Issue: March 05, 2009
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Generation to generation
Chico elders share their compelling life stories with chroniclers from Chico State.
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Perry Nethington: Everyman with distinction
Jose Rojas’ account of a Sycamore Glen life story.
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Audrey Hoshaw: Ms. Independent
Kaylee Volpert’s account of a Sycamore Glen life story.
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Len Whitegon: He’s got spirit
Tang Lor’s account of a Sycamore Glen life story.
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Edith Martin: Of a clique that clicked
Caitlin Wallace’s account of a Sycamore Glen life story.
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Fifty years of giving
For a half-century, the women of the Discovery Shoppe have run the store to raise money for local charities—and none has earned a dime.
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A hard-knock life
Tony Nicosia has a hard life’s worth of stories to tell, and now he’s wrapped them into a very readable though disturbing autobiography.
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Supervisors postpone budget cuts
Faced with a Solomonic decision, the Butte County Board of Supervisors ends up cutting the baby in half.
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Heated end to sedate meeting in City Council chambers
After routine matters such as leaf collection, downtown parking and fire departments’ mutual aid, a rush of angry complaints from Vincent Quaresima, archbishop of the Old Catholic Province of Our Lady of Angels, prompt Chico Mayor Ann Schwab to halt the meeting.
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Board to regulate wood heaters
After punting to the Chico City Council, the air-quality district has decided to ban wood burning on bad-air days after all.
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More honors for The Orion
Winning awards is becoming habit-forming for Chico State journalism students.
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Trust gets seal of approval
NCRLT becomes one of only 53 accredited land trusts in country.
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Reading list
Did Read Across America light a spark in your household? Here are “multicultural books every child should know” from the California Teachers Association.
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Notes on nature
World traveler, journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert brings her observations on climate change to Chico.
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‘Let’s work together’
Former White House adviser urges U.S. and China to work together to curb global warming.
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Eco in space
New NEON program would have satellites to monitor changes in Earth’s environment.
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Salmon shortage
Chinook numbers are up, but they might not be enough to allow commercial fishing this summer along the California coast.
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Extreme green
Greg Kallio talks about the Earth’s most sustainable abodes: igloos and snow caves.
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Cheers, eco Chico!
Mix with other environmental warriors at the Green Drinks meet-up.
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The changes Obama promised
Eclipsed by the stimulus package are myriad, remarkable ways the new president is reshaping the federal government.
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A good corporate citizen
Leave it to a Swiss company to show Chico what good corporate citizenship really means.
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Bar/club scene in Chico severely lags
Long-time nightlifer says music and hospitality have taken turns for the worse at downtown hot spots.
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Letters for March 5, 2009
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Her gift to the world
A new Zen Belly Dance class mixes meditation, yoga and more all in one.
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Rx for change: civility
R-E-S-P-E-C-T; find out what it means to me.
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Down in the Valley
Clark Brown’s story collection is set in a mythical town that looks a lot like Chico, but it’s fun to read for reasons that transcend the familiar setting.
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The Templars: The Secret History Revealed
Book adds another piece to the Templar Knights puzzle.
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Groove Diggers
Chico instrumental jazz combo releases live CD.
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On the down-low
Chico pop trio Magdalena makes time for a proper CD-release show.
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‘Right place … right time’
Engergized Blondie puts on spirited throwback party.
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A Celtic classic
Cherish the Ladies brings sound and moves of Ireland to Laxson Auditorium.
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Paella from Paradise
Catering company brings flavors of Spain to Chico.
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Battle of the wits
Ron Howard’s biopic chronicles Nixon’s post-resignation interviews with talk-show host David Frost.
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The Wrestler
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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