Great New Baby Store in Paradise

This was sent to me from Cyndi Pereira of www.BabiesInChico.com:

"Babytopia Boutique, on Skyway next to Back to the Ranch, just opened up with some great new products including Fuzzi Bunz, Moby Wraps, EllaRoo Mei Tais, Melissa & Doug toys, and Jack & Lily Shoes and Boots. Their number is 876-1313."

-Thanks for the heads-up, Cyndi!

Cotton Club Diaper Service Going Out of Business

I just got an e-mail from Ruxy at the Cotton Club Diaper Service to say that Kevin, her partner, got in an accident while out delivering and broke his leg and collarbone. Now, they are having to go out of business.

I asked for her address so that anyone might send her and Kevin a card, sending good thoughts their way, especially if they used their services before. The address is: 2545 H Zanella Way, Chico, CA 95928.

Also, they are having a going out of business sale November 6-9, 10am-5pm. From Ruxy: "Everything is for sale, fixtures included, also the business if anyone wants to step in. I will be there until the end of November clearing things out. Everything will be on sale, good prices. Spread the word, thanks."

I am hoping that they will get a flood of cards to help them through this tough time. Also, consider going to their sale to help them out. Send this information along, please!

-MaryRose

Chico Unified Wants Your Feedback!

This from Chico mom Tam Le:

"In case you missed the ER article on extra 1998 school bond money allocations, here is a summary of the article:
To plan efficiently for change, district staff are conducting workshops to gather comments and ideas from the public. The first of three workshops was held Monday evening at Pleasant Valley High School. Next workshops are:
* Thursday (Oct. 25) from 6-8 pm in the multipurpose room at Shasta School
* Tuesday (Oct. 30) from 6-8 p.m. in the Williams Theatre at Chico High School

The board is also accepting suggestions via e-mail and the district Web site at www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us.

Possible options for CUSD facilities include:
-- Build an elementary school on Henshaw-Guynn site
-- Purchase property in south Chico for future elementary school
-- Move programs, such as Open Structure, Academics Plus, Spanish Immersion, Gifted and Talented Education, special education, or Innovative Preschool
-- Build early college high school facility at Butte College
-- Expand career technical education facilities
-- Build classrooms to replace relocatables at Chico High School
-- Build performing arts center at Pleasant Valley High School
-- Build facility for on-line high school

For full article, Click here. Or go online and search for the article "Looking to the future: Workshops collect community input for schools"
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_7255307."

Fuzzi Bunz Clearance Sale

Here's a message from one of our partners, BabiesinChico:

"Fuzzi Bunz Year End Clearance Sale
For all you Fuzzi Bunz lovers, and those of you who have been thinking about them, this is HUGE! Learn more about Fuzzi Bunz, the amazing reusable diapers that save you thousands of dollars, are easy to use and clean, come in fun colors and prints, don't leak and are good for the environment by visiting www.BabiesinChico.com.

All Fuzzi Bunz color diapers are just $14.95 and all prints are just $15.95. Fuzzi Bunz always come with an insert. No package discounts (these prices are already lower then package pricing) so you can buy as many or as few as you like to get this great deal. We will still be offering our amazing buy back policies on all styles of Fuzzi Bunz.

You can get these amazing Fuzzi Bunz deals by emailing Cyndi@BabiesinChico.com, or shopping at Baby's Boutique in Chico, or Babytopia Boutique in Paradise. This is a while supplies last deal so don't delay!"

Story Time at Baby's Boutique

This just in from Amy Evans of Baby's Boutique in Chico:

"Story Time at Baby's Boutique!
All ages, All imaginations!!!
Monday and Thursdays, 11:00 am
Stories, puppets, fingerplay and movement!!!!
P.S. Here's a secret... Moms, bring your own re-usable cup...get a free cup of coffee (sometimes chai or hot co-co too).
It pays to re-use!!!"
Baby's Boutique
1465 Mangrove Ave, Chico
898-TOTS (8687)

Upcoming Events at the Chico Creek Nature Center

"Wetlands Discovery Hike-Teichert Ponds"
Sunday, November 4, 10:00am-11:30am

Join naturalist Jon Aull for a hike through Teichert Ponds, Chico's own wetlands. We will make a loop around the ponds, looking for birds, bugs, and beavers. We will walk out to a beaver lodge and talk about different adaptations birds and other animals have for living in a wetland environment. Space is limited to 25 people. Wear long pants and shoes and be prepared for mud if it's been raining. Bring binoculars if you have them. Some loaners will be available.
Please call us at 891-4671 to pre-register for this free program. Heavy rain cancels event.

Camp Chico Creek - Winter Session / December 31, and January 2-4,
Theme: "Wild For Wetlands!"

Camp Chico Creek is offered to children ages 5-11.The theme for Winter session is "Wild For Wetlands!" Campers will explore the relationship between aquatic and riparian animals and their various wetlands habitats. Planned activities include group discussions, live animal presentations, art and crafts projects, outdoor nature hikes (weather permitting), and
interactive games. Winter Session is on December 31, January 2, 3, & 4, from 8:00am to 1:00pm each day. The fee for this 4-day camp is $65 per child. We will begin accepting registration for Winter Session in November. Please call us at 891-4671 for a camp brochure to be mailed to you. We also accept registration by phone at 891-4671 using a Visa or Mastercard.

--Chico Creek Nature Center

Boy Scout Food Drive for the Chico Community Food Locker

"Please Help the Catholic Ladies Relief Society on November, 3rd, at Our Divine Savior Parish Hall. We need men, women and teens to help us sort the food from the Boy Scout Drive. The food is for the Chico Community Food Locker which feeds around 8,000 people a year that are in emergency situations. Please give a few hours between 10:00 and 4:00."

For further information, please call Yvonne Hawkins 898-1266 or Joan Costa 345-8728.

California School Garden Week

This just in from Gina Sims, of the Children's Power Play! Campaign:

"The California School Garden Network is promoting the 2nd annual California School Garden Week, and has put together a kit to help schools celebrate: http://www.csgn.org/page.php?id=97.

There are some simple and fun ideas for promoting school gardens and a sample press release and additional tips for working with the media. Enjoy, and please distribute freely!"

Gina Sims, MA
Network for a Healthy California - Sierra Cascade Region
Children's Power Play! Campaign
CSU Chico Center for Nutrition and Activity Promotion
1311 B Mangrove Avenue
Chico, CA 95926
Phone 530.345.0633
Fax 530.345.0668
gmsims@csuchico.edu

www.scnutrition.org

Valley Oaks Children's Services presents Parent Voices Meeting

This just in from Jane Haberman over at Valley Oaks Children's Services:

"PARENTS from all over CALIFORNIA are joining the Narratives Project to share stories about the lack of subsidized child care services. Parents on the child care waiting list are invited to share stories and create solutions through the Parent Voices chapter of Butte County. The Goal is to fully fund the Child Care Eligibility List: We are recruiting parents from the eligibility list to share their stories with legislators and fully fund their child care needs. Some people have been waiting (and eligible) for years. Now is the chance to join our voices and create change.

"The Butte County chapter of Parent Voices will meet October 19th at Valley Oak Children's Services in Chico from 3pm – 4pm.
For registration call Jane at Valley Oak Children's Services 899-4903 or 800-345-8627."

New Charter Elementary School

This in from Chico mom Dasha Byers:

"There's a great new bi-lingual, muticultural, arts based pre-school in town http://www.mempreschool.com.

I'm talking to the owners about potentially founding a charter elementary school in conjunction with them. If you or anyone you know is interested as a parent, teacher or otherwise concerned person, we could use help on the project or at least a system of interested folks as support. My email address is haveykai@yahoo.com for more info. Thanks!"

Cough & Cold Medicine Update

Hey, moms and dads of kids two years old and under: Tylenol sent me this e-mail about the withdrawal of the following cough & cold medicines from the market.

"The cough and cold season is here, and we have important information to share about infants' and children's cough and cold medicines. These medicines are generally recognized as safe and effective when used as directed. Most parents use these cough and cold medicines appropriately.
However, we have become aware of rare instances of misuse leading to accidental overdose, especially in children under the age of two. Therefore, we are voluntarily withdrawing the following concentrated cough and cold medicines from the market:

Concentrated Tylenol® Infants' Drops Plus Cold
Concentrated Tylenol® Infants' Drops Plus Cold & Cough
PediaCare® Infant Dropper Decongestant
PediaCare® Infant Dropper Long-Acting Cough
PediaCare® Infant Drops Decongestant (containing pseudoephedrine)
PediaCare® Infant Dropper Decongestant & Cough
PediaCare® Infant Drops Decongestant & Cough (containing pseudoephedrine)

If you have these products in your household, please discontinue use in children under the age of two. These actions do not apply to cough and cold medicines labeled for children aged two and above. Additionally, these actions do not apply to Infants' and Children's Tylenol® and Motrin® pain relievers and fever reducers. When used as directed, these products are safe and effective.

Call 1-877-895-3665
or, Visit Tylenol.com"

Independent Consultants Holiday Fair

When: Thursday, October 18th from 4 – 8 pm
Where: 271 Mill Creek Drive (Amber Grove subdivision)
Who: Discovery Toys, Cookie Lee, Creative Memories,
The Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple, Tupperware & Stampin' Up!

Come see the new product lines while relaxing in a home setting. There is a special drawing for people who RSVP – you can win a $30 gift certificate to the consultant of your choice! There is also a drawing for people who purchase and/or book a show of their own. Bring a friend and I'll give you 10% off your order! This is an open house format so come for as long or as little as you like. There will be lots of yummy food and great holiday ideas!

Jenni Merrell
Discovery Toys Sterling Consultant
Play with your children….it's the best investment you'll ever make!
530-321-2498

http://www.geocities.com/dtjenni

“Autumn Harmonies” Choral Concert Presented Oct. 26 at CSU, Chico

CSU, Chico's choral ensembles will perform its fall concert, Autumn Harmonies, Friday, Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Harlen Adams Theatre. Autumn Harmonies will feature folksong settings from around the world and songs of praise and prayer.

Performing choirs will include the Chamber Singers, Acappella Choir, and the University Chorus, all conducted by Dr. David Scholz, Director of Choral Activities at CSU, Chico. This will be Scholz's first concert with the choirs at Chico State and is highly anticipated.

"Audience members will leave the concert having heard a wide variety of quality choral music performed with great technical skill and musicality. Naturally, we hope that people will leave the hall that evening humming a tune or two as well," said Scholz.
 
At the conclusion of the concert, all 150 singers from the three choirs will join together to sing several numbers as the Choral Union. Selections will include the sonorous harmonies of "Shenandoah," arranged by James Erb, and Mack Wilberg's raucous arrangement of "Old Joe Clark."  

Folksongs performed by the individual choirs will include DeCormier's arrangement of the lovely Korean tune "Ahrirang," the brash "South Australia" of Stephen Leek, and the playful arrangement of the Norwegian "Pål På Haugen" by Brad Ellingboe.

"While we will focus on folksong settings for the concert, we didn't want to limit the literature performed to only folksongs," said Scholz.

Songs of praise and prayer form the theme of the other pieces on the concert. Motets by Heally Willan, Randall Thompson's "Alleluia," "Sing Ye Praises" of Aaron Copland, and "Light Everlasting" by St. Olaf composer Olaf Christiansen will be featured.

"I think audience members will also enjoy hearing a beautiful arrangement of the 'Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi' written by David Childs,and several different settings of the 'Lord's prayer' —  one by Igor Stravinsky and a gorgeous setting by the French composer Maurice Duruflé," noted Scholz.

Scholz said the concert is being dedicated to Music Education Professor Debra Reinhardt, who passed away in a car accident on September 25th, 2007. To honor her memory, the Chamber Singers will perform "A Clear Midnight," written by  Scholz and dedicated to Dr. Reinhardt.

Advance tickets, at $15 adults, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333. For disability-related accommodations, please call 898-4325. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door.

 

Early Halloween Organ Concert Presented at CSU, Chico

This just in from the University Box Office:

 

Chico's famous University Centennial Pipe Organ will spook audiences in an Early Halloween concert performed by David Rothe Sun., Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. in the Harlen Adams Theatre.

J.S. Bach's "Toccata and Fugue in d minor" is sure to cackle the rafters of the theatre. And you won't want to miss Charles Gounod's "Funeral March for a Marionette," the theme music for Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Other works will include Leon Boelmann's "Suite Gothique," Messiaen's "Apparition," and Flagler's "Alpine Fantasy and Storm."

Advance tickets, at $15 adults, $13 senior citizens, and $6 students/children, are available at the University Box Office, 898-6333. For disability-related accommodations, please call 898-4325. Add $2 for tickets purchased at the door.

Help us Raise Funds for Baby Adam

Baby Adam was born on Monday, September 24, 2007 to Ruth; a successful resident of the Esplanade House, a Transitional Shelter Program for Homeless Families. Ruth had a healthy pregnancy and initially mother and Baby Adam were doing well. At nine days old complications arose
with Adam's heart. We came near to losing him and he was flown to Stanford Hospital in Palo Alto on Tuesday, October 2nd and is scheduled to have open heart surgery within one to two weeks. Mother and father are with Baby Adam. Their funds are limited and the Ronald McDonald House is booked for the next three months.

The residents of the Esplanade House are having a carwash to help raise funds for the family. The carwash will take place at the Auto zone on East Avenue between 9 AM - 2 PM this Sunday, October 7th. Please come and show your support by: having your car washed, making a donation, or bringing by a non-perishable food item.

If you can help this young family, please call the Esplanade House at
891-2977.

Lucia Navarro-Imsdahl, Admin. Asst. at the Esplanade House

More Toy Recalls

You can add some of the cute garden toys from Target to the recent toy recalls list.  According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Target announced a voluntary recall of the Happy Giddy Gardening Tools and Children's Sunny Patch Chairs due to an excessive amount of lead in the paint.

 

To keep on top of all the toy recalls of late, we have found a very useful toy recall finder on the BabyCenter website at www.babycenter.com/product-recall-finder.  You can look up toys by all toys recalled, or more specifically by category, time frame, or even product name.