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CITY OF CHICO plannIng COmmIssIOn pUBlIC HEaRIng nOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Chico Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, December 15, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, located at 421 Main Street, regarding the following project: Chico 2030 General Plan Five-Year Review: The Chico City Council adopted the Chico 2030 General Plan in April 2011. As directed by the Plan, a comprehensive five year evaluation of the Plan has been prepared. The Review assesses growth trends and analyzes the effectiveness of the General Plan’s policy framework through the first five years of Plan implementation. It assesses land availability, forecasts opportunities and challenges in the upcoming five years, and summarizes major City planning efforts. In addition, the Review reports on the status of all implementing Actions contained in the Plan and proposes General Plan text amendments, as well as amendments to land use designations and zoning of various properties, for Council action. To accompany the Review, a Sustainability Indicators Report has been prepared to gauge progress in advancing the General Plan’s sustainability-related goals and policies.

Further, a number of amendments to Title 19 of the Chico Municipal Code (Land Use and Development Regulations) are recommended to implement Housing Element Actions, create consistency with policy direction in the General Plan, resolve minor inconsistencies in the Code, formalize interpretations made by the Community Development Director, clarify terms and definitions, and gain efficiencies in implementation of the Code as called for by the Plan’s Economic Development Goals and Policies.

At the meeting, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider the Review, Sustainability Indicators Report, and staff report, and then provide recommendations to the City Council regarding: 1) text amendments to the Chico 2030 General Plan, 2) amendments to land use designations and zoning of various properties, and 3) amendments to Title 19 of the Chico Municipal Code.

A copy of the Five-Year Review and all accompanying documents is available online at http://chico.ca.us/planning_services/PlanningServicesHomePage.asp or at the Chico Community Development Department office at 411 Main Street, 2nd Floor, Chico, California. Questions regarding the Review may be directed to Principal Planner Brendan Vieg at (530) 879-6806 or brendan.vieg@chicoca.gov The proposed amendments to the General Plan, land use designations and zoning of various properties, and to Title 19 of the Municipal Code would not result in an increase in development beyond that which was analyzed in the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared and certified for the Chico 2030 General Plan update (State Clearinghouse #2008122038). The proposed amendments represent a refinement of the General Plan adoption process, and in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162 are within the scope of the EIR. Any person may appear and be heard at the public hearing. The Planning Commission may not have sufficient time to fully review materials presented at the public hearing. Interested parties are encouraged to provide written materials at least 8 days prior to the public hearing to allow distribution with the Planning Commission’s agenda and thus, adequate time for the Planning Commission to review. All written materials submitted in advance of the public hearing must be submitted to the City of Chico Community Development Department, 411 Main Street, Second Floor, or mailed to P.O. Box 3420, Chico, CA 95927. Written materials should refer to the specific public hearing item listed above.

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Junk the portables Once again, Chico residents have agreed to reach into their pockets to

pay for better schools. For the third time since 1998, they have approved a ballot measure authorizing the Chico Unified School District to sell millions of dollars’ worth of bonds. The money generated by Measure K will be used to modernize and upgrade Chico’s schools, particularly its elementary schools.

Most of those schools were built in the 1950s, and today they’re falling apart. Also, they don’t enjoy the benefits of the technological revolution that has transformed all aspects of our society. Nothing symbolizes this backwardness more than the dozens of portable classrooms still in use at our elementary schools. Cheaply made with lousy HVAC systems and prone to falling apart over time, they are meant to be temporary structures.

In Chico, however, some have been in place for nearly 40 years.

They’re also potential health hazards. In 2004, the California Air Resources Board did a large-scale study of portables and found that, during 40 percent of classroom time, there was inadequate fresh air. It also found higher levels of formaldehyde, a carcinogen, that exceeded the state’s chronic-exposure limits in nearly all portable classrooms. Levels in portables also more frequently exceeded acute-exposure limits designed to protect against respiratory problems.

Heretofore, the CUSD has failed to eliminate the portables, perhaps due to lack of funds to build new classrooms. Whatever the reason, Measure K gives the district the means finally to eliminate dozens of potentially unsafe structures that should have been hauled off and recycled decades ago.

Junking the portables should be the district’s highest priority. Chico voters did their part. Now its up to the CUSD to follow through. □

GUEST COMMENT

Then and now IWhile President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated.

I had been a Nixon supporter, I was pleased

important “revolutionary.”

Today, the assassins are my neighbors, my barber, a retired school teacher, etc., who believe they should have been dealt a better hand and have with Kennedy’s charisma and leadership. The news been short-changed by a changing world. They was devastating. Our president, believe they should have more my president, had been killed!

We have placed the and others less, especially those For days, I felt course of the nation not of their ethnicity or religion.

They have retreated to the as if I were going in the hands of mindset of blaming their failto throw up. Now, incompetents. ures on the actions of others— 53 years later, I am on taxation, immigration and experiencing similar globalization. They want the country to retreat to feelings—hopelessness and imminent despair, yet it is not the the 1930s, but personally retain all the technological comforts of 2016. same. The difference between by If these people truly wanted change, why—with Dean Carrier then and now is that there were an 11 percent approval rating—did Congress able persons in Kennedy’s The author, a achieve almost complete re-election? The answer Paradise resident, administration to take the reins is a wildlife biologist is simple and sad: They don’t want change, better and continue to lead us. with 50 years of conditions nationally and worldwide. They just want Today, we have placed the field experience. changes specific to each of them so as to enhance course of the nation in the hands their comfort for the short terms of their lives. of incompetents.

In desperation, they have put their trust in the Another difference was that hands of a man who promises he will fix things the assassination was the action of a bitter, angry without any explanation of how. The human race young man with a desperate desire to act in a politihas had its share of failings, but this is by far the cal way to further the cause of his commitment to most self-serving. □ Communism and in so doing elevate himself as an t was about 53 years ago that we found out

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reporting in the Trump era On the campaign trail, to get elected, Donald Trump used nearly every tool

in the demagogue playbook: scapegoating and fear-mongering (as with Mexican immigrants, whom he called rapists and criminals), lying (his many misstatements were awarded fact-checker PolitiFact’s 2015 Lie of the Year), inciting violence (as Trump did when protesters showed up at his rallies), making outrageous promises (like making Mexico build a wall along its border with the U.S.); hurling personal insults (as when he repeatedly mocked Jeb Bush and attacked Carly Fiorina’s looks), and so on.

And the public, at least not quite half of those who voted, bought his shtick hook, line and sinker. Trump also went after the media—another tactic in the annals of demagoguery. He called reporters “scum,” sleazy” and “lying,” which was rich considering the numerous lies he told and propaganda he spread, including the false rumor that President Obama was not born in the United States (aka the “birther” theory).

Like most demagogues, including Adolph Hitler, Trump feels threatened by the Fourth Estate and its efforts to ensure that power brokers do not abuse their authority and undermine the integrity of the democracy. As a result, he has attempted to intimidate newspapers and other media outlets with the threat of lawsuits and, in the week since the general election, has ditched his press pool on several occasions without warning.

We hope that his tactics will serve only as a catalyst for the best organizations to redouble their efforts to seek transparency from his administration. That’s because the role of the media today is more essential to the health of the nation than it perhaps ever has been. Reporters and editors must be fearless in their approach to newsgathering and reporting and hold the president-elect accountable for his every move, from his recent decision to install an anti-Semite with ties to the white supremacist (aka alt-right) movement as his chief strategist, to the appointment of the other members of his cabinet.

As Trump’s inauguration approaches, the press will be watching. □

LETTERS

SECOND & FLUME

by Melissa Daugherty m e l i s s a d @ n e w s r e v i e w. c o m

righteous indignation At 9:14 p.m. on Election Day, when I saw the writing on the wall, I asked my Facebook friends to remind me of the order of the five stages of grief. “I’m now past denial,” I wrote.

Anger came next, and I’ve been stuck there, though I’d prefer to call it righteous indignation. I’ve been most incensed at how Donald Trump’s election has emboldened the dark underbelly of racist America. Right in our backyard, my friends and neighbors have reported instances of bigotry: swastikas carved into the toilet seat at a North State rest stop, white supremacist propaganda scrawled on a flier at Chico State’s library, and fake deportation notices handed out to kids at a Redding high school.

Similar acts of racism have taken place throughout the country.

Take, for instance, the mayor of a West Virginia town who posted on Facebook that she couldn’t wait to have Melania Trump—“a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady”—in the White House, and that she was “tired of seeing a (sic) Ape in heels.”

This surge of hate is real and disturbing, and it makes me ashamed of my fellow Americans in this nation of immigrants.

As a result, this week I’ve decided to channel my rage into something productive—in this case, criticism of the sleepy local daily whose editor refused to endorse not only a presidential nominee but also a congressional candidate during the most important general election of the modern era.

In his most recent Sunday column, Chico E-R Editor David Little offered no insight into the results of the presidential election or its repercussions nationally or locally. Instead, he waxed selfcongratulatory about winning that newspaper’s office election pool and made what I’ll call a “no shit, Sherlock” prediction that Sean Morgan, Chico’s vice mayor, would be voted in as mayor in December. This, in a write-up with the headline “An ominous look ahead in Chico politics.”

Little thinks current Mayor Mark Sorensen won’t seek re-election in two years and that the other City Council conservatives whose seats will be up for grabs will win if they attempt to retain them. But the makeup of the panel could swing back to the lefties, and that would be a bad thing, he opined.

Over the years, I’ve stuck up for Little when I’ve heard rumblings about him being a puppet of conservative candidates. But it’s getting harder to do that when he shirks his duty to make endorsements and echoes propaganda, including that the three conservatives whose terms end in 2018 are responsible for “getting the city back on track financially and replenishing the depleted Police Department.”

As the record shows, a liberal majority was in charge in 2012 when the city took the steps to right its finances—coffers that were drained due to the worst depression since the Great Depression (i.e., “it’s the economy, stupid”). It was an improved local economy— following that of the nation—that ultimately got the city out of the red and allowed it to buoy the police department’s staffing. Any other narrative is a false one.

Little said “prescience is a terrible gift.” I’d like to know where that foresight was back in 2007, prior to the economic meltdown and when his newspaper had three times its current circulation. He ought to stop worrying about an election two years out and start worrying about the present.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

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Let scrap yard stay Re “The next chapter” (Newslines, by Ken Smith, Nov. 10): Speaking as an environmentalist, I feel that a conveniently located scrap metal recycling yard is a very valuable asset to ours and any community as it saves a lot of energy. Imagine if we didn’t have Chico Scrap Metal on 20th Street that at least 1,000 old used water heaters, refrigerators, ovens, stoves and so on would have to individually be transported all the way to Durham. What a waste to our environment as well as of so many people’s valuable time driving so far.

Let’s insist that Chico Scrap Metal’s owners make the outside of the business look more attractive and that they must test for additional contamination every few years. But let’s not force them to move from their location, as they truly are an asset to our wonderful community.

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Too much name-calling Re “How did we get here?”

(Editorials, Nov. 10): The editorial that said Presidentelect Donald Trump is a racist and sociopath was unwarranted and unilluminating. The First Amendment guarantees the right to make such statements, but does not guarantee their accuracy. Calling someone a racist, in the absence of compelling evidence, demonizes him or her and makes mutual understanding difficult if not impossible. Calling someone a sociopath is a slur masked as a clinical diagnosis by someone not a psychologist. It is also insulting to the millions who voted for that person.

The editor’s disappointment is understandable, but does not help us to analyze how we got here. The editorial was written under a tight deadline, but sometimes it is better not to say what is on the top of our emotional minds.

There is a Quaker observation that advises the importance of following the Light that we have. It also advises that it is equally important to make sure our Light is not Darkness. Some have suggested, with T-shirts, that the slogan should revised to “Make America Kinder Again.” It is also true that the other slogan might be “Kinder Together.” Both are possibilities, 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 especially if we restrain from the temptation to label each other unkindly.

Douglas Ferguson Chico

Editorials and letters to the editor spewing such hatred as “emboldened by a dark side of America” and “choosing between a racist, sociopathic Republican” are the reasons President-elect Donald Trump is packing his bags for the White House.

So much for the progressives claiming moral and intellectual superiority. Rural newspapers didn’t do their job? Give us a break.

“Hillary Clinton was the only one qualified for the job” and labeling a wide swath of America as “basket of deplorables” are the real reasons that Trump soundly trounced “the most qualified candidate in the modern era.”

Constantly and consistently labeling the opposition as undereducated and uninformed was ultimately insulting as they tried to force a failed and deeply flawed candidate down the throats of the American public. Guess what?

They spit it back on you, and you only have yourself to blame. It’s ironic since they are now running the streets in protest, which, in my opinion, vindicates a Trump victory.

In the end, the DNC and the liberals own this failure. The conservatives did their part in putting up a flawed but nonparty candidate that America was asking for.

James R. Jenkins Oroville

Electoral College must go Re “‘Make every vote count’” (Letters, by Don McCollough, Nov. 10):

This past election has shown us that many were disillusioned over the choices for president and didn’t vote or compromised their consciences. Reports say this past election was at 51 percent voting with 124 million voters out of 241 million of voting age—a reduction from 131.3 million that voted during President Obama’s election in 2008.

There are efforts to open up our democracy by increasing voter turnout and inclusion; rank choice voting and proportional representation are important goals to strengthen the voting process.

In rank choice voting, you would vote your first, second, third, etc., choices—reflecting your true choices. When used as instant runoff voting, rank choice voting reflects the support of the majority of the voters. Sen. Bernie Sanders supports legislation to introduce instant runoff voting in order to give third parties a fair shot at competing in our elections.

Proportional representation tries to resolve the unfairness of plurality/majoritarian systems, where the largest parties receive “winner take all” status and smaller or third parties are disadvantaged and have difficulty winning any representation at all.

The Electoral College vs. the Popular Vote—popular will and overturning Citizens United are just two other reforms needing our attention for a healthy democracy.

Diane Suzuki Chico

Trump is right about one thing: The system is rigged. In fact, it’s rigged in his favor. For the second time in 16 years, the Electoral College has “trumped” the popular vote. Al Gore won by 540,000

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votes in 2000, as did Hillary Clinton by more than 200,000 votes in 2016.

As an Army veteran who served honorably, I find this appalling.

Veterans gave their lives so you could vote. I voted twice—in 2000 and 2016—for nothing, because my candidate “won” the popular vote but “lost” to the archaic, bogus force of the Electoral College. I will protest by never voting again. Why bother? It’s a joke!

Mikel Schoelen Chico

I believe that it’s time to abolish the Electoral College so that every voter’s voice is heard. Trump’s win denotes the decline of common decency and proves that promoting fear is a very divisive tool.

Patricia Feldhaus Chico

I agree. That way the people would elect the president and every vote really would count.

Republicans in California and Democrats in Idaho could actually make a difference to the outcomes of elections. Results would not be known for days or even weeks after polls closed, instead of at 4 in the afternoon on the West Coast.

This would motivate a greater percentage of voters to vote and motivate those who rarely or never vote to do so.

Adam Clegg Chico

Don McCollough wants to do away with the Electoral College. I am in agreement with him on that issue, but he is mistaken about the year 2000 presidential vote in Florida. Al Gore did win that vote, but only because the mailed-in

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Trump’s win denotes the decline of common decency and proves that promoting fear is a very divisive tool.

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votes of service persons had not yet been counted. Gore went to court on that issue but the court ruled against him. After all the mailed-in votes had been counted, Gore lost his bid for the Oval Office. Gore’s main issue has been air pollution, but he creates much of that flying around in his private jet aircraft complaining about air pollution and global warming.

Maurice Picard Chico

Life with Trump What do we do now? For starters, get off that damn computer and all other social media devices. Learn to think for yourself. Go next door and say hello to your neighbor.

Do something to improve your local world. Volunteer, donate and advocate. Stop supporting incumbent politicians. It was a career politician that got us where we are today.

Here is a novel idea. Relocate to a red state. Imagine the reaction if 100,000 registered liberal/progressive voters from California moved to Iowa or Ohio. What if 250,000 migrated from Washington, Oregon and California?

Most important of all, we must work to eliminate the career politician whose only objective is re-election. Hang them naked by the heels upside-down and

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you can’t tell a Democrat from a Republican. Ask Bernie Sanders.

And the reality star guy argued for that and he won the vote of half of America.

There is only one way to accomplish that: term limits across the board. Never again vote for a candidate who does not promise to support term limits. America does need real change and the elimination of the career politician is a start.

And never, ever again vote for anyone named Bush or Clinton.

Ronald Angle Chico

Let Trump galvanize us to progressive action. Wear a safety pin to show support for unsafe groups. Volunteer and donate to progressive groups. Stay informed as with Elizabeth Warren’s newsletter. Sign the petition to end the Electoral College. Help organize a march on Jan. 21 to support the national march, using the Facebook page Norcal Progressives to make comments. On Jan. 21, a demonstration with a million women and feminists at the nation’s capital will formally protest sexism.

Gayle Kimball Chico

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Attendees at a ribbon-cutting event on Monday (Nov. 14) celebrating the installation of a new playground at Chapman Elementary School were treated to a demonstration of the equipment by a group of experts— kindergartners.

The ceremony was the culmination of a two-year fundraising effort by the school and the Love Chapmantown Community Coalition to raise $41,000 to build the playground, which is designed to serve transitional kindergarten and kindergarten children.

“Until now, our kindergarteners were playing on aging, oversized equipment that was installed when the school opened in 1953,” said Laura Manning, a Chapman teacher involved with the project, in a press release.

The campaign raised enough funds to purchase picnic tables and several tricycles, in addition to swings, slides and other equipment, according to the release.

NO LONGER INTERIM

During its meeting on Tuesday (Nov. 15), the Chico City Council unanimously voted to appoint longtime firefighter Bill Hack as chief of the Chico Fire Department.

Hack served in the position on an interim basis since Jan. 1, when he replaced former Fire Chief Shane Lauderdale. He’s the first Chico firefighter to begin his career with the department and rise through the ranks internally and get promoted to chief since Elmer Brouillard was appointed in 1953, according to the CN&R’s archives.

He’ll have his hands full. The department currently is developing a staffing plan in the absence of a previously anticipated $4.1 million federal grant, which fell through last month and likely will result in firefighter layoffs.

CALL FOR CALM

Local law enforcement officials, politicians, service providers and clergy converged at Chico’s Old Municipal Building on Wednesday (Nov. 16) to address concerns about intimidation and unrest following the election.

The press conference was arranged by Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien (pictured), who said the reactions within the community have mostly been peaceful.

“We’ve had very few reported incidents of harassment and no reported incidents of violence,” he said. “However ... there have been unreported incidents that have caused some concern in our community. As chief of police, I felt it was important to reaffirm … that we are committed to protecting the rights of every citizen in Butte County, period.”

O’Brien urged anyone who feels threatened or intimidated, or is the victim of crime, to contact authorities immediately. Other speakers encouraged respectful dialogue and community unity.

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The namesake Questions surface over Zingg Recital Hall

Osity’sandpublications, staff picked up one of the univerArts & Ideas, many were ver the summer, when Chico State faculty

surprised to see a familiar name attached to the new $58 million Arts by & Humanities Building’s Gabriel largest feature: the Paul Sandoval and Yasuko Zingg Recital Hall.

Academic Senate officers Betsy Boyd and Paula Selvester say that, soon after the arts calendar and events publication hit stands in June, they began fielding questions from concerned campus employees who wanted to know whether the naming represented a conflict of interest because it was approved while now-retired Paul Zingg was Chico State president.

“Some people have said that it seems a bit incestuous, if you will,” Boyd said.

Boyd and Selvester charge that Zingg had a history of making decisions without following protocol, which is one reason the senate delivered a vote of no confidence in him and a couple of his top executives last December. Learning of the recital hall’s naming after the fact sent shock waves throughout the staff.

“We had just voted a no-confidence on [Zingg], right? So having something named after him on our campus would have thrown up so many red flags,” Boyd said.

“I can’t even imagine. I mean, our commit-

tee would have probably gone ballistic.”

Zingg, who retired in June after 12 years at

the helm of Chico State, has long wanted to donate his art collection on behalf of himself and his wife, Yasuko, to the campus, according to Ahmad Boura, who was appointed as vice president of University Advancement in June 2015.

In an interview with CN&R, Boura recalled discussions with Zingg about the art collection, going back to January of this year. That was right around the time when the university was putting the finishing touches on the Arts & Humanities Building. Boura’s job is to solicit donations from alumni and businesses to support the university, which at the time was actively pursuing donors for the building’s various facilities. The recital hall, for example, was listed in a brochure with a suggested donation of $1 million. Zingg expressed interest in donating his collection—preliminarily valued at $400,000— toward that naming, Boura said.

“When this opportunity opened up and it was brought to my attention, I said, ‘OK, we need to follow the process if you’re interested in the naming opportunities,’” he added.

Boura wrote a letter to CSU Chancellor Timothy White asking for his permission to honor Zingg “through a naming of a recital hall located in the new Arts and

Humanities Building.” Boura explained that the naming would recognize Zingg’s 23 years of service to the CSU, as well as the donation to the university’s Janet Turner Print Museum.

In April, White wrote a letter to Zingg approving the namesake. The two letters and other related documents were obtained by the CN&R for this investigation through the California Public Records Act. The documents include a copy of the appraisal for Zingg’s donated 86-piece art collection, which was found to be worth $313,675.

In comparison, the name of the university’s new art gallery in the same building was advertised for a recommended $500,000 donation. Artist and woodworker Graham Hutton donated two checks and a gift-in-kind—together totaling the asking price—to name the gallery after his late wife, Jacki Headley, a Chico State alumna who died in 2012 after a 35-year career as a local textile artist and entrepreneur.

Boyd and Selvester said that upon learn-

ing about Zingg Recital Hall, faculty and staff urged them to review the policy and procedures behind such a naming. Was it normal for a sitting president to have a hall named after himself? They wondered. And who oversees such things?

The policy, coincidentally enacted by

Zingg in 2008, states that the CSU board of trustees retains the authority to name all buildings, “major portions of buildings,” “highly visible facilities and properties,” and things like stadiums and baseball fields.

The university president, on the other hand, has the ability to name “individual rooms, limited rooms, limited areas and individual items or features within buildings, individual landscape items or features, limited outdoors areas, and other minor properties.”

It also says, when honoring an academic figure or administrator for his or her service to the university, “a proposal shall not be made until the individual has been retired or deceased at least two years.”

The policy does not offer clear criteria for what constitutes a minor facility vs. a major one, such as the square footage, cost or capacity, but rather gives discretion to the president. The recital hall is 3,866 square feet and seats 196 people.

“Most people would say that that’s a major area of the building,” Boyd said. In fact, it’s the building’s largest individual space, but covers only a fraction of the 91,000-square-foot facility.

The naming policy does outline a clear process for handling proposals: First, they should be submitted to the vice president of University Advancement (Boura), then forwarded to the president (Zingg) and the Academic Senate Executive Committee (a group of top-ranking academic senators, the president and members of his cabinet).

Boyd, who chairs the Academic Senate Executive Committee, said the committee was never forwarded the Zingg proposal.

Two days after the chancellor’s letter made the naming official, the Academic Senate’s executive committee held a meeting where Boura said he informed members of the gift and the naming. However, four members of the committee contacted by this reporter said they recall hearing him mention only the gift. The naming was never discussed, they said.

“I mentioned that,” Boura told the CN&R when shown a copy of the minutes. “It probably hasn’t been quoted in these minutes, but I did mention that we were going to, had gone to the chancellor.”

Boyd said she would remember such a statement, especially given the controversy that dogged Zingg in the months leading to his retirement.

Though Zingg declined to be interviewed for this story, he did briefly reply in an email.

“The naming reflects the gift of my extensive art collection to the university,” he wrote. “It does not honor my service to the university.”

White’s letter to Zingg on April 13 suggests otherwise: “In recognition of your generosity and 23 years of service to the California State University, I am approving the naming of Paul and Yasuko Zingg Recital Hall.”

In the end, Boyd said that while the policy may not have been broken, it lacked transparency. There is a silver lining, she added. In a recent Academic Senate Executive Committee meeting, the policy was brought forth and discussed, she said. Based on her interactions with the new president of Chico State, Gayle Hutchinson, she’s confident that any naming of a facility—major or minor—will be openly discussed with the committee.

“I fully expect that Gayle will honor that,” she said. □

Farewell to a friend Young veteran’s death sends ripples through military, wider community

W

es Shockley was one of those guys you could just talk to. It didn’t matter if you were in a good mood or bad, depressed, withdrawn, or feeling out of place. His positivity was infectious, and he took genuine pleasure in helping others.

“He was one of the sweetest, kindest men I’ve ever known. And at the same time, he wasn’t afraid to face challenges,” said James Smith, a colleague of Shockley’s at the Chico State Student Veteran Organization.

“No one expected to lose Wes,” he added. “He was a young Remember Wes: man, very A memorial is planned for Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the Chico enthusiasVet Center (250 Cohasset Road, tic about Ste. 40), noon-2 p.m. In addition, working the Chico State Student Veteran with people, Organization and the Veteran Education Support Team set up helping peoa GoFundMe site for Shockley’s ple. When family. Search “Wes Shockley” at we heard gofundme.com. the news, a lot of people were just shocked—almost paralyzed with shock.”

Shockley, 40, died unexpectedly on Nov. 2 in Rocklin, where he was living with his wife, Carolyn, and their two children. To say that his death has sent waves of grief through both communities and beyond would be an understatement.

“Overall, our VA family is pretty

heartbroken,” said Tara Ricks, public affairs officer with the Veterans Administration in Northern California.

Shockley was working at the Citrus Heights Vet Center when he died; he’d previously headed the center in Chico. His passion was counseling, a skill he took up while serving in the Army in Iraq in 2004 and 2005.

“Going to Iraq, I got to see what they go through, which galvanized my desire to help vets,” Shockley told the CN&R in May 2015. One thing that motivated him was the high suicide rate among veterans. This past summer, the VA released a new study that showed the number of vet suicides had decreased from 22 per day to 20. That’s a direct consequence of increased counseling services like those Shockley helped administer, says Trent Lear, a suicide prevention coordinator for the VA. “I believe [the lower rate] is because the VA got on the stick with it and has taken it seriously,” he said.

SIFT ER A nation surprised Americans are reacting strongly to Donald Trump becoming the next president of the United States, according to a national Gallup poll conducted on Nov. 9, the day after the election.

About 80 percent of Trump supporters said that they’re “excited,” while 76 percent of Hillary Clinton supporters said that they’re “afraid.” The negative reaction is stronger among young people.

More than half (54 percent) of people ages 40 and younger said they’re “afraid,” compared with just 25 percent of people 60 and older. The majority of respondents did have one thing in common, however: three-quarters said that they’re “surprised” by the result.

Wes Shockley

“They put people into positions like my own, where this is what you do.”

Shockley, too, took his counseling role to heart—and the results were tangible, according to Smith, a graduate student who served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

“I have no doubt that Wes saved hundreds of lives,” he said. “It may not have been from suicide, but might have just been making their lives better, saving them from being lost. That’s part of why Wes was so highly regarded.”

Ricks sent the CN&R an official statement from the VA about Shockley’s death: “Wes spent his life serving others in the military and our veterans as he helped people in need work through very difficult challenges.

Our Vet Centers continue the proud tradition of veterans serving veterans, and Wes was a devoted leader in carrying out that mission.

He will be deeply missed.”

As a counselor himself, Lear understands the gravity and fragility of working with veterans struggling to get by, particularly those contemplating suicide. “You have to understand how people come to be able to take their own lives,” he said by phone.

“That’s not something people are born to be able to do.”

He and Ricks emphasized that their organization is willing to help. Anyone who wants to talk is encouraged to call the veterans crisis line at 800-273-8255.

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Walmart’s proposed expansion needn’t be a divisive, left vs. right issue. And yet, when it came to a decision, the panel split down party lines, voting 4-3 to approve the big-box’s bid to get even bigger.

The proposal for the retail giant’s location on Forest Avenue includes an interior expansion of about 64,500 square feet, including more space for groceries and a deli; 134 additional parking spaces; a pick-up area for customers who order groceries or prescription drugs online; an eight-pump gas station and convenience store; street access improvements; and two parcels for future development.

On Oct. 5, the Chico Planning Commission voted 5-2 to greenlight the project. A couple of weeks later, a group opposing Walmart’s expansion filed an appeal. Brett Jolley, an attorney

out of Stockton, delivered it on behalf of Chico Advocates for a Responsible Economy (CARE), which mounted a successful campaign against Walmart’s plans for a supercenter a decade ago.

On Tuesday, the City Council held a public hearing as its members decided whether to uphold or deny the appeal.

Jolley presented his client’s case against Walmart. He argued that the council couldn’t certify the findings in the environmental impact report (EIR) because it understates the potential negative economic effects on nearby grocery stores such as FoodMaxx and WinCo. Also, the corporation recently has revealed plans to close 200 stores nationwide as sales shift online, diminishing the need for brick-and-mortar locations.

“What happens when this store goes out of business? You don’t want to be stuck with a vacant big box,” Jolley said.

Councilwoman Reanette Fillmer was skeptical. “Just out of curiosity, how many lawsuits against Walmart have you filed, besides this one?” she asked Jolley.

“In my my career, over the last 15 years, I’d estimate probably 10 to 15,” he said.

“And then, you’re from Stockton, not from the city of Chico?” Fillmer followed up.

“That’s correct,” Jolley answered.

Mayor Mark Sorensen jumped in: “And who pays for your efforts?”

The attorney seemed puzzled.

“Well,” he said, “different clients pay for my efforts.”

That exchange resurfaced through-

out the hearing, including when the council opened the floor for public comment. “The attorney being from Stockton is not an issue, and I don’t know why that came up,”

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speaker Chris Nelson said. “Our city attorney isn’t local, either.”

Nearly 30 people addressed the dais. Opponents cited the expansion’s potential to increase traffic congestion and air pollution in Chico’s southeast shopping district, the corporation’s poor treatment of employees and its well-documented strategy of putting competing local retailers out of business.

On the other hand, the council heard from elderly and low-income residents who said Walmart is the only place they can afford to shop.

As for employment practices, store manager Kim Turner said that 78 percent of Walmart’s employees in Chico are full-time and some enjoy generous salaries and benefits packages.

“If they’re happy working at Walmart, that’s their business,” she said.

Walmart’s corporate representatives had the last word. Philip Serghini, director of public affairs, said the Chico location opened in 1994 and badly needs an upgrade.

The bigger store would hire 85 more employees and provide the city with an additional $314,000 in annual sales tax revenue, he said.

“We want to give you the Walmart that you deserve.”

It was Councilwoman Tami Ritter’s turn to be skeptical: “Mr. Serghini, where do you live?”

“San Diego,” he replied.

“And how many of these appeals do you do?” she pressed.

“This is part of my full-time job,” Serghini said.

Vice Mayor Sean Morgan made a motion to reject CARE’s appeal, which was seconded by Fillmer.

Sorensen voted yes, but took a moment to reflect on Chico’s years-long Walmart saga. In 2009, he said, the council imposed “arbitrary and capricious demands that never would have been put on anyone else proposing the same project,” he said. “That debacle reverberated through the business community for years. … People really underestimate the damage that did to our ability to attract businesses.”

Morgan’s motion passed, with Ritter and Councilmembers Ann Schwab and Randall Stone dissenting.

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HEALTHLINES Despite the inability to create mental imagery, Don Parrish is a creative person who’s written hundreds of songs.

said many times that it was like waking up amongst aliens.”

In an October email from Zeman shared on the group’s Facebook page, the neurologist said he’s been contacted by more than 10,000 aphants to date and hopes to organize a conference next year. Zeman also said he’s embarking on a pilot study of the brain imaging profile of aphantasia versus people with average imagery and those with hyperphantasia, an extraordinary ability to visualize.

He also weighed in on conversations about whether aphantasia qualifies as a disability or disorder: “I think of it as an intriguing variation in human experience, rather than as a disorder, and this seems to be roughly how most of the ‘aphants’ who have contacted me feel about it, too,” Zeman wrote.

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Every time he closed his eyes, ntil a few weeks ago, Don Parrish thought

he saw the same thing—the back of his eyelids—and he assumed everyone else did, too.

Parrish, 26, lacks the ability to conjure mental images due to aphantasia, a condition believed to affect about 2 percent of the human population. Unaware of how others perceived the world, Parrish didn’t realize he was missing anything until Halloween night, when a friend closed his eyes and described the room around them in detail.

“I was just like, ‘Whoa, you can actually see that?’” said Parrish, a local singer/ songwriter with a music degree from Chico State. He said his only reference points for

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mental imagery until then were Stephen Hawking and Nikola Tesla—geniuses with reputedly hyperactive visual imaginations.

“I thought it was like some savant, miracle type of thing until I realized most people can actually see things in their mind.”

That revelation, Parrish said, has been earth-shattering: “It’s changed my whole world view. Knowing that you’ve been experiencing the world differently than everyone else your whole life really makes you question everything.”

Parrish’s condition, like most cases of

aphantasia, is undiagnosed. There is limited awareness or understanding of the condition among neuroscientists and psychologists, as the term aphantasia was coined just last year.

Many of those affected, known by some as “aphants,” don’t realize that their perception differs from other peoples’.

British website Aphant.Asia serves as the most comprehensive repository of information about the condition. Social media has also proven a boon to burgeoning aware-

ness and research.

The absence of mental imagery was first discovered by English scientist Francis Galton in 1880, but was mostly ignored until this century. In 2005, Adam Zeman, a neurologist based at the University of Exeter in England, was visited by a 65-year-old man who said that his “mind’s eye” had gone dark following surgery to unblock his coronary arteries.

Zeman began studying the man’s condition, and writer Carl Zimmer penned a corresponding article for Discover Magazine in 2010.

The writer was inundated with messages from readers who also have the condition. Zimmer shared the messages with Zeman, which helped the neurologist realize the phenomenon was larger than just one case.

Zeman dubbed the condition “aphantasia”—the opposite of “phantasia,” a classic Greek term for mental imagery—in a report in the journal Cortex. To assist their research, Zeman’s team devised a questionnaire to identify aphants, which is available on Aphant.Asia. Parrish, like other nonvisualizers, answered “no imagery at all” to all of the questions.

A Facebook group for nonvisualizers predated the naming of the condition. One of the founders is Robb Williams, a 58-year-old man from Cornwall, England, who became aware he was a nonvisualizer more than a decade ago during a discussion with his wife about how psychics allegedly “see things.”

“It was at that point that I realized I was the odd one out,” Williams wrote in a Facebook message to the CN&R. “I’ve

conversations trying to make sense of it, but has only found one other aphant—his brother, Sean. Sean also was unaware that his perception was atypical until his brother alerted him, and the two believe their shared “mental blindness” is part of the reason neither knew earlier.

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the condition by saying he has “no imagination,” but admits that that’s incorrect. He can imagine things, but can’t picture them. And he dreams, though all he remembers are colors and emotions. He’s a prolific songwriter who fronts local band Bad Mana and performs solo under the monicker Bran Crown. He’s also an avid reader and believes his affinity for literature and lyrics is a byproduct of his condition.

“I think reading is the closest I get to actually visualizing,” he said. “I’ve always had a visceral connection to literature, and I think it fires up other mental processes to compensate for the lack of imagery. I get very involved in books, to the point I’ve cried at the end of most every book I’ve read.

“When I write a song, the lyrics have to bring me close to that place I get from reading,” he said.

Parrish also believes aphantasia affects his emotional process. He experiences anxiety, regret, nostalgia—the whole range of human emotions—but said he’s always been able to acknowledge those feelings and move on faster than

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most. He believes this is because his condition spares him the mental imagery of past trauma or imagined future disasters.

Overall, Parrish said realizing he has aphantasia has “blown his mind,” but he’s not sure how it might affect him in the long run.

“I kind of feel like I’m missing out on something, but at the same time, how can you really miss something if you’ve never known it?” □

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If you’re feeling depressed following the presidential election, you aren’t alone. Plenty of people across the country feel sad, bewildered, angry and alienated. Here are some ways to help you move forward positively: • Remember what we all have in common: Our basic humanity is more important than individual beliefs.

• Focus on your values: Identify what you can do to better your own community

and help the people you love.

• Don’t lash out: People tend to reciprocate the way they’re treated. If you approach someone resentfully, they’ll almost certainly return the favor.

• Seek positive people: Distance yourself from negative watercooler talk and spend time with the friends and family members who ground you.

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peaks piercing the flat, fertile Central Valley floor were a little mysterious, later luring my high school buddies and I to cut class and drive west, slicing through orchards now planted with houses, and park at the base of the Buttes. We’d wistfully discuss climbing the rock-studded hills, but acquiesced to the fences that kept us out.

In the late 1970s, the Sutter Buttes Naturalists got the nod to lead hikes through some Buttes acreage. By 1989, the group morphed into the nonprofit Middle Mountain Foundation (MMF), and today offers 19 different hikes exploring the smallest mountain range in the world, a circle of peaks approximately 10 miles across, covering 75 square miles.

Some hikes focus on wildlife; others on geology; and others still focus more on the view. On the group’s website, each hike’s difficulty is rated with hiking-boot icons.

An easy option such as “Birds in the Buttes” rates one boot, while “Butte Transect—High” is a five-booter, which means it’s strenuous and only those in top form should attempt it.

The hikes, ranging in price from $35 to $55 per person, are offered from October to February, when fire danger is low and the most unpopular Sutter Buttes residents—rattlesnakes—are in their winter slumber.

Earlier this month on the East Shaeffer Ranch

Ridge Hike (a two-booter), snakes were a nonissue. However, thanks to recent rains, mosquitoes voraciously feasted on the group of 17 hikers.

Laura Lush, a Yuba City educator, led the group and provided historical background.

She pointed out turpentine weed, Medusa

head and wild oat grasses, erodium, and puffball mushrooms. The extinct volcano is home to feral pigs, bobcats and ringtails, flicker woodpeckers and thrushes. Meadowlarks filled the air with song—no traffic roar here.

Matt Lewis and Seung Yen Hong had driven from Oakland to check out the Buttes.

“I had no idea this was here. I like how preserved everything is,” Lewis observed.

“There’s nothing like it in the Bay Area.”

Hong agreed. “The landscape is not disturbed. There’s no one else here,” she marveled.

Ty Shaeffer, fourth-generation owner of the 1,200-acre ranch where he farms almonds and grapes, opened up his property to MMF hikes in 2006. He was on hand to introduce the group to his land.

“People don’t realize the Buttes are private property, owned by 12 families. That’s why they stay so pristine—we haven’t allowed development,” he explained. “The hikes help people understand this geology, the Native American influence and that of white pioneers.”

Though they considered the Sutter Buttes spiritual and sacred ground—and didn’t live there—Maidu, Wintun, Concow and Nisenan Indians regularly trekked the Buttes to harvest the acorns of blue and live oak trees and fish from streams or the two reservoirs. Also of historical interest, on another hike on the same ranch, visitors can catch a glimpse of Take a hike:

To sign up for your own hike of the Sutter buttes, visit www.middlemountainhikes.org or call 671-6116.

a Cold War relic: the defunct Sutter Buttes Titan missile site. It’s one of three old missile sites in Northern California; the others are in Lincoln and Chico.

Farther along, there was a glorious view of Peace Valley, with oak trees coming together in a dense forest. It’s also the site of the future Sutter Buttes State Park, which is yet to be developed because there’s no public access to the area, according to the California Department of Parks and Recreation.

As the group made its way back to the parking lot, the hike completed, Cindy Carr commented on the “beautiful, untouched scenery,” and added, “I loved learning the history of our own backyard.” □

The 5-mile hike followed an easy trail that

climbs uphill, where the terrain was dotted with volcanic rocks. About 1.6 million years ago, early in the Pleistocene epoch, magma pushed up through the thick Sacramento Valley sediments, forming extrusive domes in the Buttes’ core, Lush explained.

Explosive eruptions formed pyroclastic rocks, andesite and rhyolite.

“Pyroclastic blasts—think of Mount Vesuvius—and lahars, wet flows from melted ice like those that moved down during the [1980] Mount St. Helens eruption, helped develop the Buttes,” Lush said.

Another feature defining the landscape is stone fences, which could have been built by the Chinese or forced Native American laborers who stacked the smaller rocks spit out from the volcano.

Geological studies indicate there’s a ridge with high magnetism and gravity deep under the Sacramento Valley and directly beneath the Sutter Buttes, perhaps an inactive fault that differentiates the granitic and metamorphic rocks common to the eastern Sierra Nevada from the oceanic rocks found west of the Coast Range.

Not far into the hike, I paused to turn around and look down at the valley—a patchwork of farms—and to the east at the Sierra Nevada. The clear day revealed snow-capped Mount Shasta (180 miles away) and Mount Lassen, both contrasted against an azure sky.

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A big Ed-vENTurE There’s no better way to learn about nature than experiencing it firsthand, especially in a fun and active manner.

That’s the idea behind Autumn Watersheds, an immersive, family-friendly day of activities happening Saturday, Nov. 19, at big Chico Creek Ecological reserve (3251 Highway 32). Organized by butte Environmental Council and Chico State, the event will feature a watershed geology hike, an acorn food-making lesson, a scavenger hunt and much more. The fun kicks off at the bCCEr Welcome Center at 10 a.m., and participants must preregister at www.becnet.org. For more information, call 891-6424.

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Friendly pharma Small, locally owned pharmacies, once a cornerstone of most American communities, have largely gone the way of dodo birds and video stores. A few venerable examples continue to soldier on in Chico, but the decidedly old-school business model isn’t exactly popular with new business owners.

Ahmed Mamane is an exception. A pharmacist who’s spent more than half of his 12 years in the business at two Chico Walgreens locations, Mamane’s corporate experience convinced him that there’s still a need for the friendly neighborhood pharmacist. Mamane, a husband and father of two girls (ages 8 and 11), opened KindCare Pharmacy and Medical Supply (at 230 Walnut St., Ste. B) late last March. Customers looking for consultations, prescription refills, over-the-counter medicines, free flu shots and assorted sundries can find the pharmacist there from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, call 592-3917 or search for KindCare Pharmacy and Medical Supply on Facebook.

How and why did you become a pharmacist?

I went to school back in Boston, Mass. I was heading to medical school, but a friend of mine talked me into becoming a pharmacist instead. I’m glad he did, because I love it.

What about the job do you find appealing?

Having a good relationship with the patients. You get to know them well, they get to know you, and it’s an important way to help them by providing the advice and consultation they need. Sometimes, people will tell you more than they might even tell their doctor.

What inspired you to start your own pharmacy?

Being independent is the biggest reason. You’re not tied up with big corporate policies about what to do and what not to do. [In a corporate setting], you have a store manager with no pharmacy experience telling you to jump in and take the next sale or hurry up and take the next patient. That strips away the bigger role a pharmacist should play in a person’s health care, which is to fill a

link missing between the doctor and the patient. There is nothing between me and the patient here, so I can spend the time needed rather than just saying, “OK, who’s next?”

How’s it going?

It’s tough, especially these first few months. There’s a lot of thinking, “Did I make the right decision, or should I just go back to my paycheck every two weeks, suck it up and do what they tell me to do?” But I’m also hearing positive feedback from people who like the personal contact and service. They like to be treated like people. It takes a lot of hours because right now it’s just me, but I’m hoping to reach the point soon where I can hire another pharmacist or technician.

—By KEN SMiTH kens @new srev i ew. c o m

NOTICE TO CITY OF CHICO RESIDENTS: OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON BOARD AND COMMISSIONS The Chico City Council is seeking applications from volunteers to serve on the City of Chico’s Board and Commissions. Applicants must be residents of the City of Chico and qualified voters (18 years or older).

Persons may apply to one or more of the following Board or Commissions: Airport Commission, Architectural Review and Historic Preservation Board, Arts Commission, Bidwell Park and Playground Commission and Planning Commission. All appointments will be four year terms beginning January 2017, and expiring December 31, 2020.

Applications are available from the City Clerk’s Office, 411 Main Street, 3rd Floor and on the City’s website, www.ci.chico.ca.us. Please call 896-7250 if you have any questions.

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Meredith J. Cooper meredithc@newsreview.com

Walking around downtown Chico, it’s apparent that some big changes are afoot.

Sure, some restaurants have been teasing us with their “opening soon” signs for many months. But there are other exciting new businesses popping up as well.

One example is Rouse & Revolt, which opened a couple of weeks ago inside the Garden Walk Mall. I’m always looking for cool used clothing stores, and I’m very much in need of some new winter duds, so I decided to check it out.

The store, which advertises clothing to buy, sell and trade, feels like a funky little slice of San Francisco. The clothing and accessories are good quality and stylish, and the graffiti art (by local artist Daniel Beebe) is simultaneously urban and inviting. It turns out owners Christina and Nicole Haber were going for the Bay Area ambiance. “We modeled it off of stores like Buffalo Exchange and Crossroads [Trading Co.],” Christina told me.

The story behind Rouse & Revolt is one of those meant-to-be things. After getting married over the summer, the Habers started looking at all of their clothes, which are mostly good brands, stuff that’s in style and meant to last. “We joked that we could open a store with all the clothes we weren’t wearing,” said Christina, a hip-hop dancer and style aficionado. “And a couple weeks later, we paid the first month’s rent on the store.”

Rouse & Revolt is more than just a used clothing store, though. Activist Nicole said part of the shop’s mission is to give back to the community. So, each month, 5 percent of sales will be donated to a different charity. This month, it’s Catalyst Domestic Violence Services. On top of that, they donate unsellable clothing to local groups in need, helping fulfill their parallel mission of sustainability. I wish them well.

Speaking oF the city A few blocks down Main Street, another new business is

in the works. Urban Fresh Fuel, whose tagline is “Handcrafted burritos & brews,” is displaying its logo at 301 Main St., in the old Jimmy Jack’s Rib Shack. Despite its name sounding strikingly familiar to that of its neighbor on Broadway, the restaurant shows promise of providing something new downtown.

Posted on the window outside are Yelp reviews from sister restaurant Planet Fresh Gourmet Burritos in Santa Cruz. The menu looks unique—burritos range from traditional to barbecue-style to “ragin-Cajun.” It’s nice to see a new restaurant taking over that prime downtown corner. With the Chico Children’s Museum under construction a few doors down, that block is getting a much-needed makeover.

candyland Powell’s Sweet Shop on Third Street is no more. But do not fear—you’ll still be able to pop into the old-timey candy store for all your favorite chocolates, gelatos and candy bars. Owners Hal and Nancy Carlson, who opened the store nine years ago, simply decided not to renew their franchise agreement, according to a press release. The new name: Sweet Chico Confections.

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Learn The Art of Fencing My Fencing Center is the longest running continuous fencing club in Chico. My Fencing Center offers fencing instruction for beginners to advanced. Kids as young as 7 up to adults of any age! They offer state of the art equipment and flooring. Fencers enjoy recreational fencing up to National levels. This holiday season, give the ones you love the gift of fencing with a membership to My Fencing Center. For a limited time, buy one month and get the second month free!

Equipment provided (exclusions apply).

My Fencing Center 2290 Ivy St, STE 180. Chico (530) 828-1718 myfencingcenter.org

Efficient. Economical. Fun Butte Creek Bikes is a full service bicycle shop, specializing in electric bicycles.

Whether you are looking to modify an existing bike or design one from the ground up, Butte Creek Bikes has you covered. They offer a wide selection of electric bikes, electric scooters, electric bike motors and replacement parts! They are the only electric bike shop in the area to offer service and repair. The featured electric bike can reach speeds of 28 MPH and can go 25 miles before needing to be recharged.

Butte Creek Bikes 7 Three Sevens Lane, Chico (530) 591-3081 ButteCreekBikes.com

GIVE THE GIFT OF GOLF! This Christmas, give the ones you love a gift certificate to Bidwell Park Golf course. Located in picturesque Upper Bidwell Park, Bidwell Park Golf Course offers 18 holes of beautiful scenery, well maintained greens, and a friendly and helpful staff. A gift certificate to Bidwell Park Golf Course can be used to book tee times and can also be used in the pro shop and in the Bidwell Bar and Grill.

Bidwell Park Golf Course 3199 Golf Course Rd. Chico (530) 891-8417 www.GolfBidwellPark.com

California Olive Ranch Extra Virgin Olive Oil • Proudly based in Chico, California • Award winning extra virgin olive oil grown and crafted in California • Trusted by top-tier chefs • Makes the perfect holiday gift for every foodie on your list

California Olive Ranch Online: shop.californiaoliveranch.com Local Retailer: californiaoliveranch.com/store-locator

Love & Sandwiches Ike’s Place gift certificates make great holiday gifts and are redeemable at any Ike’s location. When you come to Ike’s Place it is their goal to make you feel like the unique individual that you are. If that isn’t enough to set them apart, did we mention that the bread is baked fresh to order? And their Ike’s Dirty Secret Sauce is spread on every sandwich and baked right in the bread.

Mmmmm… are you hungry yet?

Ike’s Place offers a variety of mouth watering sandwich options, including vegan and vegetarian options.

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Good, Clean FUN & exercise

Travel to Tuscany with Mooney Farms

In January 1863, James Plimpton patented a four-wheeled roller skate that was capable of turning. Ever since that day children the world over have gathered to enjoy the social interaction of others in a fun and energetic atmosphere. You can’t go wrong bringing children up in this safe environment.

Now Funland wants to make it affordable to get your kids into skating. Buy a pair of skates and you will get 100% of your purchase cost back on a Funland admission card. $100 in skates = $100 in admission. 150% on Black Friday. Get your kids started today!

The beautiful Tuscan style company store is open Monday through Friday from 10am-4pm. Discover all of the Bella Sun Luci Italian favorites including their award-winning Bella Sun Luci Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Sun Dried Tomato line, in addition to other local gourmet food products from the area.

Gift baskets are available to purchase or create your own unique design.

Shipping is available.

MOONEY FARMS 1220 Fortress Street • Chico 95973 (530) 899-2661 www.MooneyFarms.com Holiday hours Mon-Fri 10am to 4pm

Funland Put/Skate/Bat Hwy 99 & E. Park – Chico 343-1601 funlandchico.com

Give the Gift of Food and Knowledge!

A Rawbar gift card is the perfect gift for the holidays. Buy two $50 gift cards for only $90! The Rawbar serves more than just great sushi including appetizers, rice bowls, ribs and tempura. Much of the menu is also available for catering and that holiday party you’re hosting or attending. Cooking classes are also offered for DIY sushi and Thai and are a fun gift that keeps on giving. For Happy Hour, Mon-Sat 3pm-5pm, the line-up is changed regularly. You’ll find Spicy Edamame, Oyster Hot Shots, Korean Tacos w/Kalbi Short Rib, Cabbage & Kimchi Sauce and so much more. Gift cards are offered in many denominations, so stop in today, have lunch, dinner or enjoy Happy Hour and cross off a few names on your list!

RAWBAR Restaurant and Sushi 346 Broadway • Chico (530) 897-0626 • www.rawbarchico.com Open Daily • Join us for Happy Hour; Mon-Sat 3pm-5pm

Bring the family together again for dinner Enjoy dining with your family at this lovely six piece dinette set.

Only $499!

Evans Furniture Galleries 2101 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy (530) 895-3000

Get him ready for winter with the finest in mens clothing and footware from Chico Sports LTD. You’ll find a huge selection of winter gear from name brand manufacturers like KUHL, The North Face, Marmot and Columbia. These top name brands offer the best quality on the market today. What you buy him will last winter after winter and will never go out of style. This holiday outfit your man in quality clothing, jackets, footwear, hats, socks and more.

For a great selection of gifts, many under $20, think Chico Sports LTD. You’ll find stocking stuffers, clothing, bikes, yoga, shoes, and much more. Gift certificates available. Sports LTD where you’ll find “Only the Good Stuff!”

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Enjoy a True Chico Tradition

Flavorful Holiday gifts

Shubert’s Homemade Ice Cream & Candy has been a Chico tradition for over 75 years! Homemade boxed chocolates, peanut brittle, English toffee and Divinity are just a few treats our families have come to look forward to during the holidays. Pre-order ice-cream pies now! The perfect holiday dessert! Don’t forget your Shubert’s Mints this season – no holiday celebration would be complete without them!

Want to share 5th Street Steakhouse with a friend or family member? Gift cards make it simple. Great for the holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and company parties. 5th Street Steakhouse food tastes great on any occasion!

Shubert’s Ice Cream & Candy 178 E. Seventh St., Chico (530) 342–7163 www.Shuberts.com

Brew Your Own Right At Home The Chico Home Brew Shop is the place to go for all of your brewing and winemaking needs. We carry beer and wine makers equipment, ingredients, books, soda extract, cheese making ingredients, bottles, caps, corks, spouts, growlers, cider kits and much more. We are happy to answer any questions you may have too! Come by today! Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm. Friday until 6pm.

The Chico Home Brew Shop 1570 Nord Ave, Chico (530) 342-3768 HomeBruShop@yahoo.com

Chikoko presents the 11th Annual Bizarre Bazzar Come to Chico’s Alternative Craft Fair on Saturday Dec. 10th (10-6) and Sunday Dec. 11th (10-5) at the Chico Women’s Club.

Over 25 local artists will be selling innovative wares, unique art and offering a truly local experience. Plus, start the weekend off with a bang, come to the Voom Voom Variety Show on Friday Dec. 9th for local performances and an amazing raffle of surprises. Doors open at 6pm, $5, Chico Women’s Club.

Chico Women’s Club 592 east 3rd St. Chico www.chikoko.com

5th Street Steakhouse 345 West 5th St. (530) 891-6328 5thStreetSteakhouse.com

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California Sunshine in a Bottle Share the rich, golden elegance of the AWARD WINNING Butte View olive oils. Pure, light and delicate – experience the wonderful aromas and distinctive accents that make each hand crafted oil truly unique and excellent.

250ml/500ml.

Available in Chico at Maisie Jane’s, Made in Chico, S&S Produce, in Oroville at Collins & Denny Market & Wagon Wheel Market and in Paradise at Noble Orchard.

Butte View Olive Company 2950 Louis Ave. • Oroville (530) 534-8320 • www.ButteView.com

Market Bucks are the perfect gift for anyone At the farmers market you can shop with over 100 local businesses.

The Chico Certified Farmers Market has everything you need to make your holidays special from the meal to the plates; there isn’t anything you can’t find. Market Bucks can be used at any Chico Certified Farmers Market with any vendor.

Two Year Round Markets in Chico, Rain or Shine Wednesday, North Valley Plaza parking lot on Pillsbury Rd, 7:30 am to 1:00 pm Saturday, Downtown 2nd & Wall St, 7:30 am to 1:00 pm

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Chico’s very own Almonds and Local Products-Makes the perfect Gift!

Thanksgiving Day Look Anika Burke Eclectic Boutique enjoys providing Chico with the essence of California’s casual lifestyle. This ever popular shop is chock-full of modern and eclectic women’s clothing, accessories & gifts. Dress with ease and rock every piece you wear!

Maisie Jane’s California Sunshine Products produces only the best quality almonds and other nut products right here in Chico. For the past 23 years, we’ve been making beautiful, well-thought out Gift Baskets; containing Maisie Jane’s gourmet products and other fine local artisan products! Come visit Maisie Jane’s gift shop where you can find any price range gift! We offer shipping, have a tasting bar, have beautiful seasonal home-wares and stocking stuffers. You can even order one of our signature Pies for your special holiday gatherings.

Looking for the perfect gift?

This week’s special: Thanksgiving Day Look: Butter Soft Leggings, Tunic & Scarf for $30

Anika Burke Eclectic Boutique 211 Main Street, Chico (530) 918–8850 www.AnikaBurke.com

Maisie Jane’s Gift Shop Open Mon.-Sat. 9-6, Sun. 12-4 1324 Dayton Rd. • Chico (530) 809-2374 • www.maisiejanes.com

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Red Mountain Green Cycle has been Chico’s Premier electric bike shop and test ride center since 2012. RMGC specializes in the most advanced hybrid E-bike technology available on the market today. You’ll find over 30 models of E-bikes in stock and you can test ride them on the showroom floor. Certified technicians are on hand for most electrical propulsion systems including Bosche, Yamaha, Shimano, and TransX. Featured E-bikes are the world’s top rated brands including Raleigh, Haibike, Izip, A2B and more. RMGC is located in a new 3,000 foot space that includes a showroom, parts department, and service center. 20 Yamaha and Bosche powered E-bikes make up a fleet of rentals that are available for hourly, daily, and weekly rentals. RMGC is your one stop shop for all your electric and human powered bicycling needs.

An Ojiya gift card is perfect for the holidays! Now thru Jan 7, 1017, buy a $50 gift card and receive an additional $10 or purchase a $100 card and receive an additional $20.

Enjoy Hibachi and Sushi with us, as they possess all the qualities of a perfect dining experience. Enjoy the finest in steak & seafood skillfully prepared & presented with flair by Master teppan-yaki chefs on your table top grill or sushi skillfully prepared & presented at your table or at the sushi bar. The speed & dexterity of our chefs will dazzle you & the exotic, elegant atmosphere will delight you.

OJIYA JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR Full Bar | Open Daily | Now Accepting Reservations For The Holidays!

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Red Mountain Green Cycle 465 E. 20th St. Chico Formerly Sportmen’s Den (530) 899-7270

Chico Life Calendar- $19.99 Introducing Chico Life Calendar. Give the gift of Chico that gives all year round to that special someone. Every Month includes a photo of an iconic location in the Chico area by a local photographer.

A contest was held in August to find the best photos by local 2017 Chico Life Calendar artists. We were blown away by the quality and talent that Chico photographers are blessed to have. Each calendar also gives a generous giving donation to a non-profit of your choice by returning the included postcard and includes free shipping anywhere in the US to your loved ones who would enjoy seeing Chico at it’s best for the holidays. You can make a purchase at ChicoLifeCalendar.com or you can purchase one in your downtown retailers like Made in Chico or Bird in Hand.

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STATE OF DEN

BY ALASTAIR BLAND A year ago December, world leaders gathered in Paris to discuss strategies for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, and scientists at every corner of the globe confirm that humans are facing a crisis. However, climate change is being nearly ignored by American politicians and lawmakers. It was not discussed in depth at all during this past election cycle’s televised presidential debates. And, when climate change does break the surface of public discussion, it polarizes Americans like almost no other political issue.

Some conservatives, including Trump, still deny there’s even a problem.

“We are in this bizarre political state in which most of the Republican Party still thinks it has to pretend that climate change is not real,” said Jonathan F.P. Rose, a New York City developer and author of The Well-Tempered City, which explores in part how low-cost green development can mitigate the impacts of rising global temperatures and changing weather patterns.

Rose says progress cannot be made in drafting effective climate strategies until national leaders agree there’s an issue.

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f President-elect Donald Trump actually believes all the warnings he issued during the election about the threats of immigration, he should be talking about ways to slow global warming as well. Rising sea level, caused by the melting of the Antarctic and Greenland ice caps, will probably displace tens of millions of people in the decades ahead, and many may come to North America as refugees.

Climate change will cause a suite of other problems for future generations to tackle, and it’s arguably the most pressing issue of our time.

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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) formed to gather and assess evidence.

In Rio de Janeiro, IPCC agrees a United Nations framework is needed to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere.

The world’s governments gather in Kyoto, Japan, to negotiate a treaty to curb global warming.

The U.S. never ratifies the treaty. A developing nation, China was never bound by the treaty.

The third IPCC reports that global warming likely will cause unprecedented sea level rise and extreme weather events. A few months into the next year comes a dramatic collapse of the Larsen B Ice Shelf in Antarctica.

Hurricane Katrina hits the Gulf Coast. This and other severe weather events spur debate over the impact of global warming. U.N. parties continue negotiations toward global carbon reductions.

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said. “We can disagree on how we’re going to solve the problems, but I would hope we could move toward an agreement on the basic facts.”

That such a serious planetwide crisis has become a divide across the American political battlefield “is a tragedy” to Peter Kalmus, an earth scientist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Caltech in Pasadena, who agreed to be interviewed for this story on his own behalf (not speaking for NASA, JPL or Caltech).

Kalmus warns that climate change is happening whether politicians want to talk about it or not.

“CO2 molecules and infrared photons don’t give a crap about politics, whether you’re liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat or anything else,” Kalmus said.

Slowing climate change will be essential, since adapting to all its impacts may be impossible. Governments must strive for greater resource efficiency, shift to renewable energy and transition from conventional to more sustainable agricultural practices.

America’s leaders must also implement a carbon pricing system, climate activists say,

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that places a financial burden on fossil fuel producers and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. But there may be little to zero hope that such a system will be installed at the federal level as Trump prepares to move into the White House. Trump has actually threatened to reverse any commitments the United States agreed to in Paris. According to widely circulating reports, Trump has even selected a well-known skeptic of climate change, Myron Ebell, to head his U.S. Environmental Protection Agency transition team. Ebell is the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.

Steve Valk, communications director for the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, says the results of the presidential election come as a discouraging setback in the campaign to slow emissions and global warming.

“There’s no doubt that the steep hill we’ve been climbing just became a sheer cliff,” he said. “But cliffs are scalable.”

Valk says the American public must demand that Congress implement carbon pric-

“CO2 molecules and infrared photons don’t give a crap about politics, whether you’re liberal or conservative, Republican or Democrat or anything else.”

—Peter Kalmus, earth scientist

ing. He says the government is not likely to face and attack climate change unless voters force them to.

“The solution is going to have to come from the people,” he said. “Our politicians have shown that they’re just not ready to implement a solution on their own.”

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There is no question the Earth is warming rapidly, and already this upward temperature trend is having impacts. It is disrupting agriculture. Glacial water sources are vanishing.

Storms and droughts are becoming more severe. Altered winds and ocean currents are impacting marine ecosystems. So is ocean acidification, another outcome of carbon dioxide emissions. The sea is rising and eventually will swamp large coastal regions and islands. As many as 200 million people could be displaced by 2050. For several years in a row now, each year has been warmer than any year prior in recorded temperature records, and by 2100 it may be too hot for people to permanently live in the Persian Gulf.

World leaders and climate activists made groundbreaking progress toward slowing these effects at the Paris climate conference.

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California passes the Global Warming Solutions Act and soon leads the nation in energy-efficiency standards and regulation of emissions.

China overtakes America as world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter. NASA finds Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets and Arctic Ocean sea-ice cover shrinking faster than expected.

Gore and the IPCC win joint Nobel Peace Prize for climate work.

Experts warn that global warming is arriving at a faster, more dangerous pace than expected.

Meanwhile, the U.N. Framework Climate Change Conference talks, held in the midst of global recession, fail to negotiate binding emissions agreements.

UNFCCC meets in South Africa and parties agree to work on a new and universal agreement involving all countries, not just wealthy ones, to join in combating global warming. Accord to be negotiated in Paris.

Mean global temperature at warmest in thousands of years; concentration of carbon in the atmosphere highest it's been in millennia. Scientists and politicians become bolder in connecting increased extreme weather events and climate change.

Global rallies are held in 2,000 locations across the world demanding urgent action on climate change.

Hundreds of thousands of people gather and continue a call for action.

dicted course of warming. The pact, which addresses energy, transportation, industries and agriculture—and which asks leaders to regularly upgrade their climate policies—is intended to keep the planet from warming by 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit between pre-industrial years and the end of this century. Scientists have forecasted that an average global increase of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit will have devastating consequences for humanity.

The United States pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent from 2005 levels within a decade. China, Japan and nations of the European Union made similar promises. More recently, almost 200 nations agreed to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, extremely potent but short-lived greenhouse gases emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners, and reduce the emissions from the shipping and aviation industries.

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The world’s governments convene in Paris to attempt negotiation of a unified, global accord and to put architecture in place to save humanity from the worst outcomes of climate change.

Nearly 200 nations, including the U.S., agree to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, the strong, but short-lived greenhouse gases emitted by refrigerators and air conditioners, as well as reduce emissions from the shipping and aviation industries.

Reduction is slated to start in 2019.

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THE DISAPPEARING DREAM How the drought, hotter temps and a booming population continue to shape California’s environmental future

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he highest mountains in the West run north to south through the Mediterranean latitudes and just 150 miles from the Pacific Ocean—a remarkable stroke of geologic luck that has made California one of the richest ecological and agricultural regions on the continent. These mountains accumulate deep snow in the winter, which in turn feeds cold rivers that flow through the hot, dry months.

But the unique conditions that California’s native fish, its farms and its cities depend on are acutely threatened by climate change. In 2015, virtually no snow fell in the Sierra Nevada. Droughts occur naturally, but research indicates the current drought has been made worse by climate change and that future droughts will be exacerbated by the warming planet.

In 2015, Stanford researchers, led by associate professor of earth sciences Noah Diffenbaugh, predicted that extremely hot years in California will increasingly overlap with dry spells in the future. Greenhouse gases, the scientists reported, are pushing this trend. Diffenbaugh explained to The New York Times that, even if precipitation remains ample, warmer winters in the future will mean less water stored away as snow—historically the most important reservoir in the state.

As water supplies shrink, the human population is booming. By 2050, the agencies that manage and distribute California’s water will be answering to the needs of roughly 50 million people as well as the state’s enormous agriculture industry.

Current squabbles over California’s water will escalate into blistering fights, and native salmon—once the main protein source for the West Coast’s indigenous people—could vanish in the fray as the Sacramento and San Joaquin river system is tapped to the max for human needs. Other native fishes, too, like green sturgeon, will almost certainly dwindle or disappear.

The atmospheric buildup of greenhouse gases will manifest in other ways, too.

Disruption of ocean currents could reduce the upwelling of cold bottom water so critical for California’s coastal ecosystem. California’s shoreline will erode as sea level rises, threatening coastal real estate, roads and public space. In 2009, the Pacific Institute released a report predicting that a 100-year flood combined with a 5-foot rise in sea level could cause more than $100 billion in damage, most of it in the Bay Area.

Californians are as much to blame for climate change as nearly any other comparable economy. In 2013, California generated 350 million metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution—more than every other state except Texas, which emitted more than 600 million. Most of California’s emissions came from burning petroleum, and more than half could be linked directly to transportation—mostly private vehicles.

Globally, the United States’ 324 million residents generate more carbon dioxide from fossil fuels than every other nation but China.

California has responded to the alarms of climate researchers with aggressive emissions goals. Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, called for reducing greenhouse gas emissions rates to 1990 levels by 2020.

More recently, the California Assembly passed Senate Bill 32, which extends some of the targets of AB 32 to 2030, at which point the new law requires California to be emitting 40 percent less greenhouse gases than it was in 1990.

These goals likely will prompt shifts to renewable energy and sustainable agriculture, a carbon fee, more walking and cycling in place of driving, and adoption of clean energy. If other governments follow suit, rates of global warming could be slowed or stopped. If business continues as usual, though, Californians will reap what we sow.

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many climate activists are disconcerted both

by United States leaders’ recent silence on the issue and by the outcome of the presidential election. Mark Sabbatini, editor of the newspaper Icepeople in Svalbard, Norway, believes shortsighted political scheming has pushed climate change action to the back burner. He wants to see politicians start listening to scientists.

“But industry folks donate money and scientists get shoved aside in the interest of profits and re-election,” said Sabbatini, who recently had to evacuate his apartment as unprecedented temperatures thawed out the entire region’s permafrost, threatening to collapse buildings.

Short-term goals and immediate financial concerns distract leaders from making meaningful policy advances on climate.

“In Congress, they look two years ahead,” Sabbatini said. “In the Senate, they look six years ahead. In the White House, they look four years ahead.”

The 300 nationwide chapters of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby are calling on local governments and chambers of commerce across America to voice support for a revenue-neutral carbon fee. The hope is that leaders in Congress will hear the demands of the people. This carbon fee would impose a charge on producers of oil, natural gas and coal. As a direct result, all products and services that depend on or directly utilize those fossil fuels would cost more for consumers, who would be incentivized to buy less.

Food shipped in from far away would cost more than locally grown alternatives. Gas for heating, electricity generated by oil and coal, and driving a car would become more expensive.

“Bicycling would become more attractive, and so would electric cars and home appliances that use less energy,” said Kalmus, an advocate of the revenue-neutral carbon fee.

Promoting this fee system is essentially the Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s entire focus.

“This would be the most important step we take toward addressing climate change,” Valk said.

By the carbon fee system, the revenue from fossil fuel producers would be evenly distributed by the collecting agencies among the public, perhaps via a tax credit.

Recycling the dividends back into society would make it a fair system, Valk explains, since poorer people, who tend to use less energy than wealthier people to begin with and are therefore less to blame for climate change, would come out ahead.

The system would also place a tariff on incoming goods from nations without a carbon fee. This would keep American industries from moving overseas and maybe even prompt other nations to set their own price on carbon.

But there’s a problem with the revenue-

neutral carbon fee, according to other climate activists: It doesn’t support social programs that may be aimed at reducing society’s carbon footprint.

“It will put no money into programs that serve disadvantaged communities who, for example, might not be able to afford weatherizing their home and lowering their energy bill, or afford an electric vehicle or a solar panel,” said Renata Brillinger, executive director of the California Climate and Agriculture Network. “It doesn’t give anything to public schools for making the buildings more energy efficient, and it wouldn’t give any money to farmers’ incentive programs for soil building.”

Sequestering the farm

In Washington, D.C., the nation’s leaders continue tussling over popular issues like immigration, taxes, health care, abortion, guns and foreign affairs.

Climate change activists wish they would think more about soil. That’s because stopping greenhouse gas emissions alone will not stop climate change. The carbon dioxide emitted through centuries of industrial activity will continue to drive warming unless it is removed from the air and put somewhere.

“There are only three places carbon can go,” Brillinger said. “It can go into the atmosphere, where we don’t want it, into the ocean, where we also don’t want it because it causes acidification, or into soil and woody plants where we do want it.

Carbon is the backbone of all forests and is a critical nutrient of soil.”

But most of the Earth’s soil carbon has been lost to the atmosphere, causing a spike in atmospheric carbon. In the 1700s, the Earth’s atmosphere contained less than 280 parts per million of carbon dioxide, according to scientists. Now, we are at more than 400 and counting. Climate experts generally agree that the atmospheric carbon level must be reduced to 350 or fewer parts per million if we are to keep at bay the most disastrous possible impacts of warming.

This is why farmers and the soil they work will be so important in mitigating climate change. By employing certain practices and abandoning other ones, farmers and ranchers can turn acreage into valuable carbon sinks—a general agricultural approach often referred to as “carbon farming.”

Conventional agriculture practices tend to emit carbon dioxide. Regular tilling of the soil, for example, causes soil carbon to bond with oxygen and float away as carbon dioxide. Tilling also causes erosion, as do deforestation and overgrazing. With erosion, soil carbon enters waterways, creating carbonic acid—the direct culprit of ocean acidification. Researchers have estimated

“The solution is going to have to come from the people. Our politicians have shown that they’re just not ready to implement a solution on their own.”

—Steve Valk, communications director, Citizens’ Climate Lobby

that unsustainable farming practices have caused as much as 80 percent of the world’s soil carbon to turn into carbon dioxide.

By carbon farming, those who produce the world’s food can simultaneously turn their land into precious carbon sinks. The basic tenets of carbon farming include growing trees as windbreaks and focusing on perennial crops, like fruit trees and certain specialty grain varieties, which demand less tilling and disturbance of the soil.

Eric Toensmeier, a senior fellow with the climate advocacy group Project Drawdown and the author of The Carbon Farming Solution, says many other countries are far ahead of the United States in both recognizing the importance of soil as a place to store carbon and funding programs that help conventional farmers shift toward carbon farming practices. France, for instance, initiated a sophisticated program in 2011 that calls for increasing soil carbon worldwide by 0.4 percent every year. Healthy soil can contain 10 percent carbon or more, and France’s program has the potential over time to decelerate the increase in atmospheric carbon levels.

Toensmeier is optimistic about the progress being made in the United States, too. The U.S. Department of Agriculture funds programs that support environmentally friendly farming practices that protect watersheds or enhance wildlife habitat, largely through planting perennial grasses and trees.

“And it turns out a lot of the practices they’re paying farmers to do to protect water quality or slow erosion also happen to sequester carbon,” Toensmeier said.

He says it appears obvious that the federal government is establishing a system by which they will eventually pay farmers directly to sequester carbon. Such a direct face-off with climate change, however, may be a few years away.

Climate activists may even need to wait until 2021.

“First we need a president who acknowledges that climate change exists,” Toensmeier said.

National politics and city reform

Climate reform advocates still talk about Bernie Sanders’ fiery attack on fracking as a source of global warming in the May primary debate with Hillary Clinton.

“If we don’t get our act together, this planet could be 5 to 10 degrees warmer by the end of this century,” Sanders said then.

“Cataclysmic problems for this planet. This is a national crisis.”

Sanders was not exaggerating. The Earth has already warmed by 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, and it’s getting hotter. Even with the advances made in Paris, the world remains on track to be 6.1 degrees warmer by 2100 than it was in pre-industrial times, according to a United Nations emissions report released in early November. The authors of another paper published in January in the journal Nature predicted temperatures will rise as much as 10 degrees.

In light of the scientific consensus, conservatives’ denial of climate change looks childish at best and dangerous at worst. In lowlying Florida, so vulnerable to the rising sea, an unofficial policy from its Republican leadership has effectively muzzled state employees from even mentioning “climate change” and “global warming” in official reports and communications. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz suggested NASA focus its research less on climate change and more on space exploration, according to The Christian Science Monitor.

Most frightening of all, perhaps, is the incoming American president’s stance on the matter: Trump said in a 2012 tweet that global warming is a Chinese hoax. In January 2014, during a brief spell of cold weather, he asked via Twitter, “Is our country still spending money on the GLOBAL WARMING HOAX?” While most of the rest of the world remains poised to advance emissions reduction goals, Trump is aiming in a different direction. The Trump-Pence website vows to “unleash America’s $50 trillion in untapped shale, oil, and natural gas reserves, plus hundreds of years in clean coal reserves.” On his website, the page concerning energy goals mentions reducing emissions only once, and it makes no mention of climate change or renewable energy.

While meaningful action at the federal level is probably years away, at the local level, progress is coming—even in communities led by Republicans, according to Rose.

That, he says, is because local politicians face a level of accountability from which national leaders are often shielded.

“At the city level, mayors have to deliver real results,” Rose said. “They have to protect their residents and make wise invest-

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ments on behalf of their residents. The residents see what they’re doing and hold them accountable.”

Restructuring and modifying our cities, which are responsible for about half of America’s carbon footprint, “will be critical toward dealing with climate change,” Rose said.

“On the coast, we’ll have sea level rise,” he said. “Inland, we’ll have flooding and heat waves. Heat waves cause more deaths than hurricanes.”

Simply integrating nature into city infrastructure is a very low-cost but effective means for countering the changes that are coming, Rose says. Many cities, for example, are planting thousands of street trees. Trees draw in atmospheric carbon as they grow and, through shade and evaporative cooling effects, can significantly reduce surface temperatures by as much as 6 degrees Fahrenheit in some circumstances, Rose says.

Laws and policies that take aim at reduced emissions targets can be efficient tools for generating change across entire communities.

However, Kalmus believes it’s important that individuals, too, reduce their own emissions through voluntary behavior changes, rather than simply waiting for change to come from leaders and lawmakers.

“If you care about climate change, it will make you happier,” he said. “It makes you feel like you’re pioneering a new way to live.

For others, you’re the person who is showing

the path and making them realize it’s not as crazy as it seems.”

Kalmus, who lives in Altadena with his wife and two sons, has radically overhauled his lifestyle to reduce his carbon footprint.

Since 2010, he has cut his own emissions by a factor of 10—from 20 tons per year to just 2, by his own estimates. This personal transformation is the subject of his forthcoming book, Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution, due out in 2017.

Kalmus rides a bike most places, eats mostly locally grown food, raises some of it in his own yard, has stopped eating meat and—one of the most important changes— has all but quit flying places.

He hopes to serve as a model and help spark a transition to an economy that does not depend on constant growth, as ours currently does. One day, he believes, it will be socially unacceptable to burn fossil fuel, just as it’s become shunned to waste water in drought-stricken California. The oil industry will eventually become obsolete.

“We need to transition to an economy that doesn’t depend on unending growth,” Kalmus said.

Unless we slow our carbon emissions and our population growth now, depletion of resources, he warns, will catch up with us.

“We need to shift to a steady-state economy and a steady-state population,” he said. “Fossilfueled civilization cannot continue forever.”

Though Americans will soon have as president a man who is essentially advocating for climate change, Valk, at the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, expects time—and warming—to shift voter perspectives.

“As more and more people are personally affected by climate change, like those recently flooded out in Louisiana and North Carolina, people of all political persuasions will see that acting on climate change is not a matter of partisan preferences, but a matter of survival,” he said. Ω

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Arts &Culture Under Construction cast members (clockwise, from left): Alexandra Hilsee, Alejandro Padilla, Sylvia Lopez, Robin Tucker and Anh Tai Bercher.

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THIS WEEK 17THURS Special Events BEYOND OUR EYES: Documentary film that tells the story of historical Islamic figure Hussain Ibn Ali and his influence on individuals of various backgrounds. Free pizza and beverages will be served. Th, 11/17, 6:30pm. Free. Chico State BMU, Room 220G, 400 W. First St., (530) 898-4636.

Rebuilding America Vibrant Chico State production offers insight and hope day after American voters elected a crude, narcissisTticone and utterly unqualified man to be their president, Under he timing couldn’t have been better. On Wednesday, Nov. 9,

Construction opened at Chico State.

This is a play that offers a vision of an America that is engaged in an endless process by of becoming. It encourages us to have faith in Robert Speer our country’s ability to adapt to challenges. ro ber t spe er@ The opening-night audience responded fernewsrev iew.com vently.

The play’s author, Charles Mee, wrote it in 2004 as a response to the re-election of George Review: Under Construction, W. Bush to the presidency. He wrote it, he final showing tonight, said, “to console myself, to remind myself that Nov. 17, 7:30 p.m., in this was not the final act of modern American Wismer Theatre. history, not the end of the story, not the last Wismer Theatre word of American politics. No, I told myself: Chico State This country is forever under construction.”

898-6333 What is true of the country is also true of www.schoolofthe this play. Mee has posted his script online and arts-csuchico.com advises all interested performers to help themselves to it, at no cost. Not only that, he offers alternative scenes and invites performers to rework the script however they want, even adding new material of their own devising.

The play lends itself to collaboration. Eschewing traditional narrative and character development, it offers a collage of words, music and dance glued together—sometimes tenuously, it’s true—by its effort to answer certain questions. They are, as Department of Music and Theatre faculty member William Johnson puts it in his director’s note, “What is America? What is American? What is it to be an American?”

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These are heavy questions, but this production is anything but ponderous. Indeed, it’s a wild ride, a sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, often touching journey through 14 vivid, dynamic scenes that illustrate the human consequences of war, racism, homophobia, misogyny, greed and injustice.

Under Construction begins, appropriately enough, with a Thanksgiving dinner scene straight out of Norman Rockwell.

Indeed, the artist’s famous “Freedom From Want” portrait of a similar dinner, with Grandma setting the turkey at the head of the table, is projected on the back wall of the theater. The year, we’re told by an off-stage narrator, is 1943.

In Mee’s original, there is only one table and one family, a white family. In this production, as reworked by Chico State’s self-described “Construction Crew,” there are two additional tables, one for a black family of four, the other for a Latino man and his daughter. Whole sections of new dialogue have been added to suggest that these three families have very different reasons to be thankful—and also to be angry.

There are 13 actors/dancers/singers in the cast, and they all rotate through several parts, bringing tremendous excitement to each role. Some scenes are set in the Rockwellian past, others in the present; some begin in one era and then suddenly switch to another. It can be confusing at times, and some scenes drag a bit, but overall this is a gripping and impactful production, to the credit of cast and crew.

The most significant change made to Mee’s script is in the last lines. The original reads, “We are in the constant process of construction, making and remaking. … This is what human beings do. This is the human project as long as we are alive.”

In the Chico State production, the very last line reads [emphasis added]: “This is the American project as long as we DUH DOLYH ³ Ɛ

LOCAL BLACKSMITHS, PRESERVING THE CRAFT OF BLACKSMITHING: The final Third Thursday History Night in Pat’s Barn for the year will discuss the art of blacksmithing. Th, 11/17, 7pm. $5.

Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 342-4359.

WATER FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS: Two-day conference presented

by AquAlliance providing valuable historical, scientific, legal and political information regarding current and planned threats to the Sacramento River and Delta ecosystems as well as scenarios in which these ecosystems can be sustained. Th, 11/17, 9am, F, 11/18, 9am. $120 one day/$205 both days. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.aqualliance.net.

Theater ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS: A comedic reimagining of Carlo Goldoni’s Italian classic Servant of Two Masters written by Richard Bean and directed by Jerry Miller. Th-Sa, 7:30pm, Su, 2pm. $16-$25.

Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

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Special Events AUTUMN WATERSHEDS: Family-friendly outdoor education adventure including watershed geology hike, educational games for kids, an oak woodland forest walk, an acorn foodmaking class, a scavenger hunt, a chili lunch (with $5 donation) and more. Must register in advance. Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve, 3521 Hwy 32 14 miles east of Chico, (530) 8916424, www.becnet.org.

DRAGOPOLIS: Monthly “future of drag” show hosted by Claudette de Versailles. All entertainers welcome to perform. Third Sa of every month, 10pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

SCAPINO!: Inspire School of Arts and Sciences presents this comedy adapted from Moliere’s Les Fourberies de Scapin. Th-Sa, 7pm through 11/19, Sa, 2pm through 11/19. $10-$18.

Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 8953749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: A play by Charles Mee that juxtaposes scenes, songs and dances inspired by Norman Rockwell and the 1950s with scenes, songs and dances inspired by an installation artist of the present day, Jason

Rhoades. Through 11/17, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-5152, www.csuchico.edu/hfa.

Poetry/Literature POETRY READING: Shared words and refresh-

ments with local readers. Third Th of every month, 6:30pm. Free. The Bookstore, 118 Main St.

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Special Events FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT: Free showing of Jumanji near Dick’s Sporting Goods. Bring your low-back chairs and blankets to sit on. F, 11/18, 7-9pm. Free. Chico Mall, 1950 E. 20th St., (530) 343-0706, www.chicomall.com.

FEAST OF GRATITUDE: Annual community event including the decorating of the holiday peace tree. Bring soup to share and an ornament reflecting your personal interpretation of peace to place on the tree. Bread and dessert will be provided. F, 11/18, 6:30pm. Free. Center for Spiritual Living, 789 Bille Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5673.

HAPPY TAILS MOVIE NIGHT: Drop the kids off for a couple hours of fun, pizza and an animalthemed movie. Pillows/bean bag chairs encouraged but not required. Third F of every month, 6:30pm. $10/first child, $6/additional children (same family). Butte Humane Society Education Center, 2156 Pillsbury Road Ste. 160, (530) 343-7917.

WATER FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS: See Thursday.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.aqualliance.net.

TRIBAL DE CHICO BELLY DANCE FESTIVAL Saturday, Nov. 19 Chico Theater Company

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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.

HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS: Fall concert for the Synergism chorus, a community of 50plus women gathered around music and friendship, spotlighting the work of female singer/songwriters. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the 6th Street Center for Youth. F, 11/18, 7pm. $10 suggested donation. First Baptist Church, 850 Palmetto, (530) 680-6683.

Theater LION KING JR.: California Regional Theatre’s

Children’s Theater presents Lion King Jr., a musical version of the classic Disney movie.

F-Sa. See website for times & details. Sold out.

CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 891-3050, www.crtkids.com.

HOLIDAY GIFTS & CRAFTS FAIRE: 20 local vendors displaying wares with proceeds supporting Oroville’s VFW Post 1747 scholarship programs, veterans care home visits and veteran support programs. Sa, 11/19, 10am-3pm. Free.

Veterans Memorial Hall, 2374 Montgomery St. in Oroville, (530) 534-5659.

THE LALAS BURLESQUE SHOW: Nine women, all of whom are full-time, professional dancers working in the television and film industry, make up this sultry troupe led by burlesque beauty Erin Lamont. Sa, 11/19, 8pm. $15-$35.

Gold Country Casino Showroom, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 538-2542.

RESPECT THE WALLS: As part of the Chico Museum’s fall lecture series, Chico State history professor Mike Magliari will discuss the iconic rock walls in the foothills east of Chico.

Sa, 11/19, 10am. $5 donation. Chico Museum, 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chico museum.org.

Poetry/Literature RUMI’S CARAVAN: All-volunteer group of poets and community leaders creating an improvised poetic conversation with musical accompaniment. Performers include Doug von Koss, Barry Spector, Maya Spector, Larry Robinson and Kay Crista. F, 11/18, 7-9:30pm. $20. Chico New Thought Center for Spiritual Living, 14 Hillary Ln. Off Burnap, (530) 518-3527, www.chiconewthought.org.

TORRES SHELTER HOLIDAY FESTIVAL: Annual fundraiser dinner supporting the work of the Torres Shelter as it helps its guests move from homelessness to independence. Includes silent auction and live auction of decorated Christmas trees. Sa, 11/19, 5pm. $40. Chico Masonic Family Center, 1110 W East Ave. (530) 891-9048, www.chicoshelter.org.

TRIBAL DE CHICO BELLY DANCE FESTIVAL: Tenth annual festival of celebrating this ancient dance and featuring dancers from near and far, including guest dancer Michelle Sorenson.

Sa, 11/19, 6-9pm. $20 adult/$10 children 10 and under. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Road, (530) 521-2460, www.chicotheater company.com.

WINTER WONDERLAND & PET PHOTOS WITH SANTA: Bring your cats and dogs in for photos with Santa by Susan Anderson of Black Cat Photography. Cats only: 10am-noon. Both cats and dogs: 1-5pm. Sa, 11/19, 10am-5pm. $10 for one picture, $15 for two. Butte Humane Society Education Center, 2156 Pillsbury Road Ste. 160, (530) 343-7917 ext. 133, www.butte humane.org.

Theater LION KING JR.: See Friday. CUSD Center for the Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 891-3050, www.crtkids.com.

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on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroom theatre.com.

preservation, advocacy, restoration, recreation, and education along the mainstem of the Sacramento River with dinner, silent auction and presentations, including a showing of Hammer Dam. Sa, 11/19, 5:30-9pm. $50. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 3451865, www.sacrivertrust.org.

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SACRAMENTO RIVER PRESERVATION TRUST MEMBERS’ DINNER: Celebrate 32 years of river

BOSS TWEED Curiously enough, there’s something that just feels good (not to mention looks good) about putting on old-fashioned dapper duds, hopping on two wheels and taking a ride through Bidwell Park. That’s why the annual Chico Tweed Ride has become such an anticipated tradition the Sunday before Thanksgiving, when riders meet at the Chico City Plaza before parading through town. Vintage bikes and tweed-inspired attire are encouraged, but bikes and riders of all stripes and styles are welcome for this casual ride, Sunday, Nov. 20. Dust off your Sunday best, pack a picnic lunch and join the tradition.

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Art Receptions DOWNTOWN PUBLIC ART TOUR: Knowledgeable volunteers will educate and inform tour participants on the wide array of public art pieces found in in the downtown area. Tour begins at the “Our Hands” sculpture. Sa, 11/19, 10am. Free (donations accepted). Chico Municipal Building, 411 Main St., (530) 896-7214.

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Special Events CHICO TWEED RIDE: A festive and fun-filled 7- to 10-mile bike ride wearing your “sunday best.”

Vintage bicycles and tweed-inspired attire are encouraged, but not mandatory. Ride course is through Lower Bidwell Park with a bringyour-own picnic lunch at Five Mile Recreation area. Departure is from the Downtown Plaza area. Su, 11/20, 11am-3pm. Chico City Plaza, downtown Chico.

CHRISTMAS PREVIEW: An annual downtown Chico tradition. Downtown businesses will be showing off fabulous decorations, and providing delicious refreshments and entertainment along with strolling carolers, on-street events and children’s activities, including photos with Santa. Su, 11/20, 4-8pm. Free.

Music Ten-time Grammy winners Asleep at the Wheel join fellow Texans Hot Club of Cowtown for a dual performance featuring some of country swing music’s top performers. Su, 11/20, 7:30pm. $10-$37. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.csuchico.edu/upe.

Theater Arts, 1475 East Ave., (530) 891-3050, www.crtkids.com.

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

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BIRDS OF THE SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO: Catherine and Bill Camp present photos from a trip to the High Arctic aboard a National Geographic/Linblad Expedition ship. M, 11/21, 6:30pm. Chico Creek Nature Center, 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

Music CHRIS CAIN: A Big Room legend whose jazztinged guitar and deep, warm vocals have the maturity and authenticity of bluesmen many years his senior. M, 11/21, 7:30pm. $17.50. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

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BEATNIKS COFFEE HOUSE & BREAKFAST JOINT: Karma Boyer Photography, an exhibition of canvas and framed print photography celebrating travel and landscapes. Through 11/30. 1387 E. Eighth St., (530) 894-2800, www.chicobeatniks.com.

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works by Susanna Crum, using printmaking processes such as lithography, silkscreen, and cyanotype as tools to combine and overlay the past and present of a specific camera obscura attraction located in Edinburgh, Scotland. Through 11/26.

820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

Out installation by North Carolina sculptor Nicole Uzzell. Through 12/8.

3536 Butte Campus Drive in Oroville, (530) 895-2208.

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ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL & HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN:

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www.ChicoPerformances.com

Shows through Nov. 30 The Center for Spiritual Living, Paradise

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Through 11/30. 789 Bille Road in Paradise, (530) 877-5673.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS: Paintings by

Martha Witte, colorful landscape and still life paintings from the late, German-born artist, including many recognizably from the time she was living in California. Through 12/31. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930.

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Wide

Open Spaces, featuring large-scale Janet Turner prints with photos of the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve by advanced photographystudents showing the spaces featured in the prints as they exist today.

Through 12/10. Chico State, (530) 8984476, www.theturner.org.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: New Works, watercolor paintings by Joyce Quitman and new works by Marilyn Walsh and Tim Swain. Through 11/30.

493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

THE VAGABOND ROSE GALLERY & FRAMING: Three North Valley Women, mixed media work by Carla Greslie, Thelma Safarik and Charlotte Sweetland. Through 11/26. 236 Main St., (530) 343-1110.

Museums CHICO AIR MUSEUM: Ongoing display highlighting local aviation history.

Ongoing. 165 Ryan Ave., (530) 3456468.

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 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.chicomuseum.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.

MUSIC Guest soloist, trumpeter John Hagstrom.

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by Italy program would not be a stodgy affair.

Seaton, in his second year of conducting the symphony, cut a slender, youthful figure exuding physically expressive grace and witty verbal erudition. Using YouTube clips and personal anecdotes and insights, Seaton primed his audience and enhanced our appreciation for the music we were about to hear and see performed.

Adding to Seaton’s talk, guest trumpeter John Hagstrom, visiting from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, gave a brief but very informative historical outline and demonstration of the trumpet. From its origins as a strictly harmonic instrument used to dramatically accent rhythmic themes, the trumpet evolved to a fully melodic instrument capable of being featured as the lead in a composition thanks to the addition of mechanical valves that allowed the player a vast selection of notes, such as those Hagstrom would be playing in Johann N. Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto in E major later in the program.

Opening the concert, Rossini’s The Barber of Seville Overture—

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written when the composer was only 24—brought the near capacity Laxson Auditorium audience into immediately familiar symphonic territory. But the difference between laughing as Bugs massages Elmer’s bald head in synchronized animation to the iconic piece (as in the “Rabbit of Seville”) and seeing and hearing it played by a full orchestra in a hall designed to optimize that experience elevated our appreciation for both the humor of the cartoon and intricate melodic and rhythmic craftsmanship of the composer.

Following a round of wellearned applause, Hummel’s trumpet concerto—which debuted on New Year’s Day, 1804, when the composer was 25 years old—while less familiar, was just as enthusiastically delivered and appreciated as the previous piece. Standing at stage front near the conductor, and working without the benefit of sheet music, trumpeter Hagstrom gave a tour-de-force demonstration of the instrument’s melodic and emotional potential. Also featuring flute, as well as paired oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, timpani and of course strings ranging from deepest bass to cellos, violas and violins, the concerto’s three sections provided perfect complementary settings for Hagstrom’s virtuoso performance.

After a short intermission, and with the crowd now relaxed and acclimated to the setting, Seaton

introduced the program’s only contemporary piece, “Strut,” by Michael Daugherty, a composition for “string orchestra” that debuted in 1989. In his introduction to the piece, Seaton called it “similar to a modern hoedown,” and the concert program described it as “a tribute to iconic African-American singer, actor, and social-political activist Paul Robeson,” who was a major player in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. To these ears, the piece displayed marvels of composition and performance skills, but exuded—as opposed to the organic exuberance of the 19th century pieces that preceded it—a sort of academic calculation of effect, intellectually interesting but not so emotionally engaging.

The concert’s final piece, Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 in A major (1833), aka the “Italian Symphony,” written when the composer toured and fell in love with Italy, brought us back to the perception of music’s seemingly magical ability to conjure evocative poetry from pure sound. The interaction of rhythmic, harmonic and melodic themes that delicately complement, or metamorphose into and out of one another, create a sensation that is only possible to music. And to see and hear live musicians conjure such magic is a treat the North State Symphony delivered with grace, humor and very personable style. □

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NIGHTLIFE THE PAT HULL BAND Saturday, Nov. 19 Duffy’s Tavern SEE SATURDAY

THURSDAY 11/17—WEDNESDAY 11/23 ROBERT KARCH AND FRIENDS: Guitarist/vocalist Robert Karch, pianist Shigemi Minetaka, bassist Ethan Swett and percussionist Jerry Morano playing Latin, jazz, blues and more. Th, 11/17, 6-8:30pm. No cover.

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

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BASSMINT: A weekly bass music party

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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.

BANDMASTER RUCKUS: Local three-piece playing blues and funk-infused hard rock. Th, 11/17, 9pm. Argus Bar + Patio, 212 W. Second St.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday night jazz featuring local musicians. Th, 811pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

DANGER DAVE’S TRIVIA NIGHT: Free weekly trivia event with prizes for top scores. Th, 9:30pm through 11/30. Free.

Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

GLOE, HIZI: Salt Lake City mathy postrockers Gloe and Santa Rosa sad boys Hizi come to town to meet up with Redding’s Belda Beast and local instrumental outfit Surrounded by Giants. Th, 11/17, 8pm. $7. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

JOHN SEID AND FRIENDS: John Seid, Stevie Cook and Larry Peterson play an eclectic set of dinner music on the patio, weather permitting. Th, 11/17, 69pm. No cover. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.

NICE UP: A night of reggae, dancehall, dubstep and jungle with Los Angeles legend 6BLOCC and London’s Mr. Williamz, as well as resident DJs Wagon Burna, Triple Tree and Whyno. Th, 11/17, 9pm. $10. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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.

FRONT COUNTRY: Benefit for KZFR featuring the impressive musicianship and soaring, soulful vocals of this San Francisco newgrass quintet. Locals Red Dirt Bullies open the show. F, 11/18, 6:30pm. $10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 895-0706, www.kzfr.org.

GOTCHA COVERED: Modesto cover band playing top hits in every genre from the 1970s to today. F, 11/18, 8:30pm; Sa, 11/19, 8:30pm. No cover. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 534-9892, www.goldcountry casino.com.

HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS: Fall concert for the Synergism chorus, a community of 50-plus women gathered around music and friendship, spotlighting the work of female

singer/songwriters. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the 6th Street Center for Youth. F, 11/18, 7pm. $10 suggested donation. First Baptist Church, 850 Palmetto, (530) 680-6683.

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

JOHN BROWN’S BODY: American reggae

TEXAS TWOFER

For fans of Western swing, it doesn’t get much better than this: two of Austin’s finest bands together on the stage of Chico State’s Laxson Auditorium. Led by longtime frontman Ray Benson, 10-time Grammy winners and contemporary Western swing standard-bearers Asleep at the Wheel join forces with the jazzier, Gypsy-swing-influenced trio Hot Club of Cowtown for a night of toe-tapping, string-smoking music Sunday, Nov. 20.

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band whose future roots music sound blends reggae rhythms with a variety of other styles including dub, electronic, funk, ska, hip-hop and dubstep.

Thrive and Triple Tree & Conquering Lion open the show. F, 11/18, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

JOHN SEID AND FRIENDS: John Seid and Larry Peterson provide live music in the lounge. F, 11/18, 6-9pm. Two-Twenty Restaurant/Lounge, 220 W. Fourth St., (530) 895-1515, www.twotwentyrestau rant.com.

REUNION: A fun tribute to 1970s radio hits, featuring the music of Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, Blondie and many more. F, 11/18, 9:30pm; Sa, 11/19, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

RUMI’S CARAVAN: All-volunteer group of poets and community leaders creating an improvised poetic conversation

TWO DOOR REV: Progressive punk duo

with musical accompaniment.

Performers include Doug von Koss, Barry Spector, Maya Spector, Larry Robinson and Kay Crista. F, 11/18, 7-9:30pm. $20. Chico New Thought Center for Spiritual Living, 14 Hillary Lane, (530) 518-3527, www.chico newthought.org.

play their last show before going on hiatus with a solid lineup of fellow Chico bands including No Wave, Scarlet Pumps and Sportsgoth. F, 11/18, 8pm. $7. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

SOFT LIONS: Psychedelic, post-riot grrl rock from San Diego. Locals Sisterhoods and The Feisties round out the bill. F, 11/18, 9pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

UNPLUGGED OPEN MIC/JAM: Hosted by

singer/songwriter Jeb Draper. F, 5-8pm through 11/18. Free. Rock House, 11865 Highway 70 in Yankee Hill, (530) 5321889, www.RockHouseHwy70.com.

319 Main St. • Downtown Chico

Nov 17 6Blocc, Mr. Williamz, WagonBurna, TripleTree Nov 18 John Brown’s Body & Thrive w/ Triple Tree and Conquering Lion Nov 19 Main Squeeze and Funk Trek Nov 22 Danksgiving w/ Congo Sanchez (ft. drummer from Thievery Corp) Nov 26 Noche Latina Nov 29 Kyle Gass Band Dec 3 Lyrics Born with Family Business Music Dec 8 Sunsquabi Dec 9 Noche Latina Dec 10 GrooveSession, The Dip, and Zane Carney Dec 15 Nice Up! Presents Jacky Murda Dec 16 Brotha Lynch

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Thursday, Nov. 17 1078 Gallery SEE THURSDAY

9pm. No cover. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.

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’80S PARTY AT THE TACKLE BOX: Off the Record plays the top hits of the 1980s and beyond, from Van Halen to Michael Jackson, The Cars and Rick Springfield.

Sa, 11/19, 9pm-1am. $5. The Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 379 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499, www.tackleboxchico.com.

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

HOUSE CATURDAY NIGHT AT SMOKIES:

Classic jazz favorites. Sa, 6:30-9:30pm through 9/24. Smokie Mountain Steakhouse and Lounge, 7039 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 872-3323.

JEFF PERSHING BAND: Uplifting lyrics and musical improvisations influenced by rock, funk, blues, Latin jazz, Afro-pop

and reggae. Sa, 11/19, 8:30pm. No cover. Feather Falls Casino - Bow & Arrow Lounge, 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com.

THE LALAS BURLESQUE SHOW: Nine women, all of whom are full-time, professional dancers working in the television and film industry, make up this sultry troupe led by burlesque beauty Erin Lamont. Sa, 11/19, 8pm. $15-$35. Gold Country Casino Showroom, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 538-2542.

LIVE MUSIC: Live music in a relaxed environment. Sa, 5-8pm through 12/18.

Rock House, 11865 Highway 70 in Yankee Hill, (530) 532-1889.

MILES CORBIN AND ROBERT KARCH: Robert Karch joins Miles Corbin, founder and songwriter of the surf rock band the Aqua Velvets, for an evening of original music. Sa, 11/19, 6-

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THE PAT HULL BAND: Local singer-songwriter joined by a full band. Plus, Santa Cruz’s Marty O’Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra and Chico favorite Evin Wolverton for a night of heartfelt music. Sa, 11/19, 8pm. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.

QUASIMOFOS: Seven-piece band playing an eclectic mix of danceable rock, alterna-pop, R&B and ska covers from the ’80s and ’90s with a few classics added to the mix. Sa, 11/19, 8:3011:30pm. Free. Ramada Plaza Hotel, 685 Manzanita Court, (530) 345-2491, www.morasounds.com.

THE RETROTONES: Classic rock and country covers. Sa, 11/19, 9pm. Studio Inn Cocktail Lounge, 2582 Esplanade, (530) 343-0662.

REUNION: See Friday Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Drive in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

THE MAIN SQUEEZE: Chicago funk band whose appearances at festivals have

earned it a rapidly growing following.

Omaha-based six-piece Funk Trek gets the show started with its own brand of R&B and soul-influenced funk. Sa, 11/19, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL & HOT CLUB OF COWTOWN: Ten-time Grammy winners Asleep at the Wheel join fellow Texans Hot Club of Cowtown for a dual performance featuring some of country swing music’s top performers. Su, 11/20, 7:30pm. $10-$37. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 8986333, www.csuchico.edu/upe.

LOVE MOON, PRAYING: Two of Oakland’s heaviest bands bring their riffs up north to join Chico duo Panther Surprise and newcomers Arcane for a night of sludgy loudness. Su, 11/20, 8pm. $7. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway St., (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

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CHRIS CAIN: A Big Room legend whose jazz-tinged guitar and deep, warm vocals have the maturity and authenticity of bluesmen many years his senior. M, 11/21, 7:30pm. $17.50. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St., (530) 892-4647, www.sierranevada.com.

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CONGO SANCHEZ: Thievery Corporation drummer Jeffrey James Franca’s solo side project promises to fill the dance floor with a blend of reggae, hip-hop, and Latin dance funk. Big Wave and DLo get the show started. Tu, 11/22, 9pm. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

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LIVE JAZZ: Eat pizza and enjoy live jazz

by Carey Robinson and friends. W. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade, (530) 343-2056, www.farmstarpizza.com.

TAINTED LOVE: Everyone’s favorite 1980s cover band returns for a night of drinks and dancing. Tickets must be purchased in advance. W, 11/23, 8pm. $10. Gold Country Casino Showroom, 4020 Olive Hwy in Oroville, (530) 5382542.

LINGUA FRANCA

Having honed his chops as the drummer for Washington, D.C.-based downtempo legends Thievery Corporation, Jeff Franca is putting them to further use with his new side project, Congo Sanchez. The band, which includes vocalist Haile Supreme and MC Flex Matthews, explores hip-hop, reggae and beyond, combining conscious lyrics and danceable grooves, making them the perfect headliner for a night being billed as “Danksgiving,” Tuesday, Nov. 22, at Lost on Main.

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FILM SHORTS

Now playing

Reviewers: Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

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Opening this week Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

A day in the life of a young Iraq War vet as he’s being honored at an NFL halftime show along with his fellow soldiers while the story of what happened on the battlefield plays out via flashbacks. Cinemark 14.

Rated R.

Bleed for This

A biopic based on the life of former pro-boxing champ Vinny Pazienza, who returned to the ring after a life-threatening car accident. Cinemark 14. Rated R.

Arrival

The Edge of Seventeen

A coming-of-age dramedy starring Hailee Steinfeld as a very awkward 16-yearold trying to navigate high school with reluctant guidance from a cranky teacher/ mentor (Woody Harrelson). Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

ISolittleI’llsappy, or maybe even a bit presumptuous. begin at the end, in a sense, and say that n a bare-bones synopsis, Arrival might sound a

Denis Villeneuve’s smartly beguiling film brews special magic out of a combinaby tion, both low-key and inspired, Juan-Carlos of deft performances, deceptively Selznick casual atmospherics, a cool and expansive musical score (by Jóhann Jóhannsson), and an astutely modulated approach to the dynamics of genre (sci-fi, in this case).

And, having put that on the Arrival table, I’ll give you this version of a Starring Amy Adams, bare-bones synopsis: In Arrival, the Jeremy renner and Forest Whitaker. government calls a linguist (Amy Directed Denis Adams) into service as an interpretvilleneuve. Cinemark er, in hopes that she can decipher 14. rated PG-13. the messages emerging from the outer-space creatures that have just landed their massive spacecraft in Montana and nearly a dozen other locations around the world. Louise Banks (Adams) and a physicist named Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) plunge into their task with far more zeal and passion than their military minders (Forest Whitaker and Michael Stuhlbarg) have bargained for.

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The imponderables and uncertainties mentioned above are part of what works best in Arrival.

Louise’s linguistics and Ian’s physics are more a part of the film’s aura of otherworldly dimensions than of its central structures. And the film’s venture into those other dimensions eventually spirals toward an exploration of “inner,” rather than outer, space.

Louise’s journey into, or at least toward, the language and consciousness of the alien creatures gives rise to speculations about multiple forms of intelligent life. And with flashbacks (and flash-forwards) playing an increasingly crucial role in the characterization of Louise, both the story and the film itself begin to look like decidedly “cosmic” forms of time-travel.

Villeneuve and screenwriter Eric Heisserer do some very nice work in balancing the disparate elements of a tale that is both an intimate earthbound character drama and an epic-sized, unearthly adventure in what might be taken as the frontiers of consciousness and thought. The flash-cut emotions of Louise’s personal drama register with just enough authority to keep things afloat, especially when the intellectual vertigo of the story’s more abstract concerns threatens to emerge.

Adams’ qualities of ethereal earthiness are the film’s ultimate unifying force here. And she and Renner both do fine work as humans who are special and different in ways that can make them seem, for a moment or two, rather “otherworldly” themselves. □

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

J.K. Rowling wrote the screenplay for this epic fantasy, a spin-off from her Harry Potter series, about the adventures of a young British wizard named Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) who has inadvertently let loose fantastical creatures in prohibitionera New York City. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

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A widower (Danny Glover) tries to bring together his dysfunctional family—four adult children and their spouses and kids—for their first holiday function since his wife died. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas.

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Ben Affleck stars as a math whiz who cooks the books for criminal organizations, and when a treasury agent (J.K. Simmons) starts sniffing around, people start to die.

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Doctor Strange

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as a neurosurgeon who, after losing use of his hands in an accident, becomes the latest superhero in the Avengers sphere, gaining superpowers of the mystical kind. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Hacksaw Ridge

Mel Gibson directs this WWII biopic based on the real-life events surrounding Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who refused to carry a weapon while serving as an Army medic yet nonetheless received the Medal of Honor for his life-saving feats of bravery. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Shut In

A thriller about a child psychologist who, after losing her husband in an accident, finds herself trapped in her rural home with her catatonic young son and a haunting presence during a fierce winter storm.

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The latest Dreamworks animated feature is based on the popular wild-haired dolls of the title. Starring the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel and Russell Brand. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

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Bryce While it helps to have a fondue pot, Allemann it isn’t 100 percent necessary. Some finely crafted ceramic pots are available for around $100, but for an item that many will use only once a year, this may be a bit steep. Another option is an electric fondue pot. With these you can often prepare your fondue recipe entirely at the table.

Electric fondue pots typically are either stainless steel and/or treated to be nonstick and can be purchased for around $30. The third, and cheapest, option is to just use a pot on the stove. If you have something like a hotplate that you can use to then keep the fondue warm on the table, that’s all you need.

Fondue etiquette: It’s your party, and you can cry if you want to, but there’s no reason to burn your mouth while eating hot melted cheese. Here are some quick fondue tips and traditions. When invited to a fondue party, it is courteous to bring wine as a gift (sparkling apple cider is a good nonalcoholic substitute). Dry, crisp, white wines are traditional, but there is no reason that red can’t be enjoyed with melted cheese.

Around the pot, each person takes turns dipping their bread into the cheese; everyone is expected to mix and stir the cheese while dipping to keep it mixed and to prevent it from burning. Once you remove your dipped bread, tap it gently on the side of the pot so that excess cheese will fall off, then bring it to your own plate. Then, either use a regular fork to unspear

the cheese-coated bread onto your plate, or gently blow onto it until it is cool enough to eat. Try not to touch the metal fork with your lips or teeth. (And no double-dipping!)

When putting bread onto your fork, spear through the crust of the bread; otherwise it is likely to drop off into the pot. In that event, follow one of two traditions: You either have to kiss the person to your right (seating arrangements traditionally are by alternating couples), or, should that be too socially awkward, you may instead owe the host a bottle of wine.

Ingredients: 1 clove garlic 1 loaf French bread (hard-crusted is preferable) 1/2 pound Emmentaler cheese (rind removed) 1/2 pound Gruyère cheese (rind removed) 3 tablespoons flour 2 cups dry white wine 1 tablespoon lemon juice 3 tablespoons kirsch (cherry brandy) Nutmeg and paprika to taste

Measure out all ingredients in advance, then coarsely grate and mix the cheeses with the flour in a large bowl. Cut the loaf of bread into approximate 1-inch cubes, leaving crust on each piece whenever possible. Cut garlic clove in half and rub inside fondue pot. Either in a pot on a stovetop, or in your electric fondue pot, heat 1 1/2 cups of the wine until just below boiling. Lower heat, add cheese a handful at a time and stir continually as it melts. If too thick, add more wine; if too thin, a little more flour. Once all cheese has melted, add lemon juice and kirsch, stir, transfer to ceramic pot and/or to table. Season/garnish with nutmeg and paprika. Keep warm over low heat, adjust as needed. Serves four. □

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(He passed away 11 months later at age 96.) He was perhaps most noted for having traveled and worked with Robert Johnson—the “King of the Delta Blues”—and having been present when Johnson, “who liked whiskey and women,” according to Edwards, was poisoned by a jealous husband. This CD/DVD features the very genial bluesman in company with four acolytes, as he eases his way through 10 songs and a lively 17-minute reminiscence about his career that includes, naturally, details of Johnson’s death. Among the blues standards is an original (“Apron Strings”) and a lively version of Johnson’s “Sweet Home Chicago” on which Edwards plays some very effective slide guitar. On the DVD, Edwards gives some valuable advice: “Don’t overspeed yourself,” he urges his fellow musicians, and his lengthy career is proof that there’s something to be said for taking it slow and easy.

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Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him in so far as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country.

A post-presidential Teddy Roosevelt wrote those lines for his war-hawking book, The Great Adventure: Present-Day Studies in American Nationalism (1918), while Americans were fighting in the first World War. And as we look toward a regime change in this country, regardless of what the 26th president was advocating in his vocal criticism of the policies of Woodrow Wilson, his words offer a guiding foundation for Americans anxious to speak out and build a defense against the potentially dangerous policies of the 45th president.

And as much as I wish he wasn’t, Donald Trump will be my president, and he’ll be The Happy Warrior yours, too. California is not seceding from the U.S., and we the people are not—or at least we shouldn’t be—moving to Canada. But that doesn’t mean we have to stand by as Trump implements destructive policies. Racial/religious profiling of Middle Easterners and Muslims, the deportation of undocumented immigrants, and rolling back reproductive rights and environmental policies will do harm to the people of this country.

It is unpatriotic not to speak to the truth and fight against this devolution of progress, not to mention the fear and violence Trump’s rhetoric foments.

As John oliver pleaded in the season finale of HBo’s Last Week Tonight, we cannot afford to normalize Trump and his agenda, and we can only stop it if we come together, step outside our little bubbles, and call things what they are.

From this arts column, I am encouraging you artists to sing songs, write poems, create films, choreograph dances and paint pictures that fight the power.

riP leoNArd coheN One of my alltime musical heroes is gone, dead at 82 on the day after the election. The second-greatest songwriter of the last century, Cohen beat Dylan with one song at least (“Hallelujah”). I picture him chilling high up in the Tower of song, trading smokes with Hank Williams and polishing up that golden voice.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF november 17, 2016 ARIES (March 21-April 19): There is a

97 percent chance that you will NOT engage in the following activities within the next 30 days: naked skydiving, tightrope walking between two skyscrapers, getting drunk on a mountaintop, taking ayahuasca with Peruvian shamans in a remote rural hut, or dancing ecstatically in a muddy pit of snakes. However, I suspect that you will be involved in almost equally exotic exploits— although less risky ones—that will require you to summon more pluck and improvisational skill than you knew you had.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Onion,

my favorite news source, reported that “It’s perfectly natural for people to fantasize about sandwiches other than the one currently in their hands.” You shouldn’t feel shame, the article said, if you’re enjoying a hoagie but suddenly feel an inexplicable yearning for a BLT or pastrami on rye. While I appreciate this reassuring counsel, I don’t think it applies to you in the coming weeks. In my opinion, you have a sacred duty to be unwaveringly faithful, both in your imagination and your actual behavior—as much for your own sake as for others’. I advise you to cultivate an upto-date affection for and commitment to what you actually have, and not indulge in obsessive fantasies about “what ifs.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I hesitate

to deliver the contents of this horoscope without a disclaimer. Unless you are an extremely ethical person with a vivid streak of empathy, you might be prone to abuse the information I’m about to present. So please ignore it unless you can responsibly employ the concepts of benevolent mischief and tricky blessings and cathartic shenanigans. Ready? Here’s your oracle: Now is a favorable time for grayer truths, wilder leaps of the imagination, more useful bullshit, funnier enigmas and more outlandish stories seasoned with crazy wisdom.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Kavachi is

an underwater volcano in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It erupts periodically, and in general makes the surrounding water so hot and acidic that human divers must avoid it. And yet some hardy species live there, including crabs, jellyfish, stingrays and sharks. What adaptations and strategies enable them to thrive in such an extreme environment? Scientists don’t know. I’m going to draw a comparison between you and the resourceful creatures living near Kavachi. In the coming weeks, I bet you’ll flourish in circumstances that normal people might find daunting.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Seventeenth-

century British people used the nowobsolete word “firkytoodle.” It meant “cuddling and snuggling accompanied by leisurely experiments in smooching, fondling, licking and sweet dirty talk.”

The coming weeks will be prime time for you to carry out extensive experiments in this activity. But here’s an interesting question: Will the near future also be a favorable phase for record levels of orgasmic release? The answer: maybe, but if and only if you pursue firkytoodle as an end in itself; if and only if you relish the teasing and playing as if they were ultimate rewards, and don’t relegate them to being merely preliminary acts for pleasures that are supposedly bigger and better. P.S. These same principles apply not just to your intimate connections, but to everything else in your life as well.

Enjoying the journey is as important as reaching a destination.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here’s an

experiment worth trying: Reach back into the past to find a remedy for what’s bugging you now. In other words, seek out on an old, perhaps even partially forgotten influence to resolve a current dilemma that has resisted your efforts to master it. This is one time when it may make good sense to temporarily resurrect a lost dream. You could energize your future by drawing inspiration from possibilities that might have been but never were.

by rob brezsny LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): By the time

he died at the age of 87 in 1983, free thinker Buckminster Fuller had licensed his inventions to more than 100 companies. But along the way, he often had to be patient as he waited for the world to be ready for his visionary creations. He was ahead of his time, dreaming up things that would be needed before anyone knew they’d be needed. I encourage you to be like him in the coming weeks, Libra. Try to anticipate the future. Generate possibilities that people are not yet ripe to accept, but will eventually be ready to embrace.

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

the word “revolution” have any useful meaning? Or has it been invoked by so many fanatics with such melodramatic agendas that it has lost its value? In accordance with your astrological omens, I suggest we give it another chance. I think it deserves a cozy spot in your life during the next few months. As for what exactly that entails, let’s call on author Rebecca Solnit for inspiration. She says, “I still think the [real] revolution is to make the world safe for poetry, meandering, for the frail and vulnerable, the rare and obscure, the impractical and local and small.”

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

“We all have ghosts inside us, and it’s better when they speak than when they don’t,” wrote author Siri Hustvedt. The good news, Sagittarius, is that in recent weeks your personal ghosts have been discoursing at length. They have offered their interpretation of your life’s central mysteries and have provided twists on old stories you thought you had all figured out. The bad news is that they don’t seem to want to shut up. Also, less than 25 percent of what they have been asserting is actually true or useful. But here’s the fantastic news: Those ghosts have delivered everything you need to know for now, and will obey if you tell them to take an extended vacation.

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

the film Bruce Almighty, Morgan Freeman plays the role of God, and Capricorn actor Jim Carrey is a frustrated reporter named Bruce Nolan. After Nolan bemoans his rocky fate and blames it on God’s ineptitude, the Supreme Being reaches out by phone. (His number is (716) 776-2323.) A series of conversations and negotiations ensues, leading Nolan on roller-coaster adventures that ultimately result in a mostly happy ending. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you Capricorns will have an unusually high chance of making fruitful contact with a Higher Power or Illuminating Source in the coming weeks. I doubt that (716) 776-2323 is the right contact information. But if you trust your intuition, I bet you’ll make the connection.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LIVE LIFE JUICE CO at 220 W 6th St Chico, CA 95928.

LIVE LIFE JUICE CO 220 W 6th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: ABIGAIL RASMUSSEN, CFO Dated: October 20, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001307 Published: October 27, November 3,10,17, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CENTER COURT TENNIS at 1350 Mangrove Ave #155 Chico, CA 95926.

WALTER A HOBBS 5568 Hilltop Dr. Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: WALTER A. HOBBS Dated: October 6, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001245 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as M AND R CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE at 354 Rio Lindo Ave #27 Chico, CA 95926.

RUBI DEL CARMEN AGUIRRE-SOSA 354 Rio Lindo Ave #27 Chico, CA 95926.

EDGAR MORA-ARMAS 354 Rio Lindo Ave #27 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: EDGAR MORA ARMAS Dated: October 11, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001263 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SYSTEMS CONSULTING LLC at 10006 Lott Road Durham, CA 95938.

ROSS WILLIAM HENSLEY 10006 Lott Road Durham, CA 95938.

NOLAN RYAN REICHERT 1107 Wendy Way Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: NOLAN REICHERT Dated: October 14, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001281 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HOMEBODY at 3549 Esplanade Ave #519 Chico, CA 95973.

GINO MARIO POLI 3549 Esplanade Ave #519 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: GINO MARIO POLI Dated: October 21, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001317 Published: November 3,10,17,24, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FA TRANSPORT at 355 E. Lassen Ave #37 Chico, CA 95973.

FAROOQ IQBAL 355 E. Lassen Ave #37 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: FAROOQ IQBAL Dated: October 28, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001342 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO POOLS AND SPAS at 1082 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926.

CHRISTOPHER LEE REI 1082 Filbert Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: CHRIS REI Dated: October 13, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001278 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as

WOODEN ECLIPSE MUSIC at 942 Downing Ave Chico, CA 95926.

LUCAS SARCONA 942 Downing Ave Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LUCAS SARCONA Dated: October 28, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001339 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons is doing business as MOD PIZZA at 851 East Ave Suite 150 Chico, CA 95973.

SFP DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC 516 Ojai Granite Bay, CA 95746.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: TREVOR SANDERS, MANAGING MEMBER Dated: October 18, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001299 Published: Novemeber 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORCAL EVERGREEN at 2119 Moyer Way Chico, CA 95926.

LORI ROEB 2119 Moyer Way Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: LORI ROEB, PRESIDENT, CEO Dated: October 19, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001306 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO BUILDING SURPLUS at 280 Boeing Ave. Chico, CA 95973.

WESTERN WOODS INC. P.O. Box 4402 Chico, CA 95927.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: CHRISTOPHER RICHTER, PRESIDENT Dated: October 24, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001322 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ECOTOPIA LEARNING CENTER at 1295 Eaton Rd Chico, CA 95973.

MARIA MADRUGA 1295 Eaton Rd Chico, CA 95973.

SUSAN JANE TCHUDI 10846 Nelson Bar Rd Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: SUSAN JANE TCHUDI Dated: October 31, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001350 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CALIFORNIA INSURANCE EXPERT at 2197 Honey Run Road Chico,

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RISKPRO INSURANCE SERVICES, INC. 2197 Honey Run Road Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: NEAL BORDENAVE, PRESIDENT/CEO Dated: October 27, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001335 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HARMONIZING HEALTH at 1216 Sheridan Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

DENISE MARIE CANGIANO 1216 Sheridan Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DENISE CANGIANO Dated: November 1, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001357 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as AARON’S YARD CARE at 1393 Orput Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

AARON SHEM HATTLEY 1393 Orput Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: AARON HATTLEY Dated: November 1, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001351 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RESPYRE at 59 Satinwood Way Chico, CA 95973.

CITRUS WELL LLC 59 Satinwood Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: ANTHONY VITT, FOUNDER & CEO Dated: October 18, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001294 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BON VOYAGE TRAVEL at 712 Silverado Est. Court Chico, CA 95973.

LYNN M MORRIS 712 Silverado Est. Court Chico, CA 95973.

WILLIAM MORRIS 712 Silverado Est. Court Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by A Married Couple.

Signed: LYNN MORRIS Dated: September 26, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001202 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STREAMING VISIONS at 5873 Copeland Rd Unit A Paradise, CA 95969.

ROBERT H RENTZ 5873 Copeland Rd Unit A Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROBERT H. RENTZ Dated: November 4, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001379 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STUDIO CAFE at 6 Greenwood Lane Chico, CA 95926.

JONELLE R PENA 6 Greenwood Lane Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: JONELLE R. PENA Dated: October 25, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001331 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FISCHER ENTERPRISES, STEVE’S SECURITY SLEEVES at 7974 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

STEVEN WADE FISCHER 7974 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969.

KIMBERLY SUZANNE PAKNEY 6236 Wall Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by A Joint Venture.

Signed: STEVE FISCHER Dated: October 24, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001319 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DOJO BRAND USA at 1567 Rue Francais Chico, CA 95973.

DELINA FUCHS 1567 Rue Francais Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: DELINA FUCHS Dated: October 24, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001323 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as IT’S A GRIND at 6 W Eaton Rd Chico, CA 95973.

NORMA LYNN FATCHEN 5291 Nord Hwy Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: NORMA L. FATCHEN, PRESIDENT/SECRETARY Dated: October 17, 2016 FBN Number: 2016-0001288 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MARKUS HEDRICK filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MARKUS ANTHONY HENDRICK Proposed name: MARKUS ANTHONY JULIAN 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

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NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 2, 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: September 12,2016 Case Number: 16CV01990 Published October 27, November 3,10,17, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MOHAMMAD ALI filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MOHAMMAD ALI Proposed name: MOHAMMAD-ALI NAIM 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: December 9, 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: October 18, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02301 Published October 27, November 3,10,17, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner REBECCA BARKER filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DENNIS E BAKER DRAKE D BAKER SOPHIA LORRAINE BARKER Proposed name: DENNIS ELLIS BARKER DRAKE DOUGLAS BARKER SOPHIA LORRAINE BARKER 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: December 9, 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: October 17, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02346 Published October 27, November 3,10,17, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHRISTINE MAGUIRE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: NEVAEH MICHELLE KLIPP REBECKAH LYNN MARIE BEVERLY KLIPP CAYDEN MICHAEL ALEXZANDER KLIPP Proposed name: NEVAEH MICHELLE MAGUIRE REBECKAH LYNN MARIE BEVERLY MAGUIRE CAYDEN MICHAEL ALEXZANDER MAGUIRE 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: December 2, 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: October 6, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02102 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner EESHA RAVINDRA DAVE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: EESHA RAVINDRA DAVE Proposed name: EESHA VEERAJ PATEL 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: December 23, 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: October 21, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02419 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner HARMONY LYNNE SALYERS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: HARMONY LYNNE SALYERS Proposed name:

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HARMONY LYNNE BAKER 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: December 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: October 27, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02491 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner DANIEL LUCIANO CARDENAS JR filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: DANIEL LUCIANO CARDENAS JR Proposed name: DANIEL LUCIANO CHANDLER 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: December 2, 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: October 06, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02123 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JUDY NGUYEN HOANG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JUDY NGUYEN THI HOANG Proposed name: VICTORIA THI BORDERS 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

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should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 30, 2016 Time: 9:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: October 31, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02507 Published: November 10,17,23, December 1, 2016

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner POLLY W ENYEART filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: POLLY W ENYEART Proposed name: POLLY W JOY 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: January 6, 2017 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: November 7, 2016 Case Number: 16CV02579 Published: November 17,23, December 1,8, 2016

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: KEVIN M HARPER 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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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 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: March 11, 2016 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 16CV00494 Published: November 3,10,17,23, 2016

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

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

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

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

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: December 20, 2016 Time: 9:00 a.m.

Dept: TBA 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.

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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: W.Z. JEFFERSON BROWN Attorney at Law 1 Governors Lane Chico, CA 95926 (530) 343-4412 Case Number: 16PR00389 Published: November 17,23, December 1, 2016

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Gardeners delight! Garden beds, patio sitting areas and gazebo! 3 bed 1.5 bth, plus office, formal living & family room. 1,566 sq ft. owned solar! ....................................................................................................... $258,500 Cal Park, 3 bed/plus den, 2.5 bath, very nice home, 2,118 sq ft, cul de sac! ................................................... $399,900 Senior condo, 2 bed/2 bth, 1,300 sq ft, 1-car garage, nice unit w/updated kitchen ....................................... $195,000 Longfellow Area, Lovely 4 bed/2 bth, 1,824 sq ft with large yard ................................................................ $279,900 Teresa Larson Darling Charmer! 2 bed/1 bth, 816 sq ft open floor plan, garden spaces galore, covered carport!.................. $178,500 (530)899-5925 bed 2 nd bth, 1,440 sq ft, formal living/dinning, family room nice kitchen ............$37,500 ing www.ChicoListings.com Senior Mobile in desirable park. 2 pe with today’s updates.

Avenues Yesteryear charmer g in pend 3 bed/2 bth, 1,678 sq ft, backyard w/inground pool ........ $359,900 chiconativ@aol.com

2ac building lots $57,500

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5 ac lot. Owner carry $45,000

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15 Walnut Grove Durham 3bed 3 bath (could be 4bed) with office, built 2016, 1 acre, private setting $549,000 408 openshaw rd on 6 ½ acres Oroville - $565,000 1477 Lucy Way Chico 3bd/2ba w/ a pool - $399,000

Single wide on 60ac, North Chico $219,000 Cohasset hunting cabin, 30ac $65,000 2 bd/1 ba, 1,150 sq ft on 1.75 ac $185,000

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The following houses were sold in butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of october 31, 2016 – november 4 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

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

555 Vallombrosa Ave 47

Chico

$150,000

2/1

SQ. FT. 857

731 Thermalito Ave

ADDRESS

Oroville

$145,000

2/1

SQ. FT. 931

5581 California St

Chico

$144,000

2/1

888

1144 Montgomery St

Oroville

$142,500

2/1

1,535

3225 Foothill Blvd

Oroville

$123,000

3/2

1,294

905 Buschmann Rd

Paradise

$252,000

2/2

1,370

555 Vallombrosa Ave 40

Chico

$130,000

1/1

702

535 W 4Th Ave

Chico

$125,000

2/1

2,194

1353 Nord Ave

Chico

$100,000

2/1

950

5882 Oakmore Dr

Paradise

$250,000

3/2

1,756

26 Lower Lake Ct

Chico

$94,500

3/2

1,510

5562 De Sante Ln

Paradise

$247,500

2/2

2,100

203 Apache Cir

Oroville

$229,500

2/3

2,160

572 Barbara Way

Paradise

$245,000

2/2

1,827

11073 Faith Rd

Oroville

$160,000

3/1

1,202

372 Circlewood Dr

Paradise

$210,000

3/2

1,239

3088 Yard St

Oroville

$155,000

3/2

1,197

1246 Tahoe Way

Paradise

$203,000

2/2

1,124

1544 Oak St

Oroville

$150,000

4/2

1,285

688 Madrone Way

Paradise

$182,000

2/1

909

867 Bird St

Oroville

$149,000

3/1

1,346

1081 Wagstaff Rd

Paradise

$145,000

2/2

884

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530-872-5880

530-896-9300

6635 clark rD

1834 mangrove

serving all of butte county

paraDise – magalia - chico - Durham

Julie Rolls - PRINCIPAL BROKER 530-520-8545

Marty Luger – BROKER/OWNER 530-896-9333

Brian Voigt – BROKER/OWNER 530-514-2901

Annette Gale – Realtor 530-872-5886

Nikki Sanders – Realtor 530-872-5889

Susan Doyle – Realtor 530-877-7733

Dan Bosch- REALTOR 530-896-9330

Craig Brandol – REALTOR 530-809-4588

Shane Collins – REALTOR 530-518-1413

Rhonda Maehl – Realtor 530-873-7640

Heidi Wright – Realtor 530-872-5890

Jamie McDaniel – Realtor 530-872-5891

Matt Depa – BROKER/ASSOCIATE 530-896-9340

The Laffins Team 530-321-9562

Tim Marble – BROKER/ASSOCIATE 530-896-9350

Kandice Rickson – Realtor 530-872-5892

Shannan Turner – Realtor 530-872-3822

calbre # 01991235

Dream with your eyes open

Christina Souther – Realtor 530-520-1032

Gabe Dusharme – Realtor 530-518-7460

Bob Contreres – BROKER/OWNER Mark Chrisco – BROKER/OWNER 530-896-9358 530-896-9345

Vickie Miller – BROKER/ASSOCIATE 530-864-1199

Blake Anderson – REALTOR 530-864-0151

“ outstanDing agents. outstanDing results! ”

Steve Depa – BROKER/OWNER 530-896-9339

Carolyn Fejes – REALTOR Debbie Ziemke – REALTOR 530-966-4457 530-896-9353 calbre # 01996441

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