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EDITORIAL

Always ‘too soon’ Reports about Devin P. Kelley, the man who gunned down churchgoers in a

small Texas town this past Sunday, continue to paint a picture of a violent and disturbed man, the kind of person who should not have had access to firearms.

Indeed, Kelley had spent a year in military prison following a courtmarshal conviction in 2012 for physically abusing his then-wife and toddler stepson. About two years later, he was discharged for “bad conduct” from the U.S. Air Force. According to police reports in New Mexico, Kelley also had escaped from a mental health facility, after sneaking firearms onto a military base and threatening his commanding officers. Further, he’d been investigated for rape and was cited for animal cruelty.

Still, red flag after red flag didn’t stop him from legally purchasing multiple firearms, including the rifle he used to murder at least 26 parishioners of the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs. As we’ve learned, the Air Force did not enter Kelley’s conviction into a federal database designed to stop those with violent backgrounds from purchasing guns.

The bloody rampage is the deadliest mass shooting in the state’s modern history. Authorities report that there are at least 12 children among the dead, as well as an unborn child whose mother was killed.

When questioned about the incident, the second mass shooting in as many months in which dozens perished, President Trump pointed to it being “a mental health problem.” That tactic to deflect calls for stricter federal gun laws is rich coming from the man who, as one of his first acts as president, gutted an Obama-era initiative aimed at preventing mentally ill people from purchasing guns. That measure, which hadn’t been fully implemented, was taken by the former president following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, an incident in which 20 children were among the 26 victims.

Trump’s nonresponse is what we can expect not only from this White House, but also from the GOP. Last month, after 58 people were slaughtered in Las Vegas, Republican leadership said it was too soon to consider gun legislation. That’s a refrain we can count on from Congress until that legislative body is no longer under the party’s control. □

GUEST COMMENT

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ravel in the United States is a $990 billion

business,with leisure travelers accounting for 70 percent of the direct economic impact. They spend on hotels, restaurants, bars, attractions, cultural events, grocery stores and gas stations. This economic activity directly supports 8.6 million jobs, with a payroll in excess of $248 billion. It generates $158 billion in federal, state and local taxes.

Locally, the recently created Explore Butte County organization promotes all of the county, with emphasis on outdoor activities. by However, Chico is missing out Roger S. Beadle because it doesn’t have its own The author, a program directed at the pleasure Chico State alum traveler, in particular those interand former small-business ested in cultural events. owner, spent Indeed, Chico needs a stand30 years as an alone, not-for-profit marketing executive in the organization, an entity that will U.S. travel industry. promote Chico as a tourist destination. This organization should be funded by a dedicated portion of the city’s transient occupancy tax (TOT). This tax is levied on hotel guests, so it should be used to increase hotel

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occupancy.

The city’s 2016-17 annual budget includes about $2.3 million in TOT revenue. However, all of the money goes into the general fund, when a healthy portion should be reinvested in getting the word to potential tourists and companies about what Chico has to offer. The measurement of tourism marketing’s return on investment varies based on the destination. The state of Texas shows a return of $10-$16 per dollar. Take the lesser number, halve it and imagine what a $1 million investment would mean for Chico’s economy.

Marketing partnerships between the city, the university and private businesses need to be developed. Take Bidwell Mansion and the university, for example. They’re both state institutions. The university’s Recreation, Hospitality and Parks Department has internship programs. Since the mansion is open only three days a week for a total of 18 hours, why not involve students pursuing a degree for a career in the hospitality industry in the day-to-day activities? The same could hold true for the other museums and galleries, all which have limited hours of operation.

There is no reason for Chico to continue to ignore the potential of tourism. Its continued budget problems make this obvious. Ω

Show your true support It’s all too common these days to, upon learning that someone is a military

veteran, hollowly repeat the phrase “thank you for your service,” shake his or her hand, and move on. For those who have no close ties to the armed forces, having served in war is often a foreign concept. And the fear of triggering a negative response, or even a flare-up of post-traumatic stress disorder, may keep many from inquiring about said service for which they’re supposedly so thankful.

In honor of Veterans Day this Saturday (Nov. 11), we at the CN&R would like to, first off, express gratitude to the men and women in our backyard as well as those in the rest of the country who have put their lives on the line so that the rest of us can live with the luxuries that we do. Our freedoms, including the freedom of the press that this newspaper relies upon, cannot be taken for granted.

Second, we want to encourage others to engage in conversations with veterans that go beyond the generic, the rehearsed, the regurgitated “thank you for your service.” Ask what branch they served in, what job they did, where they served. Then offer your gratitude.

Third, we recognize the service organizations in our community that work on behalf of veterans and active-duty military. Many are holding special events this Veterans Day (see Calendar listings, page 22). Consider heading out to one of them to express your support and even making a donation to ensure these valuable programs continue. □

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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

daylight erasing time Once a year, on the morning of the first Sunday of November, when the clock rolls back an hour, I go through a couple of phases.

This year, per usual, I awoke to see that it was super early.

After realizing my cellphone had automatically synced with the end of daylight saving time, my initial thought was that I could snuggle back under the covers. But then I heard my young son’s bedroom door open.

He was either going to jump into bed with me—most likely to play a game of what I’ll call “stick my feet in mommy’s face.” Or he was going to head elsewhere in the house by himself—and that can lead to trouble. Like other kids his age, my beloved Henry, who recently turned 6, has a knack for waking up early on the weekends.

In other words, my sleep-in fantasy quickly dissipated.

Still, it was nice to get up leisurely this past Sunday. You know, lounge around in pajamas, drink coffee without haste and have a late breakfast. That extra hour makes a big difference when you find yourself with a list of things to accomplish. I wasn’t even annoyed at having to reset the clocks on the microwave, stove and in the car.

But alas, like every year, it’s a fleeting feeling. The next morning, most of us here at the corner of Second and Flume streets were feeling a little off-kilter, but mostly just tired. In the afternoon, we really started dragging. And by the time I drove home from work, in the dark, I began to loathe the practice of moving the clock an hour forward in the spring and then pushing it back in the fall.

I know I’m not alone. There have been movements to do away with daylight saving time (yes, it’s “saving,” not savings), including a state legislator’s recent attempt to repeal the law. But that didn’t go over very well with constituents, because people like longer days.

Count me in that group, along with a lot of outdoorsy folks, especially Little Leaguers.

No, it seems the more popular movement is to make daylight saving time year-round. In that scenario, we’d set our clocks forward in the spring and keep them there. Sounds good to me. The rub: doing so would require federal approval. Congress would have to amend the U.S. Uniform Time Act, which was adopted in the 1960s to “promote the adoption and observance of uniform time within the standard time zones.”

Those in favor of permanent daylight saving time cite the safety and health benefits of being afforded extra light in the evenings.

Those who oppose it counter that later sunrises are dangerous and note how confusing it would be when crossing California’s border.

There are official efforts at the state capitol—and even at the federal level on California’s behalf—to make daylight saving time everlasting. But knowing how much bureaucratic red tape stands in the way, I’m not holding my breath.

Indeed, like others, I expect this twice-yearly jolt to the system to continue.

And now for some good news: Last week, I wrote in this space that the CN&R’s annual drive to collect toiletries for local homeless service providers is now underway. And as of Tuesday afternoon, readers had already dropped off six shopping bags chock-full of items, including one filled to the brim with new socks. This is a great start to help the folks who help those less fortunate.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

‘Culture of criminalization’ Re “Two views on JC move” (Letters,

by Siana Sonoquie and Dan Everhart, Nov. 2): In the absence of a “housing first” solution—the only viable, lasting solution—homeless people have an inviolable right to live in the public space, without being criminalized and with as much material support as possible. Easily accessible downtown food and clothing distribution, as is now available through the Jesus Center, is vitally important to the wellbeing, stability and survival of people living in the public space.

Any future programs must not be “hide the poor” facilities, where people are driven into a “navigation center,” either through systematic deprivation or a choice between county jail and a “mall of services-type” compound.

There is much support for this kind of authoritarian-Marbut approach, both in city government and the business community. Recent history suggests that the Jesus Center is aligned with these powerful forces, regardless of what is said publicly about any new facility.

The public, as donors and citizens, can be instrumental in protecting the civil liberties of the homeless. But only if we are vigilant and involved in reversing the culture of criminalization, intolerance and coercion that has come to dominate Chico culture.

If you would like more information on homeless advocacy, please visit chicofriendsonthestreet.org.

Patrick Newman Chico

‘Truly one of us’ Re “Meet the outsider” (Newslines, by Kevin Fuller, Nov. 2): I have followed Dennis Duncan for quite some time, and this I know to be true: He is unapologetic about not accepting super PAC or special interest money of any kind.

He plans on specializing only in the people’s interest. He believes in affordable higher education and fixing our infrastructure with 21st century solutions now. He believes all these things and is the only candidate challenging Doug LaMalfa with the legislation ready, or formally has endorsed proposed current legislation.

He is truly one of us.

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 organized a demonstration in front of LaMalfa’s office in Oroville regarding the lapse in funding for CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) that affects 40,000 children in our district alone and almost 9 million nationwide!

The very next day, LaMalfa gave a speech on the House floor in Washington blaming the Democrats for his failure to lead.

Duncan has LaMalfa on the ropes and he has not even received one vote yet. He is dangerous to LaMalfa. It is time the rest of the people knew why.

Matthew Atteberry Biggs

Open letters to LaMalfa Why do you favor seriously mentally ill people like Devin Kelley in Texas—who abused his wife, cracked the skull of his infant son, was kicked out of the U.S. Air Force and served 12 months in confinement for domestic violence—having guns capable of massacring 26 people in minutes?

Karen Duncanwood Paradise

The proposed federal tax plan is little more than a massive tax giveaway for those who need it the least. It abandons homeowners, schools, fire departments and vital services like rebuilding roads, bridges and water and electric systems. Please vote against the proposed tax plan.

You opposed the California gas tax hike needed to rebuild California roads, but support tax cuts for the wealthy. Thirty-five million dollars a day for Warren Buffett to spend is not enough for you? You have to give him a tax break and pay for it on the backs of people with student loans?

Rick and Sharon Norlund Durham

Living in fear Re “A matchstick” (Greenways, by Kevin Fuller, Oct. 26): I live near Bidwell Park and walk among its grand trees daily. But my perception of this urban treasure has been changed by the terrible fires north of San Francisco and the recent CN&R story about the park’s vulnerability to a major fire and what that might do to the city.

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As we’ve seen in this year of unprecedented natural disasters, climate change is not a distant problem. It’s here, now.

–Julie Heath

in beds of branches as hazards. I live in fear, waiting for the rains, knowing that warming temperatures due to climate change mean this danger will escalate.

As we’ve seen in this year of unprecedented natural disasters, climate change is not a distant problem. It’s here, now.

Join me in efforts to convince our leaders to begin dealing with the threat by enacting legislation putting a fee on the carbon content of fossil fuels, and returning the money to the people. Economists and climate scientists agree this is the fastest way to slow climate change.

While the plan (found at citizensclimatelobby.org) has bipartisan support, we need to educate and encourage more politicians to act.

Rep. Doug LaMalfa says on his website that he worries about leaving monetary debt to our children.

Together, let’s convince him not to leave them an unlivable world either.

Julie Heath Chico

Anti-BDS and fascism While Texas won’t require individual homeowners applying for federal hurricane funds to pledge not to support a boycott of Israel, it is required for businesses.

Wisconsin also passed an anti-BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) measure to punish Americans not supporting Israel.

Shouldn’t you be free to avoid fascist people? Or a fascist country? Isn’t America’s domestic policy, demanding what country you can support, fascist?

When trampling your civil rights while “supporting” some other country is more important than rebuilding your own, you have to ask who’s actually running your country.

Are boycotts logical? Probably not when you’re boycotting freedom of choice. Remember boycotting french fries into

freedom fries? Denigrating France because the country dragged its feet supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Iraq had no WMDs or terrorism prior to being “freed” by American fascism.

What new distasteful aspect of conformity must Americans not boycott next? Isn’t supporting a peace group really a boycott of American foreign policy? Aren’t boycotts of GMO foods a boycott of prosperity and life itself?

Boycotting worthless climate change initiatives means you’re a James Bond-esque villain bent on destroying the world! The fantasies that overpaid media and politicians create to ridicule free choice and thought are endless.

Shouldn’t Americans be free to pursue happiness without paying for someone else’s unhappiness?

David Kiefer Chico

Rebuttal time Re “What is racist?” (Letters, by Richard Stephens, Oct. 26): Today we live in a world where everything is open to interpretation, regardless of the facts. Mr. Stephens says, the two gentlemen behind me at the gym are “obviously more familiar with the world” than I because they have the facts and I don’t?

Stephens says, “I’m guessing he only did this because he himself is very tolerant.” No, I am not, not when it comes to idiots spouting off their racist [garbage].

Further, Stephens says, “Industry moguls agree that Jewish influence in media is undeniable.”

Like Oliver Stone and maybe Mel Gibson, paragons of virtue? What is undeniable is that there are a lot of people in the entertainment industry who are Jewish just like there are a lot of white people and/or Italians and/or African-Americans (in growing numbers) in the entertainment industry. So Harvey Weinstein is Jewish—does that make all of us

Jews disgusting sexual predators?

Oh wait, don’t answer that.

And yes, Mr. Stephens, I am the same man who is president of the Atheists of Butte County and I successfully petitioned the Chico City Council to follow the U.S. Constitution and allow secular invocations.

George Gold Magalia

Acknowledge the threat Re “Military madness in the Trump era” (Guest comment, by Chris Nelson, Oct. 19): The title of the guest comment suggests that there would be less military madness in a Hillary era.

Hillary was/is very much a hawk, as are a large majority of elected Democrats.

In the Senate recently, only Democrats Kirsten Gillibrand (New York), Patrick Leahy (Vermont), Jeff Merkley (Oregon) and Ron Wyden (Oregon) and Independent Bernie Sanders (Vermont) voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act. In the House, 60 percent of Democrats voted for a defense budget bigger than Trump’s budget, by $57.4 billion more.

During the 2016 campaign, Hillary proudly touted her hawkishness, while Trump promised to end military interventions all over the world. Trump is hollowing out the State Department, the instigator of regime change to protect the national interest in the guise of democracy promotion; but he is certainly not reining in the military.

Citizens ought to be concerned that the entrenched foreign policy establishment joined with the military industrial complex drives foreign policy, and a president with different ideas would be seduced, defenestrated or gotten rid of.

This threat needs to be acknowledged, so when the U.S. elects a president who does not agree that military actions are the solution to conflict, an engaged and watchful citizenry will be some protection.

Lucy Cooke Butte Valley

The inevitable end Re “Departing” (Cover story, by CN&R staff, Oct. 26): The definition of death, by our human standards, is when our

bodies and minds stop working.

It’s how we react to it that matters, be it clinically, dramatically, or with acceptance. Death is often a tragedy in Western culture.

No large celebrations but small gatherings of friends and families in grieving. For the young, it’s the monster in the night, but for the old it’s what they’ve been waiting for all their lives. We fantasize about it. We write stories about defying it, bargaining with it and even becoming it. But it’s completely unavoidable. How and why we accept it is ultimately what matters to the living.

Ben Boyer Chico

He concurs Re “Boorish bullying” (Guest comment, by Jaime O’Neill, Nov. 2): On target and well-written, Jaime. I couldn’t agree more.

Dean Carrier Paradise

Fee for flowers Well, well, well. It finally happened. My prediction has materialized. I’ve said for years that as soon as state official figure out a way to capitalize from the Table Mountain wildflower season and the crowds it attracts, they will.

Starting Jan. 1, the state is planning to charge a fee to enter the Table Mountain wildflower areas.

We all need to thank the local media and recreation departments that, despite much protest, continued to promote this yearly event until it became an out-of-control circus. Kudos to the CN&R. I wrote in twice asking you to please back off the promoting, and from what I saw, someone listened.

Ken Mack Cherokee

Editor’s note: Starting in 2018, visitors to the North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve will need to purchase a lands pass from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Go to www.wildlife. ca.gov/Licensing/Lands-Pass to learn more.

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NEWSLINES DOWNSTROKE attacked oN bike path

A woman was allegedly cut by another woman while walking on the bicycle path along Lindo Channel under Highway 99 on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 5).

According to the Chico Police Department, the victim was walking when the suspect approached her and asked for money. The victim declined, and was subsequently cut on the arm with an unspecified sharp object.

The victim required medical treatment.

The suspect was seen running east from the area along Lindo Channel and was described as white with curly blonde hair and between the ages of 40 and 50.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Chico Police Department at 897-4911.

Martha Cox (standing) observes a group including Dylan Gray (left), Elaina McReynolds (foreground) and Susan Wilson practice civil discourse during Saturday’s workshop.

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Some laid-off workers in Butte County will soon receive job training thanks to a grant.

The California Employment Development Department (EDD) announced in a press release it’s sending $288,750 to Butte and Nevada counties to help retrain 50 recently laid-off workers.

The grant money will be given to the

Northern Rural Training and Employment Consortium (NoRTEC) for retraining workers,

including locals who were laid off this year by Milestone Technologies Inc. and Sears.

According to the press release, “the grant will help the displaced workers prepare for new jobs in the region’s industries that NoRTEC has identified as having the greatest potential for future career growth, including health care, advanced manufacturing, agriculture, information technology and tourism.”

The grant funding comes from the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and is administered by the EDD and the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency.

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During its meeting on Oct. 17, the council voted 4-3 to regulate smoking cannabis in public, ban all commercial activity, create a uniform permitting scheme for growing both medicinal and recreational cannabis and limit all grows to indoors. (Outdoor gardens are currently allowed for medical purposes.)

On Tuesday, Councilman Karl Ory (pictured) pulled the item off the consent agenda and made a last-ditch motion to allow for cannabis delivery within city limits and waive permit requirements for grows contained within greenhouses. Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer made a sub-motion to accept the ordinance as written, which passed by a 4-to-3 vote down party lines.

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Finding civility League of Women Voters present case for civil discourse in today’s world

M Since retiring as a high school English teacher 10 years ago, she’s become active artha Cox has a passion for politics.

with the League of Women Voters, currently serving as first vice presistory and photo by dent in the state organizaEvan Tuchinsky tion. Saturday (Nov. 4), she took a plane-hopping eva nt u c h i ns k y @ day trip from San Diego n ew srev i ew. c o m to conduct a workshop on politicking.

That event—held at Chico State, titled Learn about “What Kind of Talk the League: visit www.lwv Does Democracy buttecounty.org for Need?”—focused on more information on bringing together comthe league of women voters of butte county. munity members to solve problems through civil discourse, in a time when incivility runs rampant.

Cox has devoted the better part of six years to finding a means to counter divisiveness and coarseness in public dialogue.

“I just found that our country was in trouble, because we were not able to sit around a table and solve our country’s problems,” she told the CN&R after the workshop, echoing a theme of her introductory remarks. “It seemed like the decibel level needed to be raised before any discussion occurred; it was not productive discussion,

and it seemed like there needed to be a better way.

“The league’s motto is ‘Make Democracy Work’—and to me [this effort] made perfect sense.”

A seminal event spurred action. In 2011, then-Congresswoman Gabby Giffords was shot while meeting constituents in Arizona.

She was wounded, but six people died that day. Cox and her North County San Diego league colleagues dedicated themselves to addressing the problem of incivility. They were not alone: Within weeks of the tragedy, citizens of Tucson and others formed the National Institute for Civil Discourse, whose work the San Diego league members used as a resource.

The result of the undertaking was a public engagement facilitation guide; Cox shared its process on Saturday.

Debra Barger, president of the Butte County league, met Cox in Sacramento at the group’s state convention in June. After hearing about her work, Barger said she thought, We need to bring that to our community.

“I’m excited about the larger applications,” said Barger, dean of Chico State’s Department of Regional and Continuing Education, who attended the workshop. She envisions “community-building” from the act of convening distinct individuals. She

sees solutions emerging from “civil conversations about tough problems” in which people acknowledge their differences.

Cox presented—and asked the 20 participants to practice—a structured process, essentially advocating for broad-based focus groups. To solve a problem, first survey the community to glean information; use that information to frame the issue; hold meetings, with facilitators and note-takers, to distill ideas; then, identify commonalities to create an action plan.

Asked afterward if she had other, less extensive and intensive, suggestions for involvement, Cox offered several, from living room conversations to large-format community discussions.

“There are almost endless ways you can engage civilly within your community,” she continued. “The reason that this [method] jumps out at me, and why we [at the League of Women Voters] have latched onto this one, is we need to solve problems.

The others have a place, but if you want to solve problems in your community, I’m sorry, but citizens have to work as citizens.

“Democracy was based on the fact that citizens get engaged. We can’t sit back and let others be in charge.”

Cox’s ideas found a receptive audience,

which consisted of league members from Butte County and the Redding area, plus several Chicoans actively serving the community. Those attendees included Dylan Gray, Associated Students president at Chico State; Elaina McReynolds, a Chico parks commissioner (and league member); Kate McCarthy, a board member at the Inspire School of Arts and Sciences; and Richard Ober, a Chico City Council candidate who chairs the Torres Community Shelter board.

McReynolds, program director for regional and continuing education, also knew about Cox. A league

The future of our parks Committee discusses transfer of community spaces to CARD friend in Southern California had told her about the civil discourse program, which she relayed to Barger, her boss at Chico State. McReynolds was pleased to learn the local league already intended to bring Cox to Chico.

Emphasizing she spoke as a citizen, not as a commissioner, McReynolds said she came because “the skills of civil discourse are strongly needed now because we seem to be in a politically polarized environment in our country in this point in time…. I was motivated by [learning] is there some way, somewhere down the road, I can be a positive part of this because I have these skills.”

Even with some familiarity, McReynolds told the CN&R she “absolutely was expecting something different” Saturday. She’d anticipated a lecture; while Cox did provide a historical context for the current climate, she devoted the bulk of the three hours to her practical solution, which McReynolds said she “liked better.”

Gray, the A.S. president, received an invitation from Susan Roll, the campus’ director of civic engagement, to expand Chico State’s One Democracy initiative.

The initiative promotes voter education, registration and engagement through university and community efforts (catalogued on the “One Democracy” page at www.csuchico.edu).

“We want to spread this out to the student body so we can create more civically minded individuals that would like to participate on a day-to-day basis with issues going on, on our campus and in our nation,” Gray said.

Like McReynolds, he said he was “expecting something very general, so this was an actual fantastic experience. I didn’t think I was going to come across such intellectual people, people actually in the field doing work to help out our society and our democracy.” The process Cox presented “is something that absolutely can work” within One Democracy.

Barger said the local League of Women Voters also could utilize the model. While most known for its nonpartisan forums before elections, the league formulates positions on specific issues. Currently, the Butte County league is drafting a position paper on biomass, which is more data-driven than opinion-based; for more multifaceted issues, however, “this process is ideal for us to be better at our work.” □

ack in 2009, the city and the Chico Area Recreation and Park District sat down and Bdeveloped a plan to work together on a hand-

ful of neighborhood parks. Over the next year, three of those spaces—Hancock Park, Humboldt Skate Park and Wildwood Park, at the entrance to Upper Bidwell—were transferred from city ownership over to CARD. Now, nearly nine years later, the two entities are once again discussing the future of the city’s parks. Including that of Chico’s crown jewel.

“It is a park, so it makes sense for it to be part of the discussion,” Ann Willmann, general manager of CARD, said in a phone interview. “It’s part of a much broader discussion about what the city and CARD are able to do collaboratively.”

If city staff has its way, however, CARD will take over the majority of Chico’s smaller, neighborhood parks, but Bidwell Park as well as Children’s Playground and Bidwell Bowl will stay under city oversight.

“We really want to maintain Bidwell Park,” said Erik Gustafson, director of public works-operations and maintenance for the city. “It’s the city of Chico’s responsibility.

And Bidwell Bowl and Children’s Playground are really the start of Bidwell Park.”

The discussion has just begun, however, as an ad hoc committee made up of members of the City Council and the CARD board of directors was recently formed to discuss the memorandum of understanding between the two entities, including future arrangements for ownership, maintenance and funding for the city’s parks. The group convened last

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Friday (Nov. 3) and agreed to move forward with discussion of neighborhood parks in early 2018 and to hold a separate conversation about Bidwell Park later in the spring.

Among the neighborhood parks that could be transferred to CARD ownership is Depot Park, which runs “We’re still along the train depot west of downtown and could be the site of a future dog park. really early on PHOTO BY MEREDITH J. COOPER in the process— we’re reviewing Public Works Department, which already is expenses and costs to maintain the different limited in staff and resources. parks,” Willmann said. “We’re looking at “Linda Herman was just moved over [to existing neighborhood parks, and what is administration manager of the department]. the best use of resources—which ones make We want the opportunity to improve things, sense for CARD to maintain and for the city to maintain. We both utilize taxpayer dollars, to make creative and strategic decisions to make the improvements to the park that the so we want to ensure we’re as responsible citizens of Chico deserve,” he said. with them as possible.”

Willmann was less inclined to take a position on the matter.

At the heart of the issue are the limited “CARD is very single-focused—we resources the city has for maintaining its work with parks and recreation,” she said. parks. The most visible evidence of that can “The city is tasked with caring for our entire be seen while walking or riding through community—so, parks, but also roads and Bidwell Park. trees and traffic. They have a much broader “Funding and resource priorities have responsibility. been elsewhere, and that’s resulted in some “I believe that the city is working deferred maintenance in the park—and extremely hard to do what they can with everyone sees that,” Gustafson said. He said their limited resources,” she added. transferring maintenance of Bidwell Park That said, there are some opportunities, at would mean the loss of five positions in his least according to Gustafson and the ad hoc department, a loss that would “cripple” the committee, for improvements through transferring ownership of Chico’s smaller parks to CARD. One in particular that was mentioned several times during Friday’s meeting was Depot Park, which spans two blocks on Cedar Street behind the railroad depot west in states where the drug is legal. of downtown. That park is currently known Cannabis has been found to for attracting vandals and drug users. not only help with physical pain “It’s off the beaten path, and we see the but also Post-Traumatic Stress facilities there—the street lights, things like Disorder, which affects veterans that—constantly vandalized,” Gustafson said. disproportionately over the rest of “There’s a lot of potential there—it’d be a the population. Here are some other great opportunity for a dog park.” findings from the survey: Willmann echoed him on that front.

• 82 percent of veteran households “There has been a request for additional dog said they would want to have canpark spaces in the community,” she said. nabis as a legal treatment option.

“That is a lovely area and there are concen• 92 percent support research into trated residents that could utilize it as a dog medical cannabis as treatment for park. We’d be able to separate it into a big mental and physical conditions, including as dogs area and a small dogs area.” a possible replacement for opioid painkillers.

• 90 percent of liberals, 88 percent of conservatives and 70 percent of independents support federally legalized medical cannabis.

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The Jesus Center, which Executive Director Laura Cootsona says is on pace to serve 100,000 meals in 2017, may move to a new location in south Chico. photo by KeviN fuller

She paused and said, “Yes and no.”

The vision laid out by City Manager

Mark Orme is to relocate the Jesus Center to a city-owned, 3.92-acre parcel currently occupied by the Silver Dollar BMX track adjacent to the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds.

The center, a faith-based organization that feeds, clothes and offers other services to homeless people on Park Avenue, is on board with that plan. The move would place the organization in close proximity to the Torres Shelter and Valley View Apartments, a 14-unit permanent housing complex for people who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, or living with mental illness.

Ideally, the arrangement would provide a single entry point and hub for homeless people seeking services. Laura Cootsona, executive director of the Jesus Center, outlined plans for a day center, a clinic offering medical, dental and mental health care, 100 lowbarrier beds and 10 to 15 rooms for families. Other service providers could potentially relocate to the area to centralize services, including Simplicity Village, a concept led by the Chico Housing Action Team (CHAT) aimed at creating a

tiny house community.

Orme acknowledged that finding a suitable place for the bike track to relocate is one of the plan’s major logistical hurdles, but assured the group that it won’t be left without a space. Vince Enserro, vice president of Silver Dollar BMX, said he was satisfied that the city wouldn’t move forward with the plan unless his organization signed off on a new location.

“We’re on board to be relocated, if that’s what needs to happen,” he said.

Cootsona said her organization has been looking for a new location for the past 18 months because its current home, adjacent to a residential neighborhood, isn’t ideal and its aging building isn’t ADA-compliant.

“We’re fighting that building every single day,” she said.

Cootsona explained that, more generally, local service providers are struggling to meet the needs of the fastest-growing demographic within the homeless population— families. They’re also falling short when it comes to offering lowbarrier, come-as-you-are entry.

“We have very little ability to stabilize and help the most vulnerable people,” he said.

The community came out in force

to discuss the proposal, packing the council chambers to capacity.

About 40 speakers weighed in when the floor opened for public

comment, most of whom favored moving the Jesus Center.

But several speakers were critical because the plan does not address a root cause of homelessness—Chico’s affordable housing shortage. And local homeless advocate Patrick Newman suggested that moving the Jesus Center farther from downtown would serve only to sweep homelessness out of sight.

“This is a way to concentrate people,” he said, “not to embrace them, bring them into the heart of the community, sit with them and learn their life stories.”

Councilwoman Ann Schwab made a motion to accept Orme’s recommendations, which include approving the general concept; developing a memorandum of understanding and eventually a lease agreement with the Jesus Center; authorizing a one-year notice of intent to terminate the current lease on the site and help relocate Silver Dollar BMX; and directing Orme to work with neighbors—California Water Service Co., Torres Shelter and Valley View Apartments—to improve road access to the site.

At Ory’s request, Schwab added an amendment to direct city staff to work with CHAT to explore the Simplicity Village concept as well.

The council voted unanimously to support Schwab’s motion.

However, a few members expressed frustration with the Torres Shelter. Councilman Mark Sorensen called Amaro’s request for further review “analysis paralysis,” while Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer said she was “really disappointed.”

“After all the support the community has offered the shelter,” she said, “and all the support we’ve provided at the council level, they’re not supporting this concept.”

Amaro told the CN&R that she supports consolidating services, but she hasn’t been approached by the city regarding specific details: “We don’t really know what our role would be in it.”

“We just want a deeper level of conversation,” she added, “and we were asking for it to be tabled for that reason—not because we don’t want the project to happen.”

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HEALTHLINES A cyclist on his morning commute rides through the portion of Ivy Street where Chico State students created a temporary bike lane.

trian or cyclist at the intersection of Ivy and West Third streets since 2006. For comparison, there were 33 collisions at Nord and West Sacramento avenues in that same time frame, which was the highest count.

The project isn’t just a call to raise awareness to bike safety. It’s also an attempt to change the way public infrastructure projects are influenced, shifting to a more community-driven approach, using short-term demonstrations to present how a project would look, Knigge said.

“We wanted to do something pretty small at first to try it out,” said West, who worked closely with the class.

Knigge and her class received an encroachment permit, which cost about $240, from the city in order to build the temporary bike lane. Knigge and West said they worked as a team throughout the project. Ultimately, the results will provide the city with the groundwork for redesigning the roadway.

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Chico State campus via Ivy Street Cwerethegreeted by something out of the ordiyclists on their morning commute toward

nary on Thursday (Nov. 2): small potted lime trees and other various greenery in the road, between West Second and Third streets.

That was no accident. The plants were placed there as a temporary buffer for a makeshift bike lane that rolled through empty parking spaces on the road.

“We have this potential to make walkable and bikeable streets in this neighborhood,” Chico State associate professor

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LaDona Knigge said while walking the sidewalk on Ivy Street.

She and her class had spent weeks preparing to take on the effort, known as a tactical urbanism demonstration project. The idea was to re-envision a space to shed light on much-needed design improvements, and in this case, highlight potential safety improvements for cyclists on this particular stretch of road.

Knigge and the students in her Transportation Planning class, along with staff from the city of Chico and volunteers from Chico Velo Cycling Club, were out before the sun came up, using duct tape to create the bike lane. Currently, the bike lane on Ivy Street drops off about 500 feet before the intersection at Second Street in the northbound lane. That’s due to the five unmetered parking spots lining that side of the street,

creating what Knigge calls an unsafe area for cyclists.

“People do go fast down here,” Knigge said, referring to drivers.

The students also used cardboard and paint to create a bike box, which allows cyclists to be in front of vehicles stopped at an intersection. Actual bike boxes would be painted directly onto the pavement.

In preparation for the project, Knigge and her students started putting fliers on vehicles parked in the spots about a week ago, asking the owners to move them. Students also went door-to-door to inform residents in the neighborhood about the project. Knigge admits she was nervous the vehicles would be there come Thursday morning.

“They all moved last night,” she said with relief.

Students set up tables at the start of the temporary bike lane as well as at the end, in order to give passersby information about the project and collect feedback. The lane was functional only until 7 p.m. on Thursday, when the students removed the barriers and opened the parking spots back up to the public.

According to city of Chico engineer Wyatt West, there have been seven collisions between motorists and either a pedes-

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Knigge said she’s been focusing on the south campus area for about two years. That’s about the time she and her students did a walking audit regarding the safety of pedestrians and cyclists in the south campus area and passed along a report to the Institute for Sustainable Development.

“The idea is to ... somehow get this south campus neighborhood more walkable and bikeable and safer,” Knigge said.

West said the city typically installs

bike lanes only when a section of road is due for resurfacing or repaving in order to make the project cost-effective. That particular road is up for resurfacing

in the next three years, which will be paid for mostly with gas tax monies collected by the city. The removal of parking spaces would also need to be approved by the city.

“Taking away parking can be difficult,” West said.

Then again, Knigge and her students hope that now that there’s a good idea of what the intersection would look like, such design changes could be an easier sell.

“It’s not always easy to imagine an idea before it happens,” said Janine Rood, executive director of Chico Velo. The local nonprofit cycling club helped with the project by providing the duct tape and securing the plants for the buffer zone, which were loaned out by Little Red Hen Nursery.

Rood said the organization was eager to aid a project that drew awareness to cycling safety.

“The location is a huge area of concern for safety,” she said.

No matter what happens with the portion of road, or the entire south campus neighborhood, all groups involved in the project hope to work together on future tactical urbanism projects.

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GREENWAYS Andy Atkinson, the longtime manager of Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, is a senior environmental scientist with California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

‘Farming wildlife’

voirs such as Lake Oroville and delivers it to farms.) It will allow the Biggs-West Gridley Water District to bring the entire length of the canal up to modern engineering standards and provide a reliable source of water for wildlife year-round. According to Atkinson, Gray Lodge has used an average of 22,800 acre-feet of water annually since 2002, and he estimates that once the project is complete, it will be allocated roughly double that amount.

According to Sam Chiu, a spokesman for the California Natural Resources Agency, the final amount of funding will be determined through negotiations with Biggs-West Gridley Water District within the next six months.

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Atkinson talks enthusiastically AaboutAndyproviding habitat for animals such as

s manager of the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area,

giant garter snakes, ground squirrels and all sorts of birds—hawks, herons, cranes, geese and even the occasional bald eagle. He takes a different tone, though, when it comes to beavers: “Not my favorite animal.”

That’s because Atkinson and other employees of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife have to keep water flowing throughout the wetlands, but beavers have different designs. For example, Gray Lodge staff recently lowered water levels in several canals in anticipation of autumn rains, prompting beavers to block drainage pipes with mud, brush and timber to prevent diversions from the waterways they depend on. It fell on habitat assistant Chris Stanfield to find and unplug the pipes.

“The beavers work all night and then he works all day,” Atkinson said.

During a recent visit to Gray Lodge, which is southwest of Gridley, Atkinson took the CN&R on a three-hour tour of the wildlife area in his dusty pick-up truck. Driving along dirt roads and canals—some built toward the end of the Great Depression—he stopped frequently to point out natural wonders and wildlife, including a black-tailed buck and a doe hiding in tall grass before bounding off together.

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He explained that the dozens of canals and drainage ditches crisscrossing the 9,200-acre area are vitally important. Most of the plants and animals at Gray Lodge depend on water delivered by man-made structures, especially the migratory ducks and geese that make it a go-to destination for bird watchers. In other words, the area’s water infrastructure is something like an artificial life-support; Atkinson calls it “farming wildlife.” And that’s why a recently announced grant of up to $54.5 million awarded by the California Natural Resources Agency to the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Water Supply Project is a big win for waterfowl.

Prior to European settlement, the Central

Valley was composed mostly of wetlands, but nearly all have been drained for agricultural and urban development. Now only postagestamp remnants of saturated lands are scattered across the valley, including the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area. The once-natural wetlands are now entirely anthropogenic; heavily altered by people and dependent on water from Lake Oroville.

“We’re mimicking nature and adapting it to the restraints that we have,” Atkinson said.

The wildlife area still offers a glimpse of something similar to what Central California looked like more than 150 years ago, and one thing hasn’t changed: Gray Lodge remains a critical stop on the Pacific Flyway, a northsouth route for migratory birds and therefore a major attraction for hunters and bird watchers.

“There’s something to see here any time of year,” Atkinson said.

The original 2,500-acre property—formerly

Indeed, Gray Lodge is world-renowned for “night flights”—hundreds of thousands of birds taking wing against a backdrop of the sun setting over the Sutter Buttes. The CN&R caught a hint of the grandeur early in the morning as countless birds circled over the wetlands, and the viewing season is only getting started—Gray Lodge currently hosts about 700,000 migratory birds, but that number is expected to soar to between 1.6 million and 1.8 million this winter.

But all of the birds depend on water continuously flowing through the wetlands, Atkinson emphasized. “What happens when you don’t provide what a species needs?” he asked. “The species disappears.”

The crucial link is an 18-mile canal owned and managed by Biggs-West Gridley Water District that delivers water from Lake Oroville’s Thermalito Afterbay to Gray Lodge, supplying various farms and ranches along the way. The water is then dispersed throughout the wetlands via a series of old agricultural ditches and more recently constructed infrastructure.

But sections of the main canal are in decidedly poor condition due to erosion, which has caused water to seep into surrounding farmland.

Atkinson says it makes for an inefficient and unreliable water-delivery system for farmers and Gray Lodge alike.

The Natural Resources Agency funds are being awarded through its grant program under the federal Central Valley Project Improvement Act, which supports setting aside water for environmental purposes. (The Central Valley Project stores water in reser-

the site of the Gray Lodge Gun Club—was purchased by the state in 1931 and converted into a wildlife area. Since then, only five managers have overseen the place, including Atkinson, who has lived on-site almost continuously since he was 18 years old.

Driving slowly along a canal, Atkinson reflected on why the water-supply grant is such a boost for the future of Gray Lodge.

“We want to protect it in perpetuity so future generations can experience the wetlands and the species that depend on them,” he said.

Then he saw somebody across the waterway. It turned out to be Stanfield, the habitat assistant, using a long pole to pry wood and brush from a drainage pipe.

“What’s your favorite animal?” Atkinson shouted from his window.

Stanfield laughed and replied, “Not the beaver.” Ω

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WOODLANDS IN NEED Butte Environmental Council’s Oak Restoration Program needs volunteers to help plant native species such as blue oak and bunch grass in Upper Bidwell Park on Tuesday, Nov. 14, from 8 to 11 a.m. The work will involve weeding, mulching, digging and planting; supplies are provided, but extra shovels would be useful. Meet in parking lot E. Email program coordinator Lexi Thornton at oaks@becnet.org for more information.

EVERYBODY’S BUSINESS photo by JoSh Cozine

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Saying goodbye

Call him mr. Fix-it

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Meredith J. Cooper meredithc@newsreview.com

Jaime Gonzalez has always enjoyed fixing things. In fact, the 23-year-old from Hamilton City has been fixing his own cellphones and other electronic devices for years. Then he was asked to repair relatives’ and friends’ devices. Before long, he had a long list of clientele.

Many offered compensation, and he realized he had a business on his hands. In 2015, he opened All About Tech as a home-based business. Gonzalez knew he could draw in more customers with a storefront, especially near the Chico State campus, and kept his eyes open for a vacancy. He jumped on the opportunity in early August to lease his current space at 206 Walnut St., Ste. C, and opened shortly thereafter. The shop is open 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily.

Check it out online at phone repairschico.com or call 9662972 for more information.

How did you come to open your own business at such a young age?

I took some beginning business classes at Butte College that sparked my interest a bit, but mostly I just really liked the idea of being my own boss. I had some money saved up—I’ve

worked a lot of different jobs.

People would pay me to fix their screens and stuff, and I did a lot of “lifting”—buying in bulk and selling in smaller amounts—on eBay, along with selling phone parts and other small parts.

What are your most popular services? iPhone screen repairs. I do the repairs on-site and usually have about a 20-minute turnaround time. I repair Androids and most any other electronic devices as well, but those take longer, and require an estimate.

You’re open late—any particular reason?

Not really—I hang out with my friends to kill time and people still come in for repairs, so I stay open. The hours just work well for me.

What do you think you might be doing if you weren’t doing this?

Working full-time somewhere else probably. Maybe I’d try to get into the engineering field somewhere—that was something I had also thought about getting into before doing this.

I’m always sad to see a good thing go, especially after only a few short months. Did not enough people come in and support the business? And if not, why not? Was it for lack of advertising, inconvenient parking, or poor signage? Any one of those things can do a good business in. Beyond the visibly obvious reasons for a business’ failure are equipment repairs, food costs and all that overhead. Then there are outside factors like health issues and family drama. Then again, others thrive despite their flaws.

So, there are yet more closures to report downtown. First is Arabica Cafe, the cute little coffee shop next to Coldstone Creamery on Broadway, which quietly put up a “closed for remodeling” sign a few weeks ago that this week turned into a “for lease” sign. I’d been in a few times and was always happy with the service. Was the food too ethnic for Chico’s tastes? Or perhaps just not advertised as such?

I ordered the beef panini special one day and, while it was delicious, it wasn’t at all what I’d expected. Turns out, the spiced ground beef and cheese flatbread sandwich is a Jordanian street food staple—but who knew? I wonder if people just didn’t realize the gems hiding inside this place. That Turkish coffee was to-die-for.

The other recent closure, coincidentally, also specialized in Mediterranean flavors. Sultan’s Bistro, as reinvigorated by new ownership just this past summer, put up a “temporarily closed” sign a few months ago. The space inside the Phoenix Building is now for lease. The new owner had gone to the trouble of tracking down the original Sultan’s owners, getting permission to use their recipes and bringing back those craveable flavors. My suspicion is that Sultan’s suffered from that allto-familiar double-edged sword of reopening a restaurant with the same name.

Old Yelp reviews suggested mediocre offerings and there was no Facebook presence in order to let hungry Chicoans know it was under new management.

Children’S muSeum gearS up It feels like forever since a splash of yellow paint

Any strange repairs or breaks?

Oh, sure—you name it, I’ve seen it. People bring in all kinds of electronics that just stopped working and they have no idea what happened, and I’ll have to take it in the back and go over everything with a microscope to find the issue and fix it.

Do you have a typical clientele?

College students a lot, being so near the college and downtown, and people that want their things fixed right away.

—JoSH CoziNe

transformed the eastside block of Main Street between Third and Fourth. The Chico Children’s Museum is still in the works and is back in the spotlight with a big event this weekend. The fundraiser this Saturday, Nov. 11, at Nantucket Home (603 Broadway) is titled Fly Away to London and promises to transport guests to the 1900s “Bustle Era” with good food (prepared by chef Ann Leon of Leon Bistro), drinks and live music (by renowned violinist and harpist Carlos Reyes). Tickets are $135 and can be purchased at chicochildrensmuseum.org.

Speaking of the Children’s Museum, I noticed a Facebook post about the recent passing of local ag leader Jenette Vanella, whose name is perhaps most familiar because her family owns the Vanella Farm Store in Durham. She was a friend of the museum and, as such, her family has chosen to direct donations in her memory to it through The Big Harvest fundraising drive, which offers matching funds through the Butte Agriculture Foundation. All money donated in Vanella’s name will go toward an agriculture-themed exhibit at the museum in her memory. Go to thebigharvest.org for more information and to donate.

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FICTION? Readers tell their stories in 59 words

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f your fiction requires only 59 words, do you need a microprocessor to get it out? Wouldn’t the best tool be a sharp new No. 2 with a clean pink eraser? Or maybe there’s a better story in the nubbin, wet with bite marks, both ends whittled into service and just enough left to make it to “The end.”

Not much of a story there but, hey, it’s 59 words long!

And that was the challenge the Chico News & Review put to its readers for this annual contest: Write us some fiction in 59 words exactly—not one more or less.

And you met the challenge. Hundreds of stories by local writers were submitted, and once again, we have members of the 1078 Gallery’s Literary Committee— Jeff Hull, Hilary Tellessen, Sarah Pape and Angela Youngblood—to thank for sifting through all of the entries and picking out the best of this year’s best in four different divisions—adult, high school (grades 9-12), junior high (grades 6-8) and kids (grades 5 and under).

Also back this year were a fair number of disqualifications due to miscounted words. So, we had to toss out some from both junior high and adult divisions for being over or under the 59 words (which is why the junior high section is a little sparse this year).

Thank you all for taking part as we devote these pages to Chico’s creative spirit.

FIRST PLACE Meditation I lie on my back, body twitching—losing, maybe finding—my way in the dotted ceiling pattern, which appears to be an untraceable labyrinth. These dots are tricking me; certainly, there must be a designed escape route. When the doctor returns, she’s wearing bad news, but I’m distracted, lost in the maze, determined to find my own way out.

Danielle Lang Oroville

Danielle loves to write, but the only time she’s been able to make space for it in her life in recent years has been for Fiction 59. A full-time counselor at Butte County Juvenile Hall and a part-time reading/ writing tutor, Lang has entered previous contests and after an honorable mention last year, she moves up to the top spot.

When she’s not working or sporadically writing, she likes to cook, read and spend time outdoors.

Notes: One of the honorable mentions in the adult division is a story by Josh Cozine, an intern at the CN&R. Names are stripped from all stories before judges receive them, so his identity did not influence their decision.

And in the high school division, two of the top finishers and three honorable mentions are by students at Table Mountain School inside Butte County Juvenile Hall. In order to protect their privacy, only first names are included with their stories.

Fiction 59 judges—The 1078 Gallery Literary Committee (from left): Jeff Hull, Hilary Tellessen, Sarah Pape and Angela Youngblood.

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HONORABLE MENTIONS Blind Date

Real, Arabic Jesus

THIRD PLACE Toenails My sister has talon-like toenails. Sometimes we walk barefoot in the orchard behind our house. If she walks behind me, I get stabbed by her toenailknives. They’re so sharp, she should keep one in her purse in case of an emergency. If her arms were ever tied up, she could lift one leg and cut herself free.

Aubrey Whitely Gridley

When she was in high school, Aubrey scored an honorable mention in the 2015 Fiction 59 contest, and last spring she took both second and third in the CN&R’s Poetry 99 contest. Now that she’s taken the leap into the deep end of the pool of the adult division, she’s still one of the top finishers.

These days, she spends her time learning Spanish and gearing up for a much-anticipated move.

Jesus gets a lot of calls from people.

Sometimes he just wants to relax, smoke a little potent weed and listen to some chill music.

I can picture him (real, Arabic Jesus), swiping his iPhone to send his calls to voicemail because he knows if he doesn’t take care of himself, he will have nothing to give anyone else.

Beads of pearls and sweat around her neck.

Her fingers dance in her flyaways. Her hopeful, yet hopeless, eyes constantly gravitating to the entrance every time she heard the bell above the doorway.

30 minutes pass. She stirred the ice in her glass of water. Her stomach: empty. Her heart: empty.

Two hours come and go. He did not.

Audrey Thao Oroville

Brittany Tucker Chico

They Said We’d Get Them

The Commuters They traveled for years in his old car they called the popemobile. They talked many hours within safety glass. Secrecy was sworn.

No topics were off limits. They laughed, cried, sang. They choked on confessions. They were not lovers, more than that. Naked souls.

The car crash totaled the popemobile. Their secrets were crushed into 2,400 pounds of steel.

I think we got them. They said we’d get them, if we did it right.

They always told us if we did it right, we’d get them, and we’d be safe.

We did it right, as right as we could. The way they came at us though; it wasn’t like they said they would.

Shit.

We didn’t get them.

Josh Cozine Chico

Karen Aiken Chico

Serrated Edges

Lighthouse Road I left you standing on Lighthouse Road because you said we were done talking. I hid my face and walked away in the cold. You were watching for his white pickup.

It’s been three days now, and they’ve yet to find a trace of either of you. They’re asking me all these questions I have no way to answer.

The placement of her next words were as logical as the placement of a bright yellow sun in the corner of a child’s drawing. The illusion of ordinary was caressed in a neon white shard of sidewalk paint, it was peeling from papier-mâché skin, forming leopard spots on a dangerously red nose, and resting in egg shell eyes.

Alena Fletcher Chico

Jamie Candiff Paradise

Strikes, Spares, and Turkeys

The Flight For ten thousand years the rock has sat by the riverbed, brooding. The mighty river had risen and fallen over the eons, yet the rock remained, immobile. Now it was flying, launched into the sky, and the rock felt elation at the sublimity of flight as it hurtled across the sky before disappearing forever into the watery depths below.

SECOND PLACE DV The Point Cafe was humming with Saturday morning wait service and conversation.

Justine sat alone by the window watching raindrops patter against the glass, while an overhead ceiling fan twirled like a tiny pinwheel in the silver spoon beside her coffee cup.

By now, he would know she was gone. Justine could feel her life changing, minute by minute.

Poi Purl Chico

Poi is new to Chico and, in fact, says, “This is my first attempt at fiction.”

Normally, he gets his creative kicks as a songwriter, playing both guitar and keyboards as a rock musician. A real estate investor by day, Poi came to Chico from the small arts- and outdoors-friendly So Cal town of Ojai, and says his new home reminds him a little bit of his old stomping grounds.

Mike Birch Chico

Her New Digs She got the sheriff knock and escort off the property in blizzarding mid-December. Payday seemed as distant as the warm weather.

Nevertheless, she had her gym membership: 24 hour. Staff grew concerned when she asked for multiple lockers.

Steam room sleeping proved difficult, but round the clock jacuzzis, warm showers, and curl bar eye candy were most luxurious.

Shaking hands held burning nicotine firmly against the stroller. Her feet were among those that could walk on coals. “Don’t you worry about your child’s health?” the affluent do-gooders would chant. Peeling back the overhang, Olivia revealed her belongings, and in the seat, her prized 10 lb bowling ball. She blew smoke in the thumb hole for effect.

Scott Bailey

Flight Sara woke suddenly and crawled to Billy.

Frozen, she listened for his breath, felt relief when he sighed. Then, nothing. Disease blew through him entirely just then, like wind through a house, slamming the door. Billy had passed into another dimension. Sara looked at the face of death. She touched its cheek, and felt his warm touch on hers.

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

Little Billy’s Salt Shaker

Supersized

The snail was having a wonderful day until, suddenly, a white crystal substance started to fall out of the sky, like God Himself was scratching dandruff from his scalp. The next thing Mr. Snail knew, he was bubbling up into endless oblivion. The last thing he saw past his slimy antennae was the hairless, baby-face of God Himself.

Jeremiah 17 Table Mountain School

This year’s No. 1 spot goes to Jeremiah, a student at Table Mountain School who says he enjoys playing football, working out with his dad, riding bikes, MMA fighting and listening to rap music.

Jonathan was miserably struggling for hours across the open desert, sweat dripping from his face; heat of the sunlight impaled his skin like sharp needles. About to collapse, hopeless, he saw something glimmering in the distance: a 200 foot tall delicious cappuccino. With that he pushed forward. Now his bad circumstance involved climbing to the top of the cup.

Jordan 17 Table Mountain School

Butte County Juvenile Hall, home to Table Mountain School.

Thursday Night Torture

PHOTO COURTESY OF TABLE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL

Max was fighting with his parents so he decided to run away. Passing scary streets one by one, he was thinking how much he hated his parents and how they treated him: making him take out the trash every other Thursday night.

Realizing he had no means of transportation, he called his mom to assist him in running away.

SECOND PLACE Pizza Cutter It had gotten to that awkward part of the night. Even though they were all hiding it, the center of attention was on the table. Sitting there blissfully, its smell in their noses, amazing red freckles on its magnificent face. When oblivious Joey came by and wolfed down that last piece of pizza, people’s attention turned to the knife.

Jeremiah 17 Table Mountain School

The Great Dragon

Colin Bailey 14 Chico

Yatchua woke up in a dimly lit cave, struggling to remember what happened the night before. Then he recalled the battle, the dragon. The sound of its roar, a thunderstorm. The divine beauty of its golden scales. As he looked along the cave floor, he saw it was as massive as a redwood. Now, as still as one, too.

Colin Bailey is a regular renaissance guy. He’s been a top finisher in both the Fiction 59 and Poetry 99 contests for many years now, and in addition to his literary skills and interest, he’s also committed to skateboarding. He’s had an active role in the grassroots effort to upgrade and expand facilities at Humboldt Avenue Park as part of the Chico Skatepark Solutions group, and as a freshman at Chico High School, he’s also helping kick start a new skate club on campus.

Joshua 15 Table Mountain School

Her Say

THIRD PLACE Tornado As John stands there waiting, the tornado gets closer. Destruction making its way toward him. He’s ready though. His powers are ones to defend. The whole village stands behind him as they’re sealed into his invisible dome. The tornado is closer now, pushing against him. He weakens, and the storm breaks through killing everyone except him. Eventually, he confesses.

A room at Butte County Juvenile Hall.

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Bethany 17 Table Mountain School

Third place in the high school division goes to another Table Mountain student. Bethany says that she has writing aspirations, has already started a book about her life experiences and hopes to get it published. In addition to writing, she enjoys spending time with her family and listening to James Brown, Aerosmith and Michael Jackson. Her favorite school subject is science, and she hopes to become a biologist or astronomer one day.

In her head she is screaming for help, but outside she is silent.

No after no and he still forces himself onto her. She is frozen and can’t escape.

The tears fall and are ground into the dirt.

He vandalizes her and disrespects her body.

She is left there … cold, bruised, and alone.

He heard her say, “no” … “no.”

Thea Marie Nicoles 15 Quincy

Junior high winners FIRST PLACE

SECOND PLACE

Ascendance in the Duomo

Birthday Letter Dear Jack, How’s it going? How’s school? Was your birthday fun? I’m on a beautiful island, it’s just like Huntington Beach.

I’ve got friends with me and we have fun working on the ships every day.

Goodbye Jack. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to write again. So till then…

Love you, Dad, December 4, 1941, Pearl Harbor

A simple cobblestone road does not seem sufficient for leading to the ornate Florentine Duomo that I am about to scale.

I walk up the steps, worn from 580 years of passionate feet of climbers, anticipating the opulent reward. I reach the top, a burst of heavenly light illuminating my ascendance, as if the world was a grand sunrise.

Peyton Ahumada 13 Chico

Maya Klein 12 Chico

Peyton is a Fiction 59 first-timer and says that the writing-contest format is something that appeals to him. Maybe his competitive streak stems from the fact that he’s a baseball player as well. When he’s not playing catcher for the traveling Chico Rice team of the American Legion Baseball League, the self-proclaimed movie aficionado likes to watch films of all types.

Maya is home-schooled through CORE Butte Charter School, and one of her favorite classes is one on writing enrichment, of which she says, “Our goal is to get our writing published.” Well, with this No. 1 finish in Fiction 59—not to mention her third place entry in the Poetry 99 contest earlier this year—she’s reaching that goal. In addition to writing, Maya is into art and dance, and has recently enrolled in classes through North State Ballet.

THIRD PLACE Weirdo in the Pet Store “I don’t have much time to tell you this, so listen closely. I am from the year 3000 and the world is being taken over by reptile people. All you need to do is stop adopting reptiles as pets by the year 2030 or you will notice they will start destroying your home and your life. That is all.”

Avriella Whiteley 11 Gridley

When it comes to sharing what her interests are, Avriella knows what she likes: “I’m kind of into slime.” She’s not just obsessed with stretching and playing with the homemade goop, but is also really interested in learning the science behind it. And, like her sister, Aubrey, who placed in the adult division this year, Avriella is no stranger to the CN&R’s writing contests, having garnered honorable mentions in previous contests and a third place in the 2015 Fiction 59 contest.

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FIRST PLACE

The Monsters Under My Bed

Video Games

There are monsters under my bed.

They crawl and creep, whisper and shout, smirk, scowl, and they keep me awake at night. Some nights, I go sleep on the couch. Others, I push them away. Mom doesn’t believe me. Dad doesn’t either.

One night I pushed the monsters under their bed. But all that did was make mom grumpy.

One normal day I was playing video games. Suddenly the characters leaped out of the game! I was speechless! They said, “Hello, creature from another universe!”

“Hello,” I said softly. They looked around and said, “Nice house!”

“Thanks,” I muttered. Then to my amazement they said, “What is your bidding?” I smiled and said, “You will see,” and laughed.

Maddy Manning 10 Chico

Nicolas Ernest 9 Chico

Hooker Oak Elementary student Maddy loves to read, especially cat stories. Not stories about cats as pets, but stories in which the cats are the characters having all the adventures, as in the Warriors series and its clans of, well, warrior cats. In addition to reading and writing, she likes to watch Netflix on her computer. Her most recent discovery: The Nightmare Before Christmas.

When it comes to Nicolas’ favorite things to do—writing, reading and drawing—there’s one thing uniting them all: comics. Not only does the Sherwood Montessori student dig reading them (Big Nate and Diary of a Wimpy Kid are two faves), but he also writes and draws his own.

HONORABLE MENTIONS THIRD PLACE

Finding Home

Pie

I picked some berries from the berry tree. I stopped. I saw a waterfall. I realized it was what I had been looking for. A small door swung open and a man came out. I had to get there in time. I ran. He was starting to close the door when I got up. He said, “Hello, princess Vivian!”

The smell of pie makes me forget about the fight I had with mother earlier.

When my pie is done, I have a slice. It’s not as good as usual. I remember baking with mother. I become sad again. I knock on mother’s door, then walk in. I apologize. She does too. Then together we finish the pie.

“Delicious!’’

Aveline Travis 10 Chico

Sherwood Montessori student Aveline wrote her Fiction 59 story as part of a class assignment from her teacher Sheng Vang, and while she wouldn’t go so far as to say writing is her favorite subject, she did say, “I do like it more than math.” What she really likes is reading mythology and baking, and she’s also learning to sew.

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Vivian Conery 10 Chico

The Chase Last week, I went over to my friend’s house. We got chased by a killer clown and jumped off a roof. My friend accidentally ripped his pants so his underwear was showing. We climbed in the sewer, then saw something dark and scary coming towards us, so we ran out quickly. We went home to play video games instead.

Anthony Flores 10 Chico

Tux’s Cantor Rose had a flag in her hand. Her teacher asked her to trot. “If she takes it into a cantor, drop the flag,” she said.

Rose dropped the flag and got one hand on the reins. She was almost to the fence. Tux stopped and Rose fell. Tux took off. Rose got up slowly and walked out the gate.

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Swould“Salame” (pronounced soll-a-may) be Korendian for “hello” or “goodalame, everyone.

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Bacior However, it’s more likely you’ve heard it from David Liebe Hart on Preview: Tim and Eric Awesome David Liebe Hart Show, Great Job! as performs Friday, performed in his inforNov. 17, 9 p.m., at mative song “Salame.” the Maltese.

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Hart’s website says that he “owes his fame to Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim,” and it’s via the comedy duo’s string of Adult Swim variety shows that Hart’s singular video performances reached a wide audience. His skits often involve him interacting with a large puppet sidekick (e.g., Jason the Cat with a giant bowtie in “Salame”) against a cheesy green-screen backdrop, and include him performing a song in his operatic/loungey, nearly cartoonish voice.

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he began writing his own hymns and working with the church choir. He released his first of 17 or so albums (some solo, some with collaborator Adam Papagan), Christian Hymns and Songs of Praise, in 2004. Though his songwriting stems from the church, Hart’s songs and videos span a wide array of interests and experiences, including extraterrestrial ones.

“I have a deep love for trains and astrology and outer space,” Hart said during a recent telephone interview. “And I had experienced the UFO phenomenon, and I’m expressing it in my songs that it’s real and out there.”

A recurring theme in Hart’s work is his interest in the aforementioned Korendians, extraterrestrials hailing from the planet Korendor that people who believe in such things say have been visiting Earth throughout the last century.

“I’ll tell you something deep,” Hart said. “On my Caucasian side, I’m related to Orville and Wilbur Wright—they’re originally from Ohio—and my grandmother told me that the government had the Korendians working with [the Wright brothers] for the back engineer technology to make the airplane. Then she told me I’d meet a Korendian face to face, and right after she died in 1980, there was a beautiful woman who looked like Bettie Page, had milky white skin and gray eyes, and her pupil had a light in it. Then she took off her shoes—because I still didn’t believe that she was an extraterrestrial— [and] her main toe was in the middle

instead of on the side like ours, and I knew I was dealing with something that’s not from this dimension.”

Hart’s newest album, Space Ranger, is a collaboration with Jonah “Th’Mole” Mociun, and combines Hart’s vocals and Mociun’s equally disconcerting synth beds.

“Ghost Frog” sounds like a Halloween tale from the 1980s, one that details Hart’s experience with, well, a ghost frog.

“My dad and I shared a 300-gallon fish tank that was in my room,” Hart said. “We had tadpoles, frogs, blue gills mixed in with goldfish, and my sister did not feed my fish while I was away at Adventures Unlimited and they all died.

I had to clean the fish tank out, and this image of a frog just stared at me making a frog sound and, lo and behold, I had a figure of a dead reptile staring me in the eyes. He haunted me. I’d do my homework, he’d be looking over me, and when I’d be in the living room listening to music, he’d be there staring at me, and I said, ‘Wow, now I’ve experienced a ghost frog.’ And as long as I lived in that house at 117 Westwood Drive, that frog haunted me and let me know it was pretty cold that I let him die.”

Hart will be performing selections from the new record, and potentially a little stand-up, at the Maltese on Nov. 17.

The tour poster promises “songs, puppets, laughter, awkwardness, surprises,” and, with his varied canon of weirdness, Hart will have plenty to share.

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series continues with a dinner/cocktail/dance party to benefit Women’s Health Specialists. Thu, 11/9, 6pm. $45. The Palms, 2947 Nord Ave. www.baciochico.com

HONORING OUR VETERANS: The university’s Office of Veterans Affairs hosts a Veterans Day celebration with a presentation of colors, a performance of the national anthem, staff and student speakers and an address by President Gayle Hutchinson. Thu, 11/9, 2pm. Colusa Hall, Chico State. 530898-5911. www.csuchico.edu/va

Music JOYFUL NOISE BELL RINGERS: A concert of patriotic favorites. Thu, 11/9, 4pm. Free. Oroville Branch Library, 1820 Mitchell Ave., Oroville. 530-538-7642.

Theater DANCING AT LUGHNASA: A fall theater production of the Irish dramatist Brian Friel’s masterpiece, which follows five unmarried sisters who live in a modest cottage in Ballybeg, Ireland. Thu, 11/9, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Wismer Theatre, Chico State. 530-898-5739. www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com

THE GAME’S AFOOT: In this comedy directed by Jerry Miller and set in 1936, Broadway star William Gillette invites his castmates to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when

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Theater DANCING AT LUGHNASA: See Thursday. Sat, 11/11, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Wismer Theatre, Chico State. 530-898-5739. www.schooloftheartscsuchico.com

THE GAME’S AFOOT: See Thursday. Sat, 11/11, 7:30pm. $10-$18. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 MUSIC TO HONOR OUR VETERANS: An evening of patriotic Music with the Oroville Community Concert Band. Sat, 11/11, 7pm. Free. Gridley Veterans Hall, 249 Sycamore St., Gridley.

530-872-9159.

NORTH STATE SYMPHONY - INFECTIOUS RHYTHMS:

one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. Thu, 11/9, 7:30pm. $10-$18. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. 530-877-5760. www. totr.org

RESERVOIR DOLLS: A play based on the classic Tarantino film, Reservoir Dogs, with a gender-bending twist. Adapted and directed

by Erika Soerensen. Thu, 11/9, 7:30pm. $14.

Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www. blueroomtheatre.com

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THE GAME’S AFOOT: See Thursday. Fri, 11/10, 7:30pm. $10-$18. Theatre on the Ridge, 3735 Neal Road, Paradise. 530-877-5760. www.totr.org

RESERVOIR DOLLS: See Thursday. Fri, 11/10, 7:30pm. $14. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

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Special Events ART ON ARBUTUS: See Friday. Sat 11/11, 11am. Private home, 853 Arbutus Ave.

Special Events ART ON ARBUTUS: A two-day holiday show and sale featuring handwoven goods and distinctive jewelry designs. Fri, 11/10, 3pm. Private home, 853 Arbutus Ave.

HOLIDAY DINNER: Oroville Downtown Business Association hosts dinner, live music, a no-host bar and a silent auction. Fri, 11/10, 6pm. $35. Oroville Inn, 2066 Bird St. 530-533-2082.

BRING IT ON - BATTLE OF THE LOCALS: Chico’s one and only cheerleading competition. Sat 11/11, 12pm. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St. www.chicocheerallstars.com

COLORS OF CANCER 3K RUN/WALK: A run and walk to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. Free registration for veterans.

Sat 11/11, 9am. $10-$25. United Healthcare, 2080 E. 20th St.

WILD & SCENIC FILM FESTIVAL: The touring, environmentally focused film festival touches down in Chico. Includes a buffet, silent auction, drawings, a no-host bar and 12 inspirational films.

Proceeds benefit Friends of Butte Creek as well as Monca. Fri, 11/10, 5pm. $40 - $60. Museum of Northern California Art, 900 Esplanade. www.buttecreek.org

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FINE WINE & BREWS: Pine Ridge Women’s Club hosts an evening of tasty adult refreshments, food and drawings to benefit scholarship programs and local nonprofits. Sat 11/11, 2pm. $20. Paradise Elks Lodge, 1100 Elk Lane. 530-872-7523.

GIRLS ON THE RUN FALL 5K: A noncompetitive run to celebrate girls graduating from Girls on the Run after-school programs all over Butte and Glenn counties. Open to the public. Sat 11/11, 7:30am. One-Mile Recreation Area, Lower Bidwell Park. www.gotrnorthstate.org

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THE REUNION - BEATLES FANTASY TRIBUTE: A tribute band covering memorable songs of The Beatles and the members’ solo hits to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Sat, 11/11, 7:30pm. $20-$30. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Meyers St. www.orovillestatetheatre.com

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Special Events CATEGORY 5K: A walk/run to raise money for relief for the victims of Hurricanes Harvey, Maria and Irma. Hosted by local startup Beetstech. Sun, 11/12, 8:30am. $20-$35.

One-Mile Recreation Area, Lower Bidwell Park. www.category-5k.com

COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER: Everybody’s invited to this traditional Thanksgiving dinner complete with turkey, ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberries, green beans and pumpkin pie. Sun, 11/12, 6pm. Free.

Chico Church of Christ, 995 E Lassen Ave. 530-893-8565. www.chiccofc.org

DAVID HILDEBRAND SPEAKS: The candidate for U.S. Senate discusses issues facing workingclass voters. Gayle McLaughlin, running for lieutenant governor, also speaks. Sun, 11/12, 6pm. Chico Guild Hall, 2775 Nord Avenue. www.davidforcalifornia.com

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one-day art show featuring works by local artist Lee DeMoss. All art sales benefit animals on the Ridge. Includes food, raffles and more. Sat 11/11, 1pm. Paradise Ridge Senior Center, 877 Nunneley Road, Paradise. 530873-3061. www.pashvolunteers.org

VETERANS DAY CEREMONY: A ceremony to honor veterans followed by lunch and a flag-retirement ceremony. Sat 11/11, 10:30am. Chico Elk’s Lodge, 1705 Manzanita Ave.

VETERANS DAY PARADE: A patriotic parade

Sexuality Equity Center hosts the annual conference focusing on the representation of women in media, politics and the arts. Includes workshops, speakers and more. Sat 11/11, 11am. Free. Bell Memorial Union, Chico State. 530-898-5724.

folky singer-songwriter known for his humorous storytelling. Support from Hollis Peach. Fri, 11/10, 6:30pm. $15. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. www.kzfr. org

RICKIE LEE JONES: A Grammy Award-winning trailblazer for women in music, Jones’ career spans five decades and includes 15 studio albums exploring rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul and jazz. Fri, 11/10, 7:30pm. $25-$35. Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. www.chicotickets.com

Chico State. 530-898-5739. www.

The capstone event for the week-long Farm City Celebration including an awards presentation, hors d’oeuvres, a catered dinner and dancing. Sat 11/11, 6pm. $50. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 E. 20th St. 530-5331473. www.farmcity.com

Promotions present the comedic metal band that favors seriously heavy riffage and extremely silly lyrics. With openers Arsonists Get All the Girls, Kissing Candice, Raven Black, Death Rattle and Myth. All profits go toward supporting homeless veterans in Butte County; active-duty members of the military get in free. Sat, 11/11, 7pm. $25.

Senator Theatre, 517 Main St. 530-693-0864.

St. www.blueroomtheatre.com

WOMEN’S CONFERENCE - ‘SHE ALREADY DID IT’: Chico State’s A.S. Gender and

JOHN CRAIGIE: KZFR 90.1 FM presents the

DANCING AT LUGHNASA: See Thursday. Fri, 11/10, 7:30pm. $6-$15. Wismer Theatre,

FARM CITY DINNER, DANCE & AWARDS RECEPTION:

PSYCHOSTICK: 106.7 Z-Rock FM and Norcal Music

RESERVOIR DOLLS: See Thursday. Sat, 11/11, 7:30pm. $14. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First

put on by Oroville Exchange Club and Myers Street Studio. Sat 11/11, 11am.

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evening will feature special appearances from the cast. Sat 11/11, 6pm. $75. Lakeside Pavilion, 2565 California Park Drive. 530-5219772. www.iietagala.eventbrite.com

Violinist Chloe Trevor joins the symphony for a concert including the world premiere of a concerto by Redding’s Dan Pinkston. Also, the MTAC Youth Symphony and the Shasta College Pre-Symphony join for Moncayo’s Huapango.

Free pre-concert talk an hour before the performance. Sat, 11/11, 7:30pm. $21-$39. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 530-898-6333. www. northstatesymphony.org

Neal Road, Paradise. 530-877-5760. www. totr.org

Music A NIGHT OF LEONARD COHEN MUSIC: A celebra-

CRYSTAL GALA: The International Institute for Education Through the Arts hosts dinner, live music and a silent auction.

Proceeds support the production of Into the Wardrobe, an upcoming ballet involving more than 75 local children and adults. The

tion of the Canadian poet and songwriter with an all-star cast of local musical talent, including Peter and Tricia Berkow, David Bilinski, Vera Marie Bridges, Stevie Cook, Laurie Dana, Robert Karch, Bob Littell, Mark McKinnon, Gordy Ohliger and more. Sat, 11/11, 7:30pm. $15. Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise. 530-877-4995. www. nortonbuffalohall.com

FanCy aFFair Get out your slickest duds, because the International Institute for Education Through the Arts is hosting a black-tie-optional affair—the Crystal Gala at Lakeside Pavilion on Saturday, Nov. 11. The evening includes dinner, live music and a silent auction to support the production of Into the Wardrobe, an upcoming ballet involving more than 75 local players. (Expect special appearances from the cast.)

The ballet is based on C.S. Lewis’ novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and choreographed and directed by Heather Wysong and Laurel Tennant of North State Ballet. Opening night is Dec. 2.

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Performances presents an HD version of SF Opera’s 2008 Boris Godunov, in which a Russian czar is haunted by a horrible act he committed years earlier. Sun, 11/12, 2pm. $10-$18. Zingg Recital Hall, Chico State.

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Featuring Tommy Castro and The Painkillers, Selwyn Birchwood Band, Roharpo the Bluesman and Southside Growlers. Sun, 11/12, 1pm. $30. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville. www.featherfallscasino.com

DANCING AT LUGHNASA: See Thursday. Sun, 11/12, 2pm. $6-$15. Wismer Theatre, Chico

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Performances presents the Grammy Awardwinning country artist who, since debuting in 1990, has married his love of R&B and gospel with that of the South’s rich country and blues history. Sun, 11/12, 7:30pm. $37-$54.

Laxson Auditorium, Chico State. 530-898-6333. www.chicoperformances.com

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Connect with local medical and alternative health practitioners and browse vendors for books, crystals, jewelry and holistic products. Sun, 11/12, 10am. $5. Manzanita Place, 1705 Manzanita Ave. www.healingartsday.com

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of events hosted by GSEC to honor the lives of trans people lost due to prejudice and violence. Includes panel discussions, film screenings, training sessions and more. Mon, 11/13. AS Gender and Sexuality Equity Center, Chico State. 530-898-5724. as.csuchico.edu

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Music JAZZ II AND CONCERT BAND TWO-FER: Chico State’s Concert Band and Jazz II play everything from overtures to big band swing. Tue, 11/14, 7:30pm. Free. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State. 530-898-5739. www.schooloftheartscsuchico.com

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Art B-SO SPACE: BFA Culminating Exhibition, ceramics by Gianna Benetti. Through 11/9.

BFA Culminating Exhibition, paintings by Erika Warmington. Through 11/17.

Chico State.

BUTTE COLLEGE ART GALLERY: Form & Feeling, featuring works by local artist and past Butte college student Tatiana Allen and San Jose ceramic artist Avery Palmer. Through 11/10. 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville.

CHICO ART CENTER: Dia de los Muertos, group show celebrating life and recognizing the value of the people, places, animals and happenings that positively shape our lives.

Through 11/24. 450 Orange St. www.chico artcenter.com

HEALING ART GALLERY - ENLOE CANCER CENTER: Works by Jenny C. Marr, watercolor paintings, soapstone sculptures and pine needle baskets by the Northern California artist. The Healing Art Gallery of features artists whose lives have been touched by cancer. Through 1/19. 265 Cohasset Road.

JACKI HEADLEY UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Vanished, a chronicle of loss and discovery across half a million years. Through 12/15. Chico State. universityartgallery. wordpress.com

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS: Watercolors, by Frances Miller. Through 12/29. 254 E. Fourth St., 530-343-2930.

MERIAM LIBRARY: We’ve Been Here, We’ll Always Be Here, traditional and contemporary Native American art. Through 12/15. Chico State.

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: Notes From a Spanish Dutchman, a retrospective exhibition of art work created by James Kuiper, artist and long-time faculty emeritus at Chico State. Through 12/31.

900 Esplanade. www.monca.org

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Show, paintings and drawings by the gallery’s instructors. Through 12/16. 5564 Almond St. www.paradise-art-center.com

Museums BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Branding Irons, a display of more than 50 branding irons. $3. 1650 Broderick St., Oroville.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Microbe Motels Investigation Station, learn about the role gut microbe’s play in the breakdown of the food we eat with this hands-on activity with the Chico State Microbiology Club. 11/11, 1-3pm. Zoo in You - The Human Microbiome, exploring the vibrant world of our inner microorganisms through engaging, interactive and bilingual exhibits. Also on display: Journey to Africa: Elephants and Tiger, Tiger! Through 1/7. $5-$7. 625 Esplanade. www.csuchico.edu/ gateway

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: White Gold and the 20-Mule Team, a presentation on the discovery of borax and the history of borax mining operations. 11/1, 7pm. Free.

Permanent Exhibits, including a collection of Maidu Indian artifacts, blacksmith and print shops, gold sluices, a miner’s cabin, a schoolhouse and a covered bridge that spans the width of a rushing creek.

Through 12/31. Free. 502 Pearson Road, Paradise, 530-872-8722. www.goldnuggetmuseum.com

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: The Meaning of Life - Visual Analogy, an exhibition adding visual layers to the biggest question—how we assign meaning to human existence.

Through 12/9. Chico State, 530-898-4476. www.theturner.org

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Shadow & Water, a display of puppets from Indonesia and Vietnam. Through 12/20. Free. Chico State.

his melodic bass productions. Joined by Said the Sky, Dabin and Ossian. Wed, 11/15, 8:30pm. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St.

PARTY FAVOR–TUNED OUT TOUR: One of the fastest rising names in EDM helped pioneer the festival trap and twerk genre. Bad Royale and Snuffy support. Wed, 11/15, 8pm. $15-$25.

El Rey Theatre, 230 W. Second St.

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breakthrough at monca Powerful retrospective showcases potential of new art museum

ANorthNorthern California Art to the cultural life of the Valley should see its current exhibit, James nyone who questions the value of the Museum of

Kuiper: Notes From a Spanish Dutchman. This powerful, absorbing retrospective of the work of a prolific local artist could by not have been mounted anywhere Robert Speer else in Chico. rober tspeer@ Kuiper, who died on Feb. 27 at newsrev iew.c om the age of 71, worked big—which is to say his paintings tend to be sizable, with some in the 6-by-8-foot range. Even his smaller pieces are Review: James Kuiper: Notes relatively large.

From a Spanish The 85 works here, including Dutchman, now about 15 sculptural assemblages, showing at monca span 36 years in Kuiper’s life. They through Dec. 31. easily fill all three of the museum’s Museum of main galleries. Because of their Northern size, they showcase Monca’s ability California Art to mount large-scale exhibitions.

900 esplanade 487-7272 It’s a beautiful museum, and the www.monca.org Kuiper show does it justice.

According to his artist’s bio, James Alan Kuiper was born in Roseland, Ill., to a family of strictly religious Calvinist Dutch farmers.

He attended Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he received a bachelor’s degree in English literature. He married and lived for two years in Nigeria, where he became fascinated by tribal masks and other tribal artworks.

After getting an MFA from Michigan State, he began his teaching career in art at Calvin College. He and his wife, Cheryl, had three sons, but about the time the couple divorced he lost his tenure-track position and had to search for work.

He took a job teaching art at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

There he married a fellow artist, Elizabeth Newman. At a memorial celebration held at The artist’s sister, Kathleen Kuiper (left), and widow Elizabeth Newman Kuiper, at the memorial reception for Monca’s James Kuiper retrospective.

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Monca on Saturday (Nov. 4), she said she fell in love with him when she first saw “Joshua Turning,” a large, dramatic abstract painting that figures prominently in this exhibit.

In 1989, the couple settled in Chico, where he was hired as a professor and chairman of the Art Department at Chico State and where their daughter, Hannah, was born.

Kuiper was physically as well as mentally strong, “a block of Dutch muscle,” as one of his friends put it. As a teacher, he was known to be rigorous but inspiring, one who expected as much from his students as he did from himself.

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This exhibit is arranged more or less chronologically,

beginning in the 1980s with purely abstract oilon-canvas exercises in color and form, many of them quite large. From there Kuiper began a series of expressionistic landscapes with titles such as “Mesa and Mountain” and “Big Trinity River,” some created as recently as 2016. Here again he was exploring color and form, but now with an emotional connection to the Earth, which he saw as threatened.

In the late 1990s he also began a series of paintings on Mylar, some using ink and graphite, others ink and acrylic. The most remarkable of these is his “Whiskeytown Lake Series,” a set of 25 unique drawings of forest trees mounted five to a row and stacked from floor to ceiling. The Mylar gives the tree figures a kind of threedimensional vibrancy that helps make each drawing stand out.

Space doesn’t let me say much about his assemblages, other than to note that they’re a lot of fun.

There’s a “Flying Ship,” a couple of boats, several masks, all carefully composed using found materials.

It’s a gas to see what he does with some ordinary, everyday items.

Kudos to David Hopper and Joshua Olivera, who hung the show with guidance from Elizabeth Newman Kuiper, whose finely tuned esthetic sense is visible throughout. This is a lovingly presented exhibit in a beautifully designed museum.

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THURSDAY 11/9—WEDNESDAY 11/15 trailblazer for women in music, Jones’ career spans five decades and includes 15 studio albums exploring rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul and jazz. Fri, 11/10, 7:30pm. $25-$35.

Paradise Performing Arts Center, 777 Nunneley Road, Paradise. www.chicotickets.com

ROOSEVELT COLLIER’S CALIFORNIA GET DOWN Saturday, Nov. 11 Lost on Main

AUDIO BOXX: Top 40 dance hits in the

lounge. Fri, 11/10, 8:30pm. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

BASSMINT: A weekly bass music party with a rotating cast of local and visiting producers and DJs. Fri, 11/10, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St.

CLASH OF THE TITANS: Rock, metal and rockabilly with Up to 11 and Quips and Chains. Fri, 11/10, 8:30pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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THE ECLECTICS: Americana, rock,

country and blues from a seasoned quintet featuring four vocalists. Thu, 11/9, 6:30pm. Farm Star Pizza, 2359 Esplanade.

INDUBIOUS: A roots-rock/psychedelic Thu, 11/9, 7pm. Free. Selvester’s Cafe,

Chico State.

SEPIATONIC: An evening with Chico’s Allegory Bellydance and Portland’s Sepiatonic, a vaudeville-inspired act that’s part theatrical show, part dance party. Thu, 11/9, 8pm. $7.

Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.

ERIC PETER: Solo jazz guitar. Thu, 11/9, 6pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St.

LIP-SYNC SHOWDOWN: Chico State’s Gender and Sexuality Equity Center and KCSC radio present a competition for lip-syncing performers.

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AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH RICKIE LEE JONES: A Grammy Award-winning

jam band out of Portland, Ore. Zahira and Rocker T open. Fri, 11/10, 9pm.

Lost on Main, 319 Main St. www.lostonmainchico.com

JEFF PERSHING BAND: Classic rock and funk. Fri, 11/10, 9pm. $5, The Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

JETT BENATAR: Kaylee Starr covers two queens of 1970s and ’80s rock, Pat Benatar and Joan Jett. Fri, 11/10, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

JOHN CRAIGIE: KZFR 90.1 FM presents the folky singer-songwriter known

EARLY DEADLINE Due to holiday scheduling, submissions for the Nov. 22 print calendar are due by Monday, Nov. 13, 5 p.m. for his humorous storytelling. Hollis Peach opens. Fri, 11/10, 6:30pm. $15.

Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St. www.kzfr.org

KLAMATH: Folk-rock covers and

originals. Fri, 11/10, 8:30pm. The End Zone, 250 Cohasset Road.

OPEN MIC: An open mic hosted by Tito (aka Thunder Lump). All forms of performance art welcome. Fri, 11/10, 7pm. $1. DownLo, 319 Main St.

THE PETER TURNER COFFEEHOUSE: An evening of local artists honoring

their friend, musician Peter Turner.

Includes music, readings, poetry and more. Fri, 11/10, 6:30pm. Free.

Center for Spiritual Living, 789 Bille Road, Paradise.

SKIP COULTON: The R&B crooner performs a mix of originals and covers on acoustic guitar. Fri, 11/10, 8:30pm. $5. Unwined Kitchen and Bar, 980 Mangrove Ave.

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A NIGHT OF LEONARD COHEN MUSIC: A celebration of the Canadian poet and songwriter with an all-star cast of local musical talent, including Peter and Tricia Berkow, David Bilinski, Vera Marie Bridges, Stevie Cook, Laurie Dana, Robert Karch, Bob Littell, Mark McKinnon,

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PSYCHOSTICK: 106.7 Z-Rock FM and Norcal Music Promotions present the comedic metal band.

Openers include Arsonists Get All the Girls, Kissing Candice, Raven Black, Death Rattle and Myth. All profits go toward supporting homeless veterans in Butte County; activeduty members of the military get in free. Sat, 11/11, 7pm. $25. Senator Theater, 517 Main St.

LOKI MILLER BAND: The killer local guitarist leads his band in the lounge. Sat, 11/11, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

CITIES YOU WISH YOU WERE FROM: Things gets noisy with the Sacramento blues-rock duo. Plus, locals Down the Well and Viking Skate Country. Sat, 11/11, 9pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

MISSING IN AMERICA FUNDRAISER SHOW: Local rockers Looking 4 Eleven play to benefit a program with the goal of making sure fallen soldiers are returned home and given a proper burial. Includes a raffle for a guitar donated by the band. Sat, 11/11, 9pm. $5. Tackle Box, 379 E. Park Ave.

ROOSEVELT COLLIER’S CALIFORNIA GET DOWN: Pedal steel guitarist and vocalist Roosevelt Collier rolls through with his supergroup of soul/funk masters. Funk group Bamboozle opens. Sat, 11/11, 9pm. $15-$20. Lost on Main, 319 Main St. www.lostonmainchico.com

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TRAVIS TRITT: Chico Performances presents the Grammy Award-winning country artist who, since debuting 1990, has married his love of R&B and gospel with that of the South’s rich country and blues history. Sun, 11/12, 7:30pm. $37-$54. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, 530-898-6333. www.chicoperformances.com

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Psychostick is a comedy/ rock band that’s not quite like Tenacious D; it’s actually way, way heavier. But the band is just about as silly, as evidenced by the single “In A Band To Get Chicks,” which features the lyrics: “Look at me in the spotlight/Sweat glistens off my brow/Take my shirt off and show off/Time to flaunt my physique now.” The comic metal group is playing the Senator Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 11, and all of the proceeds will benefit homeless veterans in Butte County.

Sky, Dabin and Ossian. Wed, 11/15, 8:30pm. $26.50. Senator Theatre, 517 Main St.

OPEN MIC AT THE LIBRARY: Share everything from haiku to sonnets, short stories to autobiographies, and folk songs to instrumental guitar pieces. Wed, 11/15, 7pm. Free. Chico Library, 1108 Sherman Ave.

OPEN MIKEFULL: At Paradise’s only open mic, all musicians get two songs or 10 minutes onstage. Wed, 11/15, 7pm. $1-$2. Norton Buffalo Hall, 5704 Chapel Drive, Paradise.

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THE STUFF THAT LEAKS OUT: Rock ’n’ roll freaks. Also freaking: Sleazy Earl Ray, Danny Cohen and Stubblegum. Wed, 11/15, 8:30pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

TRIVIA NIGHT: Face off against rival teams with your squad of up to six fellow trivia enthusiasts. Wed, 11/15, 8pm. Free. Woodstock’s Pizza, 166 E. Second St., 530-893-1500.

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Ssurpasses together Thor: Ragnarok, a film so nutty it easily the Guardians of the Galaxy films as the

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screwiest offering in the Marvel Universe.

This is what happens when you hand the keys to the Thor franchise by to someone like Taika Waititi, the Bob Grimm New Zealand comic actor/director bg ri m m @ responsible for the hilarious vamnew srev i ew. c o m pire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows and the funny family drama Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

Borrowing from a host of Marvel comics (including the famed “Planet Hulk” storyline from the Incredible Hulk series), the halThor: Ragnarok Starring Chris lucinogenic plot drops Thor (Chris Hemsworth, Jeff Hemsworth) on a crazy garbage Goldblum, mark planet bent on round-the-clock vioruffalo, Cate lent entertainment and led by the blanchett, Tessa Thompson and Tom Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum, finalHiddleston. Directed ly getting a worthy high-profile role

by Taika Waititi. outside of a Wes Anderson film).

Cinemark 14, Feather The Grandmaster shaves Thor’s river Cinemas, head, dresses him in gladiator gear, Paradise Cinema 7. rated PG-13. and throws him into the ring for a bout with his prized competitor.

That would be the Hulk, held captive on the planet for the past couple of years. He’s been nothing but the Hulk the whole time, with alter ego Dr. Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) trapped inside.

Thor and Hulk have a battle royale for the ages, followed by some great scenes where the Hulk actually speaks.

There’s a whole other, apocalyptic subplot going on, where Thor’s long-lost sister Hela (a striking and devilish Cate Blanchett decked out in black) is causing major havoc on his home planet of Asgard. Blanchett

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immediately sets herself high in the ranking of Marvel movie villains. She’s played a baddie before, but never this entertainingly.

Thor’s mischievous adopted brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston), makes it into the mix, begrudgingly siding with Thor in the war for Asgard, but he’s still not 100 percent trustworthy. Waititi wisely plays upon the more comic notes from Loki’s past Avengers film participation and makes him more or less a clown in this movie. It works beautifully.

The great Tessa Thompson plays Valkyrie, a former Asgardian turned trapper for the Grandmaster with a slight drinking problem. Karl Urban gets perhaps his best role outside of Star Trek as Skurge, an Asgardian who becomes Hela’s right-hand man and boasts a collection of stuff that includes an infamous Earthly exercising tool.

To say the result of all this is trippy is an understatement. The movie looks like Thor meets Boogie Nights (minus the porn) meets The Lord of the Rings.

It scores high marks in the fantasy genre realm while being one of the year’s funniest movies, and that’s high praise. Most of the cast gets to demonstrate equal parts comedic and action chops, and the film never feels off-balance. Goldblum, thankfully, gets to riff most of his dialogue Goldblum-style. It all feels very improvised and loose.

As far as moving the stories of Thor and Hulk forward, the movie sort of spins its wheels. Ragnarok is mostly a standalone, expensive, silly curio that looks great and distinguishes itself without worrying about connecting to plot threads in other films. I mean, it does do that (stay for the post-credits scene), but it does so without being too obvious.

These are comic book movies, and sometimes (like with Avengers: Age of Ultron) they can take themselves a little too seriously. Ragnarok embraces its insanity and takes it to highly entertaining, WTF? levels. Ω

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A college girl learns a few lessons about life—and not being a total ass— by reliving the day she is murdered over and over again in a mediocre movie that gets by on the power of the performance of a relatively unknown actress, Jessica Rothe as Tree Gelbman. It’s established fairly quickly that Tree is a campus jerk and has more than a few enemies. All of those enemies, and even some friends, become murder suspects when Tree is stabbed to death by a masked baddie on her way to a party that evening. After her life force is snuffed out, she immediately wakes up in the same young man’s bed again. She goes about the same day thinking it’s just déjà vu, but when she is murdered again and wakes up in the same bed on the same day, she figures things out.

She’s living a murder mystery, Groundhog Day-style. Even though her character is a pompous twit at the start of the movie, Rothe manages to make her a funny, semilikeable pompous twit so that audiences can invest in her. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

Opening this week Daddy’s Home 2

Just in time for A Bad Moms Christmas across the cineplex comes another parental invasion featuring two dads (Mel Gibson and John Lithgow) of two co-dads (Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell) making a nuisance of themselves around the holidays. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Goodbye Christopher Robin

Biopic about British author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, the real-life inspiration for his Winnie-the-Pooh stories.

Pageant Theatre. Rated PG.

Murder on the Orient Express

Kenneth Branagh directs and plays the lead in this star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie’s novel of the same name about a murder aboard a train that Belgian detective Hercule Poirot must solve. Also with Penelope Cruz, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe and Judi Dench. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Jigsaw

The bastard lives on. Things start in that oh-so-familiar Saw way, with a bunch of people trapped in a room and chained to contraptions that threaten to disembowel them. They are all bad people who must confess their crimes or face the wrath of Jigsaw and a rather stellar makeup department. This movie is idiotic, but the gore masters do some pretty decent, yucky stuff.

There’s a half-sawed-off-head moment that is quite good. I hope the PA or intern who did the work on that one got an extra Snickers for the effort. I’d give you a plot synopsis but, hey, what’s the point, right? It’d just be me running off a bunch of characters played by actors and actresses you don’t really know dying at the hands of convoluted killing contraptions—like the nonsensical spinning blade thingamabob rigged to a motorcycle engine that makes little to no sense, or the wire rigging sniggle-dee-doo that chops a dude’s leg off, etc., ad nauseam. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R —B.G.

Walk With Me

A documentary following members of a Zen Buddhist community over a three-year period as they live their lives practicing the art of mindfulness. One showing: tonight (Nov. 9), 7 p.m. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

Now playing A Bad Moms Christmas

For this sequel, the three bad moms—Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn—have their holidays disrupted when their own bad moms—Christine Baranski, Cheryl Hines and Susan Sarandon—invade for Christmas. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Blade Runner 2049

Let There Be Light

Now, 35 years after the original, we actually get a Blade Runner sequel, this time directed by Denis Villeneuve, the visionary behind Enemy and Arrival (Ridley Scott remains involved as a producer).

Ryan Gosling steps into the starring role of K, a new blade runner tasked with “retiring” older model replicants, aka synthetic humans. Villeneuve, along with writers Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, have concocted a whole new world, a realistic evolution of the one presented in Scott’s original. Gosling is in top form, navigating a future society in which one’s sense of identity can be a very confounding thing.

The film has a few flaws. Jared Leto, while not awful, pours it on a little too thick as Niander Wallace, creator of replicants.

And while the film’s finale is fine, it doesn’t live up to the excellence that preceded it. These are minor quibbles, because the wonders that Blade Runner 2049 deliver far outrun the missteps. Cinemark 14.

Rated R —B.G.

Geostorm

When a satellite system designed to protect Earth from extreme weather goes haywire, the exiled expert who built the system tries to fix it, only to discover that there might be powerful people behind the scenes purposely causing the disruptions. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

A Christian faith-based film about a notorious atheist who, after a drunken-driving accident, has a worldview-challenging moment.

Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Only the Brave

A star-studded biographical action film about a real-life firefighting crew, the Granite Mountain Hotshots, and its efforts battling the 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire in Arizona. Starring Josh Brolin, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly and Miles Teller. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Victoria and Abdul

Stephen Frears (The Grifters, High Fidelity) directs this film based on the true story of the unlikely and transformative friendship between Queen Victoria (Judi Dench) and an Indian servant (played by Ali Fazal). Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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“The idea for an infoshop kept coming up,” said Montalbano, who also runs The Pageant Theatre and has a longtime love for underground and anarchist bookstores.

“A space that focuses on radical literature and offers people a by place to meet Landon in a physical Moblad space rather than online to hang Blackbird: Books, out, scheme Gallery & Cafe and get things 1431 Park ave. going.”

433-1577 As it turned www.facebook.com/ blackbirdchico out, Molly Roberts, another Barber resident, was looking to start a coffee cart business in the neighborhood around the same time, so it didn’t take long for the two to begin figuring out how to merge their ideas. Roberts works as a manager at Chico Chai and at Women’s Health Specialists, but it’s her love of the neighborhood and volunteer work with the Safe Space Winter Shelter and local DIY music organization Chico Area Punks that are most in line with this new project.

“I’ve lived in this neighborhood off and on for the majority of my life,” she said. “So the location and deciding to do it here was one of the most important parts for me.”

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“It’s funky for sure, but that’s what we wanted,” Roberts said.

“It looks pretty much just like our houses inside.”

The three main facets of Blackbird—cafe, bookstore and gallery—aim to work hand-in-hand while keeping things as local as possible. The cafe serves up vegan pastries made by the GRUB Cooperative, Pacific Culture kombucha, coffee from Fable Coffee (a Grass Valley roaster run by former Chico resident Amanda Daley) and will soon offer beers from Sierra Nevada. Much of Blackbird’s book inventory—a well-curated mix of politics, environmental issues, selfpublished zines, vegan cookbooks, graphic novels and more—is selected by hand from the local AK Press warehouse. And the third

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component, monthly rotating art exhibits, will showcase local artists.

Currently showing is a series by Amanda Riner and Mallory Russell called Lady Broad, Chick Baby, with a reception Nov. 18, featuring live music by Cat Depot and Bran Crown.

It’s activities such as these that have Roberts and Montalbano most excited. There are already others planned, such as an ongoing political prisoner letter-writing series and a fundraiser for the 6th Street Center for Youth featuring a performance

by Jonathan Richman, and the space is already being used by several community organizations as a meeting place. Blackbird is open to proposals for additional classes, workshops, film screenings and more.

“When I was growing up, finding spaces like this was super important for me, so that’s always been a huge thing for me,” Montalbano said. “We’re not in this to make money. The main goal is to be sustainable and to have this place that we all want to see in Chico. And hopefully there will be enough of the community that feels the same way.” Ω

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Art is A time mAchiNe The tagline for Vanished, the new art exhibit at Chico State’s Jacki Headley University art Gallery (UAG), is “A chronicle of loss and discovery across half a million years.” And it’s impressive how successful the efforts of the six collaborators involved were at meeting the challenge of delivering on the promise to span several thousand millennia.

The Vanished project is centered on four lost Northern California icons: the Hooker oak; ishi, “the last Yahi”; the Mount Tehama volcano in Lassen Volcanic National Park (part of which is now Mount Brokeoff); and a 12,000-year-old Columbian mammoth tooth found in Bidwell Park in 1999 (and subsequently lost to history again during a cleaning).

The cross-disciplinary endeavor is the work of two visual artists (sculptor sheri simons and photographer/project leader Byron Wolfe), a philosopher (Troy Jollimore), a writer (Heather altfeld), a volcanologist (Rachel Teasdale) and a graphic designer (oliver Hutton).

The most obvious and The Hooker Oak. striking of the results of their efforts is the life-size portrait of the famous Hooker Oak that covers one wall inside the UAG. Scaled to the dimensions of the original tree (which, upon its death in 1977, was discovered to actually have been two trees that grew together), even just a photo of the one-time behemoth (9 feet in diameter) is a kick to stand next to. (arts dEVo tip: win Christmas card season with a family photo under the tree.)

But there are many more connections—some whimsical and some sobering—to be made throughout the exhibit which is spread out among four campus locales: the UAG, the outdoor glass cases on the side of the arts & Humanities Building, the Special “Inside Ishi’s storage cave,” by Byron Wolfe Collections department in Meriam Library and the lobby of the Valene L. smith Museum of anthropology.

Just as striking as the mighty Hooker Oak, but on a much a smaller scale, are Wolfe’s manipulated photographs on display at the anthropology museum. He’s taken historical images of Ishi and superimposed them into modern-day shots of the same Butte County locales, creating beautiful scenes that turn bittersweet when filtered through the lens of history.

There’s much more to talk about with Vanished, which is on display though Dec. 15, and you can hear the artists themselves share their ideas at a panel discussion tonight (Nov. 9, 5:30 p.m.) in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, which will be followed by a reception in the UAG.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY For the week oF november 9, 2017 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Adriana

Martinez and Octavio Guillen got engaged to be married when they were both 15 years old. But they kept delaying a more complete unification for 67 years. At last, when they were 82, they celebrated their wedding and pledged their vows to each other. Are there comparable situations in your life, Aries? The coming months will be a favorable time to make deeper commitments. At least some of your reasons for harboring ambivalence will become irrelevant. You’ll grow in your ability to thrive on the creative challenges that come from intriguing collaborations and highly focused togetherness.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I had

pimples when I was a teenager. They’re gone now, although I still have a few pockmarks on my face as souvenirs. In retrospect, I feel gratitude for them. They ensured that in my early years of dating and seeking romance, I would never be able to attract women solely on the basis of my physical appearance. I was compelled to cultivate a wide variety of masculine wiles. I swear that at least half of my motivation to get smarter and become a good listener came from my desire for love. Do you have comparable stories to tell, Taurus? Now is an excellent time to give thanks for what once may have seemed to be a liability or problem.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The next

two weeks will be one of the best times ever to ask provocative, probing questions.

In fact, I invite you to be as curious and receptive as you’ve been since you were four years old. When you talk with people, express curiosity more often than you make assertions. Be focused on finding out what you’ve been missing, what you’ve been numb to. When you wake up each morning, use a felt-tip marker to draw a question mark on your forearm. To get you in the mood for this fun project, here are sample queries from poet Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions: “Who ordered me to tear down the doors of my own pride? Did I finally find myself in the place where they lost me? Whom can I ask what I came to make happen in this world? Is it true our desires must be watered with dew? What did the rubies say standing before the juice of the pomegranates?”

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Things to

say when in love,” according to Zimbabwe poet Tapiwa Mugabe: “I will put the galaxy in your hair. Your kisses are a mouthful of firewater. I have never seen a more beautiful horizon than when you close your eyes. I have never seen a more beautiful dawn than when you open your eyes.” I hope these words inspire you to improvise further outpourings of adoration. You’re in a phase when expressing your sweet reverence and tender respect for the people you care about will boost you physical health, your emotional wealth, and your spiritual resiience.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you working on

solving the right problem? Or are you being distracted by a lesser dilemma, perhaps consumed in dealing with an issue that’s mostly irrelevant to your long-term goals?

I honestly don’t know the answers to those questions, but I am quite sure it’s important that you meditate on them. Everything good that can unfold for you in 2018 will require you to focus on what matters most—and not get sidetracked by peripheral issues or vague wishes. Now is an excellent time to set your unshakable intentions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Every one

of us experiences loneliness. We all go through periods when we feel isolated and misunderstood and unappreciated. That’s the bad news, Virgo. The good news is that the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to make loneliness less of a problem. I urge you to brainstorm and meditate about how to do that. Here are some crazy ideas to get you started. 1. Nurture ongoing connections with the spirits of beloved people who have died. 2. Imagine having conversations with your guardian angel or spirit guide. 3. Make a deal with a “partner in loneliness”: a person you pray or sing

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The drive for

absolute perfection could undermine your ability to create what’s very good and just right. Please don’t make that mistake in the coming weeks. Likewise, refrain from demanding utter purity, pristine precision, or immaculate virtue. To learn the lessons you need to know and launch the trends you can capitalize on in 2018, all that’s necessary is to give your best. You don’t have to hit the bull’s eye with every arrow you shoot—or even any arrow you shoot.

Simply hitting the target will be fine in the early going.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Remember the time, all those years ago, when the angels appeared to you on the playground and showed you how and why to kiss the sky? I predict that a comparable visitation will arrive soon. And do you recall the dreamy sequence in adolescence when you first plumbed the sublime mysteries of sex? You’re as ripe as you were then, primed to unlock more of nature’s wild secrets. Maybe at no other time in many years, in fact, have you been in quite so favorable a position to explore paradise right here on earth.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

As a courtesy to your mental health, I minimize your exposure to meaningless trivia. In fact, I generally try to keep you focused instead on enlightening explorations. But in this horoscope, in accordance with astrological omens, I’m giving you a temporary, short-term license to go slumming. What shenanigans is your ex up to lately, anyway? Would your old friend the bankrupt coke addict like to party with you? Just for laughs, should you revisit the dead-end fantasy that always makes you crazy? There is a good possibility that exposing yourself to bad influences like those I just named could have a tonic effect on you, Sagittarius. You might get so thoroughly disgusted by them that you’ll never again allow them to corrupt your devotion to the righteous groove, to the path with heart.

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

the coming months it will be crucial to carefully monitor the effects you’re having on the world. Your personal actions will rarely be merely personal; they may have consequences for people you don’t know as well as those you’re close to. The ripples you send out in all directions won’t always look dramatic, but you shouldn’t let that delude you about the influence you’re having. If I had to give 2018 a title with you in mind, it might be “The Year of Maximum Social Impact.” And it all starts soon.

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

punk ethic is rebellious. It transgresses conventional wisdom through “a cynical absurdity that’s redeemed by being hilarious.” So says author Brian Doherty.

In the hippie approach, on the other hand, the prevailing belief is “love is all you need.” It seeks a “manic togetherness and all-encompassing acceptance that are all sweet and no sour—inspiring but also soft and gelatinous.” Ah, but what happens when punk and hippie merge? Doherty says that each moderates the extreme of the other, yielding a tough-minded lust for life that’s both skeptical and celebratory.

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ELIZABETH VICHI 3111 Hidden Creek Dr Chico, CA 95973.

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SORENSON MOVING AND STORAGE INC 600 Orange Street Chico, CA 95928.

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Signed: RICK W. SORENSON, PRESIDENT Dated: October 2, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001321 Published: October 19,26, November 2,9, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as STILSON CANYON GRANITE AND MARBLE at 2700 Hegan Ln Ste 162 Chico, CA 95928.

JASON CHRISTOPHER LIND 5326 Becky Ln Oroville, CA 95966.

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KARL SODERBERG 5355 Miners Ranch Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PINEAPPLE GANG at 1013 W. 7th St. Apt. 26 Chico, CA 95928.

ANDREW DAVIS 1013 W. 7th St. Apt. 26 Chico, CA 95928.

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

WESTERN WOODS INC. 275 Sikorsky Avenue Chico, CA 95973.

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Signed: CHRISTOPHER RICHTER, PRESIDENT Dated: October 10, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001350 Published: October 26, November 2,9,16, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as GRAMPA’S GOURMET COOKIES at 5195 Bennett Rd Paradise, CA 95969.

KENNETH BEARD 5195 Bennett Road Paradise, CA 95969.

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Signed: KENNETH BEARD Dated: October 17, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001387 Published: October 26, November 2,9,16, 2017

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ELEVATE at 1015 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926.

ROBERT L NORMAN 952 E Lassen Ave Chico, CA 95973.

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FAMILY TREE HYDROPONIC EMPORIUM LLC 711 S Carson Ste 4 Carson City, NV 89701.

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Signed: KASEY VALLE, MANAGER Dated: October 16, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001384 Published: October 26, November 2,9,16, 2017

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MATTHEW JAMES ARMSTRONG 935 Waggoner Road Paradise, CA 95969.

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MIHAELA BEATRICE HARJAU-BROUGHTON 352 E 8th Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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JOSEPH ERIC SCHLESINGER 2734 Brenni Way Chico, CA 95973.

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APRIL L RODRIGUEZ 347 C Street Biggs, CA 95917.

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KANWALJIT SINGH 18 Cameo Drive Apt 4 Chico, CA 95973.

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KENSHI ALEXANDER HENMAN 229 W. Lindo Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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(530) 893-2109 Published: November 9,16, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LISA MARIE GARCIA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: LISA MARIE GARCIA Proposed name: LISA MARIE MARTIN 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: November 17, 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: October 13, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02683 Published: October 19,26, November 2,9, 2017

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately.

Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp) at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

The name and address of the court are: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95928 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: TUAN VAN LAI, SBN 182967 Law Offices of Tuan Van Lai 5591 Sky Parkway Sacramento, CA 95823 (916) 399-4980 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: September 6, 2017 Case Number: 17FL01753 Published: October 19,26, November 2,9, 2017

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MORANDA SEREINA PINE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MORANDA SEREINA PINE Proposed name: MORANDA SERINA DONN 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 15, 2017 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: STEPHEN E. BENSON Dated: October 17, 2017 Case Number: 17CV02637 Published: October 26, November 2,9,16, 2017

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

If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs.

For legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately.

Get help finding a lawyer at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courts.ca.gov/selfhelp) at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpca.org), or by contacting your local county bar association.

FEE WAIVER: If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. The court may order you to pay back all or part of the fees and costs that the court waived for you or the other party.

The name and address of the court are: Butte County Superior Court North Butte County Courthouse 1775 Concord Avenue Chico, CA 95928 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: JOHN A ABEYTA 15 Big Fir Road Forbestown, CA 95941 AFFORDABLE DOCUMENTS 1751 Oro Dam Blvd. #4 Oroville, CA 95966 (530) 534-7777 LDA #22 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: September 14, 2017 Case Number: 17FL01831 Published: November 9,16,22,30, 2017

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

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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.

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

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration 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) 366-4290 Dated: April 21, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV01121 Published: November 9,16,22,30, 2017

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: AMANDA ROSS, PROPERTY MANAGER; VILLA EAST APARTMENTS; CHICO VILLA EAST; PALO VERDE APARTMENTS; BACO REALTY CORPORATION; DOE 1 JASMINE; AND DOES 2 THROUGH 25, INCLUSIVE YOU ARE BEING SUED BY PLAINTIFF: TAMARA HAWORTH NOTICE! You have been sued.

The court may decide against you without your being heard unless you respong 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

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

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

NOTE: The court has a statutory lien for waived fees and costs on any settlement or arbitration 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: SAN FRANCISCO SUPERIOR COURT 400 McAllister Street San Francisco, CA 94102 The name, address, and telephone number of plaintiff’s attorney, or plaintiff without an attorney, is: MATTHEW P. GUICHARD, SBN 107450 WILLIAM L. PORTELLO, SBN 166845 Guichard, Teng & Portello, A.P.C. 101 Ygnacio Valley Road, Suite 112 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (925) 459-8440 Signed: ARLENE RAMOS Dated: April 21, 2016, August 8, 2017 Case Number: CGC-16-551616, 17CV02469 Published: November 9,16,22,30, 2017

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

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

The petition requests authority to administer estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or conseted to the proposed action.) The independent administration

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authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: November 28, 2017 Time: 9:00 a.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Attorney for Petitioner: VANESSA J. SUNDIN Sundin Law Office 341 Broadway Street, Ste. 302 Chico, CA 95928 (530) 342-2452 Case Number: 17PR00395 Dated: October 24, 2017 Published: November 2,9,16, 2017

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This time, a year later, the house is sold, and Otto had passed away. June played “Kisses Sweeter than Wine” on the turntable.

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The following houses were sold in butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of october 23, 2017 – october 27, 2017.

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PRICE

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1158 Whitewood Way

Chico

$267,500

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6983 Oro Bangor Hwy

ADDRESS

Oroville

$325,000

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1942

13291 Oak Ranch Ln

Chico

$258,000

3/3

2335

69 Richter Ridge Rd

Oroville

$270,000

3/2

1554

5568 California St

Chico

$252,000

3/2

1428

3154 Claremont Dr

Oroville

$229,500

3/2

1390

660 Victorian Park Dr

Chico

$250,000

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953

5105 Lago Vista Way

Paradise

$555,000

4/4

3329

2504 England St

Chico

$247,500

2/2

893

6166 Coral Ave

Paradise

$389,000

3/3

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88 Lexington Dr

Chico

$245,000

3/2

1077

6055 Terra Vis

Paradise

$380,000

2/3

2205

47 Pebblewood Pines Dr

Chico

$238,000

2/2

1487

3629 Sunview Dr

Paradise

$366,000

3/2

2077

1087 Sarah Ave

Chico

$215,000

3/1

1104

6295 Dawnridge Ct

Paradise

$344,500

3/2

1928

774 Virginia St

Chico

$139,000

2/1

946

5670 Woodglen Dr

Paradise

$328,000

3/2

1785

18 Oman Dr

Oroville

$499,000

4/4

4445

8408 Montna Dr

Paradise

$262,000

3/3

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12 Sunset Oak Ct

Oroville

$330,000

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1877

6365 Lucky John Rd

Paradise

$236,000

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