Issue: March 14, 2013
Dear readers:
Happy Thursday!
This week, longtime CN&R contributor Jaime O'Neill, an admitted gun nut and liberal, talks about his day at the Chico Gun Show, and Americans' fascination with gun ownership.
In Newslines this week, check out the News Editor Tom Gascoyne's great feature on the work of Dave Myers, whose hawks and falcons are helping to frighten off migratory gulls that are attracted to the Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility. There's a story by staff writer Ken Smith on the potential union shopping county workers are considering. Editor Robert Speer talks to some city of Chico employees who say that new City Manager Brian Nakamura is doing what's necessary to right the city budget and that he has support within City Hall. And yours truly talks with Christina Stoimenova, a native Chicoan who's lived in Bulgaria for the past nine years, and who is asking her hometown for help in aiding orphans in that very poor country.
In Greenways, get some tips on how to make sustainable choices when it comes to purchasing seafood.
In Healthlines, read the advice of some health experts from Enloe Medical Center in advance of the hospital's upcoming health-education event.
In the Arts and Culture section, read about Chico State's amazing pipe organ; Arts Editor Jason Cassidy reviews the university's latest production, 12 Ophelias, a semi-musical; Chow is all about barleywines; and in Reel World, critic Craig Blamer gives us his take on Dead Man Down, the new Colin Farrell mob thriller.
As always, there's a lot more in this issue.
See you at the newsstand,
-Melissa Daugherty, managing editor
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Notes from a gun nut
A day at the Chico Gun Show, two months after the Sandy Hook shootings.
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Cold, hard gun facts
When it comes to the impact guns have on the United States, the numbers tell the story.
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Bird control
For years Butte County has had a problem with gulls at its landfill. This year it’s trying a natural remedy, birds of prey, with great success.
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A union divided
County employees consider new union representation.
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Nakamura backers step forward
New City Manager Brian Nakamura has been getting some bad press lately. Some city employees are trying to change that.
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Bulgaria smiling
Chicoan Christina Stoimenova looks to hometown to help orphan children.
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Class award
Chico Unified School District awarded for sustainable facility.
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Dioxin checks
Butte Environmental Council offers blood tests for cogeneration-plant neighbors.
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Chico Marine death
A Chico grad died during Marine training on March 11.
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Americans: Up the minimum wage
Nationally, seven in 10 adults support increasing minimum wage to $9 an hour.
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Red fish, green fish
Tips on making eco-friendly choices when you buy fish.
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Davis water project approved
Davis, Woodland to draw water from Sacramento River.
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Keystone XL totally green?
Extensive State Department report suggests pipeline project won’t affect climate.
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Obama makes EPA, DOE picks
New cabinet members expected to combat climate change.
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“Degrowth”: Economy of the future?
Charles Eisenstein’s March 7 Skype talk at Chico State focuses on unsustainable nature of extraction-based economy.
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Invasive? No, sustainable!
East Coast chef gets inventive to offer sustainable sushi.
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Your body is your home
In advance of Enloe Medical Center’s upcoming health-education event, local health experts discuss ways to maintain good health.
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Not a lot to smile about
North State scores low on Well-Being Index.
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Blacklisting BPA hits snag
Chemical group sues to keep BPA off toxins registry.
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Health spending out of control
Spending on health programs exceeds state general fund budget.
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Miracle pill on the way?
Chemical in red wine, dark chocolate could find pharmaceutical niche.
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Demonizing transients
The goals of Clean and Safe Chico are worthy, but they should encompass all the problems facing the community, not just transients.
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Rand Paul’s worthwhile filibuster
His old-fashioned, 13-hour speech focused much-needed attention on the extreme expansion of executive power undergirding America’s drone assassination program.
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Farmers getting fracked
Agriculture is California’s No. 1 industry, but oil companies are threatening it with impunity.
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Word player
Reed Rickmers talks about a new poetry performance event at Café Flo.
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Passing of the torch
Robert Speer is retiring as CN&R editor at the end of May, and this week he uses his column to introduce his successor.
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Ophelia rising
Ambitious Hamlet spin-off is both fun and frustrating.
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What’s that sound?
Chico State’s oft-forgotten pipe organ to shine at Bach Fest.
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Cold service
Noirish story of revenge is not your typical mob thriller.
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