Issue: September 10, 2009
Model citizen
CN&R contributor Shannon Rooney takes a ride with Chicoan Chris Darran, a former model who jetted between New York and Paris and donned the covers of such magazines as Vogue and Vanity Fair. Did we mention she rubbed noses with Mick Jagger?
In other news: Two local educators join the Freedom Writer movement; one woman tells her story of being on the inside of a mental institution; staff writer Christine G.K. LaPado talks to luminary Deepak Chopra; and Poetry 99 is upon us.
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Model citizen
During the 1970s, Chicoan Chris Darran was one of America’s top models, jet-setting and hobnobbing with celebrities.
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Teachers as Freedom Writers
Two local teachers participate in writing the sequel to the bestselling The Freedom Writers Diary.
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What’s the controversy?
How Chico educators responded to the furor over President Obama’s “be all you can be” speech to schoolchildren.
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Sad news about Norton Buffalo
How ironic that a man who made his living with his breath has lung cancer.
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Meet Chico’s new police chief
After nearly 25 years in the Police Department, Mike Maloney achieves the culmination of his career.
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County on solid fiscal ground
Butte obtains a cash-flow loan based on a balanced budget.
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West Nile hits home
Butte County reports the first human case of the disease this year.
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Enloe slapped again
Hospital to pay $25,000 for medication error.
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Is college worth attending?
Despite the exorbitant costs, a slim majority of Americans think a college degree is worth the money.
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Sierra Nevada map quest
National Geographic Society is compiling the Sierras’ best places for a new map.
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Calling all artists
Chico Natural Foods seeks submissions for its T-shirt illustration competition.
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Rockin’ spider
New Malaysian arachnid species named after David Bowie.
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Van Jones hits the road
President Obama’s enviro czar leaves White House amid controversy.
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Insightful schools
Great Britain challenges learning institutions to become sustainable.
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Forget the brown bag!
Fair-trade cooperative fashions lunch boxes from juice boxes.
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Fire fund inequity
California needs to force rural homeowners to pay a greater share of their own protection.
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Wrong kind of furlough
Canceling Chico State classes to satisfy the furlough mandate is a disservice to students—and to the university.
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Hard times in the Puff
Firsthand report from inside the mental-health ward.
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Letters for September 10, 2009
Our always-sharp readers let us know what they think.
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Pet friendly
Gayle Fritz just relocated her All Dogs and Cats pet store to downtown Chico.
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Mutilation
The answer to the AIDS epidemic: chopping off foreskins.
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Turning up the heat
Author of Citizen Jane discusses local unsolved murders—including that of Ivan “Bud” Foglesong.
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Fifteen-minute guru
World-renowned physician, author, philosopher and public speaker Deepak Chopra comes to Chico State.
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TMNT: Turtles in Time—Re-Shelled
Are they really still teenagers?
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Reigning Sound
After four years of setbacks, Memphis’ Reigning Sound releases Love and Curses.
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Losing battles, winning wars
Chico sludge-metal powerhouse Armed for Apocalypse signs to Ironclad Recordings.
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Taking Woodstock
A quick and easy nugget of film goodness or badness.
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All You Can Eat
A Chico News & Review Dining Guide • Fall 2009/Winter 2010.
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Cakes, glorious cakes
Creations from Upper Crust Bakery & Eatery are almost too beautiful to eat.
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Cooking with panache
Spice Creek Café’s Rebecca Stewart dishes up food fare with flair.
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