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Winters, Yolo County, California, Wednesday, December 30, 2020
City Council hears options for drain pond
School board welcomes new trustees, approves calendar study sessions By Crystal Apilado Editor-in-Chief Outgoing trustees and the Chief Business Officer were honored, and new trustees were sworn in at the Winters Joint Unified School District organizational meeting on Dec. 17. Superintendent Diana Jiménez administered the Oath of Office virtually to recently elected Board Trustees Kristin Trott (Area 1), Joedy Michael (Area 3) and Everardo Zaragoza (Area 5).
Recognition and Celebration
Trustee Carrie Green, acting as the school board President Pro Tempore, led a recognition of outgoing Trustees Ralph F. Anderson, Rudolph Muldong and Stephanie Chávez. Green said Trustees put in a lot of personal time and sacrifice as
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McNaughton Media The first two California regions placed under the state’s stay-at-home order will remain under the order for the foreseeable future. Both the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California regions were eligible to exit the order as of Monday (after having been under the order for the minimum three weeks), but with ICU capacity at zero in both regions and the state projecting capacity will remain below 15 percent for the next four weeks, “they will remain under the order for the time being,” Dr. Mark Ghaly, California’s secretary of health
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board members, which can be both very rewarding and, at times, very challenging. Both Green and Jiménez gave gratitude and acknowledged the commitment, support, and efforts of each outgoing Trustees’ impact in the school district. “To each of you. I would like to say there are unique opportunities we have as board members. We’re able to collaborate with excellent and professional staff, work with our community
partners, and of course celebrate our students’ successes. All with one common goal of wanting to provide the best education we can for our students,” Green said. Although Chávez recently joined the school board in March 2020, Green said Chávez quickly made her presence known with unwavering involvement and support for the district. Jiménez added that Chávez helped bring focus on equity and ensuring that they
continue to keep their eye on student achievement. Both Anderson and Muldong joined the school board in December 2012, each with eight years of service and support to Winters JUSD students and staff. Green thanked Anderson for always being kind and respectful, and for looking on the positive side of things with a great sense of humor. She thanks Muldong for his contributions to the board as an educator himself, for his gentle nature
and human services, said Tuesday. The greater Sacramento region, of which Yolo County is a part, is eligible to exit the order as soon as Friday. The order bans all gatherings with members of more than one household, requires everyone to stay at home except for essential work and activities, closes hair salons, curtails retail capacity and limits restaurants to take-out and delivery only. Yolo County joined the rest of the greater Sacramento region in being placed under the order on Dec. 11 after regional ICU capacity dropped below 15 percent. In determining
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Rain for week: 0.25 in. Season’s total: 1.79 in. Last sn. to date: 9.18 in.
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Yolo County expecting to remain in purple tier By Anne Ternus-Bellamy
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Winters rainfall season began 7/1/20. Weather readings are taken at 9 a.m.
Express staff writer The Winters City Council received an update from staff on Dec. 15 about potential options for accommodating drainage from future development. The update comes after the council rejected a proposal from a developer in November that would’ve resulted in the removal of several oak trees. A revised plan that would install steeper slopes on the Rancho Arroyo Storm Drain Pond, and not cause any impact to the oak trees, was presented to the council by city engineer Alan Mitchell. Previously, at the Nov. 3 Winters City Council meeting, the council was presented a history of the City’s Drainage Master Plan, the Rancho Arroyo Drainage Shed Area, and the approved Subdivisions that drain
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School board moves forward on bond measure By Edward Booth Express staff writer The Winters Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees moved forward on several items related to Measure W, a $20 million school bond measure passed by voters in November at a meeting Dec. 17 The board certified election results, appointed a citizens’ oversight committee and approved an application to the California State Board of Education to waive a code requirement for bonding capacity. Additionally, Meredith Johnson, an attorney at the Dannis Woliver Kelley law firm, gave a presentation on how school bonds work. Johnson defined a
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Winters voters have approved four different bonds over the last four years to support updating school facilities. bond as a debt, or obligation, that must be repaid in return for funding that can only be spent on capital improvements, such as brick-and-mortar construction projects. The bonds are repaid by taxpayers, with interest, through an increase in property taxes for local resi-
dents. Bond proceeds are held in a special building fund with the county treasurer, Johnson said, to make sure they’re spent for the proper purposes. Johnson said Measure W, which passed with about 60 percent of the vote in November, is the fourth Winters JUSD bond
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy McNaughton Media Yolo County has received thousands more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and began vaccinating residents and staff in skilled nursing facilities last week. As of Monday, the county had received 1,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 2,500 doses of the Moderna vaccine, according to county public information officer Jenny Tan. Vaccination of acute-care hospital workers, underway for a week and half now, is drawing to a close and the focus is now on seniors and medically vulnerable individ-
uals in skilled-nursing, assisted-living and other such facilities. No other group of individuals in Yolo County has been more impacted by COVID-19 than residents of skilled nursing facilities. More than half of the county’s 109 deaths have involved residents of eight longterm-care facilities. Under an agreement with the federal government, CVS and Walgreens is assisting with vaccinations in those facilities throughout the country. Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines require a second dose, three or four weeks after the first, and those second
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doses were automatically reserved when the initial doses were sent out, Tan said Monday. County Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson previously said ensuring healthcare workers and skilled-nursing facility staff and residents receive that second dose will not be particularly challenging, but as the county moves further into the vaccination phases and tiers, a system would likely be needed to send reminders to county residents to get that second shot. After skilled-nursing resi-
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measure approved by voters since 2014. Measure R, a $15 million measure, passed in June 2014. It was followed by Measure D, a $17 million measure, in November 2016 and Measure P, a $20 million measure, in November 2018. There are two different voter approval thresholds required for a bond measure to pass, Johnson said. Most districts, including Winters JUSD, use a method created by California Proposition 39, which was approved by voters in 2000, instead of the traditional method. The main reason districts choose the Prop. 39 method is because only 55 percent of voters need to vote to ap-
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and countless donations to the district throughout his tenure. All three received a plaque to commemorate their time working on the Winters JUSD school board. Green also noted they had not forgotten about Rob Warren who resigned from his Trustee seat on Dec. 14. She said out of respect for his wishes, they would not be recognizing him that night. “It is our hope that we can honor him at a future meeting for his 10 years of service,” Green said. Jiménez led a celebration of the retirement of CBO Kathy Colagrossi who has served Winters JUSD in a variety of roles for 16 years. Colagrossi began her employment with Winters JUSD in Nov 2004 as a business services technician. She also served as a payroll technician in
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Booth, von Geldern join Express staff “Their experience and dedication to community journalism will bring more balanced, fair and informative news to our readers.”
Express staff The Winters Express has welcomed two new staff writers to its Editorial team. In late November, the Express hired Edward Booth as the City Staff Writer. Booth is responsible for covering the City of Winters City Council and Planning Commission meetings, as well as other City and community-related news. He graduated from UC Berkeley in 2017 where he received his Bachelor of Arts in English with minors in Journalism and Public Health. He later graduated from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in May 2020 with an MJ in Journalism. He previously interned with the Davis Enterprise and has been a City Reporter with the Richmond Pulse since September 2019.
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Edward Booth City Staff Writer Booth brings experience in covering local government for most of his journalism career starting as a student reporter. “I was certain I wanted to be a journalist after covering a Berkeley City Council meeting for the first time,
on my first day working as a student reporter for the Daily Californian,” Booth said. He said local community news is the type of journalism he enjoys most, and is excited to be covering news in the Winters community. “I’m honored to report on Winters. I see local journalism as an essential service.
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Rick von Geldern General Assignment Staff Writer Being put in a role where I’m serving a tangible community, where our readers are people I see and talk with regularly, inspires me to do the best I can,” Booth said. Additionally, the Express also welcomed Rick von
Geldern as the General Assignment Staff Writer. Von Geldern is responsible for providing in-depth coverage of City, general interest and community topics. He graduated from California State University Northridge in 1980 with his Bachelor of Arts in Radio/Television/Film. He worked as an account executive for Regberg and Associates creating print and radio ad campaigns until 1982. From there he worked toward obtaining his private investigator’s license, and in 1988 was the owner and director of investigations at Capital City Investigations in Sacramento until his retirement in 2020. He also served as a realtor with Lyon Real Estates starting in 2012. Von Geldern brings his knowledge and career experiences to the Express
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Next Winters community blood drive on Jan. 11 By Maria Gillen Special to the Express Vitalant is teaming up with the Lions Club of Winters to host a blood drive at the Winters Community Center, located at 201 Railroad Ave., on Jan. 11, 2021, from 1-6 p.m. The blood drive will be closed for lunch from 2:45 to 3:15 p.m. Residents are encouraged to make an appointment to ensure social distancing practices. To schedule an appointment contact Vitalant at 877-258-4825. Appointments can also be made online at donors.vitalant.org, choosing “Advanced Search” and using blood drive code SMFM164. Walk-ins will be welcome if space allows. All eligible individuals are invited to participate in supporting this vital work. Additionally, Vitalant currently tests successful donations for COVID-19 antibodies to help find donors who could help COVID-19 patients by donating convalescent plasma. Learn more at http:// www.vitalant.org/antibodytest/. Donors should bring a photo I.D., eat well and drink plenty of water prior to donating blood.
Donors must be at least 16 years old and there is no upper age limit. Sixteen-year-olds must bring a signed Vitalant parental consent form found online at https:// www.vitalant.org/Resources/Donor-Forms/Minor-Donor-Permit. aspx. Questions about eligibility can be answered at 877-258-4825. To ensure everyone’s safety in these trying times, Vitalant requires all donors to wear a face covering while in the facility. Oneway valve masks are prohibited. Donors are asked to bring their own clothbased face covering in order to donate blood. Vitalant understands that some individuals may not be able to wear a face covering and asks those individuals to postpone their donation until they are no longer a safety requirement. For more information on blood donation visit https:// www.vitalant.org/Donate/Donate-Blood-Overview.aspx/.
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Nelson wins Diane Lis quilt in Winters Rotary Club raffle By Rebecca Fridae Special to the Express Winters resident, Elizabeth Nelson bought the winning ticket in the Winters Rotary Quilt Raffle held last Thursday at the Zoom Rotary Club of Winters meeting. “My goodness, I never win anything,” she exclaimed when told that she had won. Nelson said she had meant to buy tickets earlier, but as it got closer to the date of the drawing, she went to Pacific Ace Hardware and bought five. “I can hardly believe it,” she said. The Winters Rotary Club held the raffle to raise money for the families who lost their
homes in the recent fires. A little more than $1,000 was raised from ticket sales for the cause. The quilt was designed, sewn and donated by former Winters resident, Diane Lis, as her contribution to help her former community. She said she was already working on the quilt — which features a pattern of houses — in Baja where she and her husband Edmund moved after retiring. When the fires occurred in August, she felt it was meant to be; she was creating houses when others were losing theirs. So she had the impulse to donate it to help people in the community.
She got in touch with Rebecca Fridae, who then worked with Winters Rotary Club to put on the raffle. The community stepped up to help out, once again. Charley Wallace designed and printed tickets and posters, and several businesses in town agreed to display the quilt and sell tickets. Winters Healthcare, The Winters Hotel, The Winters Collective, First Northern Bank and Pacific Ace Hardware all helped with the endeavor. Pacific Ace sold the most tickets, including the winning one. The quilt was displayed in some of those businesses for two-week intervals for more people to see it.
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Quirarte honrada como Mujer del Año 2020 Por Crystal Apilado Traducido por Carol Alfonso El congresista John Garamendi honró a 37 mujeres del Tercer Distrito del Congreso de California que son líderes y visionarias en sus comunidades, incluida una mujer de Winters. Leticia Quirarte fue reconocida por sus contribuciones a la comunidad de Winters en el séptimo evento anual Mujeres del Año. Las mujeres honradas son nominadas y seleccionadas por hacer contribuciones significativas a la sociedad a través del servicio público, los negocios, la educación y la defensa local. Quirarte fue co-nominada por la concejal de la ciudad de Winters Jesse Loren y la miembro de la comunidad Kate Laddish. Tanto Loren como Laddish fueron honradas previamente con el premio en Octubre del 2018. “Leticia tiene talentos para unir a las personas y para lograr un cambio positivo a través de su trabajo en Winters Healthcare Foundation y en su papel de liderazgo en el Comité Asesor Hispano de Winters (HAC)”, dijo Laddish. “Ella hace una diferencia muy real y muy positiva en nuestra comunidad, y estoy muy emocionada de que sea reconocida con este honor.” Loren señaló que Quirarte ha sido una defensora compasiva de muchas personas en la comunidad de Winters y es una campeona de la cultura Latina. Dijo que Quirarte fue fundamental en la formación del Comité Asesor Hispano de Winters y actualmente se desempeña como presidenta. El Director Ejecutivo de Winters Healthcare (WHC), Chris Kelsch, dijo que Quirarte ha sido una parte sólida y crítica de su equipo de extensión. Como Coordinadora de Promotoras y consejera de inscripción certificada de Covered California, se reúne con los clientes a diario y les brinda recursos de educación para la salud y los refiere a donde pueden acudir para recibir servicios o apoyo. Según Kelsch, ella también ayuda a apoyar a los trabajadores agrícolas y agricultores de la región
local desde Esparto hacia Winters y Davis. Como parte de su función, Quirarte viaja a los sitios de los trabajadores agrícolas para ayudar a las personas con educación sobre la salud, seguros y servicios de inscripción, y brinda información para recursos adicionales. Quirarte tiene la reputación de ser amable y digna de confianza, lo que, según Kelsh, la ha convertido en una jugadora clave del equipo. “Respetan su opinión”, dijo Kelsh. “Tener a alguien en quien puedan confiar, eso es enorme. Eso es por su integridad. Leti realmente tiene eso. Es súper amable, confiada y abierta,” dijo Kelsh. Kelsh dijo que Quirarte encarna el enfoque de WHC en la atención basada en las relaciones y en ser empática y servicial con sus clientes en su historial de la salud. “Esas son cualidades clave. Leti vino con todo eso. Esa es su tendencia natural a conectarse con la gente y ser eso,” dijo Kelsh. “Ella emula eso, lo modela.” Además, Kelsh elogió a Quirarte por su disposición a hacer cualquier cosa, desde viajar a sitios de migrantes hasta ayudar a traducir información para un pediatra en WHS. En su carta de nominación, Laddish y Loren aplaudieron a Quirarte por sus esfuerzos en el 2017 por servir como una de las claves del éxito del taller de HAC sobre los derechos de los inmigrantes. Dijeron que gracias a los programas de ciudadanía patrocinados por Quirarte y HAC, varios miembros se han convertido en ciudadanos estadounidenses. Los esfuerzos actuales de HAC consisten en colaborar con ApoYolo y la Red de inmigración interreligiosa de Yolo para recaudar fondos para apoyar a las familias locales en la comunidad de habla hispana que se han visto afectadas por la pandemia de COVID-19. “A través de toda esta actividad, la paciencia y la capacidad de colaboración de Leticia le han sido muy útiles”, afirmaron Laddish y Loren en la carta de nominación. “Las comunidades de Winters y el Condado Yolo son mejores lugares gracias a los esfuerzos profesionales y voluntarios de Leticia.”
El condado reduce el período de cuarentena de 14 a 10 días Por Anne Ternus-Bellamy Traducido por Carol Alfonso El Condado Yolo emitió una guía de cuarentena revisada el pasado Viernes, reduciendo de 14 a 10 días el período de tiempo que las personas deben permanecer en cuarentena después de la exposición al COVID-19. La acción sigue a la adopción estatal de una nueva guía de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades que permite que las personas sin síntomas se pongan en cuarentena durante solo 10 días después de una exposición de contacto cercano a alguien con COVID-19. “El Condado Yolo reconoce que una cuarentena de 14 días puede representar una carga económica y de salud mental significativa y puede que no sea posible para ciertos trabajadores,” dijo un comunicado de prensa del condado. Con vigencia inmediata, la orden sanitaria de cuarentena actualizada establece que los contactos cercanos asintomáticos pueden suspender la cuarentena 10 días después de la fecha de la última exposición sin realizar pruebas. Todos los contactos liberados de la cuarentena antes de los 14 días deben autocontrolarse para detectar los síntomas de COVID-19 hasta el día 14 y, si desarrollan síntomas, deben aislarse de inmediato y buscar hacerse pruebas.
“El Condado Yolo reconoce que una cuarentena de 14 días puede representar una carga económica y de salud mental significativa y puede que no sea posible para ciertos trabajadores.” El Condado Yolo Hay tres excepciones a la cuarentena de 10 días: Los contactos cercanos asintomáticos que son trabajadores de la salud, socorristas de emergencia o trabajadores de servicios sociales en el sistema de bienestar infantil o instalaciones de cuidado a largo plazo pueden suspender la cuarentena siete días después de la fecha de la última exposición si una prueba de PCR realizada después del día cinco posterior a la exposición proporciona una resultado negativo. Este enfoque de siete días con prueba negativa solo debe usarse durante la escasez de personal y los contactos deben usar máscaras quirúrgicas en todo momento durante el trabajo y continuar usando cubiertas faciales cuando es-
tén fuera de casa hasta 14 días después de su última exposición. También deben autocontrolarse para detectar síntomas de COVID-19 hasta el día 14 e inmediatamente aislar y buscar pruebas si se presentan síntomas. Los contactos se liberan de la cuarentena solo para trabajar y para viajar hacia y desde el trabajo y, de lo contrario, deben permanecer en cuarentena durante 10 días como se indicó anteriormente. Además, durante la escasez crítica de personal (cuando la atención al paciente se vería amenazada), los trabajadores de la salud asintomáticos pueden continuar trabajando después de una exposición. Deben usar mas-
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WEST POINT, N.Y. (1971) — Cadet Richard E. Graf, son of Mrs. Mary E. Graf, Russell Street, Winters, CA., was graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., on June 9. Cadet Graf received a bachelor of science degree and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. His career branch will be the field artillery. A 1963 graduate of Winters High Schol, he was appointed to the academy by Representative Edward Roybal of California. While at West Point, Cadet Graf was a member of the First Captains Forum, the Debate Council and Forum, and the Architecture Forum. He also participated in intramural football. During his senior year, he held the rank of Cadet Captain and served as the Regimental Executive Officer. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird gave the graduation address to the newly commissioned officers. The U.S. Military Academy is located on the Hudson River, 50 miles above New York City. Since 1802, West Point has provided a significant number of career officers to the Army.
Lake down nine inches The level of Lake Berryessa is down by 0.77 feet during the past week, with a decrease in storage of 12,865 acre feet of water, according to Ken Emigh of the Solano Irrigation District. Tuesday morning the lake level was 417.89 feet above sea level,
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A meeting called to organize a local creamery attracted some 65 men at the opera house, Tuesday, and most of them are farmers or orchardists. Death has claimed his own. In the fullness of a life rounded to completeness in character and usefulness, Mrs. Susan Wolfskill, 78 has gone to receive her reward At 11 o’clock Monday, January 15, she passed away, the immediate cause of death being apoplexy. Previous to this storm the rainfall amounted to 2.86 inches, and during the past ten days, the precipitation was 9.71, making a total of 12.57 for the season. At the adjourned meeting of the supervisors Monday last, Winters and North Winters voting precincts were segregated, leaving the boundaries as they were before the last regular election. John Emery, who went to San Francisco Tuesday, for hospital treatment, died the 17th of heart disease. He was 47 years of age, and left a wife and five children to mourn his death. The Rathbone Sisters will give an entertainment in the opera house Feb. 14. Look out for further announcements.
YEARS AGO January 17, 1941
Dr. Warren P. Tufts has been elected a director of the California Fruit Exchange at a meeting held Saturday. The Winters Town Basketball Team battles Courtland Tuesday night in the first home game of the second half of league play. The team is composed of Russ Perry and Jim Barker as forwards, Pat Jennings, center, and Bunky Errington and Buzz Connor, guards. Fifteen of the twenty-four cottages at the migratory camp are occupied and several applications are on file. Guests with Rev. and Mrs. Lee Sadler during the weekend were their daughters. Miss Alta Wells, county health nurse was a business visitor here Wednesday and yesterday. Mrs. E. Pezzatti and daughter Miss Martha spent the weekend visiting relatives in Berkeley and the bay district. WL. Adams has this week purchased the property where he resides on First Street. The purchase was made from Mrs. Flora Gesford Hansen, of North Sacramento. E.W. Fenley and Fred Roseberry were in attendance Friday, and Saturday at the Farm Machinery Conference in Davis.
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Three Winters students will receive degrees at mid-winter commencement exercises Saturday, January 23. Dale M. Butler will receive a master’s degree in Economics, Claudia M. Meyer will receive a bachelor’s degree in social science and Ronald D. Ramos will receive a bachelor’s degree in agriculture. Winters Police Chief Richard Washabaugh said yesterday that his department intends to enforce the law prohibiting the parking of a vehicle on the wrong side of the street. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Kraft Brothers Chapel, Woodland, for Dr. Allen Murray Herron, 86, a former principal of Winters High School, who died Friday in Woodland. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Garcia, of Winters, are the parents of a daughter, born January 7, 1971 in the Woodland Memorial Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ramirez, of Winters, are the parents of a daughter, born January 5, 1971, in the Davis Community Hospital. In a show of support for the proposed Indian-Chicano university at the site of the former army communications station east of Winters, a group of about 50 persons marched from the Nut Tree on Interstate 80 to the site Saturday. Esparto’s Spartans upset the Winters High School Warriors 50 to 34 in a basketball game played here Friday night. Jody Ogando led the local scorers with nine points.
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Fire
Dec. 11: 9:36 a.m., illegal control burn, 120 block of E. Grant Avenue. ~1:47 p.m., medical aid, 400 block of Griffin Way. ~2:13 p.m., medical aid, 100 block of E. Grant Avenue. Dec. 12: 6:38 p.m., medical aid, 300 block of Edwards Street. Dec. 13: 7:38 a.m., lift assist, Russell Boulevard. ~11:20 p.m., medical aid, 30 block of E. Main Street. Dec. 14: 4:00 a.m., lift assist, Russell Boulevard. ~5 a.m., public assist, Russell Boulevard. ~5:01 a.m., medical aid, 100 block of Lauren Court. ~8:36 a.m., 200 block of White Oak Lane. ~8:38 a.m., medical aid, 430 block of Abbey Street. ~4:16 p.m., medical aid, SB I-505/CR 29A. ~11:59 p.m., medical aid, 600 block of Second Street. Dec. 15: 6:02 a.m., lift assist, Russell Boulevard. ~8:47 p.m., lift assist, 1000 block of Kennedy Drive. Dec. 16: 7:55 a.m., lift assist, 200 block of Emery Street. ~1:12 p.m., medical aid, 200 block of Anderson Avenue. Dec. 17: 6:10 p.m., fire alarm, CR 89. Dec. 18: 4:03 a.m., medical aid, 70 block of Brinley Drive. ~9:09 a.m., medical aid, 400 block of Morgan Street. ~9:16 a.m., medical aid, 70 block of Brinley Drive. ~2:48 p.m., medical aid, 400 block of Anderson Avenue. ~4:19 p.m., investigation, 1020 block of Kennedy Drive. ~5:32 p.m., medical aid, 810 block of Graf Way. Dec. 19: 10:44 a.m., medical aid, 900 block of Taylor Street. ~8:55 p.m., fire alarm, 500 block of Creekside Way. Dec. 20: 6:17 p.m.,
medical aid, First block of Main Street.
Police Arrest Log
Dec. 9: Judith Balandran (Age 23), Charges: Domestic Violence on cohabitant, False imprisonment, Child endangerment; Disposition: Transported to Yolo County Jail. Dec. 17: Michael Davitt Eldridge (Age 58), Charges: Domestic Violence Restraining Order Violation, Disposition: Transported to Yolo County Jail. Dec. 19: Eduardo Jimenez (Age 35), Charges: Domestic Battery, Disposition: Transported to Yolo County Jail.
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Sept. 29 (reported Dec. 9): Unk., City of Davis, Acquire/Possess Account Information Without Consent. Nov. 21-Dec. 4: Unk., First block of Anderson Avenue, Burglary. Dec. 6: 10:24 p.m., 400 block of Morgan Street, Battery. Dec. 7: 3:35 a.m., 100 block of East Grant Avenue, Audible Alarm. ~12:04 p.m., 200 block of Railroad Avenue, Found Bicycle. Dec. 9: 2:21 p.m., 100 block of East Grant Avenue, Child Abuse. ~4:14 p.m., Ivy Loop/ Lupine Way, Failure to Register Vehicle. Dec. 9-10: 6 p.m.-9 a.m., 1100 block of West Grant Avenue, Theft. Dec. 10: 10:42 a.m., 100 block of East Grant Avenue, Audible Alarm. Dec. 13: 4:17 a.m., 900 block of Valley Oak Drive, Audible Alarm. Dec. 16: 6:35 p.m., Valley Oak Park, Battery. Dec. 18: 4:30 a.m., 10 Block of Abbey Street, Grand Theft. Dec. 21: 1:39 a.m., 500 Block of Manzanita Way, Traffic Collision. Dec. 22: 10:45 a.m., Grant Avenue/ Main Street, Traffic Collision. ~11:41 a.m., 40 Block of Main Street, Audible Alarm. ~5:48 p.m., 800 Block of Grant Avenue, Assisting Outside Agency.
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Dr. Ernie Young was appointed to the Winters City Council yesterday afternoon at an adjourned meeting. He will fill out the remaining two years of former councilman George Duke’s term. Rev. Arnold Dockery was elected general chairman of the 1956 Winters Youth Day at the meeting of the Youth Day Council last night at the Winters City Hall. New officers for 1956 for the Winters Farm Center presided at the regular meeting last Wednesday evening at the Masonic Hall. $12,200,000 appropriation for the Monticello Dam project was requested Monday in President Eisenhower’s budget. Dale Corbett tallied 28 points Tuesday night on the local court to lead Winters High School to a 58 to 41 basketball victory over Courtland. The construction of the Monticello Dam will not be resumed for about two months, according to Douglas Baker, construction superintendent for the Peter Kiewit and Sons Company. The December storms wrecked some of the installations in the streambed below the dam. Mrs. Ted Stafford, president of the Winters Parent Teacher Association, and Mrs. J. Roscoe Granger, PTA district recreation chairman, yesterday attended a district board meeting held in Sacramento. Nonagenarian Mr. George D. Cooper is recuperating in his Main Street home from an attack of pneumonia.
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Holiday tree-cycling options available for Winters residents Express staff Winters residents have multiple options to dispose of their holiday trees and foliage between the local street pile pick up and Yolo County locations. Residents should ensure that trees are free of all ornaments, flocking, tinsel, garland and lights.
Winters tree pickup In town, residents are able to dispose of their Christmas tree through the regular green waste street pile pick up, according to Kristine DeGuerre, City of Winters Environmental Services Manager. There are two important things to keep in mind for intown tree disposal. Waste Management recently shifted the brush street pile pickup and street sweeping schedule to alternate weeks.
STAFF Continued from Page 2 Editorial team. “My background as a 30-year career investigator and eight years as a Realtor has given me insights into many of the issues in today’s world, such as crime, government accountability, civil rights and the housing market. I’m an Army veteran
The temporary service change is the result of a driver shortage caused by mandatory COVID-19 quarantining and will be in effect until further notice. The schedule is based on whether a resident lives north or south of Grant Avenue. The current Brush Pile & Street Sweeping Schedule may be viewed online on the Winters Waste Management page at wintersrecycles.com. For North of Grant Avenue residents, the upcoming schedule indicates that brush will be collected on Monday, Jan. 1; streets will be swept on Tuesday, Jan. 2. South of Grant Avenue residents will see brush collection and street sweeping on Jan. 11 and 12 respectively. Also, trees and branches must be cut into pieces no lon-
and have served as a member of the Yolo County Grand Jury,� von Geldern said. He and his wife moved to Winters in 2016 and he is excited to join the Express staff.  “Since moving to Winters in July 2016 from Sacramento, I’ve appreciated almost every aspect of life here,� von Geldern said. “I’m committed
ger than four feet in length. Questions can be directed to the Waste Management customer service in an email to cssacramento@wm.com or by calling 866-844-1508.
Yolo County options All Yolo County residents are able to recycle their Christmas trees now through Jan. 15, at: • The Yolo County Central Landfill, located at 44090 County Road 28H in Woodland. • The Esparto Convenience Center, located at 27075 County Road 19A in Esparto. Both the Landfill and the Esparto station will be closed on Friday, Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day. The tree recycling program is only for Yolo County residents and there is a limit of two trees per customer for free recycling.
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Dec. 15 that possible options included: expanding the existing pond area for drainage in areas that wouldn’t impact the oak trees, or putting post-development runoff in a park parcel nearby. Mitchell said, after discussions, staff decided to focus on the first option. They discounted the second option because staff had concerns about creating
impacts to future park facilities and park use by creating storm runoff capacity within an active park. They were also concerned that the drainage would have resulted in a “large hole� that’s not conducive to the master plan for that section of the park. The developer’s engineer, Wood Rodgers, suggested evaluating a revised grading plan to install
steeper slopes on all sides of the pond, Mitchell said. The engineer concluded that future drainage under the proposed plan would fit in the pond and wouldn’t impact the oak trees. The city’s arborist also reviewed the revised plan and concluded the impact on tree condition will be insignificant, according to the staff report. “In the future any work that will be within the tree area will be strictly maintained by city staff,� Mitchell said. “There will be no further action taken or considered in the future related to the expansion of the pond. This is as big as the pond needs to be for all the development in that shed area.�
lease those numbers for the Sacramento region on or after Friday, along with the projection for ICU capacity four weeks out. Whenever the greater Sacramento region does emerge from under the order, Yolo County will likely still be in the purple tier of the state’s color-coded COVID-19 blueprint. The county did show
slight improvement in its adjusted daily case rate on Tuesday — decreasing from 46.1 cases per 100,000 residents last week to 43.7 this week. But that is still more than six times the rate of 7 or below needed to move to the less restrictive red tier. The county’s test positivity rate increased over the last week, from 12.7 per-
cent a week ago to 13.2 percent on Tuesday. Moving to the red tier requires a test positivity rate at or below 8 percent. As of Tuesday, 54 counties in California remain in the purple tier, three are in red and one in orange. One county made progress this week: Humboldt County moved from purple to red.
POND Continued from Page 1 into the Rancho Arroyo Pond. The council also received a proposal by Homes by Town, the developer of Stone’s Throw, to expand the pond for the purpose of future drainage. The proposed expansion would have resulted in the loss of five or six oak trees that are remnants of an old grove, predating development in the area, according to the staff report. The developer offered to plant five new oak trees for every living tree removed. But the council directed staff and the developer to pursue other options to avoid removal or future impact to the trees. Mitchell said on
UPDATE Continued from Page 1 whether the region can exit the order on Jan. 1, the state will use four factors to project where ICU capacity will be four weeks from Friday. Those factors are current ICU capacity (19.1 percent for the region on Tuesday); the current seven-day average case rate; the current transmission rate (known as R effective); and the current rate of ICU admission. The state will re-
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“In the future any work that will be within the tree area will be strictly maintenance by city staff.� Alan Mitchell, City Engineer
Winters schools highlight star students’ efforts Express staff Winters principals and teachers have been acknowledging star students at the last few Winters Joint Unified School District board of trustee meetings. Three students from each of the Winters school sites were honored virtually for their efforts and achievements during the first half of the 2020-21 school year. Winters students have been participating in a distance learning model since the beginning of the school year due to guidelines set forth by the state and Yolo County.
Waggoner Elementary School Rising Star: Zoey Neal, second grade. Shining Star: Natalia Del Rio Galvan, kindergarten. Super Star: Yovanni Vargas del Real, first grade.
Shirley Rominger Intermediate School Rising Star: Itzel Covarrubias Escoto, fourth grade. Shining Star: Colton Kramer, fifth grade. Super Star: Jackelyn Cooper, fourth grade.
Winters Middle School Rising Star: Jesse Madsen, eighth grade. Shining Star: Lizeth Duran Reyes, sixth grade. Super Star: Aldo Vega Tovar, eighth grade.
Winters High School Rising Star: Katie Medina Diaz, 12th grade. Shining Star: Ava Skinner, 10th grade. Super Star: Yarethzi Sanchez, 10th grade.
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News7 Winters Express, Wednesday, December 30, 2020 — A7
Winters JUSD receives positive certification on first interim report, budget overview By Katharine Simpson Express Correspondent Members of the Winters Joint Unified School Board approved the 2020/21 First Interim Report & Standards and Criteria Report and the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Budget Overview for Parents at a Special School Board meeting held on Thursday, Dec. 10. The report reflects the district’s adherence to the budget during the period from July 1 until October 31 and received a positive certification. In addition to ensuring that the district can meet its financial obligations for the current fiscal year, a positive certification indicates that the district will also be able to meet financial obligations for two upcoming fiscal years. Superintendent Diana Jiménez described the report as a “mile-marker” and “snapshot” of the district’s overall finan-
VACCINE Continued from Page 1 dents and staff in Yolo County receive their vaccinations, the group up next includes paramedics, emergency medical technicians and others who provide emergency medical services, many of whom will begin receiving their vaccinations later this week, Tan said. They will be followed by the final group in the first tier of Phase 1A — dialysis centers. “After dialysis centers, we will move into Tier 2 of Phase 1A,” said Tan. That Tier 2 group will include intermediate care facilities for those who need non-continuous nursing supervision and supportive care; home health care and in-home support services; community health workers, including promotoras; public health field staff; and primary care clinics, including federally qualified health centers such as CommuniCare and rural health centers,
cial health at a given time. Like Jiménez, Trustee and Board President Carrie Green said that the report looks at the budget from the “30,000 foot level.” “The budget is really fluid. You have to be flexible,” said Green. “There’s going to be shifts and changes, especially this year.” These “mile-markers” are important as the school district adjusts to changes in the budget throughout the year. This year for example, the district’s federal revenue increased by $26,8221 this year due to funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES), while the state revenue decreased. Funding from the CARES act allowed Winters JUSD to cover pandemic related expenses including, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), food services, professional development for teachers as they
adjusted to distance learning, and additional support for students. “I think the big takeaway for our current fiscal year is how the adoption of the CARES act was so critical in helping us stay solvent,” Green said. The report was originally scheduled for Dec. 17, and would have been available Dec. 11. Due to the COVID pandemic, an additional budget report, the LCFF Budget Overview for Parents was required in December and had to be approved sooner than the Dec. 17 meeting. The Second Interim report, reflecting the budget from Oct. 31 to Jan 31., will be presented and approved in March 2021. With the uncertainty about when students will return to in-person instruction, the budget will likely remain in flux as expenses related to distance learning will persist into the future.
“The school districts are very much right now on the same par as the rest of the country, just kind of waiting and seeing,” said Jiménez. The system will evaluate the possibility of budget relief measures made closer by the stimulus package signed by President Donald Trump this week. The bill commits $54.9 billion to K-12 schools, about $6.8 billion of which will be awarded to California school districts and charter schools. Green also said that Governor Gavin Newsom will provide school districts with more information about potential additional state funding at a conference on Jan. 15. The budget process for the 2022/23 school year will also begin in January or February Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) process will be reinstated, after its suspension this year due to the pandemic.
as well as correctional facility clinics and urgent care clinics. “This group is expected to start some time in January,” Tan said. Tier 3 in Phase 1A will include specialty clinics, lab workers, dental and other oral health clinics and pharmacy staff not working in settings in higher tiers. “This tier is expected to get their vaccines some time in mid to late January,” Tan said. However, she noted, the timeline will depend on a number of factors, including how many vaccines the county receives and when, as well as how many people choose to be vaccinated. Meanwhile, planning for Phase 1B and Phase 1C “are very hotly anticipated,” Gov. Gavin Newsom noted on Monday. “Everybody’s wondering where they stand in terms of that plan… they’re not a healthcare worker, they’re not in a congregate facility or skilled nursing facility or the like.”
Phase 1B, which will be finalized as early as Wednesday, will include two tiers, Newsom said. In the first tier will be those ages 75 and up, as well as individuals working in education and childcare, emergency services (such as police and fire) and food and agriculture. The latter group, Newsom said, includes “the food supply chain.” “That’s farmworkers, grocery workers… the essential workforce we’ve counted on, that’s been there since the beginning of this pandemic, that’s paid a huge price in terms of impact, in terms of spread, in terms of mortality and associated health costs.” Tier 2 in Phase 1B will likely include those ages 65 and up with an underlying health condition and/ or disability as well as those working in transportation and logistics; industrial, residential and commercial sectors; and critical manufacturing. Also in that tier will be incarcerated
or homeless individuals. To be further discussed by the state’s Community Vaccine Advisory Committee will be Phase 1C. But under consideration are individuals over age 64 as well as those ages 16 to 64 with underlying medical conditions and those working in water and waste management; defense; energy; chemical and hazardous materials; communications and IT; financial services and government operations and community service. “The advisory committee will discuss this preliminary Phase 1C plan, they’ll make adjustments, they’ll make accommodations… people are coming in making sure that we don’t forget critical populations,” Newsom said Monday. The committee’s meetings are broadcast to the public. Learn more at https:// www.cdph.ca.gov/ Programs/CID/DCDC/ Pages/COVID-19/ Community-Vaccine-Advisory-Committee.aspx/#
TRUSTEES Continued from Page 1 2007, the administrative assistant to the superintendent from 2011-2013 and as the fiscal analyst until late 2019 when she served as acting CBO, and eventually appointed to the role. “As you can all see, Kathy is a person with many talents and skills which have benefited our school district over the last 16 years of her dedicated service,” Jiménez said.
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Trustees unanimously approved Green to serve as board President, Michael to serve as board clerk, and Jiménez to serve as school board secretary. Upon her election as President, Green said she promises to do her best to keep the board and district moving forward. Trustees also unanimously approved the Winters JUSD board meeting dates for the 2021 calendar year. Jiménez presented the addition of six study sessions to be included before specified board meetings as a Trustee professional development opportunity. The study sessions are open to the public and will take place during the first part of the open meeting from 6 to
“As you can all see, Kathy is a person with many talents and skills which have benefited our school district over the last 16 years of her dedicated service.” Diana Jiménez, Superintendent 7 p.m. All regular business actions would begin in part of the regular board meeting beginning at 7 p.m. The study sessions topics will be selected by the Trustees. Topics will likely be to provide information on upcoming topics and action items including, but not limited to, the Winters JUSD Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), budgets and student achievement. “This is so we have opportunity, as we have a lot of new trustees, so we can grow together; learn together; and dive together a little bit deeper into some of the topics that are essential for the running of our district,” Jiménez said. Winters JUSD school board
meetings will continue to be held on the first and third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m., except for the months of January, July and December. The six study sessions are scheduled for Feb. 4, March 4, April 1, May 6, Sept. 2, and Nov. 4.
Upcoming meetings
A special meeting of the Winters JUSD Board of Trustees has been scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 6 p.m. At the special meeting, Trustees are expected to take action on: • The approval to make a provisional appointment to fill the Trustee Area 4 seat vacancy, per Education Code 5091 and Board Bylaw 9223 “Filling Vacancies.” • The selection of a sub-committee to review board vacancy applications per Board Bylaw 9223 “Filling Vacancies.” They will also hear an information item detailing the Board Trustee Provisional Appointment timeline. The first regular school board meeting of 2021 is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. Agendas and meeting packets are available to the public online at https://wintersjusd. communitybydiligent.com/ portal/.
DIAS Continued from Page 3 carillas quirúrgicas en todo momento durante el trabajo y continuar usando cubiertas faciales cuando estén fuera de casa hasta 14 días después de su última exposición. También deben autocontrolarse para detectar síntomas de COVID-19 hasta el día 14 e inmediatamente aislar y buscar pruebas si se presentan síntomas. Mientras tanto, las personas que residen o trabajan en facilidades de convivencia de alto riesgo (como centros de atención a largo plazo, prisiones, cárceles o albergues) o personas que residen o trabajan con personas gravemente inmunodeprimidas (como receptores de trasplantes de médula ósea o de órganos sóli-
BOND Continued from Page 1 prove the measure for it to pass, as opposed to 66 percent for the traditional method, Johnson said. Bond funds issued under Prop. 39 can also be used for furnishing or equipping school facilities, which isn’t the case with the traditional method. “Building a school gets you part of the way, but if you can’t put anything in that school, if you can’t buy desks or whiteboards, basketball hoops or ovens for a cafeteria, you still have a long way to go in terms of finishing your facilities,” Johnson said. In exchange for the lower voter threshold and ability to use the bond funds on furnishing facilities, a few accountability measures are added to Prop. 39 bond measures, Johnson said. Voters must be given a bond project list, which is a list of projects the district intends to spend money on. Additionally, a citizen’s oversight committee that monitors the district’s bond program spending must be created. There’s also an annual audit requirement, as well as tax rate limits. There are two tax rate limits, Johnson said. For one, Prop. 39 bonds can’t be projected to cause the tax rate to rise above $60 per $100,000 of assessed valuation for any property subject to the rise in property taxes caused by the bond. The valuation is determined by tax value on the county tax roll, and not by market value. For example, Johnson said, a house that’s assessed at $300,000 can’t have a tax levied against it requiring a payment of more than $180 for a school bond. But the tax rate max applies only once per election, which means each bond measure maintains its own cap. The other tax rate limit is a general restriction on the amount of bonds the district can issue, and relates to the dollar amount of bonds that are outstanding, Johnson said. The limit calculated by using the total assessed value of the district, and only 2.5 percent of that value can be outstanding. But the requirement is waivable
dos o personas sometidas a quimioterapia) deben continuar en cuarentena durante 14 días después de una exposición o al ingresar en la instalación. El requisito de una cuarentena de 14 días se basa en las graves consecuencias de la propagación de la enfermedad en esta población altamente vulnerable, dijo el condado. Las excepciones a la cuarentena de 14 días requerida para esta población pueden solicitarse por escrito al funcionario de salud en casos de escasez crítica de personal donde la continuidad de las operaciones está en riesgo. El condado también revisará el aviso de viaje local para acortar el período recomendado de auto cuarentena a 10 días.
by the California Board of Education. To request a waiver, a school board must hold a public hearing and have union support. The waiver also needs to be designed to apply for a limited amount of time. Johnson said Winters JUSD received a bonding capacity waiver in 2019 that allowed the district to carry up to 4.49 percent of its assessed value in bonds through 2032, about $31 million in bonds. The board unanimously approved a waiver Dec. 17 to raise this capacity and make room for Measure W. Johnson also elaborated on the duties and importance of the citizens’ oversight committee. The committee must be in place 60 days after an election is certified, Johnson said. The citizens’ oversight committee must have a minimum of seven members, including at least one senior citizen, a representative of a taxpayer association, a parent of a current student in the district, one local business representative and a member of a parent-teacher association . The committee can’t include employees, vendors or contractors of the district. And immediate family members should also be independent. “Anyone who receives any kind of financial compensation from the district should not be a member of the citizens’ oversight committee,” Johnson said. “The same goes true for those family members. We want people who can come to the meetings, receive information from the district, and really think about it without any kind of interest in the receipt of that information.” The committee’s purpose is to inform the public about how bond revenues are being spent and to make sure revenues are only being spent for the purposes outlined by the district in the project list, Johnson said. After Johnson’s presentation, the board unanimously voted to certify the election results for the November election, to establish the citizens’ oversight committee, and to approve a tax rate limit waiver to the California Board of Education.
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Friends create pandemic-defying game party games based on social interaction and what people Express staff writer can inspire and pull out of In a year seemingly void of each other. So, I’ve finally fun and smiles, two friends pooled together the most have created a game to undo PG-rated list of experiences this debacle. that can fit the format of the Enter Featherbrain — simple mechanics of Featha card-based party game erbrain.” made with friends and While social distancing family in mind created by remains the bane to all Winters native Wyatt Hesparty games, O’Conner and emeyer and Patrick O’ConHesemeyer created a verner, who previously lived in sion of Featherbrain that Winters. can be accessed on their After a serious brain surwebsite, www.featherbraingery, co-creator and musigame.com, and played for cian, O’Conner struggled free over Zoom. People can with speech and memory also help support the first loss. Through the challenge printing of Featherbrain by of word games, however, he donating to O’Conner and Wyatt Hesemeyer/Courtesy graphics was able to overcome this Hesemeyer’s Kicsktarter cerebral challenge with a Featherbrain is a card-based party game at https://www.kickstarter. renewed zeal for spending created by Winters native Wyatt com/projects/featherbrain/ time with friends and fam- Hesemeyer and Patrick O’Conner. featherbrain/description. ily. Thus, inspiring him to “Contributing to the KickThe player with the most starter would help the artists create a game made for makcards at the end of the and musicians who made this ing memories. game wins. “His family of close game because our creative There are outlet and source of income friends is, without a also a variety of has been halted,” Hesemeyer doubt, the most crelaugh-inducing ative, brilliant, inspirsaid on how people can docategories judg- nate to the game’s production. ing and supportive es can choose “Hopefully life will be closer group to be around,” from includ- to normal by the time it gets co-creator Hesing: Fear Bear, printed and delivered to your emeyer, said of Moose Goose, doorstep. Or, if you don’t want Featherbrain’s genWackbirds, Best of the a printed copy, there’s a spot to esis. “There’s a story behind Worst and — of course back the Kickstarter campaign every Featherbrain card, all — Featherbrain. from an endless list of hilarto say, ‘Thanks for the online “The game has virtual party I just had with my ious and meaningful experibeen created over family on Zoom over the holiences with friends.” The rules of the game are ba- years of campfires, car rides days.’” sic. One player reads and good times with friends. The pandemic will a card I have been a musician, tournot last forever, but while the ing around the country the hilarity-filled in bands where every others memories that come play night is new people, with Featherbrain cards new places and all will. This game — that in the name of enterlike all local businesses are most tainment,” O’Conner at this time — could fitting. The said about the inspiration use all the fiscal help reader of behind the game content. it can get, and with the card then “I have seen and written all the unrivaled judges the oth- down an endless list of exsupport that Winers and deter- periences that have been so ters is capable of, mines the win- entertaining and memorable its success will be a ner of the round. that I could make a dozen no-brainer.
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Tuesday, January 5 Winters JUSD Food Distribution (Youth 18 and under), 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Waggoner Elementary School Winters JUSD School Board Special Meeting, 6 p.m., School District Office/Zoom Meeting info, check https://bit.ly/ WintersJUSDBoardAgendaCommunitySite Winters City Council meeting canceled. Wednesdays Eat Well Yolo Food Distribution, Wednesdays, 4 p.m.-as supplies last, Winters High student parking lot, off Railroad Avenue. Thursday, January 7 Winters JUSD Food Distribution (Youth 18 and under), 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Waggoner Elementary School Monday, January 11 Winters Community Blood Drive 1-6 p.m., Winters Community Center
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Boylan reappointed Deputy Secretary of Veteran Services By Rick von Geldern Express staff writer Gov. Gavin Newsom recently reappointed a Winters resident to the post of Deputy Secretary of Veteran Services at the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Keith Boylan has served in this position since 2013 when he was appointed by then Gov. Jerry Brown. Prior to his appointment, Boylan served as the Government Relations Liaison for the California Association of Veteran Service Agencies (CAVSA), a group of non-profit veteran service providers addressing the needs of California’s veterans. Boylan is no stranger to the military, veteran service organizations and advocating on behalf of their causes. At the age of 19 Boylan enlisted in the Army and served on active duty between 1989-1992. He joined the Army to take advantage of GI Bill college benefits and for an opportunity to be stationed in Germany. Upon completion of his military training to be a Tactical Fire Specialist, Boylan was deployed from his duty station in Augsburg, Germany to Iraq. There he served with the 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in support of Operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm — where he saw combat — and Desert Calm. After his discharge from active duty, Boylan took advantage of his GI Bill benefits and attended San Francisco State Universi-
Boylan’s work with Veterans for Peace includes the Iraq Water Project in the southern Iraq city of Basra. The Iraqi infrastructure was destroyed during the war and the project was established to provide clean sustainable water to the Iraqi people in the Al Khaseeb Valley. ty where he earned a degree in filmmaking. After graduation he utilized his filmmaking skills and engaged in advocacy work for Veterans for Peace, (VFP), a worldwide organization of veterans advocating for peace. Boylan’s work with VFP included work on the Iraq Water Project in the southern Iraq city of Basra. The Iraqi infrastructure was destroyed during the war and the project was established to provide clean sustainable water to the Iraqi people in the Al Khaseeb Valley. He also traveled to Vietnam with other VFP vets to build a medical center in the town of My Lia near the location of the My Lia massacre. Boylan has worked with Swords to Plowshares, a non-profit
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Keith and Amaris Boylan moved to Winters in 2005. They were attracted to the small town community and appreciated how Winters families had such deep roots and generations of families still living in town. service organization dedicated to supporting veterans rights. There he advocated for health care and compensation for veterans who suffered health effects due to toxic exposures while in service, including atomic testing, Agent Orange and depleted uranium munition exposures. Boylan and his wife Amaris, a biochemist, lived in Seville, Spain, and Ireland before returning to California for the birth of their son Terence in 2002. They moved to Winters in 2005 shortly before the birth of their son Kenneth. Having been raised in the Bay Area, he said they were attracted to the “small town community” that Winters offers. After moving to Winters, he noted there were generations of farming families still residing
here. That seemed to confirm that Winters was a good place to live and raise a family. His family roots are in Ireland and he appreciated how Winters families had such deep roots in town. Boylan is a first generation American. His parents immigrated to the United States from Ireland and settled in Richmond where Boylan and his two siblings were raised. His father worked for Berkeley Farms and his mother was a housewife. When not working Boylan enjoys European travel, but laments that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his ability to do so. However, he continues to travel for work as he oversees the delivery of services to the 1.7 million veterans throughout California.
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It is time to start looking forward to a bright future
here is always talk about the haves and the have nots, or income inequality, and it has never been more evident than this year. Most of us weren’t affected financially by COVID-19 and the government ordered lockdown of businesses, but for those that caught the disease, had their hours cut, or were laid off, their world stopped spinning. People used to complain about being on a fixed income and having to make tough choices when it came to money. Those on fixed incomes are looking better than those that live from paycheck to paycheck, especially when the paychecks stopped. The federal government has tried to make up with added unemployment benefits, but at some point those extras will come to an end or be reduced. Someday the economy will turn around in the service sector and jobs come back as restaurants, theaters and other businesses reopen, but until that happens, some people will continue to struggle. Vaccines are starting to be delivered and the end is in sight. We should be thinking about what life will be like once this pandemic has passed into our memory banks and life gets back to normal.
Are senior-adults “unofficially” poor? By Wally Pearce, Winters Elder Day Council Special to the Express
Normal will be when we can feel comfortable going to a play, walking into a restaurant, waiting for a table to open, and hugging our grandchildren. That day is coming, just not right away. It will take some time before everyone has a chance to get a vaccine dose, or two, but when your name is called, hold out your arm and say thank you. The faster everyone can be inoculated, the faster we can get back to our normal lives. That will mean we can go out together, attend a sporting event or just watch kids walking to school. I’m one of those people that have a birthday around the holidays. There are a lot of us, by the way. Thanksgiving and Christmas were different this year, as were birthday celebrations and New Years. No nice dinner out or a party with friends, but that is just the way it is. We’ll still be a year older whether there is a party or not and 2021 will start on
The term “senior-adult” refers to those aged 65 and above, and, their poverty rate doesn’t affect senior-adult men and women equally. Researchers at the Urban Institute devised the Relative Poverty Level program, which is indexed to wages. Relative Poverty is when households receive 50 percent less than average household incomes, so they do have some money, but still not enough money, to afford anything but the basics. A lifetime of lower earnings, absences from employment due to childbirth, and jobs that lack employer-sponsored retirement plans … ultimately takes its monetary toll at retirement. According to the U.S. Census Supplemental Poverty Measure, a total of 6.4 million seniors aged 65 and over live in poverty today. Whereas society recognizes the economic needs of senior-adults including the necessity for Social Security (SS) benefits, millions who receive that help consider it their major source of income. Federal statistics also confirm that more than 25 million senior-adults are economically insecure and struggle daily with increasing housing costs, health care fees, cost of nutrition, transportation access, diminished savings and much more. Senior-adults often fall short of the average costs of living when their only source of income is either SSI or standard Social Security benefits. Even with this modest budget, senior-adults often need additional income resources to help. No matter a senior-adult’s source of retirement income, the price of living in California is one of the third highest in the nation with housing being the reason for the highest cost of living. Today, twice as many women as men live in poverty, and under the official federal poverty rate (FPR), more than 20 percent of Black and Hispanic older women live with insufficient income resources. Today’s Yolo County residents are witness to a dramatic and unprecedented increase in the senior-adult population, and by 2040, more than 70,000 people aged 60 and older are projected to be living here. That estimate is more than three times the num-
January 1 even if we didn’t stay up until midnight celebrating with friends. The bar isn’t set very high, but 2021 should be a great year. It may take a few months to get going, but by June, we should be on our way back to normal. Our memories of 2020 will fade away as we remember new additions to our families, lost loved ones and both financial gains and disasters. Someday, we may even smile when we talk about the pandemic and waiting for vaccines to be developed.
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ust a personal note: It has been three years since Taylor took over the Express and I relinquished control (and ownership) to the McNaughtons. I’m glad to see the Express continue serving the community and look forward to writing this column as long as they will let me. Seventy is only a number. Stay safe, keep your champagne cold and get ready for 2021.
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o one is responsible for your own health but you. My ongoing point for months now has been that we need to measure the negative impacts of the rules our government makes up and remakes every eight weeks (or more recently, three weeks). I have never opined on medical advice, or any CDC recommendation because that is not my area of education, experience or expertise. My contribution is data analysis and interpretation of the supporting data. I aim to shed light on the data that is being ignored by those with tunnel vision. I strongly believe we need to be looking at our present situation from every angle, and not just treat as gospel every authoritarian ruling by one man in Sacramento. The top down approach pushed by the Governor is A way, it is not THE way. It
is also measurably failing at its supposed goal (he has yet to clearly define it) while creating additional risk that will lead to further non-COVID deaths even after the pandemic is long gone. You have no right to demand, through government force, that other people shoulder the burden of risk so you do not have to be quite so vigilant and responsible for your own wellbeing. That is what is being done by people who cheer the closure of private businesses, most of which are the source of zero COVID cases. Such people have no skin in the game. The focus on COVID
risk, at the exclusion of all else, will be far more detrimental to our city, county, state, country and the world than COVID ever could be because the impacts will be generational. It is time we stop focusing on only one set of numbers — the number of positive cases reported daily — and take a look at the big picture. Here are some real numbers the news media regularly fails to report: • Our food bank is serving 400 percent more people than last year; that is 23 percent of our city. This is a direct result of financial uncertainty due to the
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Sierra Berry Sierra Berry, a junior at Winters High School, is the Pisani’s Athlete of the Week. Outside of WHS athletics, Berry plays competitive travel softball with Game Day of Vacaville. During the shut down she added in extra days with her hitting and pitching coach. Her softball workout routine has become six days of training. In the fall, Berry traveled to two tournaments. She plans to continue her training and stay on with Game Day for 2021.
Today’s Yolo County residents are witness to a dramatic and unprecedented increase in the senior-adult population, and by 2040, more than 70,000 people aged 60 and older are projected to be living here. ber of senior-adults than in 2000; and, it represents a 235 percent growth. In comparison, California’s expected senior-adult growth rate over those four decades should be about 170 percent. The 85-and-older elderly population is also of concern, for they represent the most frail and vulnerable age group that utilize a sizeable segment of health care services. The number of elderly people in Yolo County is projected to grow an almost five-fold increase (to more than 9,600) by 2040. Federal data suggests that rural elderly have a higher rate of poverty than the urban elderly, and rural areas tend to have a higher percentage of elderly in their total population than their urban counterparts and are less likely to leave their homes when they retire. In 2020 alone, 3,250 Yolo County senior-adults stated that they “feel” as though they’re living in poverty, and specific California data validates that account. Estimates by Yolo County policy makers suggest that by the completion of calendar year 2020, the number of senior-adults (aged 65 and older) will increase by 7,000. Part of that upsurge could translate to the City of Winters with an increase to 1,000 and that possible surge could then bring the total senior-adult population in the City of Winters to 2,000. Some City of Winters senior-adult statistics to think about: • Approximate number of older adults (aged 65 and older) living in the City of Winters are an estimated 1,000 (9 percent). • Estimated number of senior-adults in the City of Winters that may live in
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Express Yourself Struggles of a quarantined student By Katie Medina Diaz Special to the Express As the new school year begins while still in quarantine, it has shown people new ways to live their lives, yet it has negatively impacted people attending school. Schools have shut down and no longer teach face-to-face, but instead online, also known as “Distance Learning.” Online school has not been the best method for many people to learn. My name is Katie Medina Diaz, I am a student at Winters High School. As a senior this year I have found ways to help me learn throughout my whole high school experience. Now
that everyone is in quarantine, I had to learn a different way to learn. As a 17-year-old living with my low-income family, I have to keep up with my school work but also help my siblings with their school work. Due to this new way of learning, it has caused lots of stress on me. There have been a lot of disadvantages now that the schools are online, such as: When attending online classes, students have the opportunity to eat whenever they want, which distracts them from actually learning from their classes. They often turn off their cameras during class, which most of them tend to do to not pay attention in
Low-income students have it harder to learn online. Not only managing to try to go on with their classes, but their siblings too. class. They are also more likely not to attend online school for two reasons — students are now lackadaisical about school or the students may be having complications logging in. Low-income students
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Trustor: Alan Kelso and Donna Kelso, Husband and Wife, as Joint Tenants Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Deed of Trust Recorded 12/09/2004 as Instrument No. 2004-0056327-00 in book ---, page--and of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Yolo County, California, Date of Sale: 02/08/2021 at 01:00 PM Place of Sale: NORTH ENTRANCE, WEST SACRAMENTO CITY HALL, 1110 W. CAPITOL AVENUE, WEST SACRAMENTO, CA 95691 Estimated amount of unpaid balance, reasonably estimated costs and other charges: $ 143,618.09 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE THE TRUSTEE WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK DRAWN ON A STATE OR NATIONAL BANK, A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, OR A CHECK DRAWN BY A STATE OR FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, A SAVINGS ASSOCIATION OR SAVINGS BANK SPECIFIED IN SECTION 5102 OF THE FINANCIAL CODE AND AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THIS STATE: All right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described as: More fully described in said Deed of Trust. 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
have it harder to learn online. Not only managing to try to go on with their classes, but their siblings too. These students get frustrated especially when the household is tight-living which makes it hard to focus in class. Students have spoken up about how difficult it is to learn when it comes to online school: “The hardest thing has been me not being able to ask a lot of questions in class. I can ask in the chat but sometimes it isn’t the answer that I’m looking for,” said Winters High School student Eduardo F. “It was really hard for me. The classes on Zoom are very short, but it’s the
SENIORS Continued from Page 2 poverty is 6.7 percent. • A likely 43 percent of senior-adult households in the City of Winters earn less than $30,000 per year. • More than 60 percent of senior-adults receive food stamps. • An approximate 16 percent of SSI recipients earn less than $11,000 annually. • Average yearly
ZERO Continued from Page 2 government restrictions. • Calls to the county suicide hotline have increased 64 percent over last year. Seventy-five percent of students surveyed at Winters High School report feelings that indicate elevated risk of suicide. In April, an East Bay hospital had seen more suicide attempts in its ER in six weeks than they usually see in a full year. • Dementia patient deaths are up 20 percent due to being sequestered in their homes or rooms. • CDC says 40 percent of adults are canceling or postponing regular medical screenings which alone could result in 10,000 preventable deaths. • Seventeen percent of restaurants have permanently closed this year with another 10,000 projected in the next three weeks. By September, 100,000 small businesses were out of business. How many adults and children are facing food insecurity from this?
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ow, lets look directly at Winters. Even if we maintain every downtown business, we are facing an enormous reduction in City revenues. Earlier this year, there was a heated debate about how to allocate a $5.5M budget. What might that discussion look like over a $4.5M budget? How many City services will be on the chopping block. Those who push shopping local as a solution have their hearts in the right place, but this will not sustain our neighbors’ businesses or save Winters. We do not have the population nor the disposable income to sustain our local businesses. Let’s be clear. Businesses, like restaurants operating with safety in mind, are not contributing to the COVID case count. Forced closure of them will force people into other
work and the process that I hated the most. I had to take pictures of my work and record videos for some assignments and I still had to upload them on Google Classroom,” said student Valeria S. “Online learning is the hardest because as we have noticed in the past weeks, our house internet takes total on our stress,” said student Miguel P. I hope later on, we students and teachers and staff get to attend school face-toface again. With safety precautions and guidelines to keep everyone safe. That way everyone will be safe, healthy and finally able to learn in school to help the next generation’s society.
income from Social Security is $17,603. Official 2020 federal data on poverty rates will not be available until sometime after September 2021, but policymakers need to decide now how to address continuing and emerging hardships facing senior-adult poverty because of the current economic and public health crises. It’s also projected that relative
poverty — the share of senior-adults who fall below an unchanging percentage of average income — will increase. The two main sources of higher relative senior-adult poverty are the increased share of retirees who are single, widowed and divorced, and the reduced growth in benefits associated with the lack of any increase in a retirees Social Security income.
kinds of private gatherings, which are pushing the numbers higher. We must return to individual accountability for our own health and reopen those businesses operating safely. Doing so will provide safe outlets for the needed mental health reprieve from lockdowns. If you are at risk, stay home. If you cannot or are unwilling to stay home, take individual precautions that are appropriate for your health situation and respect the same of the people you are around. C.S. Lewis said, “Of all tyrannies, a
tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated, but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” No one is responsible for your own health but you. Read that again, say it out loud, then go live it.
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Gratitude for your local Realtors in Winters By Nicholas Marin Yolo County Assoc. of Realtors The Yolo County Association of Realtors would like to express appreciation for its generous members who participated, sponsored, donated and contributed during the organization’s CanTree Holiday Fundraiser & Installation event. As Executive Director, I was grateful to have the opportunity to present Joy Cohan, Director of Philanthropic Engagement for the Yolo Food Bank, a check for $15,789.30 on behalf of the real estate community of Yolo County.
It is our mission at the Yolo County Association of Realtors to “feed, clothe and house those in need” and our association has built a great partnership with the Yolo Food Bank over the years. Considering the environment we’re living in today with the pandemic and its continued effects, I am proud and humbled to provide financial assistance to such a deserving and hard-working non-profit -- especially with a donation check that large (and surpassing donations from previous years).
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IN WOODLAND. 3 bed, 1 bath, 1100 sq. ft. Offered at $344,900. A PIECE OF COUNTRY PARADISE. 0.49 acres with lots of fruit trees. Small cottage NOT habitable. Contractor’s delight. Offered at $299,000. 1 ACRE PARCEL IN SOLANO COUNTY. Just outside of Vacaville. Offered at $139,000. 3.87 ACRES ZONED RESIDENTIAL IN VACAVILLE. Build your dream home, or explore the possibilities of creating multiple parcels. Offered at $649,000. 27.81 ACRES. ORGANIC WALNUTS, ALONG WITH MANY FRUIT TREES which include: apricots, cherries, peaches, plums. Property borders Putah Creek. Great home site. $1,050,000.
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IN ELMIRA. 2 bed, 2 bath. $249,000. IMMACULATE CUSTOM SINGLE STORY home in Spring lake (Woodland). 4 bed, 3 bath, 2700 sq. ft. Awesome corner lot! Move right in! Offered at $637,500.
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70 ACRES, 52 OF WHICH ARE INCOME PRODUCING WALNUTS. SOLID SET SPRINKLER SYSTEM. Located between Winters and Vacaville on Winters road. Offered at $1,579,000.
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BEAUTIFUL CORNER LOT! 3-4 bedroom 2 bath home. Low maintenance backyard, with (OH YES built in pool and jacuzzi. Contemporary home built in 2016. Offered at $583,000.
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8605 Olive School Road, Winters $857,500 Beautiful 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath custom home on 5 acres. Panoramic views, barn, paved driveway, fenced garden & pasture. There are many upgrades to this home & the garden is fabulous!
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M2 & Company 530-795-2810 CADRE#00811568
203 E. Main Street, Winters • $469,000
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3 beds, 2 baths, 2-car garage, 1,240 sq. ft.
32+ Acres • $1,050,000
4 beds, 3 baths, 2-car garage, 2,526 sq. ft. Over 25 acres fenced-in pasture, 40'x60' shop, 40'x60' hay barn and rental at $1,200/mo all on property.
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44498 N. El Macero Drive, El Macero • $1,025,000
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4 beds, 3 baths, 2-car garage , 2,397 sq. ft.
708 Ivy Court, Winters • $544,000
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4 beds, 3 baths, 2,406 sq. ft.
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3 beds, 3 baths, 2-car garage, 2,885 sq. ft.
114 Almond Drive, Winters • $469,500
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3 beds, 2 baths, 1,673 sq. ft.
451 Abbey Street, Winters • $395,000
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3 beds, 2 baths, 1,357 sq. ft.
205 Baker Street, Winters • $350,000
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2 beds with bonus room, 1 bath, 1,500 sq. ft.
1340 Parkgreen Drive, Dixon • $615,000
SOLD
4 beds, 3 baths, 2-car garage, 2,667 sq. ft.
5516 Weber Road, Vacaville • $580,000
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3 beds, 4 baths, 2-car garage, 1,782 sq. ft. on 1.4 acres.
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INTERESTED IN SELLING? RARE FIND IN WINTERS. 22 ac of Chandler Walnuts, solid-set sprinkler system, roomy 2800 sq. ft., 3 bed, 2 bath home needs some updating, partial basement used for storage. 1 bed, 1 bath with kitchen cottage also needs some updating used for storage. Huge 60x60 barn, separate 28x45 shop with roll up doors, and 30x30 carport, Ag well and domestic well. Call for details!
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NAPA COUNTY. Are you looking for a remote, yet close to home wilderness property? Located high above Vacaville on Blue Ridge in the Vaca Mountains, is this amazing recreation/hunting ranch with tons of hiking trails. The ranch boasts several parcels which can be possibly purchased separately or as one large parcel. The land is rugged enough to provide habitat for trophy black tail deer, wild pigs, bear, Mountain Lion, bobcats, fox, quail, and occasionally Wild Band tail Pigeon The ranch features access road thru a private access behind a locked gate. This property is perfect as a private recreational and hunting paradise for family and guests beautiful views over looking Lake Curry. Parcels included in 727.10 ac. 032-210018,033-210-008, 033-030-008, 033-200-020, 032-210-010 Call for details.
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NEW DEVELOPMENT: Cottages In Winters
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SOLANO COUNTY. Are you looking for a remote, yet close to home wilderness property? Located high above Vacaville on Blue Ridge in the Vaca Mountains, is this amazing recreation/hunting ranch with tons of hiking trails. The ranch boasts several parcels which can possibly be purchased separately or as one large parcel. The land is rugged enough to provide habitat for trophy black tail deer, wild pigs, bear, Mountain Lion, bobcats, fox, quail, and occasionally Wild Band tail Pigeon The ranch features access road thru a private access behind a locked gate. This property is perfect as a private recreational and hunting paradise for family and guests. Parcels included in 1040 ac. 0102-050-030, 0102-050-010, 0102040-050, 0102-040-040, 0102-040-070, 0102-010-050. OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS IN NORTH VACAVILLE! 6 approved lots with separate APN numbers. Final map approved project is ready to move forward. Lots located in area of million-dollar(+) homes. Seller owns 31 water rights. Call today for more details! Priced at $1,199,999.
Sold! PRISTINE, BEAUTIFUL 3/2 IN VACAVILLE WITH MANY UPGRADES. Priced at $495,000. Call for appointment today.
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Wild Wings Subdivision. Home offers stylish, county club living in a gated golf course community. The formal living & entry has vaulted ceilings, gourmet kitchen has granite counter, cherry wood cabinets, 5 burner gas stove, kitchen island with sink, and walk-in pantry, bar off kitchen for eating plus eat in kitchen area. Beautiful tile floors in the kitchen which extends to the adjoining family room, gas fireplace, custom tile around FP, Master suite has a cozy fireplace retreat area & balcony overlooking golf course. Backyard features a spectacular view overlooking the 16th and 17th green of Yolo Flier County Club Golf Course, beautiful stamp oversize patio, covered patio, landscaped front, rear, and side yards, plenty of room for your dream pool or use community private pool, & other amenities, 3 car finished garage. Outside of home recently painted.
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