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A pharmaceutical monster In last week’s issue, the CN&R reported on the outrageous price of the

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What’s the attraction? are convinced Donald Trump should Tbe time—who our next president. I’ve gone to school with these

whose focus on anything but himself rapidly dissipates.

It is assumed that all politicians are liars, or at least adept in embellishing the truth. However, people—played, laughed and cried with them. We all Donald Trump is more than that. He is an unabashed believed in America. We believed liar. And what he doesn’t outwardly lie about, he either disparages or ignores. It’s uncanny to me that we were on the right moral path so many Christians have readily embraced a man and strove for success, not only whose actions defy Jesus’ for ourselves but also teachings. to pass it on to our I cannot grasp the attracchildren and their It is assumed that tion—that you are satisfied children. that Trump embodies what Many of us had to all politicians are liars ... Donald America has been, what it abandon the remnants is, and what it should be of the past, including Trump is more in the future. You delight our racial and reliby than that. in his demeaning attitude Dean Carrier gious biases, and our toward other ideas, including disdain for those who the author, a paradise resident, loved differently than we did, and discounting science; his disdain for other races and is a wildlife biologist genders; his support of torture; and the demeaning I thought we had. It’s not that we with 50 years of names he uses to describe those with whom he haven’t had conflicting political field experience. disagrees. views. Alternative views stimuDo you really want him as your American role late the thought process and often model for the rest of the world? Are you satisfied result in the finding of common that only he can “fix” things, even if he hasn’t ground based on moral values and common sense. produced plans of any kind? If so, I would have to But Donald Trump is not an alternative view. He is neither a conservative nor a progressive nor a moder- say you have lost your minds.

I don’t recall a time I have felt so saddened. □ ate. He meets all the criteria of a sociopathic being here are people I know—some for almost a life-

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EpiPen Auto-Injector, the potentially life-saving device that provides a measured dose of epinephrine for severe allergic reactions (see “Anaphylactic sticker shock,” Healthlines, by Howard Hardee).

After having an anaphylactic reaction to a bee sting, Hardee paid $630 for a package of two EpiPens. Later, he discovered that two EpiPens cost $57 in 2010 and, in fact, the price has been rising steadily since Mylan, a Pennsylvania-based pharmaceutical company, bought the trademark in 2007—despite the product remaining basically the same. Moreover, at this time, the company is the only one making such a device. That effective monopoly has created a monster.

Hardee’s experience isn’t unique. People with severe allergies have been similarly gouged across the country. Many have protested on social media over the past several weeks, leading EpiPen to become the subject of a national media firestorm. It was only fueled by revelations that Mylan CEO Karen Bresch’s salary had risen from $2.5 million nine years ago to $19 million today.

Facing extreme pressure, in a statement on Monday (Aug. 29), Mylan announced plans to roll out a generic version of its own product. The generic EpiPens will have a list price of $300 and “be identical to the branded product, including device functionality and drug formulation,” the statement reads.

It’s a good step, though the product will still be out of reach for many consumers while Mylan’s profit margin remains obscene. Kits of epinephrine and a syringe cost about $10.

The takeaway is that the citizenry can affect positive change if it’s loud enough. However, EpiPens are just the tip of the iceberg. As a nation, we need to rein in the skyrocketing price of all prescription medications. No one should have to make a choice between paying their rent and buying life-saving drugs. □

An unnecessary escalation This week’s cover story happens to be a Q&A with a couple of veteran

Chico police officers. A number of things they said during the interview struck us. First off, police officers are human beings, and their line of work is difficult—in some cases “soul-crushing,” as one of them put it.

The CN&R has a lot of respect for people who work in public safety, but we maintain that respect is a two-way street when it comes to law enforcement’s interactions with the public. Accordingly, we were encouraged to hear that those veteran officers view policing as a service industry.

That response came from a simple question: What’s the difference between a good cop and a great cop? Part of their answer: “The people out there are our customers and we should be thinking of how to provide really excellent service. It’s so easy to make encounters with people positive ones. We need to remember who we work for, and a great cop always remembers that.”

Seems like that line of thinking was not in play early Saturday morning during an incident involving three female college students. The interaction was captured on video and has been watched more than 100,000 times, including in the UK, where it was picked up by DailyMail.com. The kneejerk reaction is that the woman being detained should have complied with the officer. That’s the stance the Chico Police Department is taking. That may be true, but there’s more to this story, including many unanswered questions (see “Red flags,” Second & Flume, page 5).

We believe cooler heads could have prevailed here—especially on the part of the officer. There simply was no cause for the situation to have escalated like it did, especially over a minor traffic violation during an otherwise busy weekend. What a mess. □

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red flags The Chico Police Department’s narrative of an officer’s recent scuffle with a teenage coed raises a number of red flags. CN&R received a three-page press release prepared by Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien on Monday. The department has been in damage-control mode since video of the incident went viral over the weekend.

The short version of Officer Steve Dyke’s account is that he’d noticed a woman taking cellphone video of him assisting another officer with a DUI investigation in the wee hours of Saturday on The Esplanade. Turns out her name is Madeline Hemphill. At one point, Dyke “had to command” her to move out of the street. Dyke then saw a car without a functioning license plate light pull up to where Hemphill was standing. The Chico cop reportedly didn’t know whether Hemphill got into the car.

Fast-forward about half an hour. According to O’Brien’s statement, Dyke then pulls over a vehicle without an operational light two blocks from that DUI stop. The driver of the vehicle, Nicole Braham, is at the center of the video in question. What the footage shows is Braham cringing and crying out from Dyke’s restraining technique.

Hemphill is also at the scene. Based on the chief’s report, Dyke recognizes her from their earlier encounter. In the video, she’s heard repeatedly asking the mid-30s lawman why he’s detaining Braham: “What did she do, officer?” Eventually, Dyke flips the flailing 19-year-old Braham on the ground and sits with his knee in her back. Moments later, at Dyke’s command, Hemphill is arrested off camera by other officers who arrive, presumably as back-up. The video is captured by a third woman, who pleads with an unnamed officer that Dyke is “being super aggressive for no reason.”

The press release says that Braham and 21-year-old Hemphill (both Chico State students) were arrested for “resisting and delaying a peace officer.” It notes that Hemphill had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of .141.

Questions: Why determine Hemphill’s BAC? After all, she’s of legal drinking age and wasn’t driving. Perhaps to undermine her credibility? Does the department have a record of Dyke calling into dispatch his traffic stop on Braham over that inoperable light? She maintains she was never actually pulled over.

Other sketchy stuff: The press release says “Hemphill lost her phone during the arrest.” Not true, she says. In an email to CN&R, Hemphill says she was tackled to the ground; her phone immediately confiscated. (Hemphill had been filming Dyke during this incident as well. She even tells him she’s doing so.) The next day, after her release from jail, she went to the department to retrieve her iPhone and was reportedly told it was being kept as evidence in her case.

Hemphill says whoever has the device has tampered with it.

Her Apple ID log-in has been changed and her Find My iPhone app disabled, according to emailed alerts. She believes the police are claiming the phone is lost because it contains video of them using excessive force.

Given that Hemphill filmed both incidents and Dyke was aware of her doing so, it seems unlikely the phone would simply vanish. In the video, he is clearly annoyed by Hemphill. “Take her to jail,” he yells at one point.

The whole fiasco warrants a thorough investigation, including finding out what’s on that phone

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

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Garbage issue Re “Fuera Trump!” (Cover story, by Bert Johnson, Aug. 25): After reading and enjoying the Chico News & Review for many years, today was a first for me. After picking up my weekly copy, I got home, reviewed the cover and headline stories, and, without even opening the edition, threw it in the garbage.

Let me start by saying, I’ve been witness to American politics for over 50 years, from the Kennedys to the Obamas and everyone in between.

And it is without reservation that I say that the current two presidential candidates are, far and away, the worst two candidates that this country, and voters, have ever been witness to.

Now, CN&R, if you choose to trash and bash Donald Trump, understandable and no problem! But do not delegitimize yourself as a reliable and resourceful political reference by not providing equal time to Hillary Clinton and the very dark history of undisputable lies, crimes and cheating that both she and her husband have lived.

Voters who took part in the ’90s elections, and followed the Clintons’ rise to power, know exactly which instances and events I am referring to.

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More on Trump The choice between Trump and Clinton is not one of bad versus good.

It is a case of an especially bad candidate versus a competent, unpopular candidate. I am one of those who dislike Clinton. I find her inauthentic, grating and manipulative.

Still, of the two candidates, she is the more experienced and knowledgeable, and she is not nearly as likely to put her foot in her mouth. Trump’s gaffes are extremely worrisome. One might be forgiven, a series cannot.

In fact, his gaffes may not be gaffes.

They present as something other than silly, spontaneous expressions of sloppy thinking. They seem indicative of deep conviction, which people worldwide find frightening.

Trump is worse than the bad he appears; Clinton is not as nice and LETTERS c o n t i n u e d

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 straightforward as she would have us believe. Nonetheless, Clinton is the preferred choice. We dare not risk electing a president whose bizarre exclamations are antithetical to the First, Fourth, Fifth and Eighth amendments. Furthermore, if elected, one shudders to think of Trump’s shoot-from-the-hip responses to international disputes.

Do we want more failed, hugely expensive, prolonged, unnecessary wars? I don’t think so.

William Todd-Mancillas Chico

I know school has started and many English teachers are preparing assignments for students for the new year. I suggest a compare and contrast assignment of significant countrymen in the last century. Perhaps “I have a dream”

by Martin Luther King Jr. versus “I have no imagination” by Donald J. Trump would be a consideration.

Have fun, kids!

Jeff Straub Chico

‘Even more corrupt’ Re “On toddler Trump” (Letters,

by Kenneth B. Keith, Aug. 25): Mr. Keith is wrong that this country is doing so much better under President Obama and under Hillary Clinton’s same policies.

The GDP, which is the rate of real economic growth under Obama, has never reached 3 percent. In fact, it has just averaged 1.32 percent under Obama.

Recent data from United States Department of Agriculture show that 43.3 million Americans receive food stamps and that the median household income is a mere $53,657, which has remained about the same for the last two years after years of decline. The poverty rate is steady, with 46.7 million Americans in poverty compared with 46.3 million in 2013. More than 1 in 5 American children are born into poverty.

Seven years after the Great Recession, based on the GDP, the recovery is the weakest of the postWWII era!

A vote for Clinton will be more of the same, yet even more corrupt.

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including Saudi Arabia—a country that treats women as second-class citizens and kills gays!

Jess Furtado Corning

Even more Trump Re “Three on The Donald” (Letters,

by Renee Renaud, Aug. 11): Ever since you printed my last letter about Donald Trump in which I said, “Donald makes me laugh,” people have been asking me how I can laugh about him.

My answer: “It’s easy, just say out loud, ‘Donald Trump for president?’ Then take a deep breath while raising your arms over your head, bend over and go, ‘ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!’” Keep doing it a few more times until the absurdity of it has you laughing for real.

Mark Twain said, “The human race has only one truly effective weapon and that is laughter.”

Subversive laughter has been used against demagogues and dictators in many countries. Let’s use it to counteract Trump. I think we need to start Donald Trump Laughter Clubs all over America and maybe the world.

Renee Renaud Chico

‘Painful memories’ Re “It’s called social responsibility” (Guest comment, by Beau Grosscup, Aug. 25): Wow. Professor Grosscup’s column brought back painful memories. His analysis reminds me of the PC movement that was running crazy in the 1980s by the Reagan administration when it referred to its nuclear weapon delivery systems as “Peacekeepers,” “Minutemen” and “Patriots.” And who can forget all those “communists” in Central America when the CIA trained their “freedom fighters” to butcher farmers (and their families), teachers, students, health workers, doctors and nuns!

John Martin Chico

The doctor says Re “Anaphylactic sticker shock” (Heathlines, by Howard Hardee, Aug. 25): I applaud the CN&R for covering how pharmaceutical companies

gouge patients on life-saving medication.

The article raises another issue about using resources on hand.

Obviously, I am happy the author made it to the hospital safely and received the treatment he needed, but I want to point out he was very fortunate.

A person is in anaphylaxis when at least two physiological systems are affected by exposure to an allergen. The distinction between “severe” and “full-blown” is descriptive versus medical; perhaps he meant he was not in anaphylactic shock.

Either way, getting behind the wheel during anaphylaxis poses a serious risk. The driver’s condition could escalate with the vehicle in motion. A loss of consciousness and ability to control the car can lead to an accident causing injury or even death, yours or others’.

If you start experiencing an allergic reaction and don’t have someone to take you to the hospital, always call 911—and if you have an EpiPen or epinephrine, don’t hesitate to use it as directed.

Paramedics may be able to treat you; if they have to take you to the hospital, you’ll get treatment there that can save your life, without putting anyone else’s life in danger.

Amy Dolinar Chico

Editor’s note: The author is a pediatrician.

Pet helpers speak up Paradise Animal Shelter Helpers (PASH) would like to raise awareness about the recommendations from the 2015-16 grand jury regarding animal shelters in Butte County.

The grand jury noted that all of the Butte County shelters have capable, dedicated staffs, and most shelters were adequate in relation to need. However, they did find several things lacking in the Paradise shelter: 1) the Paradise facility is small and in need of renovation and expansion, 2) there needs to be greater separation between cats and dogs, 3) sick animals need to be quarantined more effectively, and 4) the hours the shelter is open to the public are inadequate compared with other facilities.

As a longtime volunteer at the shelter, I know that these are

critical issues that need to be addressed. I have seen first-hand the stress endured by cats who are continuously exposed to the sight and sound of barking dogs.

I have seen disease outbreaks in which large numbers of cats had to be euthanized. PASH recognizes that there are many competing priorities for funding, but surely the town of Paradise can find ways to address the critical needs of the animal shelter.

Ellen Michels, PASH board member Paradise

‘More Feminism 101’ Re “Try a little reality” (Letters, by Sherrie Quammen, Aug. 25): Female supremacist Sherrie Quammen just ain’t gonna peek at rabid consumerism and its role in environmental collapse; it doesn’t square with her dogma.

Instead, we get more boilerplate Feminism 101 and a claim that it’s a dearth of women in high places that’s our real problem: If/when this is remedied, we’ll be on the good green road to eco-salvation.

In 2008, we had a chance to put Sarah “Butterfly” Palin within a wingbeat of the presidency.

Sadly, we got Obama-Biden. Two years later, it was Jerry Brown vs. environmental paragon Meg Whitman. More weeping, we got Testosterone Brown. In the current presidential election, what if Carly Fiorina and Bernie Sanders emerged as the two nominees?

How tragic would it have been if Sanders took the presidency, when we might have had our first dragon lady, denier-in-chief? But, no worries: remember the joy we all felt when XY Sanders lost to XX Clinton?

With more time, we could delve into the legacy of the deeply compassionate Margaret Thatcher.

Or, the wonderful influence of Ayn Rand on the architecture of Reaganomics.

But, I’m not saying one gender has a monopoly on evil or stupidity. I’ll let Quammen make that case.

decided on issues. Who can lead us forward in the ensuing years?

By history’s measurement, we choose the Democrats. Most recently, President Obama led us out of Bush’s deep recession into a period of stability. Steady economic growth has characterized Obama’s term, in which financial markets steadied, heavy industry is recovering and unemployment is diminishing.

These huge Democratic accomplishments have proceeded largely unpublicized. In foreign affairs, Obama’s administration took a smarter approach, reversing the clumsy and disastrous Bush policy in the Middle East. Leon Panetta, Hillary Clinton and John Kerry have targeted enemy leaders (Bin Laden, etc.), and infiltrated their organizations. Domestically, we’ve had no major disasters such as 9/11.

Challenges, including climate change and restoration of the middle class economy, remain.

Again, Democrats are best equipped to overcome these pervasive problems. All 17 Republican presidential candidates (and LaMalfa locally) deny the existence of climate change, and offer only trickle-down economics.

As we move toward Nov. 8, our best guideposts are historical. Who has accomplished most in preceding decades? My perspective says it’s the Democrats, who’ve given us the Marshall Plan, voting rights, the Great Society, and the last president (Bill Clinton) to balance the federal budget.

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Correction An editorial in the Aug. 25 issue (see “City shouldn’t play favorites) incorrectly stated that the city of Chico had previously allowed community groups to use council chambers for free. In fact, the city charged a nominal fee of $29 per hour, plus ancillary fees. We apologize for the error, which has been corrected online. —ed.

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The Chico branch of the Butte County Library has been closed on Mondays since July 2015.

That’s going to change starting on Sept. 6, according to a county press release. The library will add 14 hours of operation each week— including on Mondays.

The additional hours were included as part of the 2016-17 budget approved by the county Board of Supervisors in June. The new hours are: Sunday, 1-5 p.m.; Monday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tuesday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.; and FridaySaturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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A local woman faces multiple felony charges related to her alleged sexual relationship with an underage student at Fair View High School.

Jessica Jolene Hays, 40, was a yard duty supervisor at the school when she allegedly began a sexual tryst with a 16-year-old student, District Attorney Mike Ramsey told the CN&R. The student reportedly moved in with Hays and her three children sometime last year. The couple used methamphetamine and cannabis together, Ramsey said.

Hays gave birth to a baby girl in July believed to be fathered by the student, now 17 years old, Ramsey said, though a paternity test has not been conducted. The baby is in foster care.

Acting on a tip, Chico Police arrested Hays on Aug. 26, Ramsey said. She faces felony counts of unlawful sex with a minor, furnishing a controlled substance to a minor and furnishing marijuana to a minor older than 14 years old. She pleaded not guilty on Wednesday (Aug. 31).

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The men were reportedly arguing with Thomas Franklin Hammitt (pictured), who allegedly shot them and drove off in a “black, lifted truck.”

Hammitt, 45, is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall with a shaved head, blue eyes and many tattoos.

“Hammitt is considered armed and dangerous,” the release reads. Anyone with information regarding his location is encouraged to call Det. John Salzone at 538-2448.

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Dungeon raid shines light on concentrated cannabis Dungeon tobacco shop is just the latest Levent highlighting the proliferation of conast week’s raid of downtown Chico’s

centrated marijuana production in the area.

In 2015, law enforceby ment seized 56 butane Meredith J. honey oil (BHO) labs Cooper in Butte County and m e re d i t h c @ in Chico alone, there n ew srev i ew. c o m were three BHO lab explosions. This past June, the City Council answered the call to do something about it, voting to restrict the sale of butane to 600 mL per person every 30 days.

The raid, which ended in the arrest of four people charged with the unlawful sale of drug-manufacturing equipment, was the result of a nearly year-long investigation by the Butte Interagency Narcotics Task Force.

“Word was that they were a significant source of butane, and also that there’d been butane labs, complete butane labs, sold there,” explained Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey. “Sure enough, this store was a source of the rather sophisticated, scientific equipment designed specifically to process butane honey oil to turn it into a wax, almost into a rock candy called shatter.”

Prosecutors hope to convince a judge that the owners and employees at the family-run business (Mahmoud, Nizar, Ehab and Iyad Saeidah) sold the equipment with

the knowledge that it would be used to manufacture honey oil, Ramsey said.

So, what is honey oil? For those who do not

consume cannabis either medicinally or recreationally, this substance might sound dirty and less desirable than the green plant everyone is familiar with, if for no other reason than it is so often associated with butane, the gas you would find inside a Bic lighter.

But honey oil by itself, so named because its color and consistency are much like honey, is merely a concentrated form of cannabis. Because it’s concentrated, it often contains very high levels of THC (the psychoactive compound in marijuana).

It can be heated and inhaled, either directly or through a vape pen, or it can be further refined for use in edibles, lotions or balms.

In large-scale production facilities, the solvent most commonly used to extract the chemical compounds from the plant is carbon dioxide. Butane is used just as easily—and much more cheaply.

“Concentrated cannabis is the future of cannabis,” said Sid Brolin (not his real name), whose company creates extracts using C02. He preferred to not go on the record because of the pending state of laws in California regarding medicinal cannabis manufacturing permits and licenses; using concentrated cannabis is currently legal for medical marijuana users, and the products are available at dispensaries.

“There’s a greater degree of transparency with respect to what you’re consuming [with concentrates],” Brolin said. “All of our products are lab-tested so they’re consistent. They’re tested for pesticides, which are removed, and any chemical components in the product itself.

“Over the course of the last couple years, it’s become the fastest-growing segment of the market.”

Jessica MacKenzie, director of the Inland Cannabis Farmers’ Association, gave further insight into the popular form of cannabis and how it’s manufactured.

“Making butane honey oil is a highly dangerous thing to do, because butane is highly volatile. That should be done in a laboratory,” she said. One of the problems associated with BHO labs is that they are often created in unsafe environments, such as garages and sheds that contain other materials that could easily ignite.

“The gas is heavier than air and pools in low-lying areas near possible ignition sources,” Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien told the Chico City Council in June.

Indeed, most people agree that using butane to concentrate cannabis is both dangerous and unhealthy.

“With concentrates, like honey oil, if you do the process well, you’ll inhale vapors but you’re not getting all the particulate matter [that you would find in smoking the plant],” MacKenzie explained.

When it comes to butane extraction, however, it’s nearly impossible, especially considering most BHO labs are clandestine, to ensure that no butane remains in the oil. “If it’s got butane in it, and you’re not successfully getting all the butane out of it, then where’s the benefit?” she said.

Back to the Saeidah family. the raid and

its aftermath were not entirely straightforward, which makes their situation notable. For one, the initial incident yielded three arrests, of the elder Nizar (43) and Mahmoud (34), as well as 21-year-old Ehab.

Turns out, Ehab’s arrest was not part of the plan. He’d been confused with his younger brother, Iyad.

“Ehab rather convincingly denied having had contact with the undercover agent, but then made other admissions that caused him to be arrested,” Ramsey explained. “Later the next day, when Iyad was popping off on television, the undercover agent happened to be watching. He said, ‘That’s the guy I had talked to.’”

Iyad had been part of a small protest group gathered outside the Dungeon following the raid and initial arrests. He was interviewed on Action News Now, and was filmed threatening the television station’s management. A CN&R reporter was on the scene the following day, interviewing protesters, when Iyad returned. Thinking the CN&R reporter was with the same TV crew, he again expressed anger, this time saying, “I might just come down and shoot a whole motherfucking news station ...”

The CN&R reported the threat. Iyad subsequently turned himself in to police and has been charged in connection to the honey oil equipment as well as for making criminal threats.

None of the Dungeon employees were charged with selling butane, though the undercover agent was buying “master cases,” which include 96 cans each, of the gas, according to Ramsey.

He said the sale took place before the law restricting butane sales passed in Chico.

As Iyad told Action News Now, selling the honey oil machines is very common, Brolin said. “Everybody sells that shit. You won’t find it at a professional dispensary, but so many head shops sell that equipment. There is nothing special about these guys,” he said. “My hope for them is that they don’t face any criminal charges, just some really serious fines. It’s dumb—you shouldn’t have butane laying around, selling it to kids who are going to blow themselves up.” □

not on their watch North state sheriffs oppose gun and ammo control initiative 63—a set of gun and ammunition control measures advanced by Lt. PGov.roposition Gavin Newsom—has been dubbed the

“Safety for All Act of 2016” by its proponents. But Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea and other North State sheriffs say the initiative on the Nov. 8 ballot could have an opposite effect on public safety.

“My chief concern is it will not achieve the stated goal of reducing violence and saving lives,” Honea said. “I think instead what it will do is negatively impact thousands and thousands of law-abiding citizens.”

Honea and Sheriffs Tom Bosenko (Shasta County) and Mike Poindexter (Modoc County) participated in a telephone press conference Monday (Aug. 29) to express their disapproval for the initiative.

Prop. 63 aims to affect wide-ranging changes to ammunition sales and law enforcement policies regarding the possession of firearms. These include background checks and Department of Justice authorization to buy ammo; that most ammunition sales be done through DOJ-licensed vendors who will be authorized to report sales; prohibition on the possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines; that lost or stolen firearms be reported to law enforcement; prohibiting a person convicted of stealing firearms from possessing them; establishing new procedures to strip felons of firearms at the time of conviction; and requiring the DOJ to provide information about people prohibited to own firearms to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

The California State Sheriffs’ Association and several other law enforcement groups oppose the initiative, but the Prop. 63 camp

names a dozen law enforcement officials who support the law.

One is Marin County District Attorney Edward Berberian, who said arguments that the initiative won’t reduce violence and criminalize legal behavior oversimplify a complicated issue.

“In no way do I support infringing on people’s Constitutional rights, but we do need some reasonable restrictions when it comes to firearms,” Berberian said during a phone conversation. “We have way more guns on the street than anyone could reasonably need. Lt. Gov. Newsom’s attempts to address that problem [with Prop. 63] are viable and reasonable.”

“There will always be certain people who follow the [National Rifle Association’s] lead and automatically oppose all commonsense reforms to reduce gun violence,” said Dan Newman, spokesman for the Safety for All initiative, in an email. “But most Californians, including many in law enforcement, support Newsom’s initiative to keep guns and ammo from dangerous people. In fact, key provisions in the initiative to ensure people who steal guns cannot own them, and that lost and stolen guns are reported to law enforcement, were drafted at the specific request of law enforcement leaders.”

SIFT ER Food pics spur trips Before unfriending someone for filling your social media thread with pictures of what they had for lunch on vacation, consider that those pictures may have a positive impact on the economy. So says a study on food tourism conducted by Chico State professor Matthew Stone of the school’s Department of Recreation, Hospitality and Parks Management. The study polled more than 2,500 travelers from 10 countries. It found that more than 75 percent of leisure travelers have chosen a destination based on its food or beverages, while 80 percent said culinary adventures help them connect with the culture in the places they visit. For more results, see the full report at the World Food Travel Association website (worldfoodtravel.org).

Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea says Proposition 63 unduly burdens responsible, legal gun owners.

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Honea said he believes enforcing Prop. 63

would divert resources from already overburdened law enforcement organizations by criminalizing things that are currently legal.

He used the prohibition of high-capacity magazines as an example. Currently, the sale of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds is illegal in the state, but it’s legal to possess them if you owned one prior to Jan. 1, 2000.

“Certainly, it’s possible that criminals have imported high-capacity magazines, but if they’re willing to do that under existing laws, they’re willing to do it under any law we pass,” Honea said. “I don’t see a problem with law-abiding citizens who are in possession of high-capacity magazines that were lawfully acquired and lawfully possessed.”

Bosenko said overseeing bullet sales likewise burdens law enforcement with additional responsibilities—“It’s basically being the ammunition police,” he said—and noted the initiative calls for more law enforcement attention but doesn’t provide funding.

Honea said he’d rather see resources directed to the underlying causes of violence, such as addressing the needs of people suffering from mental illness who have the potential to harm others. Unlike Bosenko and Poindexter, he stopped short of labeling the law an infringement on Second Amendment rights: “I think it’s a bad initiative, but in my view there’s a clear separation of [judicial and law enforcement] responsibilities and it’s not my place to determine that,” he said.

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has grown accustomed to uphill battles. But after losing to Wally Herger in 2010 and Doug LaMalfa in 2012, he says there’s a different slope in 2016.

“Four years ago, when I’d talk to somebody and they’d appreciate my point of view, they’d say, ‘But I can’t vote for you, gotta vote for Doug LaMalfa, because I had this problem when he was in the Assembly and his office took care of it for me,’” Reed said Saturday morning (Aug. 27) at the ribboncutting dedication of the Butte County Democratic Party’s campaign headquarters in Chico.

“Now it’s just the opposite.”

Up and down District 1, from his hometown of Redding to Yuba City, Reed says he’s getting a better reception. In Assembly District 3, covering some of the same territory, fellow Democrat Ed Ritchie also sees encouraging signs in his bid to oust incumbent James Gallagher.

In those races and locally, Democrats feel more bullish this year—a mood reflected by the participants and crowd Saturday.

The hour-plus event drew seven candidates, two TV news crews and around 115 attendees. Though Chico Democrats picketed the grand opening of the GOP’s Chico campaign center on the previous Saturday, Republicans did not return the favor.

There were no protests, no restrictions on the media, no ejection of reporters.

Candidates endorsed by Butte County Democratic Party groups ceremonially open the Chico campaign center last Saturday (Aug. 27). From left: Ed Ritchie, Mike Worley, Tami Ritter, Jim Reed, Ann Schwab, Randall Stone and Karl Ory. PHOTO BY EVAN TUCHINSKY

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The Democrats’ affair matched its low-key setting: an office built as a house in a quintessential Chico neighborhood on Rio Lindo Avenue. The group that assembled in the front yard kept a cordial tone, apart from a few momentary bursts of exultation.

“The Republican Party gave us a gift,” Reed told the audience.

“Are we going to take advantage of this gift?”

“Yeah!” came the reply.

“Yeah!”

Reed was referring to presidential nominee Donald Trump, who looms large over GOP politics and has the support of LaMalfa.

City Councilwoman Ann Schwab was present, along with the other Democrat-endorsed council candidates: fellow incumbents Tami Ritter and Randall Stone, and challenger Karl Ory. Running for her fourth term, Schwab anticipates that interest in the presidential election will spill over to her race, she told the CN&R. “I get a strong feeling people do not want to have Trump in office … so I see a lot of motivation for people to get out and vote,” Schwab said. “A strong turnout for president helps all

those on the ballot, and having voters know they can really make a difference in Chico helps the voter turnout for the City Council.”

Candidates at the ribbon-cutting—

Ory, Reed, Ritchie, Ritter, Schwab, Stone and Mike Worley, a Chico Area Recreation and Park District board incumbent—all received endorsements from the Butte County Democratic Party and the two affiliated local groups participating, Chico Democrats and the Democratic Action Club of Chico.

Reed and Ritchie came to pay respects to a city and county where each fared well in the June 7 primary. Reed beat LaMalfa in Butte County (34 percent to 33.3 percent) while Ritchie came within 7 percent of Gallagher countywide (53 percent to 46.7 percent).

Ritchie is a first-time Assembly candidate who serves on Yuba County levees and fair boards. He visited Butte County repeatedly before the primary and now is concentrating efforts elsewhere.

“We exceeded our goals in the primary,” he told the CN&R, “did better than past Democrats.”

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“I definitely have admiration and affection for my colleagues that are running in the election; that’s all of it, really,” he said.

“This isn’t about collaboration.

We’re excited to be endorsed by the Democratic Party, so that’s great for us, but we’re all independent candidates.”

If not officially aligned, the four are ideologically aligned, and for that reason Ritter encouraged voting for all four after Stone noted the 4-to-3 conservative majority doesn’t allow them “to get done what you want to get done.” As an example, Ritter pointed to the city’s Climate Action Plan—policies to implement for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.

Ritter also highlighted one of the laurels claimed by conservatives, balancing the city budget, as an accomplishment attributable to progressives—namely the 5-to-2 majority during her first two years on the council (2013-14). Asked afterward for elaboration on policies, she cited hiring City Manager Mark Orme, reorganizing City Hall to cut operating expenses and paying down the deficit.

Ory, a former mayor (1983-85) who served eight years on the council, has remained active in Chico politics by championing local causes such as keeping the Saturday farmers’ market at its current location and moving Chico Scrap Metal from its current location. He mentioned both issues at the ribbon-cutting but focused his speech on his father, a union worker, whose symbolic hammer he displayed.

“I’ll take my turn with the dishes,” Ory said, pledging to work hard for Democrats/progressives.

As the event drew to a close, he told the CN&R: “I don’t think we can stand two more years of tea party conservative control of the council.... It’s not the Chico I know.”

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the Butte Creek Ecological Preserve Tareupvaried and picturesque. With steep can-

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yon walls providing a backdrop, the terrain is lush and green near the creek, rocky above the flood plain—the site used to be a gravel quarry—and overrun with thorny, invasive plants like star thistle and goat’s head.

In that high and dry area, there’s a demonstration garden featuring drought-tolerant manzanita, ceanothus and wild rose plants native to the North State. Jon Aull knows many of the plants on a somewhat personal level, he says, because he helped put them in the ground 15 years ago as a parks and natural resource management student at Chico State.

Now he’s the ecological reserves research and education coordinator for the university’s Research Foundation. During the CN&R’s recent tour of the preserve, Aull, soft-spoken and knowledgeable, produced interesting facts about seemingly every shrub and tree, even scrubby specimens most people wouldn’t look at twice. In particular, he discussed the plants as food—what tastes good, what’s merely edible, what’s poisonous and what can be used as natural health remedies.

“There’s very little out here that will make you sick if you eat just a little bit,” he said. “If you eat a lot of some things, like acorns, you’ll get sick.” He’s even heard of forest workers eating small amounts of poison oak leaves to supposedly build up tolerance, but he would never recommend that:

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“You can also become hypersensitive to it.”

An exception, he said, is the California buckeye tree—also known as the suicide plant—which is common in Upper Bidwell Park and identifiable by the flowers, which bloom in white or pale pink clusters. The leaves fall off in the summer, leaving the otherwise bare tree with nuts that resemble pears. “Those are actually very poisonous,” he said. “Even animals don’t eat those— only squirrels. They’re somehow resistant to the toxin.”

Foragers should research wild plants before eating anything, Aull says. He recommends referencing Wild Edible Plants of North America by Donald R. Kirk.

Aull is set to lead the similarly titled Wild, Edible and Useful Plant Walk on Saturday, Sept. 10, which will cover tradi-

tional Native American and modern uses for plants found along Butte Creek. It’s one of several similar excursions slated this fall

at the Butte Creek Ecological Preserve and the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve, both of which are properties of the Research Foundation.

Aull supervised as this reporter foraged for and nibbled on stuff he’d never considered eating, such as berries from red-barked manzanita bushes and nuts from giant pine cones. Here are just a few wild plants with surprising health applications: Ceanothus: Chicoans might know this small tree, also known as the California lilac, by its musty smell. Aull recalls one student commenting that it “‘smells like an old person,’ but I like it,” he said. “It’s the smell of the foothills in the spring.” As for its practical applications, ceanothus blooms produce a lather when rubbed with water that can be used as soap.

Rose hips: The fruit on wild rose plants doesn’t taste good, but can be made into tea, which is a solid source of vitamin C and used as a mild diuretic and laxative, Aull said.

Milkweed: This herbaceous perennial is known mostly for its symbiotic relationship with the Monarch butterfly, Aull said.

However, the milky sap in the leaves can be applied to small cuts, providing a latex-like layer of protection after it’s dried. The sap is also used to treat warts. However, it’s mildly poisonous when consumed—so don’t eat it.

Soaproot: Covered in coarse brown fibers that resemble broom bristles, the soaproot is common in Upper Park and Butte Creek Canyon. The bulb inside can be crushed into soap. Traditionally, the Maidu

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Plant walk:

Jon Aull will lead an easy (and free) hike at the butte Creek ecological preserve on saturday, sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. space is limited to 20 participants. to reserve a spot, email jaull@csuchico.edu. Look up big Chico Creek ecological preserve on Facebook for information on future hikes.

wasp eggs are easily split open, and the juice inside has been used as—wait for it—an eyewash to treat infections or inflammation.

“Just smash it up and it rub on your eye,” Aull said.

Yerba santa: Not to be confused with the trendy tea ingredient yerba mate, this evergreen shrub’s resinous leaves are traditionally used to treat coughs and rheumatism. The leaves taste bitterly unpleasant but, as Aull explained, they’re good for brewing medicinal teas and don’t necessarily make for a treat. “There’s a difference between something that’s edible and something that actually tastes good,” he said, laughing. “There’s edible, and then there’s choice.” □

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used the soap not only to bathe, but to stupefy fish in the creek as well, Aull said. “They would dam the creek when the salmon were running, trap them in a pool and then take the soaproot, mash it up and toss it in the creek. The soap would get in the fishes’ gills and asphyxiate them, and they’d float to the top.”

California coffeeberry: This flowering plant is common in oak woodlands. The berries, useful as a laxative, can be eaten or mashed up along with the plant’s leaves for brewing tea. Aull shared a theory about the plant’s evolutionary history—that bears are critical for its reproduction. “Bear scat is just full of these berries,” he said. “The bear eats them and doesn’t make it very far, so wherever the bear passes the seeds should be good habitat for the coffeeberry.”

Oak galls: These abnormalities on oak leaves, twigs or branches usually are the trees’ reactions to various insect infestations. The white, bulbous galls caused by

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GREEN Zach Cahill is a student herdsman in the dairy unit at Chico State’s University Farm.

milking it Chico State’s organic dairy program celebrates 10 years of success story and photo by

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t was 8 a.m. on a recent Wednesday at the

University Farm, and 80 Jersey-cross cows were making their way from their milking stations back onto a fresh pasture to graze.

Darby Heffner, the farm’s organic dairy manager, and Zach Cahill, a student herdsman, rode golf carts alongside them, just checking in.

“We try to get as much fresh grass to them as possible,” Heffner said. “It’s by far our cheapest feed, and we are so lucky to have irrigation. The soil is phenomenal.”

A chorus of “moos” rang out as if in agreement.

Heffner has been managing the University Farm’s dairy unit since it became organic a decade ago—after 40 years of being run traditionally. Cynthia Daley, a professor in the College of Agriculture and director of the dairy program, said the switch was needed to keep the operation financially solvent. It also put Chico State on the cutting edge, distinguishing it as the second organic dairy on a university campus in the country.

(The only one before it was at the University of New Hampshire.)

Switching to organic certainly had its risks, Heffner said.

“Ten years ago, the organic movement was not as big as it is today,” she said.

“Now it’s the first thing you see in Costco.

It was a new, different thing—some people thought we were crazy. We were kind of nervous, too.”

The conversion took several years, as everything from the grass the cows eat to their living environment to the care they receive when they’re sick had to be amended.

“We are not allowed to treat them with antibiotics,” Heffner said, explaining some of the guidelines they must abide by to maintain organic certification by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “We aren’t

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allowed to use hormones to sync their heat.

With them being organic, it’s required they eat a certain amount of grass, 30 percent of their diet.”

The cows also get more roaming time than those at traditional dairies, Daley said.

“The cows are all out on grass 24/7. That’s her physiology; that’s how she’s built. We improved the animal welfare situation at the dairy.”

To date, about 75 students have completed

the organic dairy program, Heffner said.

Each semester, the dairy unit hires 10 student workers who learn to feed, inseminate and milk the cows as well as how to irrigate and seed the fields for grazing. Through all of it, they learn the fundamentals of organic dairy farming management and science.

Cahill is this semester’s student herdsman, a management position. A junior studying agriculture business, Cahill is from Ferndale, where his family runs its own organic dairy farm. Thus far, he said, he’s learned new technology that will help him when he returns to his family farm, and holding the herdsman position gives him management skills he didn’t have before.

Beyond that, it’s fun.

“This is where I made the vast majority of my friends,” he said. “It’s my social life and my work life, so when you combine those, it makes for a pretty good time.”

Students who go through the program gain real and vital experience, Daley said.

She said that a number of them have gone

on to manage organic farms, become veterinarians or return to the classroom as teachers, and that one alumna is even working as a cattle geneticist. In addition to classroom work and time spent working hands-on at the farm, there are opportunities to learn from real dairy producers during schoolsponsored field trips that showcase the latest science in herd health, soil, grazing and grass. Learning from experts and interacting with other students, Cahill said, makes the program special.

Cahill recalled attending a convention in Corvallis, Ore., as particularly rewarding.

“There were about 100 people there,” he said. “You got to meet a bunch of producers and representatives from the dairy industry.

To bring all these students to experience that is great.”

The dairy unit comprises just a small portion of activity at the University Farm, which also includes row crops, organic vegetables and several animal units. Many of them work together to support each other.

For instance, the farm breeds its own cattle.

The females are kept as replacements for the dairy herd, while the males are separated into bulls, which are sold, and steers, which are used for meat, much of which is sold locally. Milk from the dairy is sold to Organic West, a Modesto-based dairy company. It’s always been a goal to be able to sell milk and cheeses from the dairy program locally, with the school’s wildcat mascot proudly displayed on the packaging. It’s just a matter of finding the funding, Daley

said. In the meantime, Chico State’s dairy program will continue to move forward, promoting organic milk production and sending experienced graduates out into the world.

“That’s why we do this. We are very passionate about [organic farming],” Daley said.

“I think it’s important that smaller producers look at value-added and sustainable farming practices going forward.” □

ECO EVENT Warrior of The Wind When the animated Japanese film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind premiered in 1984, it was lauded by international green organization the World Wildlife fund for nature for its focus on environmental themes. More than three decades later, it is still heralded as a classic of the animé genre for both its artistic and ideological merit. A screening of the film will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, at Chico State’s ayres hall, room 106. There is a $3 suggested donation to attend the screening, which is part as part of the weekly University film Series. For more information, call 899-7921.

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the good doctor Celebrating one’s 98th birthday would certainly seem like a noteworthy event. But for Chico veterinarian Dr. Paul Wise, Sept. 5, the day he turns 98—“if I make it,” he cautions with a laugh—is just another day on the job. A veteran who served during World War II, Wise graduated from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University in 1950. He went on to own his own practice in Orange County for many years before “retiring” to Magalia in 1976. He was hired part-time at Evers Veterinary Hospital in Chico shortly after that, where he’s been a veterinarian, mentor and, by all accounts, a genuine character ever since.

What’s your secret to longevity?

I think it’s never catch something that the doctors can’t cure.

How long have you been a veterinarian?

Since 1950. About 66 years.

How have things changed over the years?

When I came out of veterinary school, we thought we were practicing real modern medicine because we wore rubber gloves when we did surgery. Before that, they were doing surgery bare-handed. When I graduated from school, primarily you

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did your diagnosis at the exam table by what you saw, what you felt and what you heard. If you needed laboratory work done, you had to collect a specimen and mail it to some college and wait for them to run it and mail it back, and by that time, the patient would be either dead or over it. Now, we do laboratory work right here in the clinic. It’s more of an exact science now.

Why did you decide to start working again after you sold your practice and moved up here?

We bought two lots. My idea was I’d build a house on the one and put a little veterinary clinic on the other. But I got to thinking, “If I build a clinic up here, I’m right back to where I was.” So I did nothing for a year; never picked up a scalpel or a syringe. My wife told me

one day, “I’m gonna tell you like Casey Stengel’s wife told him: I married you for better or for worse, but not for lunch every day.” So I took a hint that maybe she wanted me out of the house some of the time.

How long do you plan to keep working?

As long as I can get up and down the hill. As long as I have a driver’s license to get from there to here. Who knows? Tomorrow maybe, or 10 years from now.

Once, I was asked, “If you had your choice in how you’d die, what would you prefer?” And I said, “Well, let’s see. I would prefer to be shot by a jealous husband at about 105.” Maybe I’ll make it 110. But so far, no jealous husbands.

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New restaurants are always fun to check out, so it really wasn’t all that surprising when CN&R Editor Melissa Daugherty and I pulled into the parking lot of Hudson’s Gastropub last Friday evening to find it nearly full. We actually had to have our names written on a list—it’s been a long while since I’ve had to do that in Chico.

The weather that night was nice, so we happily accepted a table on the outdoor patio, which is covered by swanky awnings. The chairs out there were clearly built for tall people, which I, at 5-foot-2, am not—so I had to sort of sit on the edge if I didn’t want my legs to dangle. Oh, well.

I’d been waiting for the announcement of Hudson’s opening ever since I heard about the place a few months ago. It took over the space formerly occupied by Panighetti’s in the shopping center at the corner of The Esplanade and Lassen Avenue. It’s the newest venture for local restaurateur Christian Steinbach, whose namesake is Christian Michaels Ristorante (he also owns California Pasta Productions).

The menu at Hudson’s is upscale comfort food, including a number of specialty burgers and pizzas. We ordered the duck quesadilla to share, and it was definitely a little different. Tasty but not quite crispy enough for me. Melissa got the wedge salad, which comes with bacon, gorgonzola, fried onion strings and tomatoes. And I had to try the mac and cheese, with the optional short ribs and fried onion topping. The salad was good, but the mac and cheese was epic—my only complaint was that the tiny bowl made it difficult to get both meat and mac in the same bite.

For the time being, Hudson’s is open just for happy hour (4-6 p.m.) and dinner, but it’s expected to expand its hours soon to include lunch.

excitement on tHe Horizon I’ve noticed some action happening in a few spots in town and decided to look into what other new businesses are gearing up to open.

The first is over where Angelo’s Cucina Trinacria used to be at 407 Walnut St. Trucks have been parked outside; lights on inside. According to the beer and wine license for that spot, an eating establishment called Taps is in the works. I would say it’s fair to assume the place will serve beer.

The second spot that shows some promise is up the road at 2277 Nord Ave. I reached out to Joe and Valerie Perry, the owners of Libations & Co., which will be occupying the space. Joe says that, while the cafe-style restaurant is still in the early stages, their plan is to focus on locally sourced beverages. “The restaurant space we are working with is very limited, so we have decided to invite in food trucks for lunch and dinner service,” he said. “We want to have a fun and somewhat quirky family/neighborhood gathering place.” Sounds very promising, indeed! Keep an eye on www.libationsandcompany.com for updates.

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he Chico Police Department recently launched a program called “Ask a Cop,” which invites citizens to email questions about police procedures, department policy, codes and laws or more esoteric information, like the meaning of various insignias and patches on an officer’s uniform. The department curates the questions and

answers them on its official Facebook page.

The program is CPD’s latest in a series of efforts to better engage the public, as part of its ongoing “community policing” strategy, and it got us at the CN&R thinking. As community watchdogs, our staff interacts with Chico police regularly to report on crimes and keep readers abreast of what’s up in the department. However, these interactions generally are geared toward specific issues or incidents. We wanted to go a bit deeper, so we contacted the department to do our own version of Ask a Cop with the kind of inquiries we’ve had on our minds and also those we think the public may have.

We assembled a list of questions, ranging from lighthearted to serious, some about policy and procedure, but mostly about the day-to-day experience of policing our community. Then, reporter Ken

Lt. Rob Merrifield says it’s important for officers to keep “customer service” in mind.

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Smith sat down with Officer Jim Parrott, a 20-year veteran whose career with the department has included time as a beat cop, a detective, a hostage negotiator, being on the city’s first TARGET Team, and a founding member of the defunct Mounted Enforcement Team. Also present to provide some insight from a supervisor’s perspective was Lt. Rob Merrifield.

In a candid 90-minute conversation, the officers offered insight on a wide range of topics including Chico’s growing heroin problem, bike theft vigilantes, foulsmelling animal hides, the psychological toll of cop shows and the danger of being caught wearing someone else’s pants.

Here are some highlights:

Ask away: To pose your own question to the Chico Police Department, email AskaChicoCop@gmail.com.

Are those uniforms comfortable?

Officer Jim Parrott: Actually, yes.

We’ve had a lot of different ones over the years. Right now there’s a wash-and-wear synthetic version and the wool one, and I choose to wear the traditional [wool] one, just because I’m a little old school in that regard. In my career, I’ve worn a lot of different versions, from breaches and boots on my horse to a red vest on the TARGET Team to a suit and tie as a detective.

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Any advice on how to avoid having to call the police?

Parrott: The main thing the city is dealing with in recent months and years is rampant theft. People need to take basic precautions because, unfortunately, I think the time has passed when anybody in any community can leave their doors unlocked, whether it’s vehicles or residences. Certainly, leaving property in a vehicle is an enticing target to a thief, and we’re constantly responding to those calls. Nobody deserves to be the victim of a crime, but there are definitely some common sense things that can be done to avoid becoming one.

If I see someone riding a bike while steering another bike and then ducking into the bushes by the creek, should I call the police? Confront them? Yell obscenities and run away?

Parrott: We tend to discourage people from confronting people on their own. That can go well, or it can go very bad. When someone calls and indicates they’re going to get involved, we encourage them to back off and let us handle it.

[The scenario described] is typical suspicious behavior, called “ghost-riding.” But is it automatically an indication of theft? No, but there’s potential it is. So there’s certainly no problem in calling to ask us to investigate, but we won’t always be available to do it. I’ll sometimes see calls like that stacked up on the screen waiting for an officer to be available, but [when they are] an hour has passed and the person has moved along.

I contact people all the time with bikes I suspect to be stolen … like if the person can’t explain how they got it or how someone who lives in a creek can afford a $2,000 bike … and the way we verify it is to run the serial number through our database, which is a national stolen property system. But in my experience, over 90 percent of the time it comes back clear because very few people record their serial numbers. We’ve been dealing with this problem in Chico for years now, and that hasn’t improved.

I’ve spent a large part of my career at Fifth and Ivy, sitting on my horse every weekend. A party or a crowd can go from a couple hundred individuals into an organic mob in the snap of fingers.

problem. It also helps us if we need to assist, if things get out of hand. People don’t realize this, but many of the parties we shut down, we’re doing it on behalf of the folks having the party who didn’t realize they couldn’t control it. Also, we encourage people to inform as many of their neighbors as they can.

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Complete this sentence: I spend the majority of my day on the job …

—OFFICER JIM PARROTT

How do you deal with policing a legendary college party town?

Parrott: Every year, we try to do some proactive enforcement in the student neighborhoods to set the tone for what’s acceptable in this community in terms of student activities as it relates to partying and alcohol consumption. We’ve lost students over the years to alcohol overdoses and related issues, and drug abuse is a big factor, too. We try to encourage responsible use of those things.

Laws change and culture changes, but that’s something that we deal with every year.

Because of that proactivity, we often get painted as being anti-student, but the reality is we know from institutional history what sort of problems arise if we are just reactive in those areas. This first month, up through Labor Day, is really a time we’re trying to keep a lid on things and keep them from getting out of hand. I’ve spent a large part of my career at Fifth and Ivy, sitting on my horse every weekend. A party or a crowd can go from a couple hundred individuals into an organic mob in the snap of fingers. We’re aware of that, and our goals there are prevention.

Parrott: Since I’ve been back in patrol the last two years, I’d say the majority of calls I deal with have a nexus to transients.

Certain days it’s upward of 75 percent of calls, whether it’s people causing a disturbance, people camping or loitering in areas and people call and ask us to move them along. And nuisance issues like littering, alcohol consumption and drunk in public. I was a detective for six years, so there was a gap [in my time on patrol]. I’ve seen a large increase in those calls, and they’re throughout the city. Working day shift in the middle of the week, most calls have that nexus.

There’s a section in Chico’s municipal code outlawing the possession of green hides, or any stinky hides, inside the city. Ever gotten a call about that?

Parrott: I don’t even know what green hide is. You’re talking about archaic codes still on the books. I’m aware of the one that prohibits nuclear testing in the city that was adopted as a political statement, back in the ’70s or something, and obviously we have no cause to enforce it. I’m sure the hide thing was probably from over a hundred years ago and probably has something to do with the hide-tanning business. I mean, travel south to the rendering plant and you might get an idea what it’s related to.

If I’m smoking a joint on my porch and you drive by, will you stop to hassle me? How big of a priority is pot?

Parrott: Very low, and obviously that’s in response to changing laws as they relate to law enforcement, and we operate under the guidelines given us by the District Attorney’s Office. There are also issues of working with code enforcement regarding cultivation of marijuana in the city, because the city and the county have different codes. When it’s a complaint, that “a pot garden is bothering me” or “[the neighbor] smoking pot is bothering me,” we have to respond and kind of figure out what’s reasonable and what’s not.

But as far as simple possession … I can’t tell you the last time I wrote a ticket for infraction-level possession of marijuana.

Lt. Rob Merrifield: We’ve probably written more of those green hide tickets in the last year than simple possession of marijuana tickets.

Does Chico have a heroin problem?

Parrott: Yeah. It’s pretty well-documented that there’s an addiction epidemic stemming from opiate prescription medication, then moving into heroin because of the cost differential. We’re seeing a lot of heroin use, and a lot of people I’ve arrested and talked to started with Oxycontin, couldn’t afford to COP TALK C O N T I N U E D

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I want to throw a party with a live band. Any advice on how to avoid getting shut down?

Parrott: There’s no guarantee, but there are some steps we find helpful on our end.

There’s a form you can fill out to let us know you’re having a party at this location at these times, you’re having a band, you expect this many people to come, and the contact people.

It gives us a head’s up because we know who to call or contact in case there’s a complaint or

Law enforcement is Officer Jim Parrott’s second career.

He was a self-employed graphic designer before joining the city’s Citizens’ Academy in 1994 and became a sworn officer shortly after.

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maintain that and then moved on to heroin. Some people try it recreationally, but the lion’s share of people I’ve dealt with started from prescription medication. I’ve talked to lots of people who have tried [to get off opiates] for 15 or 20 years, have periods of sobriety, but that addiction is hell to kick.

At the beginning of my career, meth was a big deal, and locally cooked meth was a big issue, whereas now we see mostly meth that’s mass produced in other parts of the state. But we’d rarely see heroin. Meth is still a problem for sure, but there is definitely a significant rise in heroin use and possession.

Are there other public-safety issues you feel the public isn’t aware of?

Merrifield: Chico has a real significant issue with traffic safety that no one seems to be paying attention to. I think we’ve had eight traffic fatalities in the last year and a half … vehicles versus pedestrians, vehicles versus bicycles, and drunk drivers. But the number of people injured or killed in traffic accidents doesn’t seem to be a big issue for the community. You see stories about bicycle theft, but nobody really seems to notice how many traffic accidents we have, how many people get killed in traffic accidents, or the number of DUIs we continue to deal with.

Parrott: Another one I see is the number of people having mental health crises. I can give you an opinion that there’s a nexus between drug use and these things, but it’s a chicken-and-the-egg argument … does drug use trigger mental issues or vice versa? But when I started, we’d have to detain someone for a mental health evaluation once a month, and now it’s almost daily.

It’s really impacting a lot of resources, especially at the hospital. I think there’s some interconnectivity, these significant issues mixing together— addiction, mental health and more people homeless on the street.

Right: Officer Parrott says some days 75 percent of the calls he deals with are connected to Chico’s homeless population. photo CourteSy of ChiCo poliCe DepArtment

Far right: Officer Paul Ratto doing paperwork outside of Enloe Medical Center.

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Why, with an understaffed police department, does it seem common to see so many officers respond to minor situations?

Parrott: That’s an interesting question because it’s indicative of the difference between people’s perception of what they’re seeing and what’s really going on. In the age of social media, with everyone having the ability to comment on everything under the sun, you get a feel for the common criticisms of policing in general, and that’s one of the most common. The simple explanation is they don’t have the information we do. They’re not listening to the radio; they don’t know what the complaint or reason for the contact is.

Also, no one is sitting around waiting for a bell to ring so we can all run off from here; we’re constantly patrolling the community.

So if an officer advises he’s dealing with something, if I’m close by and available, I’ll head that direction. [If the situation is controlled], we’ll inform other officers we have enough people and they can leave.

Merrifield: A good example happened just this morning. One of our officers stopped a guy for a bicycle violation downtown.

When he contacted the guy, he was hostile, and when dispatch ran his name they saw he had a history of arrest and assaultive behavior and asked another officer to assist. I came to assist, and while dealing with this one guy, we had a big group of his friends and their pit

Parrott walks the downtown beat with Officer Carlos Jauregui.

anything out of their pockets, they say, “These aren’t my pants.” It’s become a big joke we all use. “Oh, these aren’t my pants!” It’s even more common than people saying, “I just had a couple of beers.”

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bulls just a few feet away yelling at us the whole time, saying “Fuck the police” and other stuff.

A third officer heard the [subject] over the radio being fairly aggressive and also came to help.

I don’t think anyone expects the police to go one-on-one with everybody they meet. Just for our own safety, we’re looking out for each other. If I see Jim has someone pulled over, I’m not gonna just drive by and yell, “Good luck with that, Jim!” I’m probably going to pull over and see if he needs any help. Even if I don’t do anything, I’m just there, which I think encourages that everyone stays safe.

Donut or Danish?

Parrott: Coffee. I think that’s more of a universal cop thing. If you’ve ever driven past Dutch Bros., you’ve seen a patrol unit in line there. I think the donut thing stems from [the fact that donut shops] used to be the only place open 24 hours, and cops would go for the coffee. We’re not offended by it, but honestly, it’s coffee.

Merrifield (who pointed out two fresh boxes of donuts in the

What’s the most dangerous part of Chico?

Parrott: Chico isn’t the type of town that there’s a “wrong side of the tracks” or whatever. Some people think Chapmantown is a bad area, but it’s not. What we do have is different addresses throughout the city that might be problematic, and they change. We have problem people, problem families, but there is no bad side of town.

Merrifield: From a traffic standpoint, I’d say Eighth and Ninth streets. People travel so fast … the speed limit is 35, but they go much faster. And there’s a lot of people crossing, particularly around Ivy.

break room during a pre-interview tour of the station): Have you tried donuts? They’re awesome!

Any particularly good excuses you’ve heard from someone getting busted?

Merrifield: I think the most common one, and it’s a universal thing among law enforcement agents anywhere, is “These aren’t my pants.”

Parrott: Whenever you find someone in possession of anything, whenever you pull some dope or

Do you get a rush from hauling ass with the siren on?

Parrott: Like anything else in this job, you become numb to that stuff over time. So the first few times, for sure [it’s exciting]. But when you do anything enough, you get numb to it. Even death, as much as we deal with it. At the academy, I imagined how much seeing a dead body would bother me, but fast-forward a few years and even that becomes blasé, after going to autopsies for homicide cases and watching a pathologist

open up a human body.

We used to have a more aggressive ride-along program, and it was great … I felt jinxed because every time I’d take people around, nothing happened. But I’d drop them off and they’d be like, “That was great!” We forget that the average person finds a lot of the things we do interesting.

Would you encourage or discourage your child from becoming a cop?

Parrott: I have no regrets about my career, but I would not encourage my children to be officers. I’m toward the end of my career and I’m looking forward to doing something that’s not as soul-crushing as this job can sometimes be. It’s affected me—my world view, my cynicism, things like that. I feel I do a good job of dealing with that.

But I don’t think I’d encourage them to do it.

What’s the difference between a good cop and a great cop?

Parrott: I think a great cop is always learning. A good cop works for five years and gets all his skills down and does his job day in and day out, but a great cop is always trying to learn more and get better at his. Having been through investigations and the extra training and study required there, I think you could spend 30 years in this job and not explore everything there is to explore.

Merrifield: From a supervisor’s

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We’re seeing a lot of heroin use, and a lot of people I’ve arrested and talked to started with Oxycontin, couldn’t afford to maintain that and then moved on to heroin.

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perspective, I think a great cop is one who keeps at the forefront that we are in a service industry. The people out there are our customers, and we should be thinking of how to provide really excellent service.

It’s so easy to make encounters with people positive ones. We need to remember who we work for, and a great cop always remembers that.

Parrott: I agree wholeheartedly. It sounds corny, but so many of the private sector’s concepts of customer service are applicable here. You’re dealing with people who aren’t always at their best, and it’s important to realize that. It can be as simple as validating what someone is going through. There may be nothing tangible I can do for someone, but if I come out and just put my hand on my hip and say

there’s nothing I can do, as opposed to spending a few minutes allowing someone to vent, maybe provide them options to look at things differently, that’s the difference between doing a job and providing service.

What are some of the psychological challenges?

Parrott: It’s a hard job, and nobody [other than fellow officers] gets it. On some level, our families don’t even understand.

In that context, it’s no wonder that sometimes we have a bunker mentality, but you have to fight through that. Combine that with the fact that the way most people are informed about what we do is through Hollywood, in TV shows or movies. Unequivocally, they’re all bullshit. Even reality shows like COPS misrepresent things in fundamental ways. And it’s everyone’s God-given right to Mondaymorning quarterback us, because everyone knows what it’s like to be a cop, because they watch it on TV. It’s one of those frustrating things. So if you can come through this with a halfway decent sense of humor about that, and an understanding there’s nothing you can do about it, you just have to navigate it and not become too cynical, then that’s good. Ω

The Chico Police Department maintains a heavy presence in the south campus neighborhood at the beginning of the school year to help deter out-of-control college partying.

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Technologies new and old combine at gallery’s debut exhibit the just-opened Jacki Headley SUniversity Art Gallery in the opulent

haker, the premiere installation at

new Arts & Humanities Building on the Chico State campus, is a celebration by of technology old Carey Wilson and new—from the vintage hydraulic self-propelled nut Review: Shaker, by Marek harvesters so essenWalczak & Wesley tial to the almond Heiss, now showing industry to the art of at the University Art 3-D printing being Gallery through Oct. 15.

Open house: Thursday, explored by today’s Sept. 1, 5:30-7:30 p.m. innovators. Using Artist talk: Oct. 13, digitally manipulated 6:30 p.m. (in Zingg images from varying Recital Hall), followed by reception. perspectives, New England-based artist Jacki Headley team Marek Walczak University Art & Wesley Heiss (the Gallery Arts & Humanities same artists responsiBuilding ble for the “Facewall” Chico State sculpture on the 898-5864 Second Street side www.csuchico.edu/art/ of the new building) galleries/univgallery created a series of 3-D printed sculptural variations on the harvester.

The installation’s title, painted in increasingly large, slightly skewed orange letters, greets entrants and leads the viewer to a line of five variations of the nut harvester modeled in plastic of a matching orange. These small pieces are mounted and lit on the wall in a way that emphasizes the shadows they cast as much as the models themselves. The plastic is visibly striated, showing each layer as it was laid down in the process of being “printed” in three dimensions, and the effect is something like seeing the brush strokes that a painter uses to create texture.

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

Theater LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS: A fun evening of campy horror and tasty tunes featuring a meek florist and carnivorous, foulmouthed plant. Th-Sa through 9/18, Su through 9/18. $16-22.

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

But it’s the shadows cast by the pieces that are most fascinating. The meticulous arrangement of lights focused from different perspectives in the gallery’s ceiling cast multiple shadows of varying intensity beneath each, with the overlapping shades of gray bringing out shapes that serve as a sort of visual subtext underwriting the varied shapes of the plastic models.

Turning clockwise, one darkened corner of the room is dominated by the silhouette of orchard trees projected in pale blue light over the gray-shaded white wall. The effect is delicate and ornamental, providing a complementary color and biological softness to contrast the stiff industrial linearity of another, much larger, orange plastic harvester mounted on a rectangular wooden block several feet out from the wall. This model, a bit over a yard long and a foot or so high, clasps a black pole with its hydraulic shaker clamp. Fastened to the pole is a chrome manual nutcracker over a receptacle for the shells deposited by exhibit attendees who have gleaned the

purpose of the bowl of almonds sitting on the desk of the gallery docent in the vestibule of the gallery.

As the exhibit statement puts it, “As visitors walk through the space, the machine is at first unrecognizable, perversely distorted through digital manipulation. Yet, from one singular vantage point the piece pulls into focus. In this spot, perception and function collapse as the shaker defies its grand scale to crack a single nut.” There is a nice specialeffect surprise for those who can find the singular spot, but frankly this visitor found that “interactive” element unnecessary and discordantly distracting from the visual richness of the installation as a whole.

On the other hand, the nearly life-size silhouette of the harvester that fills much of one corner, painted in a gray to match the shadows cast by the smaller models on the title wall opposite, creates a spot where scale and lighting and artificial shadow combine to create perspective that is both pleasing and provocative to WKH H\H Ɛ

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Music FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning jazz appointment with local experimental troupe Bogg. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 566-9476, www.cafecoda.com.

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERTS: Weekly, outdoor concerts at City Plaza. This week: cool hits from The Revells. F, 6-7:30pm through 9/9. Free.

Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.

Theater LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

THE BUTCHER SHOP: Theater festival that brings together Chico’s theater community past and present. Original theater works, live music and food trucks. Free bike parking (car parking $5). 9/2-9/3, 6pm. Free. End of Normal, 2500 Estes Road Rt. on Estes off of Normal, (530) 895-0706.

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KCSC 65TH ANNIVERSARY BBQ: Celebrate the 65th anniversary of Chico State’s college radio station with food (free with student ID), games, crafts, and live music. First 100 people get free shirts to tie-dye. Sa, 9/3, 3-7pm. Free.

Glenn Hall, Chico State.

RIB COOK-OFF: Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 582’s fifth annual rib cook-off featuring live music by The Alternators and prize drawings. Sa, 9/3, 11am. $10-$20. Bambi Inn, 7436 Humboldt Road in Butte Meadows, (530) 873-4125.

Theater LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

THE BUTCHER SHOP: See Friday. End of Normal, 2500 Estes Road Rt. on Estes off of Normal, (530) 895-0706.

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Special Events BIDWELL BASH & BBQ: Barbecue provided by Chico State’s Associated Students with carnival games put on by Chico State Greek organizations. Su, 9/4, 12-3pm. Free with Student ID. Cedar Grove, Lower Bidwell Park, (530) 896-7800.

HUMANE HEROES: An opportunity for children ages 6-12 to help find forever homes for homeless pets while having fun learning about animals and developing empathy, respect and compassion. First Sa of every month, 1-2:30pm.

Free. Butte Humane Society Education Center, 2156 Pillsbury Road Ste. 160, (530) 343-7917, www.buttehumane.org/humane-heroes.

TIM FLANNERY & THE LUNATIC FRINGE Sunday, Sept. 4 Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co.

CHUCK PATTERSON 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY: To celebrate 50 years in business, Chuck Patterson is hosting an all-day birthday party and giving away a 2016 Toyota Prius, with proceeds benefiting the Butte Humane Society. Live music provided by Hot Flash and The Blue Merles. Su, 9/4. Music starts at 2pm. Drawing at 6pm.

Chico Mall, 1950 E. 20th St., (530) 343-0706.

Music TIM FLANNERY & THE LUNATIC FRINGE: Former San Francisco Giants third base coach Tim Flannery brings his country band to town for a show benefiting anti-violence group the Love Harder Project. Su, 9/4, 9pm. $10. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

Theater LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

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Special Events GARDEN HELP DAY: Lend a hand pulling weeds, rototilling and preparing the soil as From the Ground Up Farms prepares for another season of growing healthy food for local food programs and pantries. Tu, 9/6, 9am-noon.

Kentfield Community Garden, 1125 Kentfield Ave., (530) 320-8406.

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Special Events DRAGONS: TAILS OF MYTH AND MEANING: Opening reception for the museum’s new exhibition. W,

9/7, 4:30-6pm. Valene L. Smith Museum of

Anthropology, Meriam Library Complex Chico State.

Music MOTHER HIPS: The band that invented “California Soul” returns to their former stomping grounds for a night of feel-good rock. Johnny Irion opens the show. W, 9/7, 7:30pm. $30.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

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.

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THEATER SHOPPING This weekend runs the gamut of local theater shops—from the avant garde weirdness of Slow Theatre’s Butcher Shop theater festival to the community-theater staple Little Shop of Horrors at Chico Theater Company. The Butcher Shop will bring original works created and presented by local theater types of all ages (plus some food vendors and live-music preshow) to the outdoor grounds at the End of Normal for two showings, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 3-4. And continuing Sept. 1, (through Sept. 18) the musical specialists at CTC bring Seymour and his carnivorous plant to the cozy north Chico theater for another three weekends of performances.

NAUSICAÄ IN THE VALLEY OF THE WIND: Screening of this Japanese film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Tu, 9/6, 7:30-9:30pm. $3 suggested donation. Ayres 106, Chico State, (530) 8997921.

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B-SO SPACE: Foundations, student works on display. Through 9/2. Ayres 107, Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

BUTTE COLLEGE ART GALLERY: Elemental Forming: Color and Mind, an exhibition of oil paintings

by Tori Patterson, inspired by identity formation, loss and rebirth—–the path to becoming who we are. 9/1-9/22. 3536 Butte Campus Drive in Oroville, (530) 895-2208.

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HEALING ART GALLERY: Northern California Artists touched by cancer team up for a poetry and art show. Paintings, photographs and poetry by: Joan Goodreau, Patricia Wellingham Jones, Caroline Burkett, Barbara Luzzadder and Reta Rickmers. Through 10/14.

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JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Visual Metrics, a collaboration with the Chico State Department of English in which selected prints from the Turner Collection served as inspiration for creative writing students. Through 10/1. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.

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Expressions, new show with new works at the gallery. Through 9/30. 493 East Ave., (530) 3453063.

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Currents, new exhibition of paintings by Nicolai Larsen. 9/2-10/1. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.

Museums CHICO AIR MUSEUM: Ongoing display highlighting 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: Chico’s science museum features rotating special exhibits, plus a range of permanent displays on local farming, water, famous regional oak trees and a couple of ice-age skeletons. Check site for current special exhibition. Ongoing. 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.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY:

Dragons: Tails of Myth and Meaning, exploring the cultural significance and history of the dragon with figures and artifacts from local collectors. 9/7-10/8. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.

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Old-school Chico rockers return with reunion show and new album iMPS have become part of Chico Bmusic lore, having made names for

ands like 28th Day, Trench and the

themselves some 30 years ago. Some of them—including the by iMPS—are even still Mark Lore at it.

As drummer m a rk l @ Scott Lehman— new srev i ew. c o m better known as Scotty Imp—puts Preview: it, his band has The iMPS perform Friday, Sept. 2, 9 p.m., almost become this at 1078 Gallery. weird Chico urban legend. That’s The Loyalists and not too far-fetched. For years, West by Swan open. the iMPS’ 1998 power pop clasCost: $7 sic K.R.F.W. was the band’s only 1078 Gallery recorded document, aside from a 820 Broadway sprinkling of 7-inches and demo 343-1973 tapes. Songs from that album—such www.1078gallery.org as “David Bowie,” “Hill of Beans” and “Vegetarian Lesbian”—have endured as part of Chico’s soundtrack.

Despite lengthy gaps between shows and albums, and the fact that none of the band’s members live in the same city, the original trio has kept the band alive. Lehman has been in the New York City area for the past 15 years, while bassist Erik Morton calls Sacramento home, and vocalist/guitarist John McCall left Chico for Seattle a year ago.

“We never really disbanded,” Lehman said during a recent phone conversation. “John and I still talk pretty regularly, and we’d been talking a while about making a record.”

That talk has finally turned into something. This month, in conjunction with a rare gig in Chico, the iMPS will release their second full-length, There Goes the Sun, an album that smoothes out some of the rough-edged, scrappy adolescence of K.R.F.W. That’s not to say this is “dad rock.” There’s still plenty of bite in songs like the title track and “Throw It Away,” as well as immaculately crafted hooks, warm and fuzzy guitars, and Lehman’s in-the-pocket drumming.

There Goes the Sun was recorded in Lehman’s New Jersey garage, lovingly referred to as the “car hole” over the course of a couple years. Unlike K.R.F.W., which Lehman says was hammered out

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live at Chico’s Speaker Connection (the now-defunct Nord Avenue vintage-amp shop), the new record was labored over. The creative juices—and the opinions— were flowing.

“We got into it over a song … I think it was a fight over hand-claps,” Lehman recalled. “We’re passionate, because it’s important. But then we step back and move on.”

The dedication to the craft, and also the brotherly love, is no doubt a result of these three having known each other since connecting over Sonic Youth and Black Flag at Clovis High School some three decades ago. They formed the iMPS, began writing songs together and played shows up and down the West Coast. In 1995, the trio moved to Chico as a band and fast became local faves.

“We get each other’s jokes. We can finish each other’s sentences,” Lehman said. “You know what the other person is going to play before they even play it.

It’s really weird.”

The initial idea for the new record was to simply document the boatloads of unrecorded songs floating around the band’s repertoire. What ended up happening was that McCall wrote a bunch of new songs.

“John knows how to write a really catchy song with very little effort—he writes songs while he’s cooking tacos,” Lehman said. “It’s pretty impressive.”

Writing songs is one thing, but keeping a band together when you’re dealing with strong personalities, family and living in different cities is another. Yet the iMPS live on. And that “urban legend” continues to morph into simple legend around these parts.

“I’m super proud of the way this turned out,” Lehman said. “We’re not doing this for shits and giggles—we take this seriously.” □

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BLEAK, SERPENT’S TONGUE, CROWHURST Saturday, Sept. 3 1078 Gallery SEE TUESDAY

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BASSMINT: A weekly bass music party with a rotating cast of local and regional producers and DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm.

Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

BRASS HOLE MEMORIAL SHOW: The Brass Hole was a local house show spot that burned down in a recent fire. Come pay respects with an all-local bill that includes Devoll, Exqusite Time and Release, and Slay It Forward. F, 9/2, 8pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

FIRST FRIDAY: Live happy-hour jazz with the Chico Jazz Collective. F, 9/2, 4:307pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.,

(530) 343-7718.

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AARON RICH & FRIENDS: Country music

round-robin. First and Third Th of every month, 9pm. Free. Crazy Horse Saloon, 303 Main St., (530) 894-5408, www.facebook.com/crazyhorsesaloon.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

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

LIVE MUSIC: Musical entertainment provided by a rotating cast of local talent.

Th, 5:30pm. Miner’s Alley Brewing

FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning Company, 2053 Montgomery St. in Oroville, www.minersalley brewingco.com.

THE MOVEMENT: The alt-reggae band’s recent album topped the Billboard reggae charts. Locals Dylans Dharma open things up. Th, 9/1, 9pm. $12 ($15 at door). Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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

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

FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERTS: Weekly, outdoor concerts at City Plaza. This week: cool hits from The Revells. F, 6-7:30pm through 9/9. Free. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.

THE IMPS: Chico rock legends The iMPS return to debut their new record with the help of Bay Area crew Loyalists and locals West by Swan. F, 9/2, 9pm.

$7. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

MEMORY LAYNE: Rocking tribute to grunge-era mainstays Alice in Chains.

F, 9/2, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

This is the real deal funk, marinated in the sweaty streets of New Orleans and the blood of the Neville family. Dumpstaphunk returns to to Chico Saturday, Sept. 3, bringing with it the rhythms of the Big Easy to downtown’s Lost on Main. Reno soul/funk crew The Sextones opens.

OPEN MIC: All-ages open mic hosted by Jodi Foster, Julie Bos and Chris Henderson. F, 7-10pm. Opens 9/2. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

SHIGEMI/ZACH/ETHAN TRIO: Brazilian and Cuban-flavored music and originals by Shigemi Minetaka (keyboard, flute), Zach Cowan (drums) and Ethan Swett (bass). F, 9/2, 6-9pm. No cover.

Almendra Winery & Distillery, 9275 Midway in Durham, (530) 343-6893.

UNPLUGGED OPEN MIC/JAM: Hosted by

singer/songwriter Jeb Draper. F, 5-8pm through 11/18. Free. Rock House Restaurant, 11865 State Hwy. 70 in Oroville, (530) 532-1889, www.RockHouseHwy70.com.

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ACOUSTIC MUSIC JAM: A jam hosted by Butte Folk Music Society and led by local musician Steve Johnson. First Sa of every month, 4-6pm. Free. Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery, 130 Main St., (530) 345-4128.

BLEAK, SERPENT’S TONGUE, CROWHURST: A smorgasbord of heavy bands with New Yorkers Bleak, Serpent’s Tongue from Bakersfield, LA’s Crowhurst and locals Red Sky, Smak City and Burial Grounds. Sa, 9/3, 7pm. $8. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973.

DUMPSTAPHUNK, THE SEXTONES: Dumpstaphunk is a bonafide New Orleans funk institution fronted by Ivan Neville, son of Aaron Neville.

Reno’s The Sextones round out this

funky extravaganza. Sa, 9/3, 9pm. $20.

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

THE KELLY BROTHERS: Celebrate the 10year anniversary of Studio One with dueling pianos courtesy of The Kelly Brothers and food by Roots Catering.

Sa, 9/3, 7-10pm. $20. Studio One, 707 Wall St. Corner of 7th St and Wall, (530) 345-9465.

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THIS WEEK: FIND MORE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPECIAL EVENTS ON PAGE 24 THE MOTHER HIPS Wednesday, Sept. 7 Sierra Nevada Big Room SEE WEDNESDAY

Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 5333885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

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BLUES NIGHT: Live weekly blues music LEANN COOLEY AND FRIENDS: Vintage

blues and swing. Sa, 9/3, 5:30-9pm.

Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farmstar pizza.com.

SKYNNYN LYNNYRD: Honest and edgy tribute to Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd. Sa, 9/3, 9:30pm. $5.

Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 5333885, www.featherfallscasino.com/ brewing-co.

LIVE MUSIC ON THE PATIO: Every Saturday afternoon/evening, come out for live music in a relaxed environment. Sa through 9/18. Rock House Restaurant, 11865 State Hwy. 70 in Oroville, (530) 532-1889, www.RockHouseHwy70.com.

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TIM FLANNERY & THE LUNATIC FRINGE:

benefit for Chico schools, Hosted by Keith Kendall & Friends. Sa, 5-9pm.

Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Road, (530) 710-2020.

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Former San Francisco Giants third base coach Tim Flannery brings his country band to town for a show benefiting anti-violence group the Love Harder Project. Su, 9/4, 9pm. $10.

from local musicians. Tu. Italian Garden, 6929 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 876-9988.

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.

THE MOTHER HIPS: The band that invented “California Soul” returns to their former stomping grounds for a night of feel-good rock. Johnny Irion opens the show. W, 9/7, 7:30pm. $30.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierra nevada.com.

OPEN MIC MUSIC NIGHTS: Local musicians Jeff Coleman and Jimmy Reno host this open mic night. Bring your instrument of choice. W, 6-10pm.

Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

NOON DELIGHT

Chico State’s student-run entertainment organization A.S. Productions kicks off its weekly Nooner series of free concerts on campus with a performance by Los Angeles alt-country/Americana duo Zach and Bridget on Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Trinity Commons.

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.

ZACH + BRIDGET: LA-based Americana duo play the school year’s first free “nooner” concert. W, 9/7, noon. Free.

Trinity Commons, outside Trinity Hall at Chico State.

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Aedy,Indignation is several things: a sexy romantic coman anguished coming-of-age drama in a collegiate dapted from a Philip Roth novel, James Schamus’

setting, an offbeat period piece set in the early 1950s and a scathing social commentary half-hidden beneath some seemingly by mundane domestic drama.

Juan-Carlos And part of what makes this film Selznick exceptional is the skill with which it slaloms through and around the conventional expectations and familiar pleasures that we are likely to associate with such subject matter.

In a sense, Indignation gives us less Indignation Opens Friday, than we might have expected but also Sept. 2. Starring more than we’ve really bargained for.

Logan Lerman, Sarah Marcus Messner (Logan Lerman), Gadon and tracy son of a kosher butcher in the Bronx, Letts. Directed by is a bright young man entering his James Schamus. pageant theatre. freshman year at “Winesberg College” rated r. in Ohio. He’s already something of an intellectual, he’s eager to move beyond the limited prospects of the lower middle class neighborhood in which he was raised, and he’s beginning to feel suffocated by the clinging demands of his parents, Max (Danny Burstein) and Esther (Linda Emond).

At Winesberg, which is predominantly Christian, he finds himself sharing a dorm room with two other Jewish males, both of whom are ignored by the solitary Jewish fraternity that tries, and fails, to recruit Marcus.

He’s something of a loner, but that doesn’t keep him away from Olivia Hutton (Sarah Gadon), a smart and attractive blonde who seems worldly and intense at times and mysteriously fragile at others.

Almost inevitably, the scholarly independence and passionate nonconformity of Marcus bring him to the scrutinizing attention of one Hawes Caudwell (actor/playwright Tracy Letts), the lofty-minded clergyman who is also Winesberg’s dean of students. While Marcus’ wildly volatile relationship with Olivia is at the emotional heart of this story, the increasingly intense tête-à-tête confrontations between Marcus and Dean Caudwell form a kind of philosophical core that is no less dramatic.

Marcus is of course very much the focus of the

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story’s sympathies, and the dean at first seems an obvious antagonist. But it eventually becomes evident that there are no easy sympathies in Indignation, let alone simple ones. Issues of Fifties-style conformism and “polite” anti-Semitism collect around Dean Caudwell in particular, but the subtleties of Letts’ performance and of Schamus’ direction lead us to see that the man is no simple villain.

Similar complexities arise with Marcus’ mother.

Her moral and emotional heft increase dramatically in the course of the film, and yet her impulse to protect proves both heroic and destructive. Something like the inverse of that occurs with Marcus’ father, and neither of the story’s potentially heroic rebels (Marcus and Olivia) stay entirely clear of the resulting crossfire.

The Korean War, a source of worries and fear for several of the characters, serves as a framing device for the story as a whole. The first scenes in the film are merely puzzling, and this is a film which feels for a while like a collection of detached episodes, however brilliant. But by the time the opening images recur at the finish, quite a lot of what once seemed almost entirely separate has taken on a good deal of intertwined resonance and meaning. □

FILM SHORTS Reviewers: Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

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Rob Zombie’s latest follows a group of carneys forced into playing a game called 31, during which they must survive the murderous intentions of a bunch of super-scary clowns. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Equity

Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad) stars as an investment banker trying to navigate a financial system rife with corruption. Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated R.

Hell or High Water

A couple of Texas Rangers (Jeff Bridges and Gill Birmingham) are tracking down a couple of brothers (Chris Pine and Ben Foster) who turn to robbing banks to raise the money needed to save their family’s ranch from foreclosure. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

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Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas.

Rated PG.

Indignation

See review this issue. Pageant Theatre.

Rated R —J.C.S.

In this sequel to The Mechanic, Jason Statham returns as a professional hitman whose retirement is cut short when he’s forced to do a series of jobs in order to save his kidnapped lover. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

A sci-fi thriller about a humanoid creation that has progressed to a point where it might be a danger, forcing its human creators to consider terminating “her.”

Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas.

Rated R.

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Pete’s Dragon

The Light Between Oceans

A lighthouse keeper and his wife (Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander) in post-WWI Australia raise a baby who drifts ashore in a rowboat. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Now playing A re-imagining of Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), the fictional Biblicalera story of the betrayed Judah Ben Hur and his journey to redemption through chariot racing and a guy named Jesus. Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Don’t Breathe

Fede Alvarez (Evil Dead 2013) directs this horror flick about a group of young friends who, upon breaking into the house of a rich blind man, find out he’s not so helpless after all. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas.

Rated R.

Finding Dory

In this sequel to the hugely popular Oscarwinning animated film Finding Nemo (2003), Dory (voiced by Ellen DeGeneres), the amnesic blue tang fish, is joined by Marlin and Nemo on a journey to uncover the family of her forgotten past. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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Hands of Stone

A biopic that follows the life of legendary Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán. Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Jason Bourne

Tommy Lee Jones, I’m almost sorry to say, looks epically weary and worn out in Jason Bourne. In part, it’s built into his role here—he’s the CIA director who’s become Bourne’s chief nemesis and mortal enemy, and he’s terminally pissed off that the agency’s rebellious, custom-made, state-ofthe-art assassin has gone rogue and keeps resurfacing. He seems tired of it all right from the start, and he’s not the only one. When he finally does have a face-to-face showdown with Matt Damon’s Bourne, writer-director Paul Greengrass has them both looking like gargoyles of the sort you might expect to find at the gates of some action-movie hell. It’s almost as if this resurrected franchise, with its endlessly renewable superhero, has an increasingly noticeable death wish but just can’t stop itself from charging onward. Not yet, anyway. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Kubo and the Two Strings

An ambitious-looking stop-motion/CGI animation feature about a young boy who taps into his storied past and a magical suit of armor worn by his late father in order to fight off monsters. Starring the voices of Rooney Mara, Charlize Theron, George Takai,

Pete’s Dragon never descends to the level of mere “Disney-fied” entertainment. It’s rated PG, but its blend of drama, comedy and fantasy is fresh, expansive and forthright throughout. The Pete of the story is a small boy (played by Oakes Fegley) who is orphaned while traveling on “an adventure” with his parents in mountain wilderness. We quickly learn that he survives for several years without human contact, his only companionship coming from a not unfriendly dragon, a legend in the region but rarely sighted. Eventually, both the boy and the dragon become objects of sympathetic and problematical attention from a forest ranger named Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) and her wilderness-loving family. The devotion of the ranger and her father (Robert Redford) to the natural world signals some of the film’s main themes. But the Redford character is both an outdoorsman and a spinner of yarns and tall tales, and storytelling and the power of myth and imagination are also central to the film’s dramatic concerns. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG —J.C.S.

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Director Todd Phillips goes a more serious, satirical route with War Dogs.

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Sisters in success Live Life Juice Co. settles into downtown scenes play out there: Customers Istraddle stools at the wood-grain t’s a juice bar, yet familiar bar

counter, order a full drink or a (wellness) story and shot, linger photo by and chat up the Howard Hardee bartender.

Sisters h owa rd h @ new srev i ew. c o m Abigail, Angelina Live Life Juice Co. and Autumn 220 W. Sixth St. Rasmussen 566-3346 have observed www.livelifejuiceco.com as much since Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. opening Live Life Juice Co.’s brick-andmortar shop on West Sixth Street.

The storefront is painted green and features the company’s carrot logo; inside is equally clean and simple.

During an interview at the shop, the sisters said that, unlike booze, selling juice is a health service.

Customers have come to count on the cleansing and immunityboosting benefits of their products.

Angelina calls it “juice therapy.”

“Maybe you don’t have time to make [juice] yourself, so we’re going to do it for you,” she said.

“We want to make healthy choices available so people can conveniently incorporate it in their lives.”

When Live Life Juice launched about two years ago, the sisters’ cold-pressed juices were available only at the Saturday farmers’ market in downtown Chico.

Initially, they offered a handful of flavors; now there are dozens in

rotation and available by special order in 16- and 32-ounce glass bottles for $6.50 and $12.

The booth has been a hit, drawing long lines of market-goers and selling about 70 gallons of juice on a typical Saturday. The success allowed all three sisters to quit their day jobs and focus on juicing.

“It’s harder work and longer hours,” Autumn said of working for themselves, “but in every way more fulfilling.”

Not to mention, the Rasmussens have faced real hardship. In late May, less than a month after opening the shop, Abigail’s newborn daughter, Naima Ella, suffered a respiratory attack and was flown by helicopter to UC Davis Medical Center. As her baby recuperated from lung surgery, Abigail was out of town for 51 days. It was a stressful and uncertain time for the family, but the community rallied and helped cover medical expenses through crowdfunding, donating about $14,000.

“Everybody showed their love and compassion and support in such an astounding way,” Autumn said.

Naima Ella is healthy and Abigail is back at work, helping as much as she can “without being a full-shift kind of gal,” she said.

Meanwhile, Angelina and Autumn have been tending bar long enough to notice trends. For instance, there’s a marked difference in the clientele at the shop versus the market. Customers at the

store tend to go for the wellness shots—$2.50 apiece and loaded with energy- and immunity-boosting ingredients such as turmeric (fights disease), ginger (aids digestion, reduces inflammation) and cayenne pepper (aids digestion)—or the varieties with the least amount of sugar, such as Back to Your Roots (red beets, golden beets, carrots, turmeric, cucumber, spinach, cilantro and lemon).

“It’s seeming like people who come into the shop are already familiar with juicing and its benefits,” Angelina said. “They’re directly drawn to the health aspect.”

At the market—especially as the temperature rises in the afternoon—the candy-sweet varieties such as Summer Lovin’ (grapefruit, pineapple and strawberries) and Better than Candy (strawberry, orange and pineapple) are far more popular.

As for what the sisters Rasmussen have planned next, look for expanded hours and healthy grab-and-go food offerings. “We don’t ever see this as a space for sit-down [dining],” Angelina said. More immediately, she’s creating a new wellness shot with burdock root, used traditionally for cleansing, as the main ingredient.

The sisters also will keep getting the hang of owning a business, Angelina said. “We’re totally stoked to have the doors open, to sell juice, to be making a profit and to have made it this far.” □

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How about you, Capricorn? What’s your version of kryptonite? Whatever it is, I’m happy to let you know that you are currently less susceptible to its debilitating influences than usual. Why? Well, you have a sixth sense about how to avoid it. And even if it does draw near, you have in your repertoire some new tricks to keep it from sapping your strength.

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doing business as HEALTHIER HORIZONS VENDING at 1301 Sheridan Ave. #51 Chico, CA 95926.

CHAD ALLEN STARKEY 1301 Sheridan Ave. #51 Chico, CA 95926.

CYNTHIA STARKEY 1301 Sheridan Ave. #51 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: CHAD STARKEY Dated: August 11, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000996 Published: August 18,25, September 1,8, 2016

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: September 20, 2016 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: Probate 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: VANESSA J. SUNDIN, Sundin Law Office 341 Broadway Street, Ste. 302 Chico, CA 95928 (530) 342-2452 Case Number: 16PR00247 Published: August 18,25, September 1, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FARMERS THUMB at 1120 Wendy Way Chico, CA 95926.

SCHUYLER DODSON 1120 Wendy Way Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: SCHUYLER DODSON Dated: August 12, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001000 Published: August 18,25, September 1,8, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTH VALLEY BEHAVIORAL AND EDUCATIONAL CONSULTING at 3150 Mariposa Ave Chico, CA 95973.

CATHERINE C WYMAN 3150 Mariposa Ave Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Indiviual.

Signed: CATHERINE C. WYMAN Dated: July 21, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000920 Published: August 18,25, September 1,8, 2016 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO LOCAVORE, HEIRLOOM FOOD COMPANY at 1151 Palm Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

NATHAN JOHNSON 2235 Hutchison Street Chico, CA 95928.

SHAWN MINDRUM 1151 Palm Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: SHAWN MINDRUM Dated: July 22, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0000931 Published: August 18,25, September 1,8. 2016

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

The Petition for Probate requests that: KRISTINE SCHOROVSKY be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

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

The Petition for Probate requests that: DIANE CALDERON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

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

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: September 27, 2016 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: Probate 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

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SOLAR SHINE at 1026 Arcadian Ave Chico, CA 95926.

JAMES R CRANE 1026 Arcadian Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JAMES R. CRANE Dated: August 19, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001031 Published: August 25, September 1,8,15, 2016

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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: RICHARD S. MATSON, ESQ. Richard S. Matson Law Office, Inc. 1342 Esplanade, Suite A Chico, CA 95926 (530) 343-5373 Case Number: 16PR00252 Published: August 25, September 1,8, 2016 NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due, the following units contain clothes, furniture, boxes, etc.

CATHY TURNER #393cc1 (6x12) (Womens Clothing, lamp, Book shelf) LAURIE HANDELMAN #105cc, #105cc (5x10) (Christmas stuff, Dresser, cloths, misc. boxes) DOLORES DAVENPORT #173ss (6x10) (Dresser, Entertainment Center, Kitchenware) SULIASI VANIQI #257ss (5x5) (Clothes, Books, Bicycle Helmet) RONNIE SMITH #342cc1 (10x15) (Computer, Tires, kids toys, misc. trinkets) LUKE KOLTERMAN #249ss (5x12) (Dumbbells, toys, Camping gear) MARTHA PENWELL #390cc1 (6x10) (book shelf, women’s clothes, antique statue) JOANN MONKS #007cc1 (5x5) (records, books, clothes) MAYS CARA #205ss (5x10) (Clothes, Shoes, Books) SHELIA COX #110ac (12x10) (Dresser, Bed Frame with headboard, Washer, Dryer) CHAD BARTUSEVICOUS #427ac (6x10) (Kitchen ware, toys, DVD’s) Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on: September 17, 2016 Beginning at 12:00pm Sale to be held at: Bidwell Self Storage 65 Heritage Lane Chico, CA 95926.

(530) 893-2109 Published: September 1,8, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JESSICA HAGGARD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: AYDEN MADDOX BATES Proposed name: AYDEN MADDOX HAGGARD 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: September 9, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: July 26, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00491 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner BRANDON & ALYSA WALLIS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: RYAN JEFFREY VANCE Proposed name: RYAN JEFFREY WALLIS 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: September 23, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: July 26, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01488 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner ALEXANDRIA RHAYE KELM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ALEXANDRIA RHAYE KELM Proposed name: ALEXANDRIA RHAYE BATISTA 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: September 23, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: July 22, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01299 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner STACEY DELATORRES filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JENESSA ELIZABETH HORN Proposed name: JENESSA ELIZABETH DELATORRES 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: September 23, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: July 22, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01432 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MATTHEW DAVID KELM filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MATTHEW DAVID KELM Proposed name: MATTHEW DAVID BATISTA 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: September 23, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: July 22, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01297 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHRISTINA TREVINO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: LUIS ROBERTO GUTHRIE CELINA CHRISTINE GUTHRIE Proposed name: LUIS ROBERTO TREVINO CELINA CHRISTINE TREVINO 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: September 16, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: July 1, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00631 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHASSIDY WALKER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: SAVANNAH DENE ALIYA SHATRICE ADALE SIMMONS Proposed name: SAVANNAH DENE ADALE WALKER 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: September 23, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: July 26, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01493 Published: August 18,25, September 1,8, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JOSHUA NATHANIEL WALTERS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JOSHUA NATHANIEL WALTERS Proposed name: JOSHUA NATHANIEL BANNON 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: September 16, 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: August 4, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00829 Published: August 18,25, September 1,8, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KATHY ANN FORD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: KATHY ANN FORD Proposed name: KATHERINE ANN FORD 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: September 23, 2016 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: July 22, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00879 Published: August 18,25, September 1,8, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KENNETH R. GOFORTH filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: CHRISTOPHER LEE LUMAN Proposed name: CHRISTOPHER LEE GOFORTH 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: September 16, 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: August 8, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01088 Published: August 18,25, September 1,8, 2016

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

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 7, 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: August 15, 2016 Case Number: 16CV01546 Published: August 25, September 1,8,15, 2016 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KAYLA PINEDO filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: HAYDEN CHRISTOPHER-ORION WUEST Proposed name: HAYDEN CHRISTOPHER-ORION PINEDO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 7, 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: August 15, 2016 Case Number: 16CV00832 Published: September 1,8,15,22, 2016

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: KELI LAYNNE HAMMON AKA KELI LAYNNE RANDOLPH YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: BUTTE COUNTY CREDIT BUREAU A CORP NOTICE! You have been sued.

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

You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the plaintiff. A letter or phone call will not protect you. Your written response must be in proper legal form if you want the court to hear your case. There may be a court form that you can use for your response. You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

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NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration award of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The Court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Butte 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95928 LIMITED CIVIL CASE The name, address and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney is: JOSEPH L SELBY (#249546) Law Office of Ferris & Selby 2607 Forest Avenue Ste 130 Chico, CA 95928.

(530) 343-0100 Dated: February 11, 2016 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 165744 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

SUMMONS NOTICE TO CROSS-DEFENDANT: SOTO CONSTRUCTION YOU ARE BEING SUED BY CROSS-COMPLAINANT: COMMUNITY HOUSING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, INCORPORATED You have 30 CALENDAR DAYS after this summons and legal papers are served on you to file a written response at this court and have a copy served on the cross-complainant. A letter or phone call will not protect you.

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

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

You can find these court forms and more information at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), your county law library, or the courthouse nearest you. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the court clerk for a fee waiver form. If you do not file your response on time, you may lose the case by default, and your wages, money, and property may be taken without further warning from the court.

There are other legal requirements. You may want to call an attorney right away. If you do not know an attorney, you may want to call an attorney referral service. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may be eligible for free legal services from a nonprofit legal services program. You can locate these nonprofit groups at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp), or by contacting your local court or county bar association.

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration awward of $10,000 or more in a civil case. The court’s lien must be paid before the court will dismiss the case.

The name and address of the court is: Glenn County Superior Court 526 W. Sycamore Street Willows, CA 95988 The name, address, and telephone number of cross-complainant’s attorney, or cross-complainant without an attorney, is: JEROME R. SATRAN/JASON A. ROSE SBN 188286/271139 Koeller, Nebeker, Carlson & Haluck, LLP, 1478 Stone Point Drive, Suite 400 Roseville, CA 95661 (916) 724-5700 Signed: KEVIN HARRIGAN Dated: April 12, 2016 Case Number: 15CV01464 Published: August 11,18,25, September 1, 2016

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Negotiation Secrets One of the first Real Estate seminars I attended was titled “The Art of Negotiation: Three Secrets Guaranteed to Win!” The guy on stage told us we would leave the seminar with the secret skills we needed to “become an irresistible force of persuasiveness!”

The guy was excited and he got us all excited. If we learned the secrets and believed in ourselves, we would soon join the elite group of persuasive negotiators who differentiate themselves from the rest of the human race.

“And now,” he said, “I will reveal to you the three secret methods that will make you a top negotiator!

“First: Ask for what you want!

“Second: Find the pain on the other side and point it out!

“Third: Show the benefit of your proposal!”

As luck would have it, the very next day I sat in a conference room at my office, writing an offer for my first-time homebuyers Jim and Sally Renfield.

I held up my hand and said, “Second, I happen to know the seller’s pain here. The husband has been transferred with his job and he’s already gone and offered on another home in Ohio. The wife and kids are packed and they need this place sold. ”Third,” I said, “your proposal with this offer is a great benefit to them in their current situation.”

“Okay,” said Jim, “let’s give it a shot, but let’s make sure we don’t lose out. We are willing to pay more.”

I met the sellers and their agent that evening in the seller’s home. I told them in no uncertain terms, that this offer was what the buyer wanted. I pointed out the seller’s pain, their need to move quickly.

I explained the benefit of receiving an offer from my prequalified buyer, ready to move immediately.

The next day the sellers’ agent called me. “Sorry. We got another offer and sold the house. Thanks for working on it.”

“Wait! No counter-offer or anything?” I said.

We were discussing the price to offer on the house they wanted. I went to work with my new negotiating skills.

“No. The sellers thought you sounded inflexible, and just went with the next buyer.”

“Listen,” I said, “first, you need to ask for what you want. Obviously you want to get the best deal you can, so let’s offer $10,000 under.”

I met with Jim and Sally. Through her tears Sally yelled, “I told you I didn’t want to lose that house!”

Sally said, “I just want to make sure we don’t lose out on this one.

We need to get out of our place and I don’t want to move twice.”

She looked at Jim, appealing for his backup.

I’ve abandoned the three top secrets of negotiation I learned at the seminar, and developed a new program.

“Yeah,” said Jim, “I told you we would pay more!”

It’s called “Shut Up and Listen.”

Provided by doug Love, Sales Manager at Century 21 Jeffries Lydon. email escrowgo@aol.com, or call 530-680-0817.

1284 ARCH WY • CHICO This charming property in Northeast Chico is the perfect place to call home! This well-maintained Bruce Mccrea built home is everything you have been looking for. Home features ceramic tile and carpet throughout, some custom paint and a fabulous kitchen with Cherry wood cabinets, stainless steel appliances, gas range and an eating bar. You will love the open floor plan and spacious bedrooms. Master suite bathroom offers a soaking tub with separate shower and a walk in closet. A custom built pergola covers the extended patio and offers two varieties of delicious grapes: it is perfect for entertaining or outdoor family dining. Mature landscaping features fruit trees (pear and lime) as well as crepe myrtle trees and several varieties of roses. A dual speed whole house fan, Leviton wiring in each room, wiring for outdoor speakers (and hot tub!) are some of the desirable extras you’ll find. Three other homes on this side of the street have had in ground pools put in…so it can be done! Close to schools and shopping and situated in a quiet neighborhood.

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Homes Sold Last Week ADDRESS 83 George Cameron Dr 3155 Shallow Springster 3244 Hudson Ave 606 Larch St 46 Redeemers Loop 717 Moss Ave 1532 Manchester Rd 1153 Palmetto Ave 109 Delaney Dr 1 Merle Ct 1245 Arcadian Ave

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

Berry Creek Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$80,000 $611,999 $475,000 $330,000 $319,000 $319,000 $315,000 $313,000 $305,000 $300,000 $300,000

2/2 3/3 4/3 3/2 4/2 3/2 3/3 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2

SQ. FT. 1,595 3,792 2,458 1,429 1,608 1,348 1,807 1,632 1,565 1,701 1,526

Sponsored by Century 21 Jeffries Lydon ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

2748 Revere Ln 3059 Snowbird Dr 1402 Davis St 1258 Normal Ave 216 W Lassen Ave 984 Myrtle Ave 1102 W 8Th Ave 1297 Dale Way 5540 Market St 63 Mill St 1944 Normal Ave

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$270,000 $260,000 $244,500 $237,500 $220,000 $220,000 $207,000 $170,000 $170,000 $152,000 $145,000

4/3 3/2 2/3 3/1 4/2 3/2 2/1 3/1 2/1 2/1 3/2

1,516 1,213 1,605 980 1,464 1,737 1,214 1,747 1,160 812 968

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CLASSIC CHICO AT ITS BEST, old world charm w/ the upgraded conveniences of modern day, 2144 sq ft., 3 bed, 2.5 baths & inground pool $439k

Cabin on Butte Creek on 1 acre. $315,000

Avenues charmer with beautiful updated kitchen, large master, sun room, formal living, family room w/built ins, lush grounds, and gorgeous inground pool w/ water fall! 3bd /2ba, 1,678 sq ft ....................................................................... $375,000

AMBER GROVE, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, 3 car garage, family room plus living room, 2151 sq ft, $425k

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4 bed 2 bath in Chico large yard $279,500

Ag zoning, 6.78 acs, vineyard, stunning home, 5,000 +, income producing, + shops too ...............................$1,219,000

IMMACULATE 1960’s HOME w/ large parklike yard located on a cul de sac & not far from Bidwell Park, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, 1807 sq ft $325k

Lots for sale starting at $67,500

sold

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Senior condo, 2 bed/2 bth, 1,300 sq ft, 1-car garage, nice unit w/updated kitchen ....................................... $199,999 Teresa Larson (530)899-5925 www.ChicoListings.com chiconativ@aol.com

Cul de sac, 3 bed/2 bath, 1,440 sq ft, needs updating................................................................................. $255,000 Longfellow area 3 bed 1 bath, hardwood floors, living plus large family room! 1,600+ sq ft. .......................... $265,000 pending dingupdated! 3 bed/2 bath, 1,245 sq ft master suite, office/laundry space, large yard! ........ $284,306 Charming & pen beautifully

the following houses were sold in butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of August 15, 2016 – August 19, 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.

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

1125 Sheridan Ave 19

Chico

$135,000

1/1

642

2054 Marilyn Dr

Chico

$127,500

5/2

1511 Manzanita Ave

Chico

$125,000

3/2

81 Artesia Dr

SQ. FT.

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

SQ. FT.

8739 Chrishelle Way

ADDRESS

Oroville

$275,000

3/3

2,194

1,599

1753 Pine St

Oroville

$94,000

2/1

954

1,739

461 Kokanee Dr

Oroville

$86,000

2/2

1,257

Chico

$100,000

3/2

1,270

2273 Wyandotte Ave

Oroville

$75,000

2/1

1,080

Forest Ranch

$232,000

3/2

1,792

2210 Thornburg Rd

Paradise

$350,000

5/3

2,569

1489 Larkin Rd

Gridley

$210,000

2/2

1,410

718 Winding Way

Paradise

$286,000

3/2

1,577

420 Scarlet Oak Dr

Gridley

$185,000

3/2

1,152

1877 Norwood Dr

Paradise

$280,500

3/2

2,328

6165 Some Way

Magalia

$232,272

3/2

1,680

880 Buschmann Rd

Paradise

$245,000

3/2

1,452

13712 Eureka Dr

Magalia

$150,000

2/2

1,348

6351 Tahoe Ct

Paradise

$205,000

2/2

1,125

13625 W Park Dr

Magalia

$150,000

3/2

1,406

6630 Quail Way

Paradise

$175,000

3/2

1,120

5409 La Porte Rd

Marysville

$285,000

4/2

2,067

1433 Bille Rd

Paradise

$62,500

1/1

760

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