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native to This is our new baby bobcat, still to be named, because in the Montana. Her coat is a grayish-blue color the colder, snowy wild she would need it as camouflage in spotted to some climate of Montana. Bobcats are always only on the underextent, with some individuals patterned sides onto the sides, others with spots extending up the day and feeds chest and back. It hunts both by night and and deer. mainly on rabbit, but also eats rodents, birds,

ion to educate the public about the Their Miss n is both locally of the foundatio “The Mission and their habitats, ion of all wildlife companion care and preservat le ownership of to teach responsib and globally; and and exotic animals.”

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how does she describe caches online. So a treasure hunt,” “I think that it’s like this phenomenon? looking for go out into nature she explained. “You a plastic container. you’re looking for something-- usually nge as your position thirty feet es there’s prizes.” within sometim are and You sheet there! r, states are There’s always a log avenly guides. Until, are the same, howeve s, and pokey bushes es branche geocach all sure Rocks, Not your prey. Grail is one with a prize, make aside until your Holy you’re looking for s If caches are content Maggie. erturned and pushed whose “Micro” nal” cache. are container to choose a “traditio are even “locovered: a small Tupperw dispenser or handful of a film canister. There ca Pez or small, usually just ay include a Chewba either take a picture caches, where you ss” the to cationle that oins. hing,” a technoa question, and e-mail find the answer to Welcome to “geocac d-seek with particilty cache designer. ogical twist on hide-an categorized by “difficu It all started in May Geocaches are also ants the world over. y that means it’s really “If it has five stars, US government officiall the or terrain.” when in two, one, 2000, a of Global “I try to do availability” from hard,” Maggie warned. five… We had emoved “selective one I’ve done is a satellites. The result? to get three. The hardest Positioning System me) and climb up the rope by civilians (you and to tie a rope to a bridge GPS units owned . It a lot more accurate years it.” suddenly become began a couple of before someone thought For Maggie, this passion at Table Mountain wasn’t even a week hike Oregon in family ere annual somewh er, and ago, on their to hide a container uncle Mike was a geocach“It wasn’t on-line, with the “My ates . coordin Oroville the in d. and post e,” she explaine find it! it was a he took us on a geocach because taunt: just try and though, such of ds caches, really one of the best Now there are thousan the right spot.” listed it wasn’t hidden in around the world, ofreally long hike and are now of “geocaches” hidden d by zip Maggie and her family g.com and arrange the weekends, at www.geocachin a ficially hooked. “On is uncovered: difficulty. The we might go out “...your Holy Grail code, terrain, and container whose if we’re not busy, a geocache small Tupperware a Chewbaca Pez gymnastics, and basic premise? Pick geocaching. I’m in plug the include site, may the ts using conten so sometimes near you l of coins.” I have to travel a lot, into a GPS dispenser or handfu we’re gone.” coordinates given we do caches while hunt. Once Well, as unit, and start your to start ‘caching in. sign the So now you’re ready you’ve found the cache, container for the next person to s on your ability to the guessed, it all depend have replace and may you book log a little more compliGPS unit, which is possess and use a find. years old and a student Maggie Shields, ten in Oroville, is an avid tary Elemen at Sierra Avenue

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Drew Nielsen gives us a look at one of the free pedometers being offered through OPT for Fit Kids.

• dinner time? ent that the most steps by an easy to use instrum and A pedometer is hop-scotch your day? as you walk, run, more “steps” in counts your steps The first thing to How can you getthe paved paths in Lower Bidwell really fun to use! Butte County has pedometers leap-frog. It’s also • Take a hike! From the Feather River, Chico Public Library to the trails along Or, enter to Park, and get more active. do is get one. The book. a like to get out in nature for free, just to the grocery has a lot of ways you can check out from the entrance (see red box below). away own very farther day, your • Park all win one of or gym. wear it for a week, sleep store, library, mall, ’ market for the Once you have one, when you go to to your local farmers maybe take it off • Walk together every day (okay, veggies in town. steps you took each freshest fruits and down how many at night). Write e your average daily you can calculat ers to check out add day. After a week, Library offers pedomet brought to you by step count. Just The Chico Public program steps Step Fit Chico and Nutriup the number of courtesy of the Cascade Activity Sierra the and on how and Chico Rotary more information you took each day, (SCNAC). For tion and by tion Consortium vegetable consump divide that number child’s fruit and wer Play! at to increase your track. call 5 a Day—Po the days you kept You can also activity level, please you took physical , or OPT for Fit Kids at 345-0678..org. (For example, if 345-0633 nutrition seven online at www.sc check them out 40,000 steps over steps a postcard with days, that’s 5,714 ter by mailing a should be Enter to win a pedome age(s) with one way that day.) Your goal and in your day. your name, address, to increase the number can get more “steps” Brother daily nter! you and your family of steps you take receive a free pedome Zach Nielsen carFirst 15 entries you reach 12,000 ries out some leap- until ter Contest” at steps a day (10,000 g Up Chico Pedome “Growin frog experiments to: Mail entries One Bidwell Park’s Chico, CA 95926 steps a day for adults).

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by MaryRose Lovgren Maggie Shields, expeer rienced geocach old, does Maggie at only 10 years geocacher. Not only discovers the “cache” moniker a log have her own geocaching hidden beside has posted her own on the trail. (“Meo Geo”), she

amazing animals. feeding of these One might say the direct care and Foundation so special? From enclosures What makes the its inhabitants. quality of life for exercise, it’s the focus on regulations, to daily state and federal look and act that far exceed food, these animals e—they the best quality meet elsewher lots of TLC, and animals you might then different a little coms services to the look happy! provides numerou n al programs to Foundatio The off-site education and including: on- and munity as well, ion in species breeding participat ions; Foundation; schools and organizat the Make A Wish ; participation in & Girls Club, to research programs Scouts, the Boys with 4-H, Eagle and involvement name just a few.

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She today whenever of woman-powered many of them must Le. “I still use her techniques.” up a treasure trove small,” described , a shop at my marketing r in someone to look this magazine opens Norwegian products you may encounte will block or just need online e-store for businesses that licensed center that ent. one of nesses: there’s an Then there are the “we should have dolls, and even a you think to yourself, dedicated to exquisite while you keep your doctor’s appointmthe d with the idea other cities, where cuties ka was very impresse a licensed simmering on watch your little Dionna Kawaoka k,” the next great idea those in Chico!” known as “KidsPar challenges of Perhaps you have 2-12. of the franchise already faced the for children ages fasciand organization maybe you have that provides care like me, you are organiza-back burner. Or, facility the you’re if and way, childcare of centers care Either hourly d with the other running a business. how other women have been taking in Chico.” of “We were very impresse we decided to open a KidsPark , so nated by the stories the leap, tion of the franchise deciding to take own business. a franchisor and franchise business-- their But starting up a After meeting with the licensing process. s. “The application process they had to start its own challenge the con-business isn’t without and it took us even longer because . - from scratch, through takes several months, is still so new,” stated Kawaoka ways to start a business- a previously-existing There are many hourly childcare d in working part-time of or by taking over little cept a intereste do eship, are to who start, you’ve got a kind of apprentic For many women consultant for an how you get your an independent Studio, which one. But no matter of HYPE Dance consultant Jenni their family, being Toys owner y around the or to Blakley, Discover home to buy fits the bill. planning. For Sarah n for ages 2 to adult, and is also customer. “I wanted it established company with a just a very happy because offers dance instructio , you’ve got to start initially just was kit t FUSION Merrell company competithe consultan local market and competitive dance value-- about $300 “Researching the was such a great good business plan. is it takes only $99. Then to raise a child, worth of stuff for are able to see what ed me to try tion is key. You up.” and “If it takes a village what is needed, my husband encourag see what I get a business set currently offered, and that and more to can stand out,” she to have a few parties Club Diaper Service how your business business.” Parties, - Ruxy Walsh, Cotton in the industry first could make of the Being . viewing a fun explained “As a student up their home to a consultant open was also key to Blakley.the physical detheir wares-- whether where friends of And having consultants sell myself, I have learned that I now teach my students... , are where such kitchen gear. es me understand of products k supplies, or gourmet mands and techniqu has really helped they be toys, scrapboo dance companies worked for other of things.” Ruxy Walsh, has the business side Service, owned by s of Cotton Club Diaper , which offers gendiapers to the doorstep took Baby’s Boutique sanitized cotton “baby,” finds Evans, owner of since 1988. 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