Issue: November 13, 2008
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Poetry 99 adult winners
Out of hundreds of haiku, tonkas, couplets and free verses, these struck fellow wordsmiths most strongly.
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Poetry 99 teen winners
The best of the best of Butte County’s teen poets.
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Poetry 99 kids winners
From nearly 100 submissions by young poets come these masterful pieces.
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Poetry 99 editor’s picks
Additional nods from the short-poem contest’s highest-ranking judge.
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Selling pot ‘in the light’
Testing the terms of Proposition 215, Joel Castle operates the Chico Cannabis Club right out in the open, selling the herb at reduced rates to qualified buyers.
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The new look of ‘people’s justice’
Joao Salm continues Chicoans’ recent explorations of the revolutionary concept of restorative justice.
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Combat vet remembers the ‘Chico boys’
Bud French is one of just three surviving members of Company G from World War II.
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Mulholland: ‘We’re no longer sitting in the bleachers’
Political strategist fires a late salvo in the battle for Chico City Council seats—a shot so low that fellow Democrats are outraged.
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Where everybody knew your name
While you weren’t looking, the venerable Normal St. Bar disappeared, but Off Normal will soon replace it.
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More ups and downs at Enloe
Hospital’s roller-coaster ride just keeps going: first a $500,000 donation from anesthesiologists and a stroke-care honor, then word from the state that it’s again out of compliance.
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Chico Mall’s mixed bag
News of parent company General Growth Properties’ possible bankruptcy hits amid expansion plans.
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Forget Thanksgiving
Mitten Tree Day is just one of the less traditional holidays on tap this season.
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All about the numbers
Immigration-control advocate Roy Beck highlights America’s unsustainable growth.
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Greenies revealed
Local sustainability heroes take honors at the Chico State and Butte College annual This Way to Sustainability Conference.
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‘The Donald’ trumps enviros
Conservationists are sick about the Scottish government’s decision to OK the real mogul’s planned coastal golf resort.
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Greenfeet guru honored
Chico Chamber of Commerce names local businesswoman Valerie Reddemann entrepreneur of the year.
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Setting the stage
Sustainable Space columnist Greg Kallio gives an overview of green building and its resource-saving benefits.
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Turn off the sprinklers!
Despite recent storms, we’re still in a drought. Do your part to conserve California’s water supply.
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History on their side
By not allowing gays and lesbians to marry, Proposition 8 denies them a right all others in the state enjoy. That’s a mistake, but one that ultimately will get corrected.
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Pressure is on Wahl
Now that he’s a minority of one on the Chico City Council, Larry Wahl is going to have to do a much better job if he wants to represent his constituency effectively.
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Shadows in so-called Golden Years
Media-hyped survey says old people are happy; must have been sponsored by someone about to make ’em sadder.
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Letters for November 13, 2008
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Meals on wheels
Mike Lash turns a love of barbecue into a quirky side business with a penchant for community service.
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Forrest Gillespie’s Assassins Hours, Pleaseeasaur and artist David Best
Ex-pat underground theater from NYC, Comedy Central rock band Pleaseeasaur and artist/Burning man architect David Best.
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Always By My Side: A Father’s Grace and a Sports Journey Unlike Any Other
Broadcaster’s father is sidenote in Jim Nantz’s bio of sports and family.
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Jolie Holland
Polished tunes made from simple sounds on fourth album by nomadic songstress.
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The Music Tapes
Music for sitting alone and staring at the weather.
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Lucinda Williams
Guest stars and a variety of instruments make this Williams’ most eclectic album.
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Seeing the light
Jewish rapper and reggae artist Matisyahu has a new outlook on life and music.
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Tradition and change
Henri celebrates spirit of change for the holidays, with one traditional and one new dish.
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Drink it up
Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott bring the comedy in Role Models.
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Crash this wedding
Jonathan Demme, Anne Hathaway, I now pronounce you … Oscar favorites.
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Changeling
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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