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This massive, sprawling, 200-acre project will harm downtown & cannibalize existing Davis businesses.

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Daniel Karp, assistant professor in the UC Davis department of wildlife, fisheries and conservation biology, instructs UCD students at the Quail Ridge Reserve during the annual meeting of the western student group of The Wildlife Society.

Soon, two students per year will earn funding from an endowment to research climate change from the Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy.

BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer

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Science on their minds Quail Ridge builds $100K endowment for student researchers

BY JULIETTA BISHARYAN Enterprise correspondent The Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy, a nonprofit land trust dedicated to wilderness preservations, biological diversity, native habitat research and education, is building an $100,000 endowment for students interested in researching climate change.

The endowment honors the late Lenora Timm, a professor emerita of linguistics and former associate dean of graduate studies at UC Davis. Before passing away in 2016, Timm and her husband, Frank Maurer, worked for decades to help create the Quail Ridge Reserve, as part of the University of California Natural Reserve

System. It is one of five natural reserves administered by UC Davis and the John Muir Institute of the Environment, along with Bodega Marine Reserve, Jepson Prairie Reserve, McLaughlin Reserve and Stebbins Cold Canyon.

In the past year-and-a-half, Maurer and many former board members of the Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy re-ignited the small studentresearch endowment, growing it into a fund capable of supporting two students per year.

The fund was officially renamed in Timm and Maurer’s honor this year, ensuring the legacy of their efforts of land preservation and student engagement.

The endowment would help cover equipment, transport and materials for building experiments, aiding student researchers who are not funded by their professors.

“Lenora always supported student endeavors, and Frank

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UC Davis won’t suspend teacher-training program

BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer The UC Davis School of Education reversed course Friday on a proposal to suspend its teacher education program for one or more years. The plan to suspend the program, announced last week by the school’s leadership, received backlash from faculty and alumni, who said they were blindsided by a proposal they felt would harm both the program and local K-12 schools.

On Oct. 9, School of Education Dean Lauren Lindstrom and Margarita JimenezSilva, director of teacher education, sent a letter to the school’s clinical and senate faculty announcing an upcoming vote on a

proposal to suspend admissions to the teacher education program beginning fall 2021.

Admission would be suspended “in order to undertake an extensive program update and redesign,” the school’s leadership said.

“Among our priorities will be better integrating our innovative research into our curriculum, expanding and deepening the ways we prepare our graduates to address institutional racism, and increasing the use of digital tools for teaching and learning.”

School of Education faculty said they support redesigning the program but were surprised and upset by the sudden proposal to suspend admissions. Eric Estes, a program alumnus who teaches middle school in Vacaville, started a petition — now

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A former Yolo County Sheriff ’s Office sergeant filed a federal lawsuit Friday against his onetime employer, saying he was terminated from the agency last month “for opposing sexual harassment and discrimination,” as well as exposing his supervisor’s efforts to cover up the conduct.

Dean Nyland claims he’s the target of employment NYLAND retaliation and disSuing in crimination, the federal court nine-page complaint against Yolo County and the Sheriff ’s Office airing allegations that his supervisor, Capt. Hernan Oviedo, drove his work vehicle while intoxicated, and that another deputy, Charles Hoyt, threatened and sexually harassed female employees.

It also contends his senior managers, including Oviedo and Sheriff Tom Lopez, acted with “discrimination, retaliation, hostility and contempt” based on Nyland’s age, replacing him with a “younger, less qualified employee.”

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One-fifth of Yolo voters have cast ballots already

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer

signed by nearly 4,000 people — asking that the program continue amid any review or redesign.

The UC Davis School of Education is one of the most prominent institutions training teachers to serve in K-12 schools in Yolo, Solano and Sacramento counties. An average of 135 credentialed teachers graduate from the program each year and are employed primarily in Northern California.

Another one hundred-plus master’s students are placed in classrooms in up to 24 school districts while they are at UC Davis.

“Any suspension will destroy a vital lifeline of preservice teacher preparation that supports the wellbeing of California’s

Nearly 20 percent of the 115,260 active registered voters in Yolo County who received vote-by-mail ballots less than two weeks ago have already filled them out and returned them.

As of Friday, an estimated 22,867 ballots had been returned to the elections office via either the postal service or ballot drop boxes, according to county elections staff.

Of those, 12,190 were returned by mail and 10,677 were deposited in one of 12 drop boxes located throughout the county.

Yolo County historically has a high percentage of residents who request vote-by-mail ballots, but most typically send them in closer to election

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Briefly Candidates talk transport Earlier this month, city council candidates answered questions from Bike Davis, a local nonprofit that encourages cycling and advocates for infrastructure improvements.

All nine candidates’ responses to those questions, which ranged in topic from traffic safety to personal transportation habits, can be viewed at bikedavis.us/vote.

UNICEF program goes virtual In the interest of safety, in 2020, Trickor-Treat for UNICEF has gone virtual so kids can still make the world a better place with their little orange boxes.

Some Davis school children may get their virtual boxes with their school. If not, go to TrickorTreatfor UNICEF.com to register for a virtual orange box and find information and activities to educate and inspire children and families.

Connect to the Davis Community campaign by entering “TOTUNA-USA” when prompted to enter your “partner code.”

In 2020, each virtual Orange Box will have its own QR code. There will be opportunities for virtual social gatherings, such as costume parties or pumpkin carving contests. There are also opportunities for virtual learning through fun activities.

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A proposition that will benefit us all T here are 12 propositions on the California ballot this time around, running from Prop. 14 through Prop. 25. Why they aren’t numbered 1 through 12 is anyone’s guess.

The problem with high-profile propositions that produce a great deal of television, radio, newspaper and U.S. Mail ads is that it’s hard to tell the good guys from the bad guys.

These are not Trump versus Biden propositions where the lines are clearly drawn and the stakes apparent to everyone with a beating heart.

No, the issues are sometimes obscure and the consequences of a “Yes” or “No” vote are not readily obvious.

The advertising is generally no help at all.

“Vote for Proposition 241 to protect puppy dogs, kittens and your grandmother in North Dakota,” say the proponents.

“Vote against Proposition 241 or our neighborhoods will be overrun with cockroaches,” counters the opposition.

One proposition attracting a fair amount of attention is No. 17, titled “Restores Right to Vote After Completion of Prison Term,”

and trust me, people even argue about the official title of propositions.

It should be noted that both the official title and official summary are provided by the state attorney general, not the secretary of state.

According to the summary penned by the California legislative analyst, Prop. 17 “Amends the state constitution to restore voting rights to persons who have been disqualified from voting while serving a prison term as soon as they complete their prison term.”

Sounds simple, but there’s a catch.

Adds the legislative analyst, “The State Constitution allows most U.S. citizens who are residents of California and at least 18 years of age to vote, if they register to vote. (Under current state law, people who are registered to vote

are also allowed to run for elective offices they are qualified for.)”

Adds the analyst, “People eligible to vote include those who are in county jail or supervised by county probation in the community. However, the State Constitution prevents some people from registering to vote, including those in state prison or on state parole.

(People are generally supervised in the community on state parole for a period of time after they serve a state prison term for a serious or violent crime. Currently, there are roughly 50,000 people on state parole.)”

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utting to the heart of the matter, the state analyst notes “Proposition 17 changes the State Constitution to allow people on state parole to register to vote, thereby allowing them to vote. (Because current state law allows registered voters to run for elective offices, this measure would result in people on state parole being able to do so as well, if they meet existing qualifications such as not having been convicted of perjury or bribery.)”

In other words, folks on state parole cannot currently vote or run for office. If Prop. 17 passes, they will be able to do both.

According to the analyst, “Currently, there are roughly 50,000 people on state parole.”

And if you’re imaging which way those 50,000 people might vote on certain offices or issues, you pretty much understand who is in favor of Prop. 17 and who is opposed.

Which is a lousy way to make a law.

Some folks say leaving things as they are will serve as a deterrent to crime, which is silly. I mean, does any potential criminal actually say “I’d really like to steal this car, but I’d sure hate to lose my right to vote until I’m off parole.”

Others in opposition claim that “Rewards and privileges in life must be earned and deserved.”

But let’s be clear. Voting is neither a reward nor a privilege, but a right.

Restoring that right to felons who have served their time but are still on state parole might play a small part in helping them to become functioning and lawabiding members of society.

If and when that happens, we’ll all benefit.

— Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Schools down 300-plus students Rental program to aid

BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer Enrollment in the Davis school district is down by about 312 students compared to last year, associate superintendent Laura Juanitas told the Davis school board during Thursday, Oct. 15’s meeting.

“Enrollment at the secondary level (junior high and high school) has been stable this year — we are down (at the secondary level) by just five students,” Juanitas said. “But the elementary schools tell a different story ... (elementary enrollment) has decreased by 307 students, due to a variety of factors.”

Concerns about the COVID-19 virus are an obvious factor, Juanitas indicated. This has created a “high level of stress for staff … there will be staff who will be unable to return to the classroom (when campuses reopen) because of health concerns,” Juanitas said.

At the same time, some parents have moved their students into local private schools, which offer inperson classroom instruction. Juanitas said that private schools in Yolo County like Peregrine, Waldorf, Woodland Christian and Grace Valley Christian — all of which are relatively small — have been granted waivers by county authorities allowing them to reopen with classroom instruction.

But it is more complicated for an entire school district, serving more than 8,000 students spread over

multiple campuses, to obtain a similar waiver.

Juanitas added that there are also fewer international students in the Davis public schools this year, since many international scholars and grad students affiliated with UC Davis have returned to their home country, taking their schoolage children with them.

And this year, there are markedly fewer new international scholars and students coming to Davis.

But Juanitas additionally observed that there are “a declining number of households in Davis with schoolage children.” Just a year ago, during the 2019-20 school year, 553 new kindergarten students registered with the Davis district, she said. “This year (202021), we only had 505 new kindergarteners,” she said. A gradual downward trend in kindergarten enrollment in the Davis district has evident for several years, reflecting a declining number of babies being born in Yolo County.

Deputy superintendent Matt Best added that the city of Davis housing policy and the UC Davis housing policy are factors as well.

“Essentially, what’s been happening over the last 20 years is that the university is getting larger and (for many years) not building enough housing to support the increased student (housing) demand.” And when families leave Davis, their former family home is rented by the UC Davis student population, and becomes rental stock, Best added.

To stem the enrollment decline, the Davis district has been accepting more out-of-district students via interdistrict transfer agreements.

Currently, the Davis district has 8,228 students enrolled, including 7,143 who live within district boundaries, plus another 1,085 students that live outside district boundaries.

Those 1,085 students living outside district boundaries represent roughly 15 percent of the Davis school district’s current enrollment.

Of those 1,085 outside district boundaries, some 556 have at least one parent who qualifies as “resident (of Davis) by employment” because that parent works in Davis for at least 10 hours a week. “The state mandates that you take (these students) unless there is overcrowding (in the schools)” Juanitas said.

Also among the 1,085 are the children of families that used to live in Davis and started their children’s education here, then moved — “often to obtain more affordable housing,” Juanitas observed. State education code allows many of these students to remain in Davis schools even after the family moves out of the district, she added.

In addition, some students coming into the Davis schools from out-of-district are the children of teachers, administrators and other school district employees.

(Juanitas did not estimate how many students fall into this category).

low-income tenants

BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise Staff writer

Applications are open now for a Yolo County rental-assistance program geared toward low-income tenants throughout the county.

The program will provide a one-time grant of up to $4,000 for Davis households and up to $3,000 for households elsewhere in the county to help cover rent, security deposits, and utilities.

Payments are made directly to landlords on behalf of low-income tenants who can’t pay full rent because of COVID-19related hardships, including loss or reduction in income, increased medical or childcare costs, or loss of childcare.

In order to qualify, tenant households must be income eligible, defined as having up to 60 percent of the area median income or up to 80 percent of the area medicine income with a rent burden of 30 percent or higher.

For a two-person household, 60 percent of the area median income would be $44,400 and for a four-person household, $55,500.

More information about the program, income limits and the online application itself are available at www. ych.ca.gov/COVID19/2020.php Funds will be awarded on a first-come, firstserved basis upon receipt of a complete application.

Back rent or overdue utility costs due on or after July 1 are eligible for assistance as well.

Funds will be disbursed directly to the landlord and utility provider on behalf of the tenant and there are no requirements for repayment of grants from this program.

The program is intended to bridge the gap between what the tenant can afford and the tenant’s actual rent. The required tenant’s share of rent is 10 percent of adjusted gross monthly income. The share of monthly rental assistance will be the difference between actual rent and the tenant payment.

“In any crisis, it is the most vulnerable that are hit the hardest,” said Davis Mayor Gloria Partida.

“This grant program is a lifeline for people whose livelihoods have been affected by the pandemic.”

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Virginia Pauline Hosley July 15, 1923 — Oct. 8, 2020

Virginia Pauline Hosley, one of the first residents of University Retirement Community in Davis, died Oct. 8 at 97 years old from complications following a fall.

A vocalist, pianist, composer, music teacher and patron of the arts, Mrs. Hosley moved to Davis two decades ago from Solano County, where she had chaired the Vallejo Cultural Commission and served as president of the Vallejo Symphony Association, Vallejo Symphony League and Vallejo Choral Society. She also chaired the J.F. Kennedy Library Music Series, was artistic director of Capitol Candlelight Concerts in Benicia and a docent at Arts Benicia Gallery.

Born in Long Beach, Mrs. Hosley grew up in San Jose and Saratoga, and started playing the piano as a child. She went on to study music at San Jose State University, where she received a bachelor’s degree in piano and voice.

At University Retirement Community, she helped establish many of the activities and traditions of the new facility, including the annual Bizarre Bazaar. She played in a Dixieland band, performed at Vesper services and

taught piano. She was elected to the URC Residents Council, running on a platform of public civility.

She is survived by her children Charlotte Backstedt (Roger) of El Cajon, David Hosley (gayle) of Davis, James Hosley of Vacaville and Paul Hosley (Sally) of Davis, along with 12 beloved grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Hosley was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. C. Thomas Hosley, former vice president of Solano Community College. The Hosleys were active members of the Vallejo Yacht Club and sailed frequently on the San Francisco Bay and beyond, including ocean voyages to the Channel Islands off Santa Barbara and a four-month trip to British Columbia.

Mrs. Hosley was a lover of nature, who enjoyed hikes and camping, inspiring family traditions.

She was a life member of the Save The Redwoods League. Donations in Virginia P. Hosley’s memory can be sent to Save The Redwoods League, 111 Sutter St., 11th floor, San Francisco, CA, 94104.

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SERGEANT: Fired in September QUAIL: Giving back for research From Page A1 Reached by text Saturday, Lopez told The Davis Enterprise he has not been served with the lawsuit and “cannot speak about pending litigation.”

Oviedo did not respond to an emailed request for comment.

Nyland was terminated from the Sheriff ’s Office on Sept. 3 after 14 years with the department, during which he reached the rank of sergeant in the fall of 2015.

The document says Nyland was in his fifth year as a detective, under Oviedo’s supervision, when in early 2015 he “developed serious concerns about Oviedo because Oviedo admitted to driving his county vehicle while intoxicated, he made inappropriate comments regarding female employees and told deputies about confidential conversations between Oviedo and former Sheriff (Ed) Prieto.”

But when Nyland objected to Oviedo’s conduct, “Oviedo responded by threatening to shoot Nyland in the head because he answered questions from Sheriff Prieto regarding a murder investigation,” the lawsuit says. “Oviedo told Plaintiff never to discuss the case with Sheriff Prieto because Oviedo believed Prieto

was furnishing Public Defender Tracie Olson information about the case due to two being romantically involved.”

Nonsense, Olson said Saturday.

“This is an example of why male-dominated organizations can be toxic for women. Modern society understands that a male department head and a female department head can have a professional relationship as equals,” she said. “However, the male-dominated professions at times encourage people to draw conclusions that have no basis in fact. In order to best serve the people of Yolo County, department heads are required to be collaborative.”

Prieto agreed, also denying Oviedo’s alleged claim.

“I’ve had professional friendships with many people,” he said. “As sheriff I reached out to people at every level and have many friends in a wide variety of positions.”

Further conflict arose in 2017, according to Nyland, when he learned of a sexual relationship between Hoyt and a sheriff ’s records clerk, and that Hoyt “had threatened the clerk to keep her mouth shut about the relationship” that included the pair having sex in a patrol vehicle. Management was

aware of those details “but did not care and would not take any corrective action.”

So Nyland took it upon himself to report the sexual harassment allegations, as well as those of a young female deputy who told Nyland in 2018 she too had been harassed by Hoyt, by then a sergeant, and other members of his patrol team, according to the lawsuit.

Both complaints ultimately were dismissed following internal-affairs investigations, during which “a well-respected deputy approached Nyland’s office, pale white and visibly upset, and told Nyland that Hoyt had asked him to lie to the IA investigator about Hoyt’s treatment of female officers,” the document says.

For his efforts, Nyland claims, he was denied promotions to detective sergeant and boat patrol sergeant, then transferred to the graveyard shift “in retaliation for his protected acts.” His subsequent complaints to his superiors led to him being “shunned,” placed on administrative leave and ultimately fired after he refused to resign with three months’ pay.

— Reach Lauren Keene at lkeene@davisenter prise.net. Follow her on Twitter at @laurenkeene.

Genealogy Club gets into social media Special to The Enterprise The Davis Genealogy Club invites the public to hear about “Getting Social About Your Search for Ancestors”, with Jacqi Stevens in a free Zoom presentation from 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Learn what’s available on social media for family history and how you can connect and find answers to your research brick walls.

Stevens is a genealogical researcher; a

writer of over 3,000 articles on her blog, A Family Tapestry; and an educator in beginning genealogy, genetic genealogy, and blogging at the Stockton Institute for Continued Learning.

The Davis Genealogy Club Library at the Davis Senior Center is closed until further notice. Guests are always welcome at the club’s Zoom meetings, as capacity allows. Email Lisa Henderson for meeting access at President@ DavisGenealogy.org.

From Page A1 felt this was a fitting tribute to her,” said Sarah Oktay, the director of strategic engagement for the UC Davis Natural Reserve System. “He’s got a lot of enthusiasm, and his wife did a lot for UC Davis students, and we’re very excited to be working with him.”

Since reaching $71,000 in about a year, the conservancy plans to start giving out awards to students as early as this fall. The reserve hopes to reach its goal of $100,000 within the next six months.

“It doesn’t take a lot of money to enable a lot of science,” Oktay said.

Maurer has done most of the fundraising himself, receiving donations up to $10,000 from across the state.

Having already donated tartan stones — handcarved stones in ancient Celtic style — to 35 state archives, Maurer has been using the donations he receives for his stones toward the endowment as well.

Overlooking Lake Berryessa and just 45 minutes from the UC Davis campus, the Quail Ridge Reserve protects more than 2,500 acres of coast range habitat for research, teaching and outreach.

Overseen by director Shane Waddell, the reserve is one of 36 reserves in the state designated as a natural reserve of the University of California.

After the recent wildfires in California, Quail Ridge

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The Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy named its new endowment for students researching climate change after Frank Maurer and his late wife Lenora Timm, who worked for decades to help create the Quail Ridge Reserve. and Stebbin Cold Canyon Reserve suffered severely, resulting in about a million dollars worth of damages between the two reserves. The director’s residence at Quail Ridge was destroyed by the fire as well as a university pickup truck and eight tent cabins, which could house about 32 to 40 students.

The field station, researcher home and a studio apartment for faculty and principal investigators remained undamaged.

“The problem with these fires that we are having is absolutely climate change,”

Maurer said. “These are the kinds of things that we want students to be aware of and to get data on and study. And that’s why, for the rest of my life, I’ll be working on this endowment.”

Students interested in working on Quail Ridge can apply by contacting Sarah Oktay at sdoktay@ ucdavis.edu.

Donations to the Frank Maurer/Lenora Timm Quail Ridge Student Endowment can be made through Give UC Davis (https://give.ucdavis.edu/ NRSD/124588).

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BY LLEWELLYN KING Special to The Enterprise

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t’s not a trial. But the hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee into the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court seems like one.

This juror’s verdict: Guilty as charged in one liberal indictment and a toss-up in the other. Judge Barrett seems destined to vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. But on the Affordable Care Act, which is of more immediate concern to more Americans, she may parse her judgment and endorse the doctrine of selectivity.

Two big things about Barrett: Her opposition to abortion is, one concludes, founded in her devout Catholicism and in her experience among lawyers of the right, led by Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom she clerked.

The other thing about Barrett is that she has seven children, two adopted from Haiti.

She used this before the committee as a shield, a defense, and a statement, which said by implication: “See, I’m human, empathetic, caring and maternal.”

This is important. As Barrett, who almost certainly will be confirmed, matures on the court, her family may be a moderating force, softening her otherwise rigid conservative views. As her children grow and experience the vicissitudes of life, she is likely to trade some of her harsh doctrines for a more humane ambiguity.

Take former Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne. Their conservatism, devotion to the right, was never in question. But when their daughter Mary came out as gay, their view of that part of the social-political landscape softened.

It has been declared throughout the struggle to confirm Barrett that somehow it is not meek to bring in her religion.

This juror avers: It is.

When the religion of a public servant affects political decisions, it has ceased to be a private matter.

We’ve come a long way from the days when President John F. Kennedy’s Catholicism was cited in his election. AntiCatholicism was then alive and well in parts of the political spectrum. Kennedy remained a committed Catholic, but he didn’t bring it into his governance of the country. That was as it should be.

Going forward, as the United States gets more diverse and when we can contemplate a time when Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims and other believers will take their place in national life, it is more, not less, necessary to ensure that separation of church and state is adhered to in everything, especially the Supreme Court.

Ergo, it can be argued that Barrett should recuse herself from Roe v.

Wade. How much stature she would gain if she did! But most unlikely.

If the Democrats romp home with the White House and both houses of Congress, they would be in a position to legislate at least a quick repair to the Affordable Care Act and to start the process of legalizing abortion by federal law, not constitutional interpretation. But it will continue to fuel the culture wars.

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t is not certain how much the Democrats will gain in the election and, as a longtime observer of Washington, I don’t believe long-term a Democratic sweep would be good. A bit of tension in Congress is a net benefit. So, the Barrett nomination and confirmation weighed heavy as we watched her parry the Democratic questioners.

Extenuating fact: The judge is much smarter, more personable, and more in charge of her facts than expected.

She charmed. She is a power to be reckoned with. Many observers expected to get a candidate who would simply channel Scalia, her old mentor, and that we could know her mind from his writing — the way we can predict the attitudes of Justice Clarence Thomas.

That, it became clear, is not to be the case.

The verdict of this juror then is: After a rocky start on two difficult issues, Barrett will grow to be a serious, thoughtful justice.

Possibly, with time, even a humane one.

— Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail. com. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

ne hallmark of an advanced society is a reliable supply of electrical energy for residential, commercial and industrial consumers.

Uncertainty that power will be there when we need it it undermines social cohesion and economic progress — as demonstrated by the travails of poor nations with erratic energy supplies.

California got a small dose of that syndrome in midAugust when a record heat wave struck the state and utilities were ordered to impose rolling blackouts to protect the grid from melting down under heavy air conditioning demands.

Gov. Gavin Newsom quickly demanded that the three overseers of electrical service to most of the state — the Public Utilities Commission, the Energy Commission and the California Independent Service Operator — explain what went wrong.

“These blackouts, which occurred without prior warning or enough time for preparation, are unacceptable and unbefitting of the nation’s largest and most innovative state,” Newsom wrote. “This cannot stand. California residents and businesses deserve better from their government.”

Initially, there was some

finger-pointing among the three entities. The blackouts had been ordered by the California Independent System Operator, which manages the grid and its president, Steve Berberich, said he had warned the Public Utilities Commission about the potential supply shortfall.

“We have indicated in filing after filing after filing that the resource adequacy program was broken and needed to be fixed,” he said. “The situation we are in could have been avoided.”

However, as political heat increased, the three agencies hung together and produced a joint report that admitted to lapses of supply planning and grid management and promised steps to avoid a repeat next summer.

“The existing resource planning processes are not designed to fully address an extreme heat storm like the one experienced in mid August,” their report said. “In

transitioning to a reliable, clean and affordable resource mix, resource planning targets have not kept pace to lead to sufficient resources that can be relied upon to meet demand in the earlyevening hours. This makes balancing demand and supply more challenging.”

Although California’s grid had experienced greater heatrelated demands in previous years, most notably 2006, managers then could draw standby power from natural gas-fired plants and import juice from other states.

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ince then, the state has shut down a number of gas-fired plants and become more reliant on renewable but less reliable sources such as windmills and solar panels.

August’s air-conditioning demand peaked just as output from solar panels was declining with the setting of the sun and grid managers couldn’t tap enough electrons from other sources to close the gap.

While the shift to renewables didn’t, unto itself, cause the blackouts, they proved the need for a bigger cushion of backup generation or power storage in batteries or some other technology. The Public Utilities Commission, as Beberich suggested, has

been somewhat lax in ordering development of backup supply.

In the aftermath of the blackouts, the state Water Resources Control Board, no doubt with direction from Newsom’s office, postponed planned shutdowns of more coastal plants, which would have reduced supply flexibility even more.

Shifting to 100% renewable electricity, the state’s eventual goal, while maintaining reliability will not get any easier.

The state’s last nuclear plant, Diablo Canyon, is ticketed for closure and demand will increase as California eliminates gasoline- and dieselpowered vehicles in favor of “zero emission vehicles” and phases out natural gas in homes and businesses.

Politicians such as Newsom and legislators in last week’s blackout hearing may endorse a carbon-free future in theory, but they know that they’ll pay the price if nothing happens when Californians flip the switch.

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LETTERS Vote for a change in city direction I am writing in support of Colin Walsh in District 2 and Larry Guenther in District 3. I am supporting them because I believe they have the capability to positively impact the key citywide issues that drove me to run for City Council in 2018, namely, improving the quality of life of our community, and raising the level of city transparency, accountability and fiscal sustainability.

Colin has a deep connection to Davis and its denizens, having grown up, gone to university and raised his two children in this community. In addition to his comprehensive understanding of the community, I have been impressed by his articulation of the key issues facing our community, and the community-focused perspective he brings to our civic debates regarding projects and issues that could significantly reshape our quality of life.

I met Larry when I became involved in the neighborhood’s concerns regarding the scale of the Trackside project, originally a six-story structure that would have been one of the largest buildings in town, towering over the largely singlestory historical Old East neighborhood.

Since then, Larry has demonstrated to me his independence, his leadership and his commitment to the community through his deeds, as well as his words.

If you are happy with the direction and pace of progress of Davis, then you should probably vote for the status quo.

But if, like me, you think our current direction could and should be improved, then I encourage you to vote for Colin in District 2 and Larry in District 3 to reset where we are heading as a community and how we are going to get there together.

Ezra Beeman Davis

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Jim’s caring for children is part and parcel of his professional career. As a lawyer, he went to court hundreds of times to protect children from physical and sexual abuse. When Jim worked with the California Legislature, he was responsible for the law permitting guns to be removed from homes where there had been violence against children.

While on the Board of Supervisors, Jim secured new funding for early childhood development, the Yolo Crisis Nursery, childcare, and preschool. For example, Jim recently led the successful effort to obtain nearly $2 million in state funds for an innovative health program that will give mothers and their young children the help they need to thrive.

During this pandemic, Jim obtained emergency supplies for childcare centers so that they could continue to care for the children of essential workers. He was also instrumental in obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in special childcare funding for families impacted by COVID-19. This is critical to the continued operation of childcare centers.

Jim’s record speaks for itself, “no child left behind.” If children are the issue (and I hope they are), we should all vote to reelect Jim Provenza to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors.

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He has the character and temperament needed to be a productive member of our City Council. I have no interest in returning to the ugly days of council members attacking each other and getting nothing done. Also, if you value diversity in our community, as I do, please re-elect Will, the only elected official in Yolo County with a disability. Will is kind, smart, experienced, and is willing to listen to all sides. Please cast your vote for him.

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A balanced approach I’m writing this letter to support Josh Chapman for Davis City Council. Josh and I served on the Davis Downtown Business Association board together and I was impressed by his inclusiveness and balanced thinking.

As president of the board, Josh would engage the members by asking questions, listening to everyone’s concerns and ideas, and then guiding us to the best result. This is a testament to his leadership and objectivity — qualities vitally important to be an effective council member.

In addition, Josh’s level-headed demeanor served us well during our sometimes-heated discussions. As a friend, I admire Josh’s volunteer work, dedication to youth sports and gregarious personality.

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Will students ever see the inside of a classroom?

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don’t know how the parents of young children are surviving right now.

Every DJUSD parent I talk to is dying to know when their kids will be allowed to return to the classroom.

Trying to answer a question like that is like trying to predict when the Mace Mess in South Davis will finally be fixed. No one has a clue.

But anyone paying attention over the last several months to nationwide school shutdowns knows well that it’s teachers associations, not school districts that wield the real power when it comes to reopening.

Just across the river, Sacramento City Unified and its allpowerful union are still at an impasse in regards to establishing a distance-learning plan, nearly 50 days into the instructional year. Discussing a returnto-the-classroom procedure isn’t even on their radar, as the two sides continue to squabble over agreements DJUSD had in place months ago.

The community is so frustrated there, that a group of parents and city officials held a public press conference this past Tuesday, demanding the district and its teachers group resolve their COVID-19 instruction plan for the good of the community.

Thankfully, things have progressed a lot smoother on this side of the Causeway.

I chatted with Davis Teachers Association president Dianna Stommel on Friday to get a better idea of where we are and where we’re headed this school year: “What’s nice is we’re all on the same page,” Stommel said, regarding negotiations between DTA and DJUSD. “We have the same goals — to return to school safely, as soon as we can.”

So what’s the holdup, you might ask, if, like me, you’d like to see kids back in the classroom.

“We want to be back in school, too,” Stommel explained. “Teaching online — it’s not what we want.

“But our No. 1 concern is the safety of staff and students and we don’t want to gamble.”

Admittedly, research on how the virus spreads among children is limited and mixed. A

quick Google search can produce results from two reputable studies showing complete opposite trends.

What we do know, however, is that adults (i.e. teachers and school staff ) are more likely to get sick should they contract it.

And the older those adults happen to be ... the riskier.

“We happen to have a lot of teachers in that (older) category,” Stommel said, creating a catch22 situation for educators.

Across the country, most of Massachusetts’ 950,000 elementary and secondary students have returned to schools through hybrid learning — an approach DJUSD has been considering as part of a phased return, if local case numbers don’t surge.

Through several weeks of school now, Massachusetts figures have not shown virus spikes among students attending inperson instruction. They’ve actually reflected a week-to-week decline.

But that’s not been the case for Massachusetts teachers, as infections among school staff have already increased by 11 percent since the start of October.

In the meantime, DJUSD students continue to learn online, or at least try.

Stommel told me DTA is “currently discussing what it would

look like to have cohorts coming back” to campuses. Last week, DTA also reached an agreement with the district that will allow staffers to move ahead with plans to help students with urgent learning needs (including special needs students) via inperson assessments.

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ut down the road, she says, as Yolo County hopefully continues to shift from its current red tier to the state’s less restrictive orange and yellow categories, more nittygritty details will need hashing out.

My guess is some will be: ■ How many kids are OK in each classroom?

■ How often will rooms and surfaces need to be cleaned — and whose responsibility that will be?

■ How will schools plan to react to a possible outbreak should students contract the virus?

■ Will there or will there not be mandatory testing for students?

On the flip side of all this, many of the high school-age students I’ve spoken to over the past few weeks say they actually like the virtual instruction. Most Davis High students, for example, are only taking three courses at a time this school year, giving

Long answer: from NIMBY to maybe COMMENTARY

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was recently asked by several different friends what I thought about Measure B, the Davis Innovation Center (DISC) ballot proposal aka the proposed tech park planned for Mace Boulevard near Target. I usually ask them, “Do you want the short answer or the long answer?”

When I first joined the Davis City Council, I was unapologetically something of a NIMBY. My view was we should only approve projects if they made things tangibly better for “us,” the existing residents. I viewed most developments simplistically as just a way for developers to walk away with large sacks of money, while leaving “us” the long time residents left to deal with the additional traffic and unfunded liabilities. I believed that the city councils’ that approved these projects were hooked on the quick fix that the development fees provided, but had no long term answer in terms of why these projects might benefit “us.”

I have a nice house and a nice job, as do my neighbors; why would we want the added traffic these new projects invariably bring?

And the university? Well, building the Mondavi Center might be OK since me and my neighbors would be able to attend events there, but why did it seem that the university just kept growing and growing? Summer certainly was nice when the university was not in session, it was three months closer to what Davis used to be with fewer people and cars.

Having grown up in Davis, I can tell you that in many ways that the Davis of the 1970s was nicer than it is today.

It was a smaller town, with less traffic and a much more compact footprint.

Davis with 30,000 people, not the Davis of today 66,000 people. As a council member, I was going to make sure that any future proposals benefited “us.” (And to be clear, what is often never admitted to is the “us” meant the long time homeowners of Davis, not the transient student population — they were just passing through for a few years.)

Several years ago as part of being on the city council, I was invited to attend an educational forum for elected officials put on by the Greater Sacramento Economics Council. GSEC is led by Barry Broome, a very knowledgeable, engaging speaker who is originally

from Cleveland, but has lived and worked in a variety of places. I had heard that GSEC was really making a difference in the region and thought I would go to hear about what was going on in Sacramento.

At the forum, Barry began by asking, “In California, in the last year 40,000 African American and Hispanic kids have left high school with no diploma, no GED, nothing — what we used to call dropouts. In the past four years, that is over 150,000 Black and Hispanic kids who have left high school with no degree. As elected officials, what is the plan for those kids?

“What are you doing in your community for those kids?” he asked.

I had to admit, I had never thought about that question in that way. What are the likely outcomes for kids with no high school degree and without the advantages I had received?

I thought to myself, “Well obviously Davis can’t solve the entire problem.”

But the other extreme of doing nothing is not acceptable either — as a community we should be doing something to address this issue. And with that simple thought, I had the realization that Davis has a role to play in the issues facing our region and state. We are not an island. It is not just about “us.”

As compelling as it might be to say, “That’s not our problem — we already have our jobs, we have our nice houses and we have nice schools for ‘our’ kids” — I hope we move beyond that way of thinking.

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re we as a community willing to wait a few extra seconds to get on the freeway, so that we can create jobs for young people, internships for UC Davis students, and permanent jobs for others in our area? Are we willing to wait a few extra seconds to get from point A to point B so we can add some additional apartments so people can live in our community so that they too can access our nice amenities and schools? For a community with so much, can we not give just a little to help create a better region? Are we not able to give a little, so we can increase equity and opportunity for those who haven’t had the same opportunities and successes that we have had?

Speaking of equity and opportunity, did you know that over 40% of the

undergrads at UC Davis are first generation college students? So the extra traffic and crowds when UCD is in session, maybe that is a sign of a good thing. Young kids being the first in their family to attend university — helping to achieve the promise that is California.

So as I reflect upon the changes I have seen in Davis; I now have a different view. The people who have moved to Davis after the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, the 2000s — I no longer view them as people who have taken away from the quiet little town I knew growing up. I view them as people just like me, people who choose to live in Davis because it is a nice place.

People whose community volunteerism and appreciation of our town continue to make Davis a nice place to live and raise children.

For its part, the City Council has and must continue to make sure any project financially covers its costs and does not contribute to long-term unfunded liabilities. The council must take the developer impact fees to minimize any traffic impacts of new projects and make sure that Davis remains a nice and desirable place to live. We must make sure that the developers are fulfilling what we are trying to achieve. And the projects are in alignment with our high standards.

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o, yes, my thinking has changed.

Instead of focusing on the narrow “us,” I now think about a broader definition of “us” and because of this, I fully support Measure B the DISC proposal. It is a chance to keep local businesses local, to provide entry level jobs, mid-range jobs, higher level jobs and internship opportunities for those who live in Davis and those that live nearby.

It will provide some additional housing opportunities for those who want to share in the high quality of life our town has to offer. The DISC proposal will provide a steady stream of revenue to cover the long-term infrastructure and service costs of the project and provide extra money to make needed improvements to existing infrastructure that directly benefits us.

I am optimistic that we are a community that is willing to share with others. Knowing that we can share a little of our town with others and Davis will still remain a nice place to live for all of us.

— Brett Lee is a member of the Davis City Council.

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them a sneak peek into what college life is like.

Stommel, who also teaches history at the high school, said moving to a quarter system was strategic.

“In the spring, when school moved online, secondary students were really overwhelmed with all their classes,” she said.

“It wasn’t ideal.

“So to help (decrease) their stress, they’re only taking three or four now, which is also set up to help minimize contacts once we do go back on campus.”

So ... will DJUSD students ever see the inside of a classroom this school year?

I think so.

And I think it may even be in the next two to three months.

But what that looks like exactly? Your guess is as good as mine.

Notes: DJUSD Associate Superintendent of Student Support Services Laura Juanitas will hold a “Health and Safety, Steps to Return to Campus - Parent Training” webinar on Monday, Oct. 19 from 6 to 7 p.m. For more info visit: djusd.net/about/ News/health_and_safety__ steps_to_return_to_campus.

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LETTERS From Page A4 Josh will listen and make an informed decision. For these reasons, I support Josh Chapman for Davis City Council.

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Cecilia EscamillaGreenwald Cecilia is the best candidate for Davis School Board, Area 5. As the former Yolo County Superintendent, I know that Cecilia EscamillaGreenwald is prepared to support programs and policies of equity and inclusion. I have had the opportunity to see first hand her commitment and dedication in particular on issues of literacy and preschool for all children.

BY ANDY JONES Special to The Enterprise 1. Northern California Rivers. Sixteen rivers flow into the San Francisco Bay. When arranged alphabetically, the rivers range from A to Y, with A standing for the American River.

What river does the Y stand for?

2. Sports. The Los Angeles Lakers play their home games at Staples Center, an arena shared with two other professional basketball teams.

One of those is the Los Angeles Clippers. Name the other.

3. Native Americans.

What tribe runs the largest land area retained by an indigenous tribe in the United States?

4. Unusual Words.

She has done this her entire life. She believes in and supports our public education system and has experience with budgets and negotiations. She will bring her lifelong skills to the Davis Board of Education and do an outstanding job collaborating with parents, teachers, students and administrators. Be sure to vote Cecilia EscamillaGreenwald for Davis School Board, Area 5.

She will put students first!

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5. American Politicians. Which well-known onetime 2020 presidential candidate was born in 1941 and has four children, three of them adopted?

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BALLOTS: Big increase over primary From Page A1 day or drop them off at neighborhood polling places on Election Day. At this point during the 2016 presidential election, with two weeks to go before Election Day, the elections office had received around 4,000 ballots.

This year, however, the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered polling places, so all active registered voters automatically received a vote-by-mail ballot and many are returning them early, including in those drop boxes.

“We are pleased that Yolo County voters are choosing to vote early and utilize the ballot drop boxes throughout the county to return their ballots,” Jesse Salinas, the county’s assessor/clerk-recorder/ registrar of voters, said this week.

In the March primary, when drop boxes were located at county libraries, 1,342 ballots were collected in total.

But for the November election, drop boxes were placed in 12 locations throughout the county, including four in Davis, and more than 10,000 voters have taken advantage of them already.

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TRAINING: Faculty, students come out to support program From Page A1 schools,” Estes said in the petition. The loss of new teachers would come amid a teacher shortage that is already expected to get more severe due to California’s aging teacher population and increased fatigue caused by the pandemic and remote instruction.

“It is socially irresponsible for the university to contribute to the teacher shortage as even more teachers are choosing to retire or find new work during the stress pandemic,” Estes told The Enterprise. “It is a disservice to our local school children.”

Teacher education faculty also criticized the administration’s communication and decisionmaking process. “This is an administrative decision, not one made by clinical faculty, the supervisors and lecturers who come into student teachers’ classrooms every other week to mentor and support novice teachers,” said an email signed by 19 faculty members and addressed Tuesday to friends of the program.

“Rushing to suspend a program that is essential to the community with zero plan in place, zero data to defend the decision, and vague messaging about improvement is a leadership mistake,” the faculty said, adding that the decision “does not feel like it is

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More than 100 UC Davis School of Education faculty, students and alumni gathered with community members on campus Thursday afternoon to protest the university’s decision to suspend it’s teacher education program. being made in the best interest of students or educators.”

On Thursday, roughly 100 faculty and alumni protested on campus against the proposed suspension, which they said would have meant furloughing faculty without a realistic plan to rehire them. “Not one of us has the luxury to wait around for two to three years during a spiraling economic recession to reapply for a job,” Rebecca Rosa, a faculty member in the teacher education program, said at the protest.

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emphasized that while they oppose pausing the program, they support the proposed changes. “Teacher education faculty have been and would like to continue to engage in steps to strengthening our program around the tenets of equity, diversity, inclusion, abolitionist, anti-racist social justice teaching,” Rosa said.

“There is no reason that we cannot continue with our program while we come together as a community, in unity, to engage in the redesign.”

Suspending the program would only undercut the

stated purpose of working towards social justice, faculty said. “During this moment of racial reckoning, massive economic upheaval and intense distance learning needs, UC Davis is choosing to back out and back off instead of being the leader,” the email from 19 faculty said.

Faculty also pushed back against what they felt was an unjust appraisal of the state of the program. “The hurried effort to make this decision sends the message that our program is in disarray,” the email from faculty members said.

On Friday, the School of Education withdrew its proposal to suspend the program and apologized for causing concerns.

“While still convinced that a major redesign is necessary, we have listened to faculty, staff, and community input and have decided to slow down our process,” Lindstrom said in a letter to the School of Education community.

Admissions will stay open for the next cohort of students in 2021, the letter said, while collaborative discussions are held about the program’s next steps.

“We expect to take the next several months seeking advice from our faculty, students, district partners, and other stakeholders about the best way to move forward,” Lindstrom said.

Faculty members said the decision to reverse course on the proposed suspension was the right move, but added that the way decisions were made and communicated has damaged relationships.

“The betrayal is deep,” Rosa said.

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020 A7

New owner, new start for Mr. Pickle’s T

he Davis Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop will reopen soon — under new ownership. The company forced the original franchisee to close in June after he got into a dispute over an employee wearing a Black Lives Matter pin at work.

Michele Fagundes, president of the Loomis-based sandwich chain, said she’s had Davis customers reach out, asking when it will reopen.

“We are back,” she said. “We do have a new owner, Sally Kim. She is a Davis resident and very excited to own her first sandwich shop.”

On Friday, Kim called herself “a fish-out-of-water opening up a sandwich shop,” but was thrilled and overwhelmed at the same time. She and her husband have lived in Davis since 1992, and raised their three kids here.

The store will have a soft opening from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Starting Monday, it will be open for regular hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays.

Mr. Pickle’s revoked the franchise of the previous owner, Mickey Mann, after Mann sent an email to employees, berating them for bringing Black Lives Matter into his workplace. “BLM is the flip-side of the KKK,” Mann wrote in the email in early June. “Their tactics are out of the Mafia play book.”

At the time, Fagundes called Mann’s statements to his staff “alarming and painful,” noting, “if that location ever reopens, it will be under new ownership that upholds our corporate standards.”

——— On Wednesday, the Davis Planning Commission unanimously approved a permit to allow Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers to occupy the former Watermelon Music site at 207 E St. According to Anne TernusBellamy’s coverage in The Enterprise, city zoning code requires a

conditional-use permit for formula fast-food restaurants downtown. The approved permit allows Raising Cane’s to convert the 4,000-square-foot groundfloor retail space into a restaurant. The space, owned by Browman Development Company, has been vacant since Watermelon Music moved across town in 2016.

The Louisiana-based chain, founded in 1996, has about 500 outlets across the country, with a menu consisting primarily of chicken fingers, chicken sandwiches, fries and toast. The Davis spot will employ about 16 people.

Raising Cane’s likes to position itself near college campuses. My son’s college roommates worked at one near University of Nevada, Reno. It makes sauces daily, and uses fresh ingredients to prepare made-to-order meals. Latenighters will be pleased with the proposed hours: 9 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Sundays through Thursdays, and 9 a.m. to 3:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. No word on a proposed timeline for opening.

——— The Starbucks in University Mall closed last week. There’s a sign on the door asking patrons to visit neighboring stores.

According to the coffee megachain’s headquarters, the closure of the store at 825 Russell Blvd., Suite 24, is permanent.

Jory Mendes, senior manager of corporate communications, said, “As part of Starbucks standard course of business, we continually evaluate our business to ensure a healthy store portfolio.

After careful consideration, we’ve determined it is best to

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The Davis Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop will reopen soon — with a new owner who upholds its corporate standards. close the (University Mall) store.

“As difficult as this is, we must make the right business decisions for the sake of Starbucks’ long-term growth. All Starbucks partners (employees) working at this store will have the opportunity to transfer to one of our nearby locations.”

Mendes did not say if the closure was connected to the mall’s redevelopment plan. In August, a divided Davis City Council approved plans to eventually demolish the 52-year-old mall and replace it with a multi-story mixed-use development called University Commons. It will include retail on the ground floor, a parking garage, and

apartments on the top floor.

——— Lu’Ro Jewelers is moving. It plans to fill the former Davis Sport Shop space at 241 F St., next to The Paint Chip.

In 2016, owners Diego Rodriguez-V and Jose Lopez opened Lu’Ro Jewelers at 724 Fifth St. They hope to move into the new, larger space this week — possibly on Tuesday, Oct. 20.

Both men are previous employees of De Luna Jewelers, which closed in early 2016. Another De Luna employee — Stephanie Choi — opened Bella Luna Jewelers that same year. Lu’Ro is the only Davis jeweler that does in-house repairs on a daily basis.

“Being in business for five years now, we’re ready to grow a little more,” Rodriguez-V said on Thursday. “Obviously, being in the center of downtown definitely helps, and we’re looking forward to it.”

The Fifth Street location gets a lot of drive-by traffic, but has no street-front parking, and lighter foot traffic than the F Street spot.

Like all non-essential retail businesses in Yolo County, Lu’Ro briefly closed this spring. Since reopening in June, the store abbreviated its hours, closing at 4 p.m. When it makes the move to F Street, they plan to return to normal hours: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, Rodriguez-V said.

——— The Chicken Hawkers, a new Thai restaurant coming to El Macero Shopping Center, may open in the next week. The owners originally hoped for Oct. 16 but plans are slightly delayed.

The owners have a restaurant in Vacaville. The eatery serves khao mun gai, a Thai chickenand-rice dish that’s popular street food in Southeast Asia. The Davis store fills the former Extreme Pizza spot at 417 Mace Blvd. The pizza place closed in June.

——— I regularly update my Google spreadsheet of more than 300 Davis businesses affected by COVID-19. It’s at https://bit.ly/ DavisBusinesses. In it, there are sheets for Restaurants-open, Restaurants-closed, Businessesretail, Businesses-service, Special hours (for older adults or compromised shoppers), and more.

Please email wendyedit@gmail. com to suggest updates.

— Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@gmail. com.

TCU Foundation distributes $2M through COVID-19 relief initiative Special to The Enterprise The Travis Credit Union Foundation announced that it raised over $1 million for the COVID-19 Relief Initiative, which was matched by Travis Credit Union, for a total of $2 million. The money will be distributed to 83 local community organizations, many that are providing resources and services to individuals and families

impacted by the pandemic.

Travis Credit Union matched every dollar raised by the foundation up to $20,000, for a maximum of $40,000 total per agency. The campaign culminated on Sept. 30.

“We focused where we know funds would immediately recirculate and strengthen communities, creating authentic community impact and financial

wellness,” said Damian Alarcon, president of the Travis Credit Union Foundation.

“We will continue seeking more resources to help nonprofits survive and innovate as we all prepare for the ‘new normal’ in the aftermath of COVID-19.”

The Leaven was the first of many organizations participating in this initiative.

“We greatly appreciate this grant as these important

funds are crucial,” said Mark Lillis, executive director of the Leaven. “We lost two of our fundraisers from not being able to meet with COVID-19. Without these emergency funds, we would not be able to have the financial resources to remotely assist the hundreds of students who were left with very little educational assistance while the school season was terminated.”

“Empower Yolo is truly appreciative to be a grant recipient of the Travis Credit Union Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Initiative,” said Lynnette Irlmeier, executive director of Empower Yolo. “We are

using the funding for eviction prevention for families hit hardest by the pandemic. Even though there are moratoriums on evictions we know that if families get behind now, they won’t be able to catch up.”

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020

What kind of life raft could save us now?

O n Feb. 17, during the period when Trump kept mum about coronavirus and we were not yet homebound, I went on an outing that was unusual for me.

I got in my car and drove alone to the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento in order to see one piece of art. No one had recommended it to me and I had no rational reason to go. I went because the name of the piece, which I saw in museum publicity, tugged at me.

It was called “The Raft.”

The piece was created in 2004 by an artist I had not heard of, named Bill Viola. I knew this was a traveling exhibition, an installation of some kind, not a painting on the wall.

I was drawn to the exhibit because in my late 20s while dating my husband, I trained as a raft guide. For two summers, I guided whitewater trips on weekends, a life-changing experience, because I became addicted to rivers and to traveling down them in boats. I assumed the exhibition would have something to do with rafting.

———— I walked into the Crocker and followed signs to a large darkened room where “The Raft” was being projected onto the wall.

Two museum-goers were leaving, so I stood alone. When the video started and for the whole time I watched it (twice), I was the only person in the hall.

The first thing that struck me was that there was no water and no raft.

Instead, the video opens with a long, quiet shot of 19 adults standing fairly close to each other, as we did before COVID19, making little eye contact.

They are waiting, apparently, for a bus.

The group is notably diverse.

Not only are they multiracial and of many ages, but class differences show in clothing, shoes and accessories. A white man wears a thin t-shirt; a Black man wears a suit. A young woman in jeans is yawning.

The entire video is shown in slow motion.

For four long minutes, the people stand, moving around a

little. I notice one couple chatting, one professorial type reading a book, and a woman whose African-style dress is simply gorgeous.

———— Then, all of a sudden, water begins to spray on the group. It comes from the left, then the right, growing relentlessly more powerful. Fear shows on many faces and hands flail as the water begins to pound with so much pressure that the professor loses his book, the young woman her purse, the Black man his hat. A grey-haired woman who looks closest to my own age falls to the ground.

Others manage to stay upright — one man in particular looks amazingly strong — but it is clear that most will eventually succumb to the merciless water canons. Over the course of four minutes, as the slow-motion deluge continues, more people fall, some in solitary agony, some while trying to assist each other.

As I take in the information the artist clearly wants me to have — terrible things can come out of nowhere and people will react in a variety of ways — I think about the actors in this piece. The water is unstoppable.

Are they genuinely terrified? I might have been, and in fact my

eyes keep going back to the greyhaired woman lying where she fell, front and center, motionless.

At the 8-minute mark, the water cannons stop. The water recedes. Now I am watching people try to recover, to put themselves together, but they can’t reassume normalcy; they are shaken and drenched.

Some struggle on their own to rise; others look for ways to be of assistance. The people who looked strong ahead of time, mostly the young, remain that way. One man tries to help both the fallen grandmother and the fallen Black man. The grandmother continues to lie there — could she be dead? — until, finally, at Minute 10, just before the video ends, she moves.

Alone in the dark projection room, I am immersed. Emotions wash over me: shock, confusion, dismay, recognition, judgmentalness and anguish. When the water recedes, I feel partial relief.

And as I walk away from the exhibit, exhaustion.

Do these emotions sound familiar?

I’m glad no one died. I read in the program notes that for the artist “it is important that everyone in ‘The Raft’ survives, a statement of the resilience of humanity.”

In a 2011 interview, he explains further, “I wanted to make a piece for our time in which nobody gets killed, people withstand the onslaught and they get back on their feet and they go at it again.”

And yet he lists, in his planning notes, things that the water might represent, specifically “a bomb, a thunderclap, car crash, an accident, a sudden illness.”

Some of those can lead to death. They also lead to everything I saw in the video: attempts to help, failure to help, self-absorption, meltdown, panic, collapse and loss.

I didn’t see arrogance, but perhaps that is because a bus stop has no elected leaders.

———— I contacted the Crocker and asked if the exhibit might return when the museum reopens. As we live through a darker story, we might appreciate the note of optimism about human resilience.

But it’s not coming back I’m disappointed, but maybe that’s OK. We’re learning everything “The Raft” has to teach.

And so much more.

— Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years.

Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.

From parking lot to oasis: Therapy garden created

BY CRAIG DRESANG Special to The Enterprise

N

early everything we know about life was originally learned through the observation of the natural world. The cycles of nature establish both the beginning and end of all living things.

Exposure to nature carries the power to help someone feel better emotionally and physically. It can also enhance an individual’s overall wellbeing by fostering positive changes in blood pressure, heart rate and muscle tension.

Being in nature also reduces the production of stress hormones, and according to many public health researchers, nature can even reduce mortality.

A recent study done by Robertson Cooper, a business psychology firm, found that in the workplace employees demonstrate a 15 percent increase in reported well-being when exposed to natural elements such as greenery, sunlight, stone, water and exposed wood.

In addition, a 2015 Stanford University study found that walking in nature can lead to a lower risk of depression.

Other research completed by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard School of Public Health show that proximity to green space immediately after a hospital stay can reduce mortality.

The study found that stroke survivors in the

YOLO HOSPICE & CWC greater Boston area had a 20 percent reduction in risk if they lived near a high concentration of green space compared to those in areas with low accessibility to green space. Yet few doctors prescribe nature following a hospitalization.

This truism about nature and its ability to provide therapeutic benefits — especially for people diagnosed with a lifelimiting illness — is what prompted Yolo Hospice to envision a therapeutic garden for clients, patients, caregivers and the greater Davis community.

For the past 18 months thought leaders from Yolo Hospice, Citizens Who Care, and Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance have been teaming up with landscape architects, trailblazers in the field of therapeutic horticulture, healthcare professionals, and community gardeners to create program space that connects people to nature.

The culmination of the group’s work will become visible this November with the demolition of a large asphalt parking lot at the end of Galileo Court.

Once tons of asphalt and concrete are torn up and removed, a greener and more beautiful space will begin to emerge.

By design the healing garden will create a sense of journey, exploration, and connectedness. The

reset button on their day or in the midst of a challenging situation.

■ Encourages interaction with the natural world, stimulating the senses.

■ Reduces pain perception and can decrease the need for medication.

■ Creates opportunities to connect with other people who share similar journeys.

■ Allows families to be together outside of the home.

■ Reduces anxiety and stress for caregivers.

■ Provides a sense of rejuvenation for individuals experiencing exhaustion.

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For the past 18 months thought leaders from Yolo Hospice, Citizens Who Care and Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance have been teaming up with landscape architects, trailblazers in the field of therapeutic horticulture, healthcare professionals and community gardeners to create a space that connects people to nature. project includes nooks for quiet conversations and contemplation, open space for larger gatherings, water features and a reintroduction of native plants and trees.

The garden is being created in a way that will appeal to all human senses ... sight, sound, touch and even taste.

According to Michael Glassman, the landscape architect who designed the project, “This garden is quite unique. It was designed with the goal of challenging visitors to pause, breathe ... and to just be.” Glassman’s plans call for the garden to partially wrap around Galileo Place, Yolo Hospice’s newly

built adult day program on Galileo Court in Davis.

Through several planning sessions, Glassman considered and incorporated input from nearly 20 other professionals who were working as visionaries and advisors for both Galileo Place and the therapeutic garden.

Kris Kirkendall, garden project manager for Yolo Hospice, says, “Our goal is to have destination spaces that help people feel embraced.”

Visitors will be soothed by sounds of running water, and plantings of roses, poppies and lavender will connect people with the familiar or with special family memories.

Large natural rocks with soft edges will blend into the landscape but also serve as places to sit.

According to Kirkendall, “This garden needs to be a place that anybody can walk into and enjoy.”

Therapy Garden benefits ■ Fosters positive changes in blood pressure, heart rate or muscle tension.

■ Reduces the production of stress hormones.

■ Allows one to disconnect from stress, confusion, or anger while connecting with nature.

Time in the garden can allow visitors to hit the

Who will make the most use?

■ Participants of Galileo Place, Yolo Hospice’s new adult day program ■ Citizens Who Care clients ■ Caregivers ■ Palliative care patients ■ Family members ■ Caregivers ■ Staff and volunteers ■ Davis Community Yolo Hospice is still accepting philanthropic gifts in exchange for dedications or naming rights in both the garden and in Galileo Place. For more information on Yolo Hospice, YoloCares, Citizens Who Care, or the soon-tobe-opened Galileo Place, please call 530-758-5566 or visit www.yolohospice. org.

— Craig Dresang is the CEO of Yolo Hospice and CWC.

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THE DAVIS ENTERPRISE — SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2020

Keeping up with changes

Quarterback Miles Hastings (7) takes a snap during Friday night’s socially distanced Aggie football workout at UC Davis Health Stadium. With the Big Sky Conference settling on a February start due for a six-game schedule, teams throughout the league are getting serious about the displaced season.

Flushman follows the virus-impacted bouncing ball

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor Amid the ever-changing challenges of dealing with a collegefootball season like no other, the responsibility of following the bouncing ball at UC Davis has fallen to senior associate director of athletics Josh Flushman.

The veteran administrator took time from his stop-and-start chores during the pandemic to talk about the process in getting to a six-game Big Sky Conference 2020 football season that won’t start until February of 2021 ...

Flushman says that since the number of league games (six) has finally been determined, “the Big Sky goes into the next phase of actually building the exact schedule.”

Flushman believes the Aggies will receive their new-look schedule — now that Sacramento State opted out last week — sometime within the next three weeks.

“We’ve talked to (UCD head football coach Dan) Hawkins about his preferences based on what’s best for us,” Flushman, a 2000 Davis graduate, told The Enterprise. “Part of the decision-making process in all of this is not only about spring football, but to preserve the fall of 2021.”

Aggie Director of Athletics Kevin Blue said last week that the Big Sky has decided to play six nonconference games over a seven-week period, beginning Feb. 27. A bye week and an idle week at the end of league play could be used to play makeup games if COVID-19 — like it has with so many Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools — rears its ugly head in the spring.

Flushman said the concern, once a Big Sky schedule is determined, “will be about any outbreaks we’re all dealing with. You’ve seen (what they’ve done) in college football right now.”

On Friday night, for example, BYU played its fifth game of 2020 while its opponent, Houston, came into the game 1-0.

“We’re all going to be up against that kind of thing,” Flushman explained.

Meanwhile, last week UCD launched 75-player workouts steeped in social distancing and adhering to Yolo County and state health protocols.

“We have very restrictive guidelines here that we’ve been managing, but nothing that is going to preclude us from playing,” Flushman added.

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Aggie football drills begin Big Sky reworking ‘spring’ schedule after Sacramento State opts out

BY BRUCE GALLAUDET Enterprise sports editor In a week that had Sacramento State opt out of Big Sky football play for the spring of 2021, UC Davis started noncontact workouts with an eye toward launching its retooled conference schedule on Feb. 27.

The Aggie sessions, operating strictly outdoors at UC Davis Health Stadium three times a week through the end of the month, are a prelude to a sixgame league schedule — which, thanks to the Hornets’ Thursday announcement, needs further tweaking.

On Sept. 16, Big Sky Commissioner Tom Wistrcill said he hoped “over the next two or three weeks we can be in good shape with trying to figure out our schedule for football.”

Whatever that best-laid plan was, one conference insider said

the announcement of the of a health risk.” “spring” slate should be adjusted Through Saturday, each of and announced by the end of the other schools in the 13-team October. conference were busy making Looking at the recent Sacra- plans to pursue the delayed seamento State decision, Hornet son. head coach Troy Taylor said, Last fall, the Big Sky saw co“After thoughtful deliberation, champions No. 4 Sacramento we have deterState and No. 3 mined that it is Weber State join in the best interMontana State est of both our (No. 5) and student-athletes Montana (No. 6) and our football in the postseaprogram to opt Dan Hawkins son. The Aggies out of a possible 5-7 while UCD head football coach went spring football perennial chamseason.” pion North Taylor, with the support of his Dakota State won yet another Director of Athletics Mark Orr, national title.

UC Davis Director of Athletcited “concerns regarding the effects of a short turnaround ics Kevin Blue reported that the and recovery time from a spring new schedule, when released, season to a fall season (in will feature six games in seven 2021),” adding, “In our opinion weeks. ... (it would have been) too big “There’s a bye week sprinkled

“It’s the Year of Being Flexible.”

in and an end-of-season open week with the idea that if there are any cancellations, you can make up the game in the last week,” he said.

As for current UCD practices, coach Dan Hawkins’ charges are working out with a limit of 75 players separated into pods of 25 players each. Regular COVID-19 testing is being conducted while staff members, according to Hawkins, are being diligent about sanitizing the surroundings.

Players are kept apart during on-the-field sessions, and even weightlifting is being done outdoors with social distancing in mind.

Hawkins said he had a “sense that there would be some teams that would opt out,” but neither he nor Blue had heard of any

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Eisenman ready to lace ’em up Highshoe and Blue Devils eager for 2021 return to the courts

BY WILL WYMAN Enterprise correspondent After months of postponements and cancellations, the return of high school sports is finally on the horizon.

Many Davis High teams will return to the courts and fields armed with lofty goals and the hope that play returns to normal.

One such Blue Devil squad with particular ambition is the girls basketball crew. Head coach Heather Highshoe has a deep, talented roster, spearheaded by senior guard Emme Eisenman.

Eisenman began her varsity career as a sophomore, coming off the bench to impact the

DHS game at both ends of the floor.

“When Emme joined our program ... she was eager and hungry to get playing. She has been extremely competitive and determined since day one,” Highshoe told The Enterprise. “In her sophomore year, she was a strong sixth man, providing us with great defense and a spark on offense.”

Highshoe rewarded Eisenman’s stellar contributions by promoting her to the starting lineup last season. To say she impressed would be an understatement: Eisenman led the squad in scoring and was in

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Davis High senior guard Emme Eisenman is remote learning like the rest of her peers. She is eager to return to the hardcourt with her teammates.

Maybe my check was lost in the mail S

everal football seasons ago, while I was cleaning my desk, I also was casually watching online a Big Sky Conference football game between Idaho State and Northern Arizona.

The game was being played indoors in an old domed stadium in Pocatello known as Holt Arena, which was about half-full.

At a seemingly critical point in the game, however, the officiating crew made a mistake you rarely see in college football.

It was a mistake that any one of them could have noticed, but didn’t. Oddly, the coaches and players of the team negatively affected by the blown call didn’t seem to realize how seriously they had been slighted.

The only ones who noticed the mistake were the two on-air members of the television crew, who kept screaming into their microphones, “It’s fourth down,

not third down.” Unfortunately, no one could hear them except the at-home audience, me included.

Two days after the game concluded, the Big Sky Conference announced that “the eight-man crew from this past Saturday’s Idaho State and Northern Arizona football game will be suspended for their next assignment on Oct. 6.”

Wow, talk about collective guilt. The conference blamed the entire crew for this mistake.

“After a thorough review and evaluation of the Idaho StateNorthern Arizona game, we have decided to suspend the officiating crew for one game,” said Interim Commissioner Ron Loghry.

What on Earth did these folks miss?

“The crew failed to verify the correct sequence of downs following a targeting penalty

enforcement that was reversed by replay. This resulted in Northern Arizona replaying a second down when it should have been third down. Subsequently, Northern Arizona reached a first down on third-and-14 when it should have faced fourth-and-11.

The end result of the drive was an NAU touchdown.”

In other words, had it been fourth-and-11, Northern Arizona likely would have punted. In any regard, it was considered a mortal sin by the Big Sky brass, even if Idaho State eventually won the game.

Missing a down is about as bad as it gets in officiating, which is why the entire crew was suspended.

Decades ago, while covering an Aggie football game at Chico State, I unwittingly became involved in a similar issue when a game official summoned me from the press box to the field of play to ask what down I thought it was.

I

t was the first time I had ever been involved in such a decision, and presumably the last.

It was shortly before the end of the first half and the Aggies were in their 2-minute offense, hoping to add a field goal or perhaps even a touchdown to their sizable lead before the break.

After a first down, they ran three quick plays to get within field-goal range, but on the last of those three plays, the runner failed to get out of bounds. Out

of timeouts, the Aggies quickly raced to the line of scrimmage and spiked the ball to stop the clock with just a few seconds remaining.

At that point, UCD head coach Jim Sochor sent out his fieldgoal unit for what would be a chip shot in anyone’s book.

It was then that Chico State’s excellent sports information director, Tony Bord, sitting next to me in the press box, started screaming, “It’s our ball. It’s our ball.” By “our” he meant Chico State.

Bord managed to have an assistant coach in the press box contact the Wildcat coaches on the field, while Chico called time out to plead its case. Bord quickly left his seat and raced down the long set of bleachers to join in the discussion.

Getting nowhere and feeling

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Is LaRussa, 76, too old to coach Sox? E

arlier this week, USA Today national baseball writer Bob Nightengale broke a story that 76-year-old Hall of Famer Tony LaRussa is a candidate for the White Sox managerial job.

LaRussa began his dugout career as the Sox skipper from 1979-83. The Sox received permission Wednesday to interview LaRussa from the Angels, his off-field employer this past season.

Almost immediately came a chorus of, “He’s too old for that job.”

This, from a nation that in a couple weeks will choose between a 74-year-old Donald Trump and a 77-year-old Joe Biden for a four-year residency at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Given the perilous state our country’s in right now — a condition that won’t go away anytime soon — working on Chicago’s South Side would seem

to be a far more preferable endeavor.

■ One of my finest mentors when it came to pro football operations was the late, great Peter Hadhazy, with whom I worked at the USFL league office. Peter always preached that you must never provide any team or teams with an “unfair competitive advantage” in scheduling or any other phase of the game.

Yet that is exactly what’s happening with NFL bye weeks.

Byes now go from Weeks 5-11, then again on Week 13. There really is no reason to play four games (as Detroit and Green Bay did) before a week off. A much more equitable solution (think player safety) would be for all teams to have its bye between Weeks 8-11.

■ The record of 49ers’ first five opponents this year: 6-18-1.

That includes the combined 0-10

by New York’s not-at-all Finest.

■ The record of 49ers next five opponents this year: 18-5.

Oh-oh. Tough sledding ahead if Shanahan and Co. can’t turn things around.

The L.A. Rams (4-1) pay their annual visit tonight to Levi’s Stadium, where Niners are 0-3 thus far.

■ Longtime Kings voice Grant Napear and his wife Starr have relocated to Miami.

“We’ve only been here two weeks, and we love it,” Napear told me in a recent email.

■ With “clear and obvious” now the criteria for NFL officials, that doesn’t mean NFL coaches still can’t hit the

boiling point ...

Before he coached Buffalo to four Super Bowls, Marv Levy was the Chiefs coach (1978-82), his first step to a 2001 Hall of Fame induction.

Levy didn’t know NFL Films had a camera on him when he once roared, “You over-officious jerk” to a referee during a 1980 game. As play resumed and the official moved with it, Levy turned to an assistant coach, smiled, and said, “I went to college with that guy.”

■ Though he didn’t get the acclaim many of his teammates did, Fred Dean coming to the 49ers from San Diego was a huge catalyst to the Niners’ glory run throughout the 1980s. The Hall of Famer fell ill this week and passed at age 68, another COVID victim.

■ A second Bay Area icon, Joe Morgan, died a week ago at his East Bay home. Though the vast majority of his baseball exploits

came elsewhere, Giants fans will forever remember Little Joe’s three-run homer in 1982 that knocked the Dodgers out of the playoffs.

Millions more remember him for his 20-year career with Jon Miller on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. In his later years, Morgan was a highly vocal opponent of drug cheats gaining admission to the Hall of Fame. Lastly, he is rightly considered by many the best second baseman to ever play the game.

■ College football overtimes would be enhanced greatly if the 2-point try was attempted after each touchdown. No PATs. Field-goal attempts would still be OK. ■ Joe Thornton gave the Sharks 15 great years. He deserves the right to chase his Stanley Cup dream in Toronto.

— Gripes? Tips? Ideas? Kelly is listening @DKelly3918@gmail. com.

CHANGES: READY: Great expectations for 2021 season UCD staff is at the ready From Page B1

From Page B1 “We’re doing everything in line with what we need to do ... to be ready.”

But even with a schedule chiseled in stone, things change just like that during the pandemic.

“I was talking to colleagues at Stanford and Cal recently ... who five weeks ago weren’t planning on having a football season this fall,” Flushman noted.

Now, the Pac-12 will begin play in November.

Flushman understands that everything at hand for college sports is unprecedented during the pandemic.

“Stanford and Cal have had to adapt to put themselves in a position to play,” pointed out the assistant AD, entering his 14th year at Davis.

San Jose State, who had been on the original Aggie 2020 agenda, skirted Santa Clara County public health restrictions concerning safe practices and headed to Humboldt State two weeks ago to break out the football gear.

“We’re all learning from each other on this,” Flushman conFLUSHMAN UCD’s Senior tinued. “There are Assoc. Director some things that we’ve wound up being of Athletics lucky with ...”

As a school on the quarter system, UCD starts classes later than many foes. With the Big Sky season postponed to spring, the Football Championship Subdivision Aggies also have seen what works and what doesn’t among the FBS schools.

Notes: While the task seems herculean in adjusting to the whims of COVID-19, one only has to harken back to 2018 for an example of how on top of things UC Davis can be in making adjustments. It was less than a week before that year’s Causeway Classic that Blue, Flushman and Associate AD Rocko DeLuca moved the game with Sacramento State from Davis to the University of Nevada’s Reno campus. The Camp Fire in Sonoma and Napa counties made the air quality so bad in the Sacramento Valley that the game was almost canceled, but, working with Hornet officials, the annual rivalry weekend was saved. ... Given how the NFL and NCAA have been forced to deal with coronavirus outbreaks, it remains a safe bet that Big Sky schools will have to remain on their toes, even four months from now.

— Reach DE sports editor Bruce Gallaudet at bgallaudet41@gmail.com or call 530-320-4456. Follow Gallaudet out Twitter: BGsportsinDavis.

Top 10 in Delta League for average (10.9 ppg), field goals, free throws, assists and steals.

Davis went 17-13 in 2019, bouncing Rocklin in the first round of the SacJoaquin Section playoffs before losing to Oak Ridge.

By many standards, it was a successful campaign. Once the new-look Delta season gets underway after the first of the year, Highshoe sees her team coming into play with sense of confidence — especially for her top guard.

“The 2021 season for Emme will be huge,” says the veteran Devil coach. “I know she is ready to help lead our team to a great season. We had a great finish to the 20192020 season, and we’re returning all but one player from that squad, which is very promising and exciting.”

Highshoe also acknowledges that physical talent is just part of what makes Eisenman a special player.

“I know she will give everything she’s got this season because it’s her senior year and she loves basketball. Emme has that grit, drive and passion to help lead her team to a successful and memorable season.” noted Highshoe. “Emme is a competitor!”

Eisenman credits some of that attitude to her experiences with her siblings.

“I think my brother (Davis) has had the biggest influence on me because growing up he taught me that girls can do anything boys can do and I always enjoyed being competitive with him.” recalled the thirdyear baller, adding with a chuckle: “My sister (Meghan) and I were also very competitive with each other. She played soccer at Davis Legacy and Davis High and I wanted to prove to her that I was better.”

Highshoe was also quick to laud her player’s character outside of the gym.

“Emme is extremely thoughtful, respectful, funny and easy-going. Emme is always willing to go the extra mile for her friends, teammates and coaches. She’s reliable and helpful, and has always been more than happy to give back to our community.”

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Blue Devil gurad Emme Eisenman (4) has been a force on the court since her sophomore year.

Entering her senior season, she is expected to lead Davis High in the Delta League.

While this season will undoubtedly be a strange one, Eisenman is determined to return in game shape, ready to play.

“During the pandemic, I have been focusing on keeping myself healthy and active,” she said. “I have been playing my guitar more and playing lots of basketball.

I have practice two days a week and I also do training and I’m very thankful that I’ve been able to do that with everything going on. On the days where I don’t practice, I go on runs and do workouts at home.”

The long break has led to new opportunities for Eisenman, both inside and outside of the sport.

“I’m glad our season was moved to the

spring because it has given me more time to volunteer and work. It will give us more time to build chemistry and really develop our offense and defense as a team,” she reported.

Eisenman stayed sharp in the offseason, plying her trade for AAU outfit West Coat Impact. Despite the players coming from different areas, her teammates makes it feel like home: “Our season has been going really well.

We have great chemistry and I really enjoy playing with them.”

However, she also is wary of the new challenges to some of the players, as many will have to choose between different sports that now have conflicting schedules with basketball.

Beyond this season, the daughter of Lexi Whitten and Russ Eisenman is hoping to continue her playing career at the next level, but the process has been unusual due to the circumstances.

“Recruiting has not been what I expected and it has been tougher during the pandemic because I haven’t had the opportunity to visit schools and college coaches aren’t able to watch live games,” she explains.

However, she does know where she wants to take talents ...

“I want to continue playing basketball somewhere in Oregon or Washington.”

Another strong season from Eisenman will help her get to where she wants to go.

The league will begin on Feb. 22, a date that has become a beacon to players and coaches alike. The new schedule has been especially jarring to Highshoe.

“I got a little sad recently when I thought about how tryouts would normally be starting in three weeks. But now I’m counting down the days until February.”

This will be one of the strangest high school basketball seasons ever, and in a sea of uncertainty, few things can be counted on. Luckily for the Lady Blue Devils, they have some consistency in their game — starting with Emme Eisenman.

— Reach Enterprise correspondent Will Wyman at wymanw26@gmail.com.

FOOTBALL: All programs are in uncharted waters From Page B1 other schools planning to do so.

“It’s the Year of Being Flexible,” Hawkins told The Enterprise.

Blue said Sacramento State’s decision to resign from spring football came during a Wednesday conference-call meeting of Big Sky presidents and UCD Chancellor Gary May. “The whole situation is unpredictable,” Blue explained when asked about the Hornets’ decision and what spring sports look like going forward — not only in football, but for Big West teams and other Aggie squads like water polo and gymnastics, who are affiliated

with other associations. “(For football) ... from the sense that something unexpected happened, I wouldn’t call (Sacramento State’s opt out) a surprise, but, certainly, I don’t think it was expected that would happen,” Blue said.

When the Big Sky decided to go to a conference-only slate, it ensured that league schools would lose some big nonconference paydays. For example, Sacramento State was slated to venture to Taylor’s alma mater Cal for a game that would have sent $700,000 the Hornets’ way.

Davis scratched games with Nevada and San Jose State, losing more than a combined $700,000 in performance fees.

Hawkins and Blue said the Aggies were energized by the new football workouts, with the Davis AD adding: “Our players are eager to compete, and we’re looking forward to Feb. 27.

“It’s challenging, but we’re all good ... there’s upsides and downsides and we’re going to stay persistent and get through it, so we’re all right.”

The NCAA announced earlier that its Football Championship Subdivision playoffs have been pared from 24 to 16 schools and will begin on April 18 with the title game slated for “around May 15.”

Notes: Sacramento State football players will not miss a

year of eligibility with their school’s decision to opt out of the spring season. ... UC Davis originally had fall Big Sky home games versus the Hornets, Idaho, Northern Colorado and Eastern Washington. It would have been on the road with Weber State, Cal Poly, Idaho State and Northern Arizona. ... With its second postponement in less than two months, will the November 2021 Aggie meeting with Sacramento State now be dubbed the Pauseway Classic?

— Reach sports editor Bruce Gallaudet at 530-320-4456 or bgallaudet41@gmail.com.

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DUNNING: I feel much more at home in the pressbox than on the field From Page B1 he was about to lose his case, Tony sprinted halfway back to the press box, looked up at me and yelled, “Dunning, grab your notebook and get down here.”

With play still suspended and the sellout crowd wondering what on earth was going on, Bord and I walked onto the field of play where the head referee and I had a discussion,

interrupted several times by Sochor, who pointedly noted that sportswriters were not a part of the officiating crew.

“Who are you?” asked the head official.

“I’m a sportswriter.”

“Where are you from?”

“I’m from Davis.”

“So you’re on their side?”

“No, I’m a reporter, not a partisan.”

“So what do you have in your

notebook?”

“Well, I keep my own play-byplay,” I noted, showing him the actual plays scribbled in my handwriting. “The Aggies ran three plays, which made it fourth down. They then spiked the ball, which used up their final down.

It should be Chico’s ball.”

The referee, in the rush to stop the clock after the spike, failed to recognize that a spike also counts as a down.

He thanked me for the information, went back to where the ball had been placed, and signaled a first down for Chico State.

Sochor shot me a wry smile.

He knew all along it was Chico’s ball, and I knew it was Chico’s ball and both of us knew I had no business being on the field of play explaining the intricacies of football to the officiating crew.

As Bord and I walked back up

the bleachers to our seats in the press box, I acknowledged the loud applause from the Chico crowd with a wave of my hand.

I assume they all figured I must be the Far Western Conference commissioner, there to keep a wary eye on the officiating crew.

The league has yet to pay me for my services.

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While we are justifiably proud, we don’t wish to offend anyone.

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Yes, some substitute teachers are really good, and some are marginal. But when you consider what they have to do and how they are rewarded, I am amazed that there are people willing to fill the need.

Bless them.

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I’m just tired of being ignored and disrespected all the time.

Anyway, I try to talk to my wife about showing a united front in front of our son, but since he isn’t biologically mine — I just adopted him — she tells me that she won’t because I’m wrong all the time. What should I do?

— Frustrated and Tired Dear Frustrated and Tired: Trying to speak with your wife and show a united front is a great idea. Her dismissing you and saying that you are wrong all the time is not the best way to communicate. At this point, you might have to seek the help of a professional family counselor. It is important for your 14-year-old son to learn to respect you and your wife. It will serve him well in life.

If you don’t teach your son proper manners and respect for you, his parent, he will sadly have to learn that lesson in the real world. Being disrespectful to a teacher or a boss can have serious life consequences. When you express your frustrations to your wife, explain that to her and that you are coming from a place of love and wanting what is best for all.

As for the process of gaining respect, remember that small victories should be celebrated.

Try and focus on any subtle changes you see in your son, and remember, he is 14. Most teenagers have streaks of rebellion, of “disrespectfulness.” This can actually be healthy if it is done in a safe way and you are all talking about it. Also remember that when you lose your temper, you only make matters worse. Try to stay calm during these more tense moments.

With the help of a professional, I’m hopeful you will all live harmoniously.

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