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County reducing quarantine period from 14 days to 10 By Anne Ternus-Bellamy McNaughton Media Yolo County issued revised quarantine guidance last Friday, reducing from 14 days to 10 the length of time individuals must quarantine following exposure to COVID-19. The action follow’s state adoption of new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that allows people with no symptoms to quarantine for only 10 days after a close-contact exposure to someone with COVID-19. “Yolo County recognizes that a 14-day quarantine may pose a significant economic and mental health

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burden and may not be possible for certain workers,” a county press release stated. Effective immediately, the updated quarantine health order states that asymptomatic close contacts may discontinue quarantine 10 days after the date of last exposure without testing. All contacts released from quarantine before 14 days must self monitor for COVID-19 symptoms through day 14 and if they develop symptoms, must immediately isolate and seek testing. There are three exceptions to the 10-day quarantine: Asymptomatic close contacts who are

Winters Joint Unified School District announced that Trustee Rob Warren resigned from the school board on Dec. 14. Warren has served as the Winters JUSD Area 4 Trustee for the past 10 years. He most previous held the position of Board Clerk, and prior to that served as the Board of Trustees President. When asked about his decision to resign, Warren said, “Transparency, sometimes to a fault.” He said the decision came following the Winters JUSD Special School Board meeting held on Thursday, Dec. 10. According to Warren,

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McNaughton Media Healthcare workers and executives from three state and local healthcare systems overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic gathered via Zoom on Tuesday to issue a plea to the public: “We need your help.” With the holidays getting underway, representatives of Sutter Health, Diginity Health and Kaiser Permanente urged everyone to avoid travel and gathering and just stay home.

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“Right now we are struggling,” said Dr. Vanessa Walker of Sutter Health. “We are seeing unprecedented numbers of patients with very severe illnesses…. requiring nurses and physicians that don’t normally provide care for these very critically ill patients to really stretch to the tops of their license and try to deliver the best care that they can. “We are tired,” she said. “We’re struggling every day to deal with the same fatigue you have, not

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being able to go out and enjoy the things we used to be able to do…. We’re asking you to please do your part and avoid gathering indoors, avoid sharing your air, take it outside…. be creative in order to share these holidays. “If we do our part now, there will be more of us available and alive to share the holidays with next year,” said Walker. The surge in COVID cases battering healthcare systems in California right now “is the Thanksgiving Day celebration effect,” said Dr. Steven Parodi associate executive director of The Permanente Medical Group. “If you look at the timing, and when we started seeing the increased surge, it is related to the travel, it is related to the gathering and we understand why people have done it,” said Parodi. “But we are making a clarion and desperate call to Califor-

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Businesses buckle down for long winter By Edward Booth Express staff writer Winters businesses will remain heavily restricted as California’s stay-at-home order carries on for at least another few weeks. The most economically damaging change the order brought to most Winters eateries is a ban on outdoor dining, which was allowed under a previous county health order and every tier of the

state’s reopening system. Restaurants and coffee shops, among other businesses, must now rely solely on take-out and delivery. Chris Turkovich, president of the Winters Downtown Business Association, said local businesses rely on the downtown being a destination spot for Winters residents as well as people from surrounding areas such as Davis, Woodland and Vacaville.

By Edward Booth Express staff writer The Winters City Council honored city clerk Tracy Jensen for her 15 years of service and heard an update from Valley Clean Energy at its Dec. 15 meeting. Additionally, city hall will be closed from Dec. 24 to Jan. 3, 2021. The Jan. 5, 2021 City Council meeting was canceled.

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Valley Clean Energy explica opciones de planes para Winters Por Edward Booth Traducido por Carol Alfonso Los representantes de Valley Clean Energy (VCE) dieron una presentación informativa sobre las opciones de planes de energía para los residentes de Winters el pasado 9 de Diciembre, aproximadamente un mes antes de que los residentes se inscriban automáticamente en el programa de energía verde (Green Energy Program) de VCE. La misión de VCE es proporcionar “electricidad limpia, elección de productos y reducciones de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, todo dentro del control local a precios competitivos”, según la presentación. VCE comenzará a producir electricidad para Winters en Enero del 2021, utilizando la red eléctrica de Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) para brindar dos niveles de servicio de energía limpia. En Enero, todos los clientes de PG&E que no son clientes de energía solar en Winters tendrán su plan de energía cambiado al Plan Verde Estándar de VCE (VCE Standard Green), que presenta precios igualados a PG&E y utiliza aproximadamente un 45 por ciento de energía renovable y un 75 por ciento de energía libre de carbono. La diferencia de aproximadamente el 30 por ciento entre la energía renovable y la energía libre de carbono proviene de la energía hidroeléctrica, que el estado considera no renovable.

Los residentes también pueden optar por no participar en cualquier momento y permanecer en PG&E, que es una opción requerida por ley. PG&E ofrece aproximadamente un 30 por ciento de energía renovable. Rebecca Boyles, directora de atención al cliente y mercadeo de VCE, dijo que cualquier persona que desee optar por no participar puede llamar o enviar un correo electrónico a VCE, o tomar unos minutos para completar un formulario en línea. Los residentes que deseen utilizar energía completamente

PG&E son iguales en la comparación; el plan Ultra Green, en las mismas condiciones, se nivela a una tarifa mensual de $137.98. Mitch Sears, gerente interino de VCE, dijo en la reunión que VCE actualmente atiende a unas 65.000 cuentas, lo que, según dijo, representa un poco más de 100.000 personas en su área de cobertura. Winters agregará alrededor de 2.500 cuentas adicionales, aproximadamente un aumento del 5 por ciento del total, dijo, y eso es tomar en cuenta a las personas que optan por no participar. Sears dijo que más

“Va a beneficiar a Winters, vamos a tener nuestro propio control local sobre de dónde viene nuestra energía.” Jesse Loren, Concejo Municipal de Winters renovable pueden actualizarse al plan VCE Ultra Green pagando 1.5 centavos adicionales por kilovatio hora. Para demostrar la diferencia en el costo, Boyles presentó una comparación de tasas de muestra en la reunión, basada en el uso típico de un cliente residencial en su área de servicio, que actualmente incluye Woodland, Davis y areas no incorporadas al Condado Yolo. A una tarifa mensual de $129.76, los planes de VCE Standard Green y el de

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del 90 por ciento de los clientes de VCE han optado por quedarse con un plan de VCE, en gran parte debido al valor que VCE proporciona a las comunidades locales. “Ofrecemos un contenido renovable más alto para nuestros clientes al mismo precio que PG&E”, dijo Sears. “A veces existe cierta confusión sobre parte de la información de la factura. Algunas personas no creen o no comprenden bien cómo funcionan las diferentes tarifas. Pero, en general, igualamos las tarifas de PG&E, esa es la política que nuestra junta ha implementado y trabajamos arduamente para cumplir con la competitividad de costos y ser más ecológicos que PG&E.” Boyles dijo que aparecerá una nueva línea de honorarios en las facturas de energía de

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VCE, pero que es un cargo de reemplazo y no significa que los residentes estén pagando más. “Todo lo que realmente cambia del lado del cliente es que verá una línea de honorarios diferente en su factura”, dijo Boyles. Solo se hizo una pregunta en la reunión: si VCE seguirá la práctica de PG&E de cortar la energía en zonas de alto riesgo de incendio, como Winters. Boyles dijo que VCE no tiene control sobre eso porque están usando la infraestructura de PG&E, pero intentan ayudar a notificar a los residentes si se les va a cortar la energía. Sears dijo que VCE está buscando asociarse potencialmente con PG&E para identificar enlaces débiles en la red eléctrica y también oportunidades para instalar soluciones de energía que podrían mitigar el problema, como vincular la energía solar en la azotea con el almacenamiento de baterías y las microrredes que podrían evitar el apagón de una comunidad. “Las microrredes son complicadas y quizás, en muchos casos, no rentables, pero pueden ser efectivas para ayudar a proteger la infraestructura crítica,” Sears dijo. “Entonces, por ejemplo, las instalaciones médicas en hospitales y estaciones de policía y bomberos, cosas de esa naturaleza que podrían ser realmente importantes para las comunidades si sufren cortes de energía por seguridad. Nuevamente, no estamos directamente involucrados en eso, pero buscamos oportunidades, somos una voz local y estamos trabajando con PG&E para tratar de avanzar en algunos de estos problemas.” Jesse Loren, miembro del Concejo Municipal de Winters, que forma parte de la Junta Directiva de Valley Clean Energy junto con el alcalde Wade Cowan, dijo en la reunión que está emocionada de que la opción llegue a Winters. Loren elogió específicamente el control local ofrecido por la junta, que consta de dos representantes de cada ciudad cubierta por VCE y dos representantes del Condado Yolo. “Va a beneficiar a Winters, vamos a tener nuestro propio control local sobre de dónde viene nuestra energía,” dijo Loren.

Dos estudiantes que van a la Academia de Liderazgo Juvenil Por Crystal Apilado Traducido por Carol Alfonso Dos estudiantes de secundaria están representando a Winters por primera vez mientras la Academia de Liderazgo Juvenil (Youth Leadership Academy) se prepara para aventurarse en su tercer grupo. La Academia de Liderazgo Juvenil (YLA) es un programa para jóvenes a través del Consejo de Gobiernos del Área de Sacramento (Sacramento Area Council of Governments / SACOG) con el objetivo de cerrar la brecha entre la juventud local y su liderazgo local. SACOG es una asociación de gobiernos locales en la región de Sacramento de seis condados; incluyendo miembros de los condados El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba y otras 22 ciudades. Rosie Ramos Gomez, gerente de proyectos de YLA, dijo que este próximo grupo incluirá a estudiantes de la escuela secundaria Winters High School por primera vez. Julio Beraun, estudiante de segundo año, y Victoria Banuelos, estudiante de último año, están ansiosos por participar en el programa. Ramos Gómez dijo que una de sus metas es que los estudiantes participantes adquieran conocimientos sobre cómo los gobiernos locales, los líderes comunitarios, las organizaciones sin fines de lucro y otros trabajan juntos para identificar y resolver problemas. “Queremos que se vayan entendiendo cómo tantas cosas están interconectadas e impactan a las comunidades, para que puedan navegar mejor por estas diferentes organizaciones y agencias a fin de resolver problemas en sus comunidades”, dijo Ramos Gómez. Beraun dijo que siempre ha encontrado interesante cómo funcionan nuestros sistemas gubernamentales y espera conocer y aprender de otras personas que comparten ese mismo interés. También espera obtener más conocimientos sobre el funcionamiento interno de los sistemas para poder comprender mejor cómo y por qué los líderes gubernamentales toman las decisiones ya hechas.

Banuelos dijo que cree que la oportunidad le dará más confianza cuando ella entre en una nueva posición de liderazgo. Ella espera obtener una nueva perspectiva sobre cómo participar en la participación cívica en su comunidad, así como aprender a comunicarse adecuadamente con los funcionarios y líderes de la comunidad. “Creo que muchas voces están silenciadas o demasiado asustadas para hablar, espero que con esta nueva oportunidad pueda convertirme en ese puente para que se escuchen todas las voces”, dijo Banuelos. Otro objetivo detrás del programa es inspirar a los jóvenes a querer asumir roles de liderazgo en sus comunidades. “Esperamos inspirar a una nueva generación de líderes, ya sea en el sector público / sin fines de lucro, a nivel de base o en la organización de la comunidad local mientras los ayudamos a construir sus currículos y desarrollo profesional”, dijo Ramos Gómez. Beraun destacó el valor no solo de experimentar el programa, sino también de pensar en cómo él y otros jóvenes podrían hacer del mundo un lugar mejor. “Con los eventos actuales, sentí la necesidad de continuar mi educación y YLA también puede ayudarme a crecer para tener una mente más abierta y crecer como persona; que es otra razón por la que apliqué ”, dijo Beraun. Ambos estudiantes tienen el honor de representar a Winters como los primeros estudiantes de WHS en participar en el programa. “Winters es una ciudad que se apoya mutuamente en la comunidad. Y por eso, estaré eternamente agradecido por la fuerte comunidad que tenemos ”, dijo Beraun. “Me siento muy agradecida y apreciada de haber sido una de los primeros representantes de la juventud de Winters”, dijo Banuelos. “No puedo esperar para aplicar todas las lecciones a mi comunidad y, con suerte, ayudar a otros estudiantes a involucrarse en nuestra comunidad también”.

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Tenant relief to expire Feb. 1 Rick von Geldern Express staff writer Tenant rent protections under California Assembly Bill 3088 (AB 3088) are set to expire on Feb. 1, 2021 unless extended by pending legislation. Last August Governor Newsom signed AB3088 into law as a stopgap measure to protect tenants who have been negatively impacted by COVID-19. The rules prevent landlords from evicting tenants from their homes and delay rental recovery by landlords until March 2021.

Legal protections consist of two phases The first, retroactively provides that a tenant cannot be evicted for failure to pay rent between March 1 and Aug. 31, 2020. Rent not paid during this period may be recovered by a landlord in a small claims court action, but no claim for this period may be filed before March 1, 2021. The second period, Sept. 1 to Jan. 31, 2021, bars eviction for non-payment of rent so long as 25 percent of the rent due during this period is paid by Jan.

31. If the tenant complies and pays 25 percent of the rent, the landlord may file a claim in small claims court after March 1, 2021 for the balance, but still cannot evict. Herb Cross, former Director of Property Management for Lyon Real Estate, said the law is confusing to both landlords and tenants; many are uninformed of the changing laws. Cross, who oversaw the management of 1,100 rental units in five counties, including Yolo County, recommended that tenants with questions or concerns obtain legal advice or contact their local housing authority for assistance.

Resources available to help tenants Yolo Housing Authority offers rent and utility relief through a program to support residents who are at greatest risk of displacement due to

non-payment of rent related to the COVID-19 pandemic. RISE, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides free services to the Winters, Madison, Esparto and Capay Valley communities. They offer utility assistance, short term emergency aid, senior services, food distribution and more. Legal Services of Northern California provides legal services to low-income residents in areas of housing, civil rights and health care. When a landlord serves an eviction notice for nonpayment of rent, they are required to provide a “Declaration of COVID-19 related financial distress” document, according to AB3088. The tenant then has 15 days to sign and return the document to their landlord to continue

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County offers free “tree-cycling” provide essential organic matter. Residents should ensure that trees are free of all ornaments, flocking, tinsel, garland and lights. Please note that this program is only for Yolo County residents and there is a limit of two trees per customer for free recycling. In addition, residents can safely dispose of, or recycle, waste at the Landfill, which regularly holds weekly collection of household hazardous

Express staff Yolo County residents are welcome to recycle their holiday trees from Dec. 26 through Jan. 15, at the Yolo County Central Landfill, located at 44090 County Road 28H in Woodland, and the Esparto Convenience Center, located at 27075 County Road 19A in Esparto. Tree-cycling turns holiday trees into a valuable, renewable and recyclable resource as trees are biodegradable and will eventually decompose to

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Yolo grows 0.55 percent By Jeff Hudson McNaughton Media Yolo County had an estimated 219,808 residents as of July 1, and gained an estimated 1,044 people since July 1, 2019, according to a fresh batch of estimates compiled by the California Department of Finance, which released the new figures on Wednesday (Dec. 16). Measured in percentage terms, Yolo County grew by 0.55 percent. Yolo County experienced 2,046 births and 1,312 deaths over the 1-year timeframe. Yolo also had 582 residents move away, but received 647 new residents during the same timeframe. The addition of 1,044 new residents by Yolo County between July 1, 2019, and July 1, 2020, compares with the addition of 13,302 new residents in Sacramento County, which borders Yolo County on the east. In percentage terms, Sacramento County grew by 0.87 percent during the July 1, 2019 and July 1, 2020 timeframe, as compared to 0.55 percent for Yolo. By way of

Yolo County experienced 2,046 births and 1,312 deaths over the 1-year timeframe. Yolo also had 582 residents move away, but received 647 new residents during the same timeframe. comparison, largely rural Colusa County (which borders Yolo County on the north) added just 44 new residents during the same timeframe, which works out to a growth rate of 0.06 percent. During that same oneyear timeframe, El Dorado County — which borders on Sacramento County on the west, and includes portions of Lake Tahoe on the east — tallied up as

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State health orders Berryessa campgrounds to close McNaughton Media Press Release Campgrounds at Lake Berryessa will be closed due to the state’s more restrictive stay-at-home order. However, “day-use areas and boat launches will remain open unless already closed due to the LNU Lightning Complex Fire incident,” the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Friday. “In support of the California Regional Stay-AtHome order and requests from Napa County health officials, all campgrounds will temporarily close

until further notice. Camping and cabins will be closed at all concession areas including Markley Cove Resort, Pleasure Cove Marina, Steele Canyon Recreation Area, Spanish Flat Recreation Area, and Putah Canyon Recreation Area,” the bureau statement said. Markley Cove has been closed due to damage from the fire. All visitors are advised to continue to follow health guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes Covid-19.

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Obituaries Richard E. Rominger

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Richard E. Rominger passed away on December 21 with his family by his side. Richard was born July 1, 1927 in Woodland California as the first child of Albert H. Rominger and Anne Violet Ehrhardt Rominger. Rich had his elementary education in the rural one-room Union School.

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The Misses Morrison, after spending the holidays at home, have returned to their schools, Miss Essie to Guinda and Miss Josie to Sebastopol. The High Line ditch people met with unexpected obstacles as to right of way, and have been industriously working to remove them for a week. Of course, being a public service corporation, they could forsee a right of way where needed. Seasons, like history, repeat themselves. J. L. Harlan recalls the fact that the winter of 1878 was identical with that of 1906. There was less than two inches of rain before the first of the year, and on the 11th day of January a steady downpour began that lasted until the ground was wet down deep. This is an unusual winter, but Henry Craner tells of the one of 1862–3, when there was but little rain and on January 1, six-inches of snow fell, covering the whole valley. An immense throng paid its last respects to the memory of a good woman at the funeral of Mrs. Minnie DeVilbiss Sunday afternoon. Requiem mass was held at the Catholic Church.

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The recommendations of the State Highway Commission for road construction during the next two years includes $224,610 for the Vacaville through Winters to Dunnigan Highway. The elementary school opened Monday and despite the stormy day, the enrollment was 217. The rainfall up to Thursday morning measures 16.24 inches, according to the gauge at the California Fruit Exchange. Mrs. E.R. Crum was hostess Friday to the members and guests of the book section of the Fortnightly Club. The journalism class at the high school has again elected Dorothy Hopkins as “Warrior” editor. Norman Irving, son of Mrs. Harry Brandt has enlisted in the U.S. Navy, according to word received from the Sacramento recruiting office. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Elliot of San Anselmo visited briefly with relatives here Sunday. “Boots” Erb, holiday guest here and in Reno, entrained in Sacramento, Sunday morning to return to school in Los Angeles. Mrs. H.R. Bowman and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dalton accompanied him to Sacramento. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Franke and family were weekend guests of friends in Orland.

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Richard Rominger, accompanied by his wife, Evelyne, attended a costume party in 1975. Richard liked to dress up as Abraham Lincoln to speak with students about national and local history — maybe because he looked the part.

He graduated as valedictorian at Winters High School. After service in the U.S. Navy at the end of World War II, he attended the University of California, Davis, which is where he met his future wife Evelyne Rowe.

YEARS AGO January 12, 1956

Ed Gardner, owner of the Monticello stage Lines, announced this week that after transporting passengers to and from Monticello for the past 41 years, the service would be discontinued next week. A. Teichert and Sons of Sacramento was the low bidder last Thursday for the first leg of the Putah South Canal. Teichert submitted a bid of $1,147,921. Airman Delbert D. Mayer, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Mayer, has arrived at Edwards Air Force Base, where he has been assigned to the 6514th Motor Vehicle Squadron. Jack “Moose” Myers, head football coach of the College of Pacific, will be the speaker at the January meeting of the Winters District Chamber of Commerce. The Winters High School varsity football team, coaches and cheerleaders will be guests of the Chamber Monday Night. Landowners in the area included in the proposed park site west of Winters told the Yolo-Solano recreation committee Tuesday afternoon that they were opposed to park plans now under study by the two-county group. George Duncan, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Duncan, will host a birthday party this evening in honor of his 13th birthday anniversary, having asked young friends to dinner and the theater. Winters town basketball team downed Dixon 44 to 39 Thursday night. Sam Fernandez led Winters with 16 points while the Snow brothers, Dick, Ken and Phil, potted 12, 7 and 6 points respectively.

Rich played trombone in the Aggie Band and third base on the Aggie baseball team. He graduated with highest honors with a degree in Plant Science. He was a member of Alpha Zeta, the National Agricultural Honor Society, and a life member of the Cal Aggie Alumni Association. After having worked on the farm growing up, including summer vacations during high school and college, Rich started farming full time with his father and brother Don. He and Evelyne were married in 1951 and raised their four children, Richard

Rich was active in many farm and civic organizations, including the Yolo County Farm Bureau where he served as a director of 25 years and president 1971–1973. He started his Farm Bureau career with the Young Farmers and Ranchers and was statewide president 1954–1955. He was a co-founder and founding president of the Yolo Land Trust. He served on the board of the American Farmland Trust for 17 years. He was chairman of the Yolo County Water Resources Board 1971–1977, a member of the Yolo County Agricultural Round Table Steering Committee for 18 years, chairman 19731975, and also served on many other agricultural organizations and committees. Rich was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown as Director of the California Department of Food and Agriculture in 1977, where he served for six years. He later

served President Bill Clinton for eight years as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. He also served as a Regent at the University of California. He was active in his community, state, and country, and continued to support the causes he believed in up until the very end of his life. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Evelyne, his children and their spouses, Rick and Patty, Ruth and Lars, and Bruce and Robyn, daughter-in-law Cairn, and his grandchildren, Katherine, Justin, Sarah, Cienna, Aldo, John, and Rachel, and his three-week-old great-grandson, Alexander. To continue Richard’s work, donations can be made in his honor to the Yolo Land Trust located at 221 W. Court Street, Ste 5, Woodland, CA 95695, and to the Bradford-Rominger Agricultural Sustainability Leadership Award Fund at the Agricultural Sustainability Institute of UC Davis, care of CAES Deans Office University of California, located at One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616. No services are planned at this time.

Rose Eleanor Kent On December 6, at the age of 100 while at home, Rose Eleanor Kent went peacefully to be home with the Lord. Rose Eleanor (Pratt) Kent was born April 14, 1920 to Henry Pratt and Emma Martell Pratt in Burlington VT, joining a brother Arthur Henry Pratt. During the 1929 Depression, the family moved to Syracuse, NY in search of work. Syracuse became home for the family through her adult years. There on June 12, 1940 she married Clifford Roy Kent and continued to remain in Syracuse. During the war years, she worked in a factory making headlights, spotlights while Cliff fought with the Marines. While on a battleship about to land in Japan, peace was declared. When he returned home, he went to work and she focused on being a homemaker and raising the children. She was noted for her baking skills espe-

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cially pies, cookies, and Danish pastry. She also loved to can tomatoes, along with making jams and jellies. After Cliff retired, they loved spending their free time volunteering at Crouse-Irving Hospital in Syracuse and playing cards with friends. In 1998 they moved to Mathews, NC to be near their oldest daughter, Jean. In 2001 cancer took Cliff’s life from him. In 2003 she moved to Winters, CA to spend her time with her remaining three children. She started volunteering for Dr. Davis and the Medical office. She returned to walking three miles a day just as she had done with her loving husband. And, once again started making cookies to give to the mail carrier, the doctor’s office and others around town. She was also an avid reader, a regular at the Library. At age 95 she decided to move in with daughter Judy (Nicki) for the remainder of her life. She was a gentle, kind woman and a devoted Catholic who loved the Lord our God. She was proceeded in death by her loving husband Cliff, her daughter Jean and her brother Arthur Henry Pratt. She is survived by her three

children, Judy (Nicki) Kent Chapman; Cliff Kent (Celie); Deborah Kent; eight grandchildren: Mary Beth Rein (Chris); Mark Frey (Kristen); Chris Frey (Kathy) and Brian Supernault; Shelly Chapman; Sierra (Kent) Losh (Cordia); Ezra Kent (Katie); and Shannon (Kent) Candelaria (Michael), and eight great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter. In Lieu of flowers the family is asking that donations be made to the Heart of the Nation, PO Box 14428, Milwaukee WI 53214; Boy’s Town, PO Box 6000, Boys Town, NE, 68010; or Yolo Hospice, 1909 Galileo Court, Suite A, Davis, CA 95618. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date when conditions are more befitting. Comments and remembrances’ may be left on Smith’s Chapel website: www. smith-fuerals.com.

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Come January, Winters residents will automatically be enrolled in the VCE green energy program.Â The update, given by Rebecca Boyles, Director of Customer Care and Marketing for VCE, consisted of an overview of how VCE works, the enrollment timeline for Winters, current activities of VCE, how billing works, and frequently asked questions.Â VCE, Boyles said, is a Community Choice

TRUSTEE Continued from Page 1 he didnâ€™t feel the public was notified about it in a timely manner. The school district made a social media post at 1 p.m. to announce the meeting the day of, and the agenda was posted outside the school district and City Hall. The Express also received notification on the day of, before the meeting began. With four important items on the agenda, including the approval of a new position and a 96-page budget report, he felt more of the public , incoming Trustees and teacher association would have been in attendance. â€œIâ€™ve always prided myself on being transparent and open with

Aggregation program (CCA), a joint powers authority created by local communities for local control of the electric generation supply. Boyles added that VCE provides competition where there wasnâ€™t competition before, and gives service at the same price as the Pacific Gas and Electric Company while adding a greater mix of renewable energy to their standard service.Â VCE, which currently serves Davis, Woodland and unincorporated Yolo County, partners with PG&E to use their power grid for transmission and delivery.Â â€œSometimes people call CCAs the biggest change youâ€™ll never no-

tice because, from the customer perspective, not too much changes,â€? Boyles said. â€œBut thereâ€™s more renewables going into the grid.â€? Boyles said VCE gives a bonus of one penny per kilowatt hour to solar customers that rolls over and offsets future electricity usage. During the frequently asked questions portion of the presentation, Boyles said VCE isnâ€™t more expensive than PG&E, doesnâ€™t replace PG&E and pretty much all discounts will transfer over.Â Council member Jesse Loren, who sits on the VCE board of directors, said local control is a great and beautiful

thing about VCE. People from Winters are on the board and represent the community, she said, which canâ€™t be said for a large corporation like PG&E.Â Mayor Wade Cowan, who also sits on the VCE board, said when VCE representatives first presented to the Winters City Council a few years ago, he was one of the more skeptical members.Â Because this was the case, he volunteered himself, alongside Loren, to sit on the VCE board. Whatâ€™s most important, he said, is that VCE has been able to provide its service for no higher cost than PG&E throughout its entire existence.Â Â

the district,â€? Warren told the Express. Ralph T. Anderson, former Area 1 Trustee, said Warren would advocated for students. â€œRob was always aware of the doâ€™s and donâ€™ts of the Ed code, keeping the board on its proper ways of doing things. He had a very watchful eye on our spending, always trying for the district to save money and get the best bang for our buck, and he always was constantly pressing for our kidsâ€™ test scores to improve and helped us get through some tough times we had in the English immersion issues in the past,â€? Anderson said.

discuss the next steps and the timeline for filling the vacancy. She had not returned a comment to a follow up timeline inquiry following the Thursday, Dec. 17 Winters JUSD school board meeting. Trustees are elected members and Warrenâ€™s current term was set to expire in 2022. According to Winters JUSD policy, the district has 60 days to fill the seat from the day of resignation, putting their deadline at Feb. 13, 2021. Trustees must choose to either appoint a Trustee or call for a special election. Winters JUSD recently went through the process of filling a Trustee seat mid-term in January 2020 after Michael Olivas resigned from his Area

3 Trustee seat after serving for nine years. Earlier this year, former Superintendent Todd Cutler had told the Express that if the board approves to appoint versus to call for a special election, then a sub-committee will be formed and applications will be made available online and at the Winters JUSD office. Requirements to apply for a school board seat are individuals who are 18 years of age or older and live in the specific Trustee Area zone (See map). The next Winters JUSD school board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 7 at 6 p.m. The agenda and packet can be accessed online at https://wintersjusd. communitybydiligent. com/portal/.

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CHANGE Continued from Page 1 nians to not repeat what happened at Thanksgiving. Our hospital systems cannot afford to see another increase like we saw with Thanksgiving.â€? Locally the increase in cases â€” and subsequent impact on Sutter Davis and Woodland Memorial hospitals â€” has been exponential in the last four weeks. COVID cases in the city of Davis have nearly doubled since Thanksgiving week â€” from 528 on Nov. 24 to 1,035 on Monday and by 74 percent in the city of Winters, from 179 cases to 312 during that four-week period. Woodland and West Sacramento have seen their cases increase by about 56 percent since Nov. 24. And both local hospitals have hit their capacity in terms of adult hospital and ICU beds in recent weeks. On Tuesday, 31 COVID patients were hospitalized here. â€œOur job in normal times is to keep you healthy, provide preventative care and care for you when the worst happens,â€? said Greg Adams, chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente. â€œBut as the hospital bed count continues to dwindle, we simply will not be able to keep up if the COVID surge continues to increase.â€? Dr. Thomas McGinn, assistant executive vice president at Dignity Health (of which Woodland Memorial is part), likened the situation to that of New York back in the spring. â€œI was in New York working at a health system during the early phase of this pandemic,â€? said McGinn. â€œI saw patients first-

hand suffering. I saw the families suffering. I saw the healthcare teams exhausted, working around the clock. â€œAnd we all know the simple things that this is going to take to help stop this spread,â€? he added. â€œWe know itâ€™s about wearing a mask. We know itâ€™s about social distancing. We know itâ€™s about meetingâ€Ś outside if you must.â€? â€œWe have a simple prescription,â€? he said: â€œDo not share the air.â€? Their pleas â€” via a zoom press conference on Tuesday â€” came amid reports of busy airports as people embark on holiday travel against the advice of health officials who fear a surge on top of a surge and say healthcare systems will simply not be able to handle it. â€œWhat weâ€™re stressing here is our nurses, our physicians, our environmental services staff, all of our staff, are maxed, tired. Many are exhausted, frankly,â€? said Adams.

â€œAnd our concern about what we face going forward is the Thanksgiving surge, we have Christmas this week, we have New Yearâ€™s to follow, and if we donâ€™t follow â€Ś the guidelines, the concern is that the virus will be compounded over those holidays.â€? The biggest issue for hospitals is staffing, particularly having enough nurses and respiratory therapists to treat the influx of COVID patients, McGinn said. â€œWeâ€™re actually managing on the ventilators and PPE and space for the most part. What weâ€™ve really run into is the staff issues and exhaustion of our staff.â€? One of those workers, Cecilia Fleming, a nurse manager with Kaiser Permanente, said since the start of the pandemic, â€œthe lives of frontline healthcare workers have been forever transformed. â€œAs healthcare workers, we under-

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To bring holiday cheer during the pandemic, Santa toured through Winters neighborhoods on his sleigh pulled by a tractor on Sunday, Dec. 6 through Wednesday, Dec. 9.

Santa Claus comes to town on a one-tractor open sleigh By Edward Booth Staff writer Abundant holiday cheer managed to arrive in Winters this year: Santa Claus, the legendary giver of gifts, visited town for four nights early this month, spreading joy atop a tractor-driven sleigh. Stephanie Atherton, who drove the tractor, said the idea for Santa’s visit first came about in October, during walnut harvest. Kathy Cowan was helping with Atherton’s harvest, and Atherton asked whether it was decided there would be no tractor parade this year. Cowan responded that, yup, the tractor parade was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Both of them looked at each other and decided then that they needed to do something. October and most of November passed, and the two hatched a plan. They pulled out Santa’s sleigh, built for the tractor parade last year by Frank Neal, out of Atherton’s barn, and moved it to Cowan’s house. While keeping the plan under wraps, they drove around town and mapped out a route that would hit nearly every street in Winters over four nights. The route was approved by Winters police Chief John Miller, and a group of Santa’s Elves — Kathy Cowan, Atherton, Dan Mickel, Dave Horner, Chris-

“We tried to hit every single street so that everybody could experience Santa.”

Stephanie Atherton tine Berry, and Mayor Wade Cowan — got to work decorating Santa’s sleigh. Then the group contacted the white-bearded, red-suited man at the top, and, according to Atherton, “Santa said he would be more than happy to come visit Winters over those four nights.” With everything ready to go, Atherton, dressed in full elf attire, drove the tractor pulling Santa’s sleigh. Miller escorted the two in his patrol car, red and blue flashers blazing, siren occasionally wailing, classic Christmas music blaring. The mayor controlled the music — Holly Jolly Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Let it Snow, among other tunes — and directed the chief through the pre-planned route. Kathy tailed behind Santa’s sleigh in her car to make sure nobody ran out into the street. “We tried to hit every single street so that everybody could experience Santa,” Atherton said “With Chief Miller hitting his siren and the mu-

sic being played, people would come to their doors and just be so surprised and so happy. It brought us a tremendous amount of joy.” Atherton said the experience of driving Santa around town was special and humbling. Little kids would jump up and down as the tractor passed by, she said, and would wave their arms and flap their hands. “It was emotional. It really was,” Wade said. “Chief made a comment, he said: ‘kids appear to have springs in their feet when they see us coming, they just jump up and down like they’re on a pogo stick.’” Kathy said the group passed by almost all the Christmas decorations in town. When they passed by the newer homes in Winters, she yelled out “This is how we roll.” “This year’s been tough,” Atherton said. “And, you know, it was emotionally gratifying to be able to do this for the kids. And actually not just the kids, but for everybody.”

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FUNDS Continued from Page 1 been outfitted with pergolas, warm lighting and outdoor heating. Turkovich said the project will be entirely finished this week, though outdoor dining won’t be allowed until the stay-at-home order is lifted. The grant was earmarked specifically for the purpose of assisting local businesses. Turkovich, who worked with the city to help allocate the grant, said it was difficult to orchestrate spending the CARES Act funds because they needed to be spent — and whatever they were spent on needed to be put into effective use — by Dec. 30 to be in compliance with the CARES Act. Turkovich said some ideas that were discussed, like renting tents for Main Street, wouldn’t work because the city couldn’t prepay the money or enter into contracts that went beyond Dec. 30. “We were looking at about 60 days to figure it all out and then get it all executed,” Turkovich said. “I know on my end this limited time to get it spent was quite challenging.” The city, according to Turkovich, made the decision to spend

CHANGE Continued from Page 1 health care workers, emergency responders or social service workers in the child welfare system or long-term care facilities may discontinue quarantine seven days after the date of last exposure if a PCR test performed after day five post-exposure provides a negative result. This seven-dayswith-negative-test approach should only be used during staffing shortages and contacts must wear surgical face masks at all times during work and continue to wear face coverings when outside the home through 14 days after their last exposure. They must also self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms

the funds on the outdoor dining setup because, even as the weather worsened and COVID-19 case numbers grew, outdoor dining wouldn’t be restricted by the state’s tiered system. “(Removing outdoor dining) was a scenario that we didn’t think was an option, or we didn’t know was going to be an option, at the time in October and November,” Turkovich said. The Dec. 6 Yolo County health order put in place most of the current stay-at-home order restrictions, but allowed outdoor dining among members of the same household. Jenny Tan, the county’s public information officer, said in an email she assumed the reason the state decided to ban outdoor dining is because it represented a situation where people from multiple households can gather or interact with each other. Not all of the CARES Act grant funds were allocated to outdoor dining. Forty thousand was initially allocated to a rent and mortgage assistance grant program, and city manager Kathleen Trepa said at the Dec. 15 Winters City Council meeting that the city was able to increase the total

through day 14 and immediately isolate and seek testing if symptoms develop. Contacts are released from quarantine only to work and to travel to and from work and must otherwise quarantine for 10 days as above. Additionally, during critical staffing shortages (when patient care would otherwise be threatened), asymptomatic health care workers may continue to work after an exposure following the above process. Meanwhile, people who reside or work in high-risk congregate living settings (such as long-term care facilities, prisons, jails or shelters) or people who reside or work with severely immunocompromised individuals (such as bone

amount of funding for the program to $60,000. The increase in funding is because the city’s department of public works built the pergolas in the Main Street Dining Area instead of a contractor, she said. Trepa said the city received 23 applications for the program, and was able to give grants to 17 businesses, all of them small businesses that hadn’t previously received direct support from Yolo County’s grant program. The city tried to provide each business with at least three months of rent and capped each grant at $4,000, Trepa said. All the while, local businesses continue to adapt. Turkovich said online ordering has drastically improved for many businesses, including his own: Turkovich Family Wines. He said when the winery tasting room shut down, a bunch of staff members were moved over to help with local deliveries. “That’s probably something we’re going to keep doing even after COVID,” Turkovich said. “As long as orders like that keep coming in, doing our own local delivery has been pretty successful and pretty good for our business.”

marrow or solid organ transplant recipients or persons undergoing chemotherapy) must continue to quarantine for 14 days after an exposure or upon admission to the facility. The requirement for a 14-day quarantine is based on serious consequences of disease spread in this highly vulnerable population, the county said. Exceptions to the required 14-day quarantine for this population may be requested in writing from the health officer in cases of critical staffing shortages where continuity of operations is in jeopardy. The county will also be revising the local travel advisory to shorten the recommended self-quarantine period to 10 days.

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RELIEF Continued from Page 3 eviction moratorium through Jan. 31, 2021. A tenant may be evicted if served with a 15-day notice and they do not return the declaration form within 15 days. Tenants must declare under penalty of perjury that one of the following hardships has caused them to be unable to pay financial obligations in full: • Loss of income caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. • Increased outof-pocket expenses directly related to performing essential work during the COVID-19 pandemic. • Increased expenses directly related to health impacts of the

“We are again staring down an eviction cliff that could leave millions homeless in the middle of a deadly pandemic.” Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco) COVID-19 pandemic. • Childcare responsibilities or responsibilities to care for an elderly, disabled, or sick family member directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic that limit an ability to earn income.

TREE Continued from Page 3 waste on Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., except on holidays. The Esparto Convenience Center transfer station provides free recycling of glass, plastics, mixed paper and metals as well as used oil, filters, cardboard and e-waste on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., except on holidays. Both the Landfill and the Esparto station will be closed on

GROWTH Continued from Page 3 California’s fastest growing county in percentage terms, adding 3,210 new residents in the oneyear timeframe, which makes for a 1.71 percent increase in El Dorado County’s population (roughly triple the percentage of population growth in Yolo). El Dorado County now has an estimated 190,400 residents. At the other end of the spectrum, Butte County in Northern

• Increased costs for childcare or attending to an elderly, disabled, or sick family member directly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. • Other circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic that have reduced an individual’s income or increased expenses. AB15, was introduced earlier this month by Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco) extending protections under AB 3088 to the end of 2021. “We are again staring down an eviction cliff that could leave millions homeless in the middle of a deadly pandemic,” said Chiu. This is an “urgency bill” requiring a 2/3 majority in both houses to pass before AB 3088 expires Feb. 1.

Friday, Dec. 25 for Christmas and Friday, Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day. All services, including hazardous waste drop and transfer station activities will resume Saturday, Dec. 26. Household hazardous waste events and holiday recycling programs are sponsored by the Yolo County Department of Community Services, Division of Integrated Waste Management. For more information on proper disposal of household waste, call 530-6668856 or visit: www.yolocounty.org/ landfill. California — which was devastated by the massive 153,000-acre Camp Fire in 2018 — continues to lose residents. During the July to July timeframe, Butte County lost 8,115 residents — a decline of minus-3.82 percent. A number of other largely rural Northern California counties experienced a smaller decline population — Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Del Norte, Inyo, Lake, Humboldt, Mariposa, Mendocino, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Trinity and Tuolumne.

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Chamber of Commerce Tractor contest winners Express staff The Winters Chamber of Commerce hosted the first Winters Trees & Tractors celebration event in lieu of the annual Winters Tractor Parade. Community members were encouraged to spread holiday cheer by putting a lit Christmas tree either in front of their home or business, or to display it in a front window. Winters residents not only rose to the challenge, but some went above and beyond by creating their own tractor parade displays. Front yards hosted a variety of tractors strung up with lights, or toy tractors in a light on front lawns. The Winters Chamber also hosted a tractor display competition. Donnie Whitworth, a Winters High School agriculture teacher, lead efforts to get 100 plywood tractor silhouette cutouts created. Community members were able to sponsor a tractor cutout and decorate it as part of the competition.

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Above, Tractor Entry No. 54 by Jillian Ferguson won first place in the first Winters Trees & Tractors display competition. Below, second place went to Tractor Entry No. 69 by Little Pioneers Day Care; Bottom, First Northern Bank’s No. 31 won third place. Winters Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Sue Moualim said she is considering adding on the Trees & Tractor celebration event in upcoming years. “Thank you to everyone who participated and made this event so fun and festive. The entries were all wonderfully creative,” Moualim said. “Maybe we have started a new tradition and addition to our tractor parade and festival for 2021.” The Express Editorial team also conducted a tally of all the contest entries. A majority of team members expressed that the WHS Warriors tractor was one of their favorites. Other favorites included tractor display entries by Valerie Whitworth (Tractors No. 26-30), Emily Back (Tractor No. 76) and Sonya Godinez (Tractor No. 4).

The winning tractor displays are: First place: Tractor Entry No. 54 by Jillian Ferguson who won a $300 cash prize. Second place: Tractor Entry No. 69 by Little Pioneers Day Care who won a $200 cash prize. Third place: Tractor Entry No. 31 by First Northern Bank won a $100 cash prize.

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Above, Sonya Godinez’s hotrod daredevil Tractor No. 4 and the WHS Warriors Tractor were among Express Editorial team favorites.

Proposition 19 – What you need to know By Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Assessor Special to the Express It has been just over two weeks since we certified the General Election in Yolo County, a function of my role as the Registrar of Voters for Yolo County. In my other role as the County Assessor, I find it my responsibility to inform Yolo County residents of one Proposition on the ballot that was passed by California voters that will greatly impact property tax assessments for certain taxpayers — Proposition 19. Proposition 19, billed as “The Property Tax Transfers, Exemptions, and Revenue for Wildfire Agencies and Counties Amendment,” passed with 51.1 percent of California voter approval in November. As a result, 2021 will see significant changes in property taxes assessed on certain personal residences. Typically, a property’s assessed amount is set when the owner acquires the property, and can only increase by up to two percent a year, until the property is sold and reassessed at the market value. What does Prop. 19 mean for property tax transfers and ex-

Express Yourself emptions? Individuals over the age of 55 and some other taxpayers will benefit from greater flexibility to transfer their existing residential property tax base to another home within the state. However, Proposition 19 also changes the exemptions for parents who want to transfer their properties to their children. The key upcoming changes due to the passing of Proposition 19 are: Eligible homeowners — persons 55 years or older, those with severe disabilities, or individuals who have lost a home in a natural disaster — may now transfer their tax basis to a new home anywhere within the State of California, including to a property of greater value. Previously eligible homeowners were limited to transfers within certain counties and to homes of the same or lesser market value. Increases the number of times that eligible homeowners may transfer their base year tax assessments. After April 1, 2021, eligible homeowners will

be able to transfer their tax assessment up to three times (up from one allowable transfer previously). Requires market-value reassessments for transferred properties that are not used as the child’s or grandchild’s principal residence. To expand on No. 3, Proposition 19 will considerably limit the availability of the parent-child exclusion for purposes of real estate tax assessments and will result in significant property-tax consequences. Prior to the passage of Proposition 19, parents could transfer a primary residence to children without the transfer resulting in a new fair market reassessment, regardless of how the children chose to use the real property. This allowed children to maintain the same property tax basis that their parents had. Additionally, any secondary property, such as a vacation home, rental property or commercial property, with up to $1 million of the assessed value could be transferred while still maintaining the same property

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California home-buying interest at levels not seen in ten years tions and MLSs statewide. The statewide annualized sales figure represents what would be the total number of homes sold during 2020 if sales maintained the November pace throughout the year. It is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically influence home sales. November sales rose 5.0 percent from 484,510 in October and were up 26.3 percent from a year ago, when 402,880 homes were sold on an annualized basis. The year-over-year, double-digit sales gain was the fourth consecutive and the largest yearly gain since May 2009.

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“Home-buying interest is at levels that we have not seen for years, setting the stage for a stronger-than-expected comeback that fully recovered all the sales that the market lost in the first half of the year due to the pandemic,” said 2021 CAR President Dave Walsh, vice president and manager of the Compass San Jose office. “Housing supply remains an issue, however, as we will likely to see a shortage of homes for sale in the near term, which will put upward pressure on prices and dampen affordability for those who

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After breaking the $700,000 benchmark for the past three months, California’s median home price dipped 1.7 percent on a monthto-month basis to $$699,000 in November, down from October’s $711,300. Home prices, however, continued to gain on a year-overyear basis with the statewide median price surging 18.5 percent from $589,770 recorded last November. The double-digit increase from last Competitively Priced Insurance year was the Auto - Home - Business - Life - Health fourth in a row Calif. Lic. 0F34259 and the highest 12-month gain since February It’s time to think about selling or buying a home! 2014. The gain was also highTim Ireland (CA DRE #00546333), CEO / Broker er than the six26 Main Street * Winters, CA

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who remembers when everyone gathered around the dining room table to enjoy the food and company. There is joy is seeing new people at the table, the next generation coming of age, replacing the last of the Greatest Generation. Christmas is a sign of life’s cycle with death and rebirth. The holidays are just a reminder that we need to take the time to remember the past and plan for the future. I’m getting to the age when I don’t need anything and those around me don’t need anything. I’m not much of a shopper to begin with, and I’m running out of time, again, this year. I’m planning an out of town run to see if I can find something to put under the tree for those still on my list. Wish me luck. I tried to eliminate gift giving for anyone over 18 a few years

With all of the problems that 2020 has brought, it was nice to read that charities are doing well with people opening up their wallets and hearts to those in need. Giving a gift to a charity in someone’s name might solve my gift giving problem and I’m sure the local food closet or senior foundation will appreciate the money. ago, but I didn’t get very far. When I decided that I was right and everyone else was wrong, and didn’t buy gifts, it didn’t turn out well. Maybe someday... With all of the

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y next year my holiday gift giving will be solved. I’ll be banned from giving anyone a gift and won’t have to worry about writing thank you cards. I can just sit back and watch “It’s a Wonderful Life,” “A Christmas Story,” and “Holiday Inn,” while enjoying my family that is still talking to me. Here’s wishing you a Merry Christmas and a better New Year.

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Continued from Page 1 FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20200974 12/04/2020 lramirez, Deputy Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: R AND L LANDSCAPING Physical Address: 408 LUIS PLACE WINTERS CA 95694 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) RAUL GARCIA 408 LUIS PLACE WINTERS CA 95694 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 09/25/20 s/RAUL GARCIA JR Official Title: N/A Corporation Name: N/A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal. Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, lramirez, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of Yolo Published December 16, 23, 30, 2020, January 6, 2021

Street Address or other common designation of real property: 121 First Street, Woodland, CA 95695 A.P.N.: 005-633-018 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is: $ 143,618.09. Note: Because the Beneficiary reserves the right to bid less than the total debt owed, it is possible that at the time of the sale the opening bid may be less than the total debt. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. The beneficiary of the Deed of Trust has executed and delivered to the undersigned a written request to commence foreclosure, and the undersigned caused a Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2018-01808-CA. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee for beneficiary C/o 1500 Palma Drive, Suite 237 Ventura, CA 93003 Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManage ment/TrusteeServices.aspx Date: December 2, 2020

________________________________________________ Trustee Sale Assistant

WESTERN PROGRESSIVE, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Published: December 16, 23, 30, 2020

PROP 19

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FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20200957 11/24/2020 dho, Deputy

Business is located in YOLO County Fictitious Business Name: KARTAR SOLUTIONS Physical Address: 4810 Chiles Road Davis, CA, 95618 Mailing Address: Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): 1) Charanjit K. Mundy 1130 Pistachio Court Davis CA 95618 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 11/23/20 s/Charanjit K. Mundy Official Title: N/A Corporation Name: N/A I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal. Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, dho, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of Yolo Published December 16, 23, 30, 2020, January 6, 2021

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME

FILED IN YOLO COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE Jesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder F20200946 11/20/2020 lramirez, Deputy

Business is located in Yolo County Fictitious Business Name: SOUTHERN TOUCH DESIGNS Physical Address: 914 Kennedy Dr Winters CA 95694 Mailing Address: 914 Kennedy Dr Winters CA 95694 Names of Registrant(s)/Owner(s): Lindsey E Brickey 914 Kennedy Dr Winters CA 95694 Business Classification: Individual Starting Date of Business: 10/21/2020 s/Lindsey Brickey Official Title: Corporation Name: I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the original document on file in this office. This certification is true as long as there are no alterations to the document, AND as long as the document is sealed with a red seal. Jesse Salinas, County Clerk/Recorder, lramirez, Deputy Clerk State of California, County of Yolo Published December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2020

tax basis their parents had regardless of its use by the children. The same exemption applied to transfers from grandparents to grandchildren. Beginning Feb. 16, 2021; however, children or grandchildren who receive real property from their parents or grandparents may have to factor in increased property taxes in the decision to keep or sell the property. For example, if parents purchased a rental property in 1960 for $70,000, and the market value of the rental property is $700,000; when it is transferred to a child after Feb. 16, 2021, and the child intends to continue to lease out the property, the parents’ tax basis does not pass to the child. The child will now have to pay property taxes based on the assessed fair market value ($700,000) which may affect the child’s decision to keep the property or sell. If these upcoming changes will affect your family, you might want to consider spending time this holiday season talking with family members about Proposition 19 and its potential impact to your family’s financial planning efforts and if appropriate seek advice soon from a reputable tax advisor. Please note that the Yolo County Assessor’s Office is unable to offer legal advice. Accordingly, this proposition overview is only meant to be informative, and should not be construed as legal advice or advice to take any specific action. As always, be sure to consult a knowledgeable professional for assistance with legal or financial issues. I wish you and your family a well-planned and safe holiday season.

Features6 B6 — Winters Express, Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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2020 MDX BASE FWD

2021 RDX BASE FWD Lease for

$369/mo plus tax On approval of credit

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Lease for

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2020 MDX BASE FWD Lease for $379.00 plus tax per month* For 36 months. $2,999 due at signing ($2,999 customer cash/trade equity) which includes $0 security deposit. Lessee responsible at lease end for mileage in excess of 75,000 miles per year at .20 cents per mile. On approved credit through Acura Financial Services®, DBA American Honda Finance Corp. Higher lease rates apply for lessees with lower credit ratings. Upgrade Opportunity Lease offer only available to current qualified owners of any 2010 or newer Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Nissan, Toyota, Subaru or Volkswagen vehicle. Lessee responsible for maintenance, excessive wear/tear, and up to 20 cents/mile over 75,000 miles/year. Not all customers qualify for Upgrade offer. See dealer for complete details. 10 units at this offer. Model number: YD3H3LJNW. Offer expires: 12/31/2020. Other restrictions may apply.

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2020 MDX AWD TECH Lease for $529.00 plus tax per month* For 36 months. $2,999 due at signing ($2,999 customer cash/trade equity) which includes $0 security deposit. Lessee responsible at lease end for mileage in excess of 75,000 miles per year at .20 cents per mile. On approved credit through Acura Financial Services®, DBA American Honda Finance Corp. Higher lease rates apply for lessees with lower credit ratings. Upgrade Opportunity Lease offer only available to current qualified owners of any 2010 or newer Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mazda, Nissan, Toyota, Subaru or Volkswagen vehicle. Lessee responsible for maintenance, excessive wear/tear, and up to 20 cents/mile over 75,000 miles/year. Not all customers qualify for Upgrade offer. See dealer for complete details. 10 units at this offer. Model number: YD4H5LKNW. Offer expires: 11/30/2020. Other restrictions may apply.

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Features7 Winters Express, Wednesday, December 23, 2020 — B7

Express Yourself Letters Winters Senior Center Equipment Fund Pioneer Church displays its nativity at 205 Russell St. Jeff Rawlinson/ Express Photo

Winters lights Gramps Says

ith all the COVID restrictions you can still have an enjoyable evening in the safety of your car by viewing the Christmas decorations in Winters. For the highlight of your tour, get out your GPS then drive to 405 Dry Creek Ln. and you will find the most elegantly-decorated house in Winters. This display gets the highest rating of 10 on the WPS scale (see "Sophie Says" below). While you are there go down the same street to house number 516 and you will see a large Christmas tree, but it only looks like a Christmas tree when it is lit up after dark. During the day it looks like a common Sycamore. The very largest Christmas tree in town is in Rotary Park. It was a two-man job preparing a tour guide for Christmas lighting in Winters. As I’ve aged out of night driving, Jake Clayson

was kind enough to be my chauffeur and advisor. We decided that individual ratings on the WPS scale was overwhelming so we felt it best to separate the displays by categories as follows: Crèche manger scenes: First Baptist Church, 512 First St.; St. Anthony Catholic Church, 511 Grant St.; 112 Orchard Ln.; 107 and 112 Almond Dr., and be sure and find a little gem tucked away at 203 Abby St. Tractors: If you miss the annual Tractor Parade you can satisfy your need to see a tractor at 719 Lupine Way and at 600 Snapdragon Ct., which is a very large tractor with a million lights, and there is a small hand painted replica at 102 Almond Dr. Large inflated figures: 118 and 120 Broadview Ln.,

includes a shivering snowman; 711 and 713 Lupine Way with many colorful figures, one of which is in a hot tub. There are many more inflated figures scattered in the next category Best Lighted Streets. Best Lighted Streets: Creekside Way, East Main, Wild Rose Lane, Almond Drive, 127 and 129 Westwood Ct., Lupine Way, and Ireland St. We did not make it to every street in town and I am sure there are many beautiful displays that were missed.

Sophie Says

he WPS scale refers to my tail Wags Per Sec-

ond. May you have a 10 WPS Christmas. Wishing you and your loved ones a most joyous Christmas.

Winters

The senior community of Winters is about to achieve its long-awaited goal with the construction of the Winters Senior Center. It’s been approximately six years since Mary Rolston and Joe Aguiar first envisioned a senior center in Winters. With the support of the entire Winters community, we can make the Winters Senior Center a place that will support social gatherings, events, classes and projects that enhance the lives of seniors in Winters. With your donations, the furniture and equipment needs of our center can be realized. During this giving season, the Committee invites our community to participate in this fundraising effort. Please help us begin this effort and donate to the City of Winters — Winters Senior Center Equipment Fund. Adding the notation that your contribution is specifically for the Winters Senior Center, your tax-deductible gift should be sent to 318 First St., Winters. This will lay the foundation for new beginnings for seniors in Winters. After years of discussion, multiple architectural renditions and grant applications, the Winters Senior Center has finally achieved the state’s approval. Though both Mary and Joe

have passed on, construction will finally begin in 2021. However, while the approved grant provides for the construction of the building, it does not allow for the purchase of the furniture, dishes, dishwashers or any other equipment that will support its operation. Those funds will need to come from the generosity of our community in the form of pledges and donations. To this end, the Winters Senior Center Fundraising committee was appointed at the Dec. 6 of the Winters City Council. Already engaged in the plans for this fundraising are Marianne Boyer, Marlene Bell, Karen May and Sandy Vickrey. This massive effort will make this the center envisioned by Mary Rolston and Joe Aguiar and reaffirmed by seniors surveyed over the last three years. Join us as we launch the mission that will enhance the lives of seniors and all members of the Winters Community. By noting that the donation is specifically for the Winters Senior Center, we’ll be on our way to achieving this long awaited goal. Marlene Bell and the Winters Senior Center Fundraising Committee

Expression of community gratitude Just in case you thought the effects of the pandemic have

turned Winters sour or ungrateful, it has not. I’d like to share the results of the first annual Thanksgiving tree in front of Pioneer church and Little Pioneers Preschool. Thank you to the Winters community for participating in the sharing of what you are grateful for during this time of extreme challenges and hardships. In summary, our community expressed being thankful for many things. The No. 1 and overwhelming response was family and friends, especially grandchildren; No. 2: animals like squirrels and cats; No. 3: homes; No. 4: help when needed; and No. 5: the preschool and church, the community of Winters, the creator, hope and love. May we cling to these gifts as we move through the holiday season and continued challenges to our health and well being. Your friends at Pioneer Church. Debra Palmer

Thank you for differing opinions My family really enjoys reading the articles by Richard Casavecchia and Bill Lagattuta, and we appreciate that this newspaper is providing a forum for presentation of facts and differing opinions. Please stay strong in upholding free speech. Kelly Thomas

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Features8 B8 — Winters Express, Wednesday, December 23, 2020

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