Issue: May 31, 2012
Good morning, CN&R fans:
Staff writer Ken Smith conducted a lot of research for this week's cover story, a look back at FDR's New Deal, including the programs and infrastructure that came out of it locally. Ken does a terrific job of applying the lessons learned from that long-ago era to today. Check it out.
In Newslines, news editor Tom Gascoyne, just weeks after talking to bicycling advocate Ed McLaughlin for a story in CN&R's annual Bike Issue, sadly had to write about McLaughlin's untimely death last week. As you'll read, McLaughlin will be missed very much by a lot of people. Tom also has a round-up of the folks who intend, at least for now, to run for Chico City Council. Ken gives a report on a nonprofit attempting to keep a Red Bluff-based state park open. And yours truly has a story about the pending retirement of embattled CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed and the California Faculty Association's wishes regarding the selection of a new chancellor.
Over in Arts and Culture, be sure to check out a music feature on Justin Ringle and his band, Horse Feathers. They are playing at Origami Lounge this Sunday, June 3. CN&R's Christine G.K. LaPado has a write up on the very interesting Native American cradleboards exhibit at Chico State.
Also, don't forget to vote on Tuesday. See a rundown of our endorsements in this week's editorial. If you need more info, go online (www.newsreview.com/chico) to last week's special issue on the primary election.
Enjoy!
-Melissa Daugherty, managing editor
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Butte County gets a New Deal
The lessons learned locally from FDR’s response to the Great Depression.
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More reading:
Check out these sites for more info on the WPA and the Great Depression.
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Into the light
Faculty leaders ask CSU Board of Trustees for a transparent process to hire a new chancellor.
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Early notice
Even though the election is not until November, Chico City Council candidates are making some noise.
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Sac station to do Chico news
Can a Sacramento TV station cover Chico news? The folks at KCVU FOX20 believe it can.
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Memorial Day mayhem
Law enforcement officials deal with a lot of crime over the weekend.
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Herger hosts trade forum
Speakers talk about free-trade agreements and opportunities for the North State.
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Term limits tweak favored, but cigarette tax not as much
While a poll shows a majority of voters favor both propositions on the June 5 ballot, support for the cigarette tax is weakening.
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Art with a (re)purpose
Local physician and fiber artist Phyllis Cullen represents Chico in new Avenue 9 installation of joy-evoking art that makes use of recycled materials and found objects.
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Coastal fish contaminated
Study finds methylmercury, PCBs in sport fish in California waters.
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Lawsuit: leave levee vegetation intact
California Fish and Game sues the Army Corps of Engineers over a tree-removal policy on federal levees.
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Bill to protect Snow Mountain area
It would set 100 miles of wilderness aside as a National Conservation Area.
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Biker party!
Chico Bicycle Music Festival is coming up—check out the line-up at this all-day, three-venue, bike-powered event.
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Tie the knot, eco-style
Some tips on getting hitched sustainably.
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A new mission
Enloe Regional Cancer Center welcomes former U.S. Army brigade surgeon Erik Stickney as new medical director of radiation oncology.
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The six dirtiest office surfaces
Study tests 4,800 office surfaces for ATP.
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State infant mortality rate down
California’s infant mortality rate hit record low in 2010.
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Babies exposed to TB
Thirty-five infants are at risk of TB infection in hospitals in Sacramento and Fairfield.
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Big tobacco fights Prop. 29
Tobacco industry spends $42 million in campaign against cigarette tax.
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Antics and ignorance
It’s hard to know which is worse, Doug LaMalfa’s sophomoric fake website or Sam Aanestad’s absurd Muslim charge.
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Don’t forget to vote
Our endorsements for the June 5 primary.
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Fruits of the same tree
Gay rights and civil rights are rooted in the same ground.
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Let’s talk about it
Global warming won’t go away because we’re ignoring it.
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Carry-on babies
Fun exhibit of traditional Native American cradleboards at Chico State.
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Deadlocked
True blood continues to spill in Harris’ latest vampire mystery.
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Cynically speaking
Justin Ringle ponders life with Horse Feathers.
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No more training wheels
Dardenne brothers’ quietly powerful story of an orphaned boy.
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