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hormonal birth control (the pill, the ring, the patch) to women and girls.

Most people seem to be in favor of legislation allowing this, which actually was passed in 2013 but was held up in legal discussion until now. But, naturally, others—pro-life groups in particular—see it as a blow to family values. We’re with the first group.

Until now, one would have to make an appointment at a doctor’s office or clinic like Planned Parenthood once a year in order to fill or refill a birth control prescription. That visit usually would include a pap smear to check for cervical cancer, a breast exam and discussion of other reproductive health issues. Now those discussions—but not the pap smear or breast exam—can be performed by your friendly neighborhood pharmacist. Implanted birth control such as the IUD still will have to be administered in a doctor’s office.

This is great news. It expands access to birth control, especially for those without insurance. There also is no age minimum, which means teenagers whose parents might not be willing to make a doctor’s appointment, or who may find it difficult to get to a clinic on their own, will be able to obtain birth control.

Opponents argue that the change will discourage women from seeing an OB/GYN for their regular exams. We share that concern, but at the same time recognize that the outcome of a pap smear has no bearing on a doctor’s ability to prescribe birth control. So there’s no real need to link the two. We just urge girls and women of all ages to be mindful of their health, follow guidelines for checkups and exams and remember that birth control does not stop the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

More than anything, this change should mean we see fewer unplanned or unwanted pregnancies, which should be welcome news to pro-lifers out there, as it also will mean fewer abortions. □

Work together on Esplanade City of Chico staff and City Council members will continue discussing

proposed changes to The Esplanade this evening (Thursday, April 14) during a special meeting on that topic alone.

That should please the citizens who chastised the city for placing the issue toward the end of the agenda during the last council meeting. That criticism veered into bizarre conspiracy theory that the city was attempting to squelch public input. Our hats are off to staff and the consultant on the project for keeping their cool in the face of that ridiculous charge.

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Re “An invitation” (Letters, by Patrick Newman, April 7): I’m happy to accept Patrick Newman’s invitation to make a case against helping the homeless to remain homeless (Newman!).

But, what does he mean by “affirming [homeless] people” and “addressing systemic injustice”? Has he really thought this through, or does he think invoking the names of Jesus and Buddha, et al., is enough?

I suppose that affirming someone means saying “yes” to them. But it’s far better to say “no” to street people’s rotten behaviors, regardless of their particular problems. They need to be educated. Be real with them. If a guy stinks, tell him he stinks. Just holding your nose and pitying him doesn’t solve anything. Newman would say the guy has a right to stink. I say the community’s rights matter more in this regard.

Injustice I understand, but why “systemic”? What system? The establishment? The homeless have no part in that system, and anyhow, it’s irrelevant whether society caused their problem or if they did themselves.

What matters is that the problem be solved once and for all.

Justice isn’t only for the unfortunate individual but for the community, too. We have a right to stop people from trashing our town, no matter who they are, especially the hundreds of transients who come to Chico in order to be homeless.

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César Chávez Day became a party holiday shortly after I graduated from Chico State. The next year, in fact, some of my friends who were still in college invited me over to their house to play “flip cup” in the middle of the day. It was warm outside and they’d set up a Slip’N Slide on their front lawn.

I was busy as a full-time reporter at the time, and taking a day off to play drinking games didn’t sound especially appealing. I did stop by to say hello on my lunch hour, and everyone was having a good time. Nobody was wearing a sombrero. The day off was simply an excuse to blow off some steam.

Over the next couple of years, however, a few bars started promoting César Chávez Day as a drinking holiday—putting Mexican beers on special, mostly. It was tacky and inappropriate and at least one establishment, the now-defunct Normal St. Bar, took a lot of heat for doing racially insensitive things like encouraging patrons to dress up in stereotypical Mexican garb.

A decade-plus later, I’m surprised there are students who think it’s acceptable to don ponchos and fake mustaches. I didn’t realize that was still a thing until I chatted with Howard Hardee about his police ride-along for this week’s cover story (see “Losing our buzz,” page 18).

Then again, some of what Hardee saw reminded me of the stupid stuff I did in college. Like the year my friends and I stood in line outside the Graduate before the sun came up to be some of that bar’s first customers on St. Paddy’s Day. Thinking about drinking green beer at the crack of dawn gives me a gag reflex these days, but in the late 1990s in Chico, for me and hundreds of others in our early 20s, it was like a rite of passage.

Then there’s Halloween. Its heyday was something to behold.

For a few years the city closed off portions of downtown to vehicular traffic and upward of 15,000 costumed people wandered the streets, popping in and out of the bars. I was one of them.

I never did anything really risky during that holiday, but I did sense that things were on the verge of getting out of control.

That’s mainly because there were so many intoxicated people out and about—and not everyone tolerates alcohol well.

A few years later, as a reporter, I wrote about the crackdown on All Hallows’ Eve. The city had “canceled” Halloween, Chico police officials told me on the run-up to the holiday. To make that a reality, the department brought in hundreds of officers from outside agencies and adopted a “zero-tolerance” enforcement strategy. At the time, it seemed like overkill. But the fact is, the event had become a magnet for troublemakers. The city had to do something.

It took a few years, but Halloween eventually became pretty tame. Same goes for St. Patrick’s Day after Chico State administrators moved spring break to coincide with the holiday. César Chávez Day is nowhere near as rowdy as those holidays, but it does drain police resources. It’s also embarrassing, for the university, Chico in general and, whether they realize it or not, for the students themselves.

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Put ’em on a bus back to their hometown? I think Chico is their hometown, mostly, and what if all the other towns and cities struggling with homelessness got the same bright idea? We might discover that we export more than we import.

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So, since we aren’t willing to shell out the dough to provide even minimal care for the growing numbers of folks who can’t make it, the least we could do is treat people with a little dignity and kindness.

Thanks, Patrick Newman, for reminding us that, as much as it makes us feel better to blame people for their own problems, our fellow human beings on the street are there, for the most part, due to tragic life circumstances.

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Welcome, new president Re “Homecoming” (Cover story,

by Howard Hardee, March 24): Many years ago, Steven King was hired as Chico State’s dean of the College of Communication.

In short order, he set our finances straight and established a structure and climate of professionalism that kept us in good stead.

There were times when I publicly disagreed with Steve, but he never held our disagreements against me nor did he even chastise me for my tactlessness. Steve was not the only good administrator we have had. I have known and worked with deans James Haehn (Behavioral Sciences), Steve Stevens (Natural Sciences), Roger Lederer (also Natural Sciences), Don Heinz (Humanities and Fine Arts), Joel Zimbelman (also Humanities and Fine Arts), Ralph Meuter (Continuing Education) and others. All have been credits to our university and provided competent, respectful, supportive, ethical leadership.

Gayle Hutchinson promises to be of the same caliber. She is known by many to be a knowledgeable, hard-working, courteous, thoughtful administrator. Our community deserves and is fortunate to have her as our new president. We have had a rough year at the university. I would wish her luck, but an administrator as competent and ethical as she doesn’t need it.

William Todd-Mancillas Chico

Primary is coming Re “Another reason to ban fracking” (Editorial, April 7): Pundits praising fracking as safe to our environment and good for our economy are lobbying for politicians who want contributions from the fossil fuel industry, or they lack any understanding of how damaging this extreme extraction process is to our environment—our air, land and groundwater.

If fracking is so great, why have so many states and cities banned fracking, or enacted moratoriums to stop fracking? New York, Vermont, Maryland and Boulder County, Colo., have prohibitions in place. In California, Beverly Hills, San Benito, Mendocino, Santa Cruz and the city of Los Angeles have banned fracking.

There are many other regions around the world that have done likewise (search Google “fracking banned”).

Protect Butte County’s water: Support Measure E on the June 7 ballot. Encourage your friends to vote yes on Measure E. Protect our children, and all future Butte County generations.

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Avoid these streets I have spent thousands of dollars replacing all of the possible sources of my front end suspension. It was squeaking and rattling so much that I considered selling the car.

The good news is that my vehicle is fun to drive again and I saved myself $25,000-plus on a newer vehicle I had considered purchasing. The bad news is that your car may be the next vehicle to succumb to the effects of driving on Chico’s streets, which I blame for my suspension problem. Rather than whine about it, I think we can all be proactive by giving street locations to avoid. Topping my list is Ceanothus Avenue between East and Manzanita avenues. That part of Ceanothus gets heavy use because it is adjacent to Pleasant Valley High School’s athletic field and parking lot.

OK, it is your turn to name the streets you avoid. Hopefully the editor of this fine newspaper

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will see the intrinsic value and print each week’s Streets to Avoid column. She may see it as a public service.

Rose Kelley Chico

Derogatory name, photo I am an advocate for people with disabilities. I have worked with Far Northern Regional Center and Caminar for several years now. I noticed an advertisement in your last issue for Colusa Casino. It referred to [a band called] the Spazmatics.

I have seen the word “spaz” used in a derogatory way ever since I was in high school. People would use this to make fun of people with disabilities and people who were different than them. If the group that is going to be at the casino wants to use that name, that is up to them, but I don’t think that the Chico News & Review should publish an advertisement for the casino with this group’s name. I would think that the newspaper had higher standards than this. It appears from [the photo in] this advertisement that this group is making fun of people with disabilities and people who are different.

Glen Pollock Chico

‘Vile’ The remarks below, responding a letter to the editor in the Chico E-R, appear on that paper’s online forum in March, roughly 70 years after the United States, at great cost in lives and treasure, led Allied forces in defeating Nazi Germany.

“The worst thing to happen to our country is the same worst thing that has happened to our planethyper-breeding humans with I.Q.’s below 110.

“The continual purification of the human species (Nature’s rule of ‘survival of the fittest’) has been almost completely reversed— watered down and heavily burdened by a new ‘sub-species’ of fat, lazy, demanding, sexually deviate, uneducated, entitled, single-parent family, immoral hybrids.

“Don’t ask me what the remedy for that is, I haven’t thought of one yet that would be humane.”

We are blessed with a language enabling us to express nearly any thought imaginable and a First Amendment that protects our right to express almost anything, but it doesn’t follow that everything that can be thought and stated should be. The subject’s thoughts are vile and it seems appropriate that someone say so.

Dave Weiner Chico

‘Adios, Cubanos’ Hail Havana! Against a senseless and inhumane 56-year embargo (El Bloqueo), Cuba, this neighboring “nemesis,” while also somehow hosting an American naval base, has held its own and survived intact. Now it’s merely an investment—nothing more. Adios, Cubanos—que tengas suerte!

Here come the U.S.S. Xerox and Air Force One to save the day with exploitation and economic hegemony.

Cubans, we’re setting up business in your hood and shutting yours down. Our mutual love of baseball and the Rolling Stones won’t sustain us. The best will be preserved for those who need it least and the others will continue to search for the ever-elusive great white whale. Just look at Puerto Rico today!

The top prize you will have ever received from America came from Detroit with all those Chevy and Ford clunkers you geniuses converted into magical machines.

You got the better of us there, too!

Cruise on Cubans—the best is behind you. Who are we to speak of human rights? If Washington were serious, we would have helped the undernourished and impoverished Cuban people decades ago.

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A statewide faculty strike was averted on Friday (April 8) when the California Faculty Association, which represents 26,000 employees, reached a contract agreement with California State University. The strike was set for April 13-15 and 18-19 on all 23 campuses, including Chico State.

The tentative agreement, which still needs approval from both the CFA board of directors and CSU board of trustees, meets the CFA’s demand for higher wages. It spreads a 10.5 percent increase in salary over the next three years, according to a press release. A 5 percent increase will kick in on June 30.

In the release, CFA President Jennifer Eagan said the agreement was fair, adding that faculty “are delighted that we will be teaching and mentoring our students next week.”

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When the Chico City Council decides the ultimate fate of Chico Scrap Metal’s East 20th Street location, it will do so without a recommendation from the Planning Commission.

That’s because the commission failed to reach consensus on whether the recycler should be allowed to stay or have to move due to its noncompliance with current zoning. On Feb. 18, the panel voted 3-2 to reject a positive recommendation from city staff on the recycler’s proposed aesthetic improvements that would allow it to stay. Then last week (April 7), the commission failed to approve a negative recommendation with a 2-to-3 vote.

The business was ordered to move in 2006 and has since received several extensions.

The issue is expected to come before the City Council on May 3.

NO CONTEST PLEA IN KILLING

Chicoan Christopher Swihart, 50, pleaded no contest last week to second degree murder in the killing of 55-year-old Cass Edison last March 16. He had previously pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, the latter of which came after he knocked himself out in the courtroom while awaiting a preliminary hearing date.

Police suspected Swihart after locating Edison’s body on a utility trailer that he owned. Cause of death was blunt force trauma.

Physical evidence was found in Swihart’s home, including blood stains and masking tape and sheets matching the materials used to wrap the body, according to Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey. In addition, Swihart apparently told a friend what he’d done prior to turning himself in.

Swihart (pictured) faces 17 years to life in prison. He is scheduled for sentencing May 17.

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Looking into Laura’s Law Supervisors order study on implementing assisted outpatient treatment in Butte County Phipps sped along The Esplanade in his Ofather’s truck, blowing through red lights n a February morning in 2003, Donovan

as he fled phantoms only he was aware of, and not realizing he was putting others’ lives in story and photo by real danger. Juan Carlos Ken Smith Lugo, a 21-year-old Chico State student, kens @ n ew srev i ew. c o m had just dropped off his younger brother at Chico High School and was pulling onto First Avenue when Phipps’ truck collided with his sedan, ejecting Lugo from the vehicle.

Lugo died, and Phipps was charged with murder and sentenced to 32 years to life, a term he’s currently serving at Salinas Valley State Prison.

Though Phipps’ parents, Colleen and Larry, mourned Lugo’s death and empathized with his family, they also felt their son had been underserved by the mental health system, and that the incident could have been avoided. Donovan was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the mid-1990s, and was unmedicated and in the midst of a severe psychotic episode at the time of his crime. The Phippses had

reached out for help to authorities and mental health personnel several times in the weeks before the incident to have him hospitalized on a 72-hour psychiatric hold, but they couldn’t convince those parties that he was an imminent danger to himself or others, Colleen Phipps said.

Shortly after their son’s conviction, the Phippses began advocating for local implementation of Laura’s Law. Also known as Assembly Bill 1421, Laura’s Law was enacted in 2002 following the 2001 shooting of mental health care worker Laura Wilcox at a clinic in Nevada County. Her killer was Scott Thorpe, another man resistant to mental health care whose family had long sought help.

Laura’s Law allows for assisted outpatient treatment, so people who are unaware of their mental illness or otherwise deny treatment can get court-ordered mental health care. It also expands the range of those who can request treatment to include family members and other adults living with the afflicted. The law can be applied only to individuals over 18 who have a history of violence and resisting treatment, have been incarcerated or hospitalized at least twice in the last three years, and who health professionals determine may not

survive without supervision.

Larry Phipps died in 2010, but Colleen has kept up the fight, and had the opportunity to tell her story and advocate for the law at the Butte County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday (April 12).

Though it’s been on the books for over

a decade, only 13 counties have implemented Laura’s Law. The presentation at Tuesday’s board meeting by Dorian Kittrell, director of Butte County Behavioral Health, was intended to give the supervisors an overview of the law for future consideration.

Kittrell acknowledged AB 1421 has been controversial since inception due to civil rights issues related to ordering unwanted treatment, but that dissension has largely quieted over the years.

“Generally speaking, we’re not hearing that much resistance anymore,” he said.

“In surveys, a lot of people indicated they are happy to have gotten the help.”

Kittrell outlined the law’s criteria and the process by which patients can receive assisted outpatient therapy. He said interagency collaboration is the biggest key to its success.

Addressing issues with Laura’s Law, Kittrell said, “It lacks some significant enforcement. We can’t force anyone to take their medication outside of an institution. The court can order someone into the hospital ... but once they’re well enough to go back into the community, they have the choice.”

That prompted Supervisor Maureen Kirk to ask if the cycle is simply repeated.

“Oftentimes, refusing medication becomes less of an issue because of all the wrap-around-type services we’re providing,” he said, noting that Laura’s Law goes beyond medication to include other forms of therapy. He also noted the “black robe effect,” meaning that once a judge orders treatment, people are more likely to comply.

Part of the reason Laura’s Law hasn’t been more widely implemented is because of costs and the personnel required, and because it is not mandated by the state. Kittrell explained existing programs can’t be reduced or have funds cut to pay for Laura’s Law services. He also said the North State has a shortage of mental health professionals, so attracting new staff is always an issue for his department. Furthermore, the law requires patients be housed while receiving court-ordered services.

Kittrell said that, since it’s been slow to roll out and existing programs are small and generally serve only a handful of people, the law’s overall efficacy is still unknown. He said the California Department of Health Care Services has yet to complete a legislative report on the law’s effects that was due in May 2015.

However, he also noted counties have reported generally positive impacts, including less jail time and fewer service calls, leading to fiscal benefits. He said Kendra’s Law, a 1999 New York law on which the California law is based, has reported significant positive results.

Despite the law’s shortcomings,

Supervisor Larry Wahl suggested the board take immediate action.

Ultimately, the supervisors directed county staff to collaborate with other involved agencies, look at funding options and report back in 60 days.

Having expected only to give a presentation, Kittrell told the board the decision was the best outcome he could imagine.

Outside the meeting chambers, Phipps was elated with thedecision.

“After giving so many presentations and talking about [Laura’s Law] for so long, it’s very exciting to see some actual movement happen,” Phipps said. □

Campus comfort Chico State program shows off new digs in a home near the university iterally and figuratively, Safe Place finally has a home.

Safe Place (not to be confused with Safe Space, the Lwinter homeless shelter) is Chico State’s program for

violence prevention and intervention. It serves students, faculty and staff—notably victims and survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence and stalking—via support and advocacy.

Previously under the auspices of the University Police Department, Safe Place now falls under the umbrella of Health Services, per a legislative change in the CSU system last summer.

A fringe benefit of the administrative move is a physical move, to a location more inviting than an office building.

Safe Place now inhabits 633 Brice Ave.—the last house on the left in a cul-de-sac off Warner Street. UMatter, the campus mental health outreach program, shares the space, though Safe Place has more area. Both programs welcomed visitors Monday morning (April 11) for Safe Place’s open house.

“The building was chosen in part because it is on its own, so [it’s] a little more of a private space for people to access services,” said Alex Brown, advocate and administrator since September, a month before Safe Place began its Where to go: relocation. “Also, I think because of the homey Safe Place is housed environment of it, it makes it more comfortable at 633 Brice Ave. Visit and relaxing for folks.” www.csuchico.edu/ Comfort is key. Victims and survivors often safeplace or call 8983030. are reluctant to report intimate violence, Brown said, and not just to law enforcement; the term “report” also can apply to opening up with family, friends, spouse/partner, an advocate or a counselor.

The university-owned house has an entry room with computers and materials on desks. Other rooms—some open, some private— flow off the sides. It fits a program with both public and confidential purposes.

“I think it’s a great move,” said Chelsea Giese, a Chico State student interning at Safe Place. “One of the best parts is it’s close

SIFT ER Americans fearful A new poll by Gallup finds that, more than anytime in the past 15 years, Americans are worried about crime and violence.

The pollster theorizes that actual rises in violent crime, as well as increased media coverage of it, could be the culprit, but points to the fact that crime rates are down across the board compared to the 1990s. In addition, 44 percent of respondents said they are very concerned about drug use, compared with 34 percent in 2014. Here are some of the breakdowns among subgroups for those who responded that they worry “a great deal” about crime, compared with numbers from 2014.

Alex Brown shows the “Healthy Relationship Wheel”—used to foster discussions about positive versus abusive partners—during Safe Place’s open house Monday (April 11).

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enough to campus that it’s not inconvenient, but it’s far enough away that people feel a sense of safety and privacy.

“It also has a very good feel inside the house. The rooms feel very warm, very cozy, and it’s a good place for someone who is in crisis to have a couch to sit on, a nice painting [to see] and a window to look at the yard and feel a sense of peace.”

The house is a refuge but not a shelter; rather, it’s a resource center

focused specifically on the campus community.

Safe Place has set hours and offers specific services. Brown, a social worker, can provide counseling, but her primary aim is to get victims and survivors all the support they need from an array of sources. Brown and her team also work on prevention. Efforts range from discussions involving the “Healthy Relationships Wheel” (adapted from a UMatter teaching tool) to public presentations.

Safe Place isn’t unique. The University of New Hampshire, for instance, has SHARPP (Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention Program). UNH student Lacey Ryder, a Safe Place intern this spring, says SHARPP is situated in a similar house.

“It is definitely a program that’s wellknown around campus,” Ryder said.

“There’s a lot of students and faculty who promote it and make sure people are aware that it’s a campus resource.”

That’s the goal for Safe Place, which is now fully operational and scheduled the open house in April to coincide with Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

“I would like to see Safe Place really known for its prevention and awareness as much as for its intervention,” Giese said, “and the house itself to be a place where 2014 2016 % change people can come and there’s not stigma All adults ......................... 39 ...........53 ..............14 attached to it.”

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tucked between the campuses of Chico State and Chico High School. Most homes there are charmingly old-fashioned, but one, Reed says, is “a real treasure.”

“It’s a striking building,” she said. “Architecturally, it’s very cool.”

So she describes the gleaming white, Mediterranean-style home designed by Julia Morgan, the first woman licensed as an architect in California. Morgan designed more than 700 buildings, including the Hearst Castle in San Simeon. Built in 1923 for a wealthy local physician, Dr. D.H. Moulton, the house served as the official residence of Chico State’s presidents from 1945 to 1993. Over the years, it’s gone by a few different names: the Moulton House, the President’s

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Warrens reception center inside the historic home (341 mansion Ave.) today (April 14) at 4:30 p.m.

Mansion and the Julia Morgan House. Now, the university calls it the Albert E. Warrens Reception Center and uses it for special events.

Michael Magliari, a history professor at Chico State, considers the home one of Chico’s finest gems.

“In terms of architectural history, it might be one of the top three buildings here in Chico, after the Bidwell Mansion and the Senator Theatre,” he said. “That home is the only original Julia Morgan we have in Chico, so it’s a very important historical and cultural asset.”

Reed and Magliari are both alarmed by Chico State’s plan to renovate the home. Reed got an email from the university on March 4 notifying residents of the neighborhood of a project to “refresh” the building this summer.

“But they didn’t identify what ‘refresh’ means,” she said. “Does it mean removing architectural components, or repairing cracks in the siding?”

Reed alerted the Chico Heritage Association, a volunteer-driven nonprofit dedicated to preserving old Chico. Magliari, a former

board member, said the group had been unaware of the university’s plan. At the group’s urging, Chico State is hosting a public meeting in the Warrens Center today (April 14) to go over details of the project.

“We want to see the renovation stay true to the original architectural detailing,” Reed said.

The project will begin on May 23, the

day after Chico State’s commencement. As Magliari explained, the Chico Heritage Association fears that the facelift will harm the home’s historical integrity and eligibility to be listed under the National Register of Historic Places.

“Our concern is that nothing be done to jeopardize that eligibility, Magliari said.

Earning that distinction would go a long way toward preserving the home into the future, as it would be protected during environmental review processes under the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Historic Preservation Act. “It enhances the protection status of the building under all sorts

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of state and federal laws,” Magliari said. “It would also make the house eligible for benefits and grants that periodically become available.”

The house is currently listed as part of the city of Chico’s Historic Resources Inventory.

“In terms of architectural history, it might be one of the top three buildings here in Chico after the Bidwell Mansion and the Senator Theatre.”

—Michael Magliari, Chico State history professor

The project includes replacing an outside fence, landscaping improvements and removing an elevator, which was added after original construction. The Chico Heritage Association is OK with those changes, Magliari said, but less comfortable with the replacement of windows and doors. If the building is to remain eligible for federal designation, new doors and windows must be faithful replications or reconstructions of the originals.

Chico State spokesman Joe Wills says the university’s plan, moving forward, will account for the concerns expressed by neighbors and the Chico Heritage Association.

“Like any project we have here, we’ll take those suggestions under advisement,” he said. “There is not an urgency to this.”

Magliari doesn’t have a problem with the project—so long as it’s done right. “Our concerns are the things that affect the exterior appearance of the building itself,” he said. “We want that appearance preserved.”

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HEALTHLINES Stacey Passalacqua, a nurse at Enloe Medical Center, with her daughter, Morgan, at Hooker Oak Park.

Butte County does exceed the U.S. average with 54 percent of drivers registered as donors (compared to half nationwide). Zach Hausauer, community development liaison for Donor Network West, sees that number jumping with more outreach.

“There are certain areas within our region that are very philanthropic,” he said, “very giving.”

That’s coupled with the fact that Donor Network West is the country’s third-largest organization of its kind. Last year, it had 300 organ donors, plus helped transplant centers locate organs and tissues elsewhere for patients within this region.

Noted Hausauer: “All over the area, there’s quite a bit of activity going on, on any given day.”

Emotions abound for families on both sides of

the transplant process.

No one actually becomes a donor unless he or she is near death yet stable enough to live for several hours. Donor Network West rushes a specially trained counselor to the hospital—often via aircraft—for a careful discussion.

“It’s very hard for families who have no idea what their loved one’s wish [is] to make that choice,” Hausauer said. “Here

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tacey Passalacqua vividly remembers the

Almost as if scripted for heightened drama, it was a dark and stormy night. She, husband Bill and their young daughter, Morgan, received a call eagerly awaited for months: Stanford University could give Morgan a liver transplant.

They’d kept bags packed and ready on the table; luggage in hand, they left Forest Ranch for the Bay Area. Meanwhile, the liver—from a little boy named Liam, fatally injured in an auto accident in Arizona— made its own journey to Stanford, though the inclement weather forced the transport

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aircraft to land short of its destination and an ambulance to complete the conveyance.

“It was like something out of a movie,” Passalacqua said.

A movie with a happy ending: Morgan is now a healthy, happy 7-year-old.

“She’s vibrant, thriving and loving—and she takes nothing for granted,” Passalacqua told the CN&R as Morgan played on the playground at Hooker Oak Park. “The biggest thing is there’s no itching; before she had her liver transplant, her liver didn’t work right, and the symptom was severe itching. I’m talking bugs under your skin. If we didn’t watch her and help her, she would scratch and bleed and scream.

“Now, she’s doing great. She has to take immunosuppresants twice a day [to keep her immune system from fighting the liver], but that’s a small price to pay for her life.”

Passalacqua, a longtime nurse at Enloe Medical Center currently focused on quality

management, has become an advocate for organ donation. She’s shared Morgan’s story publicly since 2011 and promotes events associated with the cause.

April is National Organ Donation Month; tomorrow (April 15), Enloe will host an informational booth for Donor Network West, the facilitator of organ and tissue transplants for this region.

Donor Network West serves 40 counties in Northern California and Northern Nevada, encompassing more than 13 million people.

Among the network’s 175 hospitals are five transplant centers, including Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, where Morgan received her liver.

In 2015, 20 Butte County residents had transplant surgeries, and nine Enloe patients donated organs and tissues that saved 23 lives. However, 93 county residents remained on waiting lists at the end of the year.

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they are grieving, at the worst moment of their lives, and they’re saddled with this very, very heavy decision.”

Even when wishes are known, via the organ donor registry, it’s not an easy time. Every organ and tissue must be transplanted within a specific number of hours, so “all of this is predicated on being timely and efficient,” but just the same “we all want to have the family’s best intentions in mind,” Hausauer explained.

“Sometimes the family wants to have that last moment with their loved one. Our staff takes a moment of silence, reads something that the family wrote [to or about] that individual who is about to be a hero to other people, and we reflect on what it is we’re about to do and who this person is about to save.”

The recipient can be someone like Morgan Passalacqua. When she was born, her pediatrician said she was the pinkest baby born that day; three months later she was jaundiced. Passalacqua said Dr. Daniela Morcos-Gannon referred them to Stanford, where Morgan was diagnosed with having small bile ducts in her liver from a rare genetic disease.

Multiple medications and surgeries failed to correct the problem—or alleviate the persistent itching. After two years, Morgan reached a critical crossroads.

How to register:

if you haven’t elected to become an organ donor through the DMV—denoted on California driver’s licenses by a pink dot— come by Enloe Medical Center’s allspice Cafe tomorrow (april 15) between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. or visit www.donornetwork west.org (click the “Donate life” button).

“It was a really scary time; we didn’t know if she was going to live or die,” Passalacqua said.

“When they told us she was going to have a liver transplant, the process was really smooth.”

Since Morgan’s father has a background in law enforcement, not medicine, Passalacqua said Bill relied on her. But even her nursing knowledge did not fully prepare her for the next three months.

Fortunately, the transplant team “educated us, told us exactly what was going to happen.”

Passalaqua said Morgan has a close relationship with the grandmother of her donor. She calls Liam’s grandma “Granny K” when they communicate, which is often.

“As a recipient or as a donor family, every donation is a gift that can save a life and heal the life of someone in need,” she said.

“Before I went through all this with Morgan, I didn’t think about being a donor; now I’m a donor, everyone in my family is a donor, and we totally support it.” □

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GREEN Orland Farmstead Creamery co-owner Valerie Miller prepares an order placed through her new online farmers’ market.

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Creamery, a small, family-owned dairy, Astopped attending local farmers’ markets. bout six months ago, Orland Farmstead

Co-owner Valerie Miller was finding it too labor-intensive and time-consuming, which put a strain on her small farm. A typical market day for the creamery began at 5 a.m. with loading and preparing the truck and ended at 5 p.m. after working a market all day.

“The Chico market is the easy one because it’s just down the road, but when you’re traveling to Oakland, it’s a whole weekend event,” she said. “That can be challenging and labor-intensive and costly, because if you’re not going to do it yourself, you have to hire an employee to do it.”

So, the creamery pulled out and started focusing on wholesale. But Miller still wanted to be able to serve customers directly, and she knew from having worked so many markets that there were other small farmers who felt the same way.

“A lot of us are too small to use a distributor,” Miller said. “But we’re also a little too big to continue going to farmers’ markets.

So we’re doing a lot of wholesale, but we’re all driving to the same stores. We wondered how we could consolidate our costs so we can share some of those costs and share our own small distributorship.”

Those conversations led Miller to apply for and receive a $100,000 Farmers Market Promotion Program grant, given through the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to establish

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an online farmers’ market for local food producers. Dubbed the North State Producers Network, the program focuses on offering people in Butte, Glenn, Tehama and Shasta counties an opportunity to buy locally grown and processed foods online.

Food-delivery websites aren’t new and opportunities to buy artisan foods online already exist, Miller said, but most of that food comes from outside the area, from big companies that can afford that infrastructure.

That’s the reason for the grant, to increase the availability of local foods for local residents.

“What they’re looking for is, how will the grant benefit multiple producers in an area that will create consumer awareness about local food and increase people buying local food,” Miller said. “I think the people who made the award are aware of how people buy things online—look how many people have Amazon Prime accounts.”

Deliveries from the North State Producers Network are made each week on Fridays, and orders must be placed before Wednesday at midnight. There’s a $15 deposit for the reusable packaging and a delivery fee of $5. The market is also establishing community delivery locations, the only one currently being the Chico Women’s Club, where people can pick up their orders with no delivery fee. So far, distribution is focused on Chico and the surrounding areas, with plans to expand as far as Red Bluff and Redding.

The grant, Miller said, will cover startup

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costs, including marketing and expanding the storage capabilities at the creamery, in addition to the creation of three full-time jobs.

Once the market begins to pick up, Miller anticipates hiring a warehouse manager and delivery drivers to help process orders.

Currently, products come from about eight local food producers, including Pacific Culture, Frank’s Farm Fresh Eggs, Llano Seco and Beber Almond Milk. Products include foods such as cheese, pork, beef, chicken, eggs and almond milk. Expanding the number of producers can be difficult when you have to take storage and shelf life of different products into account, Miller said, so the market is focusing on a small foundation before it expands to include more perishable products like fruits, vegetables and bread.

“We joined the network because it’s a great option, not only to the general public but [also] local stores and local restaurants that want to purchase local products,” said Jamie Salyer, a sales representative for Llano Seco, a Chico ranch that focuses on pork, beef, beans and grains.

The farm has had some experience with online sales in the past, but they were through companies that served only the Bay Area, Salyer said. The North State Producers Network allows Llano Seco to reach more local customers. That’s a bonus for Llano Seco, Salyer said, but also—and perhaps more so—for smaller farms.

“As far as our company is concerned, we’ve got pretty wide reach, but there are a lot of other farmers or producers that can’t reach the people that they want to, so this organization allows these smaller producers to really stretch out their products and increase the miles that they can go and the people that they can reach,” he said.

The online market doesn’t just benefit the food producers, Miller said. It’s really a way to reach her customers who have grown accustomed to getting everything online or whose schedules don’t give them an opportunity to attend local markets.

“We’ve kind of been surveying people at different events and at the farmers’ markets and we’ve gotten really positive feedback from the idea of an online market,” she said.

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THE GOODS Chico ... there is just a scooter problem—you can’t get them.

How has the city reacted?

Zak: Chico was really helpful with us. If we needed permits or had questions, we just walked into City Hall and asked questions and they were like, “Here are the answers you need, here’s who you call if we can’t help you.” Very straightforward.

What about customers?

scooting along While searching for a place to buy or rent a scooter in Chico last year, Berk Zak (pictured on left) and Nate Farber realized it was near impossible to do so without a motorcycle license. Frustrated, they decided to take matters into their own hands. They opened Zak Scooters, a moped rental company located in a gravel lot at the corner of Nord Avenue and West First Street. They said the California DMV has very specific scooter rental laws, but after navigating the requirements, they officially opened up shop on Jan. 20 with a brand-new fleet of 12 SSR Lazer 5s: two-pedal, 1 horsepower, gasfueled mopeds that have a speed capacity of 30 mph. And they’re cheap to rent: just $8 an hour. Zak

Farber: I think most people love it. They love it!

When they get back they pHoto by Mason Masis say, “Best eight bucks I’ve spent all year in Chico.”

People usually come in a little skeptical, but they end up falling in love and coming back. and Farber are Bay Area natives who went to high school together and later graduated from Chico State as construction management and music majors, respectively, in 2014. They are hoping to get involved in the Chico business community and work with the city to expand Zak Scooters. Their hours change every week, so visit www.zakscooters.com to check the schedule.

Why open a moped-rental company in Chico?

Farber: We both have been to multiple scooter rental companies all over the world. But, basically, this is a pretty original concept because, in California, it’s pretty hard to get into this business. In

Has anyone crashed?

Farber: We had one person total a scooter. It was his fault in the accident, so his liability was a new scooter to us and what we do is take care of the other party. It was a car and he [the driver] was like, “There’s barely any damage, I’m good. I was gonna replace that light anyways later today. I’m out.”

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Zak: We like to tell people, before you go on that road, just think: Am I able to drive my car on this road?

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There are so many new restaurants in town, it’s hard to decide which ones to try first. So, when a friend of mine offered me a few fliers for freebie meals at the new Hashi, that made my most recent decision much easier.

Hashi (Japanese for “chopsticks”) is brought to us by Jon and Karen Meyer, who run Italian eatery Forcella out of the same space at 1600 Mangrove Ave. Hashi is only open 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday (“for now,” according to the menu) and it’s billed as “Asian to go.” I couldn’t wait.

I was immediately greeted by the friendly Courtney, who explained the menu, which is very simple: a few soups, salads, sandwiches and bowls, all offered with your choice of meat (or tofu) and all with a focus on fresh.

I ordered the tori ramen, sans meat (house-made chicken broth, softboiled egg, green onions, bean sprouts, sesami seeds, nori and chili shards).

For my boyfriend, I ordered the teriyaki chicken bowl, which is exactly what one would expect (both cost $7.95). Sadly, when I got home, my ramen was there, but in lieu of Chuck’s teriyaki chicken bowl were three Vietnamese spring rolls. They looked delicious (and were), but a lunch they do not make.

When I returned, Courtney immediately had the kitchen whip me up a new bowl. On top of that, though, Jon Meyer called me up and offered to buy our next two meals. Considering I was already craving that ramen, and Chuck raved about the teriyaki and the freshness of the veggies, we’ll most certainly be back. Mad props for great food and great customer service.

Curry, anyone? While driving down Nord Avenue recently, I noticed a sign

for H.A. Indian Grocery where Boards on Nord used to be. With a recipe for chicken biryani saved on my phone, I decided to pop in. The grocery is impressively stocked with everything from mango lassis in the cold case to all the spices one might need for a decadent Indian feast. Next door is a fashion shoe store, and they open into each other, which is a little odd. But whatever.

The owner, who introduced himself simply as P.B., was friendly and helpful. When I struggled to decide between green and black cardamom pods, for example, he explained that the green are for sweeter things, like chai, and the black are for salty dishes. He also gave me a few tips on prepping the biryani. I’ll keep you posted on how it comes out.

Helping a brotHer out I was saddened recently to hear that everybody’s favorite sign-spinner, Maldeep Singh (the Little Caesars guy who is always on the corner of Eighth and Pine streets), had had a stroke. Good-hearted Chicoans reacted quickly, though, and raised over $5,000 via GoFundMe in one day to help him in his recovery. Let’s all keep Singh in our thoughts— that corner is just not the same without him.

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police SUV passes a house party at Third and Ivy streets, in the heart of the student neighborhood south of Chico State’s campus. Young people are drinking on the lawn and sidewalk; some are most definitely underage. On the roof of the two-story house is a white banner that reads “Tequila Sunrise” in red and black lettering. About an hour earlier, college kids were dancing on the roof, too, but the party’s chilled out now. It’s 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 31: César Chávez Day.

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The Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house on Fifth Street during the early evening on César Chávez Day. PHOTO BY JOHN DOMOGMA

Some party-goers see the cops, are mildly alarmed, and move from the sidewalk to the lawn, but most just keep drinking. A young man in a halfwaybuttoned tropical shirt—a resident of the house, perhaps—appears on the front porch with a red cup in hand and tells everyone, flat-out, to get off the sidewalk or leave. This appears to satisfy the police, because their SUV keeps moving.

The scene replays all day on different lawns and porches. Elsewhere, in anoth-

er city, police might not be so tolerant.

Elsewhere, students might not start getting hammered at the crack of dawn in the name of a civil rights activist.

But this is Chico. In this neighborhood, on this day, the cops kind of expect this stuff.

And why wouldn’t they? Partying is built

into the city’s identity, or at least that perception has endured for nearly 30 years, ever since Playboy ranked

Chico State the No. 1 party school in the nation and the infamous Pioneer Days riots a few months later drew further attention to the city’s drinking culture.

“We’ve been fighting the party image ever since that damn Playboy article came out,” said Sgt. David Bird of Chico State’s University Police Department (UPD).

Bird shares the common observation that Chico still parties, for sure, but not the way it used to. The longtime residents; police officers; bar owners; and university

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employees, administrators and students interviewed for this story say the big, blowout holiday weekends closely tied to Chico’s party image—Labor Day, Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day and César Chávez Day—have become much more subdued and manageable for local law enforcement.

It’s just different now. The crowds at West Fifth and Ivy streets don’t reach the same fever pitch; old college bars have closed; hardly anyone floats the Sacramento River to Beer Can Beach on Labor Day; and on Halloween, downtown isn’t jammed with 15,000 people in costumes. It’s no accident—the university and city have been working toward this for years—and most people probably believe it’s for the best.

In a 24-hour period starting at noon on César Chávez Day, Chico Police arrested a total of 18 people, mostly for “poor decisionmaking” fueled by alcohol, according to a press release. By comparison, police arrested 50 people on the same day in 2011. Take it from Bird, who patrolled from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and has never seen the festivities so low-key.

“Definitely the best year in my 14 years,” he said. “Halloween last year was extremely

tame, as well. Those are the two biggest days, and big events are the worst; they’re the scariest. That’s when you don’t have police officers keeping an eye on all the kids.”

Chico State President Paul Zingg, set to retire in June, cites the toned-down atmosphere as one of the community’s major accomplishments during his 12-year tenure.

He pointed to a December 2014 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education—a national newspaper covering academia—that recognized Chico State, along with Yale University, University of Nebraska and Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, for successfully combating deeply rooted party cultures.

“People are encouraged that we’re dealing with the seamy side of the party scene,” Zingg said. “Now, the question is making sure we don’t take the fun out of the university or the community.”

As the CN&R observed during an afternoon ride-along with UPD on César Chávez Day, Chico still has fun, and likes to drink.

A lot.

Hands cuffed behind her back, Sarah is vomiting through the open back door of a police cruiser. Her hair keeps getting in the way. Between heaves, she asks Det. Bill Kolb, who’s holding the door, if he has a hair-tie. He doesn’t.

It’s about 3 p.m. on a beautiful spring day, though you wouldn’t know it here, at the university police station on the bottom floor of the parking structure on Normal Street.

Officer Jason Plainer says he spotted two women, Sarah and her friend Emily, walking all wobbly in the street and arrested them for public intoxication. They’re both under the legal drinking age and visiting Chico from other universities.

Emergency responders with Butte County EMS arrive, assess Sarah’s condition, put her on a stretcher and lift it into the back of the ambulance. She’s going to the hospital to be treated for acute alcohol intoxication.

While Kolb attends to Sarah, Emily, still in the backseat of the police car, says she needs to use the restroom.“Can you hold it for a few minutes?” Kolb asks. She says she can. A few minutes later, Kolb helps Emily out of the vehicle. He looks in the backseat and sighs. “She peed,” he says.

There’s always been an ugly side to Chico’s

party scene. The height of the madness came in 1987 during Pioneer Days, Chico State’s now-defunct spring celebration. Chico State had just been designated the country’s top party school by Playboy.

As described in an article published in the CN&R on April 30, 1987, a riotous crowd of more than 1,000 people broke the windows of businesses with rocks, hurled beer bottles at police officers, flipped a TV news car over and set a bonfire at the intersection of West Fifth and Ivy streets. Police officers, in turn, reportedly knocked rioters’ heads with batons. Before the chaos, thenChico State President Robin Wilson had promised to “take the thing [Pioneer Days] out in the backyard and shoot it in the head” if it got out of control. The next morning, true to his word, Wilson canceled the celebration entirely.

Nick Andrew was there. At the age of 23, he and his business partner, Kevin Riley, had recently opened Riley’s Bar & Grill at Fifth and Ivy. He recalls the fire, the mob and staying up all night to defend the bar.

“We actually had the cops help us close the bar and get everyone outside,” he said.

“We didn’t want everyone heading out into this riot. It was pretty scary.”

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Andrew mostly remembers those days fondly, however. Used to be that students could just walk into any house party; the frat houses were open to everyone. “It wasn’t violent,” he said. “It was just fun.”

The old days are fading fast, it seems. A couple longtime, college-oriented bars, The Graduate and LaSalles, closed in the last year, and with downtown’s newest drinking establishments has come a shift away from drink specials and cheap pitchers of beer.

In the case of LaSalles, it’s definitely for the best, Andrew said. He’d know, because he owned it. The bar attracted an increasingly seedy clientele base, including gang members, and there were several stabbings and a shooting. “I closed LaSalles because of the violence,” he said.

And so Riley’s stands, a fixture of a passing era, along with the University Bar and Madison Bear Garden. Chico’s drinking cul-

ture is different, Andrew says, but still active.

If anything, he observes young people drinking harder than in his day.

“When I would go to a party in college, there was a keg of beer, and if somebody had a bottle of hard alcohol, it was weird,” he said. “Now, 21-year-old girls are coming to the bar and ordering shots of flavored vodka—nothing in it, just booze.”

On the sidewalk outside the university police station, Emily is unsteadily attempting to walk a straight line toward Officer Plainer. She’s wearing a pink bikini top and dirty jean shorts that show her panties at the waist. She fails the sobriety test and an EMT hands her a blanket. “Here,” he says. “Your top is, um, small.”

The emergency responders determine that Emily isn’t at risk of an alcohol overdose.

Kolb puts her in the backseat of a different

cruiser—Plainer has to clean urine out of the other one—and tells her she’s going to sober up in jail.

This reporter asks Emily if she’s had a lot to drink. “I guess so,” she says, shrugging.“I feel fine. Everyone is being so serious.”

Emily very likely exceeded Chico State’s

definition of high-risk drinking—more than four drinks for women and five drinks for men in two hours.

The university’s Campus Alcohol & Drug Education Center (CADEC) encourages students to drink in moderation rather than preaching abstinence, said Program Director Trisha Seastrom. High-risk drinking is associated with blacking out, regrettable acts, getting sick, overdosing, getting in fights and sexual violence.

That level of consumption is commonplace, but perhaps becoming less prevalent at Chico State, according to a study recently completed by CADEC. In 2008, 63 percent of students self-reported indulging in highrisk drinking in the previous two weeks.

As of December 2015, that figure was 48 percent, much closer to the national college average of 44 percent.

It might be that fewer students are drinking hard before they get to Chico State.

In 2013-14, for the first time, CADEC recorded a drop in the rate of incoming freshmen who reported participating in highrisk drinking—from 33 percent to 25 percent—and it’s stayed there. Further, through CADEC’s Reach Out and Respond (ROAR) program, new students are immediately getting educated about the risks of heavy boozing, the signs of alcohol overdose and when to call 911.

“This past fall, for the first time, every single incoming freshman went through Wildcat ROAR before [his or her] first full weekend in Chico,” Seastrom said.

However, there are indications that Chico still struggles with alcohol. Statistics provided

by Enloe Medical Center show that people ages 18 to 22 are increasingly visiting the emergency department for diagnoses related to alcohol (see “Overdoing it”).

Christina Chavira, Enloe’s spokeswoman, said the numbers come with caveats: In addition to alcohol overdoses, they include cases in which alcohol was the secondary reason for the visit (i.e., alcohol contributed to an assault or accidental injury). The stats also don’t track patients’ student status.

Additionally, Enloe serves a region much larger than Chico alone, and the emergency department has seen a marked increase in the total number of patient visits for any reason over the listed time frame.

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calling for help when their friends are dangerously intoxicated—and that’s good.

“They’re doing exactly what we’re asking them to do,” she said. “Any one of those calls not made could have been another student losing their life from alcohol overdose.”

In his SUV, Bird patrols the streets and alleys of the south campus neighborhood, passing hot-spots like the corner of Fifth and Ivy, frat houses and apartment complexes known to be currently raging. It’s about 3:30 p.m.

Young people are moving party to party, paying little attention to traffic. Nearly everyone is tanned and beautiful. Tank tops, flip-flops, short shorts and sunglasses are everywhere.

There are also lots of sombreros and a few fake mustaches, supposedly in tribute to César Chávez, the Latino-American civil rights activist. The most misguided partiers, Bird says, wear togas. “It’s like, seriously?

You think it’s that ‘Caesar?’”

At an intersection, a group of young women crosses in front of the SUV. Most are wearing cut-off shorts that come up way past the waist, ’80s-style, apparently at the expense of fabric elsewhere. Bird shakes his head.“Sometimes I wish I was the fashion police.”

Chico Police Lt. Rob Merrifield was out that

day, too. He oversees the city department’s patrols of the south campus neighborhood, downtown and Bidwell Park.

“I don’t really know what to attribute it to, but [César Chávez Day] does seem to be a little smaller each year,” he said. “The crowds never really materialized like in years past. … Those giant, raging parties with 500 people in a backyard, we don’t really see those anymore.”

That’s been consistent on all holidays

for the past two years, he said, along with a significant reduction in the number of people getting arrested (see “Party off”). The tally of arrests isn’t necessarily reflective of the level of activity—police may be too occupied with managing large crowds to slap cuffs on anyone—but Merrifield acknowledges that police haven’t been as busy.

For instance, special events like St. Patrick’s Day used to be all-hands-on-deck situations for Chico PD. In some cases, they enlisted more than 100 officers from outside agencies. This year, the department brought in little help—just a couple of officers with California Alcoholic Beverage Control—and even gave some officers the day off. “It used to not even be a question—on a special event, you knew you’d be working,” Merrifield said.

The south campus neighborhood still drains police resources. On weekends, it remains the area of the city with the most calls for service. “We still spend most of our time working in that area,” he said.

As Mayor Mark Sorensen noted during a Chico City Council meeting on Dec. 15, big parties “suck up 100 percent of police resources” on some weekends. In recent years, members of the council have consistently suggested that the university should assume more responsibility for its mess.

A turning point came in February 2012. After a string of drug-related student deaths, 21-year-old Sigma Pi pledge Mason Sumnicht’s admission to Enloe Medical Center with a blood alcohol level of 0.468 was the last straw. (He died nearly two weeks later.) The Call to Community Action, a document signed by Zingg and dozens of local leaders, basically copped to a citywide substance abuse problem and called for collaborative solutions.

“It was a ‘come to Jesus’ kind of moment,” Zingg said. “The first thing you do at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting is say, ‘Guess what? I’m an alcoholic.’ Then you go

Sgt. David Bird of the University Police Department.

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from there.”

Since then, the Town and Gown Committee—a panel of city and university leaders—has become “stronger and more institutionalized,” Zingg said, which has set in motion a number of actions.

Most recently, Chico PD and UPD agreed to an updated memorandum of understanding that recognizes that the departments serve the same community, said UPD Chief John Feeney.

“The main difference for us is that we now have authority to enforce laws within a mile of campus,” he said. “In the past, there was some confusion for our officers whether they were allowed to police offcampus. … At night, many of our students are off-campus. To be effective and to support the Chico Police Department, our officers need to be out there as well.”

In recent years, the Chico City Council has passed a number of ordinances aimed mostly at student neighborhoods, including a social host ordinance that holds tenants, landlords and property owners financially responsible for nuisance activities related to underage drinking on private property; and adjusting the city’s existing noise ordinance, allowing police officers who encounter noise at “unreasonable levels” to act immediately, without having to wait for a complaint to be made.

Steps have been taken to quell specific events, as well. “The university was very

Emily was arrested by University Police for public intoxication on César Chávez Day. Here, she walks toward Officer Jason Plainer during a sobriety test.

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concerned with Labor Day,” Zingg said.

“The rap on Labor Day was that it was a student problem.”

The last big year of the float, 2012, saw the death of 20-year-old Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo student Brett Olson, 63 water rescues and 13 people taken to Enloe Medical Center by ambulance as an estimated 12,000 tubers hit the river in one day. The following year, under pressure from both the city and university, the Glenn County Board of Supervisors followed Butte County’s lead and banned alcohol on that section of the Sacramento River over Labor Day weekend.

The float, Zingg observed, now is a “nonevent.”

“Half those people are probably underage,” Bird says. He’s watching a party on West Sixth Street at about 4 p.m. There are so many, he couldn’t cite or arrest them all even if he was so inclined, he says, and “all that would do is use up taxpayer money and piss off an entire group of people.”

So, he looks for behavior that stands out, like fights, stumbling and parties spilling into the street. On Ivy Street he encounters one young man, shirtless and filthy, who appears to be picking fights. With him, Bird gets serious. “Get his ass home,” he tells the man’s friend. “Now.” “I will. We’re going, we’re going,” the friend replies.

Bird also tries to make early contacts. If he sees college kids rolling kegs into a back-

yard, for example, he talks to them about keeping the party contained on the property and off the sidewalk.

He stops his SUV in front of another apartment complex. Above a sizable crowd, a couple of guys are carrying 30-packs of Keystone Light up the stairs. There’s an inflatable water slide in the parking lot.

“That is awesome,” Bird says enthusiastically. “See, now this is a party. People are drinking, having fun, everything is low-key; probably because everyone is high. I can smell it from here.”

Kolb’s voice, fuzzy and crackling, comes in over the radio with an update on Emily. On her way to jail, she’d thrown up in the car.

With Kolb and Plainer both cleaning bodily fluids out of their vehicles, and Sarah and Emily going to the hospital and jail, respectively, Bird reflects on why the young women started drinking in the first place—to have fun. At some point, though, it became more of a bummer than a good time.“Nobody involved is having fun now,” Bird says.

And fun, or at least the promise of it, is

what draws many students to the university.

“It’s not bad to have a reputation as a fun place,” Zingg said. “There’s nothing wrong with that whatsoever. It’s all about balance.

Some people come to Chico because of that reputation.”

Taylor Fencyk, a 21-year-old Chico State student majoring in psychology, is from San Diego and knew that Chico partied. But that’s not why she likes it here.

“At first I was so attracted to the trees and that it’s a small community,” she said. “By the end of my freshman year, I was adventuring more in Bidwell Park and Paradise, which is why I’m most in love with Chico.”

A desire to live well may factor into Chico’s chilled-out party scene, Bird said. “I see more people walking around wearing fitness clothes now than I ever have,” he said.

“I think people are more concerned with healthy living, and that’s hard to do if you’re constantly drinking.”

Both Zingg and Seastrom agree on that point. Construction of the WREC, the student gym, was completed in 2009, and it’s made an overwhelmingly positive difference in the student neighborhood.

“That really created a whole different set of choices,” Zingg said.

In any case, for Zingg, Chico State’s party-school image never had much merit in the first place.

“For Chico to have had this reputation of being an out-of-control party culture, that was an exaggeration,” he said. “To consider Pioneer Days the defining event in Chico’s story ... I mean, you’ve got to be kidding. It’s been 30 years. We are making progress, but where we started was never as bad as some folks wanted to believe.” Ω APRIL 14, 2016

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Arts &Culture Metta Quintet, of New York City’s JazzReach organization.

Founder Hans Schuman is at right.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHICO PERFORMANCES

The long reach of jazz New York jazz program comes to Nor Cal to teach and play and artistic director of JazzReach, he’s on tour serving comHmunities all over the country from late September through May ans Schuman is a busy man, to say the least. As founder

each year, reaching somewhere between 35,000 to 40,000 young people annually. Jazz music, as Schuman explained, doesn’t need his organization to save it, though.

“The art form itself will always be evolvby Ryan J. Prado ing and will always be vital as long as there are musicians playing it,” he said during a recent interview. “That’s not to say the culture will always be vital. I feel like we’re serving the culture through the music.”

Two shows: Now in its 22nd season, JazzReach, a Metta Quintet performs Friday, New York City-based nonprofit, is bringing April 15, 7:30 p.m., its impressive repertoire of educational proat Oroville’s State grams to the North State. During a week of Theatre.

Tickets: $10 outreach—April 11-17—coordinated by Chico State’s Chico Performances and various area Metta Quintet arts councils, JazzReach is touring five Nor performs at the Cal counties and providing a point of entry to Big Room as part of Nor Cal Jazz Fest, jazz culture through workshops and contextuSunday, April 17, alized live productions aimed at young people 7:30 p.m. from third grade through college. (doors 6 p.m.).

“It’s a way for the university to do outTickets: $10-$24 (8986333 and www.chico reach to the counties we serve,” said Daran performances.com) Goodsell, Chico Performances’ marketing and publicity coordinator.

State Theatre In addition to the educational stops, there will 1489 Myers St. be concerts (two in Butte County) by the Metta Oroville 538-2470 Quintet, the performing arm of JazzReach.

While the insanely diverse talent of the Metta Sierra Nevada Quintet as an autonomous artistic branch is in Big Room itself a suitable reason for jazz fans to be excited, 1075 E. 20th St. www.norcaljazz its existence under JazzReach gives a whole festival.com other level of richness to the ensemble.

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JazzReach comprises several multimedia educational stage productions focusing on different contexts of the story of jazz and its influences throughout history. One such production is the interactive Get Hip! program (which will be presented to Oroville-area elementary students on April 15), designed to illuminate jazz’s cultural origins as it pertains to the creative self-expression contingent of a jazz ensemble. There’s also Big Drum/Small World, a globally themed multimedia experience culled from the commissions of original music by a slew of prominent international jazz musicians, such as Puerto Rican composer Miguel Zenon.

“Jazz has never been more available to young people. It’s just they’re not aware of it to the extent that they know to look for it,” Schuman said.

In terms of the relevance of the JazzReach mission, Schuman believes it’s as important as ever. With the splintering of genres by the music industry, and the cultural mash-ups of composers throughout the world, there’s an opportunity to preserve jazz’s identity without attempting to define it in any one box.

“You’ve got young people who are raised in the church and on hip-hop, and they’re bringing all of these elements into the music and innovating,” Schuman explained. “You’ve got the influence of world music and electronic music and dance, pop, rock. Jazz musicians always have really big ears and are always exploring and have a tendency to be curious.”

The Metta Quintet provides just such a diversified point of entry for audiences not quite in the loop of current stylistic trends in jazz. Schuman is the group’s drummer and he’s joined

by Greg Ward on alto sax, Wayne Escoffery on tenor sax, Rashaan Carter on bass and Glenn Zaleski on piano.

As a bit of a stepping-out from the educational umbrella with the Metta Quintet performances, Schuman and company are fulfilling a little more of a sovereign desire, artistically speaking.

“It’s always been my intention to have the ensemble stand out beyond what we do in arts education,” Schuman said. “It’s SURYHQ WR EH HDVLHU VDLG WKDQ GRQH ³ Ɛ

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Special Events THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: Weekly market featuring local produce, vendors, food and live entertainment. Th, 6-9pm through 9/29.

Downtown Chico.

Music NOR CAL JAZZ FEST: JIMMY GRANT ENSEMBLE: Nor Cal-based guitarist/bandleader kicks of the festival with his ensemble.

Plus, The Karch Brothers and Kezirah. Th, 4/15, 7pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., www.norcaljazzfestival.com.

Theater LIGHT UP THE SKY: In one evening, an idealistic young playwright sees his magnum opus comically eviscerated by all concerned in this hilarious clash of artistic egos. Th-Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 4/24. $12-$18. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

AMY GOODMAN OF DEMOCRACY NOW! Sunday, April 17 Chico Women’s Club

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Thursday-Sunday, April 14-17 Chico Theater Company SEE FRIDAY, THEATER

Theater EURYDICE: See Friday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.bird cagetheatre.net.

LIGHT UP THE SKY: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

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Theater EURYDICE: The classic myth of Orpheus told

through the eyes of its heroine. F, Sa, 7pm & Su, 1:30pm through 4/17. $12. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.birdcagetheatre.net.

LIGHT UP THE SKY: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

THE LITTLE MERMAID: Local adaptation of the classic Disney Broadway show. Opens April 15.

Shows Th-Sa, 7:30pm & Su, 2pm through 5/8. $16-$22. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheater company.com.

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Special Events GROWING HEALTHY CHILDREN WALK & RUN: Tenth annual event promoting a healthy lifestyle for local families. Sa, 4/16, 7:30am. Bidwell Park.

THE LITTLE MERMAID: See Friday. Chico Theater CALIFORNIA NUT FESTIVAL: Tenth annual festival featuring nut-inspired food, more than 50 local vendors, an art show with work by local artists and live entertainment. Sa, 4/16, 11am4pm. $30-$35. Patrick Ranch, 10381 Midway in Durham, (530) 342-4359.

DRAGOPOLIS: “The future of drag” show hosted

by Claudette de Versailles. All entertainers

welcome to perform. Third Sa of every month, 10pm. $3. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

EDUCATION HIRING FAIR: School districts from all over California looking to meet and hire future teachers and education leaders. Sa, 4/16, 10am-2pm. Free. Bell Memorial Union Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-5253, www.csuchico.edu/careers.

SPRING CARNIVAL: Yearly carnival featuring a bounce house, games, food trucks and educational activities. Sa, 4/16, 3-6pm. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 8914671, www.bidwellpark.org.

Art Receptions 1078 MEMBERS’ SHOW RECEPTION AND BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Celebration for the gallery’s 35th birthday featuring new work from a variety of member artists. Sa, 4/16, 6pm. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

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Special Events AFTER TAXES, THERE’S DEATH: Includes a brief discussion of the basics of “Grieving Literacy” and a period of interactive practice in being with grieving in a helpful way. Su, 4/17, 5:307:30pm. Free. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 588-6175, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary.

AMY GOODMAN OF DEMOCRACY NOW!: Co-founder

Music CHAT BENEFIT SHOW: Benefit concert hosted by the Unitarian Fellowship to help CHAT provide shelter for those without housing. Featuring local musicians John Seid, Larry Peterson, Bob Littell, Zach Cowan and Rex Stromness. Sa, 4/16, 7pm. $15 suggested donation. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1289 Filbert St., (530) 228-1344.

FIELD OF HAZE: A music and

Hannah Jane Kile

Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

lifestyle festival featuring performances by Pepper, The Green, THRIVE!, Arden Park Roots, Darenots, Simple Creation, Bad Neighborz Music and more. Sa, 4/16, 10am. $10-$35. Field of Dreams Ranch, 1534 Oneal Road in Oroville, (530) 383-7819, www.field ofhaze.com.

THE MET OPERA LIVE: Gaetano

Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux will be streamed live in HD on the silver screen at Tinseltown from The Metropolitan Opera House in Manhattan. Sa, 4/16, 9:55am. $16$23. Cinemark Tinseltown 14, 801 East Ave., (530) 879-0143.

CALIFORNIA NUT FESTIVAL Saturday, April 16 Patrick Ranch

SEE SATURDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

of news organization Democracy Now! visits Chico for this lecture on social justice issues and her new book. Su, 4/17, 2pm. $15-$75. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS WINE TASTING BENEFIT: Featuring food from Rallo’s West, sausages

vocalist. Su, 4/17, 7-9pm. Paradise Ridge Senior Center, 877 Nunneley Road in Paradise, (530) 877-1733, www.paradiseridgeseniorcenter.org.

PARADISE COMMUNITY CHORUS: Theme: Songs of

Freedom, Faith, and Fun. Su, 4/17, 3pm. $10.

Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road in Paradise, (530) 872-8454, www.par adiseperformingarts.com.

Theater AUDITIONS FOR SABRINA FAIR: Open casting call for ages 16 and older. No prior experienced required. Su, 4/17, 6pm. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

EURYDICE: See Friday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.bird cagetheatre.net.

LIGHT UP THE SKY: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

THE LITTLE MERMAID: See Friday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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Special Events YOUR M.O.M. COMEDY NIGHT: Weekly open-mic comedy with 20 open slots. Sign-ups start at 8pm. M, 9pm through 8/29. No cover. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 3434915.

Music ANTSY MCCLAIN & THE TRAILER PARK TROUBADOURS: Rockabilly, comedy, grooving tunes and a visual stage show. M, 4/18, 7:30-9:30pm. $22.50. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

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Poetry/Literature BRYAN STEVENSON: Author of this year’s Book in

Common, Just Mercy, speaks about fighting poverty and racial injustices. Tu, 4/19, 7:30pm.

Free for Chico State and Butte College students, $8-$10. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.csuchico.edu/upe/per formance/artists/bryan-stevenson.php.

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Special Events MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS LECTURE SERIES: This week: Everyone Poops, presented by Dr. Joseph Matthews, a colorectal surgeon. W through 4/27. Opens 4/20. $5-7, museum members free. Gateway Science Museum, 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

STAND-UP COMEDY SHOWCASE: The area’s top stand-up comics perform alongside those trying their hand at comedy for the first time.

Sign-ups begin at 8pm. Hosted by Jason Allen.

W, 9pm. Free. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

F O R M O R E M U S I C , SEE

the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Su, 4/17, 8am. Free. Bidwell Park, (530) 863-7818, www.walkms.org.

Music NOR CAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: METTA QUINTET: New York-based Metta Quintet headlines this closing performance of this year’s festival.

Kezirah opens.. Su, 4/17, 7:30pm. $18. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.norcaljazzfestival.com.

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from Chico Locker & Sausage, drinks from Chico Chai and Cal Java. Plus, wine and craft beer. Su, 4/17, 4pm. $40-$45. Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave., (530) 343-5617.

NORTH STATE MS WALK: Walk to raise funds for

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HALF MOONS AT NOON It’s springtime at Chico State, and that means two things: first of all, in keeping with the latest fashion trends, there’s been a whole lotta “underbutt” spotted on campus; and second, it’s time for AS Productions’ weekly free Nooner concerts, held each hump day at 12 p.m. Last week marked the first installment of 2016 with Moon Bears, and this week, on Wednesday, April 20, local disco-pop ensemble Hashtag YEAH will get the underbutts shaking at Trinity Commons.

THE PARADISE BIG BAND: The Paradise Big Band will play a large selection of Frank Sinatra tunes among oters. Ted Atwood is the featured

FREE LISTINGS! Post your event for free online at www.newsreview.com/calendar, or email the CN&R calendar assistant at cnrcalendar@newsreview.com.

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BEATNIKS COFFEE HOUSE & BREAKFAST JOINT:

A Taste of Nico paintings by Nicolai Larsen.

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THE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING, PARADISE:

1940s Showgirls at Dressing Room, original watercolor and oil artwork of Eleanor Ray Chambers reflecting her childhood memories.

Through 4/30. Free. 789 Bille Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5673.

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CHICO ART CENTER: Contemporary Woman, exhibit examines the contributions of women in art. Through 5/6, 7-9pm. Free. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: 21st Juried

Student Print Exhibition, new work by current Chico State printmaking students under the direction of Professor Eileen Macdonald. Free and open to the public. Chico State, (530) 8984476, www.theturner.org.

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on our prison system via experimental printmaking techniques. Through 4/28. 1600 Mangrove #177 Across from Pep Boys, (530) 342-4913.

PARADISE ART CENTER: Kirshner Wildlife Show, local artists depict the wildlife found at the animal sanctuary. Through 4/23. 5564 Almond St. in Paradise, (530) 877-7402.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Adventures in

Nature, featuring work by a variety of artists.

Through 5/16. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

TIN ROOF BAKERY & CAFÉ: Landscape photography, large and small landscape prints on canvas and metal. Ongoing. 627 Broadway St., (530) 345-1362.

Museums CHICO AIR MUSEUM: an ongoing display high-

lighting local aviation history. Ongoing. 165 Ryan Ave., (530) 345-6468.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day

and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. $2-$4. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

CHICO MUSEUM: Chico Through Time, a new permanent exhibit, featuring a variety of displays depicting Chico’s history—from John Bidwell and the Mechoopda Indians to Robin Hood and remains of an old Chinese temple. Ongoing.

141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chico museum.org.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Grossology, an exhibit based on science teacher Sylvia Branzei’s best-selling Grossology. Explore how and why your body produces mushy, oozy, crusty, scaly and stinky gunk in this colorful exhibit with more than 20 interactive displays.

Through 5/8. Members & children under 3: free, Non-members: $4-$7. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: A railroad and logging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Drive in Paradise, (530) 877-1919.

POP-UP: Monca Pop-up Museum, the last of the Museum of Northern California Art (monca) pop-up museums before it moves to its permanent home. This month: the Educational Outreach Program featuring photography, student artwork and student voices, monca’s permanent collection and more. Through 4/30, 11am-5pm. 215 Broadway, (530) 304-6680.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY:

Fired Earth: Beauty and Tradition in Asian Ceramics, 2,000 years of Far Eastern creativity and ingenuity will be showcased through ceramic art. Through 7/31. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.

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Blue Room Young Company takes audience to C.S. Lewis’ fantasy world allegory about the need for and attainTmentChristian of spiritual redemption, is a complex and ambihe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis’

tious tale. Filled with outré scenery, garish costumes, epic battle scenes and intense perby sonal interactions, the story is the Carey Wilson perfect vehicle for youthful imaginations. A vehicle that I originally thought might be far beyond the technical capabilities of a small theReview: the lion, the Witch ater company to replicate on stage. and the Wardrobe, Happily, last weekend’s production Friday, April 8, at the by the Blue Room Young Company blue room theatre. proved me wrong.

The set—with Amber Miller’s winter-toned mural of graceful mountain peaks, pines and looming castle on the back wall providing an enveloping aura of fantasy—was kept simple, allowing our imaginations to fill in the details of each scene. A crew of wood nymphs enthusiastically and amusingly rearranged the small living trees and minimal furniture to suit each scene.

The 18-person cast—ranging from kids to teens— was testament to the Young Company’s stated mission of “helping young performers achieve new levels of artistry through performance, practice and enthusiasm for the craft.”

The story is set in WWII-era England during the time of The Blitz. To escape the bombing of London, four children—Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy—have been sent to the sprawling country home of a family friend. While exploring the house, Lucy (Ivy Sayre) discovers a huge wardrobe that she enters only to find herself transported to Narnia, a fantasy world populated by witches, fauns, unicorns and assorted talking animals. There, she meets an emotionally conflicted

faun, Mr. Tumnus (Lucille Scott), who is obligated by the White Witch (Ava Hilsee) to bring all human children to her so she can imprison them.

Under the direction of Tom Billheimer II, the young cast members admirably maintained their consistent use of proper English-accented speech while remaining in character. As the White Witch, Hilsee was convincingly imperious, haughty and domineering. Through voice and body language, her polar opposite and nemesis, Aslan the lion (Christian Harrington), equally convincingly projected the wisdom, compassion and patience that are fundamental to his Christ-like character.

The animal and mythical creature costumes, designed by Miller, worked well to enhance the fantasy characters, and the vintage children’s costumes, on loan from Bootleg clothing store, gave them a sense of authenticity. The dialogue and action as adapted by Joseph Robinette from Lewis’ original novel provided the characters with plenty of genuine emotional nuance.

The crux of the play is Edmund’s betrayal of Aslan—the rightful king of Narnia—and his siblings while under the influence of a magical confection called “Turkish Delight” given to him by the White Witch. Freeing Edmund from the enchantment involves a holy war and the eventual self-sacrifice of Aslan. The witch’s power of keeping Narnia in eternal winter—with no Christmas—is broken when in a somewhat heavy-handed symbolic moment Father Christmas arrives to give the children magical presents/weapons that they can use to defeat the White Witch and her army.

Aslan’s climactic sacrifice and resurrection reflect in fairytale form the story of Christian tradition, giving a resonance to both stories that touchingly plays on our universal hope for redemption and resolution of this world’s conflicted nature. □

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LEECHES OF LORE, SEX HOGS II, PANTHER SURPRISE Sunday, April 17 Maltese Bar & Tap Room SEE SUNDAY

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

JOHN SEID, LARRY PETERSON: Playing

Beatles, blues and classics. F, 4/15, 69pm, F, 4/22, 6-9pm. Two-Twenty Restaurant/Lounge, 220 W. Fourth St., (530) 895-1515, www.twotwenty restaurant.com.

What do Denmark, pomade and 1980s metal crew Anthrax have in common? The answer is Volbeat, a Danish band with a pompadoured frontman and whose latest member is none other than guitarist Rob Caggiano, veteran of the aforementioned thrash legends. Volbeat, which is playing the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds on Wednesday, April 20, borrows elements from early American rock ’n’ roll, Scandinavian death metal and straight-up rock and ends up sounding a bit like Social Distortion.

SECOND BEST: Local emo/indie band celePeking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

CHICO BREAKS THE RECORD: CHICO STRIKES BACK: See Thursday. The

brates its second EP. Locals Socorro (rock), Creekside (pop punk), Tionesta (pop punk) and SW/\Y (rock) open. F, 4/15, 7pm. $7. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

DownLo.

CHICO BREAKS THE RECORD: CHICO STRIKES BACK: Local and visiting musicians and community members come together for 16 days of live music in hopes to break the record for the world’s longest concert. Search “Chico Strikes Back” on Facebook for more info. Through 4/16. $2. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

NOR CAL JAZZ FEST: JIMMY GRANT ENSEMBLE: Nor-Cal based

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

welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Cafe, 501 Main St., (530) 894-3033, www.has beans.com.

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

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BASSMINT: A weekly bass-music party

JELLY BREAD: Reno-based band brings

with a rotating cast of local and regional producers and DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm.

their blend of rock, funk and soul into town. Local rock band The Russell Turner Ward opens. F, 4/15, 9pm. $10.

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OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians

ENERGY PLANT SESSIONS: PAT HULL: Local folk/soul singer/songwriter performs in this intimate setting filmed for an ongoing video series. Limited seating. Th, 4/14, 7:30pm. Energy Plant Arts, 2961 Hwy. 32 #57 Warehouse in Gasoline Alley, (530) 570-0320.

4/15, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino

guitarist/bandleader kicks of the festival with his ensemble. Plus, The Karch Brothers and Kezirah. Th, 4/15, 7pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., www.norcaljazzfestival.com.

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SATCHMO Virtuoso trumpeter Dean Simms pays tribute to the master himself, Louis Armstrong, bringing Satchmo’s legendary music and showmanship to life!

DINNER & SHOW! WEDNESDAY, MAY 4 • 6PM Tickets only $40 Includes: Appetizer, Choice of Chicken or Beef Entree and Dessert. Show only tickets $10.

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hosted by the Unitarian Fellowship to help CHAT provide shelter for those without housing. Featuring local musicians John Seid, Larry Peterson, Bob Littell, Zach Cowan and Rex Stromness. Sa, 4/16, 7pm. $15 suggested donation. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1289 Filbert St., (530) 228-1344.

CHICO BREAKS THE RECORD: CHICO STRIKES BACK: See Thursday. The DownLo.

DYLAN’S DHARMA, ECLECTICS, AND FAMILY BUSINESS: Local musicians take the stage for a free show cele-

brating Kristin Shelton’s 40th birthday.

Sa, 4/16, 9pm. Free. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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Black Stone Cherry (rock) and Monster Truck (hard rock) open the show. W, 4/20, 6:30pm. $38. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., (530) 895-4666.

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4/16, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

NORTHERN TRADITIONZ: Country originals and covers. Sa, 4/16, 9pm. Rolling Hills Casino, 2655 Barham Ave. in Corning, (530) 528-3500, www.rollinghills casino.com.

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LEECHES OF LORE: New Mexico-based experimental Western rockers ride into town. Joining them are local duos Sex Hogs II and Panther Surprise. Su, 4/17, 8pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

MIDNIGHT NORTH: Bay Area Americana rockers bring there three-part harmonies back to Chico. Plus, Alexander Nelson (of Walking Spanish) opens the show. Su, 4/17, 7pm. $15. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 894-1978.

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THE PARADISE BIG BAND: The Paradise Big Band will play a large selection of Frank Sinatra tunes among others. Ted Atwood is the featured vocalist. Su, 4/17, 7-9pm. Paradise Ridge Senior Center, 877 Nunneley Road in Paradise, (530) 877-1733, www.paradiseridge seniorcenter.org.

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trio delivers a high-energy live show with vibes, cello and drums. Locals Bogg (jazz) and SW/\Y (rock) open the show. Tu, 4/19, 7:30pm. Naked Lounge Tea & Coffeehouse, 118 W Second St., (530) 895-0676.

MIDWEEK EARLY-EVENING OPEN MIC: Sign up starting at 5pm. Music, poetry and spoken word welcome. Tu, 6-8pm through 12/20. Free. Gogi’s Café, 230 Salem St. Next to transit center, (530) 891-3570, www.gogiscafe.com.

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Question of time An adventurous narrative puzzle from Poland like wildly scattered chaos.

Jseems We see bits and pieces of scenes and moments

erzy Skolimowski’s 11 Minutes starts out in what

involving a bewildering variety of characters. Much of it looks a little like fragments from stories already in progress—the start by Jason Cassidy of a sex scene or a crime story or the middle of some kind of thriller.

Gradually, we begin to recognize some of the recurring characters—a filmmaker conducting an interview/ audition with a blonde actress, an oddly solicitous hot dog vendor chatting up a group of nuns, the actress’ 11 Minutes somewhat tattered-looking husband Starring paulina prowling the corridors of a highChapko, richard Dormer and Andrzej rise hotel, a bike courier helping his Chyra. Directed by father and romancing a well-to-do Jerzy Skolimowski. married woman on the eve of his Streaming on Xfinity own wedding, first responders getting On Demand, Direct TV, Amazon, etc. a pregnant woman out of a collapsing Not rated. tenement, etc.

Most of these smallish stories go their separate ways even as we discover connections, obvious and otherwise, between some of the characters in them. No central, all-embracing story ever really emerges from this, apart from one crucial circumstance: Nearly all of the recurring characters are in the middle (or at least the vicinity) of the chain of calamities unleashed outside a Warsaw hotel during those eponymous 11 minutes.

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a kind of reassurance in the face of what might seem like too much narrative chaos and also as a framework for viewing a film that refuses any gesture of overall unifying meaning and concentrates instead on the meaning and feeling to be found in all those dramatic fragments.

In a sense, 11 Minutes is a mystery story that proceeds less by the answers it finds than by the questions it leaves only partially answered. What kind of movie is that filmmaker planning as he “interviews” the blonde actress? Or is he up to something else altogether? Why is the hot dog vendor teasing those nuns and giving his wares away for free? What is it that frightens that kid in the midst of a pawnshop burglary that seems a little too easy?

Why does the window-washer go to such extreme lengths, and heights, to have an assignation with his own wife in someone else’s hotel room? And what is that strange shape that some of the characters in this movie see outside their windows and, unfortunately for us, just a bit offscreen?

This Polish/English production does sort out a good deal of its “chaos,” but it’s at its most engaging when it’s playing with the ways in which “reality” is an unstable blend of clarity and confusion.

Skolimowski was one of the leading lights of the Polish New Wave in the 1960s. He’s had a long international career as both actor and director, and such English language films as Deep End (1970), The Shout (1978) and Moonlighting (1982) represent his most distinguished work as a director. This film is one of his very best as well. □

Reviewers: Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Opening this week Barbershop: The Next Cut

The fourth film in the Barber Shop/Beauty Shop franchise has the principals (played

by Ice Cube and Cedric the Entertainer) cracking jokes in the shop while simultaneously trying to protect the neighborhood from gangs. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

Criminal

When a talented CIA agent (Ryan Reynolds) dies, his “memories, secrets and skills” are implanted in the brain of a dangerous criminal (Kevin Costner) by the government in an effort to see the agent’s mission through.

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

Gideon’s Army

A special screening of the documentary that follows the personal stories of three public defenders in the context of landmark Supreme Court case Gideon vs. Wainwright, which requires states to offer free counsel to defendants who cannot afford their own.

This is the same case on which this year’s Book in Common for Chico, Just Mercy, is based. One showing: Sunday, April 17, 1 p.m.

Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

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I Saw the Light

Even though not exactly picture perfect, Tom Hiddleston’s impersonation of Hank Williams is fascinatingly edgy and nuanced and weird. His renditions of Williams’ songs impress more as interpretations of the singer’s character than as replicas of the originals. Writer-director Marc Abraham gives very close attention to Hiddleston’s subtle evocations of the “darknesses” in Williams’ character. But his script, which credits three different Williams biographies as sources, tends toward generic biopic routines in the portrayals of Williams’ tumultuous relations with women, including especially his cautiously domineering manager/ mother (Cherry Jones) and his ambitious, half-cracked wife, Audrey (Elizabeth Olsen).

The singer’s sense of his own accursedness is abundantly evident, but there’s not much sense of why so many women attached themselves so readily to such a blatantly unreliable guy. Pageant Theatre. Rated R —J.C.S.

The Jungle Book

Blending live-action and meticulous, very realistic CGI, this update of Rudyard Kipling’s classic anthropomorphic fables looks to be a visually stunning big-screen offering.

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

survivalist (John Goodman) who has “saved” her from something big—worldwide chemical attack? Alien invasion?— happening on the surface. A “blood relative” but not sequel to Cloverfield. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

The second installment in the new Superman franchise follows the events in 2013’s Man of Steel, with Superman (Henry Cavill) and Batman (Ben Affleck) squaring off as Lex Luther (Jesse Eisenberg) introduces a new threat to the world. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

The Boss

A comedy starring Melissa McCarthy as a rich, successful businesswoman who loses everything and has to rebuild her empire after going to prison for insider trading.

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

Demolition

Jake Gyllenhaal stars as a man who, while struggling with the tragic death of his wife, strikes up an unlikely relationship with a customer-service rep (Naomi Watts) who receives his complaint letters. Cinemark 14.

Rated R.

The Divergent Series: Allegiant

The third film adapted from the young-adult dystopian sci-fi series written by Veronica Roth, this one finding the protagonists outside the walled city of Chicago fighting to save all of humanity. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Hardcore Henry

The world of first-person-shooter video games comes to the big screen in this action/thriller presented from the POV of a the title character, a half-man/half-robot who dodges bullets as he tries to save his wife (and the world) from a powerful warlord.

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

Hello, My Name Is Doris

Sally Field stars as a socially awkward 60-something woman who, after attending a self-help seminar, gets up the courage to romantically pursue her much younger coworker (Max Greenfield). Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated PG-13.

Midnight Special

A sci-fi drama starring Michael Shannon as a father on the run with his young son who possesses special powers. Also starring Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Joel Edgerton and Sam Shepard. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

Fourteen years later, the cast is back for an even bigger, fatter, Greeker … you get the point. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Zootopia

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A young woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up in the underground bunker of a

In the 3-D computer-animated animal world of Zootopia, a bunny rabbit cop (voiced by Ginnifer Goodwin) teams ups with a smalltime con-artist fox (Jason Bateman) to solve a mystery. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

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A night at Leon Bistro learning about cooking and music history table on a recent Tuesday night in Athe L-shaped back room of downtown Chico’s swanky Leon few dozen people sat eagerly on one side of an

Bistro, a few of them dressed in flower child regalia.

I’d donned my favorite tie-dyed dress for the occasion—a cooking by class dedicated to the late, great Meredith J. Janis Joplin.

Cooper As chef Ann Leon introduced m e re d i t h c @ the theme of the class and read part new srev i ew. c o m of a biography of Joplin that was included in our recipe packet, her music played softly in the backLeon Bistro ground. To infuse the food with for a schedule of essences of Joplin, Leon explained, cooking classes and to sign up—they she’d chosen the singer’s favorites, do sell out!—go to along with classics of the era or leonbistro.com. regions where Joplin lived. For example, the opening course was a thick, creamy San Francisco clam chowder packed with flavors of the port city where Joplin joined her first big-time band, Big Brother and the Holding Company.

As Leon began preparing the chowder at a demonstration table in front of the room, we were introduced to part one of the night’s treats: Laura Joplin, Janis’ sister who lives in Paradise, stood up to reminisce with the intimate group about growing up the sister of a famous rock singer.

I’ve long been a fan of Joplin—songs like “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Piece of My Heart” were essential to my college, coming-of-age years—but I haven’t taken that next step and read any of her biographies, one of which Laura wrote (Love, Janis).

So hearing her speak about Janis’ early years—from her ostracization from school for her outspoken views on desegregation in their Southern Texas town to her love of the blues from a young age—was particularly insightful.

Laura stood up several times throughout the evening, answering questions from the group and

smiling sweetly when remembering tender moments.

The rest of the night, Leon took center stage. She shared her secrets for how to evoke true flavors of the sea in her clam chowder (hint: She makes her own clam soup stock), two different methods for frying Monte Cristo sandwiches and the recipe for the barbecue rub she uses to create amazingly flavorful ribs.

While I’m sure my boyfriend, Chuck, enjoyed the stories about Janis, as a chef himself, it was Leon’s instruction that I think piqued his interest most. Her explanations were perfectly natural and helpful for both professional and novice alike. For me, someone who has really just embraced my inner cook over the past year or so, the demos were both practical and cool to watch. But Chuck, too, walked out that night with some new culinary ideas.

Beyond the technical aspects of creating each dish—there were nine courses total, each served with wine—Leon told her own stories of growing up. The daughter of a chef in Philadelphia whose voice was always respected in the home (much like Janis, it was noted), Leon started working in professional kitchens at the age of 10. And since then, she’s developed a ton of different skills, most of them rooted in French cuisine. She also imparted her philosophies on the importance of fresh, local ingredients to creating good food. Don’t be afraid to spend a little more on the good stuff, she said, even when it comes to kitchen staples like salt and olive oil.

The star of the night, food-wise, was definitely the olive-oil poached salmon. Words can’t even describe how juicy and flaky and just plain perfect it was. Leon also whipped up her modern, upscale take on 1960s fave Chicken à la King and eggs Benedict, which Laura explained was one of Janis’ specialties.

Upon leaving Leon Bistro that night, with a doggie bag promising a delicious lunch for the next day, we were beaming. Leon’s teaching was eye-opening, Laura’s stories were colorful, the service was great and the food even better. Leon holds classes with varying themes regularly—we will most definitely be back. □

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Goodbye, Jesse This is hard, processing a friend’s sudden death. Typing the words—Jesse Mills has died at the age of 41—feels wrong. He was just here, on stage at the Butcher Shop theater festival, and out in the park foraging for ingredients for a batch of stinging nettle soup, and on the patio of the Chico Women’s Club selling his tonics and other wares alongside his wife, amy Fyrdundel, at the Chikoko Bizarre Bazaar.

It has been a difficult week for this community on which Jesse left such a lasting mark—made even more so by the fact that he and Amy were physically so far away, in Sitka, Alaska, where the couple moved a few months ago. In events that many of us followed with a sense of helplessness on social media, Jesse was reported missing by his wife last Thursday (April 7) after he’d left the night before for a walk—and to go kayaking on Sitka Sound, it turned out. According to news reports, after three days of efforts by the Coast Guard, fire department and area residents, the search was called off and Jesse was presumed dead. His kayak was found on Kasiana Island, and according to a statement by Amy on his Facebook page, search dogs indicated he likely went down in an area of treacherous water nearby.

I wasn’t close to Jesse, but he was one of my treasured “Chico friends.”

We knew each other for more than 20 years, beginning sometime in the mid-1990s when I was working downtown at the Upper Crust Bakery, playing in bands and making friends in Chico’s underground music scene. Jesse went to high school with a bunch of the local band dudes (Land of the Wee Beasties, The Becky Sagers, etc.) and I probably first met him at a show or hanging out at The Bookstore—where his brother (and current bookstore owner) Josh Mills worked.

My memory is fuzzy on many details, but whether it was chatting it up at Juanita’s or on the sidewalk at night in front of the Crust/Bookstore, where his crew of former Chico High School kids used to hang out, talking with Jesse was always an invigorating trip for me. He was so opinionated, often difficult, but always passionate in his thoughts and actions and leaving at the drop of a hat to hop trains and travel the country. In my mind, I pictured him as Walt Whitman (something that in recent years was solidified by his attire of a blousy white shirt with sensible wide-brimmed foraging hat), a rebellious poet and defender of nature, a man out of time and often at odds with these times.

Jesse was also a badass performer, one of the most respected actors in town, who fully committed to his roles at the Butcher Shop/Blue Room Theatre and to his vocals as a member of the outlandish Soft Rock Choir. He even did some writing for the CN&R—a few news stories and eco-focused articles—of course challenging the sometimes artistically stifling editorial process along the way.

It’s been overwhelming and inspiring to read the impressive depth of thought and feeling in the responses that have been flooding Jesse’s Facebook wall over the past few days. Hopefully, that outpouring will offer some measure of comfort to Amy and Josh and the rest of Jesse’s family as they try to come to terms with their sudden loss. I and everyone at the CN&R offer condolences to you all.

Rest in peace, Jesse.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “We never

know the wine we are becoming while we are being crushed like grapes,” said author Henri Nouwen. I don’t think that’s true in your case, Taurus. Any minute now, you could get a clear intuition about what wine you will ultimately turn into once the grape-crushing stage ends. So my advice is to expect that clear intuition.

Once you’re in possession of it, I bet the crushing will begin to feel more like a massage—maybe even a series of strong but tender caresses.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Your

sustaining mantra for the coming weeks comes from Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer: “I am not empty; I am open.”

Say that aloud whenever you’re inclined to feel lonely or lost. “I am not empty; I am open.” Whisper it to yourself as you wonder about the things that used to be important but no longer are. “I am not empty; I am open.” Allow it to loop through your imagination like a catchy song lyric whenever you’re tempted to feel melancholy about vanished certainties or unavailable stabilizers or missing fillers. “I am not empty; I am open.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): According

to my analysis of the astrological omens, you are close to tapping into hidden powers, dormant talents and future knowledge. Truths that have been off-limits are on the verge of catching your attention and revealing themselves. Secrets you have been concealing from yourself are ready to be plucked and transformed. And now I will tell you a trick you can use that will enable you to fully cash in on these pregnant possibilities: Don’t adopt a passive wait-and-see attitude. Don’t expect everything to happen on its own. Instead, be a willful magician who aggressively collects and activates the potential gifts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): This would be a

perfect moment to give yourself a new nickname like “Sugar Pepper” or “Honey Chili” or “Itchy Sweet.” It’s also a favorable time to explore the joys of running in slow motion or getting a tattoo of a fierce howling bunny or having gentle sex standing up.

This phase of your cycle is most likely to unfold with maximum effectiveness if you play along with its complicated, sometimes paradoxical twists and turns. The more willing you are to celebrate life’s riddles as blessings in disguise, the more likely you’ll be to use the riddles to your advantage.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Right about

now you might be feeling a bit extreme, maybe even zealous or melodramatic. I wouldn’t be surprised if you were tempted to make outlandish expostulations similar to those that the poet Arthur Rimbaud articulated in one of his histrionic poems: “What beast must I worship? What sacred images should I destroy? What hearts shall I break? What lies am I supposed to believe?” I encourage you to articulate salty sentiments like these in the coming days—with the understanding that by venting your intensity you won’t need to actually act it all out in real life. In other words, allow your fantasy life and creative artistry to be boisterous outlets for emotions that shouldn’t necessarily get translated into literal behavior.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Adyashanti is

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If you resist suffering, you are always suffering. If you resist confusion, you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but actually they are there because we resist them.” Can you wrap your imagination around Adyashanti’s counsel, Libra? I hope so, because the key to dissipating at least some of the dicey stuff that has been tweaking you lately is to stop resisting it!

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

every election season, media pundits exult in criticizing candidates who have altered their opinions about important issues.

This puzzles me. In my understanding, an intelligent human is always learning new information about how the world works, and is therefore constantly evolving his or her beliefs and ideas. I don’t trust people who stubbornly cling to all of their musty dogmas. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because the coming weeks will be an especially ripe time for you to change your mind about a few things, some of them rather important. Be alert for the cues and clues that will activate dormant aspects of your wisdom. Be eager to see further and deeper.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

Friedrich Nietzsche published his first book, The Birth of Tragedy, in 1872, when he was 28 years old. In 1886, he put out a revised edition that included a preface entitled “An Attempt at Self-Criticism.” In this unprecedented essay, he said that he now found his text “clumsy and embarrassing, its images frenzied and confused, sentimental, uneven in pace, so sure of its convictions that it is above any need for proof.” And yet he also glorified The Birth of Tragedy, praising it for its powerful impact on the world, for its “strange knack of seeking out its fellow-revelers and enticing them on to new secret paths and dancing-places.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Sagittarius, I invite you to engage in an equally brave and celebratory re-evaluation of some of your earlier life and work.

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): How many

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SOW WILD LANDSCAPES at 14314 Hamilton Nord Cana Hwy Chico, CA 95973.

DANIEL JONATHAN MACHEK 14314 Hamilton Nord Cana Hwy Chico, CA 95973.

KATHLEEN LEE MACHEK 14314 Hamilton Nord Cana Hwy Chico, CA 95973.

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Signed: DANIEL MACHEK Dated: February 25, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000253 Published: March 24,31, April 7,14, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FOCUS MEDIA at 1195 Gossamer Ln Chico, CA 95973.

FOCUS MEDIA PARTNERS INC 1195 Gossamer Ln Chico, CA 95973.

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Signed: MICHAEL NANTELL, CEO Dated: February 26, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000262 Published: March 24,31, April 7,14, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HONEY HOUSE PHARMACEUTICALS at 4363 Bald Rock Road Berry Creek, CA 95916.

LGHG INC 4363 Bald Rock Rd Berry Creek, CA 95916.

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Signed: JAMES PARKER, CEO Dated: March 1, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000275 Published: March 24,31, April 7,14, 2016

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3 DOWNTOWN BARS INC 177 East 2nd Street Chico, CA 95928.

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3 DOWNTOWN BARS INC 177 East 2nd Street Chico, CA 95928.

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GARRY KEITH BRADLEY 720 Grand Teton Way Chico, CA 95973.

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JAMES COMPANY ESTATES 4990 Richbar Rd Chico, CA 95928.

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Signed: ROBERT G. JAMES, PRESIDENT Dated: March 14, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000352 Published: March 24,31, April 7,14, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LOST DUTCHMAN TAPROOM at 25 Lost Dutchman Drive Chico, CA 95973.

JAMES COMPANY ESTATES 4990 Rich Bar Road Chico, CA 95928.

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DEBRA GENTRY 6167 Opal Ln Paradise, CA 95969.

JAMES GENTRY 6167 Opal Ln Paradise, CA 95969.

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KAYLA ALCINA JONES 7057 Oro Country Club Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: KAYLA JONES Dated: February 29. 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000269 Published: March 24,31, April 7,14, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AUCTION BROTHERS at 2233 Nord Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

NEKI PIEPER 7707 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

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BRIAN RAYMOND LOAR 25 Forest Creek Circle Chico, CA 95928.

CATHERINE MARIE LOAR 25 Forest Creek Circle Chico, CA 95928.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NEXT DAY JUMPS LLC at 728 Cherry Street Chico, CA 95928.

NEXT DAY JUMPS LLC 728 Cherry Street Chico, CA 95928.

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Signed: EMERSON BAUR-SWOFFORD, MEMBER Dated: March 17, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000369 Published: March 24,31, April 7,14, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WILDFLOWER SALON at 2991 Esplanade Suite 110 Chico, CA 95973.

BRIELYN LEDFORD 28 Lawnwood Drive Chico, CA 95926.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ROCK CREEK CONSTRUCTION INC at 1916 Cameron Lane Chico, CA 95926.

ROCK CREEK CONSTRUCTION INC 1916 Cameron Lane Chico, CA 95926.

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STACY CANNEY 10294 Red Eye Road Oroville, CA 95966.

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ALTERNATIVE HEATING AND AIR 13303 Cabin Hollow #600 Chico, CA 95973.

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ANTONY JAMES TICKLE 1307 Nunneley Rd. Paradise, CA 95969.

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KELLY ANN MOTZKUS 5888 Maxwell Dr Paradise, CA 95969.

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CARING CHOICE HOUSES LLC 2010 Feather River Blvd Oroville, CA 95965.

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Signed: PHILLIP WILSON, PRESIDENT Dated: March 22, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000388 Published: March 31, April 7,14,21, 2016

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BRANDON TARBELL 1455 Heather Cir Chico, CA 95926.

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JOEL MINDEN 359 E 7th St Chico, CA 95928.

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JAVIER HERRERA 2016 36th Street Sacramento, CA 95817.

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BARNDOLLAR INC 26 Phlox Way Chico CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: JEFF BARNDOLLAR, PRESIDENT Dated: March 11, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000345 Published: April 7,14,21,28, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as JUMP N JAX at 721 Oak Lawn Ave Chico, CA 95926.

SHERRI LOWE 721 Oak Lawn Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SHERRI LOWE Dated: March 28, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000421 Published: April 7,14,21,28, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as STAR LIQUORS at 933 Nord Ave Chico, CA 95926.

OM SHIV SHAKTI INC 933 Nord Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: KESHAN PABBI, MANAGER Dated: March 24, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000405 Published: April 7,14,21,28, 2016

FICITITOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AWAKENING SOLUTIONS COUNSELING at 562 Manzanita Ave #5 Chico, CA 95926.

R SCOTT PALMER 384 E 6th Ave #1 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: R SCOTT PALMER Dated: March 7, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000312 Published: April 7,14,21,28, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FRUTIYA FARM at 1663 Grand Ave Oroville, CA 95965.

THAO TOU YANG 1663 Grand Ave Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by an Indvidual.

Signed: THAO YANG Dated: April 1, 2016 FBN Number:2016-0000449 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SPITERIS DELICATESSEN AND CATERING at 971 East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

NICOLE MARIE CRIPPEN 2930 Morseman Ave #3 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: NICOLE CRIPPEN Dated: April 5, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000464 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GERMINATION STATION at 1826 Santa Clara Ave Chico, CA 95928.

BLAKE SABOURIN 1826 Santa Clara Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BLAKE M. SABOURIN Dated: March 8, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000320 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name SPITERI DELI PARTNERSHIP at 971 East Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

SANDRA L SPITERI 205 Sequoyah Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

FRANK C SPITERI 2908 Hegan Lane Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted

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by a General Partnership.

Signed: FRANK C SPITERI Dated: April 5, 2016 FBN Number: 2015-0000557 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name ROSEBUD REALTY, BETTER WORLD ENTERPRISE at 851 Pomona Ave #85 Chico, CA 95928.

DAVID MORITZ MEICHTRY 851 Pomona Ave #85 Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DAVID M. MEICHTRY Dated: March 28, 2016 FBN Number: 2011-0000541 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GARDEN GUY at 3155 Mariposa Ave Chico, CA 95973.

DAVID ROY WESTPHAL 3155 Mariposa Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DAVID R. WESTPHAL Dated: March 25, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000414 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CALIFORNIA FIRST MORTGAGE COMPANY at 2053 Forest Avenue #4 Chico, CA 95928.

JAMES S WIKEY 171 Picholine Way Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JAMES S WIKEY Dated: April 4, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000451 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as D AND D PROPERTIES at 6 Kestrel Ct Chico, CA 95928.

DANIEL ROBERT EHMAN 6 Kestrel Ct Chico, CA 95928.

DEBRA LYNN EHMAN 6 Kestrel Ct Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple.

Signed: DEBRA EHMAN Dated: March 24, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000410 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CRIPE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP at 3761 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973.

JEFFREY CRIPE 3761 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973.

JERRY CRIPE 7296 Toulumne Goleta, CA 93117.

JO ANNE CRIPE 3761 Esplanade Chico, CA 95973.

JANA MELLIS 297 Wild Rose Dr Chico, CA 95973.

MARK MELLIS 297 Wild Rose Dr Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

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Signed: JEFFREY CRIPE Dated: April, 1, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000444 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

NOTICES CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 To (names of persons to be notified, if known, including names on birth certificate): JENNY MASON and anyone claiming to be a parent of (child’s name): J.C.B./ V.E.B. born on (date): July 22, 2012 / October 1, 2010 at (name of hospital or other place of birth and city and state): FEATHER RIVER HOSPITAL PARADISE, CA / MARSHALL MEDICAL CTR PLACERVILLE, CA A hearing will be held on Date: May 25, 2016 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: TBA Room: TBA Located at: Superior Court Of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, 95928.

At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer.

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

You are required to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, the court will appoint an attorney for you.

If the court terminated your parental rights, the order may be final.

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

Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: March 22, 2016 Case Number: J-37497 / J-37498 Published: March 31, April 7,14,21, 2016

CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 To (names of persons to be notified, if known, including names on birth certificate): SHASTA MASON and anyone claiming to be a parent of (child’s name): T.S. born on (date): April 7, 2012 at (name of hospital or other place of birth and city and state): SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CA A hearing will be held on Date: May 26, 2016 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: TBA Room: TBA Located at: Superior Court Of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, 95928.

At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer.

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

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parental rights to the child will be terminated.

You are required to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, the court will appoint an attorney for you.

If the court terminated your parental rights, the order may be final.

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

Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: March 11, 2016 Case Number: J-37764 Published: March 31, April 7,14,21, 2016

CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 To (names of persons to be notified, if known, including names on birth certificate): JERRY A. LEWIS and anyone claiming to be a parent of (child’s name): D.M.G. born on (date): October 12, 2014 at (name of hospital or other place of birth and city and state): ENLOE HOSPITAL CHICO, CA A hearing will be held on Date: May 26, 2016 Time: 8:30 AM Dept: TBA Room: TBA Located at: Superior Court Of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, 95928.

At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer.

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

You are required to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, the court will appoint an attorney for you.

If the court terminated your parental rights, the order may be final.

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

Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: March 22, 2016 Case Number: J-37367 Published: March 31, April 7,14,21, 2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE RICHARD HERBERT ROACH, aka RICHARD H. ROACH, aka RICHARD ROACH To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: RICHARD HERBERT ROACH, aka RICHARD H. ROACH, aka RICHARD ROACH A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MEGAN E. ROSA in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: MEGAN E. ROSA be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: April 19, 2016 Time: 9:00a.m.

Dept: Candela Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: JANE E. STANSELL 901 Bruce Road, Suite 170 Chico, CA 95928 530-342-4524 Case Number: 16PR00050 Dated: March 22, 2016 Published: March 31, April 7,14, 2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE CHARLES RUDOLF MERINO, aka CHARLES R. MERINO To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: CHARLES RUDOLF MERINO, aka CHARLES R. MERINO A Petition for Probate has been filed by: TIM J. MERINO in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

The Petition for Probate requests that: TIM J. MERINO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: April 26, 2016 Time: 9:00a.m.

Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: 16PR00031 Dated: April 1, 2016 Published: April 7,14,21, 2016

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due.

The following units contain clothes, furniture, boxes, etc.

TRAVIS SCHWARZE: Unit #209ss (12x15) ALYSON M GRIFFITHS: Unit #037cc (6x12) THOMAS JUANARENA: Unit #172ss (5x6) Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on: April 30, 2016 Beginning at 12:00pm Sale to be held at: 65 Heritage Lane Chico, CA 95926.

Published: April 14,21, 2016

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP Notice is hereby given that SCOTT BJERS and DIANA RODRIGUEZ, heretofore doing business as Partners under the firm name of BLUE STAR POOL

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CARE at 11 Capshaw Court, Chico, CA and at P.O. Box 8963 Chico, CA 95927, have dissolved their Partnership as of April 6, 2016. DIANA RODRIGUEZ has the sole authority to sell partnership assets, pay and discharge all liabilities of the partnership, collect and recieve all monies payable to the partnership, perform existing contracts and act in any manner necessary to wind up the affairs of the partnership.

Signed: SCOTT BJERS Dated: April 6, 2016 Published: April 14, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHARLES RICHARD JACKSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CHARLES RICHARD JACKSON Proposed name: CHARLES RICHARD JACKSON-CORP 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 6, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: March 15, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00176 Published: April 14,21,28, May 5, 2016

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO RESPONDENT CYNTHIA STILLWELL You are being sued by plaintiff: JOSHUA R. RAMSEY You have 30 calendar days after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form.

If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately.

You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

The name and address of the court are: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95928 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney,

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374 W LASSEN AVE, CHICO Are you a musician? If so, check this out!

Here is an affordable home that is situated on a 14,810 sq ft lot. Prior to the owner purchasing this house on 1- 152014, it was renovated to include new roof, stucco, windows, central heat and air, bathrooms, doors and baseboards.

Kitchen has granite and stainless steel stove and dishwasher. The garage was renovated also and features a professional isolated sound proof music studio with it’s own split heat and air unit. There is a newer shed workshop behind the garage.

The backyard is large and has a fenced garden area with trellises. Most of the fencing is new with metal posts.

LISTED AT: $245,000 Steven Kasprzyk (Kas-per-zik) | REALTOR® | CENTURY 21 Jeffries Lydon | (530) 518-4850

Open Houses & Listings are online at: www.century21JeffriesLydon.com Updated condo right next to lower Bidwell park.

2 bedroom 1 bath. features include, newer HVAC unit, remodeled kitchen and bath, walk in shower and laminate flooring.

$240,000

Only $159,500.00

you don’t have to spell it out for me to sell it!

Jeffries Lydon

(530) 518–4850 www.steve.kasprzyk.c21jeffrieslydon.com

Paul Champlin | (530) 828-2902 Making Your Dream Home a Reality

$69,500

SMILES ALWAYS Joyce Turner

570–1944 • joyce_turner@ymail.com

Homes Sold Last Week ADDRESS

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412 W Sacramento Ave 420 W Sacramento Ave 2260 Dorado Cerro 3869 Curacao Ct 417 Southbury Ln 761 Bridlewood Ct 525 W 1st Ave 1991 Humboldt Rd 39 Veneto Cir 2197 North Ave 1 Goldeneye Ct

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Incredible Chico horse property w/ breathtaking views of foothills! Granite counters, deck w/ hot tub; huge shop w/ 3 roll up doors; 2 barns; riding arena; pig barn; dog kennels! Homes have separate electric meters; propane & septic tanks plus its own fenced yard & outdoor space. Call me $499,000 for private showing!

3bd, 3ba, 1648 sq. ft.

call today!

Steve Kasprzyk (Kas-per-zik)

TWO HOUSES ON A 5 ACRE LOT!!!!

Mobile Home Family Park

1004 Regency Dr. 3bd 2 ba, open floor plan.

Layne Diestel BRE# 01779121

530-828-7297 • Layneloveschico.com Layneloveschico@yahoo.com

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882 Lindo Ln 1374 Guill St 138 Degarmo Dr 6 Highland Cir 6 Phlox Way 1561 Arch Way 8 Quista Dr 2 Pinecrest Cir 1000 W 11th Ave 136 W Eaton Rd 1163 Deschutes Dr

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open house Century 21 Jeffries Lydon Sat. 11-1, 2-4 & Sun. 11-1 248 Estates Dr (X St: Hwy 99) 2 Units, 3 Bd / 2 Ba and 2 Bd / 2 Ba, $650,000 Brian Barham 515-4040 Daniel Frumkin 514-6161 Sat 11-1, 2-4 & Sun 11-1, 2-4 1040 Mildred Avenue (X St: E 1st Ave.) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 2,150 Sq. Ft. $425,000 Kimberley Tonge 518-5508 Alice Zeissler 518-1872 Sat 11-1, 2-4 & Sun 11-1, 2-4 8 Picual Court (X St: Picholine) 4 Bd / 2 Ba, 2,224 Sq. Ft. $357,000 Jeff Condon 592-6791 Chris Martinez 680-4404 Sat. 2-4 5 Amber Way (X St: Filbert) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 2,000 Sq. Ft. $349,000 Kimberley Tonge 518-5508

Sat 11-1, 2-4 & Sun 11-1, 2-4 4353 Kathy Lane (X St: Garner Lane) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,690 Sq. Ft. $329,000 Brandon Siewert 828-4597

We live here... We work here... We know Paradise... Buy or sell from us!

Sat. 11-1, 2-4 4058 Ord Ferry Rd (X St: Dayton Road) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,948 Sq. Ft. $299,900 Daniel Frumkin 514-6161

SPACIoUS LINDAL CEDAr HoME. Serene and forested Yankee Hill Setting on1.82 acres. Stunning custom home features 3bd/3ba with Hickory Hardwood floors. Granite counters in kitchen. Cherry Wood staircase plus soaring knotty pine ceilings. $329,000. Ad# 839 Dori regalia. 530-872-6829.

Sat. 11-1 1004 Regency Drive (X St: Greenwich) 3 Bd / 2 Ba, 1,124 Sq. Ft. $242,000 Paul Champlin 828-2902

Dori Regalia • CalBRE#01892653 • (530) 872-6829

City of trees reaLty

Sharon McKee • CalBRE#01437897 • (530) 872-6838

Susan G. Thomas • CalBRE#01049969 • (530) 518-8041

5350 Skyway, Paradise

3/2 home with pool pending $299,500 Super charming close to Park

$204,900

Immaculate DUPLEX, each side features 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and a one car garage. Located close to Sierra View Elementary school and Bidwell Park, $310,000

3/2 Large yard on Highland pending $275,000 2/2 in Paradise pending $162,000

Immaculate TRIPLEX, each side features 2 bedrooms, 2 baths and a two car garage. Located in North Chico, $399,000

Patty G. McKee • CalBRE#01428643 • (530) 518-5155 FULLY UPDATED 2br/2.5ba home on .79 ac.

1,500 sqft finished shop in addition to the finished garage. $289,000.

Ad# 282 Susan G. Thomas 530-518-8041

PeoPLe’s ChoiCe Brokers Sat. 11-2 8941 Stanford Ln, Durham 4 Bd / 2 Ba 2,332 Sq. Ft. $590,000 Shawn Smith 530-308-7162

HoME WITH DETACHED BoNUS rooM. 2016 3br/2ba 2,027 sqft. .56ac. 3 car garage. Open Floor Plan.

Gourmet kitchen. Covered RV. $439,000 Ad# 815 Call Patty for a tour.

530-872-6842.

PEACE AND QUIET on this beautiful 11.4 ac. Ideal for that morning or evening walk thru the woods. Close to Lake DeSabla and not far from Paradise. $160,000.

Ad# 685. Sharon McKee. 530-872-6838.

Sun. 11-2 855 Jacobs Ct. (X St: Alamo Ave.) 4 Bd / 2 Ba $350,000 Laura Burghardt 530 618-2687

One block from BIDWELL PARK, custom Michael Galli built home. Homes features 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, formal dining room all located on a lovely CUL-DE-SAC, 2209 sq ft, blt. in 2005, $415,000

KIMBERLEY TONGE | (530) 518-5508

More Home for Your Money, in PARADISE

Alice Zeissler | 530.518.1872

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

Durham schools, 3 bed/2 bth, 1,948 sq ft, 1-ac, ............................................................................. $299,900 Durham fenced 10 acres with cottage, shop, barn ................................................................................ $549,000 Butte Creek Country Club, Executive styled duplex, 5bed/6bth, 3,900 sqft, with huge Rv garage/shop .....$650,000 g sq ft, 3 bed/3 bth, 1-acre ................................................................................ $476,500 Outstanding shop,in 2,462 pend Beauty! pe 3 bed/2 bth in with office, g tile flooring, great room, newer 1,606 sq ft .......................................$329,000 nd Estate 5 bed/5 bth, main home approx. 5,000 + sq ft + cottage, and separate rental house. Total 7,133 sq ft for all. 6.78 acres of glorious grounds. AG zoning, shop, pond, fully fenced. .................................................... $1,350,000.

Forest Ranch, mobile on land, 2 bed/1 bth, 896 sq ft, detached garage + office, 2.56 acres fully fenced .......... $189,000 Super clean 3 bed/2 bath, 1,522 sq ft, formals + family room, large yard! cul de sac! .................................... $279,900

The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of March 28, 2016 – april 1, 2016.

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.

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1500 Gilbert Ln

Chico

$250,000

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160 Trevanna Way

Oroville

$300,000

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1645

1735 Dayton Rd

Chico

$231,000

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140 Veronica Rd

Oroville

$272,000

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178 E 11th St

Chico

$230,000

3/ 1

912

603 Table Mtn Blvd

Oroville

$185,000

2/ 2

1248

168 E 11th St

Chico

$225,000

3/ 1

1140

106 Stimpson Rd

Oroville

$175,000

4/ 2

1456

1721 Sherman Ave

Chico

$223,000

3/ 1

1201

27 Dancing Wind Dr

Oroville

$172,000

2/ 2

984

12 Webster Dr

Chico

$219,000

3/ 1.5

1229

3631 Stauss Ave

Oroville

$165,000

2/ 2

1377

1064 East Ave

Chico

$199,000

4/ 2

1710

1455 7th St

Oroville

$156,000

3/ 2

1170

422 W 12th Ave

Chico

$175,500

2/ 2

720

3255 Foothill Blvd

Oroville

$148,000

3/ 2

1150

1217 Locust St

Chico

$165,000

4/ 2

1404

6357 Tabernacle Ln

Paradise

$175,000

2/ 1

1040

673 Humboldt Ave

Chico

$115,000

2/ 1

864

5572 Foland Rd

Paradise

$169,500

2/ 1.5

1114

Oroville

$328,000

3/ 2

2035

618 Castle Dr

Paradise

$166,500

2/ 1

972

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