Issue: December 18, 2008
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For animals’ sake
Butte Humane Society’s new executive director, Heather Schoeppech, hopes to improve the shelter’s reputation.
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Barking for a makeover
Butte Humane Society is in the running for zootoo.com’s $1 million prize.
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BHS to the rescue
The recent closure of a Forest Ranch kennel brings sick dogs to the Butte Humane Society. Most of the females are pregnant, all are heartworm-positive, and other infected animals may still be out there.
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Student charges Orion with censorship
Did Chico State’s student paper censor Palestinian student Amro Jayousi, as he charges, or is he just stirring up publicity?
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Disc golf back on agenda
Chico City Councilman Andy Holcombe successfully urges his colleagues to reconsider their decision on the Highway 32 courses—a vote on which he was in the majority. Also coming in January: ‘more intentional’ appointments to city commissions and boards.
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County braces for drought
Environmentalists are worried that the state’s Drought Water Bank may take local water, but county officials are more concerned about irrigation cutbacks.
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Aging, with an open mind
The progressive Trinity United Methodist Church is officially 150—that’s older than the city of Chico.
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Layoffs loom as county cuts
As state legislators dither, county cuts $10 million from current budget.
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Killer gets 40 years
For years, police didn’t have enough evidence to arrest Clinton Ray Egbert, but then things changed.
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Enloe honored in tearful ceremony
Chico hospital gets a second award for saving lives through its organ-donation program.
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The rising cost of college
A new report shows college has become unaffordable in America in every state but California.
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Field of dreams
Greg Massa and Raquel Krach use rice straw from their family farm to build a beautiful, energy-efficient home.
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Back-door Bush
George W. Bush’s last-minute environmental policies make bedfellows of former adversaries.
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Feds bum out surfers
Personal watercraft prohibition in central coast waters nixes tow-in surfing at popular big-wave sites.
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Not a Mogwai
Pygmy tarsiers may look like Gremlins, but they’re really primates once thought to be extinct.
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Think locally, recycle religiously
Middle-school extremists; office recycling resolutions; and getting cool gifts from local fare (like beer!).
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No more paper piles
Overcome your wrapping-paper addiction with greener options.
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The Wimp-Out Award
The group responsible for the county’s air quality and the protection of public health had a clear obligation to act, but instead it punted.
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Congratulations, Roadrunners!
Becoming the top football team in the nation takes talent, skill and character, and the Butte College Roadrunners have those qualities in spades.
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Upper Park echo: ‘Silent spring’
Our feathered friends may well get lost in the din of disc golf.
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Letters for December 18, 2008
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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He’s making his list
And checking it twice. But mostly he just enjoys bringing cheer to the many Chicoans who stop by his sleigh.
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Letters to Obama
Soliciting missives to the president-elect—plus my letter to Chico’s new mayor.
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Human juke boxes
Twin dueling pianists captivate a booze-riled crowd at 33 Steaks, Booze & Jazz.
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Clapton: The Autobiography
Eric Clapton’s autobiography revisits the lost world of rock star privilege.
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Free Rice
Take a quiz at freerice.com, and win rice for world’s hungry.
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Believing in song
From West Virginia to Chico, Jason Conley is on a musical journey.
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Que Syrah?
A tasting of Nor Cal Syrahs among four couples produces mixed verdicts.
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Day the Earth stopped mattering
Sci fi remake has impressive visuals but no heart.
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Off-kilter
Philip Seymour Hoffman and writer/director Charlie Kaufman create crazed comedic environment.
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Sukiyaki Western Django
Quentin Tarantino brings us this Japanese spaghetti western, but it’s lackluster at best.
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