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A two-tiered system Currently more than 500,000 Americans are imprisoned for

nonviolent drug offenses, including tens of thousands of people whose only crime was simple possession of a substance the law states they shouldn’t have. And yet when Britain’s biggest bank, HSBC, was determined last week to have laundered $800 million of drug money in violation of U.S. banking laws, nobody was charged with a crime.

The reason: Department of Justice prosecutors decided that bringing criminal charges would pose such a risk to the continued operation of the bank that it would destabilize the entire banking system. Instead HSBC was fined $1.9 billion, which amounts to about five weeks’ profit for the banking behemoth.

The DOJ found that HSBC had spent years committing serious crimes involving money laundering for terrorists as well as drug cartels and moving tainted money for Saudi banks tied to terrorist groups, including al-Qaida. The abuse was so flagrant that Mexican drug cartels would bring cash to HSBC branches in boxes specially constructed to fit through teller windows.

The penalty for top HSBC executives?

They will defer part of their bonuses for five years.

This immunization from prosecution for the rich and powerful is nothing new. As Glenn Greenwald, author of With Liberty and Justice for Some, points out, it dates back to President Gerald Ford’s 1974 pardoning of disgraced former President Richard Nixon, who had committed numerous felonies. The idea was that it would be too disruptive to bring the president to justice and he should be pardoned “for the good of the country.”

The DOJ officials who used the same rationale to let HSBC off the hook are the same officials, Greenwald writes, “who previously immunized Bush-era torturers and warrantless eavesdroppers, telecom giants, and Wall Street executives, even as they continue to persecute whistleblowers at record rates and prosecute ordinary citizens—particularly poor and minorities—with extreme harshness for even trivial offenses.”

What we have, in other words, is a system in which, as Greenwald states, “some actors are simply too important and too powerful to punish criminally.” This is an intolerable degree of corruption and lawlessness.

Every American should be outraged by it. Ω

The abuse was so flagrant that Mexican drug cartels would bring cash to HSBC branches in boxes specially constructed to fit through teller windows.

Crazy people, insane society M graders. Each day she goes to work, I worry a little.

I taught for nearly four decades in community colleges. In y daughter teaches seventh- and eighth-

the course of those years, I can recall three distinctly dangerous students. One of them came to my publicspeaking class wearing a loin cloth. He later gave a speech in which he offered the opinion that rape was a good thing. He was later diagnosed with mental problems, and he lived nearly wild in the woods.

Everyone was wary of him, but no one knew how to deal with the potential for danger he represented.

Another worrisome student was a Vietnam vet by who took a writing class Jaime O’Neill from me. I dealt with him through a very uneasy The author, a retired semester. The scraps of Butte College English writing he turned in were instructor, is a frequent contributor clearly the product of a disordered mind. After I gave to the CN&R. him an F, he approached me one night in a bar and said, with a menacing laugh, “I’m going to kill you, y’know.” He was wearing an 18-inch Bowie knife, so it hardly seemed like an idle threat.

The other student who presented himself as a potential danger was an effeminate young man who wrote a short story in which a woman is

dismembered, her remains stored in a steamer trunk. The victim in the story was clearly based on the counselor who served the small student body at that school. When I alerted her to the frightening fixation my student had revealed, she was utterly nonplussed about what to do.

There may have been other students just as crazy. I’ll never know. What I do know is that I was lucky. So far, my daughter has been lucky, too. And luck seems to be the only real protection teachers and children are afforded.

Congress, where legislators protect gun manufacturers, is protected with heavy security.

Our kids aren’t.

Crazy people will always be with us. But even more worrisome than the inevitability of crazy people is the fact that we seem committed to living in an insane society in which teachers work in combat zones, and parents send their kids to school not entirely sure those children will ever return home. We have more handguns per capita than any other nation on earth, and we pay the price for the power of the National Rifle Association with the blood of our children. To date, we seem just fine with that.

And that’s truly crazy. Ω

Luck seems to be the only real protection teachers and children are afforded.

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From sadness, action The massacre in Newtown, Conn., has cast a pall over what

should be the happiest time of year, the holiday season. It’s hard to rejoice when the mind is disturbed by images of a madman shooting little children and the heart is filled with sadness for the families of those who died.

The stand-by platitude is of course that life goes on, that while thousands of people die every day, thousands also are born. There are a million reasons to be sad, we might think, so we should just try to put Newtown out of our minds and enjoy ourselves during the holidays. Hug our kids a little tighter, as the president suggests.

And that’s certainly what most of us will say to ourselves and do, and we shouldn’t feel guilty about it. Life does go on. But it surely wouldn’t hurt, during these holidays, to spend a little quiet time with our sadness, to sit with it and feel it as an emotion that grows out of love, and then ask ourselves what action we can take to lessen violence in America and make life brighter and safer for others. Ω

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Our ‘obligation to try’ It was of course entirely coincidental that my column last week was about a gun incident at Chico Junior High School 10 years ago, and that it appeared the day before the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

I’m happy to report that my story had a happy ending, unlike what happened in Newtown.

On Friday morning, as news of the massacre was breaking, I received an email message from John Mealley. He’s the retired principal who, along with Chico Junior counselor Jorge Salas, was trying to reconnect with the young woman who brought a gun to campus on Dec. 13, 2002, and held several people, including them, hostage.

The men, who stayed with the 14-year-old for as long as it took to convince her to surrender her weapon, wanted to reconcile with her. They wanted to tell her they forgave her, but they didn’t know how to reach her.

They were hoping someone who knew her whereabouts would read my account and contact them.

That’s exactly what happened. John writes, “The good news is that a former student contacted me, and I have found the girl through Facebook. She welcomed me as a friend, and now we can start the process” of healing and reconciliation.

Like most Americans, I’ve been thinking a lot about gun violence this week. In his moving talk Sunday at Newtown, President Obama asked, “Are we prepared to say that such violence visited on our children year after year after year is somehow the price of our freedom?” Well, if our practice as a nation is any indication, the answer is “yes.”

Mass killings get the headlines, but they account for a relatively small number of the deaths. The Children’s Defense Fund reports that in 2008 and 2009, 5,740 children were killed by guns; 299 of them were under the age of 10. Nearly half were African American. As the Washington Post’s Richard Cohen writes, “What the ghetto, the inner city, the blighted neighborhood, the storied ’hood have in common with the bucolic Newtown is the mayhem of guns.”

More than 34,000 of us, including thousands of children, die in automobile accidents every year, something we accept as “the price of freedom.” But at least with cars we try to make them safer and regulate their use.

With guns, anything goes.

We’ll never end gun violence, but maybe we can decrease it. Nobody needs a military weapon in everyday life. Nobody needs 30-round clips. And nobody should be able to purchase a weapon without undergoing a comprehensive background check.

Also, we need better mental-health services. Virtually all mass killings are perpetrated by disturbed young men, and our failure to identify and treat them is a national disgrace.

“Surely we can do better than this,” the president said. “We have an obligation to try.”

If any good is to come out of the Newtown massacre, that’s it: recognizing our responsibility to try to lessen gun violence, however we can do it, and acting on it.

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‘The people’s movement’ Re “Taking it nationwide” (Cover story, by Christine G.K. LaPado-Breglia, Dec. 13): If you want to see citizens voting with their wallets, you should go to the Facebook pages of all the “organic” food companies whose parent companies funded the antiProp. 37 campaign. Naked Juice, Bear Naked, Cascadian Farms Organic, Glen Muir and Kashi, to name a few, are receiving a vicious backlash from ex-customers.

These are people who used to be fans of these companies who are mad and feel completely betrayed by a company they thought they couldn’t live without and are now screaming Boycott!

Big Food companies thought they could easily buy their way into the fastest-growing food market, and now they are finding out that organic food is about a lifestyle, not just a marketing strategy. It’s the people’s movement behind the scenes that is responding to the theft of their rights to simply know what is in their food.

JEFF BAGUE San Luis Obispo

Labeling genetically modified food is the only way to help consumers make decisions that reflect individual taste and personal choice.

Yes, labeling was a fine first step, but it was just the beginning. For not only are crops being genetically modified, they are patented now. Unbelievable.

Please try again. Something has to be done to stop the stranglehold on individuals’ right to eat what they want and, call me crazy, use their own seeds to grow their own corn.

CLIFF SWITZER Carroll, Iowa

Article misquotes release Re: “Land trust leader leaves” (Downstroke, Dec. 13): In its item, the CN&R misquoted a press release submitted by the Northern California Regional Land Trust. The correct quote is, “It has been especially rewarding to work with the ranching and farming families … who have helped make this region such a unique and extraordinary place.”

It is the landowners who, through their love for the land, make land conservation possible, thereby allowing this region’s agricultural heritage and uniqueness to remain for future generations. The transaction itself is facilitated by a large and dedicated group of land-trust personnel, board members, volunteers, supporters, title company personnel, county officials, attorneys, and state and federal agencies.

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Re “As the Crow flies” (Newslines, by Vic Cantu, Dec. 13): Thanks to Vic Cantu for covering the talk by author/activist Scott Crow at Chico State. Unfortunately the article reinforces stereotypes that Crow sets out to break.

Cantu uses the misunderstood term “anarchy” but doesn’t explain Crow’s view of it. Every selfdescribed anarchist will offer his or her own definition (as expected from an anarchist). Crow views anarchism as a guiding principle of “common sense,” when people come together cooperatively, without government involvement, to make their community better.

Common Ground Relief, discussed in the article, is considered the largest anarchist-inspired effort in modern U.S. history, offering free health care, food, legal aid, etc. to survivors of Hurricane Katrina. It is what people in our community do every single day.

With respect to the issue of vandalism as a tactic, the article focused on the sensational, not the philosophical. Crow’s discussion of vandalism centered on the question of a “higher moral principle.”

The example, briefly mentioned in the article, is when a person breaks the chains of a slave, technically vandalism. The article stereotypically focuses at length on a brick thrown through a window.

The article’s focus on vandalism is itself an example of sensationalism. In a two-hour talk, the topic lasted a mere five minutes, at most.

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“[I]f the law-abiding administrators and teachers in that school had not been shamed … out of carrying guns, at least some of those 26 people would still be alive.”

Our nation is rocked with grief and deep sadness at yet another mass killing of innocents. I too have wept with the rest of our country as I hear stories of the tragedy— those sweet children’s and their teachers’ lives cut short, so suddenly and inexplicably.

In the midst of this tragedy, I also think of mass killings in other parts of the world where such tragedies are not uncommon.

Many, many deaths of innocents

are caused by our own country’s warfare—with drone killings in Afghanistan and Pakistan, sent by U.S. military personnel who sit safely in front of computers in New Mexico; and with drone and “conventional” air strikes in Gaza, from Israeli Defense Forces, with weapons paid for by U.S. dollars— more than $3 billion every year!

Think of how we are overcome with horror and deep grief when such a tragedy strikes a small New England town. So too are hearts broken open, wild with grief, overcome with horror, in every town and village where such violence occurs.

While we consider tightening gun laws to protect citizens of the U.S.A., we must also insist that our government curb violence perpetrated by drones, and by U.S.-purchased air attacks, to protect innocent citizens of foreign lands. There will be peace in our world when we remove the tools of violence.

EMILY ALMA Chico

How to control guns and so reduce the alarming death rate from them here? Something drastic must be done—but what?

Why do we not treat guns as we do cars and motorcycles and trucks, which are also potential weapons of destruction?

Almost all of us pay insurance on our vehicles, so if we hurt anybody or damage their property we at least attempt to compensate them. Why should guns and quasimilitary weapons be any different?

I suggest that we tax each weapon (depending upon its lethal capacity) so that the owners recognize the danger they are to themselves and society. The government should then create a compensation fund for the families of those who are killed.

This puts the financial responsibility and compensation in place and the true cost of gun ownership where it should be—spread across the gun-owning community.

to describe him (I will simply refer to him as @#$%&*!!): All the gun-control zealots will now whine for all guns to be taken from law-abiding citizens—never mind the fact that if the law-abiding administrators and teachers in that school had not been shamed by those whiners out of carrying guns, at least some of those 26 people would still be alive. You want to stop school shootings? Train all teachers and administrators in how to handle guns safely and effectively in situations like that.

Think taking guns from lawabiding citizens will keep crazies and crooks from getting them?

Think again. The gun crime rate skyrocketed in Australia after guns were banned there, and Mexico’s laws against guns don’t stop criminals there from getting and using them.

And: All the bleeding hearts who sympathize with the “poor misguided child” who commits such atrocities, and not with his victims, will likewise whine over poor misguided @#$%&*!! who had to be oh, so unhappy and misunderstood to do what he did.

Enough is too much already.

CHAD WOZNIAK Chico

Knives better than guns Re “Spate of stabbings” (Newslines, by Tom Gascoyne, Dec. 13): I’m saddened to be glad these assailants were armed with knifes, not guns. I also shuddered to see a homeless man arrested for the knifing of another homeless man.

Violence by the homeless is nearly always against someone in the homeless community, or the general public assaulting a random homeless person as a hate crime.

We need to view and treat everyone with kindness and love; unfortunately, many are incapable of this.

BILL MASH Chico

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Of course in the wake of this unspeakable act by someone for whom there is no obscene word in the English language foul enough

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Eight Butte County Walgreens stores— including the three in Chico—were part of a recently settled lawsuit resulting in Illinoisbased Walgreen Co. being ordered to pay $16.57 million in civil costs and penalties for illegally dumping hazardous waste and confidential customer medical information, according to a press release from Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey.

The judgment, ordered by Alameda County Superior Court Judge Wynne Carvill, was the culmination of a June civil lawsuit charging that more than 600 Walgreens stores illegally “handled and disposed of various hazardous wastes and materials…, including pesticides, bleach, paint, aerosols, automotive products and solvents, pharmaceutical and bio-hazardous wastes and other toxic, ignitable and corrosive materials,” the press release read.

Also at issue was the unlawful disposal of “customer records containing medical information without preserving the confidentiality of the information therein.”

COMMISSIONER STEPPING DOWN

Chico Planning Commissioner Dave Kelley has announced he will not reapply for his commission seat after eight years on the job.

Kelley came in ninth in an 11-candidate race for four Chico City Council seats in the general election.

He was on the only candidate endorsed by both this paper and the Chico Enterprise-Record. In a letter announcing his decision, Kelley recalled his first commission meeting “where the very first item was a classic he-said/she-said style neighborhood dispute over an ‘illegal’ second dwelling unit—complete with pointed testimony and a long gritty history.”

He said among the most memorable hearings were the expansions of Enloe Medical Center and Costco and the “wrongheaded denial of the Walmart lot line consolidation,” which helped keep the store from expanding into a supercenter. Kelley said he appreciated the chance to work on the general plan update and gave thanks to city staff and fellow commissioners.

NEW PEACE & JUSTICE DIRECTOR STEPS UP

Chris Moore-Backman, a 41-year-old Chico resident, Gandhi scholar and peace activist who grew up in San Diego, has been named director of the Chico Peace & Justice Center (526 Broadway). He replaces Tammy Wichman, who stepped down a few weeks ago after a year and a half on the job.

“He’s an amazing guy,” said Sue Hilderbrand, a former CPJC director who recently served as interim director. “He’s done peace work in Colombia, and [his graduate studies were on] Gandhi’s influence on Martin Luther King and the civil-rights movement.”

Moore-Backman (pictured) is currently at work on a “radio documentary series being distributed through PRX, based on Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” said Hilderbrand.

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Home for the holidays Former Chicoan recalls his military service abroad

O came “home” to Chico for the holidays during a month-long leave from his job as a staff n Thursday, Dec. 13, Troy Williams

sergeant in the U.S. Army. Two months ago he finished up an eight-month tour in Afghanistan. Before that he served a year in Korea, six by months in Haiti, and 15 months Tom in Iraq.

Gascoyne Chico is not officially his tomg@ home, but he lived here for newsreview.com about eight years, and on Dec. 18 he visited the News & Review to recall his time in Chico, his military experiences and his optimism for both Iraq and Afghanistan as the United States extracts its military presence. He reports back to Fort Bliss in El Paso on Jan. 2.

Williams came here from Southern California in 1991 to attend Chico State. While taking classes he also worked at two popular downtown bars— Duffy’s and LaSalles—and he occasionally stood in with the band The Mother Hips playing the harmonica. While living in Chico the jovial Williams made many friends who’ve welcomed him back with good cheer.

Williams, 41, was born in Pomona and moved to Upland, where he spent the majority of his life. His father was a defense

contractor at Rockwell International, where he designed guided systems for nuclear weapons. His mom was a social worker. Williams said he grew up in a fairly affluent neighborhood in Upland and that his father told him that, for a black family, “money is the best bleach” in getting accepted by the larger white community.

He came to Chico in 1991 and stayed until March 1, 1998. He said he came close to earning a degree, but in the end did not.

“I took a semester off,” he said. “I was bar-backing at LaSalles and working the door at Duffy’s. My friends kept telling me that if I took a semester off I wouldn’t graduate. I should have listened.”

He began working at a local group home with plans to return to school.

Instead, he moved back to Southern California to live with his dad and started working for the L.A. County Office of Education.

“I worked there for years with kids who were severely behaviorally and emotionally handicapped,” he said. “I was also working at a group home, and I eventually realized I couldn’t advance any further. I was staying at my dad’s house, and I watched an infomercial on TV. I don’t remember what they were selling, but I remember a guy saying, ‘Life is about options. If you don’t have options, you need to create them.’ Then

a few minutes later a National Guard commercial came on, and I decided I was going to join.”

Williams said a friend talked him

into joining the Army instead, which he did on Nov. 14, 2006. “I called a recruiter and joined,” he said. “It was an easy sell.”

He was sent to Fort Polk in Louisiana for his basic training and soon thereafter headed to Iraq.

“I felt completely unprepared,” he said. “I’m 36 years old and the oldest guy in my platoon besides my platoon sergeant, and I think he might have been a month older than me. I just felt completely unprepared and overwhelmed, and I thought, ‘This is the worst mistake.’ You have guys who are 20, 21 years old who’ve had multiple deployments and they are in charge of me. I recognized that they had more combat experience and more combat knowledge, but still...”

He served in Iraq as a CROWS gunner, which means Common Remotely Operated Weapons System.

“The gunner sits inside the vehicle, and the weapons system is incredibly accurate,” he said. “I probably went on 50 missions where I was a gunner. The heat and the gear and my not being in shape were sometimes overwhelming.”

Williams said he had little contact with the Iraqi people.

“The Shiites welcomed us, of course, because of the Sunnis and Saddam and the Baath Party,” he said. “The Sunnis just had a real strong distaste for us.” He spent two and a half months working at a military prison—duty he’s not allowed to discuss—where he had contact with Iraqi soldiers and police, “but the people on the ground not much.”

After 15 months he came back to Louisiana before he was deployed to Haiti following the 2010 earthquake that killed tens of thousands and displaced millions more.

“I’ve never seen more death and destruction in my life,” he said. “They were loading bodies up and putting them in back of Dumpsters and driving them to the edge of town and dumping them out. It was outrageous.

“I remember the Canadians, the Mexicans, the Israelis, the Jordanians, the English, the Brazilians, and even Sean Penn,” he said. “We had a platoon guarding his compound. That mission is the mission I am most proud of. It was a sixmonth mission. I come back to Louisiana, and two weeks later they send me to Korea for a year.”

Williams said he enjoyed his time

in Korea, that the people were welcoming, especially if you learned or at least tried to learn their language. He wanted to stay longer but was denied.

In Afghanistan, there was more than just Taliban to fear, he said.

“There are other little splinter groups and the insider threat of Afghan soldiers turning against us,” he said. “And then there was July 8.”

On that day, six American soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded as their truck drove past.

“It was catastrophic,” Williams said.

“That’s where I saw my guys come together more. It was just a tragedy. It was surreal because we were sending these guys back home early. One of our guys was getting married because he’d just become the father of a baby. But he didn’t make it.”

He said the locals are afraid of talking with American soldiers, fearing the Taliban will retaliate against them.

“I got to spend a lot of time interacting with both civilians and Afghan military,” he said. “Sometimes you’d encounter people, and they were hostile or upset or just fearful. But many of them showed a great deal of courtesy and kindness.”

He said he thinks things will work out after the United States pulls out.

“The future? I was a little skeptical until I ran a couple missions with this colonel. He had such a belief in these people that they have the training and resources to be successful. So that affected me. I’m hopeful. I’m really hopeful.” Ω

Trolling for dollars Companies using patent laws to target e-businesses like Chico’s Build.com he Internet is a strange and sometimes Tdeveloping dangerous place to do business, a stillfrontier populated by all manner

of unscrupulous individuals and entities bent on bilking a quick buck from unwitting entrepreneurs. Among the rogues’ gallery of hackers and identity thieves lurk lesserknown fraudsters called “patent trolls.”

If you haven’t heard of patent trolls, you’re not alone. Neither had Christian Friedland, founder of Chico-based Build.com, until he received a letter in 2009 charging the home-improvement retailer’s website violated a software patent. The letter was sent by a non-practicing entity—a company that owns patents but doesn’t produce anything. They’re officially known as NPEs but commonly called “trolls.”

“A lot of people are having these problems; they’re just not very public about it,” Friedland explained. “Their initial reaction is fear. If they get a letter from a lawyer or non-practicing entity demanding money or threatening to sue for a patent violation, they just negotiate, settle and try to move on with their lives. They want to put the whole ugly event behind them.”

That’s exactly what Friedland and Build.com initially tried to do. They paid a settlement that included a non-disclosure agreement that disallows him from giving details such as the troll’s name or the amount paid. Immediately after settling, Friedland said Build.com was hit with a wave of actions that hasn’t ebbed since.

“We were hit by so many that we figured doing Internet commerce is so burdened with existing patent art that no one could ever do it successfully, or something was up,” he said.

In total, Build.com has been the target of 18 actions by NPEs charging the company

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with patent violations, most of which Friedland categorizes as “incredibly overreaching and plain out ridiculous.” He cites an action against his company by Texas-based NPE The Patent Group LLC as a perfect example: It charged that using rotating images on a website is a violation of U.S. patent No. 6603490.

Friedland say trolls range in their level of sophistication and demands from “a letter trying to shake you down for $10,000 from some company you can’t tell is real or not because all they have is a Wordpress blog” to “extremely well-put-together cases.” He finds the latter more dangerous.

“A good strategy,” he said, “even with a bad patent, can be upheld in court and effective for making money for the NPEs.” A recent Boston University study

says about $29 billion is spent annually by businesses on legal fees and settlements.

Friedland said dealing with the ongoing claims takes a full-time employee who could be doing something else, and the funds Build.com has to dedicate to battling trolls could better be used to hire five or six more employees for production.

During the first wave of attacks, upon realizing something with the system was amiss, Friedland and company started developing troll defense strategies. First they developed a sort of “sniff test,” analyzing each claim to see if it stood up to simple logic. Then, he started talking about it.

“The first thing most lawyers tell you is to not tell anyone, but we reached out to people who were having the same issues and dealing with it in different ways,” he said. “We’ve been very open, except for the ones we can’t

medical aid for themselves or members of their families in 2012. That’s the highest percentage recorded in the history of the decade-old poll. Back in 2001, 19 percent reported putting off care. A separate Gallup poll indicates a growing number of Americans are dissatisfied with the costs of private insurance while an increasing number are satisfied with Medicare/Medicaid.

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discuss because we had to settle and legally can’t discuss.

“It’s important to reach out to tell your peers, even your competitors. Don’t turtle, be ashamed or build your own fortress. These companies thrive on that secrecy, and spreading the information helps so we don’t all have to negotiate in the dark.”

Friedland also recommended creating a joint defense group with fellow defendants, a tactic Build.com has successfully employed in several cases.

Friedland said he recognizes the

importance of patent law, and thinks the NPEs are giving the entire industry a bad name.

“We’re not summarily dismissing patent claims; we’re just finding the majority of claims are broad and arbitrary,” he said. “If you can turn water to wine or lead to gold in a cost-effective way, and you’ve developed an amazing process to do it, then you deserve patent protection.

“But when it gets to these software patents, technology moves so fast that traditional patent law shouldn’t necessarily apply in the same context. I think software patents should be inexpensive and easy to obtain, but have a very short lifespan. You should have two years to capitalize on it. Two years in software is an eternity.”

The first efforts toward patent-law reform started with 2011’s America Invents Act. Friedland said the law has helped, especially by stopping some of the “blanket lawsuits,” referring to a favorite troll tactic of filing against dozens of defendants linked by nothing other than the alleged violation, drastically reducing the troll’s litigation costs.

And how did the NPEs react to the law?

The aforementioned Patent Group, for one, used the week between the signing and enactment to file nine separate claims against 140 companies.

“There is no value of creation in what they do,” Freidland said. “There’s no benefit to the economy. People are working hard to build businesses, create products, provide services and employ people. They’re creating nothing.”

—KEN SMITH kens@newsreview.com

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the Esplanade House has revived its Family Advisor Program, which relied on volunteers to assume the responsibilities of case managers during the shelter’s early days.

According to an Esplanade House press release, family advisors will “adopt a parent or parents to provide them with emotional and spiritual support as they face the daily challenges involved with creating a new, healthy, self-sufficient life for themselves and their children.”

Porter said they hope for at least five volunteers, but if the community response is overwhelming they could find work for up to 15 individuals.

“We’re looking for established community members who can either share their experiences of being gainfully employed or with higher education,” Porter said.

“They could do some coaching around what it feels like to go look for a job, how you can better prepare yourself for an interview, things of that nature.”

Also under financial pressure is the Child Development Center, a state licensed daycare facility for children with special needs. Many of the center’s charges are children who have been in and out of the foster-care system or have developmental problems due to exposure to drugs in the womb. As with the case-manager gap, the

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Now, one of them is appealing to the community for help.

For two decades, the Esplanade House has provided a transitional shelter for local homeless families, promoting self-sufficiency through gainful employment and the pursuit of higher education. But budget cuts have hit the Esplanade House hard this holiday season.

“The state budget has slowly, incrementally reduced resources for subsidized child care,” said Tom Tenorio, executive director of the Community Action Agency of Butte County, which operates the Esplanade House. “So, we’ve been struggling. But we have to be able to continue providing quality childcare services so families can work through their program.”

Their greatest area of need is case management. During previous years, the Esplanade House has employed three case managers who regularly meet with families to provide guidance on financial and legal issues, or “just be there to support the family through the process,” said Beth Porter, program coordinator for the Community Action Agency. But with its own tight financial situation to consider, the Esplanade House can afford only one case manager to work with the 45 families currently under its care.

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“Families who go through the Esplanade House are definitely challenged, and yet there is a willingness and interest to work with the program,” Tenorio said.

“Everyone wants to know the care Help the Esplanade their children House: are getting is Those interested in the best it can volunteering for the Family Advisor be.”

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“From our perspective, homelessness is not a simple issue,” Tenorio said. “The homeless population is not a homogenous group.

There are a lot of reasons for it, and the fact we only serve one segment here—families—means that it’s even more important other folks are helping focus attention on individuals too.”

—HOWARD HARDEE howardh@newsreview.com

Tom Tenorio and Beth Porter of the Community Action Agency pose in front of the Esplanade House, which is restructuring its programs due to budget cuts.

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Making Chico ‘clean and safe’ Council tackles homelessness and transiency ouncilwoman Ann Schwab has been hearCspecifically ing a lot about homelessness lately, and those transients who live on the

streets, sleep in doorways, are accompanied by aggressive dogs, gather in large groups and generally frighten people and create a sense that Chico is not a clean city.

She mentioned in particular that she’d been contacted by executives at Landacorp, the health-care software maker whose offices are located at Sixth and Flume streets downtown. They told her, she said, that when corporate visitors try to make their way from their lodgings at the Hotel Diamond, they’re afraid to cross City Plaza because of the many transients there.

That’s why, she said during the Chico City Council’s meeting Tuesday (Dec. 18), she was proposing that the city take leadership in dealing with the problem by creating an ad hoc committee led by three council members that would bring together all the stakeholders, including the Downtown Chico Business Association, the Chamber of Commerce, the Jesus Center, the Torres Community Shelter, the Salvation Army, the Greater Chico Homeless Task Force, and so on.

The committee’s purpose would be to present its findings to the council and recommend an action plan. And it should happen soon, she said, because by spring the number of transients will increase dramatically.

Council members all agreed that more needed to be done, and that homelessness was a complex problem for which no silverbullet solution existed.

As it turns out, though, the council has a newly elected expert on homelessness, Tami Ritter, the founding director of the Torres shelter. And she cautioned that a new committee could duplicate services already being offered, especially by the Greater Chico Homeless Task Force.

The chairwoman of the task force, Jennifer Haffner, who is managing attorney at Legal Services of Northern California, agreed with Ritter. “We feel we are the ad hoc committee.” The group is looking at the roots of the problem and developing long-term solutions, she said. “We welcome the opportunity to have more participation by the city.”

Katie Simmons, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, told council

In addition to discussing homelessness, the City Council officially accepted the results of the Nov. 6 election, among them approval of Measure L, which added City Clerk Debbie Presson’s job to those reporting directly to the City Council. Presson (left) is shown here with Administrative Analyst Dani Brinkley.

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members her organization was working closely with the Jesus Center, the DCBA and the Torres shelter, among others, to deal with “cleanliness and safety issues.” These issues are economic issues, she said, and “we’re working on what a clean and safe Chico looks like.”

Councilman Scott Gruendl suggested a compromise: Appoint three council members to the Greater Chico Homeless Task Force on a temporary basis, until that group comes up with an action plan. “We need a full-court press on this issue,” he said.

In the end, though, a majority of the council members agreed with Ritter that creation of a new committee would be duplicative and that the homeless task force—on which most of the stakeholder groups were represented—was the appropriate lead agency for dealing with the issue.

Councilman Mark Sorensen moved that Mayor Mary Goloff go ahead with her announced intention to appoint Ritter to the task force, where she can work with the stakeholders and return with a plan of action.

In a sign that not every council action follows ideological lines, the two council conservatives, Sorensen and Sean Morgan, were joined by Ritter and Goloff in the majority.

Later in the meeting, Pastor Ted Sandberg, the Interfaith Council’s representative to the Greater Chico Homeless Task Force, informed the council that his organization would be offering a special presentation in late January to deal with the public’s “fears and hopes” regarding homelessness.

The event will begin with a discussion of the legal issues surrounding such activities as panhandling and loitering, followed by a walk-through of the City Plaza as a way to deal with people’s fears. “Our goal is to see people as God’s creation, so we can be comfortable with them,” he explained.

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EARTH WATCH JUDGE LIFTS KEYSTONE XL DELAY EARLY

A Texas judge who initially put a temporary halt to construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in response to a landowner’s lawsuit has allowed work to continue before the hearing date.

Michael Bishop, a 64-year-old retired chemist, filed suit against the Texas Railroad Commission in early December, claiming the agency did not protect the public’s environmental interest by approving TransCanada’s construction permits, according to The Associated Press. Bishop also claimed TransCanada lied about the Keystone XL’s purpose—the oil company maintains the pipeline will transport crude oil, while Bishop said tar-sands oil does not meet that definition. He said crude oil is defined as “liquid hydrocarbons extracted from the earth at atmospheric temperatures,” while tar-sands oil is almost solid upon extraction and “has to be heated and diluted in order to even be transmitted.”

Texas County Court at Law Judge Jack Sinz signed a restraining order and injunction, finding there was sufficient cause to stop work until Dec. 19, but lifted the mandate several days early.

Activists are planning a national protest for President’s Day, Feb. 18.

OFF-AND-ON ENERGY

As California increases dependency on renewable energy sources, further development of traditional sources like fossil fuels will be necessary as a backup.

A hidden cost of California’s legal mandate to produce one-third of the state’s energy through renewable resources by 2020 are gasfired generators necessary to provide a fallback to wind- and solar-energy installations— “intermittent resources” that can suddenly cease producing power, according to the Los Angeles Times.

In just half an hour, cloudy or still conditions can cause a shortage of 1,000 megawatts of energy, threatening the grid’s stability. As a result, fossil-fuel plants must be on call to fill the energy gap in mere seconds to avoid blackouts.

The state’s current electricity system can handle such fluctuations, but they are likely to occur on a grander scale by 2020; the California Independent System Operator estimates the state will need to double its reserve capacity by then.

‘ROCK STAR’ WOLF SHOT, KILLED

The world’s most famous wolf, a popular tourist attraction at Yellowstone National Park, was shot and killed on Dec. 6 outside the park’s boundaries.

Known as 832F, the wolf was the alpha female of the park’s Lamar Canyon pack and became so well-known wildlife enthusiasts would refer to her as a “rock star,” according to The New York Times.

Since Wyoming opened its first wolf hunt in decades this fall, 832F (pictured) is the eighth GPS-collared wolf to be shot outside the park’s boundaries. Scientists studying the wolves have professed dismay at the string of deaths.

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GREENWAYS

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Seven easy tips for being kinder to the Earth this season

I just want to enjoy the holidays without any guilt. But don’t worry. I’m not going to know what you’re thinking—you

Grinch out on you and make you feel bad for all your celebratin’ and gift givin’. You can still enjoy the requisite overindulgences of the season and wrap up a little present for your other mother (Mother Nature). Here are seven little things you can do to feel merry and bright about the holidays without needing a double-pickup for your over-full waste bins.

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1. Give an experience While the ultimate gift may be the gift of time, that is one tough sucker to wrap.

But there is an alternative: a gift card or

3. Wrap smart certificate for an experience. Consider gifting a set of lessons, membership to a local museum, or tickets for one of our local theaters (live and otherwise). You could even make your own coupon for time (my husband gave me two hours of writing time for Valentine’s Day—for me, very romantic).

Parents and grandparents might like a hand-drawn ticket for an outing in the park or for a special lunch. (These also make great last-minute gifts ... just saying.)

2. Make your own cards and gift tags You know what makes really cool new holiday cards? Old holiday cards. Cut up the cards you saved for no good reason last year to make a collage or silly scenario with your own hilarious captions. (This is great fun for kids. Or adults who act like kids.) Punch out circles or rectangles, attach with a bit of string, and now you’ve got cute little gift tags. You’re welcome.

Some people are gifted at wrapping.

Others end up with ragged balls of paper and tape. I’m not going to judge you for your technique, but you may get a slow clap if you choose materials that recycle easily, like non-glossy paper, old calendars, sheet music or the Sunday cartoons. You get extra points if you don’t even wrap it.

That’s right, creative types might use a reusable basket, stocking or cute pillowcase. You could even get all Mobius-strip on the recipient and use the gift itself as the wrapping (like a scarf or a sweater).

If you celebrate with a tree, what do you do with it once the holidays are over and it’s all brittle and dry and fire-hazardy? No, you can’t put it out on the street with your leaves, but you can compost it yourself.

Friend and botanist Adrienne Edwards even had this cool suggestion for those of us who never got around to getting a compost bin: Create a hidden compost area. Take an unused corner of your yard, put up a little wall with rocks or what-not (enlist child labor if needed) and then rake your leaves into that section. Chop up your tree and add that baby to the mix. You can even put in plant-based food scraps.

Stir it with a pitchfork or other such implement every week or so and the leaves and tree will compost down into excellent “humus”—organic matter that fluffs your soil, increasing its water- and nutrient-holding capacity.

For more information on composting, go to www.groundwater.org/kc/ activity3.html and check out the article aimed at kids from the Groundwater Foundation.

More about Christmas composting and recycling electronics:

Go to www.groundwater.org/kc/activity3.html to learn how to make an easy outdoor compost bin. Visit www.tinyurl.com/EPArecycle and www.computersforclassrooms.org to learn more about recycling your used electronics.

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So you really want that new (fill-in-the-blank-with-what’s-hotthis-year) tablet or cell phone.

What to do with your old one?

Recycle it, honey. Those babies are full of valuable resources that took a lot energy to get out of the Earth in the first place. According to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, “For every million cell phones we recycle, 35 thousand pounds of copper, 772 pounds of silver, 75 pounds of gold, and 33 pounds of palladium can be recovered.” I know what you’re thinking—that’s a lot of palladium.

Good thing recycling those bad boys is pretty easy: Retailers including Target, Best Buy and Staples will take your old cell phones and other electronics. Ditto for local nonprofit outfit Computers for Classrooms (315 Huss Drive, 895-4175). Go to www.tinyurl.com/EPArecycle and www.computersforclassrooms.org for more info.

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7. Be a natural scent-sation

Put down that aerosol can. Use natural scents without toxic and allergy-inducing ingredients to make your house smell good.

Make a citrus potpourri (go to www.tinyurl.com/potpourcitrus for citrus-drying tips), cut a few pine branches or even put a drop or two of vanilla extract on a glowing light bulb to release some good, natural smells.

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6. Party like it’s 1899

Yes, back in the good old days, we didn’t have paper plates and cups and napkins. We used tableware that you had to (gasp!) wash.

But if you can’t imagine doing all those dishes, you can at least set up a place to sort garbage, recycling and plant-based compost materials (for your hidden compost area!) ahead of time so it’s easy for you and your guests to decrease what you have to throw out. Also, provide a permanent marker to write

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UNCOMMON SENSE Green Christmas The holidays are no time to take a break from being green (unless you happen to be the Grinch). Here are some tips from www.recycle butte.net to keep your Christmas eco-friendly: • Shop thrift stores first: By purchasing at a local charity’s thrift shop, for instance, you will be supporting a nonprofit organization and saving money and landfill space.

• Donate to thrift stores, while you’re at it: Again, by giving away your unneeded classic threads, you will be saving landfill space (and getting a tax deduction in before the end of the year).

• Bag it, don’t wrap it: It might be fun to rip open presents, but try a reusable bag instead. It’s a greener option, and way easier than wrapping gifts. (Plus, a nice cloth bag is a gift in itself!)

• Donate food: If you have a mountain of unused nonperishable leftover food following Christmas dinner, consider donating it to a charity kitchen.

• Compost your veggies: A combination of dried leaves and green food waste makes for an ideal compost mix.

• Don’t buy rubbish: Some stocking-stuffers are simply destined for the landfill—things that don’t have any real use or are simply made cheaply. Buy gifts that the recipient will value for a long time.

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BEYOND THE MAYAN APOCALYPSE GreenHouse reader Luisa Garza sent me an email recently apprising me of the upcoming One Earth. One Voice. event— described on its website as “a global campaign mobilizing 15 million people to sing in synchrony on December 21, 2012 … harnessing the unifying power of song as a response to our planetary crisis.” At the exact same time, people worldwide will sing the beautiful Nigerian song, “Ise Oluwa.”

Contrary to the hype of doomsday predictors, many believe Dec. 21 to mark the beginning of a new era of respect for our fragile planet and all the beings inhabiting it. As Bolivian President Evo Morales put it in a recent address to the United Nations, “according to the Mayan calendar, December 21, 2012, marks the end of non-time and the beginning of time. It is the end of the Macha and the beginning of the Pacha. It is the end of selfishness and the beginning of brotherhood. It is the end of individualism and the beginning of collectivism … the end of hatred and the beginning of love. The end of lies and the beginning of truth.

It is the end of sadness and the beginning of joy. It is the end of division and Classical singer and holistic voice the beginning of unity.” trainer Shyla Nelson is currently on a The synchronized singing event, 99-day journey around the world to organized

by Good Earth Singers founder promote the One Earth. One Voice. and classical singer Shyla Nelson, “is the synchronized-singing event that will culmination of hard work and a genuine take place on Dec. 21. belief that the power of the human voice is a catalyst for healing humanity’s relationship with the earth,” as Nelson told Philanthropy World Magazine.

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Traumatic Brain Injury Eat right, exercise, be well, and be happy. It’s

Oroville Hospital. “We’ll go to their workplace, the

migraines several times a week, and my mind

a simple plan and no doubt a good one for

store, even golfing or bowling if that’s what they

didn’t seem to match my mouth. It was very

living a long and healthy life—but sometimes

like to do. We want them to get better and get

frustrating.”

accidents happen, unforeseeable events that

back on their feet.”

literally knock us off our feet and turn our worlds upside down.

So it is with traumatic brain injury. This general condition, often called “TBI,” results most often from direct blows to the head. The

Debra Craton, who experienced head trauma

And Czarnecki wants to emphasize that it’s never too late for treatment, “There’s a

from a head-on collision in 2008, says, “I owe my

misconception that treatment doesn’t help after

recovery progress to Tama. From day one I felt

a year...that’s wrong. I’ve worked with people

her genuine care and support.”

three or four years after their injury and we see

But the trickiest part about a mild traumatic

improvements.”

And, like Debra, we can get back to that

symptoms range from mild to severe and can

brain injury is the symptoms’ tendency to

affect people behaviorally, emotionally, and

lurk quietly, affecting people in subtle but

plan of ours – living well, living long, and

physically.

significant ways. Czarnecki stresses that any

pursuing happiness.

Mild or moderate symptoms, like from a

person who has been in an accident should

concussion, can be feelings of confusion,

visit the hospital. She adds that even incidents

difficulty in focusing attention, memory loss,

that involved no impact to the head may have

and inability to make fast decisions, as well as

caused an injury to the brain.

restlessness and personality or temperament

“Many people feel like

changes. Some physical symptoms are

they are going crazy

dizziness, loss of balance, sleep disturbance,

because they don’t

and headaches.

understand what is wrong with them,”

“There’s a misconception that treatment doesn’t help after a year... that’s wrong.”

Czarnecki says. “But just knowing there is a problem can often help people recover.”

Debra Craton agrees, “I was

Severe TBI may interfere with even the most basic functions; walking, talking, thinking, and

having memory problems,

even breathing.

Treatment of such injuries may take weeks, months or years. At Oroville Hospital, physical, occupational, and speech therapists may all play a role in recovery. Even social workers may help patients as they battle strong feelings of grief and helplessness. The goal is to reintegrate people who have sustained brain injury into society, and Oroville Hospital’s staff goes to great lengths to meet this end.

“We take everything that we learn in the clinic and then take it out into the real world,” says Tama Czarnecki, Director of Rehabilitation at

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THE PULSE

HEALTHLINES Antonia Smith with her 5-year-old son, Gannon (left), and 17-month-old daughter, Ayla.

FAIREST AIR IN ALL THE LAND?

Rowell Family Empowerment of Northern California program Manager Theresa Pineda (left) and Executive Director Kat Lowrance.

In terms of air quality, the Bay Area puts Southern California to shame, a new report finds.

Data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that, based on the number of days per year in which smog, soot and other ozone pollution exceeds federal standards, the Bay Area’s nine counties are well below the state average, but Los Angeles and surrounding counties are the state’s worst for air quality, according to SFGate.com.

The average county in California experienced 15 days exceeding federal ozone standards in 2010, while the report found that Marin, San Francisco and Solano counties had no above-standard days. San Bernardino County, on the other hand, was the worst in the state by that measurement, exceeding ozone standards on 103 days.

Forty percent of the state’s population resides in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Kern and Riverside counties, where high barometric pressure keeps pollution close to ground-level.

FACEBOOK VS. OBESITY?

Prevention programs based in social media like Facebook could be an effective tool in curbing childhood obesity, a report finds.

An overview of how social media affects health and obesity released by the American Heart Association found that social media offers “natural points for intervention” for helping children and teenagers fight obesity, recommending the development of social-networking programs to encourage self-monitoring, goalsetting and problem-solving, according to Forbes and Medical News Today.

The overview also identified three factors contributing to the success of Web-based intervention strategies—family involvement with the effort, the amount of interaction between the children and their counselor or support group, and how often the children used the online programs.

The report noted that people tend to interact with people similar to themselves, even online, and that an individual’s healthful lifestyle change could create a ripple effect throughout a social-media network.

SUICIDE-PREVENTION BLITZ

A new statewide suicide-prevention media campaign has been launched by the California Mental Health Services Authority (CMHSA).

The campaign includes television, radio, Internet, cell-phone, billboard and print advertisements, and is due to run across California through January, according to a CMHSA press release. The effort aims to increase general knowledge of suicide warning signs, how to help, and local resources.

In 2010, 3,823 Californians successfully took their own lives, while 16,425 were hospitalized for selfinflicted injuries.

“While the signs of suicide can be subtle, they are there,” said Anara Guard, suicideprevention adviser for the campaign.

Go online to www.suicideispreventable.org for more info.

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Support for special needs Nonprofit foundation offers help to parents at no cost story and photos by

Catherine Beeghly

A host of feelings when she learned she would be having a baby with Down synntonia Smith experienced a

drome—being overwhelmed was one of them. Immediately, though, she felt a strong need to connect with other parents who’d experienced the same thing.

“I wanted to learn as much as I could about it right away,” Smith said in a recent interview. “I’m a ‘researcher’—it’s just in my personality. … I wanted to be proactive. Parenting can be difficult, and with a diagnosis on top of that—it’s overwhelming.”

Today, Smith’s daughter, Ayla, is a busy, bright-eyed 17-month-old, thanks in part to the support that Antonia and her husband, chiropractor Shane Smith, have gotten from Rowell Family Empowerment of Northern California.

Smith, a stay-at-home mother, acknowledged that she’s grateful to have her own strong family-support network. “Most of them live out of town, but when I shared this with them, they were glad to offer support. Some of them want to learn sign language to have a better relationship with [Ayla]. They’re very proactive in that respect.”

But she has found additional support with Rowell’s programs. Shortly after Ayla’s diagnosis, Smith did a simple Google search for resources for parents of children with disabilities, and Rowell was the first organization that popped up. “[Rowell Program Manager] Theresa [Pineda] was the first person I talked to.

She asked me what kind of services I was interested in, and sent me a pamphlet on Down,” Smith said. “The hospital didn’t give me anything, so I was on my own to do research.”

Shortly thereafter, Smith signed up for

Rowell’s class on setting up and maintaining a medical home binder. The large, physical notebook is used to collect and keep organized all the paperwork involved in a child’s condition. It includes communication logs, worksheets for doctors’ visits, checklists and questions to ask.

Pineda said families can personalize the binders to fit their needs. “Like much of what we do here, we encourage people to make it their own,” she said recently.

“Keeping the binder is key. It avoids HEALTHLINES continued on page 18

APPOINTMENT JICAMA ON A BUDGET It’s no secret that a healthful diet is a big component of healthful living; problem is, wholesome food is not always the least-expensive option. As part of its ongoing Eating Right When Money is Tight cookingdemonstration series (held on the third Thursday of every month) OPT for Healthy Living (1311 Mangrove Ave.) will cover the use of jicama in a variety of health-promoting, cost-effective ways on Thursday, Dec. 20.

The class runs from 6 to 7 p.m.; registration begins at 5:30 p.m.

Children’s activities are available.

Qualifying low-income families will receive a basket of healthful food and local produce. Call Jennifer Murphy at 345-0678 or email her at jemurphy@csuchico.edu for more info.

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Smith said her relationship with Rowell sort of “snowballed” after that, when Pineda asked her to lead a support group. Smith’s daughter was just 6 months old. “I thought, ‘No, that’s not really my thing,’ at first,” Smith said. “But I did it. We started with just five families, and some come in and out. But it’s really spread.” In conjunction with The ARC of Butte County, Smith continues to coordinate “Parent Meetups” for families of children with Down syndrome (see column note).

These days, Smith stays busy with Ayla and her 5-year-old son, Gannon, and she is expecting a third child in January. She is one of the thousands of families Rowell has assisted, via offices based in Redding and Chico, since its inception in 1995. Rowell’s many services include advocacy and seeking out resources for parents of children with disabilities.

Kat Lowrance, Rowell executive director, said the majority of her 18-person staff consists of parents of children with disabilities.

Lowrance herself has a grown son who is deaf. “There’s a unique parent-to-parent connection. When you have a child with a disability, you can understand it from an intrinsic place—all the joys and frustrations you go through,” she said. “Parents like to talk about issues that are specific to what they’re going through, and have already been through. There’s a lot to be learned.”

Lowrance likes to think of the agency’s role as being a partner with parents, “to give parents a voice and support their goals for the highest outcomes for their children. Our motto is ‘Everyone belongs.’ No matter why people call, they never get ‘dissed’ here.

We will research, and get back to them, so we have somewhere to send them if we can’t help them.

That can be critical to a family’s survival—sometimes they’re homeless, or can’t pay their electric bill. We try to find answers for people. We keep a lot of resources at our fingertips we can pull from.”

Rowell is named for the late

Debbie Rowell, who started the organization. Frustrated with unsuccessful attempts to locate services for her special-needs child, she organized other parents with children with disabilities, and obtained funding to start what was then called the Exceptional Family Support, Education and Advocacy

agency. Rowell died unexpectedly in 2002 at the age of 43, and the agency was renamed to honor her courage, tenacity and goals.

The organization is funded by IDEA— the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act—and grants from the U.S. Department of Education. Rowell sends speakers out to give presentations about its work, and the agency accepts financial donations, which are tax-deductible.

“Most people say, ‘I didn’t know you were here,’” Pineda said, adding that getting the word out to reach more parents in need is a goal.

The organization’s Cohasset Road office houses a conference room, children’s play room, and a lending library of educational books and CDs in both English and Spanish.

Support for families is offered by telephone and email, as well as face-to-face.

While all of Rowell’s services are offered at no charge to families, some services for professionals—such as if, say, a psychologist wants 20 copies of a particular booklet or pamphlet—have an administrative cost.

“They’re enormously positive people,” Smith said of the Rowell staff. “They’ve always answered my questions, or guided

Monthly meetup:

An evening of networking and sharing is offered for families of children with Down syndrome: “Parent Meetups” begin at 5:30 p.m., the fourth Thursday of each month at The ARC of Butte County (2030 Park Ave.). This month only, it will meet the third Thursday, Dec. 20, due to holiday schedules.

ARC provides a main dish for a 5:30 dinner, and families are asked to bring a side dish to share. From 6 to 8 p.m., child-centered activities with ARC’s trained respite staff are conducted, while parents can take a break and enjoy some adult support. Parents are welcome to share their experiences of the many diverse aspects of raising a child with special needs. Reservations are requested at least 24 hours in advance, and may be made by calling Antonia Smith at (510) 427-9322.

Rowell connection:

Call 899-8801 or go to www.rfenc.org to learn more about Rowell Family Empowerment of Northern California, which is located at 3075 Cohasset Road, Ste. 2.

me to the right people. I’m very happy to be involved with them. They’ve made a big difference.” Ω

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Beets: Beets are high in folate, manganese, potassium, vitamin C and a cancer-fighting phytonutrient. Holistic health practitioners swear by the vegetable’s blood-cleansing and liver-purifying properties.

Cranberries: Except for the sugar-laden packaged juice, cranberries are very nutritious and can help treat urinary-tract infections.

Pomegranates: Those delicious, juice-filled red seeds are loaded with antioxidants and immune-boosting nutrients that help do everything from protecting your heart, liver and kidneys, to fighting allergies.

Squash: It’s packed with complex carbohydrates, fiber and beta-carotene.

Sweet Potatoes: Naturally delicious and much better for you than plain potatoes, sweet potatoes are packed with beta carotene, vitamins B6 and C, iron, magnesium and potassium.

Walnuts: They are packed with Omega-3 fatty acids, which help with everything from supporting a healthy immune system to balancing your mood—which can be especially important during the hectic holiday season.

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My Christmas break HOLIDAYS FICTION BY ZU VINCENT

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hristmas break homework, English Journal: Dear Ms. Grace. I don’t

think I did this right for a couple of reasons, but here is my English homework assignment, an interview of a family member about what Christmas was like for her as a child, compared to my own Christmas today. For the family member I chose my grandma, Noni.

About the author:

Zu Vincent’s award-winning novel The Lucky Place chronicles the love and loss between a child and her stepdad, and grew out of one of her annual Christmas stories for the Chico News & Review. A writer and educator, Vincent will present in Boston this spring at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs and at Butte College’s Wordfire Conference.

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Journal Entry I:

Listen, Gemma. Are you getting this? Noni says. Those soldiers stabbed and stabbed and stabbed the straw around me, but they never stabbed me. Whiz! By my right eye. Whiz!

By my left eye. Zip! Across my belly and my dress cut in two. Three days hiding in a hay wagon, and the straw gagged me, moldy and dank. Straw kindled my ears. Stuck up my nose. Raked my throat. But if I cried, I’d be dead. So I didn’t cry.

I stop writing. I look up at Noni and back at my journal page. Being thirteen, it’s impossible to imagine seventy-nine. Not to mention being full Chinese and living in Communist China like Noni did until her escape. My mom is half-Chinese, half-white. I myself have a white father, which makes me a quarter Chinese. Like a sliced-up pie. Sliced up, that’s what Noni would have been, if the communist bayonets had found her. My skin prickles just thinking of it.

And what about Christmas in China? I say.

I’m supposed to compare our Christmases.

Christmas! Noni says. Christmas for us was a fresh cup of tea. Fresh tea leaves. Once a year. Not the everyday leftover tea leaves from our father’s cup, soaked and soaked for father’s tea before they became ours. A fresh cup of tea, that was Christmas. And how we rejoiced!

You, Gemma, know nothing of sacrifice, Noni adds. You’re spoiled. You get everything you want. But my grandmother says this happily, as if surely someone like me should be allowed what she wants, without fail. So I don’t tell her that this year I don’t feel spoiled.

This year I hate the thought of Christmas.

This year I feel like Noni, stuck in the straw, escaping Communist China.

Journal EntryII:

My mom and dad were officially divorced last month. And even though Dad hasn’t lived with us for two years, last month changed everything. When my parents ask what I want for Christmas they ask as if they have no clue.

They act stupid about it. I want you to live together again! Take back the divorce. That’s the only thing I really want.

Not likely. Already Dad has a live-in girlfriend. A trophy wife, Mom snarls, even though Dad and Deidre aren’t technically married yet. I picture Deirdre shaped like a trophy, brassy and tight at the waist, which in fact, she is. Mom isn’t tight at the waist, but she did have silicone stuck in her breasts last year, trying to get Dad back. It didn’t work, and now she looks too big up there. She looks out-of-proportion big, like the heads on Noni’s dolls.

Journal Entry III:

Noni works in a doll factory. Still. At seventy-nine! Mom complains. Do you think she needs to? No, she doesn’t! She’s going to die working there, Mom says.

The doll factory is busy this time of year. I think of my Noni dying at the doll factory. Sitting at her station where she paints on the eyes and the mouth, the round, red cheeks. Noni shuffles and hacks, her hands quake, but she can paint the most perfect doll faces. She has a talent. And when the factory decided to make dolls from other lands, Noni was so happy. A Chinese doll! I will like painting

Chinese dolls, she said.

She ended up disappointed, though, because the Chinese dolls still look white. They have the same big heads, the same little noses, the same rosy cheeks as the other dolls. They are just white dolls with sunhappy eyelashes and black hair.

Journal Entry IV:

Mom is bitter that we had to move in with Noni after Dad left. Sometimes she and Noni fight.

Noni had other children, back in China, Mom tells me. Did she tell you that for your project? Two boys and two girls, Mom says about Noni’s other kids. The boys stayed with their father, her first husband. But the girls. The girls. Mom frowns. She doesn’t want to say what happened to the girls.

What? What happened? My pen is ready.

She smothered them, Mom finally says. When they were born. Women did that back then, in China. Girls were nothing, worse than nothing. A burden to feed and clothe. I would have been smothered, too, if your Noni had stayed put and I’d been born in China.

Smothered and sliced. I imagine my mom in pieces in the hay wagon, not even conceived yet. Although now, what’s the difference? Mom is in pieces, since Dad left. Dad is happy with Deirdre, and that makes Mom cry all the time. Plus having to live with Noni is driving her nuts. She is always raging. It’s like when Dad left he left behind this other mother in Mom’s place.

I could run off a bridge with your children! my new mother screams into the phone at Dad. I could kill us all and it would be your fault!

Just like Noni, having to kill her daughters. That’s Mom, trying to get Dad back.

It’s no secret that Mom and Dad are engaged in a fight of monumental proportions. Except for Mom screaming on the phone, they don’t speak unless absolutely necessary. Worse, they’ve got strict rules about what my little sisters and I can take between their houses, which comes down to practically nothing.

We can’t take stuff back and forth, and Mom and Dad are opposing armies, their houses each a fortress full of larder. And their fortresses hold our booty hostage when we’re gone.

I have two cell phones, two computers, two TVs in my two rooms, and two sets of my video-game collection. At Dad’s, Dad and Deirdre give me this stuff. At Mom’s, Noni usually does. Noni still works at that factory, but she’s rich from her years in an investment club.

My friend Kate’s parents are also divorced. But Kate’s mom and dad talk to one another, so Kate can bring clothes from house to house, and games and books. I’m only allowed the clothes I’m wearing and whatever is in my backpack. Even the backpack is risky. Mom will throw stuff out if she thinks it comes from Deirdre, and when Dad sees what Mom buys me he smirks and says, So that’s where she’s spending my child support, Kmart?

Journal Entry VI:

So far I haven’t seen any parallels between Noni’s cup-of-tea Christmas and mine, but I do have a conundrum. While my parents are engaged in a fight of monumental proportions, and don’t speak, and are buying me the exact same thing at both houses, they have each bought me a dress for my first-ever after-Christmas dance. I take photos of both dresses and Instagram them to Kate. Caption: which one should I wear?

Definitely the Mom dress, Kate fires back. The trouble being, the after-Christmas dance is on Dad’s

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Journal Entry V:

up hc s e fr us was a Once a r o f . ves day Christmas a leae every e t Fresh. Not th leaves p. year over tea her’s cu left our fat from weekend. And since I can’t take clothes back and forth, how am I going to get the Mom dress to Dad and Deidre’s?

Journal Entry VII:

I’ve been to the doll factory with Noni. Rows and rows of dolls, lined up for Christmas boxes. Special dolls, but Noni is right, even the Chinese faces look white.

I have a secret about my dolls, Noni says, winking.

They look white, but I make them Chinese special.

How? I ask, but Noni won’t tell me.

How’s your story of me coming? she says instead.

Noni is convinced I’ll grow up to be famous, like Maxine Hong Kingston or Amy Tan. And then she, Noni, will be famous too, because I’m writing her life story down. She doesn’t get that I’m only writing it for ninth-grade English.

Noni tells me about her wedding to my American Marine grandfather, when she was fresh off the boat.

Fresh off boat. Like newly arrived fruit! she laughs.

And they were married in a tea ceremony, drinking out of chipped cups in her auntie’s living room. Only her Marine husband got sick and died miserably, and Noni had to go to work in the doll factory, and raise Mom, alone.

It’s a sad story, only I don’t want to feel sorry for Mom anymore. I wish she wouldn’t cry all the time. I wish she was brash and shaped like a trophy so she could have kept Dad home.

Seriously, I’ve never seen such a bunch of morons as Mom, Dad and Deirdre. Already Mom has begun the campaign. She wants me to boycott dressing at Dad’s for the after-Christmas dance. If you want my dress, you dress up here!

Can’t I even help my little girl dress up for her first dance? That sort of thing.

In fact, she wants me to boycott the entire “CHRISTMAS BREAK” continued on page 23

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Christmas at their house.

You don’t want to celebrate another Christmas with Deirdre, do you? Mom moans.

I don’t, but then again, I do. I know from last year there will be tons of presents. But also that, like last year, I will have to watch my sisters, who I are now five and six. Wild Indians, Noni calls them. Hellions, Deirdre says, but only when Dad isn’t listening.

Last year, I was supposed to keep my sisters from jumping on Deirdre’s antique furniture, and from opening their packages too soon. Deirdre invited her entire family. The looming kind of adults who put presents for each of us under the tree. I was so embarrassed, all those strangers staring at me in their low way, expecting something. I yanked a toy from my little sister’s hands before she unwrapped it, and sent her howling. I lay flat under the Christmas tree and looked up, squeezed my eyes so Deirdre’s fancy Macy’s ornaments turned and twisted from the cat’s meddling. I didn’t say a word. I hoped the cat would pull down the tree. But Deirdre saw him too soon and clapped her hands and sent him running.

Journal Entry VIII:

I guess I’ve matured since last year. I’m not going to take all those extra presents for granted now. I’m going to ooh and aah over every one. I’m going to clean up. But inside, I wish I wasn’t mature. I wish I was little again, like my sisters, young enough for one of Noni’s dolls.

Those are cheap dolls, for poor kids, Mom says.

They’re so cheap they make them here and send them to China for god sakes! She says even my sisters would not get a doll like that, with paintedon eyes and stiff limbs. My sisters get dolls that talk and wet and burp and chew. Fancy dolls you see on TV commercials.

It’s true, each of them gets her one-out-of-two same fancy dolls at Dad’s house on Christmas Eve. I get a new jacket, an iPhone, and a hand-built skateboard.

But I’m still thinking of Noni’s dolls. I want her to tell me what she does to make them Chinese special.

At Mom’s, the second Christmas is waiting.

Another iPhone, another jacket, even another handbuilt skateboard. It feels disappointing. I haul the gifts to my room and line them up and count them.

Test the weight of each one. They are nice gifts. I should be happy. But I stuff them in my closet under my old jeans and sweaters where they hardly make a bump.

I text Katie: When I was little, presents seemed

bigger, the biggest things in the world. The truth is, presents have shrunk.

Journal Entry X:

What do you do to the dolls, Noni? I beg. Tell me! I need to know for my story of you, I add. So finally, Noni gives in.

I imagine one doll, she says. And I imagine the little girl who needs it.

I wait. I don’t get it. And having to figure it out for myself makes me feel tired.

Don’t you want to hear about her? Noni asks.

For your story?

Who? The little girl who needs this doll I paint, she says.

I guess so. I stretch out. Hold my pen above my journal page, ready to write as Noni begins.

Her name is Su, Noni says. She is too thin for her age. Too skinny. Her grandmother and her mother are dead and she lives with her father. Her father only allows her his sodden tea leaves to make her own weak tea. He beats her. He beats her because he wishes every day she’d been born a boy. Finally, when Su is ten, he sells her to a man passing through the village.

Su is unhappy. The man uses her for his field work. He beats her too, but he feeds her better than her father did because he needs her to work.

Su works all the time. One day she is digging in

I stop writing. Noni is crying, and I have never seen Noni cry before.

That’s what I do, Noni weeps. I paint the bellies. Inside. For that little girl to find. She wipes her eyes. Write that down, she says.

But it’s too hard to write. I will never be able to do it.

Of course you will, Noni says, and very patiently she tells me the story again.

“CHRISTMAS BREAK” continued on page 25

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the field and finds a doll. It is a pretty doll with a big head and eyes with sun-happy lashes. And black hair, like her! She hides it under her clothes so it will keep her company at night.

Su thinks of the doll all day while she’s working in the field. She talks to the doll in her head. At night she takes the doll from her hiding place and holds her to go to sleep. Su has cleaned the dirt from the doll’s skin, fashioned some clothes for her from rags. She names her Beautiful Princess.

She has never had a friend before. She loves that doll.

The farmer uncovers Su’s good mood and is jealous. He searches her bedding and finds Beautiful Princess. He shouts, angry. He swings Beautiful Princess up and dashes her down. Now you will not waste my time on dolls! he yells.

Su cries over the pieces. She buries Beautiful Princess in the earth she came from. But as she is covering the split-open belly with dirt, Su stops.

There, inside the doll, is a splendid picture, painted on the doll’s belly and shining moist, like the lining of a new clam shell. A picture of a city she has never been to.

Su is fascinated by this picture. The picture swallows her whole. It stays in her head long after her Beautiful Princess is buried. She is so consumed by the picture, that one day, she runs away from the farmer without a backward glance. She has a destination, the city she sees in the shining moist belly of the doll.

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“CHRISTMAS BREAK” continued from page 23

Journal Entry XI:

Dear Ms. Grace, I’m almost finished with my journal project. I know it’s not what you expect. Noni didn’t really have Christmas as a kid, so what am I supposed to compare it to? And anyway, I don’t feel like comparing my Christmas to anything. I hope you don’t grade me down, but I’m going to write about the after-Christmas dance instead.

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Final Journal Entry:

My plan was to dress at Mom’s for the dance, then go to Dad’s.

Mom and Noni do my makeup and arrange my hair in an upsweep.

But when Dad sees me he says I look like Noni’s paint-faced dolls.

Get in the shower, he says. And I have to clean up so Deirdre can do my hair and makeup all over again. But I throw a fit about wearing Mom’s dress, so he gives in on that.

Ms. Grace? At the gym, there’s a spangling strobe light and blaring DJ music. Boys hover on the edges and the girls gravitate together.

Like we’re iron bits and somebody drew a magnet across us.

We dance in packs, and after the first set our pack rushes to the corner of the gym, where we all throw off our expensive shoes. (I haven’t even told about my shoes. I have new, very fancy Deirdre shoes that, like her ornaments, are from Macy’s.)

But I pitch these shoes in a corner with all my friends’ shoes, until they’re piled high together like a lumpy, fallen-over Christmas tree. Then we run back barefoot in our party dresses colored like balloons.

Song after song, I dance hard. Harder than I ever played soccer, or ran track, or raced my skateboard. Harder than I ever cried about Mom and Dad’s divorce. Harder than I ever imagined. This is my first-ever after-Christmas dance, I think. I’m growing up. In a split second the lights and the music can change me. Kate and my other friends are throwing out their arms, singing and shouting. They smile with parted teeth. They form a wave across the floor. And the wave opens for me like a new world parting, closing me in.

In that center, I am safe. A Beautiful Princess doll. I’m not the destination Mom and Dad are sketching inside me. I’m this other girl, the girl Noni sees, with her secretly painted doll’s belly.

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Arts & Culture Tell me a story Chico artists share their stories in homegrown group show

W game. I say a word, you say the first thing that comes to mind. Are you e’re going to play a little

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Pennies? “Lucky.”

Doorway?

“Bathroom.” story and photos Nothing too strange by there. Let’s try some MaryRose Lovgren more.

Cufflinks? “Handcuffs.” (Interesting ...)

Offshore accounts?

“Pagans.” Google?

“Boring.” Alphabet?

REVIEW: “Four-letter word.”

Stories 1 , now (Hmmm ...) Ceramics? showing at 1078 Gallery through “Transcendence.” Story?

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“Chico.”

Reception: Friday, Wow. Your unexpectDec. 21, 7-9 p.m. ed answers indicate an intriguing intelligence.

1078 Gallery 820 Broadway Either that, or you’ve 343-1973 just gone to the 1078 www.1078 Gallery to view the curgallery.org rent group exhibit, Stories 1. Such is the fun of a group art show juxtaposing five past and present Chico artists from diverse backgrounds working in equally diverse media. Enter the concretefloored space and you will experience everything from paintings to photographs, illustrations to ceramics; the documentation of the randomness of pennies or falling strips of paper; and all of it underlined by statements provided by each artist. Taken all together, one thing leading to another, a story emerges.

The story could begin with one of three of Ellen Akimoto’s paintings, “Doorway to the Bathroom,” which focuses equally on the two figures facing the viewer as it does the open bathroom.

The man, like the shower tub in the distance, is half-exposed, shirt pulled to the side. The woman to his right has her interest pulled elsewhere. According to Akimoto, “A tiny room, out of the way of the structure and discussion and sweeping current of the main, fills somehow more quickly with artificial lighting. It fills with the excess of images and the fragments of thought.”

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THIS WEEK Speaking of fragments, Brad Thiele revels in them. “Collect” is composed of found “art,” discarded phone numbers collected from the street and arranged “in chance order.” For “the world’s most boring square,” Thiele searched Google with the term “boring” (as in drilling) and arranged 24 of the results randomly.

Thiele’s seeks out a “... mutability in language and the familiar—the ways in which a thing shifts, twists and turns despite our best efforts for clarity—and play to this non-fixity by reformatting the both through modest interventions between signs, objects, activities and ideas.”

Trevor Lalaguna plays to this idea of “non-fixity” by becoming, well, more fixed. For “Cufflinks (12 Hour House Arrest),” he fashioned a pair of handcuffs from steel, foam and fabric. Donning these cuffs, he then documented a 12-hour period of time of him in his home, doing what one does at home. Drinking a beer, unlocking a gate with a broom, sitting at times with a cat or a dog, peeing. “My work [has] changed from creating little figures to actually working off my own figure by developing wearable apparatuses that challenge my ideas and physicality.”

Initially, Haley Hughes did not want her physicality challenged. “When I first started painting,” she relates, “I rejected constraint in all forms and always chose action over technique.” Now, however, she favors “... precognition, control and execution.” Some of her bright, almost fluores-

“Doorway to the Bathroom,” painting

by Ellen Akimoto.

“The Pact,” sculpture by Sienna Orlando.

cent acrylic and gouache works are of familiar Chico scenes: One-Mile at Bidwell Park, and the yearly theater production known as “The Butcher Shop.” Others, like “Offshore Accounts for Pagans,” focus on, as she put it, “power, sexuality, war and politics in what I like to call a mythology for contemporary society.”

Sienna Orlando’s ceramic works find inspiration not from society but from the natural world. “My fantasy plays with these perfections, melding a series of forms that have skipped a long and timely evolution, and have instead gestated rapidly and mutated in my dusty laboratory.”

“The Pact” is one such piece, the smooth exterior of one of the telescoping pods revealing within its belly a litter of similar, though much smaller, creatures. Five other vase-like orbs strut along a shelf, each one different, each one exuding natural shapes or fractal patterns. “The orb lays the pages for my curious stories while maintaining an innate sense of recognition for the viewer.”

This group show doesn’t provide a traditional narrative in theme or style. But if you enjoy the puzzle of finding connections in disparate objects, Stories 1 will meet the challenge. Ω

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gifts sold to support Blue Oak School. Th, 12/20, 1-4pm. Blue Oak Charter School, 450 W. East Ave. Near intersection of Holly avenue and East avenue; (530) 520-0661.

Theater AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY: Rogue Theatre presents the dark side of the Midwestern family with Tracy Letts’ Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Th, F, 7:30pm through 12/21. $10. South Side Playhouse, 2145 Park Ave. 13.

THE END OF DAYS Friday, Dec. 21 Planet Earth

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FINE ARTS Art 1078 GALLERY: Stories 1 Exhibition, the 1078’s annual December group show showcases five artists with strong ties to Chico.

Through 1/5, 2013. 820 Broadway, (530) 3431973, www.1078gallery.org.

ANGELOS CUCINA TRINACRIA: Maria Phillips

Exhibition, large, other-worldly watermedia paintings on display. Ongoing. 407 Walnut St., (530) 899-9996.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Reflections, Refractions & Reveries, paintings by Dolores Mitchell and art glass by Claudia Schwartz. Reception F, 12/7, 5pm. Through 1/12, 2013. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

CHICO ART CENTER: Gallery Collective, featuring members and local artists showcasing their artwork for the holidays. Through 1/4, 2013. 450 Orange St. 6, (530) 895-8726, www.chicoartcenter.com.

CHICO CITY MUNICIPAL CENTER: Works by

Claudia Steel, an exhibition of etchings, serigraphs, watercolors and oils. Through 1/11, 2013. 411 Main St. City Hall, (530) 8967200.

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.

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SOLSTICE CELEBRATION: A dance party with live

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SOLSTICE CEREMONY: A spoken-word solstice celebration with Luke Anderson, Mike Wofchuck, Claudia Cuentas, Gordy Ohliger and Eric Schneider and live musical accompaniment. Call or go online to register. F, 12/21, 7:15-11:30pm. $35. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St.; (530) 715-0240; www.dance awake.com.

Art Receptions

music from local favorites Wolf Thump, MaMuse, Soul Union, Gordy Ohliger and more.

Dinner available. Sa, 12/22, 4:30pm. $10-$20.

Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St.; (530) 891-6524; www.danceawake.com.

Music THE YULE LOGS: Catch the local holiday rockers at the Women’s Club. Tickets are available at Birkenstock (333 Broadway). Two nights: Sa, 12/22 & Su, 12/23, 7pm. $5-$10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.; (530) 894-1978.

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Music THE YULE LOGS: Chico’s last chance to catch the local holiday rockers at the Women’s Club.

Tickets are available at Birkenstock (333 Broadway). Su, 12/23, 7pm. $5-$10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.; (530) 894-1978.

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.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS AND APPRAISALS:

Estates Show, over 100 paintings, prints and drawings by Picasso, Chagall, Renoir, Whistler, Dali, Ayres, Hornaday, DeHoff and more. Through 12/28. Free. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.james snidlefinearts.com.

LAXSON FINE ART GALLERY: Mothership, Ann Posey’s sculpture and large-scale oil paintings exploring the tension between motherhood and being an artist. Through 1/22. 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.

MANAS ART SPACE & GALLERY: Everything

Green Show, Green is the theme for the latest MANAS all-medium open-entry show.

Through 1/11, 2013. 1441 C Park Ave., (530) 588-5183.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Home for the

Holidays, ornaments, gifts, jewelry and art on display. Through 12/31. 493 East Ave. #1, (530) 345-3063.

UPPER CRUST BAKERY & EATERY: Esteban

Ismael Duran Exhibition, mixed media constructions, sculpture and tin work. Through 12/31. 130 Main St., (530) 895-3866.

Call for Artists 2013 ART FIESTA BOOTHS: Artist booths are still available for next spring’s event. Call or email for more info. Through 4/1, 2013.

Matador Motel, 1934 Esplanade, (530) 4874553.

AVENUE 9 POETRY: Avenue 9 wants nine lines of poetry about the gallery from local writers to serve as part of the gallery’s ninth birthday bash. Through 1/10, 2013. Avenue 9 Gallery, 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 879-1821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

GREEN ARTS COMPETITION: Mixed-media artwork that answers the question “What does it mean to be green?” Top finalists will have their work published on the Associated Students homepage. Ongoing. CSU Chico, 400 West First Street, Yolo Hall Room 178, (530) 898-6677.

Museums GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Fall Exhibits, three exhibits running through the fall semester including “Take Flight,” “Gold Fever: The Untold Stories of the California Gold Rush” and “Third Views, Second Sights: A Rephotographic Survey of the American West.” Through 12/31. $3-$6. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/gateway.

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: Veterans Day Exhibit, A display honoring those who serve.

Ongoing. 502 Pearson Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8722, www.goldnuggetmuseum.com.

STORIES 1 RECEPTION: A reception featuring live music for the 1078’s annual December group show, this year featuring five artists with close personal ties to Chico. F, 12/21, 7-10pm.

Free. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway; (530) 3431973; www.1078gallery.org.

A LITERARY EVENING Theater AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY: Rogue Theatre presents the dark side of the Midwestern family with Tracy Letts’ Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prizewinning play. Th, F, 7:30pm through 12/21. $10.

South Side Playhouse, 2145 Park Ave. 13.

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Season for giving For many, the holidays are a rough time, devoid of the warmth and cheer so many of us associate with this season. This year, take a break from the hustle-bustle by volunteering, writing a check or donating EDITOR’S PICK much-needed supplies to organizations doing the good work year-round of helping those in need.

• ARC of Butte County, 2030 Park Ave., 891-5865, www.arcbutte.org • Butte Humane Society, 2579 Fair St., 343-7917, www.buttehumane.org • Jesus Center, 1297 Park Ave., 345-2640, www.jesuscenter.org • Salvation Army, 567 E. 16th St., www.salvationarmy.org • Torres Community Shelter, 101 Silver Dollar Way, 891-9048, www.chicoshelter.org

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CHAPMAN FARMERS MARKET: A farmers’ market in the park serving as a neighborhood collaborative forum focusing on healthy lifestyle promotion, education and access. F, 2-5:30pm through 12/31. Free. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 592-0889, www.cchaos.org.

CHICO FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE: Chico Friends of the Library weekly book sale.

Sa, 9:15-11:30am. Butte County Library, Chico Branch, 1108 Sherman Ave., (530) 891-2762, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary.

EAT RIGHT WHEN MONEY IS TIGHT: Monthly

cooking demos for families on a budget. Third Th of every month, 6-7pm through 12/20. Free.

OPT for Healthy Living, 1311 Mangrove Ave. B Mangrove and 3rd Ave, (530) 345-0678, www.optforhealthyliving.org.

FARMERS MARKET - SATURDAY: Baked goods, honey, fruits and veggies, crafts and more.

Sa, 7:30am-1pm. Chico Certified Saturday

Farmers Market, Municipal Parking Lot, (530) 893-3276.

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WILDLIFE VIEWING: Guided wildlife tours. Rain

cancels. Sa, 10am through 2/3; Su, 1pm through 2/3. $4. Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, 3207 Rutherford Rd. in Gridley, (530) 846-7505.

WRITING GROUP: All writers welcome. Bring

paper, a pen and writing to share. F, 3:305pm. Free. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

For Kids HOLIDAY FUN FOR KIDS: Hosted by Oroville’s YMCA, this day camp is intended to get kids outside and to begin developing healthy lifelong habits. Call for more info. 12/26-12/28, 6:30am-6pm; 1/2-1/4, 6:30am-6pm. Call for fees. Oroville YMCA, 1684 Robinson St. in Oroville, (553) 533-9622, www.oroville ymca.org.

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) 518-8300, www.shalomfreeclinic.org.

KNITTING CIRCLE: Knitting kits available for purchase. Sa, 2-4pm through 12/22. Free. 100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

PEMA CHODRON: A video presentation of Pema

talks followed by discussion and tea. Fourth Sa of every month, 9am-noon. Donations. Sky Creek Dharma Center, 120 Three Oaks Ct., (530) 893-8088, wwww.skycreekdharma center.org.

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.

SOLSTICE MEDITATION: An hour of silent medita-

tion. Go online for more info. Sa, 12/22, 11am-noon. Free. Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., (530) 891-6524, www.dance awake.com.

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.

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Volunteer ANIMAL SHELTER HOLIDAY WISH LIST: The shelter is in need of blankets, towels, canned dog and cat food, clay litter, cat toys, paper bedding for rabbits and more. Go online for a complete list and a donation form. Through 12/31.

City of Chico Animal Shelter, 2579 Fair St., (530) 894-5630, www.chicoanimalshelter.org.

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.

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.

VOLUNTEER GIFT WRAPPING: Shifts are two

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Even on the outside, Ikkyu—named after the eccentric, rebellious 15th-century Zen Buddhist monk Ikkyu Sojun—is inviting. Its sign is embellished with pretty pink ★★★★ cherry blossoms, a theme echoed throughout the interior of the eatery.

Ikkyu After being seated at a glass-topped Japanese table that featured a lovely cherry-blosRestaurant som-patterned cloth runner beneath the 5225 Skyway, glass, I was greeted by my friendly waitParadise 876-1488 ress, Nickie. I ordered green tea, which More info and arrived in a small cherry-blossom-covered menu at teapot with a cup that matched. www.ikkyu As for my meal, I took the advice of the japanese fliers on Ikkyu’s foyer bulletin board and restaurant.com ordered a couple of local favorites: the Hours: Mon.-Sat., takoyaki appetizer—deep-fried octopus 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. (no lunch on Sat.) dumplings (six for $5)—and the Ikkyu roll & 4:30-9 p.m. ($15.50), consisting of deep-fried tofu, red Closed Sundays. bell pepper, avocado, carrot, cucumber, brown rice and kaiware radish wrapped with seaweed and soy paper. And, since I’d never eaten sushi made from tilapia, I also opted for nigiri-style izumi dai, featuring two pieces of raw tilapia filet perched atop the ★★★★★ requisite clumps of sticky white rice ($3.95).

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The izumi dai—served on a long, asymmetrical and curved white plate, with a ball of wasabi served on a carrot slice cut to resemble a flower—arrived next. I’ll say this: I like tilapia as a sushi fish. Somewhat chewy (not as soft as, say, tuna or salmon), tilapia offers a pleasant earthy taste.

The Ikkyu roll made its grand entrance next. A visual party-on-a-plate, it came beautifully arranged on a square white plate and featured a striking centerpiece of a martini glass containing ponzu (citrus-soy) sauce and a tiny, flowered cocktail umbrella.

The warm tofu, smooth avocado and flavorful ponzu sauce made for an utterly delicious and heartwarming meal on what was a cold night. (I even helped warm things up a bit more—accidentally—when I ate an entire cherry-sized ball of blazing-hot wasabi that had gotten stuck beneath a piece of my Ikkyu roll. Totally my fault, and the first and last time I will ever do that!)

Ikkyu has been open only since Oct. 1, but it is already a gem, featuring top-notch sushi— including a create-your-own bento box ($21.95, or adjusted according to your budget)—as well as a number of innovative deepfried items, such as the Nickie roll ($14.50), made with shrimp tempura, garlic and serrano peppers, and named for my server (who invented it). Ikkyu offers satisfaction for every sort of patron, from the sushi connoisseur to Japanese-cuisine newcomers.

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Peter Jackson stays true to Tolkein’s (and his own) vision of Middle Earth

B economy of J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Hobbit to the epic sprawl of his The Lord of the Rings, I would have preferred a eing someone who preferred the relative

single movie rather than the extended trilogy director Peter Jackson has planned for us. I don’t have the patience to wait a year for each entry. But I’m a by fleeting observer of the source material, and Craig Blamer this adaptation isn’t aimed at me. What is admirable is that the man has wielded his clout to pull off structuring this all in a way that should satisfy even the most churlish fan of the mythology. And he does a mostly wonderful job of painting a three-hour mural that evokes The Hobbit: An everyone from Bruegel to Parrish to Bosch, by Unexpected way of the Brothers Hildebrandt.

Almost fetishistically faithful to the source Journey Starring Martin material (as polished by Jackson, Fran Walsh, Freeman, Ian Philippa Boyens and fellow fanboy filmmaker McKellen and Guillermo del Toro), the movie hits all the Andy Serkis. expected marks as a very short dude with big Directed by Peter Jackson. Rated hairy feet, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), is PG-13. drafted by wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen, of course) and 12 … no, 13 dwarves for a quest to reclaim a conquered kingdom. And retrieve some gold. Lots of gold. Piles of it. And of course there’s walking. Lots and lots of walking in single file as the camera swoons across the New Zealand landscapes. And the 3-D is swell.

Problem is, there’s also this badass dragon Poor that’s taken up residence in the halls of their mountain home. And snooty elves and dimbulb trolls, gooey goblins and grotty orcs and Fair all sorts of other nasty perils getting in the way of their destination. By the closing, we get only within looking distance, with the promise of a peek at the dragon in the next episode. (Maybe Good if they’d got off to an earlier start rousting Bilbo out of his comfy digs …)

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with an odd balance of twee sporadically interrupted by bursts of testosterone (and a dash of Cate Blanchett, with some Christopher Lee awesomeness thrown in).

There was a nice comfort in having scenes that I haven’t read in 40 years suddenly bloom to life from dusty memory. The iconic battle of riddles between Bilbo and Gollum was fantastically realized. The motion-capture technology is top of the game here, with Andy Serkis’ froggy li’l critter breathing real air.

One has to appreciate the attention to detail Jackson and his crew put into realizing his overall vision, a rarity in the rubberstamp blockbuster system. And in that way a silly little fantasy movie transcends genre to become a unique experience in itself. Assuming, of course, the following two episodes deliver the goods. Jackson seems reliable. Ω

Reviewers: Craig Blamer, Howard Hardee and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Opening this week Jack Reacher

Christopher McQuarrie (who wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for The Usual Suspects) takes the director’s reins in his adaptation of the novel One Shot, the ninth book in Lee Child’s series centered on the character of Jack Reacher (played by Tom Cruise), a former military police officer-turned-drifter. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

The Guilt Trip

Hijinks ensue when a young man (Seth Rogan) is joined by his mother (Barbara Streisand) on a cross-country business trip. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Monsters, Inc. 3-D

A 3-D re-release of the 2001 animated hit about the scream factory of some fuzzy monsters being infiltrated by one of

the children whom they are tasked with scaring. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated G.

This is 40

Writer/director Judd Apatow brings the hilarious secondary characters—Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann)—from Knocked Up to this sequel of sorts, which catches up with the quibbling married couple a few years after the events of the earlier film. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Opening Dec. 25 Django Unchained

It’s a Tarantino Christmas tale. Follow along through the Deep South as a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) recruits a slave (Jamie Foxx) to help him track down a gang of killers in exchange for his freedom and the chance to rescue his wife from a dastardly plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

Les Misérables

The musical version of Victor Hugo’s tale of love, war and redemption set against the backdrop of 19th-century France gets impressive cinematic treatment by director Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) and his cast of stars (who sang their parts live on set), including Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russel Crow as Javert, and Anne Hathaway and Amanda Seyfried as Fantine and Cosette, respectively. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

Parental Guidance

A broad comedy starring Billy Crystal and Bette Midler as an old-school married couple facing the challenges of babysitting their three 21st-century grandchildren. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated PG.

episodic ramble—part high-flying philosophical discourse, part epic adventure, part literary puzzle, and the giddy, convoluted life story of Piscine “Pi” Patel, its central character/narrator. The big selling point is the amazing tale Pi has to tell about losing his family in a shipwreck and yet also surviving adrift in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger from his parents’ zoo as his only companion. That part of the story, part mini- Titanic, part Robinson Crusoe, part nothing-you’ve-everseen-before, takes fine and duly spectacular form in Lee’s film. Cinemark 14 and Paradise Cinema 7.

Rated PG —J.C.S.

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The new Abe Lincoln picture from Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner is an historical epic of a quality that is exceptionally rare in American movies. Kushner’s brilliant script focuses on Lincoln and his contemporaries and on the complex political maneuvering involved in getting slavery abolished, via the Thirteenth Amendment, in the first four months of the war’s final year, 1865. There’s a fresh, canny mixture of docudrama and dramatic entertainment throughout, and a wonderfully trenchant and diverse cast (especially Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role) provides vivid foreground and background alike in this unusual and complex version of Spielbergian spectacle. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

Playing for Keeps

Gerard Butler stars as a former star athlete fallen on hard times who, after signing on to coach a youth soccer team, has to fend off hot and smitten soccer moms.

Also starring Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Dennis Quaid. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Red Dawn

A remake of the 1984 film about commies invading a rural U.S. area only to have local high-schoolers take up arms to try and fend them off. This time the commies are North Korean instead of Soviet, the rural area is Washington instead of Colorado and the lead is played by Thor instead of Patrick Swayze. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

Rise of the Guardians

A 3D animated-film version of William Joyce’s The Guardians of Childhood kids’ books about a group of famous characters—Jack Frost, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman—who band together to save kids from the nightmares of the Boogeyman. Starring the voices of Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law, Chris Pine and Isla Fisher. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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Anna Karenina

Keira Knightley’s sweetly jejeune smile ensures that her rendition of Tolstoy’s Anna K will be persistently two-dimensional. And this picture’s Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) is all chocolate soldier (albeit white chocolate). Only Jude Law (as bamboozled husband Karenin) does justice to a central character. The secondary relationship of country boy Levin (Domhnall Gleeson) and disappointed princess Kitty (Alicia Vikander) comes across more effectively than anything in the central romantic triangle. Writer-director Joe Wright’s elaborately stylized staging is spectacular and fascinating, but it doesn’t really accomplish much apart from advertising the film’s candidacy for production-design awards. The cast includes Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Olivia Williams, Michelle Dockery and Emily Watson. But none of them gets a chance to be as memorable as the special effects involving snow-covered locomotives or the theater stage that opens on to snowy tundra in one instance and becomes the home stretch for some scary horseback riding action in another.

Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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

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Skyfall’s opening sequence finds Bond (Daniel Craig) botching an attempt to recover a stolen hard drive containing mega-important information during a stunningly awesome overthe-top chase scene. From there it’s all womanizing, day-drinking and swallowing handfuls of prescription medication before a bleary-eyed Bond is put through a series of physical and mental tasks to determine whether he is still fit for service and allowed to help track down baddie Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem). The dialogue between Bond and his latest nemesis is the most compelling aspect of the film—excluding scene in which a military helicopter crashes into a Scottish castle. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13 —H.H.

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In Part 1, Bella (Kristen Stewart) got knocked up a with mutant baby who tore her up pretty good, forcing Edward (Robert Pattinson) to turn her into a vampire. In Part 2, vampiress Bella is all sunshine and smiles, and she’s got Edward truly whupped. The only dark side to these happy days is that their newborn daughter is growing at an alarming rate, and some sinister cabal of bloodsuckers is breathing down their necks, finally showing up for a battle royale that explodes all over the snowscape. A very well-crafted climax that concludes with a perfectly delivered punch line. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13 —C.B.

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Friday, Dec. 14, trum at the Senator Theatre last FriSenator Theatre. day, Dec. 14. The female rappers of the Group Hug Tour—Kreayshawn, Rye Rye, Honey Cocaine and Chippy Nonstop—brought enough swagger for everyone, but many tired rap clichés reared their ugly heads throughout the evening as well.

I arrived just as Honey Cocaine took the strippeddown Senator stage, which featured the most basic of lighting rigs and a DJ table (complete with DJ). Ms. Cocaine, who hails from Toronto, Canada, was visually striking—it seemed incredible for such a slight woman to withstand the weight of so much bling— but it was impossible to ignore how tonally different her backing vocal track was from her live performance, giving her set a bit of that karaoke feel. And, just as male rappers typically lean on the N-bomb when in need of extra syllables, Honey Cocaine used the word “bitch” like it was her last name.

Rye Rye, however, managed to rock my socks off.

The Baltimore MC had a club hit in 2006 with “Shake it to the Ground” (a collaboration with Blaqstarr) and was signed to international starlet M.I.A.’s N.E.E.T. Recordings, which released Rye Rye’s debut Go! Pop! Bang! earlier this year. And it seems M.I.A. may have given her some pointers on how to be charming as heck on stage.

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dexterous rapper of the lot. She was constantly in motion, smiling wide and proclaiming herself a “ghetto superstar.” The highlight of the evening came when she dropped the mic and broke down into a spastic dance the likes of which I’d never seen.

The evening’s headliner, Kreayshawn, had the misfortune of having to maneuver the smokin’ hot crater Rye Rye left in the stage. The Oakland-based rapper hit it big with her outrageously obnoxious novelty “Gucci Gucci” (with more than 40 million hits on YouTube!), wherein she contrasts her apparently gangsta existence with that of clothing-label-obsessed “basic bitches.” Although the subject matter is tired, that was not the source of the obnoxiousness; there are plenty of serviceable gangster-rap songs in the same vein. At fault was the delivery, from the grating tone of her voice to the laughably simplistic rhyme scheme.

Kreayshawn did underline the point that female rappers have the ability to mine fresh shock value from places their tired male counterparts dare not go.

In the aforementioned “Gucci Gucci,” she busted out the line, “I got the swag and it’s pumping out my ovaries,” which made my ears perk up a bit and made me appreciate her attitude. However, much like her counterpart Honey Cocaine, she didn’t have the chops to really pull it off.

The show exceeded my expectations—mostly due to Rye Rye’s charms—but still it was nothing to write your homies about. Ω

Perhaps the most awarded band Chico has produced in many a year, Big Mo & the Full Moon Band returns to the Big Room to celebrate the release of their newest CD, Full Circle. This high powered, horn driven, Southern funk ensemble features many of Chico’s finest players. These include guitar legend Richard Moore, sax monster Eric Weber, and a full five piece rhythm section. What makes this evening even more special is the wonderful line-up of musical guests that will be joining Big Mo and the boys on stage. These guests include Chico favorites Volker Strifler (guitar) and Carlos Reyes (violin), Bob Littell (harmonica) Mike Emerson (Keys) and Chris Williams (slide guitar).

This evening will be the first time this CD is available to the public so join us in a celebration of local musicianship and pick up a great new CD at the same time. Tickets will go quickly so plan to purchase early.

Tickets $20 On sale Saturday, 12/22 in the gift shop or online at www.SierraNevada.com Doors open at 6pm • Music starts at 7:30pm

Special concert Dinner available - $12.50

Join the Big Room e-mail list by visiting www.sierranevada.com 1075 E. 20th StrEEt • ChiCo • 896-2198 all ages Welcome at each Show December 20, 2012

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THURSDAY 12/20—WEDNESDAY 12/26 light classics. Th, 6pm. Free. Angelos Cucina Trinacria, 407 Walnut St.; (530) 899-9996.

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

OPEN MIKEFULL: Open mic night to share your music, poetry, comedy, or other talents in a 10-minute slot. Third and First Th of every month, 7pm. $1.

Paradise Grange Hall, 5704 Chapel Dr. in Paradise; (530) 873-1370.

20THURSDAY AARON RICH & FRIENDS: Country music

round-robin. Third and First Th of every month, 9pm. Free. Crazy Horse Saloon & Brewery, 303 Main St.; (530) 894-5408.

I LIKE IT I LOVE IT (TIM MCGRAW TRIBUTE) Friday, Dec. 21 Feather Falls Brewing Co. SEE FRIDAY

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

midnight. Lynns Optimo, 9225 Skyway

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

IMPROV JAM: Open jam with Michael

Gaughan. Th, 5-8pm. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveat flo.weebly.com.

JOHN SEID: John Seid and friends, featuring Larry Peterson and Steve Cook playing an eclectic mix of tunes all

crooner Danny Cohen provides the soundtrack for the apocalypse. F, 12/21, 9pm. The DownLo, 319 Main St., (530) 892-2473.

END OF THE WORLD TRANSENDENCE BALL:

See the world off with some live tunes from Dr. Yes and the Party Droids, The Amblers, French Reform, DJ Dan K and more. Costumes borderline mandatory. F, 12/21, 8pm. $6. Origami Lounge, 7th and Cherry Streets.

THE HOOLIGANZ: Chico rap crew The

Hooliganz & The What bring down the house for the end of the world. F, 12/21,

JELLY BREAD: It’s the end of the world.

LAST STAND: A stand-up comedy openmic. Th, 8-10pm. Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveat flo.weebly.com.

MATTEO PLAYS FILM SCORES: Classical guitarist Matteo plays film scores and

Spread the funk. F, 12/21, 9pm. $6. Lost on Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

893-1891.

TAKING THE REINS: Classic rock covers in

I LIKE IT I LOVE IT: A tribute to Tim

the lounge. F, 12/21, 8:30pm. Free.

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

McGraw in the brewery. F, 12/21, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino, 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville; (530) 533-3885; www.featherfallscasino.com.

IRISH MUSIC HAPPY HOUR: A Chico tradition: Friday night happy hour with a

THE YULE LOGS

APPLE Z: Unique treatments to popular hits. F, 12/21, 8:30pm. Free. Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy at Gold Country Casino & Hotel in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.gold countrycasino.com.

Chico’s holiday party band is once again wrapping up its annual tour de rock-andgood-cheer with a two-night stand at the Chico Women’s Club, Saturday & Sunday, Dec. 22 & 23. This is your last chance to enjoy the “British Invasion hooks, California Surf harmonies and Borscht Belt chutzpah” from “the hardest working band in snow business,” before they sleigh away into the darkness.

midnight. Lynns Optimo, 9225 Skyway

night. Th, 6:30-9:30pm. Free. Johnnie’s Restaurant, 220 W. Fourth St. inside Hotel Diamond; (530) 895-1515; www.johnniesrestaurant.com.

traditional Irish music session by the Pub Scouts. F, 4pm. $1. Duffy’s Tavern, 337 Main St.; (530) 343-7718.

9pm. $5. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530)

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

in Paradise; (530) 872-1788.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

21FRIDAY

DANNY COHEN: Local avant-garde

HOLIDAY-SEASON CALENDAR Due to scheduling changes that may occur around the holidays, please confirm listed events, dates and times with venue.

in Paradise; (530) 872-1788.

CHICO BAILE LATINO: MORE THAN SALSA: 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.

COUNTRY NIGHT: Live country music with Rancho Mars. F, 5-8pm. Free. Towne Lounge, 327 Main St.; (530) 896-0235.

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Corning; (530) 528-3500; www.rollinghillscasino.com.

IRISH HAPPY HOUR

It’s Friday night, the family’s just rolling into town for the holidays, and you know exactly where to take them to get the season started off warm and right. The weekly traditional Irishmusic happy hour with The Pub Scouts at Duffy’s Tavern, Friday, Dec. 21, plus a pint or two of good cheer, is just about perfect.

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ONE HEADLIGHT: High-energy covers of

’90s hits. Sa, 12/22, 9pm. Free. Colusa Casino Resort, 3770 Hwy. 45 in Colusa; (530) 458-8844; www.colusa casino.com.

26WEDNESDAY JAMES SLACK BAND: Country, southern

the lounge. Sa, 12/22, 8:30pm. Free.

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

rock and blues. W, 12/26, 8:30pm. Free.

Gold Country Casino, 4020 Olive Hwy at Gold Country Casino & Hotel in Oroville; (530) 534-9892; www.gold countrycasino.com.

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JAZZ TRIO: Every Wednesday with Carey

TAKING THE REINS: Classic rock covers in

JOHN SEID & LARRY PETERSON: The Beatles, the blues, Christmas tunes and more. Sa, 12/22, 8:30-11am. Free.

Beatniks Coffee House & Breakfast Joint, 1387 E. Eighth St.; (530) 894-2800.

APPLE Z: Unique treatments to popular hits. Sa, 12/22, 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 classic rock and

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Robinson and company. W, 5-7pm. Free.

Cafe Flo, 365 E. Sixth St.; (530) 514-8888; www.liveatflo.weebly.com.

Birkenstock (333 Broadway). Sa, 12/22, 7pm. $5-$10. Chico Womens Club, 592 E. Third St.; (530) 894-1978.

LAURIE DANA: Soul, light rock, blues,

23SUNDAY

country, tin pan alley, jazz and more.

W, 7-9pm. Free. VIP Ultra Lounge, 191 E. Second St. Upstairs from The Beach.

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

OPEN JAM NIGHT: Join the jam. Drum kit,

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

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.myspace.com/theitaliangarden.

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Birkenstock (333 Broadway). Su, 12/23, 7pm. $5-$10. Chico Women’s Club, 592 E. Third St.; (530) 894-1978.

OPEN MIC: All ages welcome. W, 7pm. Free.

100th Monkey Books & Cafe, 642 West Fifth St.

24MONDAY

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.

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Lore, and the good taste of readers Ryan McDougal, Siana Sonoquie, Graine Rhuad, Maria Olsen (host of the excellent Audio Fix on KZFR, Sundays, 1-3 p.m.) and Chico State ethnomusicologist Hope Munro Smith, your holidays will now cease sucking with this mix of fun, sad, rockin’, funky and downright messed-up holiday tunes. Crack open a Krampus Lager by Southern Tier Brewing, visit Arts DEVO on Facebook for links to songs, and party!

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Arts DEVO’s Holiday Songs that Don’t Suck Mix: • “White Winter Hymnal,” Fleet Foxes: Set the snowy scene.

• “Fairy Tale of New York,” The Pogues: And let Shane McGowen’s breath melt the snow away—It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank.

• “Got Something for You,” Best Coast/Wavves: Indie rockers team up to record a sweet Christmas song … for Target!

• “Father Christmas,” either The Kinks version or the OK Go cover.

• “Dead by Christmas,” either Hanoi Rocks version or the Murder City Devils cover.

• “2,000 Miles,” The Pretenders.

• “364 Days,” Murder City Devils: An open letter to St. Nicholas …

• “Daddy’s Drinking Up Our Christmas,” Smiley Bates: This early ’70s track by the Canadian country musician is different than the Commander Cody song of the same name—sadder and better, too.

• “So Much Wine,” The Handsome Family: Listen to me, Butterfly, there’s only so much wine you can drink in one life.

• “Christmas in Prison,” John Prine.

• “Please Come Home for Christmas,” James Brown.

• “It’s a Party Christmas,” Joe King Carasco. A new-wave/ska/TexMex holiday-party anthem from the ’80s!

• “Christmas Wrapping,” The Waitresses. A new-wave/ska/rap tease from the ’80s.

• “Blue Christmas,” Elvis Presley: I know it’s ubiquitous, but it’s Elvis at his best and the backing vocals are rad!

• “Miracle,” Matisyahu: Hanukkah dance party, for real!

• “Hail Santa,” Primus: Why is the Christmas tree on fire?

• “Soca Santa,” Machel Motano: Soca music sets calypso to a thumping beat, and this Trinadad and Tobago singer’s lively soca romp invites Santa to leave the North Pole and join him in the “land of sea and sun.”

• “Holiday Road,” Lindsay Buckingham: “When Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that chimney tonight, he’s gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse.”

• “Hey Guys! It’s Christmastime,” Sufjan Stevens. Prolly my fave.

• “Christmas at the Zoo,” Flaming Lips. Wait can I change my vote?

• “Christmastime is Here (Again!),” The Yule Logs. Actually, this is the jam. My final answer!

• “Rock and Roll Christmas,” George Thorogood & The Destroyers.

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shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary has darkened the brightness of the holiday season. The tragedy of so many little lives cut short in such a frightening way is numbing, and the pain the families, friends and neighbors in Newton, Conn., are feeling now is unimaginable. Missouri-based artist Jeremy Collins made this simple and moving drawing to raise money for funeral costs for the families of the victims. Visit www.society6.com to purchase a print and help out.

“Dear Parents at Sandy Hook”

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4675 Garden Brook Dr 1287 Woodland Ave 732 Serrano Ct 2610 Lakewest Dr 744 Woodbridge Dr 4708 Songbird 188 Estates Dr 1651 Lazy Trail Dr 173 Picholine Way 805 W 12th Ave 835 Coit Tower Way

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$885,000 $475,000 $460,000 $420,000 $390,000 $390,000 $350,000 $300,000 $285,000 $275,000 $270,000

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Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico Chico

$267,500 $266,000 $255,000 $255,000 $230,000 $220,000 $215,000 $209,000 $200,000 $198,000 $185,000

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fICTITIOUS BUSINESS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LADIES INK at 11128 Midway # 2 Chico, CA 95926.

DESTINY DIANNE BOWEN 8 Lindo Park Drive Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: DESTINY D. BOWEN Dated: November 21, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001641 Published: November 29, December 6,13,20, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as LEGAL PHOTOCOPY SERVICE at 30 Landing Circle, Suite 200 Chico, CA 95973.

MICHAEL CHITTIM AND ASSOCIATES. 55 Declaration Dr, Ste A Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a corporation.

Signed: Michael Chittim Dated: November 8, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001590 Published: November 29, December 6,13,20, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FREE FLOW TECH at 278 Vail Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

NICK KOEHLER, 9 Roxanne Ct. Chico, CA 95928.

JEREMY MCCARTHY, 278 Vail Dr. Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: NICK KOEHLER Dated: August 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001165 Published: August 16,23,30, September 6, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as INSTASHIRT, INSTASHIRT.COM at 430 W 7th St Chico, CA 95928.

REYNCOR INTERNATIONAL LLC 430 W 7th St Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: BENJAMIN REYNOLDS Dated: October 18, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001502 Published: November u29, December 6,13,20, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TEA TREE HENNA at 1332 Normal Avenue Chico, CA 95928.

ELIZABETH KYSAR 1332 Normal Avenue Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: ELIZABETH KYSAR Dated: October 29, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001544 Published: November 29, December 6,13,20, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as LABYRINTH BILLING SERVICES at 1459 East Lassen #36 Chico, CA 95973.

REBECCA DIGGS 1459 East Lassen #36 Chico, CA 95973.

THis business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: REBECCA DIGGS Dated: September 28, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001391 Published: November 29, December 6,13,20, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME - STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT The following persons have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name RAPID REFILL 375 at 208 H West East Ave Chico, CA 95926.

LOWOLF ENTERPRISES INC 611 County Dr Suite 500 Chico, CA 95928.

This business was conducted by a corporation.

Signed: CHARLES W LOHSE PRES. Dated: November 13, 2012 FBN Number: 2009-0001281 Published: November 29, December 6,13,20, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BILL KUTZ TILE EXPRESS at 11128 Midway # 2 Chico, CA 95928.

WILLIAM PILLSBURY KUTZ 8 Lindo Park Dr Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO JEWELRY REPAIR at 1413 Mangrove Ave Chico, CA 95926.

SATURNINO AUGUILAR 153 Mobile Dr. Corning, CA 96021.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: SATURNINO AGUILAR Dated: November 26, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001651 Published: November 29, December 6,13,20, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CLOUD OF CALIFORNIA, STONERS AND STRIPPERS at 808 West 2ND Ave Apt.17 Chico, CA 95926.

CONNOR DAVID NUTTALL 808 West 2ND Ave Apt.17 Chico, CA 95926.

These businesses are conducted by an individual.

Signed: CONNOR NUTTALL Dated: November 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001585 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as D JONES TRUCKING at 8541 Taylor Avenue Durham, CA 95938.

KATY JONES 2900 Foster Avenue Corning, CA 96021.

RICHARD D JONES 2900 Foster Avenue Corning, CA 96021.

This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.

Signed: RICHARD JONES Dated: October 29, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001545 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as RIGHT CLICK ADMIN AND DESIGN at 1411 Heather Cir., Chico CA 95926.

JENNIFER BURKE, 1411 Heather Cir., Chico, CA 95926.

JOSHUA BURKE, 1411 Heather Cir., Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.

Signed: JENNIFER BURKE Dated: November 14, 2012 FBN No: 2012-0001613 Published: December 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as FIRST HEMP BANK AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORK at 6799 Lower Wyandotte Rd Oroville, CA 95966.

DAVID D CLANCY 2814 Slyhowe Rd Oakland, CA 94602.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: DAVID CLANCY Dated: October 31, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001558 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as COCO GLUTEN FREE BAKING COMPANY at 815 Alice Lane, Chico, CA 95926.

JENNIFER COLES, 815 Alice Lane, Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JENNIFER COLES Dated: December 3, 2012 FBN No: 2012-0001679 Published: December 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as L D GARDENER at 3060 Thorntree Dr. Ste #10 Chico, CA 95973.

LACI GARDENER 308 Weymouth Way Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: LACI GARDENER Dated: November 26, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001659 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PERFECT CLEAN at 1739 Oriole Ct, Chico, CA 95926.

TOM HAMBEK, 1739 Oriole Ct, Chico, CA 95926.

MARCOS SOLIS, 1739 Oriole Ct, Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: MARCOS SOLIS Dated: November 21, 2012 FBN No: 2012-0001649 Published: December 6, 13, 20, 27, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DANA’S SECRETARIAL SERVICES at 1355 Orput Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

DANA BLAIR 1355 Orput Lane Paradise, CA 95969.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: DANA BLAIR Dated: 2012-0001652 FBN Number: 20121-0001652 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE DOG POUND at 769 Humboldt Ave Apt.11 Chico, CA 95928.

RICK MERL HANSON 769 Humboldt Ave Apt.11 Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: RICK HANSON Dated: November 5, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001572 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ENLOE ENT-HEAD AND NECK SPECIALIST at 135 Mission Ranch Blvd Chico, CA 95926.

ENLOE MEDICAL CENTER 1531 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: MYRON E. MACHULA VP/CEO Dated: October 23, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001524 Published: December 6,13,20,27, 2012

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DIRT ROAD 11 at 1329 Sherman Avenue #5 Chico, CA 95926.

NYEMA JANKUSKA 1329 Sherman Avenue #5 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: NYEMA JANKUSKA Dated: December 4, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001690 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012 January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as THE BLACK KETTLE at 2727 Monterey Street Chico, CA 95973.

KAMI GRIMES 2659 Monterey Street Chico, CA 95973.

LORI RICE 2727 Monterey Street Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: KAMI GRIMES Dated: November 27, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001661 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012, January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as BOSTON SQUARE APARTMENTS at 550 Flying V Street Chico, CA 95928.

SUNRIVER INVESTMENTS LLC 4035 Avenida Brisa Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Signed: JOHN PLUCIANO Dated: November 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001583

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as THE HUNTER AND THE FARMER at 1243 Magnolia Ave., Chico, CA 95926.

JENNA R HUNTER, 1243 Magnolia Ave., Chico, CA 95926 This business is conducted by an individual.

Signed: JENNA HUNTER Dated: December 3, 2012 FBN No: 2012-0001680 Published: December 13, 20, 27, 2012, January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as CARTER FARMS at 1338 Marian Ave Chico, CA 95928.

NATALIE CARTER 13315 Helltown Rd Chico, CA 95928.

CHERI WOLF 504 Mission Santa Fe Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: NATALIE CARTER Dated: December 3, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001678 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012, January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as NORTH VALLEY CHIROPRACTIC at 2050 Talbert Drive Suite #500 Chico, CA 95928.

STEVEN TRACEY SEEGRIST 1954 Cummings Drive Durham, CA 95938.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: STEVE SEEGRIST Dated: December 3, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001681 Published: November 13,20,27, 2012, January 3, 2012 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ENLOE FOUNDATION at 249 W. 6TH Ave Chico, CA 95926.

ENLOE HEALTH FOUNDATION 1531 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: Myron Machula Dated: November 5, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001579 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012, January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as D AND E AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR at 3328 Esplanade #D Chico, CA 95973.

THANE HARRINGTON 1973 Belgium Ave Chico, CA 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: THANE HARRINGTON Dated: November 27, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001663 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012, January 3, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as DIAMOND BUILT CONSTRUCTION at 1315 Glenwood Ave Chico, CA 95926.

Anthony M George 1315 Glenwood Ave Chico, CA 95926.

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This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: Anthony George Dated: December 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001711 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012, January 6, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as MATT WEBB CONSTRUCTION INC at 121 Yellowstone Drive Chico, CA 95973.

MATT WEBB CONSTRUCTION INC 121 Yellowstone Drive Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: MATT WEBB Dated: December 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001720 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as TANNIS WINE BAR AND BISTRO at 234 W 3RD Street Chico, CA 95928.

VICTORIA GOBLE 2777 Eaton Road #79 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: VICTORIA GOBLE Dated: December 6, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001702 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ENERGY MASTERS at 1933 Esplanade Chico, CA 95926.

ROBERT A FLORES III 521 Daniels St Woodland, CA 95695.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: ROBERT A FLORES III Dated: November 21, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001639 Published: December 20,27, 2012 January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as BUTTE COUNTY JANITORIAL at 2864 Burnap Ave #1099 Chico, CA 95973.

LESLEY SAWYER 2864 Burnap Ave #1099 Chico, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: LESLEY SAWYER Dated: December 11, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001728 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as IMAGINE REALTY, NETWORK MORTGAGE at 169 Cohasset Road Suite 3 Chico, Ca 95926.

WILSON INVESTMENTS INCORPORATED 169 Cohasset Road Suite 3 Chico, CA 95926.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Signed: KRISTEN L. WILSON Dated: December 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001716 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as PROPERTY PAL at 1875 Auburn Oak Way Chico, CA 95928.

PAUL BRADLEY COOPER 1875 Auburn Oak Way Chico, Ca 95928.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

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Signed: Paul Cooper Dated: December 10, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001719 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as FAIR AND SQUARE HOUSEBOATS at 846 Coit Tower Chico, Ca 95928.

ADRIAN MICHAEL HELT 382 E 9TH Street Chico, CA 95928.

JASON MUNOZ 6594 Vine Street Magalia, Ca 95954.

JAMES MICHALE RUTZ 846 Coit Tower Chico, Ca 95928.

This business is conducted by a General Partnership.

Signed: JAMES MICHALE RUTZ Dated: December 7, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001710 Published; December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as TURKEY TAIL FARM AND EVERYTHING HERBAL at 10846 Nelson Bar Road Oroville, CA 95965.

CHRISTOPHER NELSON TCHUDI 10846 Nelson Bar Road Oroville, CA 95965.

SUSAN JANE TCHUDI 10846 Nelson Bar Road Oroville, CA 95965.

This business is conducted by Copartners.

Signed: SUSAN TCHUDI Dated: November 28, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001675 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as COHASSET WREATH COMPANY at 9901 Cohasset Road Cohasset, CA 95973.

BARBARA WRIGHT 9901 Cohasset Road Cohasset, CA 95973.

This business is conducted by an Individual.

Signed: BARBARA WRIGHT Dated: December 5, 2012 FBN Number: 2012-0001698 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3,10, 2013

NOTICES NOTICE OF LIEN SALE: Saturday 12/29/12 at 12:00pm at Bidwell Self Storage, 65 Heritage Lane, Chico, 893.2109, Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due, the following units of household or personal items and boxes, leather couches, dressers, bed frame, mattresses, wooden cabinets, holiday d‚cor, and other misc. items not specified will be sold.

Silent auction. The unit numbers and names are: Unit 020: Brenda Pence Unit 159: Paul Fairchild Unit 266: Deborah Quinn Unit 393: Cathy Turner Unit 446: Clark Dallas NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE ALISE FEDARKO To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ALISE FEDARKO A Petition for Probate has been filed by: STEPHANIE JENKINS in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: STEPHANIE JENKINS be appointed as

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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 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: January 17, 2013 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: PR40474 Petitioner: STEPHANIE JENKINS 1460 Vallombrosa Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE ERNEST EDWARD ROBERTS To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: ERNEST EDWARD ROBERTS A Petition for Probate has been filed by: MARCENA “MARK” C. ROBERTS in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: MARCENA “MARK” C. ROBERTS 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 with-

out 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 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: January 17, 2013 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: PR40475 Attorney for Petitioner: ROBERT L. MILLAR 230 Walnut Street Suite C, #103 Chico, CA 95928 Published: December 13,20,27, 2012 NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES To Whom It May Concern: The name of the applicant is VICTORIA MICHELLE GOBLE The applicant listed above is applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverages to sell alcoholic beverages at: 243 W 3RD Street Chico, CA 95928-5348.

Type of license applied for: 41 - On-Sale Beer And Wine Eating Place Published: December 20, 2012 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE SHARON ;. ANDERSON To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: SHARON L. ANDERSON A Petition for Probate has been filed by: WALTER T. MARSHALL, JR in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte.

THE Petition for Probate requests that: WALTER T. MARSHALL, JR. 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 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: January 10, 2013 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.

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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: PR40483 Attorney for Petitioner: RICHARD S. MATSON 1342 Esplanade, Suite A Chico, CA 95926 Published: December 20,27, 2012, January 3, 2013

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NOTICE OF LIEN SALE NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY Pursuant to the California self-storage act: (B&P code 21770 et.sec.) the undersigned will sell the contents of: DESIREE SHEPARD (DIO), Misc. household items.

CARRIE RILEY, Misc. household items.

To the highest bidder on: January 12, 2013.

Beginning at 2:00pm.

Sale to be held at: Extra Storage 60 E. Grand Avenue Oroville, Ca 95965 Published: December 20,27, 2012 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner AIMEE FEW filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: FOREST MICHAEL FEW

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Proposed name: FOREST MICHAEL MADDRILL THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

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

NOTICE OF HEARING Date: JANUARY 11, 2012 Time: 9:00am Dept:TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: November 9, 2012 Case Number: 158267 Published: November 29, December 6,13,20, 2012

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In 2013, I’d like

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the year

1900, few people believed that human beings would ever fly through the sky in machines.

Most scientists thought that such a feat was impossible. For years, the Wright Brothers had a hard time convincing anyone to believe their flights were actually taking place, even though they had photos and witness reports as documentation. Although the leap you’ll be capable of in 2013 isn’t quite as monumental as the Wright Brothers’, it could be pretty important in the history of your own life. You may also have to deal with skepticism akin to what they had to face. Be true to your vision, Gemini!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): In 2013, I pre-

dict you will see why it’s wise to phase out an influence you have loved to hate for far too long. Uncoincidentally, you will also have a talent for purging emotional burdens and psychic debris that you’ve been holding on to since the bad old days. No later than your birthday, if all goes well, you will be free from a subtle curse you’ve been casting on yourself; you will finally be attending to one of your long-neglected needs; and you will have turned some rather gawky, half-assed wizardry into a smooth and silky magic.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 2013, I pledge to

help you raise your lovability. It’s not that you are unlovable now, of course, but there’s always room for improvement, right? And if people become even more attracted to you than they already are, then you’re likely to get a lot of collaborative and cooperative work done. You will thrive as you and your allies work on projects that make your corner of the world a better and more interesting place. So what are the first three actions you could take to raise your lovability?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): First question:

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’m afraid I will never achieve my noblest dreams or live according to my highest ideas”?

Answer: There’s a very good chance that in the coming year you will banish that fear from the sacred temple of your imagination.

Second question: Have you ever wondered if maybe you unconsciously undermine the efforts of people who are trying to assist you? Answer: In the coming months you should discover exactly what to do to prevent such a thing from happening. Third question: Do you know the single most important question you should be asking in 2013? Answer: I predict you will figure that out sometime in the next three weeks.

Off the beat

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In 2013, I will be

encouraging you to journey into the frontiers and experiment with the unknown. I will seek to inspire you to go in search of teachings you’ve needed for a long time. Are you ready for this expansion, Libra? Are you feeling a natural urge to explore forbidden zones and discover missing secrets and mess with your outmoded taboos? As you might imagine, doing this work would motivate you to develop a healthier relationship with your fears. To bolster your courage, I suggest you find some new freedom songs to sing.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In 2013, I will do what I can to ensure that your fiscal biorhythms are in close alignment with the universal cash flow. You should have pretty good instincts about this worthy project yourself, Scorpio. And so there’s an excellent chance that your wealth will increase.

The upgrade will be especially dramatic if you are constantly scheming about how you can share your riches and benefit other people with your generosity. I think there will also be an interesting fringe benefit if you maintain maximum integrity as you enhance your access to valuable resources: You will develop a more useful relationship with your obsessive tendencies.

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

2013, I pledge to conspire with you to achieve more mixtures, connections, accords and unifications than you ever thought possible. I will furthermore be a fount of suggestions about how you can live well in two worlds. I will coach you to create a peace treaty with your evil twin and your nemesis, and I will help you develop a knack for steering clear of other people’s bad ideas and sour moods. I can’t, of course, guarantee that you will never again experience a broken heart, but I swear I will do everything I can do to heal the broken part of your heart that you’ve been suffering from.

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

he was 21, the Capricorn writer Jack London set off to prospect for gold in the 1897 Klondike gold rush. He had a rough time there. Malnourished, he suffered from scurvy and leg pain. To make matters worse, he didn’t find much gold and returned home broke. On the other hand, he met scores of adventure seekers who told him stories of their travels. These tales served as rich raw material for his novel The Call of the Wild, published in 1903. It made him famous and is generally regarded as his masterpiece. I’m guessing you will begin a similar trajectory in 2013, Capricorn. Events that may at first seem less than successful will ultimately breed a big breakthrough.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I can’t

force you to seek more pleasure in 2013. I won’t nag you to play harder and explore the frontiers of feeling really good. However, I will say this: If you don’t plan to put yourself into at least partial alignment with the cosmic mandate to have maximum fun, you may not get the best use out of the advice I’ll be offering through my horoscopes in the coming year. Please consider the possibility of ramping up your capacity for pure enjoyment.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The study of

ancient Mayan civilization owes a lot to the fact that Americans started buying lots of chewing gum in the late 19th century. Huh? Here’s the connection: For a long time, chicle was one of the prime ingredients in Chiclets, Juicy Fruit, Bazooka Bubble Gum, and many other brands of chewing gum. Chicle is obtained from the sap of sapodilla trees, which grow in abundance in Mexico and Central America. Over the decades, workers harvesting the chicle accidentally found many Mayan ruins covered in overgrown vegetation, then told archaeologists about their discoveries. I foresee a metaphorically comparable sequence happening in your life during 2013. In unexpected ways, you will be put back in touch with and benefit from lost, forgotten or unexplored parts of the past.

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Retiring Chico Police Officer Linda McKinnon looks back fondly on her 26 years with the Chico Police Department. “It’s not all negative, like people think,” she said of working the patrol beat. “You get the opportunity to meet some wonderful people, and to work with outstanding professionals like we have in the Chico Police Department.” McKinnon was born in Southern California, and worked as a reserve officer for the police departments in Red Bluff and Desert Hot Springs in the 1980s. During that time she also gained experience as an ambulance attendant. In 1984 she entered the Butte College Police Academy, and was hired by Chico police in 1986. The 51-year-old McKinnon is married to Chico Police Sgt. Ted McKinnon. She retires Dec. 31, but will be staying on with the department as a volunteer reserve officer.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19):

by Rob Brezsny

15 MINUTES

BREZSNY’S

For the week of December 20, 2012

What does the Hostage Negotiation Team do?

It’s a volunteer position with a team of 10. We respond to critical incidents, like barricaded subjects or hostage takers. We have specialized equipment and training in communication skills in those situations. More often than not, we respond with a SWAT team. We try to resolve the situation peacefully. I’m also on the Crisis Intervention Team with Butte County Mental Health.

What do you think when you reflect on your career?

What’s the most unusual incident you faced?

It’s been very rewarding. You have to face difficulties and challenges every day, but it’s a privilege to work with the incredible people in the department. Those people work their butts off, and the department as a whole does so much with so little funding. With the new administration, there’s nothing but up from here. I’m a little sad to be leaving full time. But it’s best to leave the jumping over fences and chasing down bad guys to the younger ones.

And I’ll stay on the Hostage Negotiation Team, because I really enjoy it.

There have been so many over the years. One that got on Inside Edition was the Canadian goose that held a woman hostage in her own home, three or four years ago. The goose was at her front door attacking people on the sidewalk, and attacking her dog. I’m the officer who showed up and took the goose into custody. It was just such a weird event. Some incidents are rewarding, some are extrascary—they’re all over the scale. This was unusual because it was made into such a big deal, when it was really not.

FROM THE EDGE

by Anthony Peyton Porter himself@anthonypeytonporter.com

Maybe the last about Janice I was talking to a friend recently about grief. His girlfriend committed suicide several years ago, and he’s still dealing with it. I suppose suicide colors everything, though I have no clue how, and even if I knew I wouldn’t know what that meant to the people affected, each of us being unique and all.

His lover died quickly and unexpectedly; my wife died slowly and predictably—way different experiences for all concerned, and still the ragged holes left by their exits are remarkably similar. The world seems incomplete.

Of course, the world is always complete and changing continuously. It’s just that right in through here my world includes an unpredictable feeling of waiting for the other shoe to drop, like anticipating something that’s already over.

Several times a day I’ll read something or think of something that I want to tell Janice or show her or ask her about, and I can’t. I remember right away that I can’t ever see or touch her again, and that can take some time. If I’m thinking about something else—or, better yet, not thinking at all—I’m not remembering and feeling sad about her pegging out. I guess if my memory were better I wouldn’t forget

that she’s not here and then have to remember it over and over and be suddenly sad over and over.

I know that Janice is fine, that her essence is ebullient and joyful. We shared that certainty, and that thought, no matter how certain, is nothing like having a real human right here for a long time and then gone. Her stuff is all over the place and there’s nobody to ask what ought to happen to it. I pick up a likely pile of apparently random papers and folders and want to ask Janice what to do with it and then all over again I have to remember she’s dead.

I’ve nearly finished with the paperwork of dying, toting around the death certificate or faxing it somewhere and signing here and initialing there and, “I’m sorry for your loss.” “Me too.”

The day before she died was the first time she was unresponsive to me. Her vitality had been diminishing for months, faster lately. She hadn’t said much for a couple of weeks, sometimes a word in my ear I could make out, no more.

Near the end I thought I could still tell what she wanted. She had no words and didn’t need them.

Sometimes I think maybe I was fooling myself at the end, and she was miserable and a captive to my incompetence. I don’t think that often, which is just as well.

December 20, 2012

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