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Mansion a pawn in state’s game C generously contributed to the effort to keep Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park open for another year.

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But the California Department of Parks has terminated its working agreement with a local volunteer group, the Bidwell Mansion Association. Why? The state says it has the “contractual right” to terminate because of a clerical mix-up between two valid federal taxidentification numbers. The problem was discovered in May 2010, and as a result the BMA temporarily lost its nonprofit status. by That problem has been fixed. There Dave Veith are no outstanding problems with taxes. No money was mishandled; none has The author graduated been lost. During more than 50 years of from Chico High the BMA’s distinguished existence (see School in 1962. He is “A history of ‘narrow escapes,’ ” CN&R, “a rank-and-file Jan. 26), there has never been a hint of member,” as he puts intentional wrongdoing of any kind. it, of the Bidwell The state could have chosen to continMansion Association. He co-authored (with ue the relationship. It did not do so. David Nopel) the Again, why? history of Bidwell By taking this action, the state can Mansion that “legally” proceed to transfer assets of appeared as a cover more than $130,000 from the BMA’s story in the Jan. 26 issue of the CN&R. bank account into the account of the Bidwell Bar Association, in Oroville. It can “legally” lock out the BMA

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from the Visitor Center, denying access to years of meeting minutes and notes. It can hand-pick a successor group to help it manage Bidwell Mansion, a task the BMA has performed since the inception of the park. These are the state’s written intentions. And it’s an outrage. Over the last 10 months, as the problem lingered in the hands of the IRS, the BMA continued to publicize the plight of the mansion to local citizens and state lawmakers and initiated the town-hall meeting that kicked off the local fundraising efforts to save it. While in limbo, the BMA on several occasions requested legal clarification of the state’s intentions. None was forthcoming. But now the state’s intentions are clear: Let’s take the money and get a group in here we can control. Bidwell Mansion? It’s just a pawn in the money game. It’s a terrible shame. Good will and cooperation are precious things. Bureaucracy is destroying a relationship between local involvement and state government that has done amazing things over the years. With or without the state, the BMA will live on. Volunteers will start out again to raise money the old-fashioned way, by working for it. They will rededicate themselves to their mission, which has always been Bidwell Mansion. Ω

best disinfectant. Rot and corruption thrive in the dark, secret corners of government, which is why, with very few exceptions, the law ensures that journalists have access to public records and proceedings One of those exceptions is juvenile court proceedings. Historically, journalists have been kept out of dependency hearings on the presumptive belief that they will violate children’s privacy, humiliating them when they’re highly vulnerable. That sounds reasonable, but actually it’s a rationale for protecting a secret process that keeps taxpayers from knowing how their dollars are being spent, protects social workers who fail to act when children are in danger, and too often removes children from their homes for reasons that are minor at best. Journalism’s code of ethics requires reporters to protect the identities of juveniles in the court system. Historically, they have withheld names and other identifying information to protect the innocent. There is no reason to believe they wouldn’t do so in juvenile court. As Meredith J. Graham’s story in last week’s issue, “Fighting for their families,” indicated, Butte County has the highest rate-of-removal of children from their families in the state, according to an analysis by the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform. We’d like to know why that is. But we’re forbidden access to Juvenile Court. More than a dozen states have opened up dependency hearings, and the sky hasn’t fallen. The California Legislature considered a sunshine bill last year, AB 73, but Democrats caved under pressure from the social workers’ union, and the bill died in committee. Now Judge Michael Nash, who presides over the Los Angeles County Dependency Court, has issued a blanket order that hearings be open. An appeals court has upheld his action. Eventually the sun will shine on all of California’s courts. History is on the side of transparency. The Legislature should dust off AB 73 and pass it. Ω

Room for second chances Lost in the media excitement surrounding the U.S. Supreme

Court’s consideration of Obamacare this week is another important matter the court took up last week, on Tuesday, March 20: whether offenders younger than 18 should be subject to life without the possibility of parole. In recent years the court has been moving steadily toward viewing juveniles as generally less culpable than adults because, as studies have shown, their brains haven’t matured, they don’t fully understand the consequences of their actions, and they’re highly susceptible to peer pressure. In 2005 the court ruled that they couldn’t be sentenced to death, and in 2010 it ruled that minors convicted of crimes other than murder could not be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Both times it concluded that “it would be misguided to equate the failings of a minor with those of an adult.” The two cases the court considered last week involved boys who were 14 years old when they committed their crimes. One, along with a 16-yearold friend, beat a neighbor, stole $300 from him and set fire to his house, causing him to die of smoke inhalation. The other, with two friends, tried to rob a video store, and a store clerk was shot to death, though not by the 14-year-old. A compassionate society understands the value of redemption and gives its errant children second chances. We’ve all done things as children—terrible, dangerous things, in many cases—that we deeply regret as adults. Minors who offend should have an opportunity to redeem themselves and gain parole. Sentencing them to a lifetime in prison is cruel and unusual punishment and should be prohibited. Ω

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A right to kill Like many Americans, I can’t stop thinking about the death of Trayvon Martin. Of course, I don’t know what actually happened in those terrible moments when George Zimmerman shot and killed him, but I have no doubt that something horribly wrong took place. Here’s what I do know: Martin, an unarmed black 17-year-old who weighed 140 pounds, was walking back to his father’s fiancée’s home in Sanford, Fla., carrying a bottle of iced tea and a box of Skittles. George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old white man who outweighed Martin by more than a hundred pounds, followed him in an SUV, ignoring a police dispatcher’s suggestion that he not do so. He carried a 9mm pistol. According to Martin’s girlfriend, who was talking with him on the phone at the time, he was aware he was being followed and was frightened. And yet Zimmerman—the aggressor in this situation—is claiming self-defense under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. And it was on the basis of that law, apparently, that Sanford police failed to test him for drugs or alcohol (they did test Martin’s body) or arrest him, even though on the night of the shooting the department’s lead homicide investigator in the case recommended that Zimmerman be charged with manslaughter. (He was overruled by a state attorney, who said there was not enough evidence in light of the state’s Stand Your Ground law, according to ABC News.) The law extends the notion that people have a right to use deadly force to defend their homes to encounters outside the home. Historically, self-defense laws have stipulated that a person has a responsibility first to walk away from a threatening situation, to “stand down.” Florida’s law does away with that requirement. If you’re assaulted, you have the right to kill the person assaulting you. Since the law was passed, over the objections of prosecutors and police associations, the number of “justifiable homicides” in Florida has tripled. Last week, according to an article by William Finnegan in The New Yorker, the state attorney in Tallahassee, Willie Meggs, told the Tampa Bay Times, “The consequences of this law have been devastating around the state. It’s almost insane what we have to deal with.” Gang members, drug dealers and road-rage killers are all successfully invoking Stand Your Ground, he said. “The person who is alive always says, ‘I was in fear that he was going to hurt me,’” Meggs went on. “And the other person would say, ‘I wasn’t going to hurt anyone.’ But he is dead. That is the problem they are wrestling with in Sanford.” More than 20 states have passed similar Stand Your Ground laws. You would think they were written by gunloving yahoos, but not so. The group behind them is the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative, corporate-backed (the Kochs, Exxon Mobil and AT&T, among others) advocacy outfit that actually writes the laws it wants enacted. If nothing else, Trayvon Martin’s death should awaken us to the pernicious influence this powerful organization wields.

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Protect the children Re “Fighting for their families” (Cover story, by Meredith J. Graham, March 22): It’s sad the Perry family of Chico would be denied visits, when none of them have been charged with any crime. How did the court let this infant so young be removed when there was no proof that abuse or neglect happened? There are many persons in this community who’ve worked with and known this family for more than 25 years. I don’t know why Children’s Services Division failed to do the concurrent planning with Far Northern Regional Center. The baby and mother were both entitled to this under the Frank Lanterman Act, which regional center staff should be aware of. ANITA ALLBEE Chico

Child Protective Services, CPS, is not constitutional. Somebody please explain how it is and how it came to be. The Sixth Amendment simply guarantees the right to “a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.” In this CPS system, there is no jury, no public trial, not even an arrest in most cases, yet children can be removed from their homes and parents. These boneheads with social degrees have more power than the judge.

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Re “Woman at work” (Healthlines feature, by Christine G.K. LaPado, March 15) and “One day at a time” (Newslines, by Christine G.K. LaPado, Sept. 15, 2011): Christine LaPado has twice written misleading articles about the [Chico Creek] Nature Center’s recent past. LaPado states or was improperly informed that nature center membership is down. In fact, center membership tripled during the recent capital campaign to construct the new interpretive center. We established a broader base of community support than at any other time in the center’s history. I think it’s important to acknowledge that. People should also know that our request for a city loan deferral was to settle unforeseen construction debt. We did that and balanced the budget. The resource development plan I presented to the board and City Council called for an aggressive fundraising calendar to maintain a balanced budget and meet the city’s repayment schedule. When I left, the plan was ahead of its revenue schedule and we were on track to begin city payments this July. Last year the board and staff produced the largest-ever one-day fundraiser and a record $12,000 Annie B’s fund drive. The nature center has reached new heights with its new facility and expanded programs. It has been a quantum leap in the face of formidable challenges. Painstaking work by city and nature center staff has laid the groundwork for a better future. The center should now be able to pursue operational funding with the same vigor that gave Bidwell Park its new interpretive center. I wish continued success to the center’s board and director as they build on a stabilized foundation and expanded donor base. TOM HAITHCOCK Chico

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Editor’s note: Mr. Haithcock resigned as executive director of the Chico Creek Nature Center in 2011, after eight years in the position. For the record, the statement he mentions about reduced membership appeared in Christine

“The [Chico Creek] nature center has reached new heights with its new facility and expanded programs. It has been a quantum leap in the face of formidable challenges.” —Tom Haithcock

LaPado’s March 15, 2012, Greenways story about the nature center and came from and was attributed to Courtney Farrell, Haithcock’s successor as executive director. Also, Christine LaPado’s Sept. 15, 2011, Newslines story about his resignation reported exactly what Mr. Haithcock states in his letter: that the center sought a loan deferral from the city because of unforeseen costs of constructing the new interpretive center, and that the center’s “aggressive fundraising” generated sufficient funds to finance the building, with the help of the city’s loan. That said, we applaud Mr. Haithcock for his invaluable work, capped by construction of the interpretive center, and share his optimism about the center’s future.

A pandemic of plastic Re “Plastic bags: two views” (Letters, March 22): More than 200 cities in the United States have banned plastic bags, including San Francisco, Seattle and parts of Los Angeles. The Chico City Council is right to seek a ban. Several countries worldwide have banned thin plastic bags also: Italy, China, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Bangladesh and more. Ireland charges 22 cents at the checkout counter for plastic bags, thereby cutting plastic-bag use by 90 percent. Belgium, Germany, Spain, Norway and the Netherlands have recently followed Ireland’s lead. Less than 1 percent of the 100 billion plastic bags that get passed out each year actually get recycled (source: Christian Science Monitor). Plastic bags use about 80 million barrels of oil here in the U.S. every year. Plastic bags don’t break down for a thousand years; they kill millions of fish and birds yearly; and they’re cancer causing and endocrine disrupting in the environment. This is not news to most of the world. ED SCHILLING Paradise

She’s a treasure! Re “A ‘world-class aggregation’ ” (Guest comment, by Richard Hirshen, March 15): I would like to echo the sentiments of Richard Hirshen. Terry Givens has been a tireless worker in providing the Chico area with healthful alternatives regarding our food choices and supply. I was so fortunate to meet Terry in a graphic-arts class at Butte College several years ago. Before the class was half over I realized how amazing she was. Her sense of humor, artistic talent, breadth of knowledge and sound opinions on life in general quickly convinced me that I had met a very special person. The term “citizen treasure” is often overused. In this case, however, Terry meets all the required criteria and more. Great job, Terry! GARY MCHARGUE Paradise

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HOMELESS MAN ARRESTED FOR STABBING A man described by Chico police as a local transient was detained and charged with attempted murder in connection to a man stabbed multiple times in a trailer park in north Chico. Johnnie Edward Doremus, 42, who was sought by the Chico Police Street Crimes Unit for allegedly stabbing the man in the torso and slashing his throat on Jan. 20, is being held in Butte County Jail in Oroville following his arrest March 24, according to a Chico Police Department press release. Doremus was found attempting to hide in a unit inside the trailer park where the attack occurred, and had made efforts to change his appearance with a wig. His bail is set at $500,000. The unnamed victim was admitted to Enloe Medical Center for multiple surgeries following the assault.

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A woman from Hayward made national headlines by getting arrested for speeding on Highway 70 three times in one hour—on her birthday. Lynne Kathleen Cahill-Gomez, 53, was initially cited at 8:10 p.m. on March 24 by the California Highway Patrol for driving her 2007 Hyundai SUV 103 mph while en route to Paradise, according to the Los Angeles Times. She was cited a second time at 8:30 p.m. after being clocked at 105 mph, then again about 40 minutes later for driving 76 mph in a 55 mph zone. Gomez briefly resisted arrest, prompting officers to use a “minor control hold” to detain her. Nobody was hurt in the struggle. Gomez said she was rushing to help her 79-year-old mother, who had fallen on her bad knee.

CONNELLY’S ‘FUNNY’ EMAIL

Butte County Supervisor Bill Connelly (pictured) recently forwarded an email containing a politically questionable joke to a number of addresses, including that of a county office. The joke is about a driver waiting at a stoplight next to a “carload of bearded, young, loud Muslims, shouting anti-American slogans...” When the light changed, “an 18-wheeler came speeding thru the intersection & ran directly over their car, crushing it completely, killing everyone in the car. For several minutes I sat in my car thinking to myself, ‘Man.....that could have been me!’ So today, bright and early, I went out and got a job as a truck driver.” Someone with a county government email forwarded the joke to Mike Baca of KPAY radio, where it was reported on air. Baca, who did not identify the sender of the email, said Connelly was defensive when asked about it. At a public meeting in Chico a few days after the mention on KPAY, Connelly, who is running for re-election, responded irritably when asked about it again: “It was just a joke,” he said. 8 CN&R March 29, 2012

Farm Sanctuary to the rescue Abandoned hens saved from starvation in Turlock egg factory get back on their feet in Orland

Echicken-coop at Orland’s Farm Sanctuary, and you are almost instantly approached by

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dozens of red hens, clucking softly with curiosity. Dozens of white hens sit nestled in the thick, clean straw by covering the coop’s floor. Christine G.K. At first glance, it looks like LaPado the idyllic life of happy barnyard christinel@ chickens. But upon closer newsreview.com inspection, you see that each of these 300-plus birds has been de-beaked—standard practice when it comes to factory-farm laying hens. These are some of the survivors rescued Feb. 24 from a Turlock factory farm rented to an outfit called A&L Poultry. Learn more: Two days earlier, authorities disFarm Sanctuary is located 30 miles covered more than 50,000 laying west of Chico, on hens either dead or starving to the outskirts of death, trapped inside cramped Orland. Go to battery cages housed in two long www.farm warehouse-like buildings. The sanctuary.org for more information. hens’ owner, Andy Keung CheHead to ung, had abandoned them http://tinyurl.com/ approximately two weeks earlier fsrescue without food or water, apparentto watch the ly because he could no longer video update of Farm Sanctuary’s afford to feed them. Stanislaus County Animal Turlock hen rescue. Control Officer Annette Patton

told Fresno’s KGPE-TV news that she “had never seen anything to this extreme, with the volume of animals being mistreated.” Tara Oresick, Farm Sanctuary’s shelter director, was part of the rescue team. “When we got out of the truck, we could smell feces and ammonia. The stench was really bad,” she said. “We weren’t allowed inside the facility, and the workers releasing the birds were dressed in full hazmat—masks, suits, boots and gloves. It looked like they were dressed for some kind of biohazard disaster.” Oresick, three Farm Sanctuary staff members and 10 volunteers had driven in three vehicles, one pulling a trailer, to rescue more than 400 of the chickens deemed healthy enough to save. Two other California-based organizations— Animal Place and Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary—helped in the rescue of nearly 5,000 chickens in all. “One-third of them were dead by the time animal control was called because a neighbor reported a really terrible smell,” Oresick said. Some of the chickens were “trapped in the manure pit. They wouldn’t let us in to get them, so they were going to die.” Most of the rescued hens—the white ones—are Leghorns, Oresick said. The

red ones, which are in better shape, are Red Star. She said the red hens appear to be about a year old; the Leghorns are approximately a year older. The majority of the hens, she said, were greatly emaciated. Many weighed less than 1 pound, when they should have weighed closer to 4 pounds. Fifty of the hens “went immediately to another home we had lined up,” Oresick said. “We lost about 30 hens in the first 72 hours, because they were so weak and so sick.” The rescued chickens needed fluids and most needed to be tube-fed because they were too weak to eat. Of the 30 who died, most showed signs of renal failure—they took in fluids but couldn’t absorb them.

“[The Leghorns] were so weak they would just eat some and then just lay on their side,” she said. “They didn’t have the energy to do much more. … The red hens were able to go to the water bowl, and they were in the bowls—they were so excited to drink!” As the Leghorns started to gain their strength back, “you would still find them laying on their side, but when you approached them, you would realize they were actually just sunbathing,” Oresick said. “And they would get up and move away, and find another beam of sunlight to lie down in. They had never been in the sun before.” While held in the battery cages at the Turlock factory farm, the hens were denied the opportunity to express natural chicken behaviors, such as flapping their wings and taking dirt baths. When they were well enough to do so, the hens would run across the coop they now live in and flap their wings as they ran, Oresick said. “It was amazing to see,” she said. “They went from living these lives that were totally foreign, totally unnatural, to now being able to go out in the sun and breathe fresh air, flap their wings, scratch in the dirt.” While the story was gruesome

enough to be splashed across news media far and wide, “the situation in Turlock isn’t rare,” said Oresick. “As soon as you get a situation where you view animals as commodities, there’s no way you’re going to see them as individuals and meet their individual needs. “Even though the situation was obviously horrific, because these birds were starved for two weeks, their lives leading up to being abandoned in those warehouses were full of misery,” she said. “It’s not like they were living these really amazing lives and then they were abandoned. They were crammed into battery cages, they were debeaked so they couldn’t peck each other, and they were viewed as commodities. “The chickens we rescued are considered ‘spent,’” Oresick said. “Even if they hadn’t been abandoned, their lives were going to come to an end very soon, because they weren’t productive. When you see them as commodities, it’s cheaper, most profitable, to get rid of them and get a new batch.” While free-range chickens are known to live from 10 to 15 years, and even longer, factory-farm laying hens aren’t allowed to live beyond two or three years. Farm Sanctuary’s rescued Turlock hens are still being treated for upper-respiratory infection, mites and coccidiosis, a common parasitic poultry disease. “We’ll keep some, but we are in the process of finding homes for the majority of them,” said Oresick. As for Cheung, the hens’ former owner, “We’re pushing, along with some other rescue groups, to have him prosecuted,” Oresick said.” But there aren’t a lot of laws that protect chickens.” Ω

Florida shooting hits home Oroville rallies for justice in teen’s death The story of Trayvon Martin, the black Florida teen shot to death last month in a gated community, his gone beyond the viral socialmedia stage in the North State. About 70 people—many in hooded sweatshirts like the one Martin was wearing at the time of his death—gathered around a stage in Oroville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Park Monday evening, March 26. “This was a young man who looks like a lot of the young men that are out here today,” said Pastor David Jensen through a bullhorn, eliciting a chorus of affirmations from the crowd. “We cannot let this type of injustice go on. ... We have to stand up. … We have to encourage our people to stand up,” said Jensen, who ended his speech to cries of “hallelujah,” and passed the proverbial conch to a more soft-spoken minister who asked the assemblage to bow their heads in prayer. The mood swung from stirring to solemn and back again at the gathering, a prayer vigil organized by the Butte County chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP arranged similar gatherings in communities across the country in a case that has sparked nationwide furor and debate over issues of race and police misconduct. George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman who followed the unarmed teenager and ultimately shot and killed him, has claimed self-defense and remains uncharged. More than a half-dozen churches from Oroville, Chico and Redding were represented at the vigil, and many of the speakers led prayers for peace, calm, unity and justice,

with other prayers directed toward the Martin family, and even a few for Zimmerman. Prayers were mixed with calls to stand up against injustice and report incidents when people are treated unfairly. Irma Jordan, president of Butte County’s NAACP chapter, offered the bullhorn to community members. A number of young people—many of whom said they identified with the victim—shared their feelings about the incident and its fallout. Pastor Kevin Thompson of the Number One Church of God in Christ distributed donated hooded sweatshirts to attendees who didn’t have them. Zimmerman had cited Martin’s “hoodie” as a reason he became suspicious of the teen. Martin was carrying a package of Skittles candy and a bottle of ice tea, which also have become symbolic in the case. Several signs read “Black Hoodie, Skittles, Tea … Am I Next?” But not everyone is coming together

in support of the Martin family. The conservative blogosphere has been especially critical of the slain teenager and the reactions of black leaders. Locally, the blog “Post Scripts,” located at norcalblogs.com (a site hosted by the Chico Enterprise-Record and Oroville MercuryRegister), has logged several entries on the topic. Jack Lee, who co-authors the blog with Tina Grazier, repeatedly contends he is waiting for all facts in the case to emerge. Mean-

SIFT|ER Hate in the state The controversial death of Trayvon Martin, a black teen who was shot and killed by a volunteer neighborhood watchman in Sanford, Fla., serves as a disquieting reminder that racial violence is not a thing of the past. And our state is not immune to the violence. According to the California Department of Justice’s most recent annual report, Hate Crimes in California, 1,425 hate crimes involving 1,320 victims were reported in 2010. Here are some of the report’s findings: • Since 2001, hate crimes with a race/ethnicity/national-origin bias are the most-common form of hate crime, accounting for nearly 60 percent of all hate-crime events. • Hate crimes against blacks remain the most common, accounting for 26 percent of those crimes since 2001. • Hate crimes with a sexual-orientation bias have consistently been the secondmost-common form of hate crime since 2001, accounting for 25.2 percent of all hate crimes. • Hate crimes with a religious bias are the third-most-common, accounting for 17.9 percent of all hate crimes. Source: http://tinyurl.com/calhatecrime

Community activists lead prayers for calm and call for justice at a rally in Oroville. PHOTO BY KEN SMITH

while, he criticizes the media’s, as well as African Americans’ and President Obama’s, reaction to the shooting. He also defends Zimmerman’s conduct, peppers one entry with statistics on black-on-black crime, and most recently apologized for posting a link to a picture of a tough-looking youth wrongly identified as Martin. “Let the rioting begin it’s now an official race issue because Al Sharpton is on the scene!” Lee began his first post on the Martin case March 23. “The black community has found it’s [sic] rallying case and all hands are on deck,” wrote Grazier the next day. “They have a black man in the White House and a black man as AJ [attorney general, apparently]. There is an opportunity to do the right thing but there is also opportunity for grave injustice and the destruction of the America of our best hopes and expectations.” A half-dozen shooting-related entries on Post Scripts have generated more than 100 comments from both sides. After the Oroville rally, Jordan hugged friends, thanked speakers and took a moment to reflect on the evening and her organization’s future efforts regarding the incident. “I feel exuberant,” she said. “It wasn’t a mass of people, but the people that were here were passionate enough about the situation to come out and dedicate prayer and words to it. It lets me know that, in the event that something were to happen in this area, that people would stand up and come together to try to see that justice is done. That is, if the law enforcement weren’t doing what they were supposed to. As long as it’s handled properly, no problem. But if not, it’s going to spark something. “We’ll have to see where this is gonna go,” she continued. “If this doesn’t die down or come to some kind of resolution, we’ll have to do something soon to give people a chance to vent.” —KEN SMITH kens@newsreview.com

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Swimming upstream Local water meeting produces many concerns, few answers A water forum, hosted by 3rd District Assemblyman Dan Logue and two Republican Assembly cohorts, Jim Nielsen (Gerber) and Bill Berryhill (Ceres), packed the Chico City Council chambers Friday, March 23, with local farmers, environmentalists and politicians. The forum was another step in the ongoing effort to gather information from the public and explain where plans stand as far as distributing the state’s water to its users—fisheries, farmers and urban dwellers. But the overlying message seems to be that there is not enough water in this state to quench the needs of all. Also on hand were the mayors of Chico, Oroville and Biggs, Butte County Supervisor Bill Connelly, Glenn County Supervisor Leigh McDaniel and representatives from a host of state water agencies, including the State Water Resources Control Board and the Delta Stewardship Council. The struggle is between farmers who need irrigation water and environmentalists and fishermen seeking water to maintain endangered fish populations. Oh yeah, and then there are those pesky urban folks. Urban water use in California amounts to about 8 million acrefeet per year. Environmental uses—that is, for fish and wildlife—drain another 26 million acre-feet annually, and agriculture uses up to 35 million acre-feet per year. Of that, 5 million acre-feet flow back into the ground or into streams and rivers. On average, California has a lot of water. The problem is that 75 percent of the rain and snow falls in Northern California, but 80 percent of the water demand comes from south of Sacramento. In order to move that water, the state and federal governments have created the largest and most elaborate water transference systems in the world, the federal Central Valley Project (CVP) and the State Water What a difference a year makes. These photos were taken at the Irvine Finch landing in Glenn County. The top photo was taken in March 2011. The bottom one was taken this past March 24. PHOTOS TOM GASCOYNE

Project (SWP). The CVP begins with Shasta Dam; the SWP starts with Oroville Dam. Water from both passes through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to be pulled out by giant pumps near Tracy and sent down the massive California Aqueduct. But the transfer systems are flawed: Delta fish species are disappearing, salmon populations are crashing, saltwater is being pulled inland, and the Delta is in distress. Assemblyman Logue, in his

opening statement, pointed out the obvious: “Water is one of the most important issues we will face in the next 20 to 30 years.” Neilsen mentioned the state’s 2009 water plan, which includes restoring the Delta, and said the rights and interests of Northern California have to be protected from “a state water czar.” Berryhill, whose district includes the northern end of the San Joaquin Valley, said it was important that water flow to the farmers there because “California feeds the world now with the most environmentally sound products. This is always a challenge and we look forward to having the fight.” Kurt Miller is a member of the Delta Stewardship Council, which was created by the State Legislature in 2009 to come up with a plan for “co-equal goals.” Those goals

include protecting the Delta and moving water for the benefit of the rest of the state. “At this point, everything seems to have gone into a black hole,” he said, adding that the council should have another draft of the plan by mid- to late-April. Connelly said that while Butte County has an interest in making the Delta better, “We can’t support efforts that jeopardize our water. Butte County has lots of agriculture and relies on surface water.” He said the county is ranked 17th in the state for agricultural production and has some of the last salmon and steelhead runs left in the state. Chico Mayor Ann Schwab echoed Connelly, noting that Chico relies on groundwater from the Tuscan Aquifer and that if the rate of extraction exceeds the rate of input that will have an affect on the surface water local farmers use. “Chico is dependent on groundwater, and we need adequate supplies for private industry to survive,” she said. And with that she pulled from a shopping bag a package of Lundberg Farms rice, a bottle of R.W. Knudsen juice, and a six-pack of pale ale from the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. “We need to protect our water first,” she said. —TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

Don’t get fooled Advice on avoiding Internet thieves and scammers Jeanne Simmons-McNeil has vital advice that can save seniors—or anyone, for that matter—from a whole world of hurt at the hands of scam artists and thieves. “I do this because I love people, and without each other we can’t get by,” Simmons-McNeil, the secretary of the Trinity County Commission on Aging, said. She spoke to members of the Chico Business & Professional Women on Saturday, Sept. 4, at Chico’s Cozy Diner on how people can avoid getting their money or identities stolen. One of the most popular scams of late, she said, is the so-called “Jury Duty Scam,” in which unsuspecting victims are contacted by phone and told they’ve missed jury duty and that a warrant has been issued for their arrest. The caller then asks to verify vital identifying information. In such cases, Simmons-McNeil advises anyone to simply thank the caller, hang up and contact the local district attorney or the courts. Many seniors never report incidents of scamming, Simmons-McNeil said, out of fear of public embarrassment or worse, a loss of financial decision-making powers to concerned family members. “At least call and report it to the authorities like the district attorney, the police or Adult Protective Services,” she said. “Don’t let those crooks victimize others.” She talked of another common scam, pointing out that all foreign lotteries are illegal in the United States. Offers of great winnings from supposed Canadian lotteries are common. One victim, Pravda McCroskey, said she was addicted to foreign lottery scams that promised a greater chance at winning if she bought more merchandise from their catalogs. “The prices for the trinkets ranged up to $50, and I bought tons of them,” McCroskey said. “I was hooked on them for years, and it took my partner to help me stop.” Simmons-McNeil recounted how scammers actually tried to victimize the Trinity County district attorney. A woman called and said she was his sister incarcerated in London and needed cash fast. The DA didn’t fall for it and verified that his sister was fine and living in California. Simmons-McNeil cautioned that when donating magazines to a doctor’s office, tear off the address label on the cover. “This info can be used by fraudsters who try to get more information about you on the Internet,” she said. Another common tactic is stealing

mail to acquire vital records and information. She advises people to check their mail daily and to have a neighbor pick it up if gone for more than a day. When mailing something, put it in the mailbox as close to

Jeanne Simmons-McNeil encourages folks who have been scammed to contact the authorities. PHOTO BY VIC CANTU

the mail pickup time as possible, she said. She also suggested using a paper shredder to destroy all unneeded paperwork that contains vital personal information. Checking credit reports at least once a year is a good way to keep finances safe, she said, but she cautioned against signing up for free online credit reporting services. Doing so can leave a person vulnerable to identity or credit theft, she said. And never enroll in one if it is a company soliciting by phone. When signing up for any business that requires security questions, don’t use your mother’s maiden name. In this day of vast Internet knowledge a woman’s maiden name is easy to find. She recounted the story of a couple who stole their infant son’s Social Security number to create false credit cards. The child didn’t discover the thousands of dollars in bills rung up until he was 22 years old. Those who discover an obvious scam letter in the mail should not simply throw it out, she said, but instead help others avoid being ripped off by keeping the letter and envelope and reporting it to the post office. She said a person can keep the chances of Internet fraud down when forwarding an email by erasing the name and email address of the person who sent it. Those looking for love using Internet dating services should beware, SimmonsMcNeil said. “Turning potential suitors into victims this way is easier because you don’t have face-to-face contact to see their expressions and body language,” she said. She also advised looking out for charity scams after a major disaster has occurred. Scammers pretending to help the victims often tug on the public’s heartstrings by asking for money. Charities can be checked for validity at www.Snoops.com, she said. If they are legitimate, donate by mailing a check rather than giving out credit card information. Simmons-McNeil learned all this information through her Trinity Commission on Aging, she said. “The commission addresses all the needs of the aging, like food, money and health,” she said. “Butte County doesn’t have one, but I really think it should.” —VIC CANTU vscantu@sbcg lobal.net

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CELL PHONES LINKED TO ADHD

A study examining the effects of cell phone radiation on the offspring of pregnant mice could have alarming implications for human children. In an experiment conducted at the Yale School of Medicine, mice exposed to cell phone radiation as fetuses showed symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)—hyperactivity, anxiety and poor memory—according to ABC News. The radiation led to abnormal development of neurons in the part of the brain linked to ADHD, suggesting such exposure could play a role in the disorder. The researchers noted that their data is not conclusive and further study is required to determine the possible effects on humans. The health risks associated with cell phone use have long been a subject of debate, as multiple studies have yielded inconsistent results.

Talking tooth care Dental-health advocate and author Ramiel Nagel comes to Chico

RADIOACTIVE RECALL

Big-box retailer Bed, Bath & Beyond has issued a recall on metal tissue boxes at more than 200 stores across the country due to radioactive contamination. Though no customers reported injuries or adverse health effects, the discovery underscores an issue drawing world leaders to a biannual nuclear-security meeting in Seoul, South Korea, on March 26-27, according to SFGate.com. Increasingly, scrap metal contaminated with radiation is reused for a host of products. More than 120 shipments of cutlery, buckles and tools were denied entry to the United States due to nuclear contamination between 2003 and 2008, after the Department of Homeland Security tightened radiation monitoring at borders. “The general public basically isn’t aware that they’re living in a radioactive world,” said Ross Bartley of the Bureau of International Recycling.

FEWER BABIES HAVING BABIES

Data released by the state Department of Public Health has revealed that the lowest teen birth rate in California’s history came in 2010. The teen birth rate dropped from 32.1 births per 1,000 girls between ages 15 and 19 in 2009 to 29 births per 1,000 girls, according to California Healthline. Birth rates among minority populations dropped across the board in comparison to 2009—Hispanic girls’ rates fell from 50.8 births per 1,000 teens to 45 births, AfricanAmerican girls’ birth rates went from 37 births per 1,000 teens to 34 births, and the Asian/Pacific Islander birth rate dropped from 8.5 births per 1,000 teens to 7.3 births. Experts speculated the declining birth rates are the result of teen-pregnancy-prevention programs and raised awareness. “The continuing decline in teen birth rates underscores the importance of teen-pregnancy-prevention programs in California,” said Ron Chapman, director of the Department of Public Health. “We must continue our work to achieve yet another milestone next year.”

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Dental-health advocate Ramiel Nagel, author of Cure Tooth Decay.

n these times of rising health-care

costs coupled with a still-rocky economy, it makes sense that people are looking for ways to maintain their health so as to avoid financial catastrophe as a result of unforeseen medical expenses. The area of dental-health care is no exception. Oregon-based writer and dental-health advocate Ramiel Nagel wrote a book called Cure Tooth Decay partially in response to this need. Nagel’s writings have been featured in alternative-health-care websites and publications such as NaturalNews.com and the Townsend Letter. On the seeming other end of the spectrum, his book was featured in a 2010 FoxBusiness.com article titled “Four Ways to Save Money on Dental Work.” (Head to www.tinyurl.com/ rnagel to check it out.) “Changing your eating habits could help prevent tooth decay and keep your mouth healthier,” the article reads. “Nagel also suggested adding two teaspoons of cod liver oil to your diet, saying it reduces tooth decay by at least 40 percent by adding vitamins that aren’t in most diets.” It went on to quote Nagel on the importance of avoiding foods containing highfructose corn syrup and bleached white flour whenever possible. Nagel also speaks out against the toxicity of both mercury and plastic composite fillings. One of the most concerning composite-filling ingredients is Bisphenol A (BPA), which has been linked to breast cancer, autism and other health problems. Nagel will be in Chico on Apr. 10 to lecture on the importance of a nutrientdense diet as a means to help avoid trips to

the dentist. He is being brought to town by the local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation. A dentist is technically “a doctor of dental surgery,” said Nagel recently by phone from his home in Ashland. “Dentists have years of training to drill and fill teeth. A conventional dentist has been trained to use the skill of surgery to treat the problem of tooth decay. … Most people hate to go to the dentist—they hate the procedures.” Nagel’s approach to tooth care aims to avoid such surgery—fillings, root canals and so forth—as much as possible through preventative care focused on nutrition. Backed by the research of the late Dr. Weston A. Price—a dentist who, in the early 1900s, founded the research arm of the National Dental Association, precursor to the American Dental Association— Nagel advocates a diet that includes codliver oil, oily fish, butter and fresh milk

PHOTO COURTESY OF RAMIEL NAGEL

from grass-fed animals, and lacks in such highly processed items as white sugar and white flour. According to the California Dental

Association, tooth decay is the No. 1 chronic health problem for children. A recent New York Times article reported an alarming rise in the number of preschoolers with severe tooth decay. Nagel notes that the rise in the dentalcavities rate coincides with the increasingly talked-about decline of overall nutrition, due to the prevalence of fast food, factoryfarmed foods and other nutrient-depleted foods in the diet of today’s average American. It’s no secret that school-lunch proHEALTHLINES continued on page 14

APPOINTMENTS DISCUSSING ABUSE The Paradise Family Resource Center (6249 Skyway) will host a community forum discussing domestic violence on Wednesday, April 4, at 6:30 p.m. Guest speakers Emily Martin, of Catalyst Domestic Violence Services, and Cindy Powers, of the FOCUS program at Feather River Tribal Health, will define domestic and relationship violence and also outline what it means to have a healthy relationship. Call 877-1856 for more info.

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This unique collaboration really works, producing new and qualified members of the health-care community – and while some of them depart after graduation, some, happily, stay right here to serve our community. “They’re often hired here,” Reilly says, observing the slow but steady process of one generation assuming the critical roles of the next in the halls and chambers of Oroville Hospital. “I look around, and a lot of the nurses I see working here were former students of mine and former Chico State students.” Student, nurse, mentor. Each generation helping the one coming after it to achieve one goal, as Carol Speer-Smith says: “It’s all about providing excellent care to the patients we serve every day.”

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grams across the country have been under increasing scrutiny for the lack of nutrient-dense foods often served routinely. “We don’t get enough vitamins and minerals in our diets today,” said Nagel. Fat-soluble vitamin D, important for healthy bones and teeth, is particularly lacking in today’s average diet, he said. According to the National Institutes of Health, “The flesh of fatty fish (such as salmon, tuna and mackerel) and fish liver oils are among the best sources” of vitamin D. Beef liver, cheese and egg yolks are also sources of naturally occurring vitamin D. Longtime Sunnyvale dentist Dr. Timothy Gallagher, past president of the Holistic Dental Association, writes in his foreword to Nagel’s book, “Your diet is key to creating a healthy mouth. There is no other way about it. This is the key issue, and the central theme of Cure Tooth Decay. … When you don’t have a good diet, your body’s ability to repair and maintain healthy teeth and gums is severely limited. … If you learn one thing from this book, it should be that eating too much processed sugar and flour products upsets the entire hormone system. This not only sets you up for tooth decay or gum disease, but makes your entire body overly

Hear Nagel speak:

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acidic. In the acidic state, harmful bacteria and fungi can thrive.” Local health and nutrient-densefood activist Carol Chaffin Albrecht, co-owner of Chaffin Family Orchards in Oroville, and co-leader of the local chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation, is excited about Nagel’s upcoming visit. In addition to drawing upon Price’s “early studies … demonstrating the remineralization of teeth in schoolchildren due to dietary changes, Ramiel also uses the research of [late 20th –century dentist] Dr. Melvin Page who attributed blood sugar levels to a disturbance of calcium and phosphorus in the blood, causing the teeth to lose minerals and consequently decay,” Chaffin Albrecht said. “Ramiel’s book is incredibly well-referenced. There are pages of references at the end of each chapter, many citing articles in prominent medical journals.” Ω

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Despite decades of attempting to eradicate the pesticide DDT from San Francisco Bay, the chemical is still poisoning fish and presenting a human health hazard. The carcinogenic and nerve-damaging chemical was used to control mosquitoes and in agriculture before it was banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1972, according to the San Jose Mercury News. California officials discovered the pesticideprocessing company United Heckathorn had discharged tons of the chemical into a bay canal from the late 1940s to 1966. The last cleanup project, which cost about $12 million, was ineffective. Recently recorded tests on fish-tissue samples showed the chemical was present at the same or higher levels than tests in 1994, even though the EPA dredged three tons of DDT from the canal in 1998. The federal agency is launching a three-year study to determine why cleanup efforts are failing and will work with the city to raise awareness among subsistence anglers.

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Michael Cannon in his Butte Creek Canyon greenhouse with the hundreds of plant starts that will be given away at May’s Endangered Species Faire.

FLOODING IN THE FORECAST

Rising sea levels caused by global warming will subject about 3.7 million Americans to more frequent coastal flooding in coming decades, a new study finds. The study, published in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found that flooding conditions once considered extremely rare could occur every few years, according to The New York Times. The most vulnerable state is Florida, as most of its residents live on the lowlying limestone shelf that makes up the state. California, New York, New Jersey and Louisiana are also at high risk. “Sea-level rise is like an invisible tsunami, building force while we do almost nothing,” said Benjamin H. Strauss, co-author of two papers outlining the study. “We have a closing window of time to prevent the worst by preparing for higher seas.”

GREEN JOBS ON THE RISE

California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia could triple their number of green jobs by 2020, new research finds. According to a study released by the Pacific Coast Collaborative, the West Coast currently supports about 508,000 clean-economy jobs or about 3 percent of the entire workforce, according to Inside Climate News. The study’s authors note that with synchronized clean-air and clean-car mandates, as well as green-building codes, that figure could rise close to 1.5 million by the end of the decade. The “clean economy” includes those who engineer and install solar and wind technologies, as well as organic farmers, train conductors and recycling collectors. The study comes as part of an effort to demonstrate that federal and state investments in green jobs are paying off. 16 CN&R March 29, 2012

Longtime Chico gardener Michael Cannon on growing vegetables and flowers to give away story and photo by

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ECannon walked into a local Raley’s supermarket and saw a small display for arlier this month, Michael

vegetable seeds. He purchased a packet of basil seeds and tossed them into the back of his forest-green Cadillac. But, unlike most gardeners’ purchases, the plants grown from these seeds will end up growing in backyard gardens all across Chico. They’ll join the thousands of other seeds Cannon has already amassed this year from nurseries, box stores, grocery stores—“You can’t name one place I haven’t been to in search of seeds,” he said—to start the 800 to 1,000 plants to be given away during May’s popular Endan-

gered Species Faire, an annual environmental-education fair and parade sponsored by the Butte Environmental Council (BEC) and held in Bidwell Park’s Cedar Grove. “It’s an integral part of the event,” said Cannon of the plant giveaway, as he walked through the rain to visit the vegetable and flower starts inside his greenhouse in Butte Creek Canyon. “Growing food and eating are a communal, family affair,” and the giveaway pairs well with

More about the fair:

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the environmental message the Endangered Species Faire promotes, he explained. The popular plant giveaway began over a decade ago, when Chico activist Kelly Meagher purchased a few hundred vegetable starts and gave them away during the fair, which Meagher and other early environmentalists at BEC had been running since 1979. The plant giveaway was a hit—and Cannon’s then-wife, Marilyn, saw a way to reduce the cost. “Marilyn came along and said, ‘Let me grow some for you,’” because the couple’s greenhouse was empty, Cannon said. After the first year, Cannon inherited the vegetable-growing task as part of his wide-ranging job working for Meagher as his gardener, groundskeeper, errand-runner, assistant— ”and drinking buddy,” he offered. The gift of plants continues to be funded by

Meagher, while Cannon does the growing. “Kelly’s the man,” said Cannon, “and it was his idea.” The preparation for the fair’s

giveaway starts months before the event; Cannon begins planting in late January. He chooses varieties based on his past experiences growing them. “There are certain varieties that I like, and that Kelly likes,” he said, and so the Endangered Species Faire will feature Cannon’s favorites, like San Marzano and Celebrity tomatoes and Joe E. Parker chili peppers, along with squash, cucumbers, zucchini, eggplant, spinach, and herbs such as basil and cilantro. And, this year, he’ll have a new plant to offer—zinnias, easy-togrow colorful flowers favored by butterflies. “[Meagher] likes bouquets around the house,” as a reminder of his mother, said Cannon, and so he began growing cut flowers. “It attracts the bees,” Cannon noted, and “every vegetable gardener needs to have cut flower bouquets in their house.” In addition to the nearly 1,000 plants he’s planning for the event,

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Cannon is planting for his backyard garden, Meagher’s personal garden, and for senior centers, community gardens, and friends across Chico. “I realized that I could start them, and it’s not that much more work” to significantly increase the number of plants once the system was in place, he said. Cannon estimates he will plant more than 5,000 seeds this year. Like most gardeners, he is thinking months ahead of harvest. In his case, however, there’s a strict dead-

UNCOMMON SENSE ‘Reduce, refuse, rejigger’ People worldwide are familiar with the book, The 100 Thing Challenge: How I Got Rid of Almost Everything, Remade My Life, and Regained My Soul, written by a San Diegan named Dave Bruno. In it, Bruno talks of how and why he whittled his possessions down to 100 things. A grassroots movement has sprung up around the book, populated by people looking to lighten their load. Bruno’s mantra of sorts is “Reduce (get rid of some of your stuff), refuse (to get more new stuff), rejigger (your priorities).” Keep up with Bruno and the growing minimalist movement: Check out www.facebook.com/ 100thingchallenge and www.twitter.com/#!/guynameddave for updates, or log on to guynameddave.com to read his blog and bio. “The 100 Thing Challenge has been a way to personalize my efforts to fight American-style consumerism and live a life of simplicity, characterized by joyfulness and thoughtfulness,” writes Bruno on his site. “Lots of people have been inspired by the 100 Thing Challenge, not to take it exactly how I did, but to prioritize more meaningful pursuits than consumption.”

line for when the plants need to be presentable. Cannon worries most about his peppers: “They seem to be the hardest to get big by May 5,” the date of the fair, and so he plants them first. This time of year, Cannon drives roughly every other day from his home in Chico to Butte Creek Canyon to check on the starts. The greenhouse sits in a large parcel he lived on for 22 years, until he moved back into town. On a recent rainy morning when Cannon entered the greenhouse, a gray bird fluttered out the back of the structure. The glass ceiling dripped rain in a few spots onto the thousands of plants he has been growing since late January. He pulled out an empty seed tray to demonstrate his planting technique. After piling in a seed-starter mix made with peat moss and perlite, “you wet [the seed tray] down, stick a pencil in to make holes, take the seeds and drop them in. Then I come back and pinch them,” he said. He finishes by adding more dirt over the top, and labeling the flat. By mid-March, his 30-foot greenhouse was more than half full of tiny plants. In early April—three weeks before the Endangered Species Faire—Cannon said he will spend a few days transplanting the starts into larger pots, which will be given away on a first-come, firstserved basis. Despite the stress of a deadline, Cannon—who once tended a perennial-native-plant garden and a commercial vegetable farm in the greenhouse and on the plot adjoining it— advocates for a stress-free approach to gardening. “I’m more of a ‘garden-whenyou-can’ type. Don’t stress,” he advised. “When the spirit moves you, you get in there and do what you can, when you can.” Ω

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YOU READ IT HERE FIRST The news has been filled with pink slime lately.

Major grocers and fast-food purveyors across the nation are jumping on the anti-pink-slime bandwagon in an attempt to not alienate a discerning meat-eating public not wanting to eat meat containing the off-putting filler—basically the fatty offal swept up off the slaughterhouse floor that used to be allowed to go into only pet food and cooking oil, as I informed GreenHouse readers way back in August 2010. The pink slime—aka “boneless lean beef trimmings”—is then treated with ammonia and used as a cost-cutting extender for ground beef. Gross. “Apparently, fastfood burger chains such as McDonald’s and Pink slime, aka Soylent Pink. Burger King—as well as various hotels, restaurants, retail-ground-beef processors and even the federal school-lunch program” are serving pink slime, I wrote in 2010. Famously, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, on the season premiere of his television show, Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, came out in April 2011 against pink slime, which he reported as being used in the processing of 70 percent of the United States’ ground beef. The rising pressure from consumers who don’t want to eat ammonialaced meat has resulted in a number of major fast-food and grocery chains pulling the plug on the stuff (which is distributed, incidentally, by South Dakota-headquartered corporate beef giant Beef Products, Inc.). Earlier this year, the McDonald’s chain announced that it would stop adding pink slime to the burgers it serves. A very recent Washington Post story (head to http://tinyurl.com/ washpostslime to check it out) reported that Burger King and Taco Bell also have axed pink-slimed meat, as have a number of big supermarket chains such as Albertson’s, Lucky and Safeway. But—and here’s the kicker—“the U.S. government and schools said they were buying 7 million pounds worth of the controversial meat filler for school lunches,” the Post reported, after McDonald’s had already rejected it. The government’s purchase of “Soylent Pink,” as retired USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service microbiologist Carl Custer referred to it in early March, came “less than six weeks after the release of new school lunch guidelines designed to make foods healthier and safer,” as noted by Chicagoist.com food writer Anthony Todd. Todd went on to point out that Custer argued that pink slime “had little to no nutritional value.” Other scientists, Todd reported, said “that they were pressured to approve the product with minimal safety evaluations, which is particularly problematic given the high incidence of salmonella, E. coli and other contaminants present in the treated meat byproduct.” Kudos to those who are refusing to have anything to do with Soylent Pink.

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T A E R G T A I L A MAG G N I D E E F R DEE

How an act of kindness led to a hefty fine— and possible jail time

T S U B T

he first morning I woke up in Magalia, the deer were on my front lawn. That was a decade ago, but I didn’t begin feeding them until after my neighbor across the street moved away. I used to watch him through the pine and cedar trees, putting out grain for the deer, a thing he had been doing for a long time. He’d go out first thing in the morning, raise the American flag, then fill a wooden planter with food for the does, the fawns, and the bucks that would show up in groups of two or three or sometimes as many as eight or 10. My neighbor was in his mid70s, a retired blue-collar worker from Southern California, a nice guy. Like many elderly people in Paradise and Magalia, he spent his days devotedly caring for a spouse in decline. His wife was housebound, in a

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wheelchair. He told me that there was nothing that delighted her more than watching the deer come to feed just outside their living-room window. Sometimes, when her husband was tardy in putting out the grain, one of the does would press her nose to the glass, and I could imagine his wife calling to tell him that the deer were waiting. I always felt a little guilty that I wasn’t sharing the expense he bore in feeding the deer. Though he was careful not to feed them enough to make them dependent on what he put out for them, the cost of what he did offer surely wasn’t cheap for an old man on Social Security. I was freeloading on the pleasure those deer brought to his household, and to mine. The economy had hit him hard. By the time he and his wife were forced to move, his place had lost most of its value, and the cost of his wife’s medical treatment has wiped out a lifetime of hard work. Perhaps he forgot it, but now, two years after he moved away, the American flag he used to take in each night still hangs limp near his front porch. After my neighbors moved out, the deer would come to stand outside the window of the empty house where his wife once took delight in their daily arrival, and so I decided to take up where he left off, and began putting out grain for the deer. Within a day or so, they’d crossed the street and were outside my window. Within weeks, we’d come to a shared routine. I was touched by their beauty, and so I wrote an essay about them. That essay was syndicated to several dozen papers through a consortium called Writers on the Range, offered by High Country News in Colorado. Here is an abbreviated version of what I wrote:

Feeding the Deer I’ve taken to feeding the deer, though I’m sure there will be people who will say that I shouldn’t. I’ve come to think of these critters as my neighbors since we inhabit the same forest. I buy a 50-lb. sack of Wet COB once every 10 days or so. Wet COB is a mixture of corn, oats, and barley, hence C-O-B. The patrons of my little dining establishment for deer seem to like it rather a lot, probably because what makes it ‘wet’ is molasses. Word has spread in the deer community about this new ‘in’ spot, a place where both the food and service are pretty good. What began with a doe and a fawn has been gradually expanding to a group that now includes three additional does, plus two young bucks, one with a broken spike. There’s also a gorgeous older buck with a really impressive rack of antlers. They show up at almost precisely the same time every morning, and if I get distracted, I’ll look up from my writing to see them standing by the green plastic tub they feed from, always the doe and the fawn first, waiting patiently as if to say, ‘Deer, party of two.’And, like a combination waiter and maitre’d, I hasten to fill the tub with their brunch buffet as they move off about 10 yards to let me serve them. I’ve got a salt lick out there, too, and sometimes I cut up apples that have gone soft to vary their diet. In the weeks since I started doing this, they have come to feel more comfortable, and now there are mornings when they move back a mere five or six yards, though I doubt the day will come when I will ever be able to feed them from my hand, a little fantasy I sometimes entertain of St. Francis of Assisi moments in which I truly become one with nature. Those who will disapprove of me for feeding these deer are likely to say that I’m inadvertently endangering them, reducing the instinctual fear they have of my kind and thus making them more vulnerable to those who don’t share my sappy liberal desire to turn them into welfare recipients instead of real conservative American deer who know that survival must be hard won, and that handouts are, inevitably, destructive of moral fiber. I worry some, like a parent, which may be why this tends to be an old-guy pastime I’m engaged in, converting non-human four-legged forest creatures into surrogate children who, I reckon, take up that place in my heart once occupied by my daughters when they were little girls. I think the shrinks call it ‘transference,’ but it mostly feels like plain old love in one of the myriad forms love takes. I would not want to know a fellow human being who could watch these deer eating every day and not feel some measure of love for these animals, sharing our brief blink of sentience here on this earthy sphere. But I do worry about the always lurking laws of unintended consequences, worry especially about that beautiful buck, and even about the does and fawns because I know there are poachers, and even creeps who take inexplicable pleasure in hurting animals. But, as with those aforementioned human daughters, I cannot spread a blanket of security that will protect them from all the world’s cruelties and dangers. I cannot shield them from the encroachments of my kind, or the changes in the world that imperil them. What I can do is feed them corn, oats, and barley sweetened with molasses, take pleasure in watching them eat, then swaddle them with unspoken hope as they take their leave.

Perhaps it will surprise you, as it did me, but my little essay prompted some pretty harsh comments. A guy named Rob Caldwell wrote the first response. “It is illegal to feed deer in California,” Mr. Caldwell wrote. “I’ve forwarded this story with the link and your name to the California Department of Fish and Game. Penalties include fines and possible jail time. I hope they make an example of you.” Another reader added: “There are good reasons why feeding wildlife like deer is frowned upon by wildlife professionals and often illegal, as Rob pointed out: Feeding concentrates animals and increases the likelihood of disease spread (like chronic wasting disease); the animals tend to concentrate near houses and roads, which increases the probability of getting hit by vehicles; artificial feeding tends to increase the population which then increases the damage done by over-browsing; and increased deer populations tend to attract more mountain lions, which then get shot because they’re too near humans.” A woman from here in California wrote: “Here in the Sierra foothills, the deer are everywhere. They are a hazard on the roads and even in the yard. I had a standoff with one buck who wanted the goats’ hay. He won. I am writing to tell you that there are too many deer, not enough predators … and a deer is on my porch looking to eat my pumpkins right now.” Rob Caldwell rejoined the conversation, adding: “When I first read [O’Neill’s] article the thing that jumped to mind was Ted Nugent, NRA The author was particularly taken with this doe and her fawn. PHOTO BY KAREN O’NEILL

Officer Josh Brennan of the Department of Fish and Game showed up at my front door, dispatched by higher-ups who had been alerted to my crimes. spokesman, busted last year in California for baiting deer. It’s incumbent upon anyone doing more than looking at wildlife to know and understand the laws and traditions of the state you are visiting. I only wish Ted had done time.”

It’s certainly a truism that we never see ourselves as others see us, nor can we always predict how our words will be read. But the idea that my essay would prompt a comparison to Ted Nugent never even remotely occurred to me. It also surprised me more than just a little when Officer Josh Brennan of the California Department of Fish and Game showed up at my front door on a chilly night in February, dispatched by higher-ups who had been alerted to my crimes by the aforementioned Rob Caldwell, protector of wildlife, who had ratted me out from

About the author:

Jaime O’Neill is a frequent contributor to the CN&R, as well as numerous other publications, including the Paradise Post, for which he pens a weekly column. He lives in Magalia with his wife, Karen, who took the photos illustrating this story.

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his home more than a thousand miles away. Turns out that Mr. Caldwell was right. Feeding the deer is a no-no, proscribed by law, enforced by penalties. I was utterly unaware of the fact that it was a crime to feed the deer, though I am fully aware of the fact that ignorance of the law is no excuse, and no defense. Not only was I ignorant of this particular law, however, but most everyone I know also has been unaware that it’s illegal to feed deer here in California. If I thought, even for a moment, that my attitudes toward wildlife (or anything else) were in any way comparable to those held by Ted Nugent, I’d throw the book at myself. So I was in trouble, though Officer Bren-

My activities were said to be endangering the deer since I was encouraging them to all eat from the same plastic tub, a practice that increases the likelihood they will more readily spread disease among their kind.

nan was a little vague about how much trouble I was in. That won’t be revealed until April, when the citation I was given by the California Department of Fish and Game gets adjudicated. For now, all I know is I have the option of forfeiting a bail amount of $585 or showing up in Superior Court over in Oroville on April 6 to enter a plea. Should I choose the second option, some of my friends fear that I could get hit rather hard, especially if there’s a move afoot to make an example of me. According to Officer Brennan, my case had gained quite a bit of attention, from the head of the Department of Fish and Game on down through the ranks. I’ve already admitted my guilt in print, and I even took Officer Brennan out to the scene of the crime where he took pictures of the evidence—the green plastic tub bearing incriminating flakes of grain and the big sealed container I refilled every couple of weeks with bags of feed. It’s not likely I’ll do time for this offense, but the possibility can’t be ruled out entirely, especially since I’m disinclined to forfeit such a large bail amount. The judge will decide, so it’s kind of the luck of the draw, I guess. This citation comes with the prospect of penalties left to judicial discretion, and that exposes me to the power of a guy in a robe who may have taken umbrage at a policy or a politician I’ve criticized in print. Given all the negative words I’ve written about Wally Herger, for instance, it would be just my luck to get a judge who liked to hang with the ol’ Wallster at Republican fundraising events. And, I’m a little distressed about the prospect, however remote, of being locked up and having to tell any possible future cellmates just what I’m in for. Though my advancing years are chipping away at my allure, I still may be fetching enough to garner interest from horny guys who’ve been locked away for a long time, especially when my attempts to convince them I’m a badass probably won’t be helped when they find out I’m in the joint for feeding Bambi.

For a man whose exercise of his official duties was going to prove to be such an irritating pain in the ass, Officer Brennan was an undeniably nice guy, and I admired his commitment to his work. He patiently explained the inadvertent harm I’d been doing by feeding the deer. His concern for wildlife and his love of animals were on evidence, clearly every bit as genuine as mine. He told me stories about poachers who have been known to take deer on the Magalia golf course, peckerwood archers who hunt there at night. Lots of bad stuff happens to animals who thread their way through the homes that have made this ridge a tree-clustered suburb. In Magalia alone, there are more than 11,000 people who share space with an indeterminate number of deer and other critters; 4,800 human households break up deer trails laid down by animals who predated the coming of white men to this state. Officer Brennan informed me that the deer population is down in the less populated 24 CN&R March 29, 2012

back country, but that it’s thriving in the places where wildlife contact human populations. That would seem to contradict the idea that deer populations are threatened by human interaction, but there is, of course, the additional threat posed by the fact that mountain lions are drawn to where the deer are, thus putting people at risk as the big cats come down from less populated higher elevations to hunt. Mountain lions often have to be put down when they are attracted to places where human beings live. Feeding the deer, Officer Brennan told me, may lead to the death of mountain lions, a concern that later came to seem somewhat ironic when one of the people who oversee the work of men like Officer Brennan created a media stir that made the California Department Fish and Game synonymous with the practice of hunting and eating mountain lions in other states. Not long after I got busted for wanton deer feeding, Dan Richards, a rich real-estate tycoon appointed by Arnold Schwarzenegger as a Fish and Game commissioner, earned that state agency a whole bunch of unwanted publicity by heading up to Idaho to hunt mountain lions, then had his picture taken while beaming and holding up a prize mountain lion specimen he shot. But beyond the threat of inadvertently chumming mountain lions into my own front yard, my activities were said to be endangering the deer since I was encouraging them to all eat from the same plastic tub, a practice that increases the likelihood they will more readily spread disease among their kind. When my scolding was finished, and my citation completed, I bade Officer Brennan goodbye, shook his hand at the door of his green Fish and Game truck, and told him that I hoped he’d show up the next morning to explain to the deer why there was no breakfast service, and that he’s the bad guy, not me. My little joke. The next morning, when the deer arrived, Officer Brennan didn’t show, leaving me to break it to them myself. A doe and her fawn

This older buck, with his impressive antler rack, often dined at Chez O’Neill. PHOTO BY KAREN O’NEILL

are always the first to show up. I’ve come to know that doe very well. She has a patch of white that runs the length of her muzzle, and she has eyes like an Arabian princess. “Sorry, Mom,” I said, “can’t do it.” One of the several ways old guys can get weird is when they talk to the animals, and that’s how I roll these days. At the risk of exposing my overweening sentimentality, it kinda hurts to deny this doe and fawn their breakfast. If you could see her eyes you would know how much will power it takes not to break the law again. They wait patiently. The mother looks toward the house, still expecting me to venture out in my robe to fill the green plastic tub that Fish and Game has told me is a disease vector. And perhaps it is, though the deer look remarkably healthy to me, not only these two, but the others who will turn up later, the bucks and the other does with their young. I know they will find other provender, will find ways to make up for this disruption of a very small portion of their food supply, but it’s hard to restrain myself from going out to feed them.

The guy who turned me in described himself as a “liberal” who believed in government scientists and the rule of law. I, too, believe in the “rule of law,” though I’ve engaged in acts of civil disobedience in defiance of laws I thought needed to be changed. I, too, think of myself as a “liberal,” though I get nervous about others in that category who can so readily become monitors of other people’s consciences, ready to snitch on those who don’t share their adherence to current orthodoxy or ideological purity. Spirited disagreement about what we should and shouldn’t do when it comes to animals is probably always a good thing, but the little colloquy I provoked reminded me of

how self-defeatingly self-righteous so many otherwise well-intended environmentalists and animal lovers can be. I suspect I’m a little older than this particular “liberal,” and I’ve probably lived in rural mountain places longer than he’s been alive, so I may have more reasons to be skeptical of “government scientists” than he does, especially some of the bureaucrats who work in agencies that manage forest and range lands. I’ve seen them poison lakes and implement other policies that came with disastrous unintended consequences. And, despite the current orthodoxy about the deleterious effects of encouraging deer to congregate near sources of food supplied by human beings, I note that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is feeding several hundred elk up on a feeding ground near Yakima. They’re also feeding more than a hundred bighorn sheep. If deer are subject to contagious diseases when they are lured to common feeding areas, wouldn’t the same apply to elk and bighorn sheep? Just askin’. And, if a law is to have the intended effect, it seems important that the law be promulgated. I’ve purchased the criminal contraband with which I broke the law at both Skyway Feed and Pet in Paradise and Northern Star Mills on The Esplanade in Chico, always announcing when I did so that it was intended as food for the deer. In fact, had I not told them what the feed was for, I

Is this a stand-off or just mutual fascination? PHOTO BY KAREN O’NEILL

ical to assume that hummers are always putting their tongues in the same places, even in environments where humans and hummingbird feeders aren’t present.

wouldn’t have known what to buy. Never once did anyone at those stores tell me that it was unlawful to use their product for the purpose I intended. I have quit feeding the deer, though I’m not entirely convinced that the harm I was

doing was very real. Officer Brennan also encouraged me not to feed the hummingbirds, offering an initially plausible scenario of how those hummingbirds put their tongues in the same feeders, thus posing a health threat. On reflection, however, it seemed log-

Epilogue: In the weeks since Officer Brennan cited me for feeding the deer, the doe with the seductive eyes continues to come with her fawn whose tail twitches, perhaps in anticipation of grain. They come to this spot just as their kind have come since the days when the Maidu and the Wintu hunted them here. And before that. These two, in particular, have been coming to my window since the days when the fawn still wore the speckled coat nature devises to camouflage him in the mottled light of his forest home. And mine. I await my upcoming court date. Though I cannot plead innocent, I also cannot find it in me to pay this fine, an amount that seems utterly disproportionate to my “crime.” I’m considering taking the option of going to jail. As a writer, that would surely provide some interesting material for a story, and it would be a whole lot less expensive. Plus, I’m told they feed you there, where inmates are kept in close proximity to one another. Ω

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“Patrick Ranch Museum Tank House with John Chambers” painting (top), by Carol Preble-Miles. “M&T Ranch Tank House” drawing, by the late Joseph Acquistapace, will be raffled off to raise funds for Tank House calendar. PHOTOS BY VIC CANTU

Far left: The back side of the Patrick Ranch tank house. PHOTO BY MATT SIRACUSA

THIS WEEK Artists paint, draw and photograph historic relics for Tank House Project

Ais underway in Butte County to revive a forgotten piece of California history: the tank house. n elaborate, year-long art movement

Beginning in March of last year, 54 North State artists answered the Patrick Ranch Museum’s call to join the Tank by House Project and paint, draw and Vic Cantu photograph these testaments to Calvscantu@ ifornia’s ingenuity in order to bring sbcglobal.net their fascinating stories to life. They visited more than 50 tank houses in five local counties— PREVIEW: Butte, Glenn, Tehama, Sutter and Opening reception Yuba. for the Tank House Before electric pumps became Project’s Juried Art Exhibit takes widely used around the country, place Saturday, water from wells was painstakingly March 31, at the delivered into homes by bucket or Patrick Ranch by using hand pumps. To alleviate Museum, and will be on display the this chore, thousands of Californifollowing two ans, including Chico’s Bidwells, Saturdays, 10 built special, multi-story water tank a.m.-4 p.m. and houses from the 1870s to the Saturday, April 21, 1930s. Each stored up to 1,500 galduring the California Nut lons in their top story, allowing Festival. Winning gravity to pull water down and into entries will also be adjacent homes or onto nearby shown June 15-July fields to irrigate crops. The lower 30, at the Chico levels often housed ranch hands or Museum. animals. “My research shows tank housPatrick Ranch Museum es were unique to California,” said 10381 Midway, Jan Holman, the historian for Durham Durham’s Patrick Ranch Museum, www.patrickranch museum.org which has a magnificent one on its property. Soon after the 1930s these unique structures were forgotten and now stand as relics. Curiously, “there are five or six locally that house the adult sons of their property’s owners,” said Amber Palmer, the Patrick Ranch Museum’s fine arts consultant. “The one in Chico on Eighth Avenue 28 CN&R March 29, 2012

and Magnolia is still used as a rental.” The artists’ handiwork will be on display throughout the spring and summer, starting at the Patrick Ranch Museum and ending at the Chico Museum. There will be an opening reception at the Patrick Ranch Museum on Saturday, March 31, featuring an awards presentation along with the more than 100 entries for the Tank House Juried Art Exhibition (on display at the ranch through April 14 and during the Chico Nut Festival on April 21). The 18 winning entries also will be featured in a calendar (available for purchase starting April 21) and during a display at the Chico Museum June 14-July 30. Monies raised from calendar sales will go toward Patrick Ranch renovations, upkeep, and its art program. While visiting the exhibit, the public can tour the tank house that started the whole project. The fourstory-tall structure is in excellent condition, especially considering it was built in the late 1870s. Framed by two regal, 50-foot-tall palm trees in front, it is still used as the ranch’s business offices. Two years ago, while restoring the structure, staff removed a lean-to at the bottom and discovered an entry to a long-hidden basement. It had been used as a giant refrigerator in its day with a root cellar, and still has hooks in the ceiling used for curing meats. It even contains a 15-foot-long pie-cooling safe from the 1870s that once held crocks of pickles, apples, gourds and cured meats. To this day the safe is covered with the wire mesh that kept farm animals and rodents out. And just above the entrance can be seen the original large metal triangle contraption used to hang freshly killed animals for bleeding. “Each tank house has its own romantic and adventurous history of a mysterious bygone era,” said Holman. Ω

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Special Events JUNIOR DUCK STAMP CONTEST: Waterfowl artwork from children and teenagers throughout California will be judged. The winning design win will become the 2012-2013 Federal Junior Duck Stamp. Th, 3/29, 10am-2pm. Chico Masonic Life Family Center; 1110 East Ave. Between Guynn Ave. & Nord Ave.; (530) 3427143.

Art Receptions WHAT IS HOLY? BFA CULMINATION RECEPTION: A reception for James Warren’s off-stretcher paintings and installations, where the artist will produce a hand-drawn US flag during the show. Th, 3/29, 5:30pm. Free. B-So Space; Ayres Hall On Chico State Campus Room 107.

Poetry/Literature POETRY SLAM: Poetry readings at Cafe Flo. Th, 3/29, 7-9pm. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 514-8888.

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Special Events CÉSAR CHÁVEZ MARCH FOR JUSTICE: A peaceful march in honor of César Chávez, beginning in the Student Services Center Plaza. F, 3/30, 46pm. Free Speech Area; Chico State Campus.

Music BATTLE OF THE BANDS: Local bands clash in a battle royale inside the event pavilion. Ribs, wine and beer will be in abundance. F, 3/30, 511pm. $7-$10. Tuscan Ridge Golf Course; 3100 Skyway Blvd. in Paradise; (530) 624-7006; http://battleonthe green.eventbrite.com.

Theater THE FABLE OF CUPID & PSYCHE: Hearthstone School’s traveling troupe performs the love story to begin all love stories, filled with intrigue, Grecian Goddesses, action and charm. F, 3/30, 7pm. $5. Oroville State Theatre; 1489 Myers St. Corner of Robinson & Myers in Oroville; (530) 538-2470.

GUYS AND DOLLS: The classic Broadway musical

comes to the Birdcage Theatre stage. F, Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 4/15. $7-$15. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 5332473, www.birdcagetheatre.net.

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Special Events RED TENT EVENT: The multigenerational Red Tent is a special place for women to gather. Featuring keynote speaker Nandi Crosby, Ph.D., drumming by Jeanne Christopherson, plus food, drink and sharing of our lives and feelings as women. Sa, 3/31, 2-5pm. Free. Selvesters Café; CSU, Chico Campus Directly behind Kendall Hall; 591-3001.

BIDWELL MANSION FUN RUN/WALK: A a fun run or walk to benefit effort to keep Bidwell Mansion open to the public, starting at One Mile Recreation Area in Bidwell Park and finishing in front of Bidwell Mansion, culminating in a community celebration complete with food and entertainment. Go online for more info. Sa, 3/31, 9am. $20-$35. One Mile Recreation Area; Bidwell Park; (530) 896-7200; www.save bidwellmansion.org/run.

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Music EARL THOMAS & THE BLUES AMBASSADORS: A blues musician who combines elements of British blues rock and traditional American blues and makes the styles all his own. M, 4/2, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Big Room; 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 345-2739; www.sierra nevada.com/bigroom.

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RASHOMON: Stage version of the collection clas-

THE WIZARD OF OZ Opens Saturday, March 31 Chico Theater Company SEE SATURDAY, THEATER

CÉSAR CHÁVEZ DAY: In honor of César Chávez, local community leaders, musicians and artists will gather for in the plaza for a cultural celebration. Call for more info. Sa, 3/31, 1-6pm. Free. Chico City Plaza; 400 Main St.; 899-1893.

ECLECTIC ATRISAN FESTIVAL AND ART CONTEST: Earth Girl Art hosts an art festival featuring artisan booths, music, drama presentations, a juried art exhibition, food and more. Call or go online for info. Sa, 3/31, 10am-4pm. Prices vary. Earth Girl Art; 3851 Morrow Ln.; 3542680; www.earthgirlart.com.

NEIL HAMBURGER: The awkward, greasy and confrontational Neil Hamburger brings his stand-up comedy act to the Last Stand. Sa, 3/31, 7pm. $12. The Last Stand; 167 E. Third St.; 354-1936; www.laststandcomedy.com.

SPRING BEER & FOOD PAIRING: A five-course meal highlighting the flavor relationship between hand-crafted food and craft beer, hosted by executive chef Michael Iles and Brian Grossman. Sa, 3/31, 7pm. $75. Sierra Nevada Big Room; 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 3452739; www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

Art Receptions TANK HOUSE JURIED ART RECEPTION: An opening reception for a juried art exhibit, featuring works of the Patrick Ranch Museum’s tank house. Sa, 3/31, 10am-4pm. Free. Patrick Ranch Museum; 10381 Midway, Chico Halfway between Chico and Durham; (530) 342-4359; www.patrickranchmuseum.org.

Music APRIL FOOLS DANCE PARTY: An April Fools dance party with Reckoning, playing “Deadgrass”— Grateful Dead bluegrass covers, plus plenty of wine and beer and openers Dog Named Blue. Sa, 3/31, 8pm. $10-$12. Chico Womens Club; 592 E. Third St.; (530) 894-1978.

Theater THE WIZARD OF OZ: Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto come to the Chico Theater Company stage. Sa, 3/31, 7:30pm; Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 4/21. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company; 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F; (530) 894-3282; www.chicotheater company.com.

GUYS AND DOLLS: See Friday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.birdcagetheatre.net.

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sic Japanese stories about a rape and murder trial where the audience and the court have to sift through different versions of the event as told relayed by different witnesses. 4/34/7, 7:30pm; 4/7-4/8, 2pm. $6-$15. Wismer Theatre, Chico State Campus, (530) 898-6333, www.csuchico.edu/upe/boxoffice.html.

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Special Events COMEDY NIGHT: Weekly comedy night on Wednesdays inside Spirits Lounge at Gold Country Casino. W, 8pm. Free. Gold Country Casino; 4020 Olive Hwy at Gold Country Casino & Hotel in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.gold countrycasino.com.

Theater OFF THE CUFF: Bi-monthly improvisational performances. Every other W, 7:30pm. $5 advance/$8 door. Blue Room Theatre; 139 W First St.; (530) 895-3749; www.blueroomtheatre.com.

RASHOMON: See Tuesday. Wismer Theatre, Chico State Campus, (530) 898-6333, www.csu chico.edu/upe/boxoffice.html.

GUYS AND DOLLS: See Friday. Birdcage Theatre,

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media sculptures by Colleen Toledano on display. Through 4/7.El Chico de California, new mixed media prints by visiting artist and instructor at Chico State’s Department of Art and Art History, Rogelio Gutierrez. Through 4/7. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

NAKED LOUNGE TEA AND COFFEEHOUSE:

Addiction Equals Consumerism, art collection by Sally Hedley in which addiction and consumerism are incorporated to show the dangers of dependence on mass produced products. 4/1-4/30. Gallery hours are Open daily.. 118 W. Second St., (530) 895-0676.

ANGELOS CUCINA TRINACRIA: Sal Casa Gallery, some of Sal Casa’s early work depicting classic Sicilian culture. Ongoing. 407 Walnut St., (530) 899-9996.

PATRICK RANCH MUSEUM: Tank House Jurdied

Exhibit, an exhibition of the Patrick Ranch Museum’s tank house on display. 3/31-4/14. 10381 Midway, Chico Halfway between Chico and Durham, (530) 342-4359.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Improvisations, paintings, photography, prints and sculptural ceramics by Maria Phillips, Barbara Morris and Delbert Rupp. Through 4/22. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue 9gallery.com.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Dance of Spring, watercolor paintings of landscapes and more on display. Through 4/21. 493 East Ave. #1, (530) 345-3063.

B-SO SPACE: What is Holy? Exhibiton, offstretcher paintings and installations by Chico State art student James Warren.

Through 4/6. Ayres Hall On Chico State

TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Sustaining Cultures:

Native Peoples, marking the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Ishi featuring contemporary prints by Native American, Inuit and Australian aboriginal artists. Through 4/15. 400 W. First St. Meriam Library breezeway, CSU, Chico.

Campus Room 107.

BELL MEMORIAL UNION BUILDING (BMU):

Keeping the Spirit Alive, a collection of artwork from prisoners at San Quentin Prison on display at the second floor gallery. Through 4/20. 2nd St. 305, (530) 898-4636.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Delicate Demolition, an exhibition by MFA candidate Chelsea Gilmore. 4/2-4/6. 400 W First St. Taylor Hall, CSU, Chico.

BOHO: Stay Up Fly On, artwork by Christian

Garcia. Ongoing. 225 Main St. D, (530) 8953282.

CHICO CITY MUNICIPAL CENTER: Joel Collier

UPPER CRUST BAKERY & EATERY: Fine Art

Prints, works by Chico printmaker Michael Halldorson on display. Through 4/1.Rachelle Montoya, over 30 mixed media paintings and pastels by artist Rachelle Montoya. 4/2-4/30. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.

Photography, a display of Joel Collier’s photography on all three floors of the City Municipal Center building. Through 7/13. 411 Main St. City Hall, (530) 896-7200.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Dragonflies and

CHICO MUSEUM: The Bicycle:Life on Two

Wheels, an exhibition that will explore world of cycling, from the history of the bicycle, the science of staying upright and the benefits of riding. F through 6/22. $2-$3. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336.

Damselflies, a photo exhibit by Robert Woodward. Ongoing. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

CHICO PAPER CO.: Monuments, works by DiGrazia, who manipulates photographs to detach the structure from recognizable surroundings. Through 6/1.California Mountain Series, serigraphs by Jake Early. Through 4/30, 9:30am-6pm. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopaper company.com.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Noise!, an exhibit including 11 hands-on activities, including a scream chamber and a pipe organ made from PVC tubes. Through 4/25. $3-$5.Toys: The Inside Story, an exhibit featuring 12 hands-on stations illustrating the simple mechanisms found in most toys. W-Su. $3$5. 625 Esplanade.

Northern California artists whose lives have been touched by cancer. Currently featuring watercolors by Amber Palmer. Ongoing. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

an exhibition of remade and appropriated objects produced by Cameron Kelly and Rouben Mohiuddin. 4/3-5/20. 400 W. First St. CSU, Chico, Trinity Hall.

POETS ON CROWS AND RAVENS: A poetry reading

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Opposites Attract, Paula Busch’s latest encaustics on display. Tu-Sa, 9am-5pm through 3/30. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 3432930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

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Poetry/Literature and book signing with contributors from A Bird as Black as Sun, a diverse anthology of over 80 Californian poets. Su, 4/1, 1pm. Free. Lyon Books; 121 W. Fifth St.; (530) 891-3338; www.lyonbooks.com.

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No sombreros, please We all know that Chico does not need an excuse to have a party. But it is true that any holiday that happens to fall during the school year inevitably becomes a reason to really cut loose. And while partying for César Chávez Day can be a fine way to celebrate the life of the late labor champion EDITOR’S PICK and civil-rights leader as well as the culture of LatinoAmericans in general, donning a mustache and sombrero while doing so is pretty douchey. However, if you really want to celebrate the memory of the man, the community and the university have things covered. On Friday, March 30, the Cats in the Community volunteer service program starts at 10 a.m. (register on in Trinity Commons on campus at 9 a.m.), and that afternoon the César E. Chávez March for Justice starts at the Student Services Center Plaza. And on Saturday, March 31, the City Plaza downtown will be taken over by community leaders, artists, musicians and more for a cultural celebration in honor of Chavez. See Friday and Saturday, Special Event, for more info.

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BULLETIN BOARD Community ALL CHURCH SPRING BAZAAR: Hand-grafted gifts, baked goods, plants, quilts and more will be on sale to support women’s programs at five participating churches. Call for more info. Sa, 3/31, 9am-2pm. Prices vary. First Lutheran Church, 19 Colusa St. in Orland, 865-4590.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: Regularly scheduled meeting. Every other Tu, 9am. Board of Supervisors Chambers, 25 County

Center Dr. in Oroville, (530) 538-7631, www.buttecounty.net.

CHICO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Chico Friends of

the Library weekly book sale. Sa, 9:15-11:30am. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 8912762, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary.

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workshop designed to help individuals share their life experiences and “embrace life beyond cancer.” Call for reservations or more information. M, 3pm through 4/16. Free. Feather River Cancer Center, 5629 Canyon View Dr. in Paradise, 876-7184.

DANCE SANCTUARY WAVE: Bring a water bottle, drop your

mind, free your feet and your spirit. Call for directions. Tu, 6:30-8:30pm. $10. Call for details, 891-6524.

DINNER WITH THE DOCTOR: Feather River Hospital’s monthly lecture series featuring Michael J. Little, M.D., speaking on post-traumatic stress disorder. Dinner and lecture are free with reservation. Th, 3/29, 6pm. Free. First Christian Church of Paradise, 5738 Pentz Rd. Corner of Pearson and Pentz in Paradise, 876-7154.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMUNITY FORUM: Lecturers will define domestic and relationship violence and illustrate what a healthy relationship looks like. W, 4/4, 6:30pm. Paradise Ridge Family Resource Center, 6249 Skyway in Paradise, (530) 872-3896, www.familyresource centers.net.

EAT AND PLAY TOGETHER: Families in Oroville are invited to play together with activities like dodge ball, Latin hip-hop, muscle strengthening and swimming. Call ahead to reserve a spot. Sa through 3/31. Oroville YMCA, 1684 Robinson St. in Oroville, 538-7201, www.orovilleymca.org.

FARMERS MARKET - CHICO STATE: The Organic Vegetable Projects weekly sale of fresh-picked greens of chard, kale, cabbage, flowers, herbs, veggies, farm-fresh eggs and more in the campus plaza. W, 11am-2pm. Chico State, W. First St. Plumas Hall.

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FARMERS MARKET - SATURDAY: Baked goods, honey, fruits

and veggies, crafts and more. Sa, 7:30am-1pm. Chico Certified Saturday Farmers Market, Municipal Parking Lot On Second And Wall Streets, (530) 893-3276.

IDENTIFY NATIVE EDIBLE PLANTS: Join Scott Grist for a day of learning ancient wilderness survival techniques as used by the Native Americans of this area. Call for more info. Sa, 3/31, 9am-4pm. Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve, 3521 Hwy 32 14 miles east of Chico, 898-5010.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING: Teaching during the first hour, followed by request dancing. No partners necessary. Call for more information. F, 8pm through 5/25. $2. Chico Creek Dance Centre, 1144 W. First St., 345-8134.

KNIT WITH SPIRIT: Drop-in knitting group with a teacher to

help students and answer questions. F, 3/30, 12-1:30pm. $5. Age of Aquarius, 852 Manzanita Ct. Ste. 155 Behind the Holiday Inn, 520-1900, www.ageofaquariuschico.com.

THE MAKING OF WESTERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: Guest speaker Tim Sistrunk explores the environmental ideas of one of the most famous jurists of the European Middle Ages— Bartolus of Sassoferrato. W, 4/4, 7:30pm. Free. Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall, 400 W First St. CSU, Chico.

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PUPPET MAKING WORKSHOP: Individuals, groups, organizations, classes, families and churches are welcome to participate in a series of puppet-making workshops as part of the annual Endangered Species Faire on May 5, which raises awareness of ecological diversity loss. Call or email for more info. Tu, 10am-1pm; F, 4:30-7:30pm. Creekside Studio, 1936 Webb Ave., 781-4122.

SAMARITAN FREE CLINIC: This clinic offers free basic medical care and mental health counseling. Call for more information. Su, 2-4pm. Free. Paradise Lutheran Church, 780 Luther Dr. Next to Long’s Drugstore in Paradise, 872-7085.

SOUL SHAKE DANCE CHURCH: Drop your mind, find your feet and free you spirit at this DJ dance wave to a range of musical styles. No previous dance experience necessary. Su, 10am-noon. $8-$15 sliding scale. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 895-4707.

WILDFLOWER TOURS AT TABLE MOUNTAIN: Tours with Dept. of Fish and Game naturalists. Every Saturday in March and April. Go online or call for registration or more information. Sa, 10am & 1pm through 4/28. See listing for details, See Listing, (916) 358-2869, www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/ er/region2/northtable.html.

WOMENS BUSINESS EXCHANGE LUNCHEON: A women-only business networking opportunity that includes lunch and guest speaker Christiane Wear, a Certified Health Coach. Dress formally. Th, 3/29, 11:30am-1:30pm. $20. Canyon Oaks Country Club, 999 Yosemite Dr., 343-7163, www.wbechico.com.

WORLD EXPLORATIONS LECTURE SERIES: Five guest students share their experiences studying abroad in India, Korea, Spain and England. Su, 4/1, 4-5pm. Free. Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology, CSUC Meriam Library Complex.

For Kids DAY CAMP FOR KIDS: Hosted by Oroville’s YMCA, this day camp is intended to get kids outside and to begin developing healthy life-long habits. Call for more info. M-F, 6:30am-6pm through 8/17. Opens 4/2. Oroville YMCA, 1684 Robinson St. in Oroville, 533-9622, www.oroville ymca.org.

SEWING, KNITTING & CRAFTS CLASSES FOR KIDS: Classes for kids hosted by Earth Girl Art. Go online for class schedule.

Ongoing. Earth Girl Art, 3851 Morrow Ln., (530) 354-2680, www.earthgirlart.com.

MASTERING THE HABITS OF HEALTH: Certified health coach Christiane Wear discusses mastering the habits of health. Includes lunch, networking opportunities and a guest speaker. Th, 3/29, 11:30am-1:30pm. $20. Canyon Oaks Country Club, 999 Yosemite Dr., (530) 343-2582, www.wbechico.com.

MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS LECTURE SERIES: The first lecture in a five-part series, with a “Butterflies, Bees and Bats: Native Pollinators of the North State” theme. This week, John Whittlesey, owner of Canyon Creek Nursery and Design, will share his enthusiasm for the world of wildflowers and their pollinating companions. W, 4/4, 7:30pm. $3. Chico Area Recreation District (CARD), 545 Vallombrosa Ave. Off of Vallombrosa, next to Bidwell Park, (530) 895-4711, www.chicorec.com.

PARADISE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Sa, 10am-3pm. Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-6320, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary/ Paradise.htm.

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common industry practice. And while free-range farms must offer their birds an open outdoor space, she says, this area may be small and without easy access for the birds. In effect, many free-range chickens might rarely, if ever, see the light of day. Meier suggests that consumers personally inspect farms. “The best way to truly see if animals are being raised the way the producers claim is to shop at farmers’ markets and even visit the farm,” she said. Copley at Chris’ Egg Farm welcomes inquisitive visitors. “People should talk to their farmers,” says Copley, who came to the United States in 1975 and took up a corporate career in San Francisco before deciding to simplify, move to Corning, and raise chickens. “Go and see what you’re eating, for crying out loud.” Copley denounces the conditions on factory farms, where the debeaked hens are crammed into so-called battery cages where they lay their eggs into conveyor belts for 20 straight months before being killed and replaced. There currently is no legal requirement that producers reveal to consumers such colorful details about life on the factory farm. But a federal bill now under review by Congress could change that. The bill, introduced in February, would ban battery cages. Moreover, the bill would require that all egg companies clearly label their cartons with one of four labels—eggs from cageraised hens, eggs from hens reared in enriched cages (roughly double the current space recommendations), cage-free eggs, or

free-range eggs. In the meantime, farmers’ markets may be reliable defenders of honest product labeling. Copley, who sits on the board of directors for four local farmers’ markets, says that market managers inspect each farm that applies for a vending stall. Recently, Copley says, a Corning man who applied to sell chicken eggs at the Chico farmers’ market was audited. “We found debeaked hens and 17 dead ones with the living birds,” Copley said. The farmer’s application was rejected. Copley sells his eggs for $4 per dozen—hardly exorbitant yet still double the price of the cheapest eggs of large commercial operations. Copley says the costs of raising chickens by hand, in an outdoor space, on organic feed is very expensive. He pulls in a profit of about 35 cents per dozen, whereas factory farms can produce 12 eggs “for pennies,” Copley says. Proposition 2, passed in 2008 by California voters, will ban battery cages by 2015 and also do away with veal crates and gestation crates, where female pigs spend years of their lives almost unable to move. Many farmers worry that the new laws will force farmers to raise their egg prices— and while Proposition 2 could quell many animal-welfare concerns, Copley wonders if socialjustice issues may arise. “Some people can’t afford my eggs,” Copley said. “For them, the $1.99 options might be all they have, but how do you tell a man with no job and starving kids that he can’t have a cheap egg? You just can’t.” Ω

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blockbuster aimed at teens, this first entry for the new Lionsgate franchise is fairly solid entertainment, with a surprising amount of by Craig Blamer subversive subtext and socio-political satire thrown in. The movie commences with a grim vision of a dystopian America a few generations down the road, where proles abide in Appalachian squalor after the world seemingly bankrupts itself during the course of a war on The Hunger terror. These folks have it bad, with no computGames ers, cell phones or even a ratty old Xbox to Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh pass the time. So everyone just sits in doorHutcherson, ways and looks miserable. Except for Katniss Woody Harrellson Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), who stalks the and Stanley woods hunting for sustenance for her hungry Tucci. Directed family. by Gary Ross. Of course, some elite aspects of society Cinemark 14, Feather River have managed to ride out the troubles with Cinemas and only slight discomfort, while the proles do Paradise what they’re required to do to keep the Cinema 7. PG-13. machinery running. And to keep the edgy populace in line, the graybeards have provided them a little circus to go along with the bread called The Hunger Games. It’s reality TV taken Poor to the logical extreme, where sports fans finally get what they’ve always wanted: a game where contestants really do set out to kill each other until the last one stands victorious. Fair Guess who ends up as a contestant? This premise isn’t entirely fresh, as elements of the blogosphere indignantly point out that it’s a rip-off of the Japanese cult splatterGood fest Battle Royale. Or the Schwarzenegger romp The Running Man. Or Series 7: The Contenders, or ... well, it all depends on how much of a hipster douchebag the complainant wants Very Good to be. Sure, these films have certain common elements, and these all spring from the recurring motif that seemingly civilized societies sure do love watching themselves some recreExcellent

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ational mayhem. Ironically enough, these films provide just that while still casting a jaundiced eye on the concept. And The Hunger Games is no exception. Though it does dilute the appeal of teens-killing-teens for mass entertainment by having the heroine nap frequently while the other contestants kill each other off-screen. The Hunger Games takes its cue from the narrative approach of TV’s continuing dramas, allowing the characters to more comfortably develop. As such, it’s leisurely paced and laced with welcome grace notes that movies generally don’t have the patience to cultivate, with an eye for the communication of body language and subtextual manipulation. But taking the TV approach to a movie isn’t entirely successful, as the pacing gets a little too sluggish at times and the content has apparently been homogenized for better mass appeal. Although most viewers might find that the biggest downside is having to wait until November of 2013 for the next episode. Ω

Birth of the unconscious A Dangerous Method

Pageant Theatre. Rated R. Ends tonight, March 29.

by Juan-Carlos Selznick Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, the

founding fathers of modern psychology, had an intense and mostly collegial friendship early in the 20th century when the theories and practices of psychoanalysis were still in their formative stages. The emotional and intellectual dynamics of that short-lived relationship are central to A Dangerous Method, but the real dramatic fire comes via one Sabina Spielrein, a medical stu-

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Pregnant? Need Help? dent (and future psychoanalyst) suffering from acute hysteria. Jung takes her on as a patient suitable for treatment with Freud’s then-experimental “talking cure.” When patient and analyst subsequently plunge into a brief but furious romance, crises result for all three. David Cronenberg’s fascinating film, adapted from a play by Christopher Hampton and from John Kerr’s non-fiction history of the volatile triangular relationship, brings a lively cinematic energy to its briskly efficient mixture of period piece, chamber play and character study. It’s also a kind of half-deflected love story, frank and fiery enough to earn an R rating, and sufficiently intricate and incisive to suit the psychological intricacies of the characters. Freud (Viggo Mortensen) is the lofty father-figure hovering over much of this story, but the stormiest elements of the drama center on Jung (Michael Fassbender). The doctrinal conflicts between the two are

Reviewers: Craig Blamer, Rachel Bush and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Opening this week Friends with Kids

After seeing how having kids affects their friends’ relationships, two best friends (Adam Scott and Jennifer Westfeldt) decide to switch up the dynamic by agreeing to have a kid together while continuing to date other people so that they can avoid a similar fate. Also starring John Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Megan Fox, Ed Burns and Maya Rudolph. Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Mirror Mirror

Are evil queens this year’s vampires? Mirror Mirror is the first of two film versions of the Snow White fairytale being released this spring (the second, the darker Snow White and the Huntsman, comes out June 1). This week’s Snow White is played by Lily Collins, and the evil queen trying to rob the young, beautiful princess of her birthright is played by Julia Roberts. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Wrath of the Titans

A sequel to the 2010 remake Clash of the Titans, the 1981 cult classic based on the Greek myth of Perseus. This time our hero (Sam Worthington) must come of out of retirement to save his father Zeus and the rest of Earth from his vengeful grandfather Kronos and the Titans of the underworld. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

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A Separation

The internationally acclaimed Iranian drama and winner of this year’s Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film presents itself in rather modest and unassuming fashion. Initially, it is a story about the impending breakup of a marriage. Simin (Leila Hatami) wants a divorce from Nader (Peyman Moadi) so that she can raise their daughter Termeh (Sarina Farhadi) in some place other than Iran. Nader refuses to leave his job and his ailing, aging father, and so the couple separates, but his wife stays in Iran and his daughter stays with him. That turn of events brings another conflicted family of three into the picture. In this tale, there is no clear-cut rooting interest. Each of the main characters has some good reasons for his or her conduct, and none ever seems entirely in the right. In a way, it’s a low-key tragic drama played out in specifics of the daily life from a particular contemporary setting and

adroitly absorbed into the behavioral and dramatic action—no lectures, just exceptional performances and highly charged conversation. In this account, Jung emerges as the more expansive and adventurous of the two—emotionally, intellectually, spiritually—but Jung’s story is also a matter of half-tragic wavering between the comparatively stolid and cautious Freud on the one hand and the more liberal and daring alternatives represented by We are here. We can help. Spielrein (Keira Knightley) and Otto Gross (a wild FREE Pregnancy Tests and wooly Vincent Cassel) on the other. Knightley, who does astonishing work with the physical contortions of Spielrein’s psychic distress, is exceptional throughout. Mortensen’s Freud, both (530) 345-9711 • (800) 550-4900 imperious and twitchily evasive, is a little miracle of sublimated nuance. Fassbender works a similar lowDESIGNER REP FILE NAME CNR ISSUE key magic with Jung’s ambivalence, which he renders AMB 10.30.08 BIRTHRIGHT as both repressed and fertile and the latter perhaps JEN_PU more than the former, when all is said and done. Ω

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21 Jump Street

This TV-drama-remade-as-a-bigscreen-comedy stars Channing Tatum (Jenko) and Jonah Hill (Schmidt) as mediocre newbie cop partners reassigned to the 21 Jump Street undercover division and immediately sent back to high school to infiltrate a drug ring. These days, it’s the eco-liberal kids who stand at the top of the “cool-kid” food chain, with a handsome socially conscious drug dealer (Dave Franco) leading this new granola pack. Now Schmidt and Jenko’s old roles are switched: The once-nerdy Schmidt is now the sensitive popular kid, and former jock Jenko doesn’t know how to fit in with the new generation. The tension drives a wedge in their friendship and undercover work, but the ridiculous high-school drama and subsequent shenanigans provide much comic relief. Plus, the chemistry between Tatum and Hill is surprisingly strong, so you root for this bromance through thick and thin. All the stupid stuff here, from ridiculously over-the-top car chases and shoot-’em-ups, to dumb raunchy humor. For an R-rated action-comedy based on an ’80s TV show, it all serves its big, dumb and pretty damn funny purpose. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —R.B.

Albert Nobbs

Glenn Close and Janet McTeer were nominated for Oscars for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, in this story of a woman (Close) who has lived as a man for more than 30 years in order to work as a butler at a fancy Irish hotel. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

A Dangerous Method

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Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

With The Lorax, the fourth Dr. Seuss book re-imagined for film, we get a direct message: The Lorax “speaks for the trees,” promoting environmentalist ideals about conserving natural resources. The film version follows preteen Ted (Zac Efron), who lives in the over-industrialized town of Thneed-Ville, where the citizens are brainwashed into thinking that their plastic environment is paradise. When his crush Audrey (Taylor Swift) reveals her desire to see a

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The Hunger Games

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

John Carter

A young adventurer is thrust into a vast conflict on a planet far, far away and finds himself drawn to a warrior princess fighting to save her tribe. Our hero is aided by a loveably ugly squat sidekick and a taller one prone to flamboyant language and gestures … Well, you get the point. The longawaited adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ proto-fantasy swashbuckler A Princess of Mars has the uphill battle of telling a story within the restrictions of contemporary genre tropes. Debuting in 1917, the franchise served as ground zero for everything from Superman to Star Wars, and everything fantasy in between. What was blazingly original in the early days of the 20th century has since been cherrypicked to the point where there’s not much fruit left on its limbs to dazzle a 21st-century audience. Nonetheless, John Carter still manages to be an entertaining piece of work in its own right. Director Andrew Stanton (WALL-E and Finding Nemo) has found the heart, imbuing the proceedings with a whimsical touch that makes it more endearing than most space operas while also delivering on the epic sweep of the space opera. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

October Baby

A faith-based film that follows the journey of a young woman after she finds out that she was adopted following a failed abortion. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

A Thousand Words

A comedy starring Eddie Murphy as a literary agent who, after lying to a spiritual guru/author, receives a curse in the form of a Bodhi tree that loses one of its thousand leaves each time the fast-talking agent speaks a word. Will the last leaf, and the agent, fall? Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

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pavilion. Ribs, wine and beer will be in abundance. F, 3/30, 5-11pm. $7-$10. Tuscan Ridge Golf Course; 3100 Skyway Blvd. in Paradise; (530) 624-7006; http://battleonthegreen.eventbrite.com.

Friday, March 30 El Rey Theatre SEE FRIDAY

DRIVER: The classic rock band from Paradise plays live in the Spirits Lounge. F, 3/30, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino; 4020 Olive Hwy. (530) 534-9892; www.goldcountry casino.com.

between a guitar and a bass. Th, 3/29, 8pm. $5. 1078 Gallery; 820 Broadway; (530) 343-1973; www.1078gallery.org.

HEAD FOR THE HILLS: An acclaimed

MATTEO PLAYS FILM SCORES: Classical guitarist Matteo plays film scores and light classics. Th, 6pm. Free. Angelos Cucina Trinacria; 407 Walnut St.; (530) 899-9996.

29THURSDAY AUDIOTHERAPY: An evening of house electronic funk. Th, 3/29, 6-9pm. Free. LaSalles; 229 Broadway; (530) 893-1891.

BLUES JAM: Weekly open jam. Th, 8pm-

midnight. Lynns Optimo; 9225 Skyway in Paradise; (530) 872-1788.

welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria; 501 Main St.; (530) 894-3033; www.hasbeans.com.

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

KARAOKE AT QUACKERS: Karaoke, every

Thursday night. Th, 9pm. Free. Quackers Lounge; 968 East Ave.; (530) 895-3825.

MATT MILLER: Matt Miller’s instrument of

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STUMP JUMPERZ: Heavy metal hillbillies.

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master of worldly funk in the lounge. F, 3/30, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino; 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

JOHN TRENALONE: Jazz and Broadway

standards of the last 100 years. F, 6:30-8:30pm through 4/27. Free. Johnnies Restaurant; 220 W. Fourth St. inside Hotel Diamond; (530) 895-1515; www.johnniesrestaurant.com.

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BATTLE OF THE BANDS: Local bands clash in a battle royale inside the event

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Main; 319 Main St.; (530) 891-1853.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

choice is the baritone guitar, a rare and versatile instrument tuned

OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians

Colorado bluegrass quartet with progressive inclinations. Low Flying Birds open. F, 3/30, 8pm. $7-$10. Origami Lounge; 7th And Cherry Streets.

ute band that covers all eras of one of the greatest concert acts in rock history. In the brewery. F, 3/30, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino; 3 Alverda Dr.

in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.feath erfallscasino.com.

3/30, 9pm. Free. Colusa Casino Resort;

Weber play the blues and folk, joined by acoustic jazz-soul duo Allison Scull and Victor Martin. F, 3/30, 7pm. $5. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 514-8888.

3770 Hwy. 45 in Colusa; (530) 458-8844; www.colusacasino.com.

VIVA LE VOX, AND RACHEL BROOKE: Viva le

JUST US: Live music in Jack’s Lounge. F,

KATHLEEN EDWARDS: Talented singer, songwriter and instrumentalist from Ottawa, Ontario. F, 3/30, 8:30pm. $17.50. El Rey Theatre; 230 W. Second St.; (530) 342-2727.

Vox is a really weird punk band from Florida, influenced by Dixieland jazz and dressed like visitors from outer space. Country and blues musician Rachel Brooke opens. F, 3/30, 8:30pm. $5. Monstros Pizza & Subs; 628 W. Sacramento Ave.; (530) 345-7672.

LIVE MUSIC SHOWCASE: Rich and Kendall’s weekly music revue featuring country rock band Dead Man’s Hand. F, 3/30, 4:30pm. Free. Tackle Box Bar & Grill; 375 E. Park Ave.; (530) 345-7499.

THE MELODRAMATICS: Reggae, rock and ska outfit out of Redding. Soul Seed and Deaf Pilots open. F, 3/30, 8pm. $5. LaSalles; 229 Broadway; (530) 893-1891.

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CHAD BUSHNELL: Live country music. Sa, 3/31, 9pm. Free. Rolling Hills Casino;

2655 Barham Ave. in Corning; (530) 528-3500; www.rollinghillscasino.com.

DRIVER: A classic rock band from

Paradise live in the Spirits Lounge. Sa, 3/31, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino; 4020 Olive Hwy at Gold Country Casino & Hotel in Oroville; 334-9400; www.goldcountry casino.com.

THE JEFF PERSHING BAND: Chico’s

BIRDS OF FIRE: The progressive/experimental instrumental Birds of Fire play

master of worldly funk in the lounge. Sa, 3/31, 8:30pm. Free. Feather Falls Casino; 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

JUST US: Live music in Jack’s Lounge. Sa, 3/31, 9:30pm. Free. Colusa Casino

PLANET BOOTY: Planet Booty blends elec-

Resort; 3770 Hwy. 45 in Colusa; (530) 458-8844; www.colusacasino.com.

tropop, sci-fi synths, space funk and earth-shaking bass. DJ Oil Panic opens. F, 3/30, 9pm. $10. Lost On Main; 319 Main St.; (530) 891-1853.

KATE TANSEY: Acoustic indie music with Kate Tansey. Sa, 3/31, 7pm. Free.

THE RAILFLOWERS: The soothing vocal harmonies of Chico’s beloved folk quartet have been leaving an impression all over the North State, and beyond. Marcus Foster and Sam Bradley open. F, 3/30, 8pm. $5. Café Coda; 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 5669476; www.cafecoda.com.

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NIGHTLIFE performance for a traditional Mexican and Spanish ensemble composed of nine of Chico’s most celebrated musicians including band leader Jo Chavez, guitar master Gordy Ohliger, Mike Cannon of the Pub Scouts and standup bassist Christine LaPado. Sa, 3/31, 7pm. $7. Subud Hall; 574 E. 12th St.; (530) 895-4711.

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Casino; 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

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NORTHERN HEAT: Live music spanning the 50s to the 90s. Sa, 3/31, 9pm. Holiday Inn; 685 Manzanita Ct.; (530) 345-2491; www.holidayinn.com.

NOT DEAD YET: Grateful Dead covers at

Cafe Flo. Sa, 3/31, 7-10pm. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 514-8888.

JAZZ: Weekly jazz. Su, 4-6pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria; 501 Main St.; (530) 894-3033; www.hasbeans.com.

MUSIC ON THE PATIO: Come enjoy some great Food, Drink and Music with good friends “Get Your MoJo runnin” Su, 4/1, 2-6pm. Park Avenue Bar & Grill; 2010 Park Ave.; (530) 893-3500; www.facebook.com/pages/FunkyKings/352402128112187.

RECKONING: An April Fools dance party

NO DUH: Formerly “Gwen in Doubt,” Gwen Stefani and No Doubt come to life with this tribute band. In the brewery. Sa, 3/31, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls

with Reckoning, playing “Deadgrass”— Grateful Dead bluegrass covers, plus plenty of wine and beer and openers Dog Named Blue. Sa, 3/31, 8pm. $10$12. Chico Womens Club; 592 E. Third St.; (530) 894-1978.

BIRDS OF FIRE (FINAL SHOW) Saturday, March 31 Café Coda

RUBE AND THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: A rockin’ local blues band with special guest Miss Vera Lure. Sa, 3/31, 8pm. Free. Canteena; 6067 Skyway in Paradise; (530) 877-5215.

SEE SATURDAY

SPY PICNIC: Spy Picnic is a rock band out of Paradise. Sa, 3/31, 9pm. Free. Tackle Box Bar & Grill; 375 E. Park Ave.; (530) 345-7499.

STEPHANE GRAPPELLI: A virtuoso violinist playing choice standards and pieces from his preferred repertoire. M, 4/2, 6:30pm. $10. Café Coda; 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafe coda.com.

2MONDAY DINNER & JAZZ SERIES: Thelonious Monk is highlighted in this installment of Cafe Coda’s jazz series. First M of every month, 7-8:30pm. $10. Café Coda; 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafecoda.com.

EARL THOMAS & THE BLUES AMBASSADORS: A blues musician who combines elements of British blues rock and traditional American blues and makes the styles all his own. M, 4/2, 7:30pm. $20. Sierra Nevada Big Room; 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 3452739; www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

JAZZ HAPPY HOUR: Carey Robinson hosts a jazz happy hour every Monday. M, 57pm. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 5148888.

3TUESDAY AARON JAQUA: Country music with Aaron and friends. Tu, 7-9pm. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 514-8888.

MOLLYS FAVORITES: Traditional Irish

music, open-jam style. First Tu of every month, 5-7pm. Free. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 514-8888.

4WEDNESDAY JAZZ LUNCH: Every Wednesday with

Carey Robinson Trio. W, 12-2pm. Free. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 514-8888.

LOCAL HONEY: A monthly meeting for singer/songwriters hosted by Mandalyn May. First W of every month, 6-8pm. Free. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; 5148888.

OPEN JAM NIGHT: Join the jam. Drum kit, bass rig, guitar amp and PA system are provided, bring your own instru-

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ments. All ages until 10. W, 7pm. Free. Italian Garden; 6929 Skyway in Paradise; (530) 876-9988; wwwmy space.com/theitaliangarden.

SALSA BELLA: Live Salsa music in the

restaurant. W, 8-11pm. Tortilla Flats; 2601 Esplanade; (530) 345-6053.

Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com.

SWING DANCE WEDNESDAY: Every

LASALLES: Th, 10pm: DJ Mac Morris; Fr,

Wednesday night, swing dancing lessons 8-10pm. W, 8-10pm. Free. Crazy Horse Saloon & Brewery; 303 Main St.; (530) 894-5408.

11pm: on the patio; Sa, 9pm: “That 80s Party”; and Tu, 10pm: DJ. LaSalles, 229 Broadway St. 2nd street, (530) 893-1891.

MADISON BEAR: Dancing upstairs and on the patio. W-Sa, 9pm. Madison Bear Garden, 316 W. Second St., (530) 8911639, www.madisonbeargarden.com.

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MALTESE: Dirty Talk: LBGT dance Party

w/ DJ2K. F, 9pm-2am through 4/6. Free. Maltese Bar & Taproom, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

CRAZY HORSE: DJ Hot Rod and mechani-

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MONTGOMERY ST.: W, F Sa, 8pm. Free.

DOWN LO: DJ Ron Dare. Tu, Sa, 9pm. Free. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

DUFFYS: DJ Lois & DJ Spenny. W, 10pm. $1. Duffys Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.

QUACKERS: F, 9pm. Free. Quackers Lounge, 968 East Ave., (530) 895-3825.

TACKLE BOX: DJ Shelley. Tu, Su, 6pm. Tack-

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Land of the loud Pacific Northwest trio Helms Alee assembles a rock monster

Talways been hospitable to the heavy rock varietal, a place where miscreants and weirdos hole themhe eternally gray Pacific Northwest has

selves up in damp basements and literally bash out the jams. It’s a tradition that spans decades. The Wipers, Melvins, Bratmobile—all are bands that by have created their own sound with Mark Lore one common denominator: loud. mark@ Tacoma/Seattle three-piece thedaysof lore.com Helms Alee keep with that history; it’s a band that is unmistakably PNW and at the same time has made something completely new. The trio fearlessly plows through the piles of rawk, kicking up dust in metal circles as well as tiptoeing through shoegaze. You may not find another band more difficult to categorize. Guitarist/amp-maker Ben Verellen credits the band’s spastic nature to the interplay between him and drummer Hozoji Matheson-Margullis. “Hoz is always throwing these really flowery accents into her patterns, and I think that rubs off on me,” Verellen explains. “A lot of the twinkly, noodly stuff is pretty PREVIEW: Hoz influenced.” Helms Alee performs Helms Alee’s 2011 release Sunday, April 8, 8 Weatherhead is full of twists and p.m., at Café Coda with Thrones, La Fin turns, and it turns out even the du Monde and band was a bit startled with the Hearses. end result. Cost: $5. “It’s a weird one,” says Margullis, who also makes up one-half Café Coda 265 Humboldt Ave. of Tacoma rock band Lozen. 566-9476 “When we first heard it we were www.cafecoda.com like, ‘What the hell?’ The three

personalities coming together, you’re inevitably going to get some weird shit.” The band—rounded out by bassist Dana James— spent about three years writing and recording Weatherhead in Seattle with Matt Bayles, who’s worked with heavy metalists Isis and Mastodon. It’s a compelling collection of songs that turns metal on its head. “8/16” is five songs in one. And “Pretty as Pie” and “Epic Adventure through the Wood (Sucker Punch)” are stunning and evil all at once, opening with chiming guitars and James’ and Margullis’ ghostly harmonies before freefalling into a sludgy abyss. Verellen knows his way around a riff or two, having spent his early teens hanging with his older brother, Dave, who fronted Northwest hardcore gods Botch. The younger Verellen went on to form Tacoma noise rockers Harkonen in the late ’90s, a band that informs his playing to this day. “My roots are more in pissed-off, hardcore stuff,” he says. “There’s plenty of other more mellow melodic stuff that happens, too, and it’s cool that Helms Alee doesn’t wear just one hat, but we just feel like playing loud and screaming sometimes. I’d probably be a lot weirder if I didn’t get to do that.” Helms Alee’s Frankenstein musical approach has landed the band on some peculiar bills, including with Torche, Big Business and the prim-by-comparison Minus the Bear. The band is currently on the road with Thrones for a relatively quick jaunt before they come home to revisit the skeletons of the dozen or so songs that will appear on their next record. Verellen and Margullis say the band is on somewhat of a creative bender, and that things are coming together much quicker than on Weatherhead. There’s no magic formula. And the band’s philosophy is far simpler than its music. As Verellen puts it: “I want to make the best music I can, have adventures and surround myself with people that are trying to do the same thing. Helms Alee is all about that.” Ω

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GOLDEN STAR Did you see this? The art for this year’s Chico Area Music Awards by local artist, doom-metal guitarist (for CAMMIES-nominee Amarok) and allaround sweetheart and righteous dude Jeremy Golden? The Monkey Face rock shredding across the Upper Park skyline is easily Arts DEVO’s favorite CAMMIES graphic ever, and I just wanted say it out loud. Go to www.jeremygoldendesign.com for more Golden art—like the killer Amarok CD cover—and while you’re there, send him a note reminding him how much he rules.

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Monkey Face by Jeremy Golden

EL SUPER GROUP Longtime Chico musician Jo Chavez (Ruby Hollow Band)

has gone and put together an intriguing (and huge!) new Chico band, Los Caballitos del Cancion, which will be debuting with a big César Chávez Day show at the Chico Women’s Club, Saturday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. Playing what she’s calling “groooooovin’ Mexican/Latino musica,” Chavez’s crew features a who’s who of local-music legends: Gordy “The Banjo-ologist” Ohliger, stand-up bassist Christine LaPado, the Pub Scouts’ Michael Cannon, former Spark ’n’ Cinder percussionist Jerry Morano, fellow Ruby Hollow member David Cowan, guitarist Jim Williford, and violinists Joel Quivey and Amalie Sorensen.

WHAT ABOUT THE DAMMIES? … aka Arts DEVO’s Desk Area Music Awards. Despite what some have supposed, I have little to no influence over which acts get chosen as CAMMIES nominees. In fact, each year, many of my absolute favorites don’t make the cut. We have a selection committee made up of a wide range of local musicians, promoters, journalists, sound people, music-store employees and music fans who each pick their five faves from each genre, and as just one committee person my votes counted just once. The members are thoughtful in their choices, and overall the committee does an excellent job of choosing a representative collection of local music, but I know that each of us has a list of faves we wish had made it through. This is most true in the ridiculously huge Folk/Acoustic category, where the range of non-amplified styles could easily populate most every other genre category—from Americana to Punk. And even though I really like all of this year’s Kate Tansey Folk/Acoustic nominees, none of my five choices were nominated. In fact, I just received a CD (titled A Gift) from my current top choice for local folkie, Kate Tansey. Not only does Tansey have incredible taste in music (Dinosaur Jr.!), but, with a voice that drips with character and depth of emotion, she also sings some of the most heartfelt tunes in town. She says that she’s all out of CDs, but maybe she’ll have burned a few more before her gig this Saturday, March 31, 7 p.m., at Bellachino’s. Get there early and request “To Bring You Joy” (it’s “better than joy”). BURNING MEN In case you hadn’t heard, long-running Chico instru-

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mental faves Birds of Fire are calling it quits. This Saturday, March 31, the four-piece will be plugging in for what promises to be one final party of noise and friendship at Café Coda (featuring buddies West by Swan and The Americas). Founding guitarist/songwriter Matt Daugherty is a new papa and bassist Zach Ahern has recently moved to Sac, so the time has come for the bird to burn. But I wouldn’t give up hope entirely. The nice thing about having a band name like Birds of Fire is that a resurrection is always possible.

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SQ. FT.

ADDRESS

TOWN

PRICE

BR/BA

11 Lime Ave

Bangor

$300,000

3/ 2

2041

46 La Placita Way

Chico

$162,000

2/ 1

985

879 Filbert Ave

Chico

$375,000

3/ 2.5

2699

1619 Chico River Rd

Chico

$160,000

3/ 1

1104

3010 Hancock Dr

Chico

$251,000

3/ 2

1679

785 Lindo Ln

Chico

$140,000

2/ 1.5

1336

232 W 21st St

Chico

$220,000

3/ 2.5

1503

980 Jenooke Ln

Chico

$130,000

2/ 2

936

824 Collindale Ct

Chico

$208,000

2/ 2

1437

3111 Tule River Way

Chico

$125,500

4/ 3

3973

6 Courtland Cir

Chico

$185,000

4/ 2

1384

9 Parliament Ct

Chico

$117,500

4/ 2.5

2020

30 Clairidge Ln

Chico

$182,000

2/ 2

1034

1568 Hawthorne Ave

Chico

$186,000

4/ 3

1662

1193 Palmetto Ave

Chico

$180,000

3/ 1.5

1493

587 El Reno Dr

Chico

$173,000

3/ 2

1163

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The following houses were sold in Butte County by real estate agents or private parties during the week of March 12, 2012 — March 16, 2012. 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

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TOWN

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BR/BA

SQ. FT.

2361 North Ave

Chico

$172,000

2/ 2

1044

45 Scenic View Dr

Oroville

$200,000

2/ 2

1449

2618 White Ave

Chico

$169,000

2/ 1

1120

3795 Oro Bangor Hwy

Oroville

$135,000

2/ 2

1342

151 Picholine Way

Chico

$235,000

4/ 2

2047

57 Riverview Ter

Oroville

$108,500

2/ 1

1032

2158 Robailey Dr

Chico

$230,000

3/ 2

1556

55 Cougar Ct

Palermo

$105,000

2/ 2

1728

92 Northwood Commons Pl

Chico

$223,500

3/ 2

1776

3624 Sunview Rd

Paradise

$385,000

4/ 4

3532

Feather Falls

$488,500

3/ 2

2052

6731 Woodland Dr

Paradise

$239,000

3/ 2

1875

1180 Hazel St

Gridley

$147,000

2/ 1.5

2431

6179 Woodbrook Cir

Paradise

$157,000

2/ 1.5

1174

4570 Larkin Rd

Oroville

$265,000

3/ 2

1560

8436 Montna Dr

Paradise

$135,000

2/ 2

1479

290 Toyon Hills Dr

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RETREAT at 15749 Old Chico Canyon Rd. Forest Ranch, CA 95942. Emily Dulcina Dulcy Schroeder 15749 Old Chico Canyon Rd. Forest Ranch, CA 95942. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: DULCY SCHROEDER Dated: March 12, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000385 Published: March 15,22,29, April 5, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons is doing business as MILLER PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING, MPM ENGINEERING at 363 E 6th St. Chico, CA 95928. TAMARA MILLER, 2988 Butterfly Lane, Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: TAMARA MILLER Dated: March 5, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000358 Published: March 15,22,29, April 5, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EXTRA STORAGE - OROVILLE NORTH at 60 East Grand Ave. Oroville, CA 95965. DANIEL KENNEDY, 800 Cynthia Lane, Paradise, CA 95969. ROBERT LAVINSKY, 4502 Shinnecock Hills Cr. Garland, TX 75044 This business is conducted by a Joint Venture. Signed: DANIEL KENNEDY Dated: February 22, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-000301 Published: March 15,22,29, April 5, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as UNIQUE EYEBROW at 3028 Esplanade, Suite D, Chico, CA 95973. ABDUL S SHOLIAY, 1594 Gray Ave. #11, Yuba City, CA 95991. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: ABDUL SHOLIAY Dated: March 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000371 Published: March 15,22,29, April 1, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons is doing business as CUPCAKE COUTURE at 7750 Lindsey Ave. Orland, CA 95963. JULIE MARIE VOGT, 7750 Lindsey Ave. Orland, CA 95963. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: JULIE VOGT Dated: March 19, 3012 FBN Number: 2012-0000433 Published: March 22,29, April 5,12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ALTERNATIVE ACCESSORIES, C AND C ACRES at 2589 Pincrest Rd. Oroville, CA 95966. CAMILLE CROMEENES, CLARISSA DILBECK, 2589 Pincrest Rd. Oroville, CA 95966. This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership. Signed: CAMILLE CROMEENES Dated: February 24, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000314 Published: March 22,29 April 5,12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CONRAD’S PLUMBING at 954 E Lassen Ave. Chico, CA 95973. CONRAD C GRINKIEWICZ, 954 E Lassen Ave. Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: Conrad Grinkiewicz Dated: March 19, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000435 Published: March 22,29, April 5,12, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as AFFORDABLE BOUNCY CONNECTION at 840 Kern St. Chico, CA 95928. Christopher Douglas Charmley, Misty Roze Charmley, 840 Kern St. Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife. Signed: CHRIS CHARMLEY Dated: March 14, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000397 Published: March 22,29, April 5,12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TACOS MARY at 429 Ivy St. Chico, CA 95928. MARIA DE LA LUZ MUNOZ, 1133 W Sacramento Ave. #9, Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: Maria DeLa Luz Munoz Dated: March 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000365 Published: March 22,29, April 5,12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name CHICO NAILS at 968 Mangrove Ave. Chico, CA 95926. VINCENT THANG TRAN, 2547 Newyorkton Way, Sacramento, CA 95928. DUC HUU TRAN, 7768 South Breeze Rd. Sacramento, CA 95928. This business was conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: Vincent Thank Tran Dated: March 14, 2012 FBN Number: 2008-0001681 Published: March 22,29, April 5,12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO NAILS at 968 Mangrove Ave. Chico, CA 95926. VINCENT THANG TRAN, 2547 Newyorkton Way, Sacramento, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: Vincent Thang Tran Dated: March 14, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000395 Published: March 22,29, April 5,12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following person has abandoned the use of the fictitious business name BURRITOS EL CAPORAL at 3005 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95973. JOVITO HERNANDEZ, 5250 Bennett Rd. Paradise, CA 95969. This business was conducted by an individual. Signed: JOVITO HERNANDEZ Dated: March 15, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BURRITOS EL CAPORAL at 3005 Esplanade, Chico, CA 95973. Carlos E Guzman Hernandez 1748 Neal Dow #2, Chico, Ca 95926. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: Carlos E G Hernandez Dated: March 15, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000413 Published: March 22,29, April 5,12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO LASER COMBAT at 2675 El Paso Way #219, Chico, CA 95973. KENNETH A CLARK, 2675 El Paso Way #219, Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: KENNETH A CLARK Dated: March 19, 2012

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FBN Number: 2012-0000436 Published: March 22,29, April 5,12, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as STAR LAWN SERVICE at 11 Delaware Dr. Chico, Ca 95973. MARTH S GUILLEN, RAMON MORENO, 11 Delaware Dr. Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by Copartners. Signed: RAMON MORENO Dated: March 1, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000343 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE CANINE CONNECTION at 2990 Hwy 32 #2100, Chico, CA 95973. SARAH RICHARDSON, 10 Seville Ct. Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: SARAH RICHARDSON Dated: February 21, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000287 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LOCK SOLID at 13231 Washington St. Chico, CA 95973. JOSEPH WERLHOF, 13231 Washington St. Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: JOSEPH WERLHOF Dated: March 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000367 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE BIG GUY at 1473 Hooker Oak Ave. Chico, CA 95926. DOMINIC ORTEGA, 1473 Hooker Oak Ave. Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: DOMINIC ORTEGA Dated: March 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000369 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TOTAL HOME ENERGY SOLUTIONS at 505 W 1st. Ave. Chico, CA 95926. ERIC PROCHNOW, 505 W 1st. Ave. Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: ERIC PROCHNOW Dated: March 22, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000459 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTHERN TRADITIONZ at 3429 Hackamore Lane, Chico, CA 95973. CHRIS ANDERSON, 3429 Hackamore Lane, Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: CHRIS ANDERSON Dated: March 16, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000424 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DENIZEN PRODUCE SERVICE at 1530 Locust St. #3, Chico, CA 95928. SEAMUS C ALGER, 1530 Locust St. #3, Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: SEAMUS C ALGER Dated: February 22, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000297 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SPOONS CHICO at 347 Legion Ave. Chico, CA 95926. OLIVER REED WONG, 347 Legion Ave. Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: OLIVER WONG Dated: March 19, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000437 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ALLEN’S THIS N THAT at 1359 Myers St. Oroville, CA 95965. JOHN PAUL ALLEN, 1029 Baldrock Rd. Berry Creek, CA 95916. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: JOHN P ALLEN Dated: February 16, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000265 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HORIZONTAL EDGE at 382 White Ave. #3, Chico, CA 95926. ALEX DEGMETICH, 13511 Adrian Dr. Magalia, CA 95954. KELSIE SMITH, 382 White Ave. #3, Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Signed: KELSIE SMITH Dated: March 21, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000452 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TURTLE ISLAND STUDIO at 614 W 4th Ave. Chico, CA 95926. MARSHALL RULLMAN, 614 W 4th Ave. Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual. Signed: MARSHALL RULLMAN Dated: March 16, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000425 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as GREEN TRANSITION CHICO, RESPECTFUL REVOLUTION, THE RESPECTFUL LIVING INSTITUTE at 2626 Navarro Dr. Chico, Ca 95973. GERARD LOUIS UNGERMAN, STACEY WEAR, 2626 Navarro Dr. Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by Copartners. Signed: GERARD UNGERMAN Dated: March 14, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0000399 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012

NOTICES NOTICE OF LIEN SALE NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Pursuant to the California self-storage facility act (B&P code 21770 et sec) the undersigned will sell the contents of units: DEREK SIZEMORE, Vacuum, chairs, boxes, microwave, couch, table, telescope, scooter, totes, clothes, mattress, dresser, misc. STEVEN DAVIS, Weight bench, mattresses, vacuum, chair monitor, speakers, boxes, totes, table, shelf, shoes. To the highest bidder on: April 7, 2012 Beginning at 12:00pm. Sale to be held at: Extra Storage, 2298 Park Ave. Chico, Ca 95928. Published: March 22,29, 2012 NOTICE OF LIEN SALE NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Pursuant to the California self-

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storage facility act: (B&P code 21770 et.sec.) the undersigned will sell the contents of: TATUM CROSS, Kids items, christmas tree, table/chairs, totes. SALLY YANEZ, Briefcases, tool box, totes, boxes. VALARIE VARGAS, TV’s, luggage, dresser, furniture, speakers. CHRIS HARNESS, Platform bed, pot belly stove, tools, furniture. To the highest bidder on: April 7, 2012 Beginning at 2:00pm Sale to be held at: Extra Storage, 60 E Grand Ave. Oroville, CA 95965 Published: March 22,29, 2012 NOTICE OF LIEN SALE NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Pursuant to the California selfstorage facility act: (B&P code 21770 et.sec.) the undersigned will sell the contents of: TIFFNY SMITH, xmas items, household items, home repair items. JOSH RUSSELL, large dresser, crock pot, floor lamp. JOSH RUSSELL, desk, crib, couch, tent, hope chest, wedding dress. To the Highest Bidder: On April 7, 2012 Beginning at 1:00pm. Sale to be held at: Extra Storage, 3160 Olive Hwy, Oroville, CA 95966 Published: March 22,29, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner KAYELYN ANNE ROSALIE URSRY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Katelyn Anne Rosalie Ursry Proposed name: Katelyn Anne Rosalie Roark 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 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: May 25, 2012 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: Sandra L McLean Dated: March 22, 2012 Case Number: 156322 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner LINDSEY A BROWN and JAMES T ROGERS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MIA THERON BROWNE Proposed name: MIA THERON ABRAMSON 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 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.

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NOTICE OF HEARING Date: May 4, 2012 Time: 9:00am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: Robert Glusman Dated: March 16, 2012 Case Number: 156203 Published: March 29, April 5,12,19, 2012

SUMMONS CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 CHILDS NAME: B.S.S. Case Numbers: J-35950 To: JOSH UNKNOWN and CANDACE C. STRUVE and anyone claiming to be a parent of B.S.S. born on 7/03/11 at Enloe Hospital, Chico, CA. A hearing will be held: Date: May 15, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Butte, Juvenile Branch 1 Court Street, Oroville, CA 95965. At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer. The social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental rights to the child will be terminated. You are required to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, the court will appoint an attorney for you. If the court terminates your parental rights, the order may be final. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present. Dated: March 16, 2012 Signed: Kimberly Flener Published: March 22,29, April 5,12, 2012 CITATION FOR PUBLICATION UNDER WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE SECTION 294 CHILDS NAME: A.M.G. Case Numbers: J-35571 To: BRENDEN MATTHEW RIDDLE and anyone claiming to be a parent of A.M.G. born on May 31, 2005 at Enloe Hospital, Chico, CA. A hearing will be held: Date: May 22, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. Dept: TBA Room: TBA The address of the court is Superior Court of California, County of Butte, Juvenile Branch 1 Court Street, Oroville, CA 95965. At the hearing the court will consider the recommendations of the social worker or probation officer. The social worker or probation officer will recommend that your child be freed from your legal custody so that the child may be adopted. If the court follows the recommendation, all your parental rights to the child will be terminated. You are required to be present at the hearing, to present evidence, and you have the right to be represented by an attorney. If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, the court will appoint an attorney for you. If the court terminates your parental rights, the order may be final. The court will proceed with this hearing whether or not you are present. Dated: March 13, 2012 Signed: Kimberly Flener Published: March 22,29, April 5,12, 2012

SUMMONS NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: ADRIANNA E BOCH 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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few months after America invaded Iraq in 2003, soldier Brian Wheeler wrote the following to help us imagine what it was like over there: “Go to the worst crimeinfested place you can find. Go heavily armed, wearing a flak jacket and a Kevlar helmet. Set up shop in a vacant lot. Announce to the residents that you are there to help them, and in the loudest voice possible yell that every Crip and Blood within hearing distance is a PANSY.” As a character-building exercise, Aries, I highly recommend you try something like this yourself. APRIL FOOL! I was just kidding. What I just said is not an accurate reading of the astrological omens. But this is: Get out of your comfort zone, yes, but with a smart gamble, not a crazy risk.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): According to

a recent poll, God’s approval rating has dipped below 40 percent for the first time on record. My research suggests the new low is due in part to a disproportionate amount of dissatisfaction by those born under the sign of Taurus. Can you fix this please? If you’re one of the discontent, please see if you can talk yourself into restoring some of your faith in the divine Wow. APRIL FOOL! The real truth is, I encourage you to be skeptical in regards to all authorities, experts, and topdogs, including God. It’s an excellent time in your cycle to go rogue, to scream “I defy you, stars!” Be a rabble-rousing, boat-rocking doubter.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Photographer

Darrin Harris Frisby doesn’t think people should smile in photographs. He regards it as “superficial and misleading.” In the greatest portraits ever painted, he says, the subject’s gaze is almost always neutral, “neither inviting nor forbidding.” Did Rembrandt ever show people grinning from ear to ear? No. Did Vermeer, Goya, Titian, Sargent, or Velasquez? Nope. Make that your guiding thought in the coming week, Gemini. Be a connoisseur of the poker face. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, in the coming week you will have more than ample reasons to be of good cheer. You should therefore express delight extravagantly.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Back in 1835,

a newspaper known as The New York Sun resorted to an extreme measure in order to boost readership: It ran a story about how the renowned astronomer Sir John Herschel had perfected a telescope that allowed him to see life forms on the moon, including unicorns, two-legged beavers that had harnessed fire, and sexually liberated “manbats.” If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, Cancerian, you temporarily have license to try something almost equally as wild and experimental to “boost your readership.” APRIL FOOL! I lied about the unicorns. Don’t refer to cliched chimeras like them. But it’s fine to invoke more unexpected curiosities like fire-using beavers and sexually liberated manbats.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In his documentary

film Prohibition, Ken Burns reports on the extreme popularity of alcohol in 19th-century America. He says that the typical person over 15 years of age drank 88 bottles of whiskey a year. In light of the current astrological omens, Leo, I suggest you increase your intake to that level and even beyond. APRIL FOOL! I lied. It’s not literal alcoholic spirits you should be ingesting in more abundance, but rather big ideas that open your mind, inspirational sights and sounds that dissolve your inhibitions, and intriguing people who expand your worldview.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): A woman in

Euclid, Ohio claims her house is haunted by randy ghosts. “They have sex in my living room,” Dianne Carlisle told a TV news reporter. “You can see the lady’s high-heeled shoes.” I suspect you may soon be dealing with a similar problem, Virgo. So consider the possibility of hiring an X-rated exorcist. APRIL FOOL! The naked truth is that you will not be visited by spooks of any kind, let alone horny ones. However, you would be smart to

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Sciortino’s NSFW blog Slutever.com, she announces that “this blog is intended to trick strangers into thinking my life is more exciting than it actually is.” I highly recommend you adopt that approach, Libra. Do whatever it takes—lying, deceiving, exaggerating, bragging—to fool everyone into believing that you are a fascinating character who is in the midst of marvelous, high-drama adventures. APRIL FOOL! I wasn’t totally sincere about what I just said. The truth is, your life is likely to be a rousing adventure in the coming days. There’ll be no need to pretend it is, and therefore no need to cajole or trick others into thinking it is.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Before you

diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem,” said author William Gibson, “first make sure you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.” This is a good time to check in with yourself, Scorpio, and see if Gibson’s advice applies to you. Lately, the jackass quotient seems to have been rising in your vicinity. APRIL FOOL! I was halfjoking. It’s true that you should focus aggressively on reducing the influence of jerks in your life. At the same time, you should also ask yourself rather pointedly how you could reduce your problems by changing something about yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Do

not under any circumstances put on a frog costume, go to a shopping mall, and ride around on a unicycle while reciting erotic poetry in German through a megaphone. APRIL FOOL! I lied. That wouldn’t be such a terrible use of your time. The astrological omens suggest that you will be visited by rather unusual creative surges that may border on being wacky. Personally, though, I would prefer it if you channeled your effervescent fertility in more highly constructive directions, like dreaming up new approaches to love that will have a very practical impact on your romantic life.

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

Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan is stirred to the point of rapture by Jay Gatsby’s silk shirts. “I’ve never seen such beautiful shirts before,” she sobs, burying her face in one as she sits in his bedroom. I sincerely hope you will have an equivalent brush with this kind of resplendence sometime soon, Capricorn. For the sake of your mental and even physical health, you need direct contact with the sublime. APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. It’s true that you would profoundly benefit from a brush with resplendence. But I can assure you that plain old material objects, no matter how lush and expensive, won’t do the trick for you.

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

December a woman in Tulsa, Oklahoma made creative use of a Wal-Mart. She gathered various ingredients from around the shelves, including lighter fluid, lithium, and drain cleaner, and set up a meth lab right there in the back of the store. She’s your role model for the coming week, Aquarius. APRIL FOOL! I lied, kind of. The woman I mentioned got arrested for illegal activity, which I don’t advise you to do. But I do hope you will ascend to her levels of ingenuity and audacity as you gather all the resources you need for a novel experiment.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): A Filipino man

named Herbert Chavez has had extensive plastic surgery done to make himself resemble Superman. Consider making him your role model, Pisces. I hope he inspires you to begin your own quest to rework your body and soul in the image of your favorite celebrity or cartoon hero. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, you’d be wise to avoid comparing yourself to anyone else or remolding yourself to be like anyone else. The best use of the current cosmic tendencies would be to brainstorm about what exactly your highest potentials are, and swear a blood oath to become that riper version of yourself.

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BREZSNY’S

For the week of March 29, 2012

Punk rock and coffee may seem like disparate passions, but for Brent Hainsworth, of Chico Pyrate Punx fame, they go hand in hand. Six years ago, he applied the DIY ethic to his love of the drink by roasting his own beans, and Blacklisted Roasting was born. The business remains small, as Hainsworth works full time as a graphic designer and roasts beans on the weekends, though the recent acquisition of a larger roaster may change this. In the meantime, Blacklisted beans and brew are available at Empire Coffee or directly through Hainsworth (Blacklisted Roasting on Facebook).

How did you start doing this? The Pyrate Punx wanted to start a venue— maybe a café—that we could all participate in, kind of based on the concept of European squats translated to American culture. So I decided, “I like coffee. I’ll learn about coffee.” I found out it was pretty easy to do small-scale home roasting and started doing that. It got to the point that roasting in popcorn poppers wasn’t enough to keep up with my own consumption or anyone else’s. The idea for a place kinda went away, but I kept roasting.

You were a coffee drinker before that? I started drinking coffee in middle school, but just like whatever they had at 7-Eleven. Then I had a cup of coffee in Santa Barbara that was incredible. From then on, I started chasing

after that feeling and seeking out better coffee. I also wanted to share that experience with other people.

Where do you get your beans? When I started, I wanted to keep the smallest footprint possible and was only going to do American coffees. As I got more into it, I started to find the best coffees come from Africa. I read articles and watched documentaries about African farmers cutting down their fields, and figured if we don’t consume that coffee it will go away. I decided it may make my footprint bigger, but these people really depend on selling it, so I’ll buy it. I try to buy as responsibly as I can.

What’s the most exotic coffee you’ve had, and do you have a favorite? I had friends bring back some coffee from Vietnam. You know, the stuff that the little cat-like things eat the berries and poop it out? Oddly enough, [my friends] liked it so much they drank it all before it got to me. Ethiopian coffees are my favorite.

FROM THE EDGE

by Anthony Peyton Porter himself@anthonypeytonporter.com

Practice Editor’s note: Anthony is taking a breather this week, so we are reprinting this column from April 2009. If I’m waiting in the right lane at a red light and the guy behind me wants to make a right turn—and he could if I weren’t in the way—I want to do something about it. I want to help him. He wants to turn, and I’m in the way! I don’t want to go anywhere to the right, and I want to turn anyway just to let him get on with whatever he’s about—I’ll go around the block. I have actually turned right in order not to impede traffic. Not lately. Then last week I was waiting at a red light to make a right turn, and so was the woman behind me. I didn’t have a good view of the traffic from the left, though, and I didn’t want to creep across the crosswalk—that’s when the blind cripple would show up—in order to see farther. So I’m in this poor woman’s way! I intend to make a right turn like hers only first, and just because I can’t see the oncoming traffic as well as I’d like, I’m holding up this stranger’s life. Yes, I may make a right turn on a red light, but I’m

not required to do so. Our waiting there at that stoplight together must be on both our life paths and there’s nothing to fix. Or, tough noogies, she’s gotta wait. Either way, my presumed victim is likely to be thinking nothing of the sort, and if she is, my heart goes out to her because she takes her anxiety around with her, just like me. Three conscious breaths and I’m back here and now, where things are just fine, and the light changes. Sometimes when I don’t make a right turn on a red light although I’m signaling a right turn, people blow their HORNS. Then six breaths, sometimes 10. My urge to help reared its peculiar head at a poetry reading recently. More people showed up than had been planned for, and someone announced that more chairs were being brought forthwith. It was all I could do not to get up and go look for the chairs. I swear. I’d have no idea where to look for spare chairs, and I’d only carry one at a time anyway, and the thought of such a thing was ludicrous even to me. But my knee jerked to help get the chairs. There were people standing, for Pete’s sake, and I was just sitting there not doing anything about it, not one thing. The things with which I put up. Now that I’m starting to recognize my ego, I enjoy it.

March 29, 2012

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