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Imbibe responsibly This week’s CN&R marks our second annual Beer Issue and the start of our

accompanying Chico Beer Week, a 10-day celebration of the craft brew movement and Chico’s part in it. Our fair city is home to what is arguably the granddaddy of American craft beers, the pioneering Sierra Nevada, which, over the past 34 years, has taken beer appreciation to new heights. After so much innovation and excellence in the brewing world by our hometown brewing company, and the region’s dedication to craft beers from around the nation, we thought it fitting that we take our admiration to the next level by organizing festivities of all things brew—a fall fête, if you will. In these pages, you’ll find a calendar of beer-centric events at a wide array of businesses around town, from the Naked Lounge offering mochas infused with stout malt syrup, to tap-takeover events at the local craft-beer bars, and from beer and food pairings at local eateries, to Sierra Nevada’s Single Fresh Wet & Wild Harvest Festival capping off the week. We are excited about all of this year’s festivities, but we want to remind the community to take care when imbibing. Just as craft brewing is about attention to detail, these activities and events are about appreciating the care involved in what truly is an art form. In other words, this isn’t about binge drinking, this is about responsible enjoyment. So, keep calm, and cheers. Ω

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It’s time we discuss domestic violence omestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women— D more than car accidents, muggings and rapes combined. Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some

form of domestic violence each year. Whether it’s our family, friends, co-workers or neighbors, all of us are in some way touched by what has always been and remains a national travesty. It’s time for the nation to have serious discussions about domestic abuse. This is not a simple issue. The reasons victims don’t always seek help or leave an abusive relationship are as complicated as the issue itself. Trying to understand by what drives a person to inflict harm on Anastacia the ones they supposedly love is also Snyder complex. We can all do something and help The author is the change this lack of understanding. A executive director of good place to start is to talk about domesCatalyst Domestic tic violence. Education and public awareViolence Services in ness are important to understanding the Chico. signs of abuse or where loved ones or friends can turn if they need help. At Catalyst Domestic Violence Services, we work with thousands of victims and survivors of domestic violence each year here in the Butte County region, providing them with services that include a 24-hour hotline, drop-in centers, restraining order clinics, court accompa4

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niment, individual and group counseling, safe shelter, transitional housing, community education, emergency food and clothing, and crisis intervention and advocacy. In October, as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we are working with community partners like the Chico Chamber of Commerce and UnitedHealthcare to raise awareness through a public service campaign, educational events and employer training, as well as other educational and outreach activities. These types of in-kind and monetary contributions donated by local residents and business partners are vital to our ability to support women and children in need of help and assistance. While October is a good time to join our efforts to help end domestic violence, this is a cause we all need to champion throughout the year. With more than 150,000 victims seeking help in California alone through domestic violence hotlines each year, a greater call to action is needed. To learn more about how to help or get involved, visit www.catalystdvservices.org. And, more importantly, if you know someone who needs assistance here in Butte County, simply call our hotline at 1-800-895-8476 or the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE. Ω

what’s particularly disconcerting is the failure of a Dallas hospital to accurately diagnose the deadly illness in a patient who evidently had reported he recently returned from West Africa, ground zero for the disease. That man, Thomas Duncan, died early Wednesday, Oct. 8. An estimated 2,069 people in Liberia alone have succumbed to the virus during this recent epidemic. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a warning to Americans, urging them to avoid nonessential travel to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, because of this unprecedented Ebola outbreak. Here in the States, mitigating the threat of the disease is largely up to those in the health care community. Medical professionals must spot potential threats to public health quickly and isolate anyone with this communicable disease. Ebola spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, so it should be relatively easy to contain. With the proper protocols in place, the U.S. will remain safeguarded. In fact, what we should be more worried about is the spread of influenza, an endemic seasonal respiratory illness that is highly contagious and can be life-threatening. The flu is transmittable from those infected to others without direct contact, according to the CDC. But there’s an easy way to prevent infection: getting vaccinated. Locally, Enloe Medical Center already has held a couple of clinics, offering the vaccine to the community at no charge. This Saturday, Oct. 11, the hospital is providing yet another opportunity, this time during Enloe’s Community Wellness Expo at the corner of Fifth and Magnolia streets, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. In recent years, with the emergence of the pandemic H1N1 virus (swine flu), getting vaccinated has never been more important. However, the flu has always been a serious, contagious disease, particularly when it comes to vulnerable groups, such as the elderly, infirm, pregnant and young children. The CDC recommends a yearly vaccine as the best protection. Do not wait. Ω

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Double overtime Is it worth paying Chico police officers $102 an hour to work downtown? Paying double overtime to get them to patrol the city center is one of the ideas floating around town, though city officials say there have been no formal talks about it. I got wind of the double-overtime idea shortly before attending a bizarre press conference at the steps of the City Council chambers Monday morning. There, among dozens of community members, stood what looked like a united front on the subject of stepping up patrols in the region: Chico Police Chief Kirk Trostle, Melanie Bassett of the Downtown Chico Business Association, Clean and Safe Chico representative Jovanni Tricerri, Mayor Scott Gruendl, City Manager Mark Orme, and Katie Simmons, the Chico Chamber of Commerce’s president and CEO. Simmons led off the conversation with an emotional plea (see “Spotlight hits downtown,” page 9). That wasn’t the bizarre part. After she spoke, one by one, those standing next to her gave their takes on the destructive, antisocial behavior exhibited by an increasingly large group of people who hang out downtown. At the end of the line was Trostle, whom one would assume was going to give the details about his department’s new efforts in the city center. Yet he remained silent. He literally said nothing. Then, when the group sought out questions from the public, the first person to speak up was a Chico Police Officers’ Association representative asking how such a plan was even feasible since the department was stretched thin with officers already working forced overtime. He also mentioned that the department was having a hard time recruiting officers for open positions. (Gruendl later told me the positions had been open for only a week. The forced overtime started Oct. 1.) In other words, the union rep was there to make the case that the department is understaffed and its officers overworked. I don’t doubt it. Chico has grown a lot over the years and so have calls for service. According to that union rep, Rich Hartman, the city has offered officers voluntary overtime for downtown patrols, but nobody has signed up. The question is whether the union is going to use this issue as leverage. And is it going to take the taxpayers paying double overtime (that’s an officer’s salary plus 50 percent—times two) to get boots on the ground downtown? That $102 figure is based on the $34.24-an-hour wage the bargaining group’s reps always talk about as though its chump change. (Of course, if we’re talking about a sergeant, that figure will go higher.) Right now, it’s too soon to tell. In other news, the City Council voted Tuesday evening to agendize discussion about listing on the city website how much compensation, including benefits, each city worker makes. Fiscal watchdog Michael Jones made that request in the interest of transparency, especially as it relates to contract negotiations with the various unions. Three guesses on which one is currently in the bargaining process.

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About Chapmantown Re “Welcome to the neighborhood” (Cover story, by Robert Speer, Oct. 2): Maybe a more accurate answer to the final question [Will annexation and sewers lead to gentrification?] would be: Annexation and sewers already is gentrification. OLIVIA SCHMIDT Chico

‘Start looking within’ Re “Oh, the irony” (Letters, by Sherri Quammen, Sept. 25) and “Hear, hear” (Letters, by Linda Clark-Borre, Oct. 2): Sherri Quammen and Linda Clark-Borre are in agreement: the masculine “dominator” qualities of “lust for power, greed and complete lack of foresight” must be replaced or balanced with the feminine: “cooperation, communication, empathy and altruism.” Clark-Borre adds that we should eschew “incivility” in language—whatever that may be—lest we “polarize” people. I wonder if Quammen or Clarke-Borre have any idea how polarizing their characterization of masculinity might be. It’s really the worst kind of sexism masquerading as “insight”—very similar to a Victorian claiming that the “feminine” should be equated with physical frailty and emotional instability. Men have never had a monopoly on vice, nor have women ever had a monopoly on virtue. But, humans are certainly a rogue species threatening life on earth. If women are serious about revolutionary change, they might take a break from theorizing cartoon versions of masculinity and start looking within. War and environmental destruction are driven by excessive material consumption— all else is a sideshow. Affluent American women—across the political spectrum—are the most voracious consumers in the history of the planet. Even if one were to take the leap of stipulating a set of “feminine values,” how could they possibly be credible in the context of rapacious female behavior?

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Jim Neilsen doesn’t believe humans are causing climate change. And if re-elected, he will block legislation that tries to address it. This, despite the fact that 97 percent of scientists who study it disagree with him. Ninetyseven percent! Why would Mr. Neilsen’s stance be so contrary to what the professionals who’ve spent their whole careers studying this are saying? Ignorance and money. Neo-conservatives vehemently deny man’s role in this unfolding disaster because they are the very people allowing it to happen. The corporations they own (or those that own them) are making huge profits from the same industries that are destroying our fragile ecosystems. There’s money to be made in denial, lots of it! But who do you believe—the wealthy politicians with no scientific background and lots of money at stake or the environmental scientists who’ve dedicated their lives to studying the climate? Please, please, please vote on Nov. 4! There are enough of us to remove Jim Neilsen and his cronies from office if only we’d actually vote. But often liberals and progressives stay home on Election Day, and simply through lack of action, allow poisons like Mr. Neilsen to become our voice in government. No more! Vote! JAKE DAVIS Chico

Down on Measure B You can protect patients’ rights to access and growing of medical marijuana and also protect your environment, property values and way of life in this beautiful foothill community. Measure A is OK—it protects the rights of patients. Your supervisors support it unanimously. It will stop abuses and protect residents from violence. Measure B is bad—it allows large commercial growers to profit at the expense of your community by allowing grow areas clearly meant for profit in other states. It

repeals public-safety protections against grower abuse; allows grows near schools, parks and neighborhoods; and eliminates local controls. It already has led to polluting the environment, water theft, threats and violence. We must stand together and reject the deception of those who wish to destroy the reasons we chose to live here or we will regret the day we remained silent. It’s about quality of life and protection of environment. Vote yes on A and no on B. Talk to your neighbors and get them to vote, or the legacy we leave our children and our environment will be a sad one. We can’t afford to get this one wrong. JEANNE CECCHI Oroville

Measure B will hurt roads, resources and the rest of us. The ordinance contrived by commercial marijuana growers to line their pockets does not contribute to county revenue. Growers burden roads and trigger soil erosion. They are culprits in water shortages. Winter to summer: D-8 CATS with rippers move into rural Butte County. The bulldozers shove and tear up properties. Roads are carved; clear-cut slopes are terraced for giant grows; eroded soil with an array of chemicals flush into streams. We are at risk along with water, soil, wildlife and fisheries. Winter through summer, dump trucks haul valley-made soil to growers. Seven days a week, dawn to dusk, they swarm into neighborhoods, beating up roads to deliver soil. Residential and recreational traffic are disrupted. Spring through fall: growers barrel back and forth to plant, squat at, guard, trash and water grow sites. Trucks with tanks drain residential wells, dry up streams and steal water. Cannabis flourishes for a black market. In the fall, harvesters and trimmers pour in. Skunk-odor rigs multiply overnight moving the bud out. No tax revenue for the overburden. Vote no on B. Vote yes on Measure A to mitigate abuses. NANCY ROYBAL Oroville

He likes Coolidge Oftentimes in elections, we do not get to know anything about the actual people who are running for office. We are usually given just sound bites about where the candidates stand on certain issues and never really get to know them as people. I have had the pleasure of knowing Andrew Coolidge for the last few years. Andrew produces

“But who do you believe—the wealthy politicians with no scientific background and lots of money at stake or the environmental scientists who’ve dedicated their lives to studying the climate? Please, please, please vote on Nov. 4! ” –Jake Davis

the Chico Home and Garden Show and works as the sponsorship coordinator for the Silver Dollar Fair. He routinely donates spaces at his shows to nonprofit organizations, he enlists the 4-H youth to sell the tickets (and gain a portion of the proceeds) at these shows as well as always making sure the children in the club do their very best to represent their organization. To further serve our community, Andrew created the Recycled Art Competition, which is proudly making a reputation as the “Science Fair” of art in our community with entries from almost every single school in Butte County. If you want a councilman who leads by example, then Andrew Coolidge is the best choice. STEPHEN KENNY Chico

Water bond stinks Gov. Jerry Brown wants taxpayers to spend over $50 billion to build tunnels that will ship North State water south in devastatingly large amounts. The deceptively titled Delta Bay Conservation Plan could bring a total collapse to salmon populations in the Sacramento River and dry wells to North State farmers and residents. Even worse, Brown, and $5 million farm-subsidy recipient Congressman Doug LaMalfa, also support a natural gas extraction method called hydraulic fracturing (fracking) that requires 4.4 million gallons of water per well, every three to 10 days, 83 percent of it fresh water. This water is mixed with 15 percent reclaimed fracking fluid, sand and toxic chemicals (80-330 tons of chemicals per well) and injected into shale deep underground at extremely high pressure. Nationwide, residents living near these fracked wells have filed thousands of complaints regarding contaminated groundwater, severe illnesses, air pollution, dead cattle and fish. As of 2012, there were over 63,000 hydraulically fracked wells in the U.S. That’s 277 billion gallons of fresh water a week poi-

soned by U.S. oil companies with U.S. government approval. We must stop these politicians from allowing the shipping, selling and poisoning of Northern California water. Vote no on Prop. 1 and no on fracking! SHERRI QUAMMEN Chico

Tax hike, please Some of our neighbors are calling for the creation of a new state because of the actions of the California Legislature and its effects on the economy and local governmental services. The town of Paradise alone has lost over $7.5 million to date and will continue to lose about $250,000 each year to meet the state’s obligation to fund schools. California cities and towns are fighting back. Working together through the League of California Cities, they have convinced the voters to amend the state Constitution to block future state confiscation of local revenues. For Paradise, the next step in this fight is to pass Measure C this November. Measure C would increase the local sales tax by one-half cent for six years to provide for local revenue, protected from the state, to maintain our public safety and road services. Let us join other communities in saying in a loud and clear voice that “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” by passing Measure C Paradise neighbors are a proud and independent community and will take charge of their own destiny by voting yes on Measure C. MARTIN NICHOLS Paradise

An expanding acronym GLBTM? The next sexual civil rights movement will be for masturbators. STEPHEN T. DAVIS Chico More letters online:

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Chico police continue to investigate an Oct. 4 confrontation of alleged gang members that included what witnesses described as a “rolling gun fight” between occupants in a Honda Civic and a Toyota pickup in the area of Cohasset and Pillsbury roads. Just after 1 p.m., the vehicles collided in the parking lot west of Bank of America after at least 10 shots were fired. Five occupants of the Honda ran south toward Kmart, where they were arrested. The Toyota’s three occupants fled north and escaped. The driver of the Honda was shot in the hand by one of his occupants. The incident reportedly began outside Bidwell Junior High during the Hmong New Year celebration at the school. Coincidently, the statue of Hmong hero Gen. Vang Pao that stood outside the City Council chambers on Main Street was vandalized the night before. Chico Police Sgt. Greg Keeney said there is no apparent connection to the shooting incident.

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Members of the Chico City Council recently celebrated passing a plastic bag ban that, combined with similar ordinances in 127 other communities across the state, served as the “cattle prod” that encouraged the state Legislature to pass a statewide ban. Mayor Scott Gruendl, Councilwoman Ann Schwab—who was credited for authoring the ban—and Mark Murray, executive director of Californians Against Waste, gathered in the Nord Avenue Safeway parking lot for a press conference on Monday (Oct. 6). About 13 percent of consumers currently don’t use a bag, Murray said. Of those who do, 80 percent use plastic and 20 percent use paper. And for those concerned about picking up dog poop, plastic bags will still be available in the produce and vegetable sections of the stores.

FAMILY MAKES GRISLY DISCOVERY

Family members of missing 23-year-old Angelica Weems pointed investigators to the decomposing remains of a woman in a ravine east of the Sacramento River in Butte County on Oct. 5. Weems has been missing since the night of Sept. 13, when she and her husband, Zir Weems (pictured), left his grandmother’s house near Willows to go for a walk, according to a KRCR News report. That night, police reportedly found him on his grandmother’s property, bleeding from selfinflicted lacerations on both arms. Several days later, he was arrested on charges of animal cruelty for leaving two Rottweilers chained too tightly to a tree on his grandmother’s property. One of the dogs died. He currently remains in Glenn County Jail. According to a Butte County Sheriff’s press release, the remains found on Oct. 5 have not been identified, but Weems’ family searched the area specifically “because it was an area Angelica Weems had been known to frequent.” 8

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A fatal call Officers’ shooting of suicidal man in Oroville ruled justified hen Oroville police officers responded to a W call about a suicidal man who’d locked himself inside a motel room last April, they were jus-

tified in shooting and killing him, Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey announced at an Oct. 1 press conference. story and “It is our determination that photo by no malicious intent, nor gross Ken Smith negligence, was apparent in the kens@ officers’ actions that day that newsreview.com would support a criminal filing against any of the officers,” Ramsey said regarding the April 28 incident in which Victor Coleman, a 53-year-old construction worker from Bakersfield, was shot 16 times in room 115 of Oroville’s Sunset Inn. The officers were cleared based on Ramsey’s review of a five-month investigation by the Butte County Officer Involved Shooting/Critical Incident Team, a task force composed of personnel from 13 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. An internal investigation by the Oroville Police Department to determine if the officers violated OPD policy is still underway. Ramsey spoke in detail about the shooting death during the two-hour press conference at Oroville City Hall, revealing that Coleman had ingested a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine that likely spurred hallucinations. Coleman’s blood registered 1.7 milligrams-per-liter of the drug; the effective level is .01 to .05, and

potentially toxic level is .15 to .2 milligrams-per-liter. According to Ramsey’s narrative based

on the investigation, these events led to Coleman’s death: Coleman, an experienced millwright and welder, arrived in Oroville April 6 as part of a construction crew, and the workers took up residence at the Feather River Boulevard motel. Ramsey said Coleman had been estranged from his wife, Lori Coryell, four months prior. After working Saturday, April 26, Coleman and other members of his crew went to “a local Oroville biker bar,” where—Ramsey surmised—he may have scored the meth discovered in his system during an autopsy. Coleman was not seen by co-workers on Sunday and on Monday morning, Jeff Ross—Coleman’s foreman and friend of 10 years— couldn’t contact him for work, although Coleman’s vehicle was parked outside the motel. Coryell, Coleman’s wife, called the OPD dispatch center at 1:35 p.m. from her home in Bakersfield to report Coleman had left a distraught voicemail, claiming he’d been fired from his job and saying, “They’re gonna have to kill me.” During a second call, Coryell reported her husband had “gone off the

deep end” and wanted to commit “suicide by cop.” She also said she was afraid he might kill Ross for getting him fired, but that she didn’t believe Coleman had a gun. Police then contacted Ross and found where Coleman was staying. Ross also informed them Coleman hadn’t been fired or outed for doing drugs, as he’d claimed to Coryell. Based on information found in the post-mortem investigation, Ramsey reported Coleman had a heroin problem he’d overcome 30 years earlier, with one recent relapse with prescription drugs. OPD officer John Nickelson arrived at Coleman’s room for a welfare check at 2:48 p.m. accompanied by Sgt. Vanessa Purdy and officers Marcus Tennigkeit and Jared Cooley. Another officer, Lt. Al Byers, arrived shortly after and a sixth officer, Breck Wright, showed up later during the stand-off. Coleman never allowed officers in, dead-bolting the door and shutting the windows. Officers communicated with him intermittently over the next few hours, first by shouting through the door and eventually by calling his motel room from a nearby room. Coleman reportedly grew increasingly agitated and shortly before 5 p.m. the officers decided to reason with him one last time before breach-

ing the door with a battering ram, intending to incapacitate Coleman with a tazer. “When he answered the phone, Lt. Byers said the shortness of Mr. Coleman’s answers and his attitude convinced him Mr. Coleman’s plan to kill himself was imminent,” Ramsey said. At 5 p.m., Wright struck the door with a battering ram, failing at first to fully open it, but succeeding with a second swing. Tennigkeit led the charge armed with a pistol and a “Batshield” ballistic shield, followed by Nickelson and Cooley with guns drawn and Sgt. Purdy fourth in line with the tazer. Ramsey explained the armed officers preceded Purdy “Just in case Coleman attacked the officers, or possibly had a gun of his own.” The officers said Coleman was standing at the far end of the room wielding a knife and a bottle of Wild Turkey bourbon in a threatening manner, both of which he allegedly swung toward Tennigkeit, apparently connecting with the bottle. That’s when Tennigkeit, Nickelson and Cooley opened fire. The three officers fired 18 rounds, 16 of which hit Coleman. One of the stray bullets, fired by Cooley, struck the inside of Tennigkeit’s shield, with a fragment blackening the officer’s eye. Tennigkeit’s clothing was also covered in glass fragments and alcohol from the liquor bottle, which was also shot. Coleman was handcuffed and dragged into the apartment’s main room before Officer Wright, who is also an EMT, began unsuccessful life-saving efforts. Handcuffing a subject—even when he or she has been shot—is standard police procedure to ensure officer safety, Ramsey explained. The investigation found Coleman died instantly upon being shot. Ramsey said he’d spoken to the victim’s family about his findings prior to the press conference, and that they are unsatisfied with the results of the investigation. OPD Chief Bill LaGrone spoke after Ramsey, and stood behind his officers’ actions. He reported the OPD has responded to 1,175 Welfare and Institution Code 5150 calls since 2011, many with barricaded and suicidal subjects, and most are resolved without incident. However, LaGrone also said his department had only one officer on the force at the time who had undergone Crisis Intervention Training (CIT)—specialized training to help de-escalate situations and calm people in mental or druginduced crisis. That officer was off duty the day of Coleman’s death and has since left the OPD, LaGrone said. Dozens of officers from other county law enforcement organizations have undergone the training, a 40-hour course that’s been offered annually since it began in Butte County in April 2010. LaGrone cited staffing issues in the OPD as the reason none of his officers have attended. Ω

Spotlight hits downtown Community members, city discuss added police patrols n Aug. 1, Katie Simmons got a wakeup call she never expected. O Her 9-year-old daughter was sitting in her dad’s car when a 19-year-old man jumped in and took the wheel. Luckily her daughter

was able to escape before the man drove off, but the incident is still burned into Simmons’ mind. “That was the moment when my personal life intersected with my professional life,” said Simmons, who serves as president and CEO of the Chico Chamber of Commerce and has worked closely with the Clean and Safe Chico program. “I need hope and the community needs hope. If we don’t do this together we won’t be successful.” Simmons was speaking in front of a large group of people outside the Chico City Council chambers Monday (Oct. 7) during a press conference to announce a policing plan for the downtown area. She was joined by Chico Mayor Scott Gruendl, City Manager Mark Orme, Clean and Safe Chico representative Jovanni Tricerri and Downtown Chico Business Association President Melanie Bassett. Chico Police Chief Kirk Trostle was also on hand, but did not speak before the crowd. Essentially, the message conveyed Monday was that a group of concerned citizens—members of the Clean and Safe Chico group, along with the Chamber and DCBA—had gotten together and created a plan to combat the public safety issues primarily caused by transients in the downtown area. They were careful to describe “transients” as not Chico’s homeless, but transplants who’ve moved in and don’t respect the area. That plan started out as part of a presentation before the Chico City Council in June. It includes increased patrols— by foot or bicycle—of downtown, but few other details were outlined. In fact, the lack of details seemed to present the greatest problem with the press conference. Aside from the fact that they have a plan to offer overtime shifts to cover downtown and that it might necessitate negotiations with the Chico Police Officers’Association, the Chico police union, little else was divulged. (Even then, in speaking with individuals after the meeting, specifics on everything from shift length to cost differed from one person to the next.) “The community has an opportunity to build up our city instead of tearing it down,” Tricerri said. “Our police force is strained. So we came up with this police staffing plan and the City Council has approved it.”

Katie Simmons (right) talks emotionally about an incident involving her daughter in front of a crowd outside the City Council chambers. PHOTO BY MELISSA DAUGHERTY

At least one member of the public—Rich Hartman, an officer and

vice president of the CPOA—voiced concerns about the plan. “The issue is we don’t have the staff to staff our patrol shifts,” he said after the conference. “We’re already forcing people to come in to fill shifts through mandatory overtime. They offered overtime to work the downtown area and no one signed up.” That’s true, according to Lt. Mike O’Brien. The additional overtime shifts, which are shorter than the normal 10-hour overtime slots (no one would confirm how long the downtown shifts are), were posted last week. As things are now, the department is about 20 officers short of where it would like to be. Many officers work voluntary overtime and, starting Oct. 1, some of those shifts were deemed mandatory to maintain service levels throughout the city. “There’s an abundance of overtime in general because whenever your staffing levels are at the level they’re at now for us—they’re razor thin—you have a lot of people working overtime already to make ends meet,” O’Brien said by phone. “We needed to create mandatory overtime to ensure we have basic coverage for the most basic function of a police department, the patrol shift.” So adding overtime shifts to cover the downtown might sound great in theory, but it will be difficult to pull off in practice, Hartman argued. “We’re in week one of the downtown stuff and no one has signed up yet,” confirmed Chris Constantin, assistant city manager. “But with the timing, right after mandatory overtime started, we need to give it a few weeks.” There’s been some talk of offering incentives to pick up the downtown patrols, including double overtime and making the shifts mandatory. In fact, Gruendl mentioned double overtime as a viable option to fill those shifts. “We’re looking at different levels of overtime,” Gruendl said. “The most expensive, and beneficial to the employee, is double overtime.” But both of those options are premature and would require action by council as well as an agreement with the CPOA, Constantin said. Union support wanes “We will consider any and all options to make it work, but we will follow legal processes,” Americans may not love labor unions as much as they have throughout history, but he said. more support them than don’t, according to a recent Gallup poll. While down from a historical average of 62 percent over the past 78 years, 54 percent of Americans still As far as police staffing is concerned, three say they approve of labor unions while 39 percent say they do not. When the quesofficer positions were posted last week. O’Brien tion was first posed in 1936, a whopping 72 percent approved and only 20 percent did noted that while some officers have been lost to not. The greatest gap was in 1957, with 75 percent approval and only 14 disapproval. other agencies, there are five students in the Support remained high through the 1960s, but has been dipping since, bottoming out academy and two completing field training. in 2009 at 48 percent after the Obama administration came into office, and a fear The press conference was just the beginning that unions would become too powerful. Support has stayed just above a majority of what many there, including the Chamber’s since. Simmons, hope will become a bigger community dialogue about how to address public safety Disapprove Approve in Chico, particularly downtown. 75 80 72 “We’re all on a mission of some sort,” Sim66 65 64 59 59 54 mons said. “I’m on a mission for the business community, but I’m also a mom on a mission.” 40

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All or nothing Military banner proposal falls flat before City Council as supporters refuse to compromise boiled over as the Chico City Aplayrguments Council considered a proposal to disbanners honoring local active-duty

military personnel on street light poles. The meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 7) reached a climax when the enraged mother of a military serviceman left the council chambers shrieking, “Shame on you! My son is representing you assholes!” On Aug. 19 the council considered a proposal from nonprofit organization Chico Military Heroes that would have displayed 500 banners year-round along major thoroughfares including East and First avenues. Some felt the banners would be a fitting tribute to members of the military, while others maintained that displaying them on public property would glorify war and encourage high school students to enlist. The council punted the request to the Internal Affairs Committee, which on Sept. 10 recommended a compromise in which the banners would fly for 30 days, coinciding with Veterans Day or Memorial Day, and only along a limited stretch of East Avenue. The committee also rejected a request to waive a city fee of $2,100. During the council meeting on Oct. 7, however, a compromise was not forthcoming. “If we’re not going to put these banners up for the year, then we shouldn’t fly flags on Veterans Day or Memorial Day,” said Mark Page, whose son recently graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. “I don’t understand why you would even consider doing this for 30 days. We’re going to say ‘you’re a hero’ for just a little bit?” Butch Frederickson, president of Butte County’s branch of Vietnam Veterans of America, speaks in favor of the military banner proposal during the City Council’s meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 7. PHOTO BY HOWARD HARDEE

Chris Nicodemus, representing Chico Military Heroes, said the proposed 30-day display period wouldn’t justify the cost of installing and removing the banners. “Thirty days is not going to work for this program,” he said. Councilman Sean Morgan motioned to keep the specifications outlined by the Internal Affairs Committee, except that the banners would be on display for a full year. Vice Mayor Mark Sorensen seconded, but the motion failed 2-5, with only Morgan and Sorensen voting in favor. Councilwoman Ann Schwab then motioned to adopt the Internal Affairs Committee’s exact recommendation. Sorensen voiced his disapproval, characterizing Schwab’s motion as “a cowardly method of killing the program.” Without a second, the motion died on the floor. Mayor Scott Gruendl subsequently made a motion somewhere in between, proposing that the banners fly for 90 days under a three-year agreement. That motion also failed 2-5, with Gruendl and Councilwoman Mary Goloff in favor, and the banner proposal fell apart entirely. The council also moved forward with a

new law that would hold alarm companies, rather than users, responsible for false alarms that prompt police response. The law, which still requires a second reading and final adoption, would be the first of its kind in California. Chico police responded to 3,200 false alarms in 2012. In an effort to address that inefficiency, on June 15 police stopped responding to “unconfirmed automated alarms”—an automated alarm triggered but not confirmed as a real emergency by a security guard or camera. The new policy has effectively reduced the burden on police, Lt. Mike O’Brien told the council, and “criminals have not run wild,” but feedback has indicated “the city wanted a different way.” Police maintain that holding alarm companies accountable would create an incentive for self-regulation, while the city would stop “subsidizing a private industry with our police officer and dispatch staff time.” Under the proposed ordinance, alarm companies would be fined $100 for the first false alarm, $200 for a second offense and $300 for any subsequent offenses. Several alarm company representatives spoke against the proposal, and it’s easy to see why—if this law gains momentum in California, it could have huge financial implications for the industry. The city is already facing potential litigation from alarm industry groups, which City Attorney Vince Ewing said he would review before the ordinance’s second reading. Council members also requested future review if the 3,200 false alarm figure is not reduced by half in two years. —HOWARD HARDEE howardh@newsreview.com

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Stonewall forum

City Council candidates, left to right, Rodney Willis, Andrew Coolidge, Mayor Scott Gruendl, Forough Molina, Lupe Arim-Law and Vice Mayor Mark Sorensen ready themselves for a night of questions and statements. PHOTO BY TOM GASCOYNE

Council candidates respond to the LGBT community hat would you do to make Chico more “W attractive to LGBT people?” That was the first question asked Monday night (Oct. 6)

at a City Council candidates forum hosted by the Chico Stonewall Alliance. The answers, focused on fostering community acceptance and being welcoming to all people and businesses, pretty much defined how each candidate responded for the rest of the evening. This marked the second election in a row that Chico Stonewall Alliance hosted a City Council candidates forum to address issues reflecting concerns specific to local lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens. Six of the seven candidates running for the three open seats took part in the 90-minute forum. First-time candidate Reanette Fillmer had a scheduling conflict. Jim Peck, pastor of the Congressional Church, acted as master of ceremonies and explained that the alliance does not endorse any candidate, adding “We do endorse being an informed voter, which is why we are sponsoring this forum.” Charlie Turner, a professor in the Political Science Department at Chico State, served as the forum moderator, as he had done for Stonewall’s first forum two years ago. The overriding themes were public safety, a moresensitive police force and eliminating discrimination. An introductory statement was made by each of the candidates, who were then asked questions from the Stonewall planning team that, according to Peck, dealt with “concerns specific to Chico’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender citizens. Although this community has specific concerns, LGBT citizens share concerns with other Chico citizens regarding the economy, public works, city finances and the like.” Second-time candidate Andrew Coolidge said attracting LGBT people to town should be no different than attracting “more people in general to Chico… I think everybody in here realizes where we are financially in not necessarily a good place so we need to work on those aspects and we need to get our budget back in order. And we need to get more police on the streets so we can actually patrol and prevent crime, rather than having a rising crime rate.”

Longtime openly gay Mayor Scott Gruendl said the question is, why do people in their 20s and 30s leave town to look for employment? “What can we be doing to change that?” he asked. He went on to say that he’s been actively involved with a “local team that has completed a tech-development outreach in recruitment and retention—an economic development strategy that has already resulted in some interested parties who want to come here.” He said while more police are needed, “We have to stay engaged with the department to make sure that there is respect across the board. A lot of times people discriminate and don’t even know they are discriminating.” Forough Molina, a first-time candidate, said the council should work to make Chico “a more inviting town. Organizations like Stonewall have helped make Chico more inviting and livable,” she said. She said city ordinances eliminating discrimination should be adopted and that the city should work in concert with Chico State and Butte College. Candidate Lupe Arim-Law, who is also a first timer, said LGBT people “need to feel welcome, they need to feel safe in our community. That is No. 1.” She said she moved to Chico from the Bay Area, where there is a thriving gay community. “And it was safe,” she said. “There were issues and we had problems, but the key issue is that people don’t feel discriminated against. We have to work together, town and gown, and provide young people with encouragement.” Vice Mayor Mark Sorensen said it is important for the entire community to prosper. “When businesses are welcomed and able to be successful, we’re all successful,” he said. “That’s really the crux of our job as it relates to economic development. It’s to make Chico a friendly place for businesses to come and grow and prosper.” Candidate Rodney Willis, who ran a decade ago, said it’s important “to embrace the idea that equality does not mean that all people are the same but that they are treated with the same dignity regardless of their differences.” —TOM GASCOYNE tomg@newsreview.com

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GREENWAYS Ruth Martin, a research analyst at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., in the thick of a patch of wild hops in Whitmore. PHOTO COURTESY OF SIERRA NEVADA BREWING CO.

Going wild for hops For adventurous brewers, the cultivated beer ingredient is great, but the foraged kind is unpredictably enticing

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or Tom Nielsen, a distinct variety of hops Fdiscoveries, can be as good as gold. He might share his “but that would be like giving

you my girlfriend’s phone number.” Nielsen is Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s technical lead for raw materials, so hops are his bread and butter. Sierra Nevada maintains its own hops yard but also has had the good fortune of finding hops growing in nature. These are known as wild hops. They don’t pop up everywhere, so in a sense they’re like hidden treasure. “There are tremendous flavor differences [between cultivated and wild hops],” Nielsen said. “Typically these wild hops have not been bred for certain parameters that commercial hops now seem to have, number one being bittering potential…. They also have different aroma properties—they really do.” Sierra Nevada has harvested wild hops in Whitmore, near Shingletown, for the past two years, after receiving a tip by mail. A customer of the Home Brew Shop in Chico came across a wild growth while hiking around Mount Shasta; he shared his find with the store owner, Dawn Letner, who hasn’t uncovered any herself but heard of a patch in Stirling City. (It’s there, confirms Charlotte Ann Hilgeman of the Stirling City Hotel.) “True wild hops are pretty rare,” Letner said. “There are North American wild hops, but it would take someone who knows how

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to identify those to say, ‘Yes, this is the true wild hop that is native to this part of the world’—versus hops that were brought here a hundred years ago by some gold miners who wanted to have hops growing where they were staying.” Whether the Whitmore hops are truly wild

depends on how you define “wild.” Their lineage, as best as Sierra Nevada can trace it, goes back to the turn of the 20th century, when a German family settled the area and grew hops for breweries. AntiGerman sentiment surrounding World War I led the family to abandon the farm; their plants remained, though, and a flood in the mid-1920s washed hops into the Cow River basin. That’s how they wound up in their Whitmore location, a forested region, where they remained unnoticed for almost a century. A property caretaker sent a handwritten letter to Sierra Nevada two years ago; Nielsen and a colleague went up to see them. “These hops were growing without any

Walk on the wild side:

Sierra Nevada will serve beer made from Whitmore hops at the Single, Fresh, Wet & Wild Harvest Festival. The second annual event is Oct. 18, 1-6 p.m., at the brewery’s hops field.

human influence—just cows,” Nielsen said. “They basically survived on their own. They had enough irrigation for 90 years and really took over the landscape; they’re very aggressive, growing laterally and horizontally and vertically, just climbing on everything.” After waiting a week for the hops to mature, Sierra Nevada sent a crew to harvest some. They gathered 140 pounds, which is not much by commercial standards, but it yielded enough wet hops for a batch to serve at the inaugural Single, Fresh, Wet & Wild Harvest Festival. The haul this year was 324 pounds, and Sierra Nevada brewed 40 barrels for the second festival, Oct. 18. The Stirling City hops have been harvested by a Bay Area craft brewer, Sean Lightholder, as well as by hotel visitors using them in tea. For the past 15 years or so, Hilgeman said, she’s put up strings on which the plants grow—“sometimes as much as 12 inches in a 24-hour period”— providing a sun cover on her porch. “They are pretty much done for this year,” she said, “but they are definitely a conversation piece and I love having them here.” Wild hops may not be everyone’s cup of tea—

or mug of ale. Nielsen explained that cultivated hops have a higher concentration of alpha acids, which impart bittering properties, than indigenous European or North

American hops, and have different aromatic notes. Letner doesn’t sell wild hops because, she says, “typically my customers want hops that are known with known characteristics. It’s so common to have it as part of a recipe that if there’s something they don’t know, it makes them nervous.” Indeed, said North State hops grower Jeff Glaspy of Elder Creek Farms, “the hops today are so bred for a particular taste that I doubt any wild hops would match what everybody is looking for today, because it’s very specific—the citrusy tone they have now.” Still, some brewers and drinkers are adventurous, and Nielsen said wild hops represent “a new taste experience for beer lovers.” For home brewers who come across wild hops and are intrigued to experiment, Letner suggests first consulting a reference guide. (UC Davis and hops companies such as Hopunion LLC produce them.) Compare leaves and cones to those of known varieties. There should be no fear of toxicity “unless the person has no clue what a hops plant looks like.” Added Letner: “It’s not like going out and picking mushrooms…. Hops, as far as I know, don’t have a poisonous relative that would confuse somebody.” Ω

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HIT THE TRAIL This weekend—Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11 and 12—the ninth annual Sierra Oro Farm Trail offers a one-of-a-kind “agritourism” adventure. Participants receive a “passport” and self-guided tour of scenic agricultural trails leading to locally owned wineries and specialty farms throughout Butte County to sample fresh food, nuts, olive oil, wines and beers. Tickets are $25 in advance (available at Tri-Counties Bank locations or online at www.sierra.org) or $30 at the farms on the days of the event. The website also lists sites participating in the event. Organizers advise it’s best to purchase your passport in advance, as tickets usually sell out.

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Roger Preecs makes no apology for the pun when he says he does things “against the grain.” He’s been brewing German-style beers for 30 years, the last 14 at his company, Feather River Brewing in Magalia. His various work experiences gave him the skills to build most of the brewery himself, and he still continues to run it as a oneman operation. Preecs chuckled recently when someone called to ask if he had any events planned for Chico Beer Week. “I have no money, no employees. I’m just one guy. I have no events. I have one distributor who takes my beers from Yuba City to Mount Shasta, and I distribute it in Paradise and Magalia. That’s about it.” Preecs, 59, is the brewmaster—and almost everything else—at the award-winning microbrewery. He will be on hand to chat about his beers at a beertasting party from 4-8 p.m. Oct. 10 at Shenanigan’s, 3312 Esplanade in Chico (as part of Beer Week). Among the many awards he’s won over the years, the most recent laurels, from this year’s Los Angeles International Beer Competition, are a gold for his Honey Ale and a bronze for the Dark Canyon beers. For more info, log onto www.feather riverbrewing.com or call 873-0734.

People who know me know I’m a beer-lover. If you see me at the bars, however, you likely consider my taste buds questionable. I do, after all, usually find myself enjoying a cold pint of Bud Light. But just because I go to my old standby (I’m from St. Louis, Budweiser country, so back off!) to avoid getting toasted before 10 p.m. doesn’t mean I can’t throw back a flavorful IPA or Belgian wheat with the best of ’em. And some of the best craft beers I’ve tasted have come out of home kitchens. In preparation for Chico Beer Week, I decided to head over to the Chico Home Brew Shop (at 1570 Nord Ave.) to find out what’s happening in the world of home brewing. Turns out, there’s quite a lot. “People are using a lot more creativity than in the past,” owner Dawn Letner told me as she showed me around the shop, which is filled with everything a home brewer would need, from large metal pots and growlers to cider-making kits to coconut extract. “It’s been fun for me, too. I’ve started carrying ingredients I never needed to have before—it keeps me on my toes.” Letner credits the greater craft-beer boom with the surge in creativity among home beer-makers. People often find a new beer they like at the store or bar, then come out to see her to find the ingredients to try to replicate the recipe. She also looks to all the popular cooking shows and the focus on exploring the world of food as part of the push toward more interesting beers. “Making beer is similar to cooking,” Letner said. “I see a lot of people creating new recipes based on old standards.” All this is great news for Letner and the Chico Home Brew Shop. She has expanded her inventory and regularly sees new, young faces walking through her doors. As someone who has never made beer, my first two questions for Letner were: How much does it cost to get started? And, how difficult is the process? I was pleasantly surprised to find out that neither should get in the way of an aspiring home brewer. “You don’t have to stick your neck out too far,” she said. The shop sells starter kits for beginners to ensure they have all the tools they need to brew that first batch. The most basic goes for about $70. Then there are the ingredient kits—you can choose between beer styles, make a clone brew or branch out even further to a cider—that start at $35. Not bad when they yield up to 6 gallons of liquid yumminess (or so you hope!). My trip was almost enough for me to give in and start my own home brewing operation. I’ve tried some creations made by friends that were not only drinkable, but actually really good. The ciders—pear-flavored, apple or even berry—are intriguing, especially considering the instructions include just four steps. So, who wants to go in on the starter kit with me?

How did your background lead you into beer-making? I grew up and spent my whole life on the Central Coast, Atascadero, doing different jobs. I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Somewhere back in the ’80s, my friend’s uncle sent us five beers he’d brewed … and we just said, “Oh, my God,

those are so good.” He was living outside of Manton at the time. So we would go up and drink his beer. We didn’t think anything about driving nine hours, or whatever, to taste his beers. The smells and everything about it just blew me away. It was just so cool … I started brewing my own beers, and moved to Magalia and built a microbrewery.

How has it been difficult, and how has it been rewarding? For the first six years, I worked 100 percent of the time—after my daytime job, to at least 11 p.m. every night. I would work until I was so tired I couldn’t lift a screwdriver off the countertop. It’s damaged my body. It’s not good to put your body through so much stress. I lost a couple of wives because of it. That’s what they told me in my entrepreneurship class—that 95 percent of entrepreneurs are either divorced or single—and if we didn’t like it, to get up and get out now. But it’s been a good, fun trip.

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROGER PREECS

What else have you done “against the grain”? I don’t follow in anyone’s footsteps. I go against the group by going against the grain. When I was in junior high, they changed the dress code at my school, so people could wear jeans. So everyone started wearing Levi’s. That’s why I kept wearing cords. I also think I’ve been successful because my karma is so good. I’ve always been good to people—bent over backward to help them if I could. You know those kids who are picked on, the outcasts in school? I was tall, so nobody messed with me. I went straight to those kids getting picked on [to befriend them].

Where can people find your beers? They’re on tap at Scotty’s Landing [12609 River Road in Chico], and in 22-ounce bottles at Safeway, and a few liquor stores. —CATHERINE BEEGHLY

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TAPPING IN To become a world-class beer town, some say Chico needs more breweries

ight this very moment thousands of brewers across the country are experimenting with a new recipe. Maybe they’re refining a classic IPA or adding fruit essences to a nice wheat. Some of them might even be ready to take that giant leap and make their beer available to the public. In the first half of 2014, more than 300 breweries opened in the U.S. The craft beer movement has always been about the sense of adventure, going back to that little warehouse in south Chico where Ken Grossman and Paul Camusi brewed their first batches of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale way back in 1980 (to put that in context, that was the year The Empire Strikes Back hit theaters, and Lipps Inc.’s “Funkytown” was one of the biggest singles in the world), paving the way for the rest. Craft beer has come a long way since then. And over the past five years, things have really exploded. Since 2009, the number of breweries has nearly doubled. According to the Brewers Association, as of July of this year, there were 3,040 breweries in the U.S. The beer section at a Portland, Ore., Fred Meyer (a chain grocer, not a specialty beer place) takes up an entire back wall, with an intimidating and massive collage of bottles and bombers from craft breweries across the country. Of course, Portland is a different world from Chico—walk down a random city block in “Beervana” and you’ll likely 18

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run into two or three breweries along the way. But in this time of huge growth and craft-beer riches, even smaller towns, those with populations similar to Chico’s—Bend, Ore.; Asheville, N.C.—are producing a lot of beer, and a lot of enthusiasm for beer. Chico has the odd distinction of being essentially the birthplace of craft brewing, but also a town that—with the exception of that one particular pioneering craft beer— has no other options to call its own. Asheville—a town of about 85,000 near Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s new facility in Mills River, N.C.—is home to 20 craft breweries. And up north in Bend, there are 21 facilities making some damn fine beer. While Sierra Nevada more than makes up for it in sheer volume and quality, Chico is still lacking in variety. You could almost say it’s a beer town that’s not exactly a beer town. But things are moving in that direction. Local

stores like Spike’s Bottle Shop and the new BevMo (and even Raley’s and Costco) offer

plenty of craft options. And new, popular craft-centric bars and restaurants like The Banshee, Burgers & Brew, The Handle Bar and The Winchester Goose have brought the world of craft beer to Chico and have created an environment for beer culture to flourish. The table would seem set for Chico beermakers to get their tap handles into local establishments (and beyond) and push Chico into the beer-town conversation. Jim Eckert is ready. The 56-year-old proprietor of Eckert Malting & Brewing Co. just opened a modest brewing (and malting) facility in south Chico, and is poised to be the first local commercial Sierra Nevadaalternative to hit taplists since Butte Creek Brewing Co., which was sold to Mendocino Brewing Co. almost a decade ago. “It’s a little intimidating,” Eckert admitted. “There have been several failures, and you have the big dog in town. But I’m different enough that I’m probably flying a little more under the radar.” “Different” might be an understatement. Eckert’s beers are made using malted rice instead of barley or wheat. The idea came to Eckert five years ago after his wife, a beerlover herself, discovered she had celiac disease. He recalled her first experience drinking gluten-free beer. “She was excited,” said Eckert, who’s dabbled in home-brewing since the mid1980s while attending college. “But after one swig her smile turned into a frown and she pushed it aside. A week later she said,

Jim Eckert stands next to the rotating drum grain dryer in his new Eckert Malting & Brewing facility in south Chico. PHOTO BY JASON CASSIDY

Chico home brewer Matt Roach prepares for a long brewing day. Below: Roach stirs his grains into the mash. PHOTOS BY JASON CASSIDY

‘You’re a home-brewer—brew me a delicious glutenfree beer.’” And that’s what he set out to do. Gluten-free beer typically calls for substituting sorghum for barley, or using a protein-eating enzyme that eliminates most of the gluten during the brewing process. This usually results in bland beer, or small traces of gluten in the final batch. Eckert says he’s spent the past few years perfecting the rice-malting process, and the results have been positive. “I’ve been able to fool a lot of beer-drinkers,” he said, adding that early batches weren’t so good. “I think it’s drinkable enough that it could be accepted by many. Quite a few people who aren’t gluten-intolerant have said, ‘I’d drink that.’” Eckert is currently working on five beers—all of which are a little lighter than a typical barley-malted brew—including a lager, a Belgian-style ale and a black “hop-forward” ale. He says he’d like to open a tasting room in the future. But for now he would be content to get his beer into Chico’s drinking establishments. And, of course, he’ll be focusing on his unique rice-malting process, which, according to Eckert: “To my knowledge, nobody else on Earth does what I do.” While Eckert is now doing something in Chico that no

one, other than Sierra Nevada, does, it’s been a long process—three years—to build his brewery, which points to one of the biggest reasons more home brewers aren’t going pro: time. Building a manufacturing facility takes a lot of time and, especially when the product is an alcoholic beverage, there are a lot of hoops to jump through. Eckert received his Brewer’s Notice from the Alcohol Tax and Trade Bureau in May, and licensing from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) in June, processes he says were long and tedious. And Chico’s past and current issues with alcohol and binge drinking are likely making it even more difficult to be licensed by ABC. The disparity between the number of breweries in Chico and the established beer towns of similar size remains glaring. Even much smaller areas have Chico beat, like Hood River, Ore., a town with a population of around 7,300, where you’ll stumble upon four craft breweries. “I think Asheville, Bend, Portland and even little Hood River have a desire to become associated and affiliated with the craft brewing industry because it’s a good fit for their communities’ ‘personality,’ if you will,” explained Matt Roach, a local home brewer who

someday sees himself doing it on a larger scale. “Chico differs a little from those other communities in that we were, and largely still are, considered to be a party town and drinking in general is largely discouraged in our community … unless you’re a wine bar, that is.” Roach operates under the name Great Balance Brewing Co. And although he’s not brewing commercially yet, he has a well-conceived and growing garage operation—and by all accounts, his beer is really good. He’s currently working on beers he’s dubbed Strongth Imperial IPA and an Imperial Chocolate Vanilla Cinnamon Bourbon Porter (he insists it goes well over vanilla Häagen-Dazs), and this spring he’ll again brew his Triple Berry Wheat, which incorporates fresh blackberries, blueberries and raspberries into a 5.5 percent ABV drinkable brew. Roach, who’s been brewing for about four years, says money is the thing keeping him from going commercial (an eighttap brewpub with great food is his dream), another major factor stifling potential breweries. And equipment to run a commercial operation isn’t cheap. Brian McGillivray has been a brewer at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. since 2008 (prior to that he cut his teeth at Butte Creek), and says even just keeping their fermenters cool during Chico’s blazing-hot summers can be difficult. “At Sierra Nevada we have some of the best equipment to do this, and we can run into issues in the middle of the summer,” he said. Sierra Nevada’s shadow looms large for sure. But McGillivray thinks the brewery should be a source of inspiration rather than intimidation. “You know what, you’re always going to be compared to Sierra Nevada,” he said. “So you have to make something clean, consistent and completely different than Sierra Nevada.” Of course, a sense of adventure isn’t limited to just brewers. The desire to take in as many new beers as possible is strong among craft enthusiasts, and is one of the key factors in the industry’s continued growth, growth that would seem to be sustainable in Chico as well. “My love for craft beer was trying different things,” said McGillivray, who also home brews, and has aspirations to start his own brewery one day. Roach agrees. And with demand so high, Chico just needs a few more adventurous souls. “It’s a Gold Rush,” said Roach. “And that thirst, if you will, is hard to quench.” Ω more

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THE BREWMASTER Talkin’ beer with Sierra Nevada’s longtime head brewer, Steve Dresler story & photo by

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esides owner Ken Grossman, no one currently at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. has been there longer than brewmaster Steve Dresler. He came to Chico in 1979 with his wife, Cathy, to finish school, and graduated with degrees in chemistry and biology before getting seasonal work with Aero Union, the former aircraft company at the Chico Airport. In January of 1983, about three years after Grossman and then-partner Paul Camusi founded Sierra Nevada, Dresler started working part time at the brewery’s old warehouse facility (“My break into the brewery was putting bottles into boxes for $4 an hour under the table.”). And as production quickly increased, and more brewing help was needed, Dresler was tapped to put his chemistry/biology background (as well as his amateur home brewing experience) into practice. Now 57, with two grown children and having worn several hats at the brewery— moving from production to management as the company grew—Dresler is still as

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involved as ever in the brewery’s operations, overseeing “product development, a lot of forward scheduling, a lot of materials procurement, all those things that go with a major department at a million-barrel brewery,” he said. When he sat down to talk to the CN&R in mid-September, Dresler had just returned from the Pacific Northwest, where he was overseeing the purchase of Sierra Nevada’s 2014-15 hop crop. And a couple weeks later (Oct. 2-4) he’d be in Boulder, working as a judge in the Great American Beer Festival. Do you think you would’ve become a brewer if it wasn’t for Sierra Nevada? Oh, hell no. I had dreams of being a high school or junior high science teacher. Thank god that didn’t work out, because I think the youth of America would be scarred for life. How’s the hop crop this year? It was a tough year, actually. Certain varieties, key varieties for us and for the craft industry, are coming in light. They had that really brutally hot summer—I think that stunted some of the growth. In these cases do you use replacement hops, or just make less beer? We have a really good relationship with our suppliers, we partner with everybody very, very well. So, I don’t foresee any short contract delivery. On the contrary, I’m looking at a little bit of a long inventory. So, if we can, [we’ll] help out our supplier partners, or other breweries, because I don’t want to be sitting on a lot of old inventory when a brewery needs that hop.

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. brewmaster Steve Dresler stops by the tasting room for a toast with customers enjoying the brewery tour.

lons of beer at a time. So, here is this guy, he’s serving his beer to 2,500 people at this phenomenal festival in San Diego, and the guy couldn’t contain himself; he was just so appreciative. That struck me. This is what this was all about. Anything new and exciting you’re currently working on? Oh yeah, I have another IPA four-pack coming out the first of the year. I have a new imperial pilsner seasonal for the first quarter of the year. We’re developing the barrel-aged program. We wanted to do some very smallbatch productions to sell in our gift shop and also in our tasting room in Berkeley, our Torpedo Room. And then also, Mills River, they’re putting in a little brewery back there—a 20-barrel brew house—so we’ll be exchanging different beers. We’re going to continue to resurrect some beers for the Old Chico series—I’m going to bring back a small batch of the Brown Ale; it’s one of my favorites. I would really like to resurrect the original IPA—it had that green label with the boat on it. So, playing around with stuff like that. We’ve got four variety packs next year, all of which have two, if not three new beers in them. Ω

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A PINT BY ANY OTHER SHAPE? Using the proper glass for a beer’s style makes a difference, unless it doesn’t by

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here was a time when enjoying a beer meant simply cracking open a can of cheap lager and thoughtlessly sipping it on the couch. In the last two decades, we’ve graduated beyond that mentality as craft brewers have introduced new styles and increasingly higher grades of quality beer than most people imagined possible 20 years ago. But along with better beer, the craft-brew revolution has brought us something else: finicky guidelines on what glass to drink from. Not just any glass will do, many brewers and connoisseurs of beer tell us. Rather, each style of beer should be served in its own style of glass. A wheat beer is to be poured into a “weizen” glass, a tall narrow glass that bulges slightly at the top. Some Belgian styles are served in wide-rimmed gobletlooking vessels. Lagers are served in slender delicate flutes called “pilsner” glasses. Strong barleywines are often served in small sherry snifters. By contrast, the standard beer glass—the ubiquitous piece called a shaker glass—does no favors for any beer, glass-

ware aficionados say. It is only used at all because it’s easy for bar managers to stack, rinse and handle. The idea of style-specific glassware is based on the premise that a beer’s subtlest nuances will literally escape, or elude detection as you gulp it, if the glass is not shaped in a way that helps to aerate the beer and deliver the aromas and flavors to your tongue. Many beer-focused bars adhere to glassware guidelines by keeping an array of glass styles on their shelves. Recently, another piece was added to their arsenals. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., in collaboration with Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, created a new glass specifically designed for drinking IPAs. The lower interior of the glass is ribbed, which aerates the beer as it’s poured. Then, a small nub at the bottom center of the glass called a nucleation point helps to release carbon dioxide from the beer, which flows upward as a stream of bubbles. “In almost any beer glass, you’ll see bubbles rising up from points on the inside of the

Heady matters No matter the style of glass, the proper pour is essential If you thought enjoying a beer was as simple as opening a bottle, you may also have believed it was as simple as emptying the bottle into a glass. But there is a right way and a wrong way to pour beer. First thing: No matter what style of glass you use, don’t use one with lingering traces of soap suds or oils. You want a clean glass, both to better taste and better see the beer. Now, tilt the glass at a 45-degree angle and pour vigorously. This aerates the beer and helps create a thick head of foam. RateBeer.com’s Joe Tucker says to never pour a beer to the top of a glass. Having space at the top of the glass, on top of an inch or so of foam, creates a space for the beer’s freshly released aromatics. —Alastair Bland

glass, but the nucleation point magnifies this effect,” says Bill Manley, beer ambassador for Sierra Nevada. “When you look into this glass filled with beer, what you see is a small tornado of bubbles rising from the bottom.” At the top of the glass, the rim narrows, helping to contain the beer’s foam and aromas so it can be better enjoyed. The collaborative IPA glass costs $9 at the Sierra Nevada gift shop. Not everyone in the beer industry vouches for the science of beer glassware. At Lagunitas Brewing Co. in Petaluma, founder Tony Magee says the notion of having specific glasses for specific beers “is some of the most pretentious nonsense ever to fall into the craft [beer] realm.” “I think the special glassware is pure branding, not much more,” says Magee, whose beer is served in mason jars at the Lagunitas taprooms in both Petaluma and Chicago. “A fluted lip and a sharp or rounded edge may have some impact on your perception of the beer, but why would you need the glass to make the beer taste better if the beer was delicious in the first place? It’s just promotion.” Joe Tucker, owner of the popular RateBeer.com website concedes that the experience of holding a nice goblet or snifter may

Sierra Nevada’s specialty IPA glass in action at the brewery. PHOTO BY MELANIE MACTAVISH

enhance one’s experience of drinking a beer. In this way, one could argue that the glassware has made a beer taste better, Tucker says. However, he does not believe that every beer style must be served in its own glass, which he considers a convention established by marketers. “I’m very dubious of people’s claims that a certain glass will increase the performance of their beer,” Tucker says. Tucker says sensory scientists who have analyzed different styles of glassware have concluded that subtle differences in shape make little, if any, difference in how a wine tastes. He feels the same conclusion can be applied to specialized beer glassware. So how should one drink a beer? Tucker says any snifter-style glass with a rim that is narrower than the body of the glass will allow the aromas to waft off of a beer while remaining within the glass. Thing is, the snifter should work fine for all beers, Tucker says. And if you don’t have a snifter? Use a wine glass, says Tucker, who feels your beer—whether stout, pilsner or IPA—won’t know the difference. Ω October 9, 2014

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I thought of Dr. Stephen Beckham and wished he could see what I was seeing. story and Beckham is the Lewis and photos by Clark College professor who, in Robert Speer 2006, issued a report—commisrobertspeer@ sioned and paid for by Butte newsreview.com County—concluding that the Mechoopda Tribe of Chico REVIEW Rancheria wasn’t an authentic Mik ‘cupu dy: This Is Our Home, Here Indian tribe. Rather, they were We Remain and One members of various tribes from all Hundred Years of over Northern California who just Chico History: happened to end up working for 1860-1960 John Bidwell, Chico’s founder, Chico Museum and living on his ranch. Beckham’s report was part of an 141 Salem St. Hours: Wed.-Sun. effort by Butte County to derail the noon-4 p.m. Mechoopda’s plans to build a casi891-4336 no on ancestral lands south of www.chico museum.org Chico, but it backfired. Chicoans, who knew the tribe was an integral part of the town’s history, repudiated the report and shamed the county for purchasing it. If there are any remaining doubts about the Mechoopda’s legitimacy, this exhibit should dispel them. As curated by Arlene Ward, a trained archeologist and ethnographer as well as a tribal elder, it creates a compelling image of people who for thousands of years, time immemorial to them, lived off the land without harming it. And they lived well: The earth was so abundant with fish and game, berries and acorns and other foodstuffs, and the weather so mild, that they needed to work only about 15 hours a week for sustenance, on average. Then came the Europeans. In 1832, the French fur trapper Michele Laframbois traveled down the Central Valley, leaving infestations of malaria and smallpox in his wake. Whole villages were wiped out. It was the time of “he:non,” or “dying in groups,” as the exhibit states. By 1846, sufficient numbers of Europeans had come into Northern California to make the balance of cultures unstable. “Our places to gather, hunt, fish, and trade became areas of conflict,” the exhibit 24

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reads. “... [A] mere eleven men had claimed ownership of thousands of acres within our homeland.” As the conflicts became more violent, many Indians sought refuge on Bidwell’s rancho. It was an uncomfortable existence: Bidwell expected them to labor more than they were accustomed to, and they didn’t always get along with each other. They called their village along Big Chico Creek “Bahapki,” or “unsifted,” because “our people were from many villages and not united through marriage or birth,” the exhibit explains. Life didn’t get easier. When Annie Bidwell arrived in 1868, she insisted that her husband move the Indians away from their creekside home behind his mansion and resettle them about a mile away, on the Chico rancheria between Sacramento and Second avenues, separated from their beloved creek. The exhibit documents the several methods the white settlers, aided and abetted by the federal government, used to separate the Mechoopda from their land after Annie’s death in 1918. (Only the rancheria’s burial ground remains.) There’s an excellent documentary video available for viewing that gives a brief but vivid history of the tribe and conveys, in a profound way, the sorrow they felt as they lost their connection to Mother Earth. This exhibit is not just a litany of grievances, however. Far more attention is paid to the tribe’s remarkable adaptability. “We didn’t want it to seem whiny,” Ward said. “We wanted to show the resilience of the tribe over the years.” They’ve certainly succeeded. Just as important, they have mounted a beautiful and effective exhibit (kudos to designer Kelly Lindner). If I’m not mistaken, this is the first time the Mechoopda have described the tribe’s history as they see it (including using Maidu terms displayed phonetically), and it’s an invaluable contribution to the greater community’s knowledge and understanding. Also opening this week, in the museum’s south room, is another new exhibit, One Hundred Years of Chico History: 1860-1960. This is a series of photographs arranged decade-by-decade with accompanying notes. Most of the photos come from the collections of the late John Nopel and local historian Randy Taylor. Many of them are familiar, having appeared elsewhere, and the exhibit necessarily leaves out far more than it includes, but it’s well worth viewing. Ω

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Special Events THIRD STREET HARVEST CELEBRATION: Celebrate fall with food, music, raffles, prices and special savings with Third Street shops. Th, 10/9, 5-8pm. Downtown Chico.

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Art Receptions HEALING ART GALLERY: Celebrating Healing Art Gallery artists Jane King and Gina Rose Halpern, both Northern California artists touched by cancer. Refreshments and live music. Th, 10/9, 4:30-6pm. Enloe Cancer Center, 265 Cohasset Rd.

HUMANITY BITES: A reception for the artist Eunkang Koh’s mixed-media works of gauche on paper, paintings and hand-sewn dolls with animal/human hybrid faces. Th, 10/9, 5-7pm. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

aspiring novelists who sign up for a private writing class with an international literary figure. Directed by Joe Hilsee. 10/9-10/25, 7:30pm. $12-$15. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroom theatre.com.

Poetry/Literature AUTHOR READING: American River College’s Ad Lumen Press presents three authors: Lois Ann Abraham, Jason Sinclair Long and Michael Spurgeon. Th, 10/9, 7-8pm. Lyon Books, 135 Main St., (530) 891-3338, www.lyonbooks.com.

PARADISE LIBRARY CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION: Local authors night with book signings/sales, live music, and refreshments. Th, 10/9, 78:30pm. Free. Butte County Library, Paradise Branch, 5922 Clark Rd. in Paradise, (530) 8726320, www.buttecounty.net/bclibrary/ Paradise.htm.

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Special Events CHICO BEER WEEK 2014: See Thursday. www.chicobeerweek.net.

CRIME AFTER CRIME: A documentary screening and discussion for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in partnership with CLIC. F, 10/10, 7-9pm. Free. Chico State, BMU 210, (530) 898-5676.

HARVEST SIDEWALK SALE: Downtown merchants

Music BRANFORD WITH THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Multiple Grammy Award–winning saxophonist, Tony Award nominee, and composer Branford Marsalis joins the highly celebrated Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia in an evening of Baroque masterpieces by Albinoni, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, and others. Th, 10/9, 7:30pm. $10-$44. Laxson Auditorium, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.chicoperforman ces.com.

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and the Downtown Chico Business Association invite the community to “rake in” the savings as sidewalks and storefronts display clothing, shoes, jewelry, home furnishings, and art supplies at bargain rates. 10/10-10/11, 9am-5pm. Downtown Chico.

FINE ARTS SIERRA ORO FARM TRAIL PASSPORT WEEKEND: See Saturday. Chico Chamber of Commerce, 441 Main St. 150, (530) 891-5556, www.sierra oro.org.

STOCK DOG TRIALS AND FIBER FUSION: See Saturday. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 342-4359.

Art Receptions CHICO EXPERIENCE OPENING: Meet local artist, Jake Early at the opening for his installation series located throughout downtown Chico and the unveiling of the final print in the Chico Experience series. One hundred signed, limited-edition hand printed serigraphs will be available for sale. Plus, live entertainment from Warren Haskel. F, 10/10, 5-7pm. Free. Chico Paper Co., 345 Broadway, (530) 891-0900, www.chicopapercompany.com.

THE STREETS OF CHICO: A reception for paintings by artist Marilyn Walsh. F, 10/10, 4-8pm. Sally Dimas Art Gallery, 493 East Ave., (530) 3453063.

Theater THE SEMINAR: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blue roomtheatre.com.

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Special Events AUTUMN FEST: Celebrate fall with a pumpkin patch, hayrides, petting zoo, scarecrow contest and activities all month long. Also, a vintage blacksmith exhibit on display and tours of the historic Glenwood Farm House. Sa, Su, 10am-4pm through 10/26. $5. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 342-4359.

CHICO BEER WEEK 2014: See Thursday. www.chicobeerweek.net.

HARVEST SIDEWALK SALE: See Friday. Downtown Chico.

HUNTER’S FULL MOON HAUNTED DRIFT AND CONCERT: Meet at Riverbend Park and float down to River Reflections to be greeted by a wine bar, Taqueria Hidalgo and entertainment from Running In The Shadows, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band. Sa, 10/11, 7-11pm. $10-$20. River Reflections, 4360 Pacific Heights Rd. in Oroville, (530) 533-1995, www.rvparkresorts.com.

NEOTROPOLIS: A vision of new urban life with Chikoko in their latest fashion show/performance with local models showcasing wearable art with concepts of business and emerging botanical life. No host bar by KZFR, edible art from Chico Natural, and local clothing for sale. Sa, 10/11, 7:30pm. $20-$25. Silver Dollar Fairgrounds, 2357 Fair St., (530) 895-4666.

PERRY MASON DAYS: Butte County Historical Society hosts a celebration of the life and times of Erle Stanley Gardner, author of the Perry Mason books, with guest speakers and films. Sa, 10/11, 11am-3pm. Donations. Ehmann Home, 1480 Lincoln St. in Oroville, (530) 5335316.

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LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL Opens Saturday, Oct. 11 Chico Theater Company SEE SATURDAY, THEATER

SIERRA ORO FARM TRAIL PASSPORT WEEKEND: The agri-tourism adventure provides trail goers with the chance to savor the farmfresh bounty of Butte County. Meet local farmers and winemakers and sample the amazing bounty. Sa, 10/11, 10am-5pm, Su, 10/12, 10am-5pm. $25 -$30. Chico Chamber of Commerce, 441 Main St. 150, (530) 891-5556, www.sierraoro.org.

STOCK DOG TRIALS AND FIBER FUSION: Watch sheep dogs competing and hearding and experience the variety of ways to work with yarn with the help of a yak, alpacas, sheep and rabbits. Plus, a special performance from The Chico Community Band at 1:30pm. 10/1110/12, 8am-5pm. Patrick Ranch Museum, 10381 Midway, (530) 342-4359.

Music DANIEL HIESTAND MEMORIAL CONCERT: To honor the late Chico band professor, and to support the scholarship in his name, the Chico State Band and alumni play an evening of his favorite tunes. Chico State Wind Ensemble opens the night. Sa, 10/11, 7:30pm. Free, Donations Accepted. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.

LEGALLY BLONDE THE MUSICAL: A fast-paced comedy about the fashionable, ditsy Elle Woods who is determined to get her boyfriend back. Th-Sa, 7:30pm through 11/8. Opens 10/11. $12-$20. Chico Theater Company, 166-F Eaton Rd., (530) 894-3282, www.chicotheater company.com.

THE SEMINAR: See Thursday. Blue Room Theatre, 139 W. First St., (530) 895-3749, www.blueroomtheatre.com.

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Music A FALL COLLAGE: COLORFUL SONGS: The Children’s Choir of Chico opens its 14th concert season with a musical showcase of songs that express feelings of joy, longing, fun and celebration. Su, 10/12, 2pm. $5-$10. Faith Lutheran Church, 667 E. First Ave. Near Mangrove, (530) 895-3754, http://flchico.org.

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TELLING AMY’S STORY: A screening and discussion for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in partnership with Butte College Safe Place. M, 10/13, 1-3pm. Free. Butte College Culture and Community Center, 3536 Butte Campus, Oroville, (530) 895-2813.

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Music THE PIMPS OF JOYTIME: Brooklyn-based Latin inspired rhythms, funk and groove with soulful dance beats. Tu, 10/14, 7:30pm. $25. Sierra Nevada Big Room, 1075 East 20th St., (530) 3452739, www.sierranevada.com/bigroom.

Theater LIVING DEAD IN DENMARK: Ever wondered what happened after the final curtain fell on Hamlet? Simple: zombies took over Denmark and now humanity’s hope lies with a Shakespearean version of The Avengers. 10/14-10/18, 7:30pm, 10/18-10/19, 2pm. $6-$15. Wismer Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333, www.csuchico.edu/upe/boxoffice.html.

CHALLENGE FONDO: A Fondo is a cross between a century ride and a bike race. See website for details. Su, 10/12, 6:30am. www.chicovelo.org.

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1078 GALLERY: Humanity Bites, artist Eunkang Koh shows mixed-media works of gauche on paper, paintings and hand-sewn dolls with animal/human hybrid faces. 10/9-11/1. 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078 gallery.org.

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CHIKOKO’S NEOTROPLIS Saturday, Oct. 11 Silver Dollar Fairgrounds

undergraduates Garret Goodwin, Ian Roffe and Max Valentine exhibit various print techniques and imagery. 10/9-10/15. BMU, third floor, Chico State, (530) 898-5489.

AVENUE 9 GALLERY: Other Worlds, a retrospective exhibit featuring sculpture from artist Doug Rathbun. Also: Norm Dillinger Retrospective, an exhibit showcasing the paintings from artist Norm Dillinger. Through 10/12. 180 E. Ninth Ave., (530) 8791821, www.avenue9gallery.com.

CHICO ART CENTER: Open Studios Gallery

Show, participants of the Open Studios Art Tour showcase their works. Through 10/26. 450 Orange St., (530) 895-8726, www.chico artcenter.com.

CITY HALL: Art in City Hall, 23 works from the Museum of Northern California Art (monCA) collection are on display showcasing various media from local and north state artists. 10/9-11/21. 9426 Main St. in Plymouth, (916) 600-1954.

DOWNTOWN CHICO: Window Art Walk, the Chico Arts Commission and DCBA present the annual Window Arts Walk in downtown Chico during the month of October. Over 40 businesses and 50 artists participate during Artoberfest. Through 10/31. Downtown Chico.

EMPIRE COFFEE: CAC Portrait Drawing Group

Art Show, a group art show of portrait drawings done by artists over the course of the past year and a half. Through 10/31. 434 Orange St., (530) 899-8267.

HEALING ART GALLERY: Jane King and Gina Rose Halpern, Northern California artists touched by cancer. Through 10/9. 265 Cohasset Rd. inside Enloe Cancer Center, (530) 332-3856.

NAKED LOUNGE TEA & COFFEEHOUSE: Staff

Group Art, the motley group of polymaths are stealing the walls at the lounge to showcase their artistic talents beyond serving delicious caffeinated beverages. Through 10/31. 118 W Second St., (530) 8950676.

SALLY DIMAS ART GALLERY: Streets Of Chico

My Home Town, new works from artist Marilyn Walsh. Through 11/3. 493 East Ave., (530) 345-3063.

UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY: Photographs, San Francisco-based artist Joshua Martinez explores memory and experience using analog photography techniques. Through 10/24. Trinity Hall Chico State, (530) 8985864.

VALENE L. SMITH MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY: Wearing the Art of Chikoko, the far-out world of Chikoko, local collective of artists, designers, and performers who have shared unique creations that blur the lines between art and fashion. Through 10/11. Meriam Library Complex Chico State.

Museums CHICO CREEK NATURE CENTER: Banding by Day and Night, a close look at birds in hand with incredible detail. Ongoing. $2-$4. 1968 E. Eighth St., (530) 891-4671, www.bidwellpark.org.

CHICO MUSEUM: Mik ‘cupu Dy: This is Our

Home, Here We Remain, the exhibit focuses on the tribe’s heritage and history and presented from the perspective of the Mechoopda people using the four seasons to delineate periods of happiness, success and tragedy. Ongoing. 141 Salem St., (530) 891-4336, www.chicomuseum.org.

GATEWAY SCIENCE MUSEUM: Explore Evolution, investigate evolutionary principles in organisms ranging from smallest to the largest with interactive exhibits. Ongoing. Changing California, journey through geological and ecological transformations in Northern California. Ongoing. $3-$6. 625 Esplanade, www.csuchico.edu/ gateway.

JAMES SNIDLE FINE ARTS & APPRAISALS:

GOLD NUGGET MUSEUM: Laundry Exhibit, learn

JANET TURNER PRINT MUSEUM: Legacy: Janet

PARADISE DEPOT MUSEUM: A railroad and log-

Japan, influenced by her latest travels to Japan, artist Paula Busch showcases Ukiyo-e caricatures in encaustic. Through 10/31. 254 E. Fourth St., (530) 343-2930, www.jamessnidlefinearts.com.

Turner- Artist, Mentor, Teacher, the exhibition presents the late Janet Turner’s prints inspired by her years in Chico, as well as a selection of student prints that she obtained for her collection. Through 10/25. Chico State, (530) 898-4476, www.theturner.org.

about the laundry devices ranging from the late 1800’s glass washboards to a classic Kenmore winger washer from the 1940s. Ongoing. 502 Pearson Rd. in Paradise, (530) 872-8722, www.goldnuggetmuseum.com.

ging museum in Paradise. Ongoing, 7-9pm. 5570 Black Olive Dr. in Paradise, (530) 8771919.

LAXSON FINE ART GALLERY: Is Beauty

Enough?, photographs from graduate students Malinda Blank and Adria Davis. Through 10/24. 400 W. First St. CSU Chico, Laxson Audtorium.

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Full moon float Had your fill of corn mazes? Local haunted houses just not giving you the thrills you crave? Well, then, how about a haunted river? The folks at River Reflections RV Resort and Campground in Oroville are offering a new, unique opportunity for Halloween-season chills with the Hunter’s Full Moon Haunted Drift and Concert on Saturday, Oct. 11. The fun starts at 7 EDITOR’S PICK p.m. with a spooky float down the Feather River under the full moon to River Reflections, where drifters will be greeted with a wine bar, food from Taqueria Hidalgo, and music by Running in the Shadows, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band. October 9, 2014

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weren’t ready yet, so I was only able to ask them for a recommendation on the pork. When I returned a couple hours later, owner Kevin Jaradah and his employee Josh Neel had picked out a bold choice for me to take home—Citrus Mistress, an IPA brewed with grapefruit peel, from Hop Valley Brewing. And, I have to say I was a little worried about such a hoppy beer with added citrus zest just wiping all trace of the tamale off my palate. And I was right. The beer is a great hop-heavy IPA, but it was a little overwhelming at first. But … I added some of Rico’s medium-hot salsa to my second bite and took another drink … [makes ridiculous mind-is-exploding hand gesture]. Holy cow! I would have thought that the piling on of so many strong flavors—the peppery, smoky salsa and the tongue-blasting profile of the double IPA—would be too much, but it turns out that all that hop-and-citrus flavor is best served by other big flavors, and the salsa’s grilled peppers were the ideal foil. In this case, it was the food highlighting the beer. Nice work. Ω

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Chico heavy-rock unit Cold Blue Mountain playing into music writers’ favorite (and lazy) little pastime. The five-piece’s by first full-length ripped and tore right Mark Lore through any silly labels, and the new markl@ album, Old Blood, is a beast unto its newsreview.com own. Cold Blue Mountain aren’t the same band they once were. What PREVIEW Cold Blue Mountain started out as a noisy and scrappy album-release instrumental trio has evolved into party, Friday, something heavier and much larger Oct. 17, 8 p.m., at in scope with the additions of guiCafé Coda. tarist Sesar Sanchez and vocalist The Shimmies and Armed for Brandon Squyres a couple of years Apocalypse open. ago. Old Blood is heavier and sludgiCost: $7. er than its predecessor, with a total of five songs clocking in at around Café Coda 45 minutes. 265 Humboldt Ave. Squyres didn’t hold back on this 566-9476 www.cafecoda.com album, concocting a concept based around a civilization that is overtaken by an opposing force. While the story is fictional, the parallels to history are clear. “I had been reading a lot of history about ancient civilizations, specifically the Native Americans,” Squyres explained. “What kept striking me, and really hit home, was the idea of so many civilizations throughout time, that were taken over such a long time ago, have almost completely forgotten who they were and where they came from.” The songs make up chapters in the story, concluding with the 11-minute bloodbath “Demise.” If there’s a story in there, you’ll just have to take Squyres’ word for it, with the vocals sounding as if he’s puking up shards of glass. Musically, it’s far more cinematic than

anything Cold Blue Mountain has done, creating suspense as heavy riffs disintegrate into piano and string lulls. “There are a lot of layers going on all over the record,” said drummer Daniel Taylor. “Layered guitar tracks, keyboard tracks and even tambourines and shakers and shit like that; things that generally have no place on a metal record.” Old Blood originally included two more chapters, but was trimmed to make it fit onto vinyl (those songs likely will find their way to split-releases with other artists at some point). Wisconsin label Halo of Flies (home to other Chico heavies Amarok and The Makai) released the album Oct. 2, and the band is celebrating with an album-release party Oct. 17 at Café Coda. It’s already catching the discerning ears of metal sites across the country on the strength of the band’s new video for “The Strongest Will,” a very Chico homage to classic rap videos that adds some light to the record’s dark subject matter. “I think both this video and our last video really show that we don’t take ourselves too seriously,” Taylor said. “I think it probably makes a lot of people who don’t know us, or know anything about how rad Chico is when it comes to creating awesomely fucked up juxtapositions, wonder what the hell is going on when they watch the video.” The clip also looks to confound listeners even more as to what the band is all about. Only the members of Cold Blue Mountain—rounded out by bassist Adrian Hammons and guitarist Will McGahan—know what it all means. Squyres says Cold Blue Mountain continues to evolve, but that the band’s philosophy is pretty simple. “We don’t write songs with the idea that they need to stay true to what we did before,” he said. “We write songs based on how we’re feeling and don’t throw away stuff just because it doesn’t fit to an old mold. If we all like it, we play it.” Ω October 9, 2014

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Rogue Farms Honey Kolsch Rogue Ales Kolsch Many breweries are adopting the farm-to-table, or farm-to-bottle, approach to brewing, but few do it better than Rogue Ales. At their 40-acre farm in Independence, Ore., Rogue raises chickens, hogs and turkeys while growing barley, hops and malt as well as pumpkins, jalapeños, marionberries. They also keep honey-producing bees. It’s this last one—the honey, not the bees—that makes it into their seasonal Rogue Farms Honey Kolsch, which has just started appearing on California shelves. Light and slightly sweet with enough hops to add some bite to the palate, it’s the perfect transition from summer to fall, from campfires to chestnuts roasting over an open fire. Does the Rogue Farms–produced honey make a difference? Does the free-range coastal water that goes into every Rogue beer add something to the taste? Perhaps, but one thing is for sure, Rogue’s continuing trend toward self-sustaining and sustainable brewing practices is the future for the food industry. Visit Rogue Farms and they’ll pour you a beer and invite you to wander through the farm and hop fields because they’re proud and passionate about where their ingredients come from, and that’s something you can taste. —Matthew Craggs

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Green Bullet Green Flash Brewing Co. triple IPA Most of the best big and bold IPAs that hopheads go gaga over come out of breweries in the western states, and arguably the largest cluster of great single, double and triple IPAs can be found in the San Diego area. Ballast Point Sculpin, Stone Ruination and Green Flash West Coast IPA are some of the best examples of the style that you can find anywhere, and all can readily be found at affordable prices on shelves and taps around Chico. One look at Green Flash’s portfolio in particular, and you see the brewery is committed to hopheavy brews. One of the biggest in the bunch is Green Bullet, a triple IPA that’s released each fall and clocks in at 10.1 percent ABV and more than 100 IBUs (international bitterness units). Brewed with a couple of varieties of New Zealand hops—Pacific Gem and Green Bullet— it’s an aggressively bitter beer that bites hard with a piney, zesty spiciness, that gives way to a lingering sweetness that’s on the edge of being too sticky. A fun experience if you’re in the mood for something bold.

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Unless there’s some other strain of bacterial infection in an as-of-yet-unexplored outpost of the beerverse, sour beers are my final frontier as a craft-beer fan. I’ve spent the last few years exploring beers with everything from the funky ripened fruit of Belgian yeast strains to the noble rot of fungus-covered grapes, and have forced my taste buds into recalibration from one style to the next. And as a result, I have new, greatly expanded parameters for beer enjoyment. For someone still at the bottom of what appears to be a steep learning curve of sour appreciation, San Francisco’s Almanac Beer Co.’s Farmers Reserve Citrus is a pretty bold/ridiculous place to start. This sour, or wild, ale (“sour blonde ale” is what the brewers call it) stacks the deck by adding the zest of citrons (“Buddha’s Hand” citrons, no less), tart Bergamont orange juice, sourdough starter (in addition to the wild American and Belgian yeast strains) before aging it in oak wine barrels. There is a little oak flavor in the background, and a hint of the vanilla flavor that’s advertised, but the overriding experience manufactured by all that attention paid to the sour side of the palate is, well, pretty freaking sour. But tart is the point here, and the super-long finish is fruity and a little funky and ultimately very enjoyable. Available locally at Spike’s Bottle Shop. —Jason Cassidy

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Reviewers: Craig Blamer, Bob Grimm, Jim Lane and Juan-Carlos Selznick.

Dolphin Tale 2

Opening this week Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

A live-action adaptation of Judith Viorst’s much-loved 1972 children’s book about a boy who, along with the rest of his family, is having a really, really bad day. Starring Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner and young Ed Oxenbould as the title character. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

Dracula Untold

A new Dracula with a new backstory involving a Transylvanian prince who makes a deal with a sorcerer for superhuman powers that come with a nasty side effect of making him insatiably crave human blood. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG-13.

The Judge

David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) directs this dramedy about a hotshot lawyer (Robert Downey Jr.) who returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral only to be confronted with the prospect of having to defend his father (Robert Duvall), the local judge, in a murder trial. Also starring Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio and Billy Bob Thornton. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

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Despite a great cast and director, novelturned-film never fully comes together

he film version of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl runs nearly

2 1/2 hours, and it held my interest far beyond the point where the characters and plot ceased to matter much. The main issue, for me, became, “Can this mess of a movie pull itself together?” rather than, “How will it end?” by Director David Fincher seems an Juan-Carlos apt choice for this particular tale, but Selznick he and an impressive cast have little luck in giving any genuinely dramatic depth to Flynn’s narrative concoction (she is credited as sole author of the screenplay adaptation). The central figures in the tale are a Gone Girl mildly klutzy hunk named Nick Starring Ben Dunne (Ben Affleck) and his perfectly Affleck, groomed blonde wife, Amy Rosamund Pike, (Rosamund Pike). The film begins Neil Patrick Harris and Tyler with Nick puzzling over the mysterPerry. Directed ies of his wife’s character, then by David Fincher. moves quickly into its pivotal plot Cinemark 14, strand—Amy’s sudden, mysterious, Feather River and increasingly alarming disappearCinemas and Paradise Cinema ance. But Gone Girl is only partly a 7. Rated R. mystery story. Soon enough, it diversifies its dramatic potential via an assortment of secondary characters, each of whom has significant connections with one or both of the Dunnes. And in a way, it becomes more of a psychological horror story in its prolonged second half. A wealthy bachelor named Desi (Neil Patrick Harris), an erstwhile suitor of Amy who still adores her, becomes a crucial figure in the later portions of the drama. And Nick’s twin sister Margo (Carrie Coon) proves a fierce and volatile ally for her brother. A couple of cable TV scandal-mongers accentuate a semi-satirical theme of manufactured personalities, an issue that takes on anguishing importance in the film’s final stages. A swashbuckling defense attorney

(Tyler Perry) and a no-nonsense police detective (Kim Dickens) bring welcome notes of sanity to the steadily escalating lunacy of the main story. In a way, the film runs aground on its own key points. The characters’ susceptibility to illusion and delusion seems tailor-made for a Fincher movie, but Nick and Amy are obvious phonies right from the start, and the film never is able to make their story matter much. Ω

It’s still Paris My Old Lady

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Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline), a failed playwright with several

divorces and no life savings, arrives in Paris to claim the house bequeathed to him by his late and not much loved father. There he finds Mathilde Girard (Maggie Smith), his father’s one-time mistress, still occupying the premises along with her sour-tempered adult daughter, Chloé (Kristin Scott Thomas). Something like the French version of a reverse mortgage requires Mathias to let her have the run of the place even though he is now technically the owner. Legal niceties aside, the situation becomes the serio-comic occasion for a cross-generational settling (and renewal) of emotional accounts. For Mathias in particular but also for Chloé, it is a weirdly belated coming-of-age story. The script, adapted by writer-director Israel Horovitz, is a little creaky, but not so much that it spoils the pleasure these brief encounters with Kline, Scott Thomas and Smith, as well as the comic actor Dominique Pinon (Diva, Delicatessen, etc.) and the city of Paris. Ω

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A Mormon church-produced documentary that follows the lives of six devout church members living in different parts of the world. Paradise Cinema 7. Rated PG.

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The Drop

The Drop has been noted for the final performance from the late James Gandolfini, and he and his character (a bar owner named Marv) are indeed among the strong points of this hard-bitten crime drama/character study. But it’s Marv’s younger cousin, a taciturn bartender named Bob Saginowski (an excellent Tom Hardy), who is the real and vital center of this character-driven tale adapted by author Dennis Leehane from one of his own short stories. The title refers to the taverns and bars that racketeers use as temporary banks for a single night’s profits. Marv’s bar, which he no longer actually owns, is one such “drop,” and the fallout from his underworld dealings sparks much of the drama that threatens to engulf Bob and several others. Each of the characters brings out something distinctive in Bob and, to a lesser extent, in Marv as well. And yet part of the special power and mystery of The Drop is that, even with these added perspectives, we don’t really have a full picture of who Bob is until the end, and maybe not even then. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13 —J.C.S.

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If you bring home a creepy vintage doll as a gift for both your pregnant wife and your unborn child, you should expect your home will be invaded by a satanic cult leaving a cursed devil doll in its wake. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R.

The Boxtrolls

A stop-motion animation feature about an orphaned boy (voiced by Isaac HempsteadWright) who is trying to save the Boxtrolls— the community of trash-collecting trolls who took him in—from destruction at the hands of and exterminator names Archibald Snatcher. Also starring the voices of Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Tracy Morgan. Cinemark 14, Feather

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Because there are more inspiring stories of rehabilitated dolphins than can fit in one movie, Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Jr. have all returned to the aquarium to tell one more tail tale. Cinemark 14. Rated PG.

The Equalizer

The title character in The Equalizer (played by Denzel Washington) is an ex-CIA agent who sits alone in an all-night restaurant, reading classic literature and staying ready to serve as mentor to the young and avenging angel on behalf of the aggrieved. In a way, Robert McCall (Washington) is a superhero in disguise—a solitary, upright, middle-aged guy in a flannel shirt, enjoying a backstreet retirement even though awake all night. He has no special costume and no special effects, except for the sleight-of-hand editing of the fight scenes that imply turbocharged killer skills while failing to show just how a single warrior might actually pulverize a half-dozen thugs who have him surrounded in a locked room. There’s a high body count throughout The Equalizer, with parts of the first half being particularly bloody. Director Antoine Fuqua eases up on the gory details in the second half and devotes a little more attention to various secondary characters. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R —J.C.S.

Gone Girl

See review this issue. Cinemark 14, Feather River Cinemas and Paradise Cinema 7. Rated R —J.C.S.

Left Behind

First sign of the Rapture: Nicolas Cage stars in a film based on the Left Behind series of novels about the end of the world. Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated PG-13.

The Maze Runner

An adaptation of James Dashner’s youngadult sci-fi book of the same name about a group of teenagers trying to escape from the center of a giant maze that is patrolled by murderous creatures called Grievers. Cinemark 14. Rated PG-13.

My Old Lady

See review this issue. Pageant Theatre. Rated PG-13.

This is Where I Leave You

Director Shawn Levy has a strong script here (by Jonathan Tropper, from his novel) and a stronger cast. Tropper’s story is the reunion of the four adult Altman siblings at the funeral of their father. Their mother Hilary (Jane Fonda) insists that the family sit shiva for him. That means seven days. They’re not estranged, exactly, just not all that comfortable around each other for any length of time. Jason Bateman plays Judd, still reeling from catching his wife, Quinn (Abigail Spencer), in bed with his boss. He learns of his father’s death from his older sister Wendy (Tina Fey), the sibling who most often plays buffer and peacemaker among the others. There’s also Paul (Corey Stoll), whose wife, Alice (Kathryn Hahn), is desperate to have a baby, and the youngest sibling, who still hasn’t really grown up, Phillip (Adam Driver). There’s an honest bittersweetness to the film. The Altmans may send each other up the walls sometimes, but there’s an affectionate bond that can’t be denied. “You may be idiots,” Wendy tells her brothers, “but you’re my idiots.” Cinemark 14 and Feather River Cinemas. Rated R —J.L.

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Guardians of the Galaxy

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10FRIDAY BASSMINT: A (mostly) weekly electronic dance party with a rotating cast of local and regional DJs. Check with venue for details. F, 9:30pm. Peeking Chinese Restaurant, 243 W. Second St., (530) 895-3888.

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BRANFORD WITH THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Th, 10/9, 7:30pm. $10-$44. Laxson

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CAMPFIRE CONCERT SERIES: Music from

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hosts the kick-off party for Chico Beer Week, with beers from Nor Cal breweries, and bands from of three Nor Cal locales, including Michelin Embers (Chico), Exquisite Corps (Sacramento) and 4 Pounds of Lightning (Trinity Alps). Th, 10/9, 7-10pm. $5. The Graduate, 344 W. Eighth St., (530) 3432790, www.chicobeerweek.net.

the heart of the West with Dave Stamey. Th, 10/9, 7pm. $25. Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Myers St. in Oroville, (530) 538-2470, www.orovillestatetheatre.com.

CHICO JAZZ COLLECTIVE: Thursday jazz.

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

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

HAPPY HOUR: Hot Flash. Th, 10/9, 6-9pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

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garage rockers are joined by fellow Portlanders Static and The Cubes. Plus, local punk/garage rock from Severance Package and bully punk from Trox and The Terribles. F, 10/10, 8pm. $5. Monstros Pizza & Subs, 628 W. Sacramento Ave., (530) 345-7672.

OVERLAKE: Indie/alt rock from New

John Seid, Larry Peterson and Eric Peter as they play and eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. Th, 10/9, 6-9pm. Grana, 198 E. Second St., (530) 809-2304.

Jersey, plus local math-rockers The Americas and Redding’s Belda Beast. Th, 10/9, 8pm. $5-$10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

Williams. F, 10/10, 9:30pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feath erfallscasino.com/brewing-co.

FRANKIE BALLARD: Up-and-coming country star from Nashville. F, 10/10, 8:30pm. $30. Colusa Casino Resort, 3770 Hwy. 45 in Colusa, (530) 458-8844, www.colusacasino.com.

FRIDAY MORNING JAZZ: A weekly morning jazz appointment with experimental local troupe Bogg. F, 11am. Free. Café Coda, 265 Humboldt Ave., (530) 5669476, www.cafecoda.com.

FURLOUGH FRIDAYS ALBUM RELEASE: Local four-piece release their new album Divided with support from Dr. Luna, Skattered Bones and Sacramento’s Fall Rise. F, 10/10, 9pm.

LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

HAPPY HOUR: Dess Fivethousand from The Maker’s Mile, Rachelle Debelle from Dr. Luna, Jeremy Crossley of Bogart The Monster, and Dr. Pockets from Burn. F, 10/10, 6-9pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING: All levels

welcome. No partner needed. F, 7:30pm. $2. Chico Creek Dance Centre, 1144 W. First St., (530) 345-8134.

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

THE INCITERS: Purveyors of 1960s soul from Aptos. Plus, local funk/soul from LIsa Valentine & the Unloveable and rock from Wanderers and Wolves. F, 10/10, 9pm. $5. Maltese Bar & Tap Room, 1600 Park Ave., (530) 343-4915.

THE NIBBLERS: Funk, rhythm and soul from Sacramento. F, 10/10. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 891-1853.

11SATURDAY 80S NIGHT: Wear your best 80s attire and dance the night away. Sa, 8pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.lasallesbar.com.

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CAREY ROBINSON TRIO: Jazz. Tu, 6-9pm. Shenanigan’s, 3212 Esplanade, (530) 809-1088.

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Massachusetts, plus local funk and soul from Sofa King. Tu, 10/14, 8pm. $5$10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

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honor the late Chico band professor, and to support the scholarship in his name, the Chico State Band and alumni play an evening of his favorite tunes. Chico State Wind Ensemble opens the night. Sa, 10/11, 7:30pm. Free, donations accepted. Harlen Adams Theatre, Chico State, (530) 898-6333.

Seid and Eric Peter mix it up with standards, country, blues and more. Sa, 10/11, 7-10pm. Shenanigan’s, 3212 Esplanade, (530) 809-1088.

ELECTRIC CANYON CONVERGENCE & ASHER FULERO BAND: Local collaborative super group of musicians and singer songwriters are joined by well-traveled keyboardist/singersongwriter Asher Fulero. Sa, 10/11. Lost On Main, 319 Main St., (530) 8911853.

HOUSE OF FLOYD: A Pink Floyd tribute

band hailing from the Bay Area. Sa, 10/11, 9pm. $5. Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., 3 Alverda Dr. in Oroville, (530) 533-3885, www.feather fallscasino.com/brewing-co.

hits from the 80s and 90s. Sa, 10/11, 5:30-8:30pm. LaSalles, 229 Broadway, (530) 893-1891, www.otrrock.com.

the duo as they play and eclectic mix of The Beatles, blues and standards. Su, 10/12, 6-9pm. 5th Street Steakhouse, 345 W. Fifth St., (530) 8916328, www.5thstreetsteakhouse.com.

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by local country musicians Rich and Kendall. Sa, 5-9pm. Free. Scotty’s Landing, 12609 River Rd., (530) 7102020.

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THE PIMPS OF JOYTIME: Brooklyn-based

hardcore quartet return to Chico. Also, Icarus The Owl, a four-piece alt-rock band from Portland and locals Surrounded By Giants. Su, 10/12, 8pm. $5-$10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

rhythm-makers and Portland psychedelic linguist, respectively, are joined by locals Stubblegum. Sa, 10/11, 8pm. $5-$10. 1078 Gallery, 820 Broadway, (530) 343-1973, www.1078gallery.org.

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BEER AND SADNESS I hate to ever say, “I need a drink,” but when 5 o’clock rolls around … This has been one of those weeks—illness, major surgery, deaths—so many people in my family/friend/Chico sphere in pain. And even though at this time it feels fairly insensitive to talk up this week’s Chico Beer Week festivities, I’d guess that more than one of you reading this could use a beer right about now. So, anyone who wants to share a pint, drop me a line. We’ll go scare up a fancy beer or two and raise a glass to the ones we love. As you may have noticed on the pages of this week’s special beer-week insert, Chico’s craft-beer purveyors have provided an amazing lineup from which to pick and choose between now and Oct. 18. Cheers! JAKE-SPLOSION! I’d be willing to bet that no locally grown artist has sold more art than printmaker Jake Early. For the last dozen years, his release of prints in his various series of serigraphs, many featuring iconic images from the area around his Chico hometown—Caper Acres, Monkey Face, etc.—would cause lines out the door of Chico Paper Co. Over the course of the past few weeks, Early has been taking his local nostalgia to the next level with his My Hometown series of publicart installations. All over downtown—along the wall at on the back side of Bat Comics, on the Second Street side of Zucchini & Vine, and on the side of Chico Paper Co. that faces the City Plaza—Early’s works have been going up at rate of one display per week. And this Friday, Oct. 10, starting at 9 a.m., Early will personally install the series finale on the parking-lot side of the Senator Theatre, a huge 20-by-20-feet pattern of 162 prints made up of nine new serigraphs. And that night, Chico Paper Co. will celebrate the feat with a reception, 5-7 p.m., which will include the unveiling of the final image in his five-part Chico Experience series.

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over the weekend. On Sunday, Oct. 5, Maria Phillips died from cancer. She was 70 years old. Even though I knew she had been sick, the news still came as a huge shock and I can hardly believe it. I met Maria back when she opened Avenue 9 Gallery in 2004, but I only really got to know her over the past four or five years. Always a seriously committed supporter of local arts, she was the sort of arts personality and spirited community advocate that made my job as arts editor fun. She was also my friend—a beautiful and intelligent woman with whom I always looked forward to speaking, especially since she would as often challenge me as she would embrace me. Here’s something we wrote about Maria in our 2012 Best of Chico issue, when CN&R editors picked her as “Best art maven who doubles as a community activist”: To those who know her, Maria Phillips is a force of nature, an energetic, upbeat advocate for all things Chico who brings an irrepressible flair to everything she does. Born in Rome, she spent her childhood in Venezuela before moving to this country when she was 11. She retains a bit of an accent, though whether of Italian, Spanish or French is hard to say, since she speaks all three in addition to English. Owner of the vibrant Avenue 9 Gallery, she also had a leading role in creating the Chico Visual Arts Alliance, the monthly ARTabout event and the Chico Art Map. When not promoting art, she’s been a leader of several political causes, including the successful effort to stop the M&T gravel mine west of town. Most recently, she Maria Phillips played a key role in the campaign to keep Bidwell Mansion open. For all of these reasons, on Oct. 2 she was honored with a Mayor’s Art Award for 2012. Add to all that the fact that she spearheaded the effort to produce the annual Art at the Matador spring festival at the Matador Hotel, and that she was herself a wonderful local painter who created colorful, expressive watercolor and mixed-media works. RIP Maria. You will not be forgotten.

FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9, 2014 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Situation

No. 1: If you meet resistance or doubt, say this: “Ha! This diversion can’t slow me down, because I am in possession of an invisible magical sword!” And then brandish a few charismatic swipes of your sword to prove that you mean business. Situation No. 2: If angst and worry are preventing your allies from synchronizing their assets with yours, say this: “Begone, dread! For with the power of my wicked crazy songs, I am the destroyer of fear.” And then sing your wicked crazy songs. Situation No. 3: If you’re finding it hard to discern the difference between useless, ugly monsters and useful, beautiful monsters, say this: “I am a useful, beautiful monster!” Your kind will flock to your side.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In her

poem “Advice to Myself,” Louise Erdrich speaks of the human heart as “that place you don’t even think of cleaning out. That closet stuffed with savage mementos.” I invite you to use her observations as a prod, Taurus. Now is an excellent time to purge the savage mementos from your heart, and clean the whole place up as best as you can. You don’t have to get all OCD about it. There’s no need to scour and scrub until everything’s spotless. Even a halfhearted effort will set in motion promising transformations in your love life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I hope you will learn more in the next eight months than you have ever before learned in a comparable period. I hope you will make a list of all the subjects you would love to study and all the skills you would love to master, and then devise a plan to gather the educational experiences with which you will reinvent yourself. I hope you will turn your curiosity on full-blast and go in quest of revelations and insights and epiphanies, smashing through the limits of your understanding as you explore the frontiers of sweet knowledge.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Three

times a week, I take a hike along a rough path through an oak forest. I say it’s rough because it’s strewn with loose rocks. If I don’t survey the ground as I move, I’m constantly turning my ankles. Or at least that was the case until last week. For two days, with the help of a rake, I cleared many of those bothersome obstacles off the trail. It took several hours, but now the way is smoother. My eyes are free to enjoy the sights that aren’t so close to the ground. I recommend that you do similar work. Stop tolerating inconveniences and irritations that hobble you. Get your foundations in shape to serve you better.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): American author

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was ahead of his time. He created the genre of the detective story and mastered the art of Gothic horror tales. According to the Internet Movie Database, 240 films have referenced themes from his work. British writer Aldous Huxley wasn’t a fan of Poe, though. He said Poe was “too poetical—the equivalent of wearing a diamond ring on every finger.” Judging from the astrological omens, I suspect you may be at risk to lapse into a diamond-ring-onevery-finger phase yourself, Leo. While I am all in favor of you unveiling more of your radiant beauty, I’m hoping you won’t go too far. How about wearing diamond rings on just four of your fingers?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Republican

Jody Hice is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Georgia’s 10th Congressional District. To bolster his authority, he repeats quotes by revered figures from American history. One of his favorites has been a gem from the sixth U.S. President, John Quincy Adams: “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The only problem is, those words were actually written by country singer Dolly Parton, not by Adams. Don’t get fooled by a comparable case of mistaken identity, Virgo. Be on the alert for unwarranted substitutions and problematic switcheroos. Be a staunch fact-checker. Insist on verification.

BY ROB BREzSNY LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “I am naughtiest of all,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson in a playful letter to Maggie Maher, dated October 1882. In accordance with the astrological omens, I authorize you to let that same declaration fly frequently from your own lips in the coming week. Feel free to invoke other variations on the theme of naughtiness, as well: “I am exploring the frontiers of naughtiness,” for example, or “You need to be naughtier” (said to a person you’d like to get naughty with), or “Being naughty is my current spiritual practice.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “There’s

a way not to be broken that takes brokenness to find it,” writes Naomi Shihab Nye in her poem “Cinco de Mayo.” I suspect this describes your situation right now. The bad news is that you are feeling a bit broken. The good news is that this is a special kind of brokenness—a brokenness that contains a valuable secret you have never been ready to learn before now. Allow yourself to feel the full intensity of the brokenness, and you will discover a way to never be broken like this again.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

Director Michael Bay makes big, loud, fast, melodramatic action films, including Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and the four Transformers movies. The critics hate him, but he’s unfazed. “I make movies for teenage boys,” he says. “Oh, dear, what a crime,” he adds sarcastically. I love that stance. He knows what he’s good at, and makes no apologies for doing it. I recommend that you cop some of that attitude right now.

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

walking in San Francisco, I passed the Pacific Heights Health Club. The sign out front said, “Birthday suits tailored here.” It was a witty reference to the idea that working out at a gym helps people get their naked bodies in good shape. I’d like to interpret the sign’s message in a different way, and apply it to you. The time is right for you to get back in touch with your raw, original self, and give it the care and the fuel and the treats it has been missing. Who did you start out to be? What does your soul’s blueprint say about who you must become? Home in on your source code and boost its signal.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Horror

novelist Stephen King has sold more than 350 million books. But when he was young and destitute, still honing his craft, his self-confidence was low. His breakthrough work was Carrie, about a teenage girl who develops telekinetic powers. But when he was first writing that manuscript on his old manual typewriter, he got so discouraged that he threw his first draft in the trash can. Luckily for him, his wife retrieved it and convinced him to keep plugging away. Eventually he finished, and later sold the paperback rights for $400,000. I hope you have an ally who will go digging in your garbage to fish out the good stuff you unwisely discard. Or maybe this horoscope will convince you not to scrap it in the first place.

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In a competitive game show on Japanese TV, 13 people had slabs of meat tied to their foreheads. They then poked their heads up from below, through holes in the floor of an elevated platform, where a hungry lizard was stalking around. But not one of the contestants stuck around when the lizard came to nibble the meat; they all ducked down out of their holes and fled to safety. That was probably wise, although it meant that the prize went unclaimed. Now I’m wondering, Sagittarius, about what might happen if a similar event were staged in your neighborhood. I suspect there’s a chance you would will yourself to stand calmly as the lizard feasted on the meat just inches from your eyes. As much as I admire that kind of poised courage, I want you to know that there are better ways to express it. Be on the lookout for noble challenges with goals that are truly worthy of you.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as HAL THRIFT SHOP at 611 Walnut St Chico, CA 95928. HUMAN ANIMAL LEAGUE 611 Walnut St Chico, CA 95928. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Signed: HELEN ANDERSON CFO Dated: September 16, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001190 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as PHILS HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING at 2896 2nd St Biggs, CA 95917. DIANE MARIE MABRAY 2896 2nd St Biggs, CA 95917. PHIL LEE MABRAY 2896 2nd St Biggs, CA 95917. This business is conducted by A Married Couple. Signed: DIANE MARIE MABRAY Dated: September 30, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001228 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as ARBORLOVE, RELENTLESS CHICO at 177 East 20th Street Chico, CA 95928. ANDREA ROTH 12738 Centerville Road Chico, CA 95928. MARC WESLEY 12738 Centerville Road Chico, CA 95928. SHUREE WESLEY 12378 Centerville Road Chico, CA 95928. This business is conducted by A General Partnership. Signed: SHUREE WESLEY Dated: August 29, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001135 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as CHICO CLEANING COMPANY at 382 East 10th Ave Chico, CA 95926. DANNY LEE FLETCHER 382 East 10th Ave Chico, CA 95926. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: DAN FLETCHER Dated: October 1, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001234 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following person is doing business as ARTICULATE ENTERTAINMENT at 2811 Morseman Ave #6 Chico, CA 95973. GARY L WILLIAMS JR 2811 Morseman Ave #6 Chico, CA 95973. This business is conducted by an Individual. Signed: GARY L. WILLIAMS JR Dated: September 5, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001159

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT The following persons are doing business as EXCLUSIVE MOTOR SPORTS at 2961 Highway 32 #48 Chico, CA 92573. RECKON MANAGEMENT INC. 1201 North Orange Street #721 Wilmington, DE 19801 This business is conducted by a Corporation. Signed: MICHAEL CORREA, CEO Dated: October 1, 2014 FBN Number: 2014-0001232 Published: October 9,16,23,30, 2014

NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE RUTH BALDRIDGE, aka RUTH G. BALDRIDGE To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: RUTH BALDRIDGE, aka RUTH G. BALDRIDGE A Petition for Probate has been filed by: JERRY BALDRIDGE in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: JERRY BALDRIDGE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decendent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. The petition requests authority to administer 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: October 30, 2014 Time: 9:00a.m. 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 the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate,

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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. Petitioner: JERRY BALDRIDGE 14390 Riata Circle Reno, NV 89521. Case Number: PR41182 Dated: September 17, 2014 Published: September 25, October 2,9, 2014

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE DICK G. FANDERS aka DICK GILBERT FANDERS To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DICK G. FANDERS aka DICK GILBERT FANDERS A Petition for Probate has been filed by: WENDY FANDERS in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: WENDY FANDERS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. 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: October 16, 2014 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: MCLEAN 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 the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: JANE E. STANSELL 901 Bruce Road, Suite 170 Chico, CA 95928. Case Number: PR41185 Dated: September 19, 2014

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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE DAISY E. CUNNINGHAM, aka DEE CUNNINGHAM To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: DAISY E. CUNNINGHAM, aka DEE CUNNINGHAM A Petition for Probate has been filed by: KAREN BURDICK in the Superior Court of California, County of Butte. The Petition for Probate requests that: KAREN BURDICK be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The petition requests the decendent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codocils 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: October 30, 2014 Time: 9:00a.m. Dept: TBA 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 the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: KAREN BURDICK P.O. Box 204 Forbestown, CA 95941. (530) 675-9676 Case Number: PR41195 Dated: September 26, 2014 Published: October 2,9,16, 2014

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Notice is hereby given that a public lien sale of the following described personal property will be held on October 10, 2014 at 11:30am.

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The property is stored at Garden Drive Mini Storage & U-Haul. Oroville, CA 95965. The items to be sold are generally described as follows: DORY/GARY BRUBAKER: furniture, TV, tool box, pro tools, truck bed, air compressor, boxes. DEBBIE/GABE LASSICK: Fan, mattress, lamps, dresser, boxes. ED METZ: : Household furniture, boxes, tools, clothes. NICK FAIRLEE: Clothing, dresser, toys, vacuum, boxes and bags. CATINA DOMINGO: Table/ chairs, file cabinet, shelves, and boxes. CHARLOTTE SMITH: Furniture, mattress, desk, boxes. This notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 21700 et seq of the Business & Professions Code of the State of California. J. Michael’s Auction & Vehicle Lien Service, Inc. Bond #1836232 Published: October 2,9, 2014

NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Pursuant to CA Business Code 21700, in lieu of rents due. The following units contain clothes, furniture, boxes, etc. Unit 322CC: JOSHUA SMALLEY - Misc Items (5x7) Unit 425ACC: VICKI TAM - Misc Items (4x5) Unit 476CC: DAVID DAVIS Misc Items (6x10) Contents to be sold to the highest bidder on: October 25, 2014 Beginning at 12:00pm Sale to be held at: 65 Heritage Lane Chico, CA 95926. Published: October 9,16, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JESICA TODD GIANNOLA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: JESICA LUCILLE TODD GIANNOLA Proposed name: JESICA LUCILLE GIANNOLA THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: October 29, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court

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655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: ROBERT GLUSMAN Dated: September 9, 2014 Case Number: 162917 Published: September 18,25, October 2,9, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner EMILY DUONG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: EMILY MARIE DUONG Proposed name: EMILY MARES THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 19, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: September 11, 2014 Case Number: 162910 Published: October 2,9,16,23, 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner JESSICA RAE ELDREDGE filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: RHYLAN JAMES ROBERTS Proposed name: RHYLAN JAMES ELDREDGE THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 5, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court

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655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: SANDRA L. MCLEAN Dated: September 30, 2014 Case Number: 163016 Published: October 9,16,23,30 2014

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner STEPHEN WELLS filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: STEPHEN WELLS Proposed name: SATYR STEPHEN WELLS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 19, 2014 Time: 8:30am Dept: TBA The address of the court is: Butte County Superior Court 655 Oleander Ave. Chico, CA 95926 Signed: ROBERT GLUSMAN Dated: September 29, 2014 Case Number: 163031 Published: October 9,16,23,30 2014

after this Summons and Petition are served on you to file a Response (form FL-120 or FL-123) at the court and have a copy served on the petitioner. A letter or phone call will not protect you. If you do not file your Response on time, the court may make orders affecting your marriage or domestic partnership, your property, and custody of your children. You may be ordered to pay support and attorney fees and costs. If you cannot pay the filing fee, ask the clerk for a fee waiver form. If you want legal advice, contact a lawyer immediately. You can get information about finding lawyers at the California Courts Online Self-Help Center (www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp) at the California Legal Services Web site (www.lawhelpcalifornia.org), or by contacting your local county bar association. The name and address of the court are: Butte County Superior Court One Court Street Oroville, CA 95965 The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner’s attorney, or the petitioner without an attorney, are: JEFF W. LALONDE 544 Jackson St. Gridley, CA 95948 AFFORDABLE DOCUMENTS 1751 Oro Dam Blvd. #4 Oroville, CA 95966 (530) 534-7777 LDA #11 Signed: KIMBERLY FLENER Dated: May 8, 2014 Case Number: FL-045636 Published: September 25, October 2,9,16 2014

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