Gold Nugget Days

Cameron Hill-Cortez, 11 (left) and Nia Ferguson, 6 (right) wave to the people that celebrate Gold Nugget Days in a parade along the Skyway on Saturday, April 30, 2011 in Paradise, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

Childrens Community Charter School kindergartener Ashlee Harper, 5 hands out candy as she rides a "horse" as people celebrate Gold Nugget Days in a parade along the Skyway on Saturday, April 30, 2011 in Paradise, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

Charles Forbes (left) watches Kevin McCain (right) pan for gold at the Gold Nugget Museum as people celebrate Gold Nugget Days on Saturday, April 30, 2011 in Paradise, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

Chico Green School 9th grader, Arian Brazendood uses a bellow to heat metal that he plans to forge into a treble clef as people celebrate Gold Nugget Days in a parade along the Skyway on Saturday, April 30, 2011 in Paradise, Calif.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

Beauty in Ballet

Emily Merkley, 11, and other kids practice in ballet class at Northern California Ballet Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in Paradise Calif. Northern California Ballet is one of the recipients of funding from the Chocolate Festival for scholarships and other items.

(Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

Flip for Wrestling

Wrestling is always an interesting sport. I don't quite know how all the scoring goes, or what is considered a pin and what is not. A lot of times it also can seem like a big hugging match. Maybe I just like football to much. But every once and a while you will see a big slam in wrestling. That slam came in a wrestling match against Pleasant Valley and Paradise high schools.

Paradise High's Calem Fiolka (bottom) flips Pleasant Valley High's Mario Yanes (top) in their 171lbs wrestling match Wednesday, January 12, 2011 in Paradise, Calif. Fiolka won the match.

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Paradise Pow Wow

The Paradise Pow Wow was this last weekend. The weather was hot, but the event was pretty cool. There was dancing underneath a huge tent that created a nice backdrop. There was so much culture at the event. It is a great spectacle to see the Native American culture and how all the tribes come together as one. There is always great colors and music. It always leads to great images.

Alfred Clark, of the Konkow tribe (left) and Rea Cichocai, of the Maidu, Winton, Hupa, and Yurok tribe (right) lead Native Americans in the Grand Entry during the Paradise Pow Wow at the Gold Nugget Museum Saturday, July 10, 2010 in Paradise, Calif. (Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)

Percy Edwards, of the Colville tribe, and other Native Americans dance in the Grand Entry during the Paradise Pow Wow at the Gold Nugget Museum Saturday, July 10, 2010 in Paradise, Calif. (Jason Halley/Chico Enterprise-Record)