors to recently move toward banning the practice, and is the subject of an ongoing community effort urging voters to do the same. He said there is no convincing proof the process—in which water, sand and chemicals are pumped roughly a mile below the earth’s surface to fracture shale rock formations and release pentup oil and natural gas—can cause earthquakes, as some critics have suggested.

“I’m not a geologist or a geophysicist, but I think that, even though this particular operation might be new, we’ve been doing hydraulic drilling for more than 100 years with no problem,” he said.

Regarding the potential for contaminating groundwater during the process, Porter claimed he isn’t aware of any cases, despite some students citing news reports to the contrary.

“I haven’t seen any problems like that,” Porter insisted. “I haven’t heard of any such cases.”

Some students at the meeting seemed shocked by Porter’s pro-fracking message. Jerry Hight, the assistant dean of the College of Engineering, Computer

Science and Construction Management who arranged for Porter to appear on campus, said students and faculty at his three previous on-campus appearances that day were similarly surprised.

And, Hight admitted, so was he.

“I don’t want to cast any aspersions on the man, but I definitely feel like his pre-publicity was less than honest,” Hight said.

Regina Conley, of the Rockville,

Md., public relations firm Van Eperen & Co., invited the CN&R by billing Porter as an “energy expert.” Porter’s profracking message isn’t alluded to in the information provided by Conley, which appears carefully crafted to tout his credits as an expert on environmental issues.

“I certainly don’t personally agree with his viewpoints, and one of our professors actually engaged him in some lively debate,” Hight said. “As a campus we’re dedicated to environmental awareness and sustainable energy solutions, certainly not a continued dependence on fossil fuels.”

Hight noted classroom presenters are not paid by the college, and said contacts at Innovate North State first tipped him to Porter being in the area. He also said that, though he took Porter’s appearance as a lesson to be more careful about inviting speakers to campus, the presentation wasn’t a total wash.

“Even though his message isn’t something we as a campus really

embrace, he did start a meaningful discourse,” Hight said. “But, I think from the standpoint of opening a dialogue, his appearances actually had some value.

“But it certainly was not what we anticipated,” he continued. “If he’s funded by the people we expect he’s funded by, then it makes more sense.”

Though Hight didn’t spell out who

he thought might be bankrolling Porter’s mission, Dave Garcia, spokesman for Citizens Action Network, which is currently gathering signatures to put a fracking ban on the November ballot, didn’t hold back with his suspicions.

“The oil companies are the richest corporations in the world, and they spend millions of dollars hiring guys like [Porter] to push their agenda,” said Garcia, who didn’t see Porter speak but watched some of his videos online.

“Unfortunately, people think he’s believable and telling the truth, but you have to wonder who’s paying him to say this stuff.”

A cursory Internet search reveals Porter makes similar appearances throughout the country, as well as submits op-ed pieces to newspapers with strong sympathies toward the fossil-fuel industry (recent examples include titles like “We need to keep coal in our energy mix,” “Fracking is key to a better energy future” and “For a clean energy future, let the market work”). An April 22 article on Wisconsin political satire blog Political Capital referred to Porter as “an antiquated dude the Gas N’ Go fuel stations dredged up from Ronnie Reagan’s administration.”

The Environmental Strategies website lists communication activities, including “delivery of speeches to a wide variety of audiences” and “preparation of opinion pieces for major newspapers” under consulting services the firm provides.

Conley didn’t answer emailed questions about who is funding Porter’s current trip, or if Porter’s company serves clients in the gas or oil industries.

Garcia said he believes successful local anti-fracking campaigns have attracted the attention of big oil, and expects more pro-fracking activity here in the near future.

“Butte County is the [one of the] first [counties] in California to actually ban fracking,” he explained. “We’re the first domino, and they’re going to put a lot of money into this county to make sure this domino doesn’t fall, because they’re afraid others will follow,” he said. “The momentum is starting to build here, the oil companies realize that, and they’re starting to bring in their disinformation campaigns.

“I predict we’ll see a lot more people coming soon, some billboards, and a lot more advertising geared toward convincing people fracking is a good practice.” Ω

Market confusion

A letter from Chico Certified Farmers’ Market Chairman Richard Coon is at the center of confusion among members of a newly formed City Council subcommittee.

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Council subcommittee suffers some miscommunication

four times about it because I didn’t know exactly what was going on.”

That’s a change from last July, when the CCFM opted not to take part in discussions with an ad-hoc group picked by the city to come up with a long-term solution for the market. At the time, the CCFM said the group included too many market opponents.

more than two weeks since the Chico Atrylittle City Council formed a subcommittee to to put an end to the stalemate between the

city and the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market, confusion reigns.

If the two sides cannot come to an agreement either to move the market from its current location on the city parking lot at Second and Wall streets or stay where it is, CCFM’s franchise agreement will expire at the end of the year, bringing a possible end to the popular Saturday event.

The subcommittee consists of Councilman Randall Stone, Vice Mayor Mark Sorensen and Mark Wolfe, director of the city’s Community Development Department.

An inquiry into communications between market representatives and the subcommittee resulted in very different interpretations of events. Sorensen said Richard Coon, a farmer and chair of the Chico Certified Farmers’ Market board of directors, sent the committee a letter that said the CCFM was unwilling or didn’t have the time to come to the table and hammer out an agreement.

“It’s a little difficult when one side doesn’t want to talk,” Sorensen said. “We could at least decide on an option to make things better for the market and not impact the downtown businesses that are affected by it. But finding a win-win solution is not going to happen if they’re not talking about it.”

Stone and Coon said they were surprised to hear Sorensen’s account.

“That is not at all the way I read [Coon’s] letter,” Stone said. “In fact, that is literally not what it said. That doesn’t bode well for

Coon explained that the recent issue

any kind of substantial agreement, I guess.”

Stone had sent a letter to the CCFM April 17 requesting a meeting to discuss the Saturday market. He said he received a response from Coon a few days later in the form of a letter dropped off at his office, where the two met for a brief discussion. It was decided they could meet sometime between May 9 and 15 because of the holidays—Easter and Passover—and because Wolfe was going to be out of town until then.

Coon’s letter says that he has shared Stone’s letter with his colleagues on the CCFM board of directors.

“As you know,” the letter reads, “it’s spring and we’re swamped at our respective farms right now. We are coordinating our schedules and will get back to you as soon as possible with a list of possible meeting dates and times.”

Coon said he was not sure why Sorensen thought he didn’t want to talk.

“Yeah, I said we were happy to meet,” Coon said. “I talked to Randall Stone three or

SIFT|ER Work, work, work Americans are staying in the workforce longer than ever, according to a new Gallup poll. In the survey, 62 was the average age of retirement for respondents who’d already retired. That’s the oldest age reported since the pollster began asking that question in 1991. Meanwhile, the average age of nonretired respondents is 66 years old, which is down one year from a high recorded in 2012. Here are the answers, by age, from nonretired respondents who were asked when they expected to retire.

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was further muddled by an email he received from Mayor Scott Gruendl that said the two sides should meet “in lieu of litigation.” That was in reference to the gathering of signatures to qualify a measure for the November ballot that if passed would give the CCFM a six-year franchise deal to stay and expand in its current location.

But recently retired City Attorney Lori Barker said such a measure does not comply with the state Constitution.

Coon said the CCFM consulted an attorney in response to Gruendl’s email.

“If they want to sue someone it should be the Friends of the Market, which is circulating the petition,” Coon said.

For its part, the Friends of the Market, which consists of former mayors Karl Ory and Michael McGinnis as well as business owner Cheryl King, has collected 6,000 signatures and will turn them over to the city by mid-May. They need 4,700 valid signatures to qualify the measure.

Ory noted that communications from the city have been mostly with CCFM rather than his group.

“This is fine but they are not the proponents of the initiative,” he said. “If the committee wants us to shred the petitions, they probably ought to talk to the proponents, though we are not inclined to shred any petitions.”

Ory said the Friends of the Market attorney assured them they are not violating the state Constitution with their effort.

“These things sometimes are up to which judge you’re in front of, but I don’t see this as a legal issue,” he said. “This is a pretty straightforward question for the council members. Yes or no. Do they support the initiative or not?

“There is absolutely no constitutional question that Mark Sorensen will vote on whether or not to give the market six years and a little bit more space. Hopefully that’s a yes.”

Coon said he finds himself in a less-thancomfortable position.

“It’s all so weird,” he said. “Suddenly I am in a titanic battle between the progressives and the conservatives. All we want to do is sell our stuff.”

—TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

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with inadequate protection from the elements, in far-flung locales ranging from the basements of county buildings to a now-demolished warehouse on the Chico State campus. County ClerkRecorder Candace Grubbs hopes that will change soon with the construction of a long-sought-after hall of records.

“This has been about 10 years in the making,” Grubbs said during a recent tour of a warehouse near the county social welfare complex off of Table Mountain Boulevard in Oroville, where many of the documents are currently being collected, catalogued, digitized and restored.

“The first facilities plan by an outside contractor determined the county’s first building priority back then should be a hall of records,” she explained. “In addition to being a place for all these documents, it gets us [the county clerk’s office] out of the county administration building and will allow other departments room to expand into that space, which extends the life of that building.”

The county is vetting a lowest viable bid from Chico contractor BCM Construction Co. Inc. Grubbs said that, if all the numbers add up correctly and the bid passes muster from county counsel and is approved by a Board of Supervisors vote, groundbreaking on the project could start as early as June, and the building could be completed by May 2015.

The proposed building would be approximately 35,000 square feet and stand on the now-vacant lot at the southeast corner of Nelson Avenue and Second Street in Oroville. Grubbs said the building would cost about $7.5 million plus another $2 million for land and other expenses. Most of the construction would be funded by an $8 million loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Grubbs said the loan would be repaid through a combination of county funds and fees gathered through Butte County Clerk-Recorder Candace Grubbs stands among the stacks of documents, many of historical significance, that she hopes will be housed in a new county hall of records.

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recorder’s services, such as copies of birth and death certificates.

Grubbs said that, in addition to serving as a safe depository for important documents generated by the clerk-recorder and other county offices office since 1850, it will also serve as the county’s election headquarters, with secure areas for ballots and storage for other voting equipment. She also said it is designed with public convenience in mind, offering computer workstations and automated systems to streamline the department’s services and aid in historical research.

In anticipation of moving

into the proposed building, work is already being done to save the aging documents. At the clerk’s office, employees have begun converting old microfiche reels into a keyword-searchable digital format.

The county also has hired a project manager, Melinda Rist, to inventory, clean, reorganize and digitally convert an estimated 2,000 books and ledgers, 18,000 maps and countless loose papers in the Oroville warehouse.

It’s a tough job, but not one without rewards for Rist, herself a history buff who previously worked at the Chico Museum.

“I’ve found lots of interesting things, plenty of documents signed

by John and Annie Bidwell and other historical figures that made Butte County what it is,” Rist said.

Among her prized finds—so far— is a document stating the official count during Bidwell’s 1892 bid for U.S. presidency on the Prohibi-

tion ticket (“He didn’t get very many votes,” Rist said with a laugh) and a week-long reprieve from the hangman’s noose for one John Greer, signed by then-Gov. Leland Stanford on March 22, 1863.

She also is entering all of the information, by hand, into a computer system called CuadraSTAR, which will make the documents searchable. This service isn’t expected to be launched until the move in order for the database to build up enough information, and she said archiving all of the documents will take many years. As she is shouldering the bulk of this work alone, she is actively seeking volunteers to help with data entry.

There are still a number of hurdles before ground is broken on the building. An earlier bid from Chico contractor Slater and Son Inc. was slated for a supervisors vote on May 6, but fell through. Grubbs said there’s no way the board will vote on the new bid that soon, but expects it will be ready in the next month.

The hall of records also has become somewhat of a political issue, with Pamela Teeter—who is running against Grubbs for her seat—questioning both its need and the cost at an April 24 candidates’ forum hosted by the Butte County League of Women Voters.

Grubbs contends the building is badly needed, and that it’s a bargain at less than $300 per square foot and has already been downsized from the 45,000 square feet recommended by the decade-old facilities plan.

“I hope we won’t have outgrown it by the time we move in,” she said.

—KEN SMITH kens@newsreview.com

Peaceful giant Chico State redwood symbolizes unity for all wenty-five years ago, representatives Ttribes from more than a dozen Native American gathered in front of Trinity Hall on the

Chico State campus and planted a tree. That tree symbolized peace, both among tribes and in the community.

“There was a two-year span when the climate was not that great—there were very unhealthy community rivalries,” said Charles “C.C.” Carter, program director of the university’s Cross-Cultural Leadership Center. A graduate of Chico State, Carter has worked on campus since 1980.

“The culminating experience happened at a pow wow that the university hosted at the rugby field,” Carter recalled. “The baseball team was playing, and they were co-using the Celebrate the tree locker room. A couple A ceremony of the native kids were commemorating the in the locker room and 25th anniversary of the planting of the Tree were harassed by some of Peace will be held of the Chico State Saturday, May 3, baseball players.”

10 a.m.-1 p.m. in front That event, as of Trinity Hall on the Carter said, was the Chico State campus. last straw. Several other racially motivated incidents—not all including Native Americans—over the previous few years were enough for the U.S. Office for Civil Rights to take notice and launch an investigation. As a result, the campus held two conferences on racism.

“We were trying to create dialogue about what was happening,” Carter said.

Doyle Lowry was a student at the time of the pow wow incident, and a member of the American Indian Club. He said the atmosphere was murky because the Native Americans on campus were fighting the archaeology department for repatriation of remains. It was a difficult time, and when the dancers were harassed, he said, “We felt like the administration didn’t really take our side. A lot of Indian students felt they really weren’t valued, like we weren’t taken seriously in our issues.”

At left is the original Tree of Peace, planted in 1988 in response to several racially motivated incidents on campus, and at right is a second redwood, planted after the first was vandalized.

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At the same time, he and other members of the club wanted to move forward. They’d heard about the Tree of Peace Society started by members of the Mohawk Nation, whose mission was to bring unity and peace to the world through planting trees. They decided to give society founder Jake Swamp a call and see if he’d come to Chico. He did.

“A lot of healing needed to happen,” Lowry said by phone from his home in Maryland. “We said, ‘Let’s rise above being reactionary and try to start a different dialogue.’

That’s where the Tree of Peace came in.”

About 75 people gathered on Nov. 26, 1988, to celebrate the planting and the symbolic burying of the hatchet. Many will return for its 25th birthday, including Lowry and the late Swamp’s daughter. The ceremony is sponsored by Chico State and the Mechoopda Maidu tribe, whose ancestral land lies beneath much of the campus.

“The reason it’s so meaningful is that it reminds us how important it is to become one, to be a unified people, and regardless of who we are, that we understand that hate is no longer appreciated,” said Mechoopda Tribal Chairman Dennis Ramirez.

A couple of years after the tree was planted, on a Sunday morning, Lowry and others on campus noticed it had been broken nearly in half.

“A Chico State student, coming home drunk, decided to climb it—and he broke it in half,” Lawry recalled. “We don’t know who actually did it, but I didn’t feel like the kid did it on purpose.”

An arborist was brought out to check the tree’s health and it wasn’t clear if it would survive. So a second redwood was planted, just across the pathway. That one isn’t marked, but it’s a tree of peace nonetheless.

Both stand tall today.

“We’re in a much healthier place now,” Carter said. “But there are always going to be pockets of people who are uncomfortable with the whole idea of diversity.”

—MEREDITH J. GRAHAM meredithg@newsreview.com

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GREENWAYS Max Kee (left) amd Ron Toppi of Heartseed CSA, at the GRUB cooperative, munch on lamb’s quarters, which grow alongside their summer-squash starts.

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Dandelions are popular with weed-lovers for their medicinal and edible leaves, flowers and roots.

Before you pull it A new perspective on common Chico weeds by

Claire Hutkins Seda

Troots for things like tea and wine might seem unappetizing to some. In fact, the con-

he thought of utilizing dandelion

cept of eating the common weed—which has edible roots, leaves and flowers—made one commenter on Chico Garden Share, a Facebook group for local gardeners, cringe.

“I know it is closed minded, but I just cannot imagine” using dandelion, said the woman in her post. Other gardeners— including several prominent local permaculture enthusiasts—responded.

Leslie Corsbie, owner of Performance Design & Landscape, said she juices the leaves to drink, and she also cooks them up and serves them to her unsuspecting teenage son. Another woman, Marirose Jimenez Dunbar, swears by roasted dandelion-root tea—commonly touted as a liver cleanser— as a detoxifying and tasty tea.

Like many plants commonly thought of as weeds, dandelion—Taraxacum officinale—has plenty of uses, and consequently lots of fans.

One local dandelion cheerleader is Sherri Scott, of GRUB Grown Nursery, who suspects that the common aversion to dandelions began in the 1940s and ’50s with the rise of the well-manicured lawn—and the associated herbicides used to maintain it.

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“Broadleaf weeds [like dandelions] … were the sign of a bad lawn,” Scott noted.

When she first moved to the GRUB Cooperative on Dayton Road, “there was barely any dandelion or purslane,” two common weeds that she sought out. She now offers dandelion-plant starts, which sit on her display table at Chico farmers’ markets next to tomatoes, basil and sage.

“I get people laughing at me, like, ‘Hey! That’s a weed!’” she said. “I realized there was a great potential … to educate people.

Whether or not [the dandelion plant] was actually sold, I can talk to people about its benefits. Not only is it medicinal, and good for bees, but it’s also a ‘dynamic accumulator’ plant, as it moves minerals up from the soils to make them available to the rest of the plants around it.”

Stephanie Ladwig-Cooper, co-owner of Gaia Creations Ecological Landscaping and co-organizer of the Chico Permaculture Guild, explains that dynamic accumulators like dandelions “have a really big, long taproot,” which reaches mineral-rich subsoils.

Useful-weed sources:

Go to www.redwoodseeds.net to learn more about and to purchase milk-thistle and stinging-nettle seeds from nearby Redwood Seeds; GRUB Grown Nursery’s Sherri Scott sells dandelion plants at the Thursday Night Market and the Saturday Chico Certified Farmers’ Market.

“When they decay and die, they release all of those nutrients into the surface soils, for all the other plants.

“So what I do is I chop them and I drop them”—meaning she doesn’t pull them out by the roots (or spray them with herbicides) but rather chops the leaves off to allow the plant to regrow. Ladwig-Cooper suggests either dropping them on the ground as a mulch or into the compost pile—the “drop” part of “chop-and-drop”—in order to create nutrients that will go into topsoil. According to the Chico Permaculture Guild’s dynamicaccumulator chart, dandelion pulls up eight major nutrients from the subsoil, including magnesium, calcium, potassium and iron.

While those who carefully tend lawns may find dandelions unattractive, both Scott and Ladwig-Cooper often find the lawn itself to be the problem. Scott calls the common Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) “my lifelong nemesis,” admitting that, when house-hunting, she rejected a house because it had a Bermuda-grass-covered yard, “but then … they sell the seed for lawns.”

As for the lowly dandelion, Scott hopes readers follow the advice she gives to farmers’ market shoppers: “Go ahead and eat [a dandelion] before you destroy it. Some people are fascinated and thankful, and some people just … continue shopping.”

Kalan Redwood of Redwood Seeds in Manton warns her customers to beware, because milk thistle, Silybum marianum, one of several debatably weedy seeds the

company offers, “has the potential to be a nasty invasive species,” as the company’s website states. The plant is offered in Redwood Seeds’ medicinal-herbs category, as a liver stimulant and blood cleanser.

Lamb’s quarters, of the Chenopodium genus—like its cousin, quinoa—is another weedy plant that sprouts thickly in gardens around Chico. The young plant, with pleasant light silvery-green leaves, is noted to taste like spinach when cooked, and is cultivated as a leafy vegetable in other regions of the world.

Instead of pulling the weed, Max Kee, a farmer at Heartseed, a CSA farm at the GRUB Cooperative on Dayton Road, harvests “volunteer” lamb’s quarters on the farm.

“It is so prolific—it’s a blanket. It fully covers everything,” said Kee, adding that the weed’s omnipresence on the farm “turned around my mental state” regarding weeds.

“A weed is kind of like waste—it’s a resource that’s not being made use of,” he explained. “With the style of farming that we’re doing, it’s so based off of compost,” that building the compost pile has become a priority—and the weeds fill that need.

Before he composts it, though, Kee lets some of it grow. “I top it, then come back through to cut the side shoots, and then I pull it,” he explained. He uses the top and side shoots as food, but after harvesting, he pulls the plant to prevent it from going to seed.

Ladwig-Cooper summed up the weed advocates’ general take on weeds: “I usually use the word ‘weed’ in quotations. Half the plants … that other people consider weeds, I find useful.” Ω This article originally ran in the CN&R in May 2013.

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• Free vegetable starts to get kids working with the soil and learning where their food comes from • Zero waste – we are working with our vendors to achieve 90% of the waste from the day to be recyclable or compostable. Bike Valet provided by Chico Velo • An Eco scavenger hunt will be happening to engage kids on a deeper level – hunting for knowledge and collecting experiences – for little prizes • The Nature Bowl Games, an eco-competition • Making instruments out of garbage and water cycle bracelets out of wooden beads • Water quality sampling of Big Chico Creek • Feeling a sense of pride that you are a part of a community so actively involved in environmental causes

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Rasta in Chico Hardly anyone in Chico knows it, but we’ve got an international Jamaican reggae star living here.

Raymond Topping goes by the name of “IQulah,” which stands for integrity, quality, unity, love, Africa and home. For decades, he has spread his message of peace, love and unity worldwide with his band, the Gideon Force, for which he’s the lead vocalist and conga player.

When he isn’t touring, he lives in Chico, where his brother, Sipho, serves up Jamaican specialties at Sipho’s Restaurant and Café. IQulah is also the international chaplain for the African peace-espousing Ethiopian World Federation. Find him on Facebook or at www.RasIQulah.com.

How did you become a Rastafarian?

As a young teenager in 1966 I saw His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie speak in Saint Ann’s [in Jamaica].

Our elders used to chant and tell us how Selassie, or Ras Tafari, was God himself and the return of Christ. That speech changed me, and afterward I moved with my brother Iston and 14 Rasta youths deep into the mountains as a form of renunciation, to burn out hatred, racism and negativity. We lived in the bushes with no clothes, money or food. Even though our families suffered the Atlantic slave trade atrocities, Haile Selassie taught us to be positive, optimistical [sic] and to use the power of music.

by Toni Scott

Wasn’t living such a stark life hard?

Yes, we had to live off the land and sneak into the city to visit friends and family. The governor general had orders to shoot any Rasta first and ask questions after. But it was also enjoyable singing, drumming and learning. We had a very strong energy. Bob Marley came to see us play as a teenager.

So you know Bob Marley’s family?

Yes, especially Bob’s mother. I’ve taken her to performances with us to Uganda, Malawi, South Africa and Mali. I just finished a show in Reno billed with Julian Marley, and I’m performing at the Oroville Reggae Rock Jamfest July 19-20 with Bob’s sons Stephen and Ky-Mani, plus his grandsons Daniel and Jo Mersa Marley.

When did your band start branching out?

In 1987, a few years after Bob passed, I decided, “Now it’s my turn to take on the mantle.” We toured and made four albums, with a new one on the way.

Are your records big sellers?

Not really, since I refuse to sign

with the big labels that ask me.

When I saw the atrocities of other bands like Bob Marley’s that signed with big companies, I decided not to join the vampire club.

IQulah’s mission is not about entertainment, but to teach people, as a living example, to walk the talk in righteousness.

What are some of your band’s highlights?

Last year we played for 100,000 people at the inauguration of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.

We’ve also played to that size crowd in places like Ethiopia and South Africa. We were the only reggae band invited to play at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

During the Rwandan massacres we took Bob Marley’s mother and played two stadiums to create unity and stability.

Why aren’t you known much in Chico?

We don’t play here much. Many people don’t understand us. We do a few little shows, but we want them to receive our message gracefully.

—VIC CANTU

tonis@newsrev iew.com

My byline first appeared in this newspaper seven years ago. I was an intern studying journalism at graduate school, eager to spend a summer back in Chico gaining real-world reporting experience.

Although I had spent the previous four years as a Chico State student, so much of my time here was centered on the campus, rather than the community. This was the first time I began to look outward and catch on to other characteristics that contribute to Chico’s charm.

One of those aspects was the local business community. In my time as an intern, and later as a full-time reporter for the Chico EnterpriseRecord, my interactions with the people involved in local business left me looking at businesses in a different light.

During my CN&R internship, I had the chance to write about Lundberg Family Farms. The family-owned organic rice company was celebrating its 70th anniversary and holding a media event with Jessica Lundberg, the daughter of one of the company’s original founders. Hearing Lundberg talk about the way her family grew rice and made rice products, and their commitment to sustainability to ensure the longevity of the company, made me look at my Lundberg Rice Chips a little differently. They weren’t just a snack anymore—they were the product of a legacy that began when four brothers decided to go into business together.

Later, as an E-R reporter, I sat in an empty Tres Hombres restaurant chatting with owner Michael Thomas, following the devastating 2009 fire that forced the closure of the downtown eatery for nine months. We talked about his challenges during the closure, with Thomas continually coming back to his employees. The weight of having to keep his doors closed and his self-described family out of work was apparent. Thomas had kept as many staff on as he could to help with cleanup and other tasks, but he was anxious to begin serving customers again. It wasn’t just about the money the business was losing—it was about supporting the livelihoods of his 70-some employees. When Tres Hombres re-opened, about three-quarters of those staff members returned to their posts.

The dedication between Thomas and his employees showed me a side of the restaurant business that I hadn’t before considered. Compassion and camaraderie were just as important as the bottom line.

On the surface, these instances might not seem that noteworthy. But getting to meet and talk with people like Lundberg and Thomas humanized the world of business and pushed me to look beyond storefronts or logos. Businesses aren’t just buildings; they aren’t just places to shop and eat, and they aren’t just employers. Behind each one is a person, or people, with a story to tell.

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FDA INHALES MORE AUTHORITY

If the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has its way, it will soon gain oversight of more tobacco products. Currently, the FDA regulates cigarettes and roll-your-own, smokeless and cigarette tobacco. But just last week the agency submitted a proposal to increase its scope to include e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, hookah tobacco and other products.

“This proposed rule is the latest step in our efforts to make the next generation tobaccofree,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a press release. (Her department oversees the FDA.) Should the proposal be approved, the newly covered tobacco products would be subject to more laws. Among other new requirements, they would have to register with the FDA and report all ingredients; they’d be prohibited from offering free samples; and they would be required to include health warnings.

RURAL MENTAL HEALTH GETS BOOST

The state of California has approved a total of $75 million in grants to improve mental health care in rural counties. Butte County, along with Lake, Mendocino and Nevada counties, will receive $1.7 million.

According to a California HealthLine report, the funding is part of the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act of 2013, and it will pay for more than 800 residential and crisis “stabilization” beds, about 60 new workers to staff mobile support teams and more than 35 vehicles.

The $75 million will be disbursed to 28 counties, with the bulk going to Los Angeles County ($40.9 million).

LAWMAKERS SCRUTINIZE ANTIBIOTICS

In the United States, animals—mostly healthy livestock and poultry—receive 70 percent of all antibiotics. At the same time, some health officials have suggested the increased use of antibiotics is affecting human resistance to various illnesses.

In California, that could change if state Assemblyman Kevin Mullin (D-South San Francisco) is successful in passing Assembly Bill 1437, which would ban the use of antibiotics in animals for weight-gain purposes, according to a recent California Report article.

Currently, there is no regulation on the use of the drugs, though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did recently request that pharmaceutical companies stop marketing the growth benefits of antibiotics in animals.

Another state bill, Senate Bill 835, would make the FDA request mandatory in California. Both face scrutiny by agriculture interests.

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

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Hand on the pulse

Dr. Peter Magnussen says prevention is the next frontier in heart medicine.

An avid cyclist, he leads by example.

PHOTO BY MELANIE MACTAVISH

Longtime Enloe cardiologist talks advances in care for heart-attack patients by

Evan Tuchinsky

A 40th year of practice, Dr. Peter Magnusson has seen dramatic advances in meds a cardiologist entering his

icine. He embarked on his career during the peak period of deaths from heart attacks, when a trip to the hospital offered no assurance of recovery. Now, thanks to breakthroughs in treatment, hospitals have a much higher success rate in treating cardiac-arrest patients.

A particular incident crystallizes the change.

In the summer of 1962, while working as an orderly in a Chicago-area hospital, Magnusson came upon a semi-private room shared by two men who had suffered heart attacks, admitted at roughly the same time. One died during his second day in the hospital.

“Within an hour or two,” Magnusson recalled, “the other man decided that, ‘If I stay here, I’m not going to survive this’— so he decided he was going out through the window.

“Fortunately, this was the second floor, and his window was right over the emergency room entrance, and he landed on the roof, 4 feet down. He was OK.” Nowadays hospitals are less daunting; they can save around 95 percent of their cardiac-arrest patients. Back in the ’60s, though, doctors could only prescribe morphine, oxygen and a month of bed rest … then hope for the best.

“There was essentially no effective treatment for heart attacks,” Magnusson said. “You just went into the hospital and waited to see whether you were going to

die or not. The mortality rate at the time was on the order of 25 percent—assuming you got to the hospital.

“Obviously there’s been a dramatic change since then.”

Magnusson, who joined the staff at Enloe Medical Center 25 years ago, had a front-row seat for many of the milestones.

In 1970, during his final year of medical school at the University of Illinois campus in Chicago, he observed one of the earliest bypass operations. As part of his internship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center—a pioneer in treating heart attacks in the field—he rode with paramedics who’d resuscitate patients with defibrillators (electric stimulation) before transport to the hospital. During his fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, also in Los Angeles, he saw the first use of “clot-busting drugs” as a heart-attack treatment.

“I feel very fortunate to have been involved in all that and use that to treat patients,” Magnusson said.

Current care for heart attacks

focuses on the axiom “time is muscle”— treat the patient as quickly as possible to minimize damage to heart tissue.

“We’re now able to bring treatment virtually to a patient’s house,” Magnusson said. “That’s a huge difference from 50 years ago.”

Enloe Medical Center is a designated receiving hospital for a type of serious heart attack known as a STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. North State paramedics have portable electrocardiogram devices to help diagnose heart attacks; once they’ve identified a STEMI, they transmit readings directly to Enloe.

As the patient comes via ambulance, the cardiology team readies the cardiac catheterization laboratory (or cath lab).

There, the cardiologist will perform an angiogram—an examination of artery blockage, via a tiny camera strung into the blood vessel—before determining the HEALTHLINES continued on page 19

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“The promise at this point is really continued efforts at prevention,” Magnusson said. “That’s really where the gains are going to be. In terms of technology and treatment of heart attacks, we’re pretty close to a limit as to what we can do at this point.”

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ing, cholesterol, high blood pressure and obesity on the development of heart disease were unknown.” Today, “the concept of risk factors … is well-established.”

Magnusson tries to inspire patients by example. At age 71, he remains an avid bicyclist, skier and walker. He watches what he eats and recommends the Mediterranean diet: emphasis on fresh produce, nuts, olive oil instead of butter, small meat portions (preferably poultry or fish). Not only is it hearthealthy, he said, “it’s delicious!”

Massa, who came to Chico after completing his training in 2000, also sees prevention as the next big frontier.

“We’re very good at treating heart attacks,” he said, “but there still are a lot of heart attacks that don’t make it to the hospital. They just die suddenly, at home, with no warning.

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“The EKG doesn’t always tell you everything,” explained Dr. Christopher Massa, a Chico cardiologist who, like Magnusson, treats heart attacks at Enloe. “It’ll tell you maybe one artery is blocked, but you may have severe blockage in other ones.”

Some patients require bypass operations, in which surgeons transplant a blood vessel to redirect blood flow. Many patients need only catheterization: the insertion of a small balloon on the end of a catheter that, when inflated, expands the artery walls. Typically, to avoid a spring-back to the smaller size, the cardiologist will then insert a stent, a small support Massa compares to scaffolding.

Stents have become more flexible thanks to improvements in technology; some stents get permeated with medicine.

The treatment process is so streamlined that the “door to balloon time”—the period from diagnosis to treatment—often spans less than an hour. Enloe’s average is 56 minutes.

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House of TITANS The myths and truths behind Cold War-era missile silos in north Chico

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hico legend has it that during the height of the Cold War, a huge intercontinental missile complex was built in the nearby farmlands to defend our country from a possible attack from the Soviet Union. Another even scarier story says one of the Titan I missiles it once held actually exploded underground, nearly wiping Chico off the map in one of the worst nuclear mishaps in U.S. history. It even has been rumored that occult worshippers used the site for rituals.

Top: Beneath the Chico-area soil lies a forgotten house of Titans; a subterranean cemented facility that even most locals don’t know about. Before the doors were sealed, the missile base was a hot spot for trespassers.

PHOTO BY ERIC NORLIE

Below: An example of a Titan I launch sequence.

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Few Chicoans have heard of the behemoth buried 6 miles north of Chico. But many of the older residents could tell you that the legends are true and some could say they’ve witnessed them firsthand.

Eric Norlie is one of them. The 48-year-old Chicoan has been down in the bowels of the Cold War casualty close to 100 times.

“The earliest memory I have was my dad taking me out there, and I was probably not even a teenager,” he said. “I can remember walking up to the edge of one of the silos and

looking down into it and seeing all the scaffolding that was built into the structure.”

His father would take him from their house in Durham on salvage trips out to the site. Back then the owner of the silos allowed the public to come out and buy leftover machinery and pieces of the complex. Norlie didn’t think much of it until college, when he and a group of seven friends set out to explore the silos one night in 1985.

“The group that I went with the first time had a couple guys who had

known how to get in there so they kind of led the way,” he said.

They had to go in through a hole in the ground that led to what was called the “propellant terminal” that once featured a liquid oxygen tank that extended out above the ground, he said.

“I can remember being the mapmaker, just trying to jot down as much as I could in terms of where we went.”

There was a caretaker who lived in a mobile home on the premises, and in the event the group was discovered, they decided on a code word, “Blackjack,” which meant it was time to start running.

“We were near the entry portal and eventually someone started hearing footsteps coming down the stairs, so that was when someone yelled ‘blackjack!’ and we headed out as fast as we could,” he said.

From then on, Norlie started running little missions to the silos at

Top: Eric Norlie looks over some of the paperwork he found inside Chico’s Titan I missile base while he was caretaker of the property, which is behind him PHOTO BY TYLER ASH

Left: A newspaper clipping from 1962 shows the aftermath of an explosion at the base.

night and finally started parking out in front of the property and going in during the daytime. He noticed that no one was watching the place, so he decided to look for the owner to see if another caretaker was needed.

He found Robert Lague’s name under the property listings and

looked him up in the phonebook.

During their conversation, the nowlate Lague said he was happy to have some help with his property because a constant amount of work needed to be done to mend the fence after each adventurous night of teenage mischief.

With the owner’s permission, Norlie was free to explore the manmade caverns at his leisure between 1990 and ’92. He researched the facility and found a cache of abandoned documents and operation manuals in a crawlspace of one of the control rooms.

He figured that he could do a service to the community by writing a history of the covered colossus, listing everything that went into to the construction of the site. What resulted was one of the first books written on Chico’s Titan I Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Launching Base. He also was willing to share his wealth of knowledge with this reporter.

In the late-1940s and early ’50s, the

Cold War took center stage in the minds of millions of people around the globe. For 46 years (1945-91) the international arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union made many people nervous and fearful that the world as they knew it might end in a nuclear holocaust, all at the push of a button. Land-based intercontinental missiles, long-distance bombers and submarines all laid in wait to be given the go-ahead to launch their atomic payloads. The Cold War affected the world politically, ideologically, economically and even culturally. The small town of Chico was no exception.

In 1955, President Eisenhower made the intercontinental ballistic missile the highest national priority, in response to the Soviet Union’s frightening progress in rocket technology.

Northern California had been

suggested for the location of Titan I missile facilities because its geographic area allowed access to secluded regions crucial to keeping large missiles in low profile.

In 1959, the U.S. government took 275 acres of land north of Chico from Nathan H. and Harold V. Thomason through eminent domain. This would be the site of an enormous Titan (I-C) missile facility, 1,600 feet long, 900 feet wide, and 165 feet underground.

The makers of the Titan I missile, Martin Marieta Co., headed the construction, which cost $30 million and included 7,500 tons of steel, 32,000 cubic yards of concrete and 300 tons of brick. Four men were killed during construction, which lasted from 1960-62.

The complex’s energy came from four large generators, which could produce enough electricity to power a community of about 6,000 people. “Big ol’ diesels,” Ralph Contreras called them. He was a laborer at the time, just 21 years old.

When all four generators were operating at maximum capacity, they used about 400,000 gallons of diesel fuel per month.

“You’d go down in there and you couldn’t hear anything,” he said.

Contreras, now 75, recalled being at the facility when one of the rooms exploded, killing one of the facility’s employees.

A foam material that was supposed to be fireproof had been sprayed onto the walls of a room in the base. Later on, after finding out that it wasn’t fireproof, they had to go back in to take it off.

Contreras and the other laborers used sandblasters to get the hardened foam off of the ceiling and the walls. Sandblasters release a lot of sparks when removing material.

“The sparks coming off the sand hit one of the gas pipes, and it just blew him up,” he said.

Until construction was complete, the

workers and engineers actually controlled the base. When it was finally completed, controls were turned over to the 851st Strategic Missile Squadron at Beale Air Force Base in Marysville under the Strategic Air Command. It was during this time leading up to the command handoff that one of the worst nuclear accidents in our country’s history took place.

During the early morning of May 24, 1962, Joe Herrington, a safety engineer, was performing atmospheric tests in the missile silos during a fuel and unfuel procedure.

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ANTENNAS and they had the warheads on them.

We didn’t like that idea that the warheads were on there, because any little thing … could set them off, but we were just laborers,” Contreras recalled. “We just worked there and stayed out of the Air Force’s way.”

In silo No. 1, the tests showed abnormally high liquid oxygen levels, which Herrington reported to his superiors over several days.

When they finally went down to the bottom of the silo, they discovered that ice had begun to form all around the base of the missile from a valve not properly closing. Herrington’s supervisor reportedly kicked the ice at the base of the missile and watched it shatter on the floor.

They began ascending the six flights of stairs to the top of the silo when they came across a white, misty cloud seeping out of one of the liquid oxygen lines connected to the missile. The two rushed up the remaining stairs to warn the rest of the facility as dark, thick smoke began pluming out of silo No. 1.

Herrington hastened his attempts at evacuating base personnel into a single, large elevator that led to the surface. After he squeezed everyone into the elevator, there wasn’t any room left for him. So he ran up the auxiliary stairwell assisted by a failing breathing mask, inhaling the black smoke the rest of the way to safety.

At 7:08 a.m., just after everyone got safely to the surface, the missile exploded, destroying the silo and sending large fragments of metal and rock skyward, with chunks and bits of debris raining on the coun-

tryside as far as a quarter-mile away. The two silo doors, each weighing 116 tons, were flung open like saloon doors. The silo itself channeled the explosive force straight into the air, acting like an underground cannon.

“When that silo blew up, it blew those doors right open and scattered cement all over the north of Chico,” Contreras recalled. “It was a mess.

There were over a hundred men working on that shift but nobody was hurt.”

No one died from the explosion, but nearly 60 men were treated at Enloe Medical Center for minor injuries and smoke inhalation.

“Fire erupted during defueling of a propellant terminal at the Titan Missile Base this morning causing an explosion that damaged a silo and a missile, destroyed two quonset huts some 500 feet away and sent 59 civilian workers to Enloe Hospital. There were no fatalities in the blast …” the Enterprise-Record reported at the time.

“The missile itself was still straight up and down in the hole, believe it or not, and had the warhead on it and everything,” said Contreras, who was not present during the incident but reported for work later that day. “It was quite a shock for Chico. It scared a lot of people.”

At the time, the No. 1 silo was actually the best of the three, he said. It was already going to pass inspection, whereas the No. 3 silo’s doors wouldn’t even open all the way. “It would open half way and stop,” he said. “So they were still trying to work on that one and then

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The Chico missile explosion would have made national headlines, causing panic in an already anxious America. But on that same day, the country was more focused on watching Scott Carpenter in the Mercury spacecraft become the second American to orbit the Earth, eclipsing the Chico silo explosion entirely.

Reconstruction of the silo began immediately. On Jan. 22, 1963, a new Titan I missile was placed in silo No. 1. During the base’s operational years (1962-’65), it housed Air Force personnel year-round.

Inside one of the many tunnels that snake through the missile base.

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PROPELLANT TERMINAL They had their own sleeping quarters, kitchens and even TV rooms.

“There was quite a city underneath there,” Contreras said. “It could have been a real nice club after they closed it down.”

Despite all the danger and doom lurk-

ing around the missile silos, they were a huge employer for Chicoans looking for work. In fact, Chico Electric powered all three of the Northern California missile bases.

Cecil Nielson had opened the company just a year before Chico Electric got the contract.

“We operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week because of the urgency of it,” he recalled. “It was a busy time, we didn’t have much sleep.”

But while it was beneficial to some, others responded negatively to the nuclear missile base. The Chico Peace and Justice Center can trace its roots to the base and its war-time implications.

During the construction of the base, local activist Wilhelmina Taggart started leading peace vigils with friends Florence McLane and Helen Kinnee to raise awareness about the horrific outcomes the missiles could bring. The movement was dubbed the Chico Peace Endeavor.

“Wilhelmina was worried that this would target Chico and make us a spot for the Russians to send their own missiles,” said Steve Tchudi, a CPJC representative. “She was concerned about the escalations of the nuclear nightmare and the whole direction in which the world was going.”

They decided to continue the

vigil after the Titan I missiles had been removed and eventually, in 1982, the Chico Peace and Justice Center was founded.

“We can trace our lineage right back there,” Tchudi said.

In 1964, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announced the end of the Titan I Missile series. By March of 1965, the missiles of Beale Air Force Base’s jurisdiction were removed from its three bases.

“When we were working there they were already obsolete,” Contreras said. “They knew they weren’t going to last but we kept working there.

“It was quite a place,” he added.

The 851st Squadron deactivated and disassembled them and shipped the fallen giants to the San Bernardino Air Material Area at Norton Air Force Base. It is rumored that one of Chico’s Titan I missiles now stands in Gotte Park in Kimball, Neb.

After the base was clear of missiles

and personnel, the Department of Defense hired Robert Lague to dismantle and salvage the valuable materials still housed within the Cold War crypt, to people like Eric Norlie’s father.

So the Lagues purchased the salvaging rights to the missile base in 1971 from a government surplus land sale and removed many of the large fuel tanks, equipment, piping, wiring and the operation controls to sell at their salvage yard in Lathrop, near Stockton.

“For 10 years we took out everything we could possibly take out of that missile base and sold it,” said

Chico activist Wilhelmina Taggart, shown here in the 1980s, was staunchly opposed to the missile base in north Chico. Her peace vigils and other protest efforts eventually led to the founding of the Chico Peace and Justice Center.

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Margaret Lague, Robert Lague’s widow, in a phone interview.

She said the base was a “precious possession,” as she reminisced about having goats, sheep and five dogs on the property. There was also a lake filled with big catfish, she said. But what appears to be a peaceful field above ground gives way to dark tunnels leading to a large, hazardous cavern below, filled with asbestos, contaminated water and sharp metal; not to mention whatever creatures have decided to eke out an existence down there.

According to a 1992 Chico Enterprise-Record report, an 18-year-old Chico State student named Carrie Goff had a tragic accident while she and a group of trespassing friends were exploring the missile base.

They’d walked more than 500 feet of tunnel when she slipped through a hole on the second level and fell 20 feet. She hit a cement slab that was partially covering another hole and landed in stagnant water at the bottom of a large cavity next to one of the silos. If she hadn’t landed on the cement, she could have been impaled by several metal poles protruding from the water.

Goff nearly drowned.

About the author

Tyler Ash is a Chico State graduate and a former CN&R intern with a passion for local history. He originally penned this piece several years ago while he was still a student, and updated it to run in this paper.

The Fire Department was called and torched a hole through the top of the shaft to hoist her out from 100 feet underground. She recovered and, along with rest of her friends, was fined for trespassing.

A year later in 1993, Congressman Wally Herger passed cleanup legislation to make the site safer so such accidents wouldn’t happen again. The silo doors had remained unsealed until around this time.

However, the standing water, lack of protective railings and sharp metal scraps aren’t the only dangers lurking in the tunnels.

“The place is contaminated with asbestos and they know it,” Lague said. “I know it and everybody else knows it.”

In 1995, Herger’s cleanup program, organized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, found that fuels, oils, solvents, asbestos, volatile organic compounds and possible radiation resulting from the 1962 explosion are all potentially lurking in the soil and groundwater surrounding the facility.

The site is now patrolled regularly and one of the two current property owners—Chris and Robert Ricken—still lives out there. They say the base has been closed off from public access.

“It’s really just a piece of land now, everything’s closed up,” Chris Ricken said in a phone interview. “I don’t even go down in there.”

The silo doors have been sealed for public safety concerns and most of the equipment has been salvaged.

So seeing the facility isn’t even an option anymore.

“If somebody comes out there, all they’re gonna do is go, ‘I don’t see anything out here,’” Ricken said. “There’s absolutely no way to get down in there at all.”

Ricken won’t think twice about seeking prosecution for trespassing, which is a misdemeanor punishable by six months in the county jail or a maximum $1,000 fine. He stressed that it’s simply a residence now.

“It’s private property, it’s not a museum,” he said. “If they want to go see one there’s one in Tucson, Ariz.”

He was referring to the Titan Missile Museum, or Air Force Facility Missile Site 8, which was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1994 and has regular tours throughout the base.

In Norlie’s book about the Titan I facility, he created a plan to construct a subterranean entertainment complex, using the power dome for music concerts and theater productions. Back when he was the caretaker of the property, Norlie, who has a music degree from Chico State, would play his guitar in the power ome, making use of the dome’s ample reverberation time.

“I appreciated the acoustics so I’d play music out there,” he said.

During the first Persian Gulf crisis, Norlie was actually in the process of fixing the facility up as a potential bomb shelter for the city.

He was working to get it back on the electrical grid when someone stole all of his tools.

“If there was ever a need, it was going to be available for the community,” he said. “I was so upset that I just decided, ‘You know, why am I working this hard to be alone out here?’”

Other ideas for using the preexisting structure have been mushroom farms and data vaults. A compost company once wanted to fill it with compost to generate methane in the silo tubes. Norlie said it has the potential to be an offsite campus for either Chico State or Butte College, which could design “a new facility that was for the community, not a war machine.”

But for now the old Titan I missile base is buried, deteriorating more and more each year. Its doors are sealed but its story lives on. Ω

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Arts & Culture On a quest for the Holy Grail with (from left) Patsy (Philomena Block), King Arthur (Xander Ritchey) and the Lady of the Lake (Ashley Garlick).

It’s a gas!

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Going beyond fart jokes in Monty Pythoninspired musical

MState’s spring musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot, but so will anyone willing to tap into his or onte Python fans will enjoy Chico

her irreverent, fart-joke-loving inner 12-year-old— and don’t we all love to go there sometimes? by Robert Speer Derived from the British comedy troupe’s 1975 movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the play is written by original Python Eric Idle, with lyrics by Idle and Preview: music by him and John Du Prez.

Monty Python’s First staged in 2005, the Tony Spamalot shows Award-winning play adds song ThursdaySaturday, and dance—a lot of both, and 7:30 p.m., and nicely done here—to what in the Sunday, 2 p.m., movie is mostly a series of comethrough May 4, in dy sketches occasioned by King Laxson Auditorium. Arthur’s 10th-century search for Tickets: $10-$20 University Box the mythical chalice from the Last Office Supper.

898-6333 Accompanied by his faithful squire, Patsy, and at times by anyLaxson where from one to five knights of Auditorium Chico State the Round Table, Arthur meanders www.schoolofthe from scene to scene, encountering arts-csuchico.com all the oddball obstructions familiar from the movie (the killer rabbit, the taunting Frenchman, the Black Knight, the man who isn’t dead yet) and then some. The theatrical version adds yet another quest—for a Broadway musical, for which “you gotta have Jews”—that somehow takes the troupe to Las Vegas, in a “country that won’t exist for a thousand years.” Improbability is no obstacle for the Pythons; indeed, it’s their stock-in-trade.

There are 17 song-and-dance numbers altogether, and nearly as many set changes. Director Joel Rogers and scenic designer Daniel Schindler have stayed true to Python form, opting for low-budget scenery and props to go with the play’s low-brow humor—even letting this tack become part of the joking, as a painted scrim is referred to as “a very expensive forest.”

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ing in Laxson Auditorium. It’s not fair to review a rehearsal, especially of a musical comedy, since flaws are to be expected, casts need audiences in order to perform at a high level, and audiences need bodies in order to enjoy the humor because, of course, laughter is contagious.

But this rehearsal was terrific despite the obstacles, high-spirited and well done. Spamalot asks a lot of its players—that they can dance in several styles, sing a wide-ranging score and engage in rapid, jokefilled repartee—and this cast meets the challenge.

It’s led by the biggest scenery-chewer of the bunch, Ashley Garlick, who plays the Lady of the Lake and, late in the play, Guinevere. The role calls for a Liza Minelli-type diva, and Garlick delivers, singing up a storm as she sashays about the stage, flashing her baby blues and rolling her hips.

Arthur, Spamalot’s straight man, is played by Xander Ritchey as a would-be ruler who’s too easygoing to get his way all the time (though he does eventually find the grail, in a most unlikely place).

His lack of rough edges and smooth singing voice carry the story forward in a frictionless way.

Patsy, Arthur’s squire, is an intriguing comic character, part jester, part thwarted lover (she has a crush on her boss, who is blind to it and, indeed, sings the mock-lamentation “I’m all alone” as she looks on in frustration). Philomena Block is terrific in the role, playing Patsy as, well, a patsy, but then breaking out in song with a powerfully expressive voice.

But this isn’t fair: I’m singling out these players only because they are in more scenes than anybody else, but the rest of the cast is just as good. This is a big production—there are nearly 30 performers, with several actors playing more than one role—and it is uniformly excellent.

That quality extends to the hundreds of costumes Sandy Barton has pulled together, the lively and complex choreography (by Rogers and Sheree Henning), and Rogers’ own musical direction (with a live orchestra conducted by Ryan Heimlich) in addition to his overall leadership.

There have been many great spring musicals at Chico State over the years. Spamalot is in that tradition. It’s a gas, and you don’t need to be 12 years old to enjoy it. Ω

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Special Events KZFR’S PARTY IN THE PLAZA: In celebration of the station’s new full-power transmitter KZFR 90.1 FM is throwing a party for the community with local music, community groups and nonprofits celebrating community radio. Th, 5/1, 6-9pm. Free. Downtown City Plaza, 418 Main St., (530) 896-7800.

THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: The market is back with fresh produce, local food, arts and crafts, plus live entertainment. This Week: The Power to the Tower Plaza Party hosted by KZFR Community Radio. Th, 6-9pm. Free. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.

Art receptions JURIED STUDENT SHOW RECEPTION AND AWARD CEREMONY: An award ceremony celebrating student artists takes place at 5pm with receptions to follow at The Turner, the University Art Gallery in Trinity 100 and BMU 3rd Floor Gallery. Th, 5/1, 5-8pm. RowlandTaylor Recital Hall, Chico State.

NEED NEED NOT REPEAT: A reception for the new works from Chico State alum John Baca.

Artist talk at 6pm. Th, 5/1, 5-7pm. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

OBSESSION/ANXIETY: A reception for the BFA candidate Cortney Berg and her new sculptural glass paintings. Th, 5/1, 5-7pm. B-So Space, Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

Theater SHREK THE MUSICAL: An ogre named Shrek sets out to save his swampland when it is overtaken by outcast fairy tale characters. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 5/11. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 8943282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

SPAMALOT: Musical based on the British comedy troupe’s retelling of the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Featuring beautiful

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOUR PANCAKES Sunday, May 4 Chico Women’s Club

SEE SUNDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

show girls, cows, killer rabbits and French people. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm. $10-$20.

Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 8986333, www.chicoperformances.com.

TARZAN: Musical adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs famous story. Featuring the music of Phil Collins. F-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 5/11 (plus, Th, 5/8, 7:30pm). $15.50-$18.50.

California Regional Theatre, 475 East Ave., (800) 722-4522, www.crtshows.com.

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE: The Blue Room Young Company presents the story of a young woman coming to 1920’s New York and diving into the flapper lifestyle. Th-Su, 7:30pm; Sa-Su, 2pm. $7-$10. The Blue Room, 139 W. First St., (530) 592-9998.

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Special Events ALLEGORY’S SPRING HAFLA: Improvisational

tribal belly dancing with the troupe Allegory. F,

5/2, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

CHICO WORLD DANCE PARTY: Dance to live music

from Troika & Karamfil. F, 5/2, 7:30pm. $7-$10.

Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 8941978.

Music CHICO STATE GUITAR ENSEMBLE: CAMAIEU: Featuring students of classical guitar per-

FINE ARTS Art 1078 GALLERY: Need Need Not Repeat, Chico State alumni John Baca showcases new works. 5/1-5/24. 820 Broadway, (530) 3431973, www.1078gallery.org.

3RD FLOOR ART GALLERY: Resonance, digital media artists Karen Rosenbusch, Jessica Anderson, Amanda Robinson and Samantha Senge exhibit new digital renderings. 5/15/2. BMU, Third Floor, Chico State, (530) 898-5489.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Delbert Rupp and Friends, thrown and carved large-scale stoneware vessels and sculpture. Through 5/31. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

B-SO SPACE: Obsession/Anxiety, new works

ALLEGORY’S SPRING HALFA Friday, May 2 Cafe Coda

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from Chico State BFA candidate Cortney Berg. Through 5/2. Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

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Special Events ENDANGERED SPECIES FAIRE: The Butte forming in solos, duos, quartets, and in large ensemble. F, 5/2, 7:30pm. $6-$15. RowlandTaylor Recital Hall, Chico State.

LYRICS BORN AND GIFT OF GAB: Two Bay Area rap legends on one tiny stage in downtown Chico!

F, 5/2, 9pm. $15-$20. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

THE MONKS OF VINA: A documentary on the winery and monks at New Clairvaux monastery. Complimentary appetizers and beer available for purchase. F, 5/2, 6:30pm.

Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 345-2739, www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

Theater SHREK THE MUSICAL: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 8943282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

SPAMALOT: See Thursday. $10-$20. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.

TARZAN: See Thursday. California Regional Theatre, 475 East Ave., (800) 722-4522, www.crtshows.com.

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE: See Thursday. The Blue Room, 139 W. First St., (530) 592-9998.

TWILIGHT ZONE: Two episodes of the classic television show live on stage. F & Sa, 10:30pmmidnight. $10. Blue Room Theatre, 139 West First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomthe atre.com.

Environmental Council hosts its annual environmental fair. Visit live animals, and enjoy music, activities, booths and treats. Sa, 5/3, 10am-4pm. Free. Bidwell Park: group picnic area by Sycamore Field, (530) 343-1232.

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: One free comic per customer in exchange for one can of cat or dog food for the Butte Humane Society. Sa, 5/3, 12-4pm. Free. BaT Comics and Games, 218 Broadway, (530) 898-0550.

KENTUCKY DERBY WINE & MICROBREW TASTING: Sample local wines and beers, hors d’oeuvres, and enjoy live streaming of the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby. Sa, 5/3, 12:30-4pm. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Call for ticket outlets. The PLaCe, 780 Luther Dr. next to CVS Drugstore in Paradise, (530) 877-3549, www.paradiselutheran.org.

MARGARITA MIX-OFF: A margarita contest, taco bar and live music from Decades. Sa, 5/3, 610pm. $50 Tickets not sold at the door. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., (530) 8954666.

MOTHER’S DAY CELEBRATION: Patrick Ranch hosts a Mother’s Day picnic and art event with games, painting, and live music from the Chico Community Band. Sa, 5/3, 11am-3pm. $5.

Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 342-4359.

ON BROADWAY: Paradise’s Dance Evolution Studio presents a dance performance. Sa, 5/3, 12 & 5pm. 10-$12. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradiseperformingarts.com.

SPAMALOT: See Thursday. $10-$20. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.

TARZAN: See Thursday. California Regional Theatre, 475 East Ave., (800) 722-4522, www.crtshows.com.

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE: See Thursday. The Blue Room, 139 W. First St., (530) 592-9998.

TWILIGHT ZONE: See Friday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 West First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blue roomtheatre.com.

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Special Events AFRICAN GROOVE CELEBRATION DRUM DANCE PARTY: Dance class with Naby Bangoura, plus an authentic African dinner, dance and drum performances and music from Lansana Kouyate, Robin Blue and Praveen Lata Ram. Su, 5/4, 4:30pm. $5-$15. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.

BOCCE BALL TOURNAMENT: Support the Blue Room Theatre and enjoy lunch, drinks, and bocce ball. Email for more info. Su, 5/4. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

CHICO ART CENTER: Creative Fusion, Chico Art Center presents an annual exhibit of student artwork from Chico’s Junior and Senior High School students. Through 5/9.

450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

CHICO PAPER CO.: The Totem Series, new works inspired from textiles, jewelry design, painting, and collage by artist Marilynn Jennings. California Rivers, Jake Early’s latest series. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopapercompany.com.

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Juried

Student Print Exhibition, celebrating student artists, this exhibit honors the gallery founder’s use of the collection as inspiration and education. Through 5/15. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.

LAXSON FINE ART GALLERY: Somethin’ With A

Hat, a group exhibition featuring Chico State artists, Ian Roffe, Brittaney Brown, Seth Dyte, and Ingrid Olsen. Through 5/2.

Sychronized Journey, new works from undergraduate art students Ingrid Olson and Payton Cahill. 5/5-5/16. 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.

NAKED LOUNGE TEA AND COFFEEHOUSE:

Permeate, Chikoko artist Christina Seashore showcases sculptural pencil pieces. 118 W. Second St., (530) 895-0676.

THE UPS STORE: New Works, etchings, engraving and collagraph prints from artist Michael Halldrosen. Through 5/31. 702 Mangrove Ave. #224.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Juried Student Art Exhibition, the annual student exhibition features works in a variety of media, submitted by Chico State art students and selected by a guest juror. Through 5/9.

Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 898-5864.

Call for Artists CALLING ALL WRITERS: The Blue Room Theatre will give four playwrights the chance to create an original 15 – 20 page play. See website for more info. Ongoing. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

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

CHICO MUSEUM: Summers Past in the High

Country, a lecture given by David Nopel, Marti Leicester and Marilyn Quadrio sharing stories of families living between 1850-1950 focusing on refuge from the valley heat long before air conditioning. Sa, 5/3, 10am. Donations accepted. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chicomuseum.org.

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

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

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: Paradise Depot

Museum Open House, a railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 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.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: New Works, figu-

rative drawings from local artists. Ongoing.

493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOUR PANCAKES: If you love Star Wars, pancakes, and cats, then join in a pancake breakfast fundraiser for the Chico Cat Coalition, celebrating all things Star Wars. Su, 5/4, 8am-noon. $5-$10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E Third St., (530) 894-1978, www.chicocatcoalition.org.

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PIONEER DAY PARADE: Celebrate the Chico community and the diversity of people and cultures that make up Northern California. Sa, 5/3, 11am. Free. Downtown Chico.

Theater SHREK THE MUSICAL: See Thursday.

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Circle the food wagons One of 2013’s greatest local cultural innovations was Fork in the Road, a monthly meeting of Chico’s ever-growing fleet of food trucks. Sampling the fare offered by several galavanting grub wagons on the EDITOR’S PICK wide green lawn behind Manzanita Place—while listening to DJs, local music and sipping adult libations—is fantastic. This next such event, on Wednesday, May 7, features 15 trucks and music by Off The Record.

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Music PARADISE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: The Paradise Symphony Orchestra presents their spring concert Dreamers!. Su, 5/4, 7pm. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.paradise performingarts.com.

Theater SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN AUDITIONS: Bring one verse and a chorus of one song to audition for the musical comedy. Su, 5/4, 6:30pm. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

SHREK THE MUSICAL: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

SPAMALOT: See Thursday. $10-$20. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.

TARZAN: See Thursday. California Regional Theatre, 475 East Ave., (800) 722-4522, www.crtshows.com.

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE: See Thursday. The Blue Room, 139 W. First St., (530) 592-9998.

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Special Events UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES: A weekly presentation of international films. This week: Cloudburst (USA., 2011) Directed by Thom Fitzgerald. Tu, 7:30pm. Opens 4/29. $3. Ayres 106, Chico State, (530) 899-7921.

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for the new works from undergraduate art students Ingrid Olson and Payton Cahill. Tu, 5/6, 5pm. Laxson Fine Art Gallery, 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.

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sor their ninth annual beer fest, featuring microbrews and food trucks in the park. Sa, 5/3, 1-6pm. $25. Riverbend Park, 1 Salmon Run Rd., Oroville, (530) 693-1267.

FORK IN THE ROAD: Monthly food-truck rally. Live music by Off The Record. W, 5/7, 5-8pm. Chico Elks Lodge, 1705 Manzinita, (530) 228-9300, www.otrrock.com.

Music SHOESTRING TRIO: Using an array of string and woodwind instruments Shoestring Trio blends gypsy jazz, tango, samba and chanson. W, 5/7, 8pm. $10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 3431973, www.1078gallery.org.

Theater ALADDIN JR.: Playhouse Youth Theatre presents

this stage adaptation of the Disney film. W, 5/7, 7:30pm. $8-$15. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperformances.com.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST: Butte College Theatre Department presents the Oscar Wilde

comedy for their spring production. 5/7-5/10, 7:30pm, Su, 5/11, 2pm. $10-$15. Butte College Black Box Theatre, 3536 Butte Campus Dr.

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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,

Horseshoe Lake, Upper Bidwell Park, (530) 891-4757.

PARADISE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE:

Used book sale. Every other Sa, 10am-3pm.

Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-6320, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary/Paradise.htm.

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

ARBORETUM TOURS: A two-hour walking tour showcasing historic specimens from around the mansion grounds, including the Southern Magnolia, Tulip and Ginkgo tress, the Persian Oak and more. Th, 5/1, 9:30am. Free. Bidwell Mansion, 525 Esplanade, (530) 8956144.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: Regularly

scheduled meeting. Every other Tu, 9am through 12/9. Board of Supervisors Chambers, 25 County Center Dr. in Oroville, (530) 5387631, www.buttecounty.net.

CHICO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Chico Friends of the

Library weekly book sale. Sa, 9:15-11:30am.

Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762, www.butte county.net/bclibrary.

CHICO HIGH SCHOOL BIRD HOUSE AUCTION: Support Chico High graduates with a live/silent auction of student build bird houses and other hand-built projects.

Proceeds benefit the safe and sober graduation program. F, 5/2, 5pm. Chico High School, 901 Esplanade, (530) 891-3026.

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) 342-0100.

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

FARMERS’ MARKET: CHAPMAN: A year-round Certified Farmers’ Market serving as a community forum for healthful-lifestyle promotion and education. F, 2-5:30pm.

Chapman Mulberry Community Center, 1010 Cleveland Ave., (530) 624-8844, www.cchaos.org.

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

FREE HEALTH CLINIC: Free services for minor medical ailments. Call for more info.

Su, 1-4pm. Free. Shalom Free Clinic, 1190 E. First Ave., (530) 518-8300, www.shalom freeclinic.org.

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

INFINITE RHYTHMS ECSTATIC DANCE: A shoefree, food-free, drug-free, smoke-free dance for you and yours with DJ Clay. Th, 7:309:30pm through 5/8. $10. Yoga Center of Chico, 250 Vallombrosa Ave., Suite 150, (530) 342-0100.

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SAMARITAN FREE CLINIC: This clinic offers free basic medical care and mental-health counseling. Call for more information. Su, 2-4pm.

Free. Paradise Lutheran Church, 780 Luther Dr. in Paradise, 872-7085.

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

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

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

SPEECH AND HEARING FAIR: Free speech & hearing screenings. Sa, 5/3, 9am-3pm. Chico State, 400 W. First St., (530) 898-4636.

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.

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.

Volunteer BIDWELL PARK VOLUNTEERS: Help the park by volunteering for trash pick-up, invasive-plant removal, trail maintenance, site restoration, water-quality testing and more. Check Friends of Bidwell Park website for dates and locations. Ongoing. Bidwell Park, Bidwell Park, www.friendsofbidwellpark.org.

PATRICK RANCH VOLUNTEERS: There are multiple volunteer opportunities available at the museum. Call or email for more info. Ongoing.

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MUSIC Mark “Porkchop” Holder holds down the corner at the Saturday farmers’ market.

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Mark “Porkchop” Holder performs tonight, May 1, at both the Thursday Night Market (6 p.m., downtown Chico) and at Café Flo (7 p.m., 365 E. Sixth St.).

Appalachian son Tennessee bluesman settles in Butte County

“CI’ve seen for street performing so far,” Mark “Porkchop” Holder offered in his distinctive Southern alifornia has the best environment

drawl in downtown Chico last weekend. He was on a break from startling passersby with story and his blazing slide-guitar—as well as photo by his big vocals, harp playing and foot Ken Smith percussion—during the Saturday farmers’ market. “Sure, there’s kens@ newsreview.com places you can make more money, but there’s nowhere I’ve been less concerned about getting knocked in the head.”

The Tennessee native moved to Berry Creek last June, and has been performing semi-regularly at the Saturday market and at Café Flo (making an impression on the CN&R editors who named him Best Guitarist at the recent Chico Area Music Awards). And when he talks about street performing, Holder speaks from more than 15 years of experience playing on streets and in clubs throughout America and Europe, first cutting his busking teeth on the mean streets of New Orleans.

“It’s really competitive there,” Holder said. “You have to get out there at 6 in the morning to secure your pitch, and it’s funny to see some of the folk doing it, like guys who look like they just jumped off a freight train out there playing on the street, then at the end of the day you see ’em jumping into a brand new Nissan Pathfinder. It’s a 4-to-600-dollar-a-day proposition down there.”

While relating a story from a darker part of his personal history—and shedding some light on why his take on deep Delta blues carries the weight of someone who’s experienced hardship, he said, “I’ve had my money stolen, I’ve been attacked with a weapon in Nashville.” He once pulled a gun to frighten a knifewielding thief. “I’ve put that all behind me. I don’t carry anything like that and that’s not what I do anymore, but I was in my 20s then, and hungry, and if you wanted to take mine you couldn’t have it.”

Indeed, Holder’s history is filled with highs and lows. He grew up in a place called Waddell Hollow near Birchwood, Tenn., the son of a Baptist minister (“I was born on a Wednesday and they took me to church Sunday”). The Gospel music he heard in church provided some of his musical inspiration and 28

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education, with family filling in the rest.

“My grandfather was a harmonica player named Hack Waddell, a sharecropper,” he said. “On the next farm was a black man named John Thomas. Now, Uncle John played with his guitar tuned to an open chord and played it with the smooth end of a Case pocket knife. I’m 41 years old and still doing the same thing; this was the first thing I ever heard.

“You can do a lot of things with a musical instrument, but when I realized you can make a guitar sing with a slide on your finger, I was sold.”

Holder struck out on his own in his early 20s, and after experiencing some success as a solo artist and with the critically acclaimed Black Diamond Heavies, he was forced to quit touring because of health issues.

“I pushed myself into diabetes with alcohol,” he said, noting that in addition to addiction issues, he also once weighed 535 pounds (“That’s where the ‘Porkchop’ thing comes from,” he explained).

“At one point I had to go into the hospital to get my leg removed. I woke up in the recovery room and saw this bandaged-up thing and asked the nurse, ‘Hey, what’s that?’ She said it was my leg, and I was like, ‘Ah, that’s nasty, you put it back in the bed with me?’

“She said, ‘No sweetheart, it’s still attached to you.’ They were able to save it.”

Holder said he also struggles with bipolar disorder: “It’s a pretty severe case, and I can get a little out of control without medicine,” he explained. “There’s a thing in redneck culture where people holler and shout and stuff like that, and looking back there was a real strong thread of that and probably a really strong thread of bipolarity in my family.”

The affable, polite Holder laughed as he related even the worst of his past troubles. He’s been sober and in better health for several years now, and followed a brother from Austin, Texas, to California. He’s happily married to a woman named Cindy Lu, who is also a musician, and the couple are looking to start a rock project tentatively called the Commie Truckers.

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40 miles to the northeast. It’s a pungent announcement of the impending Gilroy Garlic Festival, and it’s the polarizing story and photo odor that is on your mind the first by time you shyly lower your nose to Matthew Craggs that first clove of black garlic and … hey, it smells kind of sweet.

A relatively new culinary ingredient in the United States, black garlic enjoyed a flash-in-the-pan success in haute restaurants from 2009–10. It appeared on the world market in 2004, when Hayward-based Black Garlic Inc. (BlackGar lic.com), the largest U.S. manufacturer of black garlic, started producing what its owner Scott Kim initially labeled a “superfood,” using a heat-plushumidity technique that he invented to quickly ferment raw garlic over the course of three weeks. The cooking process mellows the flavors and turns the cloves jet-black in color.

You can make black garlic at home as well—the Web is filled with 14-day rice-cooker recipes—but it’s probably easier to order online or grab a black garlic two-pack for around $6 when it pops up at Trader Joe’s or Chico Natural Foods.

Under the thin, crinkly, brown skin, black garlic is sticky and mushy, resembling smooth prunes, and the smell is much subtler than the overwhelming odor that fills the Salinas Valley every summer. The fermentation process gives the cloves a whiff of sickly sweetness akin to the muskiness of the damp floor of a redwood forest. Much like the smell, the taste is sweet and mild—like mellow roasted garlic with an earthier depth—so don’t be afraid to bite directly into a clove, though its chewy texture is reminiscent of soggy black licorice.

With its peculiar flavor, it is best to openly experiment with black garlic. The subtle taste won’t leave your breath hazardous to vampires, so a simple prep is the best way to highlight the unique taste without losing it among a blend of many other flavors. Try mashing the cloves and spreading the paste on crostini with a very light drizzle of olive oil.

As great as it is in the spotlight, black garlic pro-

vides a wonderfully distinct background note that works across world cuisines. Liberally drizzle black garlic oil (see recipe below) over steaming bowls of ramen; add whole cloves atop pizzas; slice it up for mushroom risotto; or add a flavorful finesse to a sauce for fish or flank steak. Sub in black garlic in a garlic soup and you get a rich and rustic broth that would be perfect for rainy days spent alternating scalding bowls of rich soup with icy pints of pilsner.

While black garlic has only hinted at national fame, and may never have its own festival, the versatility of its surprising flavor is alluring, and enables a chef’s passion for trying new things and making food fun.

Black garlic oil 1/4 cup vegetable oil One black garlic bulb, peeled and minced Sesame oil

Heat vegetable oil and black garlic in a pan over medium-low heat, stirring frequently, for 15 minutes.

Remove from heat and let cool.

In a food processor, blend oil and garlic mixture on high speed until smooth. Add sesame oil, one tablespoon at a time, to taste. Blend until fully incorporated. Store in refrigerator for up to two months.

Black garlic soup 1 tbsp. butter 1/2 onion, diced One black garlic bulb, peeled and chopped 6 cups beef stock Salt and pepper Ham, diced Gruyere cheese, grated Croutons

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IN THE MIX Hot Dreams Timber Timbre Arts & Crafts The evolution of stellar Canadian outfit Timber Timbre continues on its third Arts & Crafts album, Hot Dreams. Ringleader Taylor Kirk again blends a range of musical styles and sounds into lush, complex soundscapes fit to score Angelo Badalamenti’s most surreal dreams and fevered nightmares. The cinematic allure of TT’s sound has already brought Hollywood knocking (songs have appeared on Breaking Bad, and a French-Canadian adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates novel Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang, and more), and here’s hoping there will be more of those opportunities to come. Kirk brings new muses to each mix, the last outing (2011’s Creep on Creeping On) was marked by his diabolical take on doo-wop, and this one is equally influenced by spaghetti westerns and the type of 1970s Eurotrash soft-core flix they show on Skinemax.

Standout track “Run From Me,” for example, is the closest one can imagine to a meeting of Roy Orbison and Sergio Leone. Though Kirk has announced in interviews his desire to move away from the “creepy” tag, this album is, thankfully, still haunted as hell, with a few mirthfully macabre lines occasionally bursting forth to startle listeners. For example, Kirk seethes, “I want to follow through on all my promises and threats to you babe” on the lustful title track, and prays a chasm “take our plane inside its mouth” on the album’s most epic offering, “Grand Canyon.”

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Things get interesting during the band’s low points in the 1980s, as Stanley grapples with keeping KISS (his “life raft”) afloat as Gene Simmons’ attention is diverted by Hollywood, while dealing with his own loneliness (Stanley recalls playing shows to thousands, only to leave the stadium with nowhere to go). A son, a tumultuous KISS reunion, and a divorce from his first wife come next. Essentially, it took Stanley until his 50s to find true happiness. And to finally grow up. Such is rock ’n’ roll.

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With their recent success of original series aimed at preteen and teen audiences—such as Adventure Time, Regular Show and The Amazing World of Gumball—Cartoon Network continues the demographic trend with Clarence. Created by Skyler Page, a former storyboard artist for Adventure Time, the charming suburban animated adventures seem geared toward the preteen side, with a cast of characters exploring freedoms— bike rides, trips to the arcade and grocery store—without facing any real dangers. The titular character is a young boy who is polite and overflowing with decency. Clarence consoles a passing bug that he’s there to watch not squash, and he apologizes to flora before using it as a projectile in a skirmish with the neighborhood kids. In his eyes, friends surround him wherever he goes. Clarence is at its best when the wizard-obsessed tyke is simple, kind and marches to the beat of his own drum, and when it avoids confusing Clarence’s friendliness with ignorance. The supporting cast offer nice characterizations, but with only a few episodes having aired, they’ve yet to grow beyond foils for Clarence’s infectious charisma. If Clarence sticks with simple tales about a simple boy, it could be another success for the network.

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THURSDAY 5/1—WEDNESDAY 5/7 OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria, 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.hasbeans.com.

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CHICO STATE GUITAR ENSEMBLE: CAMAIEU: Featuring students of classical guitar performing in solos, duos,

quartets, and in large ensemble. F, 5/2, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State.

AARON RICH & FRIENDS: Country music round-robin. Third and First Th of every month, 9pm. Free. Crazy Horse Saloon, 303 Main St., (530) 894-5408.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

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

THE HOOT HOOTS: A fuzzy power pop band from Seattle, plus their tour mates and homeboys, Friends and Family. Locals Stubblegum and UFO vs.

NASA open. Th, 5/1, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

JOHN SEID TRIO: John Seid, Steve Cook and Larry Peterson play and eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. Th, 5/1, 6-9pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.

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

GRAVYBRAIN: Pre-CD-release party with

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tion: 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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Judging by a handful of YouTube videos the band—which features the ladies mixing it up with instruments including guitars, ukulele, a washboard and much more—puts on an an exuberant, rhythm-heavy show. Also playing are singing-songwriting drink-slingers the Duffy’s Sirens and local mellow-rockers The Rugs.

Area rap legends on one tiny stage in downtown Chico! F, 5/2, 9pm. $15-$20.

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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.

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boardist Shigemi Minetaka and rotating accompaniment. Tu, 6:308:30pm. Free. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farm starpizza.com.

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RAINBOW GIRLS: Su, 5/4, 9pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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Sa, 5/3, 8pm. $5. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

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TY DOLLA $IGN: LA rapper/producer visits Chico with Jose Moses and Mila J. Su, 5/4, 8:30pm. $13. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmaxproductions.net.

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All told, Bad Words promises more than it can deliver. It puts a lot of stuff in semi-satirical play: domineering parents, overachieving kids, cultural elites, the miseducation of gifted children, high-tech snobbery, etc. But its various jibes seem half-hearted, especially alongside the volatile and fraught contradictions of Guy/Bateman. He can be as vicious and mean as any of the targets of his wrath, regardless of whether they are overbearing authority figures or overeager spelling-bee champions.

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Opening this week The Amazing Spider-Man 2

In installment No. 2 of this second film franchise based on the Spider-Man comic, Andrew Garlfield is back as the title character, this time fighting against a slew of baddies—including Green Goblin, Rhino and the super-powerful Electro (played by Jamie Foxx). Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Jodorowsky’s Dune

Frank Herbert’s epic 1965 sci-fi novel has proven a difficult adaptation for movie makers over the years, but none was as epically doomed as Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s ambitious attempt during the mid-1970s, which is chronicled in this documentary by Frank Pavich. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

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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.

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. Rated PG-13.

Draft Day

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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.

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The Quiet Ones

From the famed Hammer British horror studio comes this story about a college professor and a group of his students who conduct psychological experiments on a disturbed woman and soon are confronted with much darker forces at work than they could have imagined. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

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Transcendence

Celebrated cinematographer Wally Pfister’s (Christopher Nolan’s Batman films and Inception) directorial debut stars Johnny Depp as a terminally ill artificial-intelligence researcher who uploads his mind to a computer to prolong his life and soon becomes more knowledgeable and powerful than even he could’ve imagined. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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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. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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THAT THERE THING Tried to return some Mervyn’s merchandise to

I checked out an out of town doc's diabetes seminar at the Holiday Inn last week. I wanted to see what my competition is doing. Since you had to be a diagnosed diabetic to qualify for attendance, I called on a diabetic colleague of mine to take me as her guest. The place was packed with the unhealthiest group of people I've ever been cooped up with.

Of the many valid points the presenting doctor made (we are preaching the same gospel), one of the most impressive was the rate at which diabetes is overtaking our population. It is a true epidemic and will clearly bankrupt our health-care system unless something drastic happens soon to turn the tide.

Type II Diabetes is a nightmare disease with it's neuropathies (arms and legs going numb and gangrenous), blindness, stroke, fatigue, cardio-vascular disease, and more. Sadly, the medications and dietary recommendations generally promoted are virtually guaranteed to not only keep you diabetic, but to promote your journey toward complications and the need for more medicines that do not cure anything and medical procedures that do not really fix anything,..I guess the argument *could* be made that amputating a gangrenous foot or installing a pace-maker is fixing something, but I would have to counter that it would be better to prevent the problem in the first place!

Why is this happening? Why does the American Government, the American Medical Association, the American Diabetic Association, and countless other supposedly reliable sources of health intelligence keep their head in the sand on this issue? The cause of diabetes is not a mystery, nor has it been for a LONG time. And why are diabetics routinely told that their condition is *not* reversible when it *is*?

Try “following the money”,...to the processed food industry addicting people to pure crap; to “Big Pharma”selling sick, desperate people expensive drugs that will never cure them; to the medical technology industry continuously inventing more tests to prove how sick you are.

Is it a coincidence that these are 3 of the biggest lobbies in Washington D.C.?

Not on your life! The sickness of humanity is the commodity by which their greed is satisfied.

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Circuit City/ Customer service was certifiably shitty/ Courtesy clerk was nervous, kinda twitchy/ Had a dry-and-curl perm, reminded me of Lionel Richie/ Someone blurted out, “Burrrrrr!”/ And when I turned around, observed Truck Turner had the burner out and pointed at a surfer/ Mr. Furley burst out the beauty parlor in curlers/ and a security jersey, thermos full of Wild Turkey—“Do That There (The Young Einstein Hoo-Hoo Mix),” Lyrics Born.

I don’t care what rapgenius.com says, I’m hearing that he’s trying to return some “Mervyn’s merchandise to Circuit City,” not some “worthless merchandise.” I first heard Lyrics Born about a decade ago, at a free outdoor show on the lawn in front of the Rose Garden at Chico State (what happened to free, cool Chico State shows?!), and was immediately won over by his unique reedy voice and impressively dexterous delivery. I’ve only ever owned his second album, 2005’s Same !@#$ Different Day, but its superfunky update to “Do That There” (originally released on Later That Day) was my jam for about year.

And this weekend Lyrics Born is back in Chico, and who will be joining him at Lost on Main, Friday, May 2? Oh, only one of best rappers ever, Blackalicious MC Gift of Gab. This is as good as a rap show Lyrics Born gets anywhere, let alone in Chico, so go get yours before it sells out! Tickets are $15 presale (at www.jambase tickets.com) and $20 at the door.

JOHN JOHN BACA There isn’t any specific information on the gallery

website about Need Need Not Repeat, the upcoming solo exhibit at 1078 Gallery by Arts DEVO friend-from-way-back-in-the-Upper Crust Bakery-days John Baca. So, I sent him a note asking, “Can you tell me a little something about what to expect at the show?”

“Hey Jason … Not sure what all to say. The show is mostly sculptural and mixed-media work with a few video pieces. There are only a few of them but they are all very large. I am John Baca mostly dealing with the notion of need/want and how such notions change over time.” That’s all that needs to be said! We’re there (all of us!). Opens tonight, May 1, 5-7 p.m.

MONDAY IS FOR MEMES On the Facebook this week, I stumbled upon a hilariously ruthless Meme Battle Monday taking place between local stand-up comedians Mark Joseph Leathers and Phil from Chico (both of whom you can often catch Mondays at the alternating comedy nights at the Maltese and DownLo). As much as the challenge of being funny at the expense of others appealed to me, I know better than to take on any of our local funnymen. I am not ashamed to admit that my ego is not strong enough. Comedians have the ability to see into the dark spots we try to keep hidden and then bring that shit back into the light for us all to laugh at forever.

Instead, I will try my luck with meme-ing the musicians of the Pageant Dads (who are actually kind of comedians, too—uh oh).

FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 1, 2014 ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Dear As-

trologer: We Aries people have an intense fire burning inside us. It’s an honor and a privilege. We’re lucky to be animated with such a generous share of the big energy that gives life to all of nature.

But sometimes the fire gets too wild and strong for us. We can’t manage it. It gets out of our control. That’s how I’m feeling lately. These beloved flames that normally move me and excite me are now the very thing that’s making me crazy. What to do?

—Aries.” Dear Aries: Learn from what firefighters do to fight forest fires. They use digging tools to create wide strips of dirt around the fire, removing all the flammable brush and wood debris. When the fire reaches this path, it’s deprived of fuel. Close your eyes and visualize that scene.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “My

personal philosophy is not to undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.” So said Taurusborn Edwin Land, the man who invented Polaroid photography. I have a feeling these might be useful words for you to live by between your birthday in 2014 and your birthday in 2015. In the coming 12 months, you will have the potential of homing in on a dream that will fuel your passions for years. It may seem to be nearly impossible, but that’s exactly what will excite you about it so much— and keep you going for as long as it takes to actually accomplish.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I wish

there was a way you could play around with construction equipment for a few hours. I’d love it if you could get behind the wheel of a bulldozer and flatten a small hill. It would be good for you to use an excavator to destroy a decrepit old shed or clear some land of stumps and dead trees. Metaphorically speaking, that’s the kind of work you need to do in your inner landscape: Move around big, heavy stuff; demolish outworn structures; reshape the real estate to make way for new building projects.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the

Transformers movies, Optimus Prime is a giant extraterrestrial warrior robot. His body contains an array of weapons that he uses for righteous causes, like protecting Earth’s creatures. His character is voiced by actor Peter Cullen. Cullen has also worked extensively for another entertainment franchise, Winnie the Pooh.

He does the vocals for Eeyore, a gloomy donkey who writes poetry and has a pink ribbon tied in a bow on his tail. Let’s make Cullen your role model for now. I’m hoping this will inspire you to get the Eeyore side of your personality to work together with the Optimus Prime part of you. What’s that you say? You don’t have an Optimus Prime part of you? Well, that’s what Eeyore might say, but I say different.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you finally

understand that you don’t have to imitate the stress-addled workaholics and self-wounding overachievers in order to be as proficient as they are? Are you coming to see that if you want to fix, heal and change the world around you, you have to fix, heal and change yourself? Is it becoming clear that if you hope to gain more power to shape the institutions you’re part of, you’ve got to strengthen your power over yourself? Are you ready to see that if you’d like to reach the next level of success, you must dissolve some of your fears of success?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Beauty

is the purgation of superfluities,” said Michelangelo. Do you agree? Could you make your life more marvelous by giving up some of your trivial pursuits? Would you become more attractive if you got rid of one of your unimportant desires? Is it possible you’d experience more lyrical grace if you sloughed off your irrelevant worries? I suggest you meditate on questions like these, Virgo. According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, experiencing beauty is not a luxury right now, but rather a necessity. For the sake of your mental, physical and spiritual health, you need to be in its presence as much as possible.

BY ROB BREzSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I’m pretty

sure God wants you to be rich. Or at least richer. And I know for a fact that I want you to be richer. What about you?

Do you want to be wealthier? Or at least a bit more flush? Or would you rather dodge the spiritual tests you’d have to face if you became a money magnet?

Would you prefer to go about your daily affairs without having to deal with the increased responsibilities and obligations that would come with a bigger income?

I suspect you will soon receive fresh evidence about these matters. How you respond will determine whether or not you’ll be able to take advantage of new financial opportunities that are becoming available.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The U.S.

military budget this year is $633 billion. In comparison, the United Nations’ peacekeeping budget is $7.8 billion. So my country will spend 81 times more to wage war than the U.N. will spend to make peace. I would prefer it if the ratio were reversed, but my opinion carries no weight. It’s possible, though, that I might be able to convince you Scorpios, at least in the short run, to place a greater emphasis on cultivating cooperation and harmony than on being swept up in aggression and conflict. You might be tempted to get riled up over and over again in the coming weeks, but I think that would lead you astray from living the good life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.

21): Actor Matthew McConaughey prides himself on his willingness to learn from his mistakes and failures. A few years ago, he collected and read all the negative reviews that critics had ever written about his work in films. It was a “really interesting kind of experiment,” he told Yahoo News. “There was some really good constructive criticism.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Sagittarius, now would be an excellent time for you to try an experiment comparable to McConaughey’s. Be brave!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

“Dear Oracle: I might be hallucinating, but recently I swear my pet iguana has been getting turned on whenever I disrobe in front of it. My naked body seems to incite it to strut around and make guttural hissing sounds and basically act like it’s doing a mating dance. Is it me, or is it the planets? I think my iguana is a Capricorn like me. —Captivating Capricorn.” Dear Capricorn: Only on rare occasions have I seen you Capricorns exude such high levels of animal magnetism as you are now. Be careful where you point that stuff! I won’t be shocked if a wide variety of creatures find you extra alluring.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Eat

like you love yourself,” advises author Tara Stiles. “Move like you love yourself.

Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.” Those four prescriptions should be top priorities for you, Aquarius.

Right now, you can’t afford to treat your beautiful organism with even a hint of carelessness. You need to upgrade the respect and compassion and reverence you give yourself. So please breathe like you love yourself. Sleep and dream like you love yourself. Think like you love yourself. Make love like you love yourself.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): If blind-

folded, most people can’t tell the difference between Pepsi and Coca-Cola. But I bet you could, at least this week. Odds are good that you will also be adept at distinguishing between genuine promises and fakes ones. And you will always know when people are fooling themselves. No one will be able to trick you into believing in hype, lies or nonsense. Why? Because these days you are unusually perceptive and sensitive and discerning. This might on occasion be a problem, of course, since you won’t be able to enjoy the comfort and consolation that illusions can offer. But mostly it will be an asset, providing you with a huge tactical advantage and lots of good material for jokes.

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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

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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 BLOSSOMING BEGININGS INFANT AND TODDLER CENTER at 2330 Bird St Oroville, CA 95965 JEAN MARIE MARCHEL 1528 14th St Oroville, CA 95965 This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JEAN MARCHEL Dated: March 21, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000451 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

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 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 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 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.

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 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 Dated: February 14,2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000266 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 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: 2014-0000411 Published: April 10,17,24, May 1, 2014

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 The following persons are do-­ ing 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: 2014-0000494 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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The Following person is doing business as HAIR CHIX at 1900 Oro Dam Blvd E Suite 5 Oroville, CA 95966.

ALISSA MAYLYNN CHAPDELAINE 46 A Oropond Ln Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed ALISSA CHAPDELAINE Dated: April 10, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000568 Published: April 17,24, May 1,8, 2014

FICTITOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MIDTOWN LOCAL at 365 E 6th Street Chico, CA 95928.

BCK INVESTMENTS, LLC 2070 E 20th Street #160 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: BRIAN KANABROCKI, CO-OWNER Dated: April 9, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000560 Published: April 17, 24, May 1,8, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO PRINTING INC at 970 Mangrove Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

CHICO PRINTING INC 970 Mangrove Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: TIM HENDERSON, SECRETARY/VP Dated: April 14, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000579 Published: April 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MOJOMONGER PRODUCTIONS at 353 Hollow Oak Lane Chico, CA 95973.

CHRISTOPHER JOHN LOMBARDI 353 Hollow Oak Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTOPHER J. LOMBARDI Dated: December 5, 2013 FBN Number: 2013-0001550 Published: April 17,24, May 1,8, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as VOODOO TATTOO AND BREW EAT, DRINK AND GET INK’D at 2053 Montgomery Street Oroville, CA 95965.

PARKERVORT FARMS, INC 2053 Montgomery Street Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: CONNIE PARKS, CFO Dated: April 4, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000535 Published: April 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GET GROUNDED at 939 Sycamore Street Chico, CA 95928.

LAURA TAMARA WICHMAN 939 Sycamore Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TAMMY WICHMAN Dated: April 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000543 Published: April 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SMOOTH RELEASE PRO SHOP at 2397 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

PATRICK ANTHONY YOUNG 705 Townsend Court Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: PATRICK YOUNG Dated: March 24, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000463 Published: April 17,24, May 1,8, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CARSICK DESIGNS at 9241 Holland Avenue Durham, CA 95938.

BRIAN LAPLANDER 9241 Holland Avenue Durham, CA 95938 MONICA LAPLANDER 9241 Holland Avenue Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: MONICA LAPLANDER Dated: April 8, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000548 Published: April 17, 24, May 1,8, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALL SEASONS POOL CARE at 2073 Rochester Drive Chico, CA 95928.

DENNIS PAUL BECKER 2073 Rochester Drive Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DENNIS BECKER Dated: April 9, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000557 Published: April 17,24, May 1,8, 2014

FICITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as A VINTAGE SECRET at 2020 Laurel Street Chico, CA 95928.

BECKIE EVENSON 2020 Laurel Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BECKIE EVENSON Dated: April 10, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000562 Published: April 17,24, May 1,8, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as COIT SERVICES OF CHICO at 4935 Brookside Ct Reno, NV 89502.

COIT SERVICES OF CHICO 4935 Brookside Ct Reno, NV 89502.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: LONNIE FIXEL, OWNER Dated: March 24, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000465 Published: April 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BESTCARRIERROUTES, CONTRACTORSGOLD, LISTLOGIK, PAINTERSGOLD, POLITIGOLD at 411 Main St., Suite 105 Chico, CA 95928.

CR-GOLD 411 Main St., Suite 105 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: J. PATRICK BREUKER, PRESIDENT Dated: April 16, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000587 Published: April 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EYEBROW PLUS INC, EYEBROWS 1 at 1950 E 20th St #5517 Chico, CA 95928.

EYBROW PLUS INC 43933 Hugo Terrace Fremont, CA 94538.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: FARDIN AMIRI, CEO/PRESIDENT Dated: March 11, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000392 Published: April, 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GREEN ENERGY FINANCIAL SERVICES at 1016 Richland Court Chico, CA 95926.

PATRICIA L CALL 1016 Richland Court Chico, CA 95926 DAVID ESMAILI 1016 Richland Court Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: PATRICIA CALL Dated: April 18, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000614 Published: April 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as REMAX OF CHICO at 1140 Mangrove Avenue Suite D Chico, CA 95926.

MARK CHRISCO 45 Temperance Way Chico, CA 95928.

ROBERT M CONTRERAS 7 Glenview Court Chico, CA 95928.

MARTIN T LUGER 14055 Hereford Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: ROBERT M. CONTRERAS Dated: April 17, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000605 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ELIJO’AN PUBLISHING, PRINCIPIO, TE CHING at 466 Panama Avenue Chico, CA 95973.

LYNN MARIE TOSELLO 466 Panama Avenue Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LYNN MARIE TOSELLO Dated: April 21, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000627 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MAC2MACONLINE at 1406 Locust Street Chico, CA 95928.

KAREN BLOOD 1406 Locust Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KAREN BLOOD Dated: April 2, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000527 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PRO NAILS AND SPA at 1950 East 20th Street Suite #A 102 Chico, CA 95928.

BINH T TRAN 1950 East 20th Street Suite #A 102 CHico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BINH TRAN Dated: April 14, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000572 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as

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JAVI’S HOMEMADE GRANOLA at 836 Kern Street Chico, CA 95928.

TERESA LOPEZ 836 Kern Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CARMEN L. TORIBIO Dated: April 7, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000540 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NATURE’S HILIGHTS at 1608-A 5th St Chico, CA 95926.

MICHAEL EPPERSON 6 Merle Ct Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DAWN BLANKENHEIM Dated: March 25, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000471 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ANGELEGACY DESIGNS, LIVE LIFE JUICE CO at 2355 Lombard Ln Chico, CA 95926.

ANGELINA BRITTAIN-RASMUSSEN 2355 Lombard Ln Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ANGELINA BRITTAIN-RASMUSSEN Dated: April 23, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000641 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE ITALIAN KITCHEN at 2275 Myers, Suite A Oroville, CA 95966.

CHRISTOPHER MCGLENISTER 203 Mission Olive Oroville, CA 95965.

JULIE MCGLENISTER 203 Mission Olive Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: JULIE MCGLENISTER Dated: April 24, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000643 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BOUNCING BUTTES at 161 Blazeford Gulch Road Oroville, CA 95966.

AARON SMITH 161 Blazeford Gulch Road Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: AARON N. SMITH Dated: April 22, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000630 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GIT YA SOME PIZZA at 1950 E 20th St Suite B221 Chico, CA 95928.

SHAWN VERLAND RICHINS 1972 Fogg Ave Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SHAWN RICHINS Dated: April 24, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000648 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

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

VICTOR M CRISPIN 549 Esplanade Spc# 509 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: VICTOR M. CRISPIN

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Dated: April 22, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000629 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LEGAL STOP FORECLOSURE GROUP at 315 Wall St #14 Chico, CA 95928.

JOHN EDWIN SHALBERG 37401 Oakview Burney, CA 96013.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JOHN EDWIN SHALBERG Dated: April 23, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0000636 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL The following person has withdrawn as partner from the partnership operating under BODHI SANCTUARY HEALING CENTER at 1390 East 9th ST #150 Chico, CA 95928.

KRISTIANA LOPEZ 846 Coit Tower Way Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: KRISTIANA D. LOPEZ Dated: April 28, 2014 FBN Number: 2013-0000793 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

NOTICES CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 To (names of persons to be notified, if known, including names on birth certificate): ANTHONY S. HERNANDEZ and anyone claiming to be a parent of (child’s name): A.E.C. born on (date): March 18, 2008 at (name of hospital or other place of birth and city and state): ENLOE HOSPITAL CHICO, CALIFORNIA A hearing will be held on Date: June 18, 2014 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: TBA Room: TBA Located at: Superior Court Of California County of Butte 1 Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer.

The Social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental rights to the child will be terminated.

You are required to be present at the hearing, to present

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evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, the court will appoint an attor-­ ney for you.

If the court terminated your pa-­ rental rights, the order may be final.

The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present.

Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: April 8, 2014 Case Number: J-36627 Published: April 17,24, May 1,8, 2014

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE GEORGE S. MARTIN AKA GEORGE MARTIN To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: GEORGE S. MARTIN AKA GEORGE MARTIN A Petition for Probate has been filed by: RAOUL J. LECLERC in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: RAOUL J. LECLERC be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: May 22, 2014 Time: 9:00a.m.

Dept: C-13 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal repre-­ sentative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in

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section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or per-­ sonal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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

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

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

Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 Dated: April 21, 2014 Case Number: PR41031 Published: May 1,8,15, 2014

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

THE Petition for Probate requests that: ARTHUR C. KRALOWEC 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 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 22, 2014 Time: 9:00a.m.

Dept: C-13 Address of the court: Superior Court of California

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County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC PO Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 Dated: April 24, 2014 Case Number: PR41037 Published: May 1,8,15, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BRANDYN WILLIAMS 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 objec-­ tion that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 14, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is:

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JILLIAN LYNNE RUDDELL filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JILLIAN LYNNE RUDDELL Proposed name: IAN JOSEPH RUDDELL 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

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petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 4, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: ROBERT GLUSMAN Dated: April 3, 2014 Case Number: 161838 Published: April 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

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

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objec-­ tion that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition

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NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 11, 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 8, 2014 Case Number: 161810 Published: April 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 28, 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 15, 2014 Case Number: 161498 Published: May 1,8,15,22, 2014

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find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center SUMMONS (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: your county library, or the MICHELLE R TERRELL courthouse nearest you. If you YOU ARE BEING SUED BY cannot pay the filing fee, ask PLAINTIFF: the court clerk for a fee waiver BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT form. If you do not file your BEREAU A CORP response on time, you may lose NOTICE! You have been sued. the case by default, and your The court may decide against wages, money and property you without your being heard may be taken without further unless you respond within 30 warning from the court. days. Read the information There are other legal below. requirements. You may want to You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS call an attorney right away. If after this summons and legal you do not know an attorney, papers are served on you to file you may want to call an attor-­ a written response at this court ney referral service. If you can-­ and have a copy served on the not afford an attorney, you may plaintiff. A letter or phone call be eligible for free legal will not protect you. Your written services from a nonprofit legal response must be in proper services program. You can legal form if you want the court locate these nonprofit groups at to hear your case. There may California Legal Services Estatethe Listings be aFree court formReal that you can Web site use for your response.

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The name and address of the court is: Chico Courthouse 655 Oleander Avenue, Chico, CA 95926 The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is: JOSEPH L SELBY Law Office of Ferris & Selby 2607 Forest Avenue Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928.

Signed: Kimberly Flener Case Number: 160126 Published: April 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: 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 27, 2014 Case Number: 161832 Published: April 17,24, May 1,8, 2014

PERSONS: Petitioner JENNIFER EILEEN ANDERSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JENNIFER EILEEN ANDERSON Proposed name: CEDAR ROSE SELENITE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: June 18, 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 10, 2014 Case Number: 161922 Published: April 24, May 1,8,15, 2014

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• Park custom 3PE bd/plusND den, 3 IN ba, 2,482 G sq ft. $489,000 • Cal Park 3 bd/2 ba, 1,506 sq ft. $299,950

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ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

23 Roble Vista Ct

Chico

$745,000.00

4/ 3.5

2988

3676 Dayton Rd

Chico

$255,000.00

4/ 1.5

2480

740 Dias Dr

Chico

$415,000.00

3/ 2.5

2152

100 Northwood Commons Pl

Chico

$250,000.00

2/ 2

1776

63 Our Way

Chico

$385,000.00

3/ 1.5

1951

1064 Manzanita Ave

Chico

$245,000.00

3/ 1.5

1894

707 Shady Acres Ct

Chico

$384,000.00

4/ 2.5

2519

2637 Ceanothus Ave

Chico

$245,000.00

3/ 2.5

1419

13 Kingsburry Ct

Chico

$359,000.00

3/ 2

1934

1357 Arlington Dr

Chico

$219,000.00

3/ 1.5

1242

13279 Eggleston Ln

Chico

$337,500.00

3/ 1.5

1465

3 Sir Andrew Ct

Chico

$210,000.00

3/ 2

1184

1041 Mildred Ave

Chico

$326,000.00

3/ 2

1570

1411 Sherman Ave

Chico

$207,500.00

2/ 1

1209

767 Skylark Dr

Chico

$310,000.00

3/ 2

1837

11 Alameda Park Cir

Chico

$200,000.00

2/ 2

1452

55 Brenda Dr

Chico

$293,000.00

3/ 2

1811

1061 Alder St

Chico

$196,000.00

3/ 1

996

4525 Munjar Rd

Chico

$277,500.00

3/ 1.5

1604

9700 Marichert Ct

Durham

$365,000.00

3/ 1.5

1852

5 Ginger Ln

Chico

$260,000.00

2/ 2

1346

9170 Holland Ave

Durham

$203,000.00

2/ 1

1000

May 1, 2014

SQ. FT.

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of April 14, 2014 – April 18, 2014.

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

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

14635 Lafayette Cir

ADDRESS

Magalia

$226,000.00

3/ 2

1580

1034 Middlehoff Ln

Oroville

$170,000.00

2/ 1

1750

6288 Brevard Cir

Magalia

$212,000.00

3/ 2.5

2015

6490 Staten Ct

Magalia

$185,000.00

3/ 2

1673

8 Meadowview Dr

Oroville

$165,000.00

3/ 1.5

1152

110 Duke Ln

Oroville

$379,000.00

4/ 3.5

3004

1877 Mt Ida Rd

Oroville

$165,000.00

3/ 1.5

1332

219 Valley View Dr

Oroville

$360,000.00

3/ 2

2627

6670 Twin Oaks Dr

Paradise

$395,000.00

3/ 2

2594

66 Riverview Dr

Oroville

$295,000.00

4/ 1.5

2414

240 Chandler Dr

Paradise

$385,000.00

4/ 3.5

2651

1266 Marjory St

Oroville

$260,000.00

4/ 3

2009

5623 Wilson Ln

Paradise

$360,000.00

3/ 2.5

3126

35 Loma Vista Dr

Oroville

$230,000.00

3/ 2

1930

5605 Little Grand Canyon Dr

Paradise

$345,000.00

4/ 3

2114

2147 Grand Ave

Oroville

$225,000.00

3/ 1.5

1752

3723 Honey Run Rd

Paradise

$320,000.00

3/ 2

1817

2878 Almy Ave

Oroville

$198,000.00

2/ 2

1456

5410 Hickory Way

Paradise

$258,500.00

3/ 3

2279

15 Dawn Ct

Oroville

$195,000.00

4/ 2.5

1801

1682 Gate Ln

Paradise

$208,000.00

3/ 2

1463

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SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

SQ. FT.

LOVE’S REAL ESTATE Crawl of the Wild “I’m a traveling library of smells,” says Jim, the Whole House Inspector. He raises his arms and scans himself as if taking inventory. He’s explaining why vicious dogs, nasty cats and a variety of vermin seem to tolerate him, even like him. That’s a good thing, because Jim is a trespasser on the turf of dogs, cats and vermin in the course of doing his job.

Jim has been inspecting homes since 1985. He has crawled over, under, around and through thousands of them. He’s been face-to-face with snarling, hissing, snapping creatures, in basements, attics and yards. He’s emerged, so far, with no bites, scratches or stings.

He’s been scared just once.

Jim crawled in darkness, in the dirt beneath a vacant house in the foothills. He used his flashlight like a duster, wrapping up spider webs in front of his face as he wriggled on his belly. He snaked his way around to the back, and on his return saw the silhouette of a dog lying in the dirt to the right of the access opening.

He called out. No response. He crawled a little closer, and said calmly, “I’m supposed to be here”—his standard offer of diplomacy to all creatures he encounters on the job.

The dog didn’t flinch. Jim bounced a dirt clod near the head, and then bounced one off the flank. No movement. “That’s a fight or flight situation once I hit him, so I knew something wasn’t right,” says Jim. He fixed his flashlight beam on the body and squirmed closer. Jim’s scalp tightened when he realized he was inches from a mountain lion, not a dog.

“He was dead, but hadn’t been for long.

He wasn’t stiff,” Jim says. “I had been there to inspect that house a week earlier, but the utilities were off, so I left. It turns out the Realtor put the cover on the access opening a few days before that, and must have sealed that lion in. It was a terrible tragedy. But if I had made the crawl the first time, that lion would probably have been alive, hungry, and mad ….”

Jim shuddered. “That’s scary.”

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house Century 21 Jeffries Lydon Sat. 2-4 3158 Summit Ridge Terrace (X St: Shallow Springs Terrace) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,391 Sq. Ft. $749,000 Ronnie Owen 518-0911

Sat. 2-4 3257 Canyon Oaks Terrace (X St: Shadybrook) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 4,028 Sq. Ft. $717,900 Brandi Laffins 321-9562

Sat. 11-1 4712 Songbird (X St: Keefer Rd) 5 Bd / 3 Ba, 3116 Sq.Ft. $649,000 Carolyn Fejes 966-4457

Sat. 2-4 177 Lazy S Lane (X St: Stilson Canyon) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,260 Sq. Ft. $649,000 John Wallace 514-2405

Sun. 1-4 6173 Toms Trail (X St: Humbug) 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 4,250Sq. Ft. $587,000 Katherine Ossokine 591-3837

Sat. 11-1 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4

Sat. 11-1, 2-4

Sat. 2-4 & Sun. 2-4

767 Westmont Ct (X St: W. Sacramento ) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 3515 Sq.Ft. $549,000 Tracy Simmons 925-348-2069 Brandon Siewert 828-4597

6 Via Los Arboles (X St: Oak Park Ave) 4 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2,143 Sq. Ft. $389,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562 Tracy Simmons 925-348-2069

1066 East Avenue (X St: North) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2,009 Sq. Ft. $259,000 Chris Martinez 680-4404

Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 2-4

Sat. 11-1, 2-4

10692 Player Ln ( X St: Estates Dr) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 3011 Sq.Ft. $529,000 Brandon Siewert 828-4597 Ronnie Owen 518-0911

713 Grand Teton ( X St: Godman) 2 Homes.

3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1968 Sq.Ft. $349,000 Summer Hughes 227-5729 Paul Champlin 828-2902

1193 Olive Street (X St: E. 12th Street) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,512 Sq. Ft. $235,000 Brian Bernedo 624-2118

Sun. 11-1, 2-4 1653 Carol Avenue (X St: Park Vista Drive) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,940S Sq. Ft. $454,000 Sherry Landis 514-4855 Steve Kasprzyk 518-4850

Sun. 11-1

Sat. 11-1 & Sun. 11-1

Sun. 11-1

1325 Kentfield Rd. (X St: East 1st Ave) 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,062 Sq. Ft. $449,000 Traci Cooper 520-0227 Ronnie Owen 518-0911

1721 Jetta Court (X St: 8th Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 2,024 Sq. Ft. $299,000 Patty Davis Rough 864-4329

Sun. 2-4

571 Eaton Road (X St: Godman) 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 1,723 Sq. Ft. $265,900 Like New, Fresh Paint.

Traci Cooper 520-0227

15 Abbott Circle (X St: Windham Way) 3 Bd / 3 Ba, 2,280 Sq. Ft. $405,000 Patty Davis Rough 864-4329

3006 Top Hand Ct (X St: W. Shasta) 3 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2336 Sq.Ft. $335,000 Chris Martinez 6800-4404

Sat. 11-1

Sun. 11-1, 2-4 17 Dean Way (X St: Neal Dow) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,569 Sq. Ft. $225,000 Laura Willman 680-8962

Sun. 2-4 2559 El Paso Way (X St: El Cerrito) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,227 Sq. Ft. $199,900 Alice Zeissler 518-1872

Sat. 2-4

May 1, 2014

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