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The cancer of ISIS By the time you read this, President Obama will have given his address to

the nation outlining his plan for confronting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Let’s hope it reflects a realistic view of America’s march of folly from Iraq to Libya. As should be amply clear by now, we failed utterly to create anything resembling a bastion of democracy in Iraq—at the cost of nearly 5,000 American lives and the lives of more than 100,000 Iraqis. Instead, we created a polarized state with an army that ran at the first sign of conflict, allowing ISIS to occupy a huge part of the country. With Libya, NATO was so eager to topple the dictator Muammar Gaddafi that, urged on by the United States, it bombed into shreds the country’s already fragile infrastructure and handed it over to well-armed (by us) Islamist militias that have been fighting for power ever since. This has resulted in widespread chaos, regional instability and the deaths of thousands of civilians. ISIS’ barbarous execution of two American journalists has inflamed American sensibilities, but it would be a mistake to play into the terrorists’ hands by launching another major intervention. That would just attract more jihadis to the cause. It’s enough for now to keep ISIS from expanding further. ISIS has been likened to a cancer. It needs to be treated as such. First stop it from growing, then stop feeding it. Ultimately, cutting off its sources of revenue from countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar will have more effect than bombs will. The president is wise to proceed gradually. He’s working to develop a long-term coalition, has explained his plan to the American people, and should get the backing of Congress. Relying solely on military intervention has been a colossal failure to this point. It’s time for a more nuanced approach. Ω

Chico needs a change oes Chico have a flawed form of government? DCounty That was one of the questions raised in the 2013-14 Butte Grand Jury report, which found that a “council-man-

ager form of government [such as Chico’s] lends itself to potential problems.” The council has disagreed, arguing that the council-manager model “combines the strong political leadership of elected officials … with the professional managerial experience of an appointed … manager.” Every form of government has potential weaknesses, the council notes, adding that it “does not believe the council-manager form of government, the most popuby lar in the country, is more prone to these Robert Speer weaknesses than others.” But which form of the council-manager The author, a model are we talking about? longtime Chico Boise, Idaho, where I lived in the late resident, is a former 1990s, has a council-manager form of CN&R editor. government much different from Chico’s. There the mayor is elected at large to a full-time, four-year term and is expected to be the policy-making leader in the community. The other six City Council members also are elected to four-year terms, although part-time and from districts, not at large. As in Chico, the professional city manager must be approved by the council. 4

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Chico’s model has served it well over the years, but the city has outgrown it. It now costs $15,000 or more to run an effective city-wide council campaign, too much for many otherwise qualified candidates. If they were running in districts only one-sixth the size of the city, however, they could go door to door and meet the voters personally without spending much money. Not only that, voters would know who their representative was. That’s not the case now. The current model also leads to polarization. Instead of running to represent a district, candidates—those who hope to win, anyway—run as members of one of two groups: liberals and conservatives. Both camps have veteran campaign managers and access to funding. Their only real goal is to control four or more seats on the council. Finally, I question the council’s claim that it comprises “strong political leadership.” On the contrary, it’s what I call “leadership by committee,” which is weak, not strong. Why do you think it took 20 years—20 years!—to resolve the farmers’ market conflict? There was no leadership. Having a four-year, fulltime elected mayor would be a big help. Several council members have told me privately they agree with me, but none has been willing to go public. Where do the current candidates stand? Ω

Butte’s bad call On the one hand, Butte College, and President Kimberly Perry in particular,

should be praised for dismissing a student from the football team pending the outcome of felony criminal charges he faces. On the other, the local community college has left the public with many unanswered questions. For starters, what was the school thinking when it allowed an accused rapist to join the team’s roster? Was he recruited? The fact that 20-year-old Brandon Banks was booted from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., should have served as a lot more than a red flag (see “Fumbling with felonies,” Newslines, page 8). And the fact is, Athletics Director Craig Rigsbee knew that Banks was awaiting trial in November. The young defensive back faces five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery stemming from the alleged assault of an unconscious woman in a school dormitory. Clearly, this was not the time to invite him to join the Roadrunners. This issue came to light in recent days, when a Nashville-based TV news investigative team started asking questions about Banks being allowed to play. One of Butte’s top administrators, Al Renville, acknowledged that Rigsbee had sought direction about whether a student facing criminal charges was eligible academically. He maintains the decision to allow that student to play football was the athletic director’s call. We agree that Banks is entitled to due process and shouldn’t have been denied access to enrolling at the college. But being invited to join the campus’ national championship football team is another story. Rigsbee should have known better, and Renville should have asked more questions from the athletics director. Perry, the college president, says the school is conducting an immediate review of its athletic enrollment policies. That’s a start. Beyond policy, however, the school needs to put student safety ahead of the pursuit of future football championships. Ω

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Unfriended If Doug LaMalfa had been my Facebook friend last week (he wasn’t), he probably would’ve “unfriended” me. That’s what Chico Enterprise-Record Editor David Little did. In case you missed it, I chided LaMalfa for his politics and sucking on the government teat. I was prompted to do so after reading a puff piece by Little that made our local congressman out to be just a regular, hardworking guy. You know, one of us. Sure, I poked at Little for his take in that column. It wasn’t personal, though he appears to be taking it that way. As are those close to him, including a loved one who scolded me on the social network, calling my piece a “hateful attack.” That’s a bit much. It’s also pretty thinskinned. I used to work for Little and I expected my criticism would roll off his back. He’s been a newspaperman a long time, and I’m certain he’s taken harder jabs. Maybe my comments cut too close to the bone. In any case, it’s just business. Since I’ve evidently already burned bridges, albeit unintentionally, I might as well use a flamethrower here by expounding on why I took him to task. That LaMalfa piece was the tipping point for me, after a number of off-the-mark editorials and columns, especially one with the headline “It’s all the fault of climate change.” In it, Little bragged about being a skeptic. He recalled reading in the newspaper about a predicted mini Ice Age when he was a kid in the ’70s, and how that prospect scared the tar out of him. Yet, that disaster never occurred. The takeaway, of course, is that climate change is a myth. He charged that the upshot to kids not being newspaper readers today is that they “won’t get frightened by the story talking about raging fire, rising seas and widespread death of many living things.” Indeed, instead they’ll be frightened by climate change’s very real consequences thanks to those who, like Little, chalk up the scientific community’s research to the equivalent of the boogieman. A report released this week by the World Meteorological Organization reveals that levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases reached a record high last year, in part due to a surge in carbon dioxide emissions. This scenario has very real effects. In the Gulf of Maine, rising ocean temperatures already are forcing species such as cod and herring to flee to colder water. An Audubon Society report this week predicts climate change will imperil hundreds of species of North American birds over the next 65 years. My point is, Little’s got a megaphone. He ought to use it responsibly. If I ever start using this space like he did in that instance, I’d expect to have my ass handed to me by our readers—maybe even by Little. I’m certainly not infallible. Speaking of which, after my piece last week, LaMalfa’s legislative director, Kevin Eastman, emailed me to say that it was factually inaccurate to say LaMalfa voted to cut food stamps while increasing farm subsidies. The cuts to the poor are indisputable. But Eastman charged that his boss had actually eliminated subsidies. That’s true, to a degree. LaMalfa voted on a farm bill that did eliminate direct subsidies—government largesse that for his family alone has amounted to more than $5 million. What Eastman didn’t say is that the same bill also increased another type of farming subsidy—crop insurance. I should’ve been more specific. According to Taxpayers for Common Sense, the crop insurance program is “the largest subsidy for agribusiness.” In fiscal year 2012 alone, it cost the public more than $14 billion. The conservative American Enterprise Institute estimates the 2014 regulation could cost taxpayers $15 billion more each year than the previous farm bill. Unsurprisingly, the bulk of that welfare goes to rich farmers like LaMalfa. I told Eastman I’d be happy to clear that up this week.

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Blame the media Re: “Don’t abandon downtown” (Editorial, Sept. 4): A big part of the perception problem must be laid at the feet of local media, who are increasingly relying upon sensationalist reporting to attract eyeballs for advertisers. Especially egregious in this practice is Action News Now, which has cynically featured social scareware to serve its own selfserving agenda. Late last fall they featured a story about a routine shoplifting incident with the headline “The Demise of Downtown?” The gist of it was that it is unsafe to shop in downtown Chico. Six weeks before Christmas. That isn’t just sleazy “journalism,” it’s irresponsible. Downtown Chico is the crown jewel of the tri-county area. Its proximity to the university means that it will always reflect the exuberance of the youth culture, keeping it vital and dynamic. If the rest of Chico wants to preserve a thriving commercial district, however, they’re going to have to come represent. Don’t permit the alarmist broadcast media to frighten you away from our beautiful, historic downtown. These merchants and entrepreneurs are your neighbors, and every dollar spent downtown stays in the local economy. Be part of the solution. If you let a few transient outliers keep you from patronizing the 450 businesses in the city center, you’re part of the problem.

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sands of signatures to put a fracking ban on the November ballot. Oil/gas attorneys challenged the petition based on things like the boldness of font. We won in court thanks to the tenacity of FrackFree Butte County volunteers, but then the Butte Republican party found a 30-day study in the election code—and the supervisors agreed there were questions so the study was ordered and the citizen initiative for the November ballot was pushed to 2016. The results of the “study” were flimsy and not much use to anyone. The news now is that the supervisors’ own fracking ban will be ready for public viewing on Oct. 1 and will be reviewed at the county Planning Commission on Oct. 23. All fracking ban supporters will want to consider the county ban and give full support if it meets the purpose of an effective ban. We need unified pressure on the Board of Supervisors for a ban. Join our efforts at Frack-Free Butte County online and on Facebook. CHRIS NELSON Chico

About that billboard Re “Grossly unfair images” (Letters, by Julie Danan, Aug. 28): I intended my billboard to have impact. I am horrified that my taxes pay for weapons Israel uses to wreak carnage on Palestinians in Gaza. Pain caused by the billboard to the rabbi’s community is probably less than the pain of those who love the thousands of dead and maimed in Gaza. If Israel had not killed with such vengeance so many children, I would not have done the billboard. If community relations are harmed by this, they must be rather shallow. Palestinians have justified anger that is reflected in the barrage of rockets into Israel. Those rockets could be targeted at the military. Trouble is, the rockets are too primitive to target anything. Israel is definitely Goliath. Palestinians don’t have much other than their lives with which to resist Israel’s brutal occupation. When Palestinians held an Israeli soldier hostage, for a time they had some leverage. The Palestinians did capture and shoot three Israeli teens. In retaliation, Israelis captured, tortured and burned alive a Palestinian teen. Early Zionist groups routinely used terrorism to gain the state of Israel. Fair resolution or violence forever? LJ COOKE Butte Valley

“Let’s just say no to the banners. Wouldn’t it be more helpful to get to know some of Chico’s [by some estimates 80] homeless veterans and provide them with some shelter before winter?”

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Not fans of the banners Re “Military banners issue booted” (Downstroke, Aug. 21): Instead of helping veterans, the banner proposal probably will result in encouraging more impressionable young people to join the military. And if they do, if an 18year-old Chicoan joins the Army and goes to the Middle East and makes it back, research shows that they are more likely to be more homeless, more unemployed and more suicidal than their friends who did not go. How sad. Why be a party to encouraging more young Chicoans to go that route? Let’s just say no to the banners. Wouldn’t it be more helpful to get to know some of Chico’s [by some estimates 80] homeless veterans and provide them with some shelter before winter? The tiny home village that CHAT is working on would be a more meaningful and durable response to the situation of many veterans and other homeless members of our community. CHARLES WITHUHN Chico

Military banners? Ha! I thought they were referring to the American flags now hanging all over town. I cringe whenever I see them, reminded of the WWII movies where Nazi flags hang from every perch. Historically, freedom is inversely proportionate to patriotic reminders. Want to snuff out freedom? Pass a bill and call it the Patriot Act. Gen. Eisenhower, when exiting the presidency, warned of the military-industrial complex. The American flag is a military banner. The U.S. now has military bases in 130 other countries and counting, all smugly flying stars and stripes on foreign soil. Soon school children will have to “pledge allegiance to the flag …” Oh, wait, they already do that. ROLAND MCNUTT Chico

Editor’s note: For more on this topic, see Newslines, page 11.

We need Medi-Cal providers Re “The primary care quandary” (Healthlines, by Howard Hardee, Aug. 14): My impression is that Chico

Immediate Care provides valuable services and I can appreciate the owner’s business acumen for securing, via the CN&R, such an extensive ad for his new business venture. Mostly I am disappointed. By far the major impact of a nationwide shortage of primary care physicians is felt by those with some form of Medicaid. How does the opening of another clinic that refuses to take Medi-Cal constitute a service to our community? DEREK SAYRE Chico

A little comparison Does everybody know that Chico City Manager Mark Orme makes $207,500 a year while Gov. Jerry Brown makes $173,987? Or here’s another. Chico Fire Capt. Dave Main makes $199,938 (excluding benefits) and U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel makes $199,700? We are supporting the election of Mark Sorensen (R), Scott Gruendl (D) and Reanette Fillmer (R) as the candidates most likely to do something about [city employee compensation]. But we all need to keep the pressure on them. The other candidates have refused to make a commitment, or support the current pay scales, or are proposing a sales tax increase to overpay even more. MICHAEL JONES Chico

Correction In his City Council story last week (“City Council points fingers,” Newslines, Sept. 4), Robert Speer incorrectly reported that “[c]onservative gadfly Stephanie Taber ... once again lashed out at [Mayor Scott] Gruendl for his alleged ‘mismanagement’ while calling [Vice Mayor Mark] Sorensen ‘a hero’ for having uncovered it.” In fact, Loretta Torres, another conservative gadfly who regularly attends council meetings, made those remarks. Our apologies for the error. It has been corrected online. –ed. More letters online:

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Chico firefighters saved an elderly man on Friday (Sept. 5) after he unintentionally set fire to the carpet in his home. Acting Chico Fire Capt. Jim Lucanic and his engine crew responded to a report of a smoke alarm at a mobile home on Henshaw Avenue that day around 9 a.m., according to a press release. Lucanic entered the smoke-filled home and found an elderly man unconscious on the hallway floor; the man was taken outside and regained consciousness after receiving medical attention. Lucanic and firefighter Kyle Mallinger extinguished the flames and saved the man’s dog. Firefighters determined the ignition source was an unattended cigarette; damage was limited to the carpet and nearby clothing.

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A burned body was found on Sept. 3 on a rural stretch of the Oro-Quincy Highway east of Mountain House. Around 7 p.m. that day, the Butte County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a car on fire along the highway, and the call was transferred to Cal Fire, according to a BCSO press release. Fire responders found a corpse in the burning vehicle; investigators are treating the “suspicious death” as a homicide and have been tight-lipped on details. The identity and sex of the deceased have not been released. It’s the third time in recent memory area law enforcement officials have reported the discovery of a burned corpse. In May, the body of Marat Magdeev, a 21-year-old Russian-born man, was found burned beyond recognition in a walnut orchard south of Hamilton City. Then, in early June, the body of 29-year-old Andrew Curbow was found in a burning car parked in an orchard west of Chico. That death was ruled a suicide.

MAYORAL SUPPORT

Chico City Council candidate Forough Molina (pictured) announced at a press conference Tuesday (Sept. 9) in front of the downtown Our Hands sculpture that she has the endorsements of the current and nine former Chico mayors. “I am delighted and encouraged by the support of these community leaders, whose service spans over 40 years,” she said in a prepared statement. The supporting mayors who joined her at the press conference were current Councilwomen Mary Goloff (2012-13) and Ann Schwab (2008-12), as well as Michael McGinnis (1994-96), Andy Holcombe (2006-08) and Karl Ory (1983-85). Other mayoral supporters are current Mayor Scott Gruendl, Butte County Supervisor Maureen Kirk (2002-04), Shelton Enochs (1988-90), Mardi Worley (1981-83) and Bill Nichols (1971-73). Molina, a mother of four, said it is important that people continue to get out into the community, despite concerns of a transient problem. “Shying away from the downtown isn’t going to help,” she said. 8

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Fumbling with felonies Butte College Athletics Department includes high-profile rape defendant on Roadrunner football roster, then boots him Vanderbilt University football player Aroleformer currently facing charges in Tennessee for his in the alleged gang rape of an unconscious

female student was included on this season’s Butte College football roster, but booted from the team Tuesday (Sept. 9) as his legal status came by Ken Smith to light. The inclusion of a highkens@ profile rape suspect on the team newsreview.com is particularly vexing in light of a history of off-field violence by Butte players, and the school’s inclusion in May on a list of institutions being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education for its handling of sexual assaults and harassment complaints. Neither the school’s administration, nor the Athletics Department, has thus far taken responsibility for suiting up Banks, an apparent violation of the school’s own policy regarding athlete conduct. Brandon Banks, 20, of Maryland, is currently facing five counts of aggravated rape and two counts of aggravated sexual battery from a June 2013 incident that garnered national attention. Banks has been out on bond and awaiting trial, which is expected to begin in Nashville in November. He pleaded not guilty in August 2013. Also accused are Brandon Vandenburg, 21; JaBorian “Tip” McKenzie, 20; and Cory Batey, 20. Vandenburg allegedly took pictures and video as the victim was repeatedly sexually assaulted. Butte College announced that Banks was off the team effective immediately on Tuesday, after Nashville NBC affiliate WSMV—followed by Action News Now—reported Monday (Sept. 8) he was a defendant in the Vanderbilt case. “Butte College has a strong code of conduct

for all student athletes, and clearly with the charges pending, the student should not have been allowed to participate on the team,” Butte College President Dr. Kimberly Perry said via press release. “We remain committed to providing a safe and secure learning and working environment for students, faculty and staff. “We also ask that the public respect the students’ [sic] privacy and let the judicial process work before the student is pre-judged to be guilty of any crime.” Al Renville, director of student services, explained he was contacted “about three weeks ago” by Butte College Athletics Director Craig Rigsbee to inquire about Banks’ academic eligibility in light of having been accused of a sexual assault in another state. Renville said Rigsbee provided no further details about the nature of Banks’ alleged offenses. “My response to him was the same as it would be regarding anyone else applying to Butte College,” Renville said in a phone interview Tuesday. “As long as they’re a high school graduate and at least 18 years of age, anyone and everyone has the ability to apply to and attend any of the community colleges in the state of California, including Butte. Whether he could play on the team or not was totally the decision of the coach and athletic director.” Renville deferred questions about how much more Rigsbee and football coach Jeff Jordan knew about Banks’ case, and whether Banks was actively

recruited by Butte College, to the Athletics Department. But during a phone interview, Rigsbee told the CN&R he would “absolutely not” comment on the matter, referred all questions to Renville, and abruptly hung up the phone. Jordan did not return requests for an interview. Renville said Banks, a defensive back, was asked to leave the team because his inclusion on the roster “caused a disruption at the institution and to the football team to the extent that it was better he’s not on the team.” He also said Banks was still a student as of Tuesday. “Whether he decides to stay at Butte College and in the area is up to him,” Renville said, adding that Banks’ mandatory court appearances—the next is in late October—could take a toll on his academic pursuits. “That type of absence, to avail himself of legal proceedings, is not an excusable absence, so handling that would be between him and his instructors.” The Butte College football team currently

holds the national and state championship titles in its division. It was also the country’s top community college team in 2008, has churned out a number of National Football League players— most famously former Super Bowl and NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers—and has consistently earned accolades for its performance on the field. But the conduct of some players off the field has long been a source of controversy, particular-

Brandon Banks is one of four former Vanderbilt University players expelled from that school after the alleged 2013 gang rape of an unconscious female student. He started the fall 2014 semester at Butte College. BUTTE COLLEGE PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE

ly when it comes to violent crime. In 1997, two drunken Roadrunner players beat a man named Lloyd Green to death in an alley in a south campus neighborhood. Three years earlier, a Butte College football player shot a teammate during a dispute, leaving the victim paralyzed from the waist down. Though no charges were filed, in April 2012 a Chico State student alleged that several then-Butte College players severely beat him and others at a house party near the university (See “Off sides,” Newslines, April 19, 2012). Rigsbee acknowledged then that the Butte players were involved in the 2012 scuffle, but downplayed the incident: “In this particular instance, I think there was a bunch of good kids on both sides, some tempers flared, and the situation just didn’t need to go to that extent,” he said. Rigsbee also touted the fact that all Butte athletes adhere to an honor code, officially known as the “Butte College Student-Athlete Code of Conduct.” The agreement includes the stipulation that players charged with felonies cannot participate until the director of athletics does an investigation. Conviction of a felony results in immediate dismissal. With no comment from Butte athletics, it’s unknown what kind of investigation—if any—was conducted regarding Banks. Butte College also has been scrutinized for its handling of sexual assault and harassment complaints. In May, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the school was on a list of educational institutions under investigation for its handling of a 2012 off-campus sexual assault involving two Butte students. “Being on that list was something that obviously surprised us,” Renville said, explaining the college investigated the matter as it’s legally obligated to do, but one of the parties involved was unhappy with Butte’s decision and appealed to the OCR. “We communicated [to the OCR] our new policies and procedures, and they responded that they felt we were doing a great job. We hadn’t heard from them since, until they announced we were on that list. They’ve chosen to literally do nothing about that case in the last year and a half, and we haven’t heard one word from them.” Perry’s press release said an immediate review of athletic enrollment policies will take place. She also stated that Banks could still attend Butte College, as the college is an open-enrollment campus. If he is found not guilty, or the charges are dropped, his participation on the football team could be re-examined. Ω

A face on the victim Family of man murdered at 7-Eleven says he has been unfairly characterized wo young men were recently overheard at TMain the 7-Eleven at the corner of First and streets. They were discussing the brutal

killing that had taken place just outside that convenience store the previous weekend. One of them was less than compassionate, summing the incident up with a shrug: “Two bums killed another bum.” Though crudely put, that’s basically what initial reports indicated. According to police, early on Aug. 31, Stephanie Vogel, 23, and Joshua Epstein, 30, allegedly beat 44-yearold Randell Sexton with a skateboard and repeatedly stabbed him in the head and upper torso. Sexton was unresponsive when first responders arrived; he was pronounced dead on arrival at Enloe Medical Center. Both suspects and the victim were described by police as “known transients.” Technically, Sexton did not have a home address at the time of his death, his family said. That’s because he was in the process of moving from the Santa Barbara County town of Goleta to Chico, where he was set to begin contracting work with a close friend. Sexton and his fiancée, Jenny Tighe, had immediate plans to rent a home in Chico. So calling him a “transient”—not to mention more crass terms—is a characterization his surviving family maintains is inaccurate and offensive. “We wanted to put a human face on all of this,” said Dara Sexton, Randell Sexton’s aunt. “He had a place to go, a place to stay. He wasn’t a transient living under bridges and going from town to town.” Dara spoke with the CN&R by phone as she, Tighe and Randell Sexton’s mother, Diane Sexton, made the drive to Chico to

attend Vogel and Epstein’s court appearance on Wednesday, Sept. 10. Dara said the trio, overcome with grief, had been taking turns at the wheel. “We want to see the people who murdered my nephew and my sister’s son,” Dara said of Sexton’s alleged killers. “We want to look in their faces.” Sexton was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in

1970, and graduated from high school there, Dara said. He did fairly well in school, though he “was not an excellent student. He had his friends, but he was very artistic, too, so he enjoyed his time alone.” He didn’t pursue higher education, inclined rather to make his living as a woodworker. Though Sexton’s spirit was adventurous and he relocated regularly—Dara described him as “a modern-day hippie, bouncing around to the next new thing”—he always found work in construction. As an adult, he was an avid cyclist and accomplished guitarist. He met his fiancée, Tighe, at a music festival in Colorado. But Dara didn’t sugarcoat Sexton’s story, acknowledging he had “brushed with the law” on several occasions. Butte County Superior Court records indicate a man named Randell Sexton has an extensive criminal history here, most recently in 2010 for possession of a controlled substance. Dara said that a friend of Sexton’s had recently offered him a job building a house

SIFT|ER Jumpstarting the discussion The Federal Communications Commission has released nearly 450,000 public comments regarding net neutrality (see this week’s cover story, page 18) since announcing proposed rule changes in May. By analyzing the volume of comments and submission dates, Pew Research Center found that, while major media outlets have given the issue press, it took a comedian’s cable TV sketch to get the public really engaged. In the week prior to a June 1 sketch about net neutrality on HBO’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, the FCC received 3,076 comments; in the following week, it received 79,838—an influx that reportedly helped crash the commission’s online comment system.

Randell Sexton (left) was killed outside the 7-Eleven at the corner of First and Main streets early in the morning of Aug. 31. INSET PHOTO COURTESY OF RANDELL SEXTON’S FAMILY

in the area. Traveling by plane and bus, Sexton arrived in Chico the day he was slain; Tighe planned to join him soon after. According to the Chico Police Department’s Detective Bureau, Sexton’s killing that night was preceded by an argument with Vogel and Epstein. “From what we’ve been told by witnesses, the verbal altercation that took place before the fight was minimal,” CPD Sgt. Matt Madden told the CN&R last week. “It’s a little hard to believe that a few mixed words in a parking lot could lead to such a violent crime.” Sexton’s mother, Diane, was on vacation in Ireland when he was killed. A sheriff’s deputy arrived at her home in Barstow and spoke to her housekeeper, who then contacted Dara. It was tremendously difficult to deliver the news, Dara said. “I can’t imagine the hell my sister’s going through,” Dara said. “It was just awful hearing what happened, the brutal way he died. It was unbelievable.” Diane was home in Barstow within 24 hours, and has been in regular contact with local police officials since. “Chico police have been awesome, they’ve really been compassionate,” Dara said. “We appreciate the way they’ve gotten us through this, because we’re just at a loss.” From an emotional standpoint, more hardship is to come for Sexton’s family members—they’ll soon view the surveillance video of his killing. “I need to see what happened,” Dara said. “A lot of times I can detach myself; I’m a nurse, I’ve seen some awful things. I might not be able to take it, but I need to see what happened in those minutes before his death.” Vogel and Epstein, currently in Butte County Jail, were arraigned in Butte County Superior Court on Sept. 4. Vogel faces a felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon—the skateboard—and Epstein is charged with murder, along with a special allegation that he used a knife. As of CN&R’s deadline, neither defendant had entered a plea. —HOWARD HARDEE howardh@newsreview.com

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provision of public health insurance that many Californians don’t—but likely will very soon. It’s called “estate recovery.” After a Medi-Cal subscriber dies, the state can make a claim against assets bequeathed to heirs to recover money paid out for medical services. Exemptions do preclude many families from facing repayment, but the state still makes thousands of recoveries annually, generating tens of millions of dollars. “This is a surprise for a lot of people,” Plottel, partner in the Chico law firm Harris & Plottel, said of Medi-Cal estate recovery. Even well-versed subscribers may not realize all that’s at stake. “A lot of people think their home is exempt—which it is for eligibility purposes—and so they have this misconception that it’s also protected from recovery,” Plottel said. Attention on estate recovery has magnified since a reform bill— Senate Bill 1124—passed the Legislature in late August. It would scale back the practice, most notably prohibiting claims against the estates of surviving spouses and limiting the types of health care services that qualify. Gov. Jerry Brown had a month to sign or veto SB 1124. (As of the CN&R’s press deadline, he had done neither, in the face of budget pressure for a veto.) Estate recovery is not new. California implemented it in 1981—12 years before the federal government required states to attempt to recoup Medicaid expenditures on long-term care (that is, permanent institutionalization of patients of any age, or extended support for patients 55 and older). Extending estate recovery to other medical services is each state’s choice; California opted to in 1993. Primarily an issue involving older-adult subscribers, estate recovery piqued the attention of state legislators with the expansion of Medi-Cal under the Affordable Care Act. Instead of considering assets along with income to determine if applicants exceed program limits, the state began using only income. So-called “expanded

Medi-Cal” also has recovery rules distinct from “traditional MediCal,” including an age exemption. In the text of SB 1124, Sen. Ed Hernandez (D—West Covina) calls estate recovery “a deterrent to signing people up for Medi-Cal” and says it undercuts the notion of insurance “by essentially turning Medi-Cal coverage for basic medical services into a loan program, with collection taking place at death.” Norman Williams, deputy director of public affairs for the California Department of Health Care Services, told the CN&R that Medi-Cal estate recovery “only affects a very, very small proportion of our members. The amount we collect is quite low compared to the amount spent on the program … and there are many opportunities for people to avoid these types of estate recoveries.” Since 1993, California has collected $978 million through estate recovery, which DHCS says represents .15 percent of the $621 billion spent on Medi-Cal in that 20-year span. The Department of Finance’s analysis of SB 1124 cites a budget impact of $30 million for fiscal year 2014-15, including a $15 million loss from the general fund. DHCS does not estimate how

many recoveries it attempts but, rather, reports how many cases it closes. For fiscal year 2012-13, that was nearly 4,000. The average claim is $95,000, DHCS says, with the average amount collected $15,000. “Hardship exemptions are easy to submit,” Williams said, “and we will consider that in making our determination. In many, many cases that is accepted, as you can tell by the average collection as compared to what we normally ask for.” If a Medi-Cal member owns nothing upon death, DHCS says, the state will seek nothing. The state also will not pursue recovery from a living spouse/domestic partner or a child under 21 (any age if blind or disabled). Otherwise, the state can make a claim—within three years of notifying the trustee—either equaling the cost of Medi-Cal services provided or the value of the estate, whichever is less. SB 1124 aside, Plottel said Medi-Cal subscribers can use methods such as trusts and asset transfers to avoid estate recovery, but “you don’t want to revolve your estate plan around potential Medi-Cal recovery.” —EVAN TUCHINSKY evant@newsreview.com

Fire Capt. David Main was the project coordinator and designer for the 9/11 memorial that sits outside Chico Fire Station 5. A dedication is planned for Thursday (Sept. 11), 11 a.m., at the monument (1777 Manzanita Ave.). PHOTO BY BRITTANY WATERSTRADT

Banner reduction recommended Committee Committeesuggests suggeststoning toning down downmilitary militarymessage message

hico’s Internal Affairs Committee voted Capproval, Wednesday, Sept. 10, to recommend with some restrictions, of a request

by a local nonprofit to display banners on street light poles honoring local active-duty military personnel. The recommendation limits both the location of the banners as well as the number of days they can fly. Chico Military Heroes had initially asked for a license to display the banners along East First, Mariposa and East avenues year-round. The issue came to the committee, which is made up of Councilmembers Tami Ritter, Ann Schwab and Sean Morgan, based on a vote by the full council last month that bought some time on a touchy and emotional issue. Those supporting the banners, which feature a photographic image of an active service member along with his or her name and military branch, argued the displays are an appropriate means of honoring those protecting our freedoms. Those opposed, including some veterans, said that, while they support the individual soldiers, they do not support the nation’s penchant for military action. After listening to more than 20 members of the public, the committee acted on a motion by Schwab recommending that the council allow the banners only along East Avenue, west from Mariposa to the railroad tracks near Highway 32, and for only 30 days a year, surrounding a holiday such as Veterans Day or Memorial Day. Those asking to fly the banners would determine which holiday. The motion also rejected a request that a city fee of $2,100 be waived. One of the men behind the nonprofit is Chris Nicodemus, a retired California Highway Patrol officer, who said the idea is to thank those who are serving. He addressed the commission to give background on an idea that was first broached three years ago. “We detest the idea of war and are not shills for military,” he said in anticipation of the complaints that were to come. Speakers included Butch Frederickson, president of Butte County’s branch of Vietnam Veterans of America. He spoke of how poorly those veterans were treated when they returned from war. He said his group wants to honor those future vets. “Isn’t it time our elected officials said

Internal Affairs Committee members, left to right: Sean Morgan (wearing a baseball cap honoring the air-craft carrier his father served on), Ann Schwab and Tami Ritter watch along with City Manager Mark Orme as Chris Nicodemus unfurls an example of the banners his group, Chico Military Heroes, wants to display. PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE

‘Welcome home’ and ‘Thank you’?” he asked the commission. Butte County Supervisor, veteran and former Chico City Councilman Larry Wahl said the “program does not glorify or promote war.” And he mentioned that, a few years ago, the city honored Hmong hero Gen. Vang Pao, whose statue stands in front of City Hall, about 20 feet from where the meeting was being held. Those speaking out against the matter included Vietnam vets Robert Trausch and Michael Pike. Trausch said he served in the Marines and had friends who were killed or came home missing limbs. “Most young men and women go into the military today because they have no other choices,” he said, referring to the country’s lingering economic problems. He said there should instead be efforts to make sure today’s returning vets are properly taken care of. Pike said he served two tours in Vietnam as a Green Beret. “I am a warrior and conflicted in coming here,” he said, adding that he wanted to represent veterans on the matter. “I honor the intentions of this group who wants to fly the banners. This is just not the appropriate way to honor them.” He suggested flying the banners on private, rather than public, property and also objected to flying them near schools, as they may help recruit students into the military. “I saw a lot of combat and I don’t consider myself a hero,” he said. Chuck Greenwood said he’d rather see the streets uncluttered by banners, calling them “junk mail on trees.” He also said granting this request would set a precedent and allow the Ku Klux Klan and the American Nazi Party to also apply for banner displays. The matter will now go back to the full council with the commission’s recommendation. —TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

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OBESITY BY THE NUMBERS

California’s rate of obesity is fifth lowest in the nation, but remains significantly higher than in decades past, a report finds. The study, collaborated on by Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found that 24.1 percent of California residents are obese—defined as a body mass index of 30 or higher, according to California Healthline. But that rate was 9.9 percent in 1990 and 21.5 percent in 2004. West Virginia and Mississippi shared the highest rate of obesity, at 35.1 percent, while Colorado had the lowest at 21.3 percent. California has implemented a series of public policies aimed at curbing obesity rates, the report noted, including new physical education requirements and overhauled nutrition standards in schools. To view the full report, which categorizes obesity rates by age groups, income, location and race, go to www.stateofobesity.org/ states/ca.

OF IMMIGRANTS AND OBAMACARE

Nearly 100,000 people who purchased health insurance through Covered California have failed to verify their lawful U.S. residency and stand to lose their coverage. Spokesman James Scullary said about 92,000 people who purchased coverage through the state’s health exchange marketplace under the Affordable Care Act didn’t respond to a request to clarify their immigration status, while a further 6,000 provided incomplete information, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee said the exchange will use a “multichannel approach to notify individuals who risk losing coverage.” The exchange recently began mailing affected individuals, while immigration documentation can be uploaded via CoveredCA.com.

BUDS FOR ALL (IN BERKELEY)

Medical marijuana dispensaries in Berkeley will be required to donate at least 2 percent of their cannabis to low-income residents under a city mandate set to go into effect next August. The Berkeley City Council voted unanimously to pass the law in July, hoping to make the drug— which costs up to $400 an ounce at dispensaries—more affordable for everyone, according to The New York Times. Only Berkeley residents will be eligible for free cannabis, and individuals will be required to provide proof of an income less than $32,000 a year, or $46,000 for a family of four. Mayor Tom Bates emphasized marijuana’s medicinal applications, particularly for cancer patients or those with chronic pain. Insurance companies refuse to cover such treatments, however, since marijuana remains illegal under federal law. “There are some truly compassionate cases that need to have medical marijuana,” Bates said. “But it’s expensive.” Send your health-related news tips to Howard Hardee at howardh@newsreview.com.

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a pharmacist, Kandida Madery often Acaresencounters a malady related to the health system itself: sticker shock.

Customers pick up prescriptions and get surprised by the price tag, either because they didn’t know their share of the cost (known as a copay) or that their insurance doesn’t cover the particular drug prescribed by their physician. This occurs frequently at the start of the year, when plans change and deductibles reset, but Madery says confusion is commonplace all year long. “When there was a wide umbrella of things that were commonly covered, it didn’t happen so much that they met a roadblock,” she said. Madery is the outpatient pharmacy manager at Feather River Hospital in Paradise. “I think a lot of the problem is they’re unaware that their insurance plan does have a formulary.” That’s the key word: formulary. The term refers to a list of pharmaceuticals approved by an insurer that also delineates the cost to subscribers. Insurers categorize drugs in “tiers” with corresponding copays. Clare Krusing, director of communications for America’s Health Insurance Plans (an industry trade association), said that formularies “encourage the use of safe, effective and affordable medication. The decision to include any particular drug on a

formulary is made by a committee composed of physicians, pharmacists and other experts; this committee … is constantly reviewing scientific literature and information, and this provides the foundation for evaluating the benefits and particular outcomes of drugs for patients.” For the classification of drugs, she said, “lower-cost tiers typically are generic medications…. As you get into higher tiers, there will be changes in the cost-sharing structure—and as consumers, broadly speaking, looking at the prices of those drugs and prescription medication, it’s important to note that benefits like formularies are designed to broaden access, but benefit design alone can’t address the underlying cost.” The cost—actual cost, what manufacturers charge and how that translates into pharmacy prices—is the result of a complicated interplay. Krusing said insurers not

only negotiate reimbursement rates with pharmacies but also negotiate prices with drug-makers. In the process, insurers may designate a “preferred actual manufacturer” and put its medication on a lower-cost tier than the same drug from another company. Generally, Madery said, tiers reflect the price the pharmacy pays; in other words, the more expensive the drug, the higher the copay. Yet, because of what she called “little quirky things” in the system, common wisdom doesn’t always hold. For instance, not every generic has the lowest copay and every brand name the highest. Patients who aren’t surprised by price may

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team,” says Michelle Nye, Community Outreach Manager. Care is provided throughout Butte County and can be provided whether you live in your home, an assisted living facility, a skilled nursing facility or Hospice House. Paradise Hospice House is Butte County’s only hospice house. It provides individualized 24-hour care and no restricted visiting hours. This facility includes 6 private patient rooms with semiprivate bathrooms, a low flow air mattress, a lift-assist recliner and a hide-a-bed sofa for family wanting to stay with you. To contact Paradise Hospice or to initiate care, call (530) 877-8755. This service is Medicare and Medi-Cal certified and covered by most private insurances.

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HEALTHLINES must request approval to prescribe from the insurer before the insurer will reimburse the pharmacy. “There’ve been more instances than we can count of patients having tests that they don’t need or having to get treatments that aren’t necessary for treating their condition,” Krusing explained. “Plans want to avoid that—it’s costly for the consumer; it’s costly for the health system.” Not surprisingly, prior authorizations aren’t the favorite part of a physician’s day. Doctors, particularly in primary care, already have their hands full with formularies and other variations from the multitude of insurance policies. “Most people have no idea what they cover,” said Dr. Brad Smith, owner of Chico Immediate Care. “The patient sure doesn’t, and most primary-care guys don’t have the time to pick up a formulary and read through it for 400 different insurance plans. “They’re not always making the best decision. What they’re doing is trying to guess at what’s covered, not what they think is best for the patient.” Smith recently installed a new electronic health records system in his clinic that enables him to access the formulary for each patient, but it still won’t tell him what tier a drug falls into, so he gets calls from harried pharmacists and frustrated patients. Smith, who in his 30-year career has spoken for major pharmaceutical companies and also worked on developing a health plan, deems formularies “an abject attempt to control cost by insurance compa-

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nies by controlling what doctors prescribe.” He understands the motivation to control cost: “In a way, there’s nothing wrong with that, if the generic is just as good. It’s where the generic isn’t going to do as good as something else you want, and you can’t get the other drug— that’s when it comes up a problem.” Insurers aren’t the ultimate authorities, however; they are subject to regulations, both for medications provided and for medications they decline to provide. According to Rodger Butler from the California Department of Managed Healthcare, “all plans must have procedures in place that allow an enrollee access to medically necessary drugs not covered on the plan’s formulary if their condition warrants the use of such drugs. If a health plan denies access to a nonformulary drug on the basis that it is not medically necessary, the enrollee has the right to an independent medical review.” Patients can get a review through the DMHC Help Center: (www.HealthHelp.ca.gov or 888-466-2219). Hopefully, before reaching that DESIGNER point, patients will get to know JEN_PU their formulary. Madery suggests checking an insurance card for a phone number or website, then getting a copy. Look it over. Bring it to the doctor’s office and pharmacy. In any case, don’t hesitate to consult your pharmacist, especially in the event of sticker shock. “Speak up,” Madery said. “We always welcome questions.” Ω

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GREENWAYS Organizers and presenters of Wewowis gather before the event to prepare for the opening ceremony. Top row, left to right: Jessica McDougal, Francine Stuelpnagel, Sherri Scott, Kristin Oldham, Jeanne Christopherson. Bottom row: Lily Rothrock, Kelly Munson.

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hree years ago, six Chico-area women TWomen’s caravanned to the Northern California Herbal Symposium, a popular,

thrice-yearly women-centered campout in Mendocino County that features workshops, networking and celebration of all things female. Kristin Oldham, one of the Chico cohorts, returned home inspired. “When women gather intentionally, something magic happens,” she said. “They can let go of their societal images and just be themselves, whatever that looks like for each woman, for a few days.” Oldham’s inspiration turned into a vision, which was shared and built with a dozen others, and is coming to fruition this month, with Weaving Women’s Wisdom, a weekend campout (Sept. 27-28) consisting of workshops, ceremonies and celebrations, at Lake Concow Campground. More than 100 women—almost all of whom are local—already have registered. They join the 13 organizers, 20 children (who will be attended to thanks to free child care offered during workshop hours), and the 25 presenters for the event, which already has gained a nickname, Wewowis—pronounced “wee-woh-wizz”—and which organizers hope will be an annual offering. Recently, several of the organizers met

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under the shade of the large walnut tree at the GRUB Cooperative to paint massive papier-mâché masks for the event’s opening ceremony. “We’re going to bust into dance” with the masks, said Jessica McDougal, who, as an artist, has taken the lead in the mask-making task. “It’s a kooky theatrical opening,” she added, noting that the ceremony, like the whole gathering, encourages participation by attendees as well as organizers and presenters. After the opening ceremony, participants will break off into workshops. Communal meals, evening “creative offerings around the fire” and night “heart songs” follow. The second day will feature another round of workshops and meals, a ceremony to celebrate women at various stages of their lives, and a closing circle. The Northern California Women’s Herbal Symposium has run successfully since 1991, and its structure has partially informed the creation of Wewowis. “It feels so good to try to get something like that in [the] Chico [area]—so we don’t all have to go there,” said co-organizer Francine Stuelpnagel, who is assisting with child care at the event.

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Wewowis, Sept. 27-28, Lake Concow Campground. Registration is required and open until Sept. 19. Tickets offered on a sliding scale ($80-$160). Learn more at weavingwomenswisdom.yolasite.com, or at the GRUB CSA booth at either the Saturday farmers’ market or the Thursday Night Market.

In February, Oldham sent out a call to Chico-

area women in an attempt to create a gathering. Out of that initial meeting, 13 women, who “all feel passionate about building an inspirational culture for women of all ages and backgrounds to join in and learn and grow with each other,” came together, Oldham explained. Initial team building, “democratic, consensus-oriented” visioning meetings, and the formation of subcommittees with names like “Sharing the Wisdom” (in charge of workshops) and “Sharing the Excitement” (responsible for promotion) followed. “We have already received a great deal of support from local women. For instance, we chose 25 amazing workshops from over 40 applications,” Oldham said. The instructors, from Butte County or nearby, will focus on a wide range of topics: herbal medicine, earth skills, writing and leadership development, lacto-fermentation, dance and seed-saving— to name a few. “The workshops are chosen to appeal to a lot of people,” explained Oldham, noting that the presenters will be businesspeople, Chico State and Butte College professors, and others who have practiced in their fields for years. They hope that the breadth and quality of offerings will encourage local women of all walks of life to join. Inclusivity was a cornerstone of the organization of Wewowis, Oldham said. “That’s really our goal, to create a place that’s inclusive, that whoever chooses to join

is welcome and has a feeling of belonging,” she said. Kelly Munson, a co-organizer and presenter who will lead a crafts workshop for young women, agrees. “Not everyone will be drawn to camping in the woods and spending two days with 100 women of all ages who they may not know well,” she admitted, but she said she hopes Wewowis will attract “women who feel drawn to one or more of the many aspects of this gathering.” Her list of those aspects goes beyond the titles of the workshops and includes: connection with nature, personal exploration, learning new crafts and developing deeper connections with other local women. While many women-only groups—from menstrual-cycle-focused “moon circles” to book clubs to professional conferences— already exist locally, “this gathering is just one more way for women to connect and deepen relationships,” Munson explained. Its “women’s only” focus has drawn groans from male friends and family, some of the organizers admitted, but the group maintains its desire to appeal to only women. “This is not a separatist movement in any way,” Oldham said. “Women gathering together is just natural for us—whether it is for a knitting circle or political activism, women have a great deal in common, and we thrive when we feel connected, seen and understood by each other. “When women feel empowered and supported, they will likely bring that positive energy home to their families, their social circles, their professional lives and any other community involvement they have.” Ω

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NATURE FLIX This year’s Wild and Scenic Film Festival— the eighth annual event hosted by Friends of Butte Creek—has been expanded to be bigger than ever, with a full day of events on Saturday, Sept. 13. The festival’s lineup includes environmental, educational and exciting adventure films for children and adults at the Pageant Theatre (351 E. Sixth St.) early in the day, including the award-winning documentary DamNation. The festival migrates to the Sierra Nevada Big Room (1075 E. 20th St.) for the evening for more films, a buffet and silent auction. Tickets are $5-$25. Go to www.butte creek.org for more information.

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Party with a princess A tiny girl ran squealing to her mother at a recent Thursday Night Market. “Mommy! I got to wear a crown!” she said breathlessly, a starry smile on her face. It was a typical encounter with young visitors at the Enchantment Princess Parties booth. Kids of all ages were invited to don a rhinestone tiara to have their photos taken with theatrically costumed Cinderella, Tinker Bell or Ariel characters. If the kids weren’t already enraptured, they also were offered a colorful lollipop. Trisha Wells, 37, could be called the “drama queen” behind the operation. Several months ago she founded the company that offers visits from popular characters for children’s parties and other events. Enchantment Princesses can be seen again at the Thursday Night Market in downtown Chico, on Sept. 25, for the last market of the season. Its booth is near Fourth and Broadway by the City Plaza. Princesses also can be booked for private parties and other events. For more information, visit www.enchantmentprincess parties.com.

How did you get the idea for this business? I’ve always been involved in theater, and this area is just lacking in children’s entertainment. There are face-painters, and one clown I know of. But when it comes to children’s parties, there’s a shortage.

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Our princesses show up and tell stories, lead songs, games and a craft. There’s also a coronation ceremony, where everyone gets a tiara. The princess also cuts and serves the cake. There’s a makeover session—light makeup because the kids are young—and they get a little tattoo and glitter. In places like San Francisco, the prices are much higher, but because of where we are, we cut the prices.

Describe your theatrical background. I was born and raised in Paradise, and did theater at Theatre on the Ridge, and when I was in college at UC Davis. Also, at the J Street Theatre in Sacramento. But my degree was in microbiology. My day job is at Feather River Hospital, where I’m a cardiographic technician. I do EKGs, stress tests, cardiac monitoring and neurology. I do moonlight as a Fairy Godmother sometimes—I’m not a princess anymore. There’s an age limit for that.

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and a daughter who’s 4. She thinks it’s amazing. She gets to be friends with all the princesses.

Lots of people around here like to dress up. Can people apply for jobs with you? On Facebook, we hold open auditions. People can sing a song, and tell about themselves, then I can arrange to meet them in person. Right now I have three actresses who portray seven princesses. All of them need to be able to play any of the characters. I’d like to expand that to include lots more. I’d like for it to grow, to expand beyond Chico and Paradise and go into Redding and Sacramento. We hope in the near future to add superheroes to our cast of characters, like Iron Man, Batman, Superman and more.

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You have to be outgoing, have lots of smiles, and a fun personality. You also need to be able to sing, or at least carry a bit of a tune.

I have sons who are 15, 11 and 8,

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It may be a month away, but I’m already getting excited about the Sierra Oro Farm Trail Passport Weekend (that’s a mouthful). The funny thing is, I’m excited about something I’ve never attended before. I’m not sure why, but it seems like every year I have grand plans to go out with a group of friends and taste the bounty of Butte County. Then something else comes up and my plans are foiled. Not this year! With the weather already threatening to cool down, it feels like the perfect time of year to gallivant through the valley to see what our local farmers and food creators have up their sleeves for us. In preparation, I thought I’d offer my top five destinations for the weekend (Oct. 11-12). For those interested, “passports” already are on sale. For more, visit www.sierraoro.org. 1. The Lavender Ranch. I have heard only wonderful and soothing things about visits to the Lavender Ranch in Biggs. Having had to skip the region of Provence while living in France, I have to imagine that wandering the purple fields in Biggs will provide a suitable local alternative. Mmm. 2. Dog Creek Cellars. Two of my favorite things—wine and Boston terriers!—in one place? I’m sold. This newish winery in Durham (opened in 2011) is all certified organic, 100 percent solar-powered, and did I mention they have Boston terriers? I’m gonna go just to sip on a glass of pinot and play with Bosco. 3. Llano Seco Rancho. I did visit the Llano Seco property once, years ago, on a photo assignment for the CN&R. But because I was there to photograph people doing stuff, I didn’t have much of a chance to take in all the beauty of this preserved 18,000-acre parcel (which is not usually open to the public). Whenever I go to the downtown Chico farmers’ market on Saturday, I have a really hard time resisting the urge to buy up the bacon at the Llano Seco booth. So I just know they’ll have some delicious food on tap for the farm trail. 4. Calolea Olive Oil. After visiting the Berkeley Olive Grove 1913 property recently and tasting their delicious creations, I think I’m ready to try some from other local farms. Calolea has some award-winning oils, as well as balsamic vinegar and body products. Looking at photos of the property, it’s clear there will be plenty to take in besides oils and vinegars. (Plus, it’s in Bangor and I really want an excuse to go back to Hickman Family Vineyards nearby.) 5. Hickman Family Vineyards. I visited these guys a few months ago during a wine tour, then I sipped their wines at a League of Women Voters tasting event not long after. My reaction was the same both times: simply delicious, and some of the best wine in our region. Plus, considering they only sell their wines on-site, it’s extra worth the scenic drive.

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ike any bloodless coup, this one takes place within the palace, beyond the purview of prying eyes. It’s an inside job spearheaded by the ultimate in inside players, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. He’s a former Obama fundraiser, cable lobbyist, and head of the cable trade association, chosen by the president to chaperon the very industry he once served. Wheeler’s loyalties were evident in May, when he proposed segregating the Internet between the haves and have-nots. Under the plan, cable operators could charge large companies like Netflix extra to move their wares over a high-speed expressway. Anyone who couldn’t pay the toll would be relegated to frontage roads.

Critics—who include most everyone but cable companies—believe Wheeler’s plan will shaft consumers and squelch innovation. Present rules dictate that all traffic moves at the same speed, part of a long-standing principle known as “net neutrality.” It puts a basement blog on the same footing as the Huffington Post, and enables smarter companies to eclipse market leaders in the way Facebook conquered MySpace. Yet Wheeler’s proposal would not only hand a windfall to his former masters. It would allow cable operators to slow customers’ content, regardless of promised connection speed. And it would ensure that dominant tech companies could swat away smaller competitors that couldn’t afford to pay the new tolls. Even venture capitalists oppose the idea, saying they’re less likely to invest in start-ups placed at such a disadvantage. In essence, Wheeler is about to place the most dynamic, growing sector of our economy into the hands of an industry legendary for its abysmal customer service. U.S. Sen. Al Franken’s assessment of the plot: “I’m sorry, you just made me sad.”

For years the Internet has been

governed by rules similar to those regulating phone companies. These laws were designed to prevent discrimination or denial of service

under the premise that the phone’s a basic necessity. Water and power companies operate under similar dictates. Many feel broadband should be treated the same way, given its increasing importance in every aspect of our lives. It’s even more critical considering the limited competition among Internet service providers (ISPs) offering high-speed broadband. While the phone companies’ slower copper line service initially competed with cable, the proliferation of video has exposed the technology’s native inferiority. So they ceded high-speed broadband to cable companies, most of whom enjoy monopolies in the cities they serve. Cable broadband already serves nearly three-fifths of the country, and has added 85 percent of all new broadband subscribers in the past two years. “If net neutrality is about anything, it’s the recognition that we’re probably not going to have a lot of extra competition quickly in the ISP business,” says Dr. Gerald Faulhaber of the University of Pennsylvania. “In essence, network neutrality is a way to keep monopoly or duopoly cable/teleco ISPs from abusing their market position.” But instead of regulating broadband for the greater good, Wheeler’s handing America’s most hated industry control of our future.

To trust cable with the nation’s

communications backbone requires a fanciful leap of faith. The industry has a tattered history of price gouging, litigiousness, poor customer service, faltering investment and legislative manipulation. Now the industry’s largest company is attempting to swallow its closest competitor, further constricting consumer choice. In February, the No. 1 pay-TV provider, Comcast, announced the proposed purchase of No. 2 Time Warner Cable. Comcast has promised to sell enough television markets to limit the new company to 30 percent of the pay-TV market nationally. (The plan includes spinning off markets such as Minneapolis-St. Paul into a third company in which Comcast would have a minority stake.) The divestiture is voluntary, meant to mollify the FCC. But tellingly, Comcast has offered no such concessions on its more profitable broadband business. The merged companies would provide service to more than 40 percent of the country, including half of all high-speed connections. Not only would the merger give one company unprecedented market share, but it promises to forge a new standard in bad customer service. Even within the most despised American industries—cable and Internet—Comcast and Time Warner are annual bottomdwellers when it comes to consumer ratings, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. (Neither of the companies responded to repeated interview requests.) But thanks to Comcast’s monopoly position, there’s little incentive to please its clientele. In 2012, Comcast’s average revenue per subscriber was $143 a month—up 140 percent in the past decade. The entire industry has raised prices 2 1/2 times faster than inflation since 1998. Meanwhile, its investment in broadband infrastructure is flat—and more than 15 percent off its 2001 peak. Most businesses see failure to invest as a recipe for wreckage. Not cable. Once the pipe is laid, each new subscriber to broadband is almost pure profit. Unfortunately, that lack of investment also causes Internet congestion. Which cable, rather disingenuously, is now using as an excuse to charge high-traffic companies like Netflix greater fees. “They’re not making a commensurate investment to get us to where we need to be or where consumers want us to be, because their investment plan’s based on managing that scarcity,” says Mike Wassenaar, a former program director at

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler is a former cable lobbyist. He’s the man behind the plan to allow cable companies to charge a fee to websites in exchange for bandwidth. PHOTO BY BROOKE ANDERSON VIA FREEPRESS.NET

Below: Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell, now National Cable and Telecommunications Association president, is responsible for the deregulation of cable broadband 12 years ago. PHOTO BY GETTY IMAGES/THINKSTOCK

KFAI radio who now works for the Alliance of Community Media. In other words, operating on the cheap can be very good for business.

Owning the content as well as

the pipes gives Comcast an unprecedented advantage. That’s why Sen. Franken objected to the company’s $13.8 billion purchase of NBC/Universal in 2010. Acquiring NBC turned Comcast into an entertainment juggernaut with at least two dozen cable channels (Bravo, SyFy, USA), numerous production companies, a movie

studio, and theme parks. Since Comcast owns much of its TV programming, its competitors will always pay more. Meanwhile, due to its sheer size, Comcast can command better prices from other programmers. And by owning numerous NBC affiliates, the company also pockets rich retransmission fees that pay-TV must send to local network broadcasters. With Comcast already holding the most dominant market position in both cable and Internet, a newfound ability to charge extra for faster Internet creates tremendous incentive for abuse. Not that government seems to care. Republicans have shown little interest in thwarting monopolies, and have often been downright hostile to consumer protection. With the cable industry slathering Democrats with money, expect few outside Franken to make a fuss. Last year, Comcast spent $18.8 million in lobbying, the third-most by any corporation. It’s made over $7 million in campaign contributions since the last election cycle, nearly 60 percent of that to Democrats. With midterm election season coming, politicians typically aren’t interested in ruffling the fattest donors. “The public interest is best served by having an open Internet,” says Congressman Keith Ellison (DFL-Minneapolis). “Once you start introducing payola, or pay-to-play to have a faster lane, you penalize anybody who can’t pay the top dollar .... You’re going to have special interests trying to advance their profitability and win friends. I hope my colleagues understand they’re here to look out for the public interest.” That’s easier said than done when Comcast President Brian Roberts golfs with President Obama, Executive Vice President David Cohen raised $2 million for the president’s campaigns, Wheeler raised an additional $700,000, and former Comcast Vice President David Krone now serves as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s chief of staff. The cherry on top: Comcast also owns MSNBC, the official cheerleader for the Democratic Party. “Millions of people raising their voice is one thing,” says Christopher Mitchell of the

Institute for Local Self-Reliance in Minneapolis. “Comcast raising millions of dollars is another. … Comcast is a huge fundraiser for the party and you just can’t get away from that.”

The origins of net neutrality go

back a dozen years to when then-FCC Chairman Michael Powell (yes, Colin’s son) decided to deregulate cable broadband. (The FCC failed to respond to multiple interview requests.) Powell, befittingly now president of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, believed this would spur competition and new technology. Instead, it hastened industry consolidation and slowed investment. The FCC’s been trying to walk back Powell’s decision ever since. The easy move would have been to regulate all Internet providers like phone companies. But the agency chose an industry-friendly path, proposing a series of tender rules that have been sabotaged by lobbying and lawsuits. Twelve years later, the FCC is still trying to corral the industry. The absence of regulation has allowed ISPs to push the line. In 2007, Comcast was caught secretly throttling the speeds of customers using the file-sharing software BitTorrent. The company claimed it was necessary because they were using too much bandwidth. This behavior not only violated net neutrality, but prompted the FCC to demand greater transparency in how ISPs manage their traffic. Comcast took the FCC to court and won. In January, the FCC’s latest attempt at net neutrality rules were tossed out. They were judged too similar to those governing utilities. If the FCC didn’t want to classify broadband as a utility, it couldn’t be regulated like one. As a result, the FCC’s only choice was to piss off cable by making it a utility, or to allow the industry to wreak havoc on the Internet. Time Warner and Comcast have offered Washington their input—in tens and twenties—to the tune of $30 million since the last election. With volume like that, the FCC couldn’t help but listen.

In May, Wheeler offered new

rules that carve out a loophole for “paid prioritization.” All data would still move freely. It will just move faster for those with cash.

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“NET” continued from page 19 Wheeler claims that ISPs will be barred from “commercially unreasonable” behavior—such as Comcast creating a faster lane for its own content. “If anyone acts to degrade the service ... for the benefit of a few, I intend to use every available power to stop it,” he promised in an April blog post. That’s great rhetoric, but once loopholes are built, they tend to expand rather than constrict. And it’s certainly easier to limit anticompetitive behavior from the start—before smaller companies are already vanquished or debilitated. Cable industry chieftain Powell already has promised “World War III” if the feds move to utility-style regulation. But the idea is already working in other countries, where American Internet service would be considered primitive by comparison. Throughout Europe and East Asia, broadband providers are forced to lease their lines to all comers. That’s led to dramatic gains in coverage, pushing America toward the middle of the global pack in terms of usage (we’re 24th), average speed (10th) and broadband penetration (15th). “We should actually turn the car around,” insists Franken. “Other countries that turned the car around and went in another direction wound up with a lot more choices for people and [are] much more wired than we are.” The feds took a similar approach in the 1980s, when they forced the Baby Bell companies to do the same thing. All were required to license access to their lines, opening the door to all kinds of innovation. “It accelerated the spread of wireless and the Internet by allowing small, independent ISPs to use the wires in a nondiscriminatory way,” says University of Minnesota professor Andrew Odlyzko, a mathematician who worked at Bell Labs prior to the breakup. “They tried to discriminate and get permission to charge extra for Internet but they were refused—otherwise it would’ve probably strangled the Internet.”

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Below: Danna Bailey is vice president of the Chattanooga, Tenn., Electric Power Board, which successfully fought off cable companies to provide municipal fiber lines to all city residents. PHOTO COURTESY OF STORYCONNECT.COM

Of course, a corporation’s exis-

tence is based on exploiting advantages, not working for the public good. So when some cities began to lay their own lines and offer broadband and pay-TV, cable moved aggressively to protect its turf. In more than 20 states, the industry has promoted laws restricting cities from creating their own fiber networks. Minnesota requires towns to pass a referendum with an unusually high 65 percent of the vote. In California, public entities may offer communication services, with the exception of “community service districts” (i.e., unincorporated areas). And in cities like Longmont, Colo., and Chattanooga, Tenn., cable spent millions on lobbying and lawsuits to subvert competition. Chattanooga fought back. Its municipal power company, the Electric Power Board (EPB), wanted to improve its grid, since

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electricity disruptions cost the local economy $100 million annually. By connecting highspeed fiber to every home, it could improve the resiliency of the electrical grid and quickly diagnose problems. Outage times were cut by 60 percent. The lines had the added advantage of providing the city’s power customers with television, phone, and Internet connection speeds more than 10 times faster than the national average. “The cable folks didn’t want us to do it,” says EPB Vice President Danna Bailey. “They launched a pretty aggressive advertising campaign against it when we first started the process.... It was kind of funny because the campaign encouraged viewers to call the

City Council and tell them you don’t want EPB to build this network. City Council reported more calls—by a huge margin— saying they do want EPB to build this network.” Today, the city’s broadband not only pays for itself, but reimburses the power company with a reasonable licensing fee for using the lines. You can understand why cable feels threatened. “It’s a different model,” say Bailey. “We get to wake up every day and think about what we can do to be a better asset to the community.... That’s the whole reason municipal power exists in the first place.” Higher-speed Internet has helped attract small but growing tech companies like Claris Networks, EDOps and Lamp Post Group. New start-ups also have flocked to the area. All of which has left Fortune to label Chattanooga “a center for innovation.” Wired believes it could be the next Silicon Valley. Though fiber was a side benefit, for many municipalities it’s the only answer to underresponsive telecom franchises, especially for out-state cities without the size to keep Internet and pay-TV providers honest. “That’s why communities of a certain size are looking at municipal operations,” says Wassenaar. “If you’re a city of 50,000 or lower in a rural area, your ability to get 21stcentury cable service is pretty low unless you provide it yourself.” Last year, Minnesota established the Office of Broadband Development. In May, the Legislature allocated $20 million to leverage private investment in rural communities. “I talk to [rural] communities and they say to me the No. 1 thing people talk about isn’t how good are the schools, but how good is the Internet access,” says state Rep. Matt Schmit (D-Red Wing), an architect of the plan. “The analogy here is rural electrification. You want to make sure everyone has that basic access to 21st-century infrastructure.” Windom installed municipal fiber a dozen years ago. Its first public vote failed after Qwest, the local Internet provider, promised to install DSL. But when Qwest reneged, the next vote passed by 87 percent. Wheeler has signaled a willingness to fight restrictions on cities. In June, citing Chattanooga’s example, he wrote: “It is in the best interests of consumers and competition that the FCC exercises its power to preempt state laws that ban or restrict competition from community broadband. Given the opportunity, we will do so.”

Unfortunately, anti-competitive

alarms keep ringing at the FCC. In addition to municipal fiber and the Time Warner merger, Wheeler’s investigating complaints by Netflix that its users were kidnapped. Netflix has accused Comcast, AT&T and Verizon of holding its customers hostage. Last September, Netflix suffered a sudden, simultaneous decline in the speed in which its shows traveled across those companies’ networks. Video sputtered and picture quality decayed, while customers of smaller companies like Cox and Cablevision saw no such hiccups. Video files consume huge bandwidth, and Netflix’s avid customer base is prone to binge-watching. That leaves the company accounting for 28 percent of all U.S. Web traffic. (By comparison, YouTube is second at 17 percent.) Comcast, AT&T and Verizon felt Netflix should pay for all that traffic—and had the leverage to request that payment. Netflix ultimately caved and paid Comcast and Verizon (but not AT&T) undisclosed sums. Just as quickly, users on Comcast saw an extraordinary jump in quality. The whole episode has the appearance of extortion. It also demonstrates the power of Internet providers to make or break services. Even after paying the ransom, Comcast users still experience slower Netflix speeds than Cox and Cablevision customers. But if it wanted to maintain its business, Netflix had no choice but to pay. “Comcast knows it can charge Netflix more,” says Mitchell. “Netflix had to choose between watching their business model crumble and paying Comcast a toll to access its customers.”

Odlyzko is more worried about

small companies like the UpTake, a nonprofit online news organization in the Twin Cities. Seven years ago, Executive Director Jason Barnett and his partners recognized how their video could reach small, dedicated audiences. UpTake has covered stories involving hours of streaming video in a way no broadcast station would dare, from real-time footage outside the 2008 Republican National Convention to live coverage of the Franken election recount. It also live-streams Minnesota legislative sessions. “During the RNC we were using livestream video through cellphones and were able to show what was happening at a street level to an international audience,” says Barnett. “It was a ton of fun, crazy, and kind of shocking what we went through to do that. None of that would’ve been possible without easy access to the Internet and being able to live stream video.” Believe it or not, there’s money in this socalled “long tail” form of coverage. The

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announced, nearly 150 tech companies sent a letter to the FCC, arguing against the fast lanes. “The open Internet,” they wrote, is “a central reason why the Internet remains an engine of entrepreneurship and economic growth.” Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, Twitter and Yahoo were among the signees. (Apple was conspicuously absent.) A day later, 50 venture capital firms also sent a letter, noting how often they invest in fledgling companies trying unproven ideas. Since then, there have been reports of a decline in tech investments over fear that new companies will be placed at a disadvantage. Brian Roberts is president of Comcast, one of the most influential cable companies in the United States. He also golfs with President Obama.

Last year, Comcast spent $18.8 million in lobbying, the third-most by any corporation. “Without lawyers, large teams, or major revenues, these small start-ups have had the opportunity to experiment, adapt and grow, thanks to equal access to the global market,” investors wrote to Wheeler. They worry that ISPs will favor their own offerings or discriminate against competitors. “They just need to create a credible threat so that investors like us will be less inclined to back those companies.” But it remains to be seen whether these same titans will put their own money to work lobbying against cable. “It’s a neat coalition, but I don’t know where their lobbying dollars are going,” says Barnett. “Yeah, they signed this letter and sent it to the FCC. Kudos to them. But, you know, show me the money.” In the end, regulating broadband as a utility appears the simplest way of ensuring the Internet doesn’t grow as concentrated as the rest of the economy. “People would be up in arms if you suddenly had to pay a toll

on your phone calls based upon which companies you were calling,” Wassenaar points out. “The social expectation for how phone service works is built upon the regulation we imposed upon these corporations. And if they were treated as utilities, the public could actually determine if there is enough investment.” Of course, the rules imposed on the phone companies didn’t break them. Verizon and AT&T are doing just fine, thank you. While cable may be dealing with the erosion of its pay-TV franchise, its broadband service will only grow. “They’d be able to adapt just fine, but they’re not in the business of adapting,” says Barnett. “They’re in the business of dominating.” He’s not hopeful that consumers will be protected. “When you have a fairly complicated issue and all the money—and I mean all the money—is on one side of the issue, it’s pretty clear what’s going to win.” While Congress has oversight and could intervene, it can barely muster a consensus to scratch its own belly, much less pass legislation. That leaves the five FCC commissioners to decide, with Wheeler as the swing vote. At least he has a sense of humor—sort of. In a segment on his HBO show Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver suggested that putting a former cable lobbyist in charge of net neutrality was like calling a dingo to babysit your kids. The episode caused such an uproar that viewers crashed the FCC’s website with their comments. Wheeler responded by insisting, “I’m no dingo.” Time will tell. Last week, Wheeler weighed in on cable competition, saying there isn’t enough—a sentiment that can’t bode well for the Comcast/Time Warner merger. The new rules have yet to be adopted. The final comment period ends on Sept. 15, so the public can still comment at FCC.gov. Speak now or forever hold your peace. Ω

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THIS WEEK Rockets from the deep Paradise artist sculpts sea creatures and monoliths from steel, wood and other scraps he Mona Lisa” has been cleaned, revarnished “T and damaged by the elements over the years to the point Leonardo da Vinci likely would do a

double-take before recognizing his own work. Today, it hangs in Paris’ Louvre by behind 2-centimeter-thick bulletKen Smith proof glass in a box built to withstand humidity, vibration and kens@ newsreview.com other environmental hazards, but despite our best efforts it will someday—like the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Statue of Liberty, and PREVIEW every other work of art created A two-person exhibition at and appreciated by man—rot Avenue 9 Gallery: away altogether. Doug Rathbun’s While this may be a bleak Other Worlds vision of the future best ignored (reception Sept. 12, by artists bent on achieving 5-8 p.m., featuring music by Fera), immortality through their works, plus Norm Dillinger Doug Rathbun finds meaning— Retrospective and some comfort—in that reality. (reception “I don’t think art should be a Sept. 26, permanent, static thing,” Rathbun, 5-8 p.m.). Both show through a life-long resident of Paradise, Oct. 12. said while preparing for his latest exhibit, Other Worlds, now showAvenue 9 Gallery ing at Chico’s Avenue 9 Gallery. 190 E. Ninth Ave. “I think it should change with www.avenue9 gallery.com time, and it should eventually go 879-1821 away.” Rathbun has been an artist his whole life (he remembers having an epiphany of sorts when his third-grade teacher asked the class to draw a tree branch outside the classroom window) and has worked in several media, but he’s perhaps best known for his sculptures. Anyone who’s spotted large, rusted metal fish soaring above local orchards or stalking local lawns is familiar with some of his work.

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The artist said he started making the statues about a decade ago, with his earliest attempts serving as a lesson in the ephemeral nature of art. Inspired by his love of 1950s-era “Flash Gordon-type” spacecraft, he began forming rocket-ship lanterns from papier mâché and metal tomato cages. “They’d melt in the rain every winter, so I started playing around with welding and using bits of steel because it would last longer,” Rathbun recalled. “Some of my friends started saying, ‘Those are great, I’d pay money for those,’ so soon after, I started showing them.” Rocket ships remain one of his favorite motifs, and led directly to his alternative focus on aquatic creatures: “I showed [the rockets] to a gallery owner who said, ‘Well, those are really very nice, but what else do you make?’ I went home to think about it and thought, well, a fish is kind of shaped like a rocket ship. So, I made a fish.” Another of Rathbun’s favorite forms is the obelisk, as well as the related pyramids, which he said “have a certain power all of their own.” More recently, he began working with wood, with some of his newer pieces inspired by Native American totems. Reclaimed materials figure prominently in much of his work. “I like rusty metal, and I frequent the scrap yard to collect pieces,” Rathbun said, noting he tends to see the potential in raw materials rather than try to force them to fit his own vision. “I’ll see a star wheel on a plough or something like that and realize that part of the wheel reminds me of the spines of a fish or something else, then go from there.” Though his metal and wood sculptures won’t melt away in a season and may remain intact long after he’s gone, Rathbun remains distinctly aware—and happy with—the thought they’ll someday disappear. “Nothing’s really permanent, no matter how hard you try,” he said. “The seasons change, things come, and they go away. I like that idea … it’s the circle of

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BOEING-BOEING: A comedy that follows Bernard, a successful American architect, who believes he can juggle his three flight attendant fiancées by meticulously monitoring their schedules. Directed by Judy Clemens. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 9/28. $12-$18. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

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WASHING DISHES: a reception for the split exhibition from recent Chico State graduates Rickie Barnett and Mallory Russell showcasing paintings, ceramics, and natural dye prints on paper. F, 9/12, 6-8pm. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

Music CARAVAN OF GLAM: A fundraiser event for Chico Pride with Portland’s own traveling Queer Cabaret Troupe. Performances by Isaiah Tillman, Jayla Rose Sullivan, Angel Hanson, John-Nuriel, Yeshua Vissell, Tod Alan and more. F, 9/12, 8pm. $10. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

FUNKADESI KICK-OFF CONCERT: Mixing reggae, Indian ragas, and Latin and African rhythm with funk and soul, this 10-member multi-cultural group of musicians creates “one world and one music” to pre-kick off the World Music Fest held on the Chico State campus. F, 9/12, 7:30pm. $10-$16. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chico performances.com.

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FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT: Downtown Chico’s summer music series continues with blues/soul and classic rock with Saphire Soul. F, 9/12, 7-8:30pm. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.

SHORTZ! FILM FESTIVAL: The annual locally produced international film festival screening films with running times of 40 minutes or less. Visit website for show times. F, 9/12. Sa 9/13, Su 9/14. $10/night. El Rey Theatre, 230 West Second St., (530) 892-1838, http://shortz filmfest.com.

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FINE ARTS Art 1078 GALLERY: Washing Dishes, a split exhibition from recent Chico State graduates Rickie Barnett and Mallory Russell showcasing paintings, ceramics, and natural dye prints on paper. 9/11-10/4. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Other Worlds, an exhibit

GLORIOUS DUET: The Centennial Pipe Organ Series Recital begins with a duet from Marian Metson and Rexphil Rallanka. F, 9/12, 7:30pm. Free. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.

SYNCHRONICITY PARTY: Part of the BandSwap weekend of events, featuring a music industry panel/ Q&A, plus an acoustic performance from Colorado’s Shatterproof. F, 9/12, 5:308pm. DownLo Billiards and Grill, 319 Main St., (530) 892-8473.

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

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

THE OUTSIDERS: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

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SHORTZ! FILM FESTIVAL: See Friday. El Rey Theatre, 230 West Second St., (530) 892-1838, http://shortzfilmfest.com.

SIERRA NEVADA TAP TAKEOVER: Sierra Nevada takes over the taps at Duffy’s to celebrate BandSwap. Sa, 9/13, 9:30-midnight. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.

WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL: Friends of Butte Creek hosts the annual environmental film festival. This year offering three events and two locations including films for children at the Pageant Theatre, a matinee in the afternoon with the premiere of DamNation (also at the Pageant), and an evening program at the Big Room with a buffet and silent auction. For specific showtimes and prices visit website. Sa, 9/13, 9am-5:30pm. $5-$25. Pageant Theatre and Sierra Nevada Big Room. www.butte creek.org.

WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL: The annual Chico tradition features four stages of world music, with performances by On Ensemble, Los Caballitos de la Cancion, Mossy Creek and masters of Hawaiian music: Led Kaapana, George Kahumoku Jr.& “Uncle” Richard Ho’opi’i, plus a kids stage, crafts, a science booth, vendors and art booths. Sa, 9/13, 10am-6pm. Free. Chico State, 400 W. First St., (530) 898-4636.

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PARADISE ART CELEBRATION: Celebrate with art by members, a silent auction, demonstrations and interactive art events, plus a raffle and wine provided by Purple Line Urban Winery. Sa, 9/13, 2-6pm. Paradise Art Center, 5564 Almond St. in Paradise, (530) 877-7402.

Theater Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 8943282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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

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Music BANDSWAP: Shatterproof comes to Chico from Colorado to perform with their local BandSwap counterpart, The LoLos. Sa, 9/13, 69pm. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.

LED ZEPPELIN IV: Uncle Dad’s Art Collective brings local bands like Bogg, Aubrey Debauchery and the Broken Bones, The Lolos, Big Mo and the Full Moon Band, Sisterhoods, Pageant Dads, Cities, and The Shimmies to rework the music of Led Zeppelin. Sa, 9/13, 7pm. $8-$10. Bell Memorial Union (BMU), 400 W First St. CSU, Chico, (530) 898-4696, www.aschico.com.

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

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

Special Events CIRQUE PEKING: Chico Performances presents: The National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China, featuring the world-famous acrobats doing juggling, aerial work, and dancing to traditional Chinese music. Tu, 9/16, 7:30pm. $10-$30. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333. www.chicoperformances.com.

UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES: Join Ruth Greenfield

and her documentary project Instruments of Change, about the first racially integrated art program in Florida. There will be a Q&A after the screening. Ayres 106. Tu., 9/16. 7:30pm . $3 donation.

Music ERIC BIBB: Soulful folk/blues from acoustic

singer-songwriter. Tu, 9/16, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 3452739, www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

showcasing works from new graduate students in the Art Department. Through 9/19. Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

Brewery hop fields are inspiration for Jake Early’s new work. Also: artist Marilynn Jennings presents her Totem series with embellished metals, collage papers and elemental design to create meditative works of art. Through 10/8. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopapercompany.com.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Jane King a Northern California artist touched by cancer showcases her paintings. Through 10/9. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS:

Japan, influenced by her latest travels to Japan, artist Paula Busch showcases Ukiyo-e caricatures in encaustic. Through 10/31. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Inhabitable:

The Sense of City, co-curated by Prof. Laura Nice’s Humanities seminar students, an exhibit that honors and focuses on the late Janet Turner’s dedication to using the museums print collection to enhance learning beyond the classroom. Through 9/20. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.

LAXSON FINE ART GALLERY: Volumetric Forms

That Function, projects from the Spring 3-D design class. Through 9/26. 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.

NAKED LOUNGE TEA & COFFEEHOUSE: Spilled,

paintings and sculptural objects from Los Angeles-based artist Pablo Cristi. Through 9/19. Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 898-5864.

UPPER CRUST BAKERY & EATERY:

Photographs: Color and Pattern, color photographs from places around the Sacramento valley from artist Jack Alderson. Through 9/28. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY:

Wearing the Art of Chikoko, the far-out world of Chikoko, a local collective of artists, designers, and performers who have shared unique creations that blur the lines between art and fashion within our community. 9/11-10/11. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.

WINCHESTER GOOSE: Art and Ales, art by Jeffery Wiliford, owner of Ruby Lantern Tattoo in Carson City, Nev. 9/11-10/1. 800 Broadway St., (530) 715-0099, www.the winchestergoose.com.

Museums CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. $2-$4. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Explore Evolution, investigate evolutionary principles in organisms ranging from smallest to the largest with interactive exhibits. Ongoing. Changing California, journey through geological and ecological transformations in Northern California. Ongoing. $3-$6. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: Laundry Exhibit, learn about the laundry devices ranging from the late 1800’s glass washboards to a classic Kenmore winger washer from the 1940s. The exhibit includes irons, vintage linens and antique clothing. Call for museum hours. Ongoing. 502 Pearson Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8722, www.goldnugget museum.com.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: a railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 8771919.

local artist Muir Hughes exhibits multimedia works using coffee, tea, wine, ink, wax and acrylic. 9/11-10/1. 118 W Second St., (530) 895-0676.

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Works, technically detailed and complex etchings, engravings, and collagraphs from artist Michael Halldorson. Through 9/28. 627 Broadway St. 170, (530) 345-1362.

Special Events SHORTZ! FILM FESTIVAL: See Friday. El Rey Theatre, 230 West Second St., (530) 892-1838, http://shortzfilmfest.com.

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featuring sculpture from artist Doug Rathbun. Also: Norm Dillinger Retrospective, an exhibit showcasing the pointillist paintings. 9/11-10/12. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9 gallery.com.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Flip the Script,

breweries and wineries celebrate food, beverage, music, and arts in Chico, plus live entertainment, a kid zone and football on the big screen. Su, 9/14, 12-4pm. $20-$35. Downtown Chico.

TASTE OF CHICO Sunday, Sept. 14 Downtown Chico

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Here, there be dragons Ophidiophobia, and the related herpetophobia (fears of snakes and all reptiles, respectively) consistently rank among people’s most commonly confessed-to fears, a fact researchers recently discovered is an evolutionary response tied to our primitive monkey brains. The severeEDITOR’S PICK ly afflicted may want to avoid the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 13, where lizard lovers and their ilk will assemble for the second annual Chico Reptile Show, featuring educational programs and all manner of reptiles and amphibians.

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AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE: Dances of Cuba, Haiti,

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

BELLY DANCE CLASS: Weekly belly dance with BellySutra. Tu, 7pm. $8. 100th Monkey Community Cafe, 642 W. Fifth St.

THE BIDWELL BUMP MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE: The regional mountain bike race combines technical elements of both cross country and aggressive trail riding. Registration required. See website for details. Sa, 9/13, 9am. Bidwell Park, Bidwell Park, www.bikereg.com/ bidwellbump.

BUTTE IONS: The local chapter of the Institute of

Noetic Sciences. Second Su of every month, 2pm. Opens 9/14. The Center for Spiritual Living, Paradise, 789 Bille Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5673.

CHICO CONTRA DANCE: Traditional contra dance with music by the Pub Scouts. Second Sa of every month, 6:30-10pm. Opens 9/13. $4-$8.

Chico Grange, 2775 Nord Ave., (530) 895-1976.

CHICO POLICE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD: Monthly meeting hosted by the Chico Police

Chief to discuss community issues. Third W of every month, 5:30-7pm. Seventh Day Adventist Church, 1877 Hooker Oak Ave., (530) 342-7777.

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

DANCING FREEDOM: A weekly open dance with

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

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

SATURDAY, SEPT. 13 - FREE! Masters of Hawaiian Music On Ensemble Mossy Creek Band Kartik Seshadri Los Caballitos de la Canción KIDS STAGE & ACTIVITIES Chico Creek Dance Center Playhouse Youth Theatre Los Tambores de Chapman Alice in Wonderland JR. Mi Escuelita Maya Ballet Folklorico de Chico Fiddlers Fantastic Danca da Luz & Childrens World Music Crafts for Kids - Hosted by the Museum of Anthropology Free Art Classes - Hosted by the Chico Art Center The Science of Singing - Hosted by Gateway Science Museum

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, 3-7pm, F, 25:30pm. Opens 10/3. Chapman Mulberry Community Center, 1010 Cleveland Ave., (530) 624-8844, www.cchaos.org.

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

FREE HEALTH CLINIC: Free services for minor medical ailments. Call for more info. Su, 14pm. Free. Shalom Free Clinic, 1190 E. First

Ave., (530) 518-8300, www.shalomfree clinic.org.

PEACE INSTITUTE LECTURE: U.S. foreign policy:

Myth vs. Reality. Discussing what is an illusion in foreign policy with guest speaker and former army infantry/ intelligence officer Ray McGovern. W, 9/17, 7:30pm. Free. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.

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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. $10-$15 sliding scale. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 891-6524, www.chicorec.com.

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.

STUDENT MARKET: The Organic Vegetable Project returns with local and seasonal produce, a variety of herbs, flowers and vegetable starts. Located in the BMU Courtyard. W, 10am-1pm. Bell Memorial Union (BMU), 400 W First St. CSU, Chico, (530) 8984696, www.aschico.com.

SUCCEED WITH NATIVE PLANTS: A horticulture symposium featuring topics on how to design a landscape using native plants, natural bird and pollinator habitats, and use less water and fertilizers. Presenters are Susan Kryzwicki, Bernadette Balics, Glenn Keator, and John Whittlesey. Su, 9/14, 8:30am-4pm. $30-$35. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.

WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLAN CLASS: An eight week course on learning to live with mental illness. Sa, 1:30pm through 9/13. Free. Iversen Center, 492 Rio Lindo Ave.

WORLD DANCE: Classes offered through CARD offering line, circle and partner dances from around the world. No partner needed. Th, 7pm. $7. Chico Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave., (530) 895-4711, www.chicorec.com.

WORLD DANCE CLASS: Learn line, circle and couple dances from around the world. Youth and adult class offered. Scholarships available via instructor. No partner needed. Th, 6-7 & 7-8:30pm. $7. Pleasant Valley Recreation Center, 2320 North St., (530) 566-6711.

For Kids CHILDREN STORY TIME SERIES: Reading events sponsored by Lyon Books. Every other Th, 3pm. Free. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762, www.lyonbook.com.

FAMILY FUN KNIGHT: Carnival style games, arts and crafts, face painting, friendly competitions, food and drinks and an outdoor screening of the film Shrek. Proceeds benefit the Chico Elk’s Lodge’s main charity, the Purple Pig. Sa, 9/13, 4-10pm. $7-$10. Chico Elks Lodge, 1705 Manzinita, (530) 966-0778, www.familyfunknight.com.

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.

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Goin’ corn nuts? Make salad Henri enjoys end-of-summer corn bounty with a favorite recipe ook at this,” Colette said, stepping into the house “L the other afternoon holding two large brown paper bags by their handles.

She walked over to where Henri was lying on the couch watching season three of Doogie Howser, M.D. “I stopped at by one of those highway produce Henri stands on my way home from Bourride Roseville and picked this up. Can henri@ newsreview.com you believe it?” She held a bag open for me to see. Both bags were full of fresh corn. “Just what we need,” I said. “More produce. We’ve already got peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini and basil from our own garden. Do we actually need to spend money on more?” She scowled. “Ten ears for a dollar. Not exactly gonna break the bank, little brother. Besides, remember that corn salad?” “I do,” I said. “Delish. But you’ve got enough here to make corn salad for the cast of Gandhi, with some left over for a Waltons reunion.” “Very funny. Besides, I have a plan. The guy I bought it from told me you can freeze it. So, I’ll make some for dinner, then we can keep eating corn this fall. That is, unless you object.” How could I? Her corn and avocado salad, adapted from a Mark Bittman recipe (from How to Cook Everything), is an absolutely delicious side dish that goes with just about any main course—and in fact is hearty enough that it could be a main course itself, especially if you add shrimp (see recipe). And it’s perfect for this time of the year when exceptional fresh local corn is available for about a quarter an ear, sometimes a dime—and it takes all of a half hour to prepare. Looking for a good potluck dish? Look no further. Colette’s Corn and Avocado Salad Ingredients: 2 tbsp. vegetable oil 6 ears corn 1/2 red onion, chopped 30

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Using a sharp knife, remove kernels from ears. Heat oil in large skillet, add corn (see note below regarding cooking corn) and cook on high for about a minute without stirring. Then stir, and cook another 4-5 minutes, or until slightly brown. Turn off heat and add onion, bell pepper, chili powder, salt and pepper. Transfer to large salad bowl, let cool, and add tomato, avocado and cilantro; stir in lime juice. Serve warm, room temperature, or chilled. Notes: 1) You can cook all the corn (as above), or cook just half of it, or none at all. If it’s exceptionally fresh try leaving it all uncooked. It’s good all three ways. 2) To freeze the corn for later, husk the ears and blanch—cook in boiling water for 8-10 minutes then immediately place ears in large bowl of ice water for 5-7 minutes. Drain and dry thoroughly with paper towels and place in air-tight freezer bags. Variations: Use the recipe above as a foundation, and add and subtract ingredients as you see fit. Our favorite addition is shrimp—toss in 8-10 medium (cooked) shrimp when you add the avocado. Bitmann’s recommendations: omit the chili powder and cilantro, and substitute arugula for the avocado and white wine vinegar for the lime juice; or omit the chili powder and avocado and substitute rice vinegar for lime juice and tarragon for the cilantro; or omit the chili powder and lime juice and substitute a cup of feta cheese for the avocado and mint for the cilantro. You can also use peppers with more heat (poblano, Anaheim) instead of or in addition to the bell. Other ingredients you might toss in: a 1/4 cup of pomegranate seeds, minced basil, or chopped marinated artichoke hearts; one tablespoon shaved fennel or wasabi mayonnaise; or 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes. Ω

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So it was the night of Saturday, Sept. 6, during a rock showcase featuring Father Howl and Lantz Howard Laswell and the Vibe Tribe of the Hardee Bay Area, and headliners Exquisite Corps out of Sacramento. I did a howardh@ newsreview.com head-count of the audience upon arrival; there were 14 people, including band members awaiting REVIEW their turn on stage. Exquisite Corps, To be sure, plenty of bands, both Lantz Laswell and touring and local, have played in the Vibe Tribe, Chico to practically no one. That’s Father Howl and Mad Alchemy at nothing new. What made the poor the 1078 Gallery, turnout tragic was the dazzling Saturday, Sept. 6. visual component, something uniquely of the moment, which mostly went unappreciated. Behind all the pretty colors was Mad Alchemy— two hippie dudes manipulating oil, water and ink between transparent dinner plates over two projectors. The bubbles trapped between the glass and constantly changing color concoctions, in addition to the movement of the plates themselves, made for a real-time, old-school psychedelic light show projected behind each band. That atmosphere was particularly well-suited to the first act, Father Howl, a three-piece instrumental rock outfit from San Francisco that’s equal parts Tool and Explosions in the Sky. For instance, I arrived while they were playing “Ursa Major,” an ambient creeper that abruptly became a prog-metal thrash. Later in their set, it was more progressive rock, but with a groove— like King Crimson if they were any fun at all. Then they delved into pensive trip-hop beats, all deep bass swells and dissonant guitar chords. In other words, Father Howl was all over the place, and I loved it. Frontman Aaron Guadamuz apologized on behalf story and photo by

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of the three-piece for being “rough around the edges,” explaining it had been a long day on the road after playing Olympia, Wash., the previous night. There were several bum notes, but during the performance of such ambitious music, little mistakes didn’t subtract much from the experience. The compositions themselves were impressive enough. Next up was Lantz Laswell and the Vibe Tribe, a group of fantastic musicians that bored me to death with a series of predictable pop numbers, though they did deliver an interesting electro-cover of The White Stripes’ “Seven Nation Army.” Watching Laswell adjust his microphone stand during another song without missing a beat was, for me, the most entertaining part of their set. Then there was Exquisite Corps. The group got its start playing orchestral chamber pop, but has just recently gotten heavier, trading strings for distorted guitar on its new album, Vignettes. Frontman Bryan Valenzuela has charisma to spare and played like hell, putting visible effort into songs like the anthemic “Caught in a Wave.” But performing almost exclusively for other musicians on the bill must have been discouraging. At one point, Valenzuela told the sparse audience, “I wish those people outside would come inside.” In between sets, I introduced myself to one of the performance artists, Lance Gordon, who explained that he had learned the “analog liquid lightshow” technique during the heyday of the psychedelic rock movement, splashing the walls of San Francisco’s ballrooms with wild color in the early 1970s. Now, Mad Alchemy tours with North State bands, including Exquisite Corps. Looking around the mostly empty gallery, I quipped to Gordon that Chico’s music and art aficionados should have made a stronger showing. He scoffed. “You think? That happens in these college towns, man,” he said. “People just don’t come out for shows anymore. It’s a bummer—we had some really special colors tonight.” Ω

IN THE MIX Sub Pop Words like “psych” and “psychedelic” are tossed around rather willy-nilly these days—a band drenches its music in reverb and adds an organ, and all of a sudden its the second coming of Amon Düül II. The members of Swedish collective GOAT are true psych practitioners, dabbling in a vast array of styles that found themselves on the aptly titled 2012 debut World Music. They sound like students of music and culture, while avoiding any scholarly dryness. Commune (another perfect title) is brimming with sounds and influences that should instill curiosity in listeners. “Hide From the Sun” is nothing new under the sun, using repetition, fuzz and ghostly vocals to get the point across. But songs like “To Travel the Path Unknown” and instrumental “Bondye” bring Eastern European rhythms to GOAT’s boho tapestry. There’s also an underlying theme of religious imagery and oppression to the lyrics that don’t immediately jump out over the familiar sounds. Of course, cynical music dweebs will say, “But Amon Düül II was actually doing this some 40 years ago.” And they’d be right. But GOAT has woven together enough disparate influences that merely support a much deeper vision. That’s where they truly succeed.

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Achilles Wheel’s new Stones to Sand CD hits all the right marks, somehow harnessing all of the sunshiny jamming essence of its live shows onto this 4.7-inch disc. For a jam band to be truly extraordinary, quality songs need set the stage for the improvisation that follows. And this Nevada City-based five-piece passes that acid test. Principal songwriter and guitarist/vocalist Paul Kamm comes to the table with an impressive portfolio, including a large catalog of songs written with partner and frequent duo-mate Eleanor Macdonald. Jonny “Mojo” Flores, a gifted lead guitarist with some Dickey Betts in his DNA apparently, also contributed three songs on this disc. Their song-crafting prowess is on full display, as all the tunes here are intelligent, melodic and catchy. Kamm’s up-tempo “Nobody Drinks if the Bottle’s Dry” is a particularly clever dance-party number, and Flores’ “Heal My Soul” starts with a gospel feel and then at the five-minute mark kicks up a lot of dust with a searing, revival-like guitar-led jam, only to conclude with a righteous “heal my soul” repetition at the end. In addition to the crafty songs, Achilles Wheel does pack an improvisational wallop. With Kamm and Flores providing the guitar wizardry, Gary Campus and Mark McCartney add a superb twin drumming attack alongside bassist Shelby Snow.

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dance party with a rotating cast of local and regional DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

BERNER AND BLAZE1: Hip-hop with guests San Quinn, Chain Gang, and JPigg. F, 9/12, 8pm. $20-$24. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmax productions.net.

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11THURSDAY CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

9pm. $10. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

HAPPY HOUR: Los Papi Chulos Th, 9/11, 69pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530)

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JOHN SEID TRIO: John Seid, Bob Kirkland

through music with Luminaries (hiphop from Venice) and locals Soul Union (African, Caribbean and American musical blends) with vendors, moon jewelry, art and vegan snacks. Th, 9/11,

and a special guest play and eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. Th, 9/11, 6:30-9:30pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.

for Chico PRIDE with Portland’s own traveling Queer Cabaret Troupe. Performances by Isaiah Tillman, Jayla Rose Sullivan, Angel Hanson, JohnNuriel, Yeshua Vissell, Tod Alan and more. F, 9/12, 8pm. $10. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 3434915.

CHRIS GARDNER BAND: Local country

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

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

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GLORIOUS DUET: The Centennial Pipe Organ recital begins with a duet from Marian Metson and Rexphil Rallanka. F, 9/12, 7:30pm. Free. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.

HAPPY HOUR: Pat Hull F, 9/12, 6-9pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

IRISH-MUSIC HAPPY HOUR: A Chico tradition: Friday-night happy hour with a traditional Irish music session by the Pub Scouts. F, 4pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.

LATIN HEAT FRIDAY: Dance to the sounds

of Latin Heat. F, 9/12, 9pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

SWAMP ZEN: Local funk and jam rock,

plus Naive Melodies from Arcata. F, 9/12, 9pm. Lost On Main, 319 Main St.,

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For more than two decades, the annual Chico World Music Festival has been bringing acts from the far-flung corners of the globe to the lawns of the Chico State campus. This year’s touring acts include L.A.-based taiko drummers On Ensemble (pictured), sitar wizard Kartik Seshadri and a trio of legendary islanders billed as the Masters of Hawaiian Music, as well as local faves like Los Caballitos de la Canción and the Mossy Creek Band. The free festival takes place Saturday, Sept. 13, and it’s preceded the night before (Sept. 12) by a kick-off concert in Laxson Auditorium by funky world music crew Funkadesi.

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MUSIC SHOWCASE: An open mic hosted by local country musicians Rich and Kendall. Sa, 5-9pm. Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Rd., (530) 7102020.

HAPPY HOUR: OBE Sa, 9/13, 6-9pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com. DownLo Billiards and Grill, 319 Main St., (530) 892-8473.

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BANDSWAP: Shatterproof comes to Chico from Colorado to perform with their local BandSwap counterpart The LoLos at City Plaza. Sa, 9/13, 6-9pm.

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CHICO WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL: The annual Chico tradition features four stages of world music with performances by On Ensemble, Los Caballitos de la Canción, Mossy Creek Band and Masters of Hawaiian Music, plus a kids stage, crafts, a science booth, vendors and art booths. Sa, 9/13, 10am-6pm. Free. Chico State, 400 W. First St., (530) 898-4636.

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Unseen (in Chico) cinema CN&R critic has to dig to find some of 2014’s best films

everies of vampires in love, two witty and intelligent R comedies from France, bumbling eco-terrorists in Oregon, tragicomic film noir in grassroots America,

Dostoyevsky in corporate drag, Shakespeare in prison, tremors of apocalypse, Tilda Swinton, several sides of Jesse Eisenberg … by That’s one way of suggesting someJuan-Carlos thing about the dozen or so outstanding Selznick films that haven’t reached Chico theaters in the first eight months of 2014—most of which are already (or soon will be) out on DVD and via on-demand streaming. There are, of course, no blockbusters in the group I have in mind. Most of them tend toward the “indie/foreign” niche, and what they offer in place of the industry’s “mainstream appeal” is independent spirit and the artistry of star directors. That amorous vampire reverie, Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, is a rapturously laid-back gothic fantasy in modern dress, with Swinton and Tom Hiddleston playing the lovers. Lush old-school romanticism mixes with the director’s characteristically gritty absurdism. Caesar Must Die, from the filmmaking brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, is a documentary/drama hybrid concerned with a production of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar featuring a cast of convicts inside the walls of a prison in modern-day Rome. The Tavianis use combinations of footage from performance, rehearsals and informal interviews to create fascinating portraits of several of the actor/convicts. Grassroots noir of a richly pungent sort turns up in Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin and Jim Mickle’s Cold in July. Saulnier gets a maximum out of a no-name cast in a grubby landscape. Mickle does the same with a big-name cast (Michael C. Hall, Don Johnson, Sam Shepard) in a hardscrabble setting. Tragicomic revenge dramas play out with erratic fury in both. The multicultural, multilingual, multicharacter romantic comedy of Cédric Klapisch’s Chinese Puzzle involves a set of characters who first met in his L’Auberge Espagnole (2002) and met again in Russian Dolls (2005). This time the central foursome (played with charming verve by Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France and Kelly Reilly) reconnects in New York City, with freshly rambunctious results. Eisenberg plays dual roles in The Double, Richard

Ayoade’s radically stylized updating of the Dostoevsky novella. And he plays a would-be eco-terrorist (alongside Dakota Fanning and Peter Sarsgaard) in Night Moves, Kelly Reichardt’s humble-looking Oregon fable. The former is the more inventive and spectacular of the two films, but the latter is more genuinely haunting. Two bleak, brilliant films from Eastern Europe have extraordinary portrayals of women in crisis. In Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida, an orphaned convent girl (Agata Trzebuchowska) gets a harrowing tour of her family’s past, with her strong-willed, defiant aunt (Agata Kulesza) as her not-entirely-sympathetic guide. In Calin Peter Netzer’s Child’s Pose, a well-to-do woman (the superb Luminita Gheorghiu) from Romanian officialdom tries every trick she can think of to keep her overprotected adult son from being prosecuted for a traffic accident that killed a child. The stories are personal, but the reverberations are social, spiritual, political and unexpectedly moving. Ω

Reviewers: Craig Blamer, Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Opening this week Dolphin Tale 2

Because there are more inspiring stories of rehabilitated dolphins than can fit in one movie, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Jr. have all returned to the aquarium to tell one more tail tale. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

No Good Deed

Because “no good deed goes unpunished,” a handsome stranger/escaped con (Idris Elba) invades the home of a former district attorney-turned-suburban mom (Taraji P. Henson) and terrorizes her and her family. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Now playing As Above, So Below

Another found-footage horror flick, this one taking place in the underground catacombs below Paris, where some American tourists have uncovered dark and scary secrets. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

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Cantinflas

This completely unheralded Latin American production, a biopic of the great Mexican comedy star Mario Moreno (aka Cantinflas), comes as a small but very welcome surprise. The bilingual screenplay moves back and forth between Moreno/Cantinflas’ early days in Mexican show business and the late 1950s in Hollywood and environs, where producer Michael Todd (played by Michael Imperioli) is trying to get an allstar cast together for his much-ballyhooed production of Around the World in 80 Days, the film that would bring Cantinflas to his greatest international success. The screenplay is fairly standard rags-to-riches showbiz stuff, but the period-piece details are generally flavorsome and the episodic glimpses of Mexican show-biz history are especially piquant. And Moreno’s journey from tent-show scrapper to big-time mover and shaker (superstar, union organizer, movie producer, patron of the arts, etc.) is fascinating, even in this simplified form. Óscar Jaenada’s superbly detailed evocation of Moreno/Cantinflas helps a great deal as well. Cinemark 14. Rated PG —J.C.S.

Guardians of the Galaxy

If someone was gonna make a swell comic-book movie despite the aggressively calculating influence of both Disney and Marvel it would be writer/director James Gunn. And yep, he did it. Gunn was writer of the better-than-the-original remake of Dawn of the Dead and he’s been a filmmaker to keep an eye on since graduating the Troma School of low-budget filmmaking, and writing, producing and starring in The Specials, one of the first deconstructionist swipes at superheroes. The story here: Charming half-human/half-alien rogue Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) steals a MacGuffin and teams up with a band of misfits—including a foul-tempered talking raccoon and a sentient tree (voiced by Bradley Cooper and Vin Diesel, respectively)—to avert the destruction of the galaxy from some intergalactic dude. It’s kind of shambolic, but in a good way, and easily the most entertaining movie of the year, a delirious romp through the CGI cosmos. Gunn isn’t shy about wearing his influences on his sleeve, evoking the best aspects of the original Star Wars, Joss Whedon’s Firefly and all sorts of other fun stuff. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

The Identical

Did you know that Elvis Presley had a stillborn twin? Utilizing an Elvis-like character, this film’s “what-if” premise imagines that the other twin actually lived, then was separated at birth, and ended up struggling

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Magic in the Moonlight

The new Woody Allen picture offers up a number of characteristic enticements—a mixture of romantic comedy and philosophical reflection, a period setting (Europe in the 1920s), and a frisky and attractive cast. The basic plot has a sardonic master magician (Colin Firth) setting out to expose a young American spiritualist (Emma Stone) as a fraud. Romantic complications ensue (both characters are engaged to marry others, but second thoughts begin to rise) and the quasi-ruminations (“scientific” rationalism vs. “magical” intuition) impinge on much of that. Allen’s script seems uncharacteristically labored. The familiar themes and moves are there, but the inspiration is too often lacking, especially with Firth’s debunker/illusionist, a doggedly sour sort only partly salvaged by the actor’s charm. Pageant Theatre and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

The November Man

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This nicely upholstered spy thriller moves along like the well-oiled entertainment machine it was clearly meant to be. Brisk editing, shrewdly orchestrated musical accompaniment, hints of sex, dollops of violence, and occasional gulps of reheated Cold War poppycock keep the whole thing running a step or two ahead of its fundamental incoherence. Pierce Brosnan is on hand to play Peter Devereaux, an embittered CIA veteran who looks like James Bond but sounds like an outtake from a John le Carré knockoff. He’s got a very unwieldy collection of personal baggage coming to light in the midst of a mess of interagency double crosses centered in Belgrade. There are shootouts, car chases and a lot of surveillance via computer, drone and smartphone. There’s a Russian villain, but villainy within the CIA is the larger plot point. It may sound topical, but I suspect that there are several kinds of disinformation in play here. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.

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Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

The Expendables 3

Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

The Giver

Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

The Hundred-Foot Journey

Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG —J.C.S.

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Boyhood is such a beguiling array of time-capsule moments—12 years in the life of a boy growing up in the vicinity of Houston, Texas. Part of what’s intriguing, of course, is the project’s central concept: its bits-and-pieces story proceeds year by year, through scenes filmed year by year as Ellar Coltrane, the young actor who plays the central character (whose name is Mason), grows up. He’s 6 at the start and 18 at the finish. And part of it is also that writer-director Richard Linklater’s approach to story and drama is so casual and easygoing, even though resolutely unsentimental. The movement through these fragments of time is both seamless and unhurried. The passage of time in this story is always in motion, as is the film’s sense of “boyhood.” Linklater evokes the recent past, but his time-capsule movie has no frozen moments, and it reminds us more than once that even the most significant moments never really stand separate from the flux of all existence. Feather River Cinemas, Pageant Theatre and Paradie Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.

through life as his Elvis-like brother became a star. Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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

Let’s Be Cops

Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Lucy

Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

When the Game Stands Tall

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HERE’S THE LIST OF LANDMARKS: 1. Bidwell Mansion 2. A taco truck 3. Pageant Theatre 4. Monkey Face, Upper Bidwell Park 5. Lumina, Norm Dillinger’s pointillist house 6. Giant Yo-Yo, at National Yo-Yo Museum 7. Happy Burger face, at Big Al’s Drive-In 8. Senator Theater tower 9. Sycamore Pool, Lower Bidwell Park 10. Be creative, find your own landmark

A $10 gift certificate to Shubert’s Ice Cream & Candy (a real Chico landmark). So get your cameras out and start snapping. Remember, deadline is Sept. 12, 2014. Must be 18 to participate.

favorite scene-makers—Uncle Dad’s Art Collective, Fera, Chico Area Punks, Scott Barwick (Maltese), Jake Sprecher (Duffy’s), Sesar Sanchez (hot young talent)—are already filling up your night with life. But the rest of you rock stars, those content to beg your way onto local bills then just show up and play, you are not really a part of your local music scene. Chico is at its best when its bands are actively engaged in all facets of making things happen. And how do you do that? Follow these three steps that I’ve shared on these pages before, and repeat here now for all the new, and the lazy, bands: First, take control of your own destiny. Seek out touring bands that you think are rad, make friends with them and put together a tight show and pitch it to your friendly neighborhood booker. The booker will wipe the drool from his chin, shake your hand and thank you. If the show goes well, she’ll even remember your name. Second, promote. Do not depend on any venue, booker, fellow band or rock ’n’ roll pixies to magically conjure up an audience for you. You may believe it’s the venue’s “job” to promote (and it most definitely is), but there is no way its managers should be more excited about the show than you. And excitement is contagious. Spread it around, and before you know it you’ve created anticipation. This will work out well for you and your dreams of playing music in front of others. And of course, exploit Facebook. It’s easy and fast. But despite all appearances, life is not lived on social media. We breathe and move and meet up in the analog world. Print and hang a few fliers. Be real. Advocate in person. And, for the love of all things that are boneheadedly simple, set aside 30 seconds and send an email to your local print-media outlets about your cool show. You may assume that we editors and reporters sit at our computers monitoring your every rock ’n’ roll move, but that, my delusional friends, is not the case. We depend on you to help make us look hip. (If you think all venues are sending us show info in a timely manner, I have a magical guitar pick to sell you.) Third, book three bands per show, no more. Trust me, I know from experience how hard it is to make it happen, but discipline with this one issue is crucial to the overall health of the music scene. The fiveband bill is unsustainable. Be sustainable. Have a tight bill that moves smoothly and ends in less than three hours. It is as important as performing a kick-ass set for consistently attracting show-goers outside of the usual suspects. If you rockers are up to the task, the scene will become yours. And Chico will be better for it.

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• “Bless me, my Treif King”: Mint Shekels “Bless me in the milk bath.” is back, and under the watchful eye of the Treif High Council, and with the help of his Goy-Boys, the Treif-Stars, has placed the sermons of dub-reggae harmonic-ritualist Tarn-Man in the music-video, “Ritual Milkbath”: Open the curtain so that the air may moist the rag. When the rag is soaked in wine, and the wine has been powdered, and the powder is blessed, and the bless is loud, then the bless is pest. Catch the pest with a trap. Open the trap with a string. String the child to the pond, and wet the boy’s chest. Search “Ritual Milkbath Mint Shekels” at www.you tube.com and be blessed.

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• Stop the presses! A lastminute show added after our music-calendar deadline: Yonatan Gat (guitarist of Tel Aviv monster-riff rockers, Monotonix) plays Sunday, Sept. 14, 9 p.m., at the Maltese with The Chrome and Donald Beaman & The Spirit Molecules.

FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the 2000

film Cast Away, Tom Hanks plays an American FedEx executive who is stranded alone on a remote Pacific island after he survives a plane crash. A few items from the plane wash up on shore, including a volleyball. He draws a face on it and names it “Wilson,” creating a companion who becomes his confidant for the next four years. I’d love to see you enlist an ally like Wilson in the coming week, Aries. There are some deep, messy, beautiful mysteries you need to talk about. At least for now, the only listener capable of drawing them out of you in the proper spirit might be a compassionate inanimate object that won’t judge you or interrupt you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As far as

I know, there has been only one battleship in history that was named after a poet. A hundred years ago, the Italian navy manufactured a dreadnought with triplegun turrets and called it Dante Alighieri, after the medieval genius who wrote The Divine Comedy. Other than that, most warships have been more likely to receive names like Invincible, Vengeance, Hercules or Colossus. But it would be fine if you drew some inspiration from the battleship Dante Alighieri in the coming weeks. I think you will benefit from bringing a lyrical spirit and soulful passion to your expression of the warrior archetype.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): If you

go to a 7-Eleven convenience store and order a Double Big Gulp drink, you must be prepared to absorb 40 teaspoons of sugar. But what will be an even greater challenge to your body is the sheer amount of fluid you will have to digest: 50 ounces. The fact is, your stomach can’t easily accommodate more than 32 ounces at a time. It’s true that if you sip the Double Big Gulp very slowly—like for a period of three-and-a-half hours—the strain on your system will be less. But after the first half hour, as the beverage warms up, its taste will decline steeply. Everything I’ve just said should serve as a useful metaphor for you in the coming week. Even if you are very sure that the stuff you want to introduce into your life is healthier for you than a Double Big Gulp, don’t get more of it than you can comfortably hold.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If you surrender to the passive part of your personality, you will be whipped around by mood swings in the coming days. You will hem and haw, snivel and procrastinate, communicate ineptly, and be confused about what you really feel. If, on the other hand, you animate the proactive side of your personality, you are likely to correct sloppy arrangements that have kept you off-balance. You will heal rifts and come up with bright ideas about how to get the help you need. It’s also quite possible you will strike a blow for justice and equality, and finally get the fair share you were cheated out of in the past.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his 1982 martial arts film Dragon Lord, Jackie Chan experimented with more complex stunts than he had tried in his previous films. The choreography was elaborate and intricate. In one famous sequence, he had to do 2,900 takes of a single fight sequence to get the footage he wanted. That’s the kind of focused attention and commitment to detail I recommend to you in the coming weeks, Leo—especially if you are learning new tricks and attempting novel approaches.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In 1786,

Jacques Balmat and Michel Paccard were the first explorers to reach the top of 15,781-foot Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border. They were hailed as heroes. One observer wrote that the ascent was “an astounding achievement of courage and determination, one of the greatest in the annals of mountaineering. It was accomplished by men who were not only on unexplored ground but on a route that all the guides believed impossible.” And yet today, 228 years later, the climb is considered relatively easy for anyone who’s reasonably prepared. In a typical

BY ROB BREzSNY year, 20,000 people make it to the summit. Why am I bringing this to your attention? Because I suspect that you are beginning to master a skill that will initially require you to be like Balmat and Paccard, but will eventually be almost routine.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Those

who invoke the old metaphor about the caterpillar that transforms into the butterfly often omit an important detail: the graceful winged creature is helpless and weak when it first wriggles free of its chrysalis. For a while, it’s not ready to take up its full destiny. As you get ready for your own metamorphosis, Libra, keep that in mind. Have plans to lay low and be selfprotective in the days following your emergence into your new form. Don’t try to do loop-the-loops right away.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you Scorpios are currently the sign of the zodiac that is least likely to be clumsy, vulgar, awkward or prone to dumb mistakes. On the other hand, you are the most likely to derisively accuse others of being clumsy, vulgar, awkward or prone to dumb mistakes. I recommend that you resist that temptation, however. In the coming week, it is in your selfish interests to be especially tactful and diplomatic. Forgive and quietly adjust for everyone’s mistakes. Don’t call undue attention to them or make them worse. Continue to build your likeability and fine-tune your support system.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

You have cosmic permission to be bigger than life and wilder than sin. You have a poetic license to be more wise than clever. And you should feel free to laugh longer than might seem polite and make no apologies as you spill drinks while telling your brash stories. This phase of your astrological cycle does not require you to rein yourself in or tone yourself down or be a well-behaved model citizen. In fact, I think it will be best for everyone concerned if you experiment with benevolent mischief and unpredictable healing and ingenious gambles.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.

19): For over 2,000 years, Chinese astronomers have understood the science of eclipses. And yet as late as the 1800s, sailors in the Chinese navy shot cannonballs in the direction of lunar eclipses, hoping to chase away the dragons they imagined were devouring the moon. I have a theory that there’s a similar discrepancy in your psyche, Capricorn. A fearful part of you has an irrational fantasy that a wiser part of you knows is a delusion. So how can we arrange for the wiser part to gain ascendancy? There’s an urgent need for you to stop wasting time and energy by indulging in that mistaken perspective.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

Squirrels don’t have a perfect memory of where they bury their nuts. They mean to go back and dig them all up later, but they lose track of many. Sometimes trees sprout from those forgotten nuts. It’s conceivable that on occasion a squirrel may climb a tree it planted years earlier. I see this as a useful metaphor for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. You are on the verge of encountering grown-up versions of seeds you sowed once upon a time and then forgot about.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): On a Ger-

man TV show, martial artist Jackie Chan performed a tough trick. While holding a raw egg in his right hand, he used that hand to smash through three separate sets of four concrete blocks. When he was finished, the egg was still intact. I see your next task as having some resemblances to that feat, Pisces. You must remain relaxed, protective and even tender as you destroy an obstruction that has been holding you back. Can you maintain this dual perspective long enough to complete the job? I think you can.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as AWAKE LASH STUDIO AND ORGANIC SKIN CARE at 7 Governors Lane Suite 1&2 Chico, CA 95926. DOUGLAS A L SMITH 220 Hillcrest Avenue Oroville, CA 95966. JIMI STURGEON-SMITH 220 Hillcrest Avenue Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: JIMI STURGEON-SMITH Dated: August 1, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001031 Published: August 21,28, September 4, 11, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NATURAL HOOF MEDALLIONS at 1140 Hurleton Swedes Flat Road Oroville, CA 95966. KATHLEEN JILL LAZZARESCHI 1140 Hurleton Swedes Flat Road Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: KATHLEEN JILL LAZZARESCHI Dated: August 13, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001080 Published: August 21,28, September 4,11 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name ROADRUNNER STRIPING at 707 Kings Canyon Way Chico, CA 95973. RYAN MORELAND 707 Kings Canyon Way Chico, CA 95973. TAMARA HAMILTON 707 Kings Canyon Way Chico, CA 95973. This business was conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: RYAN MORELAND Dated: August 12, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001049 Published: August 21,28, September 4, 11, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHU CHU RECORDS at 1139 Spruce Avenue Chico, CA 95926. BEN COLBECK 1139 Spruce Avenue Chico, CA 95926. MATTHEW DWAIN HEYDEN 293 E. 4th Ave #3 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: BEN COLBECK Dated: August 13, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001076 Published: August 28, September 4,11,18, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO FIREPLACE AND STOVES at 3029 Esplanade, Suite 11 Chico, CA 95973. JOE ACQUISTAPACE 2538 HWY 32 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JOE ACQUISTAPACE Dated: August 14, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001084 Published: August 28, September 4,11,18, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PACIFIC BUSINESS SUPPLIES at 100 Sterling Oaks Dr #268 Chico, CA 95928. ALAN A SAJADI 100 Sterling Oaks Dr #268 Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ALAN A. SAJADI Dated: August 6, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001041 Published: September 4,11,18,25, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TWO TEACHERS TRAVEL at 2378 England St Chico, CA 95928. WILLIAM E HAUGE III 2378 England St Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: WILLIAM E HAUGE III Dated: July 24, 2014 FBN Number” 2014-0001001 Published: September 4,11,18,25, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as VIA DEL SOL APARTMENTS at 630 West 2nd Street Chico, CA 95926. PROPERTY INVESTMENT ENTERPRISES, LLC P.O. Box 895 Carmichael, CA 95609. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Partnership. Signed: PETE HALIMI Dated: August 13, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001064 Published: September 4,11,18,25, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO NATURAL FOODS COOPERATIVE, INC at 818 Main St Chico, CA 95928. CHICO NATURAL FOODS COOPERATIVE, INC 818 Main St Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: LIZA TEDESCO Dated: August 19, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001106 Published: September 4,11,18,25, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name GOLDHAVEN STUDIOS at 1140 Hurleton Swedes Flat Rd Oroville, CA 95966-8714. KATHLEEN JILL DUTSON 1140 Hurleton Swedes Flat Rd Oroville, CA 95966-8714. GARY NILES DUTSON 1140 Hurleton Swedes Flat Rd Oroville, CA 95966-8714. This business was conducted by a Married Couple. Signed: KATHLEEN JILL DUTSON Dated: August 29, 2014 FBN Number: 2009-0001388 Published: September 11,18,25, October 2, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BALLOU COMPANY at 1983 Potter Road Chico, CA 95928. TARA DANIELLE ANDERSON 1983 Potter Road Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: TARA ANDERSON Dated: August 28, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001130 Published: September 11,18,25, October 2, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GRASS-MAGIC at 378 Panama Ave Chico, CA 95973. WESLEY H ROSE 378 Panama Ave Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: WESLEY H. ROSE Dated: September 5, 2014 FBN NUmber: 2014-0001157 Published: September 11,18,25, October 2, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as KATHLEEN MOWDY BUSINESS SERVICES at 906 Sucker Run Road Feather Falls, CA 95940. KATHLEEN MOWDY 906 Sucker Run Road Feather Falls, CA 95940. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: KATHLEEN MOWDY Dated: September 3, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001144 Published: September 11,18,25, October 2, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PAWSITIVE VIBRATIONS, WOOLDOG DESIGNS at 1369 East Lindo Avenue #16 Chico, CA 95926-7390. SUZANNE R. FISHER 1369 East Lindo Avenue #16 Chico, CA 95926-7390. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: SUZANNE R. FISHER Dated: September 8, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001162 Published: September 11,18,25, October 2, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SOL-LUNA LANDSCAPES at 460 Posada Way #4 Chico CA 95973. JASON MICHAEL RIDENOUR 460 Posada Way #4 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual.

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NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE LAURA E. EMMETT, AKA LAURA ELEANOR EMMETT To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LAURA E. EMMETT, AKA LAURA ELEANOR EMMETT A Petition for Probate has been filed by: FRANCES A. PARKER in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: FRANCES A. PARKER 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: September 25, 2014 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: ROBERT L. HEWITT 1876 Bird Stret Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 534-8393 Case Number: PR41147 Dated: August 18, 2014 Published: September 4,11,18,25, 2014

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHRISTOPHER JACUB ARNOLD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CHRISTOPHER JACUB ARNOLD Proposed name: TYLER JACUB ARNOLD THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 8, 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: August 22, 2014 Case Number: 162811 Published: September 4,11,18,25, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CRYSTAL PATTERSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: OPAL KAY FUTURIST Proposed name: OPAL KAY PATTERSON THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 29, 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: August 28, 2014 Case Number: 162875 Published: September 11,18,25, October 2, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ALICIA ANN WILLIAMS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ALICIA ANN WILLIAMS Proposed name: ALICIA OLIVIA LAPP THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed,

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the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 8, 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: August 13, 2014 Case Number: 162728 Published: September 11,18,25, October 2, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MANJINDER KAUR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MANJINDER KAUR, FNU Proposed name: MANJINDER KAUR THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 29, 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: August 28, 2014 Case Number: 162845 Published: September 11,18,25, October 2, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MAI SAETERN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ISIAH IKE HARRIS IV MAI CHONG SAETERN Proposed name: DERRICK MARCUS SAETERN MEY ALINA SAETERN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 12, 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: August 27, 2014 Case Number: 162525 Published: September 11,18,25, October 2, 2014

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO RESPONDENT JAMES E. MARKSBERRY You are being sued by plaintiff: PAULA JOAN MARKSBERRY (POORE) You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a

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Response (form FL-120 or FL123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.There may be a court form that you can use for your response. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. The name and address of the court are: Superior Court of California, Tehema County 633 Washington St. Rm 17 Red Bluff, CA 96080. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: Paula Joan Marksberry 5675 Edith Ave Corning, CA 96021. (530) 824-4259. Signed: LANE MOORE Dated: June 23, 2014 Case Number: 69499 Published: August 28, September 4,11,18, 2014

SUMMONS NOTICE TO RESPONDENT MARIANNE WARNER You are being sued by plaintiff: DANIAL L. WARNER You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. The name and address of the court are: Butte County Superior Court One Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: DANIAL L. WARNER 90 Morningsong Lane Oroville, CA 95966 AFFORDABLE DOCUMENTS 1751 Oro Dam Blvd. #4 Oroville, CA 95966 (530) 534-7777 LDA #11 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: June 10, 2014 Case Number: FL-045810 Published: September 11,18,25, October 2, 2014

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“Well, I have a few questions,” he said. I called the listing agent. I was tempted to ask her how in the world she could ever manage to get a word in edgewise with her seller, but instead I told her my buyer had a few questions, and that we had met her seller, Mr. Will“Oh that’s wonderful,” she said, “and I’m glad you got to meet Mr. Williams, who is just a great guy not to mention a wealth of information about the property, which he is so proud of and rightfully so because it was built with such quality. And oh my goodness, I hope you got to meet Mrs. Williams, just a sweetheart of a lady and the both of them are so nice and a pleasure to work with. I just feel so fortunate to have them as clients and I know they’ll be conscientious sellers and there won’t be many repairs to negotiate because the place is so well-maintained and Mr. Williams is always willing to do whatever it takes to make things right, like he’s already done all the extras I recommended for preparing for selling. So what are your questions?” Mr. Lansing bought that property without having to say much at all.

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