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BY LAUREN KEENE Enterprise staff writer A comprehensive report seeking changes in how the Davis Police Department operates returns before the Davis City Council on Tuesday, this time focusing on Police Chief Darren Pytel’s vision for fulfilling its various recommendations. “I am committed, absolutely committed, to making changes, and looking forward to implementing everything we can PYTEL that’s reasonable,” Police chief Pytel told The Davis Enterprise. More than 160 citizens weighed in with public comments during the City Council’s December consideration of the “Reimagining Public Safety” report, a work plan of sorts that identifies community health and safety needs as well as improvements in law enforcement. It stemmed from conversations, both locally and nationwide, regarding the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer — now on trial for murder — police accountability and redirecting police funding toward social-service resources.
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Summer brings more kids’ activities BY ANNE TERNUS-BELLAMY Enterprise staff writer Cherished summer activities were falling like dominos in April of last year. One after another, city recreation programs and camps and annual events like the sixth-grade graduation party and Fourth of July fireworks in Community Park all fell victim to the coronavirus pandemic that was unfolding. This summer will be a repeat for some things: the sixth-grade graduation celebration will be a virtual event; there will be no Camp Putah in what would have been its 50th year; and the city will announce in late April
whether it will host a Fourth of July celebration. But all is not lost for Davis families — day camps, cooking camps, sports camps and more will be available through the city’s Parks and Community Services Department, as well as numerous other local organizations. The city’s summer recreation guide is now available online — www.cityofdavis.org/recguide — and the first round of registration will begin April 13. Registration will be held on two separate dates: April 13, beginning at 8 a.m., for programs running from June 14 to July 18; and May 18 at 8 a.m. for programs running
July 19 to Aug. 31. Programs include both halfday and full-day summer camps as well as clinics, classes, swim lessons and more, serving ages 4 to 15. Themes for some of the weeklong half-day camps include “Survivor,” Harry Potter and the Olympics, while LEGO lovers will have a slew of camps to choose from focusing on everything from Minecraft to “Star Wars.” Outdoor sports camps include basketball, volleyball, softball, cheer, soccer, flag football and more. Old favorites like Rock Band University Camp, babysitter training and, of course, swim
lessons at Manor and Arroyo pools, are also back this summer. See all the offerings at www. cityofdavis.org/recguide. And while there will be no Camp Putah this year, the city won’t be letting a notable anniversary pass by without notice. The week-long camps have always been one of the city’s most popular summer offerings for children. “To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Camp Putah, we are offering a ‘Putah Swag Bag’ to commemorate the fabulous years of summer fun,” the recreation guide announced.
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Schools to move to 5-day schedule Institutions benefit from sharing virus data BY EDWARD BOOTH Enterprise staff writer The Davis school board voted 3-2 on Thursday to approve a five-day inperson learning model for elementary and secondary students that is set to start April 12 and last for the remainder of the school year. Trustees Lea Darrah and Vigdis Asmundson voted against the proposal; they preferred a four-day inperson model that would include one day of distance
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BY CALEB HAMPTON Enterprise staff writer As universities, sports leagues and major corporations sought to resume operations last year, and COVID-19 tests remained scarce and expensive, these institutions generally turned inwards, using the tests on their own members and seeking to wall themselves off from the communities around them. Despite having more access to testing than the general public, colleges and other major institutions and companies still saw outbreaks. A new study suggests these institutions would have been better off had they shared a substantial portion of their tests with the communities around them.
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This should just go without saying “K neeling, raising fist during National Anthem will be allowed at U.S. Olympic trials,” said the headline over Mike Stunson’s recent piece in The Sacramento Bee. That, of course, suggests that someone was actually considering a ban on kneeling or raising a fist during the National Anthem. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Then again, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee is not the U.S. Congress, even if both bodies do tend to make rules they expect people to follow. I’m sure the members of the U.S. committee will say the vote was unanimous and they were just stating it for the record, but freedom of expression is one of those things so cherished in our country that it shouldn’t be necessary to state the rule. Or lack of a rule. I mean, I don’t hear the committee saying it’s OK for U.S. Olympic athletes to eat their fruits and vegetables before and after a competition. The ruling affects the trials only, not the Olympics themselves,
City Olympics in 1968. It was powerful then and would be just as powerful today. Like Smith and Carlos, this year’s athletes will be allowed to hold up their fist on the podium as well, but again, the current guidance refers only to the U.S. Olympic Trials, not the Olympic Games proper in Japan.
which are governed by the International Olympic Committee and tend to be more restrictive than American standards. “The USOPC values the expressions of Team USA and believes that their right to advocate for racial and social justice aligns with the fundamental values of equality that define Team USA and the Olympic and Paralympic movements,” said committee CEO Sarah Hirshland. Fair enough, but last time I checked, the First Amendment doesn’t require that the speech being protected must be about racial or social justice. The First Amendment covers all speech, with the exception of shouting fire in a crowded theater or reading the first three books of the Bible out loud during an algebra exam at the local high school. Many of us are old enough to remember the historic raised fist on the podium by track-and-field superstars Tommie Smith and John Carlos during the Mexico
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ccording to Stunson’s piece, “Wearing a hat with phrases such as ‘Black Lives Matter’ or ‘Trans Lives Matter,’ or words such as “equality’ or ‘respect’ will also be allowed. Furthermore, the committee is letting athletes speak about equity and equal rights for ‘Black, Indigenous and People of Color individuals, or other historically underrepresented, marginalized or minoritized populations.’ ” Again, this is all well and good and something we should all support, but what if someone wants to wear a hat that says “Proud Boys”? Or “Red State Redneck”? Or “Stop the Steal”? Will those be allowed as well? After all, the First Amendment doesn’t distinguish between inspiring speech and stupid speech. Insightful or inciteful? They’re both allowed. “The committee will not allow American athletes to wear clothing with hate symbols or
hate speech.” Hard to disagree with such sentiment, but who’s going to draw the line in the sand? Donald Trump or Alexandria OcasioCortez? According to the International Olympic Committee, “political protests” are not allowed at any Olympic venues. Said the IOC, “There is a need to respect other athletes and their moment of glory, and not to draw attention away from that in any way. With demonstrations on the field of play, at the Olympic Village or during the official ceremonies, the dignity of the competition or the ceremony in question is destroyed for all the athletes concerned.” Still, if you’re standing on the podium with a gold medal dangling on your chest as they play the Star Spangled Banner and you wish to raise your fist, I would encourage you to do so. And if you’re standing on the podium with a gold medal dangling on your chest and you wish to place your hand over your heart as they play “The Star Spangled Banner,” I would encourage you to do so. America, land of the free and home of the brave. Show it to the world. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
ACTIVITIES: City gears up for a different kind of summer From Page A1 “In this special branded bag, you will find items like a Camp Putah-branded T-shirt (youth or adult) with a tie-dye kit, friendship bracelet-making kit, s’mores packet and more goodies to celebrate the spirt of Camp Putah from home.” Kits can be purchased via the online process. Meanwhile, class and camp registration will be available online, but for those without internet access, phone registration will be available on a firstcall, first-served basis and a current liability wavier for each family member must be on file. Callers may experience wait times. Those who need assistance should email registration@cityof davis.org. For more information, contact the Parks and Community Services Department at 530-757-5626 or
csweb@cityofdavis.org. ———— City of Davis summer recreation programs are not the only game in town, of course, and other activities — both in-person and virtual — run the gamut from swim teams to outdoor nature programming to robotics. Some programs are still in wait-and-see mode as the pandemic runs its course and additional information is provided on program websites. For more on the following programs, go to https://wp. me/p3aczg-3YTx. ■ Dart Swimming/Davis Aquadarts/Summerdarts: davissummerdarts@gmail. com. ■ Yolo Basin Foundation: www.yolobasin.org. ■ Peregrine School — Camp Peregrine: https:// www.peregrineschool.org. ■ UC Davis MIND Institute: https://health.
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SHARING: Healthy Davis Together draws admiration From Page A1 “really profound implications” for the public health response to COVID-19, University of Wisconsin, Madison virologist David O’Connor told The New York Times this week. In an article about the study, The Times held up Healthy Davis Together, the community testing collaboration between UC Davis and the city of Davis, as a successful testing model that reinforces the study’s findings. Since the fall, Healthy Davis Together processed 450,000 tests and identified more than 1,000 asymptomatic people with COVID-19, according to Brad Pollock, a UC Davis epidemiologist who directs the program. The number of cases in campus housing, and elsewhere at UC Davis, have remained relatively low, with no serious outbreaks. “A virus does not respect geographic boundaries,” Pollock told The Times. “It is ludicrous to think that you can get control of an acute infectious respiratory disease like COVID-19, in a city like Davis that hosts a very large university, without coordinated public health measures that connect both the university and the community.” that Hypothesizing
altruistic testing programs would be the most effective at limiting the spread of COVID-19 in institutions, the researchers constructed an epidemiological model to test their theory. Using the model, they tested different scenarios by changing variables including the amount of infection, social mitigation efforts, local testing capacity and contact tracing adoption. The results differed depending on the variables, but there was a common thread. “We found that the deployment of diagnostic tests to members’ close contacts outside the institution offered the best protection in practically all tested scenarios,” Sabeti said. For a scenario involving a midsize university — the research team used realworld data from Colorado Mesa University — the study found that the institution could most effectively limit COVID-19 cases among its members by using 45% of its tests outside the institution in the surrounding community. That percentage “is remarkably high considering that most institutions use zero percent of their tests outside of themselves,” Ivan Specht, a co-author of the paper, told The Times.
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Grace Garden annual plant sale set Enterprise staff The Grace Garden annual plant sale is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 10, in the parking lot at Davis United Methodist Church, 1620 Anderson Road. Masks and 6-foot distancing will be required. Payment is by cash or checks only. The sale will feature summer vegetables and flowers.
Grace Garden is a faith-based ministry of Davis United Methodist Church created to feed the hungry and educate the community about gardening, the environment and sustainable practices through teaching and outreach. Proceeds from this sale will help Grace Garden feed hungry people in the community. Most of the garden’s harvest is donated to Davis Community Meals and STEAC.
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Only 75 southern resident killer whales remain in the wild, and the population is looking directly at extinction if humans don’t pay immediate attention to their plight. That’s the story told by a new six-week podcast series, “Pod of Orcas: Saving Southern Resident Killer Whales.” The podcast, which launched April 1, is produced by the SeaDoc Society, a donor-funded program of the UC Davis Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, based on Orcas Island, Wash. “It’s not an exaggeration to say we could lose the population entirely in the not-so-distant future,” said Justin Cox, SeaDoc Society communications manager and producer/ host of the podcast. “We wanted to make a series that’s rooted in science that could appeal to the wider population, beyond those who are already working hard to save the southern resident killer whales.” Southern resident killer whales are facing three major challenges, and they all compound one another. ■ Their sole food source, salmon, has plummeted in the Salish Sea. There are fewer fish, and the fish that remain are far smaller than they were in the past. ■ Shipping traffic and boat noise have made the
sea louder. That is a big deal considering orcas hunt and communicate through sound. ■ Humans have released contaminants in the water, and scientists are finding high concentrations of them in killer whales after their deaths. Persistent toxins compromise their immune systems and can even be passed down to babies through their milk. Killer whales are emotionally intelligent animals, and they have complex family dynamics. They also have a deep spiritual meaning for the tribes and First Nations who have been in the Salish Sea since time immemorial. The series is hosted by Cox and Kevin Campion of the SeaDoc Society and features a different guest and a specific topic on each episode. The debut episode features renowned orca researcher John Ford, who has studied the species since the 1970s and will describe how things have become so dire for this population of whales. The SeaDoc Society conducts science-based conservation and education work throughout the Salish Sea. The podcast is available on all podcast apps under the name “Pod of Orcas: Saving Southern Resident Killer Whales”. Episodes are also available at www.seadocsociety.org/ podoforcas.
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OBITUARIES Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Globus
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Aug. 24, 1938 — March 29, 2021
Elizabeth “Liz” Globus was born on Aug. 24, 1938, in Monterey and passed away on March 29 in Santa Cruz. She had just weeks before lost her beloved husband of 50 years, Dr. Albert Globus. She grew up in Sacramento, attending McClatchy High School class of 1956, and then went on to UC Davis and UCLA to finish her undergrad education. Raised in a family of professional musicians, she had a different calling. She spent her 20s raising three children alone while earning her master’s degree in public health at UCLA. She was the director of the Yolo County Family Service Agency for a decade and then went on to earn another master’s degree in psychology and an MFCC License, opening a private practice and becoming sought after for her special gifts as a grief and loss instructor. Elizabeth and her husband Al were true humanitarian activists, supporting several causes over many decades in the United States and abroad. She was a multitalented woman, an avid reader, a member of many
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book clubs and a 30-year member of the Woodland Shakespeare Club. She played nine instruments, was an incredible singer, an excellent gourmet cook, an impeccable seamstress and she loved to travel. She leaves behind nine children with her husband Albert Globus, M.D.: Al Globus Jr., Ruth Globus, Charlie Abdi, Sue Abdi Lincoln, Anna Della Corte, Lee Globus, Simon Mudahogora, Regina Muhamahoro, Denise Uwingabire, sister Barbara Long Bloom; nephew David Bloom, 13 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and an extensive circle of family, friends and colleagues. She was preceded in death by her husband Dr. Albert Globus and grandsons Daniel Moreno and Dimitri Weinstein. She had an infectious personality and brought a truly unique and compassionate light to our world and will be deeply missed. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to The Friends of Rwanda Association (F.O.R.A): P.O. Box 1311, Elk Grove, CA 95759.
Richard (Dick) Davis, born Aug. 22, 1934, in South Dakota, took his final flight west into the sunset on March 7. He was at home with his much-loved wife, children, grandchildren and furbaby all by his side. Dick spent most of his childhood in Davis until joining the U.S. Air Force to serve his country. For the next 21 years, he was privileged to serve many places around the world, flew the F100 and F-4 as a fighter pilot and spent a year in Vietnam. After retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel, he taught aircraft safety and accident investigation and prevention for 19 years at the University of Southern California. He met Leah (Menifee) Davis, his wife of 63 years, in Phoenix. Ariz. They have two
children, Andra and Scott (Leigh Anne Oden) and two grandchildren, Joshua and Aleya Burg. Dick is also survived by his brother Donn (Skip) and his wife Judy, sister-in-law Harriette, and brother-in-law Paul Menifee, along with many beloved friends, cousins, nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by Elenore and Elvin (Scotty) (parents), and his brother Charles (Chuck). His family will forever remember him as a deep-thinking, storytelling, loving, generous, dog-loving man with the best smile ever! Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123. A celebration of life is planned for the near future.
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Joel Ted Johnson Dec. 7, 1944 — Feb. 14, 2021
Joel Ted Johnson was born Dec. 7, 1944, in Idaho Falls, Idaho, to Theodore Irvin Johnson and Fern Adell Johnson on the couple’s third anniversary. Though an only child, he was raised surrounded by family, his paternal grandfather having helped settle Idaho Falls when it was still known as Eagle Rock. Joel grew up at a time when children were routinely dismissed from school to help with the potato harvest. He, however, took school seriously, was smart and motivated, and became a skilled debater. Following graduation from Idaho Falls High School, he made his way to Stanford University. During summers, he earned money for college by working at the Idaho National Laboratory — a nuclear-reactor research facility 40 miles to the west in the desert — but during the year he studied creative writing with Wallace Stegner where the likes of Ken Kesey would crash his classes. Following graduation in 1967, he attended Harvard Law School, receiving his law degree in 1971. Joel returned to California and
practiced law at Ware & Freidenrich in Palo Alto but researching briefs and arguing detailed points proved less satisfying than originally anticipated. He felt drawn to academia and the allure of openended research, thus returned to Harvard University in 1978 to begin a study of social psychology. It was there he met and married Lorrie Irish. Theirs was a union that lasted 40 years, maintained with wit, humor, insight and kindness, and that produced two children: Geoff and Jessica. Joel was awarded a Ph.D. in social psychology in 1981. Two hours after official copies of his Ph.D. thesis were submitted, Joel and Lorrie began their trek west to Davis, where he’d been hired to teach for the University of California. For 31 years, he conducted research into social cognition, focusing on behaviors regarded as diagnostic of the authentic self, inferential differences between self and others, perceived causality, and causal reasoning in a legal context. He fostered a love of
social psychology in both undergraduate and graduate students and mentored future Ph.D.s who would later speak of both his insight and his kindness. He fit neatly into Davis bicycle culture, riding his bike to work on a near-daily basis, and walking his beloved dogs along the town’s many winding pathways. He counted among his hobbies a love of beer, Trivial Pursuit, politics, science fiction and literature, the latter inherited by his two children. Though his struggles with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis inhibited his physical activity in his later years, his keen understanding of state and national politics continued unabated and family members were impressed by his observations up until nearly the hour of his passing. Joel is survived by his wife, Lorrie, son Geoff and partner Sierra, and daughter Jessica and husband Chanse. He is also survived by several cousins — including Marcine Silver who was like a sister to Joel growing up, several nieces and
nephews, and the many close friends he retained from both grade school and high school in Idaho Falls — whose bonds and support graciously continued throughout his lifetime. The family wishes to thank the kindhearted staff at Stollwood Convalescent Hospital in Woodland, which cared for Joel prior to its pandemic-related closure in 2020, and would like to acknowledge the exceptional care he received at Chaparral House in Berkeley during his last months. Joel was interred with private services at the Davis Cemetery. No further services are planned at this time. Donations in memory of Joel can be made to support the Psychology Graduate Fellowship Fund at UC Davis, which provides financial support for graduate students pursuing a degree in psychology. Make checks payable to UC Davis and on the memo line include: RE Psychology Graduate Fellowship Fund. Mail to UC Davis Advancement Services, 202 Cousteau Place, Suite 185, Davis, CA 95618. To donate online, go to https://give.ucdavis.edu/Go/JoelJohnson.
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Aug. 3, 1943 — March 29, 2021 Margaret passed away at home, surrounded by friends and family, of lung and GIST cancer. She also had end-stage kidney disease from an inherited gene mutation that causes Alport Syndrome. She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Murray Levison; her son Drew (Lisa) Teufel and adored grandchildren Leland and Emmy; stepsons Kyle (Charlotte) and Austin Spiller; sister Mabel (Tommy) Ligh; sistersin-law Mary, Mei, and Ellen Ong; numerous nieces and nephews; and a huge team of family and friends in the US and Mexico. Born in San Francisco, Margaret also lived in Oakland, Tucson, Cincinnati, China Lake, and Berkeley. She moved to Davis in 1979 and to Woodland in 2016. Margaret met Murray in 1992 while taking personal development workshops in San José, where he lived. Although she never planned to marry again, she knew right away that Murray would be her life partner. Murray changed jobs and moved to Davis in 1994, and they were married on a smooth jazz cruise in 1996. After graduating from St. Francis nursing school in San Francisco in 1965, Margaret started a wonderful 45-year nursing career. She used her nursing skills in the Peace Corps in Bolivia (1966-1968), then followed her then-husband Bill Teufel to several assignments. After striking out on her own in Davis with Drew, she worked in
Sacramento for several hospitals before finding her niche in the Emergency Department at Kaiser Morse Avenue, from which she retired after 25 years (1983-2008). For several years, she was the only nationally Certified Emergency Nurse in the Morse Avenue and Roseville EDs. She was the social director of the Morse ED retirees group. Not wanting to work full-time in the busy Kaiser ED, she was hired to lobby the State EMS Authority to amend the regulations to allow automatic defibrillators to be used outside a hospital setting. Having accomplished that, she started selling portable defibrillators. After her first year of sales she was recognized for selling the most units nationally for her company. Other salesmen were certain there was a man helping her, not believing that a woman could be so successful. One day while making a sales call to Sacramento Fire Chief Gary Costamagna, he asked what else he could do to improve pre-hospital medical care for the city’s residents. Margaret encouraged him to begin a paramedic program that would provide a continuity of quality care from the time 911 was called to the time the patient arrived at the hospital. Given only 6 months to build the program, Margaret worked with a dedicated team to write job descriptions,
Donald George Miller March 8, 1932 — March 4, 2021
Donald George Miller, Lt. Colonel USAF (retired), passed on March 4 following a long debilitating illness. He was born in Madison, Wis., to Albert and Lauretta Miller and was the youngest of five children. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Allen, sister Beverly, and identical twin sisters Alberta and Roberta. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Claramae “Clancy’’ H. Miller; five adult children, Mathew V. Miller, Michelle D. Miller DDS, and triplet daughters: Christine W. Miller, Kelly K. Miller Schultz and Tracy C. Dunn; and three grandchildren, Aidan, Reese and Macy.
Following Air Force retirement he received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska, an MBA from University of Southern Illinois, and a JD from McGeorge School of Law. After law school and passing the bar, he flew 747 cargo planes for UPS for 25 years. For the past three years, he and Clancy have resided at University Retirement Community in Davis. Don was well known for his wry sense of humor and his amazing Trivial Pursuit and fantastic bridge playing skills. Interment will be at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Davis, following a small private ceremony.
develop qualifying tests, write care standards and medical protocols, and establish relationships with nine hospitals. For 20 years she worked as a consultant, and briefly as an employee (2005-2010), for the City of Sacramento. As former Fire Chief Ray Jones wrote, “I counted on you to jumpstart projects that were difficult, time-consuming and sometimes even treacherous. While the rest of the team was complaining, you were in my office making plans.” Never the stereotypic quiet Asian woman, Margaret often was described as a force of nature and fearless. She always was up for an adventure with those close to her. Whether it was chartering a plane to take friends to an LA Rams game; taking family and friends to Hawaii, Paris, and China; hosting numerous Chinese New Year’s banquets; or trying out new restaurants with her exercise buddies, she simply enjoyed being with people and would always fight for the check to pay the bill. Margaret’s greatest achievement was being a compassionate, persistent, and generous family member, friend, and community member. She took the time to learn the names of those who waited on her wherever she did business, and they often became new friends. She supported numerous charities, volunteered at clinics, cooked
for a homeless shelter, was an enthusiastic supporter of school and team fundraisers, bought shoes for employees in Mexico, remembered the details of her family’s and friends’ lives and celebrated their life events, worked to influence elections, and spoke up about injustice. Even in her final days she was delivering presents to people and making a list of projects for Murray to complete. Her 70th birthday party served as her celebration of life and there will be no additional services. After cremation, some of her ashes will be placed at the winter refuge in Cabo San Lucas she loved and so enjoyed with Murray. Special thanks go to Jan Ebert, who donated a kidney to Margaret, and to Dr. Satpreet Sekhon and Dr. Gwen Ho, who took a strong personal interest in providing excellent care to Margaret over many years. In lieu of flowers, consider a donation in memory of Margaret to the Kaiser Sacramento Nephrology or Oncology Departments at https://is.gd/5B0bis, or to the Alport Syndrome Foundation at alportsyndrome.kindful.com. Alternately, join us in donating to a fund supporting Kyle’s COVID medical challenges at www.gofundme.com/help-for-kyles-medical-bills. Fond remembrances may be sent to PO Box 128, Davis 95617. As Margaret often said, “Stop feeling sorry for yourself and live life to the fullest.”
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ater Pig, the longcoming Asian fusion restaurant in South Davis, is making progress toward opening. Dare I say, it looks for reals this time. Like maybe by summer. Owner Calvin Liu was just starting to hire kitchen staff for Water Pig in January 2020 when the pandemic put plans on pause. He’s been busy running Open Rice Kitchen, which became the food source that allowed The Davis Beer Shoppe to stay open. Water Pig fills the former Moshi Moshi space at 2120 Cowell Blvd., Suite 143. Liu is developing seasonal dishes — an Asian farm-to-fork concept — with whimsical cooking techniques. One menu item, Broccoli Beef 2.0, is a reimagined version that “has every component of a classic broccoli beef dish,” Liu said. It includes five-spice grilled skirt steak atop a broccoli-Yukon mash, with a demi glaze and crispy carrot strings. ———— The two Regal Theatres in Davis will open May 21. But Davis Varsity Theatre may beat them to the chase. Sinisa Novakovic, who runs the independent movie theater, said, “We will open as early as April 30 or as late as May 21, depending on what movies we manage to get between now and the end of the month.” The city owns the building at 616 Second St., and used the pandemic’s down time to conduct some much-needed roof repairs. The neon Varsity sign should be back up soon. The demand may be increasing but supply of new movies is low. Select Regal Theatres opened nationwide with “Godzilla vs. Kong” on April 2. Regal Davis is at 420 G St., and Regal Davis Holiday is at 101 F St. Yolo County’s orange tier
Dodd to co-chair committee on wine Special to The Enterprise SACRAMENTO — State Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, and Sen. Mike McGuire, D-North Coast, have been appointed co-chairs of the Senate Select Committee on California’s Wine Industry for the 2021-22 legislative session. The pair will focus on mitigating the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the wine industry. The committee is made up of a bipartisan group of senators charged with overseeing the diverse issues affecting the wine industry. California makes 90 percent of all the wine produced in the United States. The industry has an annual economic impact of more than $57 billion and creates 325,000 jobs. The wine industry is also an essential part of tourism, bringing in upwards of 23 million tourists annually.
allows theaters to be open up to a 50 percent capacity, with restrictions. If we move to yellow tier – which could be as soon as April 14 – that percentage wouldn’t change. ———— A March 22 report with an eye on local real estate trends notes that “the Sacramento retail market has proven remarkably resilient during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but one area that has been inordinately impacted by the resulting economic turmoil is Davis.” CoStar Group, a provider of commercial real estate analytics, says that while we usually have one of the lowest vacancy rates for retail properties in our region, that’s not the case now. “Before the pandemic, vacancies in Davis had never exceeded the market average,” it said. “Since the first quarter of 2020, vacancy rates in the Davis retail submarket have increased by 120 basis points to 7.7%, an all-time high. In stark contrast, the market’s overall retail vacancies have only increased 40 basis points, to 5.8%. Davis’ previous peak was 7.5%, recorded in 2010, in the aftermath of the Great Recession.” It continued, “The average retail vacancy rate in Davis during the past decade was 4.4%, while Sacramento’s average figure was almost double that, at 8.5%.” With remote learning, and many of UC Davis’ 37,000 students out of town, “apartment vacancies in Davis have similarly
No doubt the support was strong. Meanwhile, friends established a GoFundMe account to help the family recover. It’s at https://gofund.me/e8d8f806. Money raised will help pay for restoration and salvage, storage units, lodging, furniture, clothes and similar items. ———— Pho Tasty, a new Vietnamese restaurant coming to 301 G St., should open later this month. It replaced Taste of Thai, which closed at the beginning of the year. If final repairs are OK’d on Monday, it could open about a week later. To begin, hours will be 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. ———— Cable Car Wash, 904 Third St., expanded its afternoon hours this month. It’s open 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and stays open later Thursdays through Saturdays, from 2 to 5 p.m. ———— In Woodland, Crepeland, at 540 Main St., closed in March. It first opened in October 2019. ———— 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. Email wendyedit@gmail. com to suggest updates. — Wendy Weitzel is a Davis writer and editor. Her column runs on Sundays. Check for frequent updates on her Comings & Goings Facebook and Instagram pages. If you know of a business coming or going in the area, contact her at wendyedit@gmail. com.
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Broccoli Beef 2.0 will be on the menu at Water Pig, which is working on its opening plans in South Davis. It features steak atop mashed broccoli and potatoes, capped with crispy carrots. soared to an all-time high, indicating students have opted to live with family, cohabitate with friends, or live in a more costeffective area. Davis’ apartment market is easily the most expensive in Sacramento.” ———— The lack of students is causing another crisis: a huge shortage in the employment pool. I’ve noticed restaurants, especially, are having trouble finding help. The new Davis Barbecue Pit (which is excellent, by the way) is limiting its hours to 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays until it can get more staff. Owner Kristin Johanson said, “We are having a really hard time with staffing. I have ads running in four different marketplaces without any applications coming in.” She notes on the company website: “We offer the highest hourly rate in the culinary industry of this area.” I’ve seen ads for Open Rice Kitchen, Casablanca, Upper Crust Baking; and Mojo’s Lounge & Bar and Main Street
Lounge in Woodland, to name a few. Hopefully, as students trickle back in and more people become vaccinated, this issue will resolve itself. ———— The owners of ZimCuisine, Dzokerayi and Fungai Mukome, suffered a house fire on March 27, forcing the couple and their three children out of their Davis home. Just a week before, they handed out 50 free meals to teachers, with assistance from Healthy Davis Together. The Black-owned catering and fooddelivery business specializes in African food. Its website is https://www.zimcuisine.com/. Dzokerayi is founder of the TESE Foundation, which supports schoolchildren in Zimbabwe. Fungai is an assistant professor at William Jessup University. Zim planned to return to the Davis Farmers Market on April 3 to sell “walkable” pies and sausage rolls. (It previously sold food at the Wednesday market but just changed to Saturdays.)
MBI joins UN Global Compact Pachamama Coffee wins Special to The Enterprise Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc., a Davis-based leader in sustainable bioprotection and plant-health solutions, announced today it has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative committed to aligning business strategy and operations with universal principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. “Sustainability has been one of the cornerstones of Marrone Bio Innovations since our beginning in 2006,” said Kevin Helash, chief executive officer of MBI. “We look forward to linking arms with many other like-minded companies through our involvement with the UN Global Compact and are committed to further aligning our corporate environmental, social and governance strategy with the UN’s 17 sustainable development goals.” MBI has already been
actively implementing and tracking corporate performance on a number of the UN’s SDGs including those around sustainability (water, land, energy and climate change), gender equality and global partnerships. In January 2020, MBI released a Comparative Greenhouse Gas Impact Study to determine the greenhouse gas effects of MBI biopesticides. The study, conducted in cooperation with UC Davis Graduate School of Management, determined that switching from conventional crop protection products to current MBI bioprotectants would, on average, likely result in net reductions of greenhouse gas emissions of 69 percent to 91 percent. “We know our products offer tremendous value to growers and the environment,” said Keith Pitts, chief sustainable officer and senior vice-president of regulatory and government affairs. “Conducting addi-
tional third-party studies to evaluate and quantify the climate and environmental impact and the carbon trading potential of our products are a key component of our ESG initiative and MBI’s alignment with the UN’s SDGs.” MBI is set to release findings for another independent analysis conducted by Boundless Impact Research and Analytics, assessing the climate impact for one of MBI’s core products. The study evaluates the impact the product has on greenhouse gas emissions, environmental and human toxicity, and ecosystem degradation. “The results are very exciting and affirm what we’ve known all along, using biological products is a critical part of the future of sustainable agriculture and reducing our climate impact” Pitts added. “We are in the final stages of wrapping up the study and anticipate it will be available to the public shortly.”
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Special to The Enterprise The Specialty Coffee Association announced that farmer-owned roaster and retailer of organic coffee Pachamama Coffee Cooperative is the winner of the 2021 Sustainability Awards for Business Model. Pachamama Coffee is at 130 G St. in Davis and there is also one in midtown Sacramento. The annual award recognizes innovative business models shown to expand and promote sustainability in coffee, while inspiring others to pursue similar endeavors. The award will be presented by the association on May 12-13. “From its foundation, Pachamama Coffee was designed to be a sustainable coffee chain, directly linking smallholder farmers with the consumers of their coffee” said Thaleon
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SAFETY: Chief will brief city leaders on what steps to take next From Page A1 What followed was the creation of a subcommittee including members of the city’s Human Relations, Police Accountability and Social Services commissions: ■ Determine why racial disparities in arrests, recommended charges, and stops exist in Davis. ■ Encourage the DPD to dialogue with the Police Accountability Commission (PAC) on the content of its use-of-force policy. ■ Evaluate the impact of deescalation, crisis intervention, procedural justice, and implicit bias trainings. ■ Shift nonviolent service calls to unarmed personnel. ■ Reinvent the policecommunity conversation; establish an ongoing, confidential public input process centering communities of color, the homeless, and other at-risk groups. ■ Deprioritize, decriminalize and offer restorative remedies for minor, victimless offenses through warm hand-off programs, an expansion of the specialty court system, and other measures.
■ Work with county partners to build an integrated, “Crisis Now”-type model for behavioral health emergencies. ■ Expand the city’s community navigator workforce. ■ Commit to a vision of reimagined public safety. Pytel said the recommendations “resonate with a lot of people,” and noted that the Davis Police Department has made significant strides in the areas of data collection, officer training, and services for the homeless and mentally ill. In 2019, the department began tracking demographics of its arrests and traffic stops in accordance with the California Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) — which seeks to eliminate racial and identity bias in law enforcement — several years ahead of its state-mandated deadline. Similar data collected during 2020 is soon headed to the state Department of Justice for comparison to the 2019 numbers and analysis alongside regional and statewide figures. That, along with next week’s planned launch of the Yolo
County District Attorney’s data transparency portal — which outlines in detail the information prosecutors have before them, including demographics, when making charging decisions — “will give us data we’ve never had access to before,” Pytel said. With that information, “we can really do a comprehensive qualitative analysis” of that data, using it to determine whether the Police Department should shift its arrest and enforcement strategies. Changes also are underway when it comes to police contacts in mental-health crisis situations. Currently, the department partners with the county’s Health and Human Services Agency when responding to calls involving a mental health or emotional crisis, providing the proper resources when needed. HHSA also launched a 24/7/365 crisis line earlier this year, accessible directly or through police dispatchers. HHSA and law-enforcement agencies also are expected to adopt the “Crisis Now” model, comprising around-the-clock call
crisis hubs, community-based mobile crisis teams, crisis stabilization facilities and other practices. “That model is intended to reduce law-enforcement responses to mental health crisis calls,” Pytel said, adding that the program ultimate could redirect “hundreds if not thousands of calls.” Davis officers also continue to undergo implicit bias, crisis intervention and de-escalation training — the latter for more than 15 years — and “now it comes down to auditing the training to see if it makes a difference,” Pytel said. “We have to put it in the context of the data that’s available.” Pytel also noted that deescalation training contributes to Davis’ rare use-of-force incidents — four in 2019, when the agency reported 5,561 contacts resulting in 704 arrests and 1,332 citations. “We do use force, but it’s measured and the numbers are very low,” Pytel said. “The public looks at failures, but when less than 1 percent of calls result in use of force, you realize that the training has the desirable impact.”
SCHOOLS: Parents’ priorities differ by grade level From Page A1 prefer in-person for secondary school students. For elementary school, the new model will involve 14.5 hours of in-person instruction — or 11 hours and 10 minutes of distance learning for pure distance learners — each week. When elementary students aren’t in class during the school day, that is, the afternoon for in-person students and the morning for distance learners, they’re involved in asynchronous lessons or activities, such as reading or math practice, according to the model. The day begins at 8:30 a.m. with a half-hour class meeting that includes all students, both in-person and distance learners, and
transitions to in-person instruction until 11:30 a.m. Elementary students will then eat lunch at home. Distance learning instruction begins at 12:15 p.m. and runs until 2:15 p.m. each day except Wednesday. Distance learning is cut short on Wednesday, ending at 12:55 p.m. so teachers can collaborate or hold a staff meeting. The final hour and five minutes of the school day is reserved for teacher preparation. For secondary students, instructional time runs from 8:30 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. each day. Pure distance learning students will learn through simulcasts of the in-person lectures, meaning they’ll essentially watch those lectures, as they’re given to
in-person students, live on their laptops. After lunch, the 50 minutes between 1:25 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. is reserved for an “intervention block” where students do independent learning and teachers provide intervention support for some students over Zoom. The school day ends for students with small group instruction and teachers have the last 30 minutes of the school day for preparation. Kindergarten and transitional kindergarten schedules differ mainly by separating out a.m. and p.m. students into two blocks, with each taking up 2.5 hours. The first segment of a class for either block involves a class meeting with both
distance learners and inperson students. That class meeting is followed by inperson learning, and then by 90 minutes of distance learning for pure distance learning students. On Wednesdays, both a.m. and p.m. students meet together during the morning block, and distance learning is limited to 50 minutes. The board first discussed the five-day model at a special meeting March 28. Superintendent John Bowes said the main reason the board was considering the move from the previous two-day model was because of a recently updated state Department of Public Health guidance that cut social distancing from 6 feet to 3.
Pytel’s other suggested actions include: ■ Allow DOJ and RIPA Board to analyze the 2020 RIPA data and reassess, once complete, or engage independent professional researchers to undertake the analysis. ■ Consider funding request to for Public Safety Analyst, who can work to compile and interpret data locally. ■ Use timely qualitative analysis to identify officer deficiencies and to provide increased customized training or policy adjustments more promptly. ■ The Independent Police Auditor is reviewing best practices and will provide feedback to the city manager, the police chief and the PAC on the department’s use of force policy. ■ Continue implicit bias training as a priority. ■ Consider Police Department request for $30,000 (total) in funding specific for education reimbursement for staff. ■ The department is exploring the impact of imposing college education requirements for new hires.
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n the two weeks before my first flight since 2019, I receive a flood of emails from the airline, most of them elaborating the precautions they have taken for my trip. Delta Airlines reminds me of a springtime bird, a male resplendent in all its colors, working tirelessly to keep the attention of a dowdy masked partner: me. My response? Cynicism. The messages talk about cleaning and more cleaning, hepa filters and air circulation, which is all fine, but I wish they would reassure me that my presumably moth-balled airplane has been readied for flight. Three days before our departure, one of the preflight messages leads to a heated exchange with my mate. Delta instructs us to arrive two hours early. We didn’t do that in the old days, especially for a 6 a.m. flight, but I don’t know how things may have changed. I’m willing to get there at whatever abominable hour Delta suggests for catching the worm. My husband says that’s crazy. “The airport is not going to be crowded at 5 a.m.,” he declares.
I mumble something about possible slowdowns at TSA. Feathers get ruffled. We decide not to decide yet. The next morning, two days before flight, Delta writes to me again. They tell me that “Delta is partnering with trusted experts from the medical field and leaders in disinfection and sanitization to help us revolutionize a safer and cleaner travel experience.” They offer me seven videos on various aspects of my upcoming flight. They even peel an orange on a plane and show, using orange floating blobs, how quickly it can be smelled outside the plane due to fast and thorough air recirculation. Can someone tell them that computer graphics — which
can, of course, be produced to show anything — are not convincing? Delta, with a major hub in Minneapolis, even offers a video of neighboring staff from the Mayo Clinic examining their new safety and air filtration protocols on a spacious plane that seems only to have business class seats. (Guys, that’s not my plane.) ———— On the day of flight, my husband is right and everything goes quickly at 5 a.m. Before I know it, we’re on the plane with a bunch of people who don’t look the way I expected. I anticipated a granny flight, full of older vaccinated people like me, but instead most passengers are between 35 and 55 years old (probably unvaccinated), plus a few children. I stop feeling critical of the airline and switch over to feeling critical of the flock that surrounds me. Travelers wearing masks made out of loose bandannas compete for “most annoying” with the ones who don’t cover their noses. Most people, however, follow the rules.
———— Then we settle in. Watching the revamped safety video, I notice changes in instructions for putting on your mask in an emergency. In case of sudden loss of cabin pressure, we have to remove our own masks first before putting on Delta’s. I also notice that in every place in the video where there is room for a moment of extra visual content, they switch to photos of people cleaning. Nevertheless, as the video ends, I feel my cynicism fading away. A slim male flight attendant comes down the aisle with a clipboard, pausing at rows to, of all things, thank people individually for coming. He thanks my husband and me with good eye contact and by name. I admit this softens me. But the most changed thing about the flight is yet to come. As we take off in growing daylight, I raise my curtain. This allows me to see the whole Sacramento region spread before me, rivers, farms, tall buildings, Sierra foothills. Under a mixture of clouds and sun, everything is
clean and sparkling, a truly beautiful bird’s eye view. I remember that long ago, when I was a young traveler, the world looked this way from a plane and I loved it. I didn’t need anything to distract me during flight; I could just look outside and watch the clouds. It felt magical to fly like a bird. I’ve been away from flying for so long that today that feeling comes back. Once I arrive in Minneapolis and reunite with my son, my daughter-in-law and my grandson, I am thoroughly distracted from anything involving flight. Delta writes to me again, thanking me for taking my first post COVID flight with them, but I barely skim the message. Instead, I have rediscovered the nest that forms when I sit cross-legged on the floor, a granny lap that is the perfect size for a 3-year-old boy to snuggle in and listen as I warble a song or read a book. That nest was as hungry for my grandson as Delta was to get me into a seat. Now, thanks to flying, I’m as happy as a lark.
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pril is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month. A year has passed since COVID-19 forced Yolo County and most of the nation into quarantine. Throughout that time, Empower Yolo continued to support survivors of sexual assault amidst the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. As our community begins to move from the darkness of the pandemic into the light of a new beginning we are mindful of the trauma and additional hardships survivors of sexual abuse have endured during this time. In the U.S., every 73 seconds a person is sexually assaulted; and every nine minutes, that victim is a child according to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network website. This past year, Empower Yolo modified its services to better support sexual assault survivors. Empower Yolo’s Concerned Advocates Responding to Emergencies (CARE) team advocates continued to support and empower sexual assault and human trafficking survivors by providing accompaniment and advocacy during law enforcement investigations. “Empower Yolo has continued to respond in person to law enforcement interviews, child forensic interviews, and emergency departments to support survivors; face masks, social distancing and other safety measures are followed according to County guidelines,” says Celina Alveraz, Associate Director, Empower Yolo. In 2020, Empower Yolo advocates served 119 sexual assault survivors, 60 were children. Empower Yolo’s essential services remained open throughout the pandemic to support
survivors and families in need. Empower Yolo continues to provide survivors of sexual assault a place to turn to in their moment of crisis. The CARE team is comprised of certified peer counselors and all communication between the survivor and advocate is privileged communication. Our advocates are prepared to act during emergencies. They respond 24-hours a day and seven days a week to hospitals, police departments, forensic interviews and forensic medical exams; they provide crisis intervention, peer counseling, resources, referrals, and emotional support to survivors and their families. “As cases surged in Yolo and Sacramento County, CARE advocates were restricted from responding in-person to sexual assault forensic exams. Survivors were given the option to check in with an advocate before the exam to receive support, explain the process, understand their rights and learn about Empower Yolo’s free, safe and confidential services. Survivors also were given the option to check out with the advocate after the exam to debrief the process and talk about next steps. Many survivors opted out of receiving this support, as forensic exams are very personal and intimate medical exams, which many just want to get through as quickly as possible,” Alveraz said. Over the past year, there have been many challenges sexual assault survivors have had to overcome to get support and services because of COVID-19. In addition to the loss of support during forensic medical exams, survivors saw an increase in judgment as a result of their victimization. “Rape culture continues
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Empower Yolo associate director Celina Alveraz meets with a parent to offer support and explain resources during her child’s forensic interview at the county’s Multi-Disciplinary Interview Center. to place blame on the victims instead of those who cause harm. Survivors are already heavily stigmatized and blamed for their assaults; we have all heard the common messages of “what were you doing there?” “what were you wearing?” Now, as a result of the pandemic, survivors receive additional negative feedback such as, “why were you out anyway?” “aren’t you supposed to be staying home?” Court systems slowed down causing a delay in cases moving forward. Many partner organizations had shut down in-person services making it difficult for clients to receive support; thankfully, Empower Yolo has remained open and expanded services to support those impacted by Covid-19. Empower Yolo’s therapy services shifted to virtual and expanded to include a self-care support group, and “Thriving Teens” a support group for teens that have experienced sexual abuse,” Alveraz said. A new session of Thriving Teens will start up again in mid May. For information about the group, call the
main office at 530-6613661. In addition to the CARE team, Empower Yolo is still providing essential services at the main office in Woodland, the West Sacramento Office, and the Resource Centers in Davis and Knights Landing. Services include: restraining order assistance, family legal clinic, food distribution, emergency clothing and hygiene products, resources and referrals. Phone and video services are also available for therapy and case management. Additionally, the 24-hour support line is always available at 530662-1133. Beginning in April our new office hours are the following: Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Empower Yolo also supports child sexual assault survivors. Empower Yolo is an authorized facilitator of Darkness to Light’s Stewards of Children, a child sexual abuse prevention program. The flagship program teaches adults how to prevent, recognize,
and react responsibly to child sexual abuse. Additional training is available that is designed to provide more in-depth information and skill development in topic areas addressed in Stewards of Children, including but not limited to other forms of abuse, mandated reporting, and human trafficking. Workshops are facilitated free of charge, however there is a $10 fee for the required workbook. There are still many concerns for victims of abuse right now. “Survivors continue to be marginalized and blamed for their abuse. Reaching out for support has already been difficult, but throwing in loss of job, increased isolation, and housing insecurity has only amplified the need for organizations like Empower Yolo. Clients who face additional barriers, such as lack of language access, job insecurity, or fear of deportation find it exceptionally difficult to reach out for help,” Alveraz said. Empower Yolo provides services to all survivors and does not discriminate based on age, race, color,
‘Nerve Wrackin’ Theatre’ is on KDRT Special to The Enterprise In March, Davis Media Access began airing a syndicated program, “Lord Blood-Rah’s Nerve Wrackin’ Theatre,” that presents monster and sci-fi movies, sometimes of terrible quality, for fun, humor, diversion and occasionally an insight or two. Frank Wallace-Ailsworth, aka Lord BloodRah, hosts the program
from his home in the Bay Area. He talks about his show, the tradition of latenight horror hosts, and why on earth anyone might want to tune in, on the latest edition of the KDRT radio program “Davisville.” “Davisville,” hosted by Bill Buchanan, is broadcast on KDRT-LP, 95.7 FM at 5:30 p.m. Mondays, 12:30 p.m. Fridays, and 8:30 a.m. Saturdays. The “Nerve Wrackin’
Theatre” interview will be broadcast through April 10, and is available anytime at https://kdrt.org/davisville or on Apple podcasts. “Lord Blood-Rah’s Nerve Wrackin’ Theatre” airs at 10:30 p.m. Saturdays on DCTV (channel 15 on Comcast, menu 99 on ATT U-Verse); for more about the program, including viewing options if you don’t have cable, see www. lordbloodrah.com.
BY ANDY JONES Special to The Enterprise 1. Hebrew Terms. What word used idiomatically to mean both hello and goodbye can also mean peace, harmony, wholeness, completeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquility? 2. Pop Culture — Music. Born in 1939, who was the first (eventually) Swiss person, the first
African American, and the first woman to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine? 3. Science. There are five types of mountains: Dome, fault-block, fold, plateau and what? 4. Unusual Words That Start with A. What A word means “up to date with the latest news, ideas, or information”?
gender, religion, national origin, marital status, ancestry, citizenship, immigration status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability. Additional resources include the California Victim Compensation Board (CalVCB), which can pay for out of pocket expenses related to the crime such as counseling, medical bills, home security improvements, relocation and more. Assistance filling out these applications can be found at any of Empower Yolo’s resource centers or the Victim Services Unit at the District Attorney’s Office, 530666-8187. UC Davis students, staff and faculty may also utilize the Center for Advocacy Resources and Education located on both the Davis and Sacramento campuses. For information or to make an appointment, call 530-752-3299 (Davis campus); 916-734-3799 (UC Davis Health); or email ucdcare@ucdavis. edu. The Yolo County Child Abuse Prevention Council is also launching its new website at www. strongfamiliesyolo.org/. Help us continue to support sexual assault survivors this month. Together, we can strengthen our safety net throughout the county to better support survivors and families in need, to connect them with resources to keep them safe, healthy and resilient, and to help raise up our entire community from the darkness into the light. For information on services, supporting clients through COVID-19, and to donate any time visit: www.empoweryolo.org. — Natalia Baltazar is the Director of Development and Community Relations of Empower Yolo.
5. Another Music Question. What is the first word in the Jerry Lee Lewis song “Great Balls of Fire”? Answers: Shalom, Tina Turner, volcanic, abreast, You (as in “You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain”). — 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 more at www.yourquiz master.com.
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Cornhole mania is on the rise
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f you’d like to win $1,000 for playing a stupid game in your backyard and writing about it, read on. If you have better things to do, or you don’t have a backyard, you can stop now and get on to more pressing matters. “If you are a lawn-game enthusiast, now might be your chance to shine!” exclaimed the CNN story. I don’t generally read stories that begin with an exclamation point, but since backyard volleyball and badminton can be all sorts of fun while the burgers are still cooking on the grill, I continued to see what CNN had to say. “Lawn care company TruGreen is offering $1,000 dollars to a cornhole aficionado who is willing to spend a little time outdoors,” the story goes on. CNN’s editors apparently do not realize that if you have a dollar sign ($) before the “1,000,” you don’t need the word “dollars” afterward. Then again, this story is so exciting they can definitely be forgiven for a minor redundancy. “We are looking for someone who is willing to play cornhole and tell us about how you are using it to stay connected while staying safe,” said a statement on TruGreen’s website. I never once considered playing cornhole to stay safe and sane during the coronavirus, but the letters of the word “corn” can easily be found from the letters of the word “coronavirus,” so there may be a connection. “During the coronavirus pandemic, more people have been relying on outdoor leisure activities as a way to enjoy some fresh air while maintaining social distancing and adhering to COVID-19 safety guidelines.” That’s true. You can play cornhole solo so you don’t have to worry about social distancing, and you can certainly play it while double masked since the exertion level required is down near zero on the Richter Scale. “Do you need more reasons to get outside? Looking for ways to have fun while socially distancing? Want to do something that’s good for all ages? If you are, then we have the job for you. We’re paying someone $1,000 to play cornhole.”
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or the uneducated who may not have heard of this game that’s sweeping the world, “The object of this popular backyard game is fairly simple. Players toss small bags filled with corn at a hole in an inclined board.” Yep that’s it. Nothing more to it. Kind of like baseball without a batter, a catcher and an umpire. Either the cornfilled bag goes in the hole or it doesn’t. You can judge for yourself. If after 10 tosses you have not mastered this game so you never miss the hole again, you should grab one of those burgers on the barbecue and stop calling yourself an athlete. Entering is simple. Just give them your name and email address and answer one question: “Why Should We Choose You To Get Paid To Play Cornhole?” I’ll give them the thousand back if they’ll answer why they need to capitalize every word in that question. “Odds of selection are dependent on the total number of entries.” Not simply the number of entries, mind you, but the total number of entries. Let’s see. At last count, there are approximately 500 people in the United States and Canada who actually play cornhole. Of those, probably only 50 have actually heard of this contest. Given that the prize is a thousand dollars instead of a million dollars, only 10 of those will think this contest is worth entering. Of those 10, only five will somehow get around to entering before the April 5 at 5 p.m. (Eastern) deadline, and four of those will forget that 5 p.m. Eastern is only 2 p.m. Pacific and will be disqualified for a late entry. I pretty much think the $1,000 is already being deposited in my bank account. Unless you beat me to it. — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@ davisenterprise.net.
The spring football season was fun while it lasted, but it all came to an end for UC Davis Saturday afternoon when visiting Eastern Washington handed the Aggies a 32-22 loss in UCD’s final Big Sky Conference game of the year. Playing before a “crowd” of 1,720 at UC Davis Health Stadium — the first fans allowed this spring — the Aggies fell to 3-2, while Eastern Washington moved to 4-1 and a step closer to an FCS playoff bid at season’s end. Eastern jumped to a 16-0 lead in the first half and never trailed, though the Aggies did cut the deficit to a single touchdown on several occasions, only to have the high-flying Eagles pull away each time. “That’s a very good football team and they made plays when they had to,” said Aggie head coach Dan Hawkins. “When you’re playing championship-level football against a team like Eastern Washington, the margin for error is very small. I was proud of how we
Aggie defensive back Jaylin White (10) grabs the jersey of Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere (3) in Saturday’s game at UC Davis Health Stadium. White had five tackles in Davis’ 32-22 loss. OWEN YANCHER/ ENTERPRISE PHOTO
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quarterback Eric came back, but give Barriere constantly Eastern credit, they scrambled out of responded every trouble to keep time.” plays alive and EWU came in with Next game: End one of the most pro- of regular season. ended up gaining 435 of those yards ductive offenses in the nation and did nothing to by himself, with 392 coming disappoint, running up 563 through the air and another 43 total yards to 397 for UCD. on the ground. Try as they Elusive All-American might, the Aggies failed to sack
Barriere even once during the afternoon. “They were able to move the ball and especially convert when they needed to and that limited our offensive opportunities,” Hawkins added. “We were able to get some things going in the second half, but
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Senior reflections Davis High student-athletes look back on crazy season BY OWEN YANCHER Enterprise sports editor Cramming 28 sports campaigns into a single spring season has been a tall task for the athletic department at Davis High. But Blue Devil athletes, coaches and parents have been resilient. DHS cross country, girls tennis and field hockey all began seasons in mid-February. Six weeks later, those three sports held their final contests this past week, wrapping up seasons quite a bit different from any other on record. With their pandemic-shortened slates already finished, a handful of Blue Devil senior athletes spoke with The Enterprise about their experiences this spring. Here’s what they had to say: Puck Reusken, field hockey: “We were a little worried for a bit that with a lot less seniors this year, we’d lose our (winning) streak,” the Devil midfielder said. “We started off with seven seniors, then four left to play lacrosse. So we only had three left.” But underclassmen on Reusken’s squad stepped up, helping the Blue Crew extend its multi-year unbeatable streak to 48-straight matches. Her Devils closed out the season 4-0, with Reusken scoring a pair of goals on her own Senior Night — a 4-0 victory over River Valley. “We’ve been through a lot as a team,” she added. DHS players wore masks throughout competitions the entire season and underwent weekly COVID-19 testing. “We’ve become so much more responsible,”
Reusken said. “I think we have a lot more trust and respect for each other.” Looking to stay in California, Reusken says she’s leaning toward San Francisco State and Santa Barbara City College as post-graduation destinations. Grace Ji, girls tennis: “I felt really fortunate, especially as a senior, that we were able to have a season, even if it was short. Just as a sendoff season.” Ji’s unit bulldozed its way through Delta League competition, finishing second overall to St. Francis in the conference. Along the way, Ji’s success in the Devils’ No. 2 singles spot, helped the locals to multiple straightset victories. “Getting outside and interacting with 13 other girls — it was such a nice break for me from being at home staring at a computer all day,” she said. Ji is yet to decide where to attend college, but says UC Davis tops her current list of landing spots. She plans to major in applied mathematics. Corinne DeJong, girls cross country: “We went from running races with over 100 people in them to running with just one other school and maybe 10 other runners at once,” DeJong explained. “They also had to set up our race courses within the school properties. “We’d run on a lot of schools’ baseball and soccer fields and through parking lots.” But it was still well worth it, she says: “We had way less people
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Double-duty Devils shut out Huskies BY WILL WYMAN
on special teams. On Friday, he was thrust into a new role: QB1. ELK GROVE — In high And the fill-in signal caller school football, it is not made it work. uncommon to see players Head coach Steve Smyte was making appearances on both eager to sing the senior’s offense and defense in the praises: same game. The Blue Devils “That’s what’s amazing are very familiar with the idea about Donovan Garvin,” Smyte of two-way players, with a sigsaid. “He’s one of those guys nificant chunk of who steps up bigthe DHS roster time every week. doing double “I think he’s duty. leading the area in Many are playinterceptions, he’s ing every snap. Next game: Saturday our leading But a new twist vs.Cosumnes Oaks, receiver and then was thrown into 7:30 p.m. the guy comes in the Davis setup (at QB). He’s our early in the first quarter of Friday night’s road Swiss Army knife. He can do game at Sheldon: star quarter- everything.” Garvin hauled in the Devils’ back Trajan Clark was tethered to the sideline due to concus- first score of the game while he was still lined up as a receiver, sion safety protocols. a 5-yard touchdown pass from Up steps Donovan Garvin. A Renaissance man for the Clark to give the Devils a 6-0 Blue Crew, Garvin lined up as lead with 1:21 remaining in the a receiver on offense, in the first quarter. The shot to the secondary on defense, and end zone would be Clark’s final even returning kicks and more snap of the night.
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Blue Devil Donovan Garvin (15) was everywhere Friday, as quarterback, receiver, kick returner and defensive back against Sheldon. The Davis offense turned into a gritty ground-and-pound unit after the quarterback swap, offering plenty of rushing touches for Garvin and the explosive Aaron Turner. The pair combined for virtually every rushing attempt after Clark’s precautionary exit.
impressive backfield. “We told them at halftime, ‘Guess what guys? It’s on you two,’” divulged Smyte. The unexpected QB cameo forced the coaching staff to adjust the Devils’ offense, as they hustled to figure out Garvin’s schemes.
Smyte had no problem turning over the keys to his
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Blue Devil field hockey keeps win streak alive DHS ROUNDUP
Enterprise staff Members of the Davis High field hockey wrapped up their mini-season with a 4-0 victory over visiting River Valley on Wednesday evening. Senior Puck Reusken led the charge for the Blue Devils (4-0) with two netbenders in her final varsity game. Emma Bordios, another senior, netted one for Davis, Ella Helge added a goal and two assists, and Jessoo Jung also assisted on a goal. The shutout made for an easy night for goalkeeper Lily Wierzbicki, and kept the Devils’ win streak rolling at 48 straight. The shorthanded Falcons forfeited after one half of play, which the two teams played seven-on-seven due to River Valley’s dearth of players.
Softball A day after thumping Rio Linda, 8-3, the Lady Devils fell to Pioneer on Saturday, 11-1. In Friday’s win, Jordan Zuniga (2 RBI) and Naomi Kalanetra (3 RBI) doubled, while pitcher Zoe West fired off 5 1/3 frames of shutout ball. West collected three strikeouts and added a hit, while run support came via Stevie Spencer, Isabella Lester (2 RBI) Ella Shorts and Madison Rutherford. Against the Patriots, Zuniga scored the Devils’ lone run. Olivia Waldren stole a base in the loss while Alexandra Zurborg finished 3 for 3 at the plate. DHS (1-3) hits the road Tuesday for a 4 p.m. meeting with Delta League heavyweight Sheldon.
Girls tennis Playing three matches this week, the Lady Devils posted a trio of wins. Beating Franklin, 8-1, on Monday afternoon, seniors Grace Ji (6-4, 6-1), Riley Liu (6-1, 6-0), Reyna Shauman (6-1, 6-0) and Emily Lin (6-1, 6-3) posted singles victories. Doubles wins came via Maya Moeller and Sophie Zhang (6-0, 6-0), Natalie Hersch and Charlotte Sloane (6-0, 6-1) as well as Noa Vinokurov and Alena Voss (6-1, 6-2). The Devils returned to action Tuesday to blank Sheldon, 7-0. In the wind, with gusts reaching up to 40 miles per hour, Michela Gunther won at No. 1 singles (6-0, 6-1), while Ji (6-0, 6-0), Liu (6-0, 6-1), Ellie Chang
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Playing at the Lady Devils’ No. 5 singles spot Frankie Saraniti beat her Cosumnes Oaks opponent, 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday. (6-2, 6-0), Frankie Saraniti (6-1, 6-0) and Shauman (6-0, 6-0) chalked up straight set singles victories. Davis’ lone doubles pairing, Lin and Zhang, were also winners, topping the Huskies, 6-0, 6-1. In Thursday afternoon’s season finalé with Cosumnes Oaks, Gunther held on to beat Athena Wilson at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-4, as the Devils beat the Wolfpack, 8-1.
Liu dispatched CO’s Zinnia Kwan (6-3, 6-1) at No. 3 singles, with other DHS victories courtesy of Chang (7-5, 6-3), Saraniti (6-1, 6-2) and Shauman (6-3, 6-1). Doubles winners included the pairing of Moeller and Zhang (6-0, 6-1) as well as Hersch/Sloane (6-0, 6-3) and Vinokurov/Lin (6-0, 6-0).
on Friday, the Blue Devils fell to the Bulldogs, 8-1.
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The Blue Crew gets back to birdie bashing Tuesday for an afternoon road match at Fairfield High.
VACAVILLE — Taking on Vacaville High in its road opener
The locals’ lone point on the day came via junior Angela Li at No. 8 singles. Li beat VHS’ Morgan Sweeney 21-14, 21-14. Devil head coach Michele Salisbury also praised her No. 6 singles player, Helena Wei, for a hard-fought 28-26, 21-14 loss.
Volleyball Tryouts will be held for the varsity and JV girls volleyball teams Monday through Wednesday at DHS. Varsity workouts will take place 3:30 to 5 p.m., with JV workouts to follow from 5:15 to 6:45 p.m. Frosh, JV and varsity boys tryouts will be held the same days, from 7 to 9 p.m. All practices will take place in the Small Gym, with masks required. Prospective players can contact girls coach Julie Crawford (jcrawford@djusd.net) or boys coach Chris Sortor (csortor @djusd.net) for more information.
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come out this year — about 50 people, whereas in a normal year we’d have well over 100. “But for me there wasn’t ever really a question of whether or not I was going to do it,” she said. “This has been an experience that shaped my highschool career — all the great coaches I’ve had and teammates I’ve become friends with. “And this year, it gave us something to actually look forward to.” DeJong will major in kinesiology in college. She’s currently deciding between attending Cal Poly, Colorado State and MIKE TRASK/ENTERPRISE PHOTO Oregon State. Blue Devils Chris Mochizuki (20) and Frank Yates (62) celebrate a first half fumble recovery during Davis High’s 14-0 win Unnati Uppal, girls golf: over Sheldon. “Being outside and distanced, (COVID) didn’t finished the play. Seconds later, winning every time they’ve take the make a huge difference for From Page B1 Garvin made good on a 2-point con- field — two losses that have both us, even with the masks.” “At halftime, we had to draw up a version to put the Devils up 14-0 been decided by just a single score. The shortened season, “The defense has played great whole new game plan,” Smyte said. with 9:12 left in the contest. however, made a big difevery week and the offense has too,” Davis iced the game with a beauti“I mean, we’re drawing stuff up on ference for Uppal and her cards, trying to get it through ful 27-yard dime down the Devil the Devil coach said. “We lost to Devil teammates. because there’s only certain sideline to Ryan Jaramillo on 4th Vacaville by 6 points, we lost to “We had a lot fewer things we can do based down and 22 with 3:19 left in the Pleasant Grove by 3 points. It’s not matches than usual,” she on where we were game. It was Garvin’s second and like we’re getting blown out and explained. “It was about we’re going in playing against teams final completion of the night. personnel-wise.” half as many as we norwith 40 guys and 45 guys. All night, the Blue Devil defense The adjustments mally would. “We’re playing with 22 warriors stymied the Sheldon attack, allowing allowed for option “Usually after you who are going out there and giving the host Huskies just 188 yards of plays for Garvin to finish your regular their all.” total offense. feel out the Shelmatches in the The Blue Devils Garvin led the way don defense. Delta League, will get to stay home again, snagging the “I was really you go on to next Saturday as game’s lone intercepprepared to run playoffs and secthey host Cosumnes tion and contributing a bunch of tions. But we Oaks at 7:30 p.m. a team-high seven routes and then tackles. Zach Brooks didn’t have any of It’s unclear if Clark block, so I didn’t was his usual self on that. will be cleared to really have a QB mind- defense, “But I’m still return next week, so ripping set of the plays we had,” through screens to glad I played,” Davis fans can admitted Garvin. “Mak- finish with 6½ tackles Uppal added. “All expect more from ing those reads is some- and two forced fumsaid, the team still their newfound Steve Smyte thing that during the bles. Devil Jacob had fun, we played gridiron gadget really well and it was offseason we’ve been work- Allen spent most of DHS football coach quarterback, a good season.” ing on, so I was comfortable his game in the ShelGarvin. there.” Uppal says she don backfield, plowing through for a Notes: In JV action, Davis likes Cal State FulIn the fourth quarter, Big pair of sacks. The Devils caused defeated Sheldon, 43-6. QB Will lerton and San Blue got on the board for the turnovers left and right, as Ryan Walsh directed the Blue Devil Jose State, but is second time, but in a much less Baum, Chris Mochizuki and Frank attack. Baron Rosario found the still weighing conventional way than the Dev- Yates each recovered a fumble. end zone three times. Austin Saylor school options for ils’ first score. Turner burst The 14-point shutout with a and Mateo Rios also ran for TDs. college. through the Sheldon defense improvised offensive unit was a well- Brahim Counta led the DHS from the 15-yard line for a deserved payday for DHS and came defense which punished Seldon all — Reach Owen Yancher near touchdown. But the ball despite the locals’ two previous night. Dominick Jackson blocked a at oyancher@davisenter was punched out, right games ending in close losses. punt, recording a safety. prise.net. Follow him via Twitter at — Reach Will Wyman at CORINNE DeJONG into the waiting arms of According to Smyte, the hardworkLiam Sheehan, who ing squad has been on the cusp of wwyman@davisenterprise.net. @530athletics.
“We’re playing with 22 warriors who are going out there and giving their all.”
SCORING SUMMARY
First quarter DHS — Donovan Garvin 5 pass from Trajan Clark (Kick missed) 1:21. Drive: 3 plays, 9 yards, 2:03. Devils 6, Huskies 0 Second quarter No scoring. Devils 6, Huskies 0 Third quarter No scoring. Devils 6, Huskies 0 Fourth quarter DHS — Liam Sheehan FR 5. Key play: Aaron Turner rushed for 10 before having the ball poked out. The ball was recovered by Sheehan who ran it in. (Garvin run). Drive: 7 plays, 71 yards, 3:35. Devils 14, Huskies 0 Final
The Yardstick SHS DHS 14 First downs 17 188 Total yards 255 18-46 Rushing 37-148 2.55 Average 4.0 5-3 Fumbles/lost 2-1 11-23-1 Passing 8-17-0 142 Yards 107 4-35 Penalties 9-55 1-19.0 Punts/avg. 4-29.0 2-(-9) Sacks 3-(-29)
Individual stats
Rushing: Devils — Aaron Turner 23-83; Trajan Clark 4-20; Liam Sheehan 1-5 TD; Donovan Garvin 8-40. Passing: Bulldogs — 1425-2, 173. Devils — Clark 6-8-0, 66, TDs, Garvin 2-90, 39. Receiving: Devils — Garvin 2-16 TD; Jamarillo 3-50; Cameron Nelson 1-20; Cole Knudson 1-12; Turner 1-9.
Devil defense stats
Tackles: Zach Brooks 6.5; Garvin 7; Santiago Gonzalez 1; Josiah Roa 2; Baum 3.5; Frank Yates 1; Jaramillo 1.5; Chris Mochizuki 2.5; Allen 2; Knutson 1.5; Edson .5; Morales 1. Interceptions: Garvin. Sacks: Allen 2; Baum 1. Fumble recovery: Baum, Mochizuki, Yates. Forced fumbles: Brooks 2.
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First quarter EWU — Seth Harrison 27 field goal. Drive: 13 plays, 68 yards, 4:32. Eagles 3, Aggies 0 EWU — Anthony Stell 5 pass from Eric Barriere (Harrison kick). Drive: 10 plays, 84 yards, 3:52. Eagles 10, Aggies 0 Second quarter EWU — Talolo Limu-Jones 21 pass from Barriere (Barriere pass failed). Drive: 22 plays, 94 yards, 9:29. Eagles 16, Aggies 0 Third quarter UCD — McCallan Castles 44 pass from Hunter Rodrigues (Khris Vaughn pass from Rodrigues). Drive: 3 plays, 53 yards, 0:55. Eagles 16, Aggies 8 EWU — Limu-Jones 77 pass from Barriere (Harrison kick failed). Drive: 1 plays, 77 yards, 0:09. Eagles 22, Aggies 8 UCD — Carson Crawford 6 pass from Trent Tompkins (Isaiah Gomez kick). Drive: 6 plays, 55 yards, 2:17. Eagles 22, Aggies 15 Fourth quarter EWU — Freddie Roberson 42 run (Harrison kick). Drive: 6 plays, 91 yards, 0:09. Eagles 29, Aggies 15 UCD — Tompkins 2 run (Gomez kick). Drive: 11 plays, 81 yards, 3:32. Eagles 29, Aggies 22 EWU — Harrison 22 field goal. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards, 5:37. Eagles 32, Aggies 22 Final
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3-34.7
Punts/avg. 6-41.7
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Possession 23:554
Individual stats Rushing: EWU — Tamarick Pierce 23-84; Barriere 6-43; Roberson 1-42, TD ; Dennis Merritt 10-16; Micah Smith 1-1; Justice Jackson 1-0. UCD — Lan Larison 18-81; Tompkins 9-60, TD; C.J. Hutton 4-54; Crawford 3-11; Rodrigues 4-11; Peyton Dixon 4-1. Passing: EWU — Barriere 30-41-1 392. UCD — Rodrigues 7-14-0 116, Tompkins 5-9-0 52, Miles Hastings 1-2-0 11. Receiving: EWU — LimuJones 10-154, 2 TDs; Roberson 4-86; Efton Chism III 4-46; Anthony Stell 3-43, TD; Pierce 4-24; Merritt 118; Jakobie James 3-13; Smith 1-8. UCD — Vaughn 2-53; Castles 2-49, TD; Lance Babb II 4-42; Crawford 5-35, TD.
UCD defensive stats Tackles (solo): Connor Airey 11 (7), Cam Trimble 9 (6), Jehiel Budgett 8 (7), Bryce Rodgers 6 (3), Jaylin White 5 (3), Chris Venable 5 (4), Cole Hansen 5 (4), Isaiah Thomas 4 (3), Nick Eaton 4 (2), Chubba Maae 3 (2), Zach Kennedy 3 (3). Interception: Budgett. Forced fumbles: Calvin Mouisset.
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aseball, with real games that actually count, is underway. So, let’s take two and hit to right ... ■ The Giants have had but two Cy Young Award winners, Mike McCormick in 1967 and Tim Lincecum in 2008-09. But 11 other Cy recipients played a portion of their careers in San Francisco, including Hall of Famers Warren Spahn, Steve Carlton, Gaylord Perry and Randy Johnson. Two former A’s to do so are Vida Blue and Barry Zito. ■ You know you’ve been on the planet a while when the pack of baseball cards you bought as a kid for a nickel now runs around 4 bucks for the same number of cards. ■ Something I wish I still had: My first ball glove. A Dick Gernert model. Gernert played 1B/OF from 1952 to 1962 with his first eight years in Boston ■ Congratulations to Tara VanDerveer, the 2021 Naismith Coach of the Year, an award she won previously in 1990 and 2011. VanDerveer guided Stanford’s women’s basketball team to the
school’s 24th Pac-12 championship, a 14th Pac-12 Tournament title, a top seed in the NCAA Tournament and a berth in the Final Four. ■ Note to NCAA men’s basketball competition committee: Scrap the two-halves format in the men’s game. The women, not to mention the NBA and WNBA, play four quarters. Much more exciting and TV viewers will stick with a game longer if it isn’t a 25-point blowout through one half. ■ Great development for Pac12: Women’s hoops title game features Stanford and Arizona. Cardinal is favored but Wildcats are certainly capable of an upset. ■ The other day, a former NBA All-Star who is now a network commentator, was interviewed
on a national sports radio program that was also aired on cable television. We won’t identify him here but suffice to say he said “You know” about every five seconds. First of all, sir, we “don’t know” so that is why we are listening to you. But your constant use of “you know” significantly dilutes whatever message it is you are trying to tell us. Why more network producers of these shows haven’t caught on is mystifying. Best way to correct the problem? Have Mr. “You Know” listen to and watch the audio to fully realize what he’s saying. ■ Old School Observation: Baseball has enough night games as it is. Opening Day of any new season, especially this one, should have been just that: Opening Day. Both the Giants and A’s played at night, the A’s at home in Oakland, the Giants on the road in Seattle. Mariners TV broadcasters were wearing scarves to keep warm. ■ Giants home opener is next Friday. During the day (1:35 p.m.) against Colorado. ■ Packers quarterback Aaron
Rodgers begins his 2-week “Jeopardy” guest-hosting stint tomorrow. Rodgers dove into this assignment the same way he prepares for a Packers opponent. “I watched hours and hours and hours of episodes,” Rodgers told Rob Demovsky of ESPN. com. “I had to watch from a different perspective, from Alex’s (longtime host Alex Trebek) perspective. I couldn’t watch it as a fan anymore.” The episodes were taped in mid-February. ■ Now that the All-Star Game has been pulled out of Atlanta, a perfect place for it would be Oracle Park. The Giants last hosted in 2007 and their operation of the Midsummer Classic was flawless. The A’s also have interest in hosting. — Doug Kelly is director of communications for Battlefields 2Ballfields 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@ aol.com.
FINAL: Flat first-half play put Aggies in a deep hole From Page B1 when we got close they would score again.” Eastern took the opening kickoff and moved quickly to a 3-0 lead when Seth Harrison was perfect with a 27-yard field goal to cap a 13-play drive. The Eagles pushed the count to 10-0 later in the first quarter when Barriere twice kept the drive alive with his scrambling and throwing ability, the payoff coming on a 5-yard pass to Anthony Stell. By halftime it was 16-0, with Barriere producing the final score of the half on a 21-yard connection to Talolo Limu-Jones. Eastern inexplicably went for a 2-point conversion that failed, leaving the struggling Aggies just two scores down going into the break. The Aggies took full advantage of that rare EWU mistake on their first possession of the second half when freshman sensation Lan Larison returned the kickoff to the Aggie 47, then quarterback Hunter Rodrigues hooked up with McCallan Castles for a 44-yard touchdown pass on a fourth-and-1. Rodrigues then hit Khris Vaughn with a 2-point conversion pass and suddenly it was 16-8 and it appeared the Aggies might be about to mount one of their patented comebacks, which brought them wins this year over Idaho and Idaho State. Eastern had other ideas. Following an Aggie punt midway through the third quarter, Barriere used the first play to find a streaking Limu-Jones down the right sideline for a 78-yard score that pushed the advantage back to 22-8. Aggie quarterback Trent Tompkins countered that with a 6-yard TD pass to Carson Crawford to cut the deficit to 22-15 entering the fourth quarter. That, however, was just the push that Barriere needed to work his magic once again, converting a third-and-6 from his own 13 with a 23-yard pass, then handing off to Freddie Roberson, who carried the final 42 yards to pay dirt and a 29-15 EWU advantage. The Aggies made one final push behind the spirited play of Tompkins, who carried five times in an 81-yard drive, including the final
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UCD wideout Carson Crawford (6) slips around Eastern Washington defensive back Keshaun King (38). 2 yards to trim the margin to 29-22 with 11:11 remaining in the game. Eastern responded one final time, establishing some breathing room when Seth Harrison hit a 28-yard field goal with 5:34 left. The drive was kept alive by a third-down targeting call against the Aggies that was met with loud disapproval from the Aggie sideline and the crowd. Hawkins may have been unhappy with the result of the penalty, but he defended the call afterward. “It was close, but I get it. We’re trying to make the game safer,” he said. “If it’s the rule, you enforce it. If it’s close, call it. I’m in agreement with the call.” Trailing 32-22, Tompkins led one final Aggie drive that reached the EWU eight, but three straight incompletions ended the drive and Eastern ran out the clock. “We did a lot of positive things this spring and we learned a lot,” Hawkins noted. “We weren’t sure
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For the first time in more than a year, fans were allowed at a UC Davis athletic event. Nearly 1,800 filed into UC Davis Health Stadium to watch the Aggies final home game of the spring season. how many games we’d get in when this started, but we managed to play five. We just have to take this and keep raising our
standards and get better in everything we do.” — Reach Bob Dunning at bdunning@davisenterprise.net.
Verrett’s walk-off homer gives UCD baseball the win Enterprise staff Isaiah Verrett lived every baseball player’s dream Saturday afternoon as he launched an extra-inning, walk-off home run to give UC Davis a 6-4 win over visiting UC Riverside in Big West Conference action. Verrett’s swing capped his team’s comefrom-behind effort, which started in the bottom of the ninth with the Aggies (6-19 overall, 1-10 BWC) trailing 4-3. With one out already recorded, J.D. Mico and Jalen Smith each hit singles to right field; the latter allowed Mico to advance from first to third. On the next Aggie at bat, Cooper Morrison drove in the gametying run with a single to right field of his own. After the Highlanders were retired in order in the top of the 10th, Kyler Arenado reached
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base after drawing a two-out walk. Moments later, Verrett provided the perfect ending to the day by launching one over the left field fence. Nathan Peng picked up his second win of the year and allowed only one hit throughout his three innings pitched. UCD dropped the opening game of the doubleheader 6-2. Kaden Riccomini shined throughout his seven-inning appearance in the first game of the afternoon, and struck out a career-high six batters to keep the Aggies close to UCR for a majority of the game. The Aggies and Highlanders (6-11, 4-6) will play a rubber match Sunday, April 4, at Phil Swimley Field at 1 p.m.
One day after sophomore Matthew Okonkwo ran a school record 46.36 in the 400-meters at CSUN, UCD junior Ryman Crone moved himself into seventh in the Aggie outdoor track-and-field record book with his time of 3 minutes, 47.69 seconds in the men’s 1,500 meters, highlighting a small crew of Aggie middle-distance runners competing on Day 2 of the Stanford Invitational Saturday. Crone’s time was good for fourth place in the field, 10 places ahead of teammate Nicholas Brichta (4:00.01). Anaya Ward led a trio of Aggie women at the meet, placing seventh in the 800 at 2:15.00. Sierra Atkins (4:28.51) and Eva Goodisson (4:31.52) represented the Aggies in the women’s 1,500.
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COMMENTARY Great American reset is underway BY LLEWELLYN KING Special to The Enterprised
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t is underway. It has huge momentum, and it will change everything we do — work, leisure, health care, education, use of resources — and, as a bonus, how the world sees us. It is the Great American Reset, where things will be irreversibly changed. It is a seminal reset that will shape the decades to come, just as the New Deal and World War II shoved the clock forward. The reset is being driven in part by COVID-19, but in larger part by technology and the digitization of America. Technology is at the gates, no, through the gates, and it is beginning to upend the old in the way that the steam engine in its day began innovations that would change life completely. Driving this overhaul of human endeavor will be the digitization of everything from the kitchen broom to the electric utilities and the delivery of their vital product. Knitting them together will be communications from 5G to exclusive private networks. President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposals could speed and smooth the innovation revolution, facilitate the digital revolution, and make it fairer and more balanced. Biden’s plan will fix the legacy world of infrastructure: roads, bridges, canals, ports, airports and railroads. It will beef up the movement of goods and services, supply chains, and their security, even as those goods and services are changing profoundly. But if Biden’s plan fails, the Great American Reset will still happen. It will just be less fair and more uneven — as in not providing broadband quickly to all. Technology has an imperative, and there is so much technology coming to market that the market will embrace it, nonetheless. Think driverless cars, but also think telemedicine, carbon capture and utilization, aerial taxis, drone deliveries and 3D-printed body parts. Add new materials like graphene and nanomanufacturing, and an awesome future awaits. We have seen just the tip of digitization and have been reminded of how pervasive it is by the current chip shortage, which is slowing automobile production lines and thousands of manufactures. But you might say, “You ain’t seen nothing yet.” The future belongs to chips and sensors: small soldiers in mighty armies. Accompanying digitization is electrification. Our cars, trucks, trains and even aircraft and ships are headed that way. Better storage is the one frontier that must be conquered before the army of change pours through the breach in a great reshaping of everything.
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State’s sheriffs feel the heat A half-century ago, I was the editor of a small daily newspaper in Northern California and one of my reporters dug up a terrific story. He learned that the county’s Board of Supervisors had privately compelled the county’s sheriff to receive alcoholism treatment by threatening to take away some of his administrative powers. The sheriff ’s excessive drinking habits were well known to courthouse insiders and he had crashed at least one county vehicle while driving drunk, although it had been covered up. We published the story on the front page and it touched off a public firestorm. However, the popular ire was not directed at the errant sheriff, but rather at the newspaper and me for, it was said, besmirching the character of a very popular local figure. The outcry underscored the bifurcated nature of California sheriffs — simultaneously badge-carrying, gun-toting law cops and elected political officeholders. Those twin roles have always been a little incongruent but in blue California, where demands for fundamental changes in criminal justice are strong, elected sheriffs are feeling the heat. Los Angeles County Sheriff
including resistance to outside oversight, but because he was an outspoken supporter of former President Donald Trump and tried to unseat a Democratic congressman, irritating other local politicians.
Alex Villanueva and the county’s Board of Supervisors are engaged in open political warfare. The board voted 3-2 last November to explore options for removing Villanueva with proponents citing his lack of accountability, such as refusing to cooperate with outside investigations of his department. Two months later, Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that the state Department of Justice was investigating the Los Angeles sheriff ’s office. “The California Department of Justice investigation comes on the heels of allegations of excessive force, retaliation, and other misconduct, as well as a number of recent reported incidents involving LASD management and personnel,” Becerra’s announcement said. Four hundred miles to the north, Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones is also feeling political heat not only for his managerial policies,
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ext door in Placer County, Sheriff Devon Bell is sparring with public health officials over suggesting that a man may have died from a COVID-19 vaccination, feeding fears among antivaccination activists. The Sacramento Bee revealed last week that Bell had spurned advice from health officials when he made his announcement in January, acting in his capacity as the county’s coroner as well as sheriff. It was later confirmed that the victim had contracted COVID-19 before being vaccinated. A number of California sheriffs are also coroners, which has been a flashpoint for criminal justice reformers, saying that they cannot objectively evaluate those who die at the hands of police. The debate over sheriffs’ twin status as cops and politicians has reached the Capitol in Senate Bill 271, which would repeal a 32-year-old law requiring elected sheriffs
to be certificated law enforcement officers and thus allow just about anyone to seek the office. State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, who is carrying the measure with support from criminal justice reform advocates, says, “Sheriffs are effectively insulated from political accountability and are only accountable to the law enforcement officers who are authorized to challenge their reelection. As a result, various sheriffs have aggressively cooperated with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) to facilitate deportations, have ignored and refused to endorse COVID public health orders, and have failed to be responsive to community demands for police and jail reform.” The California State Sheriffs’ Association denounces SB 271 as “dangerous and reckless to both communities and peace officers.” The outcome of Wiener’s bill will reveal just where sheriffs stand in 21st Century California. — 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.
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he whole reset future of digitization and sensor-facilitated mobility depends on electricity — and not just the availability of electricity going forward, but also the resilience of supply. It also needs to be carbon-free and have low environmental impact. An overhaul of the electric industry’s infrastructure, increasing its resilience, is an imperative underpinning the reset. The Texas blackouts were a brutal wakeup call. Job 1 is to look into hardening the entire electric supply system from informational technology to operational technology, from storm resistance to solar flare resistance (see Carrington Event), from catastrophic physical failure to failure induced by hostile players. The electric grid needs survivability, but so do the data flows which will dominate the virtual utility of the future. It also needs a failsafe ability to isolate trouble in nanoseconds and, essentially, break itself into less vulnerable, defensive mini-grids. Securing the grid is akin to national security. Indeed, it is national security. Electricity is the one indispensable in the future: The future of the great reset. Klaus Schwab, the genius behind the World Economic Forum, called this year from his virtual Davos conference for a global reset to tackle poverty and apply technology and business acumen to the human problems of the world. We are on the cusp of going it alone. In the end, the route to social mobilization is jobs. The Great American Reset will throw these off in an unimaginable profusion, as did the arrival of the steam engine a little over 300 years ago. — Llewellyn King is executive producer and host of “White House Chronicle” on PBS. His email is llewellynking1@gmail.com. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
LETTERS Anti-racism training Timothy Nutter complains that the Davis City Council awarded a grant supporting anti-racism work through the Davis International House. Mr. Nutter’s letter raises concerns about decisions made “on the basis of race,” arguing that anti-racism work is not needed. Anti-racism work may become unnecessary but is not yet. Active anti-racism is needed if we are to become a just society. Anti-racism training fits the International House’s mission of helping Davis be welcoming to those studying, working or teaching here from other nations. To be truly welcoming, we need to recognize and work against our personal unconscious biases and commit to antiracism. In becoming a land grant institution, the university committed to train a workforce meeting the needs of California. The School of Medicine and the School of Nursing are responsible for training healthcare providers for the people of California. Over the final 10 years of my 35 years with the University of California, I
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worked with both schools to better meet those healthcare needs through fair faculty searches, appointments and performance evaluations. Conducting fair searches in the presence of unconscious bias is difficult. A person with an African American sounding name has less than half the chance of being interviewed as one whose name sounds white. A woman’s name disadvantages an application compared to a male’s name. These biases grow out of tortuous thinking justifying slavery and denial of women’s rights. New Jim Crow laws replace old versions to continue suppressing voting by African Americans, native Americans and other people of color. FDR created the Federal Housing Authority to enable working people to buy homes and begin to accrue wealth during the Great Depression; however, the enabling legislation prohibited awarding loans to blacks and other people of color. Racist policies are built on myths that lighter skin color signals greater intelligence and competence. Our skin color simply tells the story of our ancestors’ journey after leaving Africa, our human birthplace. Cultural mythologies justifying discrimination result in us all need anti-
Food for thought: The District of Columbia’s 700,000 residents (larger in number than Vermont and Wyoming) have no voting representation in either the House of Representatives or the Senate. These residents pay more in federal taxes than 23 states, serve on juries and in the military, but laws and budgets for the district must be approved by Congress, where D.C. residents don’t have a vote. When the Capitol was attacked on Jan. 6, the District of Columbia was near powerless to defend itself because it lacked the authorities and powers of a state. It is time to recognize these disenfranchised citizens of our great country and grant them statehood. Tell your Congressional representatives to support HR 51, the Washington, D.C., Admissions Act. Susan Steinbach Davis
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Why I’ll take my vaccine card to OfficeMax T AKE IT TO THE MAX … By now, it shouldn’t be news to anyone that your most valuable travel accessory this year will likely be a small piece of cardstock issued by the CDC. Places around the world have begun announcing requirements that people provide proof they’ve been vaccinated before entering certain venues or countries. My biggest concern has been keeping that small, white square of paper in one piece. Lugging it around in my wallet the last few weeks has already added some wear and tear. OfficeMax to the rescue! Nationwide, OfficeDepot and OfficeMax, including the store in Davis at 2107 Cowell Blvd, are offering free lamination of your COVID-19 Vaccination Cards through July 25. No purchase necessary, but you must present a coupon, which is available at: tinyurl.com/6e2trfs5.
BIGGEST WINNERS ARE THE KIDS … The antagonism lately between those supporting a return to in-person learning for DJUSD students vs. those vehemently opposed to doing so has been sickening. Now that Davis’ school board trustees have voted (albeit in a split, 3-2, decision) to return children to the classroom five days per week, starting April 12, I hope that hostility dissipates. Interestingly, it's been educators that I’ve seen post some of the most rude and inappropriate things on social media over the
last several months. But I know they’re not representative of the incredible teachers we have in this town. The coming days will be a time moving forward where we as a community must do all we can to support school staff in this transition back to the classroom. To be clear, the biggest winners as a result of the return-toschool decision are the children of DJUSD. This was a long overdue action, but better late than never.
DAVIS LANDMARKS ... I was flabbergasted to learn from one of my El Macero friends that the enormous orange objects adorning the four corners of the Mace and Cowell Boulevard intersection in South Davis are in fact not art installations. The pandemic has done a number on my memory, but if I had to guess, I'd say the neon eyesores have been there for at
least 50 years at this point. Apparently they’re actually roadblocks that were set up temporarily to prevent accidents following a botched intersection improvement effort. Based on the color of those things, it must’ve been done around the 1970s. And here I was thinking they were historical landmarks somehow linked to the city’s Civic Arts Commission. Silly me. I’m sure the city council will have a fix for the Mace Mess in place by 2040. SPEAKING OF MESSES ... I don't envy the Healthy Davis Together employee whose job it is to test me and my neighborhood's wastewater for COVID19. It wasn't until I read Anne Ternus-Bellamy's Friday article that I even knew my poo was being scrutinized — apparently
since last November. "(The) virus that causes COVID-19 can be shed in the stool of infected individuals," Anne explained, adding, "On Thursday...sampling equipment will be deployed in 15 additional locations." If it keeps us safer, I'm all for it. Bravo to the Poo Patrol.
RIP JOSEPH … Last week, Yolo County coroner’s officials identified the driver killed in a head-on collision north of town at Pole Line Road and County Road 29, as Joseph Bettencourt. He was just 22 years old and a 2016 Davis High graduate. Each and every loss to the Blue Devil family is a big one. But we lost you too early, Joseph. Far, far too early. — Reach Owen Yancher at oyancher@davisenterprise.net. Follow him via Twitter at @dhspunter.
Film review misses the point; where’s the balance? BY KATE ANDRUP STEPHENSEN Special to The Enterprise
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BBC review of “Promising Young Woman” aptly asks an essential question, “Promising Young Woman won't reach every person on the planet who needs to see it, which raises the question, how will society ever change its behaviour?” NPR, in discussing the film’s ending as compared with another cinematic demonstration of genderbased violence stated, “both are valid expressions of our culture's inability to properly address consent and violence against women.” Unfortunately, the recent Davis Enterprise review of the film, “‘Promising Young Woman’: Beware her Wrath” (https://www.davisenterprise.com/feature/arts/ promising-young-womanbeware-her-wrath/), missed the true essence of the film by failing to deeply explore those topics in the film’s plot and characters. In reading the article I felt it treated the film at a superficial level. By presenting the main character as a lost young woman seeking revenge rather than exploring her attack on the systemic issues of toxic masculinity and gender-based violence or addressing the clear mental health challenges
she faced as a result, the article devalued the experience of both victims and those working for positive change. The film is not just a rape revenge film — it works to transcend that single-issue narrative by exploring the universal negative impact of systemic toxic masculinity and gender-based violence on all members of society. If “wrath” is speaking truth and holding people accountable for their participation in perpetuating toxic masculinity and gender-based violence then yes, the title of the recent Davis Enterprise article is on point. I, as do some film critics and fellow advocates in this work, argue that the film portrays an honest and blunt hero and main character, deftly played by Carey Mulligan. It demonstrates the brutal consequences that have been the traditional outcome for individuals who speak out against passive bystanders who enable perpetrators of violence and the cycle of toxic masculinity that influences them. The depiction of change agents as wrathful, “borne to treachery”, and “terroriz(ing) their victims” (as the Enterprise article describes Mulligan’s character), especially when they are women, undermines one of the film’s core messages: the persistence
COMMENTARY of toxic masculinity and gender-based violence is harmful to all members of society regardless of their gender identity or role in continuing those societal ills. Further, the article’s description of Mulligan’s character perpetuates the cycle of objectifying, oppressing, and victimizing women. To pivot from the film’s depiction of toxic masculinity and gender-based violence to developing a societal resolution, I speak from my lens as a cis-gender woman who is an athlete, coach and educator. People of all gender identities, men included, are doing this work. In my time as an advisor to the University of Virginia Athletic Department’s student-athlete mentors (peer health educators that represent all of UVA’s Division I athletic teams), we did the work of educating and empowering teams of both genders on how to recognize and intervene in situations involving toxic masculinity and genderbased violence. Training included bystander intervention and workshops created by the One Love Foundation, an educational organization that teaches “about healthy and unhealthy relationships, empowering
them to identify and avoid abuse and learn how to love better.” Cisgender women are not the only victims of gang rape and intimate-partner violence, nor is the violence always linked to college parties and alcohol consumption. Victims are members of every gender identity group; violence occurs in seemingly loving relationships and across the spectrum of age, race, creed, and class. As such, all members of society need to be involved in recognizing and resolving the problem.
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opt to elevate the voices of women who are athletes because, in the context of the film’s message, they are the primary victims of this cyclical violence. ln 2021, a year that sees models such as USA Olympic gymnasts speaking about their governing body, USA Gymnastics, enabling coaches and trainers who engaged in gender-based violence at the highest level of the sport, Brenda Tracy telling her truth of gang rape in order to empower others, the multiple World Cup winning USA Women’s Soccer team members highlighting gender-based inequities in their sport and, most recently, the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball players spotlighting gender-based discrimination by their own
association, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, we need to be better. We need to recognize, take responsibility for, and work to resolve our own roles in this cycle. We need to print words that reflect the dynamics addressed above and empower the people working to change the gender-based culture of abuse and neglect. We need to be there for her, for him, for them, for all. As someone who is both victim of and advocate against the linked cycles of toxic masculinity and gender-based violence, I am disappointed that The Enterprise felt it appropriate to print this review of the film without acknowledging a counterpoint, perhaps one from a cisgender woman. I also believe, given the intensity of the topic, The Enterprise neglected its journalistic responsibility to its readership by printing a review of the film without sharing educational materials on gender-based and intimate partner violence. If you or someone you know has been victim to intimate partner violence, please know there are resources available to you. Local to Yolo County those resources include but are not limited to: The Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Center of Yolo County (http://www.yolo. net/FVPC/newpage2.htm)
and Empower Yolo (https://empoweryolo. org). Should you or someone you know be in need of immediate support, please use those association’s hotlines: 530-6621133 and 916-371.1907. If you are an educator, coach, or aspiring ally in the work to end toxic masculinity and gender-based violence, please see the resources provided by the One Love Foundation (https://www.joinonelove. org) and Set the Expectation (https://settheexpectation.org). They are exemplars among the many organizations doing the work to end toxic masculinity and actualize gender equity in society. Important to their efforts is the message that the cycle of intimate partner violence comes in many forms and has many types of victims regardless of gender. — Kate Andrup Stephensen is a Davis native who was on the swim team at Davis High and the University of Virginia where she completed a Master’s in Education in 2013. After graduating she worked as an academic advisor at the University of Virginia for five years. Now she’s back in Davis as an academic advisor of undergraduate students at UC Davis and a local agegroup swim coach.
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s a longtime rabbi and activist for the poor, I have seen how testimony of the human experience changes minds and makes for a better society. I’ve seen women experiencing homelessness call for city leaders to effect change; veterans tell of harrowing times in war, pleading for mental health treatment; and children convey how they have given up food so that their siblings could eat. What I’ve seen has taught me that a strong democracy is made of diverse stories.
California is perhaps the most diverse state in the union, with nearly a hundred different languages spoken, and home to many diaspora communities, including my own. The stories of all families have much in common, especially in overcoming challenges and striving for betterment. Sharing our stories, including the more shameful moments of our interrelated histories, offers us a chance to heal, create empathy and empower students to engage in civic life. One of the primary ways that we as a society share our stories is
through education. Horace Mann, the father of public education, believed that creating citizens is one of the highest aspirations for a school. It is therefore crucial for people to see themselves represented and included in educational environments.
civic education as an essential 21st-century skill. Surely this was the core hope when California passed Assembly Bill 2016 five years ago, initiating the creation of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, which was officially adopted last month.
However, many people, particularly people of color, have not seen their narratives reflected in these important spaces of sharing. Ethnic studies, the study of the histories, experiences, cultures and issues of racial-ethnic groups is, among other things, an attempt to right that wrong.
An initial draft of the model curriculum excluded Jews and included anti-Jewish, anti-Israel components. My community advocated for and continues to advocate for positive changes.
Just last year, the Brookings Institution called to reinvigorate
Each of us has a unique story to convey. My own family’s American chapter began when my great-grandfather traveled from eastern Hungary, fleeing
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violent antisemitism alongside his sister, to arrive in the United States on Dec. 9, 1908. We must learn the histories of the diverse population of California, while recognizing our commonalities. The stories of our families have much in common, especially in overcoming challenges and striving for betterment. An ethnic studies curriculum that meaningfully represents the intricate and multifaceted tapestry of the California experience should be widely celebrated. Ethnic studies makes democracy — and, by extension, the state of California — stronger.
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What I love the most... Dear Readers: I asked you to share what you love most about your partners. And, boy, did you deliver! My inbox was overflowing with touching tributes. It’s been such a pleasure sifting through the sweetness, and I’m thankful to each and every one of you who wrote. Below is just a small sampling of some wonderful letters that I received on this topic. Dear Annie: The easiest question for me to answer is what I love about my husband, Tom. They say the devil is in the details, but I say true love is in the details. Many years ago, my husband bought me the DVD boxed set of the original “Planet of the Apes” movies. Missing was “Beneath the Planet of the Apes.” An oversight? No. I had mentioned once that is the one I don’t like, so he took it out. He buys me apples, but only Gala and Fuji, because that’s what I like. He hollers, “Don’t look at the TV!” if there’s a spider or something creepy. I could go on and on. It’s the details, the little things. He’s given me fancy gifts over the years, but what I cherish most is that he listens and he remembers. — Erma S. Dear Annie: I have been with my partner, Joann, for 41 years. Although we broke up twice earlier on in our relationship, we have been living together for the past 24 years and are very happy, even as she’s battled cancer these last three years. What I love most about her is that she helps me be the best version of myself. — Bob K. Dear Annie: My partner is my hero! There are so many things that I could tell you I love about him, but his generous spirit is definitely key. We met later in life, and only one year after we met, I developed HIV-associated dementia, which became very severe, very fast. By all rights, Chris should have left. My health devastated his life and destroyed us financially. But he stood by me, fought to get me the necessary medical care and helped me through the worst time of my life. And to this day, he has never once complained. It brings me to tears just writing this. I am so eternally grateful for that man, and it is a huge juxtaposition to my previous relationship experiences, which were pretty awful. I would give that man anything if I could, but being disabled, all I can give him is my love and care. Fortunately, he thinks that’s the greatest gift he could have. — Chase A. Dear Annie: I knew I loved my husband the moment I met him when I was 19. His blue eyes melted my heart. I told him I was going to marry him then. We’ll have been married 20 years this year. He works so hard for us, even though he has painful physical ailments that would send most people to the emergency room. He’s my soulmate. — Anita C. Dear Annie: My husband and I met in college, almost 50 years ago. He played on the golf team. Twenty years ago, at the age of 49, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. It was a stunning blow. My wonder boy continues to play golf four or five times a week, though it is a struggle mentally and physically. The sense of humor that drew me to him is still there, and I’m constantly reminded why I married this sweet man, as I witness the grace, courage and positivity that he works so hard on. — Phyllis K.
Mixing religion & politics Dear Annie: My sister and I don’t speak anymore after a falling out with our nowdeceased mother. It was a bad falling out, as she talked my mother into making her the sole heir of her estate because I am a lesbian. We recently had to speak because of our father’s declining health. My niece, her daughter, is getting married, and I suspect I will not be invited, as I was not invited to her high school or college graduation. We once were very close, but now she doesn’t want to appear a traitor to her mother, I guess. They did both friend me on Facebook, where they are discussing wedding plans and invitations. I have said nothing except, “Congratulations!” My falling out with my sister is bad enough, but my mother and sister hurt me deeply by keeping me away from my two nieces, especially after I helped raise them. I have not said anything in years about it and don’t care to.
Legals@DavisEnterprise.net It’s done and over with. I think I need to walk away. Is this childish of me? Can I give myself permission to save my self-respect and dignity by unfriending them? I don’t want to seem petty, but my mother and sister schemed to hurt me as badly as they could, all because l’m a lesbian and they don’t approve. — Disapproving Family in Texas Dear Disapproving Family: In a perfect world, our parents and siblings would support us unconditionally and never judge us. In your case, their disapproval sounds extreme. I’m really sorry that they shut you out of their lives. It must be very painful. While we can’t control others’ actions toward us, we can control how we respond. If you want to unfriend them on Facebook, that sounds like a fine idea. In fact, social media never really makes people feel better about themselves, so why not just deactivate your account altogether? You might want to seek the help of a professional therapist to process this rejection. Work on forgiving your mother and sister for yourself, not for them. After all, forgiveness is a gift you give to yourself. As for your nieces, let them know how much you love them and that you wish them well. Best of luck to you. ——— Dear Annie: What is your take on the church getting involved with politics? The pastor of the church I attended posts on social media and preaches his political views from the pulpit. I don’t share these views, so I have chosen to leave the church. Thus, I’ve lost my church family. Most of the attendees are of the same political beliefs and go along with the pastor. The situation was just too uncomfortable. Some of the attendees have unfriended those who aren’t in agreement. I’m beyond disappointed. — Keep Politics out of Church Dear Keep Politics out of Church: Overt political campaigning should be kept out of church. Any person who unfriends those who are not in agreement is not acting very kind, loving or tolerant — all qualities that I hope your church preaches. Part of what makes for an interesting world is that we can have different beliefs and still respect one another. My guess is that you are not alone in being annoyed about this issue.
Christmas party drama Dear Annie: My family had a lot of heartbreak in 2020. Our daughter was diagnosed with a neurological disease, and our son passed away. And then the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
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Later that year, we decided to decline an invitation to a family Christmas party. I gave a month’s notice to the host and explained that, because of everything we’ve gone through this year, we were going to stay home. My husband and I didn’t try to dissuade our other family members from attending, though we did invite a few of them to come over for dinner instead if they decided not to go. My two nephews decided to come over rather than go to the traditional gathering, and my sister stopped by after the family gathering. My nephew posted a photo taken at our house and captioned it “Family Christmas.” Well, this upset a relative and her mom so much that they both stopped talking to all of us. I didn’t feel that we did anything wrong. I apologized to the host that her feelings were hurt and explained that it wasn’t intentional. She has refused to accept my apology. She thinks we planned our own party to exclude them. I’ve tried to get past this, but it’s constantly on my mind. I deleted all social media because I felt like she was using social media to shame me. I thought we would skip one year and then all be back together, but alas, I don’t believe our Christmas gathering will ever be the same. Our family has never fought before. What is your advice? — Heartbroken Dear Heartbroken: I am very sorry for your loss. You had every right to say no to the Christmas party this year. In fact, I’m surprised they had a large party, given the pandemic, but that is a topic for another letter. Your family deserves time and space to grieve. If you want to celebrate with only your immediate family, you should do just that. You politely declined a month in advance and were very gracious. If the host won’t accept your apology — I don’t think the apology was necessary — and the other relative won’t talk to you, I say good riddance to them. You need family and friends in your life who support, love and accept you no matter what, especially after suffering the loss of your son and your daughter’s challenging illness. They are being cruel to you on social media and incredibly insensitive. Don’t give them another thought. It’s their problem, not yours. ——— Dear Annie: I sent three baby shower gifts last year via Amazon because of the pandemic. The parents are either working at home or not working at all. Six months later, I have yet to receive any thank-you cards, or even an
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acknowledgement that they received the gifts. I checked Amazon, and they definitely received them. I am on a fixed income. Is this the wave of the future? Because, if so, I really don’t want to participate! — Gift-Giver in New Hampshire Dear Gift-Giver: Not acknowledging a gift is not the wave of the future. It is rude behavior and never good manners.
and only makes them resent you. — Mother of 2 Independent Adults Dear Mother of Two: Congratulations on cracking the code to raising independent children. What a gift you have given them. ——— Dear Annie: I loved the answer from “Great Grandma.” Its the truth! None of my three kids ever acted up like I hear so many other adults complain about. Why? Because I paid attention to them. We could go anywhere knowing my kids were well-behaved. Love and show interest in your children and grandchildren. Running wild kids are seeking attention, bad or good. — Kids Need Attention Dear Kids Need Attention: I am printing your letter because it has some truths to it — namely, that kids need attention paid to them. I have to respectfully disagree that all running wild kids are just seeking attention. Some children are wired differently than others. Just like some adults are wired differently. And some adults and children like to run wild and free. The important thing for both is that it is done in a safe and respectful place. ——— Dear Annie: I am 60 and share an office with a 20-something. Both of us are women. She is an assistant director of the department we work in, which means she is in upper management. She used to ask my advice but usually chose not to take it, so I stopped responding to her questions and instead referred her to the director of our department. I’m trying to set the scene for you. The problem is that she burps and belches often. She says, “Excuse me.” I’ve stopped responding. I have tried to tell her it’s not acceptable to burp like that at work. She said it’s her office, which I understand. I asked if she has some sort of problem with her stomach. She said no. Is it me? I was raised to believe that such things as burping are kind of rude and not good office etiquette. Are younger kids not taught this? The option of getting a different office is not feasible. Is my only option just to accept? — Annoyed Dear Annoyed: Most people would find this behavior disgusting. Hopefully, for the sake of society, younger kids are taught that burping or passing gas should be done in the bathroom. Just because she says “excuse me” makes it no less gross. One time, fine, maybe even two, but belching often is unprofessional. Is it possible that she is doing this to get on your nerves — a passive-aggressive move of using her bodily functions to bully you? Go to your supervisor and say enough is enough. Either she stops belching, or you move offices. No one should have to work in a toxic environment.
Avoid pandemic fatigue Dear Annie: I am an RN who does COVID-19 swabs in a tent outside my hospital for people who have been exposed or are symptomatic. When I read the dilemma of “Quarantined and Stressed,” a couple who are worried about playing cards again with friends, I was reminded of a sick man who came recently in with 101+ fever and problems breathing. He stated he had played cards with friends a week earlier and now two of his friends were hospitalized. I asked if they wore masks and used hand sanitizer, and he said no. Let me tell you, he was really regretting that bad decision. People are getting pandemic fatigue and letting their guard down. COVID-19 is still here, folks, and all over. Keep being safe until we can get herd immunity, please! Health care workers are overwhelmed and will thank you to be one less patient. — Tired RN in FL Dear Tired RN in FL: Thank you for your letter and service during this pandemic. Your letter was both touching and informative. I hope it saves other people as well. ——— Dear Annie: For the bridge players who want to play again: we have found a reasonably satisfying alternative to in-person games by playing on Trickster. com. It is a way to play bridge online. And it includes video so that you can see and talk to each other. The site offers a tutorial that can be tried without committing to anything. I look forward to our weekly bridge game as a high spot, while sequestered at home. — Found a Safe Way to Play Dear Safe: It’s a great suggestion to play online together. While it is not ideal, it is temporary and certainly better than nothing. I applaud you for your creativity. ——— Dear Annie: I echo “Saw It Before’s” remarks about making children independent. I had my children in my late 30s and immediately fell in love with them. I wanted to do everything for them. When one of them was in high school, a classmate was orphaned and it completely changed my view. I realized it could just as easily have been me and my husband and set about making them as independent as possible. Making them dependent on you may feel good at the time but it cripples them
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(530)383-4634
Always Paradise Gardening
FREE ESTIMATES (530)848-7805 Mowing, blowing, edging, sprinklers, trimming, weeding, clean-ups, hauling trash.
J. Roy Construction & Design License# 698797
MIKE’S HOME IMPROVEMENT FREE ESTIMATE!
Tile, plumbing, electrical, carpentry, bathrooms & kitchens. 30 years experience! (530) 312-6124
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(530)681-5548
PERFORMANCE HOME IMPROVEMENT • Custom Kitchen/bath remodeling • Cabinets, tile, counters • A+ BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU RATED!
Residential Design Services Remodels, Additions, New Homes, Exterior Features Concept to Construction Documents
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MICHAEL BROCK TILE Custom remodeling and repairs. Kitchens, baths, floors. Lic. #713728 (530)661-0053
CONSTRUCTION
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FREE ESTIMATES ADDITIONS/REMODELING CONTRACTOR
(530)756-6061 Custom homes, remodels, commercial work. Fair price, quality work, timely completion.
FREE DETAILED ESTIMATES. Davis Resident Since 1969. Eisele Construction Lic. #628459. CA Lic #767832 Jeff Goeman Goeman Construction New Construction & Remodeling Residential/Commercial Additions, Kitchens & Bathrooms Plumbing, Electrical, Concrete, Decking, Dry Rot Repair, Window Replacement Full Service Contractor Design & Build Member of BBB Over 30 Years Experience Office: (530)787-3717 Cell: (916)995-6159 Email: goemanjr@yahoo.com
Woodland-Davis Garage Door Commercial-Residential Service All makes and models Locally Owned Best Prices Guaranteed (530)758-7952 LIC# 830181
GARDEN/LANDSCAPE
All Property Maintenance FREE ESTIMATES Handy man for: • Yardwork • Electrical • Plumbing • Painting • Fence & Gates • Sprinklers • Appliance repair, removal, & installation.
530-216-3371
Davis Hardwood and Carpet DBA Floors Too Hardwood Laminate Installation Sand/Finish Repairs 30+ Years in Davis. ASK ABOUT available carpet and installation
(530)545-1110
Specializing in Residential Monthly Maintenance
PAINTING
FREE ESTIMATES (530)753-0752 SERVING DAVIS SINCE 1994 (530)220-5522 Dave (530)666-5522 AFFORDABLE LANDSCAPE AND GARDENING. Mowing, edging, trimming, blowing, weeding, fencing, gutter cleaning, sprinkler repair, tree work and one time cleaning. FREE estimate.
We Install Tankless Water Heaters, Tubs, Shower Replacements, Water Line Replacements, Remodels, Fixtures, Sewer & Drain And Much More!
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(916)900-8134 TREE SERVICE ROOFING
Alliance
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Tree Service
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(530)219-5199 http://alliancetrees.com Tree & Stump Removal Pruning • Thinning • Shaping FREE ESTIMATES CA State Lic.#832084
L&L Roofing • All types of roofing • Residential & commercial • Gutter & downspout installations • Roof repair • Water proofing • Seamless roofing
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Weather Davis’ 5-day forecast Today
Tonight
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Monday
Mostly clear
High: 74°
Sunny
Low: 45°
72° 44°
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ALLSTATE ROOFING
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PERFORMANCE HOME IMPROVEMENT
Roof/Gutter cleaning Certified low & steep slope installers Residential & Commercial License #736384
Leo (707)359-9629
HARDWOOD/FLOORING
UNIVERSITY LANDSCAPING
Lawn mowing - edging blowing - pruning weeding Repair sprinkler/drip systems One-time cleanups and hauling Aeration/weed control Power washing
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Tuesday
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Grass Valley / 43/57
Yuba City 46/68
South hoe oee Lake Tahoe 32/63
Woodland 45/72 Winters 45/70
Santa Rosa 39/71
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Napa 42/69
Vacaville 47/69
Sunny
Sa Sacramento 46/72
Davis Da vis vi i 45/72 Fairfield 45/65
JJackson 44/62
Lic.#709993 (530) 207-7798
BG Landscape & Full Yard Maintenance Mowing, edging, blowing, trimming, weeding, fencing, sprinkler, tree work, one-time cleanup. Gutters, hauling, commercial, residential. Free estimate. Bonded/Insured. CA Lic#918309. Call BOB (530)308-2804
General yard work. mowing, edging, trimming, weeding, hauling trash, repair sprinklers. Reasonable rate.
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ALTA QUALITY PAINTING
anci cis San Francisco 48/62
530-450-9717 • Painting & Construction • Interior/exterior painting • Cabinet painting • Attention to detail • Professional painting • Drywall repairs • Deck and fence sealing • 15% off on complete exterior job • Insured bonded LIC #1043878
High quality service for the fairest price
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OOakland 48/66
kt Stockton 45/70 M Modesto 46/71
San Jose / 46/69
Davis statistics Friday’s temperature High/Low ........ 85°/44° Normal ............ 69°/45° Record high . 86° (1966) Record low .. 33° (1975)
Air quality index Precipitation Friday .................. 0.00” Season to date .... 8.40” Last season ....... 10.49” Normal to date .. 17.72”
42
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0-50 is good. 51-100 is moderate. 101-150 is unhealthy for sensitive groups. 151-200 is unhealthy. 201-300 is very unhealthy. 301-500 is hazardous. Source: SpareTheAir.com
Pollen Today Grass ...High Trees ...High Weeds .None Molds ..High
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LASHER’S ELK GROVE ACURA
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SHOTTENKIRK HONDA
ShottenkirkDavisHonda.com 4343 Chiles Rd., Davis (530) 758-8770
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VACAVILLE HONDA
Tomorrow Lo/Hi/W 53/81/Clr 20/29/PCldy 45/75/Clr 43/70/Clr 40/65/Cldy 45/55/Cldy 42/55/PCldy 47/76/Clr 54/76/Rain 41/65/Rain 59/79/PCldy 45/79/PCldy 57/76/Cldy 43/65/Rain
VacavilleHonda.com 641 Orange Dr., Vacaville (707) 449-5900 (866) 5HONDA2
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AUTO DIRECTORY
Please contact David DeLeon at ddleon@davisenterprise.net or (530) 747-8086
VACAVILLE VOLKSWAGEN
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