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Grass isn’t always greener It’s still not officially summer, yet the long grass in Upper Park and the

rolling buttes southeast of Chico is already turning brown. While that’s just one visual indication of the early spring our region has experienced amid California’s ongoing drought, it’s also a reminder that, without intervention—i.e., watering—our lawns here in town would quickly be drying up, too.

It’s time that we let them. Everyone loves green grass, and we understand that many homeowners have made investments in landscaping they’d prefer not to waste. But in these dry times—with a nearly nonexistent snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountains, depleted reservoirs, area farmers fearing for their livelihoods and Gov. Jerry Brown ordering a statewide, 25 percent cutback in urban water use—it’s hard to justify using water to maintain aesthetics.

That’s why we applaud local homeowners like Gene Anna and O.J. McMillan, who live adjacent to Lower Bidwell Park on Vallombrosa Avenue and are featured in this week’s Greenways section (see “For the birds” by Ken Smith, page 18). Last year, the couple stopped watering their lawn and then removed it entirely to make way for a drought-resistant garden that serves as a natural extension of the park, attracts pollinators and, of course, conserves water they would have used to keep their grass green.

The McMillans’ overhauled front yard was certified by Altacal Audubon Society’s new Certified Neighborhood Habitat program, which is at the forefront of the local movement to replace lawns with more sustainable options. This program offers an entry point for locals who want to take action and we urge people to follow their lead. At the very least, we should all take a hard look at the grass on our side of the fence. Ω

[I]n these dry times ... it’s hard to justify using water to maintain aesthetics.

Big Blue and my green bike a 25-year-old Silverado pickup named Big Blue that Itaindrive serves me well. It’s a long-bed and can haul a small mounof stuff. I bought it 11 years ago from an old man in

encased in a plastic-and-metal pod, I’m out in the open air, riding a beautiful green 40-yearold Peugeot 10-speed, a gift from my wife, Paradise who said he purchased it several years earlier and experiencing the world around me in an because he’d needed a long-bed so he intimate and satisfying way. could transport his dead wife’s coffin, You see things from a bicycle that you’d wife inside presumably, to Southern Cali- miss from a car—the flowers in people’s fornia for burial. yards, a couple of kids laughing as they walk I think of that old man whenever I go to school, a cat on a fence, all the ordinary on the freeway. I picture him ferrying his but wonderful scenes of life that reveal themwife to her final resting selves to us when we place, in what was no are mindful.

You see things from a bicycle that doubt his last expression As drivers, we of love for her. The image have a map of Chico you’d miss from a car ... all the By adds to my appreciation in our heads showing Robert Speer of the truck, a sturdy ordinary but wonderful scenes of the best routes to our steed that is always there destinations. The same life that reveal themselves to The author, a for me. is true of cyclists, only longtime Chico It’s also a gas hog, so I our routes are much us when we are mindful. resident, is a former use it as rarely as possidifferent because of CN&R editor-in-chief. ble. For any haul longer our vulnerability. We than to the dump, I rent a fuel-efficient know where the bike paths are, which streets car or take my wife’s hybrid Camry. Oth- are bike-friendly and which aren’t, and how erwise, I ride my bicycle. to avoid the latter.

Every time I have to choose between There’s risk in bicycling, but it’s worth it. the truck and the bike, I look at that big I ride 75-100 miles a week, getting useful old truck, remember how much fossil exercise without polluting the planet. Most of fuel it burns, and choose the bike. The all, though, it’s just plain fun. For the life of truck helps me make good choices. me, I can’t figure out why so many people Besides, I love riding my bike around drive everywhere, when such an ideal altertown. It’s a joyful thing. Instead of being native exists. Ω 4

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Everyone’s roads This week we’re celebrating life on two wheels with our popular annual Bike

Issue. Speaking of which, we see a lot of that around these parts these days.

Chico is indeed a biking town.

And because bicycles are all around us, we want to remind both riders and those who share the road with them to be mindful of each other. At CN&R’s headquarters at the entryway to downtown, we see all sorts of crazy and irresponsible riding and driving. For example, it’s not uncommon to see riders headed the wrong way on one-way Second Street—not to mention the other streets in the city center. We also see them riding on downtown sidewalks and blowing through stop signs. All of these things are dangerous and illegal.

We also see vehicles driving much too close to bicyclists, another dangerous and illegal move. In fact, in California, driving within 3 feet of a cyclist is a citable offense thanks to a new law designed to curb vehiclevs.-bicycle collisions. The penalty for doing so is $233; $959 when it results in an accident with an injury. The key thing for drivers to remember is that they should pass bicycles only when they can do so safely.

And while bicyclists have the same rights and responsibilities as motorists, riders should use common sense, like avoiding portions of town unfriendly to bikes. Many local thoroughfares remain unsuitable for cyclists, but we do have an excellent series of bike trails and bike lanes to help riders get around town in one piece.

The point is, folks using both methods of transportation need to get along. In short, the streets belong to everyone, so all of us need to do our part to share them responsibility and safely. Ω

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Re “Coming together for the Earth” (Editorial, April 16): The editorial did a good job signaling that there is opposition to environmental conservation and mentioning how fracking affects us but you can’t mention environmentalism without bringing light to how our addiction to fossil fuels and energy have forced us to look for alternative sources of energy. Banning fracking is a start, but a better proposition is renewable energy.

Conservation and taking care of our dear planet are things that I am passionate about, as I come to learn how our actions and behaviors have a direct effect on the health of the planet. I can’t help but get involved in one way or another.

Whether picking up bottles and wrappers and placing them in the trash or using my bicycle as much as possible, I am more than sure that those small details do make a difference in the long run.

JOHN DOMOGMA Chico

This paper is entitled to its own opinion, but it is not entitled to its own facts. Your editorial misstated the truth about water and oil production. The state Water Resources Control Board tested wells involved in a bureaucratic dispute between federal and state government agencies.

State water officials found absolutely no contamination due to oil production. Some activists are distorting the truth in an effort to stop domestic energy production. Whether they like it or not, oil plays a key role in our daily lives and it will take time to transition to alternate energy sources.

Curbing domestic oil production will result in a greater reliance on imported foreign oil. The costly imports will have to be shipped in on tanker ships and transported by rail car, which have their own environmental impacts. California has the nation’s toughest standards for oil production so it makes sense to extract resources here, where we can do it affordably and responsibly.

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by Meredith J. Cooper, April 16): While we’ve all seen the homeless problem here in Chico, I have to wonder, where are the churches in this situation? Safe behind locked doors. America has seen fit to exempt churches from taxation because in theory they volunteer to do God’s work caring for needy and poor people. So we give them a free ride, and what services does America get for their generosity?

Mormons who bought a California election in an anti-gay campaign, churches picketing abortion clinics, candidates campaigning on a fundamental platform, all while churches lock their doors at night and do nothing for homeless, even homeless children. Time for accountability.

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“Sixty-seven years, sixty-seven years.”

My grandfather repeated those words while looking at his beloved friend and partner of nearly seven decades in the intensive-care unit of Modesto’s Sutter Memorial Hospital.

It had been only hours since a doctor told him the situation was hopeless; the brain bleed was inoperable because she took a blood thinner.

It was the first time I’d seen my grandmother, Helen the mighty, look vulnerable. She was always so put together, perfectly accessorized. Pink was her color of choice. And she wore it so well. She was nearly unrecognizable in a white patterned hospital gown. A machine behind her beeped, displaying her heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen level. A respirator aided her breathing.

Family members took turns holding her hand and stroking her head and telling her we were there and loved her.

Every once in a while life lets you know how fragile it is. This was one of those times.

I felt a knot in my stomach.

The knot actually started as I drove through Lodi on my way to see her in the hospital mid-day Sunday. That’s where I came upon a bad accident. Dozens of people had pulled over to help out. As traffic crawled by, I caught a glimpse of a first responder in the median performing violent chest compressions on a heavyset man. He and another man survived major injuries, but a little girl, a 10-year-old, didn’t make it, I learned a day later in the Lodi News Sentinel newspaper.

My grandmother was stronger than any of us realized. Once the respirator came out early afternoon on Monday, she somehow breathed on her own. But she never awoke.

She passed into the next life on Tuesday morning.

None of us was prepared for her departure.

Grandma was the definition of a matriarch. She was wise and opinionated and freely shared how she felt about a lot of things. She might rub someone the wrong way every once in a while, but I know of nobody who could stay mad at her for long. One of the things I loved most about her as an adult is how surprisingly nonjudgmental she was of modern-day life (such as gay marriage and premarital cohabitation). That’s a rarity among folks of her generation. I wish I’d had the foresight the past couple of years to have shared with her how much I appreciated those things.

I should have told her that she taught me so much, including how two people can stay married and actually like and respect each other. I should have told her that each night at home I snuggle up on my couch with my 3-year-old son under one of the blankets she crocheted for me over the years. I should have told her that being half the woman she was in her 88 years would make me a winner in this experiment we call life.

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Troubling debate Re “Train car troubles” (Newslines, by Ken Smith, April 16): Regarding the “other side of the story” on not renewing the Empire Coffee lease, we learn that CAC’s decision is based on 1) bad landlord-lessee relationship (no specifics mentioned), 2) fluctuating revenues (challenged by the owner), and 3) no significant growth in the last three years (is there any café in town that has shown significant growth in the last three years?). The rest of the article largely talks about the agreement with the city and the original plans for the train car and that the CAC’s motivations are driven by the need to increase revenue. A fairly weak other side of the story if you ask me.

The story remains that a nonprofit community arts organization, dependent on the community and local government for support, chooses to not renew the lease of a longtime, well-respected, hardworking small business so that they can open their own version of the business and expect to be successful by receiving customer support from the same people who supported the business they just kicked out. Based on this very poor decision, hopefully the City Council re-examines the agreements with the CAC. STEVE KLEIN Chico

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Henri Bourride “drinks to spring and grills a little lamb.” Along the way, he mentions William Blake, April rains, Tanqueray gin, Ireland, Christians-Muslims-Jews, spare attire, printemps fever, children honing teeth, etc. The point of the entire exercise seems to be to fetishize and romanticize the act of consuming a chunk of meat—and by extension slitting the throat of a struggling, bleating lamb.

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consumption by several hundred gallons per person, per day. The differences in “carbon footprint” are even more impressive. Great website: www.cowspiracy.com/ facts.

PATRICK NEWMAN Chico

Trivial police work It would seem, at least during the day, that Chico police do not have enough to do. Perhaps some of these officers could be reassigned to night duty when the problems seem to occur in our fair city.

I am a paraprofessional working with severely handicapped children with aggressive behavior problems, ages 11 to 19, at Loma Vista School. I recently returned from a lunch break to find the inadequate parking lot full, so I parked on the street. In my three years I have often parked in the three spots available in front of the driveway entrance to the back staff lot, as do other special needs staff.

To my surprise, I received a $48 parking ticket for the two hours I was parked, (which is about $18 more than I earned during those two hours). I’m not sure when the barely visible sign stating “No parking during school hours” was moved to include these spaces, which are not in front of the school, but staff have parked there without a problem for the three years I have been there.

Now Chico police seem to have time to make sure us “lawbreakers” pay a penalty for this egregious behavior. I have witnessed several more ticketed cars in the past few days. This is nothing short of harassment of dedicated workers who do not make 20 percent of what these police officers earn. I guess this new policy is necessary to allow Chico to pay for the raise these officers just coerced from the City Council.

TOM FISKE Paradise

Disappointed in Hillary I am writing a farewell to my Hillary Clinton vote for president.

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diversions. Her explanations defy all reasonable logic. No one would have used a private server unless she wanted to avoid the very open transparency our government is supposed to have. She was caught red-handed in the proverbial cookie jar, and instead of confessing to her unethical actions, she copied a teenager’s excuse: “What? Who, me? I didn’t know.”

I grew up in Chicago, where political ethics is an oxymoron.

Recently, city council members were caught using their work email to hide their public records.

One lied and said it was an accident while another resigned and admitted they did it deliberately to avoid transparency.

The problem, of course, is that Hillary Clinton can’t resign from anything, because she is just a common citizen now. Her campaign told voters not to forget the past in order to improve the future.

I will not forget the dishonesty, and that is why I will continue to look for a better future.

PRANA LEWIS Chico

Another view on shopping Re “Stop deceptive pricing online” (Letters, by Nathan Esplanade, April 16): Complaining about shipping and tax charges when purchasing online, Nathan Esplanade writes that “Congress should pass legislation requiring online vendors to conspicuously display estimates of all charges before a shopper even puts an item in their cart.” My question for Nathan is, does he propose websites should require customers to enter their information before being allowed to show customers the price of a product?

That’s what his proposal would require, because tax and shipping charges will both vary depending on a customer’s location, sometimes drastically. Either that or it would simply prevent websites from displaying prices to customers entirely. I don’t think Nathan has thought this through.

NATHANIEL PERRY Chico More letters online:

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Two months after PG&E took down nearly 250 trees in Oroville despite the highly publicized protests of concerned citizens, the utility company has scheduled two meetings to inform the public of its ongoing safety efforts.

According to a PG&E press release, “Certain trees, tree roots, brush and structures can pose a safety concern because they block pipeline access duding emergencies and prevent crews from performing important safety and maintenance work.” It goes on to say tree roots can cause gas pipe corrosion. The company’s next tree removal operation is set for the Midway between Durham and Chico.

“This is a good opportunity for the public to better understand what PG&E is currently doing and proposing to do in the future to increase gas safety in the community,” said Butte County Supervisor Steve Lambert in the release. The meetings are scheduled for 6 p.m. tonight (April 23) at the Durham Veteran’s Memorial Hall at 9319 Midway and at 5 p.m. Monday (April 27) at Patrick Ranch, 10381 Midway.

MEN BEATEN, ROBBED FOR BOOZE

Two men were reportedly punched and kicked by four other men after refusing to hand over their alcohol near the intersection of Fourth and Ivy streets around midnight on Saturday, April 18.

Police found Josimar Arroyo, 25, lying in the gutter when they arrived, according to a Chico Police Department press release. His friend, Rajpal Singh, 21, had a stab wound to his face. Witnesses said the suspects left the scene in a pickup truck, which was promptly pulled over by Chico State Police.

The suspects, identified as Raoul S. Puente, Julian C. Palacios, Luis Flores-Rojas and Efrain Mata, were arrested on charges of attempted robbery, assault with a deadly weapon and battery with serious injury.

SPEAKING OF BOOZE

The Chico City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday (April 21) to adopt two ordinances aimed at increasing local control of alcohol sales and curbing Chico’s drinking culture.

In response to a string of alcoholrelated student deaths and Chico State’s Call for Community Action in 2013, the city has been crafting two amendments to Title 19, the city’s land use and development regulations—a conditional use permit and a deemed approved ordinance. The conditional use permit imposes a series of requirements on new businesses that sell alcohol, while the deemed approved ordinance establishes operational requirements for existing businesses and standard penalties for noncompliance.

On Tuesday, however, Councilwoman Tami Ritter (pictured) argued that the amendments fail to address the over-concentration of alcohol establishments in certain areas of town, such as downtown and the south campus neighborhood. After much debate, the council agreed to kick the density issue to the Internal Affairs Committee for further review.

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Durham after dark Neighborhood watch programs shine spotlight on community policing bout a decade ago, the community of Durham Aactivity, was gripped by a spate of late-night criminal recalls long-time resident Frank Betten-

court. With no dedicated police force of their own, residents relied on the thinly spread Butte County Sheriff’s by Hunter Office for after-hours patrols and Du Puy “smash and grab”-style thefts, home and business burglaries and vandalism were becoming nearly nightly occurrences, Bettencourt said.

Bettencourt, a retired car salesman, was moved to take action after he was personally victimized—a gun was stolen from a locked box in the garage of the home he shares with his wife and grandchildren. So, in April 2007, along with neighbor and Cal Fire retiree Claude Evans, Bettencourt founded the Durham Patrol, a community watchdog group dedicated to deterring crime with nightly citizen patrols.

“We wanted the county to know that Durham was no longer asleep,” Bettencourt said during a recent Friday night patrol, which started from his home around 9:30 p.m. and continued through primarily sleeping residential neighborhoods and the downtown business district before looping through the Durham High campus and Durham Community Park.

The Durham Patrol consists of roughly a dozen regular volunteers, most working in pairs and taking turns driving the area a few nights a month each. On a typical night, a team covers the entire town of Durham at least once, as well as several outlying areas of the community. These rounds have been driven by members every night, seven days a week, since the

group was formed.

The organization has built a strong rapport within the neighborhoods it patrols, and many members are on a first-name basis with local business owners, teachers and the staff of the BCSO. Such relationships are important to the day-to-day (or rather, night-tonight) operations of the Durham Patrol.

On this particular night, Bettencourt spoke to custodians at Durham High School about recent problems with trespassing on campus, and advised them to contact the Sheriff’s Office if the intrusions continued.

Advising school staff wasn’t the only action on the streets of Durham that night; during the patrol, Bettencourt reported a suspicious-looking vehicle that was apparently abandoned. The Durham Patrol has a policy to report all such encounters because, as Bettencourt said, “It could be anything. You just never know.”

Though Bettencourt and company are always on the lookout for suspicious situations and wrong-doers, the incident most commonly reported of late, he said, has been cows wandering into roadways after dark, creating a potential hazard for drivers.

While some neighborhood-watch organi-

zations in Northern California—such as the Cottonwood Community Watch— have been accused of questionable con-

duct bordering on vigilantism (see “Cottonwood Constitutionalists,” cover story, Dec. 12, 2013), the Durham Patrol’s credo is simply to observe and report, not to engage with potential criminals. It is the policy of the organization not to even step out of the car in potentially dangerous situations, but rather to act as a second set of eyes for the BCSO. Bettencourt said that, while some members of the Durham Patrol have permits to carry firearms, he does not believe that they are armed during patrols on a regular basis. The choice to carry a gun or any other sort of defensive weapon is left up to the members, and, in Bettencourt’s words, “depends on the night.” They also maintain a “safe house” at Cal Fire Station 45 in downtown Durham, where patrol members are instructed to seek assistance if they feel that they are in danger.

Driving through Durham at night, the patrol’s most noticeable effect is on the lights. Members have spearheaded an unofficial campaign in the community to get businesses and residents to leave a light on after dark as a deterrent to criminals.

On the grounds of Durham High School, for instance, Bettencourt said he has personally seen to a change.

“When the Durham Patrol started, this campus was dark,” he explained. “It was unbelievable, and they were getting hit pretty hard with vandalism, so I went

to talk to the principal, the superintendent, and the powers that be about it.”

During one particular incident, a hateful message was scrawled across the face of an entire wall of the school. On another occasion, the air-conditioning system was targeted and, by Bettencourt’s estimate, $6,000 worth of copper wiring and parts were stolen. In response to occurrences like these, with the Durham Patrol’s prodding, Durham High has both repaired existing lights and installed new ones. Bettencourt said he believes that effort has led to a reduction in theft and vandalism on campus.

“Light is not the criminal’s best friend,” Bettencourt said. “Darkness is.”

First-year Durham High Principal Terry Bennett supports the work that the Durham Patrol is doing, both on and off campus. “Good community policing is about relationships,” he said. “There have been incidents before, and from what I understand having the Durham Patrol has reduced some of those incidents.”

The Durham Patrol is not the only group

of concerned citizens taking action in Butte County. In Oroville, the Mt. Ida Neighborhood Watch operates in a similar fashion, with the goal of reducing crime in their community through cooperation with the BCSO and Cal Fire.

Lois Miller, a spokeswoman for the Mt. Ida group, said such organizations have the cooperation of local law enforcement to thank for their success. This appreciation for mutual collaboration is shared by law enforcement.

“Both groups have value, and both groups have become good partners with the Sheriff’s Office,” said Butte County Sheriff Korey Honea. “They’re trying to make a difference in their respective communities and certainly helping us keep an eye out for what’s going on.”

The BCSO employs a crime prevention coordinator, who acts as a liaison with neighborhood watch groups and provides guidance to persons wishing to start or join a watch group within their community. As stated on the Butte County website, “Neighborhoods working together with law enforcement are some of the best crime-fighting teams around,” an appraisal Honea echoed about the Mt. Ida Neighborhood Watch and the Durham Patrol.

“I think they have had a positive impact,” he said. “Engagement by the community in a positive manner, one that works collaboratively with law enforcement, I think is always positive.

My sense is that both groups have contributed to enhancing public safety in their respective areas.” Ω

Heavy metals and explosives City Council revisits Chico Scrap Metal, considers proposal to legalize fireworks prolonged saga involving Chico Scrap Metal Inc. and its recyTonceheclingagain operation on East 20th Street came before Chico City Council during its meeting on Tuesday (April 21). It’s been years

since the owners were fined for knowingly violating environmental safety laws, but Chico State students say the site is still contaminated.

Back in 2007, a study by California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) revealed contamination in the form of chromium, lead and zinc, as well as polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) at the site, which sits close to Chapman Elementary School. In 2008, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey filed charges against the owners, George Scott Sr. and his adult children, for failing to comply with DTSC’s order to clean up their facility. The Scotts were subsequently fined $700,000 in Butte County Superior Court— $500,000 of which was to be used for cleanup. But appeals dragged on for years, and were eventually dismissed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Jan. 17.

Additionally, back in 2008, Chico Scrap Metal was given notice by the City Council that it would have to relocate by the end of 2011 due to a Chapman/Mulberry Neighborhood Plan rezone. In October 2011, the council granted the owners an extension to remain at the East 20th Street location until Dec. 31, 2014.

Now, months past that deadline, city staff is attempting to negotiate a compromise with Chico Scrap Metal, said Community Development Director Mark Wolfe. The city is considering removing a clause from municipal code that would allow the operation to stay put—in exchange for aesthetic improvements to the business’ frontage and operational changes “to eliminate the more egregious of the nuisance factors,” Wolfe said.

During the public comment period, students from Adrienne Edwards’ environmental science class at Chico State presented a report on past and present health hazards at Chico Scrap Metal based on information from the DTSC. The class determined that PCBs are still concentrated in some areas of the recycling facility, said student Cameron Ulyate, warning that runoff to 16th Street near Chapman Elementary presents a “risk of children stepping in these contaminated puddles.” Student Lexi Smith followed up with recommendations to convert the site to recycling collection, rather than processing, and conduct regular runoff sampling to ensure “hazardous materials are confined to the area and

SIFT|ER Pedaling to work In October 2014, the League of American Bicyclists released its latest Where We Ride report on bicycle commuting in the United States. Among other things, the data show that between 2000 and 2013 the country saw a 63 percent growth in bicycle commuting, with 882,198 Americans commuting to work. Our North State neighbor Davis is the city with the highest percentage of residents who bike to work (24.5 percent), while overall California is the fifth-ranked state, with 1.1 percent of its population being bike commuters.

Source: www.bikeleague.org

Chico Scrap Metal on East 20th Street has been entangled in legal trouble since 2008, when it was fined for violating environmental safety laws.

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aren’t a danger to public health.”

“Aesthetic landscaping is not sufficient to protect the health of residents, schools and pedestrians in the area,” Edwards concluded.

“We’ve got to know that they’re good neighbors and it’s a safe, clean operation.”

Scott’s daughter Kim argued that the students’ report is flawed and replete with errors, referencing a letter from the DTSC dated April 12, 2012, stating that Chico Scrap Metal has met the conditions of its investigation.

“They are satisfied, and now want us to move forward with a remedial action work plan in order to mitigate any of the low levels of contaminants on the site,” she said.

The Scotts have 60 days to submit their applications for design review of the frontage improvements and a development agreement, Wolfe said, adding there will be public hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council prior to finalizing the agreements.

“I would say 60 days is more than generous at this point,” said Mayor Mark Sorensen.

In other council news, Councilman Andrew Coolidge’s proposal to

legalize state-approved fireworks in Chico never got off the ground.

Coolidge framed the proposal as a means of helping nonprofit organizations—many of which have been cut off from funding as the city grapples with its own financial problems.

A fireworks industry representative outlined potential benefits to the community. Each year, 16 nonprofits chosen in a lottery would sell fireworks approved by the state’s Safe and Sane program, generating an estimated total of $500,000 in net revenue.

Members of the council voiced approval of Coolidge’s attempt to throw nonprofits a life preserver, but most said the timing of his proposal was off. Fire Chief Shane Lauderdale said he’d need time to properly assess the public safety implications of legalizing fireworks, and the council agreed that asking his department to do so before July 4 would be rushing it. Councilmembers Randall Stone and Ann Schwab also questioned the wisdom of legalizing fireworks during California’s epic drought.

“The amount of money potentially generated for nonprofits—which, as you know, Mr. Coolidge, is a matter very near to my heart— doesn’t seem to be significant enough,” added Councilwoman Tami Ritter. “We’re looking at something that is going to divvy out chump change, essentially.”

“I can see the writing on the wall,” said Coolidge, before the council voted 7-0 to table the proposal indefinitely.

—HOWARD HARDEE howardh@newsreview.com

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Closure at last After 36 years, Oroville man is sentenced in wife’s murder crolling through Butte County’s list of Simagine missing persons, it’s impossible not to the lives that could have been and

the lack of closure friends and family must feel not knowing what became of their loved one. Surely, some of the stories have unexpectedly happy endings, such as that of Chicoan Dena Ardell Russell, who was reported missing in 1976 but found alive and well in another state just last year.

The story of Deborah Diane Owens didn’t end so well. After 36 years, thanks to vigilant police work, willing witnesses and a confession, we finally know what happened.

Deborah was a petite, blond-haired, blueeyed beauty who lived in Oroville with her husband, Marvin Owens, and their two daughters, Lois and Kathea. Marvin, an engineer and Navy veteran, reported her missing on Nov. 19, 1978. He told deputies that she’d recently been depressed. She’d also been smoking pot, he said, and he’d heard she might have left town with a “dope pusher” named Terry. The only things she took with her, Marvin said, were her purse and roller skates. Deborah was never seen or heard from again.

Years later, in 1987, Butte County Sheriff’s Office deputies received an anonymous call suggesting that Marvin may have buried Deborah’s body underneath his deck. A subsequent search revealed no body, but new interviews were conducted. Friends and family recounted the Owenses’ rocky marriage, Marvin’s jealousy and penchant for violence. His second wife, Cathy, with whom he had another child, told stories of guns put to her head, being slammed into walls and death threats.

About two years later, after Cathy left Marvin, he was admitted into the psychiatric ward of the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in San Francisco. He was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and a history of polysubAbout this story: stance abuse.

The details It was around this time revealed herein were gleaned from deputies deemed Debocourt documents rah’s disappearance a compiled for homicide. Marvin’s brothMarvin Gale Owens’ er had reported that he’d murder trial. apparently made statements to their other brother to the effect of, “If [Cathy] doesn’t straighten up, I’ll put her in the ground like I did Debbie.”

But there was still no evidence, and for the next couple of decades, Kathea and Lois continued to believe their mother had abandoned them. In the mid-1990s, Lois contacted the BCSO about her mother. She said their father had told her that Deborah couldn’t handle the two girls, who were very young at the time, and that she’d run off with another man. Kathea told deputies of a recurring dream in which she and her father were riding in a station wagon with her mother’s

Deborah Diane Owens, circa 1978

Marvin Owens, 2015

body wrapped in the back.

It was early in 2013 when Lois called BCSO once again, this time to report that her father had confessed to her that he’d strangled her mother. He still denied it to law enforcement, but two years later deputies got a warrant for his arrest and he was taken into custody in Nebraska, then brought to Butte County.

Upon his arrest, Marvin finally confessed in writing. He says he was extremely involved in the Pentecostal church in 1978 but that his wife had lost her faith and was smoking pot and hanging around young men. On this particular November day, he’d seen her flirt with an ex-lover. Back at home, “I attempted asking her to return to church and help save our marriage but she responded negatively,” he writes. “I snapped mentally and choked her with one hand against a wall …”

The strangulation didn’t kill Deborah, however, and he attempted to revive her by placing her in a bathtub with cold water. The phone rang in the midst of filling the tub. He stopped the water, and when he returned, she was drowning. “I froze, failing to react and allowed Debbie to die.”

Marvin said he buried her body in a wildlife area off of Pacific Heights Road, but deputies have been unable to find it. He pleaded guilty in court and last week was sentenced to four years in prison, the maximum penalty for voluntary manslaughter in 1978. The maximum sentence now for the same crime is 11 years.

“In some sense, the real crime is the big lie that’s gone on for 36 years for those children,” said Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey, who’s been involved in the case for his 27 years in office, alongside former Sheriff Perry Reniff.

—MEREDITH J. COOPER meredithc@newsreview.com

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utte County’s hydraulic-fracturing opponents scored a “secondbest” outcome at the Board of Supervisor’s meeting on Tuesday (April 21), the eve of Earth Day. The supervisors voted 4-1 to approve an ordinance prohibiting the storage and disposal of byproducts created by the controversial method of extracting oil and gas reserves commonly known as fracking. Supervisor Larry Wahl was the lone no vote and said the ordinance was “a backdoor attempt to prohibit fracking in Butte County.”

Fracking opponents agreed with that assessment. After the meeting, Robyn DiFalco, executive director of the Butte Environmental Council (BEC), said the ordinance, which would keep surrounding counties that allow fracking from depositing byproducts here, was “the secondbest choice,” in light of the failure of passing an outright fracking ban.

A group called Frack-Free Butte County gathered signatures last year to put an initiative on the ballot, but County Counsel Bruce Alpert questioned the initiative’s wording and supervisors voted to delay a vote in favor of studying the ordinance. Missing the deadline to make it on the November 2014 ballot, it was ultimately put off until next June. In February, a countywritten ordinance that would have banned the practice died when the board failed to vote on the matter after Supervisor Maureen Kirk’s motion to do so didn’t a receive a second.

Fracking, for those who’ve been asleep for the past two years, involves the injection of a highpressure mixture of water, sand and chemicals to crack underground shale formations and free the gas and oil deposits trapped beneath them. It has been linked to earthquakes and the contamination of underground water supplies.

But it is also seen as a means of helping make the country energy independent.

After the ban failed to get support in February, supervisors instructed county staff to draw up an ordinance banning the storage of Members of Frack-Free Butte County set up shop outside the Butte County Board of Supervisors meeting back in February.

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fracking byproducts, which Alpert said had already been done. As such, it came back before the board in a relatively short amount of time.

Six members of the audience addressed the board and said they supported the ordinance.

Grace Marvin, a member of Frack-Free Butte County, said her group applauded the staff for the ordinance it had composed and made an argument for why it was needed.

“Oil and gas companies and the California regulatory system have not only hidden the contents but also the disposal locations of fracking fluids, endangering many of our aquifers and related waterways,” she said.

BEC’s DiFalco said the ordinance addressed the community’s concerns about the potentially high risk of contamination of groundwater due to storing fracking byproducts.

The only objection came from Brian Hamman, an attorney representing Wild Goose Storage in Gridley, where it stores natural gas underground for a number of companies. Wild Goose does not frack, but Hamman told the supervisors the company had concerns about the proposed ordinance and asked why it was not notified of the matter.

Hamman asked that a vote on the ordinance be granted an extension so the company “could verify

that everything looks OK from their engineering and legal departments.

At first glance there doesn’t appear to be any objections to it, but they just want to confirm it.”

This came after Tim Snellings, the county’s development services director, told the supervisors that the ordinance would not affect Wild Goose and its operations.

Alpert assured the board that if it adopted the ordinance, changes could be made if it adversely affected Wild Goose. Supervisor Steve Lambert said the county should be careful because the company is one of the area’s biggest sources of property taxes.

A state ordinance addressing the practice of fracking goes into effect July 1 and calls for a use permit, an environmental impact report, advanced public notice and nearby water-well testing before, during and after a fracking operation.

Local ordinances take precedent over the state law. There is no federal law addressing the practice.

According to a 2009 editorial in The New York Times, the federal government does not have the authority to regulate fracking.

That’s because of a provision inserted into the 2005 federal energy bill by then-Vice President Dick Cheney, a former executive at Haliburton—the company that invented fracking in the 1940s.

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Health officials say the measles outbreak that started this past winter at Disneyland and infected a total of 131 people in California—and at least 25 others out-of-state—is officially over.

Since it can take up to 21 days for an infected individual to experience symptoms, a measles outbreak is declared over if no new illnesses are reported for 42 days, according to the state Department of Public Health. But future outbreaks in California remain a possibility—especially with health experts warning that the state’s vaccination rates are too low.

Officials have confirmed the vaccination status of 81 of the people recently infected in California; of those, 56 patients, or about 70 percent, were unvaccinated, according to The Los Angeles Times.

A vote on legislation designed to get more children immunized was recently delayed after the author, state Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), was warned that the bill would not pass the Senate Education Committee in its current form.

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WHO NEEDS FEELINGS?

On top of treating pain, Tylenol and other overthe-counter medications containing acetaminophen may dull both positive and negative emotions.

In a study recently published in Psychological Science, half of 82 college students were given an acute dose of acetaminophen, while the others were given a placebo, according to CNN. The researchers tested their hypothesis by showing the students a series of pleasant or unpleasant images and asking them to rate how they made them feel. Those who took the placebo all rated the images more extremely than those who took the medication.

The researchers concluded that acetaminophen limits both joy and emotional pain, or the range of feelings experienced.

“This means that using Tylenol or similar products might have broader consequences than previously thought,” said Geoffrey Durso, the study’s lead author. “Rather than just being a pain reliever, acetaminophen can be seen as an all-purpose emotion reliever.”

CELEBRATING END-OF-LIFE CARE

A local high school student completing a hospice internship is launching an event to support and raise awareness of hospice and palliative care in Butte County.

Madison Carter (pictured), a senior at Paradise Adventist Academy, is serving as race director of the Celebration of Life 5K Run/Walk as part of her internship with Dr. Hyung An at Feather River Hospital, according to an Enloe Medical Center press release. Proceeds from the race will benefit multiple health care organizations throughout the county that specialize in end-of-life care.

The race will be held Sunday, May 3, at OneMile Recreation Area in Bidwell Park, starting at 9 a.m. Go to www.active.com and search “Celebration of Life 5K” to register. Race entry fees are $25-$35.

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

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Experts offer ‘report card’ on the Affordable Care Act by

Robert Speer robertspeer@newsreview.com

irst the good news: The Affordable Care Fof Americans Act, aka Obamacare, has added millions to the health insurance rolls

in the past year and a half.

Now the bad news: The program is dauntingly complex, unpopular with much of the citizenry, and vulnerable to political obstructionism. That last bit is a large part of why 30 million people remain uninsured.

This was the evident consensus of a panel of three experts who offered a “report card” on the ACA to an audience in the Enloe Conference Center on Thursday (April 16). The event was moderated by Enloe CEO Mike Wiltermood.

The panelists were Amber Kemp, vice president for health care coverage for the California Hospital Association; Dr. Richard Thorp, a Paradise internist and past president of the California Medical Association; and Dr. Bill Skeen, executive director of the California chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP). Each gave a PowerPoint presentation.

Kemp’s was a statistics-heavy overview of the ACA’s implementation. It showed that, in the 13 states and District of Columbia that embraced the ACA by expanding Medicaid and setting up their own health insurance exchanges, the program is working reasonably well in qualifying more people for Medicaid or subsidized insurance purchased on the exchanges.

For political reasons, the governors of

37 states, most of them Republican, chose not to set up exchanges, forcing residents to use the federal exchange instead. They also refused to expand Medicaid, even though the federal government would have paid nearly all of the cost. Many poor people in those states continue to go without coverage.

California, which got on the ACA bandwagon early, has been especially successful, Kemp said. Now all but 3 million to 4 million Californians have health insurance, and half of them are undocumented foreign residents ineligible for benefits (a bill now in the state Legislature would end that prohibition). Nearly 2 million people have purchased subsidized private insurance through the state’s health exchange, Covered California, while 12 million Californians—nearly one-third of the population—now receive Medi-Cal. The ACA is characterized by uncertainty, however. There are many reasons for that, Kemp noted. For example, the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to rule on King v.

Burwell, a lawsuit that, if upheld, would prohibit subsidies in the 37 states using the federal exchange, causing some 5 million people to lose their insurance and effectively creating a second, pricier health insurance system for residents of those states.

Approval of King v. Burwell also would reverberate in states with their own exchanges, inasmuch as most of their insurance companies also operate in states served by the federal exchange.

The ACA is having a huge impact on

physicians as well as patients, Thorp told the audience.

It’s the largest insurance expansion since Medicare was approved in 1965, he said, and is flooding doctors’ offices with new patients. But having an insurance card is meaningless unless a person can find a provider, and today there is a grave shortage of providers, especially in rural areas.

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In 2009, when Congress and the president set about drafting health insurance legislation, they had a choice. They could have expanded Medicare, a proven system that is a model of simplicity and effectiveness, to cover everyone, Skeen said, or they could develop a program based on the existing private-

insurance model.

They chose the latter, and the result was the ACA. The problem is that private insurance is profit-driven and primarily serves shareholders, not patients. Companies can increase their profits in only two ways—by increasing costs or cutting services.

Neither is good for patients.

The ACA has placed a limit on profits, and more people are covered, all of which is good, Skeen said. “But coverage is not the same as access, and access is not the same as care.”

Besides, Covered California insurance isn’t cheap, Skeen said.

He personally has a neighbor who had major surgery, and her deductible, copays and other costs forced her to declare bankruptcy. In his own case, Skeen added, he and his spouse pay more than $27,000 annually for health care, just for the two of them.

Yes, taxes would have to go up to finance an expanded Medicare, but individuals would pay less than they’re paying now for health insurance, and they would enjoy a service that would make life much easier for patients, doctors and hospital administrators alike.

The 50th anniversary of the signing of the bill creating Medicare is coming up, on July 30.

It will be a good time to reflect on the differences between the two approaches, Skeen suggested, adding, “There are those of us who still dare to dream.” Ω

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These days, young doctors tend to have spouses who are themselves professionals, and finding jobs for both of them in a small town can be difficult, if not impossible. Also, Medi-Cal doesn’t pay sustainable amounts, and some of the Covered California plans pay less than Medicare, Thorp said, so some doctors aren’t enrolling on the exchange.

On the positive side, he said, the ACA encourages innovative ways of engaging with physicians (texting, Skype, etc.), is pushing providers to develop smooth methods of transferring patients’ electronic medical records, and is fostering a move away from fee-forservice care toward outcome-based payments.

“The Affordable Care Act is not going away,” Thorp insisted. “Doctors and hospitals are adjusting to it, and patients are becoming more knowledgeable” and skillful at navigating the health care system as they learn to use the online services provided by Covered California.

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Sandonly things standing between Gene Anna O.J. McMillan’s home and Lower ince they moved to Chico in 2003, the

Bidwell Park were Vallombrosa Avenue and a wide expanse of green lawn. Last spring, they decided to shorten that gap by replacing the lawn with a more park-like, drought-resistant garden.

“It had been on the list for a long time, but hadn’t made it to the top,” O.J. said during a recent tour of the couple’s frontyard garden. “With the obviousness of the drought becoming apparent last year, we decided to pull the trigger.”

The McMillans said they were inspired to add lawn removal to their list of green home improvements after seeing ecofriendly gardener John Whittlesey speak at the Snow Goose Festival several years ago.

They decided to stop watering their lawn in the beginning of 2014, and then contacted Whittlesey, who owns Canyon Creek Nursery and Design in Oroville, to design the space.

Whittlesey’s plan for the yard was to make it easy for the retired couple to maintain and for it to serve as an extension of the neighboring park, filled with native plants to attract pollinators, particularly birds, bees and butterflies. One of his stipulations is that his gardens include a bird bath, which the bird-loving McMillans hadn’t planned on, but didn’t object to.

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have been able to because the bird bath and the garden draw everything in.”

Hanging in one corner of the garden is a colorful sign reading “Certified Neighborhood Habitat,” serving as both a proclamation of the couple’s green leanings and an acknowledgment of their efforts.

The sign was given to the them by the Altacal Audubon Society, the local chapter of the international bird-centric organization, as part of a new program designed to encourage others to replace lawns with more sustainable options.

Melinda Teves, director of Altacal’s Certified

Neighborhood Habitat program, is hoping that growing concern and awareness over water issues spurs others to plant native habitat as it did the McMillans. The program aims to encourage, reward and eventually map those efforts.

“A lot of people are replacing their lawns right now, which will likely be happening even more with new restrictions coming down,” Teves said. “We’re hoping as people do that they’ll consider bringing in some native California plants, which are also good habitats for the wildlife they’ve evolved alongside for thousands of years.

You’re doing two great things at once.”

To become self-certified in the habitat program, people must include native plants, plant multiple vegetation layers (shrubs, small trees, etc.), use drip irrigation and avoid the use of herbicides and pesticides.

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wildlife stewardship and water conservation goals, such as keeping cats indoors, setting up a nesting box, or grouping plants based on water needs. If existing gardens meet these criteria, they are already eligible.

There are two levels—silver and gold—to the certification program, based on how much of a yard has been converted (half or whole of a front- or backyard), how many native species are used, and other variables. Those who participate and meet the objectives receive a garden sign. In order to help people complete the process, Altacal is distributing informational packets filled with physical and online resources, coupons for local nurseries and educational material.

The group also is partnering with other environmental organizations to hold workshops and presentations. The next one, co-hosted by Butte Environmental Council, is a hands-on Lawns to Native Landscapes workshop on May 30 at a private Chico residence at which attendees will participate in removing a lawn.

Teves explained the program has been in the works for about a year, and that Altacal consulted with a number of local wildlife experts and organizations to develop the criteria. It is modeled after a similar program designed by the Audubon Society of Portland.

“Their program is a little different because it doesn’t focus as much on water conservation, but they’ve accomplished a great deal,” Teves said. “They’ve created and mapped a 350-acre urban wildlife corridor within the city of Portland. We’re hoping to do the same here, and eventually map it like they have.”

Thus far, Teves said about 60 people have contacted Altacal about the program and are in the process of meeting the

criteria, with about two dozen certified.

Having already made the leap to drought-resistant landscaping, the McMillans found their garden prequalified for certification. They said they often get questions about the garden and the sign from passersby, indicating the program is working as Teves intended.

“With every space that gets certified, we have another demonstration garden,” she said.

“I’m incredibly happy with it, and so are the birds and the bees,” Whittlesey said of the Altacal effort. “It’s what I’ve always hoped for in Chico; there’s a lawn culture here where everyone wants to keep everything green and tidy, but it’s not really green, or sustainable.

“Lawns are the default because it’s sometimes hard for people to imagine anything else,” he added, noting that, if there’s an upside of the drought, it’s that people have been inspired to try something different, which he said can begin as simply as stopping watering the lawn.

“If you have a good plan and do it over time, it’s very manageable and satisfying, and not a very difficult process.” □

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Crafting bicycles for life For some, life on two wheels ended with their first car. For others, the bicycle is something bought for a couple hundred bucks and used for trips to the bar or breezy rides through the park. For serious cyclists, the bicycle is much more— an elegant form of transportation, a lifestyle, a finely engineered racing machine, or even a work of art.

In that world of serious, long-distance cyclists you’ll find Mitch Pryor and his business, MAP Bicycles. In a year, Pryor hand-crafts 30 or so bicycles from scratch out of his north Chico workshop, serving clients all over the world. MAP Bicycles have appeared on magazine covers and in international events. To buy a custom, ride-ready MAP Bicycle, you’ll need to get on an eight-month waiting list. Learn more at www.mapbicycles.com.

What inspired you to start your business?

I started MAP as a challenge to myself. I was a bike mechanic, and after wrenching for about 10 years, feeling a bit limited and bored, I wondered if I could design and build a bike from scratch. Not having any metal fabrication skills, it was a big challenge and I went down a path of training that lasted four years. I went out on my own and started MAP in 2007.

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How did you learn to build bicycles?

I worked for another frame builder for two years while I quietly built bikes for friends and friends of friends. Along the way I learned countless things from a number of people: frame-builders, machinists, fabricators and entrepreneurs. Not being afraid to try new things has been a great [lesson].

Why do you love bicycles?

It’s as simple as machines get, really, and one of the most efficient vehicles in existence. It amazes me that the bike has remained relatively unchanged for over 100 years. There’s something lasting and perfect about a bicycle and its only limitation is the rider, which I find intriguing.

What materials do you use?

I use steel. Modern steel alloys are very light and strong and I like the reparability and ride that steel offers over aluminum or carbon fiber. These bikes are meant to last a lifetime, and that’s a reasonable expectation with steel. I like the idea that the bikes I build will likely outlast me.

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Those riders rely on custom builders to get exactly what they need. Usually, what they want isn’t available off the peg.

What have you learned while building your business?

I’ve learned so much, but mainly I’ve learned that this whole endeavor is a process, and I look at what I do as something continually evolving. I’m on my own trajectory and don’t have a growth model, aside from my own growth as a businessman and fabricator. I want to remain connected to these challenges even if it means remaining small. It’s always been about the bikes.

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Just outside the CN&R office is a roundabout. Yep, that roundabout. It’s not all bad—despite a few speed racers who try to squeeze in before they’re welcome, it seems to have cut down on accidents at Second and Flume. I just wish we could get something pretty to put in the middle.

Staring at a dirt mound isn’t all that breathtaking.

Which brings me to another component of the downtown couplet project, which included artsy bike hitching posts, which would replace the 70 or so that were removed to make way for construction. Whatever happened to that? According to Monica McDaniel, vice chair of the nearly defunct Chico Arts Commission, the departure of the engineer in charge of the couplet project also prompted the abandonment of the hitching post.

No one from the city returned a phone call to confirm this.

This is a pretty big disappointment, actually, mostly because the cost of the art features was nearly identical to that of the boring green posts we have now. In looking back at the city’s contest in 2013 calling for local artists to submit proposals for posts, I found the name of Jason Roberson, who designed several that had been slated for fabrication but never materialized.

“They seemed pretty serious about doing the project and then I didn’t hear anything for over a year,” Roberson said by phone after I tracked him down on Facebook. “It seems like they just ran out of money for that part of the project. I wish there could be better news on that.”

Turns out Roberson, who was born and raised here, has also designed a whole lot of things close to many a Chicoan’s heart: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s bottles and packaging. He worked for our beloved brewery for a decade and had a hand in designing everything from the beer boxes to the taproom taps. (In fact, he said was working on the taps when the hitching post contest came up—he was already in a fabrication mindset, so he threw his hat in the ring.)

“Some of them I worked on with other illustrators, but a lot of them I illustrated myself,” he said of the beer labels and boxes. His proudest accomplishment? “I love the Ovila, because I illustrated it and did the whole thing by myself.”

I got in touch with Roberson at an interesting time for the One of Roberson’s hitching post designs.

41-year-old designer. Just last month, he left his job as art director at Sierra Nevada to open his own firm, Consumer Product Branding.

“Six weeks or so ago I left Sierra Nevada … and I’ve worked with them every day since,” he joked. The good news is, he maintained Sierra Nevada as a client. That means he’ll still be leaving his mark on all the forthcoming suds the brewery puts out. If we’re really lucky, maybe someday we’ll even see his hitching posts become a reality.

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That’s why putting together our annual Bike Issue is always special—we pay tribute to a beautifully simple machine and a local bike community that includes every imaginable character on two wheels, from joy-riders on cruisers to spandex-clad pedal jockeys. The following stories profile just a few of those characters and their love affair with bikes, including a legally blind mountain bike racer who’s helping introduce cycling to disabled individuals, two friends who’ve ridden crazy distances on fixed-gear bicycles, and a group of female mountain bikers who share a love for the traditionally male-dominated sport. Also, look for the Bike Issue logo elsewhere throughout this issue for other stories fitting the theme.

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It chronicles McMullen’s completion of the 2007 Downieville Classic Mountain Bike Race, a 17-mile downhill course nationally recognized for its technical difficulty. During the opening sequence, the camera is blurred out of focus to give a sense of McMullen’s perspective—just shadow and light—as he tails his guide rider, who shouts directions and warns of obstacles: “Sweeping right! Straight up! Bumpy, bumpy, bumpy! Hard left!”

What does bicycling mean to you?

We asked four local avid cyclists about their passion for pedaling. Here’s what they said.

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It’s freedom! You can relax when you ride. I don’t think driving is nearly as relaxing as biking. It’s cheap, efficient, and you meet a lot more people when you bike everywhere, all the time. Mountain biking got me into commuting on my bike, so instead of being humdrum in my car, bored, I get to be outside, enjoying sights, smells, and learning the town.

Biking changed my lifestyle by making me see and experience the world differently.

If I couldn’t bike, I wouldn’t be as happy.

–MARISSA KNUDSON Bicycle enthusiast, North Rim Adventure Sports

Being legally blind isn’t the greatest challenge McMullen has overcome to pursue his passion of racing mountain bikes. In 1993, during his first year of law school, he lost most of his vision due to complications with diabetes. He learned to ski by following a guide and spent seven years competing with the U.S. Disabled Ski Team, including in 1996, when his kidneys failed and he received kidney and pancreas transplants.

Still, the Redding native competed in the 1998 Paralympics in Nagano, Japan, and continued skiing competitively until his body rejected his transplanted organs and he underwent a second double transplant in 2003. After that surgery, McMullen focused on mountain biking—he had cycled to cross-train for skiing throughout his career—and has raced in dozens of downhill events every year since.

But McMullen faced another wave of complications in 2012, when he underwent open-heart surgery to clear his arteries, was equipped with a pacemaker and got diagnosed with an aggressive form of skin cancer that spread to his lymph nodes, requiring multiple invasive surgeries and heavy radiation treatment. Now he undergoes proactive cancer treatments “once every month or two,” he told the CN&R

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Happiness is the first word that comes to mind, because I always feel so good when I ride my bike. If I have to decide, “Oh, should I take my car or ride my bike?” and I ride my bike, I always think about how happy I was that I did—unless there’s a strong headwind, then perhaps not. It’s independence. I remember the first long ride I did with my gear going from point A to point B, and I felt so empowered being able to do all that by myself. I like sharing what the bicycle can do for other people, and I really feel like we can build a better town through biking that results in a better, more livable, happier community as a whole.

–KAREN GOODWIN Co-founder, Butte Bicycle Coalition

by phone from the Sea Otter Classic sports festival in Monterey.

But McMullen says his life has been defined by beautiful moments and relationships, not his up-and-down health.

“I haven’t worked hard at being identified as a guy with a lot of issues,” he said.

“No, I’m Bobby McMullen, I’m 52, I have a hot wife, a beautiful daughter and I work in the bike industry. I’m going to race my bike this week and ride with sponsors and buddies. Is there a message? No. People have suffered through worse.

“I’m just a dude who rides a bike who happens to have faced some obstacles.”

Willingly or not, McMullen is the North State’s poster boy for people with disabilities who achieve a high level of athletic performance. That’s why Janine Rood, executive director of Chico Velo, approached McMullen after the Big Room screening last fall regarding a potential partnership. Seeking to combine Chico Velo’s annual timed ride, the Challenge Fondo, with the Northern California-Nevada Adaptive Cycling Series—an introductory cycling event for people with disabilities— Rood believed McMullen’s local celebrity status and story as a disabled athlete would make him the perfect spokesman.

McMullen jumped at the opportunity to

share his love of bicycles with people who may not have had the opportunity to ride.

“I want to do everything I can for individuals who want this challenge, who need this challenge, but also for their families to celebrate their success,” he said. “And success is not doing 100 miles or being the fastest. The win is sticking your chin up, looking ahead and saying, ‘I’m going to try.’”

Timed, long-distance road rides called gran

fondos have been popular in Italy, France and Spain for decades, but only recently have caught on in the U.S. As Rood explained, fondos are usually associated with a specific cause and hosted by a recognizable figure.

Chico Velo held its first Challenge Fondo in 2012. The ride is based on one of Rood’s favorite routes, beginning and ending in Durham after making a long loop southeast of Oroville. But unlike the Chico Wildflower Century, which has become a nationally renowned ride that carries its own momentum year-to-year, participation in the Challenge Fondo has been sparse. Last year, only 100 riders entered the event.

“I wanted to grow it faster and for it to be more inclusive,” Rood said. “Chico Velo hasn’t done much to encourage beginning cyclists of any ability.”

Enter Ability First Sports, a volunteerdriven organization in Chico that introduces youths with disabilities to the personal enrichment of athletics. During its annual, week-long summer camp for 7- to 18-yearolds, Ability First runs participants through activities such as tennis, basketball, rugby, water skiing, rock-climbing and cycling.

“We want to get them to an intermediate level, no matter what sport it is, so they can cycle with their family or play tennis against an able-bodied person,” said Chuck Nadeau, development director for Ability First.

Along with like-minded organizations in Sacramento and Reno, Ability First brings the Adaptive Cycling Series to multiple cities in California and Nevada each year,

introducing people with disabilities to adaptive cycles—mostly recumbent bikes and hand-cycles, though there are many variations. Since those specialized rides are expensive, starting around $2,000, the experience of cruising through countryside can be out of reach for many, Nadeau said.

“With adaptive cycling, there are so many different types of bikes because of all the different disabilities,” he said. “In town, there’s really only one place that sells adaptive cycles, and they have, like, one option.

Depending on your disability, there could be 15 bikes you need to look at.”

So, the organizations pool their resources, each bringing an assortment of bikes to accommodate every level of ability and body type. On race day (Sept. 13), after the first wave of riders sets off, those with disabilities will be fitted with a cycle and encouraged to ride as far as they want— whether that’s to the end of the parking lot or the full century.

“Despite a physical challenge, a mental challenge, an emotional challenge, you can still get on a bicycle and get out and get that release,” McMullen said. “There really are no limits; the equipment is adaptable.

We’re going to help you enjoy this, and there are no expectations. The win is if you show up.”

And for fully able cyclists, the fondo will be a chance to learn about adaptive cycles and the athletes who use them, McMullen said.

“You’ll go home and say, ‘Holy shit, this guy with one leg blew by me going 25 mph,’” he laughed. “That’s happened to me a number of times.” □

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For more on Chico Velo’s Challenge Fondo on Sept. 13, go to www.chicovelo.org.

To donate time, energy or money to the Northern California-Nevada Adaptive Cycling Series, contact Ability First Sports at 5880335.

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Fixie fanatics A PAIR OF CHICO MEN HAVE DONE THINGS ON FIXED-GEARS MOST PEOPLE WOULDN’T EVEN ATTEMPT

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Ken Smith

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In situations where most road cyclists would simply shift gears, Shelton gets off his bike and replaces the cog, pictured here, with a smaller or larger one, depending on whether he’s climbing or descending.

Nikko Shelton (left) and Max Feiler say fixed-gear cycles are cheaper and easier to maintain, among other advantages.

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ith their penchant for riding without brakes and stoic rejection of the convenience of gears, fixed-gear riders have a reputation among traditional cyclists for being a bit unhinged.

Longtime friends and fellow fixie enthusiasts Nikko Shelton and Max Feiler do little toward changing that perception.

Shelton may be the only rider to have completed the Wildflower 100 on a fixed-gear bike, which is a bicycle with no freewheel mechanism, meaning riders must pedal continuously and cannot coast. And, within hours of saddling up on his first fixie, Feiler embarked on a dangerous endurance ride that would make even veteran long-distance road cyclists cringe.

As the men explained in a recent interview at City Plaza, there are many reasons why fixie aficionados tend to lean toward the fanatical.

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“You’re more in touch with your bike and attached to it in a really weird way while you’re riding,” Shelton said. He has chosen fixed-gear cycles since 2008, when he was in his late teens and at the height of a fixie fad that still persists. A former bike mechanic who still repairs friends’ cycles for burritos or beers, he said the simple mechanics also are appealing.

“The biggest advantage is not having to deal with a derailleur, and they’re also cheaper to buy and maintain than most bikes,” he said. “If you buy the least expensive geared bike, you’re likely to have a lot of mechanical problems with it, but that’s not a problem with even the cheapest fixies.”

Many fixed-gear cyclists prefer to ride without brakes, relying instead on leg muscles to slow down. Shelton rode sans brakes for many years, and just recently installed them on his bike. He

said he’s been in four minor accidents with cars, but said they could have happened on any cycle, and claims the only major safety difference is when riding downhill.

“On a road bike you’re relaxed, you just coast, but on a fixed gear you have to pedal harder than ever,” he said, adding he doesn’t do large declines without a helmet, brakes and mirrors.

“With your cadence that high, it’s difficult to remain stable and really hard to stop.”

Changing elevations isn’t much of a problem in Chico, though: “When I did the Wildflower two years ago, it was my first time climbing a hill, ever,” Shelton said.

Shelton said he’s heard rumors about another cyclist attempting the 100-mile route on a fixed-gear, but he believes he may be the only one. The year he completed that race, he was riding about that

distance weekly. That was his only form of preparation, he said. He’s been training recently, though, and this year will attempt the Wildcat 100, a more demanding course in which the flat ride through the orchards west of Chico is substituted with a 20-mile, 6,000-foot climb to Stirling City.

“I’ll definitely complete it unless something breaks,” Shelton said, not specifying whether he meant his bike or his body. “I just won’t feel good at work the next day, or the day after, but I’ll enjoy being done. It’s something that you absolutely hate the whole time you’re doing it, but it feels good when it’s over.”

Feiler similarly sums up the experi-

ence of riding his fixie more than 400 miles three years ago, during a trip he dismissed as “a slap-dash kinda thing.”

“I graduated [from Chico

State] in 2012, my lease was up and I wanted an adventure,” Feiler said.

He ordered a $200 fixed-gear and had Shelton assemble the bike, which he dubbed “Froderik,” then took a turn around a cul-de-sac to make sure it fit him correctly. Less than 48 hours later, Feiler started riding down Highway 99 headed for San Luis Obispo, with the goal of reaching Temecula in time for a wedding.

For a week straight, Feiler walked and rode down that and other highways, including Interstate 5, through temperatures reaching 105 degrees, stopping to sleep on grassy patches in gas station parking lots, under freeway overpasses and once in a vacant fireworks stand.

“They, as in the ‘Royal They,’ didn’t like me riding on the freeways much,” Feiler said. “I got pulled over outside of Lodi and the cop’s exact words were, ‘Get off the goddamned freeway or you’re going to jail.’ But he was a county sheriff, so I just walked to the county line and got back on my bike.”

Feiler eventually reached San Luis Obispo, then took a train to Orange

CYCLING MEANS...

It has been a consistent theme throughout my life. My dad retrofitted a tandem so that he could take me on longer rides before I could reach the pedals. In college, I took a solo bike trip through the Nevada desert; I had a lot of experiences finding my way, being afraid and not having any water. When I moved to Chico, I fell in love with the bike community.

It’s how I met my wife. She was a young bike punk and I tried to impress her with my unicycle skills, which worked to my favor. Bike riding has been the reason to wake up at 4 in the morning, to stay out past dark, to be more fit, to eat better, all just for the love of two wheels.

–CHEETAH TCHUDI Farmer and rancher, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

County and biked the last 60 miles, arriving at his final destination with just enough time to shower before the nuptials began. Feiler said that, other than some serious chaffing, the trip was a great experience.

“That whole trip I was riding just feet away from semis for hundreds of miles, I almost got run over by a tractor one morning when I woke up in an orchard, all this crazy stuff, then I got back to Chico and cut off the tip of my finger,” Feiler recalled. He was working on his bike and stuck his finger in the turning wheels, expecting it to stop like free-wheeled bikes do—an accident he said is common among new fixie owners.

“I wouldn’t advise anyone to attempt a long trip on a fixed-gear without training. That was all his idea,” Shelton said, nodding toward Feiler. “As a general rule of thumb, I tell people to look at whatever Max is doing, and do Ω it safer.” more BIKES continued on page 26

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Fixie fanatics A PAIR OF CHICO MEN HAVE DONE THINGS ON FIXED-GEARS MOST PEOPLE WOULDN’T EVEN ATTEMPT

story and photos by

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kens@ newsr ev iew.c o m

In situations where most road cyclists would simply shift gears, Shelton gets off his bike and replaces the cog, pictured here, with a smaller or larger one, depending on whether he’s climbing or descending.

Nikko Shelton (left) and Max Feiler say fixed-gear cycles are cheaper and easier to maintain, among other advantages.

W

ith their penchant for riding without brakes and stoic rejection of the convenience of gears, fixed-gear riders have a reputation among traditional cyclists for being a bit unhinged.

Longtime friends and fellow fixie enthusiasts Nikko Shelton and Max Feiler do little toward changing that perception.

Shelton may be the only rider to have completed the Wildflower 100 on a fixed-gear bike, which is a bicycle with no freewheel mechanism, meaning riders must pedal continuously and cannot coast. And, within hours of saddling up on his first fixie, Feiler embarked on a dangerous endurance ride that would make even veteran long-distance road cyclists cringe.

As the men explained in a recent interview at City Plaza, there are many reasons why fixie aficionados tend to lean toward the fanatical.

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“You’re more in touch with your bike and attached to it in a really weird way while you’re riding,” Shelton said. He has chosen fixed-gear cycles since 2008, when he was in his late teens and at the height of a fixie fad that still persists. A former bike mechanic who still repairs friends’ cycles for burritos or beers, he said the simple mechanics also are appealing.

“The biggest advantage is not having to deal with a derailleur, and they’re also cheaper to buy and maintain than most bikes,” he said. “If you buy the least expensive geared bike, you’re likely to have a lot of mechanical problems with it, but that’s not a problem with even the cheapest fixies.”

Many fixed-gear cyclists prefer to ride without brakes, relying instead on leg muscles to slow down. Shelton rode sans brakes for many years, and just recently installed them on his bike. He

said he’s been in four minor accidents with cars, but said they could have happened on any cycle, and claims the only major safety difference is when riding downhill.

“On a road bike you’re relaxed, you just coast, but on a fixed gear you have to pedal harder than ever,” he said, adding he doesn’t do large declines without a helmet, brakes and mirrors.

“With your cadence that high, it’s difficult to remain stable and really hard to stop.”

Changing elevations isn’t much of a problem in Chico, though: “When I did the Wildflower two years ago, it was my first time climbing a hill, ever,” Shelton said.

Shelton said he’s heard rumors about another cyclist attempting the 100-mile route on a fixed-gear, but he believes he may be the only one. The year he completed that race, he was riding about that

distance weekly. That was his only form of preparation, he said. He’s been training recently, though, and this year will attempt the Wildcat 100, a more demanding course in which the flat ride through the orchards west of Chico is substituted with a 20-mile, 6,000-foot climb to Stirling City.

“I’ll definitely complete it unless something breaks,” Shelton said, not specifying whether he meant his bike or his body. “I just won’t feel good at work the next day, or the day after, but I’ll enjoy being done. It’s something that you absolutely hate the whole time you’re doing it, but it feels good when it’s over.”

Feiler similarly sums up the experi-

ence of riding his fixie more than 400 miles three years ago, during a trip he dismissed as “a slap-dash kinda thing.”

“I graduated [from Chico

State] in 2012, my lease was up and I wanted an adventure,” Feiler said.

He ordered a $200 fixed-gear and had Shelton assemble the bike, which he dubbed “Froderik,” then took a turn around a cul-de-sac to make sure it fit him correctly. Less than 48 hours later, Feiler started riding down Highway 99 headed for San Luis Obispo, with the goal of reaching Temecula in time for a wedding.

For a week straight, Feiler walked and rode down that and other highways, including Interstate 5, through temperatures reaching 105 degrees, stopping to sleep on grassy patches in gas station parking lots, under freeway overpasses and once in a vacant fireworks stand.

“They, as in the ‘Royal They,’ didn’t like me riding on the freeways much,” Feiler said. “I got pulled over outside of Lodi and the cop’s exact words were, ‘Get off the goddamned freeway or you’re going to jail.’ But he was a county sheriff, so I just walked to the county line and got back on my bike.”

Feiler eventually reached San Luis Obispo, then took a train to Orange

CYCLING MEANS...

It has been a consistent theme throughout my life. My dad retrofitted a tandem so that he could take me on longer rides before I could reach the pedals. In college, I took a solo bike trip through the Nevada desert; I had a lot of experiences finding my way, being afraid and not having any water. When I moved to Chico, I fell in love with the bike community.

It’s how I met my wife. She was a young bike punk and I tried to impress her with my unicycle skills, which worked to my favor. Bike riding has been the reason to wake up at 4 in the morning, to stay out past dark, to be more fit, to eat better, all just for the love of two wheels.

–CHEETAH TCHUDI Farmer and rancher, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

County and biked the last 60 miles, arriving at his final destination with just enough time to shower before the nuptials began. Feiler said that, other than some serious chaffing, the trip was a great experience.

“That whole trip I was riding just feet away from semis for hundreds of miles, I almost got run over by a tractor one morning when I woke up in an orchard, all this crazy stuff, then I got back to Chico and cut off the tip of my finger,” Feiler recalled. He was working on his bike and stuck his finger in the turning wheels, expecting it to stop like free-wheeled bikes do—an accident he said is common among new fixie owners.

“I wouldn’t advise anyone to attempt a long trip on a fixed-gear without training. That was all his idea,” Shelton said, nodding toward Feiler. “As a general rule of thumb, I tell people to look at whatever Max is doing, and do Ω it safer.” more BIKES continued on page 26

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n the weekend of Elizabeth Brent’s 60th birthday back in February, she faced her nemesis. For a year, she’d been riding her mountain bike on Middle Trail in Upper Bidwell Park, attempting to pull off a technical move—a quick succession of sharp turns, drops and steep uphill sections.

“I had gone through boxes of Band-Aids trying to master that move,” she said. “I have scars on my knees and elbows from not making it.”

When Brent finally pushed through that tricky section of Middle Trail, she reflected on the support and guidance she’s received from the Chico Women MTB, a group of local female mountain bikers whose members range from age 21 to 65.

“It’s because they stopped and told me, ‘Go back and try again,’” she said. “They encouraged me, they’ve checked my wounds, and when I finally got it, they were all so happy for me. It’s like, now I get it, and I can make that move.”

Brent is one of more than 60 members of Chico Women MTB, founded by Katherine Ketterer three years ago while she worked as a sales associate at North Rim

CYCLING MEANS...

Biking is the freedom of my own ability, the freedom to do whatever I want without the expectations of other people. I love being able to explore, to ride around in this area; it’s beautiful. I ride in the mountains, on the road, and the BMX track. It’s my home. I like to be alone, and I like to suffer.

It makes me feel stronger. Knowing that I can do that and I can challenge myself makes me feel like I can do anything. The bike community here is like a huge family.

It’s my life. It’s all I do, really.

–MIKE LEE Sales and repair, Greenline Cycles

Adventure Sports (now she works for Chico Velo as an event coordinator). Her inspiration was spurred by comments made by female riders who came into the shop.

“I saw so many girls coming into the shop and they would say something like, ‘Well, I want to ride, but I’m not skilled enough yet, so I’m just going to keep working on it then maybe join a group someday,’” she said. “I just thought, ‘There should be a place for them.’”

Ketterer credits the support of other members for maintaining the energy in the group. Janine Rood, executive director of Chico Velo, rallied community members while Rachel Kagan, a longtime member, created the Facebook page that allows it to grow. Rood and Kagan became leaders on group rides and started working closely with beginners.

The more advanced mountain bikers in the group are ambitious about taking beginning riders and supporting them throughout a process where they learn how to conquer more technical trails, often by overcoming their fears, Ketterer said. Sometimes that involves injury, other times laughter.

Katherine Ketterer, founder of Chico Women MTB, started the group to provide an encouraging and pressure-free environment for women to develop their mountainbiking skills.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHICO WOMEN MTB

Chico Women MTB members have conquered trails in Oroville, Susanville, Whiskeytown and, of course, Upper Park. Out of all those spots, though, Ketterer said the trails here in Chico are the most challenging because they involve some of the most technical features in the entire state.

Its members meet weekly and communicate via its private Facebook page about where and when they’ll ride next. Riders of all skill levels are encouraged to join.

One of the group’s main purposes, Ketterer said, is breaking the “I can’t” mentality often adopted by less experienced riders. There are many success stories, including that of Brent, who’s overcome many of her own self-doubts.

“Some of these girls are held back by saying, ‘Oh, that’s too advanced for me,’ or ‘I’m not there yet,’ Ketterer said. “Once they’re with the group, it really analyzes what’s going on and all the options available, and they’ll really be able to ride a lot of the things that other people think that they can’t.”

While Ketterer enjoys riding with men, too, the dynamic of an all-female mountain biking group creates a unique environment that offers a comfortable space for its riders. The women take their time to accommodate all skill levels and create a culture of

encouragement while still pushing each other.

“We kind of make it fun; there’s a lot more cheering each other on, a lot of ‘woo-hoos’ and ‘you go, girl’ and ‘go get it,’” Ketterer said. “A lot of stuff that we’re comfortable with expressing when it’s just women. If we have some more experienced riders, but there is one beginner rider, we kind of ride to their level.

“Being together with the group, no matter if you’re being totally goofy or super serious and really focused, it’s developed by egging RIDE WITH THEM: each other on, If you’re a woman by promoting looking to get in each other’s on Chico Women strengths and MTB, look them up on Facebook and encouraging request to join the them to use group. their strengths, whatever they may be. It’s not really focused on any weaknesses at all.”

It’s that aspect that Brent credits for helping her reach her potential as a mountain biker.

“In a mixed group, male and females, you don’t want to hold anyone up and you don’t want to be too slow,” she said. “When you’re with just women, in this particular group, there’s no pressure. You can relax and work at getting better instead of worrying about [whether] I’m holding anybody up.” □

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Arts & Culture Three of the New Ziegfeld Girls, part of the extravagant spring musical directed by Timothy Allen McDonald (inset) at Chico State.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHICO STATE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Where there’s a Will Chico State theater alum visits from New York to direct spring musical

TDepartment spring musical. And this year the university’s of Music and Theatre is staging The Will he theater event of the year at Chico State is the

Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue, a comedic extravaganza that relates the biography of the famed early 20th-century by Carey humorist in a series of production Wilson numbers based on the style of the legendary Ziegfeld Follies, which Rogers often headlined for at the PREVIEW: height of his performing career.

The Will A week or so before the openRogers Follies: A Life in Revue ing, the CN&R stopped by to chat shows Wednesdaywith the show’s visiting director, Saturday, Tim McDonald, a graduate of 7:30 p.m., and Chico State and founder of the forSunday, 2 p.m., mer Chico City Light Opera (now April 29-May 3, at Laxson Auditorium. the home of Chico Theater ComTickets: $10-$20 pany) as well as a Chico State Distinguished Alumnus (2010), who Laxson has gone on to a successful career Auditorium in New York City theater. He is an Chico State 898-6333 award-winning playwright and www.schoolofthe director, and an acknowledged arts-csuchico.com authority on musical theater education, and is currently working with the President’s Committee on Arts and the Humanities’ Turnaround Arts initiative to transform underperforming schools through the arts.

Tall, affable, with a deep, authoritative voice and ready laugh, McDonald is an obviously charismatic director who, in his own words, exudes a quality of “leading with humility, patience and a sense of calm.”

Here’s some of what he had to tell us about the show and theater education in general.

CN&R: I loved the piano playing during rehearsal; it gave the musical numbers a rollicking, lively exuberance. How many other musicians will be accompanying the full production?

McDonald: There are 15 musicians in the pit orchestra and they’re phenomenal. It’s a great mix of seasoned Chico pros and students who can really play their faces off!

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It’s a big production. How many people are in the cast?

We have 16 women, eight guys, four principal actors, four kids and a children’s choir of 15—so it’s a big show. I wanted the show to fit the grand scale of Laxson, so we’ve got a big cast, big set, and ridiculously fabulous costumes. The only thing we’re missing are animals. Hmm … maybe I should see if someone could loan us a calf, or maybe a live horse?

How does it feel to be back on campus directing the biggest show of the year?

I’ve proven the theory that you can go back to the future. I only had the opportunity to direct one musical in Laxson and it wasn’t my best work because I didn’t understand the grand scale needed in Laxson.

So I’ve got a bit of a chip on my shoulder and I’m pushing myself, the cast, the crew and my creative team to aspire for nothing less than brilliance. No pressure. I don’t think anyone would have thought 1980s Tim had any chance of directing anything but traffic on a slow day.

Are the students currently in the theater program at Chico State much different from when you were a student? Has the digital age noticeably affected the way theater arts are taught?

The students seem very much like me when I was a student—young, a bit naïve, but eager. This age of portable everything means students can do their homework while waiting for their stage entrance and I think that’s pretty cool. Social media has made live experiences more valuable. You can only experience the Will Rogers Follies live in Laxson and for five nights. After that, poof, it’s gone forever.

Can you give us any hints about what might make this production special?

We’re doing one particular thing that as far as I know hasn’t been done onstage since the original Ziegfeld Follies in the 1920s in New York City. It involves gorgeously costumed actresses on two set pieces that rotate—and it’s pretty astonishing. For anyone who wants to know more, well, you’re gonna have to come check out the show! Ω

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

THE HOBBIT: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W First St., (530) 895-3749.

Theater BIG THE MUSICAL: When 12-year old Josh Baskin wakes up inhabiting the body of an adult, he and his friends search for a way to bring back his boyhood. Through 5/3, 2 & 7:30pm. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 8943282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

THE HOBBIT: The Blue Room Young Company presents a stage version of Tolkien’s famous novel. 4/23-4/24, 7:30pm, Sa, 4/25, 2pm. $10$12. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W First St., (530) 895-3749.

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Special Events COCKED AND LOADED: An all-male “boylesque” troupe from Portland, Ore., takes over the Maltese. F, 4/24, 10pm. $10. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

MARY POPPINS: The supercalifragilisticexpialidocious musical, presented by Chico Regional

Theatre with a spoon full of sugar. F-Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 5/10. $15-$20. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (800) 7224522.

PRESENT LAUGHTER: A comedy by Noel Coward.

Directed by Bill Falcon. Th-Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm, through 5/3. $10-$12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.birdcagetheatre.org.

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Special Events ARC IN THE PARK: A one-mile and 5k walk/run benefiting individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Register online. Sa, 4/25, 8am. $10-$25. Bidwell Park: Sycamore Playing Fields Bidwell Park, (530) 343-1232, www.arcbutte.org/events.

AUTISM AWARNESS FAIR: Gather resources, gain support from the community, enjoy education

EARTH DAY IN BIDWELL PARK Saturday, April 25 Bidwell Park

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FINE ARTS MARY POPPINS: See Friday. CRT, 1475 East Ave., (800) 722-4522.

PRESENT LAUGHTER: See Friday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 5332473, www.birdcagetheatre.org.

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Poetry/Literature SLOW THEATRE: Readings of scenes from In the

Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) by Sarah Ruhl with Joyce Henderson, Alex Hilsee, Denver Latimer, Jesse Mills, Elizabeth Phillips, Jessica Sijan, Rob Davidson and Jason Tannen.

M, 4/27, 7pm. Free. The Bookstore, 118 Main St.

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TUES and enrichment programs, sensory-oriented activities, live music and snacks. Sa, 4/25, 10am-2pm. First Baptist Church, 850 Palmetto Ave., (530) 343-3446.

EARTH DAY IN BIDWELL PARK: Celebrate the day with Chico’s greenway. Sa, 4/25, 9am-noon.

Free. Bidwell Park.

GOLD NUGGET DAYS: See Thursday 4/23-4/26.

Paradise, www.goldnuggetdays.com.

WILDFLOWER EXPO: Chico Velo is hosting a community food-and-music festival during rider sign-ups for the Chico Wildflower race.

Featuring the food trucks of Fork in the Road plus live music provided by the Chico News & Review—with live performances by Bogg, Sofa King, and Solar Estates. Free entry. Sa, 4/25, 2-6pm. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., (530) 895-4666.

Music GARDEN PARTY AND FUNDRIASER: A benefit concert for The Apollo Piano Foundation with music from “the queen of ragtime,” Mimi Blais.

Sa, 4/25, 3-5pm. $15-$25. Call For Location, (530) 924-4469, www.apollopiano.net.

SYMPHONIC WINDS: ACCLAMATIONS: The Chico State Band and guest ensembles perform favorite marches and more. Sa, 4/25, 7:30pm. $13-$15. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.

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

GOLD NUGGET DAYS: See Thursday 4/23-4/26.

Paradise, www.goldnuggetdays.com.

THE HOBBIT: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre,

PRESENT LAUGHTER: See Friday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 5332473, www.birdcagetheatre.org.

Poetry/Literature WORDSPRING: A writers conference with a full day of workshops in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction with featured presenter Pam Houston. Sa, 4/25, 8:30am-4pm. $35-$65. Butte College Main Campus, 3536 Butte Campus Dr. Fountain Lawn in Oroville, (530) 965-1946.

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Special Events CARNIVAL FOR A CAUSE: Enjoy food trucks, a silent auction, raffle, live performances from Chico Expressions Dance Club, and The Chico Acrobatic Club. A fundraiser for Wings of Eagles. Su, 4/26, 11am-4pm. Donations.

Wildwood Park, Wildwood & Manzanita, (530) 896-7800.

GOLD NUGGET DAYS: See Thursday 4/23-4/26.

Paradise, www.goldnuggetdays.com.

NORTH VALLEY FOOD HUB: Learn how the NVFH is helping to preserve local farmland and local food producers. Su, 4/26, 4-5pm. Free. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E Third St., (530) 894-1978.

Special Events PICNIC IN THE PLAZA: Bring a lunch or grab a bite from one of the food trucks and enjoy a variety of provided entertainment, both will vary each week. Tu, 11:30am-1pm through 9/29.

Downtown Chico Plaza, 400 Broadway St., (530) 345-6500.

UNIVERSITY FILM SERIES: A weekly presentation of international films. This week: The Last of the Unjust (France, 2014) Directed by Claude Lanzmann. Tu, 7:30pm. $3. Ayres 106, Chico State, (530) 899-7921.

Music SHANE DWIGHT BAND: Badass American roots

and blues from Nashville, Tenn. Tu, 4/28, 7:30pm. $15. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 345-2739, www.sierra nevada.com/bigroom.

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range of artistic styles and techniques by gallery’s membership. Through 5/2. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

3RD FLOOR ART GALLERY: Art Education

Exhibition, annual art show for Chico State’s Art Education majors. 4/23-5/1.

BMU, third floor, Chico State, (530) 898-5489.

B-SO SPACE: New Works, BFA culminating exhibition from undergraduate artist Shyna Deepak. Through 4/24. Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

CHICO ART CENTER: Creative Fusion, an exhibition of student artwork from Chico’s junior and senior high school students. Through 4/24. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

HAS BEANS INTERNET CAFE & GALLERIA: New

Works, Ernest King showcases landscapes and abstract paintings. Through 6/1. 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.has beans.com.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: Stan Sours, brightly painted wood sculptures and two dimensional paintings. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930.

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Ink and Clay, a juried exhibition displaying creative works from current Chico State printmaking and ceramic students. 4/23-5/13. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.

THE LANTERN: New Works, artist Rod Caudill showcases mixed-media assemblage and collage. 4/23-5/31. 642 W. Fifth St.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Fresh Paint, abstract acrylic paintings from artist Tim Swaim. Through 5/2. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Student Exhibition, the annual juried student exhibition showcases works in a wide variety of media submitted by Chico State art students.

4/27-5/13. Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 8985864.

UPPER CRUST BAKERY & EATERY: Envelop, works in watercolor, pencil and collage by Chikoko member Christina Seashore.

Through 4/25. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.

Chico State’s spring musical. 4/29-5/2, 7:30pm, Su, 5/3, 2pm. $10-$20. Laxson Auditorium,

crowding, pollution, energy, food and water and how these resources affect us now and how they will affect us in the future. Artists of River Town Gallery & Gifts, 1435 Myers St. in Oroville, (530) 533-4140, http://artist ofrivertown.com.

PLANT PHOTO CONTEST: Sixth through 12th grade photographers are invited to enter their native flowering plant photos. See website for more details. University Herbarium, 129 Holt Hall, Chico State, (530) 898-5356, www.csuchico.edu/boil/Herb/ Friends.html.

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, presented from the perspective of the Mechoopda people, focusing on the tribe’s heritage and history and 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: Modern Farming

- Land, Water, People, and Science, explore North State agriculture. Patterns of The Land, a display of quiet and pastoral agriculture images of the Sacramento Valley.

Attack Of The Bloodsuckers, the science of what’s biting you in this skin-crawling exhibit 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/ gateway.

LOTT HOME IN SANK PARK: Woodcarver

Exhibit, new works from the woodcarvers club on display. Ongoing. 1067 Montgomery St. in Oroville, (530) 538-2497.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: A railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm.

5570 Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 8771919.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY:

Leaping Lemurs and Mysterious Crimes: On The Trail of Physical Anthropology, the human journey from our African roots to modern humans through the eyes of physical anthropology. Ongoing. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.

Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperfor mances.com.

ROCK N’ SHOP: Buy, sell, and rock out with local crafters, artists, hipsters, rockers, rollers and everyone in between as they sell wares and hand-made goods. Or even sign up for a 15-minute DJ slot. Su, 4/26, 3pm. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

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WALK MS: Join and walk for a world free of

multiple sclerosis. Su, 4/26, 7:45am. Bidwell Park:, Sycamore Field, http://walkms.org.

139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749.

MARY POPPINS: See Friday. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (800) 722-4522.

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

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Mountain of gold It’s been more than 150 years since the Gold Rush, but history lives on up on the Ridge with Gold Nugget Days, an annual celebration of the area’s mining past. This year’s festivities run from Thursday, April 23, to Sunday, April 26, and the theme is “Tales of Gold.” As always, there are fun EDITOR’S PICK (and strange) events for the whole family like: Thursday’s Whiskerino (a beard contest), Saturday’s Donkey Derby (yup, racing donkeys) and Sunday’s Doggone Doggie contest (a canine beauty pageant). For a full schedule of events, check out www.goldnuggetmuseum.com.

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BULLETIN BOARD San Jose comedian Butch Escobar takes his turn at the Blue Room Theatre.

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.

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

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BINGO: Proceeds donated to nonprofit. Su,

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

BREAK EVERY CHAIN: Guest speaker Kathy Kelly will address the U.S. drone program.

W, 4/29, 7:30-9:30pm. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, Chico State.

CAREER BUILDERS: A monthly counterrecruitment meeting for the community’s youth. Fourth Th of every month, 3:30pm.

Free. Chico Peace and Justice Center, 526 Broadway, (530) 343-3152, www.chicopeace.org.

CHICO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Chico Friends of the Library’s weekly book sale. Sa, 9:15-11:30am. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary.

THE PASSION PROJECT: THE SECRET WAR Wednesday, April 29 Cross-Cultural Leadership Center, Chico State SEE COMMUNITY

STUDENT MARKET: The Organic Vegetable

the elements. F, 6-8pm. $6-$12 sliding scale.

Subud Hall, 574 E. 12th St., (530) 532-1989.

Project returns with local and seasonal produce, a variety of herbs, flowers and vegetable starts. Located in the BMU Courtyard. W, 12-3pm & F, 12-4pm. Bell Memorial Union (BMU), 400 W First St. CSU, Chico, (530) 898-4696, www.aschico.com.

FARMERS’ MARKET: SATURDAY: Chico’s weekly

WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLAN CLASS: An

DANCING FREEDOM: A weekly open dance with

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. Call for location, (530) 518-8422.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING: All levels wel-

come. No partner needed. F, 7:30pm. $2.

Chico Creek Dance Centre, 1144 W. First St., (530) 345-8134.

ORGANIC COMPOST GIVEAWAY: Bring a 32gallon container, a pick-up truck and a donation for the school to receive organic compost donated by Recology. Sa, 4/25, 10am-2pm. Neal Dow Elementary, 1420 Neal Dow Ave.

THE PASSION PROJECT: THE SECRET WAR: Learn about the Hmong people and the secret war in Vietnam from the first-hand experience of a Hmong veteran. W, 4/29, 2pm. Cross-Cultural Leadership Center, Meriam Library at Chico State.

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.

eight week course on learning to live with mental illness. Sa, 1:30pm through 5/17.

Free. Iversen Center, 492 Rio Lindo Ave., (530) 879-3311.

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.

WORLD DANCING: an evening of line, circle, and couple world dances during the Thursday Night Market. Th, 4/23, 6pm. Chico City Plaza, Downtown Chico.

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

LEGO CLUB FOR KIDS & TEENS: Come build with 15 pounds of LEGO bricks. Create your own masterpiece or try one of their challenges. Th, 3-5pm through 5/28. Free. Butte County Library, Oroville Branch, 1820 Mitchell Ave. in Oroville, (530) 538-7642, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary.

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: Female singers welcome to sing in four-part, barbershop-style harmony. Call for more info.

W, 7pm. Marigold Elementary School, 2446 Marigold Ave., (530) 343-5183.

SOUTH SIDE WEDNESDAY FARMERS MARKET: A year-round Certified Farmers’ Market serving as a community forum for healthful- lifestyle promotion and education. W, 2-6pm. Jesus Center Community Farm, 435 W. 16th St.

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

Bidwell Park, www.friendsofbidwell park.org.

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.

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.

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Downtown Chico was filled with comedians for inaugural comedy fest

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W World Record at the Tackle Box Bar & Grill and basking in the glow of accolades (at the annual

ith Chico’s music scene busy breaking a Guinness

CAMMIES Awards Show at the Chico Women’s Club), one could be forgiven for thinking that last Saturday by Vic Cantu (April 18) was all about music in Chico. But, there was also the REVIEW: sound of laughter punctuating the Chico Comedy soundtrack to the beautiful, warm, Festival, spring night as 60-plus comedians Saturday, April 18. took over eight of Chico’s downtown bars, restaurants and theaters for the Chico Comedy Festival.

The man responsible for adding all this comedy to the mix is a former Chicoan who is familiar with the sometimes chaotic nature of our entertainmentfriendly city. “I’m the asshole who put it on,” joked DNA, the one-time Chico impresario who has since moved to Santa Cruz, where he performs stand-up and hosts comedy shows. For the Chico festival, DNA said he chose the most popular comedians he’s worked with from California—many of whom have appeared on Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, etc.—and combined them with local comedians. “I picked the best. If you disagree then you don’t like comedy and you’re an idiot,” he deadpanned.

All together, there were 35 visiting comedians and 15 local performers (plus another 20 or so locals who joined an after-hours open mic at the Blue Room Theatre). Of those, a selection of nine headliners performed at the El Rey Theatre.

After their sets, the “headliners” would then rotate through the other seven showcases that were going on simultaneously around downtown. All the shows were free, except the El Rey bill, which cost $15 and guaranteed you’d see all of the headliners.

I was ready for a whirlwind night of comedy, and started my evening at the El Rey, where hilarious Chico comedian/actor/musician Yusef Swaff was hosting and cracking up the audience with a timely parody of the recent videotaped killing of an unarmed black man by a white South Carolina policeman as a deer-hunting video game. “But I like white people,” Swaff added. “I need white friends, especially when I get pulled over.”

Swaff was followed by San Jose comedian Butch Escobar, whose appearance at a Pawns of Comedy event in Chico last year went viral when he tore into an insufferable heckler at the Blue Room for nearly 20 minutes. Escobar had the audience laughing and cheering at their own expense as he picked up where he left off: “I love your town full of asses.

Chico should have been called Assville!”

After the El Rey, I set out for the free showcases, starting a block away at the Madison Bear Garden, where Brendan Lynch was engaged in a somewhat good-natured battle with hecklers. Lynch, who was named Best Comedian in Silicon Valley in 2014, responded to three loud and loudly dressed rugby players—one in a pink scarf, one in a touristy Hawaiian shirt, and one in a glittery, silver, floppyeared hat—“Who are you guys, the date-rape all-stars?” Which drew uproarious laughter from the crowded patio.

Some of the highlights during my rounds included superstar L.A. comic Drennon Davis (find his “I Drink Beer Like a Baby Deer” skit online) killing it at B Street Public House with his Imaginary Radio Program, and Chico State grad Lydia Popovich winning over the tightly packed La Rocca Vineyards Tasting Room with uproarious stories about expelled IUDs and encouraging selfesteem for the plus-sized: “I’m fat, but not sad.”

My favorite comedian of the night was Oakland’s Chris Storin, who played to an audience of about 20 people at Has Beans Café. Storin had everyone in hysterics with his impersonations, especially his parody of his own parents—his dorky white dad and Latina mother—in the midst of making love.

The festival proper ended at 10:30 p.m., but the Blue Room’s marathon after-hours open mic stretched the party to 2 a.m. I stuck with it till about 1 a.m., and it was a lot of fun watching and interacting with the comedians, who made up a large part of the audience.

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t was supposed to be a check-up, not a lecture.

Weight, cholesterol, alcohol: bad, bad, bad. Apparently Henri’s lifestyle does not meet with the approval of the well-intentioned Dr. Epinards, who had the gall to suggest, again, that I get some exercise. Even once a week, he by said. Once a month.

Henri Bourride I hastened to remind him of my henri@ newsreview.com frustrating attempt to find a home treadmill with a decent cup holder for my wine glass and how the “personal trainer” I hired quit after my first three appointments—even though I apologized for not showing up. (A side note to the good doctor’s receptionist: Henri heard your crack about his body being shaped like a food pyramid—and he was not in the least bit amused.)

Having said that, Henri does admit that perhaps he could benefit from a minor tune-up—especially if he wants to look at all sexy this summer in his new shorts from Tommy Hilfiger and his Ralph Lauren blazer.

And, truth be told, I had just been thinking fondly back to last summer and the green beans that Jonathan and I grew. We ate them right off the vine in our lawn chairs and washed them down with Tanqueray-andtonics—Jonathan in his little cut-offs and L.L. Bean gardening clogs. We braised them and boiled them and used them in salads through September.

Green (or snap or string) beans are rich in vitamins K, A and C and other nutrients. They’re extremely easy to grow and produce abundantly from late spring through early fall. While there are dozens of different varieties, most are available as either climbing “pole” beans or self-supporting “bush” beans. Henri’s favorites among the many varieties that do well in the North Valley are Blue Lake and Kentucky Wonder.

Green beans should be planted in well-drained soil where they’ll get lots of sun. Plant bush beans in rows about 3 feet apart. Pole beans can be planted around a “teepee” made from three or four bamboo stakes tied together at the tops or along a fence with something for the plant to vine around—such as a wooden trellis or even string or wire strung between nails.

Prepare the soil by turning it over and breaking up

large clods down to about eight inches. Then dig a furrow two or three inches deep and sprinkle in a small amount of fertilizer. Cover with loose soil and then plant the beans three or four inches apart, cover, and moisten thoroughly. Do not water again until seedlings begin to appear, after which you should keep the soil moist.

Pods should begin to appear in 50-70 days, depending on variety and weather. It’s best to harvest the beans when they’re slightly immature, and you should continue to harvest every five or six days— wait too long, and the beans get hard and stringy (and the plants think they’re done and will stop producing).

If you don’t have the sun and space to grow your own, our local farmers’ markets always have excellent selections, including some gorgeous Asian varieties grown by local Hmong farmers.

The following is one of Henri’s favorite recipes for green beans (slightly modified from a recipe in Cook’s Country magazine). The peppers and garlic give it a bit of bite, and the cashews make it wonderfully crunchy. Excellent with grilled salmon and a glass or two of sauvignon blanc. Also good chilled.

Green beans with buttered cashews 2 tbsp. butter 1/2 cup lightly salted cashews, chopped very fine 1 tsp. red pepper flakes (less if you don’t want them as spicy) 1/2 cup orange juice 1 clove garlic, minced 1 lb. green beans, stems and ends snapped off 1/2 tsp. salt

Heat the butter in large skillet over medium-high heat until foamy. Add cashews and pepper flakes and cook, stirring constantly, for a minute or two. Transfer mixture to small bowl.

Wipe out the skillet and return to medium-high heat. Add orange juice and salt and bring to boil. Add beans and garlic, cover, lower heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until beans are tender and liquid has reduced (about 20 minutes).

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THURSDAY 4/23—WEDNESDAY 4/29 Scouts. F, 4pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.

LILLA

Friday, April 24 Lost on Main SEE FRIDAY

KALIMBA: A tribute to Earth Wind and

Fire. F, 4/24, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

SCOTT LAW & FRIENDS: F, 4/24, 7pm. $15$20. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 895-0706, www.kzfr.org.

LILLA: The soulful R&B/jazz singer (and

23THURSDAY CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

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

HAPPY HOUR: Local eight-piece Motown cover band. Th, 4/23. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

LOCAL ROCK (AND MORE): New rock trio 3House are joined by Chuck Epperson and Dakota Cree. Th, 4/23, 8pm. $5.

1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 3431973, www.1078gallery.org.

LOS C QUARTET: Enjoy fine local wine, and spicy local music from Los C Quartet.

Th, 4/23, 6-8pm. LaRocca Wine Tasting Room, 222 W. Second St., (800) 8089463.

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

ZUHG: Enjoy Sac 11-piece funk/reggae/ jam/jazz crew plus local rock from The Rugs and Family For The Night. Th, 4/23, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

24FRIDAY BASSMINT: A (mostly) weekly electronic dance party with a rotating cast of local and regional DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

BILLY SHADDOX: Colorado singer/ songwriter Billy Shaddox returns for

an early evening set of cosmic American music. Joining him will be Garrett Gray and Friends. F, 4/24, 7pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

recent Berklee College of Music grad) and her hard-hitting funk/soul band take over the stage at Lost. Lisa Valentine and Jessi Naomi open. F, 4/24, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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BRAD PETERSEN AND FRIENDS: Live local

80S NIGHT: Wear your best 80s attire and

FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning

AUBREY DEBAUCHERY GOODBYE SHOW:

country music F, 4/24, 7:30-10:30pm. free show. Shenanigan’s, 3212 Esplanade, (530) 354-2237.

jazz appointment with experimental local troupe Bogg. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Downtown Rocks 4. F, 4/24, 9pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

IRISH-MUSIC HAPPY HOUR: A Chico tradition: Friday night happy hour with traditional Irish music by the Pub

for the dancers. Sa, 4/25, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

dance the night away. Sa, 8pm.

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

Sa, 4/25, 8pm. $7. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

DRIVER: Live music by the guys from

Paradise. Sa, 4/25, 9pm. Free. Western Pacific Brewing & Dining, 2191 High St. The Old W.P. Depot in Oroville, (530) 534-9101.

FAMILY FOR THE NIGHT: Alt/indie rock with Bradley Relph and Family For The Night, plus opener Fox E. Jeff. Sa, 4/25, 9pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

LAYING DOWN THE LAW

Singer-songwriter and guitar/ mandolin master Scott Law has been flat-picking his way into the hearts and minds of music fans since 1992. Best known for his work with bands like The Mother Hips, The String Cheese Incident and Grateful Dead alum Phil Lesh, Law will swing by the Chico Women’s Club on Friday, April 24, to play a KZFR benefit with openers Walking Spanish.

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SHANE DWIGHT BAND Tuesday, April 28 Sierra Nevada Big Room SEE TUESDAY

Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 534-9892, www.goldcountry casino.com.

28TUESDAY BLUES NIGHT: Weekly local blues show-

Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 8986333.

WESTBOUND 50: Country rock. 4/24-4/25.

Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 534-9892, www.gold countrycasino.com.

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Jamaica. Sa, 4/25, 8:30pm. $18. El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St., (530) 3422727.

fit concert for The Apollo Piano Foundation with music from “the queen of ragtime,” Mimi Blais. Sa, 4/25, 3-5pm. $15-$25. Call for location, (530) 924-4469, www.apollopiano.net.

26SUNDAY JOHN SEID DUO: John Seid and Larry

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

HAPPY HOUR: Russ Peters. Sa, 4/25.

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

Peterson play an eclectic mix of blues, jazz and standards. Su, 4/26, 6-9pm.

5th Street Steakhouse, 345 W. Fifth St., (530) 891-6328, www.5thstreetsteak house.com.

ROCKHOUNDS: Playing classic rock

LOSE YOUR ILLUSION: A Guns N’ Roses

covers. Sa, 4/25, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino - Bow & Arrow Lounge, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com.

tribute. Sa, 4/25, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feath erfallscasino.com/brewing-co.

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MORGAN HERITAGE: Morgan Heritage,

OPEN MIC: The Cafe Flo open mic has moved and is hosted by a new group of musical misfits. Tu, 7-10pm through 12/29. Shenanigan’s, 3212 Esplanade, (530) 809-1088.

SHANE DWIGHT BAND: Badass American roots and blues from Nashville, Tenn.

Tu, 4/28, 7:30pm. $15. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 3452739, www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

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WEEKLY JAZZ: Cary Robinson and Greg D’Augelli play an eclectic mix of jazz standards. W, 6-8pm. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farmstarpizza.com.

ADIEU, AUBREY

Though she’s barely 30, Aubrey Debauchery (née Aubrey Pope) has been a mainstay in the Chico music scene for more than 15 years. While still in high school, she was a member of popular indie/punk band Stars Upon Thars, and she’s become very well known for collaborating with other musicians as well as her work as a solo artist.

Debauchery is striking out in search of new adventures, and is celebrating her big move by saying See Ya Later, Dudes on Saturday, April 25, at 1078 Gallery. The lady of the hour will be playing that evening with The Broken Bones, Candy Apple and Duffy’s Sirens.

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Apr. 23 Zuhg The Rugs, Family 4 A Night Apr. 24 Lilla, Lisa Valentine & Jessie Naomi Chick Funk and Soul Apr. 30 One Eyed Doll Furlough Fridays Bull Moose Party Into The Awakening Nick Farrar May 05 Chaka Demus & Pliers May 08 Jakubi (from Australia) Manantee Commune Dirty Revival May 14 Quick and Easy Boys

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Trees, Volume One Warren Ellis, Jason Howard

4/24 - 4/30

WHITE GOD

Image Comics Much like serialized television, it’s dangerous to judge an ongoing comic book by a handful of issues when future installments may shed new light on past creative choices. The first trade paperback for Warren Ellis’ new comic series, Trees, collects the initial eight issues but still may only hint at the story’s roots below the surface. Readers are introduced to a delightfully diverse and well-rounded cast of characters, all affected by the arrival and landing of gigantic tree-like structures that pepper the planet then remain dormant. Out of this dormancy, Ellis creates a world reacting to the unknown and in doing so he dives deep into people’s fears and hopes as each character reacts to the “trees” on a personal level. Even Jason Howard’s artwork seems to dissolve away from the panels’ focus, emphasizing the self-centeredness of many of the characters. While the action is slow to rev up—giving the collection a begrudging pace—there’s a sense that Ellis is building a framework of tension, letting the lid on the pot clang around as it threatens to boil over. If Trees succeeds in anything, it’s planting page-turning seeds of interest in the reader, nurturing the desire to see what happens next.

What more can you ask of a serialized story?

—Matthew Craggs

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Wine Tasting

This event is wheelchair accessible. If you require another type of accommodation or adjustment, including interpreting services, contact the Student Services Office, as soon as possible but no later than five(5) business days prior to the event.

Requests can be made by telephoning 530.895.2239.

Last Thursday of the Month

FRIDAY 4/24 – WEDNESDAY 4/29 Age Of AdAline, The (Digital) (PG-13) 11:10AM 1:55PM 4:40PM 7:25PM 10:10PM

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You need to go listen to the new EP from Violents.

Right now. This side project from singer-songwriter Jeremy Larson has produced three EPs in less than a year—each featuring a different guest chanteuse—and Volume III: Two Animals is the best of an already impressive lot. A lush, synth-and-beat-driven affair, Two Animals is characterized by a supremely seductive and expertly chill sensibility that is undeniable. Opener “Five Senses” is damn near the most hypnotic song I’ve ever heard, with its ambient synths, and the bass steadily—and cleverly—mimicking a heartbeat throughout, and intriguing lyrics (“I’d been away three years/None of them worth keeping/All of my five senses were/Either numb or fading”). And then there’s the breathy vocals of Olga Yagolnikov (of Portland’s Kye Kye), which takes tracks like “Five Senses” and the moody, sexy, synth-plus-strings-plus-dance-beat title track, to goose bump-inducing heights. And on the haunting piano-driven “Starboard,” the combination of Yagolnikov’s effortless vocals and Larson’s masterful production—slightly warped beats and sweeping strings—the results are magical. If you like your music down-tempo and introspective, then you’ve probably already clicked over to www.violentsmusic.com to check out this fine EP. —Brian Palmer

MUSIC

Batman ’66 Meets the Green Hornet Kevin Smith, Ralph Garman, Ty Templeton DC Comics Let’s tally the nerd score on this one. Writer/filmmaker Kevin Smith—himself a major general in the nerd army— joins a comic book series stylistically based on Adam West’s 1966 Batman television show, penning a sequel to the famous crossover episode with Green Hornet and Kato. That’s a lot of geek crammed into one six-issue collection, and it works marvelously. Along with writer Ralph Garman and artist Ty Templeton, Smith brings the campy caped crusader to life down to the smallest detail (yes, we’re talking Aunt Harriet).

As the dynamic duo once again spars with the misunderstood Green Hornet and Kato, the crime-fighting quartet must try to put aside their differences to take down a renewed Col. Gumm and the Crown Prince of Crime. It’s all an excuse to revisit a lighter side of Batman, a welcome relief from the growling and brooding of recent cinematic endeavors. Part homage, part imitation, the end result embodies the spirit and tone of 1966’s take on the characters while flawlessly recreating the dialogue, camera angles and outlandish stage settings. Fans of the old TV series will relish a return to the same Bat-time and same Bat-channel while new fans may rally to include the Batusi in next summer’s Batman v Superman blockbuster.

—Matthew Craggs

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Dog on our side

A Hungarian-produced dog-centered parable of human oppression

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bike. She’s traveling alone, pedaling past abandoned vehicles on the gloomy concrete thoroughfares of a strangely depopulated metropolis. Somewhere behind her, as by we soon see, a huge Juan-Carlos pack of dogs is racSelznick ing through those same streets, and it looks like they’re gaining on her.

Those beginning images won’t get explained until much later in the White God story, but they are Opens Friday, emblematic for the April 24.

Starring Zsófia film as a whole.

The girl is Psotta. Directed

by Kornél 13-year-old Lili Mundruczó. (Zsófia Psotta), who Pageant has run away, for Theatre.

Rated R. very good reasons, from her broken family. She will emerge as the human protagonist in a film otherwise distinguished by its canine characters. And the most prominent of the latter is Lili’s beloved Hagen, a zesty mongrel who just might be the movie’s truest hero (as well as the key figure in the various hints of political subtext).

Part of the distinction of White God, which is a Hungarian production, is that it builds a powerful, Planet of the Apes-like parable out of that youngster’s search for her dog—or rather their searches for each other. Lili is shunted aside and neglected by both of her self-preoccupied parents (no surprise that they’re divorced). Hagen is literally discarded by Lili’s parents, and then

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treated to escalating bouts of abusive treatment as he is passed among scavengers, dealers and guard-dog trainers.

Whatever the parallels in their respective journeys, there is no

Disney-style sentimentality in play here. The emotional bond between the girl and the dog feels genuine, but there’s no attempt to “humanize” Hagen. Lili is quite “humane,” but as the film’s astonishing final image makes spectacularly evident, Lili and the film have great reverence for the canine perspective.

Hagen is played by two dog brothers (identified in the credits as Luke and Bodie). Director Kornél Mundruczó reportedly had a cast of 250 trained dogs on hand for the movie’s very impressive action scenes, and part of the film’s surprising power comes from its apparent aversion to computer-generated special effects.

The movie has an R rating, and it should be noted that there is some (presumably staged) gore in the scenes of abuse. But the starkest and most direct instances of that kind of imagery are mostly confined to a brief early sequence in a meatpacking plant. Ω

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Ends tonight, April 23. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

by Juan-Carlos Selznick

Indie writer-director Noah Baum-

bach (Greenberg, The Squid and the Whale, Frances Ha) makes smart, charming comedy-dramas—part romantic comedy, part laid-back psychodrama, part cross-generational satire. His latest, While We’re Young, spins its own playfully offbeat mixture of those ingredients in a tale about a 40-something married couple, Josh (Ben Stiller) and Cornelia (Naomi Watts), who find themselves drawn into the youthfully energetic orbit of a 20-something married couple, Jamie (Adam Driver) and Darby (Amanda Seyfried).

Josh and Jamie are both documentary filmmakers; the latter aspires to match the former’s early success, while Josh is struggling to maintain a career that once seemed very promising. And Josh has the additional challenge of meeting the severe expectations of his father-in-law (Charles Grodin), who—as it happens—is a revered veteran of documentary

filmmaking himself.

At the same time, the childless marriage of Josh and Cornelia is nudged toward a mid-life crisis of its own by way of the newborn child of their 40-something best friends, Fletcher (Adam Horovitz) and Marina (Maria Dizzia). Contrasting married couples, overlapping generation gaps, and artistic ambitions immersed in 21stcentury video saturation all get witty and observant treatment in Baumbach’s sharply written comedy of post-modern manners.

Josh and Cornelia’s continuing journey toward full adulthood may be the central thread in all this, but it’s Driver’s character who provides the darkest and most perplexing twists and turns to the various dramas. At times, Baumbach seems close to throwing the whole endeavor off track with that character, and whether the recoveries (Josh’s and the film’s) are sufficient is one of the things the movie leaves us to ponder. Ω

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

Opening this week The Age of Adaline

A romantic-fantasy flick about a woman (played by Blake Lively) born at the turn of the 20th century who, after a mysterious accident, somehow stops aging.

After years of living a solitary life, she meets a man for whom she might consider giving up immortality. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Ex Machina

A young computer programmer (Domhnall Gleeson) is invited to the compound of a reclusive inventor (Oscar Isaac) under mysterious circumstances and is tasked with evaluating the capabilities of a very realistic female android. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

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White God

See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. Not rated —J.C.S.

Cinderella

Kenneth Branagh is at the helm of this remake of Disney’s popular 1950 film adaptation of the classic European folkloric fantasy. Starring Lily James as Cinderella and Cate Blanchett as Lady Tremaine, aka the Wicked Stepmother.

Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

The Divergent Series: Insurgent

Movie No. 2 in the planned four-film Divergent franchise based on Veronica Roth’s young-adult sci-fi series features protagonist Beatrice Prior (Shailene Woodley) on the run while trying to battle forces seeking to rid the postapocalyptic world of Beatrice and all her fellow “divergent” personality types. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Furious 7

In this seventh installment in the street-racing action series, they take the car stunts to the next level, like several levels, way up a skyscraper and out the window to jump a car from one high-rise to the next. Vin Diesel!

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

Get Hard

Will Farrell plays a white dude wrongfully convicted of tax evasion. Kevin Hart plays a black dude wrongfully believed to be an ex-con. When the white dude enlists the black dude to help him “get hard” in preparation for prison, hijinks ensue. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Home

A Dreamworks animated feature about Oh, a “lovable misfit” from another planet, who befriends an Earth girl named Tip. Starring the voices of Rihanna, Jim Parsons, Steve Martin and Jennifer Lopez. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

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Kingsman: The Secret Service

Kingsman is a comical action film, with secret agents, high-tech weaponry, and international espionage, as well as intermittent jolts of crazed satire and broad spoofs of several sorts. It’s a

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The Longest Ride

The latest film adaptation of a best-selling Nicholas Sparks novel tells the story of a couple of star-crossed lovers¡ªthe bull-riding champ (played by Scott Eastwood, son of Clint) and the promising young college grad heading to NYC (Britt Robertson). Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated PG-13.

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mostly entertaining stew of movie ingredients, but erratic in ways that dilute and dull down the whole enterprise. While the spoofing of James Bond films is mostly affectionate and inconsequential, the parts of the story involving spy agencies, Internet moguls, global conspiracies, and semi-futuristic technology are a rather unstable mix of sci-fi extravagance, furious satire and fanboy jokiness. Colin Firth, who plays a foppish variation on the Bond-type super spy, acquits himself nicely in the dialog scenes but is pretty clearly out of his element in the movie’s blindingly souped-up fight scenes. Samuel L. Jackson is sharp and stingingly funny as the wide-eyed, lisping Internet mogul with sinister plans. Taron Egerton is mostly likable as Gary “Eggsy” Unwin, the fledgling secret agent whom the veteran Harry Hart (Firth) hopes to bring to the special “Kingsman” branch of the British secret services. Cinemark 14.

Rated R —J.C.S.

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Kevin Costner stars as a high-school track coach in this sports drama based on the real-life story of an inexperienced cross country team at a predominately Latino high school in Kern County that’s transformed into a state-championship contender. Cinemark 14.

Rated PG.

Monkey Kingdom

The filmmakers behind Planet Earth follow a group of toque macaque monkeys as they struggle to survive in the jungle of Sri Lanka. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated G.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

Kevin James plays Paul Blart, a mall cop—again. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated PG.

True Story

Based on the memoir of journalist Michael Finkel (played by Jonah Hill), who tells the story of FBI fugitive Christian Longo (James Franco), who, while on the FBI’s Most Wanted List for the murder of his wife and children, used Finkel’s name as an alias. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

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Rated R.

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While We’re Young

Ends tonight, April 23. See review this issue. Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

Woman in Gold

A British-American drama based on the real-life events surrounding Maria Altmann (played here by Helen Mirren), an Austrian Jewish refugee in America who fought her home country’s government to try and reclaim her family’s Gustav Klimpt paintings that had been stolen by the Nazis. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

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STEELY DAN IS A D Arts DEVO knows that Steely Dan is not a person. I just

figured that fans of Donald Fagen would be more cheesed off about my referring to him by his band’s name than by my derogatory descriptor. (And if Mr. Dan is a D, his fans are throbbing, um, jerkfaces.)

I actually don’t have anything too negative to say about Mr. Dan’s music. Some of it’s OK; most of it bores me. And I get why a lot of people—however insufferable they may be—like it. What brings Mr. Dan into my crosshairs this week is an online column he wrote during his time spent at the recent Coachella music festival. Since Mr. Dan and crew were on the bill, Rolling Stone magazine provided some online column space for him to share his thoughts via a tour diary. I was a little intrigued by what the notoriously cranky one might say about hipsters and celebrities dancing together in the desert, and I wasn’t surprised at all to read a douchey line like: “As the Empire declines, so does culture, literacy, and almost everything else.” Fine. But then there was this: “AC/DC, whoever they are (I stopped following most mainstream radio rock soon after we put out our first Steely Dan record in ’72). Really, I’ve heard the name for years, but not sure what they sound like.” Whatever, dude.

First, I don’t believe him. Second, anyone commenting on culture, especially an artist, who starts a sentence, “I stopped listening/following/paying attention …” is a total D. It’s a sentiment I hear plenty sitting in this chair as arts editor. In these parts, it’s usually framed around either some special scene they were a part of or a classic entity (usually The Beatles) placed in opposition to the current batch of “kids these days.” They’ll champion what was meaningful for them growing up (totally fine, we all do it), and then when younger generations add their new flavors to the mix they throw giant fits and crap all over it (a total D move).

It’s easy to remain pessimistic if you keep saying that nothing good ever happens anymore. Conversely, in my experience, it’s hard to not feel the warmth of humanity when listening with open ears to the songs each new generation sings.

So, for all those young’uns about to rock, I, for one, salute you.

THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE … Enough of my griping. CAMMIES 10 is in the

books, and we finished things off by handing out a bunch of awards.

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Best Drummer: Mike Wofchuck (Wolf Thump, MaMuse) Best Female Vocalists: Lisa Marie and Kelly Brown (Bunnymilk) Best Male Vocalist: Himp C Best Guitarist: Scott Pressman (Michelin Embers, The Vesuvians) Best Songwriter: Ave Grave (aka Sean Galloway) Best Local CD: Drought, West by Swan Best New Band: The She Things Best Local Act: Cold Blue Mountain Local Badass (tie): Sesar Sanchez, Julian Ruck Hogan/West/LaPado Lifetime Achievement Award: Jerry Morano 42

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FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 23, 2015

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you’re

stumped about what present to give someone for a special occasion, you might buy him or her a gift card. It’s a piece of plastic that can be used as cash to buy stuff at a store. The problem is, a lot of people neglect to redeem their gift cards. They leave them in drawers and forget about them. Financial experts say there are currently billions of dollars going to waste on unredeemed gift cards.

This is your metaphor of the moment, Aries. Are there any resources you’re not using? Any advantages you’re not capitalizing on? Any assets you’re ignoring? If so, fix the problem.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I usu-

ally have no objection to your devoted concern (I won’t use the phrase “manic obsession”) with security and comfort.

But there are rare phases in every Taurus’s life cycle when ironclad stability becomes a liability. Cruising along in a smooth groove threatens to devolve into clunking along in a gutless rut. Now is such a phase. As of this moment, it is healthy for you to seek out splashes of unpredictability. Wisdom is most likely to grow from uncertainty. Joy will emerge from an eagerness to treasure the unknown.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There

may be a floodlike event that will wash away worn-out stuff you don’t need any more. There might be an earthquaketype phenomenon that only you can feel, and it might demolish one of your rotten obstacles. There could be a lucky accident that will knock you off the wrong course (which you might have thought was the right course). All in all, I suspect it will be a very successful week for benevolent forces beyond your control.

How much skill do you have in the holy art of surrender?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): What is

your biggest excuse? Or rather, what is your thickest, sickest, most debilitating excuse? We all have one: a reason we tell ourselves about why it’s difficult to live up to our potential; a presumed barrier that we regard as so deeply rooted that we will never be able to break its spell on us. Maybe it’s a traumatic memory.

Maybe it’s a physical imperfection or a chronic fear. In accordance with the current astrological omens, Cancerian, you’d be wise to do an audit and reassessment of your own lamest excuse. I suspect you now have insight about it that you’ve never had before. I also think you have more power than usual to at least partially dismantle it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you were a sup-

porting character in a popular TV drama, the producers would be cooking up a spin-off show with you in a starring role.

If you were in an indie rock band, you’d be ready to move from performing at 300seat venues to clubs with an audience capacity of 2,000. If you have always been just an average, egocentric romantic like the rest of us, you might be on the verge of becoming a legend in your own mind— in which case it would be time to start selling T-shirts, mugs and calendars with your image on them. And even if you are none of the above, Leo, I suspect you’re ready to rise to the next level.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Free at last!

Free at last! Thanks to the Lord of the Universe or the Flying Spaghetti Monster or a burst of crazy good luck, you are free at last! You are free from the burden that made you say things you didn’t mean! You are free from the seductive temptation to rent, lease or even sell your soul! Best of all, you are free from the mean little voice in your head—you know, the superstitious perfectionist that whispers weird advice based on fearful delusions! So now what will you do, my dear? You have escaped from the cramped, constricted conditions. Maybe you can escape to wide-open spaces that will unleash the hidden powers of your imagination.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “To me, there

BY ROB BREzSNY

think of other ways to measure bravery, but for your immediate future, her definition will serve just fine. Your ultimate test will be to freely give your tenderness and compassion and empathy—without any preconditions or expectations. For the sake of your own integrity and mental health, be steadfast in your intention to always strike the first blow for peace, love and understanding.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It will

soon be that time when you are halfway between your last birthday and your next birthday. I invite you to make this a special occasion. Maybe you can call it your anti-birthday or unbirthday. How to celebrate? Here are some ideas: (1) imagine who you would be if you were the opposite of yourself, (2) write a list of all the qualities you don’t possess and the things you don’t need and the life you don’t want to live, (3) try to see the world through the eyes of people who are unlike you, (4) extend a warm welcome to the shadowy, unripe, marginal parts of your psyche that you have a hard time accepting, let alone loving, and (5) are there any other ways you can think of to celebrate your anti-birthday?

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

As I climb the first hill along my regular hike, both sides of the path are dominated by a plant with glossy, three-lobed leaves. They’re so exuberant and cheerful, I’m tempted to caress them, even rub my face in their bright greenery. But I refrain, because they are poison oak.

One touch would cause my skin to break out in an inflamed rash that would last for days. I encourage you, too, to forgo contact with any influence in your own sphere that is metaphorically equivalent to the alluring leaves of the poison oak.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Today the French Capricorn painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is regarded as a foremost pioneer of modern art. Some critics say his innovative influence on painting nearly matched Picasso’s. But during the first part of the 20th century, his work often provoked controversy.

When a few of his paintings appeared at a major exhibition in Chicago, for example, local art students were shocked by what they called its freakishness. They held a mock trial, convicted Matisse of artistic crimes and burned his painting Blue Nude in effigy. I don’t expect that you will face reactions quite as extreme as that in the coming weeks, Capricorn. But it will make sense to express yourself with such forceful creativity and originality that you risk inciting strong responses.

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

ardo da Vinci had skills in many fields, ranging from botany to engineering to cartography, but he is best known as a painter. And yet in his 67 years on the planet, he finished fewer than 40 paintings. He worked at a very gradual pace.

The Mona Lisa took him 14 years! That’s the kind of deliberate approach I’d like to see you experiment with in the coming weeks, Aquarius. Just for a while, see what it’s like to turn down your levels of speed and intensity. Have you heard of the Slow Food Movement? Have you read Carl Honoré’s book In Praise of Slowness? Do you know about Slow Travel, Slow Media and Slow Fashion?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Modern

movies don’t scrimp on the use of the F-bomb. Actors in The Wolf of Wall Street spat it out 569 times. The word-thatrhymes-with-cluck was heard 326 times in End of Watch, while Brooklyn’s Finest racked up 270 and This Is the End erupted with an even 200. But this colorful word hasn’t always been so prominent a feature. Before 1967, no actor had ever uttered it on-screen. That year, Marianne Faithfull let it fly in the film I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname. In the coming weeks, Pisces, I invite you to break a taboo that’s maybe not as monumental as Faithfull’s quantum leap, but still fabulously fun and energizing. Be a liberator! End the repression! Release the blocked vitality!

is no greater act of courage than being the one who kisses first,” says Libra actress and activist Janeane Garofalo. I can

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BUTTE CREEK STONE at 275 Fairchild Street Suite 102 Chico, CA 95973.

MATTHEW MCHENRY 813 Oak Lawn Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: MATT MCHENRY Dated: March 19, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000375 Published: April 2,9,16,23, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name BUTTE CREEK STONE at 813 Oak Lawn Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

TYLER GUTIERREZ 1420 Pearson Road Paradise, CA 95969.

MATTHEW MCHENRY 813 Oak Lawn Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business was conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: MATT MCHENRY Dated: March 19, 2015 FBN Number: 2011-0001143 Published: April 2,9,16,23, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as O.G.’S WOOD-FIRED PIZZA at 2485 Notre Dame Blvd, Suite 370-257 Chico, CA 95928.

BEN BICOCCA 263 Hidden Mine Rd Yankee Hill, CA 95965.

CHRISTINA RIANDA 263 Hidden Mine Rd Yankee Hill, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: CHRISTINA RIANDA Dated: March 26, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000406 Published: April 2,9,16,23, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as JEFFERSON STATE GUN SHOP at 2861 Chico River Rd Chico, CA

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JEFFERSON STATE GUN SHOP, JSGS 2861 Chico River Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: ROBERT CONNER, MNG. Dated: March 25, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000397 Published: April 2,9,16,23, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DAOMEOW at 786 Luther Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

GINA L FALKENSTROM 786 Luther Drive Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GINA FALKENSTROM Dated: March 18, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000365 Published: April 2,9,16,23, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as UPTOWN VINTAGE AND SHABBY at 1311 Mangrove Ave #C Chico, CA 95926.

TRACI D WILLIAMS 1766 Forty Niner Court Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TRACI D WILLIAMS Dated: March 12, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000342 Published: April 2,9,16,23, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE LOCK DOC at 5548 E Commercial Street Chico, CA 95973.

RALPH O SKYTTE 5548 E Commercial Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RALPH SKYTTE Dated: March 9, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000315 Published: April 2,9,16,23, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALEX IT SERVICES at 1384 Broadway Street Apt. B Chico, CA 95928.

BINGJIE CHEN 1384 Broadway Street Apt B Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BINGJIE CHEN Dated: March 17, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000361 Published: April 2,9,16,23, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALL AROUND TOWN HOME REPAIR at 1502 North Cherry Street Chico, CA 95926.

ZACHARY SCHWERING 1502 North Cherry Street Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ZACHARY SCHWERING Dated: April 3, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000439 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE UPS STORE #1244 at 702 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926.

JSK INC 813 Harbor Blvd West Sacramento, CA 95691.

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Signed: SANJEEV PATHAK, OWNER Dated: March 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000414 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE UPS STORE #1323 at 2485 Notre Dame Blvd #370 Chico, CA 95928.

JSK INC 813 Harbor Blvd West Sacramento, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SANJEEV PATHAK, OWNER Dated: March 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000413 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE UPS STORE #2326 at 1380 East Ave #124 Chico, CA 95926.

JSK INC 813 Harbor Blvd West Sacramento, CA 95691.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: SANJEEV PATHAK, OWNER Dated: March 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000412 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SOMNOMETRICS at 555 Salem St Chico, CA 95928.

ROBERT N RYAN 10706 Lone Pine Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROBERT N. RYAN, DDS Dated: March 23, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000389 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CHICO COMPANY at 28 Hanover Ln Suite C Chico, CA 95973.

ADAM PEARCE 1208 Peninsula Dr Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ADAM PEARCE Dated: March 27, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000411 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO BOX & POSTAL CENTER at 230 Walnut St Ste C Chico, CA 95928.

OLGA GILLETT 3375 Bodero Ln #2 Chico, CA 95973.

This buisness is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: OLGA GILLETT Dated: March 30,2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000419 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CJ’S LAST CHANCE DINER at 13670 Anderson Brothers Dr Chico, CA 95973.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BLOSSOM & BLOOM at 975 East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

ROBERT GUTHRIE 11 Hercules Ave Oroville, CA 95966.

NINA SIMMONS 6550 Palmetio Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Unicorporated Association.

Signed: ROBERT GUTHRIE Dated: March 12, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000339 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AAA AVIS AUTOMOTIVE SMOG at 1265 East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

CLIFFORD LEE SUTTON 2001 Mariposa Ave #8 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CLIFFORD SUTTON Dated: April 8, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000460 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name ESTETICA at 2991 Esplanade Suite 150 Chico, CA 95973.

PAULA JANE HULEN 192 Estates Drive Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: PAULA JANE HULEN Dated: March 30, 2015 FBN Number: 2010-0001544 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FIR STREET GALLERY, THE WINE ROOM at 6256 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

FIR ST LLC 6256 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: PAMELA FUNK, SINGLE MEMBER LLC Dated: February 19, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000218 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as UPSCALE PAINTING at 1116 Valley Oak Dr Chico, CA 95926.

AARON DUTRA 1116 Valley Oak Dr Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: AARON DUTRA Dated: April 8, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000459 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as AQUACULTURE DIRECT, PROFESSIONAL AQUACULTURE SERVICES at 3209 Esplanade Suite 140 Chico, CA 95973.

PRO AQUACULTURE INC 559 Cimarron Dr Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: TONY S. VAUGHT, PRESIDENT Dated: March 23, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000384 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ADINA’S SWEDISH BAKERY, BREAKWATER INFAMY, TIETZ FERMENTERY at 855 E. Lindo Ave Chico, CA 95926.

TYLER Z TIETZ 855 E. Lindo Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: TYLER TIETZ Dated: March 9, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000319 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as COUNTRYWIDE TOWING at 11108 Yankee Hill Road Oroville, CA 95965.

CHRISTOPHER WEST 11108 Yankee Hill Road Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRISTOPHER WEST Dated: April 8, 2015 FBN NUmber: 2015-0000457 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CARGO IT RENTALS at 2516 England St Chico, CA 95928.

STEPHEN CHOLLET 2516 England St Chico, CA 95928.

COURTNEY HAGEN 2516 England St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: COURTNEY HAGEN Dated: April 10, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000469 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO CAR CARE at 1369 E 9th Street Chico, CA 95928.

MODERN MAN IN THE MAZE INC 3044 Ceanothus Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: DANIEL S. HIESTAND IV, PRESIDENT Dated: March 12, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000340 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SUNSHINE LAUNDRY at

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CJ’S AUTOMOTIVE at 3150 HWY 32 Shop D Chico,

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CHAD SPENCER SMITH 3150 HWY 32 Shop D Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHAD SMITH Dated: April 6, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000452 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RAGGAE FLAVA, REGGAE FLAVA CATERING, REGGAE FLAVA JAMAICAN CUISINE at 1436 B Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

PATRICK LEWIS 1436 B Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

PATRICIA SPENCE-LEWIS 1436 B Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: PATRICK LEWIS Dated: March 18, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000366 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as WWW.MEDICALJOB.NET at 4522 Garden Brook Drive Chico, CA 95973.

CAROL A JOHNSON 4522 Garden Brook Drive Chico, CA 95973.

KENNETH L JOHNSON 4522 Garden Brook Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: KL JOHNSON Dated: April 15, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000489 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTH STATE BEHAVIOR CONSULTING at 987 Muir Ave Chico, CA 95973.

LYNN BAKER 987 Muir Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LYNN M. BAKER Dated: April 14, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000485 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HOME AND HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT at 1398 Ridgewood Drive Chico, CA 95973.

HOME HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED 1398 Ridgewood Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: JULIE LEHMANN, DOPS Dated: March 26, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000408 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIDWELL REAL ESTATE, BIDWELL REALTY, CENTURY 21 BIDWELL REALTY at 5263 Royal Oaks Dr Oroville, CA 95966.

JAMES MICHAEL GUDERIAN 5 Mt Hope Court Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JAMES MICHAEL GUDERIAN Dated: March 26, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000405 Published: April 23,30 May 7,14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HL QUEEN CHICO NAILS at 801 East Ave Suite 112 Chico, CA 95926.

HARRY LE 400 Mission Ranch Apt 41 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: HARRY LE Dated: April 20, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000503 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name TRICOGENT BEHAVIORAL CONSULTING at 2202 Robailey Dr Chico, CA 95928.

LYNN MARIE BAKER 2202 Robailey Dr Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LYNN M. BAKER Dated: April 14, 2015 FBN Number: 2013-0000497 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PARADISE BIKES at 6282 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

RICHARD COLGIN 5560 Gramercy Pl Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: RICHARD COLGIN Dated: April 20, 2015 FBN Number: 2015-0000507 Published: April 23,30, May 7,14, 2015

NOTICES NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF BULK SALE (Secs 6101-6107 U.C.C.) 1.Notice is hereby given to creditors of the within named seller(s) that a bulk sale is about to be made of the assets described below: 2.The name(s) and business address of the seller(s) are: AARON OMARYAR 711 E. Bidwell Street #3 Folsom, CA 95630.

3.The Location in California of the chief executive office of the seller is: 1124 Oro Dam Blvd., #J, Oroville, CA 95965.

4.The name(s) and business address of the buyer(s) are: TONY JARJOUR 1124 Oro Dam Blvd. #3 Oroville, CA 95966.

5.The business name used by the seller(s) at said location is: DISCOUNT CIGARETTES 1124 Oro Dam Blvd. #J, Oroville, CA 95965.

Escrow Holder: BIDWELL TITLE & ESCROW CO.

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500 Wall Street, Chico, CA 95928 ESCROW OFFICER: Jolleen Whitsett Order No. 00251548-002 DATE OF ANTICIPATED SALE: May 15, 2015 LAST DAY TO FILE CLAIMS: May 14, 2015 Notice is hereby given that Transferor intends to make a BULK SALE of the assets of the above described Business to Transferee including all stock in trade, furniture and equipment used in the said Business, to be consummated at the office of Escrow Holder at the time of consummation or thereafter.

Creditors of the Transferor may file claims with the Escrow Holder on or before the last day to file claims stated above. This sale is subject to Sec. 61066107 of the California Commercial Code.

Transferor has used the following business names and addresses within last three years so far as known to Transferee: None Dated: April 6, 2015 Signed: TONY JARJOUR Published: April 23, 2015

JACKSON DUPERE MCCREARY THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 27, 2015 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: March 25, 2015 Case Number: 164060 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 27, 2015 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: March 25, 2015 Case Number: 164090 Published: April 2,9,16,23, 2015

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 13, 2015 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: March 27, 2015 Case Number: 163145 Published: April 9,16,23,30, 2015

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LISA DIANE MCCREARY Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JACKSON DUPERE JACOB Proposed name:

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ERICA OLMSTED CHARLESWORTH AND JAY FREDERICK CHARLESWORTH

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Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: NATALIE CHONG CHARLESWORTH Proposed name: NATALIE ANN CHARLESWORTH THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 13, 2015 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: March 30, 2015 Case Number: 164071 Published: April 16,23,30, May 7, 2015

want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a non-­ profit legal services program.

You can locate these nonprofit group at the California Legal Services web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org) The California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local county bar association. Note: The Court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The Court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court are: Superior Court of California 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: JOSEPH L SELBY (#249546) LAW OFFICE OF FERRIS & SELBY 2607 Forest Avenue Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928.

Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: August 25, 2014 Case Number: 162866 Published: April 9,16,23,30,2015

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT JONI D RINK You are being sued by plaintiff: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP Notice! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respond within 30 days. Read the information be-­ low.

You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

Your Written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case.

There may be a court form that you can use for you response.

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts OnlineSelfHelp Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you.

If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your re-­ sponse on time you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal require-­ ments. you may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may

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LOVE’S REAL ESTATE Do and Re-do Callers and e-mailers are asking about the best bang for their buck on home fix-up.

Some people are thinking of selling, wanting to spiff up their houses without spending too much. Others don’t plan on selling any time soon, but don’t want to overspend, either.

“Clean it and paint it” is the tried and true advice. “Re-carpet it” is good advice, too. If you’re selling, leave your personal taste for color out of the equation unless you favor neutral.

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Paint it Red: Not necessarily neutral, but “Paint it Red” is the advice from home decorator experts. A new front door is a simple improvement that delivers impact, and they say, “Red says ‘welcome’ in all cultures.” Feng Shui proponents say to choose your color according to the direction your front door faces. You can look it up.

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Convert it: Converting an attic or storage room or basement into a bedroom is a quick way to add value.

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Go Outside: Building a deck is one of the least expensive ways to extend your living space. Building a deck can bring a return on investment of up to 80 percent at the time of sale, according to the experts.

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Go Back Outside: Check your curb appeal. Funky siding goes right to the top of a buyer’s worry list and makes them wonder what serious problems, structural or otherwise, might lurk behind it. Fix it and paint it, and don’t cover it with vinyl if you can help it.

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Help the Cook: The kitchen can be the make it or break it for a home sale. Kitchens are expensive, but you don’t have to go full tilt. Replacing countertops, faucets and cabinet hardware can be the missing ingredient.

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Get Good Glass: Curb appeal again, with the added feature of energy efficiency. People are thinking green these days, and are interested in spending less green on their power bills.

Fix it, shine it, and make it better, but don’t turn it into Downton Abbey, unless it’s just for you.

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ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

390 Brookside Dr

Chico

$440,000.00

4/ 3

2145

459 Waterford Dr

Chico

$279,000.00

3/ 2

2241

831 Carrgrove Ct

Chico

$440,000.00

4/ 2.5

3326

703 Bradford Ct

Chico

$275,000.00

3/ 2

1448

1831 Wisteria Ln

Chico

$392,000.00

3/ 2

1866

2685 Silver Oak Dr

Chico

$272,500.00

3/ 2

1431

236 Yellowstone Dr

Chico

$364,500.00

3/ 2

1956

460 Sequoyah Ave

Chico

$250,000.00

4/ 2

1458

1339 Laburnum Ave

Chico

$350,000.00

3/ 2

2135

19 Westminster Ct

Chico

$245,000.00

3/ 2

1234

15 Upper Lake Ct

Chico

$339,000.00

3/ 2

1510

1183 Gossamer Ln

Chico

$244,500.00

3/ 2

1126

1884 Auburn Oak Way

Chico

$337,000.00

4/ 2.5

1994

6 Cabaret Dr

Chico

$236,000.00

3/ 2

1233

1658 Albion Ct

Chico

$297,500.00

3/ 2

1603

1619 Chico River Rd

Chico

$220,000.00

3/ 1

1104

8 Forest Creek Cir

Chico

$289,000.00

3/ 2

1677

12 Christopher Alan Ln

Chico

$203,000.00

3/ 1.5

1323

April 23, 2015

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open house Century 21 Jeffries Lydon Sat. 12-3

13819 Comice Ct (X St: Kittyhawk) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 2839 Sq.Ft. $575,000 John Wallace 514-2405

Sat. 11-1

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

Beautiful creek front home + 2-stall horse barn all on Butte Creek, 6.23 acres $485,000 18 acres, forest, 1,550 sq ft home, cash only $225,000 Fixer 1 bed/1 bth,din 606gsq ft $80,000 pen

Teresa Larson • (530)899-5925 www.ChicoListings.com • chiconativ@aol.com

Sat. 11-1

Century 21 Select Paradise Sun 11-1

1710 Bandtail Lane 3 Bd / 2 Ba 2012 SqFt $249,000 Chari Bullock 872-6818

Sun 2-4

440 Leisure Lane 3 Bd / 3 Ba +/-2700 SqFt $305,000 Chari Bullock 872-6818

8 Rosemary Circle (X St. Verbena) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 1920 Sq. Ft. $298,950 Kathy Kelly 570-7403

Sat. 11-1

Sun. 11-1

1034 Forest Avenue (X St: Stansbury) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1707 to 1924 Sq. Ft. $395,000 Scott Richman 570-6251

70 Northwood Commons (X St: Lassen Ave ) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 2260 Sq.Ft. $294,000 Ronnie Owen 518-0911

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

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

Sun. 2-4

32 Camberwell Ct (X St: Viceroy) 2 Bd / 2 Ba, 966 Sq.Ft. $220,000 Shane Collins 518-1413

Sat. 11-1

1584 Champlain Way & 132 Commonwealth (X St: Commonwealth) 4 to 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1755 Sq.Ft. $376,000 - $373,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562

38 Quista Drive (X St: Matthews/Guynn) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1511 Sq. Ft. $289,000 Oakley McElhinny 707-357-2881 Scott Richman 570-6251 Rita Dane 513-7579 Garrett French 228-1305

14 Kingsburry Ct (X St: W. Sacramento) 4 Bd / 2.5 Ba, 2302 Sq.Ft. $369,000 Becky Williams 636-0936

AvAilAble Now: 4327 Munjar Rd, Chico 157 acre orchard ranch property with 3 bed house, studio apt, shop, barn.

List price: $925,000 Great income Property!

928 Woodward ave, orland 10 unit apartment List price: $650,000 wonderful lake Property www.5312treasurehill.com 5312 Treasure hill Dr, oroville 4 beds / 4 baths / 3 car garage

Gated community, lovely 2,531 sq ft with VIEW! $435,000 Light + bright 3 bed 2 bth, 1,305 sq ft $229,500 g 1,391 sq ft $269,500 Super nice 3 bed 2bth, din pen

Beautiful, one of a kind, Tudor 4 bd/3 ba, 3,657 sq ft, 1-acre, $629,999

g sq ft $228,500 Updated 3pen bed 2 din bth, 1,170

Sun. 12-3

2153 Shoshone Avenue (X St: Sequoyah) 4 Bd / 1 Ba, 1900 Sq. Ft. $325,000 Alice Zeissler 518-1872

1435 Oak Ridge Dr (X St: Skyway) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 2285 Sq.Ft. $459,000 Heather DeLuca 228-1480 Patty Davis Rough 864-4329

Steve Kasprzyk (Kas-per-zik) • You don’t have to spell it for me to sell it !

Realtor • Century 21 Jeffries Lydon • 530-518-4850 • c21falconer@gmail.com

Sun. 1-3

Sun. 2-4

Sat. 12-2 & Sun. 12-2

PRICed tO SeLL At: $157,000

7 Dorset Court (X St: Ravenshoe) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1233 Sq. Ft. $239,000 Brandon Siewert 828-4597 Carolyn Fejes 966-4497

1441 Half Dome (X St: Yosemite) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 2017 Sq. Ft. $335,000 Dustin Cheatham 355-6881

2 Crabapple Court & 1827 Wisteria Ln (X St: Glenwood) 4 Bd / 2 to 2.5 Ba, 1707 to 2,795 Sq. Ft. $523,000 - $373,000 Brandi Laffins 321-9562

Remodeled and super clean is the best way to describe this centrally located Wood Oak condo. Walk to Bidwel Park thru the back gate, the Farmers Market, downtown, CSUC and shopping. The kitchen was updated a few years ago with new cabinets, fixtures, and appliances. Best suited for an owner occupant.

Sat. 11-1, 2-4

1428 Dartwood (X St: Gateway) 4 Bd / 3 Ba, 2309 Sq.Ft. $349,000 Marc Shapiro 426-2555 Brandon Siewert 828-4597

1295 Glenshire Ave (X St: FLoral Ave) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1752 Sq.Ft. $339,000 Frank “Speedy” Condon 864-7726

4156 Spyglass Road (X St: Garner Lane) 5 Bd / 3 Ba, 3110 Sq. Ft. $569,000 Paul Champlin 828-2902

555 VALLOMBROSA #43 • CHICO

Sat. 1-4 & Sun. 11-1

Teresa Larson (530) 899-5925 www.ChicoListings.com • chiconativ@aol.com

Quality is a Universal Language

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530.426.2555

shapirohomes.com

2bd/1.5bth, East Av’sSO

by LD near Enloe. $269,000 3/2 fixer near Bidwell Park! $195,000 g din pen 5ac in Cohasset, easy access, OWC. $79,000 40ac, North Chico zoned AG/Res. $118,000 6ac Centerville Rd on the creek! $279,000 Single suite office space. $265-$450 monthly Perfect starter, 3/1pen hugedin yardg$237,500

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Mark.Reaman@c21jeffrieslydon.com

The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of April 6, 2015 – April 10, 2015.

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

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

1224 Ivy St

Chico

$202,000.00

3/ 2

1056

138 Edgewood Dr

Oroville

$240,000.00

3/ 2

1872

894 El Dorado St

Chico

$190,000.00

4/ 2

1428

1637 Davis St

Chico

$186,000.00

2/ 1

896

1889 Stanford Ave

Oroville

$148,000.00

3/ 1

1008

478 E 6th St

Chico

$176,500.00

2/ 1

777

23 Leslie Ln

Oroville

$119,000.00

3/ 1.5

1256

9692 Jones Ave

Durham

$351,500.00

4/ 4

2469

1905 Crandall Way

Paradise

$285,000.00

3/ 2

2113

9270 Stanford Ln

Durham

$155,000.00

3/ 1

1187

Forest Ranch

$355,000.00

3/ 2

2024

1654 Pepe Cir

Paradise

$270,000.00

3/ 3

1867

1585 Glenn Ellen Dr

Gridley

$229,500.00

3/ 1.5

1691

6684 View Acres Dr

Paradise

$219,000.00

2/ 1.5

1308

395 Obrien Ave

Gridley

$220,000.00

3/ 2

1612

1032 Wagstaff Rd

Paradise

“$208,000.00”

3/ 2

1809

14799 Eagle Ridge Dr

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INSIDE:

THE OFFICIAL CHICO WILDFLOWER

RIDE GUIDE www.chicovelo.org

What You Need to Know on Ride Day Detailed Route Map Food Truck Delights Live Music!

Wildflower Store: Find Your Favorite Gear

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WELCOME to the 2015 Chico Wildflower Century!

Whether this is your first Wildflower or your 21st, we have some great treats lined up for you!

And whether you’re a bicyclist, a supporter, a local resident or a volunteer, this guide has all the information you need to get the most out of our “Wildflower Weekend”!

Still on the fence? Maybe a little bike-curious? Come down to the Silver Dollar on Saturday! You can get your questions answered, and register for one of our shorter routes. Or just come and enjoy the Fork in the Road food trucks and free live music — no commitment required.

New This Year!

NEW MERCHANDISE: Orange Wildflower Jersey, 2015 Wildflower t-shirt, new red Chico Velo T shirt (see pg 7) NEW ROUTE: Flatflower 12 mile route for grown-ups (see pg 4) SIERRA NEVADA HOP HUNT: Fun game at the Expo, open to all (see pg 4)

Target: Zero Waste In partnership with Waste Management, we are continuing efforts to make the Wildflower the first major century bike ride to achieve Zero Waste. But we need your help!

Our Zero Waste Team will be on-site to help you sort your trash, recycling, and compost at all rest stops and during the post-ride dinner on Sunday. Last year we diverted 2,680 pounds of our total 3000 pounds of waste to recycling and compost or the equivalent of 93% of our waste stream. Help us make this the year we achieve our goal of 100% waste diversion! Thanks in advance!

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The Wildflower by the Numbers Since nearly 150 people rode in the first Chico Wildflower Century in 1981, it has become a “bucket list” item for many. Our wonderful scenery, terrific volunteers and delicious food keep many coming back year after year.

The following stats come from the 2014 Wildflower:

Number of registered riders Male / Female Registrants Wildcat 125 Registrants Wildcat 100 Registrants Wildflower 100 Registrants Wildflower 65 Registrants Flatflower 60 Registrants Flatflower 30 Registrants Childflower 12 Route altered by weather Oldest registered rider Youngest registered rider Bananas consumed Total miles pedaled Chico residents Out of town/state/ country riders Furthest travelled to ride # Volunteers # Volunteer hours Lbs waste recycled Lbs food waste composted Lbs garbage to landfill

3,604 59.6%/40.4% 8.1% 9.8% 33.4% 22.8% 11.5% 9.4% 5.0% 37.8% 88 years 4 years 40,838 lbs 276,939 15% 85% Falston, MD 2,667 mi 276 1104 1400 1280 220

As a 501.c.3 non-profit organization, Chico Velo’s mission is bicycling advocacy and education. Your ride fee makes it possible for us to advocate year-round for cyclists in Northern California and beyond, as well as supporting other local organizations. We encourage and educate cyclists at many local community events and represent your interests locally and at the state level in partnership with the California Bicycle Coalition. We’re also members of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, the League of American Bicyclists, the Alliance for Biking and Walking and the International Mountain Bicycling Association. Join our efforts to continue improving bicycling in Chico by volunteering or contributing to Chico Velo programs and our Foundation, established to support local bike-related projects and activities such as the Chico Bike Music Festival and bikes for underprivileged kids.

Current Chico Velo Programs

‘Give Me 3’ Awareness Campaign Watch for our billboards and transit shelter signs around town, promoting awareness of the new CA law that requires motorists to give cyclists 3 ft for safety when passing.

Bike Squad Our ‘heroes on wheels’, Bike Squad volunteers provide support for our other programs. Bike Squad members get discounts and other great benefits. Join the Bike Squad (apply online at www.chicovelo.org/bikesquad and help make Chico better for bikes!

KidsPedal!

We are bringing bike safety education back into Chico schools, by offering a FREE “Get Pumped up on Bikes” assembly followed by a fun hands-on Bike Safety Rodeo for individual classes, focusing on bike handling skills and basic traffic rules.

Ride Rangers At our organized rides, watch for riders wearing the Velo kit with the Ride Ranger logo. They are ‘highly trained professionals’ available to help you navigate, answer questions and encourage and support you!

Trailworks Our newest program focuses on Mountain Bike advocacy, trail maintenance and education, working toward sustainable trails in and around Chico for all users.

Light Up Chico We purchase bike lights through local bike shops and distribute to those who cannot afford them, through the Chico PD, our Bike Squad volunteers on the road, tabling at local events and through the Torres Shelter.

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Join us for a day of tours, wine tasting, food, live music, our annual spring sale, local vendors and olive oil tasting.

Saturday May 2, 2015 from 10am-4pm Lucero Olive Oil 2120 Loleta Avenue Corning, CA 96021

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Bike Valet We provide Bike Valet parking services (always free to riders) for the Saturday Farmers Market, Thursday Night Market and other local events to help event organizers reduce parking challenges, encourage more use of active transportation and hold greener events.

Ed McLaughlin Art Fund Established in honor of Ed’s great passions, we are funding and developing bicycling-related Public Art in Chico. Our first piece, ‘Decide and Ride’ by local artist Jeff Lindsay, we hope to install at One-Mile in Bidwell Park this summer.

Bike valet service at a downtown Chico event

LIKE our Facebook event page, Chico Wildflower Century, for the latest info, offers, contests, prizes!

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Your RIDE GUIDE Information Center for Wildflower Century 2015 It’s All Happening at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds!

You told us you loved the expanded Wildflower Expo and Saturday’s Fork-in-the Road Food Truck Gathering and live music last year, so it’ll be back again, bigger and better! We’ve got three great bands, hosted by our sponsor Chico News & Review, plus 10-12 of the best local food trucks on-tap, featuring a wide selection of their best ‘pre-ride’ lunch, dinner and bonus carb-loading snacks available for purchase. For those of legal drinking age, wine and Sierra Nevada beer* will also be available for purchase Saturday and Sunday courtesy of Duffy’s Tavern.

Sunday’s delicious post-ride meal will again be provided by Bacio Catering, and nonriders can purchase tickets on-site. Plan to bring your friends and family because this community event is open to all! *Go ZERO WASTE when you bring or buy your own Wildflower Pint and get 2 oz more, free!

Schedule of Events 2pm-8pm: Rider check-in, on-site registration (Commercial Bldg), Vendor Expo, Hop-Hunt and Fork in the Road Food Truck gathering (Parade Grounds) LIVE MUSIC (Garden Way Court): 2pm: Bogg: Amazing local jazz band 3:30pm: Solar Estates: Three-piece, keyboard-heavy indie-pop band 5pm: Sofa King: Funk/party band

Sunday, April 26

START WINDOWS:

What can I buy at the Wildflower Store?

See page 7

5:30-6:30 a.m. — Wildcat 125 6-7 a.m. — Wildcat 100 and Wildflower 100 6:30-7:30 a.m. — Wildflower 65 and Flatflower 60 7-9 a.m. — Flatflower 30 and Flatflower 12 9 a.m. — Childflower Escorted Group Ride (departs from Fairgrounds Entry Gate) 10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Vendor Expo open (in and around Commercial Building) 11 a.m.-5 p.m. — Rider ‘Dinner’ catered by Bacio (Commercial Building)

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NOTE TO ALL RIDERS: Please be courteous when riding through Chico in the early hours! Voices carry, and you’ll be traveling through residential neighborhoods where people are sleeping. So please, use your “indoor voice!”

LOCATION/ROUTES

HOURS

Paradise Intermediate School Wildflower and Wildcat routes

7am-12 noon

Durham Elementary School All routes

7am-4pm

Traditional Wildflower 100 and 65

Thermalito Forebay, Oroville Wildcats and Wildflower 100

8:30am-1pm

Spring Valley School (Lunch) Wildcats and Wildflowers

8:30am-3pm

Lundberg Farm, Richvale Flatflower 60

8:30am-12 noon

Merlo Park, Stirling City Wildcats

9am-12 noon

Table Mountain Water Stop Wildcats and Wildflower 100

9:30am-2:30pm

The originals and still the favorites!

• Wildflower 100 – Climb Humboldt, Honey Run and Table Mountain, flat orchard loop after lunch (96 miles, 4,800 ft) • Wildflower 65 – Climb Honey Run, flat orchard loop after lunch (62 miles, 2,300 ft)

Tough Wildcat 125 and 100 Climber’s challenge, not to be taken lightly • Wildcat 125 – Humboldt, Honey Run, Coutelenc, and Skyway for 30 miles of continuous climbing, then rejoin the Wildflower 100 for Table Mountain and the flat orchard loop (128 miles, 7,700 ft) • Wildcat 100 – All the Wildcat 125 climbing, skip the flat orchard loop (108 miles, 7,600 ft)

Flatflower 60, 30 and 12

Saturday, April 25

5:30-8:30am: Rider check-in and on-site registration (Commercial Bldg) – Coffee, snacks available

Choose Your Route

Virtually no climbing!

• Flatflower 60 – South to lunch at Lundberg Rice, then back to Durham for orchard loop with Wildflower riders (62 miles, 250 ft climbing) • Flatflower 30 – Two pleasant loops on bike path and backroads through local orchards (31 miles, 150 ft climbing) • Flatflower 12 NEW– For grownups! Midway bike path out to Durham for rest stop, and return via same route (12 miles, 50 ft climbing)

Childflower 12 and Bike Rodeo/Carnival Fundraiser hosted by Butte Bike Coalition!

Escorted ride, parents of children under 10 encouraged to participate, group start at 9am More details on all rides at

www.chicovelo.org/route-options-and-maps3.html

Post-ride Meal at Fairgrounds For all except Flatflower 12 and Childflower 12 11am-5pm

Safety First

In the event of an emergency, dial 911!

Your safety is our highest priority. We do our best to ensure the roads are safe and clear, but if you should have — or encounter — a medical emergency, dial 911 immediately. Butte Fire and Rescue works with us to ensure that ALL local emergency/medical responders are informed of — and prepared for — the Wildflower, so they can provide the best and fastest medical care possible if you go directly to 911.

Motorist Alert: Impacted Roads!

More than 4,000 bicyclists will be on the road on Sunday, April 26. The following estimated schedule of road impact will help you plan accordingly to avoid frustration and ensure a good day for all. Thanks for supporting the Chico Wildflower!

•Humboldt Road/Highway 32: 6-9 a.m.

•Honey Run Road CLOSED to DOWNHILL TRAFFIC: 6:30-11 a.m.

•Pentz Road: 8 a.m.-1p.m.

•Table Mountain/Cherokee Road: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

•Durham Highwy (Pentz to Ord Bend): 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

•Midway and Richvale Highway: 8 a.m.-12 noon •Chico River Road: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Ride safely!

You can make the Wildflower safer for yourself and all riders.

If you have a safety concern, contact a Wildflower volunteer or a Chico Velo Ride Ranger!

Please follow these guidelines at all times: •Helmets required •Please carry I.D. •Obey the rules of the road •Stop at stop signs and signals •Ride single file, be courteous to local drivers

Navigation Options Export any elevation map to a Garmin (.gpx or .tcx), Google Earth (.kml) or numerous other formats.

For detailed instructions go to our website: www.chicovelo.org/route-options-and-maps3 Or, go “old school” and pick up a paper map at the rider check-in. As always, the course will be marked with colored route arrows.

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Your RIDE GUIDE Information Center for Wildflower Century 2015 It’s All Happening at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds!

You told us you loved the expanded Wildflower Expo and Saturday’s Fork-in-the Road Food Truck Gathering and live music last year, so it’ll be back again, bigger and better! We’ve got three great bands, hosted by our sponsor Chico News & Review, plus 10-12 of the best local food trucks on-tap, featuring a wide selection of their best ‘pre-ride’ lunch, dinner and bonus carb-loading snacks available for purchase. For those of legal drinking age, wine and Sierra Nevada beer* will also be available for purchase Saturday and Sunday courtesy of Duffy’s Tavern.

Sunday’s delicious post-ride meal will again be provided by Bacio Catering, and nonriders can purchase tickets on-site. Plan to bring your friends and family because this community event is open to all! *Go ZERO WASTE when you bring or buy your own Wildflower Pint and get 2 oz more, free!

Schedule of Events 2pm-8pm: Rider check-in, on-site registration (Commercial Bldg), Vendor Expo, Hop-Hunt and Fork in the Road Food Truck gathering (Parade Grounds) LIVE MUSIC (Garden Way Court): 2pm: Bogg: Amazing local jazz band 3:30pm: Solar Estates: Three-piece, keyboard-heavy indie-pop band 5pm: Sofa King: Funk/party band

Sunday, April 26

START WINDOWS:

What can I buy at the Wildflower Store?

See page 7

5:30-6:30 a.m. — Wildcat 125 6-7 a.m. — Wildcat 100 and Wildflower 100 6:30-7:30 a.m. — Wildflower 65 and Flatflower 60 7-9 a.m. — Flatflower 30 and Flatflower 12 9 a.m. — Childflower Escorted Group Ride (departs from Fairgrounds Entry Gate) 10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Vendor Expo open (in and around Commercial Building) 11 a.m.-5 p.m. — Rider ‘Dinner’ catered by Bacio (Commercial Building)

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Rest Stops

NOTE TO ALL RIDERS: Please be courteous when riding through Chico in the early hours! Voices carry, and you’ll be traveling through residential neighborhoods where people are sleeping. So please, use your “indoor voice!”

LOCATION/ROUTES

HOURS

Paradise Intermediate School Wildflower and Wildcat routes

7am-12 noon

Durham Elementary School All routes

7am-4pm

Traditional Wildflower 100 and 65

Thermalito Forebay, Oroville Wildcats and Wildflower 100

8:30am-1pm

Spring Valley School (Lunch) Wildcats and Wildflowers

8:30am-3pm

Lundberg Farm, Richvale Flatflower 60

8:30am-12 noon

Merlo Park, Stirling City Wildcats

9am-12 noon

Table Mountain Water Stop Wildcats and Wildflower 100

9:30am-2:30pm

The originals and still the favorites!

• Wildflower 100 – Climb Humboldt, Honey Run and Table Mountain, flat orchard loop after lunch (96 miles, 4,800 ft) • Wildflower 65 – Climb Honey Run, flat orchard loop after lunch (62 miles, 2,300 ft)

Tough Wildcat 125 and 100 Climber’s challenge, not to be taken lightly • Wildcat 125 – Humboldt, Honey Run, Coutelenc, and Skyway for 30 miles of continuous climbing, then rejoin the Wildflower 100 for Table Mountain and the flat orchard loop (128 miles, 7,700 ft) • Wildcat 100 – All the Wildcat 125 climbing, skip the flat orchard loop (108 miles, 7,600 ft)

Flatflower 60, 30 and 12

Saturday, April 25

5:30-8:30am: Rider check-in and on-site registration (Commercial Bldg) – Coffee, snacks available

Choose Your Route

Virtually no climbing!

• Flatflower 60 – South to lunch at Lundberg Rice, then back to Durham for orchard loop with Wildflower riders (62 miles, 250 ft climbing) • Flatflower 30 – Two pleasant loops on bike path and backroads through local orchards (31 miles, 150 ft climbing) • Flatflower 12 NEW– For grownups! Midway bike path out to Durham for rest stop, and return via same route (12 miles, 50 ft climbing)

Childflower 12 and Bike Rodeo/Carnival Fundraiser hosted by Butte Bike Coalition!

Escorted ride, parents of children under 10 encouraged to participate, group start at 9am More details on all rides at

www.chicovelo.org/route-options-and-maps3.html

Post-ride Meal at Fairgrounds For all except Flatflower 12 and Childflower 12 11am-5pm

Safety First

In the event of an emergency, dial 911!

Your safety is our highest priority. We do our best to ensure the roads are safe and clear, but if you should have — or encounter — a medical emergency, dial 911 immediately. Butte Fire and Rescue works with us to ensure that ALL local emergency/medical responders are informed of — and prepared for — the Wildflower, so they can provide the best and fastest medical care possible if you go directly to 911.

Motorist Alert: Impacted Roads!

More than 4,000 bicyclists will be on the road on Sunday, April 26. The following estimated schedule of road impact will help you plan accordingly to avoid frustration and ensure a good day for all. Thanks for supporting the Chico Wildflower!

•Humboldt Road/Highway 32: 6-9 a.m.

•Honey Run Road CLOSED to DOWNHILL TRAFFIC: 6:30-11 a.m.

•Pentz Road: 8 a.m.-1p.m.

•Table Mountain/Cherokee Road: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

•Durham Highwy (Pentz to Ord Bend): 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

•Midway and Richvale Highway: 8 a.m.-12 noon •Chico River Road: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Ride safely!

You can make the Wildflower safer for yourself and all riders.

If you have a safety concern, contact a Wildflower volunteer or a Chico Velo Ride Ranger!

Please follow these guidelines at all times: •Helmets required •Please carry I.D. •Obey the rules of the road •Stop at stop signs and signals •Ride single file, be courteous to local drivers

Navigation Options Export any elevation map to a Garmin (.gpx or .tcx), Google Earth (.kml) or numerous other formats.

For detailed instructions go to our website: www.chicovelo.org/route-options-and-maps3 Or, go “old school” and pick up a paper map at the rider check-in. As always, the course will be marked with colored route arrows.

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Supporting Sponsors

AMain.com Waste Management Klean Kanteen American Pistachio Growers Bacio Catering BCAG/B-Line Butte Fire and Rescue Chico Bike and Board Chico Masters Cycling Team

Duffy’s Tavern FPV Solutions Incrediwear Kona’s Sandwiches Lundberg Family Farms Mt Shasta Spring Water New Urban Builders Red Hot Metal The Printed Image UHaul of Chico

Bike Shops Thanks to the fantastic bike shops in Chico that contribute their time and energy to the success of the Wildflower!

AlphaBent – SAG vehicle Campus Bicycles – SAG vehicle Chico Bike and Board – SAG vehicle CycleSport – SAG vehicle Sports LTD – SAG vehicle

North Rim Adventure Sports – Mechanic support at Spring Valley Pullins Cyclery – Spring Valley Rest Stop The Bicycle Wheel – Mechanic support at Paradise and SAG vehicle

Community Organizations Your ride fee also goes to support the work of these great local organizations: Butte Bicycle Coalition Chico Masters Cycling Team Chico Triathlon Club Clothilde Merlo Park

Check us out on Facebook!

Honey Run Covered Bridge Association Lake Oroville Bicyclists Organization Ridge Runners Square Dancers

Volunteer Shout-out!

You know the saying, ‘it takes a village’? It definitely takes the whole Chico community and we could not put on the Wildflower without every individual, group and organization that helps to make it possible!

We thank each and every one of you for contributing to make our riders’ experience a great one!

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It’s In the bag!

With your paid entry you get the ChicoBag messenger bag* chock full of cool stuff, including: • Copy of Chico News & Review’s Annual

Bike Issue with the Official Wildflower RIDE GUIDE inside • Access Instructions to the Wildflower Online Rider ‘goodie’ Bag • Sierra Nevada/Wildflower specialized 24oz. water bottle • Wildflower stickers

• Locally-grown Pistachios • Bicycle charm/bottle opener • Any merchandise you pre-ordered

* Except Childflower entry, which substitutes a string backpack and small water bottle.

Wildflower Merchandise

The Wildflower Store is located at the Fairgrounds in the Commercial Building. It’s open for business on Saturday, April 25, 2-8pm and Sunday April 26, 6am-5pm.

Be sure to stop by the Wildflower Store and see this year’s great selection including: NEW Orange Wildflower Jersey, 2015 Wildflower t-shirt, NEW Red Chico Velo Club Shirt, Chico Velo jerseys, bibs and shorts, as well as the traditional Wildflower and Wildcat jerseys, black Chico Velo Club shirt, Wildflower and Velo cycling socks, baseball and cycling caps and more.

And don’t forget our annual blow-out bargain table! First-come, first-served so come early for best selection!

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