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The right time to wait It’s fair to say that Chico’s proposed ordinance banning plastic

Schindelbeck doubles down B dent Obama. CN&R Editor Robert Speer wrote about it extensively in his From This Corner column (“Schindelbeck y now most of Chico knows my opinion of Presi-

shoots first”) last week. To recap, I believe that Obama is the most ineffective president since Carter, an utter failure at creating jobs, a failure at balancing our budget, reducing our deficit, and a failure on foreign policy.

His naïveté on foreign policy is appalling, even to many Democrats.

While roughly 47 percent of you will disagree with me about Obama, the real question is this: How do my beliefs about our president shape my goals for Chico by as your next council member?

Toby As a fiscal conservative, I believe we Schindelbeck need to pay closer attention to our budget.

Everything the city does is predicated on The author is a local a sound budget. We need to make sure small-business owner our finance director supplies us with the and a candidate for adequate monthly report required by Chico City Council.

Section 908 of our City Charter. City finance needs more transparency and accountability.

Our emergency-reserve fund is almost half of what it should be, we just lost state RDA funding, we are cutting police and fire, many businesses are either closing or leaving, and we have lost manufacturing jobs.

Chico’s downtown is filling with 4 CN&R September 27, 2012

homeless and mentally ill who genuinely need help, as well as “street life” enthusiasts and AB 109 early releases. Violent crime and burglaries have increased under Mayor Schwab, yet the current council majority thinks it is more important to craft policy banning plastic bags and making Chico a slavery-free zone, than to create solutions for our homeless population, our unemployed, and our local businesses.

Our liberal council members have not made tough budgetary decisions and are kicking the “deficit can” down the road for future generations, much like state and federal government is doing. This policy isn’t sustainable.

I am what our City Council needs; a fiscal conservative with a small-business owner’s experience and common sense. We have more important issues to discuss, and I plan on tackling them head-on.

The bottom line is this: If you think Chico is a better place today than four years ago, than you’ll likely vote for another candidate and not me. However, if you think Chico needs new leaders who will focus on the core issues that make our city a safer place to live, an ideal place for business, and a great place to raise a family, then I ask you to vote for Toby Schindelbeck this November. Ω

bags isn’t going far. In fact, it’s doubtful that City Attorney Lori Barker will even write the thing. That’s because she’s aware that the City Council will almost certainly backtrack on the ordinance and, at a future meeting, request a different one.

At its Sept. 4 meeting, the council voted to ask the city attorney to write an ordinance banning plastic carry-out bags at large retailers, while also asking her first to wait to see whether Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on his desk, SB 1219.

To many observers present at the meeting, a majority of the council members appeared to prefer to take a different tack than banning bags outright. They wanted to require retailers to charge a small fee for all carry-out bags, paper and plastic alike, thereby giving shoppers a choice while encouraging them to bring their own reusable bags. But that wasn’t possible because existing law forbids charging for plastic bags.

SB 1219, however, would eliminate that prohibition. If Brown signed it, as was expected, council members would be free to pass their preferred ordinance. Barker wisely held off on writing the original ordinance, as requested. Now that Brown has signed SB 1219, she’s still holding off. She told the CN&R recently that she’s going to watch the video of the Sept. 4 meeting to see if she can determine the council’s directions regarding the alternative ordinance before deciding what to do.

That’s OK with Mayor Ann Schwab. She told the CN&R she fully expects the council to reverse course on the bag ban at a future meeting, probably in November.

If bags are to be regulated, retailers prefer that they be allowed to charge for them. That covers their costs while giving their customers a choice. Best of all, though, it will go a long way toward stemming the glut of plastic bags choking landfills and floating out to sea. Ω

A package of reforms Proposition 31 on the November ballot, the “Government Per-

formance and Accountability Act,” might also be called “the Moby-Dick of initiatives.” At 8,000 words, it’s one of the longest and most complex measures ever put forward.

Asking voters to decide on such a behemoth is asking a lot, no matter how good the initiative may be. Nevertheless, we think it should pass.

Written by such good-government groups as California Forward and the Think Long Committee, the measure would amend the state constitution to reform the budget process in several ways. It would shift the state to a twoyear budget cycle, for example. It would also require performance reviews of all state programs and that bills be in print and available to the public at least three days before a vote.

And it would institute a “pay-as-you-go” requirement that legislators identify a source of funding—either new taxes or spending cuts—for any new programs costing $25 million or more. It also would give the governor the authority to make budget cuts if he or she declares a fiscal emergency and the Legislature fails to act.

Finally, it would allow local governments—a county and its cities, say—greater flexibility and additional funding to design local approaches to state-mandated services by forming a Community Strategic Action Plan.

There are weaknesses in the initiative. For example, it doesn’t require funding sources to be denoted for statewide initiatives, which often come with significant costs. And by enshrining “pay-as-you-go” in the constitution, it could decrease budgeting flexibility down the road.

On balance, though, it’s a step—or a series of steps—forward. Take our word for it. Ω

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A wider attack on noise Will Chico’s updated noise ordinance do the job? Ken Fleming and Melinda Vasquez don’t think so. A married couple who advocated for a stronger ordinance, they are convinced the city needs to take a comprehensive approach to the problem of excessive noise and neighborhood blight.

They cite the city of Fort Collins, Colo., as an example.

Like Chico, Fort Collins is a college town (Colorado State University) and has faced many of the same problems Chico confronts because of the annual influx of young people eager to have fun.

On its website, the city has a 145-page “Landlord-Tenant Handbook” that provides a wide range of information about leases and security deposits and other practical matters. But it goes much further, discussing neighborhood nuisance codes (including noise violations), animal codes and neighborhood relations. It’s a terrific resource for renter and landlord alike.

The handbook was prepared by the city’s Community Mediation Program, and it focuses attention on methods for resolving conflicts and fostering respect among homeowners, landlords and student renters. The city also has set up a Community Liaison Program that provides mediation services as well as all kinds of activities that promote good relations.

Fleming and Vasquez are right—Chico would benefit from a similarly comprehensive approach to protecting neighborhoods. Go to www.tinyurl.com/lthandbook-pdf to see the handbook for yourself.

The candidate weighs in: When City Council candidate Toby Schindelbeck phoned me Friday to reserve the guest comment space in this issue, I assumed it was to respond to my column last week (“Schindelbeck shoots first”). My mistake.

As readers can see, he mentions the column only briefly, to reiterate his complaints about President Obama (though without calling him “an idiot and a coward” and a “useless puke” this time around). He then launches into what amounts to a campaign statement.

Had I known that’s what he was going to do, I would have told him to buy an ad.

I’m not going to respond to his content. His opponents can do that. But he makes one phony argument that all of the conservative council candidates are making—that the current council is ignoring major problems like the budget and police staffing in favor of feel-good projects like banning plastic carry-out bags.

That’s like saying council members can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. In fact, they’ve dealt with big problems extensively and still had plenty of time to take up other matters and be home by 10. It’s a non-issue.

A death in the CN&R family: Janice Porter died Sunday morning. Some readers may know her as the wife of CN&R columnist Anthony Peyton Porter, since he’s written about her several times, but members of the arts community know her as an endlessly imaginative visual artist who was also a loving wife and mother. Those of us who saw her multifaceted Jtown production at the 1078 Gallery in 2009 quickly realized that she was a visionary. Even then she was battling the cancer that eventually claimed her. Our condolences to her husband and three sons.

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Before I was diagnosed in my early 20s, I suffered from really dark depression with suicidal tendencies. My parents and friends did not know what to do or how to cope with it, so they just ignored it.

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If it were easy for depressed people to just pull themselves up by their bootstraps and “face down depression,” we would have an ideal world. Anyone who can grab control of their life with a little therapy isn’t that badly depressed because otherwise they wouldn’t have the motivation to grab hold and work on their recovery.

That is the hallmark of depression: That people don’t have the emotional strength to just “come out of it.” I’m glad it worked for Sarah Downs, but just as with the weight-loss stories on TV that are supposed to shame people who don’t just “buck up” and fix themselves, so with depression: What works for one person may not be a paradigm that fits all people.

JOHN LORENZ Chico

Tough guys not needed Re “Schindelbeck shoots first” (From This Corner, by Robert Speer, Sept. 20): I’m glad CN&R picked this story up. We need sensible council members who are receptive to facts and evidence, not tough guys who seem to be impermeable to new information. As Toby is a member of the local Tea Party, I was not surprised to hear he thought this way, but I was surprised to hear it from him (what was he thinking?).

Even more surprising is how many wellknown local businesses support this guy (a complete list can be found by visiting Toby’s election campaign website). Do the owners of these businesses know he is out saying this stuff?

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(Editorial, Sept. 6): Your editorial states that Goebbels’big lie was used to create a destructive mythology surrounding Jews. Were you saying that sort of destructive mythology doesn’t exist today, because Obama isn’t a Jew? Did you miss all the destructive mythology used by the Republican Party and the Tea Clowns, in particular? None of the negative propaganda is meant to do anything but foster hate and distrust for Obama.

He’s not American, he’s a Muslim, he hates Americans, he hates white people. It goes on and on.

While they may not want to kill him, they do want to destroy him.

They vowed to do or say anything to do just that.

Their tactics are exactly the same as Herr Goebbels’. One of the reasons the Nazis were successful was that no one stood up to the liars. John Burton did stand up and was taken to task for it. You need to apologize to Mr. Burton and let him know that what he did needs to be done over and over again.

Otherwise history will repeat itself.

BOB WOODWARD Magalia

These fees are needed Chico City Council candidate Toby Schindelbeck’s proposal to “waive development fees and property taxes” repeats a failed attempt to waive fees once before.

This same proposal was debated years ago, and most civic-minded people agreed that any new housing development should pay for itself. It was determined that the most equitable way to do that was through fees collected from the developer to offset the costs of essential new infrastructure like roads and sewage, thus providing a means whereby new development pays for itself.

Of course the developer passes the cost of these fees on to the new homebuyer, and it’s fitting that the buyer pay for the infrastructure that goes with the house. If the development-impact fees are rescinded, as Mr. Schindelbeck would have it, the city will have to levy a tax on the general population of Chico to pay for the new infrastructure.

These are tough economic times, and many people are stretched to just maintain their own households. I ask Mr. Schindelbeck the same question I asked councilmember Rick Keene (who argued his own version of Schindelbeck’s proposal years ago):

“None of the negative propaganda is meant to do anything but foster hate and distrust for Obama. He’s not American, he’s a Muslim, he hates Americans, he hates white people. It goes on and on.”

—Bob Woodward

Why should my elderly neighbors on fixed incomes, the young couple who resurrected a fixer-upper, and those who have lost jobs pay for new development that will not benefit them and that they can ill afford?

KAREN LASLO Chico

Nielsen’s Achilles heel Woodland, the apparent year-round residence of current 4th District State Senate candidate Jim Nielsen, is in the 5th District. The current 5th District state senator is Lois Wolk. If former state Assemblyman Nielsen has no intention of moving from his Woodland home and has designs on obtaining a California Senate seat, he needs to mount a campaign against Sen. Wolk and not attempt to campaign in a senatorial district that is clearly outside of his permanent residence area.

The four remaining District 4 Senate candidates, Dan Levine, Jann Reed, Mickey Harrington and Dan Logue, who all appear to legitimately reside within the 4th District, have a golden opportunity here and should engage in a “take no prisoners” approach in confronting Nielsen on his non-residency issue in their campaign literature and media outreach, during debates, as they go door to door meeting constituents and on their whistle-stop tours.

This issue is surely Jim Nielsen’s Achilles heel.

MARK S. GAILEY Chico

Ritter’s record shows convictions The primary goal of the city of Chico is to provide services to its

citizens, and we believe Chicoans should elect to the City Council individuals like Tami Ritter, whose résumé reflects this type of experience and dedication.

We met Tami soon after moving to Chico, and we were impressed by her frankness and her professionalism. As our friendship with her has grown over the past six years, we have also been blessed to know her warmth, her humor, her ability to listen, and her fearlessness in voicing what needs to be spoken.

Tami cares deeply about our community, and her professional record reflects her convictions. A professional mediator, Tami has already served Chico as executive director of both Habitat for Humanity of Butte County and the Torres Community Shelter.

We see Tami as a person of the highest integrity; she will be a quality addition to the City Council.

JEREMY AND AMY MILLER Chico

Morgan wants action Re “Chamber of politics” (Newslines, by Tom Gascoyne, Sept. 20): I sat in the audience on Sept. 14 listening to all the City Council candidates speak their peace on what needs to happen in Chico for the next four years. Only one stood out to me, a Chico native, established businessman and professional, Sean Morgan.

Sean has never been in a political office, but he got it. He didn’t have to read from his notes to tell us what needs to happen in Chico.

He knows what he can do and cannot do. Some spoke from their hearts, but would be temperamental behind the scenes, and others wanted to hug and make it all better.

Sean just wants action and explained it eloquently.

Sean’s advantage is obvious: He knew Chico in its prime, he knows people that can help him make it happen, and he has a business sense that others do not. He understands the employee side and knows the needs of the citizens.

Frankly, I was embarrassed to see the candidate selection. It is time, Chico—we the citizens need to listen, know and vote! Our city, our county, and our country need voters to take action to make the change. Meet your candidates.

REANETTE FILLMER Chico

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A 300-pound adult bear kept Chico Police Department officers busy during the early morning hours of Sunday, Sept. 23, as it roamed a residential neighborhood off Springfield Drive, just north of WinCo. The bear was trapped in an elderly resident’s garage after police followed it through the east-Chico neighborhood, where it climbed a tree and several backyard fences, according to a CPD press release. Officers momentarily lost sight of the bear and found it in a narrow side yard, where they shot it with two beanbags, driving it into an open garage door.

Officers closed the door and had the elderly resident leave her home as California Department of Fish and Game responded and shot the bear twice with a tranquilizer gun.

The bear was loaded into a Fish and Game truck, tagged for tracking and safely released in the mountains east of Chico.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE LOOMING

California residents now have less than a month to register to vote in the Nov. 6 general election.

The Butte County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters reminded county residents this week that Oct. 22 is the deadline. Registration cards may be picked up at the Butte County Elections Office, as well as at local post offices, libraries and city clerk’s offices.

In addition, residents may register online by going to www.buttevotes.net and clicking on “Register to Vote.” Residents may also use the site to check their registration status.

ARRIVEDERCI, CAFFÉ MALVINA

After 35 years Caffé Malvina, the slice of Sicilian cuisine in downtown Chico, is closing its doors. “It’s time,” said owner Sal Corona (pictured). When they heard the news, some longtime patrons worried they hadn’t patronized the restaurant often enough.

“People shouldn’t feel guilty,” the feisty Corona said. “Nobody can afford to go out to eat anymore.”

Caffé Malvina has been at its present location on Third Street between Broadway and Salem for the past 29 years, having previously been located on the west side of Broadway, between First and Second streets.

Corona said he almost closed in May, but decided to stick out one more summer. “That was mistake,” he said, shaking his head and smiling.

Corona, his wife, Denise, and daughters, Amanda and Brigida are inviting regulars to stop by Friday night, Sept. 28, at 10 p.m. to share stories and memories. “It is with gratitude we thank our wonderful employees, the family and friends and loyal customers who have gone the distance with us,” said a note taped to the restaurant’s front door.

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Yielding to traffic Surprise resistance to proposition against human trafficking

F against a ballot initiative that purports to get tougher on human traffickers—even though it ew people are publicly lining up

may end up being a well-intentioned boondoggle.

Supporters of Proposition 35 (known as the Californians Against Sexual Exploitation, or CASE, Act) say their measure will provide greater voice to by people like Leah Albright-Byrd, Raheem F. Hosseini a victim of coerced prostitution when she was a teenager on the raheemh@ streets of Sacramento. newsreview.com Last month, the 28-year-old told the state Legislature’s joint Committee on Public Safety that a drug dealer manipulated her into the illicit-sex game shortly after she ran away from a physically abusive household at the age of 14.

“I was punched, I was slapped, I was kicked, I was dragged from cars, spit in my face and told that I would ‘always be a ho,’” she recalled through tears. “That’s what I was told. Law enforcement was not an ally.”

Architects of the initiative, including former Facebook privacy chief Chris Kelly, say CASE would change this paradigm by requiring new training Read up: for police officers and preventGo to http://tiny ing victims’ illicit-sex work url.com/ Prop35Ca to read from being used against them in the summary of court proceedings.

Proposition 35.

The proposition would also

increase prison sentences and fines for human trafficking, require traffickers to register as sex offenders, and direct sex offenders to disclose all Internet identities, including username and password information for a wide array of websites, including social media, news outlets and online shopping.

Critics, like the American Civil Liberties Union, contend the latter requirement is both untenable and a violation of protected free-speech rights. Others say the measure’s definition of “human trafficking” is so broad that it would require sex-offender registry by people whose crimes aren’t remotely sexual in nature.

State Sen. Mark Leno noted this possibility during his pointed questioning of a Legislative Analyst’s Office representative at the Aug. 14 informational hearing.

He said there would now be “the opportunity to further frighten the public” when they go to a sex-offender registry and see someone living near them, even though that person was possibly convicted of, say, extortion and not a sex offense.

Such issues could have been avoided if proponents of tougher human-trafficking laws went through the legislative process, Leno and other legislators added. “But when you just go to the ballot because you’ve got a deep pocket and you put all these things in it, there are certain to be unintended consequences,” Leno said.

Kelly, a 2010 candidate for California attorney general who donated $1.86 million to the Prop. 35 ballot drive, argued

that he and others repeatedly sought remedies from the Legislature, “and it failed to act.”

While members of the Legisla-

ture’s public-safety committee expressed grave concerns about the measure’s “overbroad” definition of human trafficking and its indifference to current legislative proposals—as many as eight bills were considered this year—the only organized opposition thus far comes from a loose conglomeration of sex workers known as the Erotic Service Providers Legal Education and Research Project.

It’s a small outfit with an even smaller board of directors. Members of this group are said to include prostitutes, exotic dancers, webcam and adult-film performers, phone-sex operators, dominatrixes, submissives and the “support staff” that goes along with such professions.

President Maxine Doogan, an adult escort, said fewer than a hundred members belong to the union arm of her organization.

Even with a small cadre of unapologetic “sex workers,” Doogan and her colleagues have made it their mission to decriminalize prostitution altogether.

Without equal protections, they say, illicit-sex workers become victims on and off the job, unable to turn to the police when they’re raped, robbed or kidnapped, and are constantly in danger of being used as a commodity by moneychasing law-enforcement agencies and beggarly nonprofits. This dynamic

Politically speaking

Voters have a real choice this election year, Don Gonyea says: “A lot is at stake.”

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NPR’s Don Gonyea visits Chico State

“Last time was like an epic novel,” Gonyea said. “We had a war hero. We had Sarah Palin, who, no matter what you think of her, was a larger-than-life figure. We knew there was a chance for a historic first. First female president. First African-American president.”

It’s different this year. “Obama’s a little different. He’s bruised.”

ome 350 political junkies turned up at S Laxson Auditorium on Thursday, Sept. 20, to hear Don Gonyea explain what’s happening as this year’s interminable presidential campaign grinds to conclusion.

If Gonyea’s name rings no chimes, you’ve probably got your radio preset to KPAY and not KCHO, the local NPR outlet on which Gonyea’s been heard for two decades. Half of his NPR tenure was spent as a White House reporter, attending presidential press conferences, waiting for nearly three years before the former POTUS, George W. Bush, ever called on him to take a question.

For a reporter, a decade in the White House press corps humanizes the people who hold the nation’s highest office. “When you see the president every single day,” Gonyea told the Chico Performances audience, “you do come to see a human being…. Some days you can just tell when they’re having a bad day.”

Gonyea was in the White House press room on Sept. 11, 2001, that traumatic morning when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center. He was one of the people evacuated when the fear hit home that 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. might be one of that morning’s targets.

After his stint at the White House, Gonyea went on to make what he calls “movies in sound,” short aural reports that tap into public sentiment in the toss-up states where political ads on television are ubiquitous.

“Compared to places like Ohio, it’s like

Gonyea has spent a lot of time on

Brigadoon here,” Gonyea said. “You guys don’t get that many political ads. In those eight swing states, the political advertising never stops.”

He’s pursued stories from Shanghai to San Salvador, and he’s spent time with lots of famous names, but he’s requested only two autographs from people he’s interviewed. Johnny Cash, who was nice to Gonyea when he was a country-music disc jockey in the early ’80s, was the first. The Laxson audience wouldn’t learn who provided the second autograph until the evening was drawing to a close. In the interim, Gonyea talked about “a strange place called Election 2012, a place I’ve been living since April of 2011.”

How strange is that place?

“Well, Herman Cain was once the Republican frontrunner,” Gonyea said. “Newt Gingrich was once the frontrunner. Even Donald Trump was briefly the frontrunner.”

Gonyea sees this as a vastly different election than the one in 2008.

SIFT|ER Paying for prisons, not college Over the past three decades, two of California’s public services, higher education and corrections, have experienced more change in state funding than any others, while going in opposite directions. According to a new report from California Common Sense, funding for prisons has soared from 2.9 percent of the state budget in 1980 to 9.7 percent in 2011, while funding for higher education has dropped from 15.7 percent in 1980 to 10.3 percent in 2011 (see chart).

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would only grow worse under Prop. 35, Doogan and others have said.

They “continue to rely on the criminalization of our labor as a means to identify and rescue trafficking victims,” said Doogan. “The public may think that’s a good thing to do,” she added, but Prop. 35 amounts to legalized entrapment, Doogan argued, where the courts will be forced to prosecute anyone who accepts money from a prostitute, including landlords, spouses and even children.

“Under their definition, they would all be considered traffickers and have to register as sex offenders,” Doogan claimed.

It’s “a scenario which may sound outlandish,” the Prop. 35 opponent acknowledged, but she said the proposition provides cash-strapped public agencies, nonprofits and law enforcement an economic incentive to widen the humantrafficking net beyond reason.

Under the ballot initiative, convicted traffickers could be forced to pay as much as $1.5 million in new fines, 70 percent of which would go to public agencies and nonprofits, with the remainder going to the law-enforcement agencies that investigated the crimes.

On the other end of the fiscal spectrum, the Legislative Analyst’s Office has been unable to provide an estimate for how much the measure would cost the state’s general fund, guessing “a couple million dollars annually” for an increased number of prosecutions and incarcerations, and “a few million dollars” for the required training.

“It isn’t often that the Legislative Analyst’s Office says a ballot measure is so ambiguously written that you can’t even put an estimate on the general fund,” Sen. Leno noted sharply.

Problematic or not, what scant polling data is available suggests overwhelming support for the initiative. According to a joint survey conducted last month by Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy and California Business Roundtable, 86.6 percent of those surveyed are in favor of Prop. 35. Only 6 percent said they were opposed.

Opponents acknowledge their uphill battle convincing the public to vote against something that bills itself as a “Ban on Human Trafficking and Sex Slavery.”

“I think they’re going to end up voting yes on this, and they’re not going to know what they’re voting on,” said Veronica Monet, a certified sexologist and anger-management specialist who counsels couples.

Monet, a former adult escort, drew comparisons to a 2003 Supreme Court case in which a Texas gay couple was selectively prosecuted for violating the state’s archaic anti-sodomy laws.

“If nobody has it in for you—if you’re white, Christian and heterosexual—then you may have nothing to worry about,” she said pointedly. Ω

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buses and in Fairfield Inns. He’s thrust microphones into the faces of potential voters in diners and Dairy Queens, attempting to unravel the mystery of how there can still be undecided voters this late in the game. He’s been to the Iowa State Fair twice, and if you’re a devoted listener of his reporting, you may have heard him gag on air when he tried eating a deep-fried stick of butter. “I don’t recommend it,” he told a chuckling audience.

Gonyea’s view is that “Obama’s on a roll, and Romney’s struggling. At Romney rallies, it’s easy to find someone who will tell you they first supported Herman Cain, then switched to Rick Santorum. But now those people just want Obama to lose.”

If Romney loses, Gonyea predicts lots of recriminations among Republicans looking to assess blame. And he fully expects the campaign for 2016 to start around midNovember of this year.

During the question-and-answer session that concluded the evening, a woman in the audience reminded Gonyea that there had been two autographs he’d acquired during his career in broadcasting. Who was the second? That was Rosa Parks, whom Gonyea described as a civil-rights hero and whose signature he clearly prized.

Jared Carter, a 15-year-old Inspire charter school student, closed out the evening by asking the reporter if he saw any prospects for compromise between the warring political factions once the election was over. “I don’t see anything changing in the near future,” Gonyea sighed. “Moderates would be required, and I don’t see many.”

Earlier, Gonyea had addressed the seriousness of this election, for people who are old now, and for those like Carter, who will be 65 in 2062.

“It’s a different vibe from four years ago,” he’d told the Laxson audience, “and some people find it boring. But here’s where I think it’s not boring. So much is as stake.

Both candidates say they’re going to send the country in fundamentally different directions.

In 2001, you had people saying there was not much difference between Gore and Bush.

This year, no one is saying there’s no difference between Romney and Obama.”

—JAMIE O’NEILL

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he controversial cogeneration Tburns plant in south Oroville that biofuel to produce electricity

is shutting down operations by the end of October. The Pacific Oroville Power Inc. plant, aka POPI, is owned by New Jerseybased Covanta Energy; it has been under scrutiny by the Butte County District Attorney’s Office for the past three years for possible environmental violations.

When it was first fired up in 1983, POPI burned wood chips generated by timber harvests. As the local lumber industry declined, the plant added agricultural waste to help meet the 28 tons of fuel the incinerators consumed per hour to produce enough energy to power 20,000 homes. That electricity was sold to Pacific Gas and Electric.

Covanta spokesman James Regan said running the plant is no longer economically feasible.

“Unfortunately, power rates are not sufficient to cover the cost of operations and fuel,” he said from his New Jersey office. “This does happen with some regularity in the biomass industry when power prices are not sufficient to cover costs. Obviously you can’t burn in the red. It’s a decision we have to make based on economics.”

Covanta-owned cogeneration plants in Westwood and Burney have also closed. Regan said the POPI facility will shut down when its remaining fuel supply is used up, which should happen by the end of October.

Covanta will continue to own the plant, he said, which could be restarted in the future “with some

changes.”

“We will continue to evaluate the future of the facility as we move forward,” he said.

In the meantime, the closure will put about 20 people out of work.

Those workers have been notified and offered post-employment benefits, as is company policy, Regan said.

Last year PG&E applied to

the state Energy Commission to amend its agreement with POPI in a way that would provide the plant “with a higher price for delivered energy in exchange for stricter performance obligations and other beneficial terms and conditions,” according to the proposal.

That proposal also said: “In 2010, POPI indicated that it had become uneconomic to operate the Facility under the [existing agreement’s] terms and conditions.”

Regan said with the exiting contract, shutting down operations comes at Covanta’s discretion.

In recent years POPI began burning “urban waste,” the remains of torn-down buildings that can contain metals, asbestos and other less-than-eco-friendly materials.

The DA’s Office caught wind of this new practice and tested the resulting on-site ash for toxicity.

Earlier this year, a 19,000-ton pile of ash from the facility was located off of Hicks Lane in north Chico and subsequently tested. The ash, which has since been moved to a landfill in Wheatland, was high in dioxins. Ash was also piled in the Glenn County community of Artois and then plowed into agri-

cultural land as a soil amendment, including a corn field whose crop is used as cattle feed.

POPI-generated ash is also believed to have been used as a soil amendment in fields in Durham and Oroville.

Paul Moreno, the regional spokesman for PG&E, said he was not aware of the pending closure but would try to have someone familiar with it contact the News & Review for comment. That call had not been made by press time.

David Lusk, senior air-quality engineer for the Butte County Air Quality Management District, which oversees POPI, said the cogeneration plant’s operating permit amounts to about $12,000 a year. The company, he said, has asked to maintain its permits, which allow for “non-attainment emissions,” in anticipation of future operations.

Lusk and Regan both said they had concerns about a recent stories in this paper about the ash piles and the reported use of used carbon filter, which the DA’s Office said was coal, as a fuel.

Regan said tests of the ash pile in Chico did not reveal high levels of toxins. Both men said the plant was not burning coal. The DA’s Office, which conducted the tests, said dioxin levels exceeded the limits established by the World Health Organization and that the carbon filter was 95 percent bituminous coal and 5 percent coconut shell.

Lusk also said that “combusting agricultural wastes such as orchard removals, prunings, etc., in a facility such as POPI is beneficial for air quality because the combustion and air-pollution controls on the plant produce much less pollution than the open burning of these materials.”

—TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

Worker deaths raise concerns Two employees in Butte Hall die of rare lung disease he recent lung-cancer deaths of two Chico Tin the State University employees who worked same building have raised faculty con-

cerns over air quality and possible asbestos contamination.

Tami Harder Kilpatric, an administrative support coordinator in the college’s Political Science Department, died Sept. 16, at the age of 51, due to complications from lung cancer. On May 16, sociology professor Andrew Dick, 49, died a year after being diagnosed with atypical lung cancer. Dick and Kilpatric both worked in offices in the northwest corner of Butte Hall, on the sixth and seventh floors, respectively.

A Sept. 21 email from Dean Fairbanks, the Geography and Planning Department chairman, to Gayle Hutchinson, dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, and forwarded to several other faculty members, expressed these concerns: “As we all know this building was built in the era when the iron beams were spray coated with asbestos that is held in a fiberglass matrix. It is fine if left alone, it will be stable. However, with all the work on the HVAC [heating, ventilation and air conditioning] system could there have been a disturbance with any of the asbestos coatings?”

Hutchinson replied less than two hours later, saying she had immediately set up a meeting with the campus Departments of Environmental Health and Safety, Facilities Management and Services, and Academic Affairs to address faculty concern.

On Tuesday (Sept. 25), Hutchinson’s office deferred questions about the air quality in Butte Hall to EHS Director Marvin Pratt, and said a forum for employees to express their concerns has tentatively been scheduled for Oct. 9. Pratt was unavailable for an interview as of press time, but Joe Wills, director of Public Affairs, did respond Wednesday morning.

“The health and safety of our students and staff is always of primary concern,” Wills said, adding that campus officials were preparing a statement to “address concerns and reassure safety” of Butte Hall

employees to be released that afternoon.

“Hundreds of thousands of buildings constructed during a certain era contain asbestos, and they’re perfectly safe unless certain areas are disturbed.” He said no construction, on the HVAC system or otherwise, has occurred at Butte Hall recently. He also said there are currently no plans to test for asbestos or threats at Butte Hall.

“If the experts we consult with lead us in that direction, then that’s an option we’ll pursue, but there doesn’t seem to be a reason at this time,” he said.

Several faculty members acknowledged they were concerned about the recent deaths and their possible connection to air quality, but declined to comment until more information is known.

Butte Hall is a seven-story building

constructed in 1972 and designed to hold 3,000 students and 110 faculty offices.

Classes are held on the lower floors, and the entire building is home to more than a dozen departments, programs and administrative services. The floors in question house offices for the College of Behavioral Science, Departments of Political Science, Economy, Sociology, Health and Community Services, and the Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies.

In accordance with the California Health and Safety Code, EHS releases an annual notification of the location of asbestos-containing materials on campus. This year’s memo, dated March 1, states, “Asbestoscontaining building materials do not pose a threat to your health unless the building materials containing asbestos become damaged or disturbed.” An attached list, also available online, lists 45 campus buildings that contain asbestos.

Of particular concern are the age and relative health of the two recent cancer victims.

According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average age for lung-cancer diagnosis is 71, with less than 3 percent of cases appearing before the age of 45. By all reports, Dick and Kilpatric were in exceptional physical health before their diagnosis.

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Manufacturers, oil refiners and other business groups are protesting California’s cap-and-trade carbon market before the California Air Resources Board.

The groups are demanding last-minute changes to AB 32, the state’s Global Warming Solutions Act, which they have labeled a “job killer” due to the cost of participating in the carbon market, according to The Sacramento Bee. On Nov. 14, the Air Resources Board will begin distributing millions of carbon-emission allowances—each permitting the emission of a ton of greenhouse gases—to 430 of the heaviest polluters in the state. Most of the credits will be dispersed free of charge, with 10 percent being auctioned off. The board estimates businesses will pay more than $1 billion over the next year for carbon credits.

Business leaders are urging Gov. Jerry Brown to increase the allocation of free carbon credits, a request opposed by some environmentalists, who believe it would weaken the cap-and-trade program.

GREENWAYS Eight-year-old Eily Brown sits next to pumpkins, holding sun-dried tomatoes she helped prepare.

Both the pumpkin and cherry-tomato plants came from this year’s Endangered Species Faire.

Michael Cannon stands amid the tall zinnias and tomato plants in his Chapmantown garden.

BULLET TRAIN GETS GO-AHEAD

California’s $69 billion high-speed rail line was granted federal approval on Sept. 19, likely drawing a new round of lawsuits from environmental groups in the Central Valley.

Gov. Jerry Brown and the California legislature approved the Merced-to-Fresno section of the bullet train two months ago, but a Federal Railroad Administration endorsement was necessary before work began on the first leg of the track, according to InsideBayArea.com. President Barack Obama and the United States Congress had previously approved the federal share of funding for the project, but U.S. officials had yet to determine if the plans met federal environmental laws.

The federal government’s ruling found that the bullet train will have significant negative impacts on the environment and community, including loud noises and reduction of property value, but deemed the project worthwhile.

TOO MUCH ARSENIC IN RICE?

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting a study of arsenic levels in rice as consumer groups are calling for standards for the carcinogen.

The FDA has studied the issue for decades, maintaining there is no evidence that arsenic levels have made rice unsafe to eat, according to SFGate.com. Its new study is analyzing 1,200 samples of grocery-store rice products, including short- and long-grain rice, adult and infant cereals, rice beverages and rice cakes for arsenic levels.

Rice is particularly susceptible to absorbing arsenic because it is grown in water on the ground, where inorganic arsenic, which is used in pesticides and herbicides, is commonly found.

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg urges consumers to eat a wide variety of grains as part of a balanced diet, “to minimize any potential consequences from consuming any one particular food.”

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How does your garden grow?

Locals weigh in on the vegetables they grew from the seedlings given away at the Endangered Species Faire story and photos by

Claire Hutkins Seda cmh.seda@yahoo.com

Tmiddle of summer, too—is a long time to be away from home for a gardener. wo months—and right in the

I knew beforehand that the lengthy trip I took in July and August with my husband and daughter to visit family in the Czech Republic was going to steal away prime gardening time.

Thus, at the beginning of summer, I wasn’t willing to invest much in my backyard vegetable garden. After all, I’d probably miss most of the harvest. But the free vegetable starts at Butte Environmental Council’s 33rd annual Endangered Species Faire, held May 5 in Bidwell Park’s Cedar Grove, beckoned.

On that day, Michael Cannon, the grower of all the plants, and Kelly Meagher, who sponsors the giveaway, sat behind their stand of 1,000 plants and watched

family after family take home the offerings of cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, spinach, basil, parsley, cilantro, zinnias and more. I was there to interview families for the second installment of a three-part series on the fair and its popular free veggie starts. For part one, I had interviewed Cannon in March, back when his plants were still seedlings; this article is the third.

But, I couldn’t be just a reporter: I simply couldn’t resist, and grabbed a few plants for myself. Not long after, I plugged an automatic drip-irrigation system into the backyard hosebib, bid adieu to my newly planted garden, and left the country.

My sister sent me photo updates of the plants growing in the yard, and news of all the veggies she was harvesting from my abandoned garden. Then, I returned. After more than two months of neglect (except for the drip irrigation), shiny dark eggplants drooped from their large plants; an unstaked San Marzano tomato plant, heavy with red fruit, rambled along the ground; and the zinneas were tall and colorful. Not

bad for doing absolutely nothing.

Matt Brown, with the help of his

8-year-old daughter, Eily, had chosen 16 plants from the fair to plant in his Chico back yard. Brown’s garden, about 75 percent of which was composed of starts from the fair, grew a few surprises, including pumpkins.

“We had forgotten what they were—we thought they’d be watermelons,” he said.

Brown is thrilled how his daughter has participated in everything from the planting of the starts to the preservation of the harvest.

She’s even “taking [food she’s harvested] to school for her lunch,” he said. “She loves getting in there and harvesting whatever is there.”

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by Buster, her yellow lab, just a few days after planting. Ross Brockman, who has gotten starts at the fair for about a decade, says she’s thankful for the giveaway.

“It’s the highlight of the day! Just going over, perusing the plants, and talking to other people about how grateful we are that they’re there every year.”

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“Well, you know, everyone I’ve talked to [who took a plant]—they all have great gardens,” said Cannon. “I haven’t heard any horror stories.” He estimates that he gave away around 4,000 plants this season—a record number—to fairgoers, community gardens, friends and so on. Another record-breaker was Cannon’s own harvest: “I had the best backyard garden that I’ve ever done,” he said. “Peppers did GREENWAYS continued on page 14

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Scotty Hodgkinson, owner of Ital Imports and longtime gardener, said his Forest Ranch summer garden was “just about all … from Michael[’s starts], except I had a bunch of volunteer tomatoes, but those were probably seeds from his starts [from] last year.” Out of three raised garden beds, one wasn’t protected from gophers. “I lost his cucumbers, one eggplant, and a couple of tomatoes,” said Hodgkinson, whose remaining beds ensured him enough tomatoes for the summer.

Bernadette Ross Brockman took home three starts. “We were successful with both the tomatoes, but not the cucumber,” Ross Brockman said. Her two cherry-tomato plants are still thriving. “I go out every day and grab a few, either for a salad, or just to eat right then and there.” Tomatoes are a family favorite, as “it’s a veggie my boys will eat.”

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great this year. … And there’s still so much out there.”

Cannon’s garden of 10 raised beds produced so much food that he’s been donating baskets of fresh produce three times a week to the Chico Outpatient VA Clinic on Cohasset Road. And many recipients of his plants each year include nonprofits and community gardens such as Murphy Commons’ Community Garden, which took a flat of veggie starts this year. More than 10 plots at the newly-opened Humboldt Community Garden were planted in May with his starts, said Mark Stemen, who helped establish the garden.

As for my handful of abandoned plants, they’ve already gone the way of the compost pile, to make room for a winter garden, which will in turn be ripped out in time for next year’s Endangered Species Faire starts, for the yearly gardening cycle to begin again. Ω

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On Saturday, Sept. 29, from 6 to 10 p.m., the GRUB Cooperative (1525 Dayton Road) will host a fundraising DJ dance party to help support the Yes on 37 campaign to label GMO food sold in California.

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Amanda Bosschart, the local leader of the Yes on Prop. 37—California Right to Know GMO-labeling campaign, and asked her to say a few words about the protest earlier this month (Sept. 8) at the local Walmart by anti-GMO/proProp. 37 activists.

“We had a great day on [that] Saturday,” Bosschart said, referring to the event that attracted roughly two dozen protesters.

“I went into the store with a few helpers and we talked to the weekend manager about the [GMO] Bt corn,” she continued. “[We] handed him 13 letters asking the store to please not sell GMO sweet corn in the Chico store, and asking for the store to endorse the [Prop. 37] campaign. … He, as a person, thinks GMOs should be labeled. But as the store manager, he had no comment.

“I asked him if the managers of the [Walmart] stores had any control over what was sold in their stores, and he didn’t really know. He talked to us for about five minutes before disappearing with the letters. He had the other manager give us a [phone] number of the [Walmart] media-relations person; it was an 800 number.”

Bosschart said that she and the protesters remained in front of the store for about 45 minutes before they were Amanda Bosschart (center, in skirt) oversees asked by one of the managers pro-Prop. 37 picketers at Chico’s Walmart on to leave, adding, “I asked him Sept. 8. Bosschart hand delivered 13 letters to the store’s manager asking the store not to sell where the ‘free-speech’ area was located, and he said on the GMO sweet corn and to endorse Prop. 37.

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“I started this in January 2011, because I was tired of the collusion of government and business hiding what was in our foods,” Larry was quoted as saying. The only way forward, it seemed to her, was “for the people of California to be able to vote to get GMOs labeled.”

The article includes a photograph of parents and children engaging in a protest against GMOs and for Prop. 37—carrying signs such as “GMO is a no-go” and “I’m not a lab rat”—recently in front of an unnamed California Walmart store, similar to the Sept. 8 protest held at the local Walmart.

“Currently, the Yes on 37 campaign enjoys a sizable polling advantage,” reads the article. “A recent poll from Pepperdine University showed 65 percent of California residents in favor of GMO labeling.” And, as the article points out, “[C]orporations know that a GMO-labeling initiative passed [in California] will likely have national implications,” hence the more than $25 million that’s been funneled into the No on 37 campaign by Monsanto and friends.

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THE PULSE OBESITY RATES TO SKYROCKET

California’s obesity rate will double by 2030 if current trends continue, a new national report finds.

The report, compiled by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America’s Health, projected the state’s obesity rate increasing from 23.8 percent to 46.6 percent, according to the Los Angeles Times. Additionally, the obesity rate for most states in the United States will increase above 50 percent in the same time frame. As a result, the United States would have 6 million new cases of Type 2 diabetes, 5 million new cases of coronary heart disease and stroke, and more than 400,000 new cases of obesity-related cancer. Additionally, obesityrelated health-care costs would increase by $48 billion to $66 billion a year.

In a separate study, bisphenol A (BPA) has been linked to obesity among Caucasian children.

New York University scientists found white children exposed to high levels of BPA—used in plastics, canned food containers and beverage containers—were five times more likely to be obese than white children with low levels of the chemical. Neither African-African nor Hispanic children had a statistically significant risk of BPA-related obesity.

HEALTHLINES

Controlling health-care costs New study highlights wasteful practices in delivery of U.S. health care

VACCINATION WEAKENS

The whooping cough vaccine introduced in the 1990s loses effectiveness much faster than originally thought, a study finds.

Conducted by Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Research Center in Oakland, the study found that the vaccine’s protective effects weaken soon after a child is administered the final of five shots for whooping cough around age 6, according to The Associated Press.

The researchers found the protection rate of the vaccine—touted as the “safer” alternative to the original vaccine that produced side effects of pain and swelling in the injection area, fever and rare cases of brain damage—fell from 95 to 71 percent within five years of the final vaccination.

The findings come as the United States manages its most significant whooping-cough outbreak in decades—more than 26,000 cases this year, including more than 10,000 among children ages 7 to 10.

TOUT YOUR FAVORITE DOC

Enloe Medical Center is inviting community members to enter nominations for its 2012 Physician Legacy Award.

The annual award is “presented each year to a doctor whose body of work in and out of the profession has created a lasting impact and legacy,” according to an Enloe Medical Center press release.

Criteria include being a respected physician who has been a member of the medical staff for more than one year and “whose leadership at Enloe and in the community, both locally and at large, has changed our world for the better.”

Go to www.enloe.org by Oct. 12 to enter nominations.

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Evan Tuchinsky ideacultivators@ aol.com

TUnited States has been a major talking point in the 2012 presidential camhe cost of health care in the

paign, but it reached a new level earlier this month with the release of a study detailing hundreds of billions of dollars in unnecessary expense.

Sept. 6, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reported that the United States wasted more than $750 billion providing health care in 2009. The report attributed about a quarter of that total to excessive administrative costs, with a majority tied to unnecessary and inefficiently delivered treatment.

“Health care in America presents a fundamental paradox,” stated the IOM report, titled “Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America.”

“The past 50 years have seen an explosion in biomedical knowledge, dramatic innovation in therapies and surgical procedures, and management of conditions that previously were fatal ... Yet, American health care is falling short on basic dimensions of quality, outcomes, costs and equity.”

California HealthCare Foundation president Mark Smith, chair of the 18-member committee that prepared the IOM report,

told California Healthline that “Americans should expect to get and should demand to get better value for their health-care dollar.”

That move is already afoot. The IOM report came out a month to the day after Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick signed into law a state bill aiming to control health-care expenses.

For the next five years, the cost of providing health care in Massachusetts can grow no faster than the state economy.

Starting in 2017, for the following five years, costs can increase no more than half a percent over the economy’s growth rate.

That formula, along with other provisions in the law, has state officials anticipating a $200 billion savings over 15 years.

“Massachusetts has been a model for

the nation for access to health care,” Patrick told the media before signing the bill. “Today we become the first to crack the code on costs.”

But did it really? And would such a bill work in other places, like California?

Mike Wiltermood, CEO of Enloe Medical Center, isn’t so sure.

“On its face, the proposal of regulating cost like a utility, I understand,” he said in a recent phone interview. “What we’ve typically found, though, is that artificial cost controls will lead to shortages.

“I could accept a national concept for cost control rather than one just based in the state,” Wiltermood continued, “because what we’d see, and what we may see in HEALTHLINES continued on page 19

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HEALTHLINES Massachusetts, is if the cost controls are unreasonable, you’ll see insurance companies and providers leaving the states where those are implemented.

“If you try to implement cost control without the reality check of cost of living in a certain area, then the natural result would be shortages. So I’m really concerned that California is going to carve itself out from the rest of the country and say, ‘We’re not going to pay as much as everybody else,’ and then hope we still keep our doctors, our nurses and our infrastructure for health care.”

California already pays less than practically every other state when it comes to Medi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid, the federal-matching program for lowincome families. And, indeed, California has a growing physician shortage and weathers periodic nursing shortages.

Competition with other states for medical professionals who have invested tens of thousands— if not hundreds of thousands—of dollars in their education and training represents a major challenge currently, and potentially a larger challenge for states that tackle cost control unilaterally. That’s why Wiltermood favors a national plan.

“There are a lot of ways of reducing costs,” he said. “Unless we address the supply side of health care, we’re going to have a hard time doing that.”

The IOM study looks at

other costs—ones its panel deemed excessive and unnecessary after evaluating expenditures from 2009. It broke down the costs as follows: • $210 billion in unnecessary services; • $130 billion in services delivered inefficiently; • $190 billion in excess administrative expenses; • $105 billion in excessive prices; • $75 billion in fraud; • $55 billion in missed opportunities for prevention.

“If banking were like health care,” the report said, “automated teller machine (ATM) transactions would not take seconds but perhaps days or longer, as a result of unavailable or misplaced records.”

Furthermore: “The sheer volume of new discoveries stresses the capabilities of the system to effectively generate and manage knowledge and apply it to regular care.

“Given such real-world impediments, initiatives that focus merely

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on incremental improvements and add to a clinician’s daily workload are unlikely to succeed.”

Daniel Braunstein, a professor emeritus from Michigan’s Oakland University who serves on the state board of California nonprofit organization Health Care for All, zeroed in on the administrative cost.

“I need to point out that much of those unnecessary costs uncovered by IOM are the layers of bureaucracy required to run the various for-profit health insurance programs,” Braunstein wrote in an email. “These costs are considerably escalated by the additional requirement of all independent physician offices, as well as all hospital billing offices, to have insurance specialists sort out the policy benefit practices of the insurance programs, plus deal with the inevitable denials of patient claims by the insurers.

“According to the Washington Post’s T.R. Reid (The Healing of America), the non-profit sickness funds of Germany have about onethird the administrative expenses that are normal in American health insurance. No wonder that Germany spends considerably less than what we spend, per capita, for health care!”

Wiltermood, Enloe’s CEO, targeted efficiency, which is where he sees the federal government focusing its attention. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) “is directly trying to encourage consolidation and

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“So, what do we [smaller organizations] do? Rationally, we try to consolidate. But we’ll have government agencies try in some cases to encourage collaboration and another agency will come along and say, ‘You’re creating a cartel.’

“Government is not looking at the fundamental issues driving costs in health care,” said Wiltermood. “They continue to regulate and regulate, which leads to more and more costs.”

It’s not that Wiltermood thinks the health-care industry shouldn’t be regulated—quite the contrary.

“The problem is,” he said, “there are all these tentacles to this that in various and sundry ways create inefficiencies and contrary incentives in health care. If all you want to do is put a lid on it and say, ‘Don’t pay any more,’ it’s going to implode.” Ω

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For their 30th anniversary, a Chico couple sets off to visit 30 states in 30 days— and find the nation’s soul along the way

by Steve Metzger

Let us be lovers, we’ll marry our fortunes together I’ve got some real estate here in my bag So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner pies And walked off to look for America —Paul Simon, “America”

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ur plan was modest at first, a little road trip to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. Maybe head

up to Boise to visit relatives, then drop down through Colorado and New Mexico. Back along Route 66, then up the east side of the Sierra. A week? Ten days?

Then Betsy (known to some as Liz) upped the ante: “How ’bout 30 days? For 30 years.

We can drive across the country.”

A bluff? I saw her 30 years and raised her: “And 30 states.”

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“Really?”

“We’re going to Graceland,” I sang. “Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee.”

We packed light, planning to stay mostly in motels, although we threw light camping gear into our Outback just in case. We also brought along a small plastic bag of ashes—my mother had died 10 months before, and she always loved family road trips in our old station wagons.

We’d take her back to her favorite places, as well as to places she still had wanted to see.

Later, we would joke that we both hoped we’d be returning together in the same car—30 days is a long time to spend with anyone.

We left Chico one morning in late June and spent the first night in Wells, Nev., and early the next morning got coffee to go at Bella’s Café. We didn’t realize the significance of the “I Got Off in Wells” T-shirts that they were selling until we stepped outside and noticed the “other” Bella’s, next door behind a Cyclone fence: “Bella’s Hacienda Ranch and Brothel.”

That night we stayed in a lodge outside Grand Teton National Park, where as a child I had camped with my parents. I had elk sliders as we sat at the bar chatting with the young couple who ran the place—from South Carolina, he loved hillbilly hand-fishing.

In the morning, we sprinkled some ashes along the shore of Jenny Lake, the Tetons reflected across its surface. Then we headed up into Yellowstone, where we spotted a lone white wolf slinking in and out of the firs along the far bank of the Yellowstone River. Small herds of bison, among the 15,000 left in North America—50 million having been killed in the 19th century by settlers, railroaders and the U.S. Army—grazed in distant meadows.

In the afternoon we drove across snowfields and granite

ridges far above the timberline, crossing into Montana near 10,947foot Beartooth Pass, then dropped down into Red Cloud and found a room at the Bavarian-style Yodler Motel ski lodge, whose marquee advertised “Groovy and CorporateFree since 1968.”

The next evening, after a morning at Mount Rushmore, I asked my Facebook “friends,” “Who would be a good fifth bust for Mount Rushmore?” Among the answers: Ronald Reagan, Bob Dylan, Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, Martin Luther King, Jr., Bob Hope, Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey. I was thinking maybe Johnny Cash or Frederick Douglass.

The next few days would take us from the Black Hills to the prairie lands of the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument and across rolling hills of corn and soybeans as far as we could see punctuated by bright red barns right out of central casting.

On a narrow country road outside Blair, Wis.,

we drove by the abandoned two-story farmhouse where Betsy’s dad had lived as a child in the 1920s, its weathered siding warped, the long front porch sloping into the overgrown yard. Then we spent an afternoon on the farm with her cousins and for lunch had sausages made from last year’s county fair entries.

In Milwaukee, we had brats and craft beer at a Brewers game, then drove through brutally impoverished neighborhoods to the downtown area, vital, upscale, and largely white, where we’d been told we’d find great music and delicious ethnic food at the city’s Summerfest.

As the song says, the Metzgers were “going to Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee,” but it turned out to be schlocky, so they headed over to Beale Street instead.

We spent about 10 minutes watching groups of drunk, flirting teenagers, then tossed most of our “Scotch eggs” (hardboiled eggs encased in sausage) into a trash can and headed uptown on foot in search of The Office, a bar that Esquire magazine’s annual list of best bars in America had described as a “businessmen’s dive.”

“This reminds me of Duffy’s,” Betsy said, as we sat down at the bar, only one other couple in the whole place. When we told Bob the bartender we’d driven 2,000 miles to get there, he offered to buy the first round, then apologized when Betsy ordered chardonnay. “I’m sorry, we don’t serve wine.” She had a vodka tonic.

For 12 years I taught Introduc-

tion to American Studies at Chico State. One of the required texts was Jacob Needleman’s American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders. In the book Needleman claims that the soul of America lies in the country’s contradictions—the individual and the group; states’ rights and central government; city and country; the very rich and the very poor.

One of the most powerful parts of the book is the chapter on Frederick Douglass, which includes most of his famous July 5, 1852, speech, “The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro,” in which Douglass, speaking to a white audience, said, “This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”

Needleman also discusses what he

says is one of the most profound symbols of the American character, when Douglass stood up to his brutal slaver, Edward Covey, and in a violent fight took back control of his own soul— Needleman likens the struggle to the colonists standing up to the crown.

The final assignment each semester, then, asked the students, in small groups, to make cases for where they thought the “soul of America” could be found.

The projects were fascinating and wide-ranging. The soul of America, various students claimed, could be found in muscle cars, in Jackie Robinson, at the Continental Divide, taco trucks, the Civil War, NASCAR, in the Suffragette Movement, a Fourth of July barbecue, the KKK (some took a rather cynical view…), at Ellis Island, in a Friday-night high-school football game, the Emancipation Proclamation.

On the morning of the Fourth of July, passing through several small Midwestern towns, main streets lined with American flags and families in lawn chairs awaiting parades, we were surprised to tune to an NPR interview with Needleman himself, and were both struck by something he said: Most Americans are very aware of their rights but very few understand the responsibilities that go with them.

“Remember,” he said, “from good thought must come action.”

Outside Green Bay we stopped

at a little roadside market (“Stop here!

Local Wine and Cheese Moccasins!”) and checked out the moccasins, made in the Dominican Republic. In the corner was an Aaron Rodgers shrine, with green No. 12 jerseys, pennants, bobbleheads, posters, cheesehead “hats,”

and “You’re in Mr. Rodgers’ Neighborhood” T-shirts.

That night, we sat on the lawn in front of our hotel in touristy Mackinaw City and sipped Wisconsin wine from plastic cups as we watched a stunning fireworks display over Lake Michigan. We were planning to take the ferry over to Mackinac Island—one of my mother’s favorite places—the next morning and then cross the border into Canada. We woke to a heavy downpour, though, and a note in the tour book about needing passports to get into Canada as of 2009 (oops…).

Instead we walked down to the lake, sprinkled some ashes across the water and headed south through the poplars and white pines of central Michigan.

“Philadelphia?” Betsy said, reading the map as I drove.

Outside Cleveland, exhausted at the end of a long day, we turned off the Ohio Turnpike in Elyria and checked into a motel, then headed out for dinner—but kept getting turned back by cop-car roadblocks.

Even the off-ramp was blocked off.

Back at the motel, the clerk—who had stepped out into the parking lot to watch the action—pointed to the turnpike and said, “Obama’s coming through.” We waved as the motorcade went by 50 feet away.

At Kent State, we stood

silently for several minutes at each of the spots where the four students—Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Bill Schroeder, and Sandy Scheuer—were killed on May 4, 1970, when the Ohio National Guard fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds into a crowd protesting the Vietnam War. In the spring, the memorial is surrounded by a field of 58,175 blooming daffodils—one for each American killed in the war.

Later, the afternoon sun casting long shadows across the green hills of eastern Pennsylvania, we wound along a narrow road toward the spot where United Flight 93 slammed into a sloping hillside, the ground completely swallowing the plane.

Neither of us spoke.

We parked and walked over to a series of displays with the crews’ and passengers’ photographs and short bios, then followed the marble wall out toward the crash site.

A docent, who lived “just over that hill there,” described hearing the crash and seeing the fireball, then pointed, moving his arm in a wide arc, as he indicated the flight path.

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On the way back to the car, we stopped at a kiosk with a bulletin board and table with index cards and pens—the board covered with notes, mostly thanking those who had attempted to take back control of the plane.

We pulled into Philadelphia on the afternoon of July 7, navigating the narrow, 200-year-old streets to our downtown hotel, then walked over to the City Tavern Restaurant—built in 1773, reconstructed in 1948—the unofficial meeting place of the first Continental Congress. The menu includes venison, rabbit, and West Indies pepperpot soup.

I had two pints of ale, one made from Jefferson’s recipe, one from Washington’s. Perfect for my constitution.

The next day, in line to view the Liberty Bell, we passed tables with protesters handing out literature condemning the Chinese government’s persecution of Falun Gong followers. After the obligatory photo op beside the bell, we headed back onto the street, surprised to hear bells and shouting ringing out across Independence Square.

We followed the noise and the crowd to the steps of the State House, where an actor in breeches, powdered wig, and tri-corner hat was recreating—as is done just once a year—the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, July 8, 1776. Hip, hip, huzzah.

In the morning we headed

across the Walt Whitman Memorial Bridge and down the New Jersey shore to Cape May and caught the ferry, dolphins racing alongside, over to Delaware, then drove across the tip of Maryland and into Virginia.

We followed a series of back roads and miles-long bridges just yards above endless tidal marshes to Chincoteague Island, the area home to a large herd of wild ponies, according to legend descendants of horses that swam ashore after a Spanish galleon sank in a storm in 1750. For dinner we had local flounder overlooking the harbor.

We rose early and drove down the eastern Virginia peninsula, over the 20-mile bridge across the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, then headed for the Outer Banks, a 200mile long strip of narrow barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina. We found a room in a hotel on the beach in Nag’s Head, had shrimp and grits and blackened crab cakes in Kill Devil Hills as a storm rolled in, and in the morning braved torrential rains to visit the Wright Brothers National Memori22 CN&R September 27, 2012

Clockwise from upper left: the May 4 memorial at Kent State; softshell-crab sandwich and fries, lunch on the Outer Banks; the Stillwater Hoboes busking in Asheville; roadside trading post outside Gallup, N.M.; sign to ferry dock for Mackinac Island; one of hundreds of tiles painted by children at the Oklahoma City National Memorial; cavalry gravestones at the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument, Montana.

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al, where you can walk the paths, down sand dunes and across grassy fields, of their first four flights.

Mostly deserted—and reachable only by ferry or private plane or boat—Ocracoke Island is 12 miles long by a quarter-mile wide, a small fishing village (year-round population 950) on its southwestern shore, where tourists ride around in golf carts and locals drive pickups with fishing-pole racks mounted to their front bumpers. In the early 18th century, the Ocracoke harbor was a favorite hangout of Blackbeard, who was killed offshore in 1718 in a swordfight, his head hung from the bowsprit of the HMS Pearl.

At the Jolly Roger Pub and Marina, we met Crazy Keith, a leathered sailor, his 36-foot sailboat, aboard which he spent most of the year alone exploring the eastern seaboard, anchored in the harbor.

The morning we left, our huge

ferry passed a small boat a couple of hundred yards to our portside, its sails furled, outboard throttle barely open. I waved back to the captain waving from the cockpit before realizing, as the boat slipped into our wake, that it was Crazy Keith.

Two hours later we drove

off the ferry onto Cedar Island and followed a narrow marsh-side road through tiny backwater towns, Spanish moss hanging from trees, fresh shrimp for sale out of the backs of roadside pick-up trucks. In Cape Carteret, we passed a petgrooming shop called Doggie Styles. Then we crossed over into South Carolina and through a series of beach towns full of high-rise hotels, miniature golf courses, Hooters diners—and a bar advertising “free martinis for girls in bikinis.”

Pulling into downtown Charleston that afternoon, we were struck once again by the chasm

between the haves and have-nots, in this case separated by little more than one street, one side blighted and boarded up and African American, the other side upscale hotels and gigantic stone mansions belonging to white families of Old South means and money.

On our way to visit friends in Atlanta, we were startled by a sign west of Augusta: “Laurel and Hardy Museum next exit.” We turned off the highway and headed 10 miles south along the narrow empty country road through the pines, finally pulling into Harlem,

Ga. (pop. 2,000), the birthplace of Oliver Hardy, where a little brick museum is packed floor to ceiling with costumes from films, scripts, dolls and knickknacks sent from fans all over the world. We sat in folding chairs, laughing at the short 1932 film County Hospital.

That evening our friends took us to a Crosby, Stills and Nash concert in Alpharetta, outside Atlanta, and the next day out into the countryside, where multimillion-dollar mansions crest sprawling hillside horse ranches and farmers sell produce—watermelon, peaches, tomatoes—on tree-shaded roadside tables.

We stopped near a circle of some 20 shacks right out of a Dorothea Lange photo, cold-water sinks on crumbling porches, screen doors hanging from broken hinges—the Holbrook “campground,” where the same Methodist and Southern Baptist families have been coming for 175 years for their annual revival.

We walked over to the large tent and joined the congregation, the preacher talking about having found Jesus after a losing season as a highschool football coach, and then imploring anyone who hadn’t found Him to come on down to get healed.

The following evening, in Asheville, where Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. has just begun work on its second brewery, we listened to the Stillwater Hoboes—in plaid pants and suspenders, with banjo, guitars, Irish bouzouki, and fiddle—busking on the sidewalk in front of Woolworth’s.

Later, we bought them drinks on the outdoor patio across the street and learned that they were English majors from the University of Dallas in town to play music for the summer. An hour out of Asheville the next morning, we realized that we should have scattered some ashes there, too, knowing that my mother would have loved the joke.

We’d hoped to see Charlie Daniels and the Oak Ridge Boys at the Grand Ole Opry, but the show was sold out, and I wasn’t interested in Death Cab for Cutie at the Ryman Auditorium. (The Ryman, the “mother church of country music,” was home to the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974, when it moved out by the interstate). So, after checking into our hotel we walked down to Honky Tonk Row. Kitty Wells had died the day before, and every band in every honky tonk we visited—we made it to only five or six—was playing tributes.

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We ended up at Robert’s Western World, originally a Westernwear store (you can still buy cowboy boots), where we met a local construction worker who ordered a shot of moonshine for Betsy. “Welcome to Tennessee, darlin’,” he said, then added, “I can’t believe you can buy this stuff legally here and my cousins are still getting arrested for making it.”

In the morning, we sprinkled some ashes on the empty sidewalk of Honky Tonk Row, my mother having wanted to see Nashville before she died.

Graceland the next day was a disappointment: schlocky, 10 bucks to park alongside motor homes and tour buses, tickets for tours $32$70. Instead, we headed down to Beale Street and had delicious dryrubbed smoked ribs at Pig on Beale, then walked around the corner to the Gibson guitar factory, where kids sat on stools in the showroom test-driving Hummingbirds and Les Pauls.

By now it was Day 23. We’d driven 6,400 miles and seen 21 states, if some only briefly. We’d settled into a very comfortable rhythm and were loving every minute of the trip. At the same time, we were tired, and we missed Chico and our friends. So what if we didn’t make 30 days and 30 states. We’d made 30 years. We headed west across I-40, the old Route 66, instead of dipping down to Austin as planned.

In Oklahoma City, we walked by the reflecting pool where the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building once stood and looked at the chairs representing those killed in the bombing on the morning of April 19, 1995. We took the elevator to the third floor of the three-story museum next door, where a docent ushered us into a small room, empty except for a tape recorder sitting on a desk.

It turned out that a water-rights meeting was being held across the street the day of the bombing and had been recorded. We listened, through speakers in the ceiling, to the clerk calling the meeting to order. Two minutes later, the explosion, and the room went black.

When the lights came back on, they were trained on the wall, now covered with photos of all 168 victims.

Nineteen were children.

The rest of the tour took us through the rescue—one woman’s life was saved when an off-duty doctor amputated her leg with a Swiss Army knife, although her two young children were both killed—and the aftermath.

In one room, the twisted axel from McVeigh’s rented Ryder truck sits behind glass, while several rooms are dedicated to the victims, with short notes about them by their photos. One man pointed to a photo and said to someone who looked to be his teenage son, “That’s your aunt. She would have been 47 today.”

In the late 1980s and early ’90s we’d spent long summers exploring every corner of New Mexico researching guidebooks that I wrote for Chico’s Moon Publications, so I was excited to see it again. But I was saddened by what the economy had done to the little towns, which even during better times struggled to hang on. Now, from Tucumcari to Gallup, streets were emptier, more storefronts boarded up. Ghosts of gas stations sat at intersections, paint-peeled and crumbling.

We pulled into Flagstaff, Ariz., on the 25th day and spent the afternoon with some friends who’d moved out from Oakland 20 years ago. Two days earlier they had received notice that their house wasn’t being foreclosed after all— Rick, a carpenter, having been

unemployed for two years, had found work. We left around 5, heading through junipers and pines—and a pounding monsoonseason rainstorm—crossing the Colorado River into California and pulling into Needles shortly after 9.

It was 108 degrees.

The next morning we flew over Tehachapi Pass then dropped down into the valley, cutting over to I-5 just north of Buck Owens Boulevard in Bakersfield. By mid-afternoon, Sacramento was in our rearview mirror. We high-fived as we passed the Chico Welcomes You sign around 4.

The soul of America? Needle-

man’s contradictions? Slaveowners crafting a document proclaiming that all men are created equal. The Stillwater Hoboes joining together to make something bigger than the sum of their parts, and Crazy Keith, alone on his boat at sea. Turnpikes and dusty back roads. Old-money mansions and sharecropper shacks and honky tonks, even the schlock of Graceland.

Recently, we were talking about the Flight 93 Memorial with our good friend Francesca, who has lived in France, Senegal, the Philippines and Japan. The attempts to retake control of the plane, she said, seemed like a “very American thing.” Tomo, her Japanese friend, had agreed—at the time telling her she couldn’t imagine Japanese attempting such a thing.

From good thought comes action—perhaps the most heroic interpretation of what Needleman called the responsibilities that go along with our rights.

The night we got home we sat in Adirondack chairs on our front lawn in Chico drinking California wine.

We toasted 8,463 miles, 26 days and 26 states. And 30 years. And agreed that, despite the occasional storm, it’s been a beautiful journey. Ω

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Arts & Culture Rick Barnett at work in Chico State’s ceramics studio. Inset: a ceramic/wood cabin titled “We Ran Out of Bridges So We Burned Our Houses Down.”

PHOTOS BY MELANIE MACTAVISH

Shaping memories Chico State art student’s senior exhibition works through pain of loss by exploring friendships The harshest winter finds in us an invincible spring—Albert Camus

“S my work and in the theme, but I don’t see it that way at all,” said Rick Barnett, wunderkind ome people see a lot of sadness in

behind the mixed-media exhibit, Even Cancer Needs a Home: An Experimental Study in by Friendship Through the ProgresKen Smith sion of the Mentally Ill, showing at the Laxson Fine Arts Gallery at kens@ newsreview.com Chico State in October.

“I see it as more of a triumph over sadness.”

PREVIEW: Though the underlying theme is Even Cancer friendship, Barnett’s impetus for Needs a Home , a multi-media show the work was the grief he felt over

by Rick Barnett, the tragic passing of his close shows at Laxson friend, 27-year-old local artist and Fine Arts Gallery, musician Paul Harper, in February.

Oct. 1-31.

“I went through that couple of Reception: weeks where I didn’t know what Thursday, Oct. 11, 5 p.m. was going on. I was just in a state of shock,” said Barnett, a Chico State Laxson Fine Arts senior pursuing a bachelor of fine Gallery arts degree. “I realized that when I Laxson Auditorium looked back on his passing I didn’t Chico State www.csu want it to remind me of being sad, chico.edu/art so I decided to transpose that sadness into making something to represent his memory.”

Beginning in late spring, through the summer and up until now, Barnett worked through his grief and experienced the most productive era of his artistic career thus far. Using and often mixing ceramics, painting, carpentry, woodcarving, drawing and collage, he assembled a broad but thematically bonded exhibit of large ceramic installments, paintings, drawings and dozens of smaller works.

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toward the dark and rustic, as does his visual art.

Birds are a recurrent theme, as are dusty, barren landscapes, burning cigarettes, acoustic instruments and creepy log cabins. There are recurrent characters, most notably a man with a bird’s skull for a head. Also present are some dark humor and a touch of old-time religion, particularly in some of the pieces’ titles, which are largely gleaned from inside jokes, anecdotes and songs.

For example, a painting of a man dying on a horse with an arrow through him connected by plumes of smoke to a man listening to a record player and smoking a cigarette is called “As Ambassadors of God it is Our Duty to Reconcile You With Christ.”

“It’s a Bible verse my mom used to text me all the time,” Barnett said. “Paul also grew up in an extremely religious family, and we both grew up with the same issues of not really fitting into that, so I felt it was appropriate.”

Another piece is named in part after an instrumental song from the band Galapaghosts, which Harper started shortly before his death and of which Barnett was a member. It’s called, “God and I fighting at Paul’s Tomb.”

Other pieces are not as heavily themed, and not every piece revolves around Harper: “Elliot [Maldonado, another friend and fellow musician] has a fake book he wrote called Diary of a Dead Horse, so I made a ceramic book, and on the cover it says, ‘Diary of a Dead Horse, By Elliot Maldonado.’”

Barnett said he plans to keep working with the theme of friendship for future projects. “The things I know the best are myself and my relationships with people, so most of my work is based on that connection.”

And, of course, memories and the life experiences that create them. Asked if the pieces reflect specific moments in time, Barnett paused a second before answering. “Well, certain instances might have been in my brain while I was working on certain pieces, but it’s not like they represent a specific moment or story. It’s more like the piece becomes the memory.” Ω

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KIWANIS CLUB LUAU: Dinner and music from Lure of the Pacific to benefit Caring Choices and R.A.D. for Kids with Cancer. Th, 9/27, 6:309:30pm. $10-$25. Chico Elks Lodge; 1705 Manzanita; (530) 966-0778.

THURSDAY NIGHT MARKET: The final downtown Chico marketplace of the year, with local produce, vendors, entertainment and music. Th, 6-9pm. Prices vary. Downtown Chico; www.downtownchico.net.

WINE TASTING: A tasting of six wines from

around the world to benefit Paws of Chico. Th, 9/27, 5-7pm. $5. The Crystal Room; 968 East Ave.

Art Receptions CLAUDIA STEEL RECEPTION: Opening night for the exhibition of etchings, serigraphs, watercolors and oils on display through January. Th, 9/27, 5-6:30pm. Free. Chico City Municipal Center; 411 Main St. City Hall; (530) 896-7200.

Music PAUL BARRERE & FRED TACKETT: An evening of unplugged and acoustic hits with the guitarists of Little Feat. Th, 9/27, 7:30pm. $20-$32.

Laxson Auditorium; 400 W. First St. CSU, Chico; (530) 898-6333; www.chicoperformances.com.

CHICO AIR SHOW: A three-day celebration of aviation history with the theme “Century of Flight.” Friday night is the “Wild Brew Yonder” preview show with dinner and music by the Retrotones. Saturday and Sunday are full days of aerial demonstrations, music, food vendors and historical exhibitions. Go online for tickets. F, 9/28, 4pm; 9/29-9/30, 9am. $5$60. Chico Municipal Airport, Airpark Blvd., www.chicoairshow.org.

COMEDIAN & VENTRILOQUIST: Taylor Mason will perform to benefit Champion Christian School. F, 9/28, 7pm. $15. Evangelical Free Church of Chico; 1193 Filbert Ave.; (530) 3436022; www.efcchico.org.

Music THE DIRTY HEADS: A reggae group from Orange County with elements of hip-hop, ska and punk. Pyrx and Ease Up open. F, 9/28, 8:30pm. $17. Senator Theatre; 517 Main St.; (530) 8981497; www.jmaxproductions.net.

FREEDOM TO GROW FEST: Live music from Alli Battallia and the Musical Brewing Company, Dylans Dharma, Three Fingers Whiskey and more to benefit “reasonable medical marijuana regulations in Butte County.” F, 9/28, 7pm. $15. Chico Womens Club; 592 E. Third St.; (530) 894-1978.

Theater CAROUSEL: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical follows carnival barker Billy Bigelow, who takes his life after becoming deeply in debt. 15 years later, he is allowed to return to Earth for one day. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 9/30. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chico theatercompany.com.

THE DIVINERS: A tale of the relationship between a back-sliding preacher and a water-witching boy in a small farm community during the Great Depression. Th-Sa, 7:30pm; Su, 2pm through 9/30. $12-$20. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

HAY FEVER: A screwball comedy to open the fall

season at the Birdcage. Th-Sa, 7:30pm. Su, 2pm. $7-$15. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.birdcage theatre.net.

BIDWELL BARK Saturday, Sept. 29 One Mile, Bidwell Park

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1078 GALLERY: Bridge: Recent Works by

Trevor Koch, an exploration of the symbol as iconic shorthand for myth, ideal or transformative process. Through 9/28. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

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SEE THURSDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

ARTISTS OF RIVER TOWN GALLERY & GIFTS:

Annual Mystery Show, a juried art exhibition. 10/1-10/26. Gallery hours are 11am-3pm Tu-Sa. 1435 Myers St. in Oroville, (530) 533-4140, http://http://artistofriver town.com.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Earth’s Bounty, ceramist Chris Yates and painter David Mallory

express their love of organic forms. Through 10/13. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

B-SO SPACE: Group Show, student works on display. Through 10/5. Ayres Hall Room 107 Chico State, (530) 898-5331.

lighting the groundbreaking rock band’s entire catalog, from riff-heavy scorchers to beautiful acoustic ballads. F, 9/28, 8pm. $15$18. El Rey Theatre; 230 W. Second St.; (530) 342-2727.

Theater CAROUSEL: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

THE DIVINERS: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

HAY FEVER: See Thursday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.bird cagetheatre.net.

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Special Events BIDWELL BARK: FUN RUN AND FESTIVAL: Butte Humane Society’s annual fundraising event includes a 5K run, breakfast, live music, dog costume contest, vendors, games and more.

Call or go online for registration or more info.

Sa, 9/29, 8am-noon. Free. One Mile Recreation Area; Bidwell Park; (530) 343-7917; www.butte humane.org/page/bidwell-bark.php.

CATALYST GALA: Catalyst Domestic Violence Services celebrates 35 years of community service with dinner, live and silent auctions and a wine barrel raffle. Call or go online for more info. Sa, 9/29, 6pm. $75. Sierra Nevada Big Room; 1075 East 20th St.; (530) 343-7711; www.catalystdvservices.org.

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CHICO AIR SHOW: See Friday. Chico Municipal Airport, Airpark Blvd., www.chicoairshow.org.

CIVIL WAR DAYS: BATTLE OF TUSCAN RIDGE: A full day of historical artillery and cavalry demonstrations, two full 30-45 minute battles and food and beverage vendors. Sa, 9/29, 9am5pm. $5. Tuscan Ridge Golf Course; 3100 Skyway Blvd. in Paradise; (530) 624-7006.

FIBER FUSION: A mini-festival with demos and workshops on weaving, spinning, lace-making, knitting, tatting and dying. Sa, 9/29, 10am5pm. Free. Chico City Plaza; 400 Main St.; (530) 345-4373.

GMO LABELING DANCE PARTY: A DJ dance party and silent auction to support GMO labeling in California. Food and beverage will be available.

Sa, 9/29, 6-10pm. $10 donation. GRUB Cooperative; 1525 Dayton Rd.; (530) 680-4543.

YOUTH & MUSIC 3: Live music, a portable skate park, a skate deck art show and auction, a raffle and food vendors to benefit the Paradise Skatepark Project. Sa, 9/29, 11am7pm. Free. Terry Ashe Center; 6626 Skyway in Paradise; (530) 327-7063; www.facebook.com/ groups/paradiseskateparkproject.

Theater CAROUSEL: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

THE DIVINERS: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

HAY FEVER: See Thursday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.bird cagetheatre.net.

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Gallery, clay works and more by Janice Hoffman. M-Su through 9/30. 122 Broadway St., (530) 891-0335, www.ellishasit.com.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Cancer Exhibit, by Northern California artists whose lives have been touched by cancer. Currently featuring watercolors by Helen Madeleine.

Through 10/17. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

HUMANITIES CENTER GALLERY: It Is Not That

Different But Really It Is, artists Lynn Criswell and Michael Bishop illustrate their lives spent between Chico and Istanbul, Turkey. Through 10/12. 400 W. First St. CSU, Chico, Trinity Hall.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS AND APPRAISALS:

Lois Perkins & Frances Miller, watercolors and mixed-media assemblages from two local artists. 10/1-10/31. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidle finearts.com.

BEATNIKS COFFEE HOUSE & BREAKFAST JOINT:

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Have Paints, Will

CAFE FLO: Caitlin Schwerin, new landscapes

TIN ROOF BAKERY & CAFE: Paintings by Jon

Postmodern Mixed Media, paintings and drawings by Lori Stevens on display.

Through 10/31. 1387 E. Eighth St., (530) 8942800.

LED ZAPAGAIN: A Led Zeppelin tribute band high-

ELLIS ART & ENGINEERING SUPPLIES: Window

and figurative works from the local artist.

Through 9/30. 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre, (530) 514-8888, www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

CHICO ART SCHOOL: Student Exhibit, art from students ranging from seven years old to adults. Through 10/30. 336 Broadway, Suite 20, (530) 570-3895, www.chicoart school.com.

Travel, paintings from around the world produced by a host of traveling artists.

Through 9/28. 493 East Ave. #1, (530) 3453063.

Shult, an impressionist take on a variety of local icons. Through 9/29. Free. 627 Broadway St. 170, (530) 345-1362.

THE TURNER PRINT MUSEUM AT CSU: Art

Exhibit: Space Form Light, an exhibition explores how architects do what painters do but in interactive, solid form. 10/1-11/4.

400 W. First St. Meriam Library breezeway, CSU, Chico, (530) 898-4476, www.the turner.org.

CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

CHICO MUSEUM: I Heart Chico, paintings, poetry, kid’s art, photography, textiles, videos and interactive collaborative exhibits inspired by Chico. Through 1/31, 2013. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336.

CHICO PAPER CO.: Clayton Rabo Exhibition, bright, colorful canvas reproductions on display. Through 9/30. 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopapercompany.com.

Call for Artists BUTTE WATERCOLOR SOCIETY MEETING: A meeting to re-think the direction of the Butte Watercolor Society, open to nonmembers, held in a private basement studio. F, 9/28, 6-8pm. Contact for info, (530) 318-2105.

NAKED COFFEE ART SHOW: Pick up an empty Naked Lounge coffee bag and incorporate it

into a piece for this all-media show. Through 9/29. Manas Art Space & Gallery, 1441 C Park Ave., (530) 588-5183.

PAUL BARRERE & FRED TACKETT Tonight, Sept. 27 Laxson Auditorium

SEE THURSDAY, MUSIC

Theater season Now we are in the thick of it. Most every theater in the area is now cooking (see Carousel at Chico Theater Company and The Diviners at Theatre on the Ridge), and three new shows open over the course of the next week. This weekend, the Birdcage Theatre in Oroville debuts Hay Fever, Nöel Coward’s classic farce about the eccentric Bliss family (opens tonight, Sept. 27). And Wednesday, Oct. 3, we get two offerings: a one-night-only performance at Laxson Auditorium of the Blue Room Theatre Young Company’s production of the musical Fiddler on the Roof Jr.; as well as the opening of EDITOR’S PICK the Chico State theater department’s production of The Fix. Just in time for the election season, the contemporary satirical musical—showing in Harlen Adams Theatre—tells the story of a widow who thrusts her son into the political arena to take the place of her recently deceased husband in the presidential race.

—JASON CASSIDY September 27, 2012

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Special Events CHICO AIR SHOW: See Friday. Chico Municipal Airport, Airpark Blvd., www.chicoairshow.org.

Theater CAROUSEL: See Thursday. Chico Theater Company, 166 Eaton Rd. Ste. F, (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheatercompany.com.

THE DIVINERS: See Thursday. Theatre on the Ridge Playhouse, 3735 Neal Rd. in Paradise, (530) 877-5760, www.totr.org.

HAY FEVER: See Thursday. Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird St. in Oroville, (530) 533-2473, www.bird cagetheatre.net.

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MONDAY Monday Night Football $2.50 Pints Sierra Nevada Pale Ale TUESDAY Tapas Tuesday. 2 for 1 Tapas

Special Events FEATHER FALLS OKTOBERFEST: The debut of the brewery’s traditional Bavarian brew, “Oktoberfest Marzen” is accompanied by live music, tours and German food. M, 10/1, 6pm.

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

Poetry/Literature LOCAL AUTHOR PRESENTATION: Personal trainer

Crissy Gower prsents her new book, Paleo Slow Cooker. M, 10/1, 7pm. Free. Lyon Books, 121 W. Fifth St., (530) 891-3338, www.lyon books.com.

WORD PLAY: A night of poetry, readings, comedy and song. First M of every month, 7pm. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; (530) 514-8888; www.liveat flo.weebly.com.

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THURSDAY Live Music, starts at 6:30pm

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF JR.: The Blue Room Young

Theater Company presents a 60-minute version of the whimsical musical with classic tunes like “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset” and more.

W, 10/3, 7:30pm. $8-$15. Laxson Auditorium; 400 W. First St. CSU, Chico; (530) 898-6333; www.chicoperformances.com.

THE FIX: A popular presidential candidate is dead

SAT/SUN Champagne Brunch 10a-2p serving premium Stanford Champagne

and his power-hungry wife thrusts her son into the political spotlight in this contemporary musical. 10/3-10/6, 7:30pm; Su, 10/7, 2pm. $6-$15. Harlen Adams Theatre; W. First St. CSU, Chico campus; (530) 898-5739; www.schoolof thearts-csuchico.com.

CHICO AIR SHOW

HAPPY HOUR

Community AFRO CARIBBEAN DANCE: Dances of Cuba, Haiti,

Brazil and West Africa with live drumming. Tu, 5:30pm. Chico Womens Club, 592 E. Third St., (530) 345-6324.

ART WORKSHOPS WITH GUILD MEMBERS: A month-long run of design and watercolor workshops. Call or go online for more information. Tu, 9:30am-12:30pm & 1-4pm through 10/9. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

ATHEISTS OF BUTTE COUNTY: A meeting to discuss the upcoming election, candidates and interacting with the community. M, 10/1, 79pm. Free. Round Table Pizza, 964 Mangrove Ave., (415) 436-4281, www.tinyurl.com/curtjwg.

BEST PRACTICES IN AGRICULTURAL WATER USE: A panel discussion regarding local agricultural water use and conservation practices as part of this year’s Book in Common, Unquenchable

by Robert Glennon. In room 100B. F, 9/28, 10:30-11:30am. Free. Colusa Hall, 400 West First St. Chico State, (530) 898-4235.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: Regularly scheduled

meeting. Every other Tu, 9am. Board of Supervisors Chambers, 25 County Center Dr. in Oroville, (530) 538-7631, www.butte county.net.

CINEMA FOR CHANGE: The monthly film series

continues with The Human Experience. Th, 9/27, 7pm. Free. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

DANCE SANCTUARY WAVE: Bring a water bottle,

WEDNESDAY 50% OFF Wine. By the glass, or bottles $50 and less

FRIDAY Free desert with Entree Purchase.

Happy Hour 10:30pm-close

BULLETIN BOARD

Friday-Sunday, Sept. 28-30 Chico Municipal Airport SEE FRIDAY-SUNDAY, SPECIAL EVENTS

2p-6p EVERYDAY! Drink Specials and 2 for 1 Tapas

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: Pharmacist Paul Miller, M.D., will present “Medication Management Made Easy” following dinner. Call for reservations. Th, 9/27, 6pm. $10. Paradise United Methodist Church, 6722 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 876-7154, www.frhosp.org.

EVERYTHING RIGHT WITH THE WORLD: A weekly community celebration of all things positive.

Th, 6-7:30pm through 9/27. Free. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

FALL ART CLASSES: CAC is offering a wide array of art classes beginning in October. Go online for more info. Through 10/3. Prices vary. Chico Art Center, 450 Orange St. 6, (530) 895-8726, http://chicoartcenter.com.

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.

FARMERS MARKET: CHICO WEDNESDAY: The

hidden gem of local farmers’ markets. Th, 7:30am-noon through 10/31. North Valley Plaza, 801 East Ave.

FARMERS MARKET: OROVILLE: Produce and fresh food vendors with local crafts and food booths. Sa, 7:30am-noon through 11/17. Free.

Oroville Farmers Market, Montgomery & Myers, Municipal Auditorium Parking Lot Montgomery & Myers in Oroville, (530) 8795303.

FOLK DANCING: Teaching during the first hour, followed by request dancing. No partners necessary. Call for more information. F, 8pm through 9/28. $2. Chico Creek Dance Centre, 1144 W. First St., (530) 345-8171.

FREE HEALTH CLINIC: Free services for minor

medical ailments. Call for more info. Su, 1-4pm.

Free. Shalom Free Clinic, 1190 E. First Ave. Corner of Downing and E. 1st Ave, (530) 5188300, www.shalomfreeclinic.org.

LOW-COST RABIES CLINIC Today, Sept. 27 Butte County Dept. of Public Health SEE COMMUNITY

Department of Public Health, 695 Oleander Ave., (530) 891-2732, www.buttecounty.net/ publichealth.

MAIDU MEDICINE WALK: A hike to explore the plants the Maidu used for medicine, food and crafts. Bring sturdy shoes, water and lunch.

Meet in the parking lot. Sa, 9/29, 9am. Free.

Chico Rod & Gun Club, Wildwood Ave., (530) 342-2293.

PAUL ROGAT LOEB LECTURE: A presentation from

the author of Soul of a Citizen: Living Conviction in Challenging Times. F, 9/28, 7-9pm.

Free. Chico Peace and Justice Center, 526 Broadway, (530) 893-9078, www.chicopeace.org.

RUSSO FAMILY BENEFIT CAR WASH: Proceeds benefit the Russo family’s efforts to pay medical bills following the death of their son, Austin. Sa, 9/29, 10:30am-3pm. Togos, 241 W. East Ave., (530) 891-1131.

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, 8727085.

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) 891-6524.

UNNATURAL SELECTION: The “Right to Know

GMO” film series continues with Unnatural Selection, exploring the impact of genetically modified crops and animals. Sa, 9/29, 2-4pm.

Free. Valley Oaks Village, 1950 Wild Oak Ln., www.carighttoknow.org.

Volunteer BIDWELL PARK VOLUNTEERS: Help the park by volunteering for trash pick-up, invasive plant removal, trail maintenance, site restoration, water quality testing and more. Ongoing; check Friends of Bidwell Park web site for dates and locations. Ongoing. Call for location, (530) 891-4671, www.friendsofbidwellpark.org.

BUTTE CREEK CLEANUP: Meet at the bridge with work gloves. Trash bags and pickup sticks will be provided. Sa, 9/29, 9am-noon. Honey Run Covered Bridge, Honey Run Rd. At Centerville Rd. 4.5 miles from Skyway, (530) 893-9667, www.colmanmuseum.com/coveredbridge.html.

PATRICK RANCH VOLUNTEERS: There are multiple volunteer opportunities available at the museum, including help with Autumnfest 2012 and the annual Christmas celebration. Call or email for more info. Ongoing. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, Chico Halfway between Chico and Durham, (530) 345-3559.

SOLAR PANEL VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION: A volunteer orientation for hands-on experience with solar installations. W, 10/3, 1-3pm. Butte County One-Stop (Chico), 2445 Carmichael Dr., (530) 895-4204.

H.O.T. QUARTER & HALF MARATHON: Run either

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6.55 miles or 13.1 miles of Upper Bidwell Park’s beautiful natural trails. Go online for more info. Su, 9/30, 8am. $40-$60. Hooker Oak Recreation Area, Upper Bidwell Park, www.chicorunningclub.org.

LOW-COST RABIES CLINIC: Vaccinations for dogs

for more Music, see NIGHTLIFE on page 34

and cats. Go online for more info. Th, 9/27, 5:30-7:30pm. $6-$12. Butte County

MORE ONLINE Additional listings for local meetings, support groups, classes, yoga, meditation and more can be found online at www.newsreview.com/chico/local/calendar.

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brilliantly realized evocation of post-World War II/mid-century America, a full supply of provocative subject matter, two of the best performances of the by Juan-Carlos year so far, and a compelling, oddly convoluted story that seems to climax in the middle and Selznick then drift off into a perplexing array of semimysterious loose ends.

Advance word on the film has made much of its connections to the career of L. Ron Hubbard and the gospel of Scientology. Those connections, however indirect, comprise just one of the film’s many intriguing elements, and they’re more a matter of cultural backdrop than The Master of any central drama. What really matters most Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip in The Master is the complex, tumultuous relaSeymour tionship of two markedly different men.

Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman Hoffman and Amy Adams. Directed at his most ebullient), the charismatic promoter

by Paul Thomas of a cultish self-help movement called The Anderson.

Cinemark 14. Cause, is the Hubbard-like figure here, but he Rated R. in no way takes precedence over Freddie Quell (an astonishing Joaquin Phoenix), the drifter and World War II vet whom he enlists as “protégé and guinea pig” for The Cause.

The story, such as it is, begins with Freddie’s emergence and gravitation toward Dodd’s Poor orbit and ends with his disappearance from it.

We first see Freddie as an oddly disturbed, sexobsessed sailor in the final days of World War II, and the early sequences of the film follow Fair him through a brief downward-bound career in post-war roguishness, escapades and failure as a department store photographer, migrant laborer, freelance womanizer and brawler, Good reckless alcoholic and compulsive mixer of cocktails (whose secret ingredients include paint thinner and darkroom chemicals), and Very Good stowaway on an ocean cruise that brings him to Dodd’s attention (and Dodd to ours).

Dodd seems a captivating charlatan right from the start, and he’s quick to spot Freddie as Excellent a “scoundrel.” And that, strikingly, draws the

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two men together and ignites the curious, revolving drama of this free-form dual portrait.

The Cause provides the circumstances for their strongest connection, but the film is far less concerned with that than with the mercurial, semi-wild dynamics of the two men’s intense and profoundly serendipitous relationship.

Anderson’s script brings a fascinating array of emotional and psychological undercurrents into play with these two paradoxical characters, and adds some semi-triangular complications via Peggy (an excellent Amy Adams), Dodd’s most recent wife and a savvy true believer for The Cause. Phoenix’s brilliantly stylized performance, an inspired combination of angular expressionism and an almost feral intensity, is worth the price of admission all by itself.

And even with its deliberately fragmented story, The Master is well worth seeing for the richly layered social, psychological and historical landscapes conjured up by Anderson and his team: Mihai Malaimare Jr. (cinematography); Jonny Greenwood (music); Jack Fisk and David Crank (production design); and Mark Bridges (costumes). Ω

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Arbitrage

Richard Gere plays a billionaire hedge fund manager who, while trying to finalize the sale of his empire, is desperately trying to cover up deep fraud as well as a much deadlier crime. Also starring Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth and Nate Parker. Pageant Theatre. Rated R.

Hotel Transylvania

The latest 3-D animated feature takes place at a five-star hotel strictly for monsters run by Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler), who is forced to protect his place and its guests from a young human (Andy Samberg) who stumbles upon the exclusive resort. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a hit man in the year 2042, killing people who the mob sends back to him from the year 2072. One day his future self (Bruce Willis) is sent back and into his sights and, naturally, all hell breaks loose. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Pitch Perfect

The Bellas are an all-girl college a capella group led by a new member (Anna Kendrick) who injects updated songs into the repertoire on the way to The Bellas taking on their male rivals. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Won’t Back Down

Two moms (Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis) battle corruption and bureaucracy in an attempt to take over and save their kids’ failing inner-city school. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG.

Neil Young Journeys

Jonathan Demme’s documentary features highlights from two nights of Neil Young performances in Massey Hall in the musician’s birthplace of Toronto as well as footage of Young exploring the area of his youth in a 1956 Crown Victoria. Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated PG.

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Bill W.

Bill Wilson, the storied co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, is the subject of this richly detailed documentary. Filmmakers Kevin Hanlon and Dan Carracino have assembled an impressive array of illustrative material documents, photographs, archival footage, home movies, audio tapes, along with some newly filmed recreations for a combination biography of the man and history of the emergence of Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1930s. Both stories are of course intertwined, especially in Wilson’s authorship of the “Big Book” of A. A. Hanlon and Carracino’s portrait of the man is a nicely balanced mixture of respectful praise and clear-eyed observation. Their approach has a plain-spoken directness that matches Wilson’s own manner in public and private, with the result that their film wrestles honorably with a problem central to Wilson’s own iconic leadership in a movement for which anonymity is crucial (by the lights of A.A., Bill Wilson must be known simply as Bill W). Even in the case of scenes touching on pivotal moments of spiritual connection, the understated approach gets something special across. Pageant Theatre. Not rated —J.C.S.

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Dredd 3D

Trying to bait the public into buying a franchise that no one really seems to want, this second attempt at adapting the very Brit comic discards the dry satire and focuses on the dystopian trappings of the material. As such, it just may be the most unapologetically fascist movie since Triumph of the Will. Set in the vaguely post-apocalyptic future of America where pretty much the entire population is contained in a walled slum that stretches from DC to NYC, ol’ Dredd is judge, jury and executioner over the underclass. He gets stuck with a rookie and sent to investigate a triple torturehomicide in a high rise. The murders are tied to a new street drug that slows the perception of the users down to 1 percent of normal, which is useful to the filmmaker when masturbating to the slo-mo simulation of what bullets do to human flesh. It’s pretty much just Mad Max meets The Raid. Playing the eponymous character, Karl Urban may as well have just been a CGI black-leather RoboCop (but I suppose they already used up the budget on the blood effects). And the 3D really sucked. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R —C.B.

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House at the End of the Street

Some girl (Jennifer Lawrence) and her mother (Elisabeth Shue) move into a remote house at the end of a long, rural road next door to another house where some mysterious murders took place years before. Daughter takes a shine to the awkward loner—the only survivor of said dead family—who still lives by himself in the house. All this works out pretty much as you’d expect if you’ve seen a certain classic horror movie from 1960, right down to the closing shot. Of course, they throw in a few red herrings to try and disguise the pilferage. There are also couple of dead-end subplots added that serve absolutely no purpose other than to bump the half-baked scenario up to feature length. The first two acts are nothing more than tin-eared dialogue, but the closing game is pure nonsense that almost gave me carpal tunnel from throwing WTF? gestures at the screen. (But not in a fun way.) It’s just very bad writing forcing the characters to do very stupid things to keep the very stupid thing moving to its very stupid coda. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

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Lawless

As an amped-up tale of moonshiners in Prohibition-era Virginia, Lawless is part period piece, part twisted action flick. The crossover spirit prevails within the attractive cast as well: Americans (Shia LaBeouf, Jessica Chastain and Dane DeHaan), Brits (Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman) and Aussies (Mia Wasikowska, Jason Clarke and Guy Pearce), all of them playing either backwoods Virginians or Chicago-based interlopers. The bootlegging Bondurant brothers— “invincible” Forrest (Hardy), half-crazed war-vet Howard (Clarke), and baby-faced Jack (LaBoeuf)—are the putative protagonists in this tale, and screenwriter Nick Cave and director John Hillcoat serve it up as a sort of dour outlaw ballad, with Jack narrating a family legend of bootleggers defending themselves against Depressionera poverty and the hypocrisies of Prohibition, as well as big city mobsters and corrupt officials. Initially, Lawless comes on as an earnest, shot-on-location period piece, however, while Hardy’s Forrest, the Bondurants’ shrewd and daunting warrior chieftain, is a reasonably interesting characterization, everyone else in the film is lost to the demands of a slightly rancid sentimentality. Cinemark 14. Rated R —J.C.S.

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The Master

See review this issue. Cinemark 14.

Rated R —J.C.S.

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Resident Evil: Retribution

I’m not gonna claim that the Resident Evil series is great filmmaking. It’s not. But I have found it to be perfectly enjoyable nonsense (well, aside for the second one).

There’s not much of a narrative thread holding the series together: Alice (asskickin’ babe Milla Jovovich) is a renegade clone who fights zombies as she levels up through the insidious multinational Umbrella Corporation. There are also other mutants on hand, just for variety. And that’s pretty much it.

And they’ve pulled five movies out of that!

Anyway, Resident Evil: Retribution is more of the same perfectly enjoyable nonsense. It never aspires to be anything more than just a video game slapped on the big screen, with in-game cutscenes and levels instead of a narrative, but the sustained mayhem balances out the horrible acting and videogame level dialogue. Definitely a movie to hoot at with your ghoulfriends. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —C.B.

Sleepwalk with Me

Comedian Mike Birbiglia expands his oneman off-Broadway comedy show and subsequent book about his life and his serious sleepwalking condition into a feature-length film. Produced by This American Life’s Ira Glass. Pageant Theatre. Not rated.

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Trouble with the Curve

This pleasant little rom-com with a baseball setting remains buoyant despite the gruff paternal ballast of Clint Eastwood as co-producer/star. Directed by Robert Lorenz and written by Randy Brown, its baldly predictable script gets a smooth, genial ride from a lively cast, including especially stars Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake. As an aged baseball scout in physical decline, Eastwood recycles the rough humor of his Gran Torino character and grumbles amiably through semi-domestic dust ups with his daughter Mickey (Adams), a former protégé (Timberlake), and semi-professional ones with a friendly baseball exec (John Goodman at his most avuncular) and a hostile younger scout (smarmy Matthew Lillard). Brown’s script is a kind of minorleague rejoinder to Moneyball, this time with the computerized young Turks as the villains and the irascible old-timers as the guiding lights. The vindication of old Gus (Eastwood) comes by way of some rather improbable baseball action, but ultimately that takes its place alongside its companion plot threads—a father-daughter reconciliation, the screwball romance of Mickey with the protégé, and Mickey’s transformation from ambitious lawyer to heir to her father’s baseball smarts. It’s an old formula, but winningly pitched in this modest entertainment. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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Beer, chips and makdous New market adds Mediterranean flavor to Chico

I up to the entrance of Bella Family Market—situated in one of f you just casually walked

those plain strip malls that dot the Walnut/Nord corridor on the west side of town— by you would have Jason Cassidy no reason to jasonc@ think that it was newsreview.com anything other than the “beerand-wine and Bella Family groceries” miniMarket mart that its 671 Walnut St., #4 sign advertises.

343-3387 Inside, there are a few cases of adult beverages and all the snacks and basic groceries you’d expect, but focus in on the crowded shelves, and you’ll see a whole world of flavors not usually found at a corner store in Chico: canned dolmas, cheeses with names like nabulsi and halloumi, frozen cubes of goat meat, and in the middle of a section packed with colorful pickled treats, a big jar of tasty looking makdous, marinated baby eggplants stuffed with walnuts and hot peppers.

But interestingly, when husband and wife Adel and Mountahah Mubaraka (who also own the Dome Store in Concow, where they’ve sold groceries and general goods for the past 15 years) first opened Bella in July of 2011, they weren’t planning on selling ethnic foods. “In the beginning, it was a regular mini market,” said Mountahah as she gave me a tour of the store now mostly filled with Mediterranean/Middle Eastern items imported from all over the United States, Europe, north Africa, the Middle East and the

Arabian Peninsula. “[Chico has] a lot of Middle Eastern people—from Europe, from Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Iraq,” she said, adding that customers kept telling them that they should carry foods from their homeland since the only options for Middle-Eastern groceries was driving to Sacramento or San Francisco.

“We started with a small thing and it is growing up,” Mountahah said, explaining that the couple have built up the selection by not only stocking foods from their native Syria, but also by trying to accommodate as many different Middle Eatern and Mediterranean requests as possible. Sometimes it’s a specific product, like halawa (or halva), a pistachio dessert popular in Turkey and Lebanon, or even just a specific brand of a staple like couscous, of which they have several choices to match regional preferences (if you’re cooking for Jewish friends, choose a bag by Osem).

Bella is well-stocked with olive oils from a dozen different countries, halal meats (lamb, goat, beef, chicken, sausages), two cases of cheese, a nice variety of dates and jams, huge bags of nuts, Turkish coffee, every Middle Eastern spice you could want, and pastries (including a box from the famous Shatila bakery in Dearborn, Mich., which Mountahah called “the best Mediterranean sweets in America. When you taste it, you never want to stop.”)

The response to the store’s change in direction has been so good that, in January, they expanded the store into the space

next door.

“It is very nice,” Mountahah said, “I didn’t know how much people like the food. It’s incredible.”

And, for those of us not there to revisit the flavors of home, Bella offers some tasty new choices to the Chico menu. For my first visit, I took the advice of a clerk named Omar and bought some plump dates and dipped them in a “milk-cream spread” called gaimar (or kaymak)—which tasted like very-low-salt cream cheese and blended nicely with the sweet, buttery fruit.

When I went back for a second visit, I made it a point to show up on a Wednesday in order to take advantage of the delivery of fresh pita bread (every Wednesday). I grabbed a package of hummus, a jar of Puck cream-cheese spread (a soft, white Danish processed cheese) and Angel Hair, a salty and insanely delicious Armenian string cheese made with little black nigella (black cumin) seeds, and had an impromptu office picnic, washing it all down with a can of “Middle East” mango nectar.

Most recently, the Mubarakas have installed a couple of cold cases next to the front register and plan on filling them with their own fresh-made desserts and savory items in the near future. Until then, there are still a lot of new-to-me treats to explore (I have my eye on you, makdous!), and plenty of ingredients with which to attempt creating a Middle-Eastern dish of my own. Mountahah has even provided a family recipe (see story online), for the classic stuffed-grapeleaf dish, dolma—or as she calls it, warak enab—to get me started. Ω

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Auditorium Sunday (Sept. 23), its performance of by George GershRobert Speer win’s path-breakroberts@ ing 1924 work, newsreview.com Rhapsody in Blue, was also the shortest of the three selections REVIEW: on the ExperiNorth State ence the Beat Symphony, program. The Experience the piece is less than Beat, Sunday, 20 minutes long, Sept. 23, Laxson Auditorium. but it seems much larger, For more info: thanks to its theGo to matic richness www.northstate and complexity. symphony.org for Gershwin himself program notes for upcoming NSS spoke of it as “a concerts, including musical kaleidoseveral attractive scope of Americhamber ca,” and that it is. music events.

The guest soloist was pianist Spencer Myer, and he was splendid. A graduate of The Juilliard School, he has played with many prestigious orchestras around the world.

His Chico appearance was made possible by a grant from Joseph and Judy Chiapella.

Before the performance, Myer joined symphony conductor Kyle Wylie Pickett for his customary pre-concert talk in the RowlandTaylor Recital Hall. Pickett noted that Rhapsody was the first piece to bring jazz into the symphony hall, and Myer talked about how important it is for a pianist to find the right balance between the harsh-

ness of percussion and the soft touch that fosters a more lyrical, flowing sound. He found that balance beautifully Sunday afternoon.

The orchestra responded in kind. From my spot in the balcony, there seemed to be a marvelous communication taking place among Myer, Pickett and the orchestra. Together they made a tune that easily could have suffered from audience over-familiarity into something fresh and delightful— for which they were rewarded with a standing ovation.

For an encore, Myer performed reworkings of two Gershwin songs, “The Man I Love” and “I Got Rhythm,” from Earl Wild’s Seven Virtuoso Études on Popular Songs. These were indeed virtuoso pieces, dazzling displays of technique under whose blanket of sound Gershwin’s familiar melodies could be heard, as if longing to burst forth. The audience loved it.

The concert’s opening work

was Dmitri Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite No. 2, which is anything but jazzy, though it’s certainly a lively work, and strains of American folk music can be heard in places. A collection of short pieces—marches, several waltzes, a polka—it made for a fun, uptempo opening performance.

That was followed by the Gershwin. Then, after intermission, the orchestra performed Antonín Dvorák’s popular Symphony No. 9: From the New World.

It was written in 1893, while Dvorák and his family were living in New York. He once said that he’d employed African-American

spirituals in the work, but he later denied having done so. Either way, Americans have taken it to heart as an emblematic work.

Perhaps its most popular movement is the Second, the “Largo,” a lyrical piece that has components of the orchestra (winds, strings) repeating the dominant themes of the symphony in lovely and languorous ways. It’s difficult to play because it is so slow for so long, and any discordance is jarring. I would like to say the orchestra handled it perfectly, but it didn’t.

There were several instances when it sounded rough or off, unfortunately.

But that was a minor blemish in what was otherwise a nearly flawless performance overall, and one that utterly thrilled with the Rhapsody.

The rest of the NSS season includes a Vienna-themed production Nov. 10 featuring the overture to Johann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier Suite and Alban Berg’s Violin Concerto, “his dramatic, haunting musical autobiography,” as the program describes it, featuring NSS Concertmaster Terrie Baune as soloist.

The Feb. 24, 2013, performance will feature Honegger’s Symphony No. 4, Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto, Mvt. 1, and Mozart’s great final Symphony No. 41, the “Jupiter.”

The season will end with a bang on May 11, 2013, when the NSS will join with the Chico State University Singers and the Shasta College Chorale, along with four vocal soloists, to present Beethoven’s monumental Symphony No. 9. Ω

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THURSDAY 9|27—WEDNESDAY 10|3 OPEN MIC: Singers, poets and musicians welcome. Th, 7-10pm. Has Beans Internet Cafe & Galleria; 501 Main St.; (530) 894-3033; www.hasbeans.com.

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CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

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

DUBTONIC KRU: The Jamaican reggae act swings through Chico on its national tour. Selector Zion Roots opens. Th, 9/27, 9pm. $5. Lost on Main; 319 Main St.; (530) 891-1853.

IMPROV JAM: Open jam with Michael

Gaughan. Th, 5-7pm. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; (530) 514-8888; www.liveat flo.weebly.com.

JOHN CRAIGIE: A folk musician in the tradition of Woodie Guthrie, who

showcases a wry sense of humor in between tunes. Garret Gray and Molly Paul open. Th, 9/27, 8pm. $5. Café Coda; 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafecoda.com.

JOHN SEID: John Seid and friends, featuring Larry Peterson and Steve Cook playing an eclectic mix of tunes all night. Th, 6:30-9:30pm through 9/30.

Free. Johnnie’s Restaurant; 220 W. Fourth St. inside Hotel Diamond; (530) 895-1515; www.johnnies restaurant.com.

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.

NOT DEAD YET: A Grateful Dead cover

band on the patio. Th, 9/27, 6-9pm.

Free. LaSalles; 229 Broadway; (530) 893-1891.

DAMAGE INC.: A Metallica tribute band in the brewery. F, 9/28, 9:30pm. $5.

Feather Falls Casino; 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.feather fallscasino.com.

DECADES: A dance-friendly cover band in the lounge. F, 9/28, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino; 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfalls casino.com.

Orange County with elements of hiphop, ska and punk. Pyrx and Ease Up open. F, 9/28, 8:30pm. $17. Senator Theatre; 517 Main St.; (530) 898-1497; www.jmaxproductions.net.

metal. Inter Arma and Helm of Cerberus open. F, 9/28, 8pm. $5.

Monstros Pizza & Subs; 628 W. Sacramento Ave.; (530) 345-7672.

SPY PICNIC: Classic rock covers and

originals. F, 9/28, 8pm. Free. Tackle Box Bar & Grill; 375 E. Park Ave.; (530) 3457499.

Lucy Smith. Sa, 1-4pm. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; (530) 514-8888; www.liveat flo.weebly.com.

CHAD BUSHNELL: A country singer-song-

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THIRD STAR WEST: Live music in the

lounge. F, 9/28, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino; 4020 Olive Hwy at Gold Country Casino & Hotel in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.gold countrycasino.com.

Salsa, Merengue, Cumbia and Bachata dance lessons followed by an open social dance. F, 8pm through 11/15. $2$4. The Hub; 685 Manzanita Ct. Inside the Holiday Inn, Chico; (530) 518-9454.

CHUCK EPPERSON & ERIC PETER: Funk,

R&B and soul. F, 9/28, 8:30pm. Farwood Bar & Grill; 705 Fifth St. in Orland; (530) 865-9900.

hip-hop collective. F, 9/28, 8pm. $5.

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

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NORTHERN HEAT: Live southern rock. F,

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AMAROK: An evening of totally sludgy

band highlighting the groundbreaking rock band’s entire catalog, from riffheavy scorchers to beautiful acoustic ballads. F, 9/28, 8pm. $15-$18. El Rey Theatre; 230 W. Second St.; (530) 3422727.

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evening of unplugged and acoustic hits with the guitarists of Little Feat. Th, 9/27, 7:30pm. $20-$32. Laxson Auditorium; 400 W. First St. CSU, Chico; (530) 898-6333; www.chicoperfor mances.com.

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JAZZ: Weekly jazz. Su, 4-6pm. Has Beans

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DECADES: A dance-friendly cover band in the lounge. Sa, 9/29, 8:30pm. Free.

Feather Falls Casino; 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.feather fallscasino.com.

Café Coda; 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafecoda.com.

TENNESSEE RIVER: A tribute to legendary country band Alabama. Sa, 9/29, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino; 3

DRIVER: A night of dancing with the local rock band. Sa, 9/29, 8:30pm. Free.

Miners Ranch Saloon; 5250 Olive Hwy in Oroville; (530) 589-1941.

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

THIRD STAR WEST: Live music in the

lounge. Sa, 9/29, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino; 4020 Olive Hwy at Gold Country Casino & Hotel in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.gold countrycasino.com.

NORTHERN HEAT: Live southern rock. Sa,

9/29, 9pm. Free. Colusa Casino Resort; 3770 Hwy. 45 in Colusa; (530) 458-8844; www.colusacasino.com.

RHYTHM REBELS: World, jazz and funk.

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The Mark Sexton Band opens. Sa, 9/29, 9pm. $5. Lost on Main; 319 Main St.; (530) 891-1853.

SONGWRITER SHOWCASE: Pat Hull is folk singer-songwriter with a thin, wispy vocal style. Lish Bills features the heartfelt storytelling of Armed for Apocalypse’s Kirk Williams. Newly formed local outfit Present Day Enthusiasts opens. Sa, 9/29, 8pm. $5.

ED & THE RED REDS: Country-tinged folk rock from Portland. Su, 9/30, 6pm.

Maltese Bar & Taproom; 1600 Park Ave.; (530) 343-4915.

AN EVENING OF CRUST METAL: A showcase of crust metal with False from

Internet Cafe & Galleria; 501 Main St.; (530) 894-3033; www.hasbeans.com.

writer night. Tu, 7-9pm. Free. Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; (530) 514-8888; www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

SANDBOX: A rock band dabbling in emo,

balladry and a little hip-hop. Tu, 10/2, 9pm. Kings Tavern; 5771 Clark Rd. in Paradise; (530) 877-7100.

TIM MCKEE: The blues guitarist pokes his

head out for a rare appearance. Su, 9/30, 2-5pm. Free. Last Call Lounge, 876 East Ave., (530) 895-3213.

1MONDAY DINNER & JAZZ SERIES: Featuring the music of a different jazz innovator each month. First M of every month, 78:30pm. $10. Café Coda; 265 Humboldt Ave.; (530) 566-9476; www.cafe coda.com.

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; (530) 514-8888; www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

SANDBOX: A rock band dabbling in emo, balladry and a little hip-hop. M, 10/1, 9pm. The Zoo; 2021 Baldwin Ave. in Oroville; 533-3700.

2TUESDAY AARON JAQUA: An open singer-song-

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Chicoichi Ramen, 243 W. Ninth St., (530) 891-9044.

JAZZ TRIO: Every Wednesday with Carey

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Cafe Flo; 365 E. Sixth St. Next door to the Pageant Theatre; (530) 514-8888; www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

OPEN JAM NIGHT: Join the jam. Drum kit, bass rig, guitar amp and PA system are provided, bring your own instruments. All ages until 10. W, 7pm. Free.

Italian Garden; 6929 Skyway in Paradise; (530) 876-9988; www.my space.com/theitaliangarden.

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

DJ DANCING CRAZY HORSE: DJ Hot Rod and mechani-

cal bull contest. F, 9pm-1:30am. Crazy Horse Saloon & Brewery, 303 Main St., (530) 894-5408.

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.

Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St., (530) 343-7718.

FEATHER FALLS: Su, 8pm-midnight. Free.

MALTESE: Dirty Talk: LBGT dance Party

w/ DJ2K. F, 9pm-2am through 4/6. Free.

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

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

TACKLE BOX: DJ Shelley. Tu, Su, 6pm. Tackle Box Bar & Grill, 375 East Park Ave., (530) 345-7499.

Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com.

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

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

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San Fran rock clan Sic Alps decided to record its latest self-titled LP in a studio rather than doing it at home. The move wipes off some of the shitgaze found all over four previous LPs and a mountain of 7-inches. But it’s not just the production that makes Sic Alps a little more sparkly. The band employs some new-old sounds—strings, piano, and guitars that are less fuzzy, more refined—while forgoing sonic explosions for simple pop serenity. “God Bless Her, I Miss Her” might be the most polished pop song Sic Alps has ever recorded, with a verse that runs almost the entire length—so good, it could go on forever and likely never get a complaint. “Moviehead” includes an outro solo that’ll lodge itself in your ear canals for days. When guitarist-vocalist Mike Donovan and Co. aren’t slipping earworms in your cocktail, they’re wining and dining you with some serious stunners. The album’s final two songs—“Rock Races” and “See You on the Slopes”—are peculiarly delicate and gorgeous, the latter closing things out with nothing more than piano and Donovan’s vocals. For as quiet as those final moments are, Sic Alps couldn’t have gone out with a bigger bang.

MUSIC

—Mark Lore

Delta Time Hans Theessink & Terry Evans Blue Groove Until I met Maurice “Big Mo” Huffman, our local blues powerhouse, I wasn’t inclined to associate Germans with dyed-in-the-cotton blues purveyors. Since then, I’ve learned a thing or two about the chord the blues strikes in lots of northern European hearts. That chord never rings truer than when it’s played or sung by Hans Theessink, a Dutchman now living in Vienna. I reviewed one of his albums last year, and I liked it a lot. This one with Terry Evans is even better. On the second track—“Blues Stay Away From Me”—Ry Cooder lends his formidable guitar to Theessink’s rich baritone, and the result is as soulful a rendition of that seminal song as you’re ever going to hear. The same can be said of what Theessink & Evans do with “It Hurts Me Too,” one of the most enduring blues standards. On “Down in Mississippi,” the old J.B. Lenoir classic, Evans sings with authority traceable to his birthplace in Vicksburg. The vocal harmonies are likely to transport you down to the Mississippi delta on a warm night, when the ribs are about ready and the whippoorwills announce that evening’s coming on. I can’t recall the last blues album I heard as good as this one, but it could have been that last one Theessink did.

MUSIC

—Jaime O’Neill

ARTS DEVO Jason Cassidy • jasonc@newsreview.com

REST IN PEACE, JANICE On Sept. 23, Chico lost one of the good ones. On Sunday morning, local artist and teacher Janice Porter died after a long battle with breast cancer.

I know I speak for a lot of people in Chico, and back in her old stomping grounds of Minneapolis, Minn., when I say that Janice was one of those people who made the world feel brighter just by walking into the room, and that the light has dimmed for many with her passing.

For the past decade, Janice has been one of the more active members of the local art community, showing her paintings all over the North State, working with 1078 Gallery and Chico Art Center and teaching art classes at Chico State and Butte and Shasta community colleges. And before she came to Chico, she was similarly busy in Minneapolis for twice as long—showing and teaching and advocating for art and working as a graphic designer for roughly 20 years. And, along the way, she found the time to also publish 29 illustrated children’s books.

I loved Janice’s voice. It was so sinJanice Porter in Jtown. gular that I’m actually having a hard PHOTO BY ERIN WADE time describing it. It was “light,” but not airy, and full of warmth and energy, and she always said interesting things. I can hear her right now, as I read through some of her words on her website: I live in a space where the physical and non-physical meet. Everything is alive. Everything trembles with frequencies of emotion.

That is a nice idea to imagine right now, one that was manifested beautifully in one of the most inspiring local art shows I’ve ever been to: Jtown. In the fall of 2009, Janice had taken over the 1078 Gallery and turned it into her own invented town filled with her art on the walls, buildings constructed by local artists, and brought to life through a series of public events and performances. Jtown was born in the wake of Janice’s being diagnosed with cancer, and I remember being struck at the power of the idea of inventing a world filled with art, friends, ideas, food and community to exist alongside the unpleasant reality of sharing her life with a disease.

Jtown rose out of my desire to enjoy and create community while making art, or as a result of the art. It also rose from the fact that I like simply being as much as I like making things, so I needed to come up with an art form that would allow me a rich platform for hanging out. Jtown’s guest artists, performers, and visitors created a living, breathing, alternate universe.

And as I sit here thinking about Janice, her three sons and her husband, CN&R columnist Anthony Peyton Porter, it’s comforting to imagine her both still with us in some form and in that On the north side of Jtown. alternate universe—“a space where,” as she put it, “the physical and non-physical meet”—pain-free and painting the scene as she goes.

DEVOTIONS

• Youth & Music III: Skateboarding, live music and burritos! What better way to celebrate a hot autumn weekend. Hit the ramps of the portable skatepark and then hit up the taco truck at the Terry Ashe Park in Paradise this Saturday, Sept. 29, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

• TOTR shout outs: A follow-up to my review of Theatre on the Ridge’s excellent production, The Diviners (final showings this weekend). Props need to be handed out to choreographer Conan Duch, who I neglected to recognize for his badass contributions to the trippy final sequence, as well as to sound tech Billy Whiteman, who was not listed in the program.

Poetry 99 The 2012 Poetry 99 contest is here!

Send your poems to the Chico News & Review today! Top adult, high-school, junior-high, and kid poets will be chosen by an established local writing professional, and their work will be published in the CN&R’s annual Poetry 99 issue on Oct. 18. Winners will also be invited to read their works (and receive prizes!) at the Poetry 99 reading at Lyon Books on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m.

Deadline for submission is Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 5 p.m.

Online and email entries preferred: Visit www.newsreview.com/poetry99 to submit, or send to poetry99@newsreview.com. Please specify Poetry 99, age and division—adult, high school (grades 9-12), junior-high (grades 6-8), kids (fifth grade and under)—in the subject field.

You may also submit by mail: Poetry 99 (specify adult, high school, junior-high, kids), c/o Chico News & Review, 353 E. Second St., Chico, CA, 95928.

THE RULES: You can write your poem in any form—rhyming or not—as long as it does not exceed 99 words (that includes ifs, ands, ors and buts). Count carefully because we’ll have to disqualify even the best entries if they go over by so much as one word.

Only three entries per person.

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The title will not be included in the word count, but be kind to our judges and keep it short.

Numbers count as words too, but here’s the tricky part: twenty-eight is two words, but 28 is one.

There’s no limit to punctuation, so use commas as much as you like. www.newsreview.com/poetry99

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AZTEC INSPECTION SERVICES LLC, 516 W Lassen Ave. Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: LOREN HOCKETT Dated: August 14, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001195 Published: September 6,13,20,27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name NORCAL EMS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES at 4647 Hicks Lane, Chico, CA 95973.

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CARLIE D RICE, 4647 Hicks Lane, Chico, CA 95973.

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RYAN SCAGLIOTTI, 725 Nord Ave. #117, Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: RYAN SCAGLIOTTI Dated: August 9, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001178 Published: September 6,13,20,27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FOREST GLEN APARTMENTS at 2781 Pillsbury Rd. Chico, CA 95928.

Rick Debernardi, Trustee, 1046 2nd Ave. Napa CA 94558.

Ron Debernardi, Trustee, 5800 Kind Rd. Loomis CA 95650. This business is conducted by a Trust.

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MASON ABRAHAM DAVIS, 6448 Marin Ct. Magalia, CA 95954. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: MASON A DAVIS Dated: September 6, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001293 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORTH VALLEY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT at 1108 Sheridan Ave. Suite B, Chico, CA 95926.

PAUL COOPER, 1875 Auburn Oak Way, Chico, CA 95928.

SETH THOMAS GODFREY, 375 Yarrow Dr. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: PAUL COOPER Dated: August 28, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001255 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORTH VALLEY SHUTTLE LLC at 468 Manzanita Ave. #2, Chico, CA 95926. NORTH VALLEY SHUTTLE LLC, 468 Manzanita Ave. #2, Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: MARTIN GRIFFIN Dated: August 29, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001257 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as QUICKSILVER COURIER at 40 Mill St. Chico, CA 95928.

JORDAN MICHAEL ADAMS, 40 Mill St. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JORDAN ADAMS Dated: August 31, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001275 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BIO MAP GIS SERVICES, WARP SPEED COURIER at 40 Mill St. Chico, CA 95928.

DAVID STEVEN DZIUK, 40 Mill St. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: DAVID S DZIUK Dated: August 31, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001276 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person are doing business as PACIFICA SENIOR LIVING COUNTRY CREST at 55 Concordia Lane, Oroville, CA 95966.

PACIFICA CONCORDIA LP, 1775 Hancock St. #200, San Diego, CA 92110. This business is conducted by a Limited Partnership.

Dated: August 29, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001256 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TRUE STREAM at 844 Eldorado St. Chico, CA 95928.

ELI GOODSELL, 844 Eldorado St. Chico, Ca 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: ELI GOODSELL Dated: August 30, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001268 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PAPIER ARTISTS at 1340 Bille Rd. #60, Paradise, CA 95969.

Sadie CArd, 567 E Lassen #700, Chico, CA 95973.

Molly Little Bird Rose, 5182 Scottswood, Paradise, CA 95969.

Charlotte Kellison, 14729 Carnegie, Magalia, CA 95954.

Christy Strauch, 379 Stilson Canyon Rd. Chico, CA 95926.

Mark Palmer, 1340 Bille Rd. #60, Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: MARK L PALMER Dated: August 16, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001210 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TABLE MOUNTAIN PARTNERS at 1750 Humboldt Rd. Chico, CA 95928.

DOUGLAS AND KAYLINN HIGNELL FAMILY TRUST 392 Brookside Dr. Chico, CA 95928.

WELDON LARSON, 865 Brandonbury Lane, Chico, CA 95926.

RICHARD SPRENKEL, 1595 Manzanita Ave. #45 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: DOUGLAS HIGNELL Dated: August 16, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001208 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name TABLE MOUNTAIN PARTNERS at 1750 Humboldt Rd. Chico, CA 95928.

KEN YOUNG, 31 Quail Covey

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DOUGLAS HIGNELL, 392 Brookside Dr. Chico, CA 95928.

WELDON LARSON, 865 Brandonbury Lane, Chico, CA 95926. This business was conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: Douglas Fred Hignell Dated: August 16. 2012 FBN Number: 2007-0001439 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BUYVET at 10 Mione Way, Chico, CA 95926.

KURT STEVEN LARSEN, 330 Mission Serra Terrace, Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: KURT LARSEN Dated: August 27, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001247 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTH VALLEY MORTGAGE at 4 Princess Ct. Chico, CA 95928.

JOHN H ALTMAN, 4 Princess Ct. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JOHN ALTMAN Dated: August 30,2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001271 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CAL JAVA COFFEE ROASTERS 4 at 1832 Mangrove Ave. Chico, Ca 95973.

BRAVERY INC, 216B W East Ave. Chico, CA 95973..

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: KELLY HUBER Dated: August 13, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001190 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as E. LASSEN AVE TOBACCO SHOP at 1194 E Lassen Ave. #140, Chico, CA 95973.

JON-THAN VINH NGUYEN, 1237 Yosemite Dr. Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JON-THAN NGUYEN Dated: July 30, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001118 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as SOLAR SCRUBBER at 27 Forest Creek Circle, Chico, CA 95928.

WILLIAM LAWSON, 27 Forest Creek Circle, Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: WILLIAM LAWSON Dated: September 14, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001320 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ADMIREDLIFE at 650 Thunderbolt St. Chico, CA 95973.

PARADISE PICTURES LLC, 650 Thunderbolt St. Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: DAVID HOPPER Dated: September 5, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001287 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as AFFORDABLE AUTOMOTIVE at 2106 Park Ave. chico, CA 95928.

AFFORDABLE AUTOMOTIVE LLC, 2106 Park Ave. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: MICHAEL BUTTON Dated: August 13, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001189 Published: September 20,27 October 4,11, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PERFECTION LANDSCAPES at 172 E 20th St. Chico, CA 95928.

PERFECTIONS POOLS AND SPAS INC. 172 E 20th St. Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: TERRY M LAROCCO Dated: August 30, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001269 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as MORNING SUN MARTIAL ARTS at 135 W 8th Ave. #A, Chico, CA 95926.

MARIANNE A EBERHARDT, 3254 Dayton Rd. Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: Marianne Eberhardt Dated: September 17, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001328 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2012

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MARSHALL AND MARSHALL ACCOUNTING at 45 Covell Park Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

Stefanie Marie Marshall, 810 El Monte, Chico, CA 95928.

Walter Thomas Marshall, Jr. 45 Covell Park Ave. Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: STEFANIE MARSHALL Dated: September 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001303 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BRANCH 3 TRUCKING at 2788 Ceres Ave. Chico, CA 95973.

GABRIEL R WREN, 2788 Ceres Ave. Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: GABRIEL R WREN Dated: September 18, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001339 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as UPPER PARK SOLUTIONS at 1169 Filbert Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

RICHARD S MARTIN, 1169 Filbert Ave. Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: RICHARD S MARTIN Dated: September 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001300 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT at 305 Wall St. Chico, CA 95928.

KIMBERLY HIGBY, 2581 California Park Dr. #134 Chico, Ca 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: KIMBERLY HIGBY Dated: September 14, 2012 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FEATHER FALLS SOAP COMPANY at 747 Lawn Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

JEFFREY MICHAEL GROOM, KIM LOUISE GROOM, 747 Lawn Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.

Signed: KIM L GROOM Dated: August 6, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001153 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BRIGHTHAVEN HOME FOR THE ELDERLY at 3064 Ceanothus Ave. Chico, CA KRISTINE L ABEJO, JASON A WOODBURY, 3064 Ceanothus Ave. Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.

Signed: KRISTINE ABEJO Dated: September 12, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001307 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TRI COUNTY BUILDING MAINTENANCE at 1351 Mangrove, Ave. Suite B, Chico, CA 95926.

CAROLINA TRENADO, MARINA ZEPEDA, 1351 Mangrove Ave. Suite B, Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: MARINA ZEPEDA Dated: September 13, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001310 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CREEKSIDE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE at 7 Woodside Lane, Chico, CA 95926.

Thomas Paul Edward Dusell, 7 Woodside Lane, Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: THOMAS DUSELL Dated: August 21, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001226 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as HALL MEDICAL CASE MANAGEMENT at 4051 Augusta Lane, Chico, CA 95973.

BEATRICE HALL, 4051 Augusta Lane Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: BEATRICE HALL Dated: August 21, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001219 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as APOLLO PIANO at 3150 Highway 32 Suite F, Chico, CA 95973.

VINCENT CHAMBERS, NERISSA M PRIETO, 763 Hill View Way, Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.

Signed: VINCENT CHAMBERS Dated: August 24, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001239 Published: September 27, October 4,11,18, 2012 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES To Whom It May Concern: The names of the applicants are: GAUTAM AND SCOTT INC. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at 212 W 2nd St. Chico, CA 95928-5306 Type of license applied for: 48 - On-Sale General Public Premises Dated: August 28, 2012 Published: September 20,27, October 4, 2012

NOTICES

Applications are available at the District Office located at 545 Vallombrosa Ave. Chico, CA 95926; and also on the District Website at www.chicorec.com.

Telephone: (530)895-4711 Applicatins are due by: September 28, 2012, by 5:00pm.

This District board has 60 days from the date the Board is notified of the vacancy, or the effective date of the vacancy, whichever is later, to fill the vacancy by appointment or call a special election. Gov. Code 1780.

Published: September 6,13,20,27, 2012 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: MELISSA MAYS, Misc. household items.

TERA WIKE, Misc. household items.

DESSIE MARTIN, Misc. household items.

DEBBIE DILLON, Misc household items.

To the highest bidder on: October 6, 2012 Beginning at 2:00pm.

Sale to be held at: Extra Storage, 60 E Grand Ave, Oroville, Ca 95966.

Published: September 20,27, 2012

NOTICE OF VACANCY Interested person are hereby notified that pursuant to Government Code 1780, there is a vacancy on the Chico Area Recreation and Park District (CARD) Board of Directors.

The position to be filled is a 2 year term ending December 2014. The seat will go to election in November 2014 for the final two years of the term.

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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: NELDA SAMPLE, floor lamps, folding table, microwave, vcr tapes, misc. household DEBORAH THOMPSON, store fixtures, display cabs, chairs, many pairs womens shoes/ boots.

TIM MONTGOMERY, electronics, sporting good, tools, fireplace, whole house furniture.

LARRY GRIFF, King bed, oak hutch, dressers, waveboard, ent. center.

KYNDRA COULOURES, love seat, speakers, bike, toys, tools, home decor.

To the highest bidder on: October 6, 2012 Beginning at 1:00pm.

Sale to be held at: Extra Storage, 3160 Olive Hwy., Oroville, Ca 95966.

Published: September 20,27, 2012 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: DONNA DRAEGER, furniture, stereo, household, clothing.

JASON CUSTER, household, tools, boxes.

SILVIA MEJIA, headboard, crib, tubs, boxes.

To the highest bidder on: October 6, 2012 Beginning at 12:00pm.

Sale to be held at: Extra Storage, 2298 Park Ave. Chico, Ca 95928.

Published: September 20,27, 2012 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE ARTHUR M WHITMORE, ARTHUR M WHITMORE JR. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ARTHUR M WHITMORE, ARTHUR M WHITMORE JR. ARTHUR MERLE WHITMORE A Petition for Probate has been filed by: SUSAN LYNN WHITMORE in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: SUSAN LYNN WHITMORE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate.

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

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration

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

A Hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: Date: October 25, 2012 Time: 1:30pm Dept:Probate Address of the court: Superior Court of California County of Butte 655 Oleander Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

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

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

Case Number: PR40391 Petitioner: Susan L Whitmore 914 Sequoyah Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Published: September 27, Ocotober 4,11, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner TRISTAN ERNEST RAGSDALE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: TRISTAN ERNEST RAGSDALE Proposed name: TRISTAN ERNEST WEEMS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 12, 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: August 28, 2012 Case Number: 157661 Published: September 6,13,20,27, 2012

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner CHRISTINA DAWN CRAIG has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing petitioner’s name to: CHRISTOPHER COURTNEY CRAIG. 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.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 2, 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: August 28, 2012 Case Number: 157657 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JAQUICE M ANDRUS has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing petitioner’s name to: JAXSON QUICE MIKEL ANDRUS. 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.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 12, 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: August 28, 2012 Case Number: 157653 Published: September 13,20,27, October 4, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JEREMY ADAM SHEPPARD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JEREMY ADAM SHEPPARD Proposed name: JEREMY ADAM SHEPHERD THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 19, 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: September 11, 2012 Case Number: 157753 Published: September 20,27, October 4,11, 2012

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner SARAH WILSON, DANIEL HANSON filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: Kyden David Asher Wilson Proposed name: Kyden David Asher Hanson THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 16, 2012 Time: 9:00amm Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: Robert Glusman Dated: September 18, 2012 Case Number: 157779 Published: September27, October 4,11,18, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner MORGAN KALFSBEEK filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MORGAN KALFSBEEK Proposed name: MORGAN BERRY THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 9, 2012 Time: 9:00amm Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: Sandra McLean Dated: September 18, 2012 Case Number: 157825 Published: September27, October 4,11,18, 2012

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Here’s the curious message I derived from the current astrological configurations: It’s one of those rare times when a wall may actually help bring people together. How? Why? The omens don’t reveal that specific information. They only tell me that what seems like a barrier might end up serving as a connector. An influence that in other situations would tend to cause separation will, in this case, be likely to promote unity. Capitalize on this anomaly, Aries!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In my first

dream last night, I gave you a holy book that you left out in the rain. In my second dream, I cooked you some chicken soup that you didn’t eat. My third dream was equally disturbing. I assigned you some homework that would have helped you discover important clues about tending to your emotional health. Alas, you didn’t do the homework. In the morning, I woke up from my dreams feeling exasperated and worried. But later, I began to theorize that maybe they weren’t prophecies, but rather helpful warnings.

Now that you’ve heard them, I’m hoping you will become alert to the gifts you’ve been ignoring and take advantage of the healing opportunities you’ve been neglecting.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): There’s a

good chance that your rhythm in the coming days will resemble a gentle, continuous orgasm. It won’t be stupendously ecstatic, mind you. I’m not predicting massive eruptions of honeyed bliss that keep blowing your mind. Rather, the experience will be more like a persistent flow of warm contentment. You’ll be constantly tuning in to a secret sweetness that thrills you subliminally. Again and again you will slip into a delicious feeling that everything is unfolding exactly as it should be. Warning! There are two factors that could possibly undermine this blessing: 1. if you scare it away with blasts of cynicism; 2. if you get greedy and try to force it to become bigger and stronger. So please don’t do those things!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Philosopher

Jonathan Zap (www.zaporacle.com) provides the seed for this week’s meditation: “Conscious reflection on the past can deepen the soul and provide revelations of great value for the present and future. On the other hand, returning to the past obsessively out of emotional addiction can be a massive draining of vitality needed for full engagement with the present.” So which will it be, Cancerian? One way or another, you are likely to be pulled back toward the old days and the old ways. I’ll prefer it if you reexamine your history and extract useful lessons from the past instead of wallowing in dark nostalgia and getting lost in fruitless longing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Picture a TV satellite

dish on the roof of a peasant’s shack in rural Honduras. Imagine a gripping rendition of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata played on the mandolin. Visualize the Dalai Lama quoting Chris Rock a bit out of context but with humorous and dramatic effect. Got all that?

Next, imagine that these three scenes are metaphors for your metaphysical assignment in the coming week. Need another hint?

OK. Think about how you can make sure that nothing gets lost in the dicey translations you’ll be responsible for making.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here are some

ways to get more respect: 1. Do your best in every single thing you do—whether it’s communicating precisely or upholding the highest possible standards at your job or taking excellent care of yourself. 2. Maintain impeccable levels of integrity in everything you do—whether it’s being scrupulously honest or thoroughly fair-minded or fiercely kind. 3. On the other hand, don’t try so compulsively hard to do your best and cultivate integrity that you get self-conscious and obstruct the flow of your natural intelligence. 4. Make it your goal that no later than four years from now you will be doing what you love to do at least 51 percent of the time.

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5. Give other people as much respect as you sincerely believe they deserve. 6. Give yourself more respect.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The German

Nate “Big Slim” Joyner recently reached a major milestone. On Sept. 17, the Chico hip-hop emcee released his 101st new song in as many weeks. Big Slim’s website, New Music Monday, where he archives his weekly creations, explains that each entry is an entirely new song created from scratch the week before. What makes this emcee a rapidly rising Chico icon is his unquestionable work ethic. Go to www.newmusic-monday.com to check out his songs.

poet and philosopher Friedrich von Schiller liked to have rotting apples in his desk drawer as he worked; the scent inspired him. Agatha Christie testified that many of her best ideas came to her while she was washing dishes. As for Beethoven, he sometimes stimulated his creativity by pouring cold water over his head. What about you, Libra? Are there odd inclinations and idiosyncratic behaviors that in the past have roused your original thinking? I encourage you to try them all this week, and then see if you can dream up at least two new ones.

You have officially entered the brainstorming season.

How long have you been emceeing?

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): It’s expen-

sive for the United States to hold prisoners at its Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba: $800,000 per year for each detainee.

That’s 30 times more than it costs to incarcerate a convict on the American mainland.

According to the Miami Herald, Guantanamo is the most expensive prison on the planet.

How much do you spend on locking stuff up, Scorpio? What does it cost, not just financially but emotionally and spiritually, for you to keep your secrets hidden and your fears tamped down and your unruly passions bottled up and your naughty urges suppressed?

The coming weeks would be a good time to make sure the price you pay for all that is reasonable—not even close to being like Guantanamo.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

What time is it, boys and girls? It’s Floods of Fantastic Gratitude Week: a perfect opportunity to express your passionate appreciation for everything you’ve been given. So get out there and tell people how much you’ve benefited from what they’ve done for you. For best results, be playful and have fun as you express your thanks. By the way, there’ll be a fringe benefit to this outpouring: By celebrating the blessings you already enjoy, you will generate future blessings.

PHOTO COURTESY OF NATE JOYNER

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

Flow writer

by Rob Brezsny

15 MINUTES

BREZSNY’S

For the week of September 27, 2012

About 16 years ago I had a demo on a cassette tape I used to hand out in school. I started performing live on stage [in] like 2002.

volume mixtape. I’m looking to expand into an album at a later date.

Was it easier/harder than you expected?

Is this the end of New Music Monday?

It was easy to do what I love, which is song write. After a while it did become hard to create, come anew each week, but the passion was always there.

I’m not sure. Sunday nights have been studio time for me and my crew for a long time now; it would be odd to not work. Never say never.

How do you choose your subject matter for each song?

I typically let the instrumental dictate where I’ll go with the lyrics. If I vibe to the beat and feel it, I tend to expand on that feeling the music gives.

Did you ever envision achieving 100 songs in 100 weeks?

I envisioned making it to 100 weeks when I got to about 70, but it didn’t become real to me ’til week 98 or so.

Do you plan on compiling the songs into an album?

I’ve compiled 52 of the songs into a three-

What have you learned about yourself over this process?

I learned that I could set a goal, be patient, stay focused and accomplish that goal no matter the circumstance. I learned how to persevere and shake things off in order to push forward. I wouldn’t be here if not for Cris Kenyon and his music engineering skills; he is just as dedicated to Music Monday as I am, if not more. I also learned that I can use my power as a poet and songwriter for a greater good that affects people in a positive way beyond the usual things that rap songs typically portray. In turn, brightening someone’s outlook on life has helped me grow as a person and as an artist.

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

the whole deep truth and nothing but the whole deep truth isn’t necessarily a recipe for being popular. It may on occasion provoke chaos and be disruptive. In an institutional setting, displays of candor may even diminish your clout and undermine your ambitions. But now take everything I just said and disregard it for a while. This is one of those rare times when being profoundly authentic will work to your supreme advantage.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Show me

the money” is a meme that first appeared in the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire. It has been uttered approximately a hundred trillion times since then. Have you ever said it in earnest? If so, you were probably demanding to get what you had been promised. You were telling people you wanted to see tangible proof that they valued your efforts. In light of your current astrological omens, I propose that you use a variation on this theme. What you need right now is less materialistic and more marvelous. Try making this your mantra: “Show me the magic.”

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): My acquain-

tance Jacob fell for a woman who also professed her ardor for him. But in the midst of their courtship, as the mystery was still ripening, she suddenly left the country.

“I’ve got to go to Indonesia,” she texted him one night, and she was gone the next day.

Jacob was confused, forlorn, dazed. He barely ate for days. On the sixth day, a FedEx package arrived from her. It contained a green silk scarf and a note: “I wore this as I walked to the top of the volcano and said a five-hour prayer to elevate our love.” Jacob wasn’t sure how to interpret it, although it seemed to be a good omen. What happened next? I haven’t heard yet. I predict that you will soon receive a sign that has resemblances to this one. Don’t jump to conclusions about what it means, but assume the best.

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FROM THE EDGE

by Anthony Peyton Porter himself@anthonypeytonporter.com

Pets Editor’s note: Anthony is taking a few weeks off, so we’re running this column from 2007.

At the house of a friend recently, I noticed a pair of parakeets in a cage. Since they seemed too small to eat, I figured they were pets. He got them for his daughter when she comes to visit, and their care was up to him, the way it often goes with pets for children.

Princeton University’s first online definition of a pet is “a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement.” The second definition is “darling: a special loved one,” something altogether different.

My first pet was Trixie, a brown dog. I was very small and remember mostly her name, not her personality. I’ve had other dogs since—Penny and Tag and a stray collie whose name I’ve forgotten, and the Best Dog in the World, Spock, whom I essentially married.

I had a parakeet for a while as a lad, and for a day or so a thoroughly doomed lizard I got at a rodeo when I was 7.

Children like pets, and when my boys were little we had a dog they ignored until it was time to go for a walk, and we went through a succession of goldfish until the novelty wore off.

I can understand having a special loved one for companionship or amusement, even another species, but I no longer have the stomach for keeping another

creature captive.

An animal I have to restrain so it doesn’t run or fly or crawl away isn’t a special loved one so much as an inmate, and I don’t approve of captivity. If the thing wants to go away, I want it to go.

I like parakeets—they’re cute enough, and I love the little sounds they make, like a lot of other people apparently. But I don’t want to encourage others to breed birds and then clip their wings so they can’t escape easily and force them to spend their lives in a cage for somebody’s amusement. I’m not gonna protest and picket, mind you, but I don’t want to participate in what strikes me as punishment.

Some years ago when my boys were little, they asked me why the polar bear at the Como Zoo in Saint Paul was swimming the same pattern in his pool, over and over for as long as we stood there looking at it. I explained that I thought the bear was probably insane. An animal that’d normally be in the wild perhaps hundreds of miles from any people was in effect in jail for no reason other than so people could look at it. It had been sentenced to life in prison and would never be free to be bearish on its own. I don’t want such a fate for a bear or a person or a parakeet.

My attitude toward other species of animals is about the same as my attitude toward plants in my yard. They’ve got to sustain themselves, and I’ll try not to get in the way.

September 27, 2012

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