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Endorsements The midterm election is around the corner and the CN&R’s editorial board

Remembering Bill Lee younger than 50, the name Bill Lee probably doesn’t Ithefringyou’re a bell. There was a time, though, when he was perhaps most powerful person in town.

sives changed all that, forcing the council to consider larger issues, such as quality of life.

Bill Lee did all he could to head off the growing influence of liberals in local politics.

For several decades, until he retired in 1983, Lee, who He was good at it. His editorials were sharply died Oct. 18 at the age of 96, was the written, and they presented a challenge to executive editor of the Chico Enterpriseprogressives to come up with thoughtful Record. There he wielded his editorial responses. pen like a rapier, skewering those whose With the rise of a progressive movement actions he abhorred—Vietnam War proin Chico, and an alternative voice in the testers, environmentalists, feminists and CN&R, Lee’s hold on local govthe like—without mercy. ernment began to wane. What It’s hard to understate It’s hard to emerged was a kind of see-saw the influence the E-R, and politics, with progressives and understate the Lee’s editorials, enjoyed in by alternately enjoying those days. In 1973, when influence the E-R, conservatives Robert Speer majorities on the City Council. a group known as the April and Lee’s editorials, This polarized the community to Committee organized to The author, a some extent, but it also increased run, for the first time, proenjoyed in longtime Chico the quality of debate and led, overgressive candidates for resident, is a former those days. all, to better council decisions.

City Council, 21 out of the CN&R editor-in-chief.

I treasure a letter I received last 22 council candidates from Bill Lee, written after his retirement, backed by the E-R had won. When two praising me for a piece I wrote when Ted of the April Committee’s candidates preMeriam died, in 1991. Meriam was our vailed, it was like a dam breaking.

Chico was much different then. There greatest civic leader after John Bidwell, and I had sought to memorialize that by reviewing were no bike lanes, no greenways, no his life and accomplishments and putting Greenline and few parks other than Bidthem in context. I was grateful Lee set aside well. The City Council was interested mostly in paying for cops and firefighters our historic competition and reached out to me. It reminded me that he was not only a and supporting growth, regardless of the quality journalist, he was also a gentleman. Ω costs of sprawl. The election of progres-

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members have done a lot of homework, especially on the local races. We announced our endorsements last week, but are reprinting them here for voters’ convenience.

We struggled with this year’s endorsements for local races, especially for Chico City Council, because each of the candidates has something to offer, whether that be a vision for a healthy community or expertise in a specific area. But after attending every candidates forum and asking further questions of the seven Chicoans vying for a seat, we’ve narrowed the field to three.

As always, we urge readers to do their own research. The League of Women Voters website, www.smartvoter.org, is an excellent resource.

Local offices Chico City Council: Scott Gruendl, Lupe Arim-Law and Mark Sorensen. We believe Gruendl and Sorensen have the fortitude to stand up to the employee unions, especially the police and firefighter bargaining groups, whose unsustainable benefits packages are breaking the bank, leading to a reduction in city services, not the least of which is sufficient public safety. Arim-Law has an accounting background, so she knows her way around a spreadsheet. Moreover, her familiarity with the Bay Area tech industry is an asset in the realm of economic development.

Butte County assessor: Diane Brown. No question here. Brown is the clear choice. She’s worked in the Butte County Assessor’s Office for decades and has the support of her colleagues. Her opponent, Bill Connelly, simply lacks the necessary expertise to effectively manage the office.

Measures A and B: No and No. We’re recommending a no vote on both the medical marijuana measures—the referendum that seeks stricter rules for pot-growing and the looser initiative, almost identical to the current law, that seeks voter approval before any changes are made. We think the current ordinance—a compromise between both factions—should remain in place. We also believe it should not be set in stone.

U.S. Congress Representative, District 1: Heidi Hall. This one is a no-brainer. Hall is smart and has the North State’s interests at heart. Incumbent Doug LaMalfa is a career politician who’s been feeding at the public trough for too long.

State Legislature State Senator, District 4: CJ Jawahar State Assembly, District 3: Jim Reed State executive Governor: Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown State initiatives Proposition 1: No. We’re in the minority here among media outlets, and we think that has something to do with proximity. As residents of the area of origin of the state’s water supply, we see that the $7.5 billion water bond protects the interests of corporate ag interests down south, and doesn’t go far enough in funding conservation efforts. Plus, it saddles taxpayers with more than $14 billion in debt over the life of the bond. We can do better.

Proposition 2: Yes. This measure would replace the state’s current, ineffective rainy-day fund. But this one, as opposed to what was instituted by voters in 2004, would be protected from grabs by the governor and state lawmakers. Plus, it’s designed to draw down debts.

Proposition 45: Yes. It grants the insurance commissioner the responsibility to approve or deny rate changes proposed by insurance companies.

Opponents claim Prop. 45 is a power grab by the insurance commissioner, but it simply brings the procedure for health insurance rate changes in line with those for other insurance rates.

Proposition 46: No. This measure has a number of laudable goals, including protecting patients from physicians who abuse drugs. However, it also raises a cap on “pain and suffering” damages in medical malpractice cases from the current $250,000, which was set in the ’70s, to more than $1.1 million. While the million-dollar figure is commensurate to today’s dollars, that steep an increase would overburden physicians in the form of insurance costs.

Proposition 47: Yes. Aims to further staunch the flood of nonviolent criminals into prison. Among other things, those convicted of petty crimes will face reduced sentences—and savings will fund programs that reduce recidivism.

Proposition 48: Yes. Asks voters whether a tribe should be able to build a casino on lands outside of its reservation. A wealthy California tribe with gaming interests funded the effort to put this on the ballot, and to seek a “no”—to squash out competitors. In the interest of fairness, we say yes. Ω

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by Melissa Daugherty melissad@newsreview.com

Omissions Do not skip this week’s excellent cover piece by Melinda Welsh on Kill the Messenger, a new film about Gary Webb, an investigative reporter who in 1996, near the start of the Internet Age, wrote a series about the Nicaraguan Contras smuggling cocaine into South Central Los Angeles, among other places, and the CIA’s knowledge of the drug trafficking.

Jeremy Renner plays the embattled Webb, whom journalists at the so-called “big three”—The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post—went out of their way to rebuke for what they claimed was inferior reporting.

Webb’s story, published in the San Jose Mercury News, went viral—before that term existed as we now know it. His editors caved under the pressure of reports from those media giants, all of which went to great lengths to undermine Webb’s work. The Merc didn’t stand by the story, and Webb was exiled to a bureau in the burbs, eventually quit his job, and less than a decade after filing the series, took his own life.

I cannot begin to imagine what Webb felt being under that kind of scrutiny from those paragons of journalism.

But I did get a taste of it about a decade ago, after I challenged the work of an L.A. Times reporter who wrote a story about Chico’s Greek system and the party scene.

The piece was prompted by the death of fraternity pledge Matthew Carrington, whose drunken would-be frat bros put him through a bizarre water-consumption ritual that killed him. The story went national, and in parachuted the Times.

A friend who pointed me to the story didn’t spot any red flags, but I read it closely and, as I wrote, the piece was “replete with errors, omissions and unnamed sources.” I was less than two years into my first reporting gig with the local daily and didn’t expect the firestorm that those words would trigger in the national journalism community. Long story short, my piece went viral, too, and I ended up on the receiving end of many snarky and critical emails from staff at the Times, The Gray Lady and other papers.

To be fair, my story was flawed. I wrote it along with two other A1 stories that day, and it was getting late when I told my editor that I wanted to hold the piece to seek comment from the reporter. I was advised to file the story without doing so, which went against my better judgment. The next day, I tracked him down to make that right.

Unlike Gary Webb, I was vindicated within days. The Times ran a 130-word correction and I became the David in a David vs. Goliath media debate. Within weeks an internal investigation by the paper led to the reporter’s dismissal. My little story was nowhere near as important as Webb’s exhaustive piece. That’s the tragedy here.

Webb’s main assertions were later confirmed, but the “big three” remained silent. That’s one hell of an omission in Gary Webb’s story. Until now.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

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Re “Endorsements” (Editorial, Oct. 23): I’m disappointed that the CN&R editors chose to endorse Mark Sorensen for City Council. As outlined in last week’s letter by Karl Ory, Sorensen has consistently taken positions that threaten the farmers’ market, a treasured Chico tradition.

Your readers overwhelmingly support the market and would rather support Forough Molina, who will work to preserve it.

KATHERINE O’BRIEN Chico

‘Stand up for America’ Re “Duh, it’s the flag” (Letters, by Mark Andrews, Oct. 23): I see a letter berating you for not knowing the symbolism of the Mexican flag. How many Mexicans do you think know the symbolism on the United States flag? How many care? Your reply is an “apology tour.” Grow a pair. This is the United States of America. It is not a responsibility of an American newspaper staff to know about a Mexican symbol, a Brazilian symbol, or a British symbol. If people want to know those things, they can look them up. It’s time for you to stand up for America.

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‘Complete bunk’ Re “Leaving the station” (Greenways, by Howard Hardee, Oct. 16): The Eagle Lake Field Station is near and dear to my heart; my first trip up there was in the fall of 1989 with a work crew of honors students. Over the past 25 years I have contributed to many work weekends, enrolled in summer classes, taught summer classes, and have brought honors students up for retreats and field trips.

Since university officials recently celebrated The Chico Experience, I find their lip service to “the experience” [in the story] highly unpalatable. Even more difficult to swallow were quotes by Katy Thoma; most of her assertions are complete bunk, and incredibly insulting to those who did write checks.

I maintain that the funding needed to keep our field station in operation does exist, but university and [University] Foundation administrators were simply unwilling to do that. Other naysayers, like Roger Lederer, have never been supportive of the station either. Lederer is wrong when he claims that students are no longer interested in three-hour field trips to the ELFS. He is right about the faculty, unfortunately. With only a handful of exceptions, our faculty simply did not support the ELFS. The upshot is that “they” finally got what they’ve always wanted, and The Chico Experience is that much depreciated.

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Re “It’s time we discuss domestic violence” (Guest comment, by Anastacia Synder, Oct. 9) and “What about the misandrists?”

(Letters, by Mike Peters, Oct. 16): Anastacia Snyder writes about domestic violence, through a female lens. Michael Peters— defending men—objects to Snyder’s statistics and recounts his own life experience. Two letter writers then attack Peters—saying he is essentially out of touch with reality. What’s going on here?

It seems to me that we are immersed in a culture of intense competition from the day we are born. Every person and every group in America competes to have their story told and their interests served. We believe we are at the center of a compelling drama.

In the meantime, very serious problems bear down on us. We have wealth inequality that brutalizes billions. We have a perennial war over global resources. We have an environmental holocaust that has the potential to end most life on this planet. And, we are totally unhinged with respect to the well-being of our fellow creatures.

We need to ask bigger questions about violence than those within our special interest groups. The first would be: How can I live on this Earth while doing the least amount of violence to ecosystems, animals, children, women and men? This question, if taken seriously, will lead in many directions—and it will greatly complicate our definitions of righteousness.

I have had the pleasure of being a friend and neighbor of Lupe Arim-Law for nine years. I am confident that she is the right fit for a seat on Chico City Council.

The first thing you notice about Arim-Law is her boundless energy.

She has always been very active in our community, whether it’s through her church’s youth group, her children’s school activities, or being involved in local and national politics. She is a natural leader and a team player. Her education and background in business management will help lead our vibrant city.

I know she will work tirelessly to make Chico a better place for us and our children. She is concerned with the homeless and wants to work with our agencies to support them. She is passionate about not just sticking a Band-Aid on the issues we’re dealing with. She is a strong supporter of our local businesses and wants our city to grow fiscally.

Most of all, Arim-Law will listen. She will work with us, her fellow council members, as well as the mayor and other city agencies to make Chico a vibrant city. I urge the voters of Chico to vote for Lupe Arim-Law on Nov. 4.

PATRICK NEWMAN Chico

A vote for Brown Bill Connelly claims to know how to balance a budget. The facts are, it’s not he or any other member of the Board of Supervisors who actually does the budget-balancing. All they do is give the vote in favor of or against the budget created by the Butte County chief administrative officer.

Mr. Connelly has no concept of what it takes to run the assessor’s office. It is much more than being a supervisor. The assessor employees would be supervising him! The only sure thing he knows is the salary and benefits package he would receive if he were elected, as well as how to run a disgraceful campaign. I plan to vote for the best and most-qualified candidate, Diane Brown for assessor!

STEVE HARRIS Oroville

JENNIFER CARLSON Chico

I am voting for Andrew Coolidge and Lupe Arim-Law for Chico City Council. Coolidge supports restoring police staffing. Without being safe, we have nothing. I also agree with his position that public workers “shouldn’t fall victim as easily to economic hard times.”

When people are employed, they spend money on goods and services, which benefits the economy. I have also been privileged to get to know Arim-Law. I support her position for a social service task force consisting of at least one police officer to work with other agencies, to deal with the homeless issue. Arim-Law, who is the youth director for her church, brings business experience and a strong ability to work with various members of our community. Both candidates oppose tampering with the Greenline. I recommend Lupe Arim-Law and Andrew Coolidge for the Chico City Council.

WALTER BALLIN Chico

They like Measure A To our fellow voters living in the cities and towns of Butte County: Those of us who live and raise our

families out here in the country need your help. Please vote yes on Measure A (A is OK). Please vote no on Measure B (B is bad).

The pot-growing “industry” that has infected Butte County over the past three years has brought us a huge, well-documented downside.

Commercial-size grows have proliferated all over our county, and have adversely effected our quality of life. The Pottie People depend on false arguments, rationalization, intimidation and a huge war chest.

If you read Measure B closely you will see that it includes a huge flaw. Not only does it seek to continue excessive growing for profit, it also prohibits our elected Board of Supervisors from making any future changes to the Butte County medical marijuana ordinance. That, folks, takes a huge wrecking ball to your Constitutional right to representative government.

So, protect your families, neighbors and friends. Vote. Apathy this time around is not an option. Every vote is important. Remember, the pot advocates fooled us once here in Butte County—shame on them.

If we let them fool us twice— shame on us.

GORDON JONES Gridley

We, the supporters of Measure A, have noticed that the Measure B proponents and organizers have hijacked the concerns and words of the Measure A camp. They are using such sayings as “Don’t put your family at risk,” “Protect your property rights,” “Don’t invite the cartels into Butte County,” etc.

They do not have enough brain matter left to think up their own sayings. They are saying those things in ads on TV, hoping to confuse you the public. They are even saying Measure A hurts patients, restricts access, pushes “patients” onto the streets. None of this is true. They are hoping to convince you to vote no on Measure A and vote yes on Measure B. Trust me, the cartels are already here, the cartels are Measure B. Vote no on Measure B. Measure A does protect families, our water and the environment, safety and health.

Proposition 215 is still good, and allows “patients” to grow their own “medicine.” And none of us are against small family grows. But we are against the ordinance passed in 2011, authored by the pot profiteers, and passed by the Board of Supervisors. Get it right this time, folks, don’t be confused. Vote yes on Measure A. BONNIE MASARIK Yankee Hill

Pointing out hypocrisy I don’t understand how our U.S. representative, Doug LaMalfa, can justify his voting to cut food stamps for low-income families while he has collected millions of dollars in government subsidies for his farm.

He received $5.1 million in federal crop subsidies between 1995 and 2012 and his estate is estimated to be over $3 million. Yet, he recently voted to cut funding for food stamps by $8 billion over 10 years. This means the loss of 21 meals each month for a family of four, affecting 47 million lowincome and working poor Americans. Food stamps are a type of welfare, but so are government subsidies to farmers. The only difference is that one type is for the poor and needy while the other is for the wealthy. I cannot in good conscience vote for him. I will be voting for Heidi Hall.

DIANE WALKER Grass Valley

Supervisor gives support I am enthusiastically supporting Herman Ellis for election to the CARD board of directors. He has served for two years on CARD and demonstrated his understanding of constrained budgets and the needs of the community. Herman has a doctorate in counseling and he is an exceptional listener.

He understands the value of recreational programs for our community. He has three children who have participated in a huge number of CARD programs over the years and Herman also has played adult softball in CARD leagues.

He will work to make the programs offered through CARD stronger and more comprehensive.

He knows there is a continuing need for youth, adult and senior programs that meet the needs of our community. Ellis’ experience with The Associated Students of Chico State gave him the ability to work with disparate personalities, gaps in service, and working to get the most out of realistic budgets.

Please join me in voting for Dr. Herman Ellis. He will work hard to make sure the citizens in the CARD district have opportunities to play and learn.

MAUREEN KIRK Chico

Editor’s note: Maureen Kirk is a member of the Butte County Board of Supervisors.

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Butte Environmental Council Executive Director Robyn DiFalco stands near one of the 25 trees slated for removal in a north Chico neighborhood.

DiFalco says an urban forest management plan is well past due.

SPARING NO EXPENSE

Candidates for Chico City Council are taking on major expenses during the election’s home stretch as they vie for positions that cost taxpayers about $30,000 a year, $7,000 in pay and about $23,000 in benefits.

Reanette Fillmer has been the top spender overall and has made the biggest push of late. Fillmer’s political action committee (PAC) spent $22,573.16 on her campaign between Oct. 1 and Oct. 18 alone, and $32,498.58 total this year, according to campaign contribution reports submitted to City Clerk Debbie Presson. The rest of the candidates’ expenditure totals this year are as follows: Andrew Coolidge has spent $28,781.85; Mark Sorensen has spent $19,150.87; Lupe Arim-Law has spent $13,700.71; Forough Molina has spent $6,052.30; and Scott Gruendl has spent $15,577.50. Candidate Rodney Willis does not have a PAC. For more on campaign expenditures, see “Of cash and campaigns,” page 10.

CHICO STATE COPS DOWNTOWN?

In order to address crime and transiency issues downtown, Chico Police Chief Kirk Trostle (pictured) has proposed expanding the role of the Chico State police.

While the city police department has been chronically understaffed, the public has cried for increased public safety, particularly downtown. On Oct. 7, city officials held a press conference in front of the City Council chambers to announce increased foot and bicycle patrols in the area, but few other details—such as how to cover and pay for those extra shifts—were outlined.

In a letter addressed to Chico State President Paul Zingg and dated Oct. 16, Trostle pushes for a revision to the Joint Public Safety Agreement between the Chico PD and university police. The letter was prompted by a plea for action sent to the Chico City Council by Gina McCammon, human resources director at the Chico State Research Foundation. By Trostle’s account, McCammon said she feels increasingly unsafe going to and from her workplace on Main Street downtown.

Trostle wrote that McCammon had described “daily interactions with mentally unstable transient adults, homeless people sleeping by the creek, employees being yelled at walking to and from their cars, [urination] on the university’s building directly in front of an employees’ window, [and people] selling drugs to Chico High [School] students and yelling at street signs in the parking lot.”

Trostle proposed that Zingg direct the University Police Department to actively police areas within one mile of university property.

Additionally, Trostle said he would recommend that the council amend municipal code to allow university police “to arrest or cite offenders.”

Both Zingg and University Police Chief Robyn Hearne declined comment on the proposal, and Trostle did not respond to an email inquiry.

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Timber Activists assert Chico’s urban forest is under assault ast year Chico was named a “City of Trees” for LFoundation. the 30th time by the National Arbor Day The town’s large and varied collec-

tion of towering conifers, oaks, sycamores, walnut and other trees continue to shade and beautify the landscape. by The city has lost its urban Tom Gascoyne forest manager as well as its tomg@ four-person tree crew (which newsreview.com nearly resulted in the city missing the deadline for getting that coveted City of Trees nomination). A recent city report shows there are 32,186 street trees and 4,404 stumps or sites where trees once existed, meaning the city currently has only 87 percent occupancy. Is Chico heading toward a title of “City of Stumps”?

Recent events suggest this may be the case. A few months back, four trees growing near the Rite Aid in the Park Plaza Shopping Center at Mangrove and Vallombrosa avenues were chopped down, attracting the attention of many of Chico’s tree defenders. Even though the trees were on private property, because it was a commercial development, city notice and permission were required—but never obtained. Trees since have been replanted by the property owner.

On Sept. 29, the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission (BPPC), the department that now oversees the city’s trees, approved the request by a homeowners association to remove 25 Yarwood sycamore trees that grow in a neighborhood known as Mission Santa Fe Circle. The trees are planted along Mission Ranch Boulevard, which runs west of The Esplanade and south of the Raley’s shopping center on East

Avenue. The roots of the fast-growing trees—they are only 15 years old but stand 50 to 60 feet tall—have uplifted and in a few places buckled the neighborhood’s sidewalks. A spokeswoman for the homeowners association said three people have fallen due to tree issues. She said it was time for the trees to be replaced. That type of tree is not on the city’s current list of approved street trees. They were reportedly given the go-ahead because they were a favorite of the urban forest manager at the time.

At the BPPC meeting, Commissioner Mark Herrera said he thought it was premature to make such a decision without first holding a discussion about the urban forester position or the lack of an urban forest management plan. Four days later, the Butte Environmental Council made a request that the City Council reconsider the commission’s decision.

“We base our appeal on our belief that the project has undergone inadequate environmental review because the cumulative effects on the urban forest have not been discussed,” said the BEC request, written by Executive Director Robyn DiFalco. “Last year about this time we appealed to council a decision to remove another set of trees. We withdrew the appeal, in part, because the city committed to completing the Urban Forest Management Plan within a year.

Almost a year later, the plan is not much closer to completion.”

The council is scheduled to hear the

appeal on Tuesday, Nov. 4. City staff says the management plan is underway.

The question remains: Is the urban forest

threatened by a lack of institutional oversight and a population that takes its trees for granted? Maybe, but there are still laws in place to protect existing trees— laws that say only dead, dying, diseased or dangerous trees can be removed from city rights of way. And like the four in front of Rite Aid, even those on commercial property receive some city protection and oversight.

But DiFalco and a number of others don’t want to take any chances. The Oct. 27 BPPC meeting’s small attendance included DiFalco as well as Charles Withuhn, the founder of what is now called Chico Tree Advocates.

They were there to hear the appeal of two denied applications for permits— one to remove a city street tree on Camden Court and one to prune 25 percent of the crown off a city tree on 12th Avenue.

In the first case, the property owner near the tree said she thought she had planted the tree before the neighborhood was incorporated into the city and at the time “had no idea it would become home to the boxwood elder beetle.”

She said she has to pay “a couple times a year a couple hundred dollars to have the tree sprayed for these beetles,” which are not going away.

Dan Efseaff, the city’s park and natural resources manager, told the commission that city staff had investigated the

tree, found it in good condition and that soapy water would help manage the bugs. The tree, a Trident maple, is common in the area and even on the city’s street tree recommendation list. The property owner didn’t attend the meeting and her appeal was denied.

The second case was a request to prune by 25 percent an English walnut tree whose nuts and limbs were falling on an elderly couple’s yard and driveway, creating a tripping hazard. The request also said the tree’s presence would interfere with solar panels the couple planned to install on their roof.

City staff said a 25 percent crown pruning was too much and offered a 10 percent allowance.

Property owner Merle Winter told the commission the walnuts that drop from the tree present a hazard to his disabled wife and damage his car. Winter, who said he was nearing 80 years of age, told the commission that the 25 percent crown reduction was recommended by a certified arborist he had hired.

“I have eight trees in my backyard,” he told the commission. “I love trees. I actually like this tree. It’s just too much to live with.”

DiFalco is looking forward to the Nov. 4

council meeting, which will address the removal of the Mission Santa Fe trees.

“These 25 trees merit this kind of reconsideration that we don’t just go willy-nilly hacking down large numbers of trees,” she said. “For us it is a disturbing pattern of tree removals that are outpacing tree plantings.”

She said removing a large tree and replacing it with a single small tree is a losing equation and in most cases two young trees should be planted when a mature one is removed. City code guidelines call for the replacement tree to be 6 inches in diameter at breast height, or about 5 feet high. If the tree being replaced is 12 inches in diameter, she said, it should be replaced with two 6inch-diameter trees.

“We are losing our tree canopy,” she said. “One baby tree does not equal one mature tree and the shade canopy that it provides, reducing the heat effect and increasing the habitat value.”

Efseaff said City Council has instructed staff to contract out for an urban forest manager, which he said they are now working to do. In the meantime, “a lot of institutional knowledge has been lost.”

The city has hired a tree maintenance worker, though it does contract some work out, and also has on staff a certified arborist named Dave Bettencourt.

“He is a street tree field supervisor and can assess a tree and develop a work plan,” Efseaff said. “All pruning and assessments come to Dave first. He is qualified for evaluating trees.” Ω

Three-time Pumpkinhead champ Ted Shred wasn’t happy about being excluded from this year’s competition, but offered contestants advice and support.

PHOTO BY KEN SMITH

Strange standoff Pumpkinhead Pumpkinheadcontestants contestantscombat combatfatigue, fatigue, weather weatherand andnature’s nature’scall callto towin wincontest contest

n the 2006 remake of the cult horror classic Idered The Wicker Man, Nicolas Cage is bewiland horrified by the strange, pagan

practices of an isolated island community. It’s likely some visitors to Chico’s City Plaza last Saturday (Oct. 25)—where a group of men and women stood motionless on crates, their heads covered with carved pumpkins—felt a twinge of something like Cage’s on-screen trepidation.

Far from a sinister ceremony, the event was actually Pumpkinhead 2014, the 18th installment of radio station 106.7 Z-Rock’s annual endurance contest in which the last contestant standing wins a $1,000 cash prize.

Z-Rock on-air personality and production assistant “V”—né Jeremy Votava—has helped organize the contest for several years, and said the long-running and admittedly strange event has surpassed a simple radio promotion.

“Every year I have a moment where I scratch my head and think, ‘Why are they doing this?’” Votava said about four hours into the event, which began at 8 a.m. “But it’s for $1,000, which I’m sure everyone could use, and it’s become more than that.

“I think it’s a part of the community now.

It rings in the fall and the Halloween season, and it’s become a real Chico tradition.”

Updates from the plaza are broadcast live on the air, and a half-dozen bands entertain contestants and onlookers. Votava said the event usually lasts about 12 hours, though it used to run several days, with the record standing at 71 hours.

“The rules changed a few years ago,” he said, explaining contestants used to get 10minute breaks every few hours to eat, use the bathroom and rest.

Now there are no breaks. Contestants can have a support crew to provide snacks, but food and fingers are forbidden from touching the gourd, which cannot be adjusted at all; they are not allowed to wear diapers or devices to help obtain relief, and soiling themselves is grounds for disqualification; they can wear backpacks and jackets, but if they drop these items to the ground, they lose them.

“They basically can’t do anything unless we tell them to, like Simon Says,” Votava continued, adding that the contestants must perform physical challenges, such as standing on one leg, about every half hour. This year contestants also competed against the elements, in the form of intermittent rain and heavy winds.

SIFT|ER Dem seats on the line Americans’ approval of our congressional leaders is up slightly from last fall’s historic low of 9 percent. But according to Gallup, which has tracked the approval rating for 40 years, the current approval rate of 14 percent is the lowest found in October of a midterm election year. All 435 House of Representatives and 36 Senate seats are up

for grabs. Historically, during times of low voter approval, the members of the president’s party stand to lose seats. In other words, there is a lot at stake for Democrats this coming Tuesday.

At around 1 p.m., 15 of 21 contestants remained when the Pumpkinheads were commanded to squat low while holding one arm forward, and hold the position for several seconds. Contestant Karla Dowd, whose husband, Kenic, was also competing, fell from her perch as she tried to rise, her pumpkin smashing to pieces on the concrete as a collective “Ohhhhh!” rose from the crowd.

“I was fine until a half hour ago. Then I started getting really dizzy … I knew I wasn’t going to make it back up,” Dowd said as Enloe Medical Center EMT Sam Pinto examined her.

Contestants are checked for injuries, though Votava said the worst conditions he’s seen are disorientation and downright exhaustion. Dowd was uninjured and ultimately unfazed, saying she looks forward to competing next year.

Another person looking forward to competing

in Pumpkinhead 2015 is Ted Shred (aka Ted Modrell). After winning three out of the last four years (he got second the other year), Z-Rock banned him from this year’s contest, though he was invited to attend as the reigning champ and resident expert. Shred, who is 48, said he was happy to be there to offer moral support, but unhappy he couldn’t contend.

“It kinda sucks,” Shred said. “I mean, let me keep winning. Everyone else out there is half my age, anyway. I want to get five wins, and then I’ll retire willingly.”

In addition to three $1,000 cash prizes, Shred’s Pumpkinhead winnings have included a car, though he said the Nyquil-colored, 1997 Oldsmobile Achieva with a salvaged title wasn’t much of a prize.

“I had to spend a bunch of money to get it running, then it broke down and we put it in the backyard,” he said. “Then a big tree fell down and crushed it.”

Shred shared several tips, including shaving the inside of the squash to make it lighter, bringing chopsticks to assist in eating, and hydrating just enough to stay healthy and keep your head in the game. He also said foot placement and occasional weight shifts are essential, claiming his stance is so solid he actually takes short naps while competing.

“It’s a huge relief,” Shred said of the moment of victory. “At the end I’m not watching the others, I go by the noise. When the crowd starts making noise you know they’re struggling, and when the crowd makes the big noise, you know you’ve won.”

This year’s winner was Aaron Daniels, with Misty McDivitt placing second and Mitch Valentine third. Fortunately, nobody was eliminated on the grounds of waste elimination.

—KEN SMITH kens@newsreview.com

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Of cash and campaigns Police union finally files campaign finance report, other PACs spend big f money talks—and in politics, Ipublic’s we know it does—then it’s in the interest to know who is

making financial contributions to Chico City Council campaigns leading up the election on Nov. 4.

That’s why the City Clerk’s Office makes records of campaign contributions publicly available, both online and in-person, and imposes deadlines on candidates and political action committees (PACs) to report financial activity during certain time periods, as required by both city and state law.

The first two deadlines were Oct. 6 and Oct. 23, and the third and final deadline is on Friday (Oct. 31).

But until Tuesday (Oct. 28), just a week before the election and more than three weeks after the first deadline, voters were left in the dark regarding the Do some snooping: Chico City Council Chico Police campaign contribution Officers’ reports are available Association on the city’s website, PAC. City www.chico.ca.us.

Clerk Debbie Presson hadn’t heard from the CPOA until it filed its reports on Tuesday afternoon; she posted the information on the city’s website that evening.

Failing to report campaign contributions is a violation of the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) requirements, but Presson can levy a fine of only $10 for each day reports are late.

The CN&R spoke with Presson prior to her receiving the CPOA’s campaign contribution reports.

With the election drawing near, she

was concerned whether voters would have enough time to review the records.

“That’s the whole intent behind the reporting periods during an election,” she said by phone.

“They’re staggered the way they are to capture the most information they can in order for our citizens to be aware of who is supporting which candidates and how much is being spent.”

Some may have wondered whether the CPOA was deliberately concealing contributions. But Peter Durfee, president of the CPOA since 2012, said the association’s board was just plain confused about reporting requirements.

“I’m a police officer, not an accountant,” Durfee said. “I’ll be the first to say it: I’m in charge, and I didn’t know [about filing reports]. But now I do, and we’re in the process of making it right.”

Durfee said the CPOA board has been “getting up to speed” on what paperwork is necessary, and hired a private firm to get its reports in order. Though the CPOA contributed to the campaigns of Toby Schindelbeck and Sean Morgan in 2012, Durfee said, the CPOA board has a high turnover rate and current members were unfamiliar with the process.

This time around, it turns out there’s not much to report.

“We haven’t used 1 cent out of our PAC account this year,” Durfee said. “I’m not saying that won’t change over the next two weeks, but as of right now, we have made

Peter Durfee, president of the Chico Police Officers’ Association, issuing a ticket for a sit/lie violation on Tuesday (Oct. 28).

PHOTO BY HOWARD HARDEE

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no contributions, and I don’t know if we will. We don’t plan on doing so.”

The records submitted to Presson show the CPOA spent about $100 renting the City Council chambers for the CPOA-hosted candidates forum on Oct. 13, but has not contributed to any of the candidates’ campaigns.

Presson explained in an email that, even if a PAC has made no contributions, it’s still required to file with her office. “Otherwise, citizens are left hanging with not knowing if the PAC was receiving contributions or expending funds,” she wrote.

Meanwhile, other PACs have been

spending. Most notably, Chico Citizens for Accountable Government has poured nearly $14,000 into promoting council candidates Andrew Coolidge, Reanette Fillmer and Mark Sorensen through mail, TV and radio ads. As of Oct. 18, that PAC had received a total of $30,000 in contributions mostly from local construction and industrial businesses.

The Chico Firefighters Legislative Action Group has received $6,158 to date and spent $1,865, with expenditures focused on candidates Lupe Arim-Law, Coolidge and Fillmer.

Chico Politics, led by Michael Jones and Kelly Skelton, backs candidates who have pledged not to accept support from police and firefighter unions. As of Oct. 18, the PAC had contributed $100 apiece to the campaigns of Mayor Scott Gruendl, Sorensen and Fillmer, and $449 apiece on campaign signs for each of those candidates.

—HOWARD HARDEE howardh@newsreview.com

In Loving Memory

Fracking debate continues

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Planning Commission kicks matter to its next meeting

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utte County planning commisB sioners debated an ordinance to ban the oil and natural gas

extraction process known as fracking last week, finally tabling a measure they said might be purely symbolic.

And if an ordinance that would ban fracking in Butte County is a symbolic gesture—as some argue—the importance of the symbolism to the state’s oil-and-gas industry was clear at the Oct. 23 meeting. The commission faced upfront industry lobbying from statewide groups opposed to the ban.

After hearing testimony from more than 30 people, the commission voted 4-0 to table the matter until its Dec. 11 meeting. (Commissioner Harrel Wilson was absent.) Perhaps more telling, the panel also voted 4-0 to pare down the draft ordinance by about 95 percent in order to consider an abbreviated version that would ban only the disposal of fracking byproducts in Butte County.

The Board of Supervisors can still adopt or reject the original ordinance—which was written by county attorneys—but the Planning Commission must first make a recommendation.

“I don’t know why we’re in such a hurry to do this,” said Commissioner Mary Kennedy, noting that a ban in Butte County, where there’s no hydraulic fracturing currently underway, is largely “symbolic.”

The ordinance under consideration came about after the Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 in April in favor of a ban on fracking or new well-stimulation methods in Butte County. Earlier in the year, the Butte County Water Commission had recommended a zoning amendment that would require a conditional-use permit for fracking.

Ban proponents note the numerous instances of groundwater contamination in areas where fracking occurs.

“When they destroy your water, it’s forever,” county Water Commissioner John Scott told the Planning Commission.

There also was growing con-

cern about whether wastewater from fracking operations near Butte County could be disposed in any of the 200 abandoned gas wells here.

Chico State geology professor Todd Greene, who opened the Planning Commission meeting by giving a PowerPoint presentation on fracking, indicated that wastewater may in fact be the bigger worry. The process of fracturing rock formations deep in the Earth to extract oil and gas deposits produces what’s called “flowback”—a mix of brine and fracking fluids that may even contain radioactive matter.

“Wastewater is what has the potential for impacts to water resources,” Greene said. “What do you do with what is usually a toxic mix?”

Wastewater typically is trucked out for disposal in an injection well elsewhere or treated and reused in some way.

But the state oil and gas industry opposes restrictive legislation, even in counties where the possibility of fracking seems remote.

Dave Quast, the California field director for Energy In-Depth, the public-outreach program run by the California Independent Petroleum Association (CIPA), urged the Planning Commission to reject the ordinance. Quast said fracking is already “heavily regulated” to ensure safety.

“The ordinance would be a

Butte County Planning Commissioner Mary Kennedy says a ban on fracking would be “symbolic.”

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symbolic gesture at best,” Quast said.

Prior to the meeting, the panel received correspondence opposing the ban from a Los Angeles law firm representing the industryfunded political action committee Californians for Energy Independence.

A citizen campaign run by the group Frack-Free Butte County has been successful in organizing a 2016 ballot initiative that would also ban fracking. Commissioner Alan White wondered whether there should be a “sunset provision” that would expire any ordinance passed now before a 2016 referendum.

But Frack-Free Butte County Treasurer Joni Stellar says it would be a mistake to expire the county’s drafted ordinance if it were adopted as is or improved. She said it’s superior to the citizens’ ordinance, that it’s “far more detailed and litigation-proof.”

“The county had more time and more talent, and that makes a difference,” Stellar said after the meeting.

—LESLIE LAYTON

See www.chicosol.org for more from Layton on the status of the Butte County fracking ban.

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GREENWAYS Western tiger swallowtails flooded Chico this summer. It’s anyone’s guess as to why.

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The big show Local experts weigh in on the mysterious cause of a butterfly surge this summer by

Larry Mitchell

was a tremendous year for butterfly Thislovers.

Most years, during the spring and sum-

mer, Chicoans would consider themselves lucky to catch a few glimpses of majestic western tiger swallowtails sipping nectar at flowering shrubs in their backyards. This year, however, they appeared nearly every day. Bright yellow and black wings fluttered around Chico yards from early spring until just recently.

In 40 years of watching the flying insects, local butterfly expert Don Miller has never seen so many large western tiger swallowtail butterflies in Chico. “I was dazzled by how many there were,” he said.

Sterling Mattoon, who has been watching butterflies since he was 5 (the Chico lepidopterist is now 82), remembers previous seasons with as many tiger swallowtails, but not for a long, long time.

What’s confounding local experts is that this year’s population boom was an anomaly.

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activities like farming and home-building, he said. Climate change has had an effect, too.

Global warming has led to a shorter, drier, warmer growing season, which has an adverse effect on plants, he said.

“Plants’ welfare has very much to do with butterflies’ welfare,” Miller said.

The California dogface butterfly, which is the state insect, used to be found in Butte County, but not anymore, he said. In fact, its numbers have declined all over Northern California.

The “large marble” butterfly, which is “very delicate and pretty,” was relatively common but now is rare, he said. A few species of copper butterflies are now hard to find.

“This year, as well as last, numbers are down,” he said of all butterflies. “The [western tiger swallowtail] is one of a few interesting exceptions.”

So, what caused this year’s surge? It’s really

anybody’s guess. Maybe something cut the population of one or more of the butterfly’s predators, Miller hypothesized. There’s a tiny wasp, for example, that can burrow into the insect when it’s a caterpillar and kill it. If something caused the population of these wasps to decline, the result would be more tiger swallowtails, he suggested.

That theory is plausible, said Arthur Shapiro, a biology professor at UC Davis and an expert on butterflies, but he couldn’t provide evidence to back it up.

Mattoon pointed to an unusual characteristic of tiger swallowtails that could explain this year’s large showing: They have the ability to live in their chrysalises (which are like cocoons) for several years instead of simply emerging as butterflies after a few weeks. If there were many butterflies resting in their chrysalises, and just the right conditions occurred, in terms of temperature and rainfall, for example, lots and lots of butterflies could appear on the scene, he said.

Shapiro stressed the mystery in what happened this year. And he noted this wasn’t the first year populations were larger than usual.

“No one has the slightest idea why they are coming on strong,” he wrote in an email.

“Elevated populations were first observed in 2009, when the species suddenly returned to Davis after a 10-year absence. At the latitude of I-80, the phenomenon has persisted at least from Roseville to Vallejo. This year was not one of the biggest [in Davis].”

Western tiger swallowtails live as butterflies

for two to six weeks. During their short lives, the females lay eggs multiple times on the leaves of host trees, such as ashes and

sycamores.

After a couple of weeks, the eggs hatch, and the new generation of butterflies lives as caterpillars for about six weeks. Then they form chrysalises and inhabit them, typically for another four weeks. Finally they emerge as butterflies.

It was common this summer to see a couple of tiger swallowtails fluttering around each other in circles. Some people say when that occurs, the butterflies are mating, but Miller said that’s not actually so. That kind of behavior can indicate a sort of turf war between two butterflies, or the insects might be courting. It’s unusual to spot butterflies mating, but when they are seen, they are connected tail to tail, usually on the ground, he said.

When temperatures start dropping, as they now have, the butterfly eggs stop hatching, and the whole process is put on hold, Miller said. He said he hasn’t seen any of the . Next insects since about year’s western tigermid-September swallowtails will remain in their chrysalises, attached to small tree branches, through the winter.

With such a huge number of the butterflies this year, it’s probable that the number of chrysalises is also larger. The butterflies start to appear in the spring, sometimes as early as January.

Mattoon said it would be wonderful if many tiger swallowtails appear again next year, but there’s no way to predict whether that will happen.

Miller countered: “I’m very hopeful we’ll see a lot of tiger swallowtails next year, too.” Ω

ECO EVENT MOP UP A MONSTROUS MESS Halloween night in Chico may not reach the legendary state of bedlam it once did, as authorities have cracked down on the revelry in recent years, but it’s still quite a party. And big parties mean big messes. So a group of students from Neighborhood Church of Chico, the Chico State InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and California Student Sustainability Organization are organizing volunteers to help clean up the aftermath. All interested parties are invited to meet at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1, in front of Bidwell Presbyterian Church.

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Fashion in the family Kelly Leser loves building her fashion business, iCandy Couture, with the help of her children. Her eldest daughter, Alexandra Coter, just turned 21, and is assistant manager, and Leser’s other daughters, 13 and 11, also pitch in at the store.

“A lot of their friends shop in here anyway, and it’s just really been exciting to do something with all three of my kids in the fashion industry,” Leser said during a recent interview. iCandy Couture opened in March in the Chico Mall, where Leser hopes to bring a new option to the local clothing scene.

Leser formerly managed the store, and when it came up for sale, she bought it, relying on her 16 years of experience with Nordstrom stores as her guide. Leser, 51, was born and raised in North Hollywood, then moved to Chico for her 10th grade year, graduating from Pleasant Valley High School.

How is your clothing store different from the others?

I would describe it as very fashion-forward. Quality, but at prices that are very affordable.

My prices here are about $7.75 to $39.95. I don’t want to gouge my customers. And I want to deliver that same level of customer service that was ingrained in me, working for Nordstrom all those years. I want people to have a wonderful shopping experience here. You don’t want your customers to feel forced. I feel I’ve trained my girls well in creating that experience.

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Who are your customers?

I had a woman in her 70s come in here who was going on a cruise, trying to get a wardrobe together, so we will reach all age groups.

Moms can come in with their kids, and they can all find things. I do a lot of buying at the L.A. Fashion Market—that’s where you’re going to see a lot of other fashionforward styles. What I want to create is not only a boutique feel, but also having that downtown atmosphere, right here in the Chico Mall. We’re really catering to Chico women who are fashionforward.

Have you always been interested in fashion?

them are “upcycled”—that’s when you take vintage pieces, not just used clothes, and add a few key pieces to them. I also had two clothing lines. I designed and created children’s dresses. Nordstrom carried them for several years .… My first love is doing the creative end of it.

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Not trying stuff on. Don’t be afraid to take the time to try things on.

Then you don’t waste your time and money after you get it home and you don’t like it.

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When I was a little girl, I probably tortured my cats, trying dresses I made on them, stringing their tails through. I love texture and fabric, and have since a young age. My goal is to try out a few pieces I’ve designed in the store. Some of

I sew, so I’d like to offer alterations here. And we want to create a way women can create a wish list, so the men in their lives can come in and easily shop for them.

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I’ve never been a fan of Halloween. Although my grandmother used to make elaborate costumes for me as a child (I was Fievel Mousekewitz from An American Tail one year—complete with a fully padded mouse head that dwarfed my 7-year-old body), trick-or-treating just never appealed to me. I always felt too cold, too embarrassed, and usually too underwhelmed by the candy to justify walking door-to-door in what was often a cold and windy rainstorm typical of the season.

Recently, however, I learned of a new day observed in October that has redeemed this month for me: National Manufacturing Day (Oct. 3). Enacted in 2011 by President Barack Obama shines a spotlight on American manufacturers.

Though most people think of manufacturing jobs being predominantly overseas, the manufacturing industry in America is a thriving sector of the national economy, with the U.S. Department of Commerce reporting that manufacturing supports 17.4 million jobs, with more than 700,000 of those jobs added since 2010.

Some of those jobs are right here in our own backyard. Transfer Flow, Weiss McNair and Roplast Industries are just a few of the manufacturers that call the North State home and were some of the companies featured at a local manufacturing expo held in collaboration with the National Manufacturing Day earlier this month. The event also featured a local solar manufacturer, Elite Solar, which is just breaking into the manufacturing sector.

Elite Solar has been in business for about five years, owned and operated by Kirk Short, an Oroville local. Six months ago, Elite Solar moved beyond solar design and installation and launched into the manufacturing of solar racking—the pieces that solar panels fit onto.

Short said the shift into manufacturing was sparked by his existing racking manufacturer closing down their U.S. operations to focus on other international markets. Short purchased the business, bought the old Pepsi bottling facility in Durham, and started manufacturing operations about six months ago, adding an additional revenue stream for his business and expanding manufacturing jobs in the county.

Short said manufacturing racking fills a need for his business, and others, noting that based on his knowledge of the industry, he believes Elite Solar is one of the few solar-racking manufacturers in California (he doesn’t know of any others in Northern California).

Elite Solar is one of those businesses that we now have a formal excuse to take time to honor in October. National Manufacturing Day is a great fall celebration that requires no costumes or doorbell-ringing.

In September, I wrote about the proposed demolition of the Marie Callendar’s building on East 20th Street and plans for new construction of a multitenant building there. I confirmed this week that Panera Bread is going through the city planning process right now, with plans to open in that location, complete with a drive-thru. More to come later, but I know this news will excite at least a few readers.

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THE PULSE CHANGE FOR YOUR HEART

It’s well-established that healthy lifestyle changes can help cut the risk of a heart attack, but a recent study suggests adopting healthy behavior affects cardiovascular health more drastically than previously thought.

The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, found that as many as four out of five heart attacks in men may be prevented by moderate alcohol use, not smoking, regular exercise and maintaining a healthy weight and diet, according to HealthyCal.org.

The researchers followed more than 20,000 Swedish men, ages 45 to 79, for 11 years, using questionnaires to assess those risk factors.

Men with active lifestyles, minimal amounts of abdominal fat and diets rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, whole grains and fish had an 86 percent lower heart attack risk.

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TOBACCO RE-EMERGES IN CALI

California’s fight against tobacco lacks the punch it once had, according to a study from UC San Francisco.

Once an international model for tobacco control, the state’s efforts have suffered from cuts to the California Tobacco Control Program, a resurgence of tobacco lobbyists in state politics, and the popularity of unregulated tobacco products such as e-cigarettes, according to a UCSF press release. The report is part of a long-term research project that tracks the effect of anti-tobacco programs on public health.

The state’s Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act, enacted in 1989, reduced the number of packs of cigarettes sold from 2.5 billion in 1988 to 951 million in 2012. Due to inflation, the program’s spending power is half of where it started. Meanwhile, the state’s rate of decline in tobacco consumption has fallen behind national averages.

A separate UCSF study recently found that smoking cost the state an average of $487 per resident, or $18.1 billion total, in 2009.

SCHOOL CAFETERIAS GET FRESH

A new program in which school cafeterias produce meals with local food—or at least ingredients from California—began in 15 school districts across the state on Oct. 23.

California Thursdays, organized and managed

by Berkeley-based nonprofit Center for Ecoliteracy, is expanding after a successful pilot program in Oakland, according to California Healthline. Some districts will host California Thursdays once a month, while about a third of the schools plan on operating the program weekly.

Adam Kesselmen of Ecoliteracy said that, for some school cafeterias, providing fresh food is the first step. Many of the facilities are antiquated and don’t have kitchens, while “there are a number of kitchens in districts that are not actually preparing food, they’re more heat-and-serve.”

California Thursdays will expand again next April, and Ecoliteracy is currently accepting applications from interested school districts.

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

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Fitness guru preaches personal responsibility, ‘intentional touch’ in fighting health enemy No. 1 by

Howard Hardee howardh@newsreview.com

ne might not expect Rod Page to be the O sensitive type. The ex-Marine is a hulking piece of muscle who gives extra-firm

handshakes, rides a Harley-Davidson and sports a rad mustache. But the 51-year-old also leads yoga classes, exudes kindness and talks passionately about the role of “intentional touch” therapy in preventative health.

“In the end of your fingers, you have the capacity to change someone’s health just by giving them a shoulder or neck massage,” he said. “No therapist is born with special skills; it’s about having an empathetic disposition and a genuine concern for who you’re working with.”

During a recent interview, Page discussed his career as a fitness coach in Redding, Willows and Chico, which, by his own estimate, includes 25,000 hours of personal training and countless chair- and full-body massages. Over his 20 years in the field, he’s come to realize that, all along, he’s been “treating the symptoms of a bigger disease”—stress.

Page describes stress as “the culprit behind pretty much every modern ailment,” but his definition is broad.

“You run too far for what your conditioning level is, you’ve stressed your body,” he said. “You lift more than you’re capable of, you’ll have a week of soreness.

You eat a poor diet, that’s a form of stress on your body.”

Page’s philosophy on stress relief is both multifaceted—it relates to diet, exer-

cise and body work—and basic. The first and most important step, he says, is holding yourself accountable for the state of your health.

“I’ve heard every excuse known to man,” Page said. “Why they can’t exercise, why they can’t eat right. Until you accept the responsibility for where you’re at, you can’t move forward.”

Page was “corn-fed and barn-raised” in

Elk City, Okla. At 12 years old, he was already preparing for high school baseball and football by doing chin-ups in the rafters of the family barn.

He made both teams when he was of age, and, through football, was introduced to a structured weight-training regimen for the first time. After graduating high school in 1981, he joined the Marine Corps, and roughly three months of boot camp further engrained exercise as a habit.

However, an accident on a rainy day in 1986 while he was stationed in Yuma,

Ariz., would forever complicate his active lifestyle. While working on the wing of an F-4 Phantom fighter jet, Page slipped, hit the wing flaps, and landed heavily on the tarmac; equipment resting on the wing then fell and crushed his neck and left shoulder.

“My buddy says, ‘Dude, don’t lift your head—your collarbone is about to poke out of your skin,’” he recalled.

The fracture was so severe it nearly punctured his carotid artery, but the medical attention he received “was a joke,” he said. ‘They put a sling around my arm, and sent me home with Advil.” It was an excruciating week before he saw a doctor at Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego and had the bone reset.

After leaving the Marines in 1988, Page moved to Redding and started a gym. He helped design a wellness plan for city employees and oversaw the development HEALTHLINES continued on page 17

APPOINTMENT RUN FOR RUNNERS Chico Running Club’s annual Almond Bowl, a run with 5K, half-marathon, half-relay and full marathon courses, begins at One-Mile Recreation Area in Lower Bidwell Park on Saturday, Nov. 2, and the last chance to register is Nov. 1 during packet pickup at Fleet Feet (241 Main St.). Registration is $15 to $80; proceeds partially benefit high school running programs. For more information, go to www.chicorunningclub.org.

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Feather River Hospital surgeons use unique, advanced techniques that require smaller incisions and damage less muscle tissue. These techniques allow faster recovery and a shorter hospital stay.

Because surgeons are part of a skilled care team that provides a consistently high level of treatment from pre-op through recovery, patients are able to be active again more quickly.

The care team comprised of surgeons, nurses, therapists and even dieticians also focuses on the patient experience and the benefit of compassionate, patient-focused care in promoting healing. This approach has helped the program to reach a level of excellence recognized by awards such as a 5-Star Rating in Total Knee Replacements from Healthgrades.

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of a stress-busters class at Shasta College. At his gym, he did everything from personal training to leading yoga classes.

For years, he maintained a personal regimen of running and calisthenics, but knew something was wrong when he lifted heavy weight. “I didn’t understand why I wasn’t getting stronger, even though I pulled and pulled,� he said.

It wasn’t until 2001, when he underwent an MRI, that he discovered the full extent of his injuries: Not only had he suffered permanent nerve damage in his shoulder, but the impact had broken two cervical vertebrae at the bottom of his neck, and his shoulder blade had been fractured from one end to the other. Both injuries had healed on their own.

Once he knew what his limitations were—some motions still pop his shoulder out of its socket—he crafted a resistance-training routine he follows to this day. has since been providing personal training and body work by appointment. He’ll lead a stress-busters class for partners on Nov. 2, and the main component will be touch. “It takes two,� he said. “That’s where intentional touch comes in— how to clear the mind to give a massage, and also prepare to receive one. In five minutes, you’ve totally changed their day.�

While learning those techniques takes specific instruction, Page also will provide general tips like taking a moment to practice breathing exercises and breaking up your work day by taking a walk.

He’ll also discuss exercise,

Learn about Rod Page’s philosophy on stress-reduction during his next class at Monks Wine Lounge (128 W. Second St.) on Sunday, Nov. 2, from 12:30 to 3 p.m. Wine and tapas will be served afterward. Call Rod at 227-0176 for more information.

emphasizing body-weight movements that don’t require equipment or a gym membership. Regarding diet, he offers a simple rule of thumb based on the dictionary definition of food: “Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink, or that plants absorb, in order to maintain life and growth.� “People like to label ‘good’ and ‘bad’ food,� he said. “The reality is, one is food, and one is not food, because it’s not nutritious.� Maintaining a proper diet, then, becomes a matter of consuming what is nourishing and laying off empty calories.

The goal is to make those practices habitual. By taking a proactive approach, Page says, encountering a stressful situation won’t raise your blood pressure as much.

Given his personal struggles with injury, it’s not surprising that he doesn’t think much of excuses. “Folks are ready to make a change, but they may not be ready to listen to my message, because I tell them, ‘You can’t continue to blame fast food, your spouse, your genetics, your job, your boss.’ At some point, you have to say, ‘I am completely responsible for the state of my health, and I need to take positive steps to make a difference.’â€? â„Ś

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Return of the messenger Nearly two decades after a reporter exposed a connection between the CIA and crack cocaine in America, Hollywood chimes in with a major movie

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his one has all the ingredients of a dreamed-up Hollywood blockbuster: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist uncovers a big story involving drugs, the CIA and a guerrilla army. Despite threats and intimidation, he writes an explosive exposé and catches national attention.

But the fates shift. Our reporter’s story is torn apart by the country’s leading media; he is betrayed by his own newspaper. Though the big story turns out to be true, the writer commits suicide and becomes a cautionary tale.

Hold on, though. The above is not fiction.

Kill the Messenger, an actual film in theaters right now, is the true story of Sacramento-based investigative reporter Gary Webb, who earned both acclaim and notoriety for his 1996 San Jose Mercury News series that revealed the CIA had turned a blind eye to the U.S.-backed Nicaraguan Contras trafficking crack cocaine in South Central Los Angeles and elsewhere in urban America in the 1980s. One of the first-ever newspaper investigations to be published on the Internet, Webb’s story gained a massive readership and stirred up a firestorm of controversy and repudiation.

After being deemed a pariah by media giants like The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post, and being disowned by his own paper, Webb eventually came to work in August 2004 at Sacramento News & Review. Four months later, he committed suicide at age 49.

He left behind a grieving family—and some trenchant questions: Why did the media giants attack him so aggressively, thereby protecting the government secrets he revealed? Why did he decide to end his own life? What, ultimately, is the legacy of Gary Webb?

Like others working at our newsweekly in the brief time he was here, I knew Webb as a colleague and was terribly saddened by his death. Those of us who attended his unhappy memorial service at the Doubletree Hotel in Sacramento a week after he died thought that day surely marked a conclusion to the tragic tale of Gary Webb.

But no.

Because here comes Kill the Messenger, a Hollywood film starring Jeremy Renner as Webb; Rosemarie DeWitt as Webb’s then wife, Sue Bell (now Stokes); Oliver Platt as Webb’s top editor, Jerry Ceppos; and a litany of other distinJournalist Gary Webb, who worked at the Sacramento News & Review in the four months before his death, gained both acclaim and notoriety for his 1996 San Jose Mercury News series “Dark Alliance.”

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guished actors, including Michael K. Williams, Ray Liotta, Andy Garcia and Robert Patrick. It’s directed by Michael Cuesta (executive producer of the TV series Homeland).

Webb’s immediate family—including his son Eric, who lives near Sacramento State and plans a career in journalism—expected to feel a measure of solace upon the film’s release earlier this month.

“The movie is going to vindicate my dad,” he said.

For Renner—who grew up in Modesto and is best known for his roles in The Bourne Legacy, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Avengers and The Hurt Locker—the film was a chance to explore a part unlike any he’d played before.

During a break in filming Mission Impossible 5, he spoke to the News & Review about his choice to star in and co-produce Kill the Messenger.

“The story is important,” said Renner. “It resonated with me. It has a David and Goliath aspect.

“He was brave, he was flawed. … I fell in love with Gary Webb.”

‘The first big Internet-age journalism exposé’

There’s a scene in Kill the Messenger that will make every investigative journalist in America break into an insider’s grin. It’s the one where— after a year of tough investigative slogging that had taken him from the halls of power in Washington, D.C., to a moldering jail in Central America to the mean streets of South Central Los Angeles—Renner as Webb begins to actually write the big story. In an absorbing film montage, Renner is at the keyboard as it all comes together—the facts, the settings, the sources. The truth. The Clash provides the soundtrack, with Joe Strummer howling: Know your rights / these are your rights … You have the right to free speech / as long as you’re not dumb enough to actually try it.

It took the real Gary Webb a long time to get to this point in his career.

His father, a U.S. Marine, moved Webb around a lot in his youth, from California to Indiana to Kentucky to Ohio. He wound up marrying his high-school sweetheart, Sue Bell, with whom he had three children. Inspired by the reporting that uncovered Watergate and in need of income, he left college three units shy of a degree and went to work at The Kentucky Post, then The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, where he rose quickly through the ranks of grunt reporters. Dogged in his pursuit of stories, Webb landed a job at the Mercury News in 1988 and became part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for reporting on the Loma Prieta earthquake.

It was the summer of 1996 when the lone-wolf journalist handed his editors a draft of what would become the three-part, 20,000-word exposé “Dark Alliance.” The series was exhaustive and complex. But its nugget put human faces on how CIA operatives had been aware that the Contras (who had been recruited and trained by the CIA to topple the leftist Sandinista government in Nicaragua) had smuggled cocaine into the United States and, through drug dealers, fueled an inner-city crack-cocaine epidemic.

When “Dark Alliance” was published on Aug. 18 of that year, it was as if a bomb had exploded at the Mercury News. That’s because it was one of the first stories to go globally viral online on the paper’s then state-of-the-art website. It was 1996; the series attracted an unprece-

dented 1.3 million hits per day. Webb and his editors were flooded with letters and emails.

Requests for appearances piled in from national TV news shows.

“Gary’s story was the first Internet-age big journalism exposé,” said Nich Schou, who wrote the book Kill the Messenger, on which the movie is partially based, along with Webb’s own book version of the series, Dark Alliance. “If the series had happened a year earlier, ‘Dark Alliance’ just would have come and gone,” said Schou.

As word of the story spread, black communities across America—especially in South Central—grew outraged and demanded answers. At the time, crack cocaine was swallowing up neighborhoods whole, fueling an epidemic of addiction and crime. Rocked by the revelations, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, congresswoman for Los Angeles’ urban core to this day, used her bully pulpit to call for official investigations.

But after a six-week honeymoon period for Webb and his editors, the winds shifted. The attacks began.

On Oct. 4, The Washington Post stunned the Mercury News by publishing five articles assaulting the veracity of Webb’s story, leading the package from page one. A few weeks later, The New York Times joined with similar intent.

The ultimate injury came when the L.A. Times unleashed a veritable army of 17 journalists (known internally as the “Get Gary Webb Team”) on the case, writing a three-part series demolishing “Dark Alliance.” The L.A. paper—which appeared to onlookers to have missed a giant story in its own backyard—was exhaustive in its deconstruction, claiming the series “was vague” and overreached. “Oliver Stone, check your voicemail,” summed Post media columnist Howard Kurtz.

Now, even some of Webb’s supporters admitted that his series could have benefited from more judicious editing. But why were the “big three” so intent on tearing down Webb’s work rather than attempting to further the story, as competing papers had done back in the day when Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein broke the Watergate scandal?

Some say it was the long arm of former President Ronald Reagan and his team’s ability to manipulate the gatekeepers of old media to its purposes. (Reagan had, after all, publicly compared the Contras to “our Founding Fathers” and supported the CIA-led attempt to topple the Sandinista government.)

Others say that editors at the “big three” were simply affronted to have a midsize paper like the Mercury News beat them on such a big story. An article in the Columbia Journalism Review claimed some L.A. Times reporters bragged in the office about denying Webb a Pulitzer.

One of their big criticisms was that the story didn’t include a comment from the CIA. When reporters at the big three asked the agency if Webb’s story was true, they were told no. The denial was printed in the mainstream media as if it were golden truth.

Other issues fueled controversy around Webb’s story. For example: It was falsely reported in some media outlets—and proclaimed by many activists in the black community—that Webb had proven the CIA was directly involved in drug trafficking that targeted blacks. He simply “MESSENGER” continued on page 20

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did not make this claim.

In some ways, Webb became the first reporter ever to benefit from, and then become the victim of, a story that went viral online.

After triumphing in the early success of the series, Webb’s editors at the Mercury News became unnerved and eventually backed down under the pressure. Jerry Ceppos, the paper’s executive editor, published an unprecedented column on May 11, 1997, that was widely considered an apology for the series, saying it “fell short” in editing and execution.

When contacted by N&R, Ceppos, now dean of the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University, said he was only barely aware of the film coming out and wasn’t familiar with the acting career of Oliver Platt, who plays him in the movie. “I’m the wrong person to ask about popular culture,” he said.

Asked if he would do anything differently today regarding Gary Webb’s series, Ceppos, whose apologia did partially defend the series, responded with an unambiguous “no.”

“It seems to me, 18 years later, that everything still holds up. … Everything is not black and white. If you portrayed it that way, then you need to set the record straight.

“I’m very proud that we were willing to do that.”

Some find irony in the fact that Ceppos, in the wake of the controversy, was given the 1997 Ethics in Journalism Award by the Society of Professional Journalists.

Webb, once heralded as a groundbreaking investigative reporter, was soon banished to the paper’s Cupertino bureau, a spot he considered “the newspaper’s version of Siberia.”

In 1997, after additional run-ins with his editors, including their refusal to run his followup reporting on the “Dark Alliance” series, he quit the paper altogether.

But a year later, he was redeemed when the CIA’s inspector general, Frederick Hitz, released his 1998 report admitting that the CIA had known all along that the Contras had been trafficking cocaine. Reporter Robert Parry, who covered the Iran-Contra scandal for The Associated Press, called the report “an extraordinary admission of institutional guilt by the CIA.” But the revelation fell on deaf ears. It went basically unnoticed by the newspapers that had attacked Webb’s series. A later internal investigation by the Justice Department echoed the CIA report.

But no apology was forthcoming to Webb, despite the fact that the central finding of his series had been proven correct after all.

‘I never really gave up hope’

Earlier this month, Webb’s son Eric, 26, opened the door to his Sacramento rental home with a swift grab for the collar of his affable pit-bull mix, Thomas. Eric—lanky at 6 feet 4 inches, with his father’s shaggy brown hair and easy expression—attended college at American River College and hopes to become a journalist someday. He was happy to sit down and discuss the upcoming film.

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made about his dad was nothing new. He’d heard it all at least a dozen times before.

Paramount Pictures had owned the rights to Dark Alliance for a while before Universal Studios took it on.

“I stopped expecting it,” Eric said.

Webb’s ex-wife, Stokes, now remarried and still living in Sacramento, had heard it all before, too.

“I’d get discouraged,” she said, “but I never really gave up hope.”

Things finally took off almost eight years ago, when screenwriter Peter Landesman called author Schou, now managing editor at the OC Weekly, about his not-yet-published book about Webb. Landesman was hot to write a screenplay about Webb’s story, said Schou.

It was years later when Landesman showed the screenplay to Renner, whose own production company, The Combine, decided to co-produce it. Focus Features, which is owned by Universal, now has worldwide rights to the movie Kill the Messenger.

“When Jeremy Renner got involved,” said Schou, “everything started rolling.”

It was the summer of 2013 when Stokes and Webb’s children—Eric, his older brother, Ian, and younger sister, Christine—flew to Atlanta for three days on the film company’s dime to see a scene being shot.

“The first thing [Renner] did when he saw us was come up and give us hugs and introduce himself,” said Eric. “He called us ‘bud’ and ‘kiddo’ like my dad used to. … He even had the tucked-in shirt with no belt, like my dad used to wear. And I was like, ‘Man, you nailed that.’”

The scene the family watched being filmed, according to Stokes, was the one where Webb’s Mercury News editors tell him “they were gonna back down from the story.”

“I was sitting there watching and thinking back to the morning before that meeting,” said Stokes. “Gary was getting nervous [that day]. He said, ‘I guess I should wear a tie and jacket’ to this one. He was nervous but hopeful that they would let him move forward

plan of saving money by moving into his with the [follow-up] story.” mother’s home nearby.

Of course, they did not.

“I needed a visual confirmation for After a pause, Stokes said: “It was hard myself,” said Eric. He pulled up to the house watching that scene and remembering the and saw a note in his dad’s handwriting on emotions of that day.” the door. It read, “Do not enter, please call Just a few months ago, in June, Webb’s family flew to Santa Monica to see the film’s the police.” Eric went inside and saw the blood, “but his body “final cut” at had already been the Focus Feataken,” he said. tures studio.

For his children All were thor“He was brave, he was and Stokes, nothing oughly flawed. I fell in love was ever the same. impressed And almost 10 years with the film with Gary Webb.” later, questions still and the acting. reverberate around “Jeremy Ren—Jeremy Renner Gary Webb’s death. ner watched It’s clear from all our home who knew him well videos,” said that he suffered from severe depression.

Eric. “He studied. All these little words and Some—like Stokes—believe in retrospect gestures that my dad used to do—he did that Webb also likely was ill with undiagthem. I felt like I was watching my dad.” nosed bipolar disorder. Still, why did he do When asked how playing the role of it? What makes a man feel despair enough to Gary Webb compared to his usual actiontake his own life? adventure parts (such as in The Bourne After leaving the Mercury News in ’97, Legacy), Renner said it was like “apples Webb couldn’t get hired at a daily. After writand oranges” to compare the two, but then ing his book, he eventually found a position admitted, “I can say this one was more working for the California Legislature’s task emotionally challenging.” force on government oversight. When he lost Stokes has no regrets about the film. that job in February 2004, a depression he’d “Seeing a chapter of your life, with its fought off for a long while settled in, said highs and lows, depicted on the big screen is Stokes. something you never think is going to hapThough divorced in 2000, the couple pen to you,” she said. “It was all very emoremained friendly. On the day that would tional.

“But I loved the movie. And the kids were have been their 25th anniversary, he turned to her, utterly distraught, after hearing he’d lost very happy with how it vindicated their the job. father.”

“He was crying, ‘I lost my job, what am I Said Renner, “If [the family gets] closure gonna do?’” she said. He knew the developor anything like that … that’s amazing.” ment would make it tough to stay in Sacra‘I’ve shot that gun so I know’ mento near his children. She urged him to It was an otherwise routine Friday mornregroup and apply again at daily newspapers. ing in December 2004 when Eric Webb was Surely, she thought, the controversy over his called out of class at Rio Americano High series would have waned by now.

School. The then-16-year-old was put on the But when Webb applied, not even interphone with his mother, who told him he views were offered. needed to leave campus immediately and go “Nobody would hire him,” she said. “He straight to his grandmother’s got more and more depressed. He was on house. antidepressants, but he stopped taking them “I told her, ‘I’m not going in the spring,” said Stokes. “They weren’t anywhere until you tell me making him feel any better.” what happened,’” said Eric.

It was August when Webb finally got So she told him about his work as a reporter at N&R. Though he hadn’t dad. set out to work in the world of weekly jour“He killed himself,” she nalism, with its hit-and-miss prestige, he was said. a productive member of the staff until near Eric had the family BMW the end. During his short time with the paper, that day, so he floored it over he wrote a few searing cover stories, includto his father’s Carmichael ing “The Killing Game,” about the U.S. home—the one his dad had Army using first-person shooter video games been scheduled to clear out as a recruitment tool. of that very day. Webb had In the days following his death, the Sacrajust sold it with the alleged mento County Coroner’s Office came out with a preliminary finding that was meant to cease the flood of calls to his office. The Back in 1997, SN&R brought the report “found no sign of forced entry or controversy about Gary Webb to struggle” and stated the cause of death as readers with “Secrets and Lies,” a “self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head.” cover story about why the mainBut it was too late to stop the conspiracy stream media attacked his Mercury News series. In 2004, four months theorists. The CIA wanted Webb dead, they before his suicide, Webb came to hypothesized, so the agency must have put a work at SN&R. “hit” out on him. To this day, the Internet is

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full of claims that Webb was murdered. The fact that Webb had fired two shots into his own head didn’t dampen the conjectures.

Said Eric, “The funny part is, never once has anybody from the conspiracy side ever contacted us and said, ‘Do you think your dad was murdered?’”

The family knew what Webb had been through; they knew he had been fighting acute depression.

They learned he’d purchased cremation services and put his bank account in his ex-wife’s name.

They knew that the day before his suicide he had mailed letters, sent to his brother Kurt in San Jose, that contained personal messages to each family member.

Receiving the letters “was actually a big relief for us,” said Eric.

“We knew it was him. They were typed by him and in his voice. It was so apparent. The things he knew, nobody else would know. …

He even recommended books for me to read.”

According to Eric, the “two gunshots” issue is “very explainable,” because the revolver Webb had fired into his head, a .38 Special police edition his Marine father had owned, has double action that doesn’t require a shooter to recock to take a second shot. “I’ve shot that gun so I know,” said Eric, who said his father taught him to shoot on a

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camping trip. “Once you cock the trigger, it goes ‘bang’ real easily. …

You could just keep on squeezing and it would keep on shooting.”

In Kill the Messenger, Webb’s death goes unmentioned until after the final scene, when closing words roll onto the screen. Renner said he felt it would have been a disservice to the viewer to “weigh in too heavy” with details of the death.

Including Webb’s demise would have “raised a lot of questions and taken away from his legacy,” he said.

‘Stand up and risk it all’

It was eight days after Webb’s death when a few hundred of us gathered in Sacramento Doubletree Hotel’s downstairs conference room for an afternoon memorial service. Photo collages of Webb were posted on tables as mourners filed into the room. There he was on his prized red, white and blue motorcycle. There he was camping with his children. There he was featured in an Esquire magazine article recounting his saga. Family members and friends, longtime colleagues and N&R staffers packed into the room.

My own distress at Webb’s passing wasn’t fully realized until my eyes lit on his Pulitzer Prize propped on a table just inside the entryway. It was the first one I’d ever seen. I wondered how many more exceptional stories he could have produced if things had gone differently.

“He wanted to write for one of the big three,” said Webb’s brother Kurt. “Unfortunately, the big three turned [on him].”

Praise for the absent journal-

Eric Webb, 26 and living in Sacramento, says he feels Kill the Messenger is a clear vindication of his father Gary Webb’s life and career. “The movie is going to vindicate him,” said Eric, seen here with his father’s old typewriter. “If people see the movie, they’re going to know he was right.”

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ist—his smarts, guts and tenacity— flowed from friends, colleagues and VIPs at the event. A statement from now U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, then a senator, had been emailed to N&R: “Because of [Webb]’s work, the CIA launched an Inspector General’s investigation that found dozens of troubling connections to drug-runners. That wouldn’t have happened if Gary Webb hadn’t been willing to stand up and risk it all.”

And Rep. Waters, who spent two years following up on Webb’s findings, wrote a statement calling him “one of the finest investigative journalists our country has ever seen.”

Renner was hesitant to say if those who watch Kill the Messenger will leave with any particular take-home lesson. “I want the audience to walk away and debate and argue about it all,” he said of his David and Goliath tale. And then, “I do believe [the film] might help create some awareness and accountability in government and newspapers.”

And what would the real live protagonist of Kill the Messenger have thought of it all? It’s at least certain he’d have been unrepentant.

In the goodbye letter his ex-wife received on the day of his suicide, Gary Webb told her: “Tell them I never regretted anything I wrote.” Ω

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s and wilder Better partie big kids on fantasies for Chico Halloween in a holiday that provides the ideal enviFlifeorronment in which to live one’s fantasy in public, Chico has a reputation for

not being very original. Put the word “sexy” in front of any stock character—cat, devil, Ebola nurse (I’m by not joking—look it Jason Cassidy up)—and head out on jasonc@ the town with a dude newsreview.com dressed like a cheerleader and by midnight you’re burning couches and hucking bottles at cops on horses. Way to get “crazy” on Halloween, Chico.

Fully aware of our little party town’s history of jackassery, Comedy Central clip-show host Daniel Tosh tweeted last week that he is renting a bus and inviting those dreaded “out-of-towners” to take a trip to Chico on Halloween. As someone who is willingly befouled by the stank of Tosh.0 on a weekly basis, I can say with some knuckleheaded authority that the footage he’ll be seeking—and will definitely find on a Halloween that falls on a Friday night in “Chee-Ko!”—will only further that uninspired reputation.

Of course, those who know, know that Chico is way more freaky than your average binge-drinker could begin to imagine, and that there is more creativity and weirdness to be had on Halloween in our community than can be bought from any pop-up costume store. Here’s a rundown of what we could scare up:

All the world’s a sideshow

The event that appears to have the most fantasy potential is the inaugural A Dark Circus event, showing this weekend at the Blue Room Theatre. The combination burlesque show and variety show is being produced in collaboration with the Blue Room by local actress/ director Cat Campbell, and will feature players from her recent heavily inebriated zombiehorror film Dead Drunk as well as mem-

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bers of the theater company and a bunch of local dancers.

“We will take the audience on a journey as if he or she is a patron of a creepy circus that appears in the night,” Campbell said during a recent interview.

“There’s dancing, singing, comedy and some boobs.”

Wanting to stray from the “cute” aspect of typical burlesque, Campbell— who in addition to acting in many local theater productions has performed as part of The Malteazers, the Maltese Bar & Tap Room’s house burlesque troupe— said she wanted to do something to “celebrate the freak in all of us.”

In addition to the dancers, the show will feature a ringmaster (Jess Mercer), various sideshow freaks and of course some creepy clowns.

“There’s a lot of macabre comedy [in the show],” Campbell added. “For instance, [there’s] a creature that kills her master and dances with his intestines. I like to think we have a great mix of sexiness, comedy and the macabre.”

Now that’s the Chico I’m talking about! Two shows a night, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Killing time

When it comes to full fantasy immersion, the best bet for spending time in an alternate reality—and a pretty freakin’ scary one at that—is far from downtown Chico, and deep in the dark night of Oroville with the Zombie Wrecking Crew.

South of town, just off Highway 70, the property next to the Combat Zone paintball park has been overrun by the undead and they are asking for your help to reclaim it. To assist their “Zombie Wrecking Crew” in doing battle with the zombie hordes, they’ve converted an old school bus into a “zombie-eradicating machine outfitted with 27 state-of-the-art paintball guns all loaded with special

zombie-eliminating ammo.”

Each night, the bus rides into the darkness and everyone on board goes about blasting the “live” zombies and various other targets around the course. Battles take place Thursday-Sunday, from 6 to 11 p.m. (till midnight on Friday and Saturday), and the cost to take part is $20 for a ride plus 100 rounds of ammo ($10 for each additional 100 rounds). Join the battle at 4444 Pacific Heights Road in Oroville. For more info, call (209) 918-9209 or visit www.zombiewrecking crew.com.

Also, for a Halloween fright that’s closer to home, check out the Asylum of the Dead haunted house on the north side of Chico (3163 Esplanade), Thursday and Friday, Oct. 30-31, 7-10 p.m., only $3/person ($6/family).

Dancers Stephanie Weiser (left) and Erin Deniz rehearsing their macabre moves for A Dark Circus at the Blue Room.

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haunted house. Th-F, 10/30-31, 7-10pm. $3/person; $6/family. Find “Asylum of the Dead” on Facebook. 3163 Esplanade.

PUMPKIN DROP: Physics students at Chico State reenact Galileo’s demonstration of the Law of Falling Bodies by dropping pumpkins from the top of Butte hall. Th, 10/30, noon. Free. Butte Hall, Chico State Campus, (530) 898-6204.

ZOMBIE WRECKING CREW: Hop on he Zombie Wrecking Crew bus and help blast zombies with paint guns! Th & Su, 6-11pm; F & Sa, 6pmmidnight, 10/30-11/2. $20/100 shots ($10 for extra 100). Next door to Combat Zone Paintball Park, 4444 Pacific Heights Rd. in Oroville, (209) 918-9209. www.zombiewreckingcrew.com.

Music ANTSY MCCLAIN AND THE TRAILER PARK TROUBADOURS.: Americana

“folkabilly” singer/songwriter visits Chico. Th, 10/30, 7:30pm. SOLD OUT. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 345-2739, www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

Zombie apocalypse in Oroville.

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Theater LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL: A fast-paced comedy about the

More better Halloweening

If you just want to dress up and join a good party with local freaks and a live band, here are five recommendations for Halloween night (for more details, see calendar listings): • All Hallow’s Eve at 1078 Gallery, featuring The Shimmies and Bogg.

• Freak the Funk Out at Lost on Main, with Mojo Green and Swamp Zen. • Pinhead (Ramones covers) and Trox and the Terribles and Her Tragic Mistake (a Goth tribute) at Duffy’s Tavern.

• KZFR Halloween Monster Bash at Chico Women’s Club, with Steve Cook and friends.

• Zombie Stomp, at Paradise Grange, featuring Alli Battaglia & The Musical Brewing Co. and “Dead” covers from The Electrified Redemption Project. ●

fashionable, ditsy Elle Woods who charms her way into Harvard.

Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 11/9. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheater company.com.

HOMEBREW DAY Saturday, Nov. 1 Shenanigan’s

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Art 1078 GALLERY: Humanity Bites, artist Eunkang Koh showcases mixed media works of Gauche on paper, paintings and hand-sewn dolls with animal/human hybrid faces.

Through 11/1. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

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Special Events ARTISANS & CRAFTERS FAIRE & BAKE SALE: The Honey Run Covered Bridge’s annual Artisans, Crafters Faire & Bake Sale is perfect shopping for holiday gifts. Win prizes and enjoy baked goods. Sa, 11/1, 10am-4pm. Honey Run Covered Bridge, 1670 Honey Run Rd. 4.5 miles from Skyway, (530) 895-1243, www.honeyrun coveredbridge.com.

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ASYLUM OF THE DEAD: See Thursday. 3163 Esplanade.

CHILDREN’S HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL: The Progressive Schoolhouse hosts a Halloween carnival with raffles, a mystery house, and game booths, plus sweets, and a cake walk. F, 10/31, 2-8pm. Free. Progressive Schoolhouse, 2400 Notre Dame Blvd., (530) 345-5665, www.progressiveschoolhouse.com.

HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY & ZOMBIE STOMP: Live music by Alli Battaglia & the Musical Brewing Company and The Electrified Redemption Project, spooky hors d’oeuvres, and wine and beer available for purchase.

Best costume gets a prize. F, 10/31, 8-11:30pm. $20-$30. Paradise Grange Hall, 5704 Chapel Dr. in Paradise, (530) 873-1370, www.face book.com/pgrangeevents.

TREAT STREET: Wear a costume, bring a parent and get ready to stroll downtown Halloweenstyle. Be sure to enter the Treat Street costume contest in city plaza for a chance to win one of many prize packages from our downtown businesses. F, 10/31, 2-5pm.

Downtown City Plaza, 418 Main St., (530) 8967800, www.downtownchico.net.

ZOMBIE BALL: A Halloween costume contest with live music, dancing, a photo booth, prizes and games. F, 10/31, 9pm. $5-$10. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

ZOMBIE WRECKING CREW: See Thursday. Next door to Combat Zone Paintball Park, 4444 Pacific Heights Rd. in Oroville, (209) 918-9209. www.zombiewreckingcrew.com.

Theater A DARK CIRCUS: Blue Room and Top Cat Production present a burlesque variety show with creepy clowns, sensual beauties and surprises around every corner. F, 10/31, 7:30 & 10pm, Sa, 11/1, 7:30 & 10pm. $13. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL: See Thursday.

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

THE HAUNTING OF CHAPELLE: A haunted Halloween party with karaoke, The Black Kettle food truck and live entertainment from the Alternators. F, 10/31. Chapelle de l’Artiste Chateau & Retreat, 3300 Inspiration Ln. in Paradise, (530) 228-0941, www.chapelle delartiste.com.

KZFR HALLOWEEN BASH: Celebrate Halloween with all the ghouls and gals of KZFR, Stevie Cook & Friends will be playing, plus a costume contest and prizes. F, 10/31, 7:30pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E Third St., (530) 895-0706, www.kzfr.org.

MUSEUM TRICK OR TREAT: Halloween festivities,

trick-or-treating and holiday fun. F, 10/31, 124pm. Gold Nugget Museum, 502 Pearson Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8722, www.goldnugget museum.com.

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SYMPHONIC WINDS: EVOLUTIONS Saturday, Nov. 1 Harlen Adams Theatre

HOMEBREW DAY: Learn how to start your own home brew system, with demonstrations from experienced brewers. Food and drinks served. Sa, 11/1, 10am. Shenanigan’s, 3212 Esplanade, (530) 809-1088.

ZOMBIE WRECKING CREW: See Thursday. Next door to Combat Zone Paintball Park, 4444 Pacific Heights Rd. in Oroville, (209) 918-9209. www.zombiewreckingcrew.com.

Music SYMPHONIC WINDS: EVOLUTIONS: Hear the changes of early compositions of musical marches from Gustav Holst, Percy Grainger, and Bernard Rogers to more recent works from David Stanhope and David David Dzubay.

Sa, 11/1, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.

Theater A DARK CIRCUS: See Friday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blue roomtheatre.com.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL: See Thursday.

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

MARY POPPINS AUDITIONS: Auditioning for the classic story. Visit website for more information. Sa, 11/1, 1pm, Su, 11/2, 6:30pm. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 8943282, www.chicotheatercompany.com/ auditions.

demonstrations from local artists Chris Yates, ceramics, Dolores Mitchell, oils, Valerie Payne, collage, and Cynthia Sexton, watercolors. Through 10/31. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

B-SO SPACE: BFA Group Exhibition, Bachelor of Fine Arts candidates showcase their sculpture, prints, ceramics, paintings, drawings and digital media works. Through 10/31.

Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

LAXSON FINE ART GALLERY: Michael Hendrix, Chico State undergraduate exhibits a new series of prints. Through 11/21. 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.

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Group Art, the motley group of polymaths are stealing the walls at the lounge to showcase their artistic talents beyond serving delicious caffeinated beverages. Through 10/31. 118 W Second St., (530) 895-0676.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Streets Of Chico

My Home Town, new works from artist Marilyn Walsh. Through 11/3. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

THE VAGABOND ROSE GALLERY & FRAMING:

New Works, water colors and oil paintings by artist Charlotte Sweetland. Through 11/20. 236 Main St., (530) 343-1110.

BUTTE COLLEGE ART GALLERY: Permanent

Marks, an open exhibition featuring works completed with Sharpie permanent markers. All are welcome to create their own art with permanent markers supplied by the gallery. Through 11/6. 3536 Butte Campus Dr. in Oroville, (530) 895-2208.

CHICO ART CENTER: Dia De Los Muertos, the Community Art Challenge exhibition features mixed media works from local artists working under the theme Dia De Los Muertos. 10/31-11/21. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

CITY HALL: Art in City Hall, 23 works from the Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA) collection are on display showcasing various media from local and north state artists. Through 11/21. 9426 Main St. in Plymouth, (916) 600-1954.

DOWNTOWN CHICO: Window Art Walk, the Chico Arts Commission and DCBA present the annual Window Arts Walk in downtown Chico during the month of October. Over 40 businesses and 50 artists participate in a showcase of the arts in celebration of National Arts and Humanities month and the local Artoberfest. Through 10/31.

Downtown Chico.

EMPIRE COFFEE: CAC Portrait Drawing Group

Art Show, a group art show of portrait drawings done by artists over the course of the past year and a half. Through 10/31.

Contact Mark Gailey mgailey7@yahoo.com, http:// for details on this exhibit. 434 Orange St., (530) 899-8267.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS:

Japan, influenced by her latest travels to Japan, artist Paula Busch showcases Ukiyoe caricatures in encaustic. Through 10/31. Watercolors, new watercolor paintings from artist Frences Miller.

11/5-12/26 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 3432930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

Call for Artists SNOW GOOSE WILDLIFE EXHIBIT: Submit work of Pacific Coast wildlife and landscapes for the annual Snow Goose Wildlife exhibit held in January. See website for more details.

Through 11/15. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9 gallery.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.bidwell park.org.

CHICO MUSEUM: Mik ‘cupu Dy: This is Our

Home, Here We Remain, The exhibit focuses on the tribe’s heritage and history and presented from the perspective of the Mechoopda people using the four seasons to delineate periods of happiness, success and tragedy. Ongoing. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chicomuseum.org.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Eat well, Play Well, a bilingual exhibit that will help visitors discover nutrition, fitness, and the science of making healthy choices in a fun and interactive way. See website for ticket info. Ongoing.

Modern Farming-Land, Water, People, and Science, explore the North State agriculture. Ongoing. Patterns of The Land, a display of quiet and pastoral agriculture images of the Sacramento Valley from local photographer Anthony Dunn. Ongoing. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

SEE SATURDAY, MUSIC

On the Blues Highway Dennis McNally’s writing career began when he turned his college dissertation on the Beat Generation’s biggest icon into the acclaimed book Desolate Angel: Jack Kerouac, The Beat EDITOR’S PICK Generation, and America. Jerry Garcia was so impressed with the book he invited McNally to become the Grateful Dead’s official historian and publicist, which led him to eventually pen A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead. His latest is On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom, which explores the impact of early bluesmen on American culture and the music of Bob Dylan. McNally will be in Chico Monday, Nov. 3, to appear on KZFR’s Blues Bayou at noon, and to sign books at The Bookstore at 6:30 p.m. (See In the Mix, p. 29)

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Special Events ALMOND BOWL: A 5K run/ walk, marathon and half marathon sponsored by the Chico Running Club. Pre-registration required. Su, 11/2, 6:30am. Bidwell Park One Mile Recreation, Woodland Ave., (530) 865-4875, www.chico runningclub.org/almond-bowl.html.

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unteer based creative arts collaboration currently on tour showing large scale prints and art pieces surrounding the topic of California’s drought and the politics of water.

Su, 11/2, 11am. Chico Peace and Justice Center, 526 Broadway, (530) 893-9078, www.chicopeace.org.

ZOMBIE WRECKING CREW: See Thursday. Next door to Combat Zone Paintball Park, 4444 Pacific Heights Rd. in Oroville, (209) 918-9209. www.zombiewreckingcrew.com.

BULLETIN BOARD Community AFRICAN DANCE CLASS: A workout set to the sounds and rhythms of West Africa.

Call for info. M, 6pm. $10. Chico Grange Hall, 2775 Old Nord Ave., (530) 321-5607.

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

BELLY DANCE CLASS: Weekly belly dance

with BellySutra. Tu, 7pm. $8. 100th Monkey Community Cafe, 642 W. Fifth St.

BINGO: Proceeds donated to non-profit. Su,

4pm. $15 per pack. Paradise Elks Lodge, 6309 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-3977.

BRA DRIVE: Chico Soroptimist host a fundraiser bra drive to support girls who have been rescued out of sex slavery. Bring a new or gently used bra to one of the various drop off locations. See Website for details. Through 10/31.

Locations vary, www.freethegirls.org.

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Theater LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL: See Thursday.

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World It Created. Join the Department of History for a discussion of the causes and consequences of the first world war. W, 11/5, 7:30pm. Free. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State.

Music BUCKCHERRY: The one time chart-topper and O.C. scenesters are back on the road. Locals Furlough Fridays open. W, 11/5, 8pm. $23.

Senator Theatre, 517 Main St., (530) 898-1497, www.jmaxproductions.net.

Poetry/Literature WAGING PEACE: David Hartsough will be speaking about his memoir Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist with James Anderson, Ph.D., from the Department of Religious Studies at Chico State. W, 11/5, 7pm.

Free. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

HALLOWEEN DANCE: Infinite rhythms Halloween costume dance. F, 10/31, 7:30-9:30pm. $10.

Yoga Center of Chico, 250 Vallombrosa Ave., Suite 150, (530) 342-0100.

HALLOWEEN PICK-UP: The Intervarsity Club and California Student Sustainability Organization hosts a post Halloween trash pick-up in the downtown housing area of Chico. Meet in front of Bidwell Presbyterian to volunteer. Sa, 11/1, 10am. Bidwell Presbyterian Church, 208 W. First St., (530) 343-1484.

SAFE SPACE: A winter program to provide emergency shelter for people in need within our community. Ongoing. Opens 10/30. Chico Peace and Justice Center, 526 Broadway, (530) 893-9078, www.chico-peace.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

WWI HISTORY ROUNDTABLE Wednesday, Nov. 5 Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall

SEE WEDNESDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

STRESS BUSTER PARTNER’S CLASS: Learn how to reduce stress, live happier and heathier, plus breathing and relaxation techniques.

Sign up required, space is limited. Su, 11/2, 12:30-3pm. Monks Wine Lounge & Bistro, 128 W. Second St., (530) 227-0176.

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. Th, 11am-2pm. Bell Memorial Union (BMU), 400 W First St. CSU, Chico, (530) 8984696, www.aschico.com.

WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLAN CLASS: An eight week course on learning to live with mental illness. F, 10am through 11/21, M, 3pm through 11/24. 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, 6 & 7pm. $20 (4 classes). 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 ALL ABOUT VULTURES: A guided park tour to learn about turkey vultures and their important job as nature’s recycling crew. Sa, 11/1, 10-11:30am. $5-$10. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

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

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS: A donation only, nonprofit restaurant needs community help with serving, bussing, kitchen help and general duties. Orientation meetings and training included. Call for more details. Ongoing. Opens 10/30. 100th Monkey Community Cafe, 642 W. Fifth St.

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

Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 514-3903.

MORE ONLINE Additional listings for local meetings, support groups, classes, yoga, meditation and more can be found online at www.newsreview.com/chico/local/calendar.

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B’s the buzz New restaurant a lively, hip addition to downtown here was a San Francisco Giants game on the big THouse projector screen behind the bar at B Street Public as my girlfriend, Hannah, and I were eating

during a recent visit. It happened to be Game 5 of the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals—the game in which the Giants’ Travis Ishikawa hit that baller pennant-winning home run. It was a special moment (strangers hugged each other) at one of downtown Chico’s newest eateries.

So, around the eighth inning, when I was presented with the grilled adobo shrimp tacos ($12) I’d ordered, I marveled at how loaded they were. (I mean, what story and pitcher would want to face Posey, photo by Howard Hardee Sandoval and Pence in order? So unfair.) Seriously, though, the tasty howardh@ shrimp were laid out in abundance newsreview.com on a bed of shredded cabbage, avocado, chives and cilantro with cucumber, radish, jalapeno and lime ★★★★ on the side. The “adobo” description means the shrimp was marinated in a Spanish-inspired seasoning, which B Street went down perfectly with a pint of Public House the huge Alpha Centauri imperial 117 Broadway IPA from Hop Valley Brewing Co. 899-8203 Hannah ordered a grilled-chicken www.bstreetpublic Caesar salad ($11) and the Made house.squarespace.

Mary marionberry cider from com 2 Towns Ciderhouse, both of which Hours: Mon.-Tues., I sampled. The salad’s dressing was 4 p.m-midnight; delicate—not the type that burns the Wed.-Fri., taste of garlic and anchovies onto 11 a.m.-midnight; your tongue for days—and the cider Sat.-Sun., was like an extra-fruity, lightly car9 a.m.-midnight. bonated wine. We concluded that both our meals and drinks were topnotch.

Those who don’t frequent down★★★★★ EPIC town at night—and, therefore, haven’t seen B Street Public ★★★★ AUTHORITATIVE House’s sign lit up—might walk down Broadway without noticing ★★★ APPEALING the place. The sign is just a plain ★★ “B,” and the rest of the façade, HAS MOMENTS made up of wood paneling and three ★ opaque windows, is nondescript.

FLAWED Once you pass that threshold,

though, things get real cool. Much like The Banshee, its sister restaurant around the corner, B Street is essentially a bar in a long hallway, but with its modern décor, dim lighting, glossy wooden bar top and low seating along one wall, this hallway is snazzy. B Street is not a tank-top and flip-flops-type establishment, and some ultra-casual Chico people looking for beer and beer alone might be uncomfortable with that (though it probably won’t stop them). There also are elements locals will find familiar. For instance, the white-andyellow sign that once hung outside the Towne Lounge, everybody’s favorite defunct dive bar, is displayed high on a brick wall that partially encloses the back patio. How Chico is that?

B Street had a soft opening on St. Patrick’s Day, and has since undergone a name-change (it used to be B Street Oyster Co., but apparently it’s difficult to procure fresh oysters here in the North Valley on a consistent basis). The owner, Will Brady, is a successful local restaurateur, having already established The Banshee as a popular Second Street pub.

Despite the name change, B Street still has “from the sea” options, mainly oysters ($2.50-$3 each), and on this visit, the ever-changing menu featured “bar bites,” such as the “snob-proof Texas queso” (with chorizo, avocado and tortilla chips) for $9; entrees including grilled barbecue steak tips with potato wedges, grilled corn and salad ($15); and finally about a half-dozen taco and quesadilla options ($9-$12).

As for drinks, I know from a midsummer night spent on the back patio that their selection of artisan cocktails and craft beers is impressive. For the beers, there’s a set tap list that includes standouts such as the much-loved Green Flash West Coast IPA, as well as a chalkboard featuring a regularly rotating selection of a dozen or so varieties from some of the finer breweries in the country.

B Street also does brunch on Sundays, serving up blueberry pancakes, breakfast tacos and egg sandwiches, and word has it they’ll soon start opening for breakfast every day at 7 a.m.

However, it should be noted that, with all the niceties comes a price tag likely beyond what college students will be willing to spend. A light dinner for two, along with two drinks apiece, added up to more than $50. But the scene at B Street is a wonderful change of pace for downtown Chico, and totally worth it. Ω

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Canadian duo hits the water instead of the road, touring down the Sacramento River he ubiquitous van has reigned for decades as the Tbands, preferred method of transportation for touring but there are rare exceptions. K Records mas-

termind Calvin Johnson, for example, has taken to touring by Amtrak the last few years, and an increasing number of greenby Ken Smith minded troubadours—including locals MaMuse—have completed kens@ significant road trips on bicycles. newsreview.com But TWIN, a self-described PREVIEW hypno-folk duo hailing from WinTWIN performs nipeg, Canada, may have one up on tonight, Oct. 30, everyone. For the past five years, the 7:30 p.m., at band has toured extensively across 1078 Gallery.

Bunnymilk, Fera North America by river, powered and Erin Lizardo only by the current and their paddles. open.

TWIN consists of guitarist David Fort and violinist Brooklyn Samson, 1078 Gallery and Fort said the idea of touring Huck820 Broadway 343-1973 leberry Finn-style came while playing www.1078 with his other band, the more electrigallery.org fied Absent Sound. “We were riding in our vegetable-oil-powered bus, heading to New York,” Fort recalled, “and I was just looking at a map. I noticed how all the rivers flowed together and coincided, and it was kind of like one of those light bulbs going off in the head type moments.

“I grew up canoeing, and teaching canoeing, in northern Manitoba,” he continued. “My whole life I’ve been drawn to water for various reasons, and it seems to be a pretty natural bonding point for humanity.”

Fort said he sat on the idea for a few years before he started pushing to make it happen. Five years ago, TWIN embarked on its first “Music Armada” adventure on the Assiniboine River in western Canada. The band has repeated that trip every year since, as well as like treks along the Mississippi, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Sturgeon-Saskatchewan rivers.

TWIN extends an open invitation to other traveling artists to join each Armada. On one of the early trips down the Assiniboine, the fleet peaked with five boats.

The band sees traveling by river as more than just a way to reduce its carbon footprint, but also to promote ideas of seed-sharing, protecting and healing waterways and building communities at each landing.

Fort said that, musically, TWIN “wears many hats.”

For example, on the band’s recently completed third trip down the Mississippi, TWIN primarily played familyfriendly folk songs for crowds filled with children, but Fort said their more radical material blends well with folk-punk bands like those in the Los Angeles-based Tochtli Collective and Minneapolis’ Pachow Kabang, the latter with whom TWIN recently recorded a split EP. When they play tonight (Thursday, Oct. 30) at 1078 Gallery, Fort and Samson will have just completed the first leg of their second annual trip down the Sacramento from Redding, with the final destination being the Bay Area. The duo last made the journey in May and June of 2013.

“We went to the river today and it’s significantly lower than it was last year,” said Fort, who was in Redding making preparations at the time of the interview.

“That might make the paddling a little easier in some parts, but we might be scraping the bottom a lot more.

“As far as weather goes, I think we might get rained on a little more, but that’s the idea. Last year we had to get off the river some days by noon because it was so incredibly hot. One day it was so bad we even got boils on our hands. It was literally like being cooked, so I think we’re happy to trade a little bit too much sun for a little bit too much rain.”

On the last Sacramento sojourn, the band made it as far as Rio Vista before taking to land for the remainder of the trip: “We thought we could paddle to Oakland, but [we] have a pretty small boat,” he said, describing TWIN’s current craft as a wellpatched, homemade, 16-foot fiberglass canoe.

“When we got to the water past that, it was just too big for us to get into.

“Unless you’re really experienced, and have a bigger boat, I definitely would recommend not paddling into the bay.”

Fort tried to arrange a sailboat to deliver TWIN the rest of the way this time around, with no luck. After Rio Vista they’ll complete the trip as they did last year, by using BART. Bays filled with barges and big swells excepted, Fort said TWIN’s mode of travel is fairly safe. “I always say I don’t think it’s any more dangerous than going on the freeway.” Ω October 30. 2014

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On Highway 61 Dennis McNally Counterpoint In his new On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Freedom, renowned historian Dennis McNally (Desolate Angel, What a Long Strange Trip) celebrates the work of such rock and blues forefathers (and -mothers) as Robert Johnson, Lead Belly and Ma Rainey—linking the rich history (the struggles and the achievements) of African-American musicians of the past to the present. Highway 61 actually goes all the way back to the mid1800s, beginning with a celebration of author/social critic Henry David Thoreau before moving through a lengthy history of black American music from early minstrels to Muddy Waters. And the book culminates with a deep study of the early years of Bob Dylan, “The man who brought it all home” and whose music embraced the works of the musical elders whose music and ideas traveled Highway 61, aka the “Blues Highway.” But the book’s best qualities are McNally’s ability as a storyteller combined with his exhaustive scholarly research on the country’s rich African-American musical history and the response of the white audiences along the road.

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It’s difficult to tell sometimes where Kyle Thomas ends and where King Tuff begins. Thomas has been playing under the alias over the course of three full-lengths now, and his persona continues to grow. While it’s always felt like a natural extension of Thomas’ comic-book, punk-rock and heavy-metal upbringing, it feels like King Tuff has become all-powerful on Black Moon Spell. “King Tuff is my name,” he sings on “Madness,” over a bent riff and handclaps that sound pulled right out of the Bay City Rollers’ “Saturday Night.” He finishes the line with, “Pleased to meetcha, I’m gonna eatcha, cuz I’m batshit insane.” Black Moon Spell is a nod to the rock ’n’ roll lifestyle. It’s written all over songs like “Headbanger” (about lovers who love Priest and Maiden) and “Black Holes in Stereo,” in which he flips his lid over flipping records. If it sounds ridiculous, that’s the point. In a recent interview, Thomas told me that rock ’n’ roll isn’t ridiculous anymore. The mystique of being a rock star may be long dead in the age of social media, but Thomas … err, King Tuff, is fighting the good fight. And if you’re willing, King Tuff’s spell works every time.

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Anyone familiar with the band’s 2011 debut album, Sliver, will know what to expect: big rock guitars and drums, a driving bass and vocalist Linda “Minnie Mental” Bergmann’s expansive (from Morissette to Joplin) range.

However, the latest isn’t merely an extension of Sliver. Recorded more than a year ago (with former bandmates Sam Casale and Brian Larson on drums and lead guitar, respectively), Divided offers a more raw, live-show feel than its predecessor. As big as much of the album is, my vote for MVP might be “Still Water,” which showcases a lighter style of guitar/cymbal work combined with the louder, faster sections that the band is known for. With new drummer (and Linda’s husband) JP Bergmann joining what is now a four piece—rounded out by another married musical couple, bassist Meagan and guitarist Adam Yates—the band has no plans to pare down the sound. And as long as they stick with the heavy power chord/hard-hitting snare approach of tunes like “For Goodness Sakes,” they’ll continue rocking just fine.

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Based on S.J. Watson’s best-selling thriller of the same name about a woman (played here

by Nicole Kidman) with a kind of amnesia that causes her to wake up every day not knowing who she is. In trying to reconstruct memories of her life, she soon finds that there may be some terrifying truths in her past. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Nightcrawler

Saint Bill and his flock.

In what looks to be a fast-paced thriller, Jake Gyllenhaal stars as an ambitious videographer who might be overstepping his journalistic bounds as he pushes himself further into the crime stories he’s pursuing on the streets of Los Angeles. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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A film based on a real-life unlikely alliance between British miners and the lesbian and gay activists who raised money to benefit the workers during the National Union of Mineworkers strike of the summer of 1984.

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Much of the latter centers on the relationship that forms between the title character (a grizzled curmudgeon played by Bill by Murray) and the sprightly gradeJuan-Carlos schooler named Oliver (Jaeden Selznick Lieberher) who moves in next door with his beleaguered mother, Maggie (Melissa McCarthy). And the brashness comes from Murray’s muchtroubled Vincent as well as from an array of quirky secondary characters.

Writer-director Theodore Melfi gives us what might be termed an St. Vincent Starring Bill updated Frank Capra story, with an Murray, Melissa endearing set of underdog types conMcCarthy, Naomi fronting assorted social ills and findWatts and ing various kinds of personal Jaeden redemption in each other’s company.

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Directed by The film’s strongest appeal, however, Theodore Melfi. is in its performances.

Cinemark 14 and Murray brings a surprising numParadise Cinema ber of expressive shadings to a famil7. Rated PG-13. iar role—the rambunctiously grouchy derelict with a good heart. Naomi Watts does an unexpectedly rowdy turn as a pregnant Russian prostitute. Chris O’Dowd is charmingly comical as Brother Geraghty, a gentle and bighearted teacher at the Catholic school in which the “part-Jewish” Oliver is newly enrolled.

There’s a nightmarish collection of social and domestic problems lurking just below the surface of this tale—broken families, alcohol and gambling addictions, schoolyard bullying, loan sharks, debilitating illness, embittered Vietnam vets, etc. All of that, ultimately, serves mainly as a kind of short-hand “realism”—bits of real-life sadness used mainly to heighten the sense of relief we’ll feel when the movie reaches its feel-good conclusions.

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by Juan-Carlos Selznick

This dazzling action movie is basically a savage ballet,

superbly orchestrated for Keanu Reeves (in the title role) and a small army of shooters, fighters, urban miscreants, combat junkies, etc. Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, a couple of stuntmen-turned-directors, use the simplest of revenge plots as the occasion for a cinematic circus of high-energy action—hand-tohand combat, gangster shootouts, car chases, etc.

Reeves is very good in a role that mixes a little bit of acting and a lot of acting out to powerful effect. Viggo Tarasov (Michael Nyqvist), a Russian mafia honcho, does the best talking in the movie, but he too gets in on the action before it’s over. Ian McShane, John Leguizamo and Willem Dafoe all make distinctive impressions in key small roles.

The script, credited to Derek Kolstad, has a plot premise that smacks of travesty: Wick, retired as the hitman’s hitman and grieving over his wife’s recent death, returns to furious action when Tarasov’s nitwit son steals his vintage automobile and kills his dog. But travesty may be part of the deal here: When the main villain pauses in his final battle with Wick to lament the younger generation’s lack of respect for civilized combat, Keanu/Wick—moving in for the face-to-face kill, and looking thoroughly barbaric—asks, “Do I look ‘civilized’ to you?” Ω

To celebrate the horror flick’s 10th anniversary, Jigsaw returns to mess with your mind and maybe your limbs. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

Re-opening this week Kill the Messenger

Jeremy Renner stars in this film based on the writings of Gary Webb (a former News & Review reporter), who was the target of a smear campaign after he exposed the CIA’s involvement in cocaine trafficking in order to fund its backing of Nicaraguan Contras in the 1990s. See “Return of the Messenger,” this week’s cover story on Webb, page 18. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

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sanity after years of claustrophobic, bloodsoaked terror inside a tank during WWII. Brad Pitt leads the crew as Don “Wardaddy” Collier, a grizzled, scarred up individual resorting to arguably insane behavior as he treks across Nazi Germany. When he’s saddled with new recruit Norman (Logan Lerman), his behavior becomes a strange mix of paternal and completely unhinged. Other members of the crew include Boyd “Bible” Swan (Shia LaBeouf), Trini “Gordo” Garcia (Michael Peña) and Grady “Coon-Ass” Travis (Jon Bernthal). Much of the film takes place inside the tank, with few breaks, and the carnage in the battle scenes is unrelenting. It all builds up to the key sequence where the tank breaks down and Wardaddy decides he isn’t going to run away with a large group of enemy soldiers approaching. As action films go, it’s a real winner. As war films go, it’s one to be remembered. As horror films go, I doubt you’ll see anything scarier this month.

Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —B.G.

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Early on, The Judge looks as though it is mainly going to be a courtroom drama with a provocative father-son twist. The father and son are played by Robert Duvall and Robert Downey Jr., respectively, and the key plot hook has the estranged son, an abrasive defense attorney, called on to defend his stand-offish father, a small-town judge with a reputation for stern rectitude, against charges of vehicular manslaughter, or worse.

Director David Dobkin and screenwriters Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque play all that to the hilt, and Duvall and Downey deliver the goods in their respective tailor-made roles.

But Dobkin and company load up the fatherson drama with more back-story baggage than this particular narrative vehicle can carry. To its credit, the film does linger over some powerful emotional nuances—the role of mutual delusion, for example—in its portrayal of father-son antagonism. And there’s something to be said for any movie that recognizes, at least in part, that a father-son conflict is something that has repercussions for all of the immediate family. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.

Left Behind

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

A live-action adaptation of Judith Viorst’s much-loved 1972 children’s book about a boy who, along with the rest of his family, is having a really, really bad day. Starring Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner and young Ed Oxenbould as the title character. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

The Best of Me

James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan star as a couple of former high school sweethearts who respark their old flame some 20 years later. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

The Book of Life

An animated feature that follows young Manolo (Diego Luna), who embarks on a journey through three fantastical worlds on a quest for true love. Also starring the voices of Zoe Saldana and Channing Tatum. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

First sign of the Rapture: Nicolas Cage stars in a film based on the Left Behind series of novels about the end of the world. Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Ouija

A group of teens, a dead friend and a Ouija board? What could possible go wrong? Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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

Still here Annabelle

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Dracula Untold

A new Dracula with a new backstory involving a Transylvanian prince who makes a deal with a sorcerer for superhuman powers that come with a nasty side effect of making him insatiably crave human blood. Cinemark 14.

Rated PG-13.

Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

Gone Girl

Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

The Maze Runner

Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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30THURSDAY ANTSY MCCLAIN AND THE TRAILER PARK TROUBADOURS.: Americana “folkabilly” singer/songwriter visits Chico. Th, 10/30, 7:30pm. SOLD OUT. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 345-2739, www.sierra nevada.com/bigroom.

ASS TO THE GROUND: Th, 10/30. $5-$8.

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

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

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

COSTUME KARAOKE: Come down decked out in costume and rock the mic. Prize for the singer with the best costume.

Th, 10/30, 9pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

HAPPY HOUR: Radio Relapse. Th, 10/30, 69pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

JOHN SEID TRIO: John Seid, Larry Peterson, and Eric Peter play and eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. Th, 10/30, 6-9pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.

MAKES YOU FEEL: Soulful, funky jazz from Clayton the Chemist and guests. Last Th of every month, 10pm-midnight. $2 before 10pm, $4 after. Arabian Nights, 142 Broadway Down town, (530) 8283194, www.naturalselectionmusic.com.

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

TWIN: Hyno-folk from Canada, plus local songbirds Bunnymilk, Erin Lizardo and

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Fera. Th, 10/30, 8pm. $5-$10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

31FRIDAY ALL HALLOW’S EVE PARTY: A concert and costume party with live music from The Shimmies, Bogg, and Sid Young. All proceeds benefit Crohn’s disease research. F, 10/31, 7-10pm. $5-$15. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

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

A DUFFY’S HALLOWEEN: F, 10/31, 9pm. $5.

Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 3437718.

fest with Mojo Green and Swamp Zen. F, 10/31. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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TWERK OR TREAT: A ghostly groove party

sored Halloween dance, with entertainment, costumes and music. F, 10/31. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

with a costume contest prizes. F, 10/31, 7pm. No Cover. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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.

HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY & ZOMBIE STOMP: Live music by Alli Battaglia & the Musical Brewing Company and The Electrified Redemption Project. Spooky hors d’oeuvres, and wine and beer for purchase. Best costume gets a prize. F, 10/31, 8-11:30pm. $20-$30. Paradise Grange Hall, 5704 Chapel Dr. in Paradise, (530) 873-1370, www.face book.com/pgrangeevents.

HALLOWEEN BASH: An Oroville Halloween Jam with music, entertainment and drinks. F, 10/31. Seeva’s Pub, 6093 Lincoln Blv in Oroville.

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

KZFR HALLOWEEN BASH: Celebrate Halloween with all the ghouls and gals of KZFR, music by Stevie Cook & Friends, plus a costume contest and prizes. F, 10/31, 7:30pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E Third St., (530) 895-0706, www.kzfr.org.

HALLOWEEN, PARTS I AND II

Halloween nights at Duffy’s Tavern are a special kind of awesome, and this year promises to live up to that tradition with performances by Chico’s favorite Ramones cover band, Pinhead, garage rockers Trox and the Terribles and a bunch of local dudes performing Goth classics under the monicker Her Tragic Mistake on Friday, Oct. 31.

The bar is also hosting an excellent follow-up show on Monday, Nov. 3, with Trox and the Terribles Lollipop Records bands Corners and Drinking Flowers, supported by delightfully dark locals The Vesuvians.

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HALLOWEEN PARTY: It’s a bonus day of

Halloween with local crews The Maker’s Mile and Dr. Luna. Sa, 11/1, 9pm. $3. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

HAPPY HOUR: Retrotones. Sa, 11/1.

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

JEFF PERSHING BAND: Funk and jam band

at the saloon. Sa, 11/1. Miners Ranch Saloon, 5250 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 589-1941.

LOS C QUINTET AND DIA DE LOS MUERTOS: Come celebrate the Day of the

ZOMBIE BALL: A Halloween costume contest with live music, dancing, a photo booth, prizes and games. F, 10/31, 9pm. $5-$10. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 5333885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

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

BRIEFCASE FULL OF BLUES: A musical

1SATURDAY 80S NIGHT: Wear your best 80s attire and dance the night away. Sa, 8pm.

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

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Sa, 11/1, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

EXPIRED LOGIC: Hardcore from Washington, plus surfcore/punk rock

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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) 710-2020.

NOVEMBEARD 2014 KICKOFF: The Chico

Beard Collective kicks off its annual bear-growing competition/musiceducation fundraiser with “Clean Shaven Day.” Show up and receive your approval. Sa, 11/1, 4:30pm. Round Table Pizza, 2201 Pillsbury Rd. chicobeardcollective@gmail.com.

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

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ach year on the day before Thanksgiving, the Chico News & Review publishes its Local Heroes issue, in which we give thanks to those who selflessly give their time to make Chico a better place. This year, we are asking you, the community in which these people do their good work, to speak up and nominate those volunteering among

you. Humility and charity often go hand in hand, and sometimes those working the hardest are content to keep their good deeds in the shadows. So help us shine a light on them.

Send your suggestions, with an explanation of why you think your nominee is a local hero, to Editor Melissa Daugherty at melissad@newsreview.com

by Thursday, Nov. 13.

locals are out in the big world doin’ Chico proud these days, and are very deserving of some loudly shouted props!

First up, Sophie Speer, daughter of retired CN&R Editor Robert Speer, who was featured on MSNBC on Sunday night. The feature was on the greater “sharing economy” movement, and the segment begins in Sophie’s kitchen/dining room in her Mission District home in San Francisco, where the “microentrepreneur” was serving a gourmet home-cooked meal to a group of people who had paid $52 apiece to come eat dinner in the young chef’s home. Sophie is one of a growing number of cooks—from amateurs to professionals—who have joined Feastly (www.eatfeastly.com), Make reservations with Sophie Speer. an online marketplace in the same vein as alternative-lodging site Airbnb.com, where home chefs post menus for meals they’ll be preparing in their homes, and diners pick out whose home they want to visit and pay for a meal for the evening.

And her online reviews are stellar. Next time you’re visiting the city, look up Sophie on Feastly and book a one-of-a-kind dining experience.

Also, visit her own site, www.7ssupper club.com, where Sophie posts her recipes as well as her weekly Sophie Serves Supper to Seven Strangers on Sundays at Seven events.

Hey, remember that Chico band Holocene? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Well, Rob Reeves, another local out getting props in the real world, was in that band, I swear. A longtime friend of Arts DEVO, and an impeccable, drywitted smart ass of the highest order, Reeves was also in a couple Some tilt-shifted terror by Rob Reeves. other much more well-known oldschool Chico crews—Slow Down Theo and Team Shark Week—before moving to Oakland to become a super hip photographer.

In addition to doing commercial photo work, Reeves has been working on some very intriguing fine-art projects. One of them—his Tilt Shift Terror series—caught the attention a Huffington Post writer, who interviewed Reeves for an Oct. 20 feature. Read the interview about the spooky-looking photos Reeves creates using a tilt-shift lens at tinyurl.com/TiltShiftTerror, and check out Reeves’ work at www.wry toastphotos.com and send me a note explaining what the hell tilt shifting is! I can’t figure it out and it’s got me all Scheimpflug over here.

And finally, one-time local musician and music writer Robin Bacior (who wrote a few stories for the CN&R back in the day) has announced that she will be releasing her latest album, Water Dreams, on Jan. 15. And in anticipation, National Public Radio’s excellent “All Songs Considered” show previewed one of the tracks on a recent show! Of the song—the airy and gorgeous “If It Does”—the show’s Stephen Thompson says that Bacior’s “honeyed but vibrant voice … is laid atop a spare but shimmering bed of piano—and paired perfectly with Dan Bindschedler’s cello.” Nice! And nice work, Robin!

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FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 30, 2014 ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you live

in Gaza, you don’t have easy access to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The closest KFC restaurant is 35 miles away in the Egyptian city of El-Arish. But there was a time when you could pay smugglers to bring it to you via one of the underground tunnels that linked Egypt to Gaza. Each delivery took four hours and required the help of two taxis, a hand cart, and a motorbike.

(Alas, Egypt destroyed most of the tunnels in early 2014.) I recommend, Aries, that you be as determined and resourceful to make your longed-for connections as the KFC lovers in Gaza were. Halloween costume suggestion: smuggler, bootlegger, drug-dealer, black-marketeer.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It’s

urgent that you expand your options.

Your freedom of choice can’t lead you to where you need to go until you have more possibilities to choose from. In fact, you’re better off not making a decision until you have a wider selection.

To playfully drive home this point to your subconscious mind, I suggest that this Halloween you consider disguising yourself as a slime mold. This unusual creature comes in more than 500 different genders, at least 13 of which must collaborate to reproduce. Here’s a photo: bit.ly/yellowslime.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): In the animated sci-fi TV sitcom Futurama, Leela is the mutant captain of a spaceship. In one episode, she develops an odd boil on her hindquarters. It has a face and can sing.

The actor who provides the vocals for the animated boil’s outpouring of song is Gemini comedian Craig Ferguson, whose main gig is serving as host of a late-night TV talk show on CBS. Telling you this tale is my way of suggesting that you consider going outside your usual niche, as Craig Ferguson did, to offer your talents in a different context. Halloween costume suggestion: Kim Kardashian as a nurse wearing Ebola protective gear; science educator Neil deGrasse Tyson as a male stripper; a cat wearing a dog costume, or vice versa.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Native

American hero Sitting Bull (1831-1890) was a renowned Lakota chief and holy man.

He led his people in their resistance to the U.S. occupation of their land. How did he become so strong and wise? In large part through the efforts of his doting mother, whose name was Her-HolyDoor. Let’s install her as your exemplar for now. May she inspire you to nurture beauty and power in those you love. May she motivate you to be adroit as you perform your duties in service to the future.

May the mystery of her name rouse you to find the sacred portal that ushers you to your next big gift. Halloween costume suggestion: a sacred portal, a divine gateway, an amazing door.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This is one of

those rare times when it’s OK for you to just throw out the dirty dishes that you are too lazy to wash. It’s also permissible to hide from a difficult person, spend money on a supposedly foolish indulgence, eat a bowl of ice cream for breakfast, binge-watch a TV show that provokes six months’ worth of emotions in a few hours, and lie in bed for an extra hour fantasizing about sex with a forbidden partner. Don’t make any of these things habits, of course. But for now, it’s probably healthy to allow them. Halloween costume suggestion: total slacker.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Our

evolutionary ancestors Homo erectus loved to eat delicious antelope brains.

The fossil evidence is all over their old stomping grounds in East Africa.

Scientists say that this delicacy, so rich in nutrients, helped our forbears build bigger, stronger brains themselves.

These days it’s harder but not impossible to make animal brains part of your diet.

The Chinese and Koreans eat pig brains, and some European cuisines include beef brains. I’m confident, however, that your own brain will be functioning better than ever in the coming weeks, even if you don’t partake of this exotic dish. Be sure to take advantage of your enhanced

BY ROB BREzSNY intelligence. Solve tough riddles! Think big thoughts! Halloween costume suggestion: a brain-eating Homo erectus.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The egromenious hilarity of psychadisical melarmy, whether rooted in a lissome stretch or a lusty wobble, soon defisterates into crabolious stompability. So why not be graffenbent?” So said Noah’s exwife Joan of Arc in her interview with St. Crocodile magazine. Heed Joan’s advice, please, Libra. Be proactively saximonious. I’m kidding! Everything I just said was nonsense. I hope you didn’t assume it was erudite wisdom full of big words you couldn’t understand. In offering it to you, I was hoping to immunize you against the babble and hype and artifice that may soon roll your way. Halloween costume suggestion: a skeptic armed with a shock-proof bullshit-detector.

For inspiration, check out these visuals: http://bit.ly/bsdetector.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In AMC’s

famous TV drama, a high school chemistry teacher responds to his awful luck by turning to a life of crime. The show’s title, Breaking Bad, refers to what happens when a good person cracks and veers over to the dark side. So then what does “breaking good” mean? Urbandictionary. com defines it like this: “When a criminal, junkie, or gangbanger gets sweet and sparkly, going to church, volunteering at soup kitchens, and picking the kids up from school.” I’m concerned that you are at risk of undergoing a similar conversion, Scorpio. You seem so nice and kind and mild lately. I guess that’s fine as long as you don’t lose your edge. Halloween costume suggestion: a criminal with a halo, a sweet and sparkly gangbanger, or a Buddhist monk junkie.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

I’ve got two possible remedies for your emotional congestion. You might also want to make these two remedies part of your Halloween shtick. The first remedy is captured by the English word “lalochezia.” It refers to a catharsis that comes from uttering profane language. The second remedy is contained in the word “tarantism.” It means an urge to dance manically as a way to relieve melancholy.

For your Halloween disguise, you could be a wildly dancing obscenity-spouter.

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

are at a point in your astrological cycle when you deserve to rake in the rewards that you have been working hard to earn.

I expect you to be a magnet for gifts and blessings. The favors and compliments you have doled out will be returned to you. For all the strings you have pulled in behalf of others’ dreams, strings will now be pulled for you. Halloween costume suggestion: a beaming kid hauling around a red wagon full of brightly wrapped presents.

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

physicists in Massachusetts are working on technology that will allow people to shoot laser beams out of their eyes. For Halloween, I suggest that you pretend you have already acquired this superpower.

It’s time for you to be brash and jaunty as you radiate your influence with more confidence. I want to see you summon reserves of charismatic clout you haven’t dared to call on before. Costume suggestion: The X-Men mutant named Cyclops or the legendary Native American creature known as the thunderbird, which emits lightning from its eyes.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HAL THRIFT SHOP at 611 Walnut St Chico, CA 95928.

HUMAN ANIMAL LEAGUE 611 Walnut St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is being conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: HELEN ANDERSON CFO Dated: September 16, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001190 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SOLAR BREAKERS at 701 Oro Dam Blvd W. Oroville, CA 95965.

DAVID N JOHNSON JR 701 Oro Dam Blvd W. Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DAVID JOHNSON JR Dated: October 1, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001231 Published: October 9,16,23,30 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MOOD SWING WINES at 2 Heartwood Court Chico, CA 95928.

MOLLIE MACARTHYOPENSHAW 2 Heartwood Court Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MOLLIE OPENSHAW Dated: September 19, 2014 FBN NUmber: 2014-0001197 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JUANMILLIONSALES.COM at 171 Ruiz Berry Creek CA, 95916.

JUAN GONZALEZ 171 Ruiz Berry Creek, CA 95916.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JUAN P GONZALEZ JR Dated: September 19, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001195 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HAIR TO STAY at 803 Glenn Street Chico, CA 95928.

TAMRA JEAN KOBACK 803 Glenn Street Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TAMRA KOBACK Dated: September 26, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001220 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT the following persons are doing business as 2 BROTHERS LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE at 363 Rio Lindo Ave #6 Chico, CA 95926.

FIDEL TELLEZ 363 Rio Lindo Avenue #6 Chico, CA 95926.

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SHELLY LYNN TELLEZ 363 Rio Lindo Avenue #6 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: SHELLY TELLEZ FBN Number: 2014-0001161 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PHILS HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING at 2896 2nd St Biggs, CA 95917.

DIANE MARIE MABRAY 2896 2nd St Biggs, CA 95917.

PHIL LEE MABRAY 2896 2nd St Biggs, CA 95917.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: DIANE MARIE MABRAY Dated: September 30, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001228 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ARBORLOVE, RELENTLESS CHICO at 177 East 20th Street Chico, CA 95928.

ANDREA ROTH 12738 Centerville Road Chico, CA 95928.

MARC WESLEY 12738 Centerville Road Chico, CA 95928.

SHUREE WESLEY 12378 Centerville Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: SHUREE WESLEY Dated: August 29, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001135 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO CLEANING COMPANY at 382 East 10th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

DANNY LEE FLETCHER 382 East 10th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DAN FLETCHER Dated: October 1, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001234 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ARTICULATE ENTERTAINMENT at 2811 Morseman Ave #6 Chico, CA 95973.

GARY L WILLIAMS JR 2811 Morseman Ave #6 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GARY L. WILLIAMS JR Dated: September 5, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001159 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EXCLUSIVE MOTOR SPORTS at 2961 Highway 32 #48 Chico, CA 92573.

RECKON MANAGEMENT INC. 1201 North Orange Street #721 Wilmington, DE 19801 This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: MICHAEL CORREA, CEO Dated: October 1, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001232 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CLOUD 9 A SWEETWATER DAY SPA, CLOUD 9 DAY SPA, WELLWATER WELLNESS SPA at 260 Cohasset Road Suite 190 Chico, CA 95926.

CHRISTAN NICOLE ALLISON 3070 Silverbell Road Chico, CA 95973.

JUSTIN ALLISON 3070 Silverbell Road Chico, CA 95973.

PATRICIA MARIAN THATCHER 624 Larch Street Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A General Partnership.

Signed: PATRICIA M THATCHER Dated: October 10, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001273 Published: October 16,23,30, November 6, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CALIFORNIA ONSITE WATER ASSOCIATION at 111 Mission Ranch Blvd, Suite 100 Chico, CA 95926.

CALIFORNIA ON-SITE WASTEWATER ASSOCIATION 111 Mission Ranch Blvd, Suite 100 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: STEPHEN BRANDS, JUNIOR TECH Dated: September 24, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001214 Published: October 16,23,30, November 6, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AZTECAS VIDEO AND GROC at 324 Walnut Street, Suite A Chico, CA 95928.

FRANCISCO J REYES 324 Walnut Street, Suite A Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: FRANCISCO J. REYES Dated: October 9, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001267 Published: October 16,23,30, November 6, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as C AND T’S BARGAIN MARKET at 2157 Pilsbury Road Chico, CA 95926.

C AND T’S BARGAIN MARKET 4320 Earnscliff Ave. Fair Oaks, CA 95628.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: CHRIS HOSTETTLER, PRESIDENT Dated: October 2, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001237 Published: October 16,23,30, November 6, 2014

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as K & K AUTOGISTICS LLC at 1624 10th Street Oroville, CA 95965.

K & K AUTOGISTICS LLC 1624 10th Street Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company.

Signed: ANGELA CLOSSON, OWNER Dated: September 30, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001227 Published: October 16,23,30, November 6, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ON YOUR MARK MOBILE NOTARY SERVICES at 1212 Downing Avenue, Suite 2 Chico, CA 95926.

ANGELA C. COOK 1212 Downing Avenue, Suite 2 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ANGELA COOK Dated: September 23, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001206 Published: October 16,23,30, November 6, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PAINTED CELLARS at 1751 Forty Niner Ct Chico, CA 95926.

ERIKA NORIEGA 100 Penzance Ave #31. Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ERIKA NORIEGA Dated: Semptember 2, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001141 Published: October 16,23,30, November 6, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PILES OF PAPER at 91 Northwood Commons Place Chico, CA 95973.

CAROLYN W SANGER 91 Northwood Commons Place Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CAROLYN W. SANGER Dated: October 15, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001286 Published: October 23,30, November 6,13, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MOUNTAIN THYME PHOTOGRAPHY at 1300 Deodara Way Paradise, CA 95969.

DAVID A BERMANN 1300 Deodara Way Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DAVID A. BERMANN Dated: October 8, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001266 Published: October 23,30, November 6,13, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NOSLO RANCH at 9850 Jones Avenue Durham, CA 95938.

RYAN OLSON 9850 Jones Avenue Durham, CA 95938.

STEFANIE OLSON 9850 Jones Avenue Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: STEFANIE OLSON Dated: September 18, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001193 Published: October 23,30, November 6,13, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as B & S ENTERPRISES at 641 Circle Drive, Oroville, CA 95966.

BARBARA FLETCHER 641 Circle Drive, Oroville, CA 95966.

STEVEN F FLETCHER 641 Circle Drive, Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: BARBARA FLETCHER Dated: October 1, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001230 Published: October 30, November 6,13,20, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LOUNGHAI at 5670 Nicolai Ave Oroville, CA 95966.

KENNETH ROBERT FORD 5670 Nicolai Ave Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KEN FORD Dated: October 21, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001303 Published: October 30, November 6,13,20, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MOON PIE ENTERPRISES at 1421 Swedes Flat Road Oroville, CA 95966.

RICARDO VILLALOBOS 1421 Swedes Flat Road Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RICARDO VILLALOBOS Dated: October 24, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001321 Published: October 30, November 6,13,20, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NEWTON REALTY at 1230 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

JEANNE NEWTON CHICO REALTY, INC. 1230 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Corporation.

Signed: JEANNE NEWTON, CEO Dated: October 8, 2014 FBN NUmber: 2014-0001256 Published: October 30, November 6,13,20, 2014

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

The Petition for Probate requests that: ROBIN LYNN MATSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests the decendent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

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

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal

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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: November 6, 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 repre-­ sentative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or per-­ sonal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: VANESSA J SUNDIN, SUNDIN LAW OFFICE 341 Broadway Street, Suite 302, Chico, CA 95928.

(530) 342-2452 Case Number: PR41203 Dated: October 13, 2014 Published: October 16,23,30, 2014

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE THOMAS EDWARD GOUGH, aka THOMAS E. GOUGH To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: THOMAS EDWARD GOUGH, aka THOMAS GOUGH, THOMAS E. GOUGH A Petition for Probate has been filed by: DEBBIE S. TAYLOR in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that:DEBBIE S. TAYLOR 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

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Date: November 20, 2014 Time: 9:00a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: NICOLE R. PLOTTEL 3120 Cohasset Rd., Ste. 10, Chico, CA 95973.

(530) 893-2882 Case Number: PR41213 Published: October 30, November 6,13, 2014

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 5, 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: September 30, 2014 Case Number: 163016 Published: October 9,16,23,30 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner STEPHEN WELLS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: STEPHEN WELLS Proposed name: SATYR STEPHEN WELLS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to

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show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 19, 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: September 29, 2014 Case Number: 163031 Published: October 9,16,23,30 2014

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 26, 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: October 2, 2014 Case Number: 163033 Published: October 16,23,30 November 6, 2014

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 19, 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: September 30, 2014 Case Number: 163034 Published: October 16,23,30 November 6, 2014

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: DECEMBER 10, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: ROBERT A. GLUSMAN Dated: October 16, 2014 Case Number: 163126 Published: October 30, November 6,13,20, 2014

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 3, 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: October 10, 2014 Case Number: 163117 Published: October 30, November 6,13,20, 2014

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“Now set yourself down right here, honey, and I’ll get you some juice and cookies,” said this bent little lady. The floorboards creaked as she shuffled away. I admired the room I occupied, the dining room. Its woodwork, plaster walls and high-domed plaster ceiling embodied old-world craftsmanship. I wondered when the house was built. Turn of the century, maybe.

“Nineteen and fifteen,” said the lady. I jumped an inch off my chair; I hadn’t seen her return.

“My daddy built this house in nineteen and fifteen,” she said. She told me her father milled the lumber from rough to finish and built the windows and doors himself.

“Now let’s get down to business,” she said.

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I spread out my market analysis paperwork.

The lady sat across the table from me and stared directly at my face, unblinking. Upon my conclusion: silence. I looked around the room and flinched at the sight of a cat eyeballing me, unblinking, from a chair in the corner. My knee twitched.

“I’ll ask Mama,” she announced, and shuffled away down the hall.

Mama must be up there in years, I thought— this lady had to be in her eighth or ninth decade.

I asked if her mother needed to sign the listing documents.

“Hee hee hee,” she wheezed, “Mama’s been dead 20 years and more.” She stopped smiling and whispered, “But Mama visits.”

Next morning I called the California Association of Realtors legal hotline. “Do I need to disclose a ghost?” I asked.

“Hearsay and anecdotal comments regarding the existence of the paranormal are not within the legal guidelines of disclosure obligations,” said the attorney. “However, if your client believes apparitions of the supernatural exist upon the premises, it may be prudent for you to disclose that belief, in the event a buyer has a preconditioned abhorrence to such phantasm.”

I visited the little lady. “Listen,” I said, “I think we need to disclose your mother’s visits.”

She laughed and wheezed. “Don’t worry, honey,” she said, “Mama’s coming with me, and we ain’t a-coming back.”

“Oh, uh, OK,” I said. “The cat is going with you, too, right?”

“Cat? Honey, I haven’t had a cat for 20 years and more.”

“Mama says you’ll do,” she said. “We’re ready to get to selling.”

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4156 Spyglass Beautiful 5 bd, 3 ba w/ possible in-law quarters, 3 car garage w/ RV parking.

2 bedroom, 1 1/2baths, over 1,200 sq ft., home with a fresh remodel. Has the option of 2 more bedrooms. Rents have been $1,500 in the past.

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ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

1656 Vallombrosa Ave 16 Rose Ave 29 Parliament Ct 4 Shearwater Ct 1191 E 7th St 8 Guynn Bridge Ct 131 Mandalay Ct 614 Reed Park Dr 2662 Fairfield Cmn 11 Springbrook Ct 43 Forest Creek Cir

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$470,000.00 $370,000.00 $337,000.00 $330,500.00 $315,000.00 $302,000.00 $257,000.00 $250,000.00 $250,000.00 $248,000.00 $230,500.00

3/ 3.5 3/ 2 3/ 2.5 4/ 2 2/ 1 3/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 1.5 2/ 2 3/ 1.5 3/ 1.5

2769 1564 2038 1790 1104 2009 1497 1605 1346 1385 1460

660 Victorian Park Dr 1740 Elm St 3087 Coronado Rd 555 Vallombrosa Ave 67 695 Victorian Park Dr 1797 Pasatiempo Dr 3347 Hubbard Ln 14810 Eagle Ridge Dr 945 French Ave 1800 Spruce St 5822 Ponderosa Way

TOWN

PRICE

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Durham Durham Forest Ranch Gridley Gridley Magalia

$218,000.00 $180,000.00 $172,000.00 $165,000.00 $113,500.00 $770,000.00 $314,000.00 $299,000.00 $405,000.00 $120,000.00 $190,000.00

BR/BA 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/

2 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 1 2

October 30, 2014

SQ. FT. 953 869 1044 902 1131 3920 1337 1917 2071 1044 1640

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AMBER GROVE SOsqLftD$295,000 • 3 bd/ 2 ba 1684 EL PASO • 1600 sq ft $225,000 SOLD BIG CHICO CREEK ESTATES • Estated 4 bd/ 3Oba, S LD

3352 sq ft $444,000 • Darling 2bd/2ba LD $204,000 SObungalow,

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$659,000

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$290,000

Vintage 2 bd/1 ba, 893 sq ft, large lot $179,900

Near Canyon Oaks, 4bd/3ba, 2,456 sq ft POOL $489,900

Butte Creek, 6.23 acs on creek, 2.16 sq ft home $525,000

18 acres, forest, 1,550 sq ft home, cash only $225,000

Open floor plan, 3 bd/2 ba, 1,126 sq ft $229,000

Canyon Oaks, quality 3,792 sq ft, 1 acre $699,000

Building lot, .91 acre, nice area of homes $164,900

View, Butte Creek Canyon, 3,114 sq ft, 4bd/4ba, 1.75 acres $590,000

Gated community, lovely 2,531 sq ft with VIEW! $438,900

Stunning park like 1.13 Pacres, ING 1,999 sq ft $435,000 END3bd/2ba,

Bidwell Park! 1.13 acres, 4 bd/3 ba, 2,364 sq ft $455,000 Updated beautifully, lake property, 4 bd/3 ba, 2,165 sq ft $449,900

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Newer 3bd/2ba, lots of nice touches 1,712 sq ft $287,500

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of October 10, 2014 – October 17, 2014.

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

ADDRESS 14222 Elmira Cir 6464 Altus Ct 6289 Spar Way 2024 16th St 162 Wakefield Dr 504 Silver Leaf Dr 137 Grand Ave 1071 Nevada Ave 6470 Rocky Ln 231 Pinewood Dr 5635 Gramercy Pl 38 CN&R October 30, 2014

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BR/BA

SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

Magalia Magalia Magalia Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Oroville Paradise Paradise Paradise

$174,500.00 $165,000.00 $123,000.00 $175,000.00 $170,000.00 $162,000.00 $124,000.00 $116,000.00 $449,000.00 $415,000.00 $407,500.00

3/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 2 2/ 2 3/ 1.5 2/ 1 3/ 2 6/ 3 4/ 3 3/ 2.5

1588 1311 1568 1667 1368 1721 754 1152 2748 2774 2858

6642 Lincoln Dr 6074 Pentz Rd 3730 Neal Rd 5795 Deanna Way 8837 Skyway 6759 Matell Rd 918 Deer Creek Ln 679 Edwards Ln 542 Hillcrest Dr 8819 Skyway 1630 Louie Ln

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise Paradise

$280,000.00 $279,000.00 $238,000.00 $227,500.00 $227,000.00 $218,500.00 $215,000.00 $199,000.00 $191,000.00 $133,000.00 $118,000.00

4/ 1.5 3/ 2.5 4/ 3 3/ 2 1/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 2 3/ 2 2/ 1.5 1/ 1 1/ 1

1922 1939 2393 1664 1808 1696 1650 1758 1320 800 1040

458 Brookside Dr. In Cal Park near Canyon Oaks Country Club!

Elegant & spacious 4 bdr, 3 bath home with large rec room/guest area. Soaring ceilings, terra cotta tile flooring, open feel. Just around the corner from Bidwell Park. 458 Brookside Lane off Yosemite.

JUST REDUCED TO $395,000!

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MOVE IN READY! 13869 Tulsa Ct. 2188 SF+/-, 3BR/2.5BA $239,000 Ad #652 Kim Black 530-872-6806

TWO HOMES ON 2.9 ACRES! Possible horse property. $199,000 Ad #657 Sharon McKee 530-872-6838

ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME!!

Large 2BR/2BA, greenbelt. $ 92,500 Cash only Ad #674 Patty McKee 530-872-6842

584 CIRCLEWOOD Easy commute to Chico, desirable location. 2BR + office/den & 2BA, 1436 SF+/-. Lots of upgrades.

You’ll be impressed!! $226,500 Ad #676 Susan G. Thomas 530-518-8041

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open house Century 21 Jeffries Lydon Sat. 12-3

4369 Nord (X St: Esplanade) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 2045 Sq.Ft. $1,200,000 Frank “Speedy” Condon 864-7726

Sat. 2-4

43 Taige Way (X St: Midway/ Speedway) 4 Bd / 3.5 Ba, 3167 Sq.Ft. $659,000 Alice Zeissler 518-1872

Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 2-4 4156 Spyglass (X St: Garner) 5 Bd / 3 Ba, 3,112 Sq. Ft. $599,000 Chris Martinez 680-4404 Rita Dane 513-7579 Paul Champlin 828-2902

Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1, 2-4 5 Avocet Ct (X St: Wisteria Ln) 5 Bd / 3.5 Ba, 3107 Sq.Ft. $563,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562

Sun. 2-4

2711 Escallonia Way (X St: Arch Way) 4 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2,324 Sq. Ft. $449,900 Marc Shapiro 426-2555

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

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

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

Sat. 11-1 & Sun. 2-4

Sat. 11-1, 2-4

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

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

Sat. 11-1

Sat. 1-4,

Sat. 2-4 & Sun. 2-4

Sat. 2-4

3834 Keefer Rd (X St: Hicks) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 1945 Sq.Ft. $408,000 Ronnie Owen 518-0911 Traci Cooper 520-0227

8 Rosemary Cir (X St: Verbena) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 1920 Sq.Ft. $335,000 Kathy Kelly 570-7403 Emmett Jacobi 519-6333

1225 Yosemite Dr (X St: Cal Park Dr) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 2044 Sq.Ft. $329,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562 Ronnie Owen 518-0911

Sat. 2-4

79 Herlax Cir (X St: W.11th Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1712 Sq.Ft. $287,500 CJ Catrambone 858-722-1951 Dan Thorup 566-3474

12 Coleman St (X St: East Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1703 Sq.Ft. $279,500 Mark Reaman 228-2229 Traci Cooper 520-0227

10 Casa Del Rey (X St: Ceres Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1651 Sq.Ft. $265,000 Lindsey Ginno 570-5261

1466 Sale (X St: Ceanothus) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1718 Sq.Ft. $319,900 Mark Reaman 228-2229

1082 E. 5th Ave (X St: Neal Dow) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1387 Sq.Ft. $255,000 Sandy Stoner 514-5555 Amy Bean 805-248-3903

Sat. 2-4 & Sun. 2-4

Sat. 2-4

2257 Mariposa Avenue (X St: Calla) 5 Bd / 2 Ba, 2,078Sq Ft. $290,000 Nick Zeissler 520-6968 Alice Zeissler 518-1872

Sat. 12-2, 2-4

2616 Swallowtail (X St: East Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1603 Sq.Ft. $281,000 Heather DeLuca 228-1480 Dan Thorup 566-3474

2709 Pillsbury Road (X St: East/Cohasset Rd) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,442Sq. Ft. $254,900 Erin Schmidt 575-7431

Sun. 2-4

7 Wysong (X St: Park Village) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1127 Sq.Ft. $239,900 Mark Reaman 228-2229

907 Karen Drive (X St: Palmetto Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,557 Sq.Ft. $239,000 Amy Bean 805-248-3903 Marc Shapiro 426-2555

1020 Regency Dr (X St: Greenwich) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1126 Sq.Ft. $229,000 Patty Davis Rough 864-4329 CJ Catrambone 858-722-1951

1329 Locust St (X St: E. Lassen Ave) 3 Bd / 1 Ba, 972 Sq.Ft. $189,500 Laura Willman 680-8962

1376 Humboldt Ave (X St: Bartlett) 2 Bd / 1 Ba, 1040 Sq.Ft. $177,900 Alice Zeissler 518-1872

Century 21 Select – Paradise Sun 1-4

815 Palmer Hill Rd, Paradise 3/bd 3/ba, 3,041 SqFt $520,000 Chari Bullock 872-6818

Sun 1-4

821 Big Sky Dr, Paradise 3/ bd 3/ ba, 2,409 SqFt $340,000 Chari Bullock 872-6818

October 30, 2014

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he Farm City Celebration Committee would like to thank you for joining us in celebrating agriculture! The current drought makes Farm City’s mission even more pertinent. Through increased understanding of agriculture, and how our abundanance of food travels to the table, we can better appreciate the importance of a reliable water supply. The California Farm Water Coalition signs stating “Food Grows Where Water Flows” reinforce our desire to respect the importance of water for our food producers, consumers and our environment. We are fortunate to live in a fertile area producing a wide variety of products, and water is an essential component of a stable food supply. To strengthen the relationship between agriculture and the urban community it is vital to provide agricultural information while addressing the urban community’s concerns and desires. The Farm City Celebration is a collaborative effort by many organizations, businesses and individuals who value agriculture and above all, promote positive relationships between members of the agricultural and urban communities.

We would like to thank all the businesses who have supported the Farm City Celebration over the years. With your financial support, we are able to bring together the urban communities and agricultural communities to foster a deeper understanding of the issues between farm and city.

Our Farm City Celebration evolved after the local chapter of California Women for Agriculture hosted a “local food tasting” inside a Chico bank in 1979. The Butte County Cattle Women were the first to partner with CWA to help staff the tastings. The Celebration has now grown and is made possible through all the partners involved including CWA, Butte County Farm Bureau, Butte County Ag Commissioner, UC Cooperative Extension, Butte County Cattlemen and Cattlewomen, Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, and CSU Chico and Butte College Agriculture programs; plus countless volunteers.

You’re invited to explore this year’s wonderful events, including the 10th Annual

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Harvest Festival held at the Bidwell Mansion on Saturday, November 8th from 10 am to 2 pm. This free family fun event has something for everyone at the home of Chico’s first farmer, John Bidwell. Please join us for a day of fun agricultural education!

Other events this year include Kids’ Day on the Farm, and the popular five- stop Agricultural Bus Tour. Please visit our web site for more information.

After 34 years Farm City Celebration is excited to help bring the “Farm” and the “City” together to understand the value agriculture brings to the community and to the daily lives of its residents. As the California Women for Agriculture remind us: if you eat food and wear clothes, you are involved in agriculture!

Enjoy the events of this year’s Farm City Celebration.

For a complete list of events or more information about Farm City Celebration events please visit www.farmcity.com or call (530) 533-1473 The Farm City Celebration is a collaborative effort of the California Women for Agriculture, Butte County Cattlemen, Butte County Cattlewomen, Butte County Ag Commissioner’s Office, Butte County Farm Bureau, Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park, UC Cooperative Extension and the CSU, Chico, College of Agriculture, Butte College Ag Department, the Northern California Regional Land Trust, and the California Farm Water Coalition.

The Farm City Celebration is a program of the Butte Agriculture Foundation Inc., a tax exempt 501(c)3 organization.

Proceeds raised through Farm City Celebration are used to elevate our program and other worthy agricultural and educational projects in our area.

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FALL 2014 EXHIBITS SEP TEMBER 27 — JA NUARY 4 NEWBERRY GALLERY

10th Annual Farm City Celebration

Kid’s Day at the CSU, Chico University Farm

Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park 525 Esplanade, Chico

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Farm City Celebration Agri-Business Bus Tour and Lunch Wednesday, November 12th California State University, Chico-University Farm Hegan Lane, Chico 7:00 am This fun filled day sells out quickly! Tickets include coffee and pastries for breakfast, visits to five local farms and agribusinesses, and a fabulous barrel chicken lunch provided by Safeway, plus entertainment.

Cost is $35.Tickets went on sale October 16th and must be purchased in advance.Visit the Butte County Farm Bureau office at 2580 Feather River Blvd. in Oroville, or call 530.533.1473

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Harvest Festival Sat., November 8th, 10am–2pm

Thursday, November 6th PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED California State University, Chico University Farm, Hegan Lane, Chico Local 3rd graders rotate through eight stations, learning about different areas of agriculture in a fun inter-active way.The classes learn about many of our top crops, including rice, beef and walnuts.The California Farm Water Coalition teaches about the importance of water to all of us. At another station, the kids learn all the ag products that are needed to make a pizza, then they get a sample piece of pizza. Definitely a highlight! For more information, contact Joan Webster at 530-228-5455 or email at joanwebster33@msn.com.

The first 500 families at the Harvest Festival receive a FREE reusable bag full of local commodities!

Thanks to our sponsor Wittmeier Auto Center

he Harvest Festival is a FREEfor-the-whole-family, rain-orshine event and has fun agriculturalrelated, hands-on activities, food and lots more.We are truly bringing the farm to the city for this community agriculture day.There will be tractors on display, 4-H, FFA, cattle roping, stock-dog demonstrations, cow milking, bees, Boy Scout Rope Bridge and so much more. Madison Bear Garden will be on site to BBQ for a special event price.

We are so privileged to have the Harvest Festival on the grounds of the Historic Bidwell Mansion. During the event, visitors can browse through the first floor of the Bidwell Mansion! Staff and volunteers will be there to answer questions, asking a donation.The Visitor Center will be open including “The General’s Store� gift shop, exhibit hall and bathrooms.Visit the Carriage House, displaying historic carriages and wagons.

Hurry! Tickets sell out fast.

See you there

RAIN OR SHINE!

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popular must-experience Rope Bridge in front of the mansion! Please bring your non-perish able items for the Scouts’ food drive.

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✸ Butte County Cattlewomen: interactive roping demonstrations, saddles branding and more!

✸ CSUC Sigma Alpha: fun activity for the kids! ✸ CSUC Stock Dog Demonstration: watch the stock dogs in action.

✸ Girl Scouts Troop 70041: fun agriculture tattoo activity.

✸ Mount Lassen Fiber Guild: spinning, weaving and knitting wool.

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✸ Mt. Lassen Chapter, CA Native Plant Society: plant sale and information on native plants.

✸ Noble Orchards: dehydrating apples and

making applesauce; samples of several varieties grown at the farm.

✸ North Valley Chapter California

Women for Agriculture: cow-milking activity, free reusable tote with local commodities.

✸ Madison Bear Garden: serving BBQ lunch. Come hungry for a big bite!

✸ Bounce House: FREE activity for the kids. ✸ Antique & Modern Equipment / Tractors

TAKE THE SHUTTLE! Shuttle will be available to transport guests from Chico Jr. High parking lot to the Bidwell Mansion Courtesy of Porter Welding and Valley Truck & Tractor S P E C I A L P U L L - O U T A DV E RT I S I N G S E C T I O N

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✸ Boy Scouts Troop 2: will build their

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Animal Display, games and more.

✸ Miss Butte County Court hosting a

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✸ Chico 4-H Club will have an Interactive

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Susie Sorenson accepting the 2013 award on behalf of Matson & Isom.

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✸ Mt. View Christmas Trees: Christmas

THE 2014 FARM CITY CELEBRATION AWARDS RECEPTION will follow the annual tradition of honoring outstanding individuals and businesses dedicated to service for agriculture and our community. The 2013 recipients were: Matson & Isom, Doug Bentz, and the Butte County Sheriff's Posse.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM

FALL 2014 EXHIBITS SEP TEMBER 27 — JA NUARY 4 NEWBERRY GALLERY

10th Annual Farm City Celebration

Kid’s Day at the CSU, Chico University Farm

Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park 525 Esplanade, Chico

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Farm City Celebration Agri-Business Bus Tour and Lunch Wednesday, November 12th California State University, Chico-University Farm Hegan Lane, Chico 7:00 am This fun filled day sells out quickly! Tickets include coffee and pastries for breakfast, visits to five local farms and agribusinesses, and a fabulous barrel chicken lunch provided by Safeway, plus entertainment.

Cost is $35.Tickets went on sale October 16th and must be purchased in advance.Visit the Butte County Farm Bureau office at 2580 Feather River Blvd. in Oroville, or call 530.533.1473

✸

Harvest Festival Sat., November 8th, 10am–2pm

Thursday, November 6th PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED California State University, Chico University Farm, Hegan Lane, Chico Local 3rd graders rotate through eight stations, learning about different areas of agriculture in a fun inter-active way.The classes learn about many of our top crops, including rice, beef and walnuts.The California Farm Water Coalition teaches about the importance of water to all of us. At another station, the kids learn all the ag products that are needed to make a pizza, then they get a sample piece of pizza. Definitely a highlight! For more information, contact Joan Webster at 530-228-5455 or email at joanwebster33@msn.com.

The first 500 families at the Harvest Festival receive a FREE reusable bag full of local commodities!

Thanks to our sponsor Wittmeier Auto Center

he Harvest Festival is a FREEfor-the-whole-family, rain-orshine event and has fun agriculturalrelated, hands-on activities, food and lots more.We are truly bringing the farm to the city for this community agriculture day.There will be tractors on display, 4-H, FFA, cattle roping, stock-dog demonstrations, cow milking, bees, Boy Scout Rope Bridge and so much more. Madison Bear Garden will be on site to BBQ for a special event price.

We are so privileged to have the Harvest Festival on the grounds of the Historic Bidwell Mansion. During the event, visitors can browse through the first floor of the Bidwell Mansion! Staff and volunteers will be there to answer questions, asking a donation.The Visitor Center will be open including “The General’s Store� gift shop, exhibit hall and bathrooms.Visit the Carriage House, displaying historic carriages and wagons.

Hurry! Tickets sell out fast.

See you there

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popular must-experience Rope Bridge in front of the mansion! Please bring your non-perish able items for the Scouts’ food drive.

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✸ Butte County Cattlewomen: interactive roping demonstrations, saddles branding and more!

✸ CSUC Sigma Alpha: fun activity for the kids! ✸ CSUC Stock Dog Demonstration: watch the stock dogs in action.

✸ Girl Scouts Troop 70041: fun agriculture tattoo activity.

✸ Mount Lassen Fiber Guild: spinning, weaving and knitting wool.

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✸ Mt. Lassen Chapter, CA Native Plant Society: plant sale and information on native plants.

✸ Noble Orchards: dehydrating apples and

making applesauce; samples of several varieties grown at the farm.

✸ North Valley Chapter California

Women for Agriculture: cow-milking activity, free reusable tote with local commodities.

✸ Madison Bear Garden: serving BBQ lunch. Come hungry for a big bite!

✸ Bounce House: FREE activity for the kids. ✸ Antique & Modern Equipment / Tractors

TAKE THE SHUTTLE! Shuttle will be available to transport guests from Chico Jr. High parking lot to the Bidwell Mansion Courtesy of Porter Welding and Valley Truck & Tractor S P E C I A L P U L L - O U T A DV E RT I S I N G S E C T I O N

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✸ Boy Scouts Troop 2: will build their

bead bracelet activity for everyone!

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Animal Display, games and more.

✸ Miss Butte County Court hosting a

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✸ Chico 4-H Club will have an Interactive

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Susie Sorenson accepting the 2013 award on behalf of Matson & Isom.

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✸ Mt. View Christmas Trees: Christmas

THE 2014 FARM CITY CELEBRATION AWARDS RECEPTION will follow the annual tradition of honoring outstanding individuals and businesses dedicated to service for agriculture and our community. The 2013 recipients were: Matson & Isom, Doug Bentz, and the Butte County Sheriff's Posse.

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Lots of Farm-Fun Activites for Kids at the Harvest Festival!

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Available in Chico at Maisie Jane’s, Made in Chico, and S&S Produce.

Available in Oroville at Collins & Denny Market and the Wagon Wheel Market.

Available in Paradise at Noble Orchard.

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2014 FCC CoMMiTTEE MEMBERS Farm City Celebration Chairperson: Joan Webster – By the Number Bookkeeping, California Women for Agriculture Awards Reception Chairperson: Angie Carpenter – Northern California Regional Land Trust, 1st VP CWA Agri-Business Bus Tour Chairpersons: Joe Connell – University of California, Cooperative Extension (Retired) Ed McLaughlin – EMAC Farms Colleen Cecil – Butte County Farm Bureau Agri-Business Bus Tour Lunch Chairperson: Bill Graves –Green Planet Plastics, Inc Harvest Festival Chairperson: Theresa Schneider – A&J Family Farms, California Women for Agriculture Kid’s Day at CSUC Farm Chairperson: Diane Avrit – Butte County Cattle Women

Committee Members: Hillary Bertagna – CSU, Chico College of Agriculture Sarah DeForest – CSU, Chico College of Agriculture Carrie Monlux – Butte College Agriculture Kelly Mora – Heritage Insurance Richard Price – Butte County Agriculture Commissioner

WE’D LIKE YOUR ART ON A REUSABLE BAG. BE CREATIVE AND DRAW WHAT CHICO MEANS TO YOU. THE CONTEST IS OPEN TO ALL AGES, SO DON’T BE SHY, FIND INSPIRATION AND DRAW WHAT OUR WONDERFUL CITY MEANS TO YOU.

ART CAN BE DROPPED OFF AT S&S PRODUCE (1924 MANGROVE AVE), BAYWOOD REAL ESTATE (180 E. 4TH STREET) OR MAILED TO ROPLAST INDUSTRIES, 3155 SOUTH 5TH AVE, OROVILLE, CA 95965. ALL ART MUST BE DROPPED OFF OR POST MARKED BY NOVEMBER

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