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County works to get shots to everyone

Members of Davis Joint Unified School District Parent Coalition rallied Saturday on the corner of Fifth and B streets to urge DJUSD to offer in-person learning options. “Creating arbitrary and excessively strict requirements to keep our children out of classrooms is counterproductive, for both the children and our community,” Mike Creedon, a member of the group, said in a press release.

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restrictions attached. “It’s not likely to translate into new operational revenues for us,” Watkins predicted Watkins also mentioned several things that are not in the Governor’s budget proposal — for instance, there is no funding to handle COVID liability claims in the event that students return to classrooms and there are COVID cases tied on on-campus transmission of the virus. Watkins advised the trustees that the Davis school district is now down to a 3-percent fiscal reserve, which is the statemandated minimum that

The challenges of vaccinating the county’s underserved populations against COVID-19 were evident last week when appointments intended for those 75 and over, without health insurance and living in the county’s lowest socioeconomic geographic areas went largely unfilled. To insure shots got into arms, the county quickly opened up appointments at four clinics held last week to anyone over 65 living anywhere in the county with any insurance provider. The announcement filtered out to the community on Tuesday evening, largely over social media, and open appointments were filled online within hours. But not necessarily by those from underserved populations. In fact, Davis residents — who were originally excluded from those appointments — were reportedly driving to Esparto on Wednesday to take advantage of the vaccine clinic there. To ensure the targeted population — including older farmworkers — was served the following day in Knights Landing, the county reserved all walk-in appointments on Thursday for residents of Knights Landing only. Now the county is working with its hospital partners to reach more underserved populations going forward. Dignity Health Woodland Memorial Hospital will be assisting the

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School board ponders reopening steps Good news in state budget BY JEFF HUDSON Enterprise staff writer The Davis school board meeting ran long on Thursday night, as the trustees sized up topics that included the governor’s January budget proposal, which actually included some good news, for a change — there will be more state money allocated for supporting the K-12 school system than had been generally anticipated several months ago. The school board also made several decisions regarding

aspects of the intricate process of shifting students from the current distance learning model into a hybrid model that will involve students and teachers returning to school classrooms on a part-time basis, while continuing to do other portions of the school day doing distance learning. It all made for a marathon meeting that began just after 6:30 p.m., and adjourned a bit past midnight. Among the highlights:

January budget Associate superintendent for business services Amari Watkins walked the trustees

through Gov. Gavin Newsom’s January budget proposal, which she described as “the highestfunded education budget in the state’s history” (reflecting higher-than-expected state tax revenues, the COVID-19 pandemic notwithstanding.) The governor’s proposal includes a 3.84 percent compounded cost-of living-adjustment for many (though not all) budget categories. But Watkins was quick to warn the board that much of the additional state revenues will go toward shoring up the state’s “rainy day” fiscal reserves. And any new state money that does reach school districts will likely be one-time funding with

Pilot project tests universal basic income

Vaccine clinic opens on campus

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maximum of $12,155 annually per family.

Enterprise staff writer Families with young children currently living in deep poverty in Yolo County would receive monthly cash assistance under a universal basic income pilot project that county supervisors will consider on Tuesday. A total of 31 families in the CalWORKS Housing Support Program with children under the age of two would receive monthly payments for a year, up to a

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That cash assistance, combined with the CalWORKS grant they already receive to help with housing costs, would bring these families’ incomes up to a minimum poverty threshold ($25,658 for a family of four). The total cost of the pilot project — $400,000 — would include $100,000 from the county’s cannabis tax revenue if county supervisors agree.

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Another $100,000 has already been pledged by First 5 Yolo and a grant of $75,000 has been secured from the state’s Office of Child Abuse Prevention. Fundraising would bring in the remaining $125,000. Universal basic income — also known as UBI — essentially provides individuals with a monthly cash payment without a means test or work requirement.

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Enterprise staff writer On Monday, UC Davis began vaccinating students and employees who are aged 65 and older at its on-campus COVID-19 vaccine clinic. As of Friday, hundreds of eligible people had been vaccinated at the site, which is located inside the UC Davis Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), Chancellor Gary S. May said in a public statement. The campus clinic received 500 doses this past week and expects to receive the same number of doses for the coming week. “We are hoping for more in the future,” May said. “Given the very limited

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Briefly Two injured in shooting Woodland police are investigating a shooting that injured two people last week. Officers responded shortly before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to a report of possible shots fired at a Chevron station in the 500 block of North East Street, Sgt. Victoria Danzl reported Friday. “Initially witnesses stated they did not see anything, and no evidence was located,” Danzl said. “Later, two victims were admitted to Woodland Memorial Hospital with gunshot wounds.” In the hospital parking lot, officers found a car related to the incident, riddled with bullet holes and with blood inside, Danzl said. An ammunition magazine and narcotics were reported seized from the vehicle. The incident remained under investigation Friday, with no arrests announced. Contact the Woodland Police Department at 530-666-2411 with information.

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Arr, that be a bummer for the fans T he stunning headline in newspapers all across the country told a sad tale about today’s Super Bowl in Tampa. “Buccaneers’ pirate ship cannons won’t go off during the game, and that’s a real bummer.” I’ll say. In fact, that was one of the trivia questions that members of our family were attempting to answer as part of our annual Super Bowl ritual dealing with the finer points of the game. How many times will the pirate ship cannons be fired during Super Bowl LV? Apparently none, zero, nada, never, not at all. According to Aron Yohannes’ excellent piece in the equally excellent Oregonian, “The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are not bringing out the big guns for Super Bowl 55.” And isn’t it nice to see someone use actual numbers that we all can understand instead of those stupid Roman numerals that we have to look up every time to be sure we have them right? “You would think it might be silly to host the Super Bowl in a stadium that has a pirate ship with cannons that go off after big

plays and not use them on the biggest stage of them all, right?” Yohannes asks. “Well, that will be the case at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday.” So what’s going on here? Did our new president decide a symbol of war and criminality does not fit with his vision of a kinder, gentler America? Are cannonballs soaring through the night air not the kind of stimulus Mr. Biden desires for the country? Is famous Floridian Donald Trump hiding in the belly of the Bucs’ ship, ready to emerge at halftime to reclaim the presidency? None of the above. As Yohannes explains, “The Bucs, the first team to play a Super Bowl in their own stadium,

released a statement Tuesday that they would not be firing the cannons after big plays when they face Kansas City. The team cited maintaining the integrity of having a neutral site atmosphere for the game” as to why the cannons will remain silent. Which is about as silly as it gets. Do the Bucs plan to import frozen air from the raging polar vortex in middle America to provide some “Kansas City weather” when the Chiefs have the ball? Maybe when Kansas City runs onto the field for the first time, the Bucs can resurrect Fats Domino singing “I’m going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come.”

aid the Bucs’ brass, “The firing of the cannons after big plays is a tradition that defines what it means to be a Buccaneers fan and serves as a signature element of our home game experience at Raymond James Stadium. “However, we also acknowledge and understand the NFL’s position with regard to maintaining a neutral site atmosphere for Super Bowl LV. While the cannons might not fire in their typical fashion, we look forward to

showcasing parts of our tradition while working within the league’s guidelines.” Isn’t that just ducky? Or, as Yohannes brilliantly suggests, instead of denying the stadium crowd and millions of fans all over the world the earthshaking cannonball experience, why not fire the cannons after big plays by both teams? But here’s the really interesting part that lays bare all this talk about neutrality. As a thank you for their tireless service during the pandemic, the NFL has announced it is inviting 7,500 vaccinated healthcare workers to Super Bowl LV as honored guests. Given that COVID concerns have reduced the live crowd to just 25,000, plus 30,000 cutouts, in 75,000-seat Raymond James Stadium, those 7,500 healthcare workers can make a lot of noise. “The majority of these healthcare workers will come from hospitals and healthcare systems in the Tampa and Central Florida area.” I think someone just shot neutrality right out of a cannon. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

Great Backyard Bird Count set at Cache Creek Nature Preserve Special to The Enterprise Cache Creek Conservancy plans the 24th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count on President’s Day weekend. The Cache Creek Nature Preserve, at 34199 County Road 20 in Woodland, will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Monday, Feb. 12 to 15, to give Yolo County and the surrounding community a place to experience the serenity and excitement of bird watching each day of this global community science extravaganza headed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. All people, from firsttime birders to experts, are invited to become community scientists for 15 minutes or the entire holiday weekend by joining the count. Each species and the total number of birds tallied at the Nature Preserve (or backyards) will contribute to this global data collection

event. Everyone who participates is making a difference in the lives of birds. “Birds are everywhere and can be counted in backyards, neighborhoods, suburban parks, wild areas and cities. Scientists need the eyes of the world to collect information about where the birds are,” said David Bonter, co-director of the Center for Engagement in Science and Nature at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. “By participating in the Great Backyard Bird Count, community scientists contribute data that we use to protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow,” said Chad Wilsey, chief scientist at the National Audubon Society. “In return, studies tell us that pausing to observe birds, their sounds and movements, improves human health. Participating in the Great Backyard

Bird Count is a win-win for birds and people.” For human health and safety, this year’s GBBC at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve will be self-guided rather than the docent-led groups of past years. Anyone interested may attend during any or all of the four days on their own or with their household. For ways to participate, visit Cache CreekConservancy.org/ events. To find additional parks in a search for birds, Yolo Healthy Parks, Healthy People, a program funded by the Dignity Health Foundation to promote parks as a gateway to health, is collaborating with ParkRX America to create a database of parks and green spaces in Yolo County. Visit ParkRX America.org and filter results to find more than 10 Yolo County and city parks great for birdwatching.

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Get a gander at a red-tailed hawk at the Great Backyard Bird Count. The count was founded by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society in 1998 as an online science project and has tracked birds ever since. To learn about what scientists discovered in the past 23 years and how to take part in this year’s

The Cache Creek Conservancy has participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count for the past nine years, submitting a list with more than 80 species. Participants have spotted or heard American kestrel, California thrasher, Wilson’s spine, and Nuttall’s woodpecker among many more at the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. Participants must comply with all COVID-19 regulations and guidelines. This includes, but is not limited to, social distancing while birdwatching and wearing a mask when birding with others.

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Enterprise staff writer Local fire crews battled a first-alarm structure fire that damaged a UC Davis storage facility Thursday afternoon. According to campus spokesman Andy Fell, the fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. in the outbuilding on Hutchison Drive near Olive Tree Lane, which was being used to store old office equipment. “The fire was extinguished, but the building appeared to be quite badly damaged,” Fell said, adding that the cause of the fire is under investigation.

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The what, where and who of owls BY SARA THOMPSON Special to the Enterprise

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A northern spotted owl looks around near the McKenzie River in central Oregon.

Owls are some of the most recognizable birds in the world. With more than 200 species worldwide, owls are found almost anywhere on Earth, except the extreme polar regions and a handful of remote islands. Owls are separated into two main families: Strigidae and Tytonidae. The distinction between the two families comes from differences in the skeletal structures of the sternum and feet of the animals. Despite those skeletal differences, most owls of both families still have a number of the same adaptations that have made owls some of the most beautiful and mysterious birds in the world. Owls are best known for being nocturnal, or awake and active at night, but they are not the only ones. Some species of night

EXPLORIT SCIENCE CENTER hawk, herons and kiwi are also nocturnal. There are also several owl species that are up and around during the day, such as burrowing owls, and others that are crepuscular, or active during the transition times of dusk and dawn. One of the main draws for owls being nocturnal is their hunting style. Owls are birds of prey, hunting primarily small rodents, they will also hunt insects, small reptiles and amphibians, and some species have adapted to hunting fish. Owls will be active and hunting whenever their prey is, but the darkness of night and twilight hours help conceal the owl to their prey. Another effective hunting adaptation owls have is

their feathers. The feathers on an owl’s wing have an almost serrated look to them instead of a smooth edge like in other birds of prey. The serrations, along with a soft, velvety surface of the flight feathers make an owl’s wing almost completely silent. The sound is reduced enough for the owl’s prey to not hear it but is still within the hearing range of other owls, so they can hear each other and not collide while active at night. Owls also have unique eyes. They have one of the largest eye-to-skull-size ratios in the animal kingdom, making their mostly nocturnal lifestyle possible. Larger eyes mean larger pupils, which will let in more light, even in some of the most extreme low-light situations. Owl eyes are supported by the sclerotic ring in the skull and cannot move on their own. Owls

must move their entire head in order to survey their surroundings. This has given them the ability to turn their heads nearly 270 degrees to look around, giving owls their fame of being able to turn their heads all the way around to look behind them. Owls are one of the more fascinating birds of prey because of all of their unique adaptions to hunting and being silent in doing so. Winter is a good time to try to see these magnificent birds because area trees do not have as many leaves to hide the animal. If you sit outside in the evening or night, perhaps you could hear their distinctive calls. — Explorit Science Center is at 3141 Fifth St. For information, call 530-7560191 or visit http://www. explorit.org, or “like” the Facebook page at www. facebook.com/explorit.fb.

This year’s Biodiversity Museum Day extends to an entire month BY KATHY KEATLEY GARVEY Special to The Enterprise The 10th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day will be different this year. It will not be a day — it will be a month, the month of February. It will not be a walk-around event — it will be virtual. Traditionally billed as a “free, educational event for the community where visitors get to meet and talk with UC Davis scientists and see amazing objects and organisms from the world around us,” it’s a science-based event showcasing the diversity of life, according to Biodiversity Museum Day coordinator Tabatha Yang, education and outreach coordinator for the Bohart Museum of Entomology. Over the past nine years,

it took place the Saturday of Presidents’ Day weekend. Last year, more than 4,000 attended. Information on the event is being posted at http:// biodiversitymuseumday. ucdavis.edu as plans unfold. The 12 museums or collections participating in the virtual program this year via Zoom webinars, Facebook programs and YouTube will be: ■ Anthropology Museum ■ Arboretum and Public Garden ■ Bohart Museum of Entomology ■ Botanical Conservatory ■ California Raptor Center ■ Center for Plant Diversity ■ Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven ■ Nematode Collection

■ Marine Invertebrate Collection ■ Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology ■ Paleontology Collection ■ Phaff Yeast Culture Collection The live talks and demonstrations and prerecorded talks and activities are being posted on the Biodiversity Museum Day/Month website. Live talks will encompass such topics as heliconius butterflies, bees and gardens, orchid bees, plants in the Botanical Conservatory, Asian giant hornets (aka murder hornets), ants, yeasts, mammal specimen preparations and raptors. Pre-recorded programs will cover bee diversity, millipedes, herbariums and marine life, as well as how

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The UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day/Month, held throughout February, promises to be a lion of a program. This specimen is from the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology. to make a bee condo and how to prepare insects (spread the wings of butterflies and moths) for display, among other subjects.

All participating museums and collections have active education and outreach programs, Yang said, but the collections are not

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SHOTS: Woodland, Davis clinics fill up INCOME: Goal is to eliminate From Page A1 county with vaccine clinics over the next month, targeting the homeless, low-income neighborhoods and migrant farm workers. “We understand the many challenges facing those in underserved communities when it comes COVID-19 vaccinations, including accessibility and trust in distributing entities,” said Gena Bravo, Woodland Memorial Hospital’s chief nurse executive. “Our partnership is designed to ensure the most equitable and accessible distribution of scarce vaccine doses. We believe tapping into our respective strengths and resources is what will set us up for success in that pursuit.” The first clinic already took place on Jan. 29 — a mobile clinic that provided vaccinations to 150 people in various shelters, including those formerly unhoused now living in hotel rooms as party of Project Roomkey. Future clinics being held during February will include senior citizens (including at Rancho Yolo Mobile Home Park), low-income neighborhoods

throughout Yolo County, migrant workers and unhoused individuals. Each clinic will be staffed by Woodland Memorial Hospital leaders and, in some instances, physicians from Woodland Clinic Medical Group, all of whom will be volunteering their time. “We’re bringing COVID-19 vaccine clinics to familiar and convenient locations for residents of these communities to receive their immunizations,” said Dr. Ashley Sens, Woodland Clinic Medical Group’s chief medical officer. “As a physician, I understand the importance in building trust, sharing resources, and meeting people where they are. I am honored to be able to do my part in helping keep our community stay safe and well, and recover from this devastating pandemic.” The partnership is an important step toward vaccine equity in Yolo County, according to Health Officer Dr. Aimee Sisson. “Yolo County is grateful for Woodland Memorial Hospital’s partnership to expand the number of doses available for the most vulnerable residents of Yolo County,” Sisson said. “It is

critical to ensure that efforts to vaccinate the community quickly do not leave behind those who may not have a medical home, including those experiencing homelessness, who are low-income, or are undocumented.” The county is also working with Sutter Davis Hospital on a West Sacramento vaccine clinic, according to county spokeswoman Jenny Tan. “This is a great collaboration that is happening between our local hospitals and the county,” she said. The upcoming clinics involving Dignity Health, including in Esparto and Knights Landing, will be closed to the general public. The Esparto clinic on Thursday will be open only to residents of Esparto, Madison and the Capay Valley, while a Knights Landing clinic on Feb. 14 will be open only to residents of that city. The county is also holding clinics Friday and Saturday for any residents of the county ages 65 and over. Those clinics, which will be held in Davis and Woodland, were announced by the county at noon on Friday and all appointments were taken by 3:30 p.m.

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The goal often is to alleviate poverty while replacing bureaucratic, need-based assistance programs, but also to supplement some of those programs. Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang (now a candidate for New York mayor) touted UBI during his 2020 campaign. But small jurisdictions have also implemented UBI in different forms, including the city of Stockton. The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration began in early 2019, providing about 130 residents making less than the city’s median income with $500 a month with no strings attached. University researchers who evaluated the program found that nearly 40 percent of tracked spending went to food, but the money also covered transportation, utilities, healthcare, debt and more. Meanwhile, the city of Compton is home to Compton Pledge, which is providing around 800 residents with between $300 and $600 per month with

no strings attached. No public funds are being used in that program; rather private donors are financing the program. In proposing a pilot project for Yolo County, staff note in a presentation prepared for Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting that Yolo has the third highest poverty rate in the state at 20.6 percent. Only Los Angeles and Santa Barbara counties have higher rates. “Through a UBI pilot program, (the Health and Human Services Agency) seeks to combat this problem in our community by providing financial assistance to the poorest families with young children in the county so that they can afford basic needs and be placed on a path to longterm financial empowerment,” the staff report said. The board will consider the proposal during its Tuesday meeting. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. and can be access by the public via Zoom at https://yolocounty. zoom.us/j/112072974 or by phone at 1-408-638-0968, meeting ID 112 072 974.

OBITUARIES Joan Barker Lopez

Tung-Ming (Tom) Hsieh

April 2, 1946 — Jan. 28, 2021

Joan Barker Lopez passed away peacefully on Jan. 28 after many years of battling Parkinson’s disease. Joan was born and raised in Winters, California to James and Mildred Barker. She was an outstanding student and involved in athletics, band, 4-H and many other activities. She married John Lopez in 1963 and moved to Davis to live out her entire life. She devoted herself to raising their two children, Lori and Jonathan, but went back to school to fill the days once they were in school and found her passion for nursing. She worked at Sutter Davis Hospital for the majority of her career and then spent the last few years at Sutter Medical Center Sacramento. Joan managed the Sutter Davis emergency room for many years where she helped many community members through difficult times and led the design of the emergency room space in the new hospital. Along with her devotion to her work, she was also a fixture at her children’s and then grandchildren’s activities. Many of these allowed her to combine

June 8, 1949 — Jan. 20, 2021

her love of sports and theater with travel, taking her to every corner of California, Hawaii, Illinois, South Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Arizona and Oklahoma to name a few. Always one for an adventure, Joan traveled to many parts of the world whenever she had the opportunity and returned several times to Spain and England to visit her and John’s families. She is survived by her husband John of 58 years; children Lori Bloomfield (Tony) and Jonathan Lopez (Debbie); six grandchildren Brittany Sadoma (David), Lindsey Day (Quinten), KC Lopez (Lici), Brett Bloomfield, Kelli Lopez and Jake Lopez; two great-children Sophie and Leo Day; her sister Jill James (Lyle), in-laws Maria Lopez and Joe Lopez (Wendy) and many nieces, nephews and cousins. Due to COVID-19, no service is planned at this time. The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Sutter Davis Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 160045, Sacramento, CA 95816 or www.sutterhealth.org/davis/giving.

Shizue Susanne Hikida April 29, 1929 — Jan. 28, 2021

Shizue Susanne Hikida passed away peacefully at Lake Park Retirement Community in Oakland on Jan. 28. Susanne was born on April 29, 1929, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Yosuke and Tomi Oseki. Her father was a commercial fisherman, and Susanne spent her childhood playing in and around the waters of Vancouver. She attended the Kerrisdale Elementary School, Point Grey Junior High School and Nihon Gakko Japanese language school. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the family was relocated to work on a sugar beet farm in Coaldale, Alberta. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Alberta and began her professional degree as an elementary school teacher. She married Hideaki Robert “Bob” Hikida, and completed her master’s in education degree from Oregon State University while starting a family. Her husband’s research work for the Campbell Soup Company took the family from Toronto, Canada, to Trujillo, Peru, to Moorestown, New Jersey, to Davis. As her children grew up, she re-entered the workforce, first as a college guidance

counselor at Burlington County Community College. Then after completing a master’s degree in psychology as a marriage and family counselor in private practice and as a bereavement counselor at the Yolo Hospice in Davis. She performed as a member of Pamela Trokanski Dance Workshop’s Third Stage dance company in Davis. Susanne enjoyed reading, music, art and spending time with family and friends, and she was especially proud of her six beautiful grandchildren. Susanne was predeceased by her parents Yosuke and Tomi Oseki, her husband Bob Hikida, and her siblings Toru, Eichi “Pat”, Margaret and Mary. She is survived by her children: Robin (John) Minturn, Kent (Amy) Hikida, and Lyn (Morris Dye) Hikida, and by her grandchildren Ken (Morgan) Minturn, Ted, Rob (Meg) Minturn, Maddie Hikida, Taylor Dye and Jackson Dye. In lieu of flowers she requested that donations be made in her memory to Yolo Hospice: https://yolohospice.org or Pamela Trokanski Dance Workshop Third Stage: https://trokanski.org/support-us. May her memory be for a blessing.

Alice Nishi

Nov. 5, 1923 — Jan. 13, 2021 Alice Nishi, 97 years old and a Davis resident, died at Carlton Senior Living on Jan. 13. She was born in San Francisco and graduated from Mission High School. When Alice was a freshman at UC Berkeley, she was sent to Topaz internment camp near Delta, Utah. After the war, Alice received her master’s degree in education from CSU San Francisco. After being a teacher in San Francisco, Alice retired from the federal government working as an administrator for the U.S.

Biological Survey. Alice was a longterm member of the Davis Community Church and served on the board of the Presbyterian Chuch USA. She was an active member of the local community, serving as PTA president and on the Davis School Board. Alice is survived by her daughter and son and her grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at the Davis Community Church. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes for donations to be made to the Davis Community Church.

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Longtime Davis resident Tung-Ming “Tom” Hsieh passed away on Jan. 20 at the age of 71, surrounded by loved ones and after a courageous battle with complications from COVID-19. Known to many as “Uncle Tom” and the owner of the local restaurant Orange Hut, Tom will be remembered for his cheerful spirit, big heart and funny ability to spark a smile in any passerby he met. Tom was born in 1949 in Nantou, Taiwan, and immigrated to the United States in 1970. In his earlier years, Tom lived a life of adventure and odd jobs throughout the United States. He eventually settled in Davis, where Tom’s older brother, Dennis, was a professor on the UC Davis faculty. In 1979, Tom married his wife Kim, and in 1980, the couple opened Orange Hut, one of the first Chinese restaurants in town. Located next to the UC Davis campus, Orange Hut became a popular joint over the next three decades for university students and faculty to enjoy an affordable meal. In addition to managing a restaurant business, Tom stayed busy as a licensed

real estate agent and property manager of several properties in Davis. In his 45 years as a Davis resident, Tom and his wife Kim were active in the community, known for their generosity and willingness to open their restaurant and home to anyone in need. They were faithful members of the Davis Chinese Christian Church and avid supporters of the Greater Sacramento Taiwanese Association. The couple raised three children — Annie, Sean, and Lynn — whom Tom always considered his greatest pride and joy. In addition to his wife and children, Tom is survived by three grandchildren (Leila, Jadon and Eliah) and his siblings and their spouses (Dennis and Lucy Hsieh, Bernice and Ben Song and May and Kurt Chang). Tom was known for his boisterous laugh, goofy personality, passion for big ideas and compassion for those he loved and served. He was much beloved and will be sorely missed. An online memorial will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5. Details are at www.tungminghsieh.com.

John Wray Steggall Sr. Aug. 31, 1934 — Jan. 8, 2021

John Wray Steggall Sr. died at home of natural causes at the age of 86 under the care of his devoted wife Gratia, eldest son John Jr., grandson Patrick and caregiver Claudette. Anyone who knew John, whether encountering him for the first time or the hundredth time, enjoyed his good-natured sense of humor. John was born on Aug. 31, 1934, in Kansas City, Mo. He was the first child of Howard Bate Steggall and Helen Hurd Mitchell. His sister Elizabeth joined the family a few years later. John spent his childhood in Pittsburg, Pa., and Birmingham, Mich., where he attended Cranbrook School. After earning a mechanical engineering degree at Yale University in 1956, he flew planes as a lieutenant for the Navy while stationed in Pensacola, Fla., where he met his wife, Gratia Brown. He later earned an MBA from Kent State in 1971. John worked as a mechanical engineer for his entire career with Detroit Diesel and Terex, a division of General Motors, where he designed diesel engines for earth moving equipment. John ran track and played ice hockey at Cranbrook and Yale and continued to play in hockey leagues until he was 78. When not watching hockey on TV, John could be found at the gym or riding 30-60 miles with various cycling clubs. He was an avid fan of classical music and Shakespeare. John

enjoyed singing in Yale’s Glee Club and in church choirs. He also enjoyed teasing and wrestling with his grandkids and taking them on ski trips. John and Gratia were married in 1957 and moved to Washington D.C. to establish a family. John Jr. was born in 1958 in Bethesda, Md. After moving to Birmingham, Mich., their family expanded again in 1960 with the birth of their second son, James Howard. The family later moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where the boys attended high school. After retiring, John and Gratia moved to Tucson, Ariz., finally settling in Davis in 2011. John Sr. reveled in raising his sons. He coached them in sports, canoed rivers in the mid-West and Canada with them, played countless hours of catch and sat patiently at swim meets. He organized many family cross-country camping trips to expose his sons to the wonders of U.S. and Canadian national parks and historic monuments. Throughout their marriage of 63 years, John and Gratia traveled the world and kept fit by biking, skiing, golfing and playing tennis. John is survived by his sister Elizabeth, wife Gratia, sons John Jr. and Jim, grandchildren Patrick, Erik, Haley, Nathaniel and Helen and great-granddaughter Elin. John was interred at the Veterans’ Cemetery in Dixon in a private military-honors ceremony.

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fter being closed for more than two weeks, Café Bernardo is back open at 234 D St. It offers takeout and limited outdoor dining from 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily. ———— The owners of Guads Tacos & Beer had hoped to have their new restaurant open as soon as late February. It’s at 231 Third St. “Unfortunately, it’ll be a few more months, because of the delays but (we’re) still on track to open soon,” one of the owners, Shekib Nayebkhel, said. He owns it with brothers Rigo and Chris Hernandez, whose family runs the two Taqueria Guadalajara restaurants in Davis. Fans of those restaurants will find the menu familiar. Check Instagram under #GuadsDavis for updates. ———— The neon “Varsity” letters for Davis Varsity Theatre came down late last month. Don’t fret, though, it’s only temporary. The historic city-owned building at 616 Second St. is getting its roof repaired. Meanwhile, the

sign will be refurbished, Varsity owner Sinisa Novakovic said. It was “seriously overdue” and a good time to do it, while theaters are closed during the pandemic. ———— The IHOP at 1745 Cowell Blvd. now offers outside dining. ———— The GoFundMe page set up to help save Sam’s Mediterranean Cuisine had raised more than $155,000 as of early Friday, exceeding its $150,000 goal. The popular restaurant at 301 B St. temporarily closed in midMarch. It remained so after restaurants were allowed to reopen. Owner Samir Abughannam was caring for his dying wife and trying to lessen her exposure to COVID-19. Sue Abughannam, 52, lost her battle with leukemia

hoping with time we will heal and be mentally prepared to get back to work. … (The pandemic) holds us back a bit but once we are healed, we will hopefully be right back to work!” Visit https://www.gofundme. com/f/help-save-sams-restaurantafter-death-leukemia. ———— I keep track of affected Davis businesses on my Google spreadsheet, which includes more than 325 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 or additions. — 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.

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Diners enjoy the patio on Wednesday at Café Bernardo. It reopened after being closed for more than two weeks. on Dec. 20. The fundraiser will help Abughannam pay for overdue rent and other expenses. In a message, Abughannam said the response has been overwhelming, and means a lot to his family. “I was truly shocked to see how much support we had

and how quick people stepped in to help us! It … gave us a sense of hope in humanity after feeling beyond hopeless. He said he plans to reopen the restaurant but didn’t specify when. “We are still grieving and will always be grieving but we’re

Dispensaries linked to fewer opioid deaths? Underserved can get Providing alternative pain management could improve public-health outcomes BY KAREN NIKOS-ROSE Special to The Enterprise Counties with a greater number of cannabis dispensary storefronts experience reduced numbers of opioid-related deaths relative to other locales, a recent UC Davis study has found. This is the first study to examine the association between active cannabis dispensary operations — both medical and recreational — and opioidrelated mortality rates at the county level, suggesting that providing alternative pain management could improve public health outcomes, researchers said. “While the associations documented cannot be assumed to be causal, they suggest a potential relationship between increased prevalence of medical and recreational cannabis dispensaries and reduced opioid-related mortality rates,” said Greta Hsu, professor of management at the Graduate School of Management at UC Davis and the lead author of the study. The study was published Wednesday, Jan. 27, in the British Medical Journal. The article was coauthored by Balazs Kovacs of Yale University. “Given the alarming rise in the U.S.’s fentanyl-based market and in deaths involving fentanyl and its analogs in recent years, the question of how legal cannabis availability relates to opioid-related deaths can be regarded as a particularly pressing one,” researchers said. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — the source for researchers’ opioid data — opioids were involved in 46,802 overdose deaths in 2018, accounting for nearly 70 percent of all drug overdose deaths. “Overall, greater understanding the public health outcomes of cannabis

legalization on opioid misuse is needed for policymakers to properly weigh the potential benefits versus harms of promoting cannabis legalization,” Hsu said.

Death rate from opioids increased “As the spread of COVID-19 has overtaken global health resources and attention, another health crisis appears to be silently raging in the background: increasing opioid-related overdose deaths,” Hsu said. Reports from public health tracking systems such as the University of Michigan’s System for Opioid Overdose Surveillance suggest, she said, that opioidrelated mortality rates in 2020 increased substantially over previous years. “But there is an alternative approach to thinking about how to address widespread misuse of opioids: altering the supply of available drugs with potential medical usages in pain management,” Hsu said. “In particular, public health researchers have wondered whether increasing the availability of cannabis, which is generally thought to be a lessaddictive substance relative to opioids, could be associated with a decrease in opioid-related deaths.” In this study, researchers looked at the 812 counties (out of more than 3,000 total) in the United States that legally allowed cannabis dispensaries by the end of 2017. They documented opioid mortality rates and counted dispensaries selling cannabis between 2014 and 2018, aggregating all opioid-related deaths but also separating out deaths due to prescription opioids, heroin and synthetic opioids. Finding a relationship between county-level medical and recreational dispensary numbers and reduced opioid-related mortality rates appears

particularly strong with regards to deaths associated with synthetic (nonmethadone) opioids, researchers found. This class of opioids includes fentanyl and its analogs, which have sharply overtaken other types of opioids in the number of deaths in the U.S. in recent years. (Opioids refer to a class of chemically related drugs that include the illicit drug heroin, prescription pain relievers such as oxycodone and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.) By the end of 2018 — the latest date of county-level mortality rates available from the CDC — 33 states had legalized medical cannabis, which requires purchasers to have a medical identification card or doctor recommendation. Ten states, by then, and the District of Columbia had legalized recreational cannabis, which requires buyers to be 21. There is no federal database for dispensaries. Under federal law, cannabis is still illegal in the United States. To gather data on cannabis dispensaries, researchers examined county-level data from Weedmaps.com to count actual storefront businesses, with street addresses, that are in operation. Researchers noted that counties oversee criminal justice, social service, and health and emergency service programs — all vital dimensions of the public infrastructure related to drug use and markets. Other studies of the association between cannabis laws and opioid-related deaths often focus at the state level. However, the researchers noted that a focus on state legislation can be less reliable because state laws sometimes take months or years to go into effect. Further, many local counties within cannabislegal states do not allow

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Special to The Enterprise Yolo Audubon Society is offering a free virtual talk, â€œUganda: Pearl of Africa,â€? by Kevin GusĂŠ at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17. GusĂŠ will recount the adventures of his group during their trip in July of 2019 to Uganda, a landlocked country in eastern Africa. GusĂŠ states that the combination of primates, big game, and birds makes Uganda a truly unique destination. Uganda is one of the most bird-diverse countries in Africa, with an official list of almost 1,100 species. Kevin GusĂŠ has been an active birder throughout the United States and abroad since receiving a gift membership to (then) Davis Audubon in 1985. He has been active in Yolo Audubon in many capacities and continues to lead field trips and give talks, sharing his love of birds. The Zoom meeting will be limited to 100 participants. Those interested should register for the event on Yolo Audubonâ€™s website at yoloaudubon.org or Facebook page, facebook. com/yoloaudubonsociety. Other questions should be addressed to yoloaudu@ audubon.org. Yolo Audubon, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to foster an appreciation of birds and conservation in Yolo County. Until meeting in person becomes feasible again, the group will offer virtual events to educate and inform the public about birds and birdwatching.

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Circuits students and adult mentors. Sessions are one week each and will be held from June 14 to Aug. 6. There will be three introductory/intermediate sessions where no robotics experience is necessary and a structured curriculum is provided. Three intermediate/ advanced sessions are available for students who already have experience with VEX robots and provide campers with more freedom in designing, building and programming. There will also be a Girl Powered session and an advanced-programming session. The Girl Powered week is run by an all-female

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have to spend money onâ€? as students eventually return to inclassroom instruction, due to a host of new safety measures that the school district will be taking to control the spread of the COVID virus. DiNunzio stressed that there will be â€œsobering challenges ahead, not only for us, but for many school districts. There is lots of uncertainty (about many topics), including â€œwhat (will) enrollment look like on the other side of the COVID pandemic?â€? Watkins agreed that â€œwe will have a lot of demandsâ€? on the school district budget as the COVID pandemic gradually winds down, someday.

districts are required to maintain. For the Davis school district, which has a budget of roughly $100 million, this 3-percent fiscal reserve amounts to around $3 million, â€œwhich is not even half a month of payrollâ€? for the district, Watkins said. School board president Joe DiNunzio said the outcome for the Davis districtâ€™s financial situation â€œlooks quite a bit better than six months ago, or even three months ago.â€? â€œBut if you look at the out years (2023 and beyond), there will be some significant deficits for (the Davis district),â€? DiNunzio said, as enrollment is expected to drop a bit (fewer students means less state revenue) while utility costs, insurance costs and payroll costs will likely rise. Furthermore, DiNunzio stressed that â€œwe donâ€™t know (yet) how the state budget will play outâ€? â€” an oblique reference to the fact that the California legislature almost always makes changes to the governorâ€™s January budget proposal, and the governor rarely gets everything he wants. DiNunzio added that because of the COVID pandemic, â€œthere are things that we are going to

Hybrid model District staff presented a revised version of the proposed hybrid model for elementary school instruction â€” part inclassroom learning, part distance learning, with small cohorts of students taking turns in a classroom that has been modified to increase the amount of airspace between student desks. This has the effect of limiting the spread of any COVID virus, but also significantly reduces

that number of students that can study in the classroom with a teacher at any given time. The trustees voted 4-1 to approve the revised hybrid model for elementary schools, with trustee Vigdis Asmundson dissenting (Asmundson preferred the previous version of the hybrid model for elementary schools, which was discussed by the trustees at the Jan. 21 school board meeting).

there would be many things to plan for in any such transition: â€œWe have many preschoolers and kindergartners who have not been in a classroom setting, we have seventh and 10th graders (who have not been on a junior high or high school campus this year). And there would be 12th-grade students who would want to reconnect with peers before they move beyond K-12 education.â€?

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Trustee Betsy Hyder said that given the slow pace of Californiaâ€™s statewide COVID vaccination effort, and the reality that it will be several weeks yet before Yolo County could possibly become eligible for a transition from purple-tier status (widespread transmission of the COVID virus) to less-restrictive red-tier status, she didnâ€™t want to hazard a guess about the probability that the Davis district could restart in-classroom instruction by May 3.

The trustees voted unanimously to improve a staff recommendation that in the event that it is not feasible for students and teachers to safely resume some level of in-classroom learning by the week of May 3-7, the Davis district should stay with distance learning for the duration of the school year. A resumption of in-classroom learning would involve several weeks of meetings and training on the part of staff, and after May 3, the complexity of a transition back to in-classroom learning might outweigh the benefits of reorganizing instruction during the waning days of the school year. Associate superintendent Laura Juanitas observe that

CLINIC: Job-based vaccinations to begin on Feb. 10 From Page A1 police and fire personnel not previously vaccinated, dining employees including custodial staff, and agricultural researchers and specialists currently working in the field. â€œThis is a truly remarkable effort in our nationâ€™s battle against the coronavirus, and I want to express my deep appreciation to everyone involved, from the organizers to the health care personnel, including our campus Fire Department and its student EMTs who are administering injections in Davis,â€? May said. Vaccinations also continue to happen at UC Davis Health, which began inoculating people in December after receiving some of the countryâ€™s first shipments of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. Since then, the health system has vaccinated roughly 40,000 frontline health care workers and patients. As of Friday, all UC Davis Health patients aged 65 and older are eligible to be vaccinated at the medical center in Sacramento. Both the campus clinic and the health system are working their way through the government-specified phases and tiers. According to May, the UC Davis campus clinic receives its doses directly from the California Department of Public Health, through the UC Office of the President Office of Emergency Management. â€œAs such, our planning is subject to the UCOP distribution plan,â€? May said. Next in line for vaccines, but not yet scheduled, will be the second tier of occupation-based employees, including custodial workers, educators holding in-person office hours, library workers, on-site research employees, and transportation and housing employees who are working on-site.

The next meeting of the Davis school board is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 18, at 6:30 p.m., and it is expected that the agenda will reference the COVID pandemic and the school districtâ€™s options for instruction during the springtime months.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Filed: January 26, 2021 FBN Number: F20210074 1. Fictitious Business Name(s) Davis Cards + Games 2. Street Address, City, State and Zip of Principal Place of Business in California. Business is located in Yolo County. 654 G Street Davis, CA 95616 Mailing address: 1 6XWWHQÂżHOG 5RDG $FDPSR &$ 3. List Full Name(s) of Registrant(s), Residence Address, State, and Zip Three Eight 6XWWHQÂżHOG 5RDG $FDPSR &$ %XVLQHVV &ODVVLÂżFDWLRQ &RUSRUDWLRQ 5. Beginning Date of Business: The Registrant(s) commenced to transact EXVLQHVV XQGHU WKH ÂżFWLWLRXV EXVLQHVV name or names listed above on: February 1, 2016 â€œI declare that all information in this statement is true and correct.â€? (A registrant who declares as true information which he or she knows to be false is guilty of a crime.) 6. Signature of Registrant(s): 0HOLVVD 6KRZDOWHU 7KUHH (LJKW 2ZQHU 1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21 1144 STORAGE LIEN SALE There will be a lien sale at Central Davis Storage, 300 Pole Line Rd., Davis, CA, 95618 on: Tuesday, March 2nd, at 11 AM. This and enforcement is authorized by Division 8, Chapter 10 of the California Business & Professions Code, commencing without warranty or guarantee for Cash only. Purchased items must be removed from the property immediately following the sale. The personal property stored with the undersigned by: Luka Sandoval Unit G-13 1) Large suitcase, 2) Foam mattress, 3) One box household items. Bond # 0342850 2/7, 2/14 1147 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF Salvadore Saragoza, Jr. CASE NO. PR2021-0023 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of: Salvador Saragoza, Jr. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: Annette S. Saragoza in the Superior Court of California, County of: Yolo

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that: Annette S. Saragoza be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held on March 23, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. Dept.: N/A located at 1000 Main Street, Woodland, CA 95695. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Signed: Michael T. Holy Attorney for petitioner Sacramento, CA 95818 916-542-1867 2/7, 2/10, 2/14 1150

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hen you look back over the last 12 months of this COVID-cursed year, the only institution that seems to have come through it all unscathed is the Super Bowl. The Rose Bowl may have been canceled along with the Rose Bowl Parade, the Picnic Day Parade and Aggie football last fall, but the Super Bowl, apparently, will always be with us. Super Bowl LIV was played last February just as this country was learning about a deadly virus that we were assured was nothing to worry about. And Super Bowl LV will take place today as we wonder if we are in the middle of this dreaded pandemic or perhaps at the beginning of the end.

Unlike collegiate and high school sports that were basically scrubbed in their entirety — and other professional sports leagues that adapted to shortened schedules and “bubble” environments — the National Football League soldiered on pretty much as if nothing had happened. Sure, for the most part, stadiums were empty or nearly so, but every one of the NFL’s 32 teams managed to play a complete 16-game schedule, on time, as always.

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The exhibition season that precedes the regular season was blown up, but that was a positive development, not a negative. Watching exhibition professional football games in August is like having to eat your spinach before you get dessert. Last year at this time, believe it or not, Northern Californians were certain that the San Francisco 49ers would once again become Super Bowl champions. What a difference a year makes. Yes, I had to look it up to make sure I had the date and the year right because it didn’t seem possible that the 49ers could have fallen so far, so fast.

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Will it be the GOAT, left, or The Kid? Tampa Bay’s Tom Brady goes for his seventh NFL title while Patrick Mahomes hopes it will be back-to-back Super Bowls.

DAVIS ENTERPRISE STAFF SUPER BOWL PREDICTIONS

And the winner is ... Enterprise staff As is the wont for most sportstypes around the nation this weekend, providing their 2-cents worth about who will win the Super Bowl and why is in high fashion. At The Davis Enterprise, the sports staff is no different ... and the DE scribes and editors are about as divided as the rest of the nation. In case readers care for one more pinch of insight before making those last-minute bets, here’s what your humble DE staff thinks will happen this afternoon ...

Chiefs 38, Bucs 32 OT Kim Orendor: Everything is lining up for a fairy-tale ending to this NFL season. It seems the only thing left is for Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady to whisk his family off to Disney World, a mere hour

away from the site of this year’s Super Bowl. However, expect Kansas City signalcaller Patrick Mahomes to work some magic of his own and give this fairy tale the Grimm ending it deserves.

Bucs 38, Chiefs 27 Bruce Gallaudet: Tom Brady throws for four touchdowns, and rushes for a fifth, as he sets a Super Bowl record with 567 yards passing. Patrick Mahomes proves he’s Tom Terrifiic’s heir apparent with a 400-yards, three TD performance of his own. In winning his seventh Super Bowl (No. 2 Terry Bradshaw has four), Brady’s latest accomplishment will put to rest for all time the question about New England’s 20-year

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he first man to touch the football in Super Bowl I was neither a quarterback, running back or wide receiver. Instead, it was a now73-years-old cornerback named Fletcher Smith, who played six NFL seasons. Smith was Chiefs coach Hank Stram’s kickoff specialist, even though he wasn’t a kicker by trade. So he took the ball from referee Norm Schachter, put it on the tee in the Los Angeles Coliseum and kicked off to the Packers’ Herb Adderley, who returned it 20 yards. The two quarterbacks, Green Bay’s Bart Starr and Kansas City’s Len Dawson, combined for 280 pass yards on that historic Jan. 15, 1967. How times have changed ...

The Packers won the game, 35-10, in front of 61,946 fans, the only Super Bowl game to not sell out. This year, due to COVID19 restrictions, 22,000 spectators (with tickets divided evenly between the Chiefs and Buccaneers), will witness today’s game. ■ One somewhat overlooked aspect of the Rams-Lions trade involving quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff: The Rams traded their first round-draft choices in

2022 and 2023 to the Lions, plus a thirdround pick (and Goff ) for Stafford. The Lions are in need of upgrading their roster. The Rams want to win now by adding Stafford. They’re relying on their belief that L.A. will still be a playoff contender in 2022 and 2023. If the Rams are right, the firstround choices, while still valuable, likely will not be in the first 10, but rather somewhere from 20 to 32. It is incumbent on the Lions to make choices of players who will play for them a long time. An added benefit for the Rams is they rid themselves of Goff ’s onerous contract.

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UC Davis forward Kayla Konrad (23) applies pressure to an Oregon ballhandler in Saturday’s nonconference matchup in Eugene.

Aggies ruffle No. 12 Ducks UCD falters late as Oregon goes on run

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EUGENE, Ore. — “Ain’t gonna be no rematch.” While those were the words of Apollo Creed after he beat underdog Rocky Balboa in their first meeting, if you listened very carefully in downtown Eugene on Saturday night, you could hear the same phrase being whispered. The No. 12 Ducks almost took it on chin, coming from 6 points down to vanquish UC Davis, 63-57, at Matthew Knight Arena. It marked the first loss of the season for the midmajor No. 16 Aggies. Oregon improved to 12-3. “I was just really proud of our rebounding and defensive efforts,” Aggie coach Jennifer Gross told The Enterprise. “It was a total team effort.”

Part of the problem for Oregon was rustiness, resulting from the cancellation of its last three games. But the bigger part of the problem was UCD guard Mackenzie Trpcic. Providing a career-high 13 assists and playing all but 2 minutes of the game, the former University of Albany veteran was on the floor more than Rocky or Apollo. Her defense frustrated the muchtaller Ducks and her keen eye gave her teammates clear looks all night. Trpcic would keep UCD in the game after a 13-0 Oregon run in the second half threatened to provide a knockout. Instead, Trpcic teamed with Sage Stobbart on a couple of layins. As late

Next games: Friday and Saturday at

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DHS boys hoops keeping the faith Blue Devils eager to get back in the gym BY WILL WYMAN Special to The Enterprise As the sports world tries to readjust to operating under threat of a pandemic, athletes at all levels have rejoiced at the opportunities — however limited — to continue to play the games they love. However, despite the return of professional and collegiate competition, most California prep athletic programs have been confined to the sidelines. Finally, that is all about to change for the athletes at Davis High ... With the arrival of area sports on the horizon, Blue Devil squads are scrambling to get back into high gear. During a regular year, teams rely on a blank preseason to get the roster up to speed and be ready for real games. This year, the Davis athletes will be jumping off the deep end without the extra few months of preparation. Basketball, for example, is one sport that takes full advantage of the usual preseason training schedule. Head coach Dan Gonzalez typically takes his boys squad through a full slate of offseason action. But with the season drawing nearer, the approach — under the cloud of COVID-19 — must be different this time. As a team, these Blue Devils haven’t been in a gym together for almost a year. They don’t anticipate the season — which in normal circumstances would have started the last week of November — to start until May 3. “The goals whenever we can get

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Davis High boys basketball coach Dan Gonzalez hopes to get his Blue Devil show on the road soon. started would be to come together as a team as quick as we can. Having team buy-in is important to help with chemistry, enthusiasm and effort,” the longtime varsity coach told The Enterprise. “It usually takes a good month of practices to play without many mistakes, but we won’t have that this year.” Gonzalez says he hasn’t been given a timeline for when his guys can get back in the gym. The unfortunate postponement leaves the Devils without the opportunity to smooth out the creases before the opening tip. There will be a lot of learning on the fly and uncomfortable adjustments made

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UCD men get their Saturday swerve on, smack CSUN Enterprise staff NORTHRIDGE — Snapping to attention, a smothering UC Davis defense opened an insurmountable first-half lead, allowing the Aggie men to fend off CSUN late and take a 75-63 victory at the Matadome. In typical Big West Friday fashion for UCD, the locals lost the series opener, 80-77, but came back strong on Saturday. Holding their hosts without a basket for the first 7:21 of the game, Davis built an early 21-point lead and led, 36-19, at intermission. So dominating were the Aggies (4-6, 1-3) that when CSUN (7-8, 3-5) called for a timeout at 11:33 of that first half, it trailed 18-4 and had missed all but one of 10 shots from the floor. Five turnovers hadn’t helped either. At one point early, the Matadors had back-to-back baskets and looked like they would emerge from their funk. But a teardrop one-hander by Ezra Manjon led to a bucket and a free throw. Caleb Fuller — fresh off a careerbest 30-point performance on Friday — followed with a jumper and a

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put-back to keep CSUN at arm’s length. But in an uneven second half for the visitors, the Matadors (behind 18 points from T.J. Starks) were able to close to within 5 points with 9:57 remaining. It was then that two buckets from Ezra Manjon and a timely layin by Caleb Fuller again put the Aggies out of harm’s way. For UCD, Elijah Peppers led the balanced scoring with 18 points as coach Jim Les was able to call all hands to the deck. Fuller added 14, with Cameron Ba netting 12, Manjon 10 and Kennedy Koehler and Christian Anigwe eight each. So, what’s going on with Les’ guys? They’re 1-4 on Fridays and 3-2 the following day. “We’re going to start playing doubleheaders on Saturday,” said the former NBA shooter who has been with

In case you missed it Sunday isn’t the only day for sports at The Davis Enterprise. A lot happened last week — most of which readers would have caught online in their Morning Edition. While the athletic world seems to revolve around the off-and-on scheduling of competition during the pandemic, everyone still has hope for the future. Here’s what you might have missed online (and links to read those articles) ...

UCD football on TV The Aggies and CW31 have reached accord for the regional television network to broadcast all three UC Davis home football games. Starting with the Feb. 27 opener versus Cal Poly at UC Davis Health Stadium, fans will finally get to see coach Dan Hawkins’ latest edition of the Blue-and-Gold. Link: davisenterprise.com/sports/aggiehome-football-games-will-be-broadcast-oncw31-tv/

Hall’s big weekend For her 42-point weekend collection in a UC Davis women’s basketball sweep of UC Santa Barbara, Aggie Cierra Hall was named Big West Conference Player of the Week. Link: davisenterprise.com/sports/aggie-hallsbig-weekend-nets-big-wests-player-of-week/

Football adds Arceneaux Anthony Arceneaux, a former receiver at Utah and most recently a member of the Southern Utah staff under Aggie alum Demario Warren, has joined the UC Davis football staff. He will work with UCD wideouts, replacing Michael Cody, who returns to the offensive line after previously being announced as the receivers coach. Link: davisenterprise.com/sports/aggiesbolster-football-staff-with-receivers-coachfrom-suu/

UCD for 10 seasons. The improvement one day to the next “is a credit to these guys ... the fact that they respond, it’s almost a transformation from Friday to Saturday.” “It’s a good sign. It’s in us to play well at both ends of the floor. We just have to do it consistently.” Davis outrebounded CSUN, 43-31, and hit 10 of 22 from beyond the arc. The Aggies shot 44.3 percent overall while a Jekyll-and-Hyde performance saw CSUN hit 28 percent of its attempts in the first half and 50 percent after the break. Next up for Davis is a FridaySaturday series at home against Long Beach State (3-5, 2-2). The 49ers had their weekend set at UC Santa Barbara canceled due to COVID concerns. Game times are to be announced. Notes: Guard Damion Squire (lower leg) didn’t make the trip with his Aggies. Les says he’s “day-to-day.” ... Fuller, the owner of a 44-point weekend, drew his coach’s praise: “He’s a veteran presence, a vocal presence. Then he’s just a skilled basketball player.”

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UC Davis standout Caleb Fuller, shown here versus William Jessup last Dec. 4, scored 44 points in a split with CSUN in Big West weekend play.

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It was 5-foot-7 Trpcic sharing game-high rebounding honors with 6-2 Erin Boley (eight apiece). as midway through the final period, the pair’s work brought “We told our guards just go get the ball. I thought Davis within one at 53-52. (Mackenzie) did a tremendous job of that,” continued Gross. However, the Pac-12 sisters relied on 8 straight late points “She has a nose for the ball and went after it ... she was really by Nyara Sabally to keep Oregon from suffering the West effective. With Kayla and Evanne, it was really a team effort on the boards.” Coast’s biggest 2021 hoops upset. Hall finished with 7 points after picking Trpcic finished with eight rebounds and 6 points. up two quick fouls and grabbing some But she wasn’t alone, as Aggie Kayla Konrad had to step early pine. Nonetheless, she snagged up her defense after Cierra Hall, thanks to early foul trouble, five boards and two assists while played only 4 minutes of the first half. Had anyone in Aggie playing the entire second half. Nation told coach Jennifer Gross that Konrad never came out of the game. Defensive Player of the Year Hall would It was Erin Boley’s 17 points miss 26 minutes and her team would still pacing the Ducks with Sabally be tied, 25-25, at intermission, she wouldn’t adding 15 and Sedona Prince have believed it. getting 12. Oregon hosts No. 9 Konrad joined Trpcic in flying around the court. She Arizona on Monday. had 10 points, seven boards and forced several “We had to gut that out,” turnovers while keeping the Oregon trees from UO coach Kelly Graves said thriving under the glass. afterwards. “Give UC Davis Evanne Turner, the UCD deadeye from credit — they’re good; they’re legit. Etiwanda High, sank 19 points on 5-of-10 Everybody knows that. … We were shooting from long range. And Stobbart, good in some spots, not so good in one of the nation’s top shot blockers, held others. Overall, not great. But good her own inside with 11 points, six enough to win.” rebounds and a block. The game was a last-minute contract It must be noted that Oregon, after UCD (5-1, 4-0 in league) tried to sporting six players at 6-3 or taller, move up a date with Cal Poly. Davis outrebounded their guests by was in a bye week created by just two caroms (39-37). CSUN opting out of the season OWEN “(Rebounding) was Y ANCHER / due to COVID. something we talked about ENTERPRISE PHOTO Now, the Aggies will every day,” Gross said, who resume Big West play at implored her women to go Long Beach State on Friday hard on the glass. “We knew UC Davis’ 6-foot-3 post player Sage Stobbart (11) drives against (4 p.m.) and Saturday (3 that was something that Oregon’s 6-7 Sedona Prince on Saturday. p.m.). Oregon does very, very well, and we knew it had to be a total team effort (getting the — Staff writer Owen Yancher and DE sports editor Bruce boards).” Gallaudet contributed to this story.

DUNNING: Who are you rooting for today? From Page B1 But when this season concluded, the franchise of Joe Montana, Bill Walsh, Bob St. Clair and Y.A. Tittle was dead last in the NFC West division with just six wins and a whopping 10 losses. Football fans like to blame injuries, weather, referees and the price of hot dogs at the concession stand, but the main reason for this dramatic free fall is that the other guys regularly scored more points on Sunday afternoon than the 49ers did. We used to be able to scorn aging Candlestick Park with its wicked winds that wreaked havoc on normally reliable field goal kickers and sometimes blew punts backward. Some fans, in fact, still blame Kezar Stadium and all those swirling seagulls.

But no more. Once the 49ers moved their whole operation 38 miles south to Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, playing conditions became pristine, at least compared to Candlestick.

nd isn’t it amusing that every time the 49ers are on national television we’re shown colorful camera shots of both the Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge, plus the San Francisco skyline. Once in a while they’ll throw in Fisherman’s Wharf or Coit Tower for good measure. Santa Clara apparently has no landmarks, even if the UC Davis Aggies regularly played football in that city long before the 49ers did. It’s like the Rams building a new stadium in Bakersfield, pretending they’re still playing in Los Angeles. But enough about the 49ers, who

were outscored 21-0 in the final six minutes and 13 seconds of last year’s Super Bowl and weren’t invited back. Since sports are my life, I’m supposed to care deeply about who wins this year’s Super Bowl. Truth be known, I don’t care at all. If the power goes out again this afternoon, so be it. I mean, does anyone other than a few folks in Florida and Kansas actually give a rip about Super Bowl LV? But wait, Kansas City is in Missouri, just like Nevada City is in California, and Virginia City is in Nevada (and Montana). I’m not sure which team people in Kansas might root for. Probably the Santa Clara 49ers. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.

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Former Aggie goalie Wallis Lapsley, center, is taking his goal-saving skills to Major League Soccer. The Fulbright Scholar signed with FC Tucson.

Lapsley signs Former UC Davis goalkeeper Wallis Lapsley — most recently of the New York Red Bulls II — signed with FC Tucson this week. Lapsley left UCD with a degree in global disease biology, just before earning a 2020 J. William Fulbright Scholarship and being drafted by the New York Red Bulls with the No. 36 pick in Major League Soccer’s SuperDraft. Link: davisenterprise.com/sports/lapsleyinks-with-red-bulls-ii/

dominance of the NFL: Brady or Bill Belichick? Right after winning today, Brady assuredly will be asked what’s next for the 43-year-old quarterback. The reply? “I’m going to buy Disneyland!”

Bucs 28, Chiefs 27 Owen Yancher: Forty-three never looked so good ... Tom Brady passes for 350 yards and three TDs, becoming the youngest 43-year-old quarterback to ever win a SuperBowl. The K.C. offense sputters early and can never catch up despite a pair of Tyreke Hill touchdown receptions. Tampa LB Shaq Barrett is named MVP after picking off Mahomes and helping hold Pro Bowl TE Travis Kelce to just 30 yards receiving.

Brady announces his retirement Monday evening and rides off into the sunset Peyton Manning-style. NFL fans across the nation rejoice.

Chiefs 34, Bucs 24 Bob Dunning: I’m calling this one the Belichick Bowl. The world wants to know if all those Super Bowl championships the Patriots put together should be credited to Bill Belichick or Tom Brady. As I recall from watching every one of those games, Brady threw a number of touchdown passes, but I don’t remember Belichick throwing any. But this time, there’s a guy named Patrick Mahomes who will overshadow both Belichick and Brady. Chiefs in a walk.

Chiefs 33, Bucs 21 Doug Kelly: History does not favor Kansas City in Super Bowl LV. The last team to win back-to-back Super Bowls was New England in 2004-05. Seems like yesterday, but it’s been a decade and a half. Favored teams meanwhile are 27-25-2 against the spread. But, hey, none of the history matters. This Chiefs team is special, just as last year’s was. Andy Reid is a biggame coach. This will be won or lost in two ways: who wins the turnover battle and which team best protects its quarterback. A porous Green Bay defense still got to Tom Brady numerous times two weeks ago. A healthy Patrick Mahomes will move around in the pocket until one of his guys gets free. That will be the difference.

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A brighter light shines on UCD diamond Aggies’ strong start to 2020 ended before conference play ■ Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series looking at the upcoming diamond seasons for UC Davis baseball and softball. Coach Erin Thorpe talks about her women in Wednesday’s Enterprise.

classroom “was one of our best.” “They didn’t let (losing the season) hurt them in the classroom.” “One of the things I’ve told the guys — through everything, the pandemic, the social justice, the fires BY BRUCE GALLAUDET — with all that’s been Enterprise sports editor thrown at us, just keep your Sorry if you’ve heard this head up,” the veteran coach story before, but just when told The Enterprise. “We’re things were going well for a in a dark tunnel … there’s local sports team, the light way down there at the pandemic hit and the 2020 end. Just keep moving season came to an abrupt towards it.” halt. However, after a spirited Case in point this time? fall session in which the UC Davis baseball. Aggies were able to conduct Last spring, the Aggies of a handful of intrasquad skipper Matt Vaughn had scrimmages, that light won six of their last nine could be getting brighter ... and were basking in the Even as COVID-19 glow of a pitching staff continues to throw whose earned run average knuckleballs at everybody’s was under 4.00 — a full plans, there are some run better, if one fingers-crossed considered starters dates on the horizon only. for the Aggies. But UCD didn’t If all continues to even make it to go well with Yolo conference play. A County pandemic 2-0 loss at St. numbers and Aggie Mary’s ended the players stay safe, campaign at 9-7. Washington State VAUGHN That last game will open the season came on March 10. Aggie skipper on Feb. 19 at UCD, Now, for the past with contests at two weeks, Vaughn’s guys Loyola Marymount and have been back on the Pacific to follow. The Big diamond, albeit socially West could get under way distanced. They’ve been on March 19 (versus UC hitting outdoor weights Irvine). and getting batting-cage Late last month, BWC swings in. officials spelled out how the “The whole thing new year will work as all obviously was un- colleges battle to avoid precedented,” Vaughn said, COVID outbreaks: looking back at the sudden “Baseball competition suspension. “There was no will consist of a four-game playbook, no experience we weekend series against had at any point telling us BWC opponents,” pointed how we were to deal with out a Big West spokesman. it.” Teams may schedule Vaughn said his team nonconference games until tried to stay together: “We league play begins on focused on Zoom calls March 19. From that point early, focused on school,” until the end of the season 29), midweek adding that a UC Davis (May degree “is what everyone of matchups are not allowed our kids is ultimately here and teams will face only one opponent each week. for.” The Aggies seem primed While they had to hang the gloves up, these Aggies to pick up where they left hit the books harder than a off. “We were playing good hanging curveball. Vaughn reports that baseball. We were throwing spring quarter in the strikes,” Vaughn said about

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Armijo High graduate Brett Erwin is expected to head a deep UC Davis pitching staff that hopes to pick up where it left off last year. the end of 2020. “It was staff. If you remember, we going to be a great year.” started out the season last At quick at the roster year pitching very well. hints at that which could be “It’s a really solid staff a banner D-I season for UC throughout. I think we can Davis ... go into every weekend with Returning is a veteran 10 to 12 guys to compete mound corps featuring for us on the mound. proven starters in Armijo Throw strikes, guys not too bothered by High grad the situation.” Brett Erwin (2-0, 2.14 And there’s earned run plenty of average), potential for Southern run support. California Despite the product Jake loss of MLBSpillane (2-2, drafted 2.81 and 21 infielder strikeouts in Tanner 24 innings) Murray (.310) and and the Atascadero departure of High’s Nolan catcher Logan Meredith (1-1, Denholm 2.95). (who took his Matt Vaugh Kaden .295 average Riccomini (19 UCD head coach to Sacramento whiffs in as State), Vaughn many has some pop innings), Nate Freeman in the lineup. (3.66 ERA) and former Michael Campagna Davis High standout Zach should take over behind the Carrell (10 Ks in 10 innings plate. The 6-2, 235-pound and a win in relief) all look slugger from Francis Park able from out of the bullpen. High (San Diego) hit .367 “There’s no ace in mind,” with a home run and a Vaughn says. “I just think it shared team-high nine runs is going to be a pretty good batted in. Versatile Nathan

“There was no playbook, no experience we had at any point telling us how we were to deal with it.”

Peng, who can pitch and St. Louis Cardinal All-Star play first base, appears to be third baseman Nolan a reliable backstop, too. Arenado. No pressure. Vanden’s Alejandro Lara Freshman Nick Iverson is back. The courageous (Marantha High of Culver outfielder has battled back City) “came on during the from cancer and a torn wrist fall workouts” and should tendon and is expected to at prove valuable as the season least reprise his nine-RBI, continues. .283 start of last spring. So, what was the one Point Loma High heavy thing the coach — now in his hitter Spencer Gedestad 10th year at the Aggie helm (6-4, 200) hit .417 — believes he and for the Aggies, his players took away from the accounting for 19 tribulations of runs. trying to navigate a At the top of year-long the lineup stands pandemic? Jalen Smith. The “The joy we sophomore infielder get from just is a good bet to be GEDESTAD playing the game. on the basepaths Hit .417 last Sometimes the win when the muscle season with is just being able to arrives. He hit .290, 19 runs play. It was a great scored or drove in thing for them to 20 runs with an on-base percentage of get out and be with each other, albeit socially almost .400. distanced … Kyle Arenado, the “I learned a lot. It’s all sophomore from Edison High (Huntington Beach), is showed me how a team can expected to take over come together, how guys Murray’s old haunt at unite with a common goal. It can be a pretty special shortstop. In 2020, Arenado started thing.” — Reach DE sports 15 games while hitting .241 for UCD. Oh, if the name editor Bruce Gallaudet at sounds familiar, Vaughn bgallaudet41@gmail.com points out he’s the cousin of or call 530-320-4456.

BOYS: Players work on individual skills while gyms remain off limits From Page B1 during the early days of the season. With all the variables of a sudden start, Gonzalez emphasizes the importance of the squad’s mental ambitions: “A good effort and positive attitude is what we should be able to control. This is definitely not a year to have any kind of numbers as goals.” The uncharted waters of the restart have perplexed Gonzalez, but have done little to quell his love of the game. “I have been coaching at different levels from 1986 to the present (21 varsity seasons here at DHS) and I never imagined that we would have a situation like we currently have,” began Gonzalez. “Basketball has been a passion of mine since I was in seventh grade. So, like many of our current players, I have been looking to shoot at any hoop I can ... or simply just bounce a basketball. “Having my playing years behind me, it’s now really about teaching the game I love to eager

and motivated players what I miss the most.” Solo shooting sessions have become the primary hoops outlet for not only the coach, but also the players. With gyms locked and courts devoid of life, the varsity athletes have had plenty of time with their thoughts. For the most part, the only real option is shooting by themselves, outdoors, to stay primed for the season. The lack of a team environment (practicing together) also means that physical conditioning has become a personal task. The head coach acknowledges the strife of the yearning athletes. “In speaking with many of them, we just desperately miss being in the gym as a team,” says Gonzalez, who also teaches advanced mathematics. “This has been tough in that we are not able to do something we truly enjoy. This has been a very unfortunate situation for Davis High athletics in general,” he reports. “As an athlete going into your

“I just remind the players to continue being good students and be patient as we wait for things to get better.” Dan Gonzalez DHS head coach senior year ... this is supposed to be the year that you would put on a varsity uniform and perform in front of our many loyal and truly supportive fans.” But when and how indoor practice, then competition ramps up again is anyone’s guess. When the reunion occurs, the Blue Devils will be looking to their seniors to stabilize the team during this turbulent time. The coach expects as many as 45 boys out for his program’s three teams. Tryouts are not etched in stone, but Gonzalez

hopes an announcement will come soon. As for varsity, Gonzalez sees guys like Isaiah Conlan, Alan Favela, Mikey Finerty and Nathan Lee stepping up as “veteran forces” on the squad. He expects juniors Bryce Barker, Jackson Isidor, Colin Walsh and Ray Oldham to make a difference as well. As the athletes get back up to speed and reunite with their teammates, Gonzalez encourages his squad to not lose focus of themselves during this trying time. “I just remind the players to continue being good students and be patient as we wait for things to get better.” Despite the unusual offseason, the Devils are raring to hit the court and get back to their best. With such a talented roster, and the guiding presence of Dan Gonzalez, the Blue Devils will do all they can to shake off the rust of the extended break in an effort to start quickly and make a dent in their Delta League schedule. Gonzalez says there probably

won’t be tournaments (the Les Curry Invitational at DHS has been scrapped) and nonconference games will be few and far between, if any. The California Interscholastic Federation removed all championship dates last month, so playoffs also have been scotched. No Delta schools have dropped out, so once things get going, regional fans can expect another rousing conference slate. The only question now is when? Notes: The last time Davis High took the court was Feb.19 — a first-round playoff lost to Rocklin, 87-75. ... The Blue Devils had started the season 11-0 before Theo Seng went out with an injury. DHS finished 15-11 and 4-8 in Delta play. ... While Gonzalez loves his returning cast, the locals lost 10 seniors to graduation, including impact players Joey Voss, Seng, Joey Asta, Ryan Hakl, C.J. Fabionar, Collin Yee and Cody Taylor. — Reach DE correspondent Will Wyman at wymanw26@ gmail.com.

KELLY: NFL gets season done by using every single day available From Page B1 ■ Now that Trevor Bauer is a Dodger, team brass had better get used to the notion that Trevor is a college-educated (UCLA) man who likes to have a hand in the decisions as to how and when he’s used. He is also opinionated, to the eventual delight of the L.A. media. ■ Once Super Bowl LV is in the books, the NFL will become the only U.S. professional sports league to complete its entire

schedule in the midst of a pandemic. True, its regular season is shorter than those in baseball, basketball and hockey, but the secret of its success? For the first (and hopefully last time), the NFL utilized all days, seven total, ending in the letter “y” to play at least one of its “paused” games. Happy 78th birthday to former Cal, Dallas Cowboys, NY Giants and Denver Broncos quarterback Craig Morton. Morton started in Super Bowl V for the Cowboys

and Super Bowl XII for the Broncos. His career spanned 1965 to 1982. ■ George W. Bush once owned, and remains a fan of, the Texas Rangers. Barack Obama is a diehard Chicago White Sox fan. Turns out Joe Biden is a Philadelphia Phillies fan. Makes sense since Philly is the closest MLB team to his native Delaware. Can see it now ... “Mr. President, there is a man on line one named Bryce Harper. Says he plays for the Phillies and would like to discuss

the new tax legislation with you.” Harper will make $26 million this season as part of the 13-year, $330 million contract he signed in 2019. ■ Babe Ruth celebrated his 126th birthday on Saturday. Heavenly News Network (HNN) correspondent Jimmy Cannon caught up with the Bambino and Babe said he ate a half-dozen hot dogs, sipped an equal number of malted beverages to wash them down, and then some bicarbonate of soda to “soothe my boiler.”

“When you get to be my age,” the Babe told Cannon, “you just can’t do the same things you did 50, 75 years ago.” ■ Enjoy today’s game. Ought to be a good one. — Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields2 Ballfields and managing general partner of Kelly & Associates. Kelly also is the longtime radio and television color man on UC Davis football broadcasts. Reach him at dkelly1416@sbcglobal. com.

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his Super Bowl Sunday, countless Davis residents are part of the millions watching the big game. So many people play a part in making a football game memorable — from the players on the field to the coaches, from halftime entertainment to stadium staff helping direct people to their seats and serving concessions. Today, all those people are working hard to make the Super Bowl COVID-19 safe, and the rest of us can do our part by watching the game safely from home. During a year of uncertainty and the upheaval of normal life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the return of televised sports has been welcome by many — and is an important indicator for how we are adopting certain behaviors to prevent the spread of COVID-19. On and off the field, the majority of players in football, along with other sports, are wearing face masks when not playing, maintaining physical distancing guidelines, and getting tested regularly for COVID-19 to protect their families, teams and communities. We have also seen fewer spectators in stadiums as fans adapt to watching games from the safety of their homes. It’s in this same spirit of teamwork, collaboration and endurance that the Davis community has come together to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Each of us has incorporated new behaviors into our everyday lives, including mask-wearing and frequent hand-washing. Another way we can work together to fight COVID-19 is by rallying behind programs like Healthy Davis Together, a joint partnership between the city and UC Davis to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and support the gradual return to normal life. Healthy Davis Together is providing free, saliva-based testing for anyone who lives or works in Davis, along with their family household members. In less than three months, more than 50,000 community members have received a free saliva test through the program — and it’s working. Since the program started community testing in mid-November, Healthy Davis Together had identified more than 950 community members who had no idea they were infected. Knowing this information helped them to protect their family and friends and prevent the spread of the virus. Until there’s widespread vaccination, getting tested regularly is critical to preventing the spread, along with continuing to wear masks, physical distancing, and regular hand-washing. Weekly testing, even if you don’t have symptoms, is an important way you can protect your loved ones. Tests are quick and painless, and most people receive results within one to two days. You can schedule appointments today for you and your family through Healthy DavisTogether.org.

hough we can’t gather with friends to celebrate every Super Bowl play on the field and dance along to the halftime show today, we are still brought together by the teamwork, sportsmanship, and snacks that go hand-in-hand with football. We urge the Davis community to apply those same lessons to the fight against the coronavirus and for a return to normal life by continuing to practice COVID-safe behaviors and incorporate weekly testing into your daily routine. ———— I will keep you up to date with monthly columns in The Davis Enterprise, as well as on my Facebook page at http://www. facebook.com/repgaramendi, and on my government website at http://garamendi. house.gov. I can better represent you in Washington if I know your views and suggestions. You can contact me at my Davis district office, 412 G St., Davis, CA 95616, or 530-7535301; or at my Washington, D.C., office, 2368 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515, or 202-2251880. — Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes Davis and Yolo County.

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How long will economy languish?

s COVID-19 began surging through California a year ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency and ordered widespread restrictions on personal and economic activity to curb infection rates. His actions immediately triggered a severe economic recession. California had been enjoying record-low unemployment just before the shutdown, 3.9% of the labor force, but within weeks the jobless rate quickly shot up to a record-high 16.4% as employers laid off workers. Initially, there was a fingers-crossed hope that the recession would be what economists call a “V” — a deep plunge followed by an equally rapid recovery. However, as the public health crisis and the recession continued, it became apparent that it would be a “U” — a steep decline that reaches bottom, eventually followed by a gradual recovery. Employment actually rebounded somewhat during summer and autumn months as Newsom loosened economic controls, although certain sectors such as tourism and travel continued to lag. However, when infection rates, hospitalizations and deaths shot upward again

California’s pandemicinduced recession continue? The answer depends on two unpredictable factors — when and if vaccinations can tame COVID-19 and whether President Joe Biden and Congress pump additional billions, or even trillions, of borrowed dollars into the nation’s economy. late in the year — thanks, probably, to too many holiday gatherings — Newsom clamped down again, businesses closed and joblessness again increased. The state’s official unemployment rate — the percentage of the labor force not working — edged upward in December to 9% but when those who dropped out of the labor force or were involuntarily working part-time are included, the real rate is more like 15%. Even without that adjustment, 9% is still very high and, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the third-highest of any state. Only tourism-dependent Nevada and Hawaii are higher, with South Dakota and Nebraska at other end of the scale at 3%. Overall, California has lost 1.5 million jobs in the last year of pandemic and economic turmoil, leaving a salient question hanging in the air: How long will

LETTERS COVID relief warning We get tons of junk mail which I quickly put in recycle bin while watching carefully for our COVID relief check from the U.S. Treasury. My heart sank last week when a friend said she received the COVID relief gift card from some outfit in Nebraska. I immediately searched through the recycle bin and, fortunately, there it was, an inauspicious letter with a return address of Economic Impact Payment Card from Omaha, Neb. Two days later and our $1,200 would have disappeared in recycling. I hope others don't make this mistake. Jim Cramer Davis

Do we trust virus testing? Shawn Hubler is right to showcase Heathy Davis Together and applaud the effort as a model (New York Times, Jan. 30). I wish the article could have also provided evidence that DJUSD trusts this testing capacity enough to begin reopening schools — or at least to have a plan to do so. But no such evidence exists at this point. At this stage of the pandemic, the

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ewsom’s proposed 2021-22 budget projects, “Businesses are expected to continue to operate at limited capacity into 2021. Increased automation and a shift to online retailing will lead to permanent job declines in leisure and hospitality, retail, and other services.” The budget also implies that the bottom of the “U” will continue for some time, saying, “Nonfarm employment for California is projected to recover to prepandemic levels in 2025.” The millions of Californians affected by the pandemic’s economic fallout are understandably worried about their futures and their angst is one of the drivers of a petition campaign aimed at recalling Newsom. Whether from concern for his constituents or worries about a recall, Newsom is proposing “a broad-based recovery package to support

objective of widespread testing should not be to eliminate the virus from our town or county. Instead, this information should enable local leaders to manage the risk of infection in ways that better balance the benefits and costs of mitigation. With model testing capacity at their disposal, why doesn’t DJUSD have an equally ambitious plan to get kids back in school? Travis Lybbert Davis

Failing on their efforts I’m very perplexed with continuing emails from Kaiser stating that it’s not their fault that they do not have the required amount of the COVID-19 vaccines. I have heard from multiple people that have received or are scheduled to receive the vaccines. These people are with other health providers such as UCD Health, Sutter Health, Dignity Health and others. This raises a question to me, is Kaiser too big and too bureaucratic to efficiently handle the vaccination of their customers? Arek and Dorreen Firman Davis

Share testing resources The city with the lowest COVID-19 infection rate has the most robust testing program in the county, known as

Speak out President The Hon. Joe Biden, The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500; 202-456-1111 (comments), 202-456-1414 (switchboard); email: http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

U.S. Senate Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 331 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510; 202-224-3841; email: http://feinstein. senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me Sen. Alex Padilla, B03 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510;

businesses, individuals and job creation both during the pandemic and as the state recovers. It totals $14 billion, including $3.5 billion in immediate relief for individuals and small businesses disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.” While Newsom wants fast action from the Legislature, its fiscal adviser, Gabe Petek, wants a more deliberate and skeptical approach, noting that “unlike the federal government — which can run a deficit to pay for fiscal stimulus — the state must balance fiscal stimulus with other one-time and ongoing spending priorities.” In other words, a dollar spent on Newsom’s economic recovery plan is a dollar that can’t be spent on something else — unless, of course, the governor and legislators are also willing to raise taxes. As the pandemic, the recession and the recall campaign evolve, big state stimulus expenditures will be one of the year’s more interesting issues. — CalMatters is a public interest journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters. For more stories by Dan Walters, go to calmatters.org/ commentary.

“Healthy Davis Together.” Though the program is effective and being praised, why is it not being shared throughout the county? Why is the county not demanding that Davis share these resources? Davis residents are being encouraged to test twice a week. That is great for Davis. Yet with the same resources, the entire county could be tested twice per month. If Davis had a program to buy vaccine for all its residents, other cities would be up in arms. Hogging these testing resources for itself is the same thing. Both vaccines and testing save lives. Currently, testing saves more lives. Davis has the lowest rate of Hispanic residents, yet Hispanics have the highest rates of COVID-19 infection. All of Yolo County should pool and focus resources where they are needed most. Davis has more testing resources and must be asked and/or forced to share these resources equitably throughout the county. Why are we misplacing resources to frequently test the residents of the wealthiest, least diverse city with the lowest COVID-19 infection rates? Does that not come across as elitist, even racist? Healthy Davis Together should immediately be terminated, and incorporated into a new program: Healthy Yolo Together. Every day this does not happen, lives will be lost. Alan C. Miller Davis

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Gov. Gary May? Hey, it could happen ... T he signature-gathering effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has been steadily gaining steam over the past month. As of last week, over 1.3 million Californians have already signed on the line to oust the sitting Governor. If the necessary 1.49 million signatures are collected, it will trigger a jungle primary this November where voters would be asked two questions: ■ Do they want to recall Newsom, Yes or No? And, if more than 50% answer “Yes”; ■ Who should replace him? As CalMatters’ Lauren Rosenhall pointed out last week: “This is where things get strange.” “There’s no limit on the number of candidates who can run to replace an official on a recall ballot. And whoever gets the most votes wins — even

without a majority.” This was the case back in 2003, when Gov. Gray Davis was shown the door and replaced by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who snared a 48.6% share of votes. It was quite the feat for the eventual two-term Governor, who was running against more than 100 challengers. If history has taught us anything, it’s that name recognition goes a long way in the Golden State when we’re talking about recall elections. And, if memory

serves, in Nov. 2016, nearly half the country showed an affinity for a political outsider. Enter UC Davis Chancellor Gary May. While he’s only been back in the state since 2017, May is no stranger to the West Coast, having earned his master’s degree and Ph.D. at the second-best University of California campus. And he’s got one heckuva track record over the last several years, including UCD’s recent pandemic response: Healthy Davis Together, which has garnered national praise, including a prominent story in last week’s New York Times. Gov. Gary May? Don’t kid yourself. It could happen.

BOUT THAT RECALL ... You might be surprised to learn that the Recall Newsom effort has some local ties.

The movement is being spearheaded by a former Yolo County Sheriff 's Department official. A decorated, 25-year veteran of the Sheriff ’s Office, retired Sgt. Orrin Heatlie is the motion’s lead proponent. For years, Sgt. Heatlie volunteered as an instructor as part of a state-sponsored program to prevent racial profiling in law enforcement. He also jumpstarted the county’s suicide prevention and mental health awareness efforts, serving as lead negotiator in charge of the department’s Crisis Response and Hostage Negotiations Team.

OK, YOU TRY … Mike from South Davis was triggered by my jabs in a recent column at California’s early vaccine rollout flub. A flub so bad, I might add, that last Thursday, advisors to Gov. Newsom reached an agreement

with Blue Shield of California to have the embattled health insurance group take over distribution of doses to counties, private providers and pharmacies. Writes Mike: “Are you an epidemiologist? Are you head of NIH or CDC?? Are you the federal coordinator in charge??” No, Mike, I’m not. But I am waiting on the FDA to permit an emergency-use authorization for my Yancher Vaccine. Initial trials have shown it to be about 50 percent effective. Once approved, I plan to open a street corner lemonade standstyle vaccine booth at the intersection of Mace and Cowell Boulevard for my neighbors. But the first dose ... That's reserved for you, Mike. —Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @dhspunter.

If we want to reduce human conflict BY BILL BUCHANAN Special to The Enterprise

atred for political opponents. Anger over inequity. The riot in Washington. When conflict becomes serious, knowing how to manage it becomes essential. Acquiring the skill requires practice, says Kara Hunter, executive director of the Yolo Conflict Resolution Center, because when you’re facing conflict you have to get past the instinct to flee, fight or freeze. You also need training, knowing what you really want to achieve when you’re angry, exposure to people and experiences outside your usual haunts, and leaders who show that even difficult conflicts can be managed. Hunter expands on these and other ideas in the current episode of the KDRT public affairs program “Davisville.”The nonprofit center has offices in Woodland and Davis, and helps people resolve and manage conflicts through training, mediation and related services. One pleasant surprise from the past year, Hunter adds, is “how much meaningful interchange can take place in a virtual environment” if you’re not anonymous or cloaked behind a screen name. Here’s the interview, condensed and edited for print. The country is awash in conflict. Is it worse than 10 years ago, or even just two years ago? A lot of people have been asking us that. I would say no, in broad terms. However, it seems more present in our lives because we have more opportunities to expose conflict. People have an opportunity to engage with each other through methods that we didn’t have 10 years ago, and maybe are used quite differently than even two years ago. I’m speaking of things around social media, which is a hotbed for creating and stirring up conflict. As for the human experience with conflict, that probably hasn’t changed significantly in our day-today lives. Our exposure to it has become a lot more heightened. Maybe I’m too optimistic,

COMMENTARY but if the quantity of conflict isn’t worse, then that says that we’ve been here before, and maybe we can handle this. I think that’s a realistic point of view. While the quantity may look more significant in recent years, I don't think it’s a particularly conflicted time in our world. I think we’ve seen worse throughout history, particularly in the United States. The exposure is a lot different than in the past. Another take is that people may now feel more comfortable putting their conflict out (where it can be seen). Maybe people feel a little more comfortable sharing their disdain, their disappointment, their disillusionment. Sharing feelings is a way of resolving them, isn’t it? Can be, if that’s your intention going in. If you’re just there to berate somebody and aren’t looking for resolution, then resolution can be a lot more difficult. But if people are sharing what’s troubling them with a will to want to resolve it, then that puts us in a very different place than just wanting to air whatever’s on our mind. How do we start to resolve this? Often when we experience conflict, inwardly or outwardly, there’s work that needs to be done on our own self-care. If I’m more prone to conflict, or to be explosive or aggravated, then maybe I need to do some self-reflection or selfawareness around “am I OK, and if I’m not, what’s missing.” The second area is in our own education. Sometimes, ignorance breeds fear, and from fear we can breed hatred, and from hatred we could build destruction. Thinking about the opinions we hold — why do we hold them? Am I open to genuinely receiving new information and potentially reforming my opinion? That leads to the third point. Sometimes we get so cemented in our opinions that even when we’re introduced to new information, we refuse to change our minds. Part of that is just

the human condition of being stubborn, or fear, but if we can have some confidence in feeling it is OK to evolve our opinion, then that gives us the opportunity to take in new information and recalibrate what we think. The common thread to all three points is that it begins with us, as individuals. If we’re talking out a conflict, it doesn’t start with me thinking about what you need to do, it starts with me thinking about what I need to do. Absolutely. We often forget that the only person’s behavior that we have any control over is our own, no matter how desperately we want to try to control the behavior of others. To show up in conflict the best way that we can requires a lot of self-awareness. And practice. Our biology hasn’t given us a lot of tools naturally to work with. We have to get past some of those instinctual responses, flight, fight and freeze. We have to practice how we get to where our thinking brain kicks in and allows us to be more present, more conscious of the discussion, when conflict is in front of us. How do you take these principles and apply them in your work at the center? In our society and education, we don’t get training on how to manage conflict well. Most of us pick it up from the people who raise us, and we develop habits in dealing with conflict that aren’t necessarily beneficial to us. So we do training. We offer training in every context you can imagine, to all different types of folks, throughout the region, for anyone interested in improving their conflictresolution skills. Do employers come to you? Or if a person came in and said they had a family dinner coming up, with relatives deeply divided about Donald Trump, and they wanted to find a way not to separate as a family, would you talk with people in those circumstances? Absolutely, yes. We have a conflict resolution 101 training, and part of it talks about coexistence. None of us are always going to agree

on everything, yet if we want to maintain a relationship, we have to talk about what coexistence looks like. That’s where the conversation can get particularly rich, for families, for coworkers, boards of directors, folks who want to maintain a relationship but recognize that they’re going to have differences. Part of the work requires us to step outside our comfort zones, right? It’s possible to stay isolated, even in a large group. This is a really important point, about lack of exposure. We find ourselves then drawing conclusions and opinions on something that we’ve never really had any direct exposure to, based off of whatever’s being shared maybe in our circle or likeminded group. When you talk about the value of direct contact, is it better to see someone in person, instead of on a screen? A year ago I would have said yes. But we have lived the last year in a virtual environment, and I have been pleasantly surprised about how much meaningful interchange can take place in a virtual environment. As long as I’m showing up as Kara Hunter, not hiding behind a screen name or being anonymous in some way. Then we’re not having as genuine a conversation, but more of an anonymous

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exchange of ideas. Are you optimistic that we’ll be able to get a handle on our sometimes-violent conflicts? At my core, I’m an optimistic person, so yes. It comes down to a couple of things. One is leadership. We need good examples of folks having these kinds of conversations, dealing with conflict responsibly at the highest levels, to demonstrate that even really difficult conflicts can be managed well. We also need to consider will. Am I engaging in this conflict because I’m just looking for a place to vent my anger, or do I really want to see something change? We saw that over the summer after the murder of George Floyd, where people showed up angry, and understandably so. We need to look at what happens next. After I vent my anger, how do we then work our way through a conflict so that change can actually take place? Do I just need to vent my anger, or am I genuinely looking to contribute to some kind of change? That’s the heavy lift. That's the hard work. At some point, you have to decide what to forgive. Absolutely. We did a forgiveness workshop over the summer with a woman who has expertise in forgiveness coaching. It was eye opening to really explore what

forgiveness means, and how do we engage in a way that’s authentic, and ideally then allows us to heal from whatever has taken place. There’s currently the question of former President Trump (who has been impeached again). Some say you must convict him, to make him an example, and others say, no, it’s time to move on. This big division of opinion comes down to a decision to convict or not. You can’t just smooth that one away. The question I ask most often when confronted by something on that scale is, to what end? What am I hoping to see as the outcome? Am I expecting a significant, sustainable change? And if it’s something that significant, and leads us on a trajectory that we need to go down, then I can see why somebody would support it. But that’s the question: to what end? If people want to learn more about this subject, is there a good book or resource? You’ve got your website, yolocrc.org. We’re adding a book list to our website. One incredibly significant book is “Changing Lenses,” by Howard Zehr. I’d start with a book like that, but keep an eye on our website. — Bill Buchanan produces and hosts “Davisville” on KDRT-LP 95.7 FM in Davis. For the full interview, visit kdrt.org/davisville.

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Gone fishing on Jan. 20; what did I miss? M B y reason for missing the inauguration of Joe Biden was fishy. Jan. 20 was the only day my husband and I were able to schedule a day of angling by boat for steelhead. I’m happy to report we caught (and released) a big bright steelhead, but in doing so I missed everything presidential, from the morning gathering of attendees to the evening TV show “Celebrating America.” I intended to catch up quickly by replaying the whole thing on my computer. But six days passed before I got started, and even then, I kept taking breaks, getting up, moving around, checking email. If I had been home on Jan. 20, nothing would have pulled me away from the television. A week later, I was practically a no show. Why such a difference? I’ve put it down to loss of suspense. If I had watched in real time, I would have been in a constant state of suspense (and tension) because I would have feared that something could go wrong. In particular, I imagined that some determined Magamadman would get off a shot and turn the event into a tragedy. This fantasy embarrasses me, because it’s almost as if I would have hoped for something bad to

happen to keep me engaged. That’s not the case. But I find that uncertainty and the threat of danger make me behave in ways that are different from what I do when the world feels safe and secure. Fortunately, events went off without a hitch, and by the time I streamed Biden’s inauguration, the world indeed felt more stable. ———— This led me to notice small things about the inauguration. For example, my eyes traveled to the handrail on the steps to guest seating. I noticed that some honorees unabashedly took its help (Michele Obama), others staunchly avoided it (Mike Pence) and one person patted the handrail as if it were a dog that wasn’t supposed to be there, but since it was, he showed affection (Joe Biden).

By observing details like these, I kept myself interested enough to watch the whole thing, especially after I realized that this experience could help me in what I view as my recovery from Donald Trump. I must learn to track events differently and, above all, I must get over the draw of suspense. It won’t be easy. What I’m noticing now in newspapers are headlines about our new president like these: “Joe Biden just made his first big mistake as president,” “Biden can, and should, do more to protect the planet,” and “Biden’s nightmare may be China.” These are samples of what I recognize as effective headline writing, the language of suspense that draws you to read a piece. For four years, practically every article about Donald Trump had that element of suspense: something negative would be about to happen. I felt fearful. I read a lot. I read too much. Now I find myself getting seduced by headlines that, like a well-cast fishing line, pull me in. Fear is a reasonable reaction to a world where a pandemic rages, countries compete for power (and vaccines) and madmen rule in many places, although not here anymore, thank God.

ut living with that level of tension and concern at all times is not healthy for a human being. It does not make for a productive citizen, a good grandma, a loving partner or friend. It’s like wearing black all the time or eating nothing but cereal. Constantly worrying about the future takes the color out of life. We do need the unexpected. (Oh, that yellow coat on Amanda Gorman; that call to “justicia” by J.Lo) but the good unexpected things don’t usually come to us in newspaper headlines. They come in small experiences at home, in poetry from the podium, or from purposely uplifting programming, like “Celebrating America,” which played on the evening of the inauguration. Good unexpected things even show up in the occasional headline, like this recent one in the New York Times — “A California University Tries to Shield an Entire City from Coronavirus” — which turned out to be about our own university and our own town of Davis. ———— Living with Donald Trump as president was like walking down uneven rocky steps, feeling

unsteady, lacking a handrail, fearing a fall. Or a shot. Or a drowning. Trouble came out of nowhere and everywhere. We have a steadier hand at the helm now. If I start skipping the pull-mein-headlines, life may become more boring. But I might look around more, closer to home, rather than at events that could or could not happen far away-now, later or never. When I finally watched the inauguration, I loved Biden’s speech, primarily because he looked passionately sincere about every syllable he uttered. Something grew inside me as I listened that wasn’t suspense. Because I was watching on Jan. 27, I knew no shot was going to ring out; I knew Biden would be with us a week later and, I hope, years later as well. The speech wasn’t exciting exactly — unity has long been his topic — but it felt solid. Going forward, Joe, in place of suspense, continue to give me solidity. Give me your two pet dogs in the White House. Give me peace. — Marion Franck has lived in Davis for more than 40 years. Reach her at marionf2@gmail. com.

After-school programs promote healthy relationships Special to The Enterprise

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ebruary is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month (TDVAM), a national effort to help raise awareness about teen dating violence. Throughout the month, Empower Yolo and other organizations nationwide are coming together to highlight the need to educate young people about dating violence, teach healthy relationship skills and prevent the cycle of abuse. Dating violence is more common than people think, and girls are particularly vulnerable to experiencing violence in their relationships. One in three girls in the U.S. is a victim of physical, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner, a figure that far exceeds rates of other types of youth violence. Teen dating violence is an issue that impacts everyone — teens, their parents, teachers, friends and the whole community. Together, we can raise the community’s awareness about teen dating violence and promote safe, healthy relationships. Prevention education is key in raising awareness, and is important to incorporate into secondary school curriculum. “Prevention education empowers youths to develop awareness, skills, and strategies for developing and maintaining healthy relationships,” says Paola Pretell, Empower Yolo, After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens (ASSETs) site coordinator

at Woodland High School. “Prevention education guides youths through the process of understanding the root causes of violence and provides alternatives to harmful behaviors. Prevention education is important in a school setting because it contributes to youths’ healthy social and emotional development by supporting selfawareness, relationship skills, self-management, responsible decisionmaking, and social awareness. By reaching out to school-age youths and empowering them to become voices of change, it is possible to affect real change at a macro level for safer, more peaceful, and healthier communities,” says Pretell. The ASSETs team continues to provide prevention education through distance learning. Currently, “Our Strength” an eight-week, virtual, prevention education program is being offered to students at Pioneer High and Woodland High School. “The prevention education curriculum consists of topics on how teens can have safe and healthy relationships as well as identifying unsafe/ unhealthy relationships,” says Claudia Angel Zaragoza, Empower Yolo, ASSETs site coordinator at Pioneer High School. “Prevention education efforts can help reduce the possibilities of teenagers facing violence in their

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Students attending the ASSETs Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month campaign last year vote on their favorite art piece from the art contest. personal relationships, and knowing their resources if they ever need help dealing with an unhealthy relationship,” says Zaragoza. This month the ASSETs team is launching a virtual TDVAM campaign for Pioneer High and Woodland High School students through the end of February. The campaign will include weekly, virtual workshops, and a fun, month-long meme contest on healthy relationships. The series of workshop topics will include: what is teen dating violence, and definitions of what type of abuses teens may face; what does teen dating violence look like, and warning signs of violence; a creative workshop for teens to express their thoughts and feelings

about dating violence; and healthy relationship knowledge and skill building. Resources where students can get help will be provided at every workshop and will be emailed to participants to keep as a reference.

he ASSETs team is working hard to support students and keep them engaged through the enduring pandemic. Because all in-person after school activities have now become zoom sessions, ASSETs is experiencing less attendance numbers at a time when students need support more than ever. “The visibility of our program has become a challenge largely due to the effects of the pandemic and distance learning. We

are not alone as many other educational programs are also experiencing this challenge. Students continue to face a number of challenges this year, therefore we are working hard to offer multiple options to engage with students and ensure their awareness of the resources available to them,” says Pretell. There are several ways the community can help or become involved to help raise awareness during TDVAM: 1) donate any time to our prevention education programs at: empoweryolo.org; 2) wear orange on Tuesday, Feb. 9 in support of #Orange4Love Day to raise awareness about teen dating abuse; 3) become a sponsor for TDVAM for next

year to help us reach even more teens. Our ASSETs students will be participating in a month-long awareness campaign and meme contest to show their support of healthy relationships and TDVAM. Follow their efforts on Facebook at @empoweryolo and on Instagram and Twitter @ empower_yolo. Community support for prevention education can have long-term, positive effects for teens. “If the community comes together to support and engage in TDVAM, youths are more likely to engage and participate in prevention education. TDVAM is not just about increasing awareness about teen dating violence, it is about equipping our youths with the knowledge and skills they will need to establish and nurture healthy relationships throughout their lives. Doing our part to ensure that our youths maintain and experience healthy relationships will make our communities safer and healthier in the future,” says Pretell. Thank you to Alpha Chi Omega at UC Davis for sponsoring TDVAM and supporting Empower Yolo’s prevention education programs. We appreciate their support. For questions about teen dating violence or prevention education please contact assets@empower yolo.org. To learn more about Empower Yolo visit: empoweryolo.org. — Natalia Baltazar is the director of development and community relations for Empower Yolo.

Rosenzweig joins Dolcini foundation board Enterprise staff The Mary Ellen Dolcini Scholarship Foundation announces that Davis resident Regina Rosenzweig has joined its board of directors. Rosenzweig has been an educator for 38 years and has taught elementary, ROSENZWEIG middle school and high school students New on scholarship in Mexico and throughout Califorboard nia over the course of her career. A certified trainer in the Orange County Department of Education’s Project GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design), she works throughout Northern California to bring quality professional

NAME DROPPERS development to teachers with a focus on working with students whose native language is not English. She received a special education teaching credential and a master's degree from Loyola Marymount University. The Mary Ellen Dolcini Scholarship Foundation offers higher education scholarships for graduating high school seniors of MexicanAmerican heritage. Graduating seniors in good standing from Davis High School, Martin Luther King High School, Woodland High School and Pioneer High School will be eligible to apply. This year, the foundation is adding Esparto High School and Winters High School to the list of eligible institutions.

The foundation was formed to fulfill the wishes of Mary Ellen Dolcini who passed away in 2018. She was a life-long resident and career educator in Davis. She traveled often to Mexico, developed a love of the culture and people and spoke Spanish fluently. She also had many Mexican friends in both California and Mexico and believed strongly that education opened doors to greater personal and professional opportunities. Students receiving the Mary Ellen Dolcini Scholarship will be selected based on need, merit and overall performance in high school, including extracurricular activities and recommendations. — Do you know of someone who has won an award or accomplished something noteworthy? Email it to newsroom@davisenterprise.net.

BY ANDY JONES Special to The Enterprise 1. Film. In what 1999 film does Estelle Harris’ character say “I’m packing your extra pair of shoes, and your angry eyes just in case”? 2. Chinese Culture. What Chinese philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice, kindness and sincerity? 3. Italian Words. What monosyllabic N-word in English has the following as possible Italian translations: Ora, adesso, and subito?

4. Science. Starting with the letter D, what do we call the temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor? 5. Fun and Games. A Trivial Pursuit playing piece is filled by how many wedges? Answers: “Toy Story 2,” Confucianism, now, dew point, six. — Dr. Andy Jones is the quizmaster at de Vere’s Irish Pub and author of the book “Pub Quizzes: Trivia for Smart People.” Dr. Andy is now also sharing his pub quizzes via Patreon. Find out more at www.yourquizmaster.com.

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Davis statistics Friday’s temperature High/Low ........ 66°/37° Normal ............ 58°/40° Record high .. 71°(1942) Record low ... 25°(1989)

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