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 | Accepting Nominees for Oroville Lifetime Achievement Award (Local News)
01/30/2012
The Oroville City Council is asking the community to provide nominations for the �Samuel J. Norris Award for Excellence.� In 2002 the City Council approved this annual award for significant lifetime achievements toward improving the quality
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 | Sweet-Heart Dinner & Musical Duo (Local News)
01/30/2012
�Sweet-Heart Dinner and Live Musical Entertainment� for $12.00 a person, Tuesday night, Feb. 14th at the Historic Monday Club will feature the musical duo, Katy Ryan and Matthew Mitchell of the Music of the Heart Project.
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 | Historical Photos Displayed for First Time (Local News)
01/30/2012
CSUC to Display Historical Photos for First Time
As part of Black History Month events taking place on campus, CSU, Chico will mount the nation�s first formal exhibit of historical photos of predominantly African American citizens taken in Lincoln
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 | Call Me TheNewcomer (Newcomer)
01/30/2012
It is the end of January, and I need to report back to you. My New Year�s Resolution is still going strong. How about yours�did you make a resolution? If so, how is it working out? Many of my friends and neighbors resolved to lose weight
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 | Healthy Changes is a Family Affair (Local News)
01/30/2012
Keeping kids healthy is a tough job. Sometimes things that are good for kids are things they don�t always want to do.
But moms know that eating healthy and being active can help kids concentrate and do better in school, feel good about themselves,
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 | New Class at Adult Education (Local News)
01/30/2012
Yvette Small, B.A., Instructor and Motivational Speaker, will teach a new class, IMPRESS FOR SUCCESS! (or How to be the Winning Candidate) starting February 7. Class will teach you how to present your best self during a job interview, or in any life situ
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 | Calif. 100th Women’s Right to Vote Gridley Event, January 27 (Local News)
01/23/2012
To honor and celebrate the California Centennial of the Women’s Right to Vote, the League of Women Voters of Butte County has secured a traveling California Centennial Exhibit, produced by the International Museum of Women and the California History Cente
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 | Free Tax Credit Seminar (Local News)
01/23/2012
The City of Oroville is offering a free tax credit seminar that local business owners, CPA’s and Tax Professionals may find to be very beneficial and timely during tax season. The seminar which is aptly titled, “Your Choice – Send Your Money to Sacrament
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 | Turner National Print Exhibition (Local News)
01/23/2012
The Janet Turner Print Museum, in collaboration with The University Art Gallery at CSU, Chico, and Bell-Carter Olive Company, presents the 9th Biennial Turner National Print Competition and Exhibition.
This every-other-year event, always one of the most
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 | Louis here... (Louis Here)
01/23/2012
Wow, where has the year gone? The holidays are fast approaching, and I can’t believe the weather has cooled down. I can now sit in the sun in the mornings and not melt! Thanksgiving is coming soon, and we are going to Alex and Kathi’s for dinner. They inv
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 | Harlem Renaissance Rent Party (Local News)
01/23/2012
The Black Faculty and Staff Association at CSU, Chico, along with The School of the Arts and The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, present the annual Harlem Renaissance Rent Party, Wednesday, February 1 at 7:30 pm on the stage of Harlen Adams Theatre.
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 | Health Officials Offer Tips to Avoid Norovirus (Local News)
01/23/2012
Winter is the peak time of year for norovirus, an illness that is also referred to as the “winter vomiting bug” or “stomach flu”. Butte County Public Health Department has received several reports of increased incidence of gastrointestinal illness in loca
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 | Wine Tasting Event To Benefit Paws (Local News)
01/16/2012
The Lakeview Restaurant at Kelly Ridge presents Oroville Grocery Outlet’s Wonderful World of Wine on Thurs., Jan. 19, 5:30-8:30pm. Enjoy wine and food samples in the Grand View Room at the Lake Oroville Golf & Event Center, 5131 Royal Oaks Dr. for just $5
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 | Snow Goose Festival Art Exhibit (Local News)
01/16/2012
Avenue 9 Gallery and the Chico Art Center are co-hosting the “Uptown-Downtown Pacific Flyway Art Exhibit,” (l/20-2/12) part of the 2012 Snow Goose Festival. A Sneak Preview takes place Friday, January 20 (5-8pm), and is free to the public.
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 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton Performance (Local News)
01/16/2012
A HEART GREATER THAN FEAR, an original, local, one-woman performance. Suffragist and woman’s rights pioneer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, will return to The Chico Women’s Club, performed by Rosemary Quinn, to continue to stir good women and men to rebellion.
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 | It’s A Dog’s Life (Local News)
01/16/2012
“Sylvia,” by A. R. Gurney, is a hilarious play about a man and his dog, oh, and his wife. Directed by Sarah Bartlett-Pierce, Sylvia is being performed at the Birdcage Theatre from January 20 – February 5, 2012.
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 | It’s About Time (Gardening Column)
01/16/2012
The last day of the year—2011—has come and gone. Just now the construct of years, months, weeks seems highly artificial to me living this close to the land. Days are more significant—sunrise, noon, dusk, sunset, moonrise—they are visible passages of time.
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 | Las Plumas FFA Chapter Holds 10th Annual Steak and Crab Scholar (Local News)
01/16/2012
The Las Plumas High School FFA and Agricultural Advisory Committee IS HOSTING IT’S 10th Annual Steak and Crab Feed on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 6:00 pm AT the Las Plumas High School West GYM in Oroville. There will be a silent auction as well as a Dr
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 | YMCA’S Healthy Living Expo, Jan. 28 (Local News)
01/16/2012
Get started on your New Year’s resolution by attending the YMCA’s annual Healthy Living Expo. This FREE adult event is for those looking to start their New Year’s resolution by developing a healthier lifestyle. Meet the many vendors that provide healthy l
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 | Application Deadline for 2012 North State Symphony Young Artist (Local News)
01/16/2012
January 28 is the application deadline for student musicians to participate in Young Artist Auditions 2012 (YAA) for the North State Symphony (NSS). The competition is sponsored by the Chico Guild and the Redding League of the NSS. The auditions take pla
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 | Automotive Instructor Receives National Award (Local News)
01/09/2012
Butte College automotive instructor Brad Dressen, Orland, was recently honored with a national achievement award as the NATEF/ASE Instructor of the Year. Forty automotive professionals from across the nation were recognized at the Annual Technician Awards
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 | Library Welcomes Musician Jim Gill (Local News)
01/09/2012
The Butte County Library is proud to welcome Jim Gill, beloved children’s musician, for a free performance and workshop on Wednesday, January 11, 2012, from 3:30 until 5:30 pm at Hooker Oak Elementary School’s multi-purpose room in Chico. The workshop is
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| Free Nicotine Patches for County Residents (Local News)
01/09/2012
Good health begins by what we do at home, at school, in our workplaces, our neighborhoods and in our communities. Most people know that eating healthy foods, getting plenty of sleep, and staying active are important to staying healthy.
What about smokin
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| | Family Photos: How to Make the Most of Those Snapshots! ("The Busy Mom")
01/09/2012
In January, one of the first things most people think about is starting fresh for the New Year, be it a new diet or some other resolution that they declared at midnight on December 31st. I am no different than all those busy moms out there, looking at Ja
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| | Fiddlers Workshops Start Jan. 16 (Local News)
01/09/2012
Oroville’s Old Time Fiddlers (California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, District 1) is initiating an instruction program of Fiddle Group Workshops to empower individual acoustic musicians (fiddle, guitar, banjo. bass, harmonica, mandolin, dobro) to
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| | Chico Scholarship Group’s Fundraiser (Local News)
01/09/2012
The Chico Community Scholarship Association will hold its annual fundraising luncheon at Outback Steakhouse on January 18, 2012. Frank Kennemer and his entire staff donate their time for this event each year.
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 | DWR Releases Funds to SBF (Local News)
01/03/2012
The City of Oroville, in its capacity as the Supplemental Benefits Fund Administrator recently announced that Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the State Water Contractors (SWC) will release $300,000 to the Supplemental Benefits Fund (SBF) over the
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 | Dinner Theatre & Sunday Matinee at Monday Club (Local News)
01/03/2012
The Historic Monday Club will present a Dinner Theater at 6:00 p.m., Saturday night, January 14th for $12 a person; or a Sunday matinee, January 15th at 2:00 p.m., which will include refreshments, cofffee and tea for $10 a person. Moliere’s comedy, “The
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 | Library Playtime in Paradise (Local News)
01/03/2012
The Butte County Library Paradise Branch and Literacy Services host Library Playtime!
Play at your library? Yes! Children age 0-3 years and their favorite adults are invited and warmly welcome to attend!
Paradise Branch Library
Thursday from 10 a.m. to
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| | Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (Local News)
01/03/2012
Volunteers are needed to assist low income families and individuals file their 2011 tax returns. Community members give back to the community by becoming a trained and certified income tax assistance volunteer. The Butte County Asset Building Coalition,
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| | Edward Jones Advisors Offer Advice for 2012 (Local News)
01/03/2012
Time for New Year’s Financial Resolutions
Local Edward Jones Advisors Offer Helpful Advice for 2012
Once again, it’s time to make New Year’s resolutions. In addition to hitting the gym, learning that second language and getting better organized, Orovill
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| Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
01/03/2012
I believe in Angels; do you? The Angels who visited Oroville this past month came in many sizes, shapes, and forms. Did you see them? Did you hear them? Are you one of those who welcomed them? Or, are you one of those who borrowed their wings and flu
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 | Butte College Names a New Vice President (Local News)
12/19/2011
Butte College has named Dr. Samia Yaqub as its new Vice President for Student Learning and Economic Development. Yaqub served as the interim Vice President for Student Learning and Economic Development since August. Yaqub was officially appointed to the p
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 | Kwanzaa Celebration, Dec. 26-Jan. 1 (Local News)
12/19/2011
Kwanzaa Celebration presented by the African American Family and Cultural Center, December 26- January 1, 2011 from 6-8 Pm. The celebration will be held at the African American Family and Cultural Center, 3300 Spencer Ave Oroville, CA 95966, and is a Fre
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 | Midas Program Project Begins (Local News)
12/19/2011
The City of Oroville has started work on the Chinese Temple and Museum Complex located at 1500 Broderick Street and the Municipal Auditorium located at 1200 Myers Street two projects identified in the newly announced MIDAS Program. The public is advised t
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| | Cartooning Workshops (Local News)
12/19/2011
Cartooning Class Sponsored by Vozzas Hobbies & Comics
Fill your creative needs with a Cartooning Workshops – Dec 21 & 28, Wednesdays, Ages 7- Adult, 1:00 - 2:30 pm, $25 for 2 sessions, and $15 for 1. At Vozzas Hobbies & Comics, 2075 Bird St. in histori
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| | Thank you, Oroville Realtors! (Local News)
12/19/2011
Congratulations to all who participated in this year’s canned food drive. What a tremendous effort! Together we donated 2278 cans! Great Job!
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| | Letter from Youth of the Year (Local News)
12/19/2011
My name is Nick Carranza, and I am the 2012 Youth of the Year for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the North Valley. It is my pleasure to be part of the Boys & Girls Club, and to represent theAm as the Youth of the Year. I hope by sharing my story with you and o
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| Louis Here... (Louis Here)
12/19/2011
Finally, we are back home. I like these road trips, but they tire me out. I can’t wait to get home, with my dog door so I can come and go as I please, and have a normal life! It’s hot again, but I don’t mind; I just stay in during the day and go out at
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 | Name Tiles at Harrison Stadium (Local News)
12/12/2011
Name tiles honoring family members, teachers, or coaches are being sold by OASIS (Oroville Area Sports Initiative Supporters). These 6-by-12-inch granite tiles are being sold for $65. Net proceeds from this fundraiser will be placed in a designated fund
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 | Antique Kitchen Gadget Display (Local News)
12/12/2011
In the quest to find other interesting tools, Bolt’s Antique Tool Museum has begun acquiring kitchen gadgets from the early 1900’s that are sure to make you wonder how cooks survived without all of the electronic and specialty gadgets that we all take for
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 | Auditions for “I Wish” (Local News)
12/12/2011
Mickey Foster and Little Bit, discuss the upcoming auditions for “I Wish,” a fantasy musical returning to the State Theater in May of 2012. Auditions are Friday, December 16th at the State Theatre, 1489 Myers Street, Oroville. Sign-ups from 5:00 p.m. to
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| Endings and Beginnings (Gardening Column)
12/12/2011
As we approach the end of the year, most of us feel compelled to conduct a brief review of our accomplishments and failures. And we’re encouraged to make “New Years’ Resolutions” that hopefully inspire us to live better or at least more consciously during
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 | CSUC Places 2nd in Regional Ethics Bowl (Local News)
12/12/2011
CSU Chico Places Second in the California Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl
CSU, Chico placed second in the California Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, held at the University of Southern California on December 3.
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 | Turner Looking for Docents (Local News)
12/12/2011
The Janet Turner Print Museum at CSU, Chico, is inviting people to volunteer for two new docent programs. A docent training session will be held on February 2, 2012 from 10 a.m. to Noon at The Turner Museum located on the CSU, Chico campus in Meriam Libra
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 | Library Receives Video Collection (Local News)
12/12/2011
The local chapter of the Sierra Club, Yahi Group, has donated a collection of video documentaries to the Butte County Library which emphasize the dangers of fracking (hydraulic fracturing), and other current environmental issues.
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 | A Sweet Christmas Tradition: Building Gingerbread Houses ("The Busy Mom")
12/05/2011
One of my own family’s favorite Christmas traditions has been the building and decorating of gingerbread houses. We started this tradition when my oldest son was about five years old and have been making one every year since. The best part of the ginger
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 | BC Public Health Receives Safety Grant (Local News)
12/05/2011
Butte County Public Health Department (BCPH) has been awarded a new traffic safety grant for a year-long program aimed at preventing deaths and injuries on our roadways. The �Everyone Rides Safe� occupant protection grant was awarded by the
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| | BEC Looking for Chicken Owners (Local News)
12/05/2011
The Butte Environmental Council is looking for backyard chicken owners to provide eggs for dioxin testing. Name and address of owners will be kept strictly confidential, and a cash incentive of $25 will be given to participants.
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| | OWCS Has Joined with FRSCA (Local News)
12/05/2011
“Crafts for the Cause” with the Oroville Women Cancer Support (OWCS) has moved to 1335 Myers Street and is partnering with the Feather River Senior Citizens Association (FRSCA). An activity class on crocheting, beading, painting posters, making awareness
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 | Holiday Show at Chico Art Center (Local News)
12/05/2011
The Chico Art Center brings artworks together from local artists to the community in time for the holiday gift-giving season. Original and unique artworks will be on display in the French “salon style,” from floor to ceiling (well, almost.) Don’t miss th
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 | “Chico Icons” at Avenue 9 (Local News)
12/05/2011
Avenue 9 Gallery, for its exhibition “Chico Icons 2011: Living Chico,” challenged artists to “represent what large numbers of current and former Chicoans are likely to bring to mind when asked to name places, objects, events, activities, or people that co
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 | BC Library Welcomes Illustrator Alison Paolini (Local News)
12/05/2011
The Butte County Library is proud to welcome illustrator Alison Paolini to the Paradise and Oroville libraries in December to celebrate a newly illustrated book, Carson and His Shaky Paws Grampa, written by Kirk Hall. This heart-warming children’s story
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 | Durham to Host Calif. Centennial Women’s Right to Vote Event (Local News)
11/28/2011
To honor and celebrate the California Centennial of the Women’s Right to Vote, the League of Women Voters of Butte County has secured a traveling California Centennial Exhibit, produced by the International Museum of Women and the California History Cente
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 | Parade of Lights, Dec. 10 (Local News)
11/28/2011
Oroville’s 16th annual Parade of Lights will be Saturday, December 10, on the streets in Downtown Oroville. Bring your family and friends to this great family event. Come early to enjoy dinner and shopping before the parade begins.
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 | Relay for Life/Bunco Event (Local News)
11/28/2011
1st Annual American Cancer Society Oroville Relay for Life Holiday Bunco Extravaganza
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. Place: Thermalito Grange, 479 Plumas Ave in Oroville. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. and Bunco starts at 1 p.m.
$20 donation includes soup and sal
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 | Tree Lighting in Chico (Local News)
11/28/2011
The spectacular City Plaza will glow with the joy of Christmas at the annual Community Tree Lighting on Friday, December 2nd at 6:00 p.m.
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 | Auditions for “Let’s Get It On” (Local News)
11/28/2011
Community/Student Auditions Held in December for Spring Department of Music Fundraiser, “Let’s Get It On”
CSU, Chico’s Department of Music will be holding auditions for “Let’s Get It On,” its Spring, 2012 fundraiser featuring Motown’s greatest hits.
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| Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
11/28/2011
I am full of Turkey, Dressing, Pumpkin pie, and Gratitude ... The turkey, dressing, and pumpkin pie are symbolic of a fantastic Thanksgiving Dinner. My gratitude is how I feel about having a roof over my head, food in the refrigerator, and delightful nei
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 | Mandarin Harvest Festival, Nov. 26-27 (Local News)
11/21/2011
Come and enjoy fresh, local Mandarins right at the Tri-L Mandarin Ranch on Mt. Ida Rd. (near Naranja Ave.). Enjoy the local vendors with Crafts, Food, Holiday gifts, and Olive Oil Tasting. Face Painting for the kids. It’s from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nov
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 | Ridge Quilters’ Guild Home Tour & Boutique, Dec. 3-4 (Local News)
11/21/2011
Ridge Quilters’ Guild Presents Their 2011 Christmas Home Tour & Boutique Dec. 3 & 4, Noon – 4 pm
Paradise’s Ridge Quilters’ Guild presents its 2011 Holiday of Quilts Christmas Home Tour & Boutique. Five local homes will open their doors to the public.
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 | Yuba Feather Christmas, Nov. 26 (Local News)
11/21/2011
The Fifth Annual Hometown Christmas at Yuba Feather Museum’s Gold Rush Town will be Saturday, November 26th Noon to 8 p.m. Entrance is Free.
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 | Graffiti Task Force Update (Local News)
11/21/2011
The Butte County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank Hobbie Auto Center, the Home Depot, the Oroville Optimist Club; and the City of Oroville (Code Enforcement Officer David Goyer) for their donations to the Sheriff’s Team of Active Retired Seniors (S.T.
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 | Nursing Students Donate Food Baskets (Local News)
11/21/2011
The Student Nurses’ Association at Butte College is working to organize 20 Thanksgiving gift baskets for the college’s food pantry at the main campus to help needy college students this holiday. Each basket includes a turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, ap
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 | “Glorious Sounds of the Season” Dec. 2-4 (Local News)
11/21/2011
CSU, Chico’s Department of Music and the School of the Arts get the holiday season off to a resounding start with the annual Glorious Sounds of the Season! concerts. Proceeds from the performances go towards music scholarships for CSU, Chico students.
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 | ANTIQUE TOOL TALK # 57 (Bolt Column)
11/21/2011
Well Folks, here we are ready for another exciting day at your tool museum. So pull up a chair and if it’s morning for you, pour yourself a cup & if it’s evening, you may prefer a cool one. Either way, let’s visit awhile.
I want to tell you about some
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 | Trivia Bee for Literacy, Nov. 18 (Local News)
11/14/2011
True or false: Bumblebees die after using their stinger? Who was the lead singer of the Monkeys? In which California town would you find the restaurant named The Giant Artichoke? What was Cleopatra’s native language?
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 | YMCA Comedy Event, Nov. 19 (Local News)
11/14/2011
Get ready for the best event of the year! It’s the YMCA’s Stand Up For Kids comedy event on Saturday, November 19th at the Southside Community Center. This 12th annual event is a full evening of great food; beer/wine tasting; dessert/coffee bar; music by
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 | Ehmann Home Celebrates Centennial (Local News)
11/14/2011
On Sunday, November 20th, at 2:00 p.m., the Butte County Historical Society will be celebrating the 100th yr. of the Ehmann Home.
The home, located at 1480 Lincoln Street in Oroville, a Colonial Revival/Craftsman house, was built in 1911 by Edwin Ehmann
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 | It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Local News)
11/14/2011
Downtown Chico will officially kick off the holiday season with the 35th Anniversary of Christmas Preview to be held on Sunday, November 20th from 4-8 p.m. This tradition in holiday hospitality celebrates the magic of the season.
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 | “The Marriage of Figaro” (Local News)
11/14/2011
CSU, Chico’s Opera Workshop will present a production of the comic opera “The Marriage of Figaro,” Thursday, November 17 and Friday, November 18 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall.
“Of all the great operas, this is perhaps the greatest
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| Louis Here... (Louis Here)
11/14/2011
Well it’s happening again, we’re headed out again. Now where?? I can’t believe these people, don’t they ever stay home? I am loaded again into the car, my bed is here and my bag of food and dishes. This may be an interesting trip. Long drive, headed n
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 | “What’s It All About?” (Local News)
11/07/2011
Pipe Organ History and Techno Details, Part 3 in a series about Oroville’s State Theatre pipe organ
In case you aren’t as curious about pipe organs as I am, I’d like to encourage you to skip down to the last paragraph! For everyone else, after you read
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 | Oroville Veterans Day Parade (Local News)
11/07/2011
See the Fall colors and a very nice bunch of patriotic people lining up on our beautiful Montgomery Street sidewalks, one of the few Veterans Day parades in Northern California always on November 11 at 11 a.m. Why this day? Well that’s another story.
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 | Poulenc Trio to Perform (Local News)
11/07/2011
Dynamic virtuoso ensemble, the Poulenc Trio, will present their internationally acclaimed program at the State Theatre in Oroville, CA on Monday, November 14, 2011 at 7:30pm. Limited tickets will be available at the door for $25, while seats are availabl
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 | “The Revenger’s Tragedy” (Local News)
11/07/2011
The black comedy and social satire theatre production, “The Revenger’s Tragedy,” explores human vengeance and animal desire in a suspenseful power-seeking plot that will mesmerize the audience with a plethora of plot twists and violence.
This action-pack
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 | “6º of Wayne Thiebaud” Exhibition (Local News)
11/07/2011
The Janet Turner Print Museum at CSU, Chico will explore Northern California printmakers and their connection to the famous pop artist pioneer Wayne Thiebaud.
The exhibition, “6° of Wayne Thiebaud,” runs through December 17.
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| Lessons Learned (Gardening Column)
11/07/2011
The garden is nearly “put to bed” for the winter, just a bit more composting to do so that come spring the soil will be friable and fertile. There are only a few green tomatoes left on the vines and some zinnias and cosmos adding a touch of color to an ot
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 | California Centennial Women’s Suffrage Reception & Program (Local News)
10/24/2011
To honor and celebrate the California Centennial of the Women’s Right to Vote, the League of Women Voters of Butte County has secured a traveling California Centennial Exhibit, produced by the International Museum of Women and the California History Cente
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 | "Pass the Pipes" (Local News)
10/24/2011
When I volunteered to help move the organ, I did not really know what was involved. Yes, a Theater Pipe Organ is coming to the State Theatre in Downtown Oroville, and I figured that’s a good thing. So I planned on helping wrap pipes since that job didn’t
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 | Leaf Pick-Up (Local News)
10/24/2011
The City’s annual fall leaf pick-up program will start on November 1, 2011 and continue through February 29, 2012. The City has been recognized for the past 31 years as one of the "Tree City USA" recipients. Along with the beauty of the trees, and the val
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| Call Me TheNewcomer (Newcomer)
10/24/2011
"Oh, what a beautiful morning! Oh what a beautiful day. I have a wonderful feeling, ghosts and goblins are coming my way!" What about you? Are you ready for Trick and Treaters? Are they coming to your home, or gathering in Historical Downtown Orovill
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 | Open Studios Tour (Local News)
10/17/2011
The 2011 Open Studios Tour will feature 101 artists in Chico, Oroville, and Paradise, who will open and share studios along with their works and artistic insights. Admission to the entire event is the $15 price of a beautiful color calendar, which serves
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 | YMCA Haunted House (Local News)
10/17/2011
Do you dare to enter the YMCA’s 15th annual Haunted House? If you do, be sure to bring a friend so will you make it out alive? The Haunted House opens for tours on Friday, October 28th and Saturday, October 29th located on the corner of Oak and Robinson S
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 | Evening of One Acts (Local News)
10/17/2011
The Birdcage Theatre presents An Evening of One Acts, opening with
"Tracks," directed by Susan Blood and written by Peter Tarsi. Strangers from all over the United States find themselves mysteriously transported to a subway station where they contemplate
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| Louis Here... (Louis Here)
10/17/2011
Well, the summer is still upon us here in the desert! It’s getting hotter and hotter! I am staying indoors during the day. I only go out in the afternoon when the sun is on the other side of the house. It is still warm, but tolerable. Many of my frie
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 | Furry Scurry Fun, Oct. 15 (Local News)
10/11/2011
Butte Humane Society invites the community to come celebrate pets and the people who love them by participating in the Furry Scurry Fun Walk & Festival, a major fundraising event to be held on Saturday, October 15 in downtown Chico.
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 | Revisiting Japanese Prints (Local News)
10/11/2011
The CSU, Chico Turner Print Museum presents "Revisiting Japan," the bookend to another Japanese print exhibition, "After Ukiyo-e," which was presented almost a year ago at The Turner.
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 | Uptown ART about, Oct. 14 (Local News)
10/11/2011
On Friday, October 14th, 4-8pm, ChiVAA (Chico Visual Arts Alliance) presents the 2nd Friday Uptown ARTabout. Artists, galleries, and art stakeholders in the Avenues and beyond will open their doors, welcoming the public to a night of visual art, music, an
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| Pumpkinheads and Pies (Gardening Column)
10/11/2011
Ummm. Smell that zing in the air? Fall has arrived! The harvest is nearly done, and the weather has a definite chill. Outside of all the grocery stores in town are huge boxes full of pumpkins ready for carving or painting or just for harvest decorations o
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 | "Clues & Evidence" Art Show (Local News)
10/03/2011
During the month of October, Artists of River Town, 1435 Myers, presents its annual juried art show, "Clues & Evidence," themed for Perry Mason Days. Sharpen up your investigative skills and join us for a crime scene investigation sensation
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 | "Whole Lotta Country" Oct. 8 (Local News)
10/03/2011
Jolan Dubois, Little Bit and Mickey Foster are getting ready for ‘Whole Lotta’ Country,’ an old fashion Hoot-Nanny that will be happening at the Historic Monday Club on Saturday, October 8th starting at 6:30 p.m.
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 | The Life of Betsy Ross (Local News)
10/03/2011
Millions know the legend of America’s first flag, but the life of the flag’s creator, Betsy Ross, remains shrouded in romance and nostalgia.
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 | "Little Shop of Horrors" (Local News)
10/03/2011
Chico State’s Theatre Department opens its 2011-12 season with the laugh-out-loud Broadway musical, "Little Shop of Horrors," a grand-scale production that features a flesh eating plant, do-wop and pop music, and a man who gets more than he bargains for.
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| Pumpkin Fun ("The Busy Mom")
10/03/2011
Pumpkins are everywhere this holiday season. Fake pumpkins, small pumpkins, pumpkins used for baking and giant pumpkins used for carving. They come in all colors too, not just orange, and their shapes are almost as whimsical as the faces carved into the
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 | Johnny Appleseed Days (Local News)
09/26/2011
Johnny Appleseed Days in Paradise October 1st & 2ndnd
First held in 1888, the fair now known as Johnny Appleseed Days is the oldest harvest in the state! It has been sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce since 1937.
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 | ART WALK, October 1-7 (Local News)
09/26/2011
Artists of River Town Window Walk is October 1st - 7th in Downtown Oroville.
27 artists show their work at 29 locations in the Historic Downtown.
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 | Chinese Acrobats Perform (Local News)
09/26/2011
International acrobatic superstars, the Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats, will bring their dazzling and daring program of formidable feats to the State Theatre in Oroville, CA on Tuesday, October 6, 2011 at 7:30pm. This is a membership series; however, limite
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 | Centennial of California’s Women’s Right to Vote (Local News)
09/26/2011
They marched. They rallied. They addressed factory workers, and church congregations, and women’s clubs. They spoke to voters in the streets. They appealed to any audience they could find who would listen. And after all the votes were counted followi
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| Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
09/26/2011
Now that summer is gone, watch for the falling leaves, as Autumn creeps in ... and while you are at it, observe the change of scenery in the storefront windows and merchants’ shelves. That’s right! Another season has passed, and thus we gear up for the
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 | New Dinner Theatre Comes to Chico (Local News)
09/19/2011
Dinner Theatre and Cabaret Shows will be the featured entertainment at the Holiday Inn located at 685 Manzanita Court in Chico, this coming Fall.
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| West Nile Virus Infects Butte County Person (Local News)
09/19/2011
Butte County Public Health Department received its first report this year of a Butte County resident testing positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) infection. According to Dr. Mark Lundberg, Health Officer for Butte County Public Health Department, "This case
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 | Children Performing "Into the Woods" (Local News)
09/19/2011
Chico Performances and Blue Room JR. present Into The Woods Wednesday, October 5th, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Laxson Auditorium a California State University, Chico
TICKETS: $12 Adult, $10 Senior; $8 Student/Child
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 | C.F. Lott Home Features Depression Glass Collection (Local News)
09/19/2011
An incredible display of "Depression glass" is currently being featured at the C.F. Lott Home in Sank Park. The collection of local resident, Susan Gilbert, includes over fifty pieces that will tease those visiting with memories of a distant past.
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| Louis here... (Louis Here)
09/19/2011
Well, the weather here is getting warmer, but not unbearable yet. And Mom and Dad are packing up again! What is this? Again, I am being packed up, too. But all my stuff is going this time. I swear, I was adopted by Gypsies. This time Mom is packing
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 | Dolores Mitchell’s "Chico + 20 Miles" (Local News)
09/12/2011
Dolores Mitchell’s exhibit of oil and water media paintings, "Chico + 20 Miles," (Sept. l4 to October l5) opens with a Friday, September l6 reception (5-8pm) at Avenue 9 Gallery, l80 E. 9th Ave., Chico.
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 | Bounty of Butte County, Sept. 25 (Local News)
09/12/2011
Bigger, Better & More Bountiful Than Ever! Oroville’s Bounty of Butte County teams up with Salmon Festival.
The Bounty of Butte County, Oroville’s premiere food and beverage tasting event, returns to the shady confines of Sank Park, 1067 Montgomery St.,
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 | North Yuba Harvest Fest, Sept. 17 (Local News)
09/12/2011
North Yuba Harvest Festival Celebrates Local Agriculture
The biggest wine and food event in the north foothills, the North Yuba Harvest Festival, is coming up Saturday, September 17 in Oregon House.
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 | "Issues & Hors d’oeuvres" Sept. 25 (Local News)
09/12/2011
The League of Women Voters of Butte County will host an "Issues & Hors d’oeuvres" fall program for members and the public on Sunday, September 25 from 2-5 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 850 Palmetto Ave. in Chico. The topic of the afternoon program wi
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| | North State Symphony, Sept. 24-25 (Local News)
09/12/2011
The North State Symphony celebrates a decade since the Chico and Redding Symphonies merged in 2001 with its season-opening concert, The Future Begins!, a program featuring works by Beethoven and Stravinsky.
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| It’s Time for Fall Planting! (Gardening Column)
09/12/2011
OK, so it’s 102 degrees out and looks to stay hot for awhile, but this month (on the 23rd) marks the autumnal equinox - the beginning of fall. There are still veggies ripening in the garden and lots more canning and freezing to do before the harvest is do
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 | Downtown Chico Weekend, Sept. 9-11 (Local News)
09/06/2011
The Downtown Chico weekend kicks off on Friday, September 9th with the final Friday Night Concert of the 2011 Season, featuring Blues, R&B, and soul by Sapphire Soul.
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 | Birdcages Jakes Women Opens (Local News)
09/06/2011
The Birdcage Theatre opens its 2011-2012 twenty-eighth season with Neil Simons play Jakes Women, directed by Bill Falcon on September 9th.
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 | Month-Long 9/11 Lecture Series (Local News)
09/06/2011
The Peace Institute at CSU, Chico is sponsoring a series of lectures and panel discussions in September, based around the theme, "9/11: Ten Years Later."
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 | Oroville’s Sept. 11th Remembrance (Local News)
09/06/2011
September 11th of 2011 will commemorate the ten year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack on US soil in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C.
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| Brown Bagging Basics: How to Pack A Lunch Your Kids Will Eat! ("The Busy Mom")
09/06/2011
Do you remember any of lunches that your parents packed for you? Sometimes you did not even know what was in that brown paper bag until you opened it up at lunch time. (Want to trade my tomato sandwich for your peanut butter one?) Back in the 70’s, the
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 | Artists of River Town Salmon Show (Local News)
08/29/2011
Artists of River Town Annual Salmon Show features artist, writer, naturalist,Rex Burress. His paintings will be on display at the Artists of River Town Gallery, 1435 Myers St., Downtown Oroville, through September 30.
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 | Taste of Chico, September 11 (Local News)
08/29/2011
The Downtown Chico Business Association (DCBA) invites you to celebrate the 26th Annual Taste of Chico - northern California’s BEST food, beverage, music and fine art festival. This highly acclaimed community event is scheduled for Sunday, September 11th
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 | September is Library Card Sign-Up (Local News)
08/29/2011
As students head back to school this September, the Butte County Library wants to make sure that all children have the most important school supply of all-- a library card.
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 | Gallery Sponsors Mansion Benefit (Local News)
08/29/2011
Avenue 9 Gallery has teamed up with the Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park to host a special drawing that coincides with the gallery’s Heritage Trails II Paint-Out: A Musical Plein Air Quartet.
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| Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
08/29/2011
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands! If you have talent, and want to share it, improve it, and/or just use it, get out to the Birdcage Theatre; they will appreciate you. If you want genuine friends, you are in the right place! Oroville’s B
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 | Call for Artists: "Heritage Trails II Paint-Out: a Musical Plei (Local News)
08/22/2011
Call for Plein Air artists and photographers to participate in Avenue 9 Gallery & Art Guild’s "Heritage Trails II Paint-Out." This 4-day paint-out will feature live music performances each day as the artists paint. Coinciding with this event will be a ben
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 | Performances for Families (Local News)
08/22/2011
Chico Performances 2011-2012 season is filled with magnificent performances fit for the entire family. Your children will fall in love with these exciting and entertaining acts. With so much variety all year long, it won’t be easy to choose just one!
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 | Build a Horse for Chico Palio (Local News)
08/22/2011
Chico Palio invites you to test your ingenuity and endurance by entering a horse into the 2011 art-horse foot race at Chicos Downtown City Plaza, Sept. 10.
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 | "Into the Light" Exhibition (Local News)
08/22/2011
The Janet Turner Print Museum’s first exhibition of the 2011-2012 season, Into the Light, features unique and seldom seen works from three campus collections - the Turner Print Collection, the Department of Art’s Ira Latour Visual Resource Center, and t
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| Public Health Helping to Reduce Hepatitis C (Local News)
08/22/2011
For the past year, Butte County Public Health has been providing education and free hepatitis C (HCV) test kits to residents of drug treatment and homeless facilities. The purpose of the "Spread the Word, Not the Virus" program, funded by the Sierra Healt
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| ANTIQUE TOOL TALK # 56 (Bolt Column)
08/22/2011
Well folks, today I want to bring you up to date on some exciting donations, etc, that have come in to your Bolt’s Antique Tool Museum. There have been so many we can’t begin to list them all but will discuss a few
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 | Oroville Airport Fly-In, August 20 (Local News)
08/15/2011
The Experimental Aircraft Association EAA Oroville Chapter 1112 will host an Oroville Airport Awareness Day and Fly-In Event on Saturday, August 20th from 8:00 A.M. until 4:00 P. M. The mission of the Experimental Aircraft Association i
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 | "Cars 2" Event August 27 (Local News)
08/15/2011
As of today over 900 tickets have been sold for the block-buster movie Cars 2 that will be featured at the Historic State Theatre located at 1489 Myers Street on Saturday, August 27th.
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 | Nature Big & Small (Local News)
08/15/2011
Photo Show at Avenue 9 Gallery
Nature Big and Small: Karen Kolb and Jane King Behind the Lens (August l7-September 10, 2011) is a two-person exhibition that celebrates the extraordinary beauties of everyday life in Chico.
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 | Fall Mud & Crawl, August 27-28 (Local News)
08/15/2011
Worlds 1st Wheelchair Accessible Monster Truck The Airborne Ranger Too Coming to the 6th Annual Surplus City Fall Mud & Crawl Aug. 27 - 28
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| | Relive the Discovery of Ishi (Local News)
08/15/2011
Oroville’s newspaper headlines rocked the nation with these words one hundred years ago: "Aboriginal Indian, the last of the Mill Creeks, captured near Oroville." The article continues, "Last surviving member of proud tribe of warriors is found, still un
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| Louis Here... (Louis Here)
08/15/2011
We were back home, and then Mom left again. It’s just Dad and me, not sure where she went, but she took a suitcase with her and told me to take care of Dad! Ha! I hope he remembers to feed me. Mom does all that, she feeds me, takes me for walks, plays wi
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 | Call for Art Entries (Local News)
08/08/2011
"Clues & Evidence" Juried Art Show will take place on Oct 1 - 28, 2011 at Artists of River Town Gallery, 1435 Myers Street, Downtown Oroville. Awards for Best of Show, 1st places in 2D, 3D, and Photography will be awarded.
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 | BTG Celebration, August 19 (Local News)
08/08/2011
The 5th Annual Bridging The Gap by Giving Celebration is August 19, 6-8 p.m. and includes a family-style backyard barbecue to thank donors and volunteers! Bring blankets and chairs to sit on and a towel for swimming.
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 | Fair Tickets on Sale (Local News)
08/08/2011
Tickets are on sale now for the 2011 Butte County Fair.
Are you ready for some excitement? Then get your tickets now! Friday is the Snowmobile Drag Races, tickets for general admission are available for $5.
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 | Berry Creek Festival, Aug. 13 (Local News)
08/08/2011
The Berry Creek Berry Festival started in 1998 as a community event to celebrate our most prolific wild vine - the blackberry. The festival has grown from local church choirs and history talkers who described Berry Creek places and person
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| ‘Bookflix’ at the Library (Local News)
08/08/2011
New e-reading technology being made available by the California State Library gives young children an exciting new way to experience books and learn to love reading.
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| To Be A Gardener (Gardening Column)
08/08/2011
Spend any time at all in a garden and something magical begins to happen: you relax, your mood lightens, things seem brighter and clearer, and you may find yourself beginning to smile. Once you become a gardener yourself, the garden begins to change you i
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 | "That’s Our Snow White" August 13 (Local News)
08/01/2011
Come and support local theatre as children of all ages will be performing in the production of the Creative Arts Centre’s "That’s Our Snow White," with an original screenplay by Ron Lytle. The two performances take place on Saturday, August 13 at the Sta
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 | Senior Companion Program (Local News)
08/01/2011
Senior Citizens Needed
Are you 55 or over and trying to make it on a limited, fixed income and coming up a little short each month? If you could use some tax-free money AND want to make a difference in someone’s life then now is the time to become a Sen
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 | Fair Coloring Contest (Local News)
08/01/2011
Butte County Fair Coloring Contest
The 2011 Butte County Fair Coloring Contest Pictures are now available. This open youth contest has five divisions (up to 3, 4-9, 7-9, 10-12 and 13 and older). Get your coloring page on our website www.buttecountyfair
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 | Talent Contest at Butte County Fair (Local News)
08/01/2011
Showcase your Talent at the Butte County Fair
New for 2011, Butte County’s Got Talent. This year’s competition is opened up to soloist, duets, quartets, magicians, ventriloquists, jugglers and much more!
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 | Blessing of the Grapes, August 5 (Local News)
08/01/2011
New Clairvaux Vineyard, the monks of the Abbey of New Clairvaux and hundreds of wine enthusiasts will gather on Friday, August 5th at 5:30 p.m. to take part in the annual "Blessing of the Grapes" harvest celebration. The event is located at the Abbey’s St
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| Back to School RULES! ("The Busy Mom")
08/01/2011
I can always tell when it is close to a new school year beginning by all of the school supplies that show up in the stores. Gone is the summer fun stuff like goggles, squirt toys and inflatable balls. In their place are pencils, erasers and backpacks of
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| Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
07/25/2011
While I was out of town this past month, my computer went bonkers. Not to worry - it didn’t catch a virus, and whatever it was that caused the problems, I have been reassured, "it isn’t contagious." The problem is, I am overly protective, and anyone in
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| Schedule Child’s TDAP Shot Now (Local News)
07/25/2011
The Butte County Public Health Department is offering parents another opportunity to get their child’s Tdap booster shot before school starts next fall. As you may have heard, new California law (AB 354) requires all students entering 7th through 12th gr
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 | Movies in the Park Begin August 5 (Local News)
07/25/2011
August 5 will be the start of the fifth season of "Movies in the Park" with an animated movie called "Despicable Me." Free movies will be playing every Friday during the month of August in Downtown Oroville.
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 | Single Ticket Sales Begin August 1 (Local News)
07/25/2011
Single tickets to all 2011-2012 Chico Performances events will go on sale Monday, August 1.
This 2011-2012 season celebrates 30 years of Chico Performances events with the greatest line-up yet!
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 | Lions Club Fundraiser, July 30Lions Club Fundraiser, July 30 (Local News)
07/25/2011
The District 4-C1 Lions are hosting the "All-Star Football Norcal" district-wide fund raiser for charity to send Type 1 diabetic children to Camp McCumber. The cost of Diabetic Camp is $400.00 per child for children within the district and $650.00 for ch
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| Historian Michele Shover, July 27 (Local News)
07/25/2011
The Butte County Library is proud to announce the fourth event in their Transforming Life After 50 series, scheduled to take place at the Chico Branch Library on Wednesday, July 27 at 2:00 pm. Guest speaker and author Michele Shover will discuss John Bidw
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 | Adopt-A-Class Program Accepting Donations (Local News)
07/18/2011
For the 14th year, businesses and individuals can enrich schoolchildren’s educational experiences by adopting a local class to see an exciting Field Trip through the Adopt-A-Class program at CSU, Chico. Every child in the area deserves an opportunity to e
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 | Recent Open House at Senior Center (Local News)
07/18/2011
On July 1, The Feather River Senior Citizens Association (FRSCA) held an Open House at the Senior Center during the First Friday Celebration. Homemade Cookies, Breads and Loaves as well as Lemonade were served to the Public. A Special Thank You is in orde
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 | Chico Palio Seeks Volunteers for Upcoming Thursday Night Market (Local News)
07/18/2011
Chico Palio will begin tabling at Thursday Night Markets Aug. 4 and continue until Sept. 8 to promote art and culture in Chico as extensively as possible before Palio, 9.10.11.
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 | "Annie" - July 29-30, 2011 (Local News)
07/18/2011
See "Annie," theatrical/musical at the State Theatre in downtown Oroville, 1498 Myers Street, on July 29th and July 30th at 6:30 p.m. The popular comic strip heroine takes centerstage in one of the world’s best-loved musicals.
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| Louis Here... (Louis Here)
07/18/2011
Wow, The holiday season has come and gone; Mom had a party, and it was great! I got to lick up all the crumbs on the floor. It kept me busy all night. Now everyone is gone, and the cool weather of winter is here. Cool I say, ‘cause it’s down to the 80
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| Garden Jewels (Gardening Column)
07/11/2011
No matter what kind of garden we grow - vegetable, herb, flower, succulent, whatever - during spring and summer we are visited by a host of bright creatures whose antics and colors both delight and intrigue us. This year I decided to find out just who the
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| Tips for Avoiding Summer Sunburns (Local News)
07/11/2011
Summertime means more time spent in the sun swimming, camping, gardening, exercising, and barbecuing. During these activities, adults need to protect themselves from excessive sun exposure and they need to be especially vigilant to protect children from
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 | "Playing with Primaries" July 15-August 13 (Local News)
07/11/2011
Avenue 9 Gallery presents its second "Playing with Primaries" exhibition. Last year’s show was immensely popular with artists and the public. "The challenge of dramatizing one primary color, red or yellow or blue in a painting gave me the courage to be
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 | Field Trips for Students (Local News)
07/11/2011
From music to theater, Chico Performances’ 20 new and amazing Field Trips are now available for teachers to purchase for the 2011-2012 school year. It is our intention to bring the best in live performances to students of the North Valley.
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 | Entries are Closing Soon (Local News)
07/11/2011
The Butte County Fair is currently searching for everyone who has taken that perfect photograph, grown beautiful flowers, sewn amazing quilts and more. We want you to showcase your accomplishments at the 2011 Butte County Fair.
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| Easy Outside Dinner Ideas for the Family (General)
07/05/2011
One great thing about the summer is cooking outside. Summer for most families can still be a busy time even though the kids are out of school, but most families still like to have dinner outside during the summer. Plus the bonus to eating outside is tha
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 | Miss Butte County Competition (Local News)
07/05/2011
Butte County Scholarship Competition
What do you think of when you hear the words glitz, glam and glitter? The Butte County Scholarship Competition of course! This year the pageant is under new direction and is sure to provide nothing but pure entertainm
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 | Slice of Chico, July 16, 2011 (Local News)
07/05/2011
Chico is RIPE for annual Downtown tradition!!!
Saturday, July 16th, 2011 ~ Begins at 9am
Downtown Chico’s merchants invite the community downtown for a day filled with great shopping, hot prices and FREE slices of ice-cold watermelon.
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| Healthy Habits for Children Create Healthy Adults (Local News)
07/05/2011
Butte County Public Health Department is making an effort to reduce obesity rates in the community. "There are some startling statistics with regard to childhood obesity in Butte County" according to Mark Lundberg, MD, Butte County Health Officer. Creatin
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 | Exchange Club Installs Officers & Honors Lundberg Award Recipie (Local News)
07/05/2011
The Oroville Exchange Club held their annual installation dinner June 22 at the Gold Country Casino Steakhouse and enjoyed a lavish cuisine overseen by Exchange Club member and event co-chair, Peter Fordham, General Manager of the casino. The event is al
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| Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
06/28/2011
June has always been my favorite month of the year. Schools out, relatives come to visit, and it is normally swim-suit weather. I love watching children at play, movies in the park, and picnics. I have fond memories of fishing in mountain strea
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| Heat-Related Precautions Urged (Local News)
06/28/2011
Your best defense against heat-related illness is prevention, says Dr. Mark Lundberg, Butte County Health Officer. Staying cool and making simple changes in your environment, fluid intake, activities, and clothing during hot weathe
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 | Call for Artists for Concours de la Chapelle (Local News)
06/28/2011
The Artistry is proud to partner with Chapelle de LArtiste for an Art-in-the-Barn Art Show and Plein Air Paint Out benefiting the Northern California Ballet.
The Northern California Ballet has given hundreds of children an opportunity to pursue t
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 | July 2nd Fund Raiser for the Alonso Family (Local News)
06/28/2011
A few weeks ago a long term employee had a tragedy. Yasenia Alonsos husband was involved in Alaskan Fishing Boat Accident that claimed 5 lives, one being Yasenias husband.
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 | BC Library Fund Raiser Huge Success (Local News)
06/28/2011
The Chico News & Reviews firstever golf tournament fundraiser, Links for Literacy, held on Saturday June 18, 2011, raised $5,400 on behalf of the Butte County Librarys Childrens Summer Reading Program, On Wo
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| Louis Here... (Louis Here)
06/20/2011
Wow, the grass is green again, and the summer heat still lingers, but I’m settling into my routine. Golfers are starting to come around again, and all my friends have stopped by to say hi to me. Just love it. Even my dog friends have stopped by; my bro
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 | Durham Library Goes Wireless (Local News)
06/20/2011
Visitors to the Durham Branch Library can now take advantage of free WiFi services. WiFi has been installed at the Library and is available during open hours. Branch Librarian, Cynthia Pustejovsky, reports that the installation is working well and is a
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 | The Best Show: Harvest Spectacular, July 1-3, 2011 (Local News)
06/20/2011
This event, sponsored by the Golden State Farm Education Center, will be July 1, 2, and 3 and take place at the Wallace Ranch just north of Woodland, California. This show will feature wheat harvesting techniques from the 1800’s to today.
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 | Fireworks Fun Night in Downtown Oroville, July 1, 2011 (Local News)
06/20/2011
Start off the Fourth of July weekend with a BANG! The First Friday event on July 1st is Fireworks Fun Night in on Bird Street in Downtown Oroville. Starting at 4 p.m. there are fun games for the young and young at heart, presented by the YMCA, including
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 | Butte County Fair Wants You (Local News)
06/13/2011
The Butte County Fair is currently searching for everyone who has taken that perfect photograph, grown beautiful flowers, sewn amazing quilts and more. We want you to showcase your accomplishments at the 2011 Butte County Fair.
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 | Get Your Childs Tdap Booster NOW! (Local News)
06/13/2011
Beginning July 1, 2011, all students entering grades 7-12 must provide proof of having immunization against whooping cough (Tdap) before starting school. In light of Californias recent whooping cough (also known as pertussis) epidemic, there is no
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 | Fireworks Spectacular Returns to Lake Oroville (Local News)
06/13/2011
The Lake Oroville Fireworks Spectacular will again light up the sky over Lake Oroville in celebration of our nations birthday. The fireworks blast off around 9:30 pm on July 4. This free show may be viewed from the lake, on Oroville Dam and other
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 | Summer Art Academy at CSUC (Local News)
06/13/2011
Turner Print Museum to Offer 9th Annual Summer Art Academy, July 25-29, at Chico State
Nine years ago Barbara Morris (who is a Janet Turner Print Museum Board member and current outgoing president) felt that there were not enough arts programs offered in
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 | Folk Singer Performs at Libraries Summer Reading Progra (Local News)
06/13/2011
The Oroville, Chico, and Paradise branches of the Butte County Library welcome storyteller, folk singer, and autoharpist Adam Miller on June 21st and 23rd for special performances in honor of the 2011 Summer Library Program theme, One World, Many Stories.
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| Beat Your Kids Summer Boredom with a New Hobby! ("The Busy Mom")
06/13/2011
The end of the school year has arrived, and it usually only takes about one day before all parents hear those dreaded two words from their kids "I’m bored!" Of course there are the usual summer activities of camp, swimming, playing outside or staying up
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| ANTIQUE TOOL TALK # 55 (Bolt Column)
05/23/2011
Well Folks, today I want to visit with you about a couple of historic finds we made that are directly connected to our local history.
Will begin this adventure in Marsing, Idaho. Not sure of the year. The bride & I arrived there, RV and all and met up
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 | Butte County Library Hosts "Transforming Life After 50 Series" (Local News)
05/23/2011
The Butte County Library is proud to announce the second event in their Transforming Life After 50 series, ‘Financial Planning with Medi-Cal,’ scheduled to take place at the Chico Branch Library on Wednesday, May 25 at 2:00 pm.
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 | Animal Control Cautions That CA Horses May Have Been Exposed to (Local News)
05/23/2011
A recent disease outbreak of Equine Herpes Myeloencephalopathy (EHV-1) has been traced to horses who attended the National Cutting Horse Associations’ Western National Championships in Odgen, Utah on April 30 - May 8, 2011. California horses who partici
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 | Oroville Area Art Tour, June 4 (Local News)
05/23/2011
Take the Oroville Area Art Tour on Saturday, June 4. The OAAT includes 30 artists at seven stops on a trail starting in historic Downtown Oroville and leading into the foothills.
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 | FOCUS Fundraiser: "In the Lavender Fields...", June 4 (Local News)
05/23/2011
FOCUS: Hands Helping Children will hold its annual spring fundraiser "In the Lavender Fields..." on Saturday, June 4, 2011, from 9 AM to 3 PM at Bayliss Ranch in Biggs, CA.
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| Louis Here... (Louis Here)
05/17/2011
Arrived home yesterdaywarm, actually a little hot, but good to be back. Golfers came by to say Hi and Welcome home. Love my grasskeeps me cool, and I love it in the evenings, just after the sprinklers go o
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 | Oroville Chamber Announces New Additions (Local News)
05/17/2011
The Chamber has a couple of familiar faces playing new roles. Chamber Ambassador Tambara Garrick, owner of FKO in Oroville, has been appointed to fill a vacancy on the Chambers Board of Directors, and Lisa Fitzgerald, known countywide for her work
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 | A California Heritage Trek, May 22, 2011 (Local News)
05/17/2011
A Native American Evening Hike in Sutter Buttes with California Heritage Treks & the Yuba Historical Society
On Sunday, May 22, 2011, California Heritage Treks collaborates with the Yuba Historical Society to take a slowly paced 4-mile walk through Bragg
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 | Low Cost Rabies Clinic, May 18, 2011 (Local News)
05/17/2011
On Wednesday, May 18, 2011 the Butte County Public Health Department is co-sponsoring a low cost rabies vaccination clinic with the North Valley Veterinary Medical Association. The clinic will be held at the Butte County Animal Control Office located at 2
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 | Help an Adult Learn to Read (Local News)
05/17/2011
Change a Life! (And It Just Might Be Yours)
Butte County Librarys Literacy Services provides volunteer-based tutoring for adults wanting to improve their basic reading and writing skills. Pairs typically meet once or twice a week in their local
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| What Weeds?! (Gardening Column)
05/09/2011
It has been said that in the spring a "young man’s fancy turns to love", but for gardeners, their thoughts if not their "fancy" turns to weeds. With the abundance of rain that this region has experienced and the recent warm temperatures all those weed see
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 | Friday Night Concerts Begin May 20, 2011 (Local News)
05/09/2011
Get ready for another rockin’ summer as Downtown Chico prepares to kick off its 34th Annual Friday Night Concert series Friday May, 20th. Located in the spectacular City Plaza, this free Chico tradition is held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. weekly through September
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 | Fit-n-Fun Day at Forebay, May 14, 2011 (Local News)
05/09/2011
The YMCA is hosting the annual Free Fit-n-Fun day at the North Forebay on Saturday, May 14th from 10am to 2pm. Bring the whole family and get free admission and free parking. Enjoy many interactive booths that include fun, engaging and creative activities
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 | "Romantic Riches" May 14-15, 2011 (Local News)
05/09/2011
The North State Symphony ends its current season on May 14 and 15, with a concert called "Romantic Riches" that features what may be the most popular work for piano and orchestra ever written.
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 | I Wish May 21, 2011 (Local News)
05/09/2011
I Wish, a modern day Wizard of Oz, is presented at the State Theatre in downtown Oroville with one public performance on Saturday, May 21st at 2 p.m. A little girl, Margo, makes a wish that her carousel horse comes to life. And it does as
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| Yard Sale 101 ("The Busy Mom")
05/02/2011
This year I have focused a couple of my articles on getting organized in 2011 and de-cluttering your stuff. If you have been making progress, congratulations! If you haven’t, don’t despair; there is still hope. One of the main things about cleaning out
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| | Benefit Concert, May 5, 2011 (General)
05/02/2011
CSU, Chico faculty, students, and members from the Chico/Paradise communities will present Concert for the Japanese Earthquake Relief Effort, May 5th at 7:30 p.m. in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall.
All proceeds benefit the American Red Cross.
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| | Tool Museum’s 5th Anniversary (Local News)
05/02/2011
Nuts, bolts, barbed wire, period pictures and interactive displays plus over 10,000 tools, invite you to join them in celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of Bolt’s Antique Tool Museum on, Wednesday, May 4th, from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. The free celebration
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 | Birdcage Delivers Baby! (Local News)
05/02/2011
Mother’s Day weekend will become a special event at the Birdcage Theatre with the production of the musical Baby, directed by Kathy Neal, assisted by Mindy Kubik and Carl Eggen.
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 | Evening Sutter Buttes Hike (Local News)
05/02/2011
On Sunday, May 8, 2011 from 1:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., join the Yuba Historical Society on an evening hike in the Sutter Buttes on Mother’s Day. The Yuba Historical Society’s last public excursion of the spring 2011 season guides trekkers up to aprominence
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 | Chinese Temple Tea, May 4 (Local News)
05/02/2011
The Friends of the Parks invite the public to their annual free Open House and Tea on Wednesday, May 4th from Noon to 4:00 P.M., at the Oroville Chinese Temple and Museum Complex. Traditionally dressed docents will pour tea, serve cookies, and provide to
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| Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
04/25/2011
April showers bring May flowers. (Or so they say.) Me, I just pray, "Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day. Because, I really want to go outside and play." Where? Historical Downtown Oroville, of course! Why not join in the festivities on
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| | Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (Local News)
04/25/2011
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in partnership with local law enforcement agencies announce a nationwide prescription drug "Take-Back" initiative that seeks to prevent increased pill abuse and theft. Local law enforcement working with the
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| | Ishi Gathering: Native History (Local News)
04/25/2011
One hundred years after he emerged into the early twentieth century culture of Northern California just outside of Oroville, Ishi’s story continues to fascinate us.
The tenth annual Ishi Gathering and Seminar provides a multi-faceted scheduled of events
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 | Big Fish Contest, April 30, 2011 (Local News)
04/25/2011
Caribou Crossroads is pleased to announce: the 5th Annual Trout Season Opener will be held on Opening Day, Saturday, April 30th, 2011.
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 | Raptor Dome Hike (Local News)
04/25/2011
Immerse yourself in breath-taking surroundings by joining the Yuba Historical Society’s first ever hike to Raptor Dome in the Sutter Buttes, on Sunday, May 1. This seven-hour excursion (8 a.m.-5 p.m.) takes hikers up to a large Andesite dome perched 1,00
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 | Home Tour & Garden Tea (Local News)
04/25/2011
The Oroville Republican Women will host their Annual Home Tour and Garden Tea, this year on Sunday, May 1st, from 1-4:30 p.m. A $20 ticket will take you on a tour of some of Oroville’s loveliest homes.
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 | Jim Carpenter Memorial Garden (Local News)
04/25/2011
The City of Oroville Department of Parks and Trees and the Oroville Park Commission invite the public to join in the dedication of the Jim Carpenter Memorial Garden, located near the Lott Home in Sank Park, 1067 Montgomery Street, on Thursday, April 28, 2
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 | Louis Here (Louis Here)
04/18/2011
The summer is waning, and I think we will be headed home soon. The leaves are turning, and it rained the other night. Thunder and lightning, loud, very loud. Didnt scare me, but you know, I wasnt going to sit outside and watch!
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| | Bicycle Helmets - One Size Does Not Fit All (Local News)
04/18/2011
The sun is shining and families are
heading to the streets with their bikes! Don’t forget your helmet! Each year, more than 20,000 bicyclists are admitted to hospitals and those hospitalized with head injuries are 20 times as likely to die. A bicycle hel
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| | Japan Disaster Relief Benefit Art Show (Local News)
04/18/2011
In light of the recent disaster in Japan, the Butte College Art Gallery presents "Disaster Relief: Taisetsu na Tomodachi (Precious Friends) a fundraising exhibition and silent auction to support victims of the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disast
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 | Print Exhibition & Ink/Clay (Local News)
04/18/2011
The 16th Annual Juried Student Print Exhibition & 8th Ink/Clay at the Janet Turner Print Museum will feature cutting edge printmaking and clay works by student artists, giving viewers a sense of what is happening in the art world right now.
The print exh
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 | Vintage Tractor Days, April 30-May 1, 2011 (Local News)
04/18/2011
The Tractors are Coming! One of the biggest vintage farming events in the north state, the 7th Annual Vintage Tractor Days, will be celebrated April 30 and May 1 in the tiny rural community of Oregon House. Last year 120 restored tractors from several sta
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 | Beer Fest, April 30, 2011 (Local News)
04/18/2011
Beer Fest to feature Oroville brews
Sample a wide range of brews, including selections from Oroville’s own Western Pacific Brewing & Dining, at the Sixth Annual Oroville Beer Fest, on Sat., April 30, 1:00-5:00pm at Centennial Plaza, 1800 Arlin Rhine Dr.,
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 | Workers’ Rights Rally, April 23, 2011 (Local News)
04/18/2011
Northern Californian Working Families Fight for the American Dream
One out of every six Americans is currently unemployed. Every two minutes another American family faces foreclosure. Every twenty seconds another American files for bankruptcy. Now, more
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| High Tech Garden Planning (Gardening Column)
04/11/2011
Every spring it seems I advise you to sharpen your pencil and grab some paper to begin mapping out and planning your garden. While that’s still a good idea, especially for those who are visually oriented, there are some interesting tools available online
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| | National Library Week (Local News)
04/11/2011
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 | Two Splendid Hikes in The Sutter Buttes (Local News)
04/11/2011
Ridge Walker Delight
Saturday, April 16 - 8:00 am to 5:30 pm
Propylite Hills / Sutter Buttes State Park
Sunday, April 17 - 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
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 | Chico State Guitar Ensemble to Present Concert (Local News)
04/11/2011
The Chico State Guitar Ensemble will present its annual spring concert, entitled "The Sky, the Air, and a Smile," April 15th, at 7:30pm in Rowland -Taylor Recital Hall.
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 | Eggs Needed for Dioxin Testing (Local News)
04/11/2011
The Butte Environmental Council is looking for backyard chicken owners to provide eggs for dioxin testing. Name and address of owners will be kept strictly confidential, and a cash incentive of $25 will be given to participants.
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 | Lake Oroville Driftwood Available (Local News)
04/11/2011
Due to the large amount of driftwood at Lake Oroville, California State Parks is allowing the public to collect the driftwood located at the Spillway Launch Ramp Area. The wood is located in the dirt lot near the entrance station. This is the only locat
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| Easy Spring Cleaning ("The Busy Mom")
04/04/2011
The excitement of spring can be felt all around us. The days will soon be lighter, the weather will be sunny, and everything is blooming. This sense of rebirth also gives me a case of spring fever when it comes to my house. I want to throw out anything
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| | 101 Positive Bloggers for Oroville (Local News)
04/04/2011
The City of Oroville has additional space available for Cyber Chatters that can help spread the word about our town. Oroville has an incredible amount of positive images and a quality of life that allows residents to Live, Work an
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 | Symphonic Winds to Perform, April 9, 2011 (Local News)
04/04/2011
Chico State’s Symphonic Winds ensemble will perform tangos, mambos, swing, and folk tunes from as far away as Armenia and Russia during its upcoming concert, Dances!
Presented April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Harlen Adams Theatre, Dances! will include a number of
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 | Ehmann Home Centennial Celebration, April 16, 2011 (Local News)
04/04/2011
One hundred years ago, an enterprising woman and her son built a modern stylish Craftsman Bungalow style home in Oroville. The woman was Mrs. Freda Ehmann, whose experimental olive pickling process created and developed the canned black olive that is a st
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 | Oroville Fiddlers Win Big (Local News)
04/04/2011
Oroville, District 1 in the California State Old Time Fiddlers Association, can now boast of several 2011 California State Champion Fiddlers:
1. Amanda Culbreath is the California State Peewee (ages 8 and under) Champ
2. Francis Mc Donough is The Califo
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 | Grammy Winner to Play in Richvale, April 17, 2011 (Local News)
04/04/2011
The second Annual Benefit Concert for the Historic Richvale School is being organized in cooperation with the Community Foundation of Richvale and will take place in the Richvale Auditorium on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. This year the Benefit Con
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| Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
03/28/2011
Say good-bye to March rains, winds, and storms. Greet April with a song in your heart and a smile on your face. (Then pray for good weather. So we can all get out and play together!) Remember, "Happiness comes from within, and laughter is contagious."
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| | Women’s History Month - Library Receives Gift (Local News)
03/28/2011
March being Women’s History Month, Alberta Tracy, representing the Christian Science Reading Room in Historic Downtown Oroville at 1940 Bird Street, presented Oroville branch libraian, Brenda Crotts, a copy of the book, "Mary Baker Eddy, Discover and Fou
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 | Oroville Business Showcase, April 6, 2011 (Local News)
03/28/2011
Business Showcase returns to Downtown Oroville
Oroville’s business community will be on display April 6 at the Municipal Auditorium, 1200 Myers St., as the Oroville Business Showcase makes it return to Historic Downtown Oroville. This is the fourth year
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 | Riverbend Park Hosts Wildflower Festival, April 2, 2011 (Local News)
03/28/2011
Have you ever made plans and then an opportunity came along and you just couldn’t say no? That is exactly what happened and now members of Lake Oroville Area Garden Club (LOAGC) find themselves enthusiastically participating in two wildflower events in O
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 | Paradise of Gems Show, April 9-10 (Local News)
03/28/2011
The Paradise Gem and Mineral Club will host their 57th Annual Show for public enjoyment and education. All members of the public are welcome and admission is free for children and young adults who are 16 and under. The Paradise Gem and Mineral is the ol
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 | Birdcage Idol Show Opens April 1, 2011 (Local News)
03/28/2011
Oroville - The Birdcage Theatre opens its first Birdcage 2011 Idol Show with the audience selecting the winner for a junior category and an adult category. Birdcage is exploring a search for talent through Birdcage 2011 Idol Show and Alexandria Olson i
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| Antique Tool Talk #54 (Bolt Column)
03/21/2011
Well Folks, today I want to visit with you about another adventure with old Dan & his bride Jean. Now I first told you about Old Dan in Antique tool Talk # 24, then again in # 25 and # 28. Just as a reminder in case you missed these articles, Old Dan &
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| | BCHS Sutter Buttes Hike, April 3, 2011 (Local News)
03/21/2011
Sunday, April 3 from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00. p.m., hike the beautiful, pastoral Sutter Buttes, led by Mike Hubbart, author of Images of America- The Sutter Buttes. and member of the Middle Mountain Foundation. He will lead a group of hikers up into the higher
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| | Women’s History Month - Margaret Cargill (Local News)
03/21/2011
‘Silent philanthropist’ Margaret Cargill’s new foundation suddenly surfaces as Minnesota’s largest
She was born in Los Angeles, but spent many of her early years in the Midwest. She attended Kemper Hall, an Episcopal school for women in Kenosha, Wis. and
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 | Wildflower Weekend, April 1-3, 2011 (Local News)
03/21/2011
California Garden Clubs, Inc. Landscape Council will present two Landscape Design Commendations during the Wildflower Weekend on April 1-3, 2011 in Oroville, CA
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 | Creeper Races, April 1, 2011 (Local News)
03/21/2011
Contestants needed for the upcoming 1st Friday, April Fools Day Annual Creeper Races sponsored by Oro Dam Cruisers & ODBA. Two person teams will compete in a double elimination format. Anyone aged 18 to 108 is invited to compete. Entry form & rules at w
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 | "Garden Variety" featured at Avenue 9 (Local News)
03/21/2011
Avenue 9 Gallery presents the exhibit "Garden Variety," (3/25-4/23) featuring watercolors by Candy Matthews and ceramics by Tedo Best. Artists will be present at the reception on Fri. 3/25 (5-8pm) 180 E. 9th Avenue, 879-1821, Reg. Hrs. Wed-Sat. noon-5pm.
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 | Safety Clinic Prepares for Vintage Tractor Event (Local News)
03/21/2011
As part of the preparations for the big "Vintage Tractor Days" event in Dobbins/Oregon House April 30 and May 1, a Clinic on Safety & Parade Driving will be held March 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The safety training is for inexperienced tractor drivers and
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| Louis Here (Louis Here)
03/14/2011
It is such beautiful day today - the sun is shining, and it makes me feel nice and warm. I am sitting out on my deck, watching people and dogs go by, and oops, another Bear! Wow, I thought they were nocturnal. This big ole bear just ambled by the front
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| | New Law Protects Children from Whooping Cough (Local News)
03/14/2011
New California Law (AB 354) requires all 7th -12th grade children to be immunized against pertussis upon entry into school. Beginning next school year all children will need to show proof of receiving a Tdap booster shot before starting the 2011-2012 scho
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 | Women’s History Month - Laurel Burch (Local News)
03/14/2011
Laurel Burch, American artist, designer, and businesswoman is being featured at Betty Jean’s Shop, 1920 Bird Street in downtown Oroville.
Laurel Anne Harte was born December 31, 1945 in southern California into a broken home. She left at the age of 14 w
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 | Womens History Month Celebrated with Yellow Rose Events (Local News)
03/14/2011
To help celebrate Womens History Month,the League of Women Voters is sponsoring Yellow Rose Events in Paradise and Oroville with refreshments, movie presentations and discussions about womens suffrage and gaining the right
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 | Fiddle Championship, March 19, 2011 (Local News)
03/14/2011
The California State Old Time Fiddlers Association is once again presenting their open fiddle and picking championships at the Oroville Municipal Auditorium, 1200 Myers Street, Oroville, on March 18th beginning at 3:00 PM and March 19th beginning at 8:00
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 | Butte College to Honor Outstanding Alumni at Spring Gala (Local News)
03/14/2011
Butte College will honor its outstanding alumni of the year at the College’s Spring Gala event on Saturday, March 26 at the CSU, Chico Bell Memorial Union, 400 West First Street, in Chico. This special event is a fundraiser for the Butte College Foundati
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| Take It Back! (Gardening Column)
03/07/2011
We’ve seen it in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain. We’re seeing it now in Wisconsin, where a hundred thousand people are gathering outside the state capitol in the snow to demand an end to the corporate take-over of our democracy and the ouster of the political boot
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 | Keeping Dance Alive, March 11-12, 2011 (Local News)
03/07/2011
· Showcasing the talents of the North Valley’s dancers, the 20th annual Keeping Dance Alive! is a repertory dance concert designed to highlight the diverse forms of dance.
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 | Women in History MonthBelle Starr (Local News)
03/07/2011
Belle Starr was born Myra Belle Shirley in a log cabin in Missouri on February 5, 1848 to "Judge" John Shirley and his third wife, Elizabeth Pennington. Her father was the black sheep of a well-to-do Virginia family who had moved west to Indiana, where he
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 | City Museum Docents Honored (Local News)
03/07/2011
The City of Oroville recently honored over fifty museum docents at an appreciation dinner held at the Centennial Cultural Center. The museum docent program is the life-blood of the five Oroville museums which include the Lott Home in Sank Park, the Chine
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 | Renowned Writer Hosts Poetry Workshop, March. 19, 2011 (Local News)
03/07/2011
Butte County Library - Renowned Writer Hosts Poetry Workshop
Renowned writer Susan Wooldridge will be leading a free poemcrazy poetry writing workshop at Oroville Library 1820 Mitchell Avenue in Oroville on Saturday March 19 @ 2:00 pm.
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| ANTIQUE TOOL TALK # 53 (Bolt Column)
02/28/2011
Well Folks, today I want to visit with you about a donation that just came in that caused me to reflect on our Bd # 16 its mounted on PD-5 (Portable display # 5). This portable display could be any place in the museum, so ask the Docent
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 | Exhibition Honors the Creative Process (Local News)
02/28/2011
In the 2010-2011 community book in common, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind, author William Kamkwamba explains in great detail how he used discarded junk found around his destitute African village to create an electricity-generating windmill
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 | Oroville Hunger Walk, March 12, 2011 (Local News)
02/28/2011
Saturday, March 12, the 2nd Annual Oroville Hunger Walk will begin at 9 a.m. making an approximate 3.5 mile loop, starting at River Bend Park and going down Montgomery, Myers, Mitchell, and Feather River Blvd. Activities begin with registration at 8:30 a
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 | Surround Sounds Concert, March 5, 2011 (Local News)
02/28/2011
Chico State Bands invites you to the second annual student-organized Surround Sounds concert. The concert will feature the Chico State Wind Ensemble, the Chico High School Concert Band, and several smaller groups.
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 | Womens History MonthMargaret Floy Washburn (Local News)
02/28/2011
Margaret Floy Washburn was an experimental psychologist. She was the first woman to be granted a PhD in psychology in 1894.
Nothing in the world is so compelling to the emotions as the mind of another human being --Margaret Floy Washburn
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| Call Me the Newcomer (Newcomer)
02/21/2011
I have said it before, and I will say it again - I love Oroville! It is truly a pleasure to see, experience, and enjoy the people who live here and work closely together to provide opportunities for the young, older, and the in-betweens.
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 | Oroville’s State Theatre Alive And Well (Local News)
02/21/2011
Oroville’s Historic State Theatre, located in the center of the downtown area at 1489 Myers Street has had a management change. The Theatre, which is owned by the City of Oroville, had been under the management of the Private Industry Council (PIC) for t
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 | Friends of the Arts Honored at State Capitol (Local News)
02/21/2011
Friends of the Arts, Butte County, a State/Local Partner to the California Arts Council, was one of 14 arts organizations to be honored in the State Capitol today.
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 | Butte County Woman Receives National Honor (Local News)
02/21/2011
Eileen Burke-Trent, of Gridley California, has been selected as a 2011 recipient of a national Ruth S. Shur Fellowship, for the League of Women Voters of the United States.
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 | Dial M For Murder coming to Birdcage Theatre (Local News)
02/21/2011
Birdcage Theatre proudly presents, DIAL M FOR MURDER by Frederick Knotts AND a spunky new director, Roxanne Eggen.
Eggen, who serves as a theatre board member, took on the challenge when seasoned director Susan Eisenberg found she could not direct the pl
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| Louis here... (Louis Here)
02/14/2011
Spent the night in the hotel, really nice, had a nice view of the harbor, but when the sun came up so was I! Up, that is. Mom was not ready to take a walk at that time, so she put me up on the bed and said "go back to sleep!" Didn’t want to sleep; so I
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| | Story Corps (Local News)
02/14/2011
Most of you reading haven’t heard of StoryCorps before. To explain in their words: "StoryCorps is a revolutionary initiative to instruct and inspire Americans to record one another’s stories in sound."
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| | Butte County Fair Theme (Local News)
02/14/2011
The Butte County Fair is fired up and looking for a theme for your 2011 Fair. We are asking for your ideas. Submit your theme and poster idea by Monday, March 7th for a chance to win a Family Fun Pass for the 2011 fair (two adults, two children for the
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 | North State Symphony to Perform Feb. 19-20, 2011 (Local News)
02/14/2011
The North State Symphony will perform its first concert of 2011, "Beauty Rising," Saturday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m. at Redding’s Cascade Theatre, and Sunday, February 20 at 2 p.m. at Chico’s Laxson Auditorium.
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 | "The Brothers Milo" Exhibit Opens (Local News)
02/14/2011
Avenue 9 Gallery’s exhibition "The Brothers Milo" opens Friday February 18 (reception 5-8 pm) and brings together Santa Fe painter Paul Milosevich and his brother, local furniture artist Vincent Milosevich. Vincent works with very beautiful local Claro Wa
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 | "88 Keys" Fund Raising Concert, Feb. 26, 2011 (Local News)
02/14/2011
Top CSU, Chico piano students will perform during 88 Keys @ Chico State, a concert featuring both solo and ensemble collections that will benefit the Music Department’s Keyboard Program and make for a rare night of classical piano music in Chico.
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 | Historic Lott Home Reopens with Exquisite Collection (Local News)
02/14/2011
The brooms, gloves, and dust cloths have been put away and the Historic Lott Home in Sank Park is sparkling and ready to welcome visitors back.
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| Seed Selection: Hybrid vs. Open-Pollinated (Gardening Column)
02/07/2011
As many of you may know, we are facing an unprecedented decline in genetic diversity. Nowhere is this more apparent than in seeds. Of the thousands of varieties of grains, vegetables and fruits that humans have grown since the advent of agriculture, we cu
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| | Upper Ridge - Help is Needed through March (Local News)
02/07/2011
Two volunteers are needed to help monitor the roadside shaded fuel break along Skyway in Magalia for two days a week over the next two months.
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| | Rotary Round Up Dinner/Dance, February 12 v (Local News)
02/07/2011
The 25th Annual Rotary Round-Up brings back "Sweethearts of the Rodeo" to the sounds of Cottonwood on Saturday, February 12th for the big annual Rotary dinner/dance. The Oroville Municipal Auditorium will again be home to the Round-Up, as the club puts on
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 | Love Songs of the Beatles Fund Raiser, Feb. 11 (Local News)
02/07/2011
"Yesterday." "If I Fell." "Till There Was You." "In My Life."
Who hasn’t heard these Beatle love songs and gone on a trip down memory lane?
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 | "Menopause - The Musical" (Local News)
02/07/2011
It’s time to kick-up those high heels! The Off-Broadway and international hit sensation Menopause The Musical® comes for the first time to Laxson Auditorium to celebrate its 10 years of "The Change!" The limited engagement opens on February 13th!
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 | "Stuff the Van" - SPCA Event, February 19 (Local News)
02/07/2011
On Saturday, February 19th from 11 to 3 at Grocery Outlet, the SPCA is having a "Stuff the Van" event. Join them for a $1.00 ea. Hot Dog, Polish Dog, Soda or Water, and HELP "Stuff the Van" with much needed Dog/Cat food and Cat litter. During 2010 our
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 | "About Face," a Contemporary Portrait Exhibition (Local News)
02/07/2011
The Butte College Art Gallery is pleased to announce: About Face, A Contemporary Portrait Exhibition, on display beginning January 31 through February 25, 2011. The exhibition is tied to faculty and student discussions being held throughout the Art and D
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 | BCHS’ Lincoln’s Birthday Tea, Feb. 12, 2011 (Local News)
01/31/2011
The third annual Butte County Historical Society Tea honoring Lincoln’s birthday will be on Saturday, February 12 at the Ehmann Home, 1470 Lincoln Street in Oroville. In addition to the tea, raffles, prizes, and the Society Quilt drawing will be featured
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 | "All That Glitters" - Feb. 4-Mar. 19, 2011 (Local News)
01/31/2011
Avenue 9 Gallery’s exhibition "All that Glitters" (Feb. 4-March l9) features jewelry by Mike and Susi Gillum. The public can meet the artists during the Friday February 4 (5-8pm) reception and special Sunday February 6 open hours of 12-4. To celebrate V
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 | Paradise Mardi Gras, Feb. 5, 2011 (Local News)
01/31/2011
On Saturday, February 5, 2011, Paradise Center for Tolerance and Nonviolence presents an evening of music and dancing from 7:00 pm until 11:30 pm at the Paradise Ridge Senior Center, 877 Nunneley Road.
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 | Heart Mountain Sutter Buttes Hike, Feb. 5, 2011 (Local News)
01/31/2011
Avenue 9 Gallery’s exhibition "All that Glitters" (Feb. 4-March l9) features jewelry by Mike and Susi Gillum. The public can meet the artists during the Friday February 4 (5-8pm) reception and special Sunday February 6 open hours of 12-4. To celebrate V
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| | February - Love Your Library Month (Local News)
01/31/2011
February is "Love Your Library" month at Butte County Library. Each year this month-long celebration provides the perfect opportunity to recognize the important role libraries play in local communities. As we have seen, the importance of library service
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| | Nominations for Samuel J. Norris Lifetime Achievement Award (Local News)
01/31/2011
The Oroville City Council is seeking nominations for its annual "Samuel J. Norris Award for Excellence." In 2002 the city council approved this annual award for significant lifetime achievements toward improving the quality of life in the City of Orovill
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| Sweets for the Sweet on Valentine's Day ("The Busy Mom")
01/31/2011
It is already the second month of the New Year, and things are moving quickly in my household! Before I can blink an eye, it is time to buy Valentine’s goodies for the kids to take to school for their friends. Of course most boxes only contain 24 valent
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 | LWV Potluck & Program, Jan. 27, 2011 (Local News)
01/24/2011
League of Women Voter members and the public are invited to attend the Annual LWV Potluck & Program on Thursday, January 27 at The First Baptist Church, 850 Palmetto Ave. in Chico. The potluck begins at 6 pm, with the program immediately following at 6:4
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 | Sutter Buttes Cathedral Peak Hike, Jan. 29, 2011 (Local News)
01/24/2011
From 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., join fellow hikers on a slowly paced four-mile climb to view Cathedral Peak and Destiny Mountain in the Sutter Buttes on Saturday, January 29th. Bristling with hundreds of rock slabs stacked twisted by subterranean forces, Cathe
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 | Lecture to Spotlight Korean War, Feb. 2, 2011 (Local News)
01/24/2011
James I. Matray, professor of History at CSU, Chico, will give a lecture entitled "Fighting for Peace: Lessons of the Battles of Pork Chop Hill," Wednesday, February 2 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall.
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 | YMCAs Healthy Living Expo, Feb. 5, 2011 (Local News)
01/24/2011
The YMCAs is hosting a Healthy Living Expo at theSouthside Community Center on Saturday, February 5th from 10am to 2pm. This FREE event is for those looking to start their New Years resolution by developing a healthier lifestyle. There are
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| Louis Here (Louis Here)
01/24/2011
Spent the night in the hotel, really nice, had a nice view of the harbor, but when the sun came up so was I! Up, that is. Mom was not ready to take a walk at that time, so she put me up on the bed and said "go back to sleep!" Didn’t want to sleep; so I
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| Best Laid Plans (Gardening Column)
01/17/2011
If you’re sitting and looking morosely out the window at the rain and wind and can’t stand the thought of getting your feet wet because the temperature is below freezing outside, make yourself a nice hot cup of tea and begin planning for your spring garde
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 | Help an Adult Learn to Read - Change a Life! (And It Just Might (Local News)
01/17/2011
Butte County Library’s Literacy Services provides
volunteer-based tutoring for adults wanting to improve their basic reading and writing skills. Pairs typically meet once or twice a week in their local library branch. By volunteering just 2-3 hours a w
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 | Artists of River Town Contest (Local News)
01/17/2011
A.R.T. Showdown - Art Challenge - Sponsored by Artists of River Town Concept - Create an artwork in a limited period of time using a supply of surprise materials. Contest starts 10am on January 29 at the FRSCA Senior Center in Downtown Oroville Prizes
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 | New Brewery to Host Chamber Dinner (Local News)
01/17/2011
Join us in honoring the winners of the Chambers annual business awards at Movers & Shakers Night, the 67th Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner, at the new Feather Falls Casino Brewing Company on Thurs., Jan. 27th from 6:00-9:00pm.
The
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 | Turner Museum to Spotlight Large Scale Silk Screen Works (Local News)
01/17/2011
When CSU, Chico Turner Print Museum curator Catherine Sullivan said the print museum’s first exhibition of 2011 would be "big, really big" she wasn’t exaggerating. Most works for "Splash: Large Scale Screen Prints" will be of the large variety - a minim
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| A Year at a Glance: How to Organize Your Family�s Life fo ("The Busy Mom")
01/10/2011
On New Year�s Eve, most families like to take time to reflect on all the events that have happened that past year. Even more families will make their New Year�s resolutions by promising to lose weight, exercise, and spend more time together
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 | 2nd Friday ARTabout, January 14, 2011 (Local News)
01/10/2011
Coming to a neighborhood near you… it’s the new 2nd Friday ARTabout Chico! Teaming up with the Enterprise-Record’s Buzz, ChiVAA (Chico Visual Arts Alliance) is coordinating a monthly art event that rotates between three Chico neighborhoods - Uptown, Downt
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 | Snow Goose Wildlife Art Exhibit (Local News)
01/10/2011
A free "sneak preview" Friday, on Friday, January 21 (5-8pm) for the Snow Goose Festival Wildlife Art Exhibit will be co-hosted by two art galleries noted for community involvement and education--The Artistry at 8th and Broadway and Avenue 9 Gallery at 9t
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 | Invigorating Sutter Buttes Hike, January 16, 2011 (Local News)
01/10/2011
8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Start you New Year’s resolution exercise regime by joining the Yuba Historical Society’s popular Ridge Walker Delight hike on Sunday, January 16. This seven hour excursion takes hikers up a high ridge where participants will gaze up
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 | 4th Annual Water Forum, January 13, 2011 (Local News)
01/10/2011
4th Annual Water Forum, January 13, 2011
British statistician George E.P. Box first coined the phrase All models are wrong, but some are useful in the 1970s. With this timeless premise in mind, the League of Women Voters of Butte County
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| Louis here... (Louis Here)
12/28/2010
Well, what a week we had! Mom and Dad put me in the car, and we went for a two hour drive. My bed and dishes were in the car, so I figured we were on another road trip! When we arrived, we were at a BIG hotel. Lots of other dogs were there. It was n
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 | Chico Youth Developing Leadership Skills (Local News)
12/28/2010
The California Health Collaborative (Collaborative) is pleased to announce a collaboration with Chico Unified School District’s Safe and Drug Free Schools project to teach middle school youth leadership and advocacy skills - and to put those skills into
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 | Steve Lyons’ One Act Play to Open at Birdcage in January (Local News)
12/28/2010
Who is Steve Lyons ?
Putting his degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley to good use, Steve Lyons writes plays as well as unproduced movie scripts and is a homemaker for his wife Bree and son Riley.
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 | Children’s Choir Celebrates 10 Years (Local News)
12/28/2010
On Jan. 3, new members are invited to join the various choirs of Children’s Choir of Chico. That’s when practice begins for the 2011 Spring Season.
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 | Christmas with True Believers (General)
12/20/2010
It was early August and Judy and I were a little depressed. For a change of subject and of mood I asked, What would you like for Christmas? It seemed like a safe topic in August.
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 | Whole Food Cooking Classes (Local News)
12/20/2010
The Chico-Butte Valley Chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation is hosting a series of nutrient dense whole food cooking classes Jan. 4 - Feb. 22.
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 | Butte County Resource Conservation District Hires New Manager (Local News)
12/20/2010
The Butte County Resource Conservation District (RCD) is pleased to announce the hiring of Steve Troester as their new District Manager. Steve brings a diverse range of skills and experience to the position, including previously serving as a senior land
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 | Butte College’s New Ridesharing Program Saves Resources (Local News)
12/20/2010
Partnership with Zimride helps students save time, gas
Since the November launch of Butte College’s new carpooling service, Zimride, the college has 272 registered users with 177 posted rides with 14 average matches per post. With the ridesharing progra
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 | Chinese Temple Featured on TV (Local News)
12/20/2010
Oroville City Council member Thil Chan-Wilcox was recently interviewed regarding the City Council direction to seek an art appraiser to assess the value of the artifacts that are in the Oroville Chinese Temple and Museum Complex. Mrs. Wilcox’s extended f
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| Seasonal Celebrations (Gardening Column)
12/13/2010
For Americans, Thanksgiving is probably the only harvest festival we celebrate. But those who followed the old ways, mainly the peoples of pre-Christian Europe and the British Isles, celebrating the seasons was an important
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 | Child Development Center Enrollment (Local News)
12/13/2010
The Butte College Child Development Center located at the main campus, 3536 Butte Campus Drive, and the Chico Center, 2320 Forest Avenue, is now enrolling children between the ages of 1 year and 5 years old.
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 | N. State Symphony’s Holiday Concerts in Three Cities (Local News)
12/13/2010
The North State Symphony will perform a festive selection of classical and familiar holiday music in three northern California cities: Chico, Redding, and Red Bluff on December 17th, 18th and 19th, 2010. The concerts will be conducted by Kyle Wiley Picke
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 | Auditions Announced for CSUC Fund Raiser (Local News)
12/13/2010
CSU, Chico’s Department of Music is holding auditions for its spring semester fundraiser, Love Songs of the Beatles.
Department chair Keith Seppanen said there would be a separate audition for community members who want to participate, as well as an audi
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 | My Fair Lady December 17-18, 2010 (Local News)
12/13/2010
The Oroville High School Drama Club is partnering with Checkers Italian Restaurant at 109 Table Mtn. Blvd., to present dinner theatre evenings on Friday, December 17 and Saturday, December 18. The evenings will run from 6:30-9:30 p.m., and there will be
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| Stumped for Stocking Stuffers? ("The Busy Mom")
12/06/2010
One of my family’s traditions at Christmas time is to hang stockings on the mantle. In fact, since I was a little kid, I remember the excitement of digging into my stocking after opening all of my presents. It was the final touch to a perfect Christmas
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 | Oroville Completes State Theatre Restoration (Local News)
12/06/2010
The City of Oroville has been the proponent of returning its historic State Theatre to its original grandeur at the time it first opened in 1928. Six retail shops facing Myers Street in the historic State Theater building were recently completed. Improvem
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 | "Rockin’ Holiday II," with "Fever," December 17, 2010 (Local News)
12/06/2010
With choreography and lovely costumes, enjoy 30+ songs, including the Andrew Sisters (swing), 60’s girl group (eclectic mix), country favorites, and lots of fun holiday tunes on Friday, December 17, 7:30 p.m. at the Oroville State Theatre, 1489 Myers St.
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 | Oroville’s Parade of Lights, December 11, 2010 (Local News)
12/06/2010
Downtown Oroville invites everyone to join us for the 15th Annual Parade of Lights on Saturday, December 11. The parade starts promptly at 6 p.m. at the corner of Montgomery and Huntoon Streets and proceeds towards Lincoln St. to Bird St. to Downer St. a
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 | Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
11/29/2010
Oh my, I feel like a turkeystuffed! But with the Spirit of Christmas being displayed everywhere, how can I not want to join in on the fun? You can help, by attending the events in the city. Bob Marciniak, Editor of the City of Or
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 | Chico ARTabout December 10, ‘10 (Local News)
11/29/2010
2nd Friday ARTabout ... Uptown - the Avenues and Beyond! Ring in the season on December 10 from 4-8 p.m. with a joyful and free family-friendly, art-rich event organized by ChiVAA (Chico Visual Arts Alliance).
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 | "A Christmas Story" Opens December 3, 2010 (Local News)
11/29/2010
The Birdcage Theatre opens its holiday play with Jean Shepherd’s hilarious comedy "A Christmas Story," directed by Bill Falcon on December 3 at 7:30 p.m.
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 | FRSCA Christmas Events, December 3 & 4, 2010 (Local News)
11/29/2010
In conjunction with Downtown Business Association’s First Friday events on December 3, Feather River Senior Citizen’s Association (FRSCA) will have a Wassail Bowl and baked goods available to the public, along with Christmas music from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p
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 | First Friday Spirit of Christmas, December 3, 2010 (Local News)
11/29/2010
First Friday is almost here and children everywhere will be anxious to see Santa arrive in Downtown Oroville. The date is Friday, December 3rd at 4pm on the corner of Bird & Myers Streets. Watch for the red model A pickup! Santa will be visiting with k
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| Louis Here (Louis Here)
11/22/2010
As I begin writing this, we are still in the mountains - heard Mom call it Squaw Valley, wherever that is. It is raining today and cold outside. Mom and Dad are doing some repairs. (Dad calls them a pain in the butt!) But anyway when I go outside, I o
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 | Recology Becomes First Business Certified Sustainable in Orovill (Local News)
11/22/2010
Recology Butte Colusa Counties is the first business in Oroville to be awarded a Sustainable Business Certification by the Sacramento Area Sustainable Business Program for dedicated efforts in reducing their environmental footprint.
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 | Upcoming Sutter Buttes Hikes, November 28 & December 5, 2010 (Local News)
11/22/2010
From 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m work off that Thanksgiving feast with a moderately paced hike to the center of the Sutter Buttes volcano by joining Yuba Historical Society’s Heart Mountain hike on Sunday November 28. Heart Mountain is not only appropriately named,
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 | Holiday Trees of Hope Raffle (Local News)
11/22/2010
"Holiday Trees of Hope" give hope to Oroville’s foster and disadvantaged children. Until the drawings December 3rd, themed predecorated trees will be on display at fifteen different business in town. Experience a little early Christmas cheer. Buy your r
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 | Pioneer Museum Holiday Open House, November 28, 2010 (Local News)
11/22/2010
The Pioneer Memorial Museum will host its annual holiday open house on Sunday, November 28, 2010, from noon until 4:00 P.M. This annual event sponsored by the City of Oroville Docents has become a tradition not to miss. A beautiful decorated Christmas t
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| ANTIQUE TOOL TALK (Bolt Column)
11/15/2010
Well Folks, today I want to visit with about our summer vacation. Which included a cruise to Alaska.
Now before I get started I want to make it clear that I wouldn’t have gone if it weren’t for the opportunity to visit the "Hammer Museum" in Haines, Ala
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| | Recovery Information Workshop, November 20, 2010 (Local News)
11/15/2010
Are you dreading the holidays due to a loved one who drinks too much, or uses drugs and ruins the season? Do you know someone who has a problem with drugs or booze? Are you in a job where you often encounter people with these problems?
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 | CSUC Sophomore & L P High Grad Wins Regional Championship (Local News)
11/15/2010
National Reining Horse Association Champion Olivia Evans, 18, a Chico State University sophomore recently won top honors at the NRHA Northwest Regional Affiliate Finals in Nampa, ID. Evans, riding her 10-year-old gelding "Fifty Fifty Chance," claimed the
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 | Hometown Christmas at Forbestown Museum, November 27, 2010 (Local News)
11/15/2010
Journey up to the foothills on Saturday, November 27, and start your Christmas Season off with a stroll along the boardwalks under twinkling lantern light in Gold Trader Flat, a replica town of the 1800’s located next to the Yuba Feather Museum, at 19096
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 | Silents at the State, November 20, 2010 (Local News)
11/15/2010
For the second "Silents at the State" event, we will be showing a selection of Short Comedies featuring some of the most famous silent comedians. Our featured comedy will be "Big Business" starring Laurel and Hardy as Christmas Tree salesmen in balmy Sou
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 | Downtown Chico "Previews" Holiday Cheer, November 21, 2010 (Local News)
11/15/2010
Downtown Chico will officially kick off the holiday season with the much-anticipated Christmas Preview to be held on Sunday, November 21st from 4-8 p.m. This tradition in holiday hospitality celebrates the magic of the season. Downtown businesses debut
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| Wintering Down (Gardening Column)
11/08/2010
The first storms of the season have swept through, blown down from Alaska. Theyve dropped their bounty of rain (and wind!) and moved on. The days are shortening. Weve set our clocks back trying to eke out the last bit of daylight at the en
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 | Japanese Print Works Exhibition Now Through December 14, 2010 (Local News)
11/08/2010
The Japanese woodblock print has been in existence for centuries. Used for mass-producing art as well as creating books in 17th-20th century Japan, it is what links that country’s Ukiyo-e master printmakers with their modern counterparts, according to Cyn
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 | Birding in the Buttes, November 13, 2010 (Local News)
11/08/2010
Taking full advantage of the varied habitats of Peace Valley in the Sutter Buttes, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. hikers will stroll alongside a riparian stream looking for various songbirds, observe raptors while walking through an open savanna, spy upon b
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 | "Die Fledermaus" Operetta, November 18-19, 2010 (Local News)
11/08/2010
The famous and beloved comedic operetta, "Die Fledermaus" ("The Bat"), will trap audiences in a cat and mouse game of humorous revenge and flirtatious indiscretion.
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 | "Stand Up for Kids" Comedy Event, November 19, 2010 (Local News)
11/08/2010
Get ready for the best event of the year! It’s the YMCA’s Stand Up For Kids comedy event on Friday, November 19th at the Southside Community Center. This 11th annual event is a full evening of great food; beer and wine tasting; dessert and coffee bar; mus
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| Lets Talk Turkey ("The Busy Mom")
11/01/2010
I can almost taste it now - the warm gravy pooling in the middle of a heaping pile of hot mashed potatoes. The sweet smell of warm pumpkin and pecan pie as it sifts through the air. Sweet potatoes topped with marshmallows burnt to a slight crisp. Don’t
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| | City of Oroville Announces Leaf Pick-up (Local News)
11/01/2010
The Citys annual fall leaf pick-up program will start on November 1, 2010 and continue through February 28, 2011. The City has been recognized for the past 29 years as one of the Tree City USA recipients. Along with the beauty of t
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 | Holiday Blues Review Goes Big (Mo), November 12, 2010 (Local News)
11/01/2010
Big Mo & The Full Moon Band, Huge Silent Auction highlight the Chamber’s Holiday Blues Review.
The Holiday Blues Review & Auction returns to the Gold Country Casino Showroom on Friday, Nov. 12, from 6:00-9:30pm. The event is going large this year with li
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 | Auditions for "I Wish" November 6 & 13, 2010 (Local News)
11/01/2010
Auditions for the play, "I Wish," A Modern Day Wizard of Oz which teaches Healthy Habits will be held at the Birdcage Theatre (1740 Bird Street, Oroville) on Saturdays, Nov. 6th and Nov. 13th from 1:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m..
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 | "Umbrian Corridors, Continued" November 5-December 4, 2010 (Local News)
11/01/2010
Chico painter Ann Pierce’s exhibition "Umbrian Corridors, Continued" (November 5-December 4) at Avenue 9 Gallery derives from her recent trip to Italy. In her paintings, the ordered architectural spaces of Roman ruins and towns of Umbria, Italy glow with
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 | Fathers House Toy/Food Fun Run, November 6, 2010 (Local News)
11/01/2010
The Fathers House Church is hosting its 6th Annual Toy Food Fun Run on Saturday November 6th, 2010 to benefit the children of Oroville for Christmas.
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| ANTIQUE TOOL TALK (Bolt Column)
10/25/2010
Well Folks, today I want to bring you up to date on a couple of important developments at Bolt’s Antique Tool Museum. There are many going on, but will just deal with 2 in this article.
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 | Benefit BBQ & Concert for El Medio Fire Fighters, November 6, 20 (Local News)
10/25/2010
The El Medio Fireman’s Association’s "Raise The Roof" fund raiser is being held on Saturday, November 6. We are holding a BBQ dinner cooked by J. Lee Roy’s, music from "Inside Strait" and will be having raffles and a silent auction to raise money to repl
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 | 1st Friday Fall Festival, November 5, 2010 (Local News)
10/25/2010
Chris Atnip with Gold City Mercantile and Chris Robbins with the Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce compete in the Serious Class at last year’s inaugural 1st Friday Fall Festival Pie Eating Contest.
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 | Trivia Bee Benefits Literacy, November 5, 2010 (Local News)
10/25/2010
What are the names of the three Pep Boys? What’s the length of a ‘score’? Doc Holladay (of OK Corral fame), was what kind of doctor?
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 | Downtown Chico Treat Street, October 31, 2010 (Local News)
10/25/2010
The Downtown Chico Business Association (DCBA) and Tri Counties Bank present the 11th Annual Treat Street in Downtown Chico! Rain or shine on Sunday, October 31st from 2-5pm, downtown merchants will offer treats for costumed children 12 and under.
It’s
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 | CSUC Fall Choral Concert, October 29, 2010 (Local News)
10/25/2010
The CSU, Chico Choirs present its first concert of the 2010-2011 season on Friday, Oct. 29th at 7:30 p.m. in Harlen Adams Theatre.
Titled "How Can I Keep From Singing?" the concert features a variety of music including works by Benjamin Britten, Cecil Ef
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| Louis Here (Louis Here)
10/18/2010
Oh my gosh, did I have a month!
Mom and Dad went out a lot with friends, etc, and left me home alone. I got into lots of trouble! First off, they went to dinner for what I thought was hours. Anyway, I had to entertain myself. The yellow pages are f
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 | City Approves Oro Bay Master Plan Community (Local News)
10/18/2010
The Oroville City Council moved steps closer by recently approving a development agreement that locks in the number and density of housing units that will be built in Oro Bay Estates off Oro Dam Blvd. West near Wilbur Road and the Thermalito Afterbay.
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 | Sutter Buttes Hike to Coal Mountain, October 30, 2010 (Local News)
10/18/2010
Join the Yuba Historical Society on a trek through California’s newest (and least visited) state park in the Sutter Buttes, Saturday, October 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. This slowly paced hike takes place in Peace Valley, an interior basin on the Butte
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 | "The Phantom of the Opera" at State Theatre, October 30, 2010 (Local News)
10/18/2010
The State Theatre Artists Guild (STAGE), in its ongoing efforts to support the restoration and operation of the Historic 1928 Oroville State Theatre Performing Arts Center has begun the "Restore the Theatre Organ Project" to return an authentic Theatre Pi
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 | Henneberry Memorial Exhibit, October 22-30, 2010 (Local News)
10/18/2010
Avenue 9 Gallery & Art Guild will present the "Eva Henneberry Memorial Quilt Exhibition and Sale" from October 22 to 30 with special hours on Saturday October 23, l0am-5pm and Sunday 24, noon-4pm.
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| Garden Economy (Gardening Column)
10/11/2010
The garden - any garden, even those that are totally unplanned - introduces us to an interesting economy. It is this: plant a tiny seed and, over time and with some patience on the part of the gardener, a sturdy plant emerges from the ground covered with
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 | Lecture to Feature U.S. Grant Expert, October 20, 2010 (Local News)
10/11/2010
10th Annual Joanna Dunlap Cowden Lecture to Feature U.S. Grant Expert Joan Waugh, October 20 at CSU, Chico
Americans once considered Ulysses S. Grant an important historical figure equal to George Washington or Abraham Lincoln, but by the 1920s his reput
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 | Political Forum in Oroville, October 20, 2010 (Local News)
10/11/2010
Candidates for Oroville mayor and city council will respond to questions submitted by local residents and area media representatives at a candidate forum on Oct. 20 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at the Municipal Auditorium, 1200 Myers St. in Historic Downtown Oro
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 | World-Class Pianist Mykola Suk to Perform October 15, 2010 (Local News)
10/11/2010
In a rare treat for Chico-area classical music lovers, internationally acclaimed Ukrainian-born pianist Mykola Suk will be coming to Chico State to perform music by Liszt, Beethoven, Hummel and Skoryk.
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 | Primitive Middle Mountain Hike, October 17, 2010 (Local News)
10/11/2010
Ever wonder about Indian bedrock mortars? How were they made? How long have they existed? Then join the Yuba Historical Society as they launch their 2010-2011 season of Sutter Buttes hikes with the "Primitive Middle Mountain" outing Sunday, October 17.
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| Cheap Costume Ideas for Halloween ("The Busy Mom")
10/04/2010
I love everything about fall. I love the autumn colors, falling leaves, and big pumpkins. The hot days of summer have finally transformed into cool, crisp fall nights. The sun sets sooner, and all of the fun holidays are approaching.
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 | "Mad as Hell Doctors" Speak at CSUC, October 12, 2010 (Local News)
10/04/2010
The Corvallis, Oregon-based "Mad As Hell Doctors" - advocates of single payer health care and improved and expanded medicare for all - will give a talk Tuesday, Oct. 12 in CSU, Chico’s Harlen Adams Theatre (PAC 144) beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The talk is
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 | Public Health Offers Flu & Whooping Cough Vaccination Clinics (Local News)
10/04/2010
Flu and pertussis vaccination will be available for students, families, school staff and the public. Both nasal and injectable flu vaccine will be available and this year’s flu vaccine includes the pandemic H1N1 vaccine. Nasal spray influenza vaccine will
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 | Turner Presents "Rubbings" Exhibition & Reception (Local News)
10/04/2010
Experience 206 BC China, Cambodia and Thailand through one of the earliest forms of printmaking - rubbings.
The Turner Print Museum, located in the Meriam Library on the CSU, Chico campus, is presenting an art exhibition entitled "Impressions: Rubbings
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 | Juvenile Justice Topic of League Forum on October 9 (Local News)
10/04/2010
Juvenile Justice in Butte County is the topic of a community forum being hosted by the League of Women Voters on Saturday, October 9, beginning at 9:30 am. Special guest panelists will be on-hand to answer the question "Who is Minding the Children?" at
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| Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
09/27/2010
It’s official - Fall has arrived! Is the weather co-operating? I see the salmon jumping for joy to be back at their birth-place to spawn. Salmon Festival Time is always fun time in Oroville.
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 | Multiple Perry Mason Days Events (Local News)
09/27/2010
The 8th Annual Perry Mason Days, celebrating the life and times of Erle Stanley Gardner, who once lived in Paradise and Oroville, and attended Oroville High, began September 25 and will run through October 3. Erle Stanley Gardner was a famous lawyer, as
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 | CSUC Dept. of Theatre Kicks Off Season with "25th Annual Putnam (Local News)
09/27/2010
Get ready for Chico State’s Department of Theatre’s production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," a hilariously amusing musical about six adolescent outsiders competing for a chance to go to the National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
Sta
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 | Gridleys 14-Mile Sale & Chili Cook-Off, October 2, 2010 (Local News)
09/27/2010
The Gridley Business Improvement District is proud to sponsor the 5th Annual 14 Mile Yard Sale and Chili Cook-Off on Saturday October 2nd. Once again this year the Yard Sale stretches through Gridley, Biggs, & Live Oak. Gridley will have maps available
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 | PAWS People for Pets Party, October 9, 2010 see page 7 (Local News)
09/27/2010
It’s time again to mark your calendars to save Saturday, October 9 from 5:30-10 p.m. to attend PAWS (Promotion of Animal Welfare Society) of Butte County fund raising dinner. It will be a terrific night with a 1950’s Sock Hop theme. Dance floor will be
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 | Artists of Rivertown’s 2nd Annual Juried Show Begins September (Local News)
09/27/2010
The Artists of River Town unveil their 2nd Annual Juried Show beginning Tuesday, Sept. 28 and follow with a reception, awards ceremony and semi-annual ArtWalk on Friday Oct. 1. The gallery at 1435 Myers St. is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3
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| Louis Here (Louis Here)
09/20/2010
Well, it has been a month now, and I’ve had the good, bad and ugly! What a time! It started with my mom’s sister and husband visiting us for a couple of days. He had a video camera with him, and I didn’t know he was making a movie! I should have been
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 | Chico Air Show, September 24-26 (Local News)
09/20/2010
Gayle Womack has announced that the annual Chico Air Show will return this summer to the Chico Municipal Airport! Come out and see "Jets Galore and More" on September 24, 25 and 26!
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 | The Artistry House Show thru November 6 (Local News)
09/20/2010
In Celebration of Artoberfest, The Artistry is joining with its studio mate All Fired Up! in presenting our House Show, displaying member art inspired, created and promoted within our space.
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 | Family Performances of 2010-11 Season (Local News)
09/20/2010
Chico Performances’ 2010-2011 season is proud to feature a variety of outstanding performances that are perfect for a family night out. Your children will love the thrill of a live performance at Laxson Auditorium this year. With an eclectic variety of
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 | Book in Common Events to Feature African Film Series (Local News)
09/20/2010
CSU, Chico professors Dean Fairbanks, Geography and Planning, and David Eaton, Anthropology, have selected films to help broaden our understanding of Africa as we read the year’s book in common from Malawi -- William Kamkwamba’s The Boy who Harnessed the
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| T-O-M-A-T-O-E-S ! (Gardening Column)
09/13/2010
At long last, after the cool May we had and the less-than-seasonably-hot summer, those red, juicy, round fruits are ripening on the vine. And whether you planted some of the heirloom Mortgage Lifter tomatoes or the tiny hybrid grape tomatoes, you are look
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 | An Exotic Last Night in Egypt, & Some Thoughts, Egypt, Part 13 (Travel Column)
09/13/2010
Since it was 108º that day in Giza/Cairo no one, except me, in our group of four wanted to venture into Cairo from Giza after lunch (45 min. to an hour taxi ride we were told); so, they enjoyed the swimming pool, & I stayed in our air-conditioned room res
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 | Salmon Festival, September 24-25, 2010 (Local News)
09/13/2010
It’s time to celebrate the return of the salmon to the Feather River at the 16th Annual Oroville Salmon Festival Friday and Saturday, Sept. 24-25. Join in the non-stop festivities for a fun-filled weekend of food, crafts, recreation and education.
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 | Stuart Mayo in Concert, September 23, 2010 (Local News)
09/13/2010
Come join Stuart and his guests, Trent Smith, Sandy Miller, and some friends from the Paradise Dancers, for an evening of original compositions, exciting classics, and humorous ditties! Stuart is preparing to go on a mission, and will be gone for two year
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 | Bounty of Oroville, September 19, 2010 (Local News)
09/13/2010
Bounty of Oroville returns to Sank Park
In an effort to shine a spotlight on our community and share our local treasures, the Oroville Area Chamber of Commerce will present The Fourth Annual Bounty of Oroville on Sunday, Sept. 19 from 11:00am to 4:00pm.
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| How 'bout Them Apples? ("The Busy Mom")
09/07/2010
It has been a strange summer in Oroville. The temperatures have fluctuated between extremely hot to downright cool. As September approaches, it reminds me that fall is just around the bend. You can see it in some of the trees and flowers already.
Fal
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 | Concert to Feature Italian Baroque Works, September 12, 2010 (Local News)
09/07/2010
The School of the Arts at CSU, Chico presents the fall semester Early Music Series Concert, Madrigals and More, Sunday, September 12 at 2 p.m. in Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall.
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 | Taste of Chico, September 12, 2010 (Local News)
09/07/2010
The Downtown Chico Business Association (DCBA) invites you to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Taste of Chico - northern California’s BEST food, beverage, music and fine art festival. This highly acclaimed community event is scheduled for Sunday, Septemb
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 | Oroville City Football Kickoff Classic, September 11, 2010 (Local News)
09/07/2010
Butte College Football will begin its season with the first annual Oroville City Kickoff Classic against Sierra College on Saturday, September 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Harrison Stadium in Oroville. A portion of the ticket proceeds will benefit Las Plumas and Or
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 | Yves Voltaire to Talk September 9 About Earthquake Relief to Hai (Local News)
09/07/2010
The devastating January, 2010 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti resulted in approximately 100,000 deaths and the destruction of a large portion of Port-au-Prince, the capital and largest city in Haiti.
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| Call Me the Newcomer (Newcomer)
08/30/2010
Join me in Historic Downtown Oroville on the First Friday in September? The word is there will be music in the streets, numerous parties on each and every block, end-of-summer discount sales and bargains galore. That’s Friday, September 3rd, after 4 o’
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 | "The Seven Year Itch" Opens September 10, 2010 (Local News)
08/30/2010
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
By George Axelrod
Award-Winning Comedy
Opening: Friday, September 10, 2010, 7:30
Where: Birdcage Theatre, 1740 Bird Street, Oroville, CA 95965
For seating availability call: (530) 533-BIRD
Available Tickets: $10.00 theatre lob
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 | 4TROOPS at PPAC, September 10, 2010 (Local News)
08/30/2010
See and hear 4TROOPS live from the Intrepid. 4TROOPS, a vocal group of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, perform aboard the USS Intrepid. The set includes "For Freedom," "Bless the Broken Road," "Angel," "I’m Already There," "You Raise Me Up," "Galveston
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 | Closing Day at Forbestown Museum, September 4, 2010 (Local News)
08/30/2010
Summer is passing and closing day for the Yuba Feather Museum, located at 19096 new york flat road in the little Foothill town of forbestown, is fast approaching. Saturday, september 4th plan to attend the peddlers’ fair and the final living history day
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 | Lambert Featured Artist for September (Local News)
08/30/2010
Lauralyn Lambert is September’s featured artist at Artists of River Town Gallery & Gifts, 1435 Myers St. Lambert’s encaustic and acrylic paintings headline the show. Works by 14 other local artists will stress salmon and salmon habitat in keeping with Or
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 | Treasures in a Building & in a Bazaar Egypt, Part 11 (Travel Column)
08/25/2010
The Egyptian Museum was founded by a Frenchman, Auguste Mariette, and first opened in 1863. It outgrew two buildings before settling in this one in 1902. More than 120,000 items of pharaonic antiquities are on display here with another 150,000 items rep
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| ANTIQUE TOOL TALK (Bolt Column)
08/23/2010
Well, folks, todays story is going to be a bit different and must confess right up front, we do not have a tool in the museum that we picked up on the trip.
Not that we didnt try, so bear with me and read on. Will try to explain.
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 | A Few Egyptian Firsts Egypt, Part 12 (Travel Column)
08/23/2010
This was to be our last day in Egypt, and our guide said hed saved the best for last. We were off to visit the site of the oldest capital of ancient Egypt and then to its important necropolis nearby, considered one of the richest archaeological s
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 | "Slap that Canvas!" (Local News)
08/23/2010
A Creative Painting Collaboration
The Butte College Art Gallery has put a twist on the traditional exhibition experience. Slap That Canvas! --the first art show of the 2010-2011 academic year-- is an invitation to co-create paintings and drawings, alo
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 | Chico Performances Seeks Volunteers in Exchange for Free Tickets (Local News)
08/23/2010
Chico Performances is looking for volunteers to deliver posters to set places & routes.
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 | Chico Palio Solicits Teams (Local News)
08/23/2010
Chico Palio is here! Designed to be a kick-off celebration for Artoberfest -- a month-long festival of Arts & Culture during the month of October - Palio is seeking schools, neighborhoods, businesses, individuals or groups to race Saturday, Sept. 25 at no
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| Louis Here (Louis Here)
08/16/2010
I have had a good three days, that is, of being good! Just when they think I am going to be a good dog, I do stupid things. Can’t help myself. Guess that is what a puppy does. I am now 5 months old, what do they expect, perfection? There is now a box
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 | "Found in Translation" Art Show, Aug. 27-Sept.25 2010 (Local News)
08/16/2010
Two acclaimed Chico artists, painter Valerie Payne and ceramic master Chris Yates, will exhibit together at Avenue 9 Gallery from
August 27 through September 25 with a Friday August 27 reception from 5 to 8 pm. Their show, "Found in Translation," refers
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 | Hands Across The Bridge Pancake Breakfast At Bidwell Canyon Camp (Local News)
08/16/2010
Bring the whole family to Bidwell Canyon Campground for a Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, August 21 from 7-11am. The $5 per person menu includes pancakes, sausage, fruit, juice and coffee. John and Annie Bidwell will greet the public. The breakfast takes p
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 | Community Involvement and Talent Making a Successful Fair (Local News)
08/16/2010
The Butte County Fair was originally incorporated in September, 1937, as the Paradise Apple Festival and Fair. It was organized to promote agriculture, mining, livestock, horticulture, and other fairs and exhibitions. In April 1939 it became the Butte Co
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| Gardening as Spiritual Practice (Gardening Column)
08/09/2010
Voltaire in his work entitled Candide suggests at the conclusion that We should all cultivate our own gardens. But other than growing food, engaging in exercise and having the satisfaction of providing for some of your bas
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 | Butte College Set to Become 1st Grid Positive College in the U.S (Local News)
08/09/2010
Butte College, located in Northern California and resting on a 928 acre wildlife refuge, has been recognized over the last few years as a national community college leader in sustainability. By May 2011, the college will move to the head of its class -
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 | Reflections on Summer's Bounty, Aug. 14-Sept. 11, 2010 (Local News)
08/09/2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 14th from 5-8 pm
Two local artists, both inspired by the beauty of the late summer season.
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 | It's Berry Creek Berry Festival Time, Aug. 14, 2010! (Local News)
08/09/2010
It's an age old tradition for neighbors to gather and celebrate with festivals of food, fun, music and dancing, and my neighbors in Berry Creek invite you to join us in Berry Creek for the 12th Annual Berry Creek Berry Festival on August 14. It will be a
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| | Back to School Survival Guide ("The Busy Mom")
08/02/2010
Well it’s finally here, after weeks of anticipation, preparation and dread. Parents have shopped, kids have been drug all around town, and the kitchen pantry is now loaded with snacks. But alas, I am not talking about Christmas. It is time for kids to
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 | The Pyramids of Giza & The Father of Terror Egypt, Part 10 (Travel Column)
08/02/2010
It was nearly 5,000 years ago when Giza, a suburb of Cairo, became the royal burial ground for Memphis, then the capital of Egypt (about 25 miles south of Cairo). In less than 100 years three pyramid complexes were constructed to serve as tombs for the k
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 | Paradise Branch Library is a Family Place (Local News)
08/02/2010
Butte County Library recently held the ‘reveal’ celebration of the Paradise Branch Library’s newly revitalized Children’s Area! The effort is part of the Paradise Branch Library’s being designated as an official Family Place Library, the result of grant f
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 | Butte College Arts Facility: 1st LEED Gold College Building in N (Local News)
08/02/2010
Butte Colleges new ARTS building has been certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold by the US Green Building Councila first for any college in Butte and Glenn Counties.
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 | Art Exhibition at Oroville Senior Center (Local News)
08/02/2010
Wildlife artist Rex Burress and Marilyn St. Clair, well known for her work in pastels, are among the artists whose work will be exhibited through the month of August at the Senior Center, 1335 Myers Street. The exhibit will open to the public on Saturday
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| Call Me The Newcomer (Newcomer)
07/26/2010
There is no doubt about it, I Am Sold on Oroville!
It has been such fun getting acquainted with the town and the people who make up the town. It has been a privilege to submit my ramblings to the finest editor I have ever known, Patti
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 | An 1869 Royal Hunting Lodge & a Camel RideEgypt, Part 9 (Travel Column)
07/26/2010
I don't know how all forty of us managed to be ready to leave the ship at 5:15 a.m. that morning, but no one was late-at least not late enough to cause a problem! Our flight was uneventful, except for the chorus of coughing-by now several on our tour wer
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 | Stirling City Community Yard Sale (Local News)
07/26/2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010 from 10am to 3pm, The Stirling City Community Gardens Art - History Project - 16997 Manzanita - Stirling City, California will participate in Stirling City’s Annual Town Wide Yard Sale Days. Proceeds from the Yard Sale will help
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 | Forbestown Daze, August 7, 2010 (Local News)
07/26/2010
Get ready for some old fashioned fun! Forbestown Daze is Saturday, August 7, 2010.
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 | See AVATAR for Free, Friday, August 6, 2010 (Local News)
07/26/2010
AVATAR is coming to Downtown Oroville on First Friday, August 6th for our annual FREE Movie in the Park. You won’t want to miss this blockbuster feature film being shown outdoors, under the stars and trees in historic Bicentennial Park.
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| Louis Here (Louis Here)
07/19/2010
Well the week has been fun! Dad and the guys put in a door just for me. Now I will be able to go in and out whenever I want. But, first things first - I wanted nothing to do with it! I had the door open all the time, so why did I need my own door? W
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 | A Temple Fit for a Goddess & Nubian DancersEgypt, Part 8 (Travel Column)
07/19/2010
The Temple of Isis, on the island of Philae, had been a place of pilgrimage for her cult worshippers for thousands of years (well into the Christian era). By Roman times, Isis had become the greatest of the Egyptian gods, worshipped throughout the Roman
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 | PCW Work Farm (Local News)
07/19/2010
Just 10 minutes off the outskirts of Marysville, a quarter mile past the only store that sits on the heavily commuted highway that runs through the blink and miss town of Hallwood, lies a left turn; a left turn that has been made by hundreds of aspiring y
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 | Mining Artwork Arrives in Downtown Oroville (Local News)
07/19/2010
The Historic Downtown area of Oroville soon will be sporting a collection of antique mining equipment that is being placed in a building refurbishment project that is nearing completion. The equipment, which was all sourced locally, includes a large stee
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 | Its All About Color! Now through August (Local News)
07/19/2010
Avenue 9 Gallery & Art Guilds Playing with Primaries exhibition (July 16-August 20) will jump start the color awareness of all who walk in the door. One wall hung with art dominated by red, another with blue, and another with yel
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| 110 Degrees in the Shade (Gardening Column)
07/13/2010
Yep, summer is here! Although weve had our share of unseasonable weather, such as the frost in late May nearly a month after we normally see our last frost for the year, with the solstice on June 21, weve finally reached warm
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 | The Dramatic Temples of Abu Simbel Egypt, Part 7 (Travel Column)
07/13/2010
Hewn out of a cliff, the Great Temple of Abu Simbel, and the smaller Temple of Hathor are overwhelmingly breathtaking! Though dedicated to the deities of Egypts great cities of the 13th century BCAmun of Thebes, Ptah of Memphis, and Ra-Ha
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 | PPAC Summer Theatre Camp, July 19-23, 2010 (Local News)
07/13/2010
The nations largest touring childrens theatre is coming to Paradise. The Missoula Childrens Theatre (MCT) has been touring extensively for 37 years from Montana to Japan. It will visit nearly 1,300 communities this year with up to
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 | E Waste Recycling Drop Off Day, July 17, 2010 (Local News)
07/13/2010
What are you supposed to do with that annoying old computer collecting dust in the garage or that funky VCR hiding in the back of the closet? You know they have toxic chemicals that should be disposed of properly or you risk polluting the environment, but
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 | Butte County Fair Coloring Contest (Local News)
07/13/2010
The 2010 Butte County Fair Coloring Contest Pictures are now available. This open youth contest has five divisions (up to 3, 4-9, 7-9, 10-12 and 13 and up). Get your coloring page on our website www.buttecountyfair.org, and at the fair office at 199 Eas
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 | A Temple to Horus the Elder & Sobek + a Costume Party - Egypt, P (Travel Column)
07/06/2010
Kom Ombo is surrounded by fields of sugar cane and corn, and is home to many Nubians, who were displaced by the creation of Lake Nasser, when the High Dam was built at Aswan. We were scheduled to leave the ship for our tour of the Temple of Kom Ombo at 5
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| Call Me the Newcomer (Newcomer)
06/28/2010
Oroville Seniors know how to have fun! Check them out at Gold Country Casino on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8 a.m. until 1 o’clock. You think they go there just to gamble? Well, think again - just watch them ‘cut-a-rug.’ Whoopee!
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 | Temples of a Ram-Headed God & a Falcon GodEgypt, Part 5 (Travel Column)
06/28/2010
Many took advantage of the swimming pool on the sun deck, as we cruised that afternoon. I wanted no more sun, as it was in the mid-90s, but I enjoyed looking out the window of our room, as we moved along over the water, and had good views of vill
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 | Chico Performances Announces 2010-2011 Season (Local News)
06/28/2010
In its annual "Thank You" party, May 26th, Chico Performances announced their upcoming 2010-2011 season performances. Kicking off the season on September 1st will be the 1980s rock super-group, Asia.
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 | Butte County Fair Entries (Local News)
06/28/2010
"Butte County Wants You"
The Butte County Fair is currently searching for those that have made a craft, taken that perfect picture, or maybe you have grown the most unbelievable vegetables or flowers. We want you to showcase your accomplishments at the
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 | Oroville’s First Friday, July 2, 2010 (Local News)
06/28/2010
In an ongoing tradition of First Fridays in downtown Oroville, the Oroville Downtown Business Association is presenting Fireworks Safety Fun Night from 4pm to 7pm on Bird Street. This free family event will have activities for the kids and they can get a
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 | The Majesty of Two Theban TemplesEgypt, Part 4 (Local News)
06/22/2010
Wake-up call was at 5 a.m. that morn. (Yes, that is two mornings in a row.) Then breakfast, and by 6 a.m. we were leaving the ship and boarding our bus. We had two temples in the city of Luxor to view that morning, before cruising on to Esna is the aft
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 | The Valley of the Kings (& a Temple of a Queen, too)Egyp (Travel Column)
06/14/2010
The Valley of the Kings, a remote, barren area chosen for royal burials, is thought to have been selected for both symbolic and practical reasons. Because it is isolated, it was relatively easy to guard, and when seen from the plain, appears to be the sit
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 | The Red Sea & a Trek to Luxor, the Site of Ancient Thebes3 (Travel Column)
06/08/2010
The orientation meeting was held in a large banquet room and was for passengers of Gate 1s two buses. We were seated at a table with Silver and Jackson who live in NYC; Alex and John who live in northern California, and Jessie and Ryan who live i
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 | To Egypt, with a Taste of the Big Apple En Route (Travel Column)
06/01/2010
We hoped we were thinking ahead when we booked with Gate 1 Travel (in November of 09 for a late April 2010 tour of Egypt) to have planned for two overnights in New York City before boarding our flight from NYC to Cairo. That would give our bodies
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 | Ocean to Ocean Part 4 - Surprises in Panama (Travel Column)
03/08/2010
Serendipity, a surprise, a fortunate discovery, has always been part of the thrill and joy of travel for Judy and me. We have visited a church in France to discover the English-speaking expert to be there giving free tours, explaining the relationship of
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 | Ocean to Ocean Part 3 The People, Plants and Animals of (Travel Column)
03/01/2010
Biodiversity is the single word that best sums up the country of Panama. We have always considered the United States to be a major melting pot of peoples and cultures, but, mile for mile, Panama certainly has us beat!
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 | Ocean to Ocean Part 2 The Panama Canal (Travel Column)
02/22/2010
From the time of Vasco Nuez de Balboas discovery and naming of the Pacific Ocean in 1513 explorers dreamed of and searched for an easy route between the oceans. In North America it was the anticipated Northwest Passage. In Central America
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 | Ocean to OceanAn Adventure in Panama, Part 1 (Travel Column)
02/15/2010
A canal cruise, a tour and much, much more it was a 9-day Panama adventure that will be difficult to summarize in words. Perhaps including some photos will help.
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 | A 50th Class Reunion Amidst Award-Winning Architecture & Cornfie (Travel Column)
09/04/2009
I need to confess something right up front. I loved growing up in my hometown. In fact, I loved living there so much that except for the four years of my undergraduate college days and the three years my first husband moved us all to Maine, I lived ther
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 | Istanbuls Spice Market, Orient Express, & a CisternA (Travel Column)
07/27/2009
he only bad thing about this day was that it was to be our last one in Turkey, as we were to fly back home the next day. Actually, another bad thing was that we had to have our luggage outside our door by 6:30 a.m. that morning before breakfast, which wa
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 | Ataturks Mausoleum & a Museum with Paleolithic Treasures (Travel Column)
07/20/2009
After breakfast, we departed for Ankara, the very modern capital of Turkey with a population of three and a half million. Believed to have been the site of a Hittite city, there is evidence of Phrygian settlement here in 1200 BC, when it was known as Anc
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 | Fairy Chimneys, Magic (to Me) Carpets, & Whirling Dervishes... (Travel Column)
07/06/2009
Many in our tour did something very special before breakfast our first morning in Cappadocia. They took a hot air balloon ride over the very unique landscape in this region. And to a person, they all loved it. The weather was great. The scenery was sp
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 | A Mausoleum & an Underground City Turkey Part 7 (Travel Column)
06/15/2009
The next morning in Konya, many of us took the optional tour of the Mevlana Museum. The turret-like top of the mausoleum/museum is covered with turquoise tiles, thus it is known as the Green Dome. It is an enlargement of the original der
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 | The Cotton Castle & HieropolisTurkey Part 6 (Travel Column)
06/01/2009
The next morn we drove from Kusadasi to Pamukkale, but at our first stop we were treated to a leather style show complete withrunway, Turkish wine (or tea), music, fashion models, plus some of our extroverted tour-mates participated as models for
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 | Priene, Miletus, and Didyma (or Are We in Turkey, Gree (Travel Column)
05/27/2009
Ill come right out and admit it. One of the main reasons I wanted to tour Turkey was to see all the wonderful (so Id been told) ruins left by the ancient Greek colonists and Roman imperialists. Im a history geek, and if it isn
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 | The City of the Mother GoddessEphesus: Turkey Part 4 (Travel Column)
05/18/2009
Wed signed up for the optional full day tour of Ephesus and the House of the Virgin Mary. Ephesus (the name is believed to have been derived from Apasas, meaning the city of the mother goddess) is one of the greatest ruined cities
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 | Exploring Homers Ancient Troy & BeyondTurkey Pa (Travel Column)
05/11/2009
The next morning the bus headed west out of Istanbul and then south on the Gallipoli Peninsula to the straits of the Dardanelles where our bus would be put aboard a ferry and cross to the Asian part of Turkey, where most of our remaining days would be spe
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 | The Country that Bridges Two Continents (Travel Column)
04/27/2009
Turkey is situated halfway between the North Pole and the equator, lying between Europe, Asia and the Middle East. About the size of the state of Texas, it borders Greece and Bulgaria (on the European side) and Georgia, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, and Syria to
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 | Marthas Vineyard & Last Atlantic Cruise Stop (Travel Column)
12/24/2008
Most visitors to the island of Marthas Vineyard arrive from mainland Massachusetts by ferry. The island is comprised of six towns and divided into up-island and down-island sections of three towns each.
We arrived
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 | Eight Hours in Boston (Travel Column)
12/22/2008
Short visits are always a problem when cruising. Boston has many tours visitors can take, but our ship was only to be in port from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. So many tours so little time!
The Boston area is rich in landmarks, historic buildings and neighb
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 | New Brunswick: The Tides of Change (Travel Column)
12/01/2008
There are a few places on earth that are famous for major tidal differences of 18 feet or more: I visited one in Inchon, South Korea, in 1960 courtesy of the United States Army on the MSTS Patrick a Navy troop transport ship. The Wednesday of ou
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 | Cruising Fall Foliage, Part 2: Halifax, Nova Scotia Can (Travel Column)
11/17/2008
Fall Foliage in Canada 2008 was just a little past its peak when our cruise ship, the Norwegian Cruise Lines Spirit, tied up at Halifax harbor that Tuesday morning. The air was clear and a crisp 57F with a gentle breeze across the water. O
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 | Cruising Fall Foliage, Part 1 (Travel Column)
11/03/2008
On a clear day you can see forever! Or so the song says, and it was a picture-perfect day as the four of us crossed the Oakland Bay Bridge toward San Francisco International Airport to catch our American Airlines flight to New York City.
Our grou
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 | Part 7 Costa RicaColorful Carretas, a Red Metallic Churc (Travel Column)
04/07/2008
We headed east on the morning of our last day of touring, with our first stop in Sarchi, Costa Ricas foremost crafts center, which is set in the midst of coffee plantations at the southern end of Poas Volcano. The town is famous for its leather r
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 | Part 6: Costa Rica A Three-Legged Thief, Capuch (Travel Column)
03/24/2008
We had about a ten-minute walk from where we departed our bus to get to the gate at Manuel Antonio National Parkone section meant crossing an ocean inlet (at low tide, one steps into a little rowboat, for a small fee, and then walks to the end of
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 | Part 5: Costa Rica - Tropical Flowers, A Strangler Fig, & a G (Travel Column)
03/15/2008
Leaving Fortuna, we soon drove by the Children’s Eternal Rain Forest, part of the Monteverde cloud forest region. Donations from school children around the world purchased this land to be preserved forever.
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| | Part 4: Costa Rica - A Banana Plantation, Neon Frogs, & A Step (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
After a short bus ride, we explored a banana plantation/processing plant where Rolando took us into the field to get a first-hand look at how they grow, and we also enjoyed seeing the many steps in processing those yummy, potassium yielders.
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| | Part 3: Costa Rica - Water-Walking Lizards and a Caribbean Bea (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
After breakfast, we boarded smaller, uncovered boats for a flora and wildlife-spotting cruise into the waters of Cano Palma Wildlife Reserve, which included viewing the basillisk lizard ("walks-on- water" lizard; he’s nicknamed the Jesus Christ Liza
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| | Part 2: Costa Rica - Anteaters, Poison Dart Frogs, & a Rain Fo (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
The next morning the five of us had breakfast, and Doug spotted a flock of wild parrots in the park across from our hotel, before we made our early departure, which first took us through Braulio Carrillo National Park, with its beautiful scenery and casca
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| | Costa Rica, a Nature Lover’s Dream & Then Some … (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
The republic of Costa Rica lies entirely within the tropics, just 8-11 degrees north of the Equator, and is bordered on the north by Nicaragua and on the south by Panama. About one third of its 19,650 sq. miles is protected within reserves or national pa
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| | Farewell to the Pharoahs! (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
The guidebooks say, "Luxor is like no other place on earth. There’s an embarrassment of riches to be found here." This was to be our last day in Southern Egypt. After a full day already behind us, it was hard to believe that anything could equal the
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| | Temples and Tombs of Lower Egypt (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
We had a busy day scheduled for Luxor on day 7 of our 11 day tour of Egypt. Some of our group left the boat at 4:30 a.m. to transfer to the West Bank of the Nile to board hot-air balloons for a 1-hour ride over the Valley of the Kings. They were to rejoin
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| | From Aswan to Luxor (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
The history and geography of Egypt are often confusing to tourists and students but nowhere more so than in the dynastic histories and sites in Lower Egypt. Egyptian history is a record of brothers marrying their sisters, queens bearing sons to Roman gene
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| | Shopping in Egypt (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
Bargain shopping is a lot like playing poker. There are elements of skill, chance, timing, bluff and risk in every transaction. The Egyptians are great salesmen, and I say "men" because I cannot remember a single woman salesperson during our recent t
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| | Cruising the Nile (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
River Cruising is a unique experience. The blue water cruises Judy and I have taken in the Pacific, Caribbean or Atlantic were all on big ships with 1,200 passengers or more. River boats are smaller, more intimate and go to smaller ports. I have cruised t
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| | Land of the Pharoahs - Tombs, Temples & Pyramids, Part 2 (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
As our motor coach crossed again through the always busy traffic of Cairo, we had an opportunity to contrast the permanence of Egypt’s ancient construction with the unfinished appearance of its modern urban architecture. Multi-storied buildings were sup
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| | Land of the Pharoahs - Tombs, Temples & Pyramids, Part 1 (Travel Column)
03/11/2008
It seems that Judy and I have always loved history. The last 5 letters, "story," is the secret to distinguish interesting history from the tedious lists of dates, places and people we all had to learn in school. One of our favorite stories combined th
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| | China: Part 2 (Travel Column)
04/24/2007
One Country - an Ancient Culture, Exemplary Arts & Crafts, and 20% of the World’s Population.
China - March, 2007. Part 2
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| | One Country--an Ancient Culture, Exemplary Arts & Crafts, and 20 (Travel Column)
04/10/2007
How do people get their ducks in order
to travel to China? If you’re going with the
Chico Chamber of Commerce group, you
first read the six pages of notes that Vivian
Goeller, Chamber Operations Manager,
prepared & gave out when we registered for
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| | Reno! Not Gamble?! (Travel Column)
01/30/2007
"Life’s a gamble," my grandfather used to say when I was a child. Actually, he said "crap shoot," but my mother considered that vulgar, so he settled for "gamble."
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| | New Years with the Grandkids (Travel Column)
01/03/2007
Would anyone in his or her right mind leave California to go to Chicago in the middle of winter?
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| | Fear of Flying (Travel Column)
11/27/2006
I remember when Fear of Flying was the title of a racy novel describing the irresponsible behavior of some adults in the business world.Fear of flying was once considered only a phobia - an unreasonable but deeply ingrained fear like fear of heights, wa
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| | Copper Canyon - PART 2 (Travel Column)
10/16/2006
Day 4 of our Copper Canyon trip began with warm sunshine in Creel. A walking tour
through this small lumber town included a visit to the Clinic of Santa Teresita founded by a
Jesuit priest who brought modern sanitation,
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| | Copper Canyon - PART 1 (Travel Column)
10/16/2006
Barranca del Cobre is a system of canyons covering 25,000 square miles
rather than a single canyon.
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| | A Weekend in Paradise (Travel Column)
08/28/2006
I hand fed the llamas in the pasture and the many 18 inch plus catfish in the lake. The paddle boat made it possible to move among the flowering pond lilies and get a little exercise.
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| | Wandering Amongst The Ancients Greece Part 9 (Travel Column)
08/21/2006
While sitting on a stone, listening to Demetra tell us about Delphi, I looked around on the ground around me and counted six varieties of wildflowers blooming, including the lovely, velvet-looking, red-petaled poppy.
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| | Wandering Amongst the Ancients Part VIII (Travel Column)
08/07/2006
Thursday, May 11: Found at the
confl uence of two rivers, the Sanctuary of Olympia enjoyed over 1,000 years of esteem as a religious and athletics center.
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| | Wandering Among the Ancients - Greece Part 7 (Travel Column)
08/01/2006
In Athens and with a few hours before our optional excursion to the Temple
of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, we headed to the Ancient Agora, the marketplace,
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| | Wandering Among the Ancients Part 6 (Travel Column)
07/25/2006
Sunday, May 7: Another huge breakfast at the hotel, and we metroed to Syntagma Square, arriving just at 10:45 in time to see the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier,
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| | Wandering Amongst the Ancients - Part 5 (Travel Column)
07/10/2006
Saturday, May 6: This was the day that our Ancient Lands tour group would be flying home; so, it was a day between tours for us, and was also the day we transferred to the hotel that our main
land tour would be using as they started arriving on Sunday.
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| | Wandering Amongst the Ancients - Part 4 (Travel Column)
07/03/2006
We were notified by loud speakers on the ship that we should go outside or look outside as we approached Santorini. And for good reason. As you approach, there is a line of dazzling whiteness (the traditional homes with their vaulted roofs) above the gr
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| | Wandering Amongst the Ancients - Greece, Part 3 (Travel Column)
06/26/2006
On the way back to the shuttle bus to ride uphill to our tour bus, we did a little shopping. Driving back to Rhodes Town, our guide told us that though a dowry is no longer a custom in Athens, it still is on the island of Rhodes, and the dowry now is a h
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| | Wandering Amongst the Ancients part2 (Travel Column)
06/20/2006
Tuesday, May 2: After a huge buffet breakfast, we disembarked our ship, met our local tour guide, and boarded a bus for our optional excursion to Ephesus. According to legend, it was founded by the female warriors known as the Amazons.
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| | Wandering Amongst the Ancients (Travel Column)
06/12/2006
I suspect the main reason people travel to Greece is that so much happened there. As author Whitehead remarked, "All philosophy is a series of footnotes to Plato."
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| | Following the Sun to Alaska (Travel Column)
05/31/2006
We sailed from Seattle on Father’s Day on the Norwegian Sun. Our ship was escorted from Pier 66 by a fireboat with all hoses gushing forth to create a rainbow across the Seattle skyline and its Space Needle.
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| | Travel Since 9/11 (Travel Column)
05/10/2006
Remember the saying, "Getting there is half the fun?" It is not any more. Getting there is probably twice the trouble!
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| | Great Ad-Ventures in Paris - Part III (Travel Column)
05/03/2006
Eating can be as adventurous as touring in Paris; careful research and knowing where the working people eat can save you many euros during your stay.
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| | Great Ad-Ventures in Paris - Part I (Travel Column)
03/29/2006
The pilings which support our 6-story hotel in the heart of Paris are driven deep into the earth, and every morning about 5:15 I feel the first Metro train of the day pass beneath our fourth floor room.
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| | Great AdVentures in Paris - Part II (Travel Column)
03/29/2006
Walking distances in Paris can be deceiving.
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| | Wanderlust Part II (Travel Column)
02/02/2006
Of all the range of human leisure activity, I think traveling is the
most rewarding. Last month I started to share some things I’ve
learned from our travels over the last few years.
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