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Vol. 41, Issue 17 • December 21, 2017 OPINION Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guest Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second & Flume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Streetalk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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cDc’s seven dirty words Diversity. Entitlement. Evidence-based. Fetus. Science-based. Transgender.

Vulnerable. What do these words have in common, other than the fact they’re all on the same list of terms the Trump administration allegedly wants to avoid in budgetary documents at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention? When you look at them from that perspective, they’re all words that represent progress in the world of science. So, why should they be banned? Of course, we at the CN&R understand the power of words. Take, for instance, the different imagery conjured when describing a person as a transient versus homeless. Is it any wonder that people who hope to demonize that segment of society prefer the former? We think not. So, what about the word “fetus”? Would its use potentially threaten the pro-life agenda by suggesting that an unborn child is anything other than a human being? How about “transgender”? Does its utterance imply acceptance of people whose self-identity challenges the conservative norm? The CDC has denied that there are any formally banned words within its walls. But here’s the thing: The concept of censorship, whether it be self-imposed or dictated from above, is exactly what we’ve come to expect from the Trump administration. It’s business as usual, à la scraping the Environmental Protection Agency website of all references to climate change (yes, this really happened). What other words or terms that challenge the Trump agenda will be erased from the government lexicon? “Mass shootings”? “Black Lives Matter”? With net neutrality out the window, it’s anybody’s guess. □

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times of sorrow. This, too, is a skill we’re seldom taught and in which we have little practice. merriment and year-end review. But for many, Ongoing opportunities to practice both grieving they are a time for grieving instead. Grieving is the and being witness to grief are present locally in fundamental way people heal, change or grow—the monthly meetings of the Council for Grieving. It natural, normal, unlearned, sponentails authentic expression, attentive listening and taneous response to experiences reflective spontaneity in a setting of respect, equality that challenge our core sense of who we are and of how the world and care. In a circle in which each person takes the time to express something of his or her story, and works. each offers attention to all others, Grieving is It is inherent in there emerges a collaboration intrinsic to our experience of life that we will discerning the truth of the heart in our community at this time. being human, and experience loss, Council for Grieving is an whatever the cause the consequence outgrowth of development of by of our grieving, Malama MacNeil public discourse on end-of-life our grief touches of love. The author, a longtime the lives of others. issues and the culture shift in attichico resident, has tudes toward death spurred locally It is inherent in life been actively creating by the Alliance for Support and Education in Dying that we will experience loss, the opportunities to and Death, which presented its fifth “Befriending consequence of love. Failure to befriend death and Death” event the same week CN&R published the grieve is a failure to live fully. embrace grief in local cover story “Departing” (Oct. 26). Modern people are, however, venues since 2011. As we become less committed to death-denial, it woefully untrained, and largely is abundantly clear we must shed the grief-illiteracy unpracticed, in the normal work that maintains it. Now is a good time for grieving; of grieving, which, like all human activity, takes please join us. Go to www.befriendingdeath.org or place within relationships. Central to relating is the contact alliancesedd@gmail.com for info. □ capacity to witness another, both in times of joy and

he holidays are thought of as a time for family,

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Yes, every vote counts You hear it every election. Someone you know, or someone on TV, reminds

you to go to the polls or fill out your mail-in ballot with the clichéd phrase, “Every vote counts!” And, based on turnout numbers, odds are high you’re among the many who tune out the admonition. Even for the hotly contested 2016 election, in which Donald Trump became president, nearly one-fourth of Butte County’s registered voters did not cast a card. Nationally, nearly 4 in 10 abstained. Voter suppression tactics could explain lower turnouts some places, but not here. There’s no voter ID law in California. Registration is encouraged. No, apathy and pessimism are culprits in these parts. What difference can my one vote make? A lot. Virginia just proved it. On Nov. 7, Democrats swept almost every race in the Old Dominion. Republicans handily controlled the Legislature, thanks to district maps that required a massive disproportion of the popular vote to dislodge the GOP, but surprisingly the statehouse balance came to teeter on several close contests. The final split hinged on the House of Delegates seat held by Republican David Yancey. In the preliminary count, he led Shelly Simonds—a school board member from Newport News—by 10 votes. The recount Tuesday (Dec. 19), with representatives from both parties present, came out 11,608 to 11,607 for Simonds. A panel of three judges needs to affirm the result. With that hurdle cleared, and Simonds sworn in, Democrats and Republicans will have an equal share of House seats and no tiebreaker. One vote made the difference. Heading into 2018, Butte County voters face consequential decisions. Just in Chico, we’ll have on the June ballot both our county supervisor seats and in November three City Council seats that give conservatives the 4-3 majority. It’s also a re-election year for Congressman Doug LaMalfa, a staunch supporter of Trump and the GOP agenda. Don’t sit 2018 out. Every vote counts, and yours may be needed. □

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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

bah, humbug! I’d like to wax romantic about the spirit of the season and how quaint Chico is with all of the lights strung up above Main and Broadway and the candy canes hanging from the light posts. Ordinarily I’d be in a more festive mood. What has me down this week is some of the reaction to last week’s cover story about a proposed tiny house village (see “Tiny houses, big potential,” by Meredith J. Cooper, Dec. 14), a concept the Chico Housing Action Team (aka CHAT) is floating in response to the fact that human beings are literally dying on the streets of Chico due to a lack of affordable housing. I thought I’d take a few moments on the run-up to the celebration of the birth of Jesus—you know, that guy many believe made it his job to hang out with people who were largely considered the undesirables of society—to try to dispel some of the fake news that’s circulating around these parts in relation to this plan and to the homeless population in general. First off, Chico’s homeless population doesn’t comprise a bunch of “transients.” As we’ve previously reported—based on the findings of the biennial countywide Point in Time Census and Survey, an official survey that helps the federal government gauge the scope of the problem throughout the nation—the vast majority of the individuals experiencing homelessness locally have lived here for more than three years. More than a third of them have lived here for at least 20 years. In other words, they aren’t travelers looking for handouts. These are locals who are having a rough go. More fake news: The proposed tiny house community, Simplicity Village, is just another local “freebie” program. Not so. As reported in the story, the plan is for residents to pay a reasonable amount of rent as a way to be invested in the community—and themselves. They also would have to pass a background check as part of the application process. Both of the above misnomers go hand in hand with the false narrative that legions of indigent people from around the nation seek out Chico because the community is so generous. Of course, that mainly comes from folks who choose the path of least resistance— doing nothing while people suffer. Oh, and there’s this one: Taxpayers will foot the bill for construction of such a facility. Nope. The plan here is to seek donations from the private sector, as was reported in Cooper’s story on Simplicity Village. And finally, contrary to what Chico’s mayor said at Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting (see Howard Hardee’s report on page 9), there is a direct correlation between a shortage of housing and homelessness—that is, if you believe the experts in the field and the facts that support their conclusion. It’s hard to believe our city leadership is that ignorant. I’ll close this holiday column by making a plea of sorts. If you’re going to comment on a subject—whether in email, social media, around the water cooler or at the City Council dais—become informed first so as not to embarrass yourself and spread misinformation. As for our stories, don’t just read the headlines. Don’t just skim for the parts that reinforce what you think you already know. This project deserves to be considered by each of us with an open mind.

Melissa Daugherty is editor of the CN&R

‘Tsunami of suffering’ Re “Thankful for those sharing their pain” (Guest comment, by Cheryl Leeth, Dec. 14): Americans are the most exploitative people to ever walk the Earth. We relentlessly exploit animals, the environment and each other. Human-onhuman abuse is justified on the basis of class, race, gender, intelligence, talent, appearance and plain-old status. And the elite, especially in affluent white households, indulge in a preposterous material feeding frenzy. Within this ocean of exploitation, sexual exploitation is of particular interest. We are an emotionally wounded people—though this is shrouded in denial—and while we’re also a repressed people, we devour sexually graphic pop culture. It’s a schizophrenic mess. Enter Harvey Weinstein and #MeToo. The less complex version: Powerful men are exploitative monsters. The more complex version: We are widely complicit in monstrous exploitation. It’s important to identify sexual harassment (here defined as more powerful people leveraging power to sexually coerce less powerful people) as a scourge. But it’s also useful to do so in the context of the tsunami of suffering experienced by billions of oppressed beings around the world. That is, it’s important to acknowledge Gwyneth Paltrow’s suffering (albeit with household wealth of around $200 million), while not ignoring the suffering of the Bangladeshi, who will manufacture Paltrow’s next pair of jeans. Patrick Newman Chico

Hanging up our irons Re “Vanishing act” (Cover story, by Alastair Bland, Dec. 7): While I am familiar with the fisheries resource studies of diminishing abalone populations due to environmental factors, I feel we harvesters also share responsibility for the pressure we have exerted in recent decades. When I was a boy living on the Mendocino County coast, our dads pried gunny sacks of abalone off the rocks during minus tides with no regard for limits. In later years, donning wetsuits, masks, fins and snorkels, we and thousands of others like us spent weekends LETTERS c o n t i n u e d

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LETTERS c o n t i n u e d f r o m pa g e 5 every season grabbing our limits of five abalone per person per day without a thought to the pressure we were exerting. This, even though my skin-diving instructor insisted that “If one ab doesn’t feed four people, someone’s a glutton.” Our worst trespass was to take limits for friends and family who weren’t even diving, a violation that I witnessed all the time. The “gluttons” among us would take limits home just to stick them in the freezer and forget about them, not thinking that the same abalone would continue to grow and reproduce if left in the ocean. So, I don’t dispute the closure, on principle. My only concern is that now only we law-abiding divers will hang up our abalone irons, while the poachers steal the abalone we may never take again. Joe Hlebica Red Bluff

Loan query Re “Taking it to the streets” (Newslines, by Meredith J. Cooper, Dec. 14): While I applaud Jessica Holcombe’s rise from growing up so poor that she lived in a van to getting scholarships to attend good universities, my one question for her is: Have you paid your student loans back? Jack Dukes Chico

Study up, City Council Re “Common sense be damned” (Editorial, Dec. 7): Yes, this is such a disappointment. So many will go without the cannabis medicine that helps them. I guess they’ll have to go back to opioids. And as far as recreational cannabis—watch some of Rick Steves’ (you know, the travel guy) videos on YouTube about civil rights and cannabis—get informed. It’s high time the conversation opens and our city and county get smart about the job possibilities, the benefits and the pure civil rights of their citizens. Not to mention the revenues for the community. I don’t think this City Council is well-versed on this subject at all. Rosemary Febbo Chico

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Poor Christian white people can hardly go out without being challenged by the lack of respect. —rich meyers

Missed opportunity Re “Under the gun” (Cover story, by Ken Smith, Nov. 30): The Jesus Center let Tyler Rushing down. The name “Jesus” should remind us all of the parable of the Good Samaritan. Few people know Tyler made a visit to the Jesus Center on Friday, July 21. Tyler was shot and killed on July 23. My wife and I visited the Jesus Center and were treated in a dismissive manner by a staff member. We were not allowed to see a camera recording of Tyler. We were trying to discover the activities of our son prior to his shooting death—a reasonable request. The staff of the Jesus Center, in my opinion, should ask every visitor seeking assistance if there is anyone the staff can reach out to who might want to speak to or assist the visitor, such as family and friends. A standard, scripted document should be used by the intake interviewer. Appropriate, simple training procedures should be implemented immediately. The leadership of the Jesus Center needs to concentrate on the quality and effectiveness of the services it offers and be less focused on its new location and pleasing the local businesses and neighbors, from my personal point of view. Too late for Tyler. Scott Rushing Ventura

worked out again—with red-lines to distribute wealth, discrimination in every aspect of life, the Reagan gift of the crack epidemic to incarcerate young black men so they could never threaten our lily-white women who we were busy abusing ourselves—people of color started to get a little power. Hell, we even allowed one into the White House (what a mistake that was). This administration’s sole raison d’être has been to try and undo every good thing that has happened since Johnson. Back to the “reason for the season.” Poor Christian white people can hardly go out without being challenged by the lack of respect. Store clerks saying “happy holidays” instead of “merry Christmas”—like some sort of reverse discrimination making us very uncomfortable in our own country. California is majority minority right now—just sayin’. So let’s just get back to good old ’merican values and remember the double miracle of the “peace giver’s” birth—a white baby born to a virgin in Bethlehem. Rich Meyers Oroville

Time to reach out During this holiday season, I encourage people to reach out to any military families you may know. Whether it’s someone stationed at the Korean DMZ or Alaska or Afghanistan, or their families in the North State, let them know you’re thinking about them. I was in Vietnam (101st Airborne) for Christmas in 1968, followed by the Tet Offensive six weeks later. Most of us were not married, but today most troops are and that can be tough on families, especially young kids. Bob Mulholland Chico

Editor’s note: The author is Tyler Rushing’s father.

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A Chico man was charged by federal grand jury with sex trafficking of a child by force and coercion last week (Dec. 14), according to a press release from the Office of the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California. Christopher Lawrence, 23, was accused of forcing a 17-year-old girl to engage in commercial sex acts with men throughout California, including in North State cities like Chico, Corning, Gridley, Oroville, Redding and Yuba City, as well as L.A., Bakersfield and the Bay Area. Lawrence allegedly supplied the girl with drugs and physically assaulted her. The victim was found by law enforcement in a Chico hotel on Oct. 12 during a multiagency operation targeting sex traffickers. If found guilty, Lawrence faces a $250,000 fine and 15-year minimum sentence, with a maximum term of life in prison.

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District Attorney Mike Ramsey announced that an Oroville teenager accused of the brutal killing of a 62-year-old man is being tried as an adult. Juan Ortega Morales III (pictured) was 17 years old when he allegedly pummeled and stomped on Howard Brimm this past summer. Surveillance cameras, according to a press release from the DA’s office, show Brimm crossing the street to avoid the approaching Morales and then the teenager “hitting him, knocking him down” and “stomping on Brimm’s head as he was prone on the street.” He died of head injuries 38 days later. Based on now-18-year-old Morales’ prior criminal record and the severity of the crime, a juvenile court judge determined that he was “unfit” to be tried as a juvenile. He was arraigned last Wednesday (Dec. 13) on a charge of murder. 8

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hard lesson learned Blue Oak turns financial crisis into impetus for change

IChico’s news reports lately, you know that Blue Oak Charter School was

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the subject of a blistering outside audit documenting extensive financial filching. story and To read the report— photo by which alleges that top Robert Speer school administrators r ob e r t s pe e r@ misused school credit n ew srev i ew. c o m cards to pay for all kinds of personal stuff, including weapons, clothing and booze, as well as beekeeping lessons and much more—is to marvel at the extent of the alleged pilfering. As Tim Taylor, superintendent of the Butte County Office of Education, told a meeting of the Blue Oak Charter Council on Monday (Dec. 18), “It’s disturbing what we saw in this report. It turned my stomach.” What the five members of the Charter Council—which functions as a board of directors—want the community to understand, however, is that they’ve known about the questionable activities for at least 18 months, since certain staff members quietly suggested to them that things weren’t quite right.

Since then they’ve been working hard to upgrade their financial systems and build in an array of checks and balances. They also brought in Linda Hovey, who was the school’s trusted financial manager during its formative years more than a decade ago, as a consultant. (Hovey also sits on the Chico Unified School District board.) Council members took another important step when they sought help from the school’s authorizing agency, the CUSD, and the BCOE. On Monday, Taylor lauded them for doing so, stating that it showed their good faith and determination to rid the school of the faulty systems that allowed corruption to occur. It was Taylor’s decision to call in the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT), a statewide organization created in 1992 to help local educational agencies meet and sustain their financial obligations. In what is referred to as an “extraordinary audit”—that is, one done by an outside agency in response to a financial crisis—a FCMAT team quickly set about poring over Blue Oak’s books and ferreting out dozens of what it considered questionable financial transactions over a two-year span (2014-15). It released its

report on Nov. 16. One example of potential fraud (among many): Membership at Costco for thenExecutive Director Nathan Rose and his wife, membership fee paid by the school. According to FCMAT, “More than $3,990 in unsubstantiated expenditures to Costco were charged to the charter school credit card. There was no supporting documentation for purchases, including advance approval and receipts.” This was the case with many credit card purchases: There was nothing that indicated the expenditures were for the school, but there was substantial evidence that they were made to benefit Rose and the school’s business manager, Cyd Orneallas. Soon after FCMAT began examining the school’s books, the council fired Rose. Orneallas quit before she could be let go. Both left town, and nobody at the school knows where they are. Blue Oak’s website (blueoakcharterschool.

org) describes the school as “a community of families and educators … that blends Waldorf-inspired education with California Common Core State Standards.” The Waldorf method emphasizes the use of music, art and movement to engage

Susan Domenighini has been working to right the ship since being hired as executive director of Blue Oak Charter School about a year ago.

students in enriching ways. Conceived in 1998, Blue Oak received its charter from the BCOE in 2001 and opened in 2002 with a single kindergarten class, taught by Susan Whittlesey. Each year after that it added another grade, beginning with first, then second, and so on. By the time those first kindergarteners had completed eighth grade and were ready for high school, the school had grown proportionately. It now has nearly 400 students in grades K-8 and operates out of a spacious modern facility in north Chico. Discovery of the financial perfidy came at a bad time for Blue Oak. Its charter is up for renewal in early 2018, and administrators and council members found themselves scrambling to fix its troubled financial systems—or at least have a solid plan in place for doing so. Leading that effort is Susan Domenighini, the school’s executive director, who has been in office for about a year. Assisted by a small group of staff members and parents, she began making positive changes long before FCMAT released its report, beginning with paying off the credit cards and canceling them. Since then, she and others have drafted a response to the report that addresses the problems raised. The school is treating the report as a valuable wake-up call and intends to implement its recommended changes. Domenighini presented the draft response to Taylor at Monday’s council meeting, after which the council voted formally to accept the FCMAT report and called for a criminal investigation of the potentially fraudulent financial activities it documents. In an earlier phone interview, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said he had assigned the case to his Financial Crimes Investigation Unit. Its report will be even more comprehensive than the FCMAT report, he noted. FCMAT’s audit was based on a kind of sampling of data that works for an audit but is insufficient for a criminal case. It may be several months until the unit’s work is done, at which time Ramsey will decide what charges to bring, if any. In the meantime, Domenighini and her crew are gearing up for the threemonth charter renewal process buoyed by a sense that they have made significant progress in strengthening their financial systems. The word being heard around the school these days is “phoenix,” said Kate Holmes, Domenighini’s executive assistant. “It’s like we’re rising from the ashes.” □

Stalemate City Council deadlocks over development impact fees uild more affordable homes—that’s the mantra many local homeless advocates, Bhousing experts and policymakers have adopted. They say Chico’s tight housing market is a root cause of people living without shelter in this community, where nearly a quarter of households are below the poverty line. But Mayor Sean Morgan outright dismissed the link between the housing shortage and homelessness on Tuesday (Dec. 19) during the Chico City Council’s discussion of development impact fees that help build and maintain schools, parks and roadways. “We’re not causing homelessness in Chico with the cost of homes,” he said. “There’s a whole lot of other issues that make that happen.” Morgan’s comment was part of a tense back-and-forth with Councilman Karl Ory, who favored levying a variable-rate fee on developers based on the size of homes. He said the fee would encourage building smaller, more affordable units and help alleviate Chico’s housing shortage. “We’re favoring McMansions over workforce housing,” Ory said. “We have a housing crisis and we’re kicking the can down the road on the one issue that could make a difference.”

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schedule has been a slog. Back in August, the council worked through 14 fee categories during a three-hour public hearing, which got local builders riled up because the fees stand to increase their cost of doing business.

From the city’s perspective, however, the growing population strains public facilities and developers should help pay to maintain them. On Tuesday, the council considered fees for the sewer trunk line, street facilities and urbanization, as well as the controversial variable-rate fee. Councilman Mark Sorensen made a motion to approve the sewer trunk line fee as recommended, which passed 5-to-2, with Ory and Councilman Andrew Coolidge voting “no.” But the other fees proved more complicated—especially the variable-rate concept, which would essentially change the current flat-fee structure to a sliding scale based on size. For example, houses with one bedroom theoretically make less of an impact on roadways and other facilities than larger households, so they would be charged 40 percent to 50 percent less in transportation-related fees than they are now. A home with four or more bedrooms, on the other hand, would be charged 40 percent to 50 percent more. But the Finance Committee determined the fee structure wouldn’t stand up in court without more data to prove the nexus, which prompted that body to reject the variable-rate concept by a 3-to-0 vote during its Nov. 29 meeting. It looked like the council might

SIFT ER Changing face of Christmas In honor of Christmas, the Pew Research Center conducted a phone poll earlier this month to determine views on the holiday and Christianity. Overall, the findings pointed to the holiday becoming more social and less religious, with fewer believing the Bible’s rendition of events actually happened and fewer celebrating for mostly religious reasons. Here are some of the findings: • 90 percent of Americans celebrate Christmas, but only 46 percent say they celebrate primarily for religious (versus cultural) reasons.

• 52 percent say they don’t care whether stores greet them with “merry Christmas” or “happy holidays,” though 54 percent of Republicans and 19 percent of Democrats say they prefer “merry Christmas.” • The percentage of people who believe in the Christmas Bible stories is dropping, with 66 percent saying Jesus was born to a virgin (down from 73 percent three years ago); 75 percent believing he was laid in a manger (versus 81 percent in 2014); 68 percent saying wise men brought him gifts (versus 75 percent); and 67 percent that an angel announced his birth (down from 74 percent).

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do the same, as Sorensen made a motion to drop the variable rate entirely, noting the Finance Committee hadn’t produced a “legally defensible fee structure.” Morgan seconded the motion, adding “it’s impossible to get this right.” It gained no further support, however, and failed by a 2-to-5 vote. Ory made a motion to kick the matter back to the Finance Committee for more discussion, which died on the floor without a second. Eventually, the council directed city staff to analyze the variable-rate fee and return with more information this spring. But the council wasn’t finished talking about

fees. City Attorney Vince Ewing said he had received a letter from the Walnut Creekbased legal firm Miller Starr Regalia threatening litigation over the street facilities and urbanization fees, and requested a closed session discussion before the council took action on them. Vice Mayor Reanette Fillmer made a motion to revisit the issue in closed session, which drew a second from Morgan but failed by a 3-to-4 vote, with Coolidge siding with the council’s liberal-leaning members. “Why is it going to closed session?” Ory asked. “It seems to me that a helpful discussion of why we should or shouldn’t move forward can happen in open session.” “I believe it’s because of the potential for litigation,” Morgan said. “Everything we do has the potential for litigation,” Ory said, and then made a wisecrack about the city’s pending lawsuit against him related to Chico Scrap Metal: “I’m being sued.” With the council deadlocked, Morgan said the matter was “tabled by default.” The development impact fee program update will come back to the council early next year. —Howard Hardee h owa rd h @ newsr ev iew.c o m

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40 years ago reminding him of the set of a western movie. Having spent his formative years in San Francisco and the Monterey area, Carter—then an 18-year-old incoming student at Chico State— imagined wagon trains and cowboys riding through the valleys and rolling hills along Highway 99, and was surprised by the friendly greetings he received in the town he’s called home since. “Back then, in 1975, the common saying wasn’t ‘Hello’; it was ‘Howdy!’” Carter, who is black and Japanese, said recently at the school’s Cross Cultural Leadership Center (CCLC). “I was like, ‘Wow, this is really strange,’ but at the same time I was struck by how engaging and approachable people were. I was embraced by the community in a way I’d never experienced before, and I knew Chico State was the place I wanted to be.” And so he’s remained, until now. After graduating, Carter took a job, in 1980, as the school’s first coordinator of multicultural programs, and more recently has held two directorships—of the CCLC and the Student Life and Leadership program. Now he’s retiring, and his last day on campus is tomorrow (Dec. 22). “Two things influenced my decision to retire,” Carter said. “You gotta know when to get out, and I have such great, young leadership working with me, that it’s their time to lead. I’ve led this charge, especially for social justice on this campus, for a long time. It’s time for the new generation to get involved and engaged and move us forward.” Since he was hired at Chico State,

Carter has been the person most responsible for efforts aimed at promoting cultural diversity and inclusivity on campus. That mission began in what Carter calls “a condemned building” (it’s long since been razed) on the 500 block Charles “CC” Carter became Chico State’s first coordinator of multicultural programs in 1980, and has overseen diversity and inclusion programs at the university since. photo by Ken Smith

of West Third Street that housed his and other fledgeling programs for women and people of color. “Starting in the late ’70s and early ’80s, there was a movement to figure out how [people from different cultures] and women were going to be included in how we engage students in the university system,” he said. “Now it’s hard to imagine the university existing without those kinds of programs. Even though we still struggle with it, inclusivity is so important.” Carter said that 12 years ago he was charged with creating a new base for those programs. That became the CCLC, which Carter said is “booming and thriving” and currently celebrating its 10th year. Carter said he’s “hired well,” and that two people are expected to be hired early next year to fill the positions he leaves vacant. His esteem for his employees is mutual: “He’s kind of a modern-day hero here,” said Krystle Tonga, a program coordinator at the CCLC. “His presence will be missed, but his legacy will last forever.” Though Carter found acceptance in Chico, he said not all of his interactions have been so rosy; he’s also experienced some racial prejudice over the years, though he says that’s indicative of “pockets” of ignorance rather than the prevailing character of the community. He said he believes many students of color, despite strides made over the decades, have a harder time here today than he did in 1975, especially since the election of President Trump and increased

prevalence of white nationalist views over the last year. “I live through the eyes of my students now, and it’s not always a pretty sight,” he said. “I’m very, very scared about the new narratives playing out and the empowerment processes happening regarding race and culture. ... I’m hopeful our community will respond the correct way.” Carter is known for his affable

nature and efforts to inspire students. “He’s a master of transformational leadership, and walks his talk,” said Tonga. Carter said his role as an advocate for students facing various challenges comes from a personal place, as he’s overcome his share of adversity. Raised in San Francisco’s Western Addition by a single mother who spoke little English, he was orphaned at 13 and lived in a series of foster homes until he came to Chico State. His educational opportunities were enriched by his athletic ability (he participated in football and track at the college) and because he was “a poster boy” for the Educational Opportunity Program, which provides support for low-income and educationally disadvantaged students. “My whole world is about improving the life chances of young people, because I am that … I am the product,” he said. “I was a disenfranchised, at-risk kid that needed to improve my life. I want to teach young people how to do that. I want them to have a voice,

to feel they matter and to feel empowered to make a better life.” Carter will continue with his efforts as executive director of the Sacramento-based nonprofit Alliance for Education Solutions (aesimpact.org), an organization he founded 25 years ago with friend and mentor Dr. Bernie Davitto. Carter plans to stay in Chico and make the drive to Sacramento several times weekly. “I’ve put that on hold for a long time,” he said. “If we’re going to make an impact, we need to get into the fight right now. Our mission is to get young people

engaged to drive change, because waiting for my generation to create change … that ship has sailed. “The only thing that has ever made real change in this country is young people getting involved at the grassroots level, hitting the streets and doing what they need to do. I’m not necessarily talking about inciting a revolution, but we sure in the hell want to empower young people to say, ‘This isn’t working for us,’ and for them to engage and influence the process.” —Ken Smith kens @new srev i ew. c o m

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reaking up is hard to do … especially when one party fails to tell the other party the relationship has ended. That’s apparently what happened between the Downtown Chico Business Association (DCBA) and Armed Guard Private Protection (AGPP). In a recent article in which the CN&R uncovered the city of Chico’s nearly $67,000 annual contract with the security company for exclusively armed services to city properties (see “Under the Gun,” Cover story, Nov. 30), DCBA Executive Director Melanie Bassett told the paper her organization stopped using AGPP’s services as of Nov. 17. The problem is, she apparently neglected to tell AGPP. On Tuesday (Dec. 19), AGPP Administrative Director Adam Stricker said that nobody from the DCBA had contacted him about termination of services. That same day, Bassett again confirmed the DCBA was done working with AGPP, but acknowledged she had yet to formally notify the armed contractor. Bassett said she’d told AGPP Operations Director Ryan Spehling in person of the break at a meeting held Monday evening (Dec. 18), and that DCBA and AGPP staff are scheduled to meet Jan. 1 to formalize the termination. Basset told the CN&R in November that the DCBA decided to stop using armed security due to concerns about safety raised during planning meetings for downtown’s recently formed property-based

improvement district (PBID). Some DCBA member businesses also reported they’d not been informed to stop contacting AGPP for service calls. Bassett said a printed and e-mailed circular distributed Nov. 21 announced the formation of a new PBID-funded Downtown Chico Ambassador program and included a hotline to call the ambassadors for service. The circular does not mention a break with AGPP or advise businesses not to call the armed guards in case of emergency. She said a new flier clarifying the situation is being drafted. Confusion over the armed security issue has been compounded by inaccurate reports by television news stations following the CN&R’s piece. When KRCR news incorrectly proclaimed “Armed guards no longer to patrol City Plaza” on Dec. 4, a post on the company’s Facebook page shared the segment along with a message that read, “This is inaccurate information. A.G. Private Protection has not received any notice to remove firearms, nor has it received notice of intention to terminate service from either the DCBA or the City of Chico ….” AGPP patrols of City Plaza are executed under its contract with the city, not the DCBA. Bassett said people in need of assistance should call the Downtown Chico Ambassador hotline at 433-8566. —Ken Smith kens @new srev i ew. c o m

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from the effects of exposure to wood smoke. The greatest number, most dramatically, have come after wildfires, such as the Humboldt Fire in June 2008 that burned homes and trees at the lower limit of town. A smaller wave came this fall after the Oct. 10 Honey Fire, which rose from Butte Creek Canyon past Honey Run Road up to the Skyway, below town limits. With less fanfare, Howard also cares for people who inhale wood smoke in lighter amounts over longer periods of time. They live with wood stoves. Often low-income workers or fixed-income pensioners, they rely on old-fashioned flame combustion to heat their homes. Older stoves, like an open fireplace, can let microscopic particles released by burning escape into the room. Children, seniors

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and anyone with asthma or other respiratory conditions such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) are particularly sensitive to lung irritation by fine particulates. Those smaller than 10 microns are considered unhealthful, Howard explained; wood smoke contains particles on the order of 2.5 microns. Smoke emitted through chimneys spews the same pollutants, of course, so inefficient stoves also pose risks for neighbors. Howard, RT-COPD case manager at Adventist Health Feather River, inquires about exposure to wood smoke as part of her

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routine questioning. She advises patients to do all they can to minimize personal contact: use electric heat as much as possible, stay away from the stove, try to have someone else place wood on the fire. Beyond these measures, she continued, “I don’t know how to combat that in the hospital.” What do you do about people who have low income and for their source of heat, because they don’t want to have a high PG&E bill, they’re going to use the woodburning stove? “How do you fight finances?”

ing wood stoves. The air quality district managed two programs between 2005 and 2015, plus applied civil penalty funds to new stoves, resulting in 739 replacements. In the most recent program (2013-15), the air quality district issued 250 vouchers. Demand exceeded supply. “With the rules that were set back then, for that program, we only had a limited number of low-income vouchers that we could issue,” Mandly said. “We certainly had the potential to help out a lot more. What’s different from last time is we’ll have more funds available for low-income households, which is good.” Air quality metrics bear out the impact. Mandly said stove replacements—combined with public response to no-burn notices, called Check Before You Light advisories—have contributed to a downward trend in microparticle numbers. In fact, Butte County should come HEALTHLINES c o n t i n u e d

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The Butte County Air Quality Management District just approved a new program for replacing wood stoves. Following sign-off from its board of directors at that panel’s meeting last Thursday (Dec. 14), the district will join a statewide project to fund purchases of higher-efficiency heating units. County residents will be able to apply for vouchers to offset the cost of a new wood stove, gas stove or electric heater. The district will offer two tiers of voucher, based on level of financial need. Anyone with an old wood stove will be able to apply for the lower amount, expected to be $1,000. Low-income households, or people living within areas designated as low-income communities, will be able to apply for the higher amount, around $3,500—designed to cover not only the device but also installation and permitting costs. The total amount available and the exact time frame depends on state-level agencies completing their organizational work. Jason Mandly, associate air quality planner for the

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off a list compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of areas that exceed federal standards for particle emissions. The federal standard for PM2.5 is 35 micrograms per cubic meter over 24 hours. Between 2001 and 2009, Butte County figures never dipped below 45, approaching 70 in 2008, and in 2009 the EPA declared most of the county a “nonattainment area.” That zone includes Chico, Paradise, Oroville and Gridley; only the northern and eastern tips are excluded. The level dropped below 35 in 2011, though, and below 30 in

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IBigbillowing oak trees and with the sound of Chico Creek drifting from the banks n a field at Bidwell Park, surrounded by

below, about 12 preschool children sat with Brian Kehoe, along with his two staff members, singing songs and rolling in the grass on a crisp fall day. The group of spry 3- and 4-year-olds wasn’t on a field trip—this was an everyday preschool experience for the kids at Happy Acres Forest School, founded by Kehoe, a former public school teacher. With no building to call home base, the school is held at Five-Mile Recreation Area. “You can’t bounce off the walls if you don’t have any,” Kehoe quipped. Kehoe spent nearly 20 years in public schools, most of them with Chico Unified School District, when one day he decided to question the education system. “I was always thinking, 4-year-olds in a box; I knew in my heart that’s not what they needed,” he said. The seeds for Happy Acres Forest School had been planted. Kehoe had heard about forest schools from a friend, and after doing some research decided to open his own. He spent the next two years training and researching, and eventually spent six months in Germany observing a school that follows the same principles. Upon returning to the States, Kehoe formed an LLC and took out insurance for the school. There are currently no licensing regulations in California foroutdoor preschools, though Kehoe says he expects there will be soon. He has his California teaching creden-

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tial and a permit to use the park through the Bidwell Park and Playground Commission. The school, which opened in September, aims

to inspire a lifelong dedication to environmental stewardship and a sense of community through a deep connection to nature. Kehoe says when children are in natural environments, they gain a better understanding of how all of life is connected, and they experience how their actions influence the world around them. With that knowledge, he hopes the children will make choices in their daily lives to improve the health of the Earth, themselves and each other. “We tell stories about nature and about how Mother Nature is going to put a blanket down to keep the seeds warm for the winter,” said Kehoe, who is the director of the school. “They hear the stories, but then they see it happen. It’s really cool.” During a recent visit to the park, Kehoe had arts and crafts for the children as well as a box of tools, including hammers and nails, drills and saws, for teaching them basic skills. He and his staff, which includes his daughter, Kaia, allow the children to learn as they become curious about a subject. “Our job is to provide them the space to be trained in imaginative play,” he said. “It’s great to watch them discover.” The kids are provided with a rain suit to protect them against inclement weather. Kehoe also has a tarp that acts as a make-

shift shelter when it’s raining. The elements are just part of being in nature, he says. Happy Acres operates with no more than 12 children on any given day. Tuition is $2,000 per semester for a five-day week that runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., though there are options for part-time enrollment. Abigail Rasmussen, whose 3-year-old son, Maceo, attends the school, recalled picking him up one day and, during the car ride home, getting an unsolicited lesson on how trees grow. “He is getting a lot of information on environmental things that he probably wouldn’t have gotten from a traditional preschool,” Rasmussen said. “I like that those are part of his daily education.” According to a recent survey by the North American Association for Environmental Education, the number of nature preschools and forest kindergartens operating in the U.S. is at an all-time high, with more than 250 nature preschools and kindergartens across the country—up from 150 in 2016. There are about 10,000 children enrolled in the schools and 80 percent of the institutions reported having a waiting list. “It’s amazing how many there are now,” Kehoe said. For now, Kehoe says he’s comfortable with the size of Happy Acres and has no immediate plans to expand the school and take more children. However, he did say that he hopes his program inspires others to

Brian Kehoe chats about nature with his pre-K pupils.

get excited about the concept and that more schools like his pop up in the area. “It’s a really neat way for kids to develop and grow whole,” he said. □

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Some people just love their coffee. Others can’t get enough of their bikes. Stay-at-home dad John Hanna-Barton loved both, so he combined the two and created what he calls his “dream business”: Shift Bicycle Cafe, which opened last month. He built a classy, pedalpowered, “off-the-grid” coffee cart stocked with organic and locally sourced products. To pour his drinks, he refurbished one of the world’s first pumpdriven espresso machines: an Italian Faema from 1963. Wife Brisa has been with him for the ride. “There were many times I doubted his sanity,” she says. “Now he’s riding it downtown and I didn’t think he’d make it out of our driveway!” Find John from 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesdays through Thursdays in front of Greenline Cycles (515 Main St.), and Saturdays and Sundays on the Sixth Avenue side of Enloe Medical Center. Contact him for events on Facebook or by phone at 720-5604.

I recently wrote about some of my favorite shops and businesses for buying local this holiday season and asked readers to share their own. Thank you, Hendrik Feenstra, for writing in about an Orland business I had not heard of—it’s been added to my “must visit” list! The story behind Walnut Avenue Ranch, opened by the Meyer family in 1934, is a pretty inspiring tale of entrepreneurship, so I’ll share some of it here. Helmuth Meyer was just a child when his family moved to Orland and opened a dairy. With the Great Depression came hard times, but Helmuth was a go-getter who quickly saw the potential in harvesting black walnuts. Over the years, he invented several tools and machines to maximize production. In his black walnut heyday, he owned three processing facilities in Chico. Nowadays, after selling those processors and moving back to the family ranch, Helmuth and his son, Melvin, run the show, with the help of other family members and staff. Over the past four decades, the family has developed recipes for roasting and flavoring walnuts and almonds, along with creating candies, butters and trail mixes. The Meyer homestead is now home to a nut factory and a candy factory, in addition to a country store where the public can purchase all of their goodies. Stop by the Walnut Avenue Ranch at 4646 County Road N in Orland (the store is open Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., plus this Saturday, Dec. 23, for those last-minute Christmas shoppers). For more info, go to walnutavenueranch.com.

What makes Shift Bicyle Cafe unique? I get to set much higher standards for coffee quality and products than many coffee houses. My goal is to only serve the best, locally sourced products. I use Northbound Coffee Roasters from Mount Shasta for espresso, coffee and pourovers. I also use Chico Chai, a local favorite. I’m completely off the grid. I use batteries, an

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How has business been? The initial response was amazing and absolutely wonderful. On opening day, Chico came out and flooded me with support. It’s a little slow lately because coffee is a routine and I’m trying to break people’s routines and become their new routine. But I love the work-life balance and flexibility of owning my own business.

What inspired you to start the business? I became a stay-at-home dad when my wife had our daughter two years ago. While pregnant she asked me, “What will you do when our daughter goes to pre-

school?” I loved how bikes and coffee went together. It’s kind of a ritual to drink coffee before a ride. I was a bike mechanic at downtown’s Cyclesport for three years, and managed both Starbucks and Peet’s Coffee.

Do you set up at events? I’m available for them. I’m going to do the Wildflower at the end of April, and the Downtown Stage Races for bikes around the end of February.

How do you feel about your accomplishment? It’s been an amazing 1 1/2-year journey from the thought in my head to physical manifestation. I knew there was a finish line, but was the light I saw at the end of the tunnel a train or daylight? —ViC CANTu

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One Last cup As you probably know by now, Peet’s Coffee is slated to close its downtown shop. The last day to stop in and get your Javiva fix (I enjoy the cold drinks even in winter!) will be this Sunday, Christmas Eve. Chico Coffee Co. is set to take over the Second and Main Street space early next year.

mOre cOffee taLk I just got word that yet another coffee shop will be opening downtown in the new year, this one with a roastery where customers can watch the process unfold. Tender Loving Coffee, which started in 2015 with a mission based on ethical and sustainable sourcing, will open a brick-and-mortar shop where Midtown Local used to be, at 365 E. Sixth St. TLC is run by Naked Lounge owners Anna Ryan and Eric Fairchild, along with Heath Dewey, all of whom will be busy taking their roasting efforts to the next level with a larger-capacity San Fanciscan roaster (25 pounds per batch, versus the current 5 pounds) on site. You’ll still find the coffee cart at Saturday markets and wholebean coffee at select local groceries. Go to tenderlovingcoffee.com for more info. rumOr miLL I’d heard rumors that Herreid Music was closing its Chico store, but customers need not fear. The rumor probably had its nexus in the “for lease” signs hanging in the windows, but I stopped in and was assured that, in response to a rent increase, the plan is to move, not to close. A new location is still in the works.

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ith winter break coming, Ms. Savage was big on all us thirdgraders being Secret Santas for each other. Meaning you had to get a present for another kid and you’d get a present back. That sounded okay until Savage handed out red envelopes with the name of our kid inside. “No peeking until you get home!” Savage liked to talk in exclamation points. Like none of us could hear her otherwise. “And keep your name a secret!” I didn’t understand what use there was of a secret like that. How would your Secret Santa know what you wanted? But I snapped my envelope shut and shot my hand up. “Ms. Savage, why can’t we pick who we want to give our present to our own self?” “Get real, dumb Duncan.” Ryder tunneled his hands and squeaked his voice down the tunnel at me. “If we did that, no one would give you a present.” Ryder was the second most annoying kid in third grade. I stuck my finger on my red envelope and twirled it around. Then went back to drawing a dragon on the inside cover of my reader. “Vocabulary!” Savage shouted. “Now I want everyone to open your books and read for these words!” She swept up to the white board and scribbled a bunch of long words. Hanukkah, La Posadas, Winter Solstice. “Who would like to pronounce?” Naturally, Avreet’s hand went sky high. Ryder was the second most annoying kid in third grade, but Avreet was the first. She never stopped yanking on one ear and

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Santa wrote mushy poems about rainbows and twinkly stars, without it being homework or anything. She always raised her hand to read aloud, which Savage said was wonderful participation, since Savage was some kind of sucker for anyone who said they liked reading. Great readers become great men and women! Ms. Savage liked to warble. Reading expands the mind! Knowledge is dangerous! Dare to read! I didn’t see the value in being a great man if it had to do with reading. And I didn’t think Savage was such a great woman, either, being as how she spent her whole lunch break over a bologna sandwich and an old book. I started making fire breath for my dragon. “Duncan!?” Ms. Savage’s exclamation point landed on me. I dropped my pencil and slunk down in my seat. Why didn’t she just let Avreet read? “Pronounce!” Those exclamations could drill a hole in you. I squinted at the word. “So-o-llll-st-ice,” I read. I didn’t get why we had to pick up a word and chop it into little bits like that, then try to stick it back together. “Dumb Duncan massacred that one.” Ryder smirked. “That’s mean.” Avreet twisted in her seat to glare at Ryder. “Ooooh, dumb Duncan has a girlfriend!” Ryder sniggered. I slunk so far down I almost fell off my chair. Avreet was ruining me. “I can read the rest, Ms. Savage.” Avreet twisted back around. While she recited, I sneaked a look inside my red Secret Santa envelope. A-V-R the card said. E-E-T. Even I could read that. I was stuck with being a Secret Santa to Avreet? No way. The thing was, Avreet was in love with me. She even tried to kiss me once. She cornered me outside the cafeteria and puckered up, but I was quicker. “I ain’t going near that!” I dodged her just in time, and ran down the hall while her face crumpled up.

But Avreet wouldn’t give up. She wrote one of her mushy

notes and gave it to Mattie, to give to Izzy to give to Daniela to give to me. The note was covered with stars and asked did I love her or not. So I couldn’t be her Secret Santa. I flipped my envelope closed. I didn’t even feel like finishing my dragon drawing now. Ms. Savage was still chalk-

ing it up at the white board, the holiday garlands and glittery pine cones we’d strung up sagged near to the top of her head. Right above the clock, Ms. Savage had tacked a long-nosed Santa face, and below the clock a sign yelled: Time passes, will you? like Santa was in good with Savage and pointing a finger at us. Nobody else in class seemed worried, though. Izzy was drawing a flower tattoo on her arm, and Jesus dug at his eyeball. Eli jumped up to go to the bathroom. He was the only kid in class allowed, because he had a condition. I sure wished I had a condition so I could take a hike now and then from Ryder, Avreet and Ms. Savage. But even though Eli had the desk next to mine, I hadn’t got his condition yet. Eli had left his red Secret Santa envelope sticking out of his cubby. That gave me a brilliant idea. Eli’s envelope would be full of fresh germs. Plus he hadn’t looked at his kid’s name yet, I was sure of it. That’s how Eli was. I could switch envelopes with him, give him Avreet’s name, get another kid’s name, and maybe get his condition at the same time. I glanced at Ms. Savage. She was still spelling words on the white board. Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Père Noël. I set my reader up the tall way, leaned out, slid my envelope in Eli’s cubby, and grabbed his. Ms. Savage wheeled around. “Knowledge can be dangerous—it opens the mind!” she threatened. “Dare to read!” She was getting wound up. “Duncan! What did I just say?” I jammed Eli’s envelope into my pocket, fast. “You said books are dangerous. Uh …” I squinted at Ryder, who was making faces at me. “’Cause they bore you to death.” “Dummy!” Ryder mouthed. Ms. Savage scrunched her face. “I love to read,” Avreet announced. “I can read those words, Ms. Savage.” She couldn’t even brag without yanking on her ear. She pointed at me. “Duncan hates reading, don’t you Duncan? He’s going to flunk third grade with his terrible spelling.” Ryder made another hand tunnel and squeaked, “I guess she doesn’t love you anymore.” “No one flunks my class!” Ms. Savage went red in the face. “Duncan, you will stay in after class and erase the

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board. The rest of you may go.” Everyone jumped up and started scraping back their chairs, shoving pencils in their cubbies and slamming their books shut. “Don’t lose your Secret Santa envelopes!” Ms. Savage yelled to the retreat. “And don’t forget to read pages nine and ten!” I hurried to the board and tried to erase fast, but Ms. Savage was faster. “Duncan dear.” She turned on me soon as the last kid fled the room. “I want to talk to you about your reading level.” Uh-oh. Ms. Savage sat in one of the small chairs. She always took a small chair when she had something extra adult to say. She smiled at me. “I think you could move up to level three if you just applied yourself. Wouldn’t that be great? You could be in the reading group with Jesus, Ryder and Avreet!” Reading level three? That was a lot of reading for one little kid. “I’m okay where I’m at, Ms. Savage. I like my level. I don’t got to read so much and waste all that time.” Ms. Savage looked like she’d been struck by lightning. “I don’t have to read so much,” she corrected. “If you do some reading over the holidays, you would be ready.” Read for Christmas? Savage was crazy. “I got a lot to do over the break, Ms. Savage. We’re driving to Oregon to see

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my dad.” She frowned. “Your dad lives in Oregon now?” “Yeah, you know. After the divorce and everything.” “Duncan, Duncan.” She was forgetting her exclamation points. The way her voice changed made me feel funny. Like she’d suddenly decided I’d always be sitting in a little kid chair, like she was now. And she eyed me in that disappointed way that reminded me of how Mom had looked at Dad before he left. I went back to wiping out the vocabulary words.

I forgot all about Eli’s Secret Santa envelope when I got home. Too bad, because my sister Piper found it wadded on the

“It’s Eli’s. He forgot it when he went to the bathroom. I was keeping it for him.” I read my name on his card. So Eli was my Secret Santa. Piper was giving me the fish eye. “You’re not supposed to know that Eli is your Secret Santa. You need to tell Ms. Savage so she can exchange Eli’s card with somebody else’s.” “It will mess up the whole works if Ms. Savage has to change things now. Besides, it’s all working out because I got Eli’s name, too.” This was a lie but you couldn’t tell Piper the truth if you didn’t want her to blab. “We’re gonna get things for each other that we wished we had ourselves,” I added. “So we’ll be real good Santas.” Her fish eye wobbled. “Kids.” She groaned like she was about a hundred years old. “You’re all nuts!” She marched out of the room. I read my name on Eli’s Secret Santa card again. What a lucky break. Now Eli was going to have to buy something for Avreet and I was my own Santa. Totally cool. I’d tell Mom I had to buy a real good present for another kid in class, and pick something nice for myself. I figured a fat bag of candy would make me happy. No, wait. That was small thinking. I could go bigger than that. Maybe I could even talk Mom into that Game of Thrones dragon I saw at Target.

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I figured a fat bag of candy would make me happy. No, wait. That was small thinking. floor of the laundry room. “Why do you have your own name on your Secret Santa card?” she yelped. Piper had been in Ms. Savage’s class two years ago and acted like a real expert on third grade. “You can’t be your own Santa!” If she wasn’t careful, she was going to turn into an exclamation point talker, just like Ms. Savage. “That ain’t my card.” I grabbed it.

Piper was doing chess club so it was just me and Mom at Target. Mom said hurry up and pick a gift, store Christmas made her itch. “It’s swamped with decorations. Don’t you get any big ideas about asking for things for yourself, either,” she warned. “Any Christmas this year is going to be strictly necessities.” “What’s necessities?” “What do you think?” She stopped for the Salvation Army bucket and flung in her change. Then she looked me over. “You need clothes.” “Ms. Savage said I could move up a reading level.” I hadn’t planned on telling her, but it seemed like a way to get on her good side. Mom liked it when she thought I might amount to something. “Duncan, that’s great news. Maybe you’ll turn out more like your sister after all.” Better than turning out like Dad, was what she meant.

“Ms. Savage says great readers make great men and women.” “Well, just pass third grade first,” Mom said. But she seemed in a better mood suddenly. I ran ahead to the toy aisle that had the Game of Thrones dragon bin. But the bin was empty. “Out of stock” a sign read. Dang, what did I want that was as good as that? I searched around. By the time Mom showed up, I’d found the next best thing to a dragon. “It’s a robot with a computer chip inside. Look, Mom.” “Duncan, that’s too expensive for a school present.” But I really wanted that robot now. “All the other kids’ parents will buy nice things for their kids to be Secret Santa,” I said. That got Mom’s I don’t think so look fighting with her guilty over the divorce face. I had to wait to see who won. “All right, get it,” Mom finally said. “There are other ways we can cut back.”

I guess Eli’s condition got the best of him,

because he was absent the whole week before winter break. Lucky Eli. He was probably home watching TV and playing video games while I was doomed to sit through the entire fifty minutes of every one of Savage’s reading classes, with her asking me to please pronounce! and daring us to read for dangerous knowledge. I couldn’t understand Ms. Savage. If reading books was so dangerous, how did it make you great? We brought our Secret Santa gifts on the last day of class. Ms. Savage had us decorate a giant cardboard Christmas tree with words instead of ornaments. That was the kind of crazy she was. Then we were all supposed to put the present we brought under the cardboard word tree and find the present meant for us. It was a little tricky setting down my robot all wrapped nice thanks to Mom, then picking it up again. My stomach was kind of roily the whole time. And my ears rang like a bunch of cymbals going off. When I got it back to my desk I stuck my robot on the floor under my feet. The whole third grade was acting excited about learning who their Secret Santa was. Everyone except Avreet, who looked glum, and went back to her desk pulling hard on her ear. That was just like her, to get all

dramatic over not getting a dumb Secret Santa present. I concentrated on my drawing, which I’d made into a battle between a robot and a dragon. “Duncan!” Ms. Savage was standing over me. I slapped my reader shut. “Your Secret Santa has been sick this week,” she said. “He wasn’t able to bring you a gift.” “That’s okay, Ms. Savage. I—” The cymbals in my ears were banging again. I kicked my robot further under my desk. “—It sure is. Because I have a nice present for you, right from Santa himself!” She brought a big box from behind her back. Wow. This was my lucky day. I forgot all about my robot-dragon battle drawing. I forgot about Avreet, and the cymbals in my ears. “Thanks, Ms. Savage.” The box was wrapped better than Mom could do. I didn’t really believe in Santa anymore, but I could start up again if there was something great inside. “You’re welcome, Duncan.” She set the present on my desk. “No fair!” Ryder yelled. “Duncan has got two presents now.” He pointed at my feet. “Look. He’s got one under his desk, too.” “What’s this?” Ms. Savage peered under my desk. She straightened and looked at me funny. Then she looked around the room and spotted old gift-less Avreet, with her head down on her desk. “Mmm.” Ms. Savage took the red Secret Santa envelope off Mom’s wrapping. She read the card inside, and put it in her pocket. “This last one must be for Avreet!” she announced. “But Ms. Savage—” Couldn’t she read? That card didn’t say Avreet. It said Duncan. “Now remember it’s the season, Duncan.” Ms. Savage got her big, adultsitting-in-a-small-chair voice. “The idea of Secret Santa is to give to others.” “But—” “And I have a really nice gift for you here. It’s very special.” I hesitated. “But if you’d like, you can choose between them. Pick one. It’s up to you.” I stared at Ms. Savage’s present. Even if it wasn’t from an actual Santa, Ms. Savage no doubt had money to buy a nicer gift even than a Target robot, being a teacher and all. Or she might have even bought one of the last dragons from Target’s bin!

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Mom readjusted the rearview so she could give me one of her you’re just like your father looks.

The box was big enough. If I gave it up, my dragon would go to Avreet. I took a breath, and slid the box out from under my desk. “Here, Ms. Savage,” I said. “You can give this one to Avreet.”

You’d think she’d be happy as a clam at how

giving I was, but her face got a look like a curtain shutting. Or maybe light dawning. She turned away and gave my robot to Avreet. Then we all got to open our presents one by one. I was in the last desk in the last row, so I was last. I watched Avreet open the robot. She pulled it out looking confused. She probably thought I would have bought her something girly she could exclaim over and write mushy poems about. But then she figured out how to make it walk across her desk and all the other kids wanted a turn at it and Avreet acted happy. I bet she didn’t know a darn thing about robots, but she made it seem the best gift ever. I sure was glad this was our last day of school so I wouldn’t have to see her swoony looks for a while. At least I had a good present. I ripped into Ms. Savage’s wrapping. I was still counting on my dragon, or something even better. I dug through a mountain of tissue. Dug some more. Finally got to another, smaller wrapped package inside. Book-shaped. I felt around the edges. It was a book. I’d given my robot up for an old book. “Aren’t you going to open it and see what book you got?” Ryder tunnel-talked at me. His Secret Santa had gotten him a big bag of candy, and he was all puffed up about it.

“I’m saving it for Christmas,” I said. “So I can be surprised.” Ryder popped M&Ms into his mouth. “You look surprised now, if you ask me,” he said, crunching. It was time to leave. Ms. Savage went to the piano and stabbed out “Twelve Days of Christmas” to celebrate our success as Secret Santas. “Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Feliz Navidad!” she cried. “See you next year!” But I didn’t feel much like a success. I walked outside slow with my still-wrapped book. Piper was waiting for me on the playground. “What’s wrong with you?” “Nothin’.” “Well, you better hurry up. Mom’s got us packed. We’re on our way to Oregon.” “Now? I thought we were going Sunday.” “Change of plans. We’re taking Mrs. Randhawa and her kid with us. They’re going to see the kid’s grandma and they need to be there sooner. I think she’s in your class. Avreet?” “No way.” I couldn’t ride clear to Oregon with Avreet. “No choice. Mom is sharing the ride to save gas money. You know, because you’re an expensive kid. It’s a done deal.” Sure enough. Avreet and her mom were already in the car. Piper opened the back door and called in to Avreet, “You want to sit by Duncan?” “Okay.” Avreet moved into the middle and Piper went around. I scrunched in as close to the door as I could. “Is that what you got from your Secret Santa?” Piper said when she stuffed in next to Avreet. “A robot?” “I like robots.” Avreet hugged my robot

and looked swoony at me. Mom shut her car door and started adjusting mirrors. It was my last chance to jump out. “What about you, Duncan, what’d you get?” Piper grabbed for my present but I held it away. “It looks like a book.” She laughed at me. “You don’t even know how to read.” “I do so.” “Then why haven’t you opened it?” “Leave him be,” Mom yelled. “He’s got what he’s got.” She rolled her eyes for Avreet’s mom. “Welcome to a long drive,” she groaned. She moved the rearview mirror around. “What a coincidence, huh Duncan? Here we bought Avreet’s gift, and now she’s riding with us.” Piper gave me another fish eye. “So what happened to Eli?” “He’s sick, that’s what.” “Eli?” Mom’s eyes had found me in the rearview. “Duncan was supposed to be trading gifts with him,” Piper blabbed. “Even though he brought his own Secret Santa card home.” “You mean you didn’t get my name?” Avreet yanked on her ear. “You didn’t buy this for me?” “No, I got your name but—you know.” “Fess up. You switched cards!” Piper said. Mom readjusted the rearview so she could give me one of her you’re just like your father looks. Dang, what did they expect of one thirdgrader? “We could trade,” I said to Avreet. “That robot for this here book.” “Nope.” Avreet sounded like she didn’t love me so much anymore. “Aw, why not? I thought you liked to read.” “I do. But I love AI.” She twisted my robot’s head around. “I’m going to be a scientist when I grow up.” “AI,” Piper said. “That’s artificial intelligence to you, Duncan.” “I know what it means.” I stared at Avreet. She was going to be a scientist? I thought she wanted to write mushy poems about rainbows and twinkly stars. “Mom,” Avreet said. “Can I have your cellphone? I want to look up robot schematics.” Schematics? A weird feeling came over me when Mrs. Randhawa handed her the phone. I wasn’t sure what schematics

meant, and I didn’t like it that Avreet knew, and not me. “You can give your book to me, Duncan,” Piper said. “I need something to read on this trip.” But it was too late. I didn’t answer. Since I was already seeing myself sitting my whole life in a little chair, disappointing Mom while kids like Avreet knew what schematics were, got to be scientists, and forgot to swoon over me. I pulled at Ms. Savage’s wrapping until some gold letters appeared. J.R.R. Tolkien across the bottom of Savage’s book—then a gold dragon above the letters. That part was okay. Avreet and Piper were Googling on the cellphone. Mrs. Randhawa helped Mom find some radio Christmas carols, and we left the school. I slumped down in my seat. J.R.R. Tolkien hit the floor and a card from Ms. Savage fell out. I flipped it over. Dare to read! Savage shouted. I pulled J.R.R. Tolkien back on my lap and opened the dragon cover. Ms. Savage was right about knowledge, it was dangerous, and heavy as this old book to carry around, once you had it. Ω

No way. I couldn’t ride clear to Oregon with Avreet.

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Arts &Culture Douglas Keister outside one of the storybook-style homes in Chico’s Eastwood Park neighborhood.

Ha p p i e s t h o m e s o n e a r t h Local photographer documents Chico’s storybook-style houses

riving down Ninth Street in Chico, where the one-way Highway 32 corridor meets Pine Street, you’ve surely noticed a few homes with a distinct character and architectural style. The roofs slope at dramatic swooping angles. A couple have shingles that form waves. Window shapes, stucco and brickwork evoke the feeling of a French country house— story and photo by maybe even a Disney Evan Tuchinsky movie. Turns out there’s a eva ntu chin sk y @ name for this architecnewsrev iew.c om ture: storybook style. Story book: One of the men who Storybook Style: coined the term is a America’s Whimsical Chicoan, photographer Homes of the 1920s, by Arrol Gellner and Douglas Keister. He Douglas Keister and Arrol Gellner—a www.schifferbooks.com Bay Area architect, author and columnist— traced the history of homes like these, which appear in cities nationwide but nowhere in an enclave such as Chico’s. Their label has become an industry standard. Historical markers, such as the plaque at the Egasse-Braasch House in Los Angeles (where Ben Affleck and Matt Damon wrote Good Will Hunting), include the designator “Storybook Style.” Keister and Gellner catalogued their findings in Storybook Style: America’s Whimsical Homes of the 1920s, first published in 2001 and revised for a second edition released this year. Since the update, Keister has been giving pre22

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THIS WEEK sentations about book—one of 43 he’s had published, many focused on various aspects of architecture—to groups in Southern California and, twice this month locally, at the Chico Museum and for Chico Rotary. “Storybook style isn’t an academic style like Arts and Crafts or Victorian— I’m kind of the one who determines,” Keister said with a laugh during a recent interview. “What I usually say is something is a nod to storybook style or has storybook-style elements. … You kind of know it when you see it, once you get used to it.” What are those elements? A storybookstyle house: was typically built in the 1920s (no later than the early ’30s); has signs of artificial aging, such as worn bricks; shows the effects of gravity, such as the distinctly curved “cat-slide roof;” looks “handmade” with masonry or stucco; does not have a front porch; possesses “whimsy.” “If you look at one and don’t smile, you’re clinically dead,” Keister said. Not surprisingly, storybook style originated in Hollywood. Walt Disney was among the thousands of World War I veterans who came home having been exposed to European architecture, grand and quaint. He based Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle on Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, but even before then, set designers—most notably Harry Oliver—drew inspiration from Europe.

Oliver created the first storybook-style house in 1921 as the office for Willat Studios in Culver City. Known as the Spadena House, or the Witch’s House, it was moved to Beverly Hills in 1934 and remains intact. Similar houses, cottages and bungalows popped up across Los Angeles. Coverage in architecture magazines led to construction of homes in Carmel, Oakland, Alameda, San Francisco, Louisville, Milwaukee and, of course, Chico. Here, a developer named Orville Tracy (founder of Tracy Realty, which is still owned by his family) staked out property near the sawmill bounded by Eastwood Avenue, Pine Street, Eighth Street and Poplar Street. His new neighborhood, Eastwood Park, would have 41 homes in a variety of styles, but predominantly “English cottages” and “Romantic cottages.” Keister and Gellner included an advertisement for Eastwood Park on the back cover of the book’s new edition. This cluster of storybook-style homes, Keister said, is the “largest intact enclave” in the country. “That style migrated to other places in Chico,” he added—on a tour, he pointed to examples on blocks north of Eighth Street, on Woodland Avenue and on Arbutus Avenue. Having the identifier catch on is “my little claim to fame,” Keister said. “It’s kind of cool. So when you see a plaque and it says ‘storybook style,’ you can thank Arrol and I for that.” Ω

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Special Events GIFT-WRAPPING FUNDRAISER: Proceeds benefit The Arc of Butte County. Thu, 12/21, 11am. Chico Mall, 1950 E. 20th St. www.arcbutte.org

POETRY READING: Poets read poems. Includes refreshments. Thu, 12/21, 6:30pm. Free. The Bookstore, 118 Main St. SANTA PUB RUN: A short run ending at a downtown watering hole. Come in your best running/holiday attire. Thu, 12/21, 6pm. Fleet Feet Sports, 241 Main St. 530-345-1000.

Theater GREAT EXPECTATIONS: Join narrator Pip in this Dickens classic about wealth, poverty, love, rejection and redemption. Thu, 12/21, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St. 530-8953749. www.blueroomtheatre.com

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Art BLACKBIRD - BOOKS, GALLERY, CAFE: Photography Exhibition, featuring prints by Miles Claibourn, California Travis, Khari Cowell and Sean Mellon. Through 12/31. Free. 1431 Park Ave.

CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING: Christmas Art Exhibit, paintings, photographs, stained glass, collage art and handmade items depicting Christmas and the holiday season. Through 12/30. 789 Bille Road, Paradise.

CHICO ART CENTER: Winter Gift Show,

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GREAT EXPECTATIONS: See Thursday. Fri, 12/22, 7:30pm. $15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First

favorites return from Seattle for their annual holiday hometown show with guests The Rainbow Girls. Fri, 12/22, 8pm. $12. Lost on Main, 319 Main St. lostonmainchico.com

THE YULE LOGS: The hardest-working band in snowbiz closes out its run of rockin’ holiday parties. Fri, 12/22, 7pm. $5-$10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.

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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 features artists whose lives have been touched by cancer. Through 1/19. 265 Cohasset Road, 530-332-3856.

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GIFT-WRAPPING FUNDRAISER: Proceeds benefit The Arc of Butte County. Sun, 12/24, 11am. Chico Mall, 1950 E. 20th St. www.arcbutte.org

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paper art on display. Through 1/1. 603 Orange St., 530-521-2565.

Watercolors, dreamy, translucent works by Frances Miller. Through 12/29. 254 E. Fourth St., 530-343-2930.

MUSEUM OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ART: Notes From a Spanish Dutchman, a retrospective exhibition of artwork created by James Kuiper, artist and longtime faculty emeritus with the Chico State Art Department. Through 12/31. 900 Esplanade. www.monca.org

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PRIVATE RESIDENCE: Stories Six—1078 Gallery Pop-Up Show, the annual group exhibition bringing together five artists with strong links to Chico. Through 12/23. 1143 Salem St. www.1078gallery.org

Museums BOLT’S ANTIQUE TOOL MUSEUM: Hand Tools, rotating displays of more than 12,000 kinds of tools. Through 6/2. $3. 1650 Broderick St., Oroville, 530-538-2528. www.boltsantiquetools.com

BUTTE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM: WWI Exhibition, recently renovated exhibits demonstrating the profound changes in American society caused by The Great War. Through 7/29. 1749 Spencer Ave.

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: Permanent exhibits include 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.goldnugget museum.com

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: Remembering World War II, sharing the artifacts of local young men and women who ventured abroad in service to their country. Through 12/31. 5570 Black Olive Drive, Paradise, 530-877-1919.

EDITOR’S PICK

’TIS THe SeASoN It’s been a dark year for a number of reasons. Vitriol and straight-up meanness has crept into the national political dialogue, and it seems like Americans are more divided than ever. But it’s the holiday season, dammit, and we here at the CN&R hope everyone remembers that this is a time for giving, forgiving and coming together. Now more than ever, it’s important to be good to one another despite our disagreements, and small acts of kindness can go a long way. So, pay it forward and spread some holiday cheer. It might just come back around. december 21, 2017

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ast night I had a dream that I died twice yesterday/But I woke up still not dead again today. I like the laid-back defiance in those lines from Willie Nelson’s recent song about bogus reports of his “death” recurring on the Internet and by elsewhere. And the song also appeals Juan-Carlos to me as a down-home rejoinder to Selznick the 24/7 foggy-bottom hullabaloo generated through the collective clamor of electronic entertainment and social media. And in a year of reality-TV politics, social media quagmires, fake news, etc., “Still Not Dead” (from the 2017 album God’s Problem Child) strikes me as one of the special high points of the year’s entertainment, or at least the seemingly ubiquitous waves of it that reach us through digital and electronic media. Around this time last year, I was mulling over the year’s TV-centric matters, and much of what I singled out back then continues to loom large in this version of those musings. Bob Odenkirk and Better Call Saul, the late-night-show monologues of Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers, the commentaries and reportage of Rachel Maddow, et al., on MSNBC, the gravity of John Oliver’s “comic” insights on Last Week Tonight, the near-poetic partnership of Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow (“Kruk & Kuip”) on broadcasts of Giants baseball, the epic ballet of Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors, etc. For me, they were all top-of-the-list again for rewarding viewing in 2017. Which is not to say that the two years have been identical. After all, 2016 was shanghaied by (among other things) marathon televisual electioneering of a particularly dismal sort, while 2017 has been drygulched by a ramshackle political circus of predatory clowns and lethal buffoons. And on the plus side, in the theater of NBA basketball, the 2017-18 season is shaping up as a festival of young teams and new stars adapting their own versions of Warriors-style play. I’m not even going to try to come up with a comprehensive “Best 10” list here, mostly because of the

abundance of interesting-sounding shows and series that I haven’t, by choice or by chance, been able to see. But, in the interests of year-end ruminations, I will offer up a decidedly personal top 10 just for the sake of the conversation. 1. Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live 2. The Dave Rawlings Machine performing on Bluegrass Underground (PBS) 3. Damnation (USA Network), a very promising new show about union activists and strike breakers during the Great Depression 4. The Mick (Fox), mostly for Kaitlin Olson (the lone female regular in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) in an offbeat variation on sitcom 5. Anthony Scaramucci 6. Alec Baldwin and Anthony Atamanuik doing face-warping parodies of Donald Trump (but how do you parody a parody?—no one does it better, or more scathingly, than 45). Still, Baldwin’s opening moves on SNL were brilliant, and Atamanuik has the benefit of an inspired talk-show concept on Comedy Central’s The President Show (Side note: Jason Ross, former CN&R colleague and editor, has writer/producer credits on 15 episodes of the latter.) 7. Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, etc., seen in close-up on the news, and betraying unmistakable signs of vulpine calculation, and perhaps worse 8. Trump Speaks—if need be, change the channel, or hit the mute button and take stock of the behavior of the supporters, stooges and dignitaries who are visible behind him 9. The woman in that late-night commercial for the Color Doctor blood pressure gadget—she pauses midsentence to brush back a lock of her imperfectly coiffed hair, and then continues quite convincingly with her urgent, busy, eager-to-help pitch 10. Lauren Martinez, Action News Now—looks and sounds like the real deal to me □

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GIVE BACK, ROCK OUT

For the third year running, NorCal Music Promotions is hosting a rock showcase to benefit the 6th Street Center for Youth. This year, the show—set for Saturday, Dec. 23, at The Metal Shop—boasts a local lineup including Death Rattle (pictured), Blood Cabana, Lingering Torment, Myth and Biggs Roller. Come prepared to headbang; also, donations of warm winter clothing, new socks, blankets, canned and nonperishable food and unwrapped toys will be accepted.

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DUB STEPPIN’ ON XMAS: Nasty Rumor presents an EDM lineup including Shiner, Dub Heezy, Trippy Mayne and more. Plus, live art from Michael Hooper. Thu, 12/21, 9pm. $5-$7. The Patio, 177 E. Second St.

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BASSMINT: A weekly bass music party with a rotating cast of local and visiting producers and DJs. Fri, 12/22, 9:30pm. Peking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St.

Featuring local comics Jordan Riggins and Travis Dowdy, plus the debuts of Joey Haney and Zac Hudson. Followed by a DJ dance party. Fri, 12/22, 8pm. $7. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave.

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the lounge. Fri, 12/22, 8:30pm. Gold Country Casino & Hotel, 4020 Olive Highway, Oroville.

THE MONDEGREENS HOLIDAY SHOW: Longtime Chico favorites return from Seattle for their annual holiday hometown show with guests The Rainbow Girls. Fri, 12/22, 8pm. $12. Lost on Main, 319 Main St. www.lostonmainchico.com

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EVERETT COAST: Original pop, folk and country in the lounge. Sat, 12/23, 8:30pm. Feather Falls Casino & Lodge, 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville.

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ing a little more time (in the case of Hamill, a lot more time) in their iconic roles. Both stars shine in their opportuby nity to play in the Star Wars sandbox Bob Grimm 40 years after the original’s release. bg ri m m @ When this film focuses on the saga new srev i ew. c o m of Luke and the young scavengerturned-warrior Rey (Daisy Ridley), it is nothing short of epic. When the camera is fixed on the late Fisher, who gets more quality screen time than her glorified cameo in The Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it’s heartwarming Last Jedi and, yes, sad. (The Leia stuff gets a Starring Daisy ridley, mark Hamill, Adam little kooky at times, but I’m trying to Driver, John boyega, make this a spoiler-free zone.) Oscar Isaac and When writer-director Rian carrie Fisher. Directed Johnson takes the action to the charby rian Johnson. cinemark 14, Feather acters of Poe (Oscar Isaac), Finn river cinemas and (John Boyega) and a new character Paradise cinema 7. named Rose (Kelly Marie Tran), the rated PG-13. film falters. Poe, the X-wing pilot who was so engaging in The Force Awakens, seems underdeveloped here. While the Resistance fights an oddly prolonged and bizarre space battle against the First Order, Poe just whines a lot, to the point where you are actually happy when Leia smacks him across his face. The film picks up where The Force Awakens left off, with Rey and Luke in a stare down. Rey is looking for tutelage, but Luke is in full hermit mode, wants nothing to do with that Jedi stuff anymore, and

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desires to be left alone with his alien milk. While on Luke’s secret island, Rey starts having some sort of psychic Force conversations with Kylo Ren, aka Ben Solo (Adam Driver). Will Luke train Rey? Will Rey find out who her parents are? What I will tell you is that there’s too much going on in The Last Jedi, and a lot of it feels like filler. Besides the aforementioned stalled-out space battle, there’s a clunky sequence in a casino that goes on far too long, a lot of distracting cameos, and new characters inhabited by Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro, who bring close to nothing to the proceedings. Am I overthinking this? Yeah, of course I am, but I’m a dude who has spent the last 40 years worshiping Star Wars. Anything you put up on the screen within a Star Wars production is going to have the likes of me (admittedly, somewhat of a loser) picking that shit apart. I’m saying some of this movie seems a little half-baked, and also overstuffed. If there’s any kind of movie I want to be more than 2 1/2 hours long, it’s a Star Wars movie. But at that length, it needs to be a really good Star Wars movie, not a so-so one. The Last Jedi is part Best Star Wars Movie Ever (Luke, Leia, Rey, Ben Solo) and part Worst Star Wars Movie Ever (Poe, Finn, the girl with the flip hair, and just about any time Domhnall Gleeson’s character speaks). I’m recommending it for its best parts, including Ridley’s continued greatness as Rey and some inspired moments of fun and humor. But, be forewarned, it does goes into “Jar Jar bad” territory at times. So, as Yoda might say, “A great Star Wars this is not. Like it just fine, I did, but there is a tremor of overindulgence in the Force. Be mindful of this for future times in edit bay, you must.” One final note: Porgs are awesome. □

Reviewers: Bob Grimm and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

team up for comic shenanigans while trying to foil a criminal plan. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Opening this week

Darkest Hour

Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice, Atonement) directs Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in this biopic set during the early days of World War II, when the British prime minister was faced with difficult decisions in the face of Hitler’s advancing troops. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Downsizing

As a solution to global overpopulation, scientists have come up with a way to shrink humans to 5 inches tall, a proposition an overworked couple (played by Matt Damon and Kristen Wiig) consider to improve their financial situation. Written and directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, The Descendants). Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Father Figures

Upon receiving news from their mom (Glenn Close) that their dad isn’t who she said he was, a pair of fraternal twin brothers (Ed Helms and Owen Wilson) embark on an adventure through their mother’s sexual history to find their real father. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas. Rated R.

The Greatest Showman

A musical based on the life of P.T. Barnum, with Hugh Jackman starring as the showman/creator of P.T. Barnum’s Grand Traveling Museum, Menagerie, Caravan & Hippodrome—precursor to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

With their individual post-college lives not living up to expectations, members of the Bellas a capella crew reunite for a USO tour. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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Ferdinand

Actor/wrestler John Cena stars as the voice of Ferdinand, a peace-loving bull who, upon being captured and delivered into the world of bullfighting, is joined by a misfit team of animals for a daring adventure. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas, Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

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A Christian faith-based computer-animated feature with Bo the donkey and his animal friends as the heroes of the first Christmas. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

The hallucinogenic plot drops Thor (Chris Hemsworth) on a crazy garbage planet bent on round-the-clock violent entertainment and led by the Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum). The Grandmaster shaves Thor’s head, dresses him in gladiator gear, 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. There’s a whole other, apocalyptic subplot going on, where Thor’s long-lost sister Hela (Cate Blanchett) is causing major havoc on his home planet of Asgard. 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. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —B.G.

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There are plenty of stellar faces and presences on hand for director Kenneth Branagh’s update of the Agatha Christie murder mystery. In addition to Branagh himself in the lead role of detective Hercule Poirot, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Daisy Ridley and Josh Gad have roles of some consequence as the mysteries aboard that snowbound luxury train unfold once again. Branagh’s Poirot is a tightly wound perfectionist sporting a monstrous handlebar mustache. He’s also a genius-level fussbudget with a small but very telling touch of the tragicomic buffoon to him. Branagh the director, however, seems more the exuberantly antic extrovert here, reveling in the extravagant visions that the machinery of the movies makes possible. Branagh uses CGI and bizarre camera angles to wild, near-surreal effect for scenes whose main action is mostly a matter of intimate and/or fraught conversation. Branagh seems to have encouraged offbeat subtleties in several of the main performances, but this film doesn’t give that talented cast a whole lot to explore in depth. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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stoked on trying Halo Hawaiian BBQ & Poke Bar, which opened up earlier this year in the Safeway shopping center on East Avenue, for the barbecued chicken and macaroni salad. Now I’ll story and have a hard time not orderphoto by ing the poke. It just goes to Meredith J. show how wonderful trying Cooper new things can be. m e re d i t h c @ Poke is a Hawaiian dish new srev i ew. c o m consisting of raw fish, greens or grains and a combination of toppings, ranging from the HHH1/2 traditional seaweed or onions to Halo Hawaiian Japanese-influenced edamame or BBQ & Poke Bar wasabi. Add some sauce, toss and 1354 east Ave., Ste. P, enjoy. It’s become a hot foodie 592-3898 trend on the mainland over the past Hours: Sun.-Thurs., few years (Chico will soon have 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 11 a.m.three poke bars, the other two being 9:30 p.m. downtown) and I can see why. The poke bowl I had at Halo was a far cry from the pre-prepared bowls at local supermarkets or even, I dare say, the one I tried from a grocery store on Kauai. The biggest difference, clearly, is the ability to handpick each ingredient, sandwich shop-style. That distinction is also what differentiates poke from sushi, as the two use many of the same ingredients and flavors. First and foremost is the fish, which was super fresh (as it should be). While poke is most commonly made with ahi, I’m personally not a fan of that fish’s texture when raw. So, I opted for the salmon and yellowtail (each bowl comes with three scoops of protein—other options include spicy tuna and shrimp). Add that to your base; I chose white rice—brown rice or mixed greens are also on the menu. Then I added crabmeat salad, cucumber, poke HHHHH sauce, masago (fish roe), edamame, ePIc crispy onions and seaweed salad. HHHH There’s no extra charge for AUTHOrITATIVe toppings—each bowl is $9.75. The finished dish was a genuine HHH APPeALING delight, with a nice balance of smooth and crunchy textures, warm HH HAS mOmeNTS and cold temperatures (the rice was warm) and flavor. The fact that H FLAWeD

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Masseduction St. Vincent Loma Vista Whether or not you’re familiar with the creative arc of Annie Clark (aka St. Vincent) is not so important when listening to her fifth album, Masseduction. The immediacy of the album’s pop-forward sound, however, could be construed as a departure from the more experimental output of her past. The record is unabashedly fluorescent, practically illuminated even from the outside, and upon spinning opener “Hang on Me,” it’s clear the songwriter has club-banging booty-shakers on her mind. It’s another chapter in Clark’s shapeshifting history, tweaking her identity with an artistic fluidity that’s reminiscent of David Bowie. Masseduction’s “Pills” is a strangely danceable cut about drug dependency, while the title track is an explosive, subversive piece of skuzz-pop that sounds like Beyoncé if she’d spent time at CBGB as a kid. Clark’s affinity for risk-taking has paid off with what is a very buoyant new sound.

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the first half of 2018 will be like a psychological boot camp that’s designed to beef up your emotional intelligence. Here’s another way to visualize your oncoming adventures: They will constitute a friendly nudge from the cosmos, pushing you to be energetic and ingenious in creating the kind of partnerships you want for the rest of your long life. As you go through your interesting tests and riddles, be on the lookout for glimpses of what your daily experience could be like in five years if you begin now to deepen your commitment to love and collaboration.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll soon

have a chance to glide out into the frontier. I suggest you pack your bag of tricks. Bring gifts with you, too, just in case you must curry favor in the frontiers where the rules are a bit loose. How are your improvisational instincts? Be sure they’re in top shape. How willing are you to summon spontaneity and deal with unpredictability and try impromptu experiments? I hope you’re very willing. This may sound like a lot of work, but I swear it’ll be in a good cause. If you’re well-prepared as you wander in the borderlands, you’ll score sweet secrets and magic cookies. Here’s more good news: Your explorations will position you well to take advantage of the opportunities that’ll become available throughout 2018.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): These days,

it’s not unusual to see male celebrities who shave their heads. Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson, Seal, Tyrese Gibson and Vin Diesel are among them. But in the 20th century, the bare-headed style was rare. One famous case was actor Yul Brynner. By age 30, he’d begun to go bald. In 1951, for his role as the King of Siam in the Broadway play The King and I, he decided to shave off all his hair. From then on, the naked-headed look became his trademark as he plied a successful acting career. So he capitalized on what many in his profession considered a liability. He built his power and success by embracing an apparent disadvantage. I recommend you practice your own version of this strategy in 2018. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to begin.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In the

Northern Hemisphere, where 88 percent of the world’s population resides, this is a quiescent time for the natural world. Less sunlight is available, and plants’ metabolisms slow down as photosynthesis diminishes. Deciduous trees lose their leaves, and even many evergreens approach dormancy. And yet in the midst of this stasis, Cancerian, you are beginning to flourish. Gradually at first, but with increasing urgency, you’re embarking on an unprecedented phase of growth. I foresee that 2018 will be your Year of Blossoming.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): If you’ve had an unfulfilled curiosity about genealogy or your ancestors or the riddles of your past, 2018 will be a favorable time to investigate. Outof-touch relatives will be easier to locate than usual. Lost heirlooms, too. You may be able to track down and make use of a neglected legacy. Even family secrets could leak into view—both the awkward and the charming kinds. If you think you have everything figured out about the people you grew up with and the history of where you came from, you’re in for surprises.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Most of

us regard our ring fingers as the least important of our digits. What are they good for? Is there any activity for which they’re useful? But our ancestors had a stronger relationship with their fourth fingers. There was a folk belief that a special vein connected the fourth finger on the left hand directly to the heart. That’s why a tradition arose around the wedding ring being worn there. It may have also been a reason why pharmacists regarded their fourth fingers as having an aptitude for discerning useful blends of herbs. I bring this up, Virgo, because I think it’s an apt metaphor for one of 2018’s important themes: A resource you have underestimated or neglected will be especially

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In fairy

tales, characters are often rewarded for their acts of kindness. They may be given magical objects that serve as protection, like cloaks of invisibility or shoes that enable them to flee trouble. Or the blessings they receive may be life-enhancing, like enchanted cauldrons that provide a never-ending supply of delicious food or musical instruments that have the power to summon delightful playmates. I bring this up, Libra, because I suspect that a similar principle will be very active in your life during 2018. You’ll find it easier and more natural than usual to express kindness, empathy, and compassion. If you consistently capitalize on this predilection, life will readily provide you with the resources you need.

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2018, one of your primary missions will be to practice what you preach; to walk your talk; to be ambitious and masterful in all the ways a soulful human can and should be ambitious and masterful. Live up to your hype in the coming months, Capricorn! Do what you have promised! Stop postponing your dreams! Fulfill the noble expectations you have for yourself! Don’t be shy about using exclamation points to express your visions of what’s right and good and just!

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

ago, when I started my career as a horoscope writer, my editor counseled me, “Always give priority to the Big Three. Romance, money, and power are what people care about most.” After a few months, he was disgruntled to realize that I wrote about how to cultivate psychological health and nourish spiritual aspirations as much as his Big Three. He would have replaced me if he could have found another astrology writer whose spelling and grammar were as good as mine. But his edict traumatized me a bit. Even today, I worry that I don’t provide you with enough help concerning the Big Three. Fortunately, that’s not relevant now, since I can sincerely declare that 2018 will bring you chances to become more powerful by working hard on your psychological health ... and to grow wealthier by cultivating your spiritual aspirations ... and to generate more love by being wise and ethical in your quest for money and power.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): What binds

you? What keeps you closed down and locked up? I urge you to ponder those questions, Pisces. Once you get useful answers, the next step will be to meditate on how you can undo the binds. Fantasize and brainstorm about the specific actions you can take to unlock and unclose yourself. This project will be excellent preparation for the opportunities that the coming months will make available to you. I’m happy to announce that 2018 will be your personal Year of Liberation.

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The blunt fact is that you can’t be delivered from the old demoralizing pattern that has repeated and repeated itself— until you forgive yourself completely. For that matter, you probably can’t move on to the next chapter of your life story until you compensate yourself for at least some of the unnecessary torment you’ve inflicted on yourself. Now here’s the good news: 2018 will be an excellent time to accomplish these healings.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PALETERIA Y NEVERIA LA FLOR DE MICHOACAN HOMEMADE ICE CREAM SHOP at 668 Mangrove Avenue Chico, CA 95926. ANTONIO ARREGUIN BERMUDEZ 15 Top Flight Court Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ANTONIO ARREGUIN BERMUDEZ Dated: November 17, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001528 Published: November 30, December 7,14,21, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO WINE AND FASHION at 1225 Stewart Avenue Chico, CA 95926. GARY RICHARD SMITH 1225 Stewart Avenue Chico, CA 95926. KELLY LYNN SMITH 1225 Stewart Avenue Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: KELLY SMITH Dated: October 17, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001385 Published: November 30, December 7,14,21, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORCAL CUSTOM at 13302 Cabin Hollow Ct Suite 110 Chico, CA 95973. JOSH PHILLIPSON 8233 Streng Ave Citrus Heights, CA 95610. TRAVIS STEARNS 2 Benton Way Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by A General Partnership. Signed: JOSH PHILLIPSON Dated: October 27, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001436 Published: November 30, December 7,14,21, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SHE DELIVERY at 555 E 15th St Chico, CA 95928. ALYSSA RINCON 1166 E 7th St Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ALYSSA RINCON Dated: November 30, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001561 Published: December 7,14,21,28, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ETTA LANE FARM at

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8995 Stanford Lane Durham, CA 95938. JEFF THACKER 8995 Stanford Lane Durham, CA 95938. LINDA THACKER 8995 Stanford Lane Durham, CA 95938. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: JEFF THACKER Dated: November 29, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001553 Published: December 7,14,21,28, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO COFFEE COMPANY at 107 Parmac Rd Ste 180 Chico, CA 95926. J & S COFFEE LLC 2485 Notre Dame Blvd #390 Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company. Signed: JENNIFER SILVA, MEMBER Dated: November 28, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001550 Published: December 7,14,21,28, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE BOOKSTORE at 118 Main St Chico, CA 95928. MUIR Q V F HUGHES 22 Lazy S Lane Chico, CA 95928. JOSH S MILLS 22 Lazy S Lane Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: JOSH MILLS Dated: November 13, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001500 Published: December 7,14,21,28, 2017 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DOUBLE R HOMES at 1564 Nord Avenue Chico, CA 95926. ROB REIS 38 Cornelia Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ROB REIS Dated: December 4, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001579 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CHICO DENTAL DESIGN STUDIO at 227 W. 6th Street Chico, CA 95928. MICHAEL HIERSCHE, DDS INC 227 W. 6th Street Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by A Corporation. Signed: MICHAEL HIERSCHE, DDS Dated: November 22, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001542 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINES NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as A1 BRAKE AND ALIGNMENT at 824 Nord Ave Chico, CA 95926. JOHN STANLEY JONES 824 Nord Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JOHN JONES Dated: December 4, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001578 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PAPACITOS MEXICAN GRILL AND CANTINA at 1751 Oro Dam Blvd E Suite 14 Oroville, CA 95966. PAPACITOS CANTINA LLC 1751 Oro Dam Blvd E Suite 14 Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by

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A Limited Liability Company. Signed: ROGELIO PALOMINO JR., OWNER/CFO Dated: 2017-0001586 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name PAPACITOS MEXICAN GRILL AND CANTINA at 1751 Oro Dam Blvd. #14 Oroville, CA 95966. DIY ENTERPRISES INC. 1368 Myers St Oroville, CA 95965. This business was conducted by A Corporation. Signed: CONSTANCE PARKS, CEO Dated: December 5, 2017 FBN Number: 2015-0001433 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 5, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ECHO MOON, ECHO MOON STUDIOS at 1607 Gate Lane Paradise, CA 95969. JAMIE JOLENE CANDIFF 1607 Gate Lane Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: JAMIE J CANDIFF Dated: December 1, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001566 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICOFIRST at 448 W 2nd Ave Chico, CA 95926. ROBERT LOUIS BERRY 448 W 2nd Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ROBERT BERRY Dated: December 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001598 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ZEBLEY AND ASSOCIATES, ZEBLEY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT at 114 Secluded Oaks Ct Chico, CA 95928. FRANKLIN HERBERT ZEBLEY 114 Secluded Oak Court Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: FRANKLIN HERBERT ZEBLEY Dated: November 29, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001555 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as WAYNE GUITARS at 6469 CLark Rd #583 Paradise, CA 95969. MICHAEL LUIS CHARVEL 1318 Pearson Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: MICHAEL CHARVEL Dated: December 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001608 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018 FICITITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CARTRIDGE WORLD at 760 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926. HANSEL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INC. 1282 Stabler Lane Suite 630-117 Yuba City, CA 95993. This business is conducted by A Corporation. Signed: VINCENT HANSEL, PRESIDENT Dated: December 6, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001585

Published: December 14,21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CHEROKEE CHASER at 51 Red Tape Road Oroville, CA 95965. STEPHEN C LINGER 51 Red Tape Rd Oroville, CA 95965. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: STEPHEN C LINGER Dated: December 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001613 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THRIVE MASSAGE AND YOGA at 392 Connors Court Suite C Chico, CA 95926. BUFFY FRANCO 466 E 5th Avenue Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: BUFFY FRANCO Dated: December 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001624 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as SHORT N SWEET BAKERY at 1715 Diamond Ave Chico, CA 95928. CAMERON MARTINEZ 1715 Diamond Ave Chico, CA 95928. TASHIA MARTINEZ 1715 Diamond Ave Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: TASHIA MARTINEZ Dated: December 8, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001612 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as D. N. QUEEN CHICO NAILS at 801 East Ave Ste 112 Chico, CA 95926. DOANH VIET LE 400 Mission Ranch Blvd Apt 73 Chico, CA 95926. THANH NHAN NGUYEN 400 Mission Ranch Blvd Apt 73 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: THANH NHAN NGUYEN Dated: December 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001628 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name HL QUEEN CHICO NAILS at 801 East Ave Suite 112 Chico, CA 95926. HARRY LE 400 Mission Ranch Apt 41 Chico, CA 95926. This business was conducted by an Individual. Signed: HARRY LE Dated: December 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2015-0000503 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BEBER at 1729 Oakdale St Apt 3 Chico, CA 95928. ARIELLE REBECCA HILTON DANAN 1729 Oakdale St Apt 3 Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: ARIELLE DANAN Dated: December 15, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001651 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PROFESSIONAL PROPERTY MANAGMENT, SIMPLISTIC REALTY, SKYWAY MINI STORAGE at 6400 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. MICHAEL ZUCCOLILLO 6400 Skyway Paradise, CA 95969. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: MICHAEL ZUCCOLILLO Dated: December 7, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001603 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LE BEAU VISAGE PERMANENT COSMETICS, NORTH STATE SCALP CENTER at 1163 East Avenue Ste 104 Chico, CA 95926. ADVANCED COSMETIC AESTHETICS, LLC 1163 East Avenue Ste 104 Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by A Limited Liability Company. Signed: MICHELLE L. THAU, MANAGER Dated: December 13, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001646 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CARLSON OPTOMETRY, INC. at 2200 5th Ave. Oroville, CA 95965. CARLSON OPTOMETRY, INC. 2200 5th Ave. Oroville, CA 95965. This business is conducted by A Corporation. Signed: GEOFFREY P CARLSON, PRESIDENT Dated: September 25, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001288 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name J AND B PLUMBING at 1589 Arch Way Chico, CA 95973. JARED D DERRICK 1589 Arch Way Chico, CA 95973. BILLIE A BIGGS 821 Big Sky Dr Paradise, CA 95969. This business was conducted by A General Partnership. Signed: JARED DERRICK Dated: December 11, 2017 FBN Number: 2015-0000624 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HEEL AND SOLE SHOES at 708 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926. RICK NORMAN STUELPNAGEL 4730 Songbird Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: RICK STUELPNAGEL Dated: December 6, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001588 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BLACK KNIGHT TRUCKING at 1601 Cherry Street Chico, CA 95926. DABIN LAMBERT 1710 Spruce Ave Chico, CA 95926. THOMAS WILSON 1601 Cherry Street Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by A General Partnership. Signed: DABIN LAMBERT Dated: December 18, 2017 FBN Number: 2017-0001657 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

NOTICES ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner E P.A. ESTELLE PAPPY ANN filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ESTELLE A. CONWAY, ESTELLE A. JOHN Proposed name: ESTELLE PAPPY ANN (E P.A.-2157) THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: January 12, 2018 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: November 22, 2017 Case Number: 17CV03252 Published: November 30, December 7,14,21, 2017 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner TIMOTHY B. VIERRA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: TIMOTHY B. VIERRA Proposed name: TIMOTHY B. WILSON 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: February 16, 2018 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 1775 Concord Ave Chico, CA 95928 Signed: MICHAEL P. CANDELA Dated: December 12, 2017 Case Number: 17CV03484 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4,11, 2018

SUMMONS SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: JERARD J ACOSTA, KATHLEEN M ACOSTA AKA KATHLEEM M EPP 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

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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: February 9, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV00397 Published: December 7,14,21,28, 2017 SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: SUSAN E AKINS AKA SUSAN E BILLINGS 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

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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: January 6, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV00057 Published: December 7,14,21,28, 2017 SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: TODD EUGENE DAVIDSON 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: February 2, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV00317 Published: December 7,14,21,28, 2017 SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: DANIELLE E DEFELICE 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

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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 7, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV01014 Published: December 7,14,21,28, 2017 SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: TIMOTHY B MCCRACKEN 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

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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 3, 2017 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Case Number: 17CV00977 Published: December 7,14,21,28, 2017

PETITION NOTICE OF PETITION

TO ADMINISTER ESTATE JOHN C. LYNN To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: JOHN C. LYNN A Petition for Probate has been filed by: BRANDON LYNN in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: BRANDON LYNN 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 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: December 26, 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: 17PR00449 Dated: November 29, 2017 Published: December 7,14,21, 2017 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE MARGARET L. GILBERT AKA MARGARET GILBERT AKA MARGARET BEAUCHAMP To all heirs and beneficiaries,

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creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: MARGARET L. GILBERT AKA MARGARET GILBERT AKA MARGARET BEAUCHAMP A Petition for Probate has been filed by: BOONIE B. BRUST in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: BONNIE B. BRUST be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decendent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. the will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer 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 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: January 2, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: C-18 Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: RAOUL J. LECLERC P.O. Drawer 111 Oroville, CA 95965 (530) 533-5661 Case Number: 17PR00451 Dated: December 5, 2017 Published: December 14,21,28, 2017 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE LELAND JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LELAND J. KUPCHO, AKA LELAND KUPCHO, AKA JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LEE JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LEE J. KUPCHO, AKA LEE KUPCHO To all heirs and beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: LELAND JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LELAND J. KUPCHO, AKA LELAND KUPCHO, AKA JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LEE JOSEPH KUPCHO, AKA LEE J. KUPCHO, AKA LEE KUPCHO A Petition for Probate has been filed by: HELEN L. WEST in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

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The Petition for Probate requests that: HELEN L. WEST be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decendent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. the will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer 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 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: January 16, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m. Dept: Probate Room: TBA Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 1775 Concord Ave. Chico, CA 95926. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. 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: REBECCA YUHASZ McKernan, Lanam, Bakke & Williams LLP 732 Fir Street Paradise, CA 95969 (530) 877-4961 Case Number: 17PR00464 Dated: December 18, 2017 Published: December 21,28, 2017, January 4, 2018

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Homes Sold Last Week ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

3263 Summit Ridge Ter 124 W Frances Willard Ave 10696 Player Ln 3185 Via Casita Pl 2428 Alamo Ave 1050 Adlar Ct 3255 Grayeagle Ct 155 Yellowstone Dr 1170 Santana Ct 2 Sir Aaron Ct 1040 Richland Ct

Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$717,500 $649,000 $589,000 $550,000 $490,000 $487,500 $449,000 $415,000 $384,500 $359,500 $356,000

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

SQ. FT. 2620 1858 3342 2134 2384 2627 2215 1979 1927 1821 1917

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TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

493 E 6th St 33 Quista Dr 1460 Heritage Oak Dr 594 Cimarron Dr 3 Savannah Ln 2175 Huntington Dr 1678 Albion Ct 2734 Duffy Dr 1185 Deschutes Dr 1735 Cardinal Ct 1234 Ivy St #1

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$345,000 $340,000 $335,000 $319,500 $318,500 $315,000 $315,000 $310,000 $307,000 $298,091 $296,500

4/2 4/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 4/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 3/2 5/3

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The following houses were sold in butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of December 11, 2017 – December 15, 2017. The housing prices are based on the stated documentary transfer tax of the parcel and may not necessarily reflect the actual sale price of the home. ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

ADDRESS

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PRICE

BR/BA

16 Sir Andrew Ct

Chico

$290,000

3/2

SQ. FT. 1214

1070 E 9th St

Chico

$187,000

2/1

SQ. FT.

1025 Rushmore Ave

Chico

$270,000

3/2

1370

2375 Notre Dame Blvd #9

Chico

$77,000

1/1

456

1615 Sherman Ave

Chico

$264,000

3/1

1135

326 Canyon Highlands Dr

Oroville

$305,000

3/2

1920

720

4258 Keith Ln

Chico

$263,000

3/2

1953

2595 Oro Quincy Hwy

Oroville

$283,000

3/2

1260

890 E 8th St

Chico

$260,000

3/3

1360

1130 Brereton Way

Oroville

$260,000

2/2

1761

2478 Switzerland Ln

Chico

$258,727

3/3

1197

5429 Pentz Rd

Paradise

$345,000

3/2

1910

5 Vintage Ct

Chico

$250,000

4/2

1969

5440 Jensen Ct

Paradise

$335,000

2/2

1620

2602 White Ave

Chico

$245,000

3/2

1127

950 Pearson Rd

Paradise

$314,409

3/1

1061

181 E 19th St

Chico

$213,000

2/1

1008

6257 Himmel St

Paradise

$290,000

3/2

1645

1215 Normal Ave

Chico

$190,000

2/1

884

1393 Bille Rd

Paradise

$247,500

2/2

1364

2099 Hartford Dr #6

Chico

$189,000

3/2

1375

6384 Forest Ln

Paradise

$232,000

2/2

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